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[Q] Broken Bootloader

Hi, I think my phone just broke.
It's a HTC Desire Z.
Today I tried flshing a new radio image, but it didn't work , got the write failed message, from within phone os (virtuous froyo 1.0.2)
Got hboot 0.85.xxxx.
This was at work and since I had no compatible USB cable I thought I'd wait until I got home.
Well at home i selected boot to bootloader from holding the power button, the phone shutdown and that's it.
Now only lifesigns are the orange charge led.
When pulling the battery and inserting it, connectiong the usb cable the light comes on, pulling the cable it turns of.
When cable connected and pressing vol down + power, nothing happens, pulling the cable leaves the charge light still on.
Trying vol down + power without the cable does aboslutely nothing.
Do, does anyone have any clue what I can do ?
The phone worked flawlessly until the reboot point.
Iknow the first desire had some special key combination to get into some blue-led mode, haven't found anything on this so far.
it does not show up in devices in computer management either.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. I found the vol up + power it shows up as Qualomm CDMA Technologies MSM in device management.

hawkn said:
Hi, I think my phone just broke.
It's a HTC Desire Z.
Today I tried flshing a new radio image, but it didn't work , got the write failed message, from within phone os (virtuous froyo 1.0.2)
Got hboot 0.85.xxxx.
This was at work and since I had no compatible USB cable I thought I'd wait until I got home.
Well at home i selected boot to bootloader from holding the power button, the phone shutdown and that's it.
Now only lifesigns are the orange charge led.
When pulling the battery and inserting it, connectiong the usb cable the light comes on, pulling the cable it turns of.
When cable connected and pressing vol down + power, nothing happens, pulling the cable leaves the charge light still on.
Trying vol down + power without the cable does aboslutely nothing.
Do, does anyone have any clue what I can do ?
The phone worked flawlessly until the reboot point.
Iknow the first desire had some special key combination to get into some blue-led mode, haven't found anything on this so far.
it does not show up in devices in computer management either.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. I found the vol up + power it shows up as Qualomm CDMA Technologies MSM in device management.
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I had this same thing happen to me when I first got my G2, same problems, only charge light would come on, but it happened to me when I was dd the ENG.Hboot. everything worked fine untill reboot, then the same issues as you.
I had to buy a new phone...
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joemm said:
I had this same thing happen to me when I first got my G2, same problems, only charge light would come on, but it happened to me when I was dd the ENG.Hboot. everything worked fine untill reboot, then the same issues as you.
I had to buy a new phone...
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There must be a way to recover this type of brick, to dd a new hboot image.
Lets face it, the hboot image was flashed to a brand new HW at some point, the Q will therefor be, how do they do it, and how can we all do it?
Research continues.....

Ok, does anyone know how to fix a broken bootloader on the Desire Z ?
I figured out that the bootloader is broken, this because I mixed up radio and hboot image yesterday and tried to write the radio image to hboot partition, this is why I got a message telling me write error because of space issues.
Now I have my old Desire Bravo, wich is working better than all desire bravos here at work
But I want my Z back in bizniz.

joemm said:
I had this same thing happen to me when I first got my G2, same problems, only charge light would come on, but it happened to me when I was dd the ENG.Hboot. everything worked fine untill reboot, then the same issues as you.
I had to buy a new phone...
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Scary stuff. T-Mobile didnt replace it for you?
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have you got insurance??
u could drop it down the stairs at your workplace... claim on insurance... make sure its truely broke though...
just a stupid thought
if warrenty wont replace then insurance most probabally will... if its so broken you cant even turn it on to get the led. lol
either way mate i really hope you get it sorted soon best of luck!

You have brick your phone. bootloader is broken no fix for it. Sorry.
If you do not have warranty call htc Norway and say that you try to update your Software WITH HTC SYNC. They are very customer friendly there.

stian230 said:
You have brick your phone. bootloader is broken no fix for it. Sorry.
If you do not have warranty call htc Norway and say that you try to update your Software WITH HTC SYNC. They are very customer friendly there.
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I've been talking to mcare and deltaservice, they seems to be unable to help me since the bootloader is broken, I know this issue can be worked out with JTAG on the old desire, just have to wait for JTAG update on the Z, then I'll be up and running again, btw, I'm getting a new phone AND got to keep the old one
Ohhh, yeah.
BOYAAAAHHH!
I still wonder what the volume up + power key combo is good for.
When the phone is started in this mode, it shows, as mentioned earlier, as a Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM device in device manager on my puter, diagnostics mode ? possible way to get write access to internal memory, like say.... /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 so we can repair the bootloader without any advanced tear down of the phone and fancy equipment ?
If ANYONE have a clue on this feel free to share it with everyone else that has a Desire z/Vision. Thank you.
btw, took some high res pics here:
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/10646701/1/htc desire z?h=374e6d

[Q] Can't boot HTC Wildfire S

A friend of mine, gave me today an HTC Wildfire S, who found laying in the street. Problem is that i can't boot it, even in bootloader (Vol Down + Power) if i try to boot into bootloader only a tiny red light appears on one sensor, and if i try to boot into android, it appears to boot but nothing appears on the screen.
Any Advice?

Is it detected when connected to a PC?

Aragornhr said:
A friend of mine, gave me today an HTC Wildfire S, who found laying in the street. Problem is that i can't boot it, even in bootloader (Vol Down + Power) if i try to boot into bootloader only a tiny red light appears on one sensor, and if i try to boot into android, it appears to boot but nothing appears on the screen.
Any Advice?
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I thought about a lot of things as your post didn't have a lot of info:
1- you aren't aware of battery level, leave it for an hour or two connected to the computer to recharge the battery.
2- do you have hTC Sync 3.0 ? You have to have it so the computer can recognize the phone.
3- putting it to the bootloader mode and nothing appearing on the screen makes me a bit worried.
Let us know how things will go !!!

koki-tytnII said:
I thought about a lot of things as your post didn't have a lot of info:
1- you aren't aware of battery level, leave it for an hour or two connected to the computer to recharge the battery.
2- do you have hTC Sync 3.0 ? You have to have it so the computer can recognize the phone.
3- putting it to the bootloader mode and nothing appearing on the screen makes me a bit worried.
Let us know how things will go !!!
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1 - Full Charged, at least charging light now is green (was orange before, like in other HTC's)
2 - Yes, i also have ADB drivers installed, but nothing appears with cmd "adb devices"
3 - I don't know if is rooted, or has USB debugging on.

Best thing to do is use xtc clip, create gold card etc and flash the Rom.
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I've found the problem. Looks like screen backlight is working fine, but no info is coming to it. I know because when i press touch buttons they vibrate, and vol buttons sounds when i press. So, do you know where can i get a cheap LCD screen replacement in EU?
Thx in advance

How about trying to find out who is its real owner and return it to him or her?
Can you feel confortable using something you know it is not yours?
Just an idea to make a better world.
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piratashitzu said:
How about trying to find out who is its real owner and return it to him or her?
Can you feel confortable using something you know it is not yours?
Just an idea to make a better world.
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tottaly agreed. just think when you lost yourself your HH..

It would be a nice idea, but my friend found it without SIM or microSD and can't get it work, so if you have any idea about how to find the owner, I'm listening.

Aragornhr said:
It would be a nice idea, but my friend found it without SIM or microSD and can't get it work, so if you have any idea about how to find the owner, I'm listening.
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After getting an LCD replacement and booting it up properly you could check the accounts & sync settings to see the Google account they used with the phone. That way you can maybe contact them. Contacts are also saved on phone memory, so you could have a look there.
If you did find the owner then you could charge him a little extra for finding and repairing it.

need the solution
I have the exact same problem with my HTC Wildfire S.
So what did you do with that phone?

Issues with booting (blinking orange LED)

Hi there,
I'm having strange issues with DHD. I've read a few threads with issues like this, but symptoms are always slightly different.
Yesterday, I've connected it to the charger (the battery was empty), and when I tried to turn it on, it just did 3 vibrations and orange notif. LED started blinking. When connected to the USB, the Windows recognizes device as Qualcomm, and further reading suggested that the phone is entering service mode, which is normally accessible with Power + Vol+. I've also found out that volume rocker can be the issue, but in my case I don't see anything wrong with it, it's working and looking like before.
No matter what I did, it always did the same, it won't even go into recovery (Power + Vol-), screen always stays blank, the only activity I'm getting are flashing LEDs and vibrations.
Also, phone is charging when turned off (battery removed and reinserted). I've charged it for a few hours yesterday and the green LED was on.
And finally, when turned off, and plugged into the USB, after few seconds, adb devices will show the device, and after the serial number it says recovery. Does that mean that the phone booted into the recovery? The screen is still black though.
So, the most important thing for me is to find out is it possible to return the phone back to stock, in order to send it for a repair. And even better, a solution for the problem

I believe its a hardware problem, although adb says its in recovery. Any more ibfo you could give us? ROM, how you rooted it etc?
Sent from another dimension...
thanks don't hurt ya know?

Take off battery,connect phone to charger via USB for 3 minutes ,than insert battery put battery cover now u should see orange light ,now press power button and voila
It's an issue with the volume rocker I think

Had a very similar issue when I had IceColdSandwich on my DHD, only started when I flashed that Rom, reflashed a different Rom, everything is fine again!
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GuyInTheCorner said:
I believe its a hardware problem, although adb says its in recovery. Any more ibfo you could give us? ROM, how you rooted it etc?
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thanks don't hurt ya know?
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I hane ARHD 6.3.3 installed. Also, used Hack Kit for root and S-OFF.
atrako1973 said:
Take off battery,connect phone to charger via USB for 3 minutes ,than insert battery put battery cover now u should see orange light ,now press power button and voila
It's an issue with the volume rocker I think
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Tried this, it's not working, still vibrates and blinks
c5satellite2 said:
Had a very similar issue when I had IceColdSandwich on my DHD, only started when I flashed that Rom, reflashed a different Rom, everything is fine again!
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I'm not sure that the issue is with ROM, I'm starting to think that it's probably a hardware issue. And that's why I need to found out how to return everything to stock, and send it for warranty.

Try again it will work .may be leave it longer after you put the battery in like an hour .it should work after an hour press the power button

please help me .......my htc desire 820 while update lolipop udate battery empty and got switched off not turning on...led light is blinking

I am having same problem with my HTC 820. As display gets in black screen. When I am trying to switch ON my devices it starts but still screen is in black mode. I am also not able to recover my device due to black screen.
please help me to out from this problem !!
I dnt know what is the exact problem with my device ?

dvpt said:
I am having same problem with my HTC 820. As display gets in black screen. When I am trying to switch ON my devices it starts but still screen is in black mode. I am also not able to recover my device due to black screen.
please help me to out from this problem !!
I dnt know what is the exact problem with my device ?
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Today, i visit the service, flat cable and battery where reinserted and everything is normal now. You could try this method if you have a warranty. Best regards.

eshwar.k said:
please help me .......my htc desire 820 while update lolipop udate battery empty and got switched off not turning on...led light is blinking
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same problem. Did u get out of it

HTC D820
My HTC d820 orange light blinking while charging and won't turn on.Nothing on display.I open phone and put the battery out.Battery is full 4.32V. I put the battery back but nothing happened .Anybody know what to do?

Works thankyou
atrako1973 said:
Take off battery,connect phone to charger via USB for 3 minutes ,than insert battery put battery cover now u should see orange light ,now press power button and voila
It's an issue with the volume rocker I think
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Thankyou so much after leaving phone in cupboard for like 5 years and forgot why it was on there I decided to plug it up. Then I remembered it wouldn't turn on and I was getting the orange blinking. After following your instructions it's all on again. Have upgraded since then so I guess this is a back up phone now lol

one x doesn't turn on, charge, or go into recovery.

as title says. last night I was simply watching a movie when i noticed the handset was very very hot, which is weird as it wasn't doing anything too stressing, i figured id let it cooldown abit, not two seconds after the video stopped, the audio went all messed up. I turned it off manually, and it restarted all normally. it happened again, although it wasn't particularly hot, however this time I did not manually restart it, I figured id wait to see if it sorts itself out. Instead it turned off. And it refuses to power on, charge or even go into boot. No idea, what's wrong.
Running on Leedroid OneXtreme 6.4.

shamsul007 said:
as title says. last night I was simply watching a movie when i noticed the handset was very very hot, which is weird as it wasn't doing anything too stressing, i figured id let it cooldown abit, not two seconds after the video stopped, the audio went all messed up. I turned it off manually, and it restarted all normally. it happened again, although it wasn't particularly hot, however this time I did not manually restart it, I figured id wait to see if it sorts itself out. Instead it turned off. And it refuses to power on, charge or even go into boot. No idea, what's wrong.
Running on Leedroid OneXtreme 6.4.
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can you go through adb,fastboot...?responds to PC when is on USB???LED lights when is in the charger?
If not, you can not through the PC...no response then.....
Unfortunately your motherboard is dead...

absolutely nothing, no flashing led, nothing when connect to pc/laptop. no response to anything.

shamsul007 said:
absolutely nothing, no flashing led, nothing when connect to pc/laptop. no response to anything.
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then I'm sure you lost the motherboard...brick your phone...warranty period .... good luck

i have same problem

mehrshad said:
i have same problem
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Got that twice with ma HOX...trust me...just plug on wall charger and leave it for a while (30mins or so) and when LED starts to flash, try to boot your device again.

i will try

This is weird but yeah I left in charge for about 12± hours, started flashing about a few mins ago and it's working perfectly. Pretty sure my phone is possessed. So yeah leave it in charge until it flashes.
Btw I'm not doing much, and it's already getting a bit warm, anything I can do to make my phone handle more? Is there a way to under clock this?
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ok i will put in charge from now till next 12 or 13 hours
i hope to fix it
thanks

do a full wipe fastboot erase cache and re flash a rom something is doing something naughty
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mehrshad said:
ok i will put in charge from now till next 12 or 13 hours
i hope to fix it
thanks
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Good luck! Let me know if it starts working, we could have some sort of alternative medicine on our hands here.
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it's in charge about 13 hours
nothing change and it doesn't flashing led
HELP

No idea then, motherboard may be dead if that's how unresponsive it is. If you have warranty send it off for repairs. Can you get into recovery? How about plugging it into a laptop/computer?
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that sounds very bad

Has anyone tried this?
I had the same problem, no warranty because I unlocked it. Got it back, and found this topic.
Note: It can happen you need to try different pc/notebooks before it charges. I had to switch to 3 different pc s.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
Hope this helps.
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its done it again, heated up, now its completely frozen, just gonna have to go through the whole process again. the overheating issues with this phone is ****ed up.

Amicushia said:
Has anyone tried this?
I had the same problem, no warranty because I unlocked it. Got it back, and found this topic.
Note: It can happen you need to try different pc/notebooks before it charges. I had to switch to 3 different pc s.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
Hope this helps.
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Do not talk nonsense, do not lose the warranty if the unlocked bootloader, but this board is dead aniway , nothing can see. Send to the service and solve the problem.

JohnnyBlack10 said:
Do not talk nonsense, do not lose the warranty if the unlocked bootloader, but this board is dead aniway , nothing can see. Send to the service and solve the problem.
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Oh yes it does. I Fixed it with that script after i got it back from HTC.
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First time I need help, and it's a big one and hope it a positive result.
I come from viper 2.1.0
I wiped 3 times everythnig. Installed CM10 v8. then google addons, than entered fastboot and instal boot.img than erased....
Booted into android made preliminary input. started to download files and restored my old apps from google play. Whet to settings than from settings I pulled down status bar.
HOX frozze and than I presed the power button and thas' it.
NOW it does not wake up, even if I put the power cord in no lights go ON, nothing. It's like a BRICK.
Anyone any ideas.
you guys think if I send this to reapir and play stupit that thay will now that i had unlocked bootloader

[Q] my DHD Is defunct :((

Hi everyone and sorry for my english,
Little introduction, yesterday I changed a new battery (original) and everything was great until
Today suddenly my phone off for no reason ..
The battery was charged at least half, so there is no chance that it sold out
I pressed the power button, it lights up for a moment - and off again
And since he just does not turn on anymore! I tried everything, remove the battery, replace the previous, to plug and then insert the battery at the same time (I heard it from a friend who understands electronics)
LED is not lit at all while charging .. Please help! I do not want to bury my DHD!! :crying:

Remove battery, replace, press volume down button and the press power button. Keep both pressed till phone comes on, may take 10 seconds.
If the phone doesnt turn on the battery could be flat, if the phone isnt charging the battery then this could be a fix http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=400471194202

tonylee000 said:
Remove battery, replace, press volume down button and the press power button. Keep both pressed till phone comes on, may take 10 seconds.
If the phone doesnt turn on the battery could be flat, if the phone isnt charging the battery then this could be a fix
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hi,
first, thanks for reply.
i know the buttons ways to go into recovery and other.. but is not helps..
i have another battery, as i know full charged, but nothing happened.. it's like the DHD dead..
what another options to do i have? thanks again!

MasteRoi said:
hi,
first, thanks for reply.
i know the buttons ways to go into recovery and other.. but is not helps..
i have another battery, as i know full charged, but nothing happened.. it's like the DHD dead..
what another options to do i have? thanks again!
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Get it hooked to a JTAG and see of you can resurrect the dead body, and to see if the JTAG software will recognize it, if not get a new motherboard
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humzaahmed155 said:
Get it hooked to a JTAG and see of you can resurrect the dead body, and to see if the JTAG software will recognize it, if not get a new motherboard
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hi, i don't know nothing about JTAG.. can you bring me some tutorials or something? thanks!

the phone is too old to use
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cgigate said:
the phone is too old to use
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Lol! There is not enough money, there is not much choice!
anyway i need it work for backup my stuff

hi!
i think there is a sign of life?
i try to connect the phone to pc and i see this massage of looking for drivers..

MasteRoi said:
hi!
i think there is a sign of life?
i try to connect the phone to pc and i see this massage of looking for drivers..
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You need to install the htc drivers on your pc. Cant remember what is called, htc sync maybe

tonylee000 said:
You need to install the htc drivers on your pc. Cant remember what is called, htc sync maybe
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i'm using my htc about 2.5 years.. i got this drivers for sure.. or i need another one?

MasteRoi said:
hi!
i think there is a sign of life?
i try to connect the phone to pc and i see this massage of looking for drivers..
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I can recognise this anywhere, your phone is in download mode, don't worry, although your phone is fully functional, you will need a JTAG to kick it out of download mode, take your phone to a repair shop, and tell them to JTAG the phone to unfreeze the boot loader, the problem is common with the HTC One series, but I've never seen this happen to the Desire HD
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EDIT: I have the drivers, i dont know what use they will be, maybe you could use QPST to flash some files and get it working, but if you're not experienced i say you should just leave it and take it to a shop for a JTAG

humzaahmed155 said:
I can recognise this anywhere, your phone is in download mode, don't worry, although your phone is fully functional, you will need a JTAG to kick it out of download mode, take your phone to a repair shop, and tell them to JTAG the phone to unfreeze the boot loader, the problem is common with the HTC One series, but I've never seen this happen to the Desire HD
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EDIT: I have the drivers, i dont know what use they will be, maybe you could use QPST to flash some files and get it working, but if you're not experienced i say you should just leave it and take it to a shop for a JTAG
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he could try the qhsusb_dload fix for the one v and similar phones, not sure if it will work.
although it's not 100% stuck in download mode, maybe the emmc is gone so it can't even read the boot partition or OS to boot from.

Steam. said:
he could try the qhsusb_dload fix for the one v and similar phones, not sure if it will work.
although it's not 100% stuck in download mode, maybe the emmc is gone so it can't even read the boot partition or OS to boot from.
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Yup, I've tried to fix a friends bricked DHD before I had one, the JTAG failed to connect it with error 0x44 (Damaged Hardware) but you could always try, I looked just now for the One Vs fix but I can't find it, if you find it post the link
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humzaahmed155 said:
Yup, I've tried to fix a friends bricked DHD before I had one, the JTAG failed to connect it with error 0x44 (Damaged Hardware) but you could always try, I looked just now for the One Vs fix but I can't find it, if you find it post the link
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sure thing, though it's not in the list, it's well worth a shot
http://unlimited.io/qhsusbdload.htm

Steam. said:
sure thing, though it's not in the list, it's well worth a shot
http://unlimited.io/qhsusbdload.htm
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Yup, i suppose you dont have to be that experienced with Ubuntu and linux for this though, it's an extreme bit of luck if this works though

thanks for replies!
do you think the unbrick way for desire v should work if i do it for my dhd?
and don't forget that it had brick since i replaced battery

MasteRoi said:
thanks for replies!
do you think the unbrick way for desire v should work if i do it for my dhd?
and don't forget that it had brick since i replaced battery
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You could always try
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humzaahmed155 said:
You could always try
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hi after i try that (about few time!)
i think there is another sign of life?
the dhd just vibrates 7 times when i try to power on
try with vol up and down together and green led turn after the vibrate but nothing special
try vol down + power made one vibrate and nothing...

MasteRoi said:
hi after i try that (about few time!)
i think there is another sign of life?
the dhd just vibrates 7 times when i try to power on
try with vol up and down together and green led turn after the vibrate but nothing special
try vol down + power made one vibrate and nothing...
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Does it show the HTC logo at all? 7 vibrations somewhat usually indicate a problem in the MISC partition, and what did the unbrick software do? Does windows still try to look for QHSUSB Drivers?
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humzaahmed155 said:
Does it show the HTC logo at all? 7 vibrations somewhat usually indicate a problem in the MISC partition, and what did the unbrick software do? Does windows still try to look for QHSUSB Drivers?
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1. no- the screen not turn on at all..
2. the unbrick by the ubuntu - i just run it by the steps - and it say: (some 3 letters i can't remmember) + clear..
it's do notingh after that so i try few times until the second sympthoms happend
3. now windows show an unidentify driver - i show pic here