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Very Unusual Problem - Can you help??? Please

Hello folks,
First of all can I say what a great site this is and how many super and generous people there are who help out twits like me every day!
I have rooted and flashed my phone many, many times, so I am not a Noob as such, though I am stuck on this one....
Here's my issue......
Got phone back from HTC repair - New motherboard - Worked fine.
HBOOT 0.93
I rooted phone using Unrevoked version 3
Then I installed LeeDroid 2.2d - latest version from XDA developers.
Phone worked fine for a few days.
I downloaded a few apps and synced calendars etc.
Then this morning - I unplugged my charger from the phone and Bang.....Phone seems to be not working, my Calendars are blank, so I decided to reboot phone.....................
Now I am unable to get past the HTC White Logo screen. AND I cannot access Recovery mode or Clockworkmod.
Though I can get to the Hboot screen by holding the down key and power.
Cannot boot into recovery though even from this menu.
The initial Recovery bit - the green writing that pops up when the phone looks at the recovery image, seems to be saying something like wrong image - Below.
SD Checking...
Loading...[PB99DIAG.zip]
No Image!
Loading...[PB99DIAG.nhh]
No Image or Wrong Image!
Loading...[PB99IMG.zip]
No Image!
Loading...[PB99IMG.nhh]
No Image or Wrong Image!
I have rebooted several times, but no good.
I have plugged my Desire in to PC and gone into Fastboot mode and then tried to install the Stock HTC RUU by running the exe from my computer.
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4. 06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed
However I just get either error 131 or Error 140 depending on which SD card I put into the phone..........
This has got me completely stumped? Am I bricked completely or is there a way around this?
Any ideas?
HELP!!!!!!!! - I thought I was good at this!

Download a PB99IMG.zip from www.shipped-roms.com
put it into the root of your sdcard and it should reflash without a problem.

Well i don't know why both your recovery and system has got corrupted without you doing a thing to it. It usually only happens if you messed something up.. Not saying you have, but now would be the time to tell
Otherwise everything you say is exactly what i would expect your phone to do.
First of all the green writing in hboot is not a look at the recovery but a check to see, if you have put a zip file with that name on the sd-card. This is just an alternative to using the ruu.exe
Second of all the stock rom you try to flash may contain an older hboot version og something similar, which is just giving you the error because you are not allowed to downgrade to an earlier software/hboot version. Try the newest one instead with your goldcard in the phone of cause.
And finally no you are not even close to a brick here seriously some people should take a deep breath and read through the forum(not specifically you but people in general. There is just too many topics with people screaming heeelp i have no idea what i did to my phone). Theres plenty of solutions, and it is quite hard to actually brick the phone. Unless you actually tried pulling the battery while flashing a hboot or radio update almost any other software problems are easily solved, because of the way this system is build.
edit: and if you try the above suggested by h3llb3nd4. You should be aware that your phone model on that page is bravo and not desire, which is the cdma desire. So if your phone has a sim card you should pick bravo. You still have to choose one with a similar or newer software and hboot version than your current.

Hi guys,
The latest with the saga is.
I managed to get the latest Froyo RUU to run and install successfully on my phone.
However - Phone still will not get past the HTC white screen, it just sticks there.
I am pretty much out of ideas now?
h3llb3nd4, thank you for your advice, I will give this a go, but as I cannot access any menu's to do a reflash I'm not sure I understand how this can help me? - Not that I'm saying it won't, it's probably my lack of knowledge.
Otherwise, I have to say this phone seems to be a big trouble. I mean even a successful RUU install and still no reboot? Weird
Thanks so much for your help and advice...keep those ideas coming
Rich

h3llb3nd4 said:
Download a PB99IMG.zip from
put it into the root of your sdcard and it should reflash without a problem.
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Well I tried this, and placed the zip file onto the root of SDCard. However then I restarted phone and it simply stuck at the HTC screen as before?
Do I need to do anything else? - I cannot access recovery to install from zip card.
Do I need to unzip the zip file? or maybe rename it?
Also I am now installed with the latest froyo Bravo RUU Rom 2.10, so the image file that is for 1.21 may not be right for this?
Help........

Put PB99IMG.zip on to the root of your SD card. Then boot into the bootloader (power on with vol down held down).
The bootloader will automatically scan the SD card root for an update file and install it. That should get your back to running stock again.

bigstoo said:
Put PB99IMG.zip on to the root of your SD card. Then boot into the bootloader (power on with vol down held down).
The bootloader will automatically scan the SD card root for an update file and install it. That should get your back to running stock again.
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Hi Bigstoo,
Sooo close, it actually started reading the PB99IMG.Zip file. However it failed to update sadly.
The error message was "update fail"
Could this be that the ROM image that is on the phone is a higher one than this PB99IMG file? Is there one that is suitable for use with
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.10.405.2_R_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_142828_signed
Thanks though! - Nearly there maybe..............

Ramphis29 said:
Hi Bigstoo,
Sooo close, it actually started reading the PB99IMG.Zip file. However it failed to update sadly.
The error message was "update fail"
Could this be that the ROM image that is on the phone is a higher one than this PB99IMG file? Is there one that is suitable for use with
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.10.405.2_R_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_142828_signed
Thanks though! - Nearly there maybe..............
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Right I have found the correct PB99IMG file for my current stock Rom.
The phone found it in Bootlaoder and went right through the installation process correctly and successfully......................
Outcome - Phone still not working at stuck at the HTC White screen.
I would say it's now looking like hardware issue to me? I cannot think of anything else that might get this bloody phone to work again...............
Sheeeesh

[Q] Phone possibly bricked but it might be saveable!

Hi,
My first phone was rooted and I rooted my second too so I am confident rooting them however my second phone which had been rooted for a while had a space issue on SD card so I cleared out a few things which unfourtunatley included all the backup files ....
It worked fine afterwards but didnt let me change rom (using rom manager) so I just left it in working order for a few months until I wanted to reflash a new rom (as I am sure most people do every few months)
When it didnt let me, I tried to unroot and root options using superoneclick and unrevoked3 however, unrevoked 3 just stayed on "running root" and superoneclick got so far and crashed. When I go into the bootloader, it says something about some filed missing (think might be some nbh files).
At the moment, when normally turning the phone on, it stays on the screen with the pink circle, the first boot screen.
I have tried updating it using the RUU but it takes a long time and then says "use the correct rom for your device" which I am, this method just boots my phone and goes to a htc logo.
I can also get into the bootloader but when I apply update.zip, it says it has failed and something about files not existing/step 7 failure.
The thing is, I can get to fast boot and I am sure there is a way via ADB to force a new image (such as a cyanogen recovery image) on to the device.
Can anyone tell me how to push an image to the phone without using the RUU (as this didnt work for me)??
Maybe my phone is just bricked
Thank you very much!!

It. Is. Not. Bricked.
You can only push files onto the phone through fastboot if you are S-OFF (are you?)
Have you tried to enter recovery? boot into Bootloader (vol down + power) and then select recovery. Does it work?
no?
Then you need a goldcard. Make one with your working Desire, stick it in your misbehaving one, and then run the latest WWE RUU (link on my guide, check #resources)

Thanks but I do not have another Desire...

Any card reader

yeah, I got a card reader laying around somewhere, if not ill go get one in Tesco, what where you thinking?

bortak said:
It. Is. Not. Bricked.
You can only push files onto the phone through fastboot if you are S-OFF (are you?)
Have you tried to enter recovery? boot into Bootloader (vol down + power) and then select recovery. Does it work?
no?
Then you need a goldcard. Make one with your working Desire, stick it in your misbehaving one, and then run the latest WWE RUU (link on my guide, check #resources)
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Hi Bortak, I am having similair problems with my phone sticking on the pink circle screen. I cant seem to load a recovery file from Bootloader. Will I need to make a Gold Card, my phone is s-off.
thanks mate

if phone is S-OFF go to my guide, look at advanced boot problems S-OFF.

SOLVED WOOHOO!
Thank you to all who helped but I managed to fix it my own way.
For anyone still having trouble...
I still had the cyanogen mod bootloader soo all I did was download the latest cyanogen mod rom and apply it (you can mount sd card from cm bootloader) and after a hairy minute, it finally booted up!

Mugube said:
SOLVED WOOHOO!
Thank you to all who helped but I managed to fix it my own way.
For anyone still having trouble...
I still had the cyanogen mod bootloader soo all I did was download the latest cyanogen mod rom and apply it (you can mount sd card from cm bootloader) and after a hairy minute, it finally booted up!
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#facepalm#
Translation: I flashed another ROM because my other one didn't boot.

Stuck in a boot-loop

Hello everyone!
First of all, I would like to apologize, as these kind of issues have probably been talked about and solved a gazillion of times before, but the thing is, I'm having a hard time grasping the start and the end of this issue myself, as the phone that is stuck in a boot-loop isn't mine - it belongs to a friend of mine who somehow managed to get the whole thing bricked.
Anyhow, I'll start off with what I know;
His goal was to flash a new ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601543). He unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone using these instructions; http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/how-to-root-one-x/). He succeeded in doing so and decided to move onto flashing the rom.
But the problems started when he read that he's first supposed to flash "Android Fastboot kit 2.1" onto the device, prior to flashing the device. And so he did. Or well, tried - what he told me was that he booted the phone into fastboot mode, then ran the "Install Boot.img" bat file inside the Fastboot Kit folder he downloaded and after that, the phone got bricked.
Now, my knowledge in this area isn't too great either, but I've flashed a few ROMs in my life before, so, I decided I'd do my best to help. But I have no clue on what steps he should take from here on.
To my understanding, he was running the official 1.29 version and he is still able to access the boot-loader as well as Clockwork Recovery mod. To my understanding, he didn't create a back-up of his previously working ROM and the phone won't show up in Windows Explorer while connected via USB either.
To my limited understanding, I should now try and install the rom onto his phone and once done, the whole thing should work - the only problem with that is the fact I can't get the ROM zip onto the SD Card right now, as explorer won't recognize it. So far, I tried using ADB to push the ROM file onto the phone, but every time I use the command "adb shell mount /sdcard" I get a "Device not foound" error. So, I'm kinda stuck here right now. If this even is the right way to solve the issue, that is.
So, like I said, I'm having a hard time grasping the start and the end of this issue myself, and if there is any additional information needed, I'll do my best to find out more about it - I do have the phone in my possession at the moment as well.
Thanks a lot to anyone who'll offer any kind of help!

Atraeh said:
Hello everyone!
First of all, I would like to apologize, as these kind of issues have probably been talked about and solved a gazillion of times before, but the thing is, I'm having a hard time grasping the start and the end of this issue myself, as the phone that is stuck in a boot-loop isn't mine - it belongs to a friend of mine who somehow managed to get the whole thing bricked.
Anyhow, I'll start off with what I know;
His goal was to flash a new ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601543). He unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone using these instructions; http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/how-to-root-one-x/). He succeeded in doing so and decided to move onto flashing the rom.
But the problems started when he read that he's first supposed to flash "Android Fastboot kit 2.1" onto the device, prior to flashing the device. And so he did. Or well, tried - what he told me was that he booted the phone into fastboot mode, then ran the "Install Boot.img" bat file inside the Fastboot Kit folder he downloaded and after that, the phone got bricked.
Now, my knowledge in this area isn't too great either, but I've flashed a few ROMs in my life before, so, I decided I'd do my best to help. But I have no clue on what steps he should take from here on.
To my understanding, he was running the official 1.29 version and he is still able to access the boot-loader as well as Clockwork Recovery mod. To my understanding, he didn't create a back-up of his previously working ROM and the phone won't show up in Windows Explorer while connected via USB either.
To my limited understanding, I should now try and install the rom onto his phone and once done, the whole thing should work - the only problem with that is the fact I can't get the ROM zip onto the SD Card right now, as explorer won't recognize it. So far, I tried using ADB to push the ROM file onto the phone, but every time I use the command "adb shell mount /sdcard" I get a "Device not foound" error. So, I'm kinda stuck here right now. If this even is the right way to solve the issue, that is.
So, like I said, I'm having a hard time grasping the start and the end of this issue myself, and if there is any additional information needed, I'll do my best to find out more about it - I do have the phone in my possession at the moment as well.
Thanks a lot to anyone who'll offer any kind of help!
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The latest Clockwork jobby will allow you to mount the sdcard as USB drive.
Other than that, you seem to be on the right track.

^ he's right
What you want to do is first download the 5.8.4.0 version of the endeavoru CWM recovery.
reboot to your bootloader, make sure you're in fastboot and flash the new recovery img.
After you have successfully flashed the new recovery, well... go to the recovery
On the recovery, tap mounts and storage, then tap Mount USB. VOILA!!!!!

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I've already tried mounting the SD Card via Clockwork Recovery - I get an error saying "Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory exists). So that doesn't seem to be an option either, unless you have an idea on how to counter this?
EDIT: Ah, I see - he's using an older version. I'll get the latest one on board and give it a go. Will have to wait a bit for the phone to charge up first it seems though. Not enough battery to do it right now .
Thanks!

And voila! The phone is operational.
Thanks a lot for the help and, I just hope I never manage to half-brick my own HOX .

[Q] Help with firmware flash screw-up

I bought an AT&T M8 on eBay a few months ago. My carrier is T-Mobile. Everything actually worked fairly well but there are a few nagging issues. No OTA updates, MMS doesn't work, etc.
I did some research on the forums here and elsewhere and the solution seemed to be flashing the phone to a stock T-Mobile firmware. Tonight I set out to do that.
I downloaded and paid for Sunshine. Installed with no issues.
I installed HTC Synch and ADB on my PC
I flashed CWM recovery onto the phone using fastboot. TWRP wouldn't work for some reason.
I used CWM to install SuperSU to root the phone.
I used fastboot to change the CID to T-MOB010.
I used scotty1223's instructions here to change the MID from 0P6B12000 to 0P6B13000.
There were some false steps along the way but I think everything worked fine to this point.
Next I used fastboot to flash the firmware I found here. At this point I don't even remember why I decided that was the right choice.
The firmware flash failed the first time but apparently that isn't uncommon. I ran it a second time and it seemed to succeed. I rebooted the phone using fastboot. When it comes up I see the HTC logo on a white background and I can still hear the AT&T "chimes" but I don't see the AT&T globe. And that's it. The phone won't finish booting. I can reboot into the fastboot menu but Recovery just gives me an red triangle with an exclamation point. ADB can't communicate with the phone anymore. So I feel like I'm stuck.
Any advice on what to do next?

AlphaJ23 said:
I bought an AT&T M8 on eBay a few months ago. My carrier is T-Mobile. Everything actually worked fairly well but there are a few nagging issues. No OTA updates, MMS doesn't work, etc.
I did some research on the forums here and elsewhere and the solution seemed to be flashing the phone to a stock T-Mobile firmware. Tonight I set out to do that.
I downloaded and paid for Sunshine. Installed with no issues.
I installed HTC Synch and ADB on my PC
I flashed CWM recovery onto the phone using fastboot. TWRP wouldn't work for some reason.
I used CWM to install SuperSU to root the phone.
I used fastboot to change the CID to T-MOB010.
I used scotty1223's instructions here to change the MID from 0P6B12000 to 0P6B13000.
There were some false steps along the way but I think everything worked fine to this point.
Next I used fastboot to flash the firmware I found here. At this point I don't even remember why I decided that was the right choice.
The firmware flash failed the first time but apparently that isn't uncommon. I ran it a second time and it seemed to succeed. I rebooted the phone using fastboot. When it comes up I see the HTC logo on a white background and I can still hear the AT&T "chimes" but I don't see the AT&T globe. And that's it. The phone won't finish booting. I can reboot into the fastboot menu but Recovery just gives me an red triangle with an exclamation point. ADB can't communicate with the phone anymore. So I feel like I'm stuck.
Any advice on what to do next?
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check that your cid and mid are now correct for T-Mo by doing a fastboot get var all.
Firmware you flashed is fine.
your phone is stuck in a bootloop which isn't un-common, due to the rom version and firmware version mis-maych I expect.
red triangle is stock recovery, so that's also normal.
at this point, rather than trying to reboot the phone, you should of just booted back to the bootloader fastboot usb mode and run the T-mo RUU, the first thing the RUU does anyway is boot your phone to the bootloader anyway, your just manually doing the first part yourself.

Thanks a lot for the help. A couple of follow-up questions for you. Adb/fastboot can't connect to the phone now. I've tried at the HTC white screen and the bootloader fastboot screen. It just says '< waiting for device >'.
I'm also having a problem with the RUU. When I accept the license agreement on the install it seems to crash. No errors but nothing else happens and the process isn't running. I'm going to try that on a different machine and see what happens. Thanks again.

Another update. The RUU install works fine on a different machine. I think that was a Windows 8.1 issue. The problem now is that the RUU can't see the phone either. So I can't get a PC to see the phone over USB at all. I assume that's because of the bootloop. Is there anything I can do from the bootloader to fix this?

Some progress. The RUU finally found the phone. I guess that was a timing issue. Now it seems to be stuck at 'Updating.... (1/7) Sending....'. It's been doing that for over an hour.

Finally, success!! I found a Reddit thread about the RUU failure. It recommended finding the ROM.zip that gets dropped in a temp folder by the installer, renaming that to 0P6BIMG.zip, moving it to the sdcard, and rebooting. It worked like a charm. Fastboot found the zip automatically and prompted me to install it. It took a little while to update but now I have a stock T-Mobile HTC One.

please help
AlphaJ23 said:
Finally, success!! I found a Reddit thread about the RUU failure. It recommended finding the ROM.zip that gets dropped in a temp folder by the installer, renaming that to 0P6BIMG.zip, moving it to the sdcard, and rebooting. It worked like a charm. Fastboot found the zip automatically and prompted me to install it. It took a little while to update but now I have a stock T-Mobile HTC One.
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my phone has exactly the same problem but i really dont know what to do from here

Phone soft bricked after applying software updates

Hello.
The other night I applied 3 software updates to Android and ended up with an unusable phone. The updates (I assume) were like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-htc-one-m8/help/3-software-updates-t3268014
After the phone rebooted a couple times, it got stuck at the white HTC logo screen (I ended up falling asleep and the phone was like the after waking up, so stuck for about 6 hours) and wouldn't respond to just holding the power button. I had to hold power + vol up to get it to restart. After restarting it now boots to a black screen. It is possible to get to HBOOT and TWRP but I can't get adb to recognize it anymore so I'm not sure how to go about getting fixes on the phone.
The phone was running a custom recovery (clockwork recovery) and rooted. I then tried to get it back to stock to apply the Android 5.0 RUU and then used TWRP without flashing the recovery to root the phone again. My guess is that something about that process might have messed with something that one of the software updates was updating.
So, I have two questions:
1. Is it possible to recover files (pictures, for exampl) off the internal sd? Like I said, I cannot get adb (or windows) to recognize the phone, though it does show in the windows device manager.
2. If it's not possible to get recover those files, how can I get the phone usable at all?

Can you get it into the boot loader?

Yes, luckily I can get to the bootloader.

hatbocs said:
Yes, luckily I can get to the bootloader.
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If so once in the bootloader can you use something like:
fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0.img
to boot into twrp? (note twrp-2.8.7.0.img is the filename of the twrp image that I saved it as, yours might be different)
If you can boot into twrp then you can install a rom/backup. also you could use, I think, something like "fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0.img" as well.
-brad

I'm at work so I can't test this again to make 100% sure but if fastboot works like ADB then my phone doesn't show.
I do currently have TWRP installed however windows does not see the phone.

So if twrp works, you should be able to use that to connect to your pc. If not go and buy an OTG usb drive. Copy a Rom onto it, and then connect it to your phone. One time I messed my phone up and I used this method.

Worth a try. I'm in the middle of moving and that box of stuff isn't in this house. So I'll have to wait to report back. Thanks for the help so far.