Hi All,
I need help to root and S-OFF my phone. The issue is that my USB charging post does not work (PC and other laptops do not detect it). I have read the Welcome to the HTC Desire (Bravo) Troubleshooting Guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632) and followed Section 11, at step number 7, I am unable to boot into recovery - all i get is a black screen with a red triangle /!\?
My phone is not recognized by the PC when selecting "Disc Drive", "HTC Sync". Have tried fastboot and I also tried Unrevoked, does not detect phone, have made sure usb debugging is on, any ideas - help and guidance will be appreciated.
Phone Info:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT 0.93.0001
MICROP 031d
RADIO 5.11.05.27
Android Version 2.2
Baseband 32.49.00.32U-5.11.05.27
so your micro usb port on your phone is damaged and cannot transfer data?
that method won't work
"#NOTES: MUST BE BOOTED INTO ROM, ONLY TESTED ON FROYO AND S-OFF"
you can't do step 7, because step 6 will fail. it can't flash a recovery because you are not s-off yet.
have you installed all the relevant drivers for the phone to be detected? install htc sync, then uninstall it but leave the htc drivers.
at a minimum you will need your phone to be recognised by PC. then use revolutionary to s-off. follow the guides.
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Thanks for the reply's. It may be that the USB port is damaged.
I have installed HTC Sync and uninstalled it,not removing the drivers.
Is there a way to root without USB, say using the micro SD card?
ldp04180 said:
Hi
Thanks for the reply's. It may be that the USB port is damaged.
I have installed HTC Sync and uninstalled it,not removing the drivers.
Is there a way to root without USB, say using the micro SD card?
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not sure to be honest. so when you connect, computer can't see it or connect at all, you can't browse your sd card? it still charges though, so usb port is not completely broken.
have you tried another micro usb cable / laptop with drivers installed / sd card just to be sure?
you will almost certainly need it to be detected by pc to s-off/root etc. the software needs to communicate with the phone. have another look at the guides to see if they have another workaround.
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Used another cable to check computer connection, still no joy, phone not recognized and does not charge phone anymore
I have read the guides, they all want PC access, do just asking if anyone knew of a different solution?
ldp04180 said:
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Used another cable to check computer connection, still no joy, phone not recognized and does not charge phone anymore
I have read the guides, they all want PC access, do just asking if anyone knew of a different solution?
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well if your phone doesn't charge anymore you need to look at the bigger picture. you need a working usb port regardless, at a minimum to charge the device! even if you s-off / root etc if it's not going to last one charge!
send for repair if it's under warranty, or find out how much it would cost for someone to repair it. there are probably guides out there to change it yourself if you're adventurous.
once it's repaired and working, you can s-off root etc properly
eddiehk6 said:
well if your phone doesn't charge anymore you need to look at the bigger picture. you need a working usb port regardless, at a minimum to charge the device! even if you s-off / root etc if it's not going to last one charge!
send for repair if it's under warranty, or find out how much it would cost for someone to repair it. there are probably guides out there to change it yourself if you're adventurous.
once it's repaired and working, you can s-off root etc properly
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ok, thank you for your advice.
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Hello everyone,
before i begin explining my problem this my current phone info.
HTC Desire SLCD screen , simfree
HBOOT 0.93
Upgraded from OTA Update in 15 Oct.
my problem began when i downgraded HBOOT from 0.92 to 0.83 ... when i finished downgrading
i tried to root my device but the rooting processes stopped in the middle and write in the screen ''USB brick'' !
i tried several solutions ... and the last one i updated it via OTA
Now, when i connect it to PC while the phone is running nothing happen. and when i connected it in fastboot it connect normally. Also, FM radio dose not work
Now, i can charge my device in two ways:
1- when it power OFF i plug the cable then in power it ON again.
2- i plug it about 3 minutes then it start charging.
i tried to solve this problem in both linux and Windows ....
how can i run the USB normally and how can i root 0.93????
I'm guessing that the Radio has to be updated, but never saw anything like this so please someone correct me if I am wrong
Go to the Development sub forum and search for usb brick. You need re-enable your SD card using a fastboot command, then follow the instructions to fix the misc partition.
@ !panda, This was a common issue with the older root methods, and if a flash went bad. It caused what was called the usb brick. You can tell you have it as your SD card won't work, FM radio, and blutooth won't work, and the charger takes ages to register and start charging the device. Also the phone isn't recognised by any PC, it asks for drivers for a qualcomm device.
The fix listed inthe dev forum works a treat though i had it myself.
kernel 2.6.35.10
sense 3.0
android 2.3.5
s-0n
just got a dhd from the bay of fleas,the dhd will not perform any usb functions apart from charging.
i have all the drivers and sdk installed on my pc from my desire bravo.
i searched and found a thread about unrooted usb brick,followed all the instructions in fastboot oem enable blah blah,all i get is waiting for device.
when i attatch the dhd to the usb i get nothing,plug in the bravo and all is ok,also when i select recovery i get the red triangle.
i am at a bit of a loss with this problem,dont want to be stuck on a non rooted sense 3.0 its bloody slower that my aio bravo, i might add the phone functions normally apart from the above problem.
waiting to flash thanks mark
markb63 said:
kernel 2.6.35.10
sense 3.0
android 2.3.5
s-0n
just got a dhd from the bay of fleas,the dhd will not perform any usb functions apart from charging.
i have all the drivers and sdk installed on my pc from my desire bravo.
i searched and found a thread about unrooted usb brick,followed all the instructions in fastboot oem enable blah blah,all i get is waiting for device.
when i attatch the dhd to the usb i get nothing,plug in the bravo and all is ok,also when i select recovery i get the red triangle.
i am at a bit of a loss with this problem,dont want to be stuck on a non rooted sense 3.0 its bloody slower that my aio bravo, i might add the phone functions normally apart from the above problem.
waiting to flash thanks mark
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When you say it wont perform any USB functions, does it acknowledge that the usb cable has been plugged in? i.e do you get the charge only/ Disc drive menu? have you tried different micro usb cables?
ghostofcain said:
When you say it wont perform any USB functions, does it acknowledge that the usb cable has been plugged in? i.e do you get the charge only/ Disc drive menu? have you tried different micro usb cables?
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nope,nothing at all.when i plug it in no menu at all,even with the usb connected and boot into bootloader no noise from the pc,totally dead ...
My personal feeling would be that the usb port is possibly damaged.
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My personal feeling would be that the usb port is possibly damaged.
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my thoughts as well,does the dhd use a different cable than the standard desire bravo ?.as i did not get a cable with the phone.
is there anyway of checking if the port is damaged ? thanks
If it charges through PC the usb is fine. It could be that the drivers do not mach. Have you tried updating them or connecting to another PC?
Recovery won't work since the phone is s-on meaning you can't possibly flash a radio on it.
Solution: root.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Try another cable, some are just charge only.
I'm hoping someone can help me here, and before people say it, yes I have done a search and tried different options but nothing seems to work.
I'm on 0.93 hboot with s-off and fully rooted for years.
The problem?
I was running Nikez Rom on my Desire and it had a few rebooting issues but nothing to be alarmed of. However after one of these reboots the phone did not charge, computer displays a 'power surge on USB' message and disables usb port. Fastboot is not recognised and fastboot USB does not appear when I connect. Using adb does not identify the device either.
What I have tried to do to resolve
Having read several forum posts around USB bricks and fixing fastboot to changing mtd0.IMG files, nothing has seemed to work. Alternatively, it could be me not following things or not doing things in a logical manner. I have also done a factory reset and flashed sandvold Rom but that hasn't helped either.
Help
I am now almost at the end of my tether (no pun intended), so would really appreciate some help in trying to fix this problem.
What I have not done
I have not yet flashed the stock ruu, but not sure how that would work either if my computer disables the USB port anyway.
Skill level
I'm not an expert so please be gentle.
Thanks
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You are SOFF so the easy way to fix usb brick is to flash 4ext recovery since it has got an inbuilt usb brick repairer. However you are saying fastboot is not working. Even with usb brick fastboot should work. That leads me to believe that the problem may be elsewhere. I would check the computer once.
handy5876 said:
You are SOFF so the easy way to fix usb brick is to flash 4ext recovery since it has got an inbuilt usb brick repairer. However you are saying fastboot is not working. Even with usb brick fastboot should work. That leads me to believe that the problem may be elsewhere. I would check the computer once.
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Thanks, tried 4ext fix usb brick option also, but did not work. I have a Sensation as well and that works fine re computer, so I don't believe it's a computer issue.
Also, the mains charger (plug) light goes off as soon as I put the Desire on charge but comes back on when I remove the phone from the mains charger - which leads me to believe there is something wrong with the phone usb software, but don't know what that could be.
Are there and other options for me to try? Is my phone usb bricked?
You can try the Unbrick option in 4ext recovery.
Also try on a different USB port or even a different PC.
techwiz98 said:
You can try the Unbrick option in 4ext recovery.
Also try on a different USB port or even a different PC.
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Thanks - already tried these options.
Just responded above to a similar suggestion.
Any other help appreciated.
ac_utd said:
Thanks, tried 4ext fix usb brick option also, but did not work. I have a Sensation as well and that works fine re computer, so I don't believe it's a computer issue.
Also, the mains charger (plug) light goes off as soon as I put the Desire on charge but comes back on when I remove the phone from the mains charger - which leads me to believe there is something wrong with the phone usb software, but don't know what that could be.
Are there and other options for me to try? Is my phone usb bricked?
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I dont think the problem is software related. I say this bacause the usb port is not working in either fastboot, recovery or rom. Each of these has got its own usb software and they cant all be bad. It seems to be hardware related. I got a feeling your usb port is fried. Most probably it has a short because your mains charger light is fanning out.
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I dont think the problem is software related. I say this bacause the usb port is not working in either fastboot, recovery or rom. Each of these has got its own usb software and they cant all be bad. It seems to be hardware related. I got a feeling your usb port is fried. Most probably it has a short because your mains charger light is fanning out.
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But could this happen while it wasn't connect via mains or computer?
How do I confirm this? Is there a solution if this is, in fact, the problem?
ac_utd said:
But could this happen while it wasn't connect via mains or computer?
How do I confirm this? Is there a solution if this is, in fact, the problem?
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shut down the phone plug it in and see what the charger does.
or even pull the battery and plug it in. if theres ashort it should still be there
colin_404 said:
shut down the phone plug it in and see what the charger does.
or even pull the battery and plug it in. if theres ashort it should still be there
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Pulled the battery out of the phone, out it on mains charge, but still main charger light goes off.
Tried another battery & it does the same thing. Tried different mains charger and it does the same thing.
How do I prove it's a hardware or a software issue?
Should I try a stock RUU?
Having read other forums regarding USB bricks, people have been able to access fastboot usb, but I can't.
So, I don't really know what the problem is.
I got fixed by this method.
androidforums [dot] com/desire-support-troubleshooting/485991-pls-help-stuck-cant-mount-sd-card-recovery [dot] html
check above link, replace [dot] 's with " . " (period)
boot to fastboot (back+power) and use the following command in command prompt
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
This will enable the SDcard function in recovery
fastboot oem eraseconfig
This should fix the usb brick
reflash the rom you want from your recovery (you will need to wipe device via recovery 1st)
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paddyankee said:
I got fixed by this method.
androidforums [dot] com/desire-support-troubleshooting/485991-pls-help-stuck-cant-mount-sd-card-recovery [dot] html
check above link, replace [dot] 's with " . " (period)
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Thanks for your message, but the issue is every time I connect the phone to my laptop (and I've tried this on two different laptops), I get a message as below:
"One of the USB devices attached to the computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognise it."
It seems the charge on the USB port of the phone has gone corrupt - if that's at all possible.
Once I get fastboot USB working, I'll be good to go.
I'm on BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Surely I can't be the only person to have this issue??
Also, I can access my sd card via ES Explorer.
On most of the usb brick issues, I believe the sd card is inaccessible. However, I can access it.
Therefore, I don;t even know whether my phone has a usb brick or whether it's something else?
Anyone?
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Did you try reinstalling usb drivers on your PC?
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Did you try reinstalling usb drivers on your PC?
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The computer's not the problem The phone is.
Computer usb ports work fine with other devices and my sensation.
Hi Everyone,
I want to root, S-Off, etc - and install a custom ROM on my HTC Desire HD, however I have a unique challenge in that the micro USB port on my phone is faulty. It will charge if I use a micro USB cable from a WD My Passport, portal hard drive, because for some reason these are a little larger than the standard micro usb cable.
The most recommended method of rooting / etc is to use the - Advanced Ace Hack Kit, however this simply won't work because my phone and computer are unable to communicate. Knowing this I have also tried the method in this thread. However whenever I attempt to use the Visionary+ tool, I get stuck at the "Temproot" screen, the screen comes up momentarily with the app developers twitter handle, and then moments after goes completely black (with the exception of the "top curtain"), and it stays this way indefinitely. Basically Visionary+ is getting stuck.
Is there any way to do the root / s-off / etc process through an SD card entirely, and furthermore without using the Visionary app?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Davo
Install HTC Drivers on your PC then connect your phone with PC. PC will detect your phone after that you step by step with AAHK
Mr Davo said:
Hi Everyone,
I want to root, S-Off, etc - and install a custom ROM on my HTC Desire HD, however I have a unique challenge in that the micro USB port on my phone is faulty. It will charge if I use a micro USB cable from a WD My Passport, portal hard drive, because for some reason these are a little larger than the standard micro usb cable.
The most recommended method of rooting / etc is to use the - Advanced Ace Hack Kit, however this simply won't work because my phone and computer are unable to communicate. Knowing this I have also tried the method in this thread. However whenever I attempt to use the Visionary+ tool, I get stuck at the "Temproot" screen, the screen comes up momentarily with the app developers twitter handle, and then moments after goes completely black (with the exception of the "top curtain"), and it stays this way indefinitely. Basically Visionary+ is getting stuck.
Is there any way to do the root / s-off / etc process through an SD card entirely, and furthermore without using the Visionary app?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Davo
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Davo, all the known to work methods in the DHD need to use usb connectivity...don´t try to use something different because you might mess your device. Try fixing that first.
Hello everybody!
I have a htc desire with usb brick, from the cel i can see the SD content, but when connected to the pc by USB does not recognize, either connected with fastboot, I've tried several cables, pc. I have s-on and the cel is not root, and I have android 2.3.3, can not do temp root with visionary+..
if anyone can help me? thanks
johan2562 said:
Hello everybody!
I have a htc desire with usb brick, from the cel i can see the SD content, but when connected to the pc by USB does not recognize, either connected with fastboot, I've tried several cables, pc. I have s-on and the cel is not root, and I have android 2.3.3, can not do temp root with visionary+..
if anyone can help me? thanks
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I had simmilar problems with various devices. The thing is, sometimes USB is bugged, like I had almost no way to connect device except of switching USB ports.
- If your USB is bricked then there's nothing you can do about it except bringing it for warranty - if you still have it.
If not, then you'll have to get it to workshop, I don't have other solutions. As you said, warranty shouldn't be a problem, since it is not rooted.
( sorry for bad news :/ )
If you need USB for file transfer, then you could use USB card reader, that comes with lots of sd cards with, or you could try FTP Server with FileZilla ( If you got a decent Internet connection w/ local wifi)