Hallo everyone!
my old HTC Desire (Bravo) seems to be bricked. When I turn on the device, it appears the HTC Logo, then the screen turns only black. I have been trying to remove the battery for some minutes and put it on again, trying to go in the recovery mode (vol down and power on togheder for 10 seconds) but it doesn't work, it just shows the HTC Logo and then black screen.
The device is rooted, if I remeber correctly there's a Cyanogen Mod installed.
There's anything that I can do, or he's dead? :crying:
Have you tried the troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A?
If you don't have any crucial data on the phone, I would try and find the 2.3.3 WWE RUU to flash, research the PB99IMG.zip method.
eddiehk6 said:
Have you tried the troubleshooting guide stickied to the top of Q&A?
If you don't have any crucial data on the phone, I would try and find the 2.3.3 WWE RUU to flash, research the PB99IMG.zip method.
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Thanks, I have been looking at the stickied thread only right now, but I'm afraid that I don't know how to categorize my HTC Desire problem.
I have no important data on the Phone, and I can reset everything without problems. I have been trying PB99IMG Method , I could install the PB99IMG.zip in the SD Card without problems, but as before, the volume down and power button togheder doesn't work, it just show the HTC Logo and the black screen, so I can't get access to the fastboot/recovery mode
Bump, any idea?
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Hi everybody,
first I want to thanks to all xda members for there hard work.
I read many many threads on this forum trying to fix the problem I have on my desire, but didn't succed with anything........ very sad
here is my situation:
- I get stuck on HCT logo on white screen. I can acces fastboot, my pc recognize the phone with fastboot devices but I can't acces recovery, when I get to hboot than select recovery and press power button I get stuck on htc logo, nothing
I tried Paul's r6 root guide, done succesfully step1 with a gold card, with no error everything working well, but than when I get in fastboot and tried to acces recovery the same thing I get stuck on HTC logo screen and stuck there.
I bought the phone in these situation from a guy that has no history on it. Is from UK orange branded.
When I bought, it i had 0.75 Hboot and after run "RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4. 06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe"
I got 0.80 Hboot.
So everything I tried I can't pass over HTC logo screen.
The strangest thing is that the volume down button seems not to work: when phone is off pressing volume down and power got me in HTC logo screen, and also when in Hboot only volume up work while volume down do nothing - what could it be?
So please if anyone know or have any ideea what should I tried to make my desire usable.
The HTC logo screen drive me crazy..
many many thanks
make sure your ROM is ready on the SD card for flashing and try getting into FastBoot,,, using back button + Power, and see if you can use the controls to get into recovery,,, its worth a shot
thanks for your replay, I can get in fastboot, but the problem is with the recovery, it doesn't work at all. From fastboot I go on the hboot and than move with volume up button (volume down button as I said do nothing - the strange situation) to the to line with recovery and when I press power button there is no recovery just get the HTC logo screen (not the triangle from recovery or any other recovery).
anothe rhing to mention that I also tried to load the PB99IMG.zip with Hboot everything works ok but after finishig install just got HTC logo screen........
you have a rooted Desire right??
Give it a re-rooting and flash with a brand spanking new ROM follow the instructions here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
I know that - but just doesn't work for me.
I can only acces fastboot and hboot - nothing else, but I tried r6 from Paul roting procedure step1 but can't get in OS of the phone - get stoc on that Logo.
possible a brick
I read the thread about usb-brick-unbrick but I can't do anything cause I can't get in the OS of the phone to lunch the emulator.
I bought the phone in these situation from a guy that has no history on it.
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Has the phone ever worked since you bought it?
No, it never worked, from the begging it gets stuck on HTC logo screen, and never succed to pass with everything I tried.........
I am in the exact same problem. Can't access recovery, only Hboot i can access.
Phoneing orange tomorow to get my phone replaced.
Hi all,
I was preparing my Desire for a LeeDroids ROM and was about to partition the SD card. I pressed back up current ROM by accident and the phone switched itself off. Now i cant seem to get it up and running again.
I have tried to enter recovery mode but nothing seems to happen. Does the process of getting to the exclaimation mark screen (where you press and hold vol up and press power) take long? All i see is the white HTC screen followed by a little black band at the top of the screen and then nothing.
Am i being impatient and is there any way of sorting this out?
Thanks in advance
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Hi all,
I was preparing my Desire for a LeeDroids ROM and was about to partition the SD card. I pressed back up current ROM by accident and the phone switched itself off. Now i cant seem to get it up and running again.
I have tried to enter recovery mode but nothing seems to happen. Does the process of getting to the exclaimation mark screen (where you press and hold vol up and press power) take long? All i see is the white HTC screen followed by a little black band at the top of the screen and then nothing.
Am i being impatient and is there any way of sorting this out?
Thanks in advance
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Take the Sd card out and see if it boots. If it does its the partition on the sd card needs doing again.
Yeah i sorted it - thanks for your reply.
I am still having a bit of trouble loading a custom ROM though - the zip folder is definately on the root of the SD card but every time i try to boot to the recovery screen the same thing happens. I get the htc screen - a black line at the top followed by either a freeze or a reset that means the handset can only be restarted if you take the battery out for a few seconds
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Yeah i sorted it - thanks for your reply.
I am still having a bit of trouble loading a custom ROM though - the zip folder is definately on the root of the SD card but every time i try to boot to the recovery screen the same thing happens. I get the htc screen - a black line at the top followed by either a freeze or a reset that means the handset can only be restarted if you take the battery out for a few seconds
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I think...flash a original rom from your provider or from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
and flash unrevoked 3 (recovery)..
make a ext3 using rom manager from market
and then flash a new radio...and rom
edit: unrevoked
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725738
and a (german) instruction with pictures
http://androiddesire.blogspot.com/2010/07/root-bzw-neues-rom-auf-dem-htc-desire.html
Thanks very much for your detailed reply Alex-V.
To be honest though i would even know which ROM to choose out of all of those. I've read that people have been unsuccessful due to HBOOT version incompatibility etc so i wouldnt know where to start
These are the details i have recovered from the bootloader menu
Bravo PVT3 Ship S-ON
HBOOT - 0.83.0001
Radio 4.08.00.09
My phone is unbranded and unlocked so no tie to any network but Orange UK is my provider.
I have seen other threads where there are different RUU's for different HBOOT versions but i havent come across any for 0.83 just 0.80 & 0.75
0.83 ...
Is your screen SLCD or AMOLED?
I would be very careful with 0.83. Search around there are a few threads specifically for 0.83. Sorry I can't help much as I don't follow them except that some 0.83 come with SLCD and quite a few people got their desire messed up. It's been fixed. So read around first.
I was under the impression that my screen was AMOLED and had seen something briefly about the SLCD problem elsewhere, but if i'm honest i didnt realise that some desires had different screens (how can you tell the difference). Didnt really have chance to read it properly though so i will go back and have a look.
Like you say i havent seen too much info on the 0.83 HBOOT.
I appreciate your help
Hey guys,
my htc desire was working fine one minute the next it reboots, and gets stuck at the htc white screen i leave it there for 10-15 minutes and then pull the battery out as its not getting anywhere(or so i think at this point) and now when ever i try and boot my phone it goes straight into hboot and i cant use the down vol key its wierd like the buttons are swapped around i use the normal buttons in hboot go into recovery to reboot and they swap, down button is confirm up is up, trackball is down and when i hit reboot, it goes back to hboot, i tried a factory reset and a dalvik cache wipe, any other ways i could try and get my desire back on its feet, warrenty is out the question as its second hand but the phone was working fine and the only thing i dont know is what ruu to try, should i just try them all?
I guess you have a gsm desire.
If you have a branded desire, download the latest one from your provider you can find here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
If you have a unbranded desire, download this ruu:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (start with pressed back and power button or enter bootloader from hboot menu with power button) and then run the downloaded exe on your computer.
MatDrOiD said:
I guess you have a gsm desire.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (start with pressed back and power button or enter bootloader from hboot menu with power button) and then run the downloaded exe on your computer.
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Hello there,
Since I have a 'stuck at the boot screen' problem, I am considering flashing a RUU back into my Desire.
Can a RUU be flashed on custom Recovery & hboot (AmonRA, S-OFF etc)?
xuminarc said:
Hello there,
Since I have a 'stuck at the boot screen' problem, I am considering flashing a RUU back into my Desire.
Can a RUU be flashed on custom Recovery & hboot (AmonRA, S-OFF etc)?
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no, a RUU is flashed on fastboot from your computer, or as a PB99IMG.zip from bootloader.
right i did a ruu and it ran ok and got through fine so thats the phone unrooted now, but its still in the bootloop, i'm gonna take it apart and clean the buttons as they seem to be a badguy in this scenario, but when i go to power on the device doesnt vibrate or anything it just goes straight into hboot
I FIXED IT! turned out it wasnt even broken, the contacts on the volume down button were broken and always touching so that was why it was always booting into hboot, luckily i wanted to unroot my phone xD but now the challenge is to fix the contacts any ideas on ways i could do this on the cheap so i can use the buttons again? currently the contacts are blocked with bluetack in order to stop them touching xD
Dear XDA developers,
a few days ago my internet connection started to fail so i decided to normally reboot my HTC desire by using the power button. After the restart it kept rebooting and showing the AlphaRev boot screen. I decided to reflash the phone by using a standard RUU. I tought it all worked out well, untill it crashed at 99%.
When i press the power button, the phone starts a continiuous vibration and shows a black (blanc) screen. I can not enter the bootloader / fastboot / recovery. It seems to react on nothing. I tryed to charge it, in case it was a battery issue, but no luck and no charging led.
I was running Leedroid + root + s-off with H-Boot 0.93.
On the XDA forum i found a way to blindly access the bootloader if there is no screen, this is not working out either.
Can someone help me out? Or is it ready to throw away? Besides that, is it possible to send it for guarantee? Or would there still be rooted/custom rom footsteps on the device?
it sounds like u flashed the wrong ruu. theres 2 types
amoled
or slcd
find out which ur phone is and flash that ruu
I will try but the computer does not recognize the device. Keep you updated.
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Don't think this has anything to do with the screen. On the forum i found a topic with a trick (blind navigating to the recovery screen), but i think nothing happens when i follow this steps.
Maybe the HBOOT got fubar'd. If that's the case, your phone may be bricked. Take it to HTC for a look-see.
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Is there any risk involved?
Yes, there is. Flashing HBOOT will flash a critical part of your phone, if that gets corrupted, your phone WILL be bricked.
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If your phone no longer turns on anymore, please return to HTC for warranty purposes.
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Do you think the warrenty will void if i send it for repair? Because there hase been a custom ROM and bootloader installed?
Hi all, im new to this forum, ive searched for solution but couldnt find it...
I have htc desire pvt1 ht05 (i cant remember rest) and its S-On. Before in it was Official RUU 3.14 Desire Gingerbread, but even when i unlocked sim using desire unlock v 0.9.5 and v0.9.4, it sometimes registered on network but sometimes not, and i decided to go with stock RUU,
I downloaded RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe
phone booted up normaly, i did some set up, and turn it off to put sim card in it.
Now it wont boot up at all, i tried pulling batery out and in, pressing vol down + power, nothing, i tried pressing back button +power and still nothing, only reaction i get from phone is orange led when conected, and if battery is not inside i got green-orange flashing light...
Is there any way to get into bootloader so i can flash other rom, coz right now laptop doesnt recognise any devices connected, or did i screw up and its hardware failure?
Thanks in advance, Leo!
same problem here
Bortak's guide is your friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632