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Hi guys,
So i researched a few days before trying to root, install a custom rom (LeeDroid) and flash a custom rom
I managed to do it yesterday and everything was working fine. It is a really great rom.
But today I powered down my DHD and I can't boot anymore. The phone keeps rebooting (it vibrates one time, i see the HTC green logo, then a black screen, vibrates and so on...). The only way to stop this process is to hold the vol- key wich takes me to bootloader (so it appears the phone is continuosly powering off and on)
I already tried and bootloader is working fine, but when a I try any option that requires a reboot, the phone starts this process of power up and down.
Does anyone have any idea of whats happening?
Thanks guys!
Did you perm root your phone?
You could try reinstalling the stock rom too.
Go to bootloader, select recovery, do a full wipe and reflash your ROM. If you get a bootloop when you enter recovery, get stock RUU from XDA and use that.
Yeah I permrooted it.
But, how can I install a new rom without recovery?
I thought that you already flashed LeeDroid, and if you did, you have ClockworkMod recovery. But if that is not the case, use a RUU.
jkoljo said:
Go to bootloader, select recovery, do a full wipe and reflash your ROM. If you get a bootloop when you enter recovery, get stock RUU from XDA and use that.
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Sorry man... I overlooked this post...
To better describe what I did:
-Radio s-off
Eng S-off
Instaled Leedroid (followed every recomendation he did in the post)
Flashed the radio he suggested
Got the phone working, tested a little bit, charged and then I powered off
When powered on again I got this bootloop
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So, do you still recomend RUU?
Can I find any guide here on XDA?
Thanks!
edit:Forgot to mention that I get the bootloop even if I choose recovery on bootloader
edit2:
So after I came home I found de RUU post.
So here are some questions:
Mosts of the RUUs are in .exe extension, so I think that's the ones I should be looking for.
Can I download any version?
I'm currently downloading de WWE Asia version since my phone came from India. Only English (india) was available from stock, but I will not try to do anything before I'm sure of what to do.
When I plug the usb cable the bootloader changes to USB bootloader (or something like that). From the little that I found aboutt RUU I should run with the phone on that condition. Is that correct?
Thanks again, and sorry for the constant editing
Really sorry for double posting, but I need to update.
I managed to install the RUU. The program worked fine and I got the confirmation of installed rom, but when the phone rebooted it got stucked on the bootloop again.
Can this be a hardware problem? Is there anything else that I can do having access only to bootloader?
Okay, it is a hardware problem. The RUU wipes everything clean and installs a new system, and as it does not seem to help, the problem is definitely in hardware side.
After I was almost giving up I tried a different version of the RUU and the phone booted!
I already rebooted it a few times and it seems ok.
Thanks for the help jkoljo!
Nice job, which RUU did you use?
I think that there was a bad block in your phone's internal memory, which got fixed when the RUU wrote on it a few times.
jkoljo said:
Nice job, which RUU did you use?
I think that there was a bad block in your phone's internal memory, which got fixed when the RUU wrote on it a few times.
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I used the Asia_WWE_1.32.707.1
I was trying to use a 1.72 version and still got the bootloop, but the asia version worked just fine.
I´m really glad the phone is working now, the only downside is that I´m back to the stock rom.
My DHD is stuck on HTC logo. Happened after trying to flash leedroid from cyanogenmod 7. previous flashes were successful. Now when i turn it on, the only thing it can do is show htc logo screen.
- The screen wont turn off
- None of the buttons do anything when pressed (including power off)
- Cannot go to recovery, bootloader or use fastboot
- Cannot access SDCard when plugged in the phone to my laptop (recognises a device connected though!)
Going to send it back to the network provider for fixing but i'm sure it is not covered warranty.
Please help me with things I can try to somehow get it anywhere besides the blank htc screen (white background with green htc).....
Much appreciated
With the USB connected there should be a split second where you can type adb reboot recovery to get back into recovery...
You could also try removing the battery and then replacing the battery while to have your finger on the vol- key. That might get you into the boot loader...
yea, like the 'Drew442' said, take the battery out, hold vol down and press power for 1-2 secs. That will take u to bootloader. Select Recovery and that'll take you to CWM Recovery. Then you can restore a nandroid, or flash a new ROM.
I've done this ALOT, once i did it approx 10-15 times in one day (lots of experimenting )!!! dont worry,
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
yea, like the 'Drew442' said, take the battery out, hold vol down and press power for 1-2 secs. That will take u to bootloader. Select Recovery and that'll take you to CWM Recovery. Then you can restore a nandroid, or flash a new ROM.
I've done this ALOT, once i did it approx 10-15 times in one day (lots of experimenting )!!! dont worry,
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Last night I done that 10+ times after my touch screen was toty unresponsive due to flashing a mod. I suggest what the two posters suggested. I don't it will be wise sending it back.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
similar issue - but can't get to cwm
Hi,
I have a similar issue produced by similar circumstances. Mine was during switch from regular ext3 ROMs to an ext-4 CM7 based ROM. To be precise, it was during my attempted flash of an ext-4 friendly version of CWM 3.0.2.8
Now I can get to HBOOT menu by pulling the battery and booting with volume "-" , but when I select "recovery" I can NOT get to CWM recovery very worried. selecting recovery sends me to the white screen with the green HTC logo indefinitely, until battery pull.
What can I do? I have years of *nix use, but this is my first Android smartphone (well i had an HD2 for a couple weeks, and LOVED android so bought the inspire / desire hd) and I've had no problems following tutorials, and experimenting. But I am new, so maybe I'm not trying something that's obvious to all ofyou
is there ANY way to manually flash a bootable ROM to my phone? or force install CWM?
I need help.. so sad.. no phone at all now, as I got rid of my iphone 4 after loving this phone so much!
You can flash a cwm 3...... Recovery from Fastboot then load cm7 rom. As long as you can access the bootloader you're ok, the phone isn't bricked. Download a cwm recovery 3 series and put the .img file in the tools folder of your sdk then turn the phone on in fastboot bootloader mode then open a command prompt on your pc. Navigate to your tools folder then type...... fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Then fastboot reboot-bootloader
That ought to do it.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!
Well, if you have ENG S-OFF, then you can flash CWM recovery manually .. LINK
IF you dont have ENG S-OFF, or if it fails again, then i suggest trying to put the official 1.32 FW ROM - LINK
flashing 1.32 would be more productive in that case that flashing CWM fails, since its easily rootable (Visionary+)
thanks! will try~
@CodeNameUnknown1 - i do have s-off, but I tried running "install-recovery-windows.bat" with cwm 3.2.0.0, to no avail.
For the brief moment the batch file is running, the terminal window says something about not being able to write the file. It is so fast I can't read it properly.
@pwraggcan - I will give the sdk method a shot. didn't know about it, since I used a "one-click" method initially to root my device and proceeded with rom manager from inside...
thanks! I hope it works!!
Google search for guidance on installing sdk or search within the xda forum. There will be plenty of guides.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!
thanks
hey guys.
in the end i loaded stock rom (1.32) and went from there. worked perfectly.
was trying to do the sdk method (seemed similar to how I rooted my asus transformer - abd etc..) but I keep getting a missing dll error. followed all kinds of guides on rectifying it, but no dice.
anyway, stock rom was faster fix in the end.. lol.
thanks again!!!
Glad it worked for you. I actually prepared a zip file to upload for you with the necessary drivers and files if you needed it but hey.... you're sorted now, so all good.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!
i got a problem here..
my friend recently update his unroot phone to GB with OTA update.. but after the update finished,his phone restarted and got into infinite bootloop..
in this thread,someone said that it can be solved by using stock pd98img.zip
can anyone help me how to do it? because the OP at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003 said to use the visionary+ first.. but the problem is his phone can't past the bootloop. is there any solution to manually install the stock 1.32 ROM?
thanks
Follow the downgrade guide in the development section. That will sort you out. Make a gold card then flash the pd98img.zip. That will reinstall the stock rom.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!
pwraggcan said:
Follow the downgrade guide in the development section. That will sort you out. Make a gold card then flash the pd98img.zip. That will reinstall the stock rom.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!
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why i must make a goldcard first? my friend's phone isn't a branded one..
and what about the version number? does it matter?
i kind of lost here..
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Just flash a version which match yr country version or a wwe will do too. Mine also isnt a branded phone, but i also have to do a goldcard too, kinda weird, lol...
sneef said:
hey guys.
in the end i loaded stock rom (1.32) and went from there. worked perfectly.
was trying to do the sdk method (seemed similar to how I rooted my asus transformer - abd etc..) but I keep getting a missing dll error. followed all kinds of guides on rectifying it, but no dice.
anyway, stock rom was faster fix in the end.. lol.
thanks again!!!
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I think that missing dll is located in the platform-tools folder and you could copy it to the tools folder (at least in my case with a similar error). Or you could use adb from the platform-tools folder. Works for me.
sneef said:
hey guys.
in the end i loaded stock rom (1.32) and went from there. worked perfectly.
was trying to do the sdk method (seemed similar to how I rooted my asus transformer - abd etc..) but I keep getting a missing dll error. followed all kinds of guides on rectifying it, but no dice.
anyway, stock rom was faster fix in the end.. lol.
thanks again!!!
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hi ! , i'm an xda noob....
cant get past the htc screen ....
i tried the install-recovery-bat but to no avail..
dint quite get how you loaded the stock rom (1.32) ... can you please post a link to some guide.. i will be greatful.. thanks
hi,
having same problem as sneef there,
only can go to bootloader, can get into recovery
but then i flash recovery using the eng s-off guide and now i can go to recovery (cwm)
but still it cant boot to the rom, i have tried to flash 3 4 roms with no avail.. all stucked in the htc boot logo
this happened to me after flashing superwipe.zip
any solution please?
nb: i have already format and repartition my sd card
interqd said:
hi,
having same problem as sneef there,
only can go to bootloader, can get into recovery
but then i flash recovery using the eng s-off guide and now i can go to recovery (cwm)
but still it cant boot to the rom, i have tried to flash 3 4 roms with no avail.. all stucked in the htc boot logo
this happened to me after flashing superwipe.zip
any solution please?
nb: i have already format and repartition my sd card
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Have you tried the stock ROM?
sneef said:
Hi,
I have a similar issue produced by similar circumstances. Mine was during switch from regular ext3 ROMs to an ext-4 CM7 based ROM. To be precise, it was during my attempted flash of an ext-4 friendly version of CWM 3.0.2.8
Now I can get to HBOOT menu by pulling the battery and booting with volume "-" , but when I select "recovery" I can NOT get to CWM recovery very worried. selecting recovery sends me to the white screen with the green HTC logo indefinitely, until battery pull.
What can I do? I have years of *nix use, but this is my first Android smartphone (well i had an HD2 for a couple weeks, and LOVED android so bought the inspire / desire hd) and I've had no problems following tutorials, and experimenting. But I am new, so maybe I'm not trying something that's obvious to all ofyou
is there ANY way to manually flash a bootable ROM to my phone? or force install CWM?
I need help.. so sad.. no phone at all now, as I got rid of my iphone 4 after loving this phone so much!
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I have tried like you describe holding the volume down but nothing happens. I have earlier had problems with the volume down in bootloader, but it has worked in htc sense. you know what the volume down problem is about? how it could be fixed?
Hi, I have foolishly (possibly?) wiped Android off of my OneX
I was attempting to apply the Tegra tweak and well things went downhill.
I successfully unlocked the bootloader from HTCdev.
I proceeded to apply Interim ClockworkMod to gain root access
This is where things started to go wrong. Any new reboot would only take me to Clockworkmod screen.
I tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599748
clear cache, davik cache... relocking the bootloader - This results in the device constantly rebooting.
I attempted to apply the RUU ROM's ( from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543604)
From within ClockworkMod I was then able to:
adb push One_X_1.26.401.2_odexed.zip /sdcard/
Once there I used ClockworkMod to apply an update zip (which I was hoping was the Stock ROM).
A reboot just brought me back to Clockwork.
I then locked the bootloader ( fastboot oem lock. ) hoping it would then proceed to boot as expected.
It didn't just going to HBOOT or an attempted recovery (isometric view of a phone with a green arrowed circle -> RED triangle).
Please someone help, starting to panic a bit. The fact I can upload, the fact that there is some basic interactions should imply this is fixable, but how?
The boot to recovery sounds like you have the same problem that I had.
Perhaps you followed the same incorrect instructions as I did. See here for a solution.
mwhincup said:
The boot to recovery sounds like you have the same problem that I had.
Perhaps you followed the same incorrect instructions as I did. See here for a solution.
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This may help.
with the locked bootloader you will only be able to run a proper ruu so before even attempting the instruction above unlock your bootloader again and proceed from there.
I might start working on some core .IMG files that can be flashed through fastboot to get you going again tomorrow
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
THANKS!!!
booted back to the lovely ICS desktop
It looks like I did end up flashing RUU since none of the Vodafone branding is present (and it is actually better!)
No idea what went wrong but probably flashed over the boot as hinted at in the other thread.
The provided img files assisted. just need to get this Tegra thing working (not showing up as a running/registered process but thats another story)
Thanks all
I hope someone in this community is able to help. I've already been scouring Google this morning for people with a similar issue and haven't been successful in getting my phone to come back so I suspect there may be a hardware issue.
Here's a summary of the problem:
My phone shutdown this morning while I was listening to a podcast. It got stuck in a boot loop at the splash screen, constantly rebooting itself. A battery pull would not solve the problem. I was able to get it into HBOOT (version 0.92) but when I tried going into recovery from there, It got stuck on the splash screen (no looping). Before all this I had been running Nils Business Gingersense for quite a while and things were working fine, in case anyone needs that detail.
After failing to boot to recovery, here are some of the things I have tried to fix this issue:
1. Factory reset in HBOOT
2. Flashed RUU 2.2 and then tried RUU 2.3.4 through HBOOT. Though neither of these would get the phone to come up, the splash screen reboots stopped and the phone just freezes in splash screen now (over 30 minutes with no change).
3. Tried to reflash CWM 5.0.2.0 through Fastboot. Although the phone is recognized by 'fastboot device', it says 'remote: not allowed' when try to flash the .IMG file.
4. Tried to flash an older CWM recovery from when I originally rooted my phone --same 'not allowed' error
5. Ran the official RUU for Froyo on my PC and it looked promising but I never got past the splash screen afterward a reboot.
6. I don't know a ton about ADB but ADB does not recognize my device even though Fastboot does.
At this point I'm not sure what else to try. It seems promising that I can get into HBOOT and that Fastboot will recognize my phone but what can I do with that now?
Thanks for any ideas you might have.
Have you tried flashing cwm thru hboot as a PB31IMG.zip? http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip. If that dosent work you could try to update hboot to 1.02 and htcdev unlock it. This will allow extended fastboot commands. You can do this on the htcdev website. Or you could downgrade hboot to the 0.77 engineering bootloader http://dinc.does-it.net/Hboots/ENG_Hboot_0.77/PB31IMG.zip which basicly does the same thing, and might be a better option than upgrading. You are s-off right?
Yes, I still have S-OFF. I did try flashing several recoveries through hboot and they all acted like they updated fine but I wasn't able to boot into any of them because I kept getting frozen at the white screen after choosing recovery from hboot. I will try another hboot and see if that makes any difference. Thanks.
Cmlusco, I tried the CWM version you posted with hboot .92 and .77 but had no luck. I also tried walking through the hboot upgrade steps on the htcdev site but I couldn't get the RUU exe to find my phone. This is odd because an older RUU found the phone just fine earlier today.
First post here, please excuse my ignorance. This is a Virgin Mobile HTC One V. I never rooted a phone before, and was just trying to do a basic rooting, and somehow got into trouble. I would like to return the phone to stock and start over.
Right now the phone boots itself into bootloader, and shows me this:
Relocked
Security warning
PRIMOC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.57.0000
RADIO-1.00.00.0928
eMMC-boot
Jun 18 2012, 10:22:43
I am able to do this: fastboot getvar cid. The response is this: cid: SPCS_002.
I am also able to do this: fastboot devices. The response is this: FA2AKX405758 fastboot.
I have attempted to use this RUU:
RUU_PRIMO_C_ICS_40A_Sprint_WWE_VM_1.08.652.6_Radio_1.00.00.0521_2_NV_VM_3.46_0503_PRL61008_release_262414_signed.exe
It gives me error 170, USB connection error (even though I have installed the HTC drivers). I relocked the phone in an attempt to get that RUU to work, but it didn't help. I also tried to extract the rom.zip from the RUU.exe (by finding it in a temp folder, as described on another XDA thread), but the rom.zip acts corrupt. Various zip programs refuse to open it.
Before relocking the phone (in an attempt to get the RUU to work) I tried this:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I did that with various boot.img files I found via threads here. This just created various problems. One result was that I was in a bootloop. Another result was that I booted to the screen that said "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc without written permission." And it would hang there.
Now my condition is that I boot directly to bootloader.
Starting from the beginning: I unlocked the phone using the unlock bootloader procedure at htcdev. No problem. Then I figured I should do a backup right away, so I installed CM Recovery. Right away I knew I had a problem because it did not run correctly. It would present a menu. Then I would select "backup and restore." It would present a splash screen (with the hat) and just hang there. When I pressed power, it would return to the menu. That's when I started trying various other things.
I never got as far as doing anything with superboot or superuser, which is what I thought I was going to do after doing the backup.
I have read a zillion threads here, and tried various things from those threads, but I'm afraid that without specific help I'm just going to make it worse. I'm pulling my hair out, so I hope someone here can help me while I still have a few left. Thanks!
OK, I have made some progress but I'm still pretty stuck.
I have been able to solve two problems I had before. Before when I ran the RUU, it gave me a USB error. And I could not extract recovery.img from the RUU. I solved both those problems by moving to a different PC.
So now I can run the RUU, and it gives me a bunch of progress messages I didn't see before, but at the end it tells me this:
"Error 155, unknown error. The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone. Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again."
So then I tried the procedure described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27301573
I unlocked the phone again, and I did this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img
I did that using the img file I extracted from the RUU. Then I relocked the bootloader, and I ran the RUU again. But it gave me the exact same error (155).
What should I try next? I notice that the RUU also contains these img files:
system.img
radio.img
boot_signed.img
Should I try flashing those?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: One more thing. When I ran the RUU, at the end the phone said this:
RUU
Hboot version is older!
Update Fail!
OK, the next thing I tried is the method described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674226
I extracted rom.zip from the RUU, and I renamed it PK76IMG.zip, and I put it on the sdcard, and then I rebooted the phone. The phone found that file and tried to install it, but in the end it gave me the same error message: "Hboot Version is older." On that same screen I see that my current Hboot is 1.57.0000. I guess the RUU contains an older Hboot?
Anyway, that's the same error I get when I run the RUU as an exe.
I notice a couple of people in that thread reported the same problem (Hboot is older), but it's not clear how or if they got around this.
Any ideas?
OK, so here's the next stage in this saga.
Looking around, it seems that there is no RUU for this phone, because I have Hboot 1.57.0000 and radio 1.00.00.0928. I have noticed that people with those specs cannot find a RUU that works, but they have been able to get the phone working with RhythmicRom. I see that discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147407
So what I'm trying to do now is install RhythmicRom, but I'm having trouble doing that, I guess because I don't have CM Recovery installed, so the standard recovery is running instead.
I have placed RhythmicRom_v1.4.zip on my sdcard. I am able to boot into bootloader, and I have done factory reset. In the bootloader, I can select Recovery and I see a screen that indicates the phone is looking for something (green circle containing green arrow pointing down, and with a progress bar at the bottom, and an icon of an sdcard). But I guess it doesn't find what it's looking for, and then I see the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark.
I'm thinking that maybe it will work if on the sdcard I rename RhythmicRom_v1.4.zip to whatever the phone is looking for. Maybe I should rename it to PK76IMG.zip? Just a guess.
Many thanks in advance.
OK, that sort of almost worked. On the sdcard, I renamed RhythmicRom_v1.4.zip to PK76IMG.zip. I booted into bootloader, and it looked like the phone found that file, and loaded it. Then I did this:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
With the boot.img that was inside RhythmicRom_v1.4.zip. Then I rebooted. Now the phone gets to the red animated Virgin Mobile splash screen with the annoying audio. That seems like a good sign, since I haven't seen that in a while. But instead of continuing to boot, then I see the white HTC screen that says "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc without written permission." And then it continues to loop between those two screens, so I am stuck in a bootloop. Although I found I was able to interrupt it and get back to the bootloader.
Not sure what to try next. Any suggestions?
Wow, I can't believe you haven't had a single reply.
Ok. First of all.... Use TeamWinRecoveryProject
( TWRP ) as your recovery img
So easy to use
Use fastboot the flash
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then boot into your new touch screen recovery
Now click wipe
Cashe,Dalvick,Factory Reset, System
In that order. It makes sure every thing is wiped thoroughly.
Now navigate to where the Rom is you would like to use and flash it in recovery.
After It's flashed click the wipe cashe/dalvick
Then click home,reboot,bootloader.
Once in bootloader, flash the kernel/bootimg
fastboot flash boot boot.img
After the boot.img is finished,
fastboot reboot
Victory and enjoy the awesomeness of custom ROMs!
P.S. don't forget to unlock your bootloader again. First and foremost
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
Russell, thank you for your response. After 24 hours with over 100 views and zero replies, I figured that meant that I had already done the proper steps, and there wasn't some obvious solution I was missing. Although I can see now that I should have tried TWRP. It couldn't have made things worse, and maybe it would have worked better for me than CM Recovery (which seemed to fail as soon as I installed it).
Another key thing was when I figured out that there is no RUU for my specs (because there was an OTA that installed a newer hboot and radio). I like the idea of trying different custom ROMs, but I don't like the idea of never being able to go back to stock, since I would expect that all the custom ROMs have some quirks that I might find unacceptable. But I notice that you have the same hboot and radio, and I assume you have a backup of your stock ROM, so maybe you could have helped me with that.
Anyway, at literally the exact moment that you were posting your comment, I was standing at the UPS counter handing them the phone. If the phone had been working, we would have heard it buzzing inside the box as your email came in! The phone is heading to the HTC repair facility in Houston. They told me they would unbrick it for me for less than $35. I haven't seen anyone else report this, so maybe I was misled and it's too good to be true? We'll see. I don't like being without the phone for a week, but $35 seems like a cheap price to clean up the mess I made.
Anyway, thanks again for speaking up.
Check out the CDMA development thread
Whenever you get your phone back.....
Good luck
I see the thread you're talking about. I just did the download (might as well have it handy). Thank you.
Hope it helped or helps in some way
:beer:
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I gave you a thanks for first download
Similar problem
Hi,
I had a similar problem. Following this thread I have successfully "unbricked" my phone. My main concern though is activating my phone on VM, which I'm unable to do as I can't go back to stock. I bought the phone as is from craigslist. Any suggestions?
Edit: Internet seems to work though. No go on phone calls or texts, when trying to call this is what I get(Audio):"Account couldn't be verified"
Visit the HTC one v CDMA thread I have a stock rooted Rom there for the taking
Yes, here's the link to that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321904
It would be interesting to hear if your rom works for cellphoneman.