I tried earlier today to flash my 8125 using ShellTool and now my phone powers up, but just stays at the IPL, SPL Cingular screen...I let it sit for over an hour with no change...tried a bunch of different things from what I have been reading here on the forums to no avail. Now when I run ShellTool it seems to do nothing...any other things I could try?
Okay, was finally able to get the HTC ROM downloaded and now it's flashing back to the original ROM (I hope). What's the best ROM to use nowdays?
I've tried many different roms and so far NBD seems to be the best.
Got it up and running. I'm going to start flashing tomorrow and see what happens.
This is what happened:
I received a used Alltel PPC6800. It had WM5 installed. I called Alltel to activate the phone. It activated and reset itself... to the bootloader. I couldn't get it out of the bootloader, so I thought what the hell, I'll upgrade to the latest ROM that HTC put out for the Alltel PPC 6800.
The ROM loaded fine, and upgraded to bootloader to SPL-2.07.. However, it was stuck in the bootloader. So, I did a soft reset. Windows 6 started up. Then it went to auto-install the Alltel custom software. Then it reset, and has been stuck in the bootloader screen ever since. It can't be hard reset, it can't be soft reset... reloading the ROM doesn't work. I can't try changing bootloader versions because I need to be in the OS to do that. I can't load an older ROM, because it won't let me do so... it fails at 1% and says something about an Invalid ROM.
Oh, and that titan_exitbl.exe program doesn't work. It just resets the phone back to the bootloader.
I will be mailing it out for an exchange in the morning unless someone here may know of a way to get it working again.
Thanks!
NO its not bricked, it wouldnt power on. Sounds like its messed up good though, good luck
Well, I found that I *could* get it to load the OS if I used MTTY and the 'set 0 16', 'boot' trick.
I then upgraded the bootloader to above 2.4. However... it still hangs at the bootloader screen if I reset the device.
So... It seems something else is going on, that is preventing the device from loading the OS on it's own. I can't really be plugging it into a computer and running MTTY every time I need to reset the damn thing.
Any ideas?
mantispid said:
Well, I found that I *could* get it to load the OS if I used MTTY and the 'set 0 16', 'boot' trick.
I then upgraded the bootloader to above 2.4. However... it still hangs at the bootloader screen if I reset the device.
So... It seems something else is going on, that is preventing the device from loading the OS on it's own. I can't really be plugging it into a computer and running MTTY every time I need to reset the damn thing.
Any ideas?
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Have you tried to flash since you upgraded the BL....if not give it a shot and see what happens....use the SD method to flash....put NBH file on card and rename it to TITAIMG.nbh
Yup, just tried flashing from microSD, and it flashed just fine, but has the same problem.
It won't exit the bootloader. I wish I had a USB headset adapter to see if that would make it boot. I've heard that works for some of these that have this problem.
the weirdest thing started happening today. i was using my phone as normal this morning (i had soft reset 1 or 2 times earlier) and all of the sudden when i soft reset on psShutXP, it took me into bootloader. odd, but nothing an old exit_BL couldnt fix. well it wouldnt send the commands, but i found out later that once i connect the USB to my computer and it beeps, i can soft reset out of BL. but now its happening EVERY time i soft reset, even running Sprite Backup, when it soft resets, it puts itself into BL. i was running DCD 3.2.2 and i reflashed a clean ROM (and also 3.2.3) and the problem is still arising. im thinking its hardware, but i havent dropped it or got it wet. any ideas?
alright so now im completely stuck in bootloader, it wont even do anything. i left the battery out last night and it booted fine this morning. however as soon as it reset after UC (it hard reset itself) it went back into bootloader. i was trying to load the stock radio/rom so i can just take it in but it wont connect to activesync at the tap to begin. i need some serious help.
have you tried a hard reset from bootloader? you were a little confusing in your posts. what exactly are you doing from boot time to ending in BL? are you able to reflash, then after UC you get stuck in bootloader? are you doing a full restore with Sprite Backup? can you clarify exactly what is going on, step by step?
it wont hard reset in bootloader. it just refreshs the screen. well since i am in bootloader, yes, i can flash. i flashed and after it boots and runs UC and loads the programs, it soft resets and goes into bootloader. the only way i can get out of bootloader is to plug in the USB, wait a minute, then soft reset. if i soft reset (either manually, Sprite, or psShutXP) it goes into bootloader. im not 'stuck' in bootloader because i can get out, and exitBL still does nothing. ive been trying to brick it but nothing is working.
have you tried flashing and booting with your SD card removed so UC doesnt run?
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have you tried flashing and booting with your SD card removed so UC doesnt run?
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yep, and cooked a clean ROM with UC unchecked. ive never seen anything like this, its bizarre.
so even with UC off, no SD card, after reflashing if you soft reset it loads BL?
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so even with UC off, no SD card, after reflashing if you soft reset it loads BL?
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yes. im pretty much at a dead end for ideas.
have you tried reflashing bootloader itself? or a different version?
nope, trying it now.
let me know..
nope still doesnt do anything. still soft resets into bootloader.
damn. thats weird. have you tried relocking it?
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damn. thats weird. have you tried relocking it?
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i cant; it wont connect to activesync even on the today screen or anywhere. but the computer does beep so i know its connected.
get back to the point where you can boot to the today screen and turn 'advanced network functionality' off before you connect to activesync.
edit: nevermind, its not doing anything. im at the today screen. it started connecting but nothing happened.
alright thank you i got it back to stock but im going on a surfing trip til sunday so ill see what i cant do when i get back. thanks a ton
-Nick
what did you end up doing?
i took out the battery for 10 minutes and it booted up, and after being USB connected to the computer for another 10 minutes, activesync started. i flashed the stock radio/ROM and relocked to the 1.06 bootloader because i cant find the stock 1.04. anyone know if its possible to flash the 1.04 bootloader?
im thinking i could just play dumb when they ask about it. Something along the lines of, "Ohh, thats just how it came. Flash? Whats a ROM? Bootloader? HUH?"
There is no 1.04 bootloader. It comes stock with the phone. Having 1.06 on there will be fine trust me.
So i've been reading that this is a bootable screen and I can't seem to get out of it. Nothing is working, soft reset or anything. I tried to upload a rom on it but it worked for 1% then went back to that screen, any ideas?
Did you already do the hard spl on your phone? If you did then try flashing from a storage card a different rom. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508084
I appologize in advance if there is a lot of information about this but I have searched and searched and haven't found anything as of yet. I have the Verizon Touch Pro with the newest V2 stock ROM from several months back. Now I am interested and going back to a custom ROM. I have tried the latest HardSPL (I think it was 0.35) and when I run it I get "Loading..." on the TP and eventually "ERROR [260] : CONNECTION". If I pull the battery and put it back in it boots up to the way it was so clearly nothing is getting programmed. I have tried it on 3 computers and get the same thing. I had programmed it many times in the past successfully but that was before I upgraded to the V2 stock ROM. I'm wondering, is it that upgrade that is causing the problem? I have not tried via SD card yet but I plan to at some point today.
Thanks,
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Ok, I put the Verion HardSPL on my SDCard root and renamed it RAPHIMG.nbh. I forced the phone to the tri-color screen by holding power and volume down and then pressing soft reset. It flashed the tri-color and then went immediately to "Loading..." and has been there for 10 minutes. I do remember that when I did this previously it would ask if I wanted it to load the ROM and that is not happening. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tbone
Ha, I got it. I put the ROM on the SDCard and then copied over VZW_TP_SSPL-Manual.exe and ran that on the TP. It initially showed "Loading..." and then quickly changed to "Checking..." followed by the option to load the rom on the SD card. Not sure if this is the only way to do it once you have installed the V2 ROM but it seemed to work at least with HardSPL. Interestingly, I then put the custom ROM on the SDCard and re-ran the SSPL and this time it went to "Loading..." and stayed there. So I reset and forced the boot in to the Tri-Color screen and this time it got past the "Loading..." screen without a problem. I'm definitely a bit puzzled over this but I'm now up and running with a custom ROM again.
Hopefully this might be helpful to others.
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