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[Q] Boot loop with no recovery

I know theres probably a thousand topics on this but none of them seem to have the same exact problem or they do and dont have a solution. I can boot my ROM and i cant boot recovery. the only thing i can get to is HBOOT. I have tried many of the PB31IMG.zip files but none of them work. i have also tried the RUU exe program but that did not work either. im kinda graspin at straws here cuz i dont have a phone right now. im also wondering if i should just take it to verizon, but with that im worried about them finding out its rooted, because it still says "S-off" on the HBOOT menu. Any suggestions on what to do?

To my knowledge if you are in a bootloop with no secondary recovery such as Amon-Ra or CWR, the only other option is the RUU downgrade your Inc through the Android HBOOT Recovery. Use these guides here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html

I have tried that exact process, both options, to no avail...thanks though. Is there any way to revert S-Off back to S-on through HBOOT?

gdaysoccer said:
I have tried that exact process, both options, to no avail...thanks though. Is there any way to revert S-Off back to S-on through HBOOT?
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For whatever it's worth, my phone was s-off when I took it in to Verizon. (I was having the vibrations-of-death)
They saw the phone wasn't booting up, and even saw my unrevoked splash screen, and that was good enough for them to send me a new phone.
Honestly, I don't think a majority of those sales reps would even know how to get into hboot, and really don't know a whole lot about Android. I'm not saying it'd be impossible to get someone that lurks XDA in their spare time, but... it's unlikely.

And if they did lurk xda they probably wouldn't make an issue of you being rooted
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

I actually just had the same issue as you and spent around 21 hours trying to get things fixed with a few devs and we had no luck. basically the phone would act as if it would take the ruu flash and claim it did and update the hboot like it did but made no change in order to complete a boot cycle. I had no recovery no rom just hboot and fastboot worked. every other option failed. we chalked this up to a hardware failure of some sort. I flashed the lastest Ruu and called *611 explained the problem and they overnighted me a new inc. I still have S-off on the phone but every other item radio/hboot/kernal is all stock. I doubht they wil lreally notice the S-off. all in all the phone is back to stock full wipe. Good luck.

I ended up taking it to the Verizon store today and the rep thought it might have been the battery so he tried a new one of those, but that wasnt the issue. I'm pretty sure he booted into HBOOT because he was playing around with the power and volume buttons, but he didnt ask me anything about it being s-off or rooted or anything and so theyre sending me a new phone, because unluckily they didnt have any in stock at the store i went to, and i have to send this one back. So, so far, it looks like no one really cares or even knows where to check for it being rooted.

Can anyone help me put original ROM back on my DHD

Hi, and thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
I have a desire hd phone, witch I love anyways I had it rooted a few months ago by a local phone shop, but I didn’t really see the benefit from it, in fact it caused problems so I performed a full factory reset within a few days, and thought that was the end of it.
Anyways my phone received the option to update to the 2.3 gingerbread on Monday, it downloads fine, and then when the install starts it freezes at about 20% of the way thorough.
I have contacted HTC several times about it, they say the phone will not update if it’s been rooted and I have to send it back to them to have it re-flashed, one person said it would cost £30, another said £200 so I would rather not send it to them. the last guy I spoke to was very helpful, he said it was possible for me to reflash the phone to its original ''shipped'' state, and if I joined a help forum I could possibly get some help, but he was unable to advise me on this., so here I am!!!
I received the phone new in January and it has had no updates until the one on Moday, and it was rooted using visionary a few months ago, I have performed several factory restores since then.
Current software is:
android version 2.2
baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_m
build number 1.37.771.3 CL290190
software number 1.37.771.3
im in the uk, and on the 3 network
Many thanks,
Jamie

Jamie.Desire.HD said:
Hi, and thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
I have a desire hd phone, witch I love anyways I had it rooted a few months ago by a local phone shop, but I didn’t really see the benefit from it, in fact it caused problems so I performed a full factory reset within a few days, and thought that was the end of it.
Anyways my phone received the option to update to the 2.3 gingerbread on Monday, it downloads fine, and then when the install starts it freezes at about 20% of the way thorough.
I have contacted HTC several times about it, they say the phone will not update if it’s been rooted and I have to send it back to them to have it re-flashed, one person said it would cost £30, another said £200 so I would rather not send it to them. the last guy I spoke to was very helpful, he said it was possible for me to reflash the phone to its original ''shipped'' state, and if I joined a help forum I could possibly get some help, but he was unable to advise me on this., so here I am!!!
I received the phone new in January and it has had no updates until the one on Moday, and it was rooted using visionary a few months ago, I have performed several factory restores since then.
Current software is:
android version 2.2
baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_m
build number 1.37.771.3 CL290190
software number 1.37.771.3
im in the uk, and on the 3 network
Many thanks,
Jamie
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Hey dude, this link should help. I'm currently downloading it so that I can help you further when you get it also.
I would think twice about reverting everything back to stock though. You are now in the right place, the shop you went to, to get your phone rooted was the wrong place! We are a friendly bunch for the most part so do some reading in the desire HD general section and you'll find some nice ROMs that are close to stock firmware but perform better. If they're not for you then feel free to flash the official ROM from your provider that I have linked to above.
Oh yeah, Welcome to XDA!

Thanks for that, How do i go about installing it, and will it completely revert the phone back to its original state so i can use the ota update and get the 2.3 gingerbread?
And thanks again for your help

Damnit, what I've linked to is actually someones backup of a stock 3 ROM so it won't be quite back to factory fresh. Let me do some digging, I'll be back.
EDIT: What exactly did the shop do, other than use visionary? You could try AMT tools from here and query the device info, that should at least let us know what they have and haven't done to the phone. I suspect that they have set a super CID hence why the update won't go through. Try AMT and report back.

Thankyou very much your help is appreciated.

Should i try the link you posted earlier??

Just use AMT tools that I linked to above in one of my edits and check the CID, If it is just the CID that has been altered, then you can use this tool to reflash a 3UK CID which is H3G__001

when i use AMT it says AMT is designed for use with Desire HD and Dsire z / G2 ONLY But i have a desire HD ????

Strange, is there an option to click OK or ignore?
EDIT: Weird, I just booted into windows and I get the same thing with AMT tools. Now I'm really confused. Try using the other tool that I linked to and see what that displays.
EDIT 2: Just had a thought. Pull your battery then put it back in. Hold 'down' on the volume rocker then press the power button. Your phone should start in the bootloader and we should be able to get some more info. Once you've done this, list everything that it says in the bootloader screen.
Sorry, my brain is a bit slow today for some reason.

Ok ill do that now, i have also just rooted my phone again using visionary (i followed the link in your earlier message. so its rooted again now. cant believe i paid £20-00 to have that done, it took me less than 5 minutes to do it

ace pvt ship s-on
hboot-0.85.0007
microp-0438
radio-26.03.02.26_m
emmc-boot
oct 11 2010, 12:47:02

Jamie.Desire.HD said:
ace pvt ship s-on
hboot-0.85.0007
microp-0438
radio-26.03.02.26_m
emmc-boot
oct 11 2010, 12:47:02
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OK, so it would seem as though all they did was root it and leave most things intact, I think they must have changed your CID though probably using the jkoljo's radio S-OFF tool.
Run that tool and try to change your CID to whatever it was that I said before H3G__001 I think it was, or you could equally use that tool to get radio s-off super-CID and sim-unlock, then install ROM manager from the market, flash Clockwork Mod Recovery and then flash a custom ROM after making a backup of course.
The world is your lobster at this point and flashing new ROMs can be fun. I might have to re-flash my current ROM myself as I think I've screwed something up with it from messing around too much earlier today

i dont understand the open "Desire HD easy radio tool.exe'' where is that??
Please remember i am a complete noob when it comes to this, lol
i had to download the visionary app using my phone as my laptop kept saying it had a virus.
i have downloaded the premium rom manager app, can you recomend and good roms, or where i can get a list of them? also could you explain in noob terms how to change my phone so i can get the 2.3 update? the cid bit!!!
Thank you, you have been very helpfull.

Jamie.Desire.HD said:
i dont understand the open "Desire HD easy radio tool.exe'' where is that??
Please remember i am a complete noob when it comes to this, lol
i had to download the visionary app using my phone as my laptop kept saying it had a virus.
i have downloaded the premium rom manager app, can you recomend and good roms, or where i can get a list of them? also could you explain in noob terms how to change my phone so i can get the 2.3 update? the cid bit!!!
Thank you, you have been very helpfull.
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I'm gonna point you to this thread as it has everything you could possibly want or need to know in it. There is a link there to a thread all about how to flash a ROM, what tools you need on your PC etc..
With regards to how to get 2.3 onto your phone pretty much every ROM you'll find in the DEV section is based on 2.3. That thread I've linked also has links to pretty much every ROM currently available for the DHD and everything is explained far better than I would be able to explain things.
The tool to get Super-CID, which really only helps when it comes to flashing Radio's (which is something I would avoid until you've found your feet a little, however it's worth doing now, as it is simple and relatively worry free) is at the bottom of this post.
Happy reading and just remember that as long as you read all the instructions for something before starting it and you feel comfortable with what the instructions are explaining, then you will succeed with your end goal.

The tool to get Super-CID, which really only helps when it comes to flashing Radio's (which is something I would avoid until you've found your feet a little, however it's worth doing now, as it is simple and relatively worry free) is at the bottom of this post.
I have downloaded this, but i have no idea how to use it! i extracted the files to my desktop, it has a few different applications in there, one says start here but when i open it a command prompt comes up on my pc screen, i dont know where to go from there

Jamie.Desire.HD said:
The tool to get Super-CID, which really only helps when it comes to flashing Radio's (which is something I would avoid until you've found your feet a little, however it's worth doing now, as it is simple and relatively worry free) is at the bottom of this post.
I have downloaded this, but i have no idea how to use it! i extracted the files to my desktop, it has a few different applications in there, one says start here but when i open it a command prompt comes up on my pc screen, i dont know where to go from there
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You should extract them into one folder, then from there you should be able to double click the only thing that looks like a program icon. If nothing is happening it would suggest that you need to update your .NET framework. Do that by running windows update or going here.
Honestly....... the best thing to do would be to go here and read the basic setup bit so that your PC is ready for everything, and then read the rest of that little guide and it should hold your hand through the whole process.

im going to attempt a custom rom form the link you gave me (everything desire hd) do you have any recomendations??

Cyanogenmod is interesting as it more like stock Android, MIUI is similar to iOS and then you have the sense ROMs with tweaks and whatnot. Have a look at the options available in the screenshots and see what you like the look of, it's a very subjective thing as some like one thing and others like something else.

the link you gave me for the rado code was missing the important bit!
i managed to find it somewhere else
http://igyaan.in/2011/01/how-to-root-htc-desire-hd-included-downgrade-from-1-72-405-3-to-1-32/
have a look at the link you gave me, it is missing the main programme.
do you have to go through the root procedure every time you use the radio tool, or will it work every time after the phone is rooted. the reason i ask is that i just tried to do it and it said ''operation failed, probably connection'' ill try it again now

Jamie.Desire.HD said:
the link you gave me for the rado code was missing the important bit!
i managed to find it somewhere else
http://igyaan.in/2011/01/how-to-root-htc-desire-hd-included-downgrade-from-1-72-405-3-to-1-32/
have a look at the link you gave me, it is missing the main programme.
do you have to go through the root procedure every time you use the radio tool, or will it work every time after the phone is rooted. the reason i ask is that i just tried to do it and it said ''operation failed, probably connection'' ill try it again now
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It usually fails the first time, I don't know why. After a reboot it worked for me, keep your phone screen on though as the package will request superuser permission.
That link is definitely not missing anything as I've downloaded and run it from that link several times, but maybe your download got corrupted.
Glad all seems well now anyway.

[Q] HELP!

Well i've been working for the past 9 hours trying ever possible thing i could find trying to fix my issue without any progress. How do i get back to stock so i can start over?!
Supersonic EVT1 ENG s-off
hboot-2.10.0001 (pc36*****)
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.05.02
mar 30 2010, 11:24:04
I was rooted with unrevoked after reverting back from the newest OTA using a guide from the XDA forums. everything was working wonderfully but my dumbass had to try and downgrade to an ancient ENG Hboot. using thefredelement's guide to get back to ENG .76. NOT NOTICING i shouldn't try it with HW version 003/004. unfortunately my phone is HW 003. idk what i need to do to get this fixed or if i bricked my phone. I've got a warranty still so i can always just report it lost pay the 50 and restore from my backup sd card.
anyways, my computer is able to see my phone with fastboot but not adb. i get errors when trying to flash new recoveries or anything but radios (such as fail PU, image update error, data length too large, etc) Trying to do anything with adb shell just says "device not found" (yes, i have the correct drivers installed) I CANNOT get into recovery (i had CWM 5.0.2.2) it just reboots back to hboot or the screen with the three droids skateboarding when i try. sorry ahead of time if this is posted in the wrong section/i just killed some brain cells with my stupidity and lack of experience. thanks in advance for any help and advice i can get! (sorry for the double post, idk how to delete postings)

Xexus said:
Well i've been working for the past 9 hours trying ever possible thing i could find trying to fix my issue without any progress. How do i get back to stock so i can start over?!
Supersonic EVT1 ENG s-off
hboot-2.10.0001 (pc36*****)
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.05.02
mar 30 2010, 11:24:04
I was rooted with unrevoked after reverting back from the newest OTA using a guide from the XDA forums. everything was working wonderfully but my dumbass had to try and downgrade to an ancient ENG Hboot. using thefredelement's guide to get back to ENG .76. NOT NOTICING i shouldn't try it with HW version 003/004. unfortunately my phone is HW 003. idk what i need to do to get this fixed or if i bricked my phone. I've got a warranty still so i can always just report it lost pay the 50 and restore from my backup sd card.
anyways, my computer is able to see my phone with fastboot but not adb. i get errors when trying to flash new recoveries or anything but radios (such as fail PU, image update error, data length too large, etc) Trying to do anything with adb shell just says "device not found" (yes, i have the correct drivers installed) I CANNOT get into recovery (i had CWM 5.0.2.2) it just reboots back to hboot or the screen with the three droids skateboarding when i try. sorry ahead of time if this is posted in the wrong section/i just killed some brain cells with my stupidity and lack of experience. thanks in advance for any help and advice i can get! (sorry for the double post, idk how to delete postings)
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Remain calm. Let's see if we can get you fully functional.
First, let's upgrade that HBOOT. That by itself might fix you up, if it'll flash through the bootloader. Try the PC36IMG.zip attached to this post. It's for HBOOT 2.15.
If it flashes successfully, it should reboot the bootloader for you. If it doesn't, choose the fastboot option that does, and when it comes back up, try getting into recovery. If you can get into recovery, the next thing you should do is retire CWM and flash RA-supersonic.

thx capt. I actually just filed a clain through asurion, and for my $100 deductible i've getting a brand new evo3d xD so jumping the gun for the replacement actually worked out for me this time!

Xexus said:
thx capt. I actually just filed a clain through asurion, and for my $100 deductible i've getting a brand new evo3d xD so jumping the gun for the replacement actually worked out for me this time!
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A shame to send back a perfectly fine OG . But I'm glad it worked out for you. Personally I like the challenge of trying to rescue a soft-bricked device. But I guess we'll never know if it was possible, now . . .

i would have loved to have found out myself. but being on probation and in the process of finding a job I just didnt have the time to mess with it i've still got it so once i get some time i'm going to attempt to unbrick it still. although its useless now that it's been deactivated lol

[Q] VM Wildfire S: Stuck somewhere in process- how can I continue?

I wanted to root and flash my VM Wildfire S, now the only thing I can get after executing HBOOT Recovery or Factory Reset is white screen with HTC logo. How can I proceed.
Before I started the process, I had a LOCKED.
*** LOCKED ***
MARVEL C PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT- 1.10.0001
And, I have/had (?) Android 2.3.4
I successfully unlocked the bootloader using HTC Dev site/process. I validated that I had (and still have) "UNLOCKED" on HBOOT screen.
Being a noob, I was really happy with this result. In fact, I was so happy, I wanted to continue on to Root the phone. Upon hours of search in xda, I found "One Root for WFS 1.5", read the thread, and even watched the youtube vid- man, it looked easy!
Unfortunately, all did not go well. See attachment to get idea of what happened..
I am now at a softbrick (I think that is what it is called). I can get the HBOOT Menu, but when I try fastboot, I see things like:
PG76DIA.zip
no image or wrong file
PG76DIA.nbh
no image or wrong file
And, if I try HBOOT Recovery or Factory Reset, I get green HTC logo on white screen (I tried waiting 20min to see if it goes away, but didn't work). Did I mention being a noob?
I have spent many hours looking through this forum and others on how to fix. It seems sometimes they say RUU (this didn't work at all- I can turn phone on, but only see HBOOT screen). Others say, just flash another ROM. I don't think I flashed one, so it doesn't make sense.
Others say Recovery. I did not actually do a backup, but I think I understand that you can use a Recovery file to flash. That kind of makes sense.
And, frankly, now I am really confused. Seems some threads that look like they might work have dead links, or updated in Jan 2012 (I don't know if it is still valid).
Please help so my daughter stops laughing at me. Any help will be greatly appreciated (and thanked!)

Back from the dead, but...
Only 2 additional hours of searching and trying... and I got the phone to come back from the White Screen with green HTC. (Yes, my daughter stopped laughing)
I tried a couple of things, but this one worked (flashed Alquez's Unoffical 5.0.2.6 ClockworkMod recovery):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436501
I installed Rom Manager as suggested, but it wouldn't work ("an error occurred while trying to run privileged commands"). I am guessing that I am actually not rooted??
I am happy for now, but back to searching for next step, unless I can get a hint or two from this forum? please.

It would be best if you ask in the Wildfire S section. They might know more.
Sent from my Ainol Novo7 Elf using xda premium

Good suggestion
Thanks for suggestion. I moved it to wildfire s q&a ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27435254#post27435254

[Q] Evo 4G Boots to 4G Screen then turns grey

Well, I've come across an embarassing situation. My problem is in the title, and for those with a keen eye, yes, I'm a Sprint tech so laugh about that if you will, don't care. Gotten that on several other forums and no help. Apparently people hate us lol. Point is, telling me I need to take the phone in isn't really much help since I'm the person you'd normally go see. Anyway on to the issue.
A while ago I came across a phone that the owner didn't want anymore, and lo and behold it turns out the reason for that was a soft brick (I can't think of what else to call it.) I'll boot the phone, it loads up to the splash screen, and at different points will just flash grey and stop loading, then after a while of being left alone try and boot up again and then freeze up. I've pretty much exhausted the range of my knowledge (Owned samsung all my life, my rooting journey has been pretty much strictly that), so I come to you guys. Below I'll list what I've tried and my specs, hopefully I don't have a paperweight with a kickstand on my hands.
Things I've tried:
RUU's out the ass, had trouble getting them to even connect to the phone (triggered it at certain points during the boot til I found the sweet spot), and when it did its thing, simply gave me Error 132 (Signature Verification failed), which apparently is fixed with s-off. Leading me to...
Revolutionary. This I did really not expecting it to work, since the last time I've used this for someone else I had to enable USB debugging and everything, meaning I need to boot into the OS. No dice here.
ADB push I'm pretty new to this particular bit, so I tried to push a custom recovery onto the device, which failed due to S-ON. (At my wits end at this point, figured, "what the **** maybe I'll get lucky.")
Specs:
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
And the date and time, which is incorrect so here
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I don't think I need to point out yes, I've tried hard resetting and all the basic BS most normal users are surprised to find out they can do themselves. I'm fresh out of ideas, so before I begin the painstaking process of using other peoples solutions to other problems and hoping it works for mine, I've come for some direct advice/help. I think ADB might be my best bet at this point, but I have no real idea how, and after 7 hours reading through other peoples' stuff, you can imagine I'd rather just be told if it is or isn't going to work.
tl;dr, bricked evo, pls help.

Since ur the techy guy take a old evo that might have been smashed or something but the mother board still works swap the mother board and ur good to go I guess bcuz the other evo is now just trash
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

lreyes15 said:
Since ur the techy guy take a old evo that might have been smashed or something but the mother board still works swap the mother board and ur good to go I guess bcuz the other evo is now just trash
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium
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Easier said than done; phones i send in have to match the ESN on the sticker as well as on the board, so no luck with that. ALso bump.

Have you tried unlocking it with unrEVOked?
EDIT: Well that won't work if you can't get the phone to boot up. Will the phone stay on in Bootloader or Fastboot modes? You cam flash an RUU while in Fastboot. If it stays on, either that or a PC36IMG.zip might work.

Captain_Throwback said:
Have you tried unlocking it with unrEVOked?
EDIT: Well that won't work if you can't get the phone to boot up. Will the phone stay on in Bootloader or Fastboot modes? You cam flash an RUU while in Fastboot. If it stays on, either that or a PC36IMG.zip might work.
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It'll stay on in either of those two modes. I've tried a PC36IMG as well as the RUU for the phone's Radio, and neither works. I get error 132 for the RUU and PC36IMG doesn't get detected, unless I'm doing something wrong. It's in the root of the SD card and when I boot into the bootloader it tells me nothing's there on that initial check.

psych0r3bel said:
It'll stay on in either of those two modes. I've tried a PC36IMG as well as the RUU for the phone's Radio, and neither works. I get error 132 for the RUU and PC36IMG doesn't get detected, unless I'm doing something wrong. It's in the root of the SD card and when I boot into the bootloader it tells me nothing's there on that initial check.
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Try a newer PC36IMG, like the one from the 4.54.651.1 ROM.