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[Q] Bricked htc desire

Hi all,
I'll give a quick outline here then go into more detail below if you need it. i've tried things suggested in the other bricked htc threads but none seem to work.
I've basically follwed the root guide at droiden, made a gold card and rooted my htc desire phone which went ok. problem was i then installed the suggested rom in the tutorial which was for an amoled screen but i 've got an slcd screen (i'm thick).
The upshot is my htc desire will only start up sometimes and when it does just goes to a loading screen with a bright colourful x then switches off. holding volume down and power or back and power doesn't bring up the boot menu or fast boot. i've tried to flash from one of the ruu.exe files but it just keeps saying my phone has less than 30% charge (it doesn't) and quits the ruu. Is there any way to recover my phone via another method? I've got the coldcard used to root the phone.
Many thanks
Detailed description
i've basically followed the guide to root here at droiden
and installed the rom here de frost rom it suggests.
rooted fine then i flashed the rom (the de_frost one suggested in the tutorial) - got stuck on a colourful X screen and now won't turn on. it'll only turn on if i connect to a pc and open unrevoked but then it just boots to the colourful x screen until it goes off and then i'm back to the begining.
going off that other thread it sounds like i've used the amoled rom when i've not got an amoled screen.
to make matters worse i've followed these two steps here in other threads on here which suggested a new ota or ruu. ota wais a broken link and with ruu.exe i get an error saying my battery is below 30% (it's not) and so it won't go any further.
are there any other options available to me to restore my phone bearing in mind that volume down and power doesn't bring up the boot screen (just white htc screen then colourful X screen) so i can't even do a hard reset that way. Not bothered about wiping the phone's memory just want to get it back so i can start from scratch with the right rom. i have the gold card used to root the phone.
any help appreciated - thanks.

Download
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.zip
Just rename it 2 PB99IMG.zip
( make sure the name is not .zip.zip )
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tidy said:
Download
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.zip
Just rename it 2 PB99IMG.zip
( make sure the name is not .zip.zip )
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Then what to do

ali_loly10 said:
Then what to do
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then put into SD and reboot into HBOOT (arrow down pressed + power on)

noobandroid said:
then put into SD and reboot into HBOOT (arrow down pressed + power on)
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Needs to be a gold card if your phone is network branded
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ok i did it and it worked first time - it let me get to the boot screen but then after it rebooted it just won't switch on at all now.
any ideas?

Did you let it run till the phone booted?
Take the batt out for a min and pop back in and try. And also make sure you got a good charge
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yeah it said it was rebooting but then never came back on. i'll give it a good charge and try again.

right it will now turn on everytime but won't go to the boot screen. Volume down power and back power just start it up and it sticks on the loading screen with the x for hours.

What radio have you got installed ? What network and version Rom did you have before ?
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tidy said:
What radio have you got installed ? What network and version Rom did you have before ?
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i'm not too sure. i bought the desire from ebay. it's an orange branded htc about 2/3 months old. i followed the root guide here (can't post full links as i'm a new member- just stick a www dot infront of)
droid-den.com/phone-guides/phone-guide-how-to-root-the-htc-desire-hboot-0-80
and install the radio & rom here
droid-den.com/phone-guides/phone-guide-how-to-install-rooted-android-2-2-on-your-htc-desire
if it would just go to the boot menu i'd even wipe the thing and start again!

What do you see on the boot screen if any can you get in hboot ?
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What hboot are you running if you can get on the hboot screen please post what numbers you see on the screen your phone is not bricked I own a riff box so if wost case. It will get fixed
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tidy said:
What do you see on the boot screen if any can you get in hboot ?
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ok for some reason after 24 hours of trying it will now let me go into the boot screen
for some reason i left the room and came back and it's working.
i've no idea what has happened.
it's completely debranded and rooted with a basic rom.
can someone advise me of a good stable rom which will work with a slcd screen?
many thanks

Best Rom I find is MIUI takes a bit to get used to but you will love it if you miss the clock just download fancy widget .. for the HTC clock and weather. just Google it and get the.apk
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hmmm. can't download anything from the android marketplace. just says download unsuccessful.

for any who has the same problem - think it was a schoolboy error. when it sticks on the x screen the options must be in the background. press volume down then press power and it boots.

Phone doesn't start anymore

Hey guys i have a big problem.
I my phone won't start at all. I was just to format my sd card with rom manager to use A2SD+. My phone is rooted and fresh flashed with the newest leedroid rom.
The format of the sd started, then screen turned black, i waited for 20 min after no change i tried to reboot, put out batterie etc. but no succes
So anyone have any idea what to do?

Tycorc said:
Hey guys i have a big problem.
I my phone won't start at all. I was just to format my sd card with rom manager to use A2SD+. My phone is rooted and fresh flashed with the newest leedroid rom.
The format of the sd started, then screen turned black, i waited for 20 min after no change i tried to reboot, put out batterie etc. but no succes
So anyone have any idea what to do?
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i need more info...
1- you can enter into recovery menu?
2- which is your current clockworkmod version? be careful and don´t do partition sd with previous CWM than 3.0.2.6 you can brick your device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1043160.html
waiting for that you don´t did it!!

i can't enter the recovery menu.
I don't know witch version it was. i just used the the newes relases from the leedroid page, and haven't done any changes to the preset.
So propably don't look good for me

Just to rule it out, remove the SD card then try starting the phone (turn it off first even you have to pull battery out).

Tycorc said:
i can't enter the recovery menu.
I don't know witch version it was. i just used the the newes relases from the leedroid page, and haven't done any changes to the preset.
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ooh dear... waiting for that your device don´t be bricked...
your device don´t boot since you was flashed a new rom? only this? or you wasn´t did anymore??

SERGI.3210 said:
ooh dear... waiting for that your device don´t be bricked...
your device don´t boot since you was flashed a new rom? only this? or you wasn´t did anymore??
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it worked with the flashed rom, i probably think its bricked
Its dead after i tryed to format the sd card.
to bad that he recommeds using rom manager....
tried nearly everthing: without sd card, without sim, connected to charger with another battery....

Can you power on the phone?
When does the boot sequence stop?
Maybe this helps:
Performing a factory reset using phone buttons
If you cannot turn on your phone or access the phone settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the buttons on the phone.
1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then briefly press the POWER button.
2. Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the VOLUME DOWN button..
3. Press VOLUME DOWN to select CLEAR STORAGE, and then press POWER.
4. Press VOLUME UP to start the factory reset.
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Source: HTC- Support- Side for HTC Desire
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MatDrOiD said:
Can you power on the phone?
When does the boot sequence stop?
Maybe this helps:
Manual from HTC- Support- Side for HTC Desire
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I can't power it on, i don't get any respond.

Tycorc said:
I can't power it on, i don't get any respond.
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Manual could although work:
If you cannot turn on your phone
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MatDrOiD said:
Can you power on the phone?
When does the boot sequence stop?
Maybe this helps:
Source: HTC- Support- Side for HTC Desire
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Thank you for the information, it would not have occurred to me...

MatDrOiD said:
Manual could although work:
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yeah i mean also NOt in manual way...it really seemed its bricked.
thx 4 your help

SERGI.3210 said:
Thank you for the information, it would not have occurred to me...
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Sarcasm? Sorry for question, i am new here ;-)
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MatDrOiD said:
Sarcasm? Sorry for question, i am new here ;-)
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No mate! only been grateful... its the true....
can be that my english is poor...
i was staid thinking about the problem exposed in this thread and was not occured to me that you was said....
in adition i pressed your thanks button for teaching myself slightly more
EDIT: sarcasm do not helps anyone... and i think that in XDA we are always learning (without exception)

SERGI.3210 said:
No mate! only been grateful... its the true....
can be that my english is poor...
i was staid thinking about the problem exposed in this thread and was not occured to me that you was said....
in adition i pressed your thanks button for teaching myself slightly more
EDIT: sarcasm do not helps anyone... and i think that in XDA we are always learning (without exception)
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Allright, thanks.
And i agree upon: sarcasm helps nobody
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sry, i have to tell you that the clockworkmod recovery has formatted your nand-partition, what means that your phone is bricked.
as far as i remember there is no way to fix this.
you had to update your clockworkmod recovery before doing anything. you should´ve read the fat stickie in the android development section.
CWM had a bug which causes bricked phones, because it doesn't partition the sdcard, but the nand memory. this means hard brick.
sry bro.
EDIT: oh^^ just saw, someone posted a link already.

So what happened when you removed the SD card from the phone and tried turning the phone on? <<-- Ignore, I didn't see the bit where you said you'd tried it. Sorry.

Mr_JMM said:
So what happened when you removed the SD card from the phone and tried turning the phone on?
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EI MATE!! we meet again.. LIKE THE ALL THE DAYS! LOLOL
"Always at the foot of the canion"
he said that tried it and nothing.. no results..
i think too that its a hard brick...
what are you thinking about?
sorry i´ve a poor english

Thanks Sergi, I didn't see that bit.
I agree, if you can't get to HBoot (hold down vol- and press power button) then it looks like it is bricked. But that would mean he used an older version of clockwork recovery and I don't know where it says to use an older version.
Summary: Bricked. Send away for repair. Just don't tell them what you were doing.

Can't he JTAG the unit and flash NAND that way?
How does HTC do it?

Mr_JMM said:
Thanks Sergi, I didn't see that bit.
I agree, if you can't get to HBoot (hold down vol- and press power button) then it looks like it is bricked. But that would mean he used an older version of clockwork recovery and I don't know where it says to use an older version.
Summary: Bricked. Send away for repair. Just don't tell them what you were doing.
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yeah thats what i gone do. Send it to htc und just say it stopped working...

Touchpad-Fail; Software issue or motherboard?

Hey everyone!
Ok so heres the issue im in...i bought an htc to repair. the guy said the issue is he couldnt get it to turn on it turned on fine with me, but the touch wasnt working. Bootloader said Touchpanel- Fail. so i assumed this means its an LCD or digitizer problem! well i ended up getting another horrible HTC Evo, but one with a motherboard that works, just with broken usb. anyway, when i did this switch, surprisingly enough it worked, the touch was excellent, all ran perfectly!
So i guess the issue was neither LCD nor digitizer, so now it brings up a seperate question; software issue or motherboard issue?
if software i hold out hope that somehow id be able to fix it, expect the phone isnt rooted, so its with s-on and i cant so much as unlock the screen, and there is no custom recovery.
if motherboard, just let me know so i can give up.
Any and all help and advice appreciated!
Thanks!
~ Ramy

I would try and run a ruu on the phone and see if everything works after that. If it does work that means it was software related.
Support TrevE!

but see even ruus don't work, it errors out and says to get the right ruu, and on phone it says main is older....

It could be a bad motherboard it also could have been that the flex cables coming from the TSP/LCD were not fully connected, that being the issue you could see touch screen failure or a black screen when the device comes on. But from the sounds of it I think it might be bad software. Even though you've probably already thought about this I would suggest trying to do a full wipe and hard reset it.

ok but HOW? Without USB debugging I can't use adb with ruus I'm getting the aforemntiond error, and HTC does not have a stock recovery. Is there any other way to do it?

Take your battery out put it back in then hold volume down and power once it comes on go to the recovery option and should be able to wipe and hard reset
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What is your hboot version and radio version?
Support TrevE!!

Riz3n said:
Take your battery out put it back in then hold volume down and power once it comes on go to the recovery option and should be able to wipe and hard reset
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Again, this is an unrooted, s-off evo. HTC does not have a stock recovery, therefore pressing the recovery option takes me to the page with the triangle and exclamation mark.
I will respond with radio and hboot version soon, right now i gotta finish this preping for a test tomorrow ill let u know asap tho, thanks for your help so far all of you btw.

Hboot version is 2.16.0001, Radio is 2.15.00.05.02

When you get to the page with the triangle try pressing volume down and power again or volume up and power one of those combos should bring it up I believe mess around with it a little.
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Riz3n said:
When you get to the page with the triangle try pressing volume down and power again or volume up and power one of those combos should bring it up I believe mess around with it a little.
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alright so i figured that part out thanks, i wiped and...nothing different...is it possible to flash an older update.zip or something to try and fix it? cause this just does factory restore, but if the drivers are messed up or something, restore wont do, reflash is needed...if i understand correctly..

Yes you can try and flash a different update zip from the recovery just put it in on your SD card and then apply update from zip.
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Riz3n said:
Yes you can try and flash a different update zip from the recovery just put it in on your SD card and then apply update from zip.
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Any particular update.zip you recommend that should work? i tried a signed PC3600 or whatever its called but it gave the same error as the RUU, Main is Older.

Click this link and then go to section 3. There are a few different zips you can try maybe one of them will work... hopefully lol.
*edit*
You could also try this as it has a bunch of different zips and a step by step walk through that might help out.

Riz3n said:
Click this link and then go to section 3. There are a few different zips you can try maybe one of them will work... hopefully lol.
*edit*
You could also try this as it has a bunch of different zips and a step by step walk through that might help out.
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Nope none of those worked, they installed but didn't fix issue, any other ideas? I'm gonna try to take it to sprint..
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If they figure anything out let me know. If they dont they will just replace it lol
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[Q] htc marvel / wildfire s - think i bricked it...help?

Hi, ive been lurking on the xda forums for months, and have succesfully roooted and run darky rom on my galaxy s. then i got a wildfire s second hand.
Now i decided to try for s-off and a custom cwm rom. downloaded all the files read everything i could, and have managed to brick it i think.
Result if i press power or volume down + power i get a flickering screen, it flashes grey for 2 sec, black 2 sec. there is a faint red glow to the right of the front htc logo...where i thought the camera was lol.
i was trying to use the htcdev.com route. downloaded :
PG7610000_Marvel_hboot_1.09.0099_2.13.401.3_0210_R .exe
and tried but it said i needed an earlier rom before i could update.
2.13.401.3 to be exact so i downloaded:
RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3_Radio_47.23c.35 .3037_7.54.39.28M_release_236989_signed.exe
which was hard to find and a pain to download...i ran this, it found my phone, gave me the usaul warnings, check battery etc, everything set so i told it go ahead, it ran for bout 7 or 8 minutes my phone went to a black screen with htc, did a progress bar then it said finished on the pc. left it for a few more minutes to be sure, then powered on my htc. screen starts flicking grey and white...
ive tried removing the battery, cant get into hboot, get no logos, no vibration, nothing.
sdcard has been removed and sim card.
usb cable inserted charges then goes to flickering screen. pc does not detect any android device connected...
this was last night. searched all the forums i know, googled, found one post similiar but no1 really helped him just told him to take back for warranty...
i live in south africa, dont know of any cellphone shops that can help me, please say its not a lost cause...
before attempting this my hboot was:
0.90.000
radio 7.46.35.08
s-on
.........anything else you need to know just ask....oh was running the htc sync drivers with sync not running on a windows xp sp3 32bit...
any help HUGELY appreciated, sorry for the long post....

clean data storage
dont get tensed ...
as u r s -on so u
can go to htc gallery and tell the people to have u a help....
or reinstall ur rom//...
or format it and if u have ur stck backup....then restore....it
...so if it works then tell me.....']
and so plss do thanks click tab....

Htc gallery? can't load stock rom or anything...can't get into hboot or find over usb...
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I have the same Problem, I flashed
"RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3_Radio_47.23c.35.3037_7.54.39.28M_release_236989_signed.exe"
in Bootloader (with goldcard). Flash seemed to be okay, Wildfire S asked me to reboot - I press Power (reboot) and screen startet flickering :-/
I'm not able to boot into Bootloader anymore... please help :-(

thanx
i didnt use goldcard, my phone unbranded...but otherwise bingo, where did u get the file from? i got my copy from hotfile, shipped roms one was only 159mb and wouldnt run...

zerozmail said:
i didnt use goldcard, my phone unbranded...but otherwise bingo, where did u get the file from? i got my copy from hotfile, shipped roms one was only 159mb and wouldnt run...
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Hello I'm no expert but I hope to try and help OK so you can turn the phone on, and it flickers and then the screen goes black? Does the phone remain on after the black screen? If so what is the longest you have left it?
Also when you tried to connect it to your PC did you try in *rom mode* or *hboot * mode?
If rom mode try in hboot mode and see if your PC can connect to it. If it can try to re-run the ruu and see if it brings it back to life.
It sounds to me like either the bootloader or your radio is ****ed. And neither are easy to fix. But report back with your findings and we'll take it from there good luck.
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I had it running from the rom and running the ruu says device not connected now. Can't load into hboot anymore either...it flickers grey and black continuously and the longest is bout 7min I left it...I'm nt in a panic bt want to get it running for my gf and thanks for taking the time to try help
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OK hold down the volume down + power for 10 seconds and then connect to the PC by USB and see if it shows up. And its cool man, always happy to help
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Holding volume and pressing power causes the flickering to start again...
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And does the PC connect to it? Because our only real hope, since your s-on is that by holding down power +volume down you can get the PC to connect to it and the see if fastboot is still functional, then run a ruu. If it cannot, you could try to take the ruu, remove the rom.zip from it, (run it on the PC with a process moniter, wait until it moves the file to the temporary folder and take it) rename to pg76img.zip put it on the sdcard, boot into hboot and wait for a bit, then push volume up and hope that it runs the update and fixes your screen. If that doesn't work then you have indeed bricked it.
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Nothing I do seems to get me into hboot or a rom...pc doesn't pick up usb either...so I think my bootloader kicked the bucket....is there any way to save this phone now? Thx for the help everyone who has replied, and those with the same problem.good luck...
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You could try to use a j-tag but it would end up costing you more than the phone tbh. Sorry bud.
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Don't know how to use jtag anyway...thanx for trying
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thank you everyone
thancks everyone who put some effort in, sori i didnt have good news, gonna put the phone on ice and see if anyone in durban has jtag will post up a reply if i have any luck and hope what happened to me helps someone else. take care, will still be in xda but probably in the galaxy s forums, cheers

Try going to where you bought it and saying you had it charging all night and it happed then demand a refund (hopefully you get someone who says ok)
Sent from my HTC_A510c

Unfortunately I bought it second hand...was an unwanted upgrade.
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Radio is ****eed up so try to find a way to update radio, if not you can always take it to HTC for a full repair.

MrTaco505 said:
Radio is ****eed up so try to find a way to update radio, if not you can always take it to HTC for a full repair.
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hi
i have the same problem but in my wfs i can trun it on but the voloume button didint work

[Q] HTC Desire HD, red triangle

Hey, i wanted to root my HTC Desire HD. I rooted it with Advanced Ace hack kit. All was ok, but when i reboot my phone, after i updated new ROM, i stuck on some red triangle logo. Ok, i readed, that i need to press/hold volume up + power button. I did. I was really angry and i wanted to get back my old HTC. I pressed Factory reset, but that not helped. Can someone help me by the steps and easyer language? Thats all i did. I dont know what is S-Off and other things, ive not installed.
Sorry for bad English and if there already is topick like this. Im from Latvia. Please, help me, its really good phone and new.
EDIT: really sorry. i thinked that this topicks is for Desire HD. Delete this thread, i already posted it in Desire HD topick.

nos333 said:
Hey, i wanted to root my HTC Desire HD. I rooted it with Advanced Ace hack kit. All was ok, but when i reboot my phone, after i updated new ROM, i stuck on some red triangle logo. Ok, i readed, that i need to press/hold volume up + power button. I did. I was really angry and i wanted to get back my old HTC. I pressed Factory reset, but that not helped. Can someone help me by the steps and easyer language? Thats all i did. I dont know what is S-Off and other things, ive not installed.
Sorry for bad English and if there already is topick like this. Im from Latvia. Please, help me, its really good phone and new.
EDIT: really sorry. i thinked that this topicks is for Desire HD. Delete this thread, i already posted it in Desire HD topick.
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You are stuck in a ruined system. Do a direct RUU flash. Happened to me before in my Desire (not HD)
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hmm
panpjp said:
You are stuck in a ruined system. Do a direct RUU flash. Happened to me before in my Desire (not HD)
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I will try this later, but i CANT plug my phone to PC. I can only charge phone, i cant connect disk drive.

nos333 said:
I will try this later, but i CANT plug my phone to PC. I can only charge phone, i cant connect disk drive.
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OH NO..... try installing 4ext recovery then choose usb unbrick

please
panpjp said:
OH NO..... try installing 4ext recovery then choose usb unbrick
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Can you please explain me how i can do direct RUU flash?

nos333 said:
Can you please explain me how i can do direct RUU flash?
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Download a RUu file, which is an exe, containing stock from, boot loader, recovery....everything you need for a factory reset.
You go to boot of your phone, sorry cant recall exactly which section. Probably fast boot mode. Make sure you connect your USB cab and have driver installed.
Run the ruu.exe on your PC, it will guide you the rest.
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USB unbrick before anything else
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