Ok so I believe I bricked my phone. Currently all it does is boot to the HTC quietly brilliant screen, blink, then HTC quietly brilliant over and over forever. I am able to enter the Hboot no problem, but Recovery and Factory Reset don't help the problem.
Just so you know what I've done:
1) Started with the intention of rooting: Which now seems impossible due to me updating to the 2012 system update released before I realized it makes all the rooting instruction impossible to do.
2) I was able to UNLOCK the Hboot but the program that you normally run before hand would not work, so I did it all manually and successfully.
Current Hboot info is:
***UNLOCKED***
MarvelC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
Apr 17 2012, 18:21:30 - I'm assuming this is the line that ruined rooting for me.
3) Tried and read every single program/walkthrough out there nothing works at all.
4) Today I tried using Hasoon2000's HTC Wildfire All in one kit.
5) Attempted to flash the recovery - thought it worked
6) As I knew about the system update mentioned above Apr17, 2012 I attempted to Flash the kernal with the boot rom inside the "RUU_Marvel_Virgin_Mobile_1.37.351.1_Radio_47.10.3 5.3029H_7.46.35.08_release_188032_signed". It went through and said everything worked perfectly. Upon restarting my phone is now stuck on the perpetual loop mentioned above and useless.
7) Booting into Hboot and attempting Flash does nothing as everything is still blocked it seems by that damm patch. Rooting using this program did not work either. I attempted to root from the Hboot USB promt (it was my only choice after the Brick)
Any assistance or ideas or leads really anything would be nice. I hope I supplied enough details.
[the omeessco
At what point of "rooting" were you at.. and which method were you using to "root"
the 2012 update made no difference to my NON marvel C handset when rooting via the official HTCdev method.
I'm not sure what you did... clockwork mod recovery installed?
I have abused my HTC & in the last 2 weeks has had about 10 diff rooms on it... I'm finding it hard to brick.. only soft brick
Glitch_Neo said:
At what point of "rooting" were you at.. and which method were you using to "root"
the 2012 update made no difference to my NON marvel C handset when rooting via the official HTCdev method.
I'm not sure what you did... clockwork mod recovery installed?
I have abused my HTC & in the last 2 weeks has had about 10 diff rooms on it... I'm finding it hard to brick.. only soft brick
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I've been abusing it as well, this is the first time I've run into issue, but then again this is the first time I used this program and tried to see if I could roll back that system update with the KERNEL flash. That's the point at which all hell broke loose.
Drakons said:
I've been abusing it as well, this is the first time I've run into issue, but then again this is the first time I used this program and tried to see if I could roll back that system update with the KERNEL flash. That's the point at which all hell broke loose.
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Really I'm not going to get any help at all? The Phone can't be Rooted so it's not rooted, just Unlocked HBoot as mentioned. It's in a constant Boot Loop.
Drakons said:
Really I'm not going to get any help at all? The Phone can't be Rooted so it's not rooted, just Unlocked HBoot as mentioned. It's in a constant Boot Loop.
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Well I was able to get the phone to reboot by Fastboot flashing after extracting the rom.zip from the
RUU_Marvel_Virgin_Mobile_1.37.351.1_Radio_47.10.35.3029H_7.46.35.08_release_188032_signed
file, but the userdata, radio and recovery portions would not pass the Signatures portion.
So I'm unable to connect with my Wifi or The Phones network. Any ideas from here?
Sounds like a boot lopped have you tried flashing any roms?
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
hmmm Im a newbie... let me research.. lol
Drakons said:
Really I'm not going to get any help at all? The Phone can't be Rooted so it's not rooted, just Unlocked HBoot as mentioned. It's in a constant Boot Loop.
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LOL hey sorry my phone died and I was at work all last night.
You say its just in a perpetual boot loop... I had this with a "dodgy rom" install when I first started messing around. I managed to fix the issue with a complete wipe of SD card - formatted in the PC - then dalvic cach, cache etc... some "paid for" versions of App2sd etc that are patched or cracked also give loads of probs.
Stupic question, have you formatted / cleaned all aspects of mem card and phone acsessable files using the HBOOT.
When mine did it I just installed a fresh rom (cyanogen mod 10.1) and it worked again. without the reovery / install from SD isnt there I'm stumped.... noobie strikes... sorry
I'll have a read though... see what I can come up with.
I see from the Kernal You tried was for a MARVEL not MARVELC.... im sure the two should never be mixed up or bricking will happen
i'll get back to you later if i find anything out mate.
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WiseCrunchyEggroll said:
Sounds like a boot lopped have you tried flashing any roms?
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
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From reading the tread properly, it seems a flash of the MARVEL Kernal onto a MARVELC phone is where the propblem lies.. Im pretty sure you should never mix the two... I could be wrong though - my wife tells me I often am! lol
good luck Drakons:good:
your best bet at this point is to flash a custom rom that is already rooted. you have the custom recovery already installed so just flash the rom. (whichever you like) for future reference the marvelc can be s-offed by placing the pj76diag.nbh onto the sdcard and booting to bootloader, allowing it to run and then selecting clean s58 data. once you have s-off you can supercid and then run any ruu that you want, should you ever get stuck in situations like this. where as the htcdev unlock blocks the use of ruu`s and pj76img.zips from bootloader
Drakons said:
Ok so I believe I bricked my phone. Currently all it does is boot to the HTC quietly brilliant screen, blink, then HTC quietly brilliant over and over forever. I am able to enter the Hboot no problem, but Recovery and Factory Reset don't help the problem.
Just so you know what I've done:
1) Started with the intention of rooting: Which now seems impossible due to me updating to the 2012 system update released before I realized it makes all the rooting instruction impossible to do.
2) I was able to UNLOCK the Hboot but the program that you normally run before hand would not work, so I did it all manually and successfully.
Current Hboot info is:
***UNLOCKED***
MarvelC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.10.0001
Microp-0354
Radio-0.94.00.0109
Apr 17 2012, 18:21:30 - I'm assuming this is the line that ruined rooting for me.
3) Tried and read every single program/walkthrough out there nothing works at all.
4) Today I tried using Hasoon2000's HTC Wildfire All in one kit.
5) Attempted to flash the recovery - thought it worked
6) As I knew about the system update mentioned above Apr17, 2012 I attempted to Flash the kernal with the boot rom inside the "RUU_Marvel_Virgin_Mobile_1.37.351.1_Radio_47.10.3 5.3029H_7.46.35.08_release_188032_signed". It went through and said everything worked perfectly. Upon restarting my phone is now stuck on the perpetual loop mentioned above and useless.
7) Booting into Hboot and attempting Flash does nothing as everything is still blocked it seems by that damm patch. Rooting using this program did not work either. I attempted to root from the Hboot USB promt (it was my only choice after the Brick)
Any assistance or ideas or leads really anything would be nice. I hope I supplied enough details.
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I think you should change thread title to solved as you have solved tour problem...
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Hi guys,
right now after hours of looking around for a thread helping me out... i need help of an expert. My history:
I was ending a telefone call normally when the DZ was freezing in that event. After some time i had to put out the battery, nothing else seemed to help. After that the desire z freezes while booting (HTC boot logo) in a boot loop.
technical facts:
Vision PVT Ship S-Off
HBoot 0.85.005
Microp-0425
Radio 26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct. 11 2010 20:10:38
What i did to my phone:
After geeting my DZ i was rooting it with adb and one of the how-TOs of xda-dev. Everything was fine. Then i was installing cyanogenmod 7.0.3 through rom manager. Afterwards i tried MiUI. All was working fine for me until that event after finishing the call. CWM is not installed anymore due to a try to install the PC10IMG.zip from the rooting progress directly through the SD Card and hboot.
Updating from SD-Card also does not work. Fail-PU is more or less the only info i get from hboot. Also it gets stuck when updating radio V2. No reaction of the phone. Update from hboot is not finished normally.
I have no clue anymore...bricked?
Any suggestions helping me out are welcome.
Thanks in advance
Alex
There is a thread showing more or less the same behaviour
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753636
Is S-Off a problem when returning the phone?
Kind regards
Alex
lexilex75 said:
Hi guys,
right now after hours of looking around for a thread helping me out... i need help of an expert. My history:
I was ending a telefone call normally when the DZ was freezing in that event. After some time i had to put out the battery, nothing else seemed to help. After that the desire z freezes while booting (HTC boot logo) in a boot loop.
technical facts:
Vision PVT Ship S-Off
HBoot 0.85.005
Microp-0425
Radio 26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct. 11 2010 20:10:38
What i did to my phone:
After geeting my DZ i was rooting it with adb and one of the how-TOs of xda-dev. Everything was fine. Then i was installing cyanogenmod 7.0.3 through rom manager. Afterwards i tried MiUI. All was working fine for me until that event after finishing the call. CWM is not installed anymore due to a try to install the PC10IMG.zip from the rooting progress directly through the SD Card and hboot.
Updating from SD-Card also does not work. Fail-PU is more or less the only info i get from hboot. Also it gets stuck when updating radio V2. No reaction of the phone. Update from hboot is not finished normally.
I have no clue anymore...bricked?
Any suggestions helping me out are welcome.
Thanks in advance
Alex
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Are you sure CWM isn't installed? Try powering on while holding down the vol+down to get into the bootloader and selecting "recovery"; you may just have a bad recovery file.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Sounds like it could be a bad eMMC, there's more info on the problem here
If it is, you'll have to get a warranty replacement.
-Nipqer
lexilex75 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753636
Is S-Off a problem when returning the phone?
Kind regards
Alex
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Usually, if they pay attention they will know you voided your warranty...
OriginalGabriel said:
Are you sure CWM isn't installed? Try powering on while holding down the vol+down to get into the bootloader and selecting "recovery"; you may just have a bad recovery file.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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Hi OriginalGabriel,
when i choose recovery, there is the screen appearing shortly when the SD card is prepared. Then the phone gets dark and i need to pull the battery! At the end there was MiUI on the phone, which is, as far as i experienced, based on cyanogenmod.
There is another issue i try to understand:
I have no chance to connect with adb. I tried it on hboot but no chance. MyHTC is showing up at the device manager. I need to go back to s-on somehow, otherwise i have a problem.
Thanks for any hint.
Alex
Nipqer said:
Sounds like it could be a bad eMMC, there's more info on the problem here
If it is, you'll have to get a warranty replacement.
-Nipqer
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I exactly had the problem with the E: cant mount /cache/...
Kind regards
Alex
Hello,
A few days ago, HTC launched the official bootloader unlock for the DHD. I did this proces to unlock it and after the proces i used Ace Hack Kit to get root, Clockwork Recovery etc. I tried to flash a custom rom(yes, i wiped cache), but it freezes on the HTC logo. Then, i tried with Recovery to do something, like: format /sdcard...
But now it doesn't do anything except freezing on the HTC Logo. When i try to install a custom rom, i know it's installed. Because when i make a back-up with the PC I see a lot of file names.
I don't know what to do? The only thing what is working right now is the recovery...
PS. Additional information for u people
HBOOT-2.00.0029
Radio-26.14.04.28_M
And it has S-ON
Before this whole situation is was updated to the latest version.
I have some new information, I have an Official Unlocked Bootloader but no Root. S-ON and there is no working ROM on the phone... There is also no back-up... I hope u guys can help me
You need to wipe data, cache and dalvik cache then flash Rom. You don't wipe data and cache only when upgrading the same rom but even then it can cause issues. You always wipe dalvik cache though.
Not sure how long you're waiting but when I flashed ARHD and also opted and ended up with CoreDroid, at first when I did ARHD, the HTC logo after the update and reboot, the phone stayed at the HTC logo for approx. 10 mins. Guides don't mention how long you have to wait, but I almost tried to reboot and eventually decided to walk away and come back in 10 mins and the lockscreen and desktop was there.
If you've waited more than 15 mins, then I'd say you have a problem.
I've wiped data, cache and dalvik cache. Then I flashes a custom ROM (Android Revolution). But it still freezes on the HTC logo, u guys said to wait 10 min. I'm already waiting 30 minutes and it doesnt do anything...
JoshuaReijnders said:
I've wiped data, cache and dalvik cache. Then I flashes a custom ROM (Android Revolution). But it still freezes on the HTC logo, u guys said to wait 10 min. I'm already waiting 30 minutes and it doesnt do anything...
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What happens when you first flash the superwipe script from the Android Revolution HD thread?
I did the super wipe and then i flashes Android Revolution HD, its still freezes on the HTC logo
Maybe you didn't root properly since your radio is still S-ON. Try again with AAHK. I had a similar issue where the phone would not go past the boot screen. I would suggest you remove the SD, delete everything and format on your PC, put it back then try AAHK. Just read a LOT about it before you brick the phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD with Beats Audio using XDA App
JoshuaReijnders said:
I did the super wipe and then i flashes Android Revolution HD, its still freezes on the HTC logo
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Try flashing the "Set CPU clock back to 1.0 GHz" script from the ARHD first post. A small number of CPUs don't like the modest overclock in the ROM - this script sets the CPU to stock speed.
Boot into Recovery, re-flash the ROM, them immediately flash the "Set_to_default_1GHz.zip" file without rebooting. Once it's flashed, now try booting your phone.
I can't promise it will solve your problem, but it's the most common cause of phones getting stuck at the splash screen. Always assuming you haven't flashed any other mods after the ROM...
If that fails, mostly likely you need to re-run AAHK, but as said above, I'd suggest reading up to see how AAHK works on phones with the official unlock. You've said that the ROM flashed okay, but you've also said you're S-ON, so I'm not entirely sure what state your phone is in...
Maybe it's better to ask it first in the AAHK irc channel. The fact that the phone still has radio s-on indicates that de AAHK did not complete succesfully.
Actually I think the OP unlocked the bootloader with the HTC tool and then only installed CWM with AAHK. After that he just wiped the phone but because it still has radio s-on en no root it is now impossible to install any custom rom.
I think you're right about asking in the AAHK IRC.
However I thought the official HTC bootloader unlock removed security on some of the nand partitions.
As long as you have a custom recovery and S-Off, surely you don't need root to flash a ROM - root exists inside the Android OS, and you can flash a ROM onto a phone with the system partition wiped and no OS installed at all.
You need a form of S-Off to flash a custom ROM, otherwise the system partition is protected. The official unlock leaves security on the radio and SIM lock, so it still says "S-On" in the bootloader screen, but security is removed from some partitions. Whether the official bootloader unlock process removes security from enough partitions is another question. The HTC site says boot, system, and recovery, and AFAIK those and data are all ARHD writes to.
Having said all that, I don't claim to be an expert, and have never used the Hack Kit myself. So yes, probably best to ask the experts.
You're right about the root, that is something in de Android OS. You only need to have root it in the common methodes so you are able to get S-off from inside the Android OS. However I don't know either how the AAHK works exactly, what I know is that you normally use it with the stock rom still up and running...
preacher65 said:
Try flashing the "Set CPU clock back to 1.0 GHz" script from the ARHD first post. A small number of CPUs don't like the modest overclock in the ROM - this script sets the CPU to stock speed.
Boot into Recovery, re-flash the ROM, them immediately flash the "Set_to_default_1GHz.zip" file without rebooting. Once it's flashed, now try booting your phone.
I can't promise it will solve your problem, but it's the most common cause of phones getting stuck at the splash screen. Always assuming you haven't flashed any other mods after the ROM...
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I tried this, but it didn't work, i'm now gonna try the AAHK again
If that still doesn't work - ik222 says you might need to have Android running for it to work properly - I would flash an RUU and start again from scratch. The RUU will restore the entire phone to HTC official firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19101263#post19101263
Choose any WWE version, 3.12.405.1 is the very latest, or 1.72.405.3 is easy to root. Don't bother with the HTC unlock tool, just run the AAHK.
preacher65 said:
If that still doesn't work - ik222 says you might need to have Android running for it to work properly - I would flash an RUU and start again from scratch. The RUU will restore the entire phone to HTC official firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19101263#post19101263
Choose any WWE version, 3.12.405.1 is the very latest, or 1.72.405.3 is easy to root. Don't bother with the HTC unlock tool, just run the AAHK.
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I just used the aahkSupport and they say the bootloader needed to be locked before u can use the aahk... So im gonna try to lock the bootloader
AAHK says there is no PD98IMG file on my phone, so how can i fix that?
What exactly are your trying to do right now? Restoring stock using AAHK?
Im trying to use AAHK to get s-off
JoshuaReijnders said:
Im trying to use AAHK to get s-off
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You succesfully locked the bootloader as they said in support? Normally AAHK should do everything itself so that error shows that something is still not right...
They said in the support, that the hack only will work when the bootloader is locked. But i cant lock it...
hi
on friday I got a desire which belonged to a friend of mine and now through me becomes the phone of another friend. the phone was already rooted (I was the one who did it initially too) but that was a long time ago and there was no custom recovery (I think we used some kind of tethered-recovery) or anything like that on the phone. so I decided to correct that. my target was custom recovery, root, new rom, s-off preferably data++
unrevoked and revolutionary did of course not work for me so I decided to just flash the GB RUU basically like described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626405
and that worked pretty good but now the phone is stuck in a bootloop which resets the phone right after starting the rom. I already tried reflashing the ruu (via goldcard just to be safe, though I am pretty sure I have the correct one (tmobile DE branded, t-mob101), that however did not change anything.
so now I don't really know what to do, please help me
thanks in advance
what's the hboot info?
thaaanks a lot. in the german forum so far noone has been repyling at all since yesterday.
fastboot and recovery (though stock) works btw.
fastboot / hboot info:
Bravo PVT1 Ship s-on
hboot-1.02.0001
Microp-031d
touch panel-synth101
radio-5.17.05.23
Jul 22 2011, 16:19:16
yeah recovery isn't gonna help..
Think you can only try the 2.3 RUU again.. otherwise you can't do much more.
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If that doesn't work (after a couple of tries).. then the process is to:
- find an XTC Clip (they're expensive, not worth buying, look into whether some phone repair shops have them)
- S-OFF the phone with the xtc clip
- Download an alpharev stock bootloader pb99img (rename it to pb99img), put it on your sd-card and update it from hboot
- Do a full wipe in fastboot
- flash recovery
- flash a rom
then I have a serious problem. apart from trying over and over again I have no choice? because I as mentioned I already tried it twice.
could the radio be a problem because the point where the phone reboots should be the moment when it normally asks for the sim pin?
can you please point me to the absolut right RUU file? I just want to be cautious.
starting the ruu installer, getting the rom.zip file (which seems to contain nothing if I open it on the computer?), renaming it to PB99IMG.zip putting it onto the goldcard and starting into fastboot is the right way?
fleity said:
then I have a serious problem. apart from trying over and over again I have no choice? because I as mentioned I already tried it twice.
could the radio be a problem because the point where the phone reboots should be the moment when it normally asks for the sim pin?
can you please point me to the absolut right RUU file? I just want to be cautious.
starting the ruu installer, getting the rom.zip file (which seems to contain nothing if I open it on the computer?), renaming it to PB99IMG.zip putting it onto the goldcard and starting into fastboot is the right way?
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Ohh so it boots? If it does, boot it without inserting the sim, enable USB debugging, run revolutionary to S-OFF, flash recovery, backup the ROM, do a full wipe and flash a custom ROM.. see what happens then.
sorry if it was that easy I would have done that a long time ago ^^°
the phone also reboots if there is no sim inserted.
can I maybe flash some other RUU? another GB version, WWE instead of tmob UK/DE or even Froyo?) even newer stuff? I read something about a 1.03 hboot somewhere? as long as I get this running again I am pretty much willing to do anything. however I still wonder why this is happening.
I am dieing a little bit here, I'm so stupid
is it possible that I really messed up badly here:
http://www.your-android.de/htc-desire-gingerbread-upgrade-steht-zum-download-bereit
"Hey guys, we’re happy to announce that Gingerbread for Desire is here! Please visit our Developer website to access the download. http://developer.htc.com
Please note that the following regional variants are not compatible with this upgrade: Germany (Telekom Deutschland), North America, South Korea and Japan."
so still.. why is exactly is not working and how can I fix it...
no there is only 1 GB RUU.. try installing it from the .exe (boot into fastboot, plug it in, run RUU.exe).. see what happens then
i didnt know you could install RUUs from fastboot.
update worked perfectly like before but still reboots after 1 second in the rom.
fleity said:
i didnt know you could install RUUs from fastboot.
update worked perfectly like before but still reboots after 1 second in the rom.
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Does the phone get really hot by any chance?
öhm how exactly should I test that? keep it runing in fastboot or repeat the bootcycle?
fleity said:
öhm how exactly should I test that? keep it runing in fastboot or repeat the bootcycle?
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Umm nah, just when it boots, is it really hot? i.e. hotter than you would expect it to be...
Try sticking it in the freezer for 15 minutes in a plastic bag, then try turning it on again..
what the f? oookay one quick question before however: if I can flash the ruu from fastboot can I use revolutionary from fastboot too? (cause if revolutionary works all problems are solved, I did not dare to try that since the new hboot came with the weird gb update)
I would not say it gets any hotter than usual however freezer it is
fleity said:
what the f? oookay one quick question before however: if I can flash the ruu from fastboot can I use revolutionary from fastboot too? (cause if revolutionary works all problems are solved, I did not dare to try that since the new hboot came with the weird gb update)
I would not say it gets any hotter than usual however freezer it is
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no, can only use revolutionary when booted into the ROM unfortunately
If you got hold of an XTC clip as mentioned before however...
The freezer thing? some Deisre's have faced hardware faults before causing them to overheat, reboot all the time etc. if you tried to use a RUU it would always fail.. sticking it in the freezer helped.. for a few minutes.. so trying to see whether this is the problem.
you sir are my hero of the day
it booted! awesome, incredible, how could you even think of that. I am absolutly speechless and impressed.
I just rebooted it manually again and it sill works. thaaaaaaaaank you so much
can you pm your paypal adress I like to buy you a beer or sth similar?
so the next steps would be run revolutionary and flash a custom right?
fleity said:
you sir are my hero of the day
it booted! awesome, incredible, how could you even think of that. I am absolutly speechless and impressed.
I just rebooted it manually again and it sill works. thaaaaaaaaank you so much
can you pm your paypal adress I like to buy you a beer or sth similar?
so the next steps would be run revolutionary and flash a custom right?
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Haha don't worry about it.. and don't get too happy.. once it heats up again you may just have the same problem...
But for now yes, S-OFF the phone with revolutionary and flash a custom recovery, then backup, do a full wipe (boot, system, data, cache, dalvik) and flash a custom ROM. Cyanogenmod is a good place to start (need to flash google apps after flashing CM though)
http://unlockroot.com/
I saw this site by accident and the site says the tool supports rooting the Desire HD.
maybe it works like super one click
downloading it right now to test it, because I can't root my phone using AAHK!
feedback later.
edit:
wow, this tool definitely rooted my phone, I now have superuser on my phone and busy box tell me I'm rooted!
process was a breeze much like "super one click"
spent 6-10 minutes
further updates later.
I checked HBOOT and I still have S-ON (guess I still can;t flash roms right?
I do have clockworkmod already
chachoi said:
I checked HBOOT and I still have S-ON (guess I still can;t flash roms right?
I do have clockworkmod already
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You can still flash ROMs, you just have an extra step. It sounds like it roots it like HTCDev.
Flash the rom like usual, then come back to the bootloader, plug into the PC, pull boot.img from the ROM zip, open Command Prompt to the folder where fastboot is, and type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
mouse_man said:
You can still flash ROMs, you just have an extra step. It sounds like it roots it like HTCDev.
Flash the rom like usual, then come back to the bootloader, plug into the PC, pull boot.img from the ROM zip, open Command Prompt to the folder where fastboot is, and type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
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This is what he has done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30709084
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History of my Desire HD
Hi I'll be telling you exactly about my device, and maybe you guys have inputs on how I can flash a custom ROM on this.
I just need a little more info/Push/
1. I bought this phone about a week ago from an online buying site
2. the phone was branded ( I can see the logo of "3 network logo" every boot up)
3. I have a general Idea on how to flash custom Roms ( I have had 6 android phones so far, all of them rooted and flashed with custom roms)
4. So I immediately wanted to root and flash this phone and found out about AAHK, which downgraded my phone from Android 2.3.5 down to 2.3.3, but cant seem to root my phone. It did however, flashed clockworkmod unto it (v5.0.27) and busybox was installed. The phone also became unbranded, but still I have S-ON
5. to root my phone I used the tool form www.unlockroot.com. Superuser was installed. Still I have S-ON
I have been reading for the past week and I found out I can't install a custom ROM if I have an S-ON
So to have my S-OFF I have been reading this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
the problem is I'm not sure if this device was shipped with gingerbread or froyo. Is there a way to find out?
here are some details as well
Android version: 2.3.3
HTC sense: 2.1
Kernel : 2.6.35.10-gd2564fb, [email protected]#1
Software number : 2.50.405.2
on Hboot
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011, 00:55:45
S/N: HT0CFRX17365
my reasons for rooting/flashing custom ROM
1. the Phone's proximity sensor is not working well si i wanted to flash another ROM with a different kernel since my current kernel seems unsupported by the DHD proxomity sensor re-calibration tool. I didn't expect DHD would have this problem before buying
2.Also I have an addiction of flashing ROMS and trying new stuff
can you guys point me to the right direction?
I also have a question, can I flash a kernel by HTC even if I have S-On?
mouse_man said:
You can still flash ROMs, you just have an extra step. It sounds like it roots it like HTCDev.
Flash the rom like usual, then come back to the bootloader, plug into the PC, pull boot.img from the ROM zip, open Command Prompt to the folder where fastboot is, and type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
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I have the same '3' phone and have a similar problem (But caused by HTCDev - Still have S-ON but phone is rooted). You say that I can flash as per normal and then fastboot the rom.img - I have no problem doing this but many of the custom ROMs I have tried did not load - they got stuck on the developers splash screen and even if left the phone for over 30 mins the ROM did not move forward.
Are there any ways to get through this? So far the only ROMS that I have managed to load ate PrimoS and Virtuous infinity - However with both of these I cannot get the camera or wifi to work - Even using the patches available here.
Any help appreciated
But are you running 2.3.5 by "3"? I downgraded mine to 2.3.3 using AAHK. And after that I can no longer try AAHK, it says radio download failed.
I wannna flash a custom ROM! sense is not that slow but not fast either!
r_usty said:
I have the same '3' phone and have a similar problem (But caused by HTCDev - Still have S-ON but phone is rooted). You say that I can flash as per normal and then fastboot the rom.img - I have no problem doing this but many of the custom ROMs I have tried did not load - they got stuck on the developers splash screen and even if left the phone for over 30 mins the ROM did not move forward.
Are there any ways to get through this? So far the only ROMS that I have managed to load ate PrimoS and Virtuous infinity - However with both of these I cannot get the camera or wifi to work - Even using the patches available here.
Any help appreciated
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i'll bump this one up
attn1's AAHK is still out there. He's just left XDA. It doesn't take much to find him out there, and his kit is still as good as usual.
his kit works still, you just ahve to contact him on the irc channel that i dont know the adress for
It doesn't work for all I think, lots of post here about unable to root their phones, I've tried it countless of times on 2 laptops both doesn't have HTC sync nor itunes and Anti virus or firewalls were disabled.
I was able to downgrade using AAHK but I can't root or S-off my phone
so I used www.unlockroot.com to root my phone but I'm still S-ON
problem solved thanks to attn1!
he maybe a douche sometimes but he's a good egg
thanks attn1!
Hi all,
First of all, I can imagine that this problem has already been encountered a million times, but I tried searching the forum and didn't see the exact same problem as mine with the same setup. I'm happy to read more if someone points me to another thread with the solution.
Long story short, I tried flashing JellyTime_42 on this phone and even though everything seemed to work well, it's not booting and I'm stuck with the HTC logo.
unlocked the bootloader with HTC dev
flashed CWM recovery 5.8.1.5-ace
uploaded cm-JellyTime_42 and gapps.
wiped data, cache and dalvik cache using CWM
installed JellyTime
rebooted... and that's where I am now.
Some info about the phone itself. It's an Desire HD on ATT. cid: CWS__001
*** UNLOCKED ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0030
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.17.14.11_M
eMMC-boot
As I said, I can fastboot, and although I'm not sure how to push other stuff to the phone, that part seems functional.
Thanks a lot for your help!!
Nick
You need to fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip.
bananagranola said:
You need to fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip.
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Thanks so much bananagranola, that worked and I can now boot and use the phone!
(for some reason I never saw that step mentioned in any tutorial)
Thanks again
Most tutorials are for S-Off.
Yes, the preferred unlock method for the DHD/I4G is to get S-OFF using the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK). You can still do that, you just need to relock your bootloader and run the AAHK. The command to relock was given in the last step of HTCdev unlock.
You better do that soon though, if you want. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38157931
There are 2-3 tutorials in the Ace Think Tank thread for both the AAHK and HTCdev methods of unlock. I've made one for flashing a ROM after HTCdev unlock too. You'll find all the information you'll need about this phone in the Ace Think Tank thread. Look through it.
Also, I suggest you use either 4ext or TWRP recovery rather than CWM. CWM is very dated and causes problems while installing some ROMs (like the recent ViperDHD updates).
For 4ext - Download and install 4ext Recovery Updater from www.4ext.net and flash the latest touch recovery.
For TWRP - Install Goo Manager from Play Store->Menu->Install OpenRecoveryScript
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Hi sashank,
Thanks for your input.
Why is AAHK the preferred method? It seems way complicated compared to what I've done, but probably I'm missing something. That said, the phone works like a charm now after flashing boot.img.
Because if you have S-OFF, you won't need to flash boot.img every time you flash a ROM/kernel/ROM update. You don't need to have a PC with you just to flash a ROM. Also, you can directly restore a backup with no hassle. With HTCdev unlock, you need to flash the boot.img in the backup folder separately to complete the process. I do this for my friend's One X because it doesn't have an S-OFF method unfortunately, and it's quite a hassle. If you're okay with flashing boot.img every time, then stick with HTCdev unlock, no problem.
AAHK is actually quite simple to use. It does everything for you. You just need to follow the instructions to the letter, select a few options correctly and it does the rest. Don't be intimidated by it.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
Nico7578 said:
Hi sashank,
Thanks for your input.
Why is AAHK the preferred method? It seems way complicated compared to what I've done, but probably I'm missing something. That said, the phone works like a charm now after flashing boot.img.
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Nico, HTCDEV just allows you to have a limited control over your device. You will still be linked to your carrier or sales code (CID) and will not be able to flash RUU from other carriers/geographical areas. That might sound useless now, but belive me that when you get stuck and can not find a RUU for your device you will remember it!
Besides, HTCDEV will not allow you to flash radios and some other stuff. Not to metion that your bootloader says *UNLOCKED* in a beautiful pink color at the top...LOL
S-OFF disables all kinda of security in the phone (nand security off) and that allows you to flash anything at all. From RUU's to radios without facing issues. Besides, that is completely reversible and will leave no traces of being S-OFF if you need to get to a service centre.
Nico7578 said:
Hi sashank,
Thanks for your input.
Why is AAHK the preferred method? It seems way complicated compared to what I've done, but probably I'm missing something.
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Because AAHK gives you full control on your device. It basically gives you permanent root privileges, S-OFFs your phone and with SuperCID (if needed) you actually unbrand your phone...that is that you can install every ROM you want on it.
It's not so difficult, to be honest, you just need to carefully read the guide and you'll soon unleash the real power of your device
NeoLocutus said:
Because AAHK gives you full control on your device. It basically gives you permanent root privileges, S-OFFs your phone and with SuperCID (if needed) you actually unbrand your phone...that is that you can install every ROM you want on it.
It's not so difficult, to be honest, you just need to carefully read the guide and you'll soon unleash the real power of your device
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I think that something is wrong there. The root access is only to rom level. If you flash a RUU you will lose root privileges until SU is flashed again. What the Hack Kit gives you is S-OFF permanently, which is reversible anyway.
Please Help
Hello
I need help. Please
I recently brought a friend's phone (Desire HD) to flash custom ROM on. I flashed boot.img via fastboot but when I select recovery, A white screen with HTC shows and after a few seconds, black screen occurs. I know screen is on however. I dont know what to do. The bootloader says unlocked but it says
S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
The steps that I did was.
1. I unlocked the bootloader via HTCDev. It gave me error so I updated via RUU manually through fastboot.
2. After that, I was able to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.
3. I followed this (http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/04/...android-422-jellytime-jelly-bean-rom-guide/2/) to flash method to Jelly-time on DHD. But when I flashed boot.img via fastboot cmd, it does not go to Recovery, it only shows phone with exclamation mark. If I reboot the phone, it shows white HTC screen and then black black screen. Please help me what to do. After unlocking via HTCDev, I didn't intall CWM, I though flashing boot.img is actually installing CWN :'|
Thanks a LOT in advance
I worked it successfully. I fastboot flashed CWM and it worked. Case closed