So one of the 5 pins in the mini-usb connection is missing. This disables any sort of data connection through usb, however I'm still able to charge the phone. Now I think I can get my phone replaced by Verizon but as it is right now I have dcd's 3.2.0 rom and the 3.42.30 radio. I have no problem flashing through my sd card as far as roms and radios go, but can the bootloader be relocked in the same fashion? I know the procedure for relocking is in the wiki but it relies on an activesync connection, which I cannot make. Am I proper f*cked or can I do this relocking?
So one of the 5 pins in the mini-usb connection is missing. This disables any sort of data connection through usb, however I'm still able to charge the phone. Now I think I can get my phone replaced by Verizon but as it is right now I have dcd's 3.2.0 rom and the 3.42.30 radio. I have no problem flashing through my sd card as far as roms and radios go, but can the bootloader be relocked in the same fashion? I know the procedure for relocking is in the wiki but it relies on an activesync connection, which I cannot make. Am I proper f*cked or can I do this relocking?
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You can't relock unless you have an activesync connection. You can relock using nuespl, but it will relock to 2.07 which is the GPS rom stock bootloader...something that doesn't exist yet for Verizon.
I think ImCoKeMaN @ PPCGeeks has a relocker for the 1.06 bootloader that can be run from SD. It's not recommended for use after running a GPS ROM/Radio, but I've heard of a few success stories. Of course, I've also heard of a number of devices becoming completely and utterly useless after trying this. I don't think he made the version that can run from SD publicly available, but you could try shooting him a PM. He'd be able to give you all the details as well. Might be worth a shot as a last resort.
I might give that a try. If I recall, I can set up an activesync through bluetooth, which is what I'm goin to try first. If that's impossible I'll be pming ImCoKeMaN. Thanks
If you have the insurance it would be unfournate when it takes a trip in to the Shower or Tub.
Big Dawg 23 said:
If you have the insurance it would be unfournate when it takes a trip in to the Shower or Tub.
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Or even better, falls down into the toilet. Chances are the people at Verizon won't want to poke around with it in that case.
Before I go through relocking or flushing my phone I thought I'd try to bluetooth connect it to try activesync. Well, it seems that the only connect I can make is to use it as a dial-up modem, a serial connection isn't possible. Has anyone else with dcd's rom tried to connect to a pc for file transfers and succeeded?
Honestly, I think the flashing / locking software relies on the USB connection. If I remember correctly, once the connection is made through Activesync... it disconnect Activesync. I'm not sure if this connection stays available for the flashing / locking. I personally don't want to try and brick my phone. LOL
Nitro is correct. The unlockers/relockers that run from your PC place your phone in bootloader mode, and at that point your bluetooth connection would drop.
The real issue isn't the broken USB port. There are ways to relock from SD. Your main problem is that going from a GPS ROM/Radio/SPL to a non-GPS version has been known to brick devices. You could always try and hold out until VZW releases an official GPS ROM, then you wouldn't have to worry about going back to a 1.x SPL. From what I've seen, gc14 may have some insight into when that ROM will actually be released.
I had a similar issue happen to my sprint mogul, I was able to charge but the mini-usb connector was messed up so I could not get a data connection.
I re-flashed the latest stock rom and radio from the sd card and took it in. Both the service reps and the technicians did not notice the bootloader version, and I got a replacement for free within 30 minutes or so. I would think that with all the devices they work with, the vast majority of people do not have unsupported software versions and the techs most likely do not check every time (or just do not care all that much).
Just my thoughts and experience though, yours with Verizon could obviously differ.
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Ahh yeah I forgot that Verizon has not released their gps radio yet and that downgrading can be problematic... Best of luck to you.
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I had a similar issue happen to my sprint mogul, I was able to charge but the mini-usb connector was messed up so I could not get a data connection.
I re-flashed the latest stock rom and radio from the sd card and took it in. Both the service reps and the technicians did not notice the bootloader version, and I got a replacement for free within 30 minutes or so. I would think that with all the devices they work with, the vast majority of people do not have unsupported software versions and the techs most likely do not check every time (or just do not care all that much).
Just my thoughts and experience though, yours with Verizon could obviously differ.
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Same exact issue here, except I did go ahead and put the 2.07 SPL back on. They are wanting to charge me $35 though. How long ago did you get your phone? I might try a few other shops and see if they'll swap me a new phone for free.
I'm going to try and make it as stock as possible and go for the return. I've found what seems to be a lot of conflicting procedures for returning to Verizon stock roms and radios, is there a 'best' one?
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I'm going to try and make it as stock as possible and go for the return. I've found what seems to be a lot of conflicting procedures for returning to Verizon stock roms and radios, is there a 'best' one?
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Yeah, this one here.
bedoig said:
Same exact issue here, except I did go ahead and put the 2.07 SPL back on. They are wanting to charge me $35 though. How long ago did you get your phone? I might try a few other shops and see if they'll swap me a new phone for free.
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I got the original one in late December and got them swapped about two months ago. I was actually rather surprised I got it so hassle-free and without paying anything, I expected to have to pay some warranty fee or something.
I ran into this situation about a month ago, except the data port was hosed enough I couldn't charge or sync. After stressing about it I contacted a major contributor to the board and he said not to worry about it.
So I took the phone in (@ 3 mos. old) and the vzw sales guy was pretty cool about it (I didn't mention anything about flashing the software). He got on the phone with someone else at vzw tech and did some kind of exchange program. A few days later I had a new 6800 and instructions to send the old phone back.
I probably should have secured the phone better in the box when returning, but oh well. I seriously doubt anyone even looked at the rom, since it was a hardware issue.
why not just get a new cable?
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why not just get a new cable?
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The cable isn't the problem as the pin is missing from the phone.
Alright, so the only way to relock back to Verizon's original SPL is with a working USB. Over on ppcgeeks there seem to be some people who've flashed back to the stock radio and rom without relocking the phone. They only problem they've experienced is it being unable to wake up when it's been put in sleep mode. I think this is what I'm going to do to do the return.
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I'm going to try and make it as stock as possible and go for the return. I've found what seems to be a lot of conflicting procedures for returning to Verizon stock roms and radios, is there a 'best' one?
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Look at it this way if you brick it who cares....you are trying to get it replaced.....
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Well, i ****ed up my phone.
Trying to bring it back alive failed, so I'm going to bring it
back to T-Mobile.
Does someone know a very good lie I can tell them, so I don't have to pay for the repair.
When i try to start my phone, i see a HTC splashscreen, and thats it. Normally it start with a T-Mobile splashscreen. Can they see i tried flashing my phone, or is that an assumption they make.
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I don't think using bold letters and the clear word "lie" will help you a lot... you just highlight that you ask for illegal help
Maybe you should take a look at the bricked-devices topic for a chance to revive it?
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I have spent the last 3 days 30 hours orso fixing my phone. Revive is something my dead baby won't do.
vayip said:
I have spent the last 3 days 30 hours orso fixing my phone. Revive is something my dead baby won't do.
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enter the bootloader; try to flash a regular update from your provider to it.
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Well, i ****ed up my phone.
Trying to bring it back alive failed, so I'm going to bring it
back to T-Mobile.
Does someone know a very good lie I can tell them, so I don't have to pay for the repair.
When i try to start my phone, i see a HTC splashscreen, and thats it. Normally it start with a T-Mobile splashscreen. Can they see i tried flashing my phone, or is that an assumption they make.
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I did the same with my Vodafone (UK). I just told them I'd hard reset and this is all I can see on the screen (don't get stroppy etc).
Mine will be back Tuesday, warranty repaired.
Vod UK use an outside repair centre so will probably be the same as T-Mobile if you are in UK. Mine needed a new motherboard, but there is a bit of a shortage in the UK (too many bricks???). I guess it depends on the outside service centre contract whether they charge you or T-mobile (and maybe also because I had warranty and Insurance)..
Just go in and plead ignorance, but if they want to charge you, ultimately it was you that ****ed it and not them
Toast it in the microwave for 5 seconds!
boz said:
Toast it in the microwave for 5 seconds!
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That's a new one - when car radio codes first came out they always said to put them in the freezer then stroke the chips legs to erase the cmos... never worked for me, but I'd probably get away with the microwave thing with 3 kids at home!!!
@ Olipro
If you mean the SD-card flashing, T-Mobile Holland doesn't have an update available. There is an T-Mobile Holland ROM available, but the image is older than the image installed on my phone. When checking the ROM in the white screen, it says not allow. I think i need ROM 1.21.114.3 from T-Mobile if I want to do the SD-card flash.
I only have access to the bootloader, I have bootloader 1.04, and I have access to KITL mode, but the Windows CE Platform Builder fix also doesn't work
@ ach2
I was thinking also something like that. That I hard reset my phone and now it's broke. I was also thinking something like I left my phone on the charger for the weekend, and when I came back I did a soft reset because it wouldn't go on and know I only see a HTC splash screen.
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When i try to start my phone, i see a HTC splashscreen, and thats it. Normally it start with a T-Mobile splashscreen. Can they see i tried flashing my phone, or is that an assumption they make.
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Can you think of a good reason whey the boot screen has changed from the normal T-Mobile one... just hope they don't turn on the phone. Did you try Olipro's suggestion?
@ Wam7
The T-Mobile splash screen is in the extended ROM. If the extended ROM is ****ed up like mine is, it probably goes back to its embedded splash screen, and that's the one from HTC. But thats not what I'm going to say, I'm going to say how should I know.
If I remember correctly a guy has managed to dump the ROM from a Hermes and flash it to the phone... saw a thread somewhere here. If that's the case then you should just need a ROM from a fellow dutch T-Mobile owner with the newer ROM. I take it your phone is not SuperCID
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@ Olipro
If you mean the SD-card flashing, T-Mobile Holland doesn't have an update available. There is an T-Mobile Holland ROM available, but the image is older than the image installed on my phone. When checking the ROM in the white screen, it says not allow. I think i need ROM 1.21.114.3 from T-Mobile if I want to do the SD-card flash.
I only have access to the bootloader, I have bootloader 1.04, and I have access to KITL mode, but the Windows CE Platform Builder fix also doesn't work
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if you have 1.04; run the RUU on your computer; you will get a "Vender ID Error" immediately ignore this and run the updater AGAIN (do not touch or unplug your PDA) after doing this a second time it will begin to flash
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Well, i ****ed up my phone.
Trying to bring it back alive failed, so I'm going to bring it
back to T-Mobile.
Does someone know a very good lie I can tell them, so I don't have to pay for the repair.
When i try to start my phone, i see a HTC splashscreen, and thats it. Normally it start with a T-Mobile splashscreen. Can they see i tried flashing my phone, or is that an assumption they make.
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seriously this is why MS and Carriers HATE us
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if you have 1.04; run the RUU on your computer; you will get a "Vender ID Error" immediately ignore this and run the updater AGAIN (do not touch or unplug your PDA) after doing this a second time it will begin to flash
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I did what you said. I connected the phone to my laptop in bootloader. I started the RUU from WMXL 0.20. My phone goes to the white screen and at 0% i get a message on my laptop the connection got disconnected. So i start the RUU again, but again the message my connection got disconnected.
So still working on a good lie.
@vayip: sounds like a problem with the USB on your laptop. Try using a different computer. BL1.04 will let you flash any OS provided your NAND isn't full of bad blocks. You're a long way away from returning your device to Tmo IMO.
On the new computer:
direct USB connect to rear port only no usb hubs
pc running windows XP
turn off screensaver/Powersave mode
close all other apps
hands off the computer for the 25 minutes or so that it takes
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@vayip: sounds like a problem with the USB on your laptop. Try using a different computer. BL1.04 will let you flash any OS provided your NAND isn't full of bad blocks. You're a long way away from returning your device to Tmo IMO.[/list]
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Does it matter if the phone is simlocked or not. My phone is not SuperCID.
The strange thing than is, i have 2 laptops. Doing the upgrade don't work on both.
Will try a normal pc then. Maybe more luck.
Follow Oli's advice about retrying the update if you get an initial vendor ID error. BL1.04 will flash any rom without SuperCID due to a bug.
You might want to jump in with mtty first to see if your NAND is full of bad blocks. If it is then your device is toast fttb.....
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seriously this is why MS and Carriers HATE us
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I completely agree! If you ****ed up your device, than you should have the courage to stand up for it and if it was not your fault, than just tell them the truth! But suggestions like "put it in the microwave for 5secs".... come on
And just a small hint: If you (for example) really put it in the microwave, than you'll better pray that no technician ever analyses your device - if so you could get into serious trouble, mate.
Btw, if you microwave it, you probalby need a new microwave too.
Edit: And i dont think its warranty would cover "I just put my Phone in there"
"So still working on a good lie."
Doesn't breaking your phone through your own actions and then getting it repaired/ replaced for free by telling lies make you a liar and a thief?
I trashed 8525, and that sucks, but it was my fault so I have to pay for it.
In my adventures flashing Roms, I've only bricked 1 Hermes (Cingular 8525). I actually told the local Cingular shop that I broke it 2 weeks after I bought it. The manager told me to bring it in and she replaced it under the 30 day in-store return policy. I was suprised because I had caused the bad NAND Block problem on the device but she said that since I was able to get an official Cingular Rom flashed onto it and it booted into WM5 (just wouldn't do anything because of memory errors).
Now I also have a very good working relationship with this store. I've gotten a phone about every 6 months from them over tha past 2 years and have given them some great info regarding WM5 devices (reccomendations on screen protectors, software & cases etc). I have 3 lines (2 with Data) and even if they don't know me by name eveyone in the store knows me by reputation.
Tomorrow I will have my spare Hermes (also 8525) so we can begin experimenting with getting some additional storage memory without risking bricking my primary phone.
The way I see it, we are taking a chance when we modify our devices.
I've had to return 2 Wizards for Warranty replacement to Cingular, both were CID Unlocked but the problems were unrelated to flashing Roms (One was because the touch screen developed a dead spot the other was because of Radio hardware issues).
Hi all
Anyone here had any experiences of returning a flashed phone for a warranty claim? I wonder how carefully they inspect the set-up. I'm suffering very bad battery life (<4 hours) and a dead camera on my Vario II, but I'm sure T-Mobile won't accept a claim (WM6, Radio 1.43, HardSPL, unlocked etc).
I can revert some things, for instance I got the original T-Mobile WM5 installed OK but can't find the original Radio ROM (1.05).
If there's no hope I'll just open the bugger up and try jiggling the camera connector or just remove it completely!!
sim
if youre returning your phone to a brick and mortar store then as long as it looks unmodded then I don't think they'd notice. Like if you reflashed with the provider's logo, etc.... they are just sales people, MOST of them know very little about any technical aspect of the phone. From my experience of getting one of my phones exchanged the reps I spoke to were not able to answer my technical problems, which is why I replaced it... so i say go for it
Hi zammykoo,
Do they not send it back to a service centre for evaluation? I'm a bit worried that even if the shop gives me a replacement on the spot, they might check out my busted model later and then slap me with a penalty fee or something.
sim
what exactly is the problem you are having with the camera? if it is under warranty then shouldn't it cover manufacturer defects like that? if that is the case. and it should apply to the bad battery life too, if those things were not caused by you (like water damage, they can tell) then they wouldn't have anything to say..... but as far as software reflash then i really don't think it'll matter cause they will probably reflash it themselves to clear out any previous user settings before putting back on the market
Hi there,
I just found an official WM6 flash from T-Mobile UK, so I've flashed that and taken it back to the shop for repair. Thought I'd take a chance as the phone is effectively useless at the moment (camera is dead and battery loses 20% per hour).
Thanks for your advice!
sim
Undo HardSPL? Mtty's format command clears everything?
Hi...I have a few questions about this topic as well.
It looks like my radio (hardware) died on me after a soft reset...I'd been having some problems with it before then. Anyways, I went through my provider's warranty exchange and I'm about to send my old handset back. My questions:
1) I'm stuck in the bootloader screen, since I couldn't upgrade my radio. I have Hard-SPL installed on my device, and you can see that (it says "Olipro" in the bootloader screen). Is there any way to remove Hard-SPL, or do you guys think I even need to worry/bother with that?
2) In the process of trying to reflash my phone and fix things myself, I used mtty and its format command...What exactly does that format? Is my phone's memory completely clean? That's fine by me if it is; I don't think that would be an issue with service personnel. I'm just wanting to know exactly what mtty's format does.
In addition, if anyone else has had to make a return under similar conditions, I'd appreciate hearing about your experience. THANKS!
i dont think any spl have a format command!!!!
r u kidding???
No, SPL's don't have a format command (that I know of!); I used this utility called mtty...I read about it here in the forums; it comes in handy when you're trying to recover from a bad flash, I think.
Anyone else have an answer to my questions?
1) I'm stuck in the bootloader screen, since I couldn't upgrade my radio. I have Hard-SPL installed on my device, and you can see that (it says "Olipro" in the bootloader screen). Is there any way to remove Hard-SPL, or do you guys think I even need to worry/bother with that?
2) In the process of trying to reflash my phone and fix things myself, I used mtty and its format command...What exactly does that format? Is my phone's memory completely clean? That's fine by me if it is; I don't think that would be an issue with service personnel. I'm just wanting to know exactly what mtty's format does.
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I had no problem with AT&T returning several unlocked and upgraded phones for replacement.
Thank for the response...
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I had no problem with AT&T returning several unlocked and upgraded phones for replacement.
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tvone, thanks for taking the time to respond; I appreciate it.
Based on what you're telling me, I guess I won't worry about "downgrading" from HardSPL before taking it in.
If anyone has a different experience - or would just like to provide more reassurance (I'd love to have it!) - please let me know soon...I'll be taking care of this today!
THANKS!
The problem: I flashed a radio to my device that is (obviously) incompatible with my device (if you really want the details, its embarassing, but I'll post if necessary). My phone freezes on bootup, and never initializes the Radio/ROM (and for good reason).
This is what happens now: If my phone is off, I can turn it on, but I only get the first boot up screen, and the red numbers in the bottom right-hand corner never appear. At that point, I cannot turn off my phone without taking out the battery. If I take out the battery and put it back in, and attach the phone to a charger (or USB cable), the light on the phone will "breathe", as if its charging. However, if I then disconnect the phone, the light will CONTINUE breathing.
I also cannot turn on the phone while its connected to either the charger or USB cable.
My phone is Hard-SPL'ed and Security Unlocked. But the real issue I'm having is that I can't get into Bootloader to flash something else. Apparently, I've corrupted the Bootloader. When I turn the phone on, and press the reset button while holding Vol-down, the phone just goes black.
I might be okay getting a warranty exchange if not for this: I can still hard reset my phone. It doesn't make any sense to me, but when I turn it on, I can do the soft-reset-button, Vol-down, Action button combo, and my phone flashes through Bootloader to give the the hard reset menu. It flashes that screen just long enough to see that my phone has 1.90Olinex as the SPL. So, I think I may be screwed, unless someone here can help.
My wife is very . . . upset . . . about this, and is worried that we'll have to spend money because of my continuous "tinkering" with my phone.
Any help anyone can offer is greatly appreciated.
I know this is my own stupid fault, and I should've known better, but it would be nice to get confirmation from the experts here that I'm just going to have to chalk one up in the "L" column at this point.
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Have you tried to flash from the SD card?
Hi Captain_Throwback,
Try copying Raph Radio 1.11.25.01 to the root of a FAT32 SD Card ... you'll need to rename the .NBH to RAPHIMG.NBH.
Pull the SIM out of the phone and power it back on as per usual; I've noticed that the phone "blacks out" for a bit but then switches to flash mode.
Good luck.
PS: suggest getting the large carry-on with the wheels for the guilt trip - heaven knows it's come in handy for me
That's a bummer, man. You gotta at least 'fess up part of the story to prevent someone else from falling into the same trap (however unlikely that may be). And maybe, just maybe, it will help someone else figure out how to fix your problem.
What radio did you try and flash.
Hopefully it wasn't the new Rhodium radio? Or a Rose radio?
I have done this a few times on my tilt, all I did was put it into the boot loader, it worked from hard reset screen as well, and flashed the rom via activesync. I am assuming that you are not able to get a sync, or have you tried yet? I know my fize will also sync [to flash] from bootloadr.
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The problem: I flashed a radio to my device that is (obviously) incompatible with my device (if you really want the details, its embarassing, but I'll post if necessary). My phone freezes on bootup, and never initializes the Radio/ROM (and for good reason).
This is what happens now: If my phone is off, I can turn it on, but I only get the first boot up screen, and the red numbers in the bottom right-hand corner never appear. At that point, I cannot turn off my phone without taking out the battery. If I take out the battery and put it back in, and attach the phone to a charger (or USB cable), the light on the phone will "breathe", as if its charging. However, if I then disconnect the phone, the light will CONTINUE breathing.
I also cannot turn on the phone while its connected to either the charger or USB cable.
My phone is Hard-SPL'ed and Security Unlocked. But the real issue I'm having is that I can't get into Bootloader to flash something else. Apparently, I've corrupted the Bootloader. When I turn the phone on, and press the reset button while holding Vol-down, the phone just goes black.
I might be okay getting a warranty exchange if not for this: I can still hard reset my phone. It doesn't make any sense to me, but when I turn it on, I can do the soft-reset-button, Vol-down, Action button combo, and my phone flashes through Bootloader to give the the hard reset menu. It flashes that screen just long enough to see that my phone has 1.90Olinex as the SPL. So, I think I may be screwed, unless someone here can help.
My wife is very . . . upset . . . about this, and is worried that we'll have to spend money because of my continuous "tinkering" with my phone.
Any help anyone can offer is greatly appreciated.
I know this is my own stupid fault, and I should've known better, but it would be nice to get confirmation from the experts here that I'm just going to have to chalk one up in the "L" column at this point.
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Damn I'm sorry to hear about your issue and i feel for ya because I did some stupid **** myself a lil' while back if you remember. Your advice to reflash the oem rom worked for me 100%. Have you tried hard resetting and then trying to get into bootloader mode?
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What radio did you try and flash.
Hopefully it wasn't the new Rhodium radio? Or a Rose radio?
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Ok, I'll tell you . . . it wasn't a Rose radio (I know P1Tater bricked his phone that way) . . . but I figured, the Rhodium, its got the same hardware, right? I mean, T-Mobile is a GSM carrier . . . If I patch it for Raph, it may work . . . even though the radio number is so much different . . . I should still be able to get into Bootloader if it doesn't work, because I'm HardSPL'ed . . .
But no. I can't get into Bootloader. Believe me, I've tried. Every time I try, the phone just goes black. And I have a nice stock AT&T ROM on my Storage Card ready to flash, if only I could get it onto the phone.
I tried plugging into the computer, but it won't recognize the phone at all.
I wish it was REALLY bricked, but the fact that I can still hard reset it is very disappointing.
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Ok, I'll tell you . . . it wasn't a Rose radio (I know P1Tater bricked his phone that way) . . . but I figured, the Rhodium, its got the same hardware, right? I mean, T-Mobile is a GSM carrier . . . If I patch it for Raph, it may work . . . even though the radio number is so much different . . . I should still be able to get into Bootloader if it doesn't work, because I'm HardSPL'ed . . .
But no. I can't get into Bootloader. Believe me, I've tried. Every time I try, the phone just goes black. And I have a nice stock AT&T ROM on my Storage Card ready to flash, if only I could get it onto the phone.
I tried plugging into the computer, but it won't recognize the phone at all.
I wish it was REALLY bricked, but the fact that I can still hard reset it is very disappointing.
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This happened to me (sort of.) I flashed a diamond radio to my fuze... without security unlocking it first. Symptom wise, Exact same thing happened. I was able to (after days of tinkering) get it into bootloader from the hard reset screen. I just kept pressing the Hard rest sequence over and over while connected to USB. I noticed, one time, I got the USB at the bottom. Don't know how, don't know why, it just happened, I was then able to flash the Stock Cing ROM. Wierd stuff, But lucky. Hope you get it back on board. Is it insured? Because it would really suck if someone stole your bricked fuze.
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This happened to me (sort of.) I flashed a diamond radio to my fuze... without security unlocking it first. Symptom wise, Exact same thing happened. I was able to (after days of tinkering) get it into bootloader from the hard reset screen. I just kept pressing the Hard rest sequence over and over while connected to USB. I noticed, one time, I got the USB at the bottom. Don't know how, don't know why, it just happened, I was then able to flash the Stock Cing ROM. Wierd stuff, But lucky. Hope you get it back on board. Is it insured? Because it would really suck if someone stole your bricked fuze.
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It is insured, and paying $125 is better than having to buy a brand new phone, but if I can avoid spending money, my wife would be much happier .
I can hard reset just fine . . . if only the phone would stay on the bootloader screen when doing that . . . but it doesn't. I assume the bootloader has been corrupted, which is why the phone blacks out when trying to enter bootloader mode. I'll keep trying, I guess. I can't make it any worse. Actually, if I could, I'd be better off, so that way they can't find out my phone is Hard-SPL'ed.
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I can hard reset just fine . . . if only the phone would stay on the bootloader screen when doing that . . . but it doesn't. I assume the bootloader has been corrupted, which is why the phone blacks out when trying to enter bootloader mode. I'll keep trying, I guess. I can't make it any worse. Actually, if I could, I'd be better off, so that way they can't find out my phone is Hard-SPL'ed.
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Try plugging it into a car battery, or something like that, and fry the sucker. That's my only piece of advice.
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I can't make it any worse. Actually, if I could, I'd be better off, so that way they can't find out my phone is Hard-SPL'ed.
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You could make it worse if you get the white sticker wet and make it turn pink, but that would be very bad for you.
You are at the point to where you cant move beyond your current predicament in wither way. Im afraid I see no other alternative than to pay the $125.
Maybe you could sell your Fuze on Ebay for 125 to cover your insurance cost and you could make a notation on the Ebay site saying something like 'PARTIALLY USED FUZE' like that Carfax commercial does.
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My phone is still bricked, but I'm taking it to a repair shop after work, where I'll find out whether I'll be getting a free warranty replacement, or paying $125 for an insurance replacement. At least I've been able to successfully determine that a Rhodium radio cannot be flashed to a Raphael. So no one else has to try it .
Keep us updated dude. Also, if you slip the guy $50 he may do the free warranty replacement for you... it might save you $75 and you wont have to use up one of your insurance claims.
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My phone is still bricked, but I'm taking it to a repair shop after work, where I'll find out whether I'll be getting a free warranty replacement, or paying $125 for an insurance replacement. At least I've been able to successfully determine that a Rhodium radio cannot be flashed to a Raphael. So no one else has to try it .
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Crap, sorry to hear that. HAAH, just walk into the ATT store and say," I tried turning the phone on and this is what happened." And that you have never heard of XDA forums, roms, and though a radio was only for people in trucks or that wear camo.
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Crap, sorry to hear that. HAAH, just walk into the ATT store and say," I tried turning the phone on and this is what happened." And that you have never heard of XDA forums, roms, and though a radio was only for people in trucks or that wear camo.
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That might work, if I hadn't bought the phone from my best friend, who just happens to manage an AT&T store. He actually knows that I had a custom ROM on my phone, and called ahead to the repair shop to let them know I was coming, and he said hopefully they won't notice the SPL in my bootloader if they try and hard reset it. So it is possible they'll just give the phone a cursory look to make sure its really not working, and then go ahead with a warranty replacement. I'll be sure to let everyone know what happens. In the meantime, the word of the day is "dumbass", LOL.
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Try plugging it into a car battery, or something like that, and fry the sucker. That's my only piece of advice.
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That's what I would do.
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My phone is still bricked, but I'm taking it to a repair shop after work, where I'll find out whether I'll be getting a free warranty replacement, or paying $125 for an insurance replacement. At least I've been able to successfully determine that a Rhodium radio cannot be flashed to a Raphael. So no one else has to try it .
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Honestly I would not take it to the repair shop.
Here is what I would do. Call the warranty replacement department at AT&T. 1-800-801-1101. Tell them that you woke up and now your phone won't turn on. Once you go through all the steps they have to do to fix it, then they will ship you a replacement Fuze right away. The refurbished Fuze will have everything except for a battery and a back cover. Typically when I did this I received a new one the next day that I called.
Now take your battery out of your phone and your SIM card and microSD card. Put your phone in the microwave for 2 seconds. Walla. Now it's bricked and AT&T will have no way to tell if you have HardSPL or a cooked ROM on your phone. Trust me. It will work.
When you get your new phone just send the phone back in packing material that they provide to you and you won't have to spend any money to get a new phone or spend money to fix a phone.
Just do what I told you about. I promise it will work. Just trust me. I've done it before and it worked like a charm. No worries. Trust me, I'm not trying to lead you down the wrong path. I'm trying to get you a replacement just like I got when I bricked my last fuze trying out different radios. And use the phone number that AllTheWay posted just above me once you do what I told you.
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Just do what I told you about. I promise it will work. Just trust me. I've done it before and it worked like a charm. No worries. Trust me, I'm not trying to lead you down the wrong path. I'm trying to get you a replacement just like I got when I bricked my last fuze trying out different radios. And use the phone number that AllTheWay posted just above me once you do what I told you.
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I'm curious what it is you told him, in case i'm in a similar position at any point !!
Lemme kno please here or PM is cool!
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That's what I would do.
Honestly I would not take it to the repair shop.
Here is what I would do. Call the warranty replacement department at AT&T. 1-800-801-1101. Tell them that you woke up and now your phone won't turn on. Once you go through all the steps they have to do to fix it, then they will ship you a replacement Fuze right away. The refurbished Fuze will have everything except for a battery and a back cover. Typically when I did this I received a new one the next day that I called.
Now take your battery out of your phone and your SIM card and microSD card. Put your phone in the microwave for 2 seconds. Walla. Now it's bricked and AT&T will have no way to tell if you have HardSPL or a cooked ROM on your phone. Trust me. It will work.
When you get your new phone just send the phone back in packing material that they provide to you and you won't have to spend any money to get a new phone or spend money to fix a phone.
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Agree with this. If your friend works at the store and knows what you have done, I wouldnt go there. Call the number, fry the damn phone and get a new one. We need you back on your feet to help solve ROM issues my friend.
ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
That sounds Bad ...
Sorry pal, you have a serious problem. The .51 radio is the culprit. I'm afraid you will have to search this out, but I am unaware of any solutions.
Good luck. Warranty?
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ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
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ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
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Somebody on this forum already reported about similar problem. I don't remember whether the solution was found.
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ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
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Why do people not read, you CANNOT FLASH A .51 RADIO ON A T-MOBILE DEVICE. LEARN TO READ AND THIS WON'T HAPPEN.
uniqs said:
Somebody on this forum already reported about similar problem. I don't remember whether the solution was found.
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Somebody? lol, quite a few people are in that boat actually.
@jswllms3
Try searching for Jtag or .51 radio brick. And maybe post in this thread
warranty will be ok so long as you dont mention flashing.
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ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
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How Cute
You flashed a 2.07.51 radio ! ! !
Take your phone back for warranty and never flash a .51 radio again as every one else saying...
Good luck with it.
ok. lol. so its abrick. ill search a little more butthe strange thing is, when i plug it in via usb to my comp it still shows that its searching for new hardware.. i dont think its a total loss. i have the odd feeling i can revive it. but in any case, how do i turn it in for a warranty and what would i say? lol.
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ok. lol. so its abrick. ill search a little more butthe strange thing is, when i plug it in via usb to my comp it still shows that its searching for new hardware.. i dont think its a total loss. i have the odd feeling i can revive it. but in any case, how do i turn it in for a warranty and what would i say? lol.
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You say. I don't know what happen. I was charging it over night...and when I work up it was off. I turn it on and nothing happens.
what i meant to say is, im guessing i turn it into htc for the warranty, but other then flash custm roms and different radios, what other excuse would they take? i mean, they have ways of finding out right?
Maybe HELP YOU
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ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
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I don't know if I can help you But you can enter in bootloader mode and via usb cable connect to your computer? If you can...and have Bepe&Cotulla HARDSPL3... Do a Task29 and when near 100% push volume down to stay in bootloader mode... then... Flash a radio 50 (my sig have a link to my current radio)... and without exit bootloader mode (when near 100% push volume down) Flash a ROM you want in your device...
Sorry... I only try help you... maybe don't have luck or... many luck
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You say. I don't know what happen. I was charging it over night...and when I work up it was off. I turn it on and nothing happens.
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Say this ^^^^
Fidalgos said:
I don't know if I can help you But you can enter in bootloader mode and via usb cable connect to your computer? If you can...and have Bepe&Cotulla HARDSPL3... Do a Task29 and when near 100% push volume down to stay in bootloader mode... then... Flash a radio 50 (my sig have a link to my current radio)... and without exit bootloader mode (when near 100% push volume down) Flash a ROM you want in your device...
Sorry... I only try help you... maybe don't have luck or... many luck
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no. it will not enter bootloader or anything. wont connect via activesync nothing. tried a hard reset, soft reset. every type of reset. nothing works. tried bootloader and.. NOTHING!!!! ah.. but its bugging me out that its trying to install new device driver. i feel like i can fix it... if christ was real i would pray to him!!!!
if you read the dozens of other people that did this, you will see they all say the pc looks for drivers for "qualcomm blah blah blah". don't kid yourself, its gone.
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ok. i flashed the hyperrom ultra v15.0 to my tmobile us hd2 and decided i wanted to flash a new radio.. just to see if i was missing the speed and agility that i hear about so much from others. i started off with a 2.10.50.26 i believe. then flashed the 2.08.50.05 with much slower speed than the original. THEN, i flashed the 2.07.51.22_2 and my phone has not powered up since. it will not go into bootloader and when the update util was done, my laptop said it needed to install a new hardware driver for qualcomm cdma. now i now this is bad. but could someone explain why it did this and why my phone isnt powering on and if ill ever be able to use it again??!!?!?! any help would be appreciated.
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Simple: The .51 radio raped your TMOUS's internals. It will never work again. Play dumb with the warranty people.
haaahha! so i called the warranty people and told them it was dead. asked a few questions, specifically: "what voids the warranty and why would i be charged for any repairs?" i got a number of answers including, "flashing a new os, rom or radio." hahahaha!!! so essentially, im f**ked, right? i mean this is htc, how could they not find out?
so ive read part of three threads where everyone is stating that as long as they cannot get it to go into bootloader, they cannot charge me and theyll repair my phone or send me a new one. though i am worried that i havent read anything about any phones coming back to the peoples having this problem.. i dont have insurance through tmobile so im assuming i cant send it back to them, i am however still under the year manufacturers warranty provided by htc. does it matter who i send it to? and has anyone had experience with this particular problem that can acclaim to or deny me the assurance of me getting my phone back? lol.
Do not lie, as that could bite you in ways you don't want to deal with; as in fraud, etc. Our phones are around $550, a retainer for an Attorney to defend you against criminal charges would be a lot more.
I would go into tmobile, and when you go into store you simply tell them the truth that the phone doesn't work.
Definitely a drag that you bricked the phone. Could have been me, probably will be someday when I get too eager or careless.
Anyhow, let us know what happens.
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so ive read part of three threads where everyone is stating that as long as they cannot get it to go into bootloader, they cannot charge me and theyll repair my phone or send me a new one. though i am worried that i havent read anything about any phones coming back to the peoples having this problem.. i dont have insurance through tmobile so im assuming i cant send it back to them, i am however still under the year manufacturers warranty provided by htc. does it matter who i send it to? and has anyone had experience with this particular problem that can acclaim to or deny me the assurance of me getting my phone back? lol.
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well for a start this is the regular hd2 section, have you read any of the posts in the tmous section? (Well, no, else you would have seen the myrriad warnings about flashing ..51.. radios )
Loads of people have had them repaired after this type of brick, and the only people that haven't have been those that confessed to flashing.
And no, just because it is HTC, they cant see into a broken bootloader. The best they can do is JTAG the phone, and that flashes a new bootloader anyway, wiping out any trace of what you did.
Verizon is sending out replacement phone and need to restore this to stock.
This also started prior to flashing the new ICS leak and after dling ~600mb's via wireless tether.
Not sure if something burned up.
Phone is stuck on 1X only. Tried everything and can't get 3g or reliable 4g.
It get's 4G but only a minute at a time.
I tried doing the various "Fix network bootloop 1x issue threads" but still a no go.
Phone doesn't take the CDMA only option under Mobile networks, it resets back to to lte/cdma.
It never drops to 3g.
I dled the RUU but it does not update nor recover.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Flash the stock Rom from scrosler's website.
www.scottsroms.com
Droidel said:
Verizon is sending out replacement phone and need to restore this to stock.
This also started prior to flashing the new ICS leak and after dling ~600mb's via wireless tether.
Not sure if something burned up.
Phone is stuck on 1X only. Tried everything and can't get 3g or reliable 4g.
It get's 4G but only a minute at a time.
I tried doing the various "Fix network bootloop 1x issue threads" but still a no go.
Phone doesn't take the CDMA only option under Mobile networks, it resets back to to lte/cdma.
It never drops to 3g.
I dled the RUU but it does not update nor recover.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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First thing I'm thinking is you can't RUU back in your situation because the version number is higher than the old RUU. My suggestion is to ROM it, and then flash back to stock RUU, because most ROMs set the version number to 1.0.0.0, therefore all RUU's are a higher version number. Then when you go to flash it, it will recognize, read and flash.
On a side note form this, you're pretty much screwed if you're trying to go to stock from something ripped, since your bootloader will show relocked or tampered, or something other than 'locked' as it shows when completely stock out of the box. This is of course unless you never unlocked it, which means you cant change version numbers, which means you're screwed either way.
Verizon will be able to look at your bootloader and know that it isnt factory stock, so chances are, they are going to charge you for your phone. I'm just trying to be honest and upfront, since I'm kind of a realist when it comes to getting screwed by big corporations like Verizon.
Good luck getting it back to an older version though.
p.s. on the note of your signal issue... the back is on the phone, right? Did you check the contacts inside the cover?
poppajules said:
First thing I'm thinking is you can't RUU back in your situation because the version number is higher than the old RUU. My suggestion is to ROM it, and then flash back to stock RUU, because most ROMs set the version number to 1.0.0.0, therefore all RUU's are a higher version number. Then when you go to flash it, it will recognize, read and flash.
On a side note form this, you're pretty much screwed if you're trying to go to stock from something ripped, since your bootloader will show relocked or tampered, or something other than 'locked' as it shows when completely stock out of the box. This is of course unless you never unlocked it, which means you cant change version numbers, which means you're screwed either way.
Verizon will be able to look at your bootloader and know that it isnt factory stock, so chances are, they are going to charge you for your phone. I'm just trying to be honest and upfront, since I'm kind of a realist when it comes to getting screwed by big corporations like Verizon.
Good luck getting it back to an older version though.
p.s. on the note of your signal issue... the back is on the phone, right? Did you check the contacts inside the cover?
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The contacts are fine. what if the phone bricked during a software update in hboot? Can they still see relocked and tampered?
Some say that vz doesnt care as long as it has no physical damage.
I don't know about Verizon not caring, but I highly doubt they would take back all of our rooted phones..
I doubt the phone bricked if it booted up. I would flash the ICS RUU and see if the radios fix your signal issue.
Like I said before, I am running Scott's CleamROM and it sets the software versions to 1.0.0.0, so any RUU will flash over it. This is your best bet.
If VZW doesn't care about the bootloader, then you're golden, but don't count on that.
If I may pry, why are you sending it back for the replacement? If it's because of the radios, then I really doubt they are going to just take the phone back, since you could have messed up software to cause the issue.
Just try flashing some stuff before you call it busted. I would go with the ICS leak, Scott's CleanROM, and then back to your old RUU if you want. There's also a patch you have to install to downgrade from CleanROM and ICS leak back to GB, so you might want to do research, also. If you need help finding stuff, just send me a PM.
p.s. Anyone can boot your phone to bootloader (unless of course your phone is in little tiny pieces all over the street), and see that the bootloader is unlocked, possibly tampered for the custom recovery installed, and even if you lock it again, it will say relocked, indicating to everyone that it has been unlocked at one point. 'Unlocked', 'Relocked', 'Tampered', and 'Security Warning' void certain parts of your warranty (in the words of HTC dev.com). The only thing that doesn't void it is if it reads 'Locked'. Period.
Some say that vz doesnt care as long as it has no physical damage.[/QUOTE] Dude I sent two Dinc2 back completed rooted with no problems. Most times the tech at big V. couldn't care less. Most don't wouldn't know what rooting is and the ones that do, more than likely are rooted themselves. The question is if they send it to HTC? And will it meet their requirment now that they have a record that you are rooted as I'm sure if you're had to go thru HTC to unlock. However in reading alot of cases noone have posted a problem with returning a rooted or relocked phone at lease none I've read about. Good luck tho as there's always that first time.
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Dude I sent two Dinc2 back completed rooted with no problems. Most times the tech at big V. couldn't care less. Most don't wouldn't know what rooting is and the ones that do, more than likely are rooted themselves. The question is if they send it to HTC? And will it meet their requirment now that they have a record that you are rooted as I'm sure if you're had to go thru HTC to unlock. However in reading alot of cases noone have posted a problem with returning a rooted or relocked phone at lease none I've read about. Good luck tho as there's always that first time.
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Yeah, I've never tried to send a rooted phone back, personally, but I've never asked anyone at VZW about it. (I'm paranoid that SWAT will descend from the roof and take me down if they knew my phone was rooted)
Good luck dude, just box it up and ship it off then. 'F' 'em.
No go, reflashed ICS leak, the tamper and security warning are gone.
I don't understand why it's not letting me switch to CDMA only. It goes back to CDMA/LTE. Could a bad SIM card cause 3g issues?
I doubt the SIM card would cause 3G issues, but hey, anything is possible I guess. I would say that you wouldn't get ANY signal if the SIM card were bad. Do you have another SIM card phone to test with, perhaps? Just an idea...
Did you go to a ROM instead of just the leak? Hell, you might just have signal issues where you are.. Maybe?
Maybe the antenna did burn up.. never heard of it, but that's not saying it can't happen.
I think tracing your steps back is going to be the best at figuring out the issue. When you flashed the ICS leak, you relocked and flashed, right? no errors? the install went straight down the list with no skipping around? After the install, you went through full HTC/Verizon setup? Have you tried the phone in other locations, i.e. work, groceiry store, gas station, interstate, etc.? Even outside the house will give a different strength... Forgive these sugestions as 'elementary' or 'duh' type suggestions, but something just doesn't sound right.
Also, go to your network settings and try changing the network type from automatic to home only. See what happens.
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I doubt the SIM card would cause 3G issues, but hey, anything is possible I guess. I would say that you wouldn't get ANY signal if the SIM card were bad. Do you have another SIM card phone to test with, perhaps? Just an idea...
Did you go to a ROM instead of just the leak? Hell, you might just have signal issues where you are.. Maybe?
Maybe the antenna did burn up.. never heard of it, but that's not saying it can't happen.
I think tracing your steps back is going to be the best at figuring out the issue. When you flashed the ICS leak, you relocked and flashed, right? no errors? the install went straight down the list with no skipping around? After the install, you went through full HTC/Verizon setup? Have you tried the phone in other locations, i.e. work, groceiry store, gas station, interstate, etc.? Even outside the house will give a different strength... Forgive these sugestions as 'elementary' or 'duh' type suggestions, but something just doesn't sound right.
Also, go to your network settings and try changing the network type from automatic to home only. See what happens.
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I noticed this happeneng a day prior to flashing the ICS leak. I was using wifi tether do download about 600mb's and notice a couple of hours later that it dropped to 1x. Restarted phone and it went to 4g. I usually switch to 3g to save battery, that's when i notice the problem.
The ics leak flash didn't show any errors.
I am trying to flash GB to this new firmware but i'm having a hard time flashing the PH98IMG RUU from scott's site. It reads and checks it but doesnt flash it.
RUU.exe errored out with "Unknown Error"
Droidel said:
I am trying to flash GB to this new firmware but i'm having a hard time flashing the PH98IMG RUU from scott's site. It reads and checks it but doesnt flash it.
RUU.exe errored out with "Unknown Error"
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Make SURE you are pulling the PH98IMG for the stock RUU from the android police website, NOT Scott. He didn't post up the new leak. The RUU that Scott has will NOT flash over the old ICS stuff he's put out before.
Go here to get the leaked RUU.
In this process, relock your bootloader, flash the file from A.P.(TWICE, this is important), unlock your bootloader with your unlock token from htcdev, and THEN flash what scott has. It's a time consuming process. It's up to you though. The directions are out there on A.P., Scott's website, all over Scott's thread around the 400-page range for the 4.0.1 release... and my abbreviated directions here.
Grab one of the top three selections, not the pre-rooted version.
also, try going back and re-downloading your ROM file, maybe you got a bad download.
If you upgraded to ics, you can't ruu to gingerbread at all because of the older hboot. But you can flash a gb kernel then a Rom or nandroid+ scrosler sdcard fix
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