Hi, and thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
I have a desire hd phone, witch I love anyways I had it rooted a few months ago by a local phone shop, but I didn’t really see the benefit from it, in fact it caused problems so I performed a full factory reset within a few days, and thought that was the end of it.
Anyways my phone received the option to update to the 2.3 gingerbread on Monday, it downloads fine, and then when the install starts it freezes at about 20% of the way thorough.
I have contacted HTC several times about it, they say the phone will not update if it’s been rooted and I have to send it back to them to have it re-flashed, one person said it would cost £30, another said £200 so I would rather not send it to them. the last guy I spoke to was very helpful, he said it was possible for me to reflash the phone to its original ''shipped'' state, and if I joined a help forum I could possibly get some help, but he was unable to advise me on this., so here I am!!!
I received the phone new in January and it has had no updates until the one on Moday, and it was rooted using visionary a few months ago, I have performed several factory restores since then.
Current software is:
android version 2.2
baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_m
build number 1.37.771.3 CL290190
software number 1.37.771.3
im in the uk, and on the 3 network
Many thanks,
Jamie
Jamie.Desire.HD said:
Hi, and thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
I have a desire hd phone, witch I love anyways I had it rooted a few months ago by a local phone shop, but I didn’t really see the benefit from it, in fact it caused problems so I performed a full factory reset within a few days, and thought that was the end of it.
Anyways my phone received the option to update to the 2.3 gingerbread on Monday, it downloads fine, and then when the install starts it freezes at about 20% of the way thorough.
I have contacted HTC several times about it, they say the phone will not update if it’s been rooted and I have to send it back to them to have it re-flashed, one person said it would cost £30, another said £200 so I would rather not send it to them. the last guy I spoke to was very helpful, he said it was possible for me to reflash the phone to its original ''shipped'' state, and if I joined a help forum I could possibly get some help, but he was unable to advise me on this., so here I am!!!
I received the phone new in January and it has had no updates until the one on Moday, and it was rooted using visionary a few months ago, I have performed several factory restores since then.
Current software is:
android version 2.2
baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_m
build number 1.37.771.3 CL290190
software number 1.37.771.3
im in the uk, and on the 3 network
Many thanks,
Jamie
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Hey dude, this link should help. I'm currently downloading it so that I can help you further when you get it also.
I would think twice about reverting everything back to stock though. You are now in the right place, the shop you went to, to get your phone rooted was the wrong place! We are a friendly bunch for the most part so do some reading in the desire HD general section and you'll find some nice ROMs that are close to stock firmware but perform better. If they're not for you then feel free to flash the official ROM from your provider that I have linked to above.
Oh yeah, Welcome to XDA!
Thanks for that, How do i go about installing it, and will it completely revert the phone back to its original state so i can use the ota update and get the 2.3 gingerbread?
And thanks again for your help
Damnit, what I've linked to is actually someones backup of a stock 3 ROM so it won't be quite back to factory fresh. Let me do some digging, I'll be back.
EDIT: What exactly did the shop do, other than use visionary? You could try AMT tools from here and query the device info, that should at least let us know what they have and haven't done to the phone. I suspect that they have set a super CID hence why the update won't go through. Try AMT and report back.
Thankyou very much your help is appreciated.
Should i try the link you posted earlier??
Just use AMT tools that I linked to above in one of my edits and check the CID, If it is just the CID that has been altered, then you can use this tool to reflash a 3UK CID which is H3G__001
when i use AMT it says AMT is designed for use with Desire HD and Dsire z / G2 ONLY But i have a desire HD ????
Strange, is there an option to click OK or ignore?
EDIT: Weird, I just booted into windows and I get the same thing with AMT tools. Now I'm really confused. Try using the other tool that I linked to and see what that displays.
EDIT 2: Just had a thought. Pull your battery then put it back in. Hold 'down' on the volume rocker then press the power button. Your phone should start in the bootloader and we should be able to get some more info. Once you've done this, list everything that it says in the bootloader screen.
Sorry, my brain is a bit slow today for some reason.
Ok ill do that now, i have also just rooted my phone again using visionary (i followed the link in your earlier message. so its rooted again now. cant believe i paid £20-00 to have that done, it took me less than 5 minutes to do it
ace pvt ship s-on
hboot-0.85.0007
microp-0438
radio-26.03.02.26_m
emmc-boot
oct 11 2010, 12:47:02
Jamie.Desire.HD said:
ace pvt ship s-on
hboot-0.85.0007
microp-0438
radio-26.03.02.26_m
emmc-boot
oct 11 2010, 12:47:02
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OK, so it would seem as though all they did was root it and leave most things intact, I think they must have changed your CID though probably using the jkoljo's radio S-OFF tool.
Run that tool and try to change your CID to whatever it was that I said before H3G__001 I think it was, or you could equally use that tool to get radio s-off super-CID and sim-unlock, then install ROM manager from the market, flash Clockwork Mod Recovery and then flash a custom ROM after making a backup of course.
The world is your lobster at this point and flashing new ROMs can be fun. I might have to re-flash my current ROM myself as I think I've screwed something up with it from messing around too much earlier today
i dont understand the open "Desire HD easy radio tool.exe'' where is that??
Please remember i am a complete noob when it comes to this, lol
i had to download the visionary app using my phone as my laptop kept saying it had a virus.
i have downloaded the premium rom manager app, can you recomend and good roms, or where i can get a list of them? also could you explain in noob terms how to change my phone so i can get the 2.3 update? the cid bit!!!
Thank you, you have been very helpfull.
Jamie.Desire.HD said:
i dont understand the open "Desire HD easy radio tool.exe'' where is that??
Please remember i am a complete noob when it comes to this, lol
i had to download the visionary app using my phone as my laptop kept saying it had a virus.
i have downloaded the premium rom manager app, can you recomend and good roms, or where i can get a list of them? also could you explain in noob terms how to change my phone so i can get the 2.3 update? the cid bit!!!
Thank you, you have been very helpfull.
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I'm gonna point you to this thread as it has everything you could possibly want or need to know in it. There is a link there to a thread all about how to flash a ROM, what tools you need on your PC etc..
With regards to how to get 2.3 onto your phone pretty much every ROM you'll find in the DEV section is based on 2.3. That thread I've linked also has links to pretty much every ROM currently available for the DHD and everything is explained far better than I would be able to explain things.
The tool to get Super-CID, which really only helps when it comes to flashing Radio's (which is something I would avoid until you've found your feet a little, however it's worth doing now, as it is simple and relatively worry free) is at the bottom of this post.
Happy reading and just remember that as long as you read all the instructions for something before starting it and you feel comfortable with what the instructions are explaining, then you will succeed with your end goal.
The tool to get Super-CID, which really only helps when it comes to flashing Radio's (which is something I would avoid until you've found your feet a little, however it's worth doing now, as it is simple and relatively worry free) is at the bottom of this post.
I have downloaded this, but i have no idea how to use it! i extracted the files to my desktop, it has a few different applications in there, one says start here but when i open it a command prompt comes up on my pc screen, i dont know where to go from there
Jamie.Desire.HD said:
The tool to get Super-CID, which really only helps when it comes to flashing Radio's (which is something I would avoid until you've found your feet a little, however it's worth doing now, as it is simple and relatively worry free) is at the bottom of this post.
I have downloaded this, but i have no idea how to use it! i extracted the files to my desktop, it has a few different applications in there, one says start here but when i open it a command prompt comes up on my pc screen, i dont know where to go from there
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You should extract them into one folder, then from there you should be able to double click the only thing that looks like a program icon. If nothing is happening it would suggest that you need to update your .NET framework. Do that by running windows update or going here.
Honestly....... the best thing to do would be to go here and read the basic setup bit so that your PC is ready for everything, and then read the rest of that little guide and it should hold your hand through the whole process.
im going to attempt a custom rom form the link you gave me (everything desire hd) do you have any recomendations??
Cyanogenmod is interesting as it more like stock Android, MIUI is similar to iOS and then you have the sense ROMs with tweaks and whatnot. Have a look at the options available in the screenshots and see what you like the look of, it's a very subjective thing as some like one thing and others like something else.
the link you gave me for the rado code was missing the important bit!
i managed to find it somewhere else
http://igyaan.in/2011/01/how-to-root-htc-desire-hd-included-downgrade-from-1-72-405-3-to-1-32/
have a look at the link you gave me, it is missing the main programme.
do you have to go through the root procedure every time you use the radio tool, or will it work every time after the phone is rooted. the reason i ask is that i just tried to do it and it said ''operation failed, probably connection'' ill try it again now
Jamie.Desire.HD said:
the link you gave me for the rado code was missing the important bit!
i managed to find it somewhere else
http://igyaan.in/2011/01/how-to-root-htc-desire-hd-included-downgrade-from-1-72-405-3-to-1-32/
have a look at the link you gave me, it is missing the main programme.
do you have to go through the root procedure every time you use the radio tool, or will it work every time after the phone is rooted. the reason i ask is that i just tried to do it and it said ''operation failed, probably connection'' ill try it again now
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It usually fails the first time, I don't know why. After a reboot it worked for me, keep your phone screen on though as the package will request superuser permission.
That link is definitely not missing anything as I've downloaded and run it from that link several times, but maybe your download got corrupted.
Glad all seems well now anyway.
Well i've been working for the past 9 hours trying ever possible thing i could find trying to fix my issue without any progress. How do i get back to stock so i can start over?!
Supersonic EVT1 ENG s-off
hboot-2.10.0001 (pc36*****)
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.05.02
mar 30 2010, 11:24:04
I was rooted with unrevoked after reverting back from the newest OTA using a guide from the XDA forums. everything was working wonderfully but my dumbass had to try and downgrade to an ancient ENG Hboot. using thefredelement's guide to get back to ENG .76. NOT NOTICING i shouldn't try it with HW version 003/004. unfortunately my phone is HW 003. idk what i need to do to get this fixed or if i bricked my phone. I've got a warranty still so i can always just report it lost pay the 50 and restore from my backup sd card.
anyways, my computer is able to see my phone with fastboot but not adb. i get errors when trying to flash new recoveries or anything but radios (such as fail PU, image update error, data length too large, etc) Trying to do anything with adb shell just says "device not found" (yes, i have the correct drivers installed) I CANNOT get into recovery (i had CWM 5.0.2.2) it just reboots back to hboot or the screen with the three droids skateboarding when i try. sorry ahead of time if this is posted in the wrong section/i just killed some brain cells with my stupidity and lack of experience. thanks in advance for any help and advice i can get! (sorry for the double post, idk how to delete postings)
Xexus said:
Well i've been working for the past 9 hours trying ever possible thing i could find trying to fix my issue without any progress. How do i get back to stock so i can start over?!
Supersonic EVT1 ENG s-off
hboot-2.10.0001 (pc36*****)
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.05.02
mar 30 2010, 11:24:04
I was rooted with unrevoked after reverting back from the newest OTA using a guide from the XDA forums. everything was working wonderfully but my dumbass had to try and downgrade to an ancient ENG Hboot. using thefredelement's guide to get back to ENG .76. NOT NOTICING i shouldn't try it with HW version 003/004. unfortunately my phone is HW 003. idk what i need to do to get this fixed or if i bricked my phone. I've got a warranty still so i can always just report it lost pay the 50 and restore from my backup sd card.
anyways, my computer is able to see my phone with fastboot but not adb. i get errors when trying to flash new recoveries or anything but radios (such as fail PU, image update error, data length too large, etc) Trying to do anything with adb shell just says "device not found" (yes, i have the correct drivers installed) I CANNOT get into recovery (i had CWM 5.0.2.2) it just reboots back to hboot or the screen with the three droids skateboarding when i try. sorry ahead of time if this is posted in the wrong section/i just killed some brain cells with my stupidity and lack of experience. thanks in advance for any help and advice i can get! (sorry for the double post, idk how to delete postings)
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Remain calm. Let's see if we can get you fully functional.
First, let's upgrade that HBOOT. That by itself might fix you up, if it'll flash through the bootloader. Try the PC36IMG.zip attached to this post. It's for HBOOT 2.15.
If it flashes successfully, it should reboot the bootloader for you. If it doesn't, choose the fastboot option that does, and when it comes back up, try getting into recovery. If you can get into recovery, the next thing you should do is retire CWM and flash RA-supersonic.
thx capt. I actually just filed a clain through asurion, and for my $100 deductible i've getting a brand new evo3d xD so jumping the gun for the replacement actually worked out for me this time!
Xexus said:
thx capt. I actually just filed a clain through asurion, and for my $100 deductible i've getting a brand new evo3d xD so jumping the gun for the replacement actually worked out for me this time!
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A shame to send back a perfectly fine OG . But I'm glad it worked out for you. Personally I like the challenge of trying to rescue a soft-bricked device. But I guess we'll never know if it was possible, now . . .
i would have loved to have found out myself. but being on probation and in the process of finding a job I just didnt have the time to mess with it i've still got it so once i get some time i'm going to attempt to unbrick it still. although its useless now that it's been deactivated lol
I wanted to root and flash my VM Wildfire S, now the only thing I can get after executing HBOOT Recovery or Factory Reset is white screen with HTC logo. How can I proceed.
Before I started the process, I had a LOCKED.
*** LOCKED ***
MARVEL C PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT- 1.10.0001
And, I have/had (?) Android 2.3.4
I successfully unlocked the bootloader using HTC Dev site/process. I validated that I had (and still have) "UNLOCKED" on HBOOT screen.
Being a noob, I was really happy with this result. In fact, I was so happy, I wanted to continue on to Root the phone. Upon hours of search in xda, I found "One Root for WFS 1.5", read the thread, and even watched the youtube vid- man, it looked easy!
Unfortunately, all did not go well. See attachment to get idea of what happened..
I am now at a softbrick (I think that is what it is called). I can get the HBOOT Menu, but when I try fastboot, I see things like:
PG76DIA.zip
no image or wrong file
PG76DIA.nbh
no image or wrong file
And, if I try HBOOT Recovery or Factory Reset, I get green HTC logo on white screen (I tried waiting 20min to see if it goes away, but didn't work). Did I mention being a noob?
I have spent many hours looking through this forum and others on how to fix. It seems sometimes they say RUU (this didn't work at all- I can turn phone on, but only see HBOOT screen). Others say, just flash another ROM. I don't think I flashed one, so it doesn't make sense.
Others say Recovery. I did not actually do a backup, but I think I understand that you can use a Recovery file to flash. That kind of makes sense.
And, frankly, now I am really confused. Seems some threads that look like they might work have dead links, or updated in Jan 2012 (I don't know if it is still valid).
Please help so my daughter stops laughing at me. Any help will be greatly appreciated (and thanked!)
Back from the dead, but...
Only 2 additional hours of searching and trying... and I got the phone to come back from the White Screen with green HTC. (Yes, my daughter stopped laughing)
I tried a couple of things, but this one worked (flashed Alquez's Unoffical 5.0.2.6 ClockworkMod recovery):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436501
I installed Rom Manager as suggested, but it wouldn't work ("an error occurred while trying to run privileged commands"). I am guessing that I am actually not rooted??
I am happy for now, but back to searching for next step, unless I can get a hint or two from this forum? please.
It would be best if you ask in the Wildfire S section. They might know more.
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Good suggestion
Thanks for suggestion. I moved it to wildfire s q&a ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27435254#post27435254
OK, long story short, I need help BAD please! A while back I posted a question if there was a way of fixing my sons Droid inc. stuck in a the white droid inc. bootloop over and over. it was completely stock when purchased on eBay. a system update came up after activation and i accepted it and worked fine for about a week then began having problems when it kept rebooting once and a while then eventually it just started bootlooping over and over. I was told within the forum to flash PB31IMG files which I did and it seemed to do something but it went so fast couldn't really see what it said. so when it was done it asked if I wanted to reboot and I said yes and it just went back to the bootloop. I am extremely interested in android and development and reading all I can take in and have been lurking around for quite a while but never really had any issues till this.
So the next thing which I was told to try is to unlock and root it, well my nephew has dabbled in rooting a couple galaxy S2's successfully but not touched an HTC device but he gave this a try and succeeded to unlock from htcdev and went on to follow the root method and was unsuccessful and it gave some error but I am not sure what it was because I was unable to be present when he attempted it and that is where I am now it is unlocked but still in a boot loop. when booted into hboot/fastboot it says:
***UNLOCKED***
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.07.0000
MICROP-04107
TOUCH PANEL--ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.10.12.20
Apr 24 201,22:58:40
I hope this helps and I hope I posted this in the correct area and I also hope there is someone who could lend a helping hand with a fix for this with some good instructions for a noob!
I am looking forward to any help which someone could give because I really don't have the cash for a new device at the moment and I would also love to learn something along the way.....
Sent from my AT100 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
hockeytown said:
OK, long story short, I need help BAD please! A while back I posted a question if there was a way of fixing my sons Droid inc. stuck in a the white droid inc. bootloop over and over. it was completely stock when purchased on eBay. a system update came up after activation and i accepted it and worked fine for about a week then began having problems when it kept rebooting once and a while then eventually it just started bootlooping over and over. I was told within the forum to flash PB31IMG files which I did and it seemed to do something but it went so fast couldn't really see what it said. so when it was done it asked if I wanted to reboot and I said yes and it just went back to the bootloop. I am extremely interested in android and development and reading all I can take in and have been lurking around for quite a while but never really had any issues till this.
So the next thing which I was told to try is to unlock and root it, well my nephew has dabbled in rooting a couple galaxy S2's successfully but not touched an HTC device but he gave this a try and succeeded to unlock from htcdev and went on to follow the root method and was unsuccessful and it gave some error but I am not sure what it was because I was unable to be present when he attempted it and that is where I am now it is unlocked but still in a boot loop. when booted into hboot/fastboot it says:
***UNLOCKED***
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.07.0000
MICROP-04107
TOUCH PANEL--ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.10.12.20
Apr 24 201,22:58:40
I hope this helps and I hope I posted this in the correct area and I also hope there is someone who could lend a helping hand with a fix for this with some good instructions for a noob!
I am looking forward to any help which someone could give because I really don't have the cash for a new device at the moment and I would also love to learn something along the way.....
Sent from my AT100 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
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Was i the one who tried to help you before?
Anyways if i was i dont remember the details. You said you tried the ruu (pb31img) and it looked like it worked but went by to fast to read it. If it went by that fast, then it did not flash the ruu. It just checked for it but couldnt find it. You can try it again if you want. http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/PB31IMG.zip It needs to be on the sdcard in no folder named exactly PB31IMG.zip. If it dosent find it again, then backup and reformat your sdcard fat32 and then try again with only the pb file on there. Note that if the ruu works, it will relock the bootloader and you will need to use the unlock_token.bin file and fastboot to unlock it again.
Or you can use fastboot to flash cwm recovery since your unlocked. Then in recovery wipe everything in the mounts and storage menu except emmc and sdcard. Then flash a rom of your choosing.
Hopefully one of those options will work and get it to boot.
Let me explain:
I use i9300, and I'm completely unfamiliar with HTC environment and treating. My girlfriend's Desire Z froze recently. I rebooted it, and it didnt go through bootloader.
It did it once, but it was the only time. Then i turned it off to put in the simcard. It didnt come back. Still stuck on the HTC logo. Before, it was going to the HTC quietly brilliant, but now it's just freezing on HTC.
Everything is stock. Phone has never been rooted. I decided, to go through the hboot (correct me if im wrong) and try to do something there.
When I hit factory reset, phone freezes on that menu. I decided to go around that by rooting it, or reinstalling software from that recovery menu, or through usb, or memory card. Well, anything that might make it work.
I tried to find a proper help for that. Unfortunately, I found some threat here, but it had a link on the top saying "go to actual method", it took me to another threat, which had a link to another "actual method". There, i was given three different techniques vision, one for temp, one for perm root, s-off, SDK, ADB and all this freakin stuff. I DONT GET IT!
Please, provide me with step by step instruction (links, whatever) so I can fix this bloody phone. I dont know what is the difference between temporary and permanent root, what is s-off, and what to download from where to make it freaking work.
I'm struggling with this 3rd day now, trying to understand what is all of this instructions. I still cant tell if it's a software, or hardware problem, because i cant diagnose it! I cant spend another day on educating myself about htc rooting.
Please, provide me with some tips on how to fix it, or instructions to perform the system factory reset from hboot menu.
Let me give you the details i get in that menu:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT- 0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO- 26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011, 23:26:27
It looks bad, like a fried emmc. Not being rooted limits your chances of fixing as well as your chances of even confirming the failure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35236029
read through this a bit and see if it helps any, your best chance is to attempt an ruu but if it is a bad chip then there is noting you can do other then warranty exchange or get a new phone
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