Hello!
I have an HTC Desire that is stuck in bootloop. Anytime i boot the phone up it only reaches the HTC Logo then either gets stuck at the logo or cycles through the boot to logo.
It is through Telus and is no longer under warrenty. What options have worked in order to fix this? Telus support was less then supportive.
I have seen quite a bit of information on this forum and i am unsure which method might be best for my scenario. Any help would pointing me in a direction would be greatly appreciated
Im not sure what information i should post, so if there is something that is needed please ask and i will provide!
Boot into hboot (turn the phone off, then turn it back on using volume down and power). Then post everything that it shows there here.
Have you done anything to the phone like flashing a custom recovery, root, roms, etc, or is everything stock?
chromium96 said:
Boot into hboot (turn the phone off, then turn it back on using volume down and power). Then post everything that it shows there here.
Have you done anything to the phone like flashing a custom recovery, root, roms, etc, or is everything stock?
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BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
Everything is STOCK! No custom roms/roots or recovery
Darklyte- said:
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
Everything is STOCK! No custom roms/roots or recovery
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Download the 2.3 RUU here. Then copy it to the root (not inside any folder) of your sd card. Also DONT rename it (leave it as PB99IMG.zip)
Boot the phone into hboot and it will search for the file. When it finds it, it will ask if you want to install. Press volume up to say yes, then after its finished press volume up again to reboot.
chromium96 said:
Download the 2.3 RUU Then copy it to the root (not inside any folder) of your sd card. Also DONT rename it (leave it as PB99IMG.zip)
Boot the phone into hboot and it will search for the file. When it finds it, it will ask if you want to install. Press volume up to say yes, then after its finished press volume up again to reboot.
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<3 much love!! Thank you from a fellow Torontonian!
Darklyte- said:
<3 much love!! Thank you from a fellow Torontonian!
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No problem
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Also if eveything goes well with flashing the ruu, i would recommend s-offing the phone. It will be useful later if you run into other issues.
chromium96 said:
No problem
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Also if eveything goes well with flashing the ruu, i would recommend s-offing the phone. It will be useful later if you run into other issues.
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What are the benifits of S-Off ?
Darklyte- said:
What are the benifits of S-Off ?
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S-off allows you to write onto partitions that you normally are unable to. This could be useful for example if u needed to flash a recovery or upgrade radio. Its also quite easy to do with revolutionary so I don't any reason not to do it.
chromium96 said:
Download the 2.3 RUU. Then copy it to the root (not inside any folder) of your sd card. Also DONT rename it (leave it as PB99IMG.zip)
Boot the phone into hboot and it will search for the file. When it finds it, it will ask if you want to install. Press volume up to say yes, then after its finished press volume up again to reboot.
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Hey quick question, when im in hboot, what option do i go to in order to have the PB99IMG.zip load up. Im at hboot and i have the options of
Fastboot
Recovery
Clear Storage
Simlock
Darklyte- said:
Hey quick question, when im in hboot, what option do i go to in order to have the PB99IMG.zip load up. Im at hboot and i have the options of
Fastboot
Recovery
Clear Storage
Simlock
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You don't have to do anything to load it. when you boot into hboot it will automatically look for it and tell you if it finds it. All u need to do is press volume up after it finds it.
chromium96 said:
You don't have to do anything to load it. when you boot into hboot it will automatically look for it and tell you if it finds it. All u need to do is press volume up after it finds it.
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Ok, i put the .zip file on the root of the sd card. Booted into hboot and it only provides me the 4 options. It doesnt seem to auto pick up the .zip file. I should be putting the .zip on the root correct? I dont unpackage it?
Darklyte- said:
Ok, i put the .zip file on the root of the sd card. Booted into hboot and it only provides me the 4 options. It doesnt seem to auto pick up the .zip file. I should be putting the .zip on the root correct? I dont unpackage it?
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Yep it should be on the root and u don't unzip it. Try waiting a bit. Sometimes it takes longer. Does it even search for the files?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
chromium96 said:
Yep it should be on the root and u don't unzip it. Try waiting a bit. Sometimes it takes longer. Does it even search for the files?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Nope, doesnt even attempt to search for it, just insta boots to hboot. Ive left it sitting at hboot for about 30 min now >.<
I double checked, i have PB99IMG.zip on the root drive of the micro sd card.
Darklyte- said:
Nope, doesnt even attempt to search for it, just insta boots to hboot. Ive left it sitting at hboot for about 30 min now >.<
I double checked, i have PB99IMG.zip on the root drive of the micro sd card.
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Weird, it should at least look for it. Are u 100% sure that it doesn't search for it? Try rebooting into hboot again.
If you're sure that its not working then you can try running the exe ruu.
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chromium96 said:
Weird, it should at least look for it. Are u 100% sure that it doesn't search for it? Try rebooting into hboot again.
If you're sure that its not working then you can try running the exe ruu.
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If i select Fastboot, it seems to go through a bunch lines of green text really fast. It seems to say
SD Checking ....................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!.........................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.nbh]
No Image or wrong image!
Plus a few more lines, but it goes so fast its hard to read it.
I dont think i can manually execute the .exe because i cant reach the phone through usb via my computer.
Also hope your dry wherever you are!
Darklyte- said:
If i select Fastboot, it seems to go through a bunch lines of green text really fast. It seems to say
SD Checking ....................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!.........................
Loading.....[PB99DIAG.nbh]
No Image or wrong image!
Plus a few more lines, but it goes so fast its hard to read it.
Also hope your dry wherever you are!
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Ok well since this way isnt working you should try running the windows exe version of the ruu (a bit more of a pain)
First download these drivers and install them.
Then download the ruu. Boot the phone into hboot then go into fastboot, and once in fastboot connect the phone to your pc. Once its connected and the phone is recognized run the ruu. Make sure you have enough battery and dont interrupt the process or bad things will happen.
lol im dry, but my power looks like its going to go out soon
chromium96 said:
Ok well since this way isnt working you should try running the windows exe version of the ruu (a bit more of a pain)
First download these drivers and install them.
Then download the ruu. Boot the phone into hboot then go into fastboot, and once in fastboot connect the phone to your pc. Once its connected and the phone is recognized run the ruu. Make sure you have enough battery and dont interrupt the process or bad things will happen.
lol im dry, but my power looks like its going to go out soon
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Ok, i downloaded the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe and ran it. It installed the drivers. I booted into hboot, selected Fastboot and connected the USB. At the top of Fastboot, it how has Fastboot USB. The Andriod 1.0 driver said it installed, however i cant see the device in My Computer.
Does this sound ok so far?
Q 2) Once the RUU downloads, do i execute the .exe on my computer, or do i move it to the sd card and execute it from there?
Sorry, just want to make sure i do this correct haha.
Man its raining crazy out there
Darklyte- said:
Ok, i downloaded the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe and ran it. It installed the drivers. I booted into hboot, selected Fastboot and connected the USB. At the top of Fastboot, it how has Fastboot USB. The Andriod 1.0 driver said it installed, however i cant see the device in My Computer.
Does this sound ok so far?
Q 2) Once the RUU downloads, do i execute the .exe on my computer, or do i move it to the sd card and execute it from there?
Sorry, just want to make sure i do this correct haha.
Man its raining crazy out there
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Sounds good. If you really want to make sure that the drivers are installed correctly and its recognized you can setup adb/fastboot. Then plug the phone in while in fastboot mode and type "fastboot devices" from a command prompt on your pc. If your phones serial number shows up then everything is good to go.
You run the exe from your computer, you dont move it to the sdcard.
Ran the RUU and i cant seem to get it to recognize the connection from usb to phone.
Darklyte- said:
Ran the RUU and i cant seem to get it to recognize the connection from usb to phone.
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Was there an error? Did you try setting up fastboot and running "fastboot devices" while in fastboot mode to see if it is recognized?
Also i forgot to ask, but what caused this problem in the first place?
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Edited the entire first post to make it clear what the issue *was* and what the solution is:
ISSUE:
1. Desire screen not switching on at all even though phone switches on.
2. Phone boots but doesn't go beyond bootloader/recovery/fastboot
3. Can get into recovery even though nothing comes on screen (test: press volume down and power. Wait for 10 seconds. Press volume down. Press power. Phone should vibrate. Wait 20 seconds. Phone should now be in recovery mode.)
4. Can get into fastboot (back+power)
5. No goldcard
CAUSE of MY ISSUE:
I had Aura Sense7.9+AlphaRev S-Off. Cause::Ran a very old RUU just because I wanted to bring things back to stock. The RUU overwrote my HBOOT from 0.93 to god knows what. Turned out, the RUU was for amoled screens and not for SLCD screen. So even though the phone turned on, the screen never did.
SOLUTION:
1. Make sure you have HTC Sync drivers installed. Install HTC Sync and then just remove the application and not the drivers. I also installed the unrevoked hboot drivers. Do the same.
2. Get Android SDK http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
3. Check that your phone is recognized in recovery and fastboot by your system once drivers are installed -- once you install the drivers, boot into recovery (point 3 of issue -- you should hear beeps in win7 signalling a device connection). Open android_sdk/tool directory in command line and type 'adb devices'. Your device should come up. Similarly take phone into fastboot, and then in command line type 'fastboot devices' your phone should come up.
4.Switch off phone after test. Next, take phone into recovery mode and create gold card. Follow http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/ or use the Gold Card Tool . The last part of the Gold Card Tool (Patch MMC) didn't work for me so I used the hex editor manually. Make sure you start with the SD Card that came with your phone. I tried 2 cards and it didn't work. Just the SD Card with the phone did!
5. After gold card is made, download 'RUU_Bravo_Froyo_hTC_Asia_WWE_2.13.707.1_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_143921_signed' RUU from shipped-roms. This is the latest RUU that I could find for SLCD screen.
6. Run RUU and if your gold card is correct, you should sail right through. and be greeted by a working Desire.
Phew!
Thanks goes to:
1. To everyone who has taken the time and effort to look at this post and comment with ideas and possible answers. Vankooten, I'm heading out of town in just a little while and just couldn't wait for rom210.zip. But, thanks nonetheless. Thanks EVERYONE
2. Paul from modaco and the guys from the unlockr for giving precise instructions on how to make gold cards
3. GoldCard Tool (klutsh) http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
4. To all the forum entries that I went through and the people who answered.
If you'd like more help on this, post away here or PM me if the instructions are not clear. I'm not an Android Guru, but can certainly try to help.
are you able to go into recovery?
You know you need a goldcard or its going to fail the cid check .... make one, also search for the slcd brick for another solution
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CrimzonEyed said:
are you able to go into recovery?
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I'm not able to get into recovery. I just get to the bootloader -- I know this just because i can feel it vibrate once. volume down/power doesn't do anything. fastboot works because i can see it using adk. Screen doesn't come on at all so can't see whats going on.
AndroHero said:
You know you need a goldcard or its going to fail the cid check .... make one, also search for the slcd brick for another solution
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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How do I make a goldcard at this stage? I can get into the adb shell but can't mount the sdcard in any way. mount /sdcard just throws up errors. Are all goldcards the same -- a goldcard made on one desire can run on another? (I might be wrong but I think not)...
really screwed aren't i?
When you plug in the phone to the comp is it still visible in the "hardware section" ??
( you must have HTC sync installed and after that unistall the sync part, but leave the driver)
vankooten said:
When you plug in the phone to the comp is it still visible in the "hardware section" ??
( you must have HTC sync installed and after that unistall the sync part, but leave the driver)
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When I plug in the phone, I get it as HTC Bootloader in Win7 hardware section...so yes, it is visible.
What do I need to uninstall the sync part but leave the driver for -- to mount /sdcard?
How do I uninstall sync but leave driver -- isn't the driver part of the sync installation?
What ROM did the phone originally come with? If you know, and you can find it, flash that...
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What ROM did the phone originally come with? If you know, and you can find it, flash that...
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And therein lies the mystery...i can't find it. i've gone through 100s of posts yesterday and tried flashing around 7 WWE and Asia roms, none of them work -- signatures just don't match!
i knew I should've created a goldcard!! since HBOOT has been overwritten and I can still erase system, data, and recovery using fastboot, should I just send it for service --- it is still under warranty... anyway of knowing if it's been HTCized again?
What software version was it on when you got it? This should be made clear before rooting to ALWAYS make a note of it so you can go back to stock if needed...without that you can try and send it to HTC but they may just turn around and say 'you rooted it, tough' and send it back
it was on 2.1 and upgraded it to 2.2 ota the day i got it.
i know.should've paid more attention and even created a goldcard for safe measure, but this is where I am at the moment
just wish things hadn't turned this bad...there's ought to be something else that I can do
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Ok. step by step.
Download de android SDK from here: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
Unzip it to a place where you can easely find it back.
Download also http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip , no need to unzip this, just place it in the map "tools"in the unzipped file.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the map 'tools' from the unzipped file.
That is in "CMD".
1. get your microsd card out of the phone.
2. turn the phone onin FASTBOOT mode, press the "back"button (on the right-underside of your phone) and the power button at the same time..
3. Typ in je commandprompt:
code:
1 fastboot erase cache (enter)
2 fastboot oem rebootRUU (enter)
3 fastboot flash zip rom210.zip (enter)
maybe you get a HBOOT pre-update 'error', repeat immedeatly the last command.
when this is finnished (you got now HTC ROM 2.10, not rooted) - the progressbar is then full:
fastboot reboot
You should no have a clean HTC romand can put back your sd card
make sure that there is no more 'PB99IMG.zip' file on the sd-card.
If you go to "start" on the computer an d type "HTC" you will find the HTC sync and two seperate uninstall files.
Just uninstall htc sync and leave the driver.
You will need this otherwise the phone will not be detected in the hardwaresection.
I have had the same problem and a guy on a dutch forum showed me the way and it worked again.
So, plug in the phone, turn it on with "back" and "power" ( not the volume-buttons)
Press "start" on the computer and type "CMD".
navigate to the map "tools" by entering cd (name of the map where you placed it)
Good luck.
vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Ok. step by step.
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Thank you so much for such detailed steps. I will surely try this the moment I get home from work. I hope this works as I'm now desperate for a solution. Fingers crossed!!
vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
Good luck.
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Just had one question -- the steps you mentioned will work even if I don't have a goldcard?
yep,
No need for a goldcard.
Don't enter the numbers 1,2 and 3, just the commands.
your phone will be put back in its original state.
vankooten said:
yep,
No need for a goldcard.
Don't enter the numbers 1,2 and 3, just the commands.
your phone will be put back in its original state.
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That is a relief to hear! I will try this as soon as I get home. Will report back at the earliest.
go to work!!!
Take a look at this:
...forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
bhutanigaurav said:
That is a relief to hear! I will try this as soon as I get home. Will report back at the earliest.
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do you have s-off? because fastboot commands wont work unless you have an unlocked bootloader
vankooten said:
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r07-windows.zip
http://www.shadowchild.nl/rom210.zip
Good luck.
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rom210.zip link no longer works.
AndroHero said:
do you have s-off? because fastboot commands wont work unless you have an unlocked bootloader
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had s-off before the ruu reflashed the hboot. now i dont know!
believe it or not, but now i'm at work and can't do anything in this.
As soon as i'm home i will be back.
I ran a RUU and now the phone wont boot and just getting a HTC logo with four warning symbols and all the corners.... also when i connect to Computer and disconnect show a bootloader version and just one option - RUU...
Any ideas? I tried installing other RUUs but errors pop up.
AFAIK, my phone is unbranded.
AFAIK, your phone is bricked. It may not be, but I think it is.
Swyped from my HTC Desire running LeeDrOiD 2.3d with Tapatalk.
BodenM said:
AFAIK, your phone is bricked. It may not be, but I think it is.
Swyped from my HTC Desire running LeeDrOiD 2.3d with Tapatalk.
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Oh ok, that's not good to hear.
Any other ideas?
Did you maybe try OTA update before installing RUU? can you adb shell? did you rooted your phone? Can you go to hboot by pressing volume down+power, of course your phone must be turn off before this?
wenck said:
Did you maybe try OTA update before installing RUU? can you adb shell? did you rooted your phone? Can you go to hboot by pressing volume down+power, of course your phone must be turn off before this?
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Didn't install any OTA updates.
I can't get my device to be seen by adb, tried various drivers already.
Can't go to hboot.
Click on your RUU exe only ONCE, then go to windows and run %TEMP%, find rom.zip and copy to desktop, rename to update.zip and copy to sd card. then power off phone and try. Are you absolutely sure u use right RUU? Please check radio and RUUs here http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
wenck said:
Click on your RUU exe only ONCE, then go to windows and run %TEMP%, find rom.zip and copy to desktop, rename to update.zip and copy to sd card. then power off phone and try. Are you absolutely sure u use right RUU? Please check radio and RUUs here http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
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Yeah, I'm sure I installed an RUU.
Will try this. Thanks
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Click on your RUU exe only ONCE, then go to windows and run %TEMP%, find rom.zip and copy to desktop, rename to update.zip and copy to sd card. then power off phone and try. Are you absolutely sure u use right RUU? Please check radio and RUUs here http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
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Nvm, found it. Trying now.
Edit : Nothing happens. Copied the update.zip to the card, turned the phone on.
Same screen.
Remove battery and put it back, hold volume down+power button 4-5 seconds. Can you enter fasboot? if so selecet recovery. Also make sure there ain't no other zip files in root of sd card. Also try to uninstall htc sync, reboot and install again.
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Remove battery and put it back, hold volume down+power button 4-5 seconds. Can you enter fasboot? if so selecet recovery. Also make sure there ain't no other zip files in root of sd card. Also try to uninstall htc sync, reboot and install again.
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Can't enter fast boot.
Stuck at the htc screen and ruu screen.
Do you have branded or unbranded phone? You need goldcard if you have branded.
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Do you have branded or unbranded phone? You need goldcard if you have branded.
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Not branded.
Ok, now you have couple options, reinstall usb and try RUU or second one use fastboot.exe to flash spl, radio, and system. This is tricky. Also you can take your phone to service to identify what is wrong, and then come back and say to us. you do not need to pay repair, they will tell you whats wrong and give you offer how much would it cost. Finally you must google alot and try lost of methods. Couple guys had problems like yours and solve it on different ways. Basicly we cannot help you more than this without 100% accurate radio and ruu version.
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Ok, now you have couple options, reinstall usb and try RUU or second one use fastboot.exe to flash spl, radio, and system. This is tricky. Also you can take your phone to service to identify what is wrong, and then come back and say to us. you do not need to pay repair, they will tell you whats wrong and give you offer how much would it cost. Finally you must google alot and try lost of methods. Couple guys had problems like yours and solve it on different ways. Basicly we cannot help you more than this without 100% accurate radio and ruu version.
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What do you mean by try to install usb?
Get a RUU and install again?
My problem now is getting the drivers to work. So I can't use ADB or RUU anymore.
It shows in the Device Manager though as Android Phone - Android Bootloader Interface.
Thanks!
i mean uninstall htc sync and usb drivers and reboot then install again drivers without htc sync. did you maybe root your phone, run custom roms flash radio before?
wenck said:
i mean uninstall htc sync and usb drivers and reboot then install again drivers without htc sync. did you maybe root your phone, run custom roms flash radio before?
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Ok will do.
Yes, I have root and ran custom rom (leedroid). I didn't bother with radio though.
also put blank sd sard in your phone, formatted to fat32. If you used ext partitions for app2sd+ delete them and create again normal microsd card with fat32. Or u can put another card as long as it is fat 32.
wenck said:
also put blank sd sard in your phone, formatted to fat32. If you used ext partitions for app2sd+ delete them and create again normal microsd card with fat32. Or u can put another card as long as it is fat 32.
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What drivers should I use?
And I noticed that when I plug in the phone a "Safely Remove" icon appears on my tray.
Dude you have no bootloader drivers thats all, download and install htc sync, then connect your phone, "android bootloader interface" will change to "htc bootloader interface" then just run an ruu
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AndroHero said:
Dude you have no bootloader drivers thats all, download and install htc sync, then connect your phone, "android bootloader interface" will change to "htc bootloader interface" then just run an ruu
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Ok will try this! Thanks
Edit : Still shows as Android Bootloader Interface, maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Edit 2 : Uninstalled the drivers , shows as "My HTC" now. Tried RUU, it detects it. I'm getting error 131
Edit 3 : Tried another RUU, got error 110. I think I need to get the right RUU.
Edit 4 : Shipped roms seems to have a problem, downloads stop at the middle. Any hotfile links for the RUUs?
Hi, I have just bought a second hand Desire for my wife. The person I bought it off had changed the HBOOT and put Oxygen rom on it. She wanted it back to sense so I tried to flash the official RUU via HTC Synch thinking it would change the HBOOT at the same time. Now all I have is HTC in the middle of the screen with an exclamation mark in each corner.
Anyone give me a step by step guide of how to get it working again??.
Thanks in advance.....
Scotty.
cant u just flash the alphrev stock hboot or zip. or reflash recovery??
tuktukscotty said:
Hi, I have just bought a second hand Desire for my wife. The person I bought it off had changed the HBOOT and put Oxygen rom on it. She wanted it back to sense so I tried to flash the official RUU via HTC Synch thinking it would change the HBOOT at the same time. Now all I have is HTC in the middle of the screen with an exclamation mark in each corner.
Anyone give me a step by step guide of how to get it working again??.
Thanks in advance.....
Scotty.
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Read the adb and Fastboot faq via my signature (ignore all the adb stuff, read just fastboot).
Set up your computer for fastboot (or download Fastboot flash utility - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638)
Download this: http://alpharev.nl/bravo_downgrade.img
Boot into fastboot (from off hold back and press power)
Using the knowledge from the FAQ and / or Fastboot flash utility, Flash the bravo_downgrade.img as a hboot (eg fastboot flash hboot bravo_downgrade.img)
Run RUU again
This may not make sense looking at it now, but read the FAQ and it will.
rootSU said:
Read the adb and Fastboot faq via my signature (ignore all the adb stuff, read just fastboot).
Set up your computer for fastboot (or download Fastboot flash utility - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638)
Download this: http://alpharev.nl/bravo_downgrade.img
Boot into fastboot (from off hold back and press power)
Using the knowledge from the FAQ and / or Fastboot flash utility, Flash the bravo_downgrade.img as a hboot (eg fastboot flash hboot bravo_downgrade.img)
Run RUU again
This may not make sense looking at it now, but read the FAQ and it will.
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Thanks, I'll give it a whirl.
need more help read my guide
bortak said:
need more help read my guide
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I cannot install the android flasher as (on one pc) it says I need .net framework which I downloaded but then it says searching for updates and then says an exception has occured and won't do anything else. And on my laptop it says error checking for updates and then get the exception message.
Any ideas??
Easy way- grab PB99IMG.zip containing bravo_downgrade.img from Alpharev, check md5 checksum (if it's not correct- redownload), put it on SD and boot to bootloader. Hboot will be flashed by bootloader itself
gen_scheisskopf said:
Easy way- grab PB99IMG.zip containing bravo_downgrade.img from Alpharev, check md5 checksum (if it's not correct- redownload), put it on SD and boot to bootloader. Hboot will be flashed by bootloader itself
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I cannot boot to bootloader. None of the buttons do anything apart from the power button.
tuktukscotty said:
I cannot boot to bootloader. None of the buttons do anything apart from the power button.
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This is why we need to use fastboot flash. Try the manual method from the FAQ.
rootSU said:
This is why we need to use fastboot flash. Try the manual method from the FAQ.
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I have downloaded sdk tools and dragged the folder to C: drive but when I right click my computer to put the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools The line I get says:
\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Zune\
I do not have zune on my pc.
??????
I am running windows XP SP3 if that means anything
Help with hboot
Hi all.
Download and unzip unrevoked, the easiest rooting method known to man. This works on any HTC phone, so if you have a different phone than the Incredible 2, just select whatever phone you have.
Thanks.
tuktukscotty said:
I have downloaded sdk tools and dragged the folder to C: drive but when I right click my computer to put the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools The line I get says:
\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Zune\
I do not have zune on my pc.
??????
I am running windows XP SP3 if that means anything
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Dont worry what is already in there, thats nothing to do with what we're doing. Zune is an MS thing so its not implausable that its there.
1 thing though, is it my sdk tools, or googles? If its googles, check in the folder to make sure adb and fastboot are there, as they may actually be in platform-tools instead. Amend the line you are adding if that is the case. Or just add both, ie:
;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
---------- Post added at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 PM ----------
wyandavidson said:
Hi all.
Download and unzip unrevoked, the easiest rooting method known to man. This works on any HTC phone, so if you have a different phone than the Incredible 2, just select whatever phone you have.
Thanks.
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Well done at reading the thread properly
I used the sdk tool. I added the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools text. Connected my phone and did the cmd,typed adb shell and it said device not found
tuktukscotty said:
I used the sdk tool. I added the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools text. Connected my phone and did the cmd,typed adb shell and it said device not found
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Check if USB is properly connected on both sides. If yes- check if phone is visible in Device Manager and if drivers are installed
gen_scheisskopf said:
Check if USB is properly connected on both sides. If yes- check if phone is visible in Device Manager and if drivers are installed
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I have installed the drivers as described but still does not work.
When the phone is plugged in via USB I get the screen with HTC in the middle and the exclamation in each corner, when I unplug it I get a white screen with:
AlpahRev Oxygen r2 (in pink) and then:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Aug 10 2010,1752.18
Then RUU in orange.
tuktukscotty said:
I have installed the drivers as described but still does not work.
When the phone is plugged in via USB I get the screen with HTC in the middle and the exclamation in each corner, when I unplug it I get a white screen with:
AlpahRev Oxygen r2 (in pink) and then:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Aug 10 2010,1752.18
Then RUU in orange.
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Remove RUU from sd-card or remove card- bootloader tries to flash it if file is found.
Also in bootloader mode you don't have access to adb- this requires running system or recovery.
gen_scheisskopf said:
Remove RUU from sd-card or remove card- bootloader tries to flash it if file is found.
Also in bootloader mode you don't have access to adb- this requires running system or recovery.
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No bootloader or anything works.
I do not understand all this kinda stuff!.
Wish I'd never touched the bloody thing lol
Think it's going on ebay as parts!!
tuktukscotty said:
No bootloader or anything works.
I do not understand all this kinda stuff!.
Wish I'd never touched the bloody thing lol
Think it's going on ebay as parts!!
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Bootloader works:
tuktukscotty said:
I get a white screen with:
AlpahRev Oxygen r2 (in pink) and then:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Aug 10 2010,1752.18
Then RUU in orange.
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This is bootloader screen but it finds update package (PB99IMG.zip) on sd card and tries to flash it- this is normal behaviour.
Remove RUU form sd-card and you will have access to fastboot
gen_scheisskopf said:
Bootloader works:
This is bootloader screen but it finds update package (PB99IMG.zip) on sd card and tries to flash it- this is normal behaviour.
Remove RUU form sd-card and you will have access to fastboot
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Removed the memory card and fastboot still does no show.
tuktukscotty said:
Removed the memory card and fastboot still does no show.
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Wait ~10 seconds after first bootloader screen appears (bootloader searches for SD card and flashable packages on it). Then bootloader menu should appear- check this video how it looks like
Hi,
I always power off my phone at night and yesterday morning it booted to recovery so I thought that I must had pressed the vol key but it was frozen, removed/replaced the battery, booted into recovery again, still frozen.
Pressing the volume keys won't change the selection, pressing power will not make the device do anything. I believe that it is somewhat working because HBOOT will change to HBOOT USB PLUG when plugging it.I can also see it looking for "P98IMG" for a little moment.
If I connect it to my PC, it will be detected as "Android 1.0". I did install the drivers as specified at : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737728 I have Androik SDK installed & working (I am a developer).
The phone is detected by fastboot as :
HT12NTZ00637 fastboot
but I was not able to do anything with it.
Code:
fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.000s
The phone doesnt do anything
Code:
fastboot -w
erasing 'userdata'...
FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
finished. total time: 0.000s
I've discovered Ace Think Tank post while searching the forums : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1824379
I was running ViperDHD1.1.0 if it makes any difference.
Thanks for helping me out.
HTC Desire HD (Telus)
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0007
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.06.04.06_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 20120, 12:47:02
Tried to put PD98IMG.zip from this post on my SD : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20203105&postcount=5
It looks like the phone is trying to install it however once the "blue loading bar" finishes, I see all the folder such as bootloader, boot, recovery, system, ... but it has been displaying this for 4 hours now. I thought it could take a while but I really doubt that this is every gonna finish.
Any help?
SOuellet said:
Tried to put PD98IMG.zip from this post on my SD : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20203105&postcount=5
It looks like the phone is trying to install it however once the "blue loading bar" finishes, I see all the folder such as bootloader, boot, recovery, system, ... but it has been displaying this for 4 hours now. I thought it could take a while but I really doubt that this is every gonna finish.
Any help?
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well, it seems that you failed to read...why being S-OFF you flashed a RUU? was that RUU froyo? Sounds like you might have messed the bootloader.
glevitan said:
well, it seems that you failed to read...why being S-OFF you flashed a RUU? was that RUU froyo? Sounds like you might have messed the bootloader.
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First, I'm going to thank you for being the only person to try to answer but it seems that you did failed to read too as the phone was stuck in HBOOT before I tried this out. If I remove the SD card, the phone will act the same as described earlier as the install does nothing.
Any other suggestions?
SOuellet said:
First, I'm going to thank you for being the only person to try to answer but it seems that you did failed to read too as the phone was stuck in HBOOT before I tried this out. If I remove the SD card, the phone will act the same as described earlier as the install does nothing.
Any other suggestions?
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Why not flashing a rom from recovery? If your phone is not flashing anything in fastboot or hboot, then might be a hardware issue.
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glevitan said:
Why not flashing a rom from recovery?
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I wish I could go into recovery but I'm stuck into HBOOT and to quote myself :
Pressing the volume keys won't change the selection, pressing power will not make the device do anything
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SOuellet said:
I wish I could go into recovery but I'm stuck into HBOOT and to quote myself :
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have you tried navigating without the sdcard?? power the device off and take the sdcard out...then boot in hboot..
glevitan said:
have you tried navigating without the sdcard?? power the device off and take the sdcard out...then boot in hboot..
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Yes I did, I am no SIM, no SD, even tried a different SD...
SOuellet said:
Yes I did, I am no SIM, no SD, even tried a different SD...
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You mean that you can not move in hboot nor select anything? then it seems to be a hardware issue...
glevitan said:
You mean that you can not move in hboot nor select anything? then it seems to be a hardware issue...
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Exactly, pressing vol up / vol up / power buttons won't make the selection change. The display will change from HBOOT to HBOOT USB PLUGwhen plugging/removing USB cable tho so it's not completely frozen...
In the mean time, I have been trying to do a couple things, like fastboot update bleh.zip but it'll give
Code:
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
I thought that I could try flashing with a RUU so I got this file :
http://goo.im/ruu/RUU_Ace_Sense30_S...60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe
but it doesn't work. If I remove/replace the battery from the phone and plug it in the USB, my PC will not find any drivers for my phone and it'll be detected as "Android Phone", trying to run the RUU will fail because it will not recognize the phone. If power it up before trying the RUU, it will say that my battery is less than 30% even if the green led (fully charged) was on.
Any ideas or maybe I'm just doing something wrong?
Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out.
Found the Telus image T : http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_194001_signed.exe
extracted recovery.img as another post points out but no success so far, after typing this command :
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
my cpu stays at 100%, and even after 2 hours and got no feedback whatsoever.
trying to update using fastboot update telus.zip will result in :
Code:
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
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é·\ËÜÈ⌂▓☼ÐÌõ╬PO↑pm5üå饧sÌéä]ÚâÍ▒á▼ÈØ░▼üÐ↑ggGÊè¯ãÿuÛ¸0uÁ¿Ã¾´Éë♠S%¹ ¸÷u$,gRÛÐ─3X/
═ÀE╬⌂¢↕J▄½u'LÃoáK▀Ò¥L8┴rÞ/³┌öò©7qg▀⌂¢r÷ñxrX²o¦ÆDGb8Ê☼ï■ÍÁóSR¶q¥8A_YƒKË?♦´å(E¹╩ðÄ
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Yes, all the weird chars were outputted to console.
I also copied the zip to my SD, renamed it to PD98IMG.ZIP but it looks like doing the same at the other ROM I've tried earlier, the blue progress bar will complete, then when a "directory parsing" appears, it will stays there _forever_.
Hope these details can help you find a solution.
Since I haven't found any solutions yet, I am willing to offer a monetary compensation if anyone can help.
would appreciate if somebody can help, i've exactly the same problem here
Have you (both) flash a froyo RUU or ENG S-OFF and you were running Gingerbread?
I was running ICS (ViperDHD 1.1.0) and I wasn't able to flash anything as it freezes as explained in previous posts.
What happens if you just try running the RUU in hboot? I mean, connecting your phone to the computer and running the exe.
SOuellet said:
I was running ICS (ViperDHD 1.1.0) and I wasn't able to flash anything as it freezes as explained in previous posts.
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Sorry, have you also tried with the sim card out?
Question :
sashank said:
What happens if you just try running the RUU in hboot? I mean, connecting your phone to the computer and running the exe.
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Answer :
SOuellet said:
I thought that I could try flashing with a RUU so I got this file :
http://goo.im/ruu/RUU_Ace_Sense30_S...60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe
but it doesn't work. If I remove/replace the battery from the phone and plug it in the USB, my PC will not find any drivers for my phone and it'll be detected as "Android Phone", trying to run the RUU will fail because it will not recognize the phone. If power it up before trying the RUU, it will say that my battery is less than 30% even if the green led (fully charged) was on.
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I also did try a Telus image : http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_194001_signed.exe
Maybe Ì'm just doing it wrong? or wrong image? or ...
glevitan said:
Sorry, have you also tried with the sim card out?
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Yep, tried to flash w/ SIM, w/o SIM, w/ SD, w/o SD (from PC)
It seems to always give the same result...
SOuellet said:
Question :
Answer :
I also did try a Telus image : http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_194001_signed.exe
Maybe Ì'm just doing it wrong? or wrong image? or ...
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If you are S-OFF and have superCID, any RUU should be flashing. I am afraid that it can be a hardware issue...
glevitan said:
If you are S-OFF and have superCID, any RUU should be flashing. I am afraid that it can be a hardware issue...
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Wow, quick reply.
I believe that I am S-OFF as it is displayed at the top of the screen : ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF. I don't really know about the superCID.
When looking for one of my previous posts to quote myself, I figured that I didn't explicitly said that when I plugged my phone turned off in my PC, I had no drivers for "Android Phone". If powered on, it will use the Google ADB drivers.
Dear all,
I have been looking around the forums and downloaded a few things and looked at various solutions, but I am stuck at the first hurdle.
I have been given an htc Desire Bravo that just will not boot. I do not know how it failed originally but I can only get it into the boot screens, either the fastboot/hboot logon ot the 5 buzzes and the htc logo lock. Also it takes about 30 minutes with the battery out after every failed boot attempt to restart the boot screen.
I have run adb but it cannot tell me a cid number, I have a micro sd card in it but it does not have the pb99diag.zip on it. When I put such a file on the sd card it does not find it. Communication via adb and the phone has varied success. I suspect it is drivers and what I read is an old adb bug where server is out of date.
I have never done this before this weekend so please be gentle with me!
If I can get it to work, even to use it like a wifi tablet without phone I would be happy. I am in the UK and if we have real success I would get it on tesco PAYG
I get the "cannot find pb99diag.zip etc" dialogue when going into hboot.
The logon says
BRAVO PVT-1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO 5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52.18
Can someone suggest where to start? I have tried a number of guides on the forum but no success so far. Even just getting an os running would be success. I will be looking at this each evening so apologies if I seem slow to respond
Thanks
Adrian
First make S-Off. I forgot how but if i think right, you must it do via revolutionary, If it success, then download 4ext recovery.IMG and flash it via fastboot and reboot in bootloader in your recovery
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battlekaier said:
First make S-Off. I forgot how but if i think right, you must it do via revolutionary, If it success, then download 4ext recovery.IMG and flash it via fastboot and reboot in bootloader in your recovery
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Free mobile app
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Thank you battlekaier, I will try this out tonight when I get home and will report back.
A
ukubuntu said:
Thank you battlekaier, I will try this out tonight when I get home and will report back.
A
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After you s off u can flash hboot the easy way but first s off.
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If u phone does not boot then u can NOT s-off, ur phone needs to be booted.. also if ur s-on and not rooted then all u can do is flash a ruu.
Did u try factory reset from bootloader menu? Try that first, u never know but chances r ul prob need to ruu a ruu.
jmcclue said:
If u phone does not boot then u can NOT s-off, ur phone needs to be booted.. also if ur s-on and not rooted then all u can do is flash a ruu.
Did u try factory reset from bootloader menu? Try that first, u never know but chances r ul prob need to ruu a ruu.
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Hi jmcclue,
Thanks for the comments. I can boot to the HBoot and Fastboot screens, thats how I could find the S-ON and version data. If I get it to reboot, I get either a white screen with just "htc" on it, or 5 buzzes and a screen with no life at all. I am hopeful to get it to S-OFF as I have had some communication through the usb to pc connection. I am not sure if I can do an RUU update as I don't seem to have a CID. I do not have a factory reset option on the HBOOT screen. I have tried clear storage but that has no effect. Perhaps I need the S-OFF first.
Cheers again,
A
Use the 2.3gb update ruu its wwe (world wide english) so dont worry bout cid. U can find it in bortaks troubleshooting guide in resources section and its naned 2.3.3 ruu. U will find it easy enough in google aswell. Search for "htc desire 2.3gb update" its a exe file so just boot ur phone into fastboot, plug in ur phone and run the ruu, hopefully it willvwork. Im a bit worried tho about the 5 vibrations u get, maybe a sign of hardware failure. But try that ruu anyway. And again u can not get s-off unless ur phone is fully working/booted.
jmcclue said:
Use the 2.3gb update ruu its wwe (world wide english) so dont worry bout cid. U can find it in bortaks troubleshooting guide in resources section and its naned 2.3.3 ruu. U will find it easy enough in google aswell. Search for "htc desire 2.3gb update" its a exe file so just boot ur phone into fastboot, plug in ur phone and run the ruu, hopefully it willvwork. Im a bit worried tho about the 5 vibrations u get, maybe a sign of hardware failure. But try that ruu anyway. And again u can not get s-off unless ur phone is fully working/booted.
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Many thanks
Well that was a bit wierd
If anyone can see where I went wrong, feel free to say.
I could not seem to get the link between the phone and the pc so I removed the htc sync and restarted the pc. I could then connect to the phone in some way as abd gave a command error when I sent a fastboot oem readcid which it normally does. So leaving it in fastboot with usb I ran the wwe~.exe file and it all seemed to be doing installing. There were tens of installations going to the phone I guess each reaching 100%. Suddenly I had a web page popup in my browser s.rev2pub.com/ul_cb/player.html?a=19471543&context=c23573548&size=800x600&rt=popunder&ci=10&cb=[CACHEBUSTER] recommending I download latest drivers. The wwe ruu vanished and I have no continuing processes in Task manager that I can see.
So, should I have installed in hboot? Thankfully I can still get the phone to power on. What should happen after the exe file installs?
I am able to get some response from the phone as adb devices returns the phone device number. So I hope I can try again.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks
Revolutionary S-OFF and recovery
ukubuntu said:
Dear all,
I have been looking around the forums and downloaded a few things and looked at various solutions, but I am stuck at the first hurdle.
I have been given an htc Desire Bravo that just will not boot. I do not know how it failed originally but I can only get it into the boot screens, either the fastboot/hboot logon ot the 5 buzzes and the htc logo lock. Also it takes about 30 minutes with the battery out after every failed boot attempt to restart the boot screen.
I have run adb but it cannot tell me a cid number, I have a micro sd card in it but it does not have the pb99diag.zip on it. When I put such a file on the sd card it does not find it. Communication via adb and the phone has varied success. I suspect it is drivers and what I read is an old adb bug where server is out of date.
I have never done this before this weekend so please be gentle with me!
If I can get it to work, even to use it like a wifi tablet without phone I would be happy. I am in the UK and if we have real success I would get it on tesco PAYG
I get the "cannot find pb99diag.zip etc" dialogue when going into hboot.
The logon says
BRAVO PVT-1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO 5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52.18
Can someone suggest where to start? I have tried a number of guides on the forum but no success so far. Even just getting an os running would be success. I will be looking at this each evening so apologies if I seem slow to respond
Thanks
Adrian
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Hey Adrian, I had the same problem as you did, hopefully I can be of help.
First, like everyone else is saying you will need S-OFF.
To do this head to this site on your PC revolutionary.io hit download for windows or Linux or whatever your pc is running, then you will need to fill out information about your device (see attached screenshot). Device, HBoot number, and serial number, (the serial number can be found behind the battery of your device). Once you have done that, click "Generate Key". it will give you a key, remember it or write it down.
Then, open the file that was downloaded, and extract the contents to your documents and Run the revolutionary( should look like the screenshot attached). Plug your device in (assuming you have the drivers) and it should ask you to enter the beta key we had before. Enter that and hit enter. it will then S-off your Desire and soon ask if you would like to install a custom recovery. hit Y and then enter, once that is finished, unplug your device and in HBoot go to "Recovery". Now you can flash a ROM of your choice.
Hopefully I made sense!
Best of luck
Neibaf97 said:
Hey Adrian, I had the same problem as you did, hopefully I can be of help.
First, like everyone else is saying you will need S-OFF.
To do this head to this site on your PC revolutionary.io hit download for windows or Linux or whatever your pc is running, then you will need to fill out information about your device (see attached screenshot). Device, HBoot number, and serial number, (the serial number can be found behind the battery of your device). Once you have done that, click "Generate Key". it will give you a key, remember it or write it down.
Then, open the file that was downloaded, and extract the contents to your documents and Run the revolutionary( should look like the screenshot attached). Plug your device in (assuming you have the drivers) and it should ask you to enter the beta key we had before. Enter that and hit enter. it will then S-off your Desire and soon ask if you would like to install a custom recovery. hit Y and then enter, once that is finished, unplug your device and in HBoot go to "Recovery". Now you can flash a ROM of your choice.
Hopefully I made sense!
Best of luck
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Thank you Neibaf97
Can I confirm that I can do this from the HBOOT screen or the fastboot screen? Also where jmmclue said if I can't boot then I can't S-Off, does that mean boot to the HBOOT screen or into Android? Then if I want to load say WWE, do I put that on a microSD to get it to recover?
thanks again
A
ukubuntu said:
Thank you Neibaf97
Can I confirm that I can do this from the HBOOT screen or the fastboot screen? Also where jmmclue said if I can't boot then I can't S-Off, does that mean boot to the HBOOT screen or into Android? Then if I want to load say WWE, do I put that on a microSD to get it to recover?
thanks again
A
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He means into android.
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lilsafbig said:
He means into android.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Free mobile app
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Thanks lilsafbig, that was a little too ambiguous to understand, but I have a few developments.
I am able to communicate to some degree with adb between phone and pc. Before I was unable to get anything back but now with the right syntax I have got back the CID as HTC_001 and the device number. But when I run revolutionary from the fastboot USB screen the revolutionary continues to wait for the device to show. Is it likely that USB degugging was off prior to the failure, is there a way to get it on. I suggest this as when I connect it to my pc it recognizes the device and shows in the device manager as an htc unspecified device (this is progress). As I cannot boot android it does not show as an additional drive in file manger. when I try some of the fastboot oem commands I get bad command errors, whilst fastboot getvars is ok. Could this be why I cannot get revolutionary to S-OFF!
Thanks
additional info, when usb is in an in fastboot usb, the device manager sees it as android 1.0
ukubuntu said:
additional info, when usb is in an in fastboot usb, the device manager sees it as android 1.0
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also tried "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" and got "FAILED(remoteartition is not existed).."
ukubuntu said:
also tried "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" and got "FAILED(remoteartition is not existed).."
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So..... does this mean I am bricked?
BUMP!
ukubuntu said:
So..... does this mean I am bricked?
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If you can still get to bootloader / fastboot screen, then you are rarely ever bricked.
1. Ignore anything and everything to do with revolutionary and fastboot for now. I'm afraid the first few posts while trying to be helpful have been misleading. Get your phone booting up into Android OS first, i.e. into a stock ROM using an RUU
2. Use the 2.3.3. GB RUU, nothing else, it doesn't need a goldcard or care about CID etc.
3. Download it from the bottom here, then use Bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A, Point [7] to run it as a PB99IMG.zip from the root of your sdcard. That way you don't need to run it through USB or care about what drivers are installed.
Thank you Eddie, I will try that. I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)
I hope it can work out ok. I guess I format the sd card to fat32 not ext4
Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
A
ukubuntu said:
Thank you Eddie, I will try that. I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)
I hope it can work out ok. I guess I format the sd card to fat32 not ext4
Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
A
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That's a custom rom.
Here's the link for the 2.3.3 ruu.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/downl...uu-now-to-update-to-to-the-latest-android-os/
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ukubuntu said:
I did try flash a PB99IMG.zip before with no success but I will try again.
I found it here Official Stock Sense Gingerbread_v1.2 GB-2.3.3_A2SD – http://androidba.se/J7 for desire (neophyte)/
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That did not work because the file is not an RUU...it is a stock rooted custom ROM with A2SD (the clue is in the name). It is designed to flashed in recovery like any other ROM. Renaming it to PB99IMG.zip won't do anything.
Use the actual shipped roms RUU link provided.
Reformat your sdcard to a single FAT32 partition if necessary, then follow Method [7] of the guide, place only the PB99IMG.zip on the root of the sdcard (not in any folder)