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"9" of DEATH! Help!

Phone: EXCA200 (as read on the back) AZERTY keyboard. ActiveSync says is a HTC-S620
Story: My best friend bought this phone in France and some guy tried to be nice and apparently tried to install some games on it. He broke it. She came to me after and said, "if you fix it you can keep it-- but i don't think you can". ( She was using the phone in the US with a US carrier at that time i think it was Cingular)
When I turn on the phone and after the HTC and WinMobile screens the sim error screen appears (the phone has no sim) and 999999 as if the "9" key is stuck. After that, the phone just goes crazy with alarms and if I'm lucky and get over that just 9999999999999 endlessly. I thought at first that it was water damage so i took it apart and found no evidence of water whatsoever.
I found the HTCwiki and tried the hard reset technique (pressing power button while pressing the two open keys) and after 50+ tries i gave up. No luck.
I found a couple good threads that describe how to reflash the phone with RUU_Excalibur_SPL-1.11_UpgradeOnly.exe" and RUU_Excalibur_HTC_GER_1.11.407.2_4.1.13.28_02.63.90_Ship.exe
I get "ERROR 294" INVALID VENDOR ID
Please!! Help!! My experience with smart phones is 2 days with a broken one.
I live in Mexico and smart phones are still something you only see on TV. No one to ask, nowhere to go.
Sincerely,
Salvador333

Where is everyone?
Nobody has any advice?
Nothing?
Do i have to unlock the phone? Can you use a locked phone in France and then in the US without unlocking it?
Should I pay 38 dlls?
salvador333.

Please try one of the two methods explained in the brief post below:
http://mike.temporale.com/archive/2007/01/23/236.aspx

monakh said:
Please try one of the two methods explained in the brief post below:
http://mike.temporale.com/archive/2007/01/23/236.aspx
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Mr monakh:
Ive tried the reset sequence many times before starting a new thread. Ive spent many hours just doing that in all the imaginable different timings. All I get is the HTC screen first and the Windows mobile screen second, after that, without a SIM, a screen telling me i have no sim and in the cursor just 99999 and after many alarms it crashes; with a sim, it will boot and 9999999... and the the screen locks and its impossible to press "unlock *"
This is the reason I'm asking for help. The only thing I can imagine is to re-flash the phone. I tried to re-flash it, but apparently i have to pay to get my phone unlocked before being able to re-flash. Is this true?
I really appreciate your help. Thank You.
Salvador.

I also want to add that i know its not a hardware problem, I disconnected the keyboard from the motherboard and the 99999 still there.
Is it possible that the hard reset sequence described above doesn't work? --(both soft keys work)
Is there a way to remap the 9 key into a harmless key, so i can hard reset the phone trough software?
(the phone syncs normally to my computer)
Thanks.

The hard reset sequence should work. I don't know of any reason, short of hardware failure, why it wouldn't.
I think you can try re-flashing the ROM, if you like, but it really is more likely to be a hardware problem than a ROM issue. It doesn't necessarily have to do with the keyboard (you actually disconnected the keyboard?!) but you can still can get the '9' for other reasons.
You don't need to get the phone CID unlocked to get a different ROM, but you do have to play around a bit to get it done. I am sorry, I can't offer more step by step help but it might be beneficial for you if you read through the following two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=287316
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288230
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=282199

monakh said:
The hard reset sequence should work. I don't know of any reason, short of hardware failure, why it wouldn't.
I think you can try re-flashing the ROM, if you like, but it really is more likely to be a hardware problem than a ROM issue. It doesn't necessarily have to do with the keyboard (you actually disconnected the keyboard?!) but you can still can get the '9' for other reasons.
You don't need to get the phone CID unlocked to get a different ROM, but you do have to play around a bit to get it done. I am sorry, I can't offer more step by step help but it might be beneficial for you if you read through the following two threads:
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I thought it was water damage at first, but when i took it apart, i couldn't find anything to indicate there was any liquid in there. I thought maybe the keyboard was the problem and, yes, i did disconnect it from the motherboard (its actually really easy) and the same 9999. What other hardware reasons could make the "9" problem? I cant find any reason to believe its hardware. I boots kind of normally, it goes into manual bootloader no problem, it syncs with my computer etc. It just wont go into the hard reset mode! WEIRD.
I read the threads and the only clue i found to re-flash was to downgrade the bootloader by getting the phone in manual bootload (camera button and connecting USB) and run the .exe. I did, and INVALID VENDOR ID. Is anything i missed in the threads to be able to re-flash?
I truly appreciate your comments.
Salvador.

Try Reseting the CID.. 111111. I suppose that will work.

tejasphatak said:
Try Reseting the CID.. 111111. I suppose that will work.
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tejasphatak:
CID, 111111, google.
Im on it.
Thanks!

dude why not replace it its under warranty man stop making an issue of this do your hoemwork read just like everyone else !!

I did it!
I tried the cid 111111 bla bla, and it was jut to much effort for a phone so i just went to imei-check and unlock everything. Damn! 40dlls, many Mexican pesos. So i installed the German version ROM and the F... 99999999 was still there!!!! I wanted to kill myself, monakh you were right. I opened the phone for like the 20th time and i knew it was hardware... and there it was, lead rust in the keyboard connector. I took a tooth brush, some alcohol and i brushed. Voilà! no more "9" I could have saved money time and effort if i just had looked close enough.
I'm happy i got into this, i love to learn new tricks.
You guys were really helpful, and a bit shady, i have to say.
Thank you.
Salvador.

. I think i am smart dumb!!.. <<-"Try Reseting the CID" haha.
This happens when you have too much of knowledge...!! truely education spoiled me!!

Glad it worked out for you and I am sorry you had to pay $40 but hopefully it will pay off for you in the long run.
leoiden, if you note, he is in Mexico and has no reasonable means to exchange the phone under warranty. It was acquired in France. Please pay more attention to the original post before prancing down someone's throat. Thanks.

I think I killed it :-(

Hello all,
I'm pretty new to doing things to phones you're not supposed to. I've played around with cars and computers quite a bit, but no phones... My only real skill is that I can read manuals. ;-)
The problem is that the phone won't switch on properly.
It shows "Touch Pro2" in the beginning and the red lines with the version information but it won't leave that screen anymore. I tried a soft reset and a hard reset... and of course taking out the battery.
What I did was following the tutorial for flashing roms and flash it to mighty mike's MightyROM_RhodiumW_4.01.605.15_062010
as a lot of people wrote that they like mighty mike's the best.
What do I do now? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Andi

can you enter bootloader?
Try entering the bootloader so you can flash over USB again.
Instructions: Hold the Volume down key and the power key.
You can see how in THIS MOVIE
Then flash a stock rom!
Hope this helps!

Schwibsi said:
Hello all,
I'm pretty new to doing things to phones you're not supposed to. I've played around with cars and computers quite a bit, but no phones... My only real skill is that I can read manuals. ;-)
The problem is that the phone won't switch on properly.
It shows "Touch Pro2" in the beginning and the red lines with the version information but it won't leave that screen anymore. I tried a soft reset and a hard reset... and of course taking out the battery.
What I did was following the tutorial for flashing roms and flash it to mighty mike's MightyROM_RhodiumW_4.01.605.15_062010
as a lot of people wrote that they like mighty mike's the best.
What do I do now? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Andi
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MightyROMs i think are cooked for CMDA based phones. The forum is for GSM phones. What phone to you have? You may have bricked your phone
If you have than you may receive some help on the CMDA forum.

Thanks guys.
I tried flashing 4 different ROMs and finally one worked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Can you maybe recommend a ROM to flash my German O2 GSM TP2 with?

Schwibsi said:
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The problem is that the phone won't switch on properly.
It shows "Touch Pro2" in the beginning and the red lines with the version information but it won't leave that screen anymore. I tried a soft reset and a hard reset... and of course taking out the battery.
.....
Thanks,
Andi
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bigchrizzieboy said:
Try entering the bootloader so you can flash over USB again.
Instructions: Hold the Volume down key and the power key.
You can see how in THIS MOVIE
Then flash a stock rom!
Hope this helps!
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It sounds like thats all he was getting into was the bootloader. I know I used to have issues of resetting my phone in my carholder which sometimes presses the vol buttons which would automatically throw it into the bootloader. The first few times it did it It scared the crap out of me. I slowly realized it was the position in the holder that was causing it.
Andi... check out Energy's roms.. I think they are the most popular for our phones.

[Q] AuraxTSense_8.3 bricked after one week?!??

Hi all, the very best noob is posting here
I was enjoying the last AuraxTSense rom (AuraxTSense_8.3_Official_OTA_2.2_FRF91_A2SD +...) installed on 29/01. The display is SLCD. The mobile is branded, so I created-and-used a gold card. Everything was perfect until this morning when I noticed that the display was black and there was no way to come up with an image, or text ... (it's almost black, actually I can see that lights just barely).
Since the installation of the rom was successful, I do not think that the phone is bricked, but It's a supposition. Or not?
As described on forums, I've installed the rom RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed to try to recover the mobile: I can hear the sound, the cell vibrates, ... but no more as in the beginning.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

would you mind giving some additional info like does the LED turn on, if plugged in to a charger? Does it turn on, if plugged into a computer?
Can you boot into fastboot(vol down + power)?
Did you do anything special before this happened?
How did you flash the ruu(from zip file or via computer)? Did any errors occour?
Also why would you try to flash a ruu, when you had no idea what was wrong or what you were doing? You might just have ruined it more. There is no way to know, but as it was able to run the ruu, apparently nothing was wrong.

Thank you for the reply.
would you mind giving some additional info
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The mobile charges with charger, and USB cable attached on the PC: while charging, the LED is orange.
When off, I can power it up using the power button: the mobile vibrates and after ~25 seconds I can hear the start sound. After ~10 seconds the home+menu+back+src button lights go on for some seconds.
The display, since the start-up vibration, becames barely lighted. While the mobile is powered on, if not used, after some time the display becomes dark and I can resume its lighting pressing the power button.
While the mobile is on, if I plug the USB cable in the PC a new drive appears; it's an empty (0 bytes size) drive - I have no SD in.
Can you boot into fastboot(vol down + power)?
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I cannot say this because I cannot see anything, but when I boot with (vol down + power) the mobile does not vibrate.
BTW I can boot with (power+back), as I have used the RUU executable to flash and it worked.
Did you do anything special before this happened?
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nothing special, nothing more than checking the email.
How did you flash the ruu(from zip file or via computer)? Did any errors occour?
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I flashed using the RUU, with no errors.
Also why would you try to flash a ruu, when you had no idea what was wrong or what you were doing?
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Just followed the instructions seen on another blog/forum.
I can say that the behaviour of the mobile after the RUU update is the same of before.
Thank you.

to me that sounds like a hardware (backlight) fault...
But how could you flash the wwe-Ruu? Your handset was branded, wasnt it? Did you use the goldcard to flash the ruu? Remember to flash the original (=branded) ruu before you send it in for repair (if you do so)

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed
hmm isnt that for amoled phones.
try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869048
and if that isnt working flash rom that came with it and send it to repair.

Yes, I flashed using the goldcard; it was working very well!
The last app I installed was juice defender, the full version, updated two days ago from the market.
I'm trying with the link proposed by madman_cro, it's now in download.
Thank you.

2 things... would it not have been better to post in the AuraxTsense page lol? I've used 8.3 since release and its near perfect, sounds like a hardware error.... screen maybe gone? There was a spate of HTC screen problems
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

I have had this happen twice on Auraxtsense. Both times removing the battery for 30 secs and then replacing and rebooting solved the issue. It eventually came back to life.
In your case it could be a hardware failure ......

Im trying to flash the rom proposed by madman_cro, but today is a bad day: update fails with ERROR 170
Yes AuraxTsense is a great rom, with no doubt! I'm not considering the rom as the origin of the problem, but it would be nice to discover what's wrong in my mobile
In the case it's an hardware problem, I've asked HTC for assitance...
(PS: I have had no way to post in the AuraxTsense page as this is my first post)

oh one more thing(nearly forgoten) try to read this tread and see if it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
maybe not the same but simptoms are simmilar

ali_smooth said:
2 things... would it not have been better to post in the AuraxTsense page lol? I've used 8.3 since release and its near perfect, sounds like a hardware error.... screen maybe gone? There was a spate of HTC screen problems
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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As you say yourself this sounds like a hw error, and such it has nothing to do with auraxtsense, so why the hell should he post it in there.
But it does indeed sound like a hw error. So you will probably have to ask htc, if the prober ruu doesn't solve it. Also slcd brick only happens after flashing a wrong rom/bootloader, so it should not possibly appear out of nowhere.

madman_cro said:
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed
hmm isnt that for amoled phones.
try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869048
and if that isnt working flash rom that came with it and send it to repair.
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Flashed! but with no result, same as before...
I want to restore the mobile with the original Orange FR firmware: is there the possibility to do it having the fr OTA_Bravrange_CH-FR_2.22.71.2-1.19.72.3_P_release8xcr7nx2a68060l7.zip file - but w/o the display? (I haven't found the RUU executable)
Thank you all.

mortenmhp said:
As you say yourself this sounds like a hw error, and such it has nothing to do with auraxtsense, so why the hell should he post it in there.
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Why the hell would he do that? Because at that stage a hardware fault was suggested but not confirmed ... so why the hell not?
If it was a problem with the rom like he thought it could be, that would of been a good starting point!

I had the same thing happen with a Blackstone (Touch HD)
Don't know if this is any help, but I had exactly the same thing happen with my old Touch HD. There was a util I found that allowed me to view the phone screen and drive it via my pc through the USB port. This helped in making sure that the only issue was a lack of display, and flashing and returning to stock before sending off for repair. Not too sure if there's something similar for the Desire.
The problem was initially diagnosed as a loose connection within the phone, and the repair center fixed it and sent it back to me. A couple of weeks later exactly the same thing happened. After replacing the mainboard on the second repair visit it was all fixed and worked well (until I fed it too much voltage from a charger, but that's another story). I'd suggest that claiming this experience as your own and requesting a mainboard replacement up front may be the best way to avoid too many service visits.
You'll know that they have replaced the mainboard as they'll issue you with a new IMEI.

selling it on ebay
Thank you all! My experience with support services in Italy and the fact that the phone has been rooted/flashed, have persuaded me to put it on ebay, as is. I still haven't found the solution, so I don't know if it's an hardware problem or something else. In the doubt, I'm selling it as not working.
Hope I will come back with a new desire...
Thanks to all the forum for contents and kindness

galgoog said:
Thank you all! My experience with support services in Italy and the fact that the phone has been rooted/flashed, have persuaded me to put it on ebay, as is. I still haven't found the solution, so I don't know if it's an hardware problem or something else. In the doubt, I'm selling it as not working.
Hope I will come back with a new desire...
Thanks to all the forum for contents and kindness
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Is it not under warranty??? Its still covered if the changes you made didn't cause the issue ( I think lol)
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Although most people have said this is a hardware error (I'm inclined to think the same) have you actually tried to hard reset the phone just incase a setting is messed up somewhere and is actually displaying at 0% backlight. Very likely it won't work but is at least worth a shot before you get rid of it on Ebay

trying again
Hi warlordxxx, having the possibility to use another phone (do you remember the 7650? ) I removed the desire from ebay and I'm now trying to best discover what's happened, as I think it's not an hardward problem too.
I'm following the directions posted on the androidiani.it forum: maybe my problem it's just a video driver problem. I will let you know the result of the operations.
Have a nice week.

SINGAPOREAN DHD USERS~! I need help! ):):

Hi, calling all Singaporean DHD users here! I'm having a problem :X
I'm intending to send my phone for warranty tmr, because my screen suddenly has a blue tint to it. So as i'm looking for the proper RUU to use, my phone screen went off. totally everything is black. I can boot (hear the custom bootsound)but it's black everywhere. Major screen hardware issue i guess. But! This makes it so difficult for me to even do a factory reset since i cant make the steps without even knowing which button i'm hitting on a practically blank screen. I was thinking if anyone of you has went back for warranty and is there a particular RUU i can request for? As far as i know, RUU can be install via the PC right?
Really really appreciate any help here for this Poor DHD dude T_T

So,
You create a thread in the Development section. I move it to the General section. You then think its wise to create a duplicate thread in the Q&A section.
Thread Closed.

T-Mobile HTC HD2

Hello, I don't know much about what i'm doing guess u can call me a virgin to the modding game. I'm a blackberry user so please bare with me. I'm thinking about joining team droid and I found my moms old HD2 lying around. It was having problems (un responsive touch screen) and I managed to find a place to fix that. I walk out the repair shop and start driving home and the phone is rebooting itself, stuck on a screen that says NRG Energize. I'm guessing whoever gave it to her had a rom installed? Now i tried holding down the volume down button and the power button, and also holding down the volume down button while pressing the reset button on the back but all that does is bring me to a multi colored screen that doesnt go away and reads:
PB81120 HV B3
SPL-2.08. HSPL 8G XE
'
can anyone, if anyone tell me where do i start in fixing this problem? any helpful links? advice on if i can get passed this, if theres a better rom out there and how i would go about installing.
please and thanks in advance. sorry if i am posting wrong or if theres another post i should be looking at, any guidance would help.

Armani_X said:
Hello, I don't know much about what i'm doing guess u can call me a virgin to the modding game. I'm a blackberry user so please bare with me. I'm thinking about joining team droid and I found my moms old HD2 lying around. It was having problems (un responsive touch screen) and I managed to find a place to fix that. I walk out the repair shop and start driving home and the phone is rebooting itself, stuck on a screen that says NRG Energize. I'm guessing whoever gave it to her had a rom installed? Now i tried holding down the volume down button and the power button, and also holding down the volume down button while pressing the reset button on the back but all that does is bring me to a multi colored screen that doesnt go away and reads:
PB81120 HV B3
SPL-2.08. HSPL 8G XE
'
can anyone, if anyone tell me where do i start in fixing this problem? any helpful links? advice on if i can get passed this, if theres a better rom out there and how i would go about installing.
please and thanks in advance. sorry if i am posting wrong or if theres another post i should be looking at, any guidance would help.
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This should probably be put in the HD2 Android NAND Development Forum of the HTC HD2..... but I'm gonna help you anyway!
First you should look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021837 read it and study it GOOD!!
Then choose a rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=928
Use the instructions from the first link to flash the new rom.

Thanks, prior to reading this i was able to get the stock rom from t-mobile and load it up from my sd card. Now my issue is if it starts up it freezes during set up and goes into a bootloop or it just goes thru a bootloop when i turn it on. I guess the first step (from what i've read today) is when i get home to check the battery pins? not even exactly sure how they are suppose to look but i'll mess around with them (hopefully they dont break) when i get back home... i'm at work unable to focus thinking about fixing this phone lol.