i just bought my hd2 fromt-mobile and naturally couldn't resist but to modify it
So i installed and flashed the HSPL2 with no problem it worked perfect and very fast and easy....and i installed Mesus Rom and love it did my registry tweeks got the phone running awesome!!!
Now i woke up early was browsing on htcpedia and glanced at the new DOPOD version radio.... well..... it installed fine no errors but when it got to 100% to reboot BLACK SCREEN. I've tried getting the phone into bootloader mode nothing, tried a master reset holding down the volume up and down at the sometime and press power nothing, i've tried to plug it in the computer it recognizes it my computer makes the connected to a device noise but when it goes to initialize the hd2 i get this driver error:
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM failed.
i've also read once u have hspl or hspl2 installed it can not be bricked can someone please help me on some step by step and some links
the radio i flashed that caused this was 2.051.03(DOPOD)
poulosjr said:
i've also read once u have hspl or hspl2 installed it can not be bricked can someone please help me on some step by step and some links
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I hope so for your sake, however... When you say you have a HD2(T-Mobile), do you mean the US one?
Flashing guide for TMOUS HD2 states:
mskip said:
PLEASE READ ALL THE INFORMATION IN THIS GUIDE BEFORE INSTALLING HARDSPL OR FLASHING A ROM/RADIO. IF YOU FLASH AN INCOMPATABLE ROM OR RADIO ON THE 1024LEO THEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BRICKING YOUR DEVICE SO PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL!!
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poulosjr said:
the radio i flashed that caused this was 2.051.03(DOPOD)
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Is that this one (2.09.51.03)?
Says in the post there it doesn't support 576MB RAM. That would probably mean it's not compatible with the TMOUS HD2. I vaguely remember that being the case for any version with 51 in it.
Sorry to be completely unhelpful here, but I wouldn't have a clue on how to revive your HD2.
Perhaps people in the TMOUS HD2 Flashing guide thread might know something?
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chalk another non-starter up to a ..51.. radio on a tmous phone.
still not seen a fix
is the tmobile us hd2 recoverable or is it bricked out?
sorry, not sure. see other threads HERE (post three) and HERE , , it's also mentioned in the mtty and the HSPL (regular HSPL and tmous HSPL) threads.
As far as i can gather so far, roms below 2.10 cause not to boot, but can recover from bootloader, radios with a ..51.. in them cause it not to start at all. (because ..51.. radios don't support the 576mb, presumeably)
Best of luck.
I am having the same problem...I can boot in to bootloader mode and in to restore mode but there is no display on the screen the computer detects it and everything and I can flash the phone, but nothing ever comes up not the tmobile screen or anything...I had this problem when I first got the phone only the backlight would come on, but I took the battery out for a few minutes and then it worked fine until the battery died then the problems started again, then I flashed it with the with the latest tmobile us official rom I could find and it worked until I turned it off and then I could not get it to turn on again. I somehow through some voodoo or something after trying the restore feature like 20 times got it to come on, the I had to take the battery out to put in the sim card and now nothing...The thing I can't understand is why windows recongizes the phone and I can flash it but nothing changes nothing just a blank screen with the backlight on I can attach to it with mtty and everything I ran a task 28 and task 29 and reflashed it nothing I have tried cooked roms and everything still no display...Someone please help...I plan on returning it for a new one except there are none in my entire state, I have called every tmobile store in the phone book and none know when they will get more in...
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I am having the same problem...I can boot in to bootloader mode and in to restore mode but there is no display on the screen the computer detects it and everything and I can flash the phone, but nothing ever comes up not the tmobile screen or anything...I had this problem when I first got the phone only the backlight would come on, but I took the battery out for a few minutes and then it worked fine until the battery died then the problems started again, then I flashed it with the with the latest tmobile us official rom I could find and it worked until I turned it off and then I could not get it to turn on again. I somehow through some voodoo or something after trying the restore feature like 20 times got it to come on, the I had to take the battery out to put in the sim card and now nothing...The thing I can't understand is why windows recongizes the phone and I can flash it but nothing changes nothing just a blank screen with the backlight on I can attach to it with mtty and everything I ran a task 28 and task 29 and reflashed it nothing I have tried cooked roms and everything still no display...Someone please help...I plan on returning it for a new one except there are none in my entire state, I have called every tmobile store in the phone book and none know when they will get more in...
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sounds more like a dodgy phone than a bad flash. wait for stock and get it exchanged.
bricked
I have the same problem. I just wanted to go back to stock rom and i downloaded this bull crap rom
RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50_22_2_Ship.exe
BRICKED MY TMOBILE USA HD2!!! DO NOT LOAD THIS ROM!!!!
took it to the tmobile and i now have to wait till tomorrow for them to get more in stock... im pissed!!!
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im pissed!!!
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i really hope you mean pissed at yourself, that rom is about as far away from compatible as they get for the tmous.
Cannot believe we don't have a sticky warning about xx.51.xx radios and TMOUS HD2s yet!
i am...
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i really hope you mean pissed at yourself, that rom is about as far away from compatible as they get for the tmous.
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i am pissed at myself. anyway i got a new phone now.
how do i go back to original firmware if i flash a cooked rom?
they need to remove the .51 versions, i just bricked mine and all i saw really was to not install it, not that it would completely brick it. I'm really upset.
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Cannot believe we don't have a sticky warning about xx.51.xx radios and TMOUS HD2s yet!
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I hope that was sarcasm LOL
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i am pissed at myself. anyway i got a new phone now.
how do i go back to original firmware if i flash a cooked rom?
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That info is still in the same thread that y'all should have read before bricking your HD2's. Many (and I mean many) of us flash our HD2's all the time, run ROM's custom built to even let us run the latest and greatest Android builds available.
When you and the OP (iirc) get some fresh HD2's, read the info and links in the stickies here. There's enough info in those to get you well on your way to mastering your HD2's destiny.
Best of luck.
So true. ALL chefs always warn ab NOT flashing .51 radios on TMOUS HD2 or they posting links to HOW TO FLASH TMOUS HD2.
Dont rush with first flashing! Thats the best way to brick ur phone!
Always read the forum! Thats the bast way to make ur phone happy
htc hd2 after installing andriod
hey everybody.... I have a big problem with my phone which is when the fixer tried to install android on it it become freezing (black screen and just vibert)
so he told me that he has no idea and my phone will not fix ...so please help me out..
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hey everybody.... I have a big problem with my phone which is when the fixer tried to install android on it it become freezing (black screen and just vibert)
so he told me that he has no idea and my phone will not fix ...so please help me out..
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it is tmous yes? it sounds like he flashed a bad radio,
If that is the case, i would be MAD AS HELL and demand they pay for the replacement of teh motherboard.
Related
Ok, so I tried to flash my G4 wizard to wm6, went all the way through the flash, got to 99% and stopped, giving me a comm error. I did the recovery and im in an endless flash to 99% loop. When I turn it on, I get the bootloader (3 stripe) screen, with the following:
RUU upper right corner
IPL 2.25.0001
SPL 2.25.0001
USB lower left corner.
I have spent the last 4 hours reading posts and cannot fix this thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
did u flash it back to carrier rom?
Flash it back to the original carrier ROM (should be available on the website) and then use ShellTool to flash the ROM. make sure that you follow the instructions exactly, otherwise, you will end up with a bricked rom.
-Nstefanelli-
The only rom I can find on Cingular's web site, once downloaded says its corupted, and I cant find one on XDA at all. Anybody know where else I might find one?
Wizard Love rom is another one you could try.
Wizard Love got me goin again, I love me some wizard.
Thanks for the help guys!!!
Same Problem I Have Faced.... And Also Solved.
u have Radio Rom problem....
search the latest radio rom and upload to your rom... and restart your pda...
reply me..... sooon because same problem i had faced and solved also.
Same problem
I was having the same problem yesterday. Eventually i got it to work again. It was a little confusing though because i used the rom from the HTC website to get it up and running again with wm5 and then used ShellTool from the sticky in this forum to flash it with a wm6 rom. From what i gather it's because my phone was CID locked, something that none of the roms include in their instructions to watch out for. Maybe a sticky in the forum for newbs like me containing things to watch out for while flashing roms?
A side note:
I had to download the rom from the HTC site twice in order for it to flash back to the original OS. The first time i downloaded the rom i kept getting an error. I guess it was a bad download or something but the second one worked in the first shot.
think i bricked my wizard
oops !!!!
think i flashed a g3 rom onto my g4 wizard and for a while it stayed in bootloader screen (tricolour) now the wizard is dead with no charging light when plugged in and performing hard reset does nothing
please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oops !!!!
think i flashed a g3 rom onto my g4 wizard and for a while it stayed in bootloader screen (tricolour) now the wizard is dead with no charging light when plugged in and performing hard reset does nothing
please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There is no help for you if you did flash a non-official G3 rom onto your phone.
Recent Official carrier releases are the only roms that contain bootloaders that are safe to flash into a G4. (Note older carrier releases could possibly fry your phone as well as they may not contain G4 bootloaders)
If you flashed a custom rom with IPL/SPL your device is done for good.
Though you said it went to the bootloader prior to going dark so you may just have a dead battery and a bad flash. Get a battery from a friend or buy one and then see if the device will power on. If you can't get it to power on with a known good battery then it is most likely fried. If it does boot at least to bootloader then you should be able to recover your device. Most chargers will not charge the battery of your phone unless the phone is fully booted into windows. So it is very important to have a contingency plan in case of a bad flash with these phones as playing/troubleshooting while trying to recover from a bad flash will drain your battery possibly leaving you with not enough juice to complete a flash.
hi zzan
thanks for the reply, i think your right about the battery it actually turns on for about 10 seconds now into bootloader but then the battery dies again so i gonna source a battery.
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oops !!!!
think i flashed a g3 rom onto my g4 wizard and for a while it stayed in bootloader screen (tricolour) now the wizard is dead with no charging light when plugged in and performing hard reset does nothing
please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Remove the battery for about 5 minutes, then put it back in.. then try booting in bootloader mode <tri color screen> .. then flash with an OFFICIAL Carrier ROM ..
I flashed my hermes yesterday <changing the spl and stuff> and it was dead for a little bit, until I took the battery out and put it back in.. <for some reason it was like a de-fibrilator..>
Try that.
hi madcap,
not looking good i toook it to a phone engineer and he says it is corrupt ? he has tried flashing it, apparently there is a guy who will put in a new chip ? i am such a fool i bricked my phone just to get rid of o2 stuff !!!!!
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hi madcap,
not looking good i toook it to a phone engineer and he says it is corrupt ? he has tried flashing it, apparently there is a guy who will put in a new chip ? i am such a fool i bricked my phone just to get rid of o2 stuff !!!!!
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A new chip?!?!??
The problem is the in the IPL area which can now be flashed only via JTAG (cable system that doesn't require booting files since it operates directly on the chip)
Take it to an official repair.
Hi,
I have almost the same problem. I tried to flash to WM6.1 for wizzard, it got to 99% and failed (connection lost). I then tried the recovery process but that didnt work.
Now I can boot to the booloader, and see the IPL/SPL versions (2.25.0001) and can see USB on the lower left. But , it is not making a connection to my PC. None of the RUU, ROMS, HardSPL, or SoftSPL apps can connect to it.
They all report some connection error, "Device not found", or "Connection Error 264"...
I have read a bunch on this forum, and tried alot of stuff but nothing worked.
I started up my own thread on my issue, but hope someone could help me, help someone else in the process here..
How can I get this thing flashable again?
Thanks
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Remove the battery for about 5 minutes, then put it back in.. then try booting in bootloader mode <tri color screen> .. then flash with an OFFICIAL Carrier ROM ..
I flashed my hermes yesterday <changing the spl and stuff> and it was dead for a little bit, until I took the battery out and put it back in.. <for some reason it was like a de-fibrilator..>
Try that.
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This worked for me and now I can connect the apps to the phone again. But after I try to install the default rom, everytime at 80% it looses the connection again.. .
Anyone know a good WM6.1 rom that works with 8125 G4
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This worked for me and now I can connect the apps to the phone again. But after I try to install the default rom, everytime at 80% it looses the connection again.. .
Anyone know a good WM6.1 rom that works with 8125 G4
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Fully recharge your battery, then try to flash again. Low/dead/misreporting battery will kill a flash as surely as disconnecting the cable in mid-flash. Oh, and try WizFlo...really cool! (I had to fiddle with the Opera Browser install to get the Internet connection to work correctly, but who cares, it was worth it!)
I am real close to confirming a FIX to at the least get MY hermes and other outta being stuck in limbo. Quick Run Down: I HAD my HERMES stuck it Bootloader Mode, well it would get stuck everytime I tried to flash the OS ROM with WM6 (the offical ROM from HTC site)The upgrade process would start, but then it would get stuck at 11% EVERYTIME!! I could get it back at all!! It was stuck in Tri Color Mode!! But a guy I know(guy I bought the Hermes from) is a MASTER at this stuff. He knew more than ANYONE here and he doesnt even use a HERMES?? Anyways I am gonna try my method 1 more time to confirm that it works!! But here is the kicker I have NO GSM after recovering from this HORRIBLE error!! So if you want ur hermes back to use the wifi at least, STAY TUNED!!
NOTE: My METHOD isnt the casuse of the NO GSM, I think I did that when i messed up flashing my OS ROM
But I do NEED to know on how to get my radio back?? I now have a NO GSM error when I turn my hermes on!! I am using the Official WM6 ROM from HTC
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I am real close to confirming a FIX to at the least get MY hermes and other outta being stuck in limbo. Quick Run Down: I HAD my HERMES stuck it Bootloader Mode, well it would get stuck everytime I tried to flash the OS ROM with WM6 (the offical ROM from HTC site)The upgrade process would start, but then it would get stuck at 11% EVERYTIME!! I could get it back at all!! It was stuck in Tri Color Mode!! But a guy I know(guy I bought the Hermes from) is a MASTER at this stuff. He knew more than ANYONE here and he doesnt even use a HERMES?? Anyways I am gonna try my method 1 more time to confirm that it works!! But here is the kicker I have NO GSM after recovering from this HORRIBLE error!! So if you want ur hermes back to use the wifi at least, STAY TUNED!!
NOTE: My METHOD isnt the cause of the NO GSM, I think I did that when i messed up flashing my OS ROM
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The reason the official ROM died at 11% is because around 11% the radio portion of the ROM (radio.nb inside the nbh file) is being flashed to the device. Simple remedy to this to get your device booting into windows mobile is to flash an OS only ROM (nearly ALL the cooked WM6 versions are OS only...but you can make any ROM OS only using duttys nbh tool). This will get you back into window mobile but your problem is that the device has a corrupted radio flash on it.
The problem, as i have already explained in your other thread about this, is that since your flash procedure was halted by you accidentally resetting the computer halfway through a flash the radio portion of the flashing process was probably interrupted and therefore you have most likely caused an irreversible corruption of the radio area.
Unfortunately for you this is probably the only way now to permanently brick your device, as in the device is no longer a phone it is a pda only......in my opinion still a brick.
As I have already explained the only thing to try is (once your device is bootable) to try and flash a radio only ROM.......if this doesnt work im sorry but you have no options, unless you can actually get physically at the chip with JTAG or some other hardware flasher.
The tone of your post in this thread, this post AND this post suggests that we on this forum have not been forthcoming to help you fix your problem......not true. And regrarding your 'Fanboys' rant earlier had you actually read the wiki and un-bricking threads you would see that ALL the info required to revive a hermes (if it is indeed recoverable) has been well documented for over a year now.
NO this method has BROUGHT me outta Tri-color mode twice already, everyone who seems to have this problem has a COMPLETELY USELESS Hermes it wont even turn on, at the leaset MY way will get u back into Windows Mobile, (it worked for me)
yes...as i said in this sentence above:
This will get you back into window mobile but your problem is that the device has a corrupted radio flash on it.
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Again your device still has a corrupted radio thus isnt working correctly. Having a Tytn which has a non-existant radio is as bad as a total brick.
OKAY if AND when you are able to START the UPDATE process, meaning you see the PROGRESS BAR appear on your HERMES and ur computer. PULL THE USB CABLE AND as FAST AS HUMANLY possible hit the SOFT RESET button!!!
I mean AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE PROGRESS BAR appear on ur HERMEs, You gotta yank out the USB and HIT RESET SUPER FAST, it will shock ur HERMES and bring you back into Windows Mobile!!!!!
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OKAY if AND when you are able to START the UPDATE process, meaning you see the PROGRESS BAR appear on your HERMES and ur computer. PULL THE USB CABLE AND as FAST AS HUMANLY possible hit the SOFT RESET button!!!
I mean AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE PROGRESS BAR appear on ur HERMEs, You gotta yank out the USB and HIT RESET SUPER FAST, it will shock ur HERMES and bring you back into Windows Mobile!!!!!
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Please explain to us all what good that will do? Your radio area is still corrupt.
Now I dunno I have NO GSM, big deal, that is FIXABLE and I dunno if this IS the CAUSE of having NO RADIO
IF YOU WANT to at the LEAST HAVE A Hermes to BEGIN to FIX give it a try, , I have BROUGHT MY HERMES outta be stuck in TRI COLOR Mode 3 times by following this METHOD, I didnt have a GSM but I dunno what the cause of that is, you might have to flash a RADIO or whatever to get that BACK, but if you want the HERMES back to AT least play with GIVE it A SHOT
ffs, READ.....
NO GSM and an error during flash points to a PERMENANTLY dead radio area on the device...ie NOT ABLE TO FIX THIS.
when your computer was reset it resulted in a failed radio flash...dead radio. There is no way to fix this.
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OKAY if AND when you are able to START the UPDATE process, meaning you see the PROGRESS BAR appear on your HERMES and ur computer. PULL THE USB CABLE AND as FAST AS HUMANLY possible hit the SOFT RESET button!!!
I mean AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE PROGRESS BAR appear on ur HERMEs, You gotta yank out the USB and HIT RESET SUPER FAST, it will shock ur HERMES and bring you back into Windows Mobile!!!!!
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Did not work on my hermes
who said anything about Dead Radio?? I dunno if thats the case I see NO GSM thats it, I know nothing further. If you are so wanting to help now, WHY didnt you DO a better job of helping me earlier?? Now ur saying my phone is busted, I dunno whatever I will deal with it, STEP UP dude and help out BETTER, you wanna be all this fourm than SHOW IT
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Did not work on my hermes
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u gotta do it as soon as the BAR APPEARS, instantly when u see 0% pull it and do a soft reset, 3 times I have gotten outtta TRI COLOR SCREEN
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who said anything about Dead Radio?? I dunno if thats the case I see NO GSM thats it, I know nothing further. If you are so wanting to help now, WHY didnt you DO a better job of helping me earlier?? Now ur saying my phone is busted, I dunno whatever I will deal with it, STEP UP dude and help out BETTER, you wanna be all this fourm than SHOW IT
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NO GSM.....................what do you think that means???? NO GSM shows the radio portion of the device is corrupted, the radio stack is responsible for the phone functions on the device...the GSM functions.
The directions i showed earlier are IDENTICAL to what im saying now......since it hasnt worked your device is not fixable. Booting into windows is easy to achieve but you wont be getting back the phone functions any time soon.
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Final post since you BLATANTLY don't understand the device or what you are doing...hence how you ended up in this position.
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who said anything about Dead Radio?? I dunno if thats the case I see NO GSM thats it, I know nothing further. If you are so wanting to help now, WHY didnt you DO a better job of helping me earlier?? Now ur saying my phone is busted, I dunno whatever I will deal with it, STEP UP dude and help out BETTER, you wanna be all this fourm than SHOW IT
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Your method did not help me, but thanks anyway dude.
I think you should load hardspl on your device and then try flash any radio.
so read the WIKI and i wish your phone will be just fine. but mine is screwed up
NO no nonono You mnisunderstood me, I know WHAT NO GSM is I was refering to what YOU said in a previous post about my RADIO and how It is DEAD forever and what not< True be told, it might be I dunno, and ya know what I WANT to send it into HTC for repairs, thats what I have wanted to do since the start of my comedy of errors, I know what ur saying but you should help me IN COMPLETE n00b terms and showed me then what you actually thought i could of done, and I know u will say thats what you did, but u could of done it better
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Your method did not help me, but thanks anyway dude.
I think you should load hardspl on your device and then try flash any radio.
so read the WIKI and i wish your phone will be just fine. but mine is screwed up
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I am in the process of reading UP on what I should do bout my RADIO, I might try that, dunno yet I am not done fixing my Hermes, but I WANT to send it in for repairs thats whats best
chillax dude
jaysus boy,will you ever relax, read the posts fully and use ALL the resources available in the forum as well as the excellent wiki site.anyone, including noobs can, if they follow the guides,flash the os/radio of their hermes with more or less complete confidence.Mr vanx himself produces some of the best and most idiot proof guides available but i suppose a few get thru!
do not abuse the good nature and generosity of the rom gods in this forum 'cos you broke your phone,read widely,chose carefully and make your choice.if you cant fix it then send it away and get a proffesional to fix it if possible.
good luck then
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..but you should help me IN COMPLETE n00b terms and showed me then what you actually thought i could of done, and I know u will say thats what you did, but u could of done it better
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hey.. bro, nobody owes you a living... don't sound so ungrateful.. the fact that mrvanx came to share his knowledge is good enuf.. please be polite..
my 2 cents..
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hey.. bro, nobody owes you a living... don't sound so ungrateful.. the fact that mrvanx came to share his knowledge is good enuf.. please be polite..
my 2 cents..
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Here here... Well said.
The type of brick help was requested with is well documented - and while "the fix" the OP described in this post may work for him - it's more likely to cause more problems if someone innocently tries this on an unbrickable phone. Interrupting a flash is always bad advice - and a little reading up on No-GSM bricks would have been a start - or the FAQ on "getting stuck in the tricolour screen!"
There is no such thing as "shocking" a device back into life. You've been watching to much ER where they defibralate humans - doesn't work with electronics generally
There is restoring an OS image, there is (if you're lucky) recovering from intermittent bad blocks by doing a couple of flashes but it's much safer to just flash the bits you need by carefully making the .nb files required using dutties NBH tool then making your own NBH to flash containing just an OS image or just a radio image - or whatever you want to try to flash. If a flash gets stuck - it's getting stuck for a reason and that reason needs investigating before trying things which are known to cause bricks in the first place hence you strip the image down and see what flashes and what doesn't. If noobs don't recognise problem solving techniques - then they haven't read enough before trying to show off an upgraded phone to their mates and should stick to manufacturers updates only. Harsh but in my opinion true.
Sorry, I'm about to have a late night rant...
The reason many experienced users don't always reply to calls for help immediately is because all the information known is well discussed and well documented and people get tired of effectively cutting and pasting solutions to "noobies" just flashing an image not knowing what could happen and what to do if the worst happens and what to do when it all goes wrong. The front page of this forum usually has 3 requests for help on it to solve a brick issue - and generally all 3 are the same type of brick so should an experienced poster have to post the same thing in three threads? No.
Even worse - many newbies don't start with the obvious basics like flashing HardSPL or they end up with a brick and then try to unbrick it by doing so many other things that they end up with a hybrid brick and don't even know what steps they did to make it! Sadly, I feel that if people can't be arsed to read up on stuff and just want to have the very latest thing to show off with - then they deserve the brick they get (and should sell it real cheap on ebay so I can buy them up!) At the end of the day - everything on these forums should be considered experimental and non-supported. If you want full support - go to your network, HTC or Microsoft and PAY for it. If you want to join a community who loves experimenting and discussing the issues then join in, support the forum (make some donations to the good people who keep things ticking) and most importantly learn about your device.
My first upgrade was well over a year ago - and it took me about 2 months of research into de-bricking - and plenty of bookmarking - before I even attempted it so I knew what could go wrong and at least what steps to take to recover my own device if it happened.
Have I bricked my phone? - Of course while experimenting with cooking roms - I've unbricked them using others posts and the wiki here and I've never had to ask how to do it - but I have had to spend several hours reading (with lots of patience and learning a lot in the process) but at least when I flash I know the risks and don't just scream that I used <insert whatever ROM> here created by <insert poster> and it bricked my hermes therefore it must be <insert poster who released the ROM> fault. Nor to I slag off things that don't work - be it ROMs, procedures or advice.
The advice to anyone who is a noob really is to read, read and read - Do your research and know about your device before you tinker with it. Not to the level of being able to explain what each GPIO carries - but at least to understand the different parts of the device - the different images and what to do if any part of those images doesn't quite work properly (ie - bricks)
And if it does brick... DON'T DO ANYTHING until you know why it's bricked and have read the unbricking threads and the wiki. Someone WILL respond if you list what you've tried and what happened when you tried it. They don't respond to "help, I flashed xxx and it doesn't work."
The wiki and unbrick threads might be long but virtually every brick is covered and it's better to know about bricks before you end up holding one in your hand
Rant over.
Ok i have been trying to just get my phone to work not really looking into getting nething new for it right now but the other day i turned off my phone to charge it and then when i went to turn it back on it was stuck in the bootloader screen if im not mistaken (red green blue white bars) and i cant get it to boot up my phone i tryed useing the never brick method and i got a new spl but dont know what to do after this can someone please help thanks
"Never brick method"? Who's your source for ills and leaving you hanging? What new SPL and what are you attempting to achieve?
Use the Wiki link in my sig (also linked with a sticky thread at the top of the forum entitled 'NEED HELP?? LOOKING FOR GUIDES?? NEW?? Read the XDA-Wiki for the Titan before posting'.
Return back with what you've attempted and read if you still cannot resolve your problem.
my objective is just to have a working phone turned this phone off to charge it and then went to turn it back on and the phone boots to the red green an blue stripes cant get rid of it
i dont know what to do thats why im posting does anyone have a clue where i can start i dont care if it has modified firmware or w/e on it i just want my phone to work i think verizon isnt gonna give me another warrenty replacement so im just wondering if neone can help me fix it without dealing with buyin a whole new phone
marcus556 said:
my objective is just to have a working phone turned this phone off to charge it and then went to turn it back on and the phone boots to the red green an blue stripes cant get rid of it
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So you are saying your phone is just stock rom and it did this?
Are you sure you have not messed with flashing anything?
what version does it say the SPL is?
you said you flashed an SPL? What version?
These things all need to be compatible versions. This can be fixed pretty easy, but the method to fix it depends on what you have done, and what versions of SPL, Radio, and Rom you had when it broke, and what Versions you have now.. and what you did to try and fix it.
Reply with accurate information and I'll tell you what to do to fix it.
Any method I give you may require an SD card thats less than 2GB and non SDHC. You'll need it formatted to fat32... do you have this?
i dont know if it will help since i am still new to this, but does the power+camera+soft reset reboot the phone back into the bootloader ? and if so can you just reflash via sd card?
maniakx said:
i dont know if it will help since i am still new to this, but does the power+camera+soft reset reboot the phone back into the bootloader ? and if so can you just reflash via sd card?
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Thats pretty much it... but depending on the SPL it's got to be flashed with the right versions.... so once we know at LEAST what SPL, and hopefully the radio.. it'll be simple.
Also... What provider do you have? (sprint, verizon, etc...)
AND do you want DCD 3.2.6 or do you wanna stay with a stock rom.. I can help you either way.. no difference in ease to get it done.
marcus556 said:
i dont know what to do thats why im posting does anyone have a clue where i can start i dont care if it has modified firmware or w/e on it i just want my phone to work i think verizon isnt gonna give me another warrenty replacement so im just wondering if neone can help me fix it without dealing with buyin a whole new phone
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marcus, you have start by demonstrating a motivation to help yourself.
Starting a thread with the rather ambiguously useless title of "Help" is already a big no-no.
Second, I have given you the links to the Titan Wiki that will explain what you are seeing and routes to go from there.
Third, people here can directly rehash info from other sources (such as the wiki or their own knowledge) but it's rather like shooting in the dark since you don't seem to be too concerned by helping yourself as you still haven't stated that you have bothered to read the forum's fundamental resources and return to specifically state where you are at.
Common upgrading problems explained and solved is found from the main page of the Titan Wiki under the heading of Problems and Questions
(!Pleeeease read here before posting on the Forum):
P: My device is stuck at the Red, Blue and Green Screen?
S: 1. To exit the bootloader, press the reset.
2. Connect your Titan to your PC's USB and then on your PC execute titan_exitbl.exe
3. You may need to reflash the Radio/Operating system ROM
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From what you have described, those are the routes to attempt.
ok i never messed with the phone tryin to upgrade it or nething it jus happened one day after i turned the phone off and wwas chargeing it when i tried to turn it back on it was at that screen and i cant get it off so thats all the information i can give u other then that spl-1.04.0000 thats all i can give u sorry im not as smart as some of you guys with this stuff oh and yes i have a card
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ok i never messed with the phone tryin to upgrade it or nething it jus happened one day after i turned the phone off and wwas chargeing it when i tried to turn it back on it was at that screen and i cant get it off so thats all the information i can give u other then that spl-1.04.0000 thats all i can give u sorry im not as smart as some of you guys with this stuff oh and yes i have a card
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Sounds like it is a stock Verizon phone pre MR1. If you are not interested in free GPS then get the MR1 update from Verizon and run it with that boot screen on the phone connected via USB to your computer.
If you do want free GPS then follow the WiKi basically starting from scratch with a new phone. You could also try to hard reset the phone and see if it will come back alive as well.
Just to clarify, you can actually get third party GPS working on MR1 (see this thread).
i got a warrent replacement and shouldnt have even mesed with it i went to update to windows mobile 6.1 and it will start to update but make a noise on the computer like it was disconnected and say error my spl no is 2.07.000
i am starting to really hate this fing phone!!!!!!!!!
marcus556 said:
i got a warrent replacement and shouldnt have even mesed with it i went to update to windows mobile 6.1 and it will start to update but make a noise on the computer like it was disconnected and say error my spl no is 2.07.000
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2.07 I believe is the "Locked" spl from Sprint or used with NueSPL relocker. If you want to flash the latest MR1 update from Verizon, I'm assuming, don't quote me on this, you can do it with this spl. You still may have to "Relock" it to 1.07 or below using Titan-Relocker, not NueSPL's version. What does your phone display now? Still 3 color?
the phone is displaying tita100 spl-2.07.0000 below that it says cpld-9 and at the top right it says ruunbh and where can i get the relocker at?
It's stuck in bootloader mode. Use the attached utility to "Unlock" the bootloader "MODE"
OR....
if you are going to flash to a custom rom... copy a TITAIMG.nbh file to your MicroSD card and hit reset.
its saying cannot open usb port. please make sure, that usb connection in activesnc is disabled. Also make sure, that your usb cable is properley connected. i went an made sure it was disabled and it is connected right
marcus556 said:
its saying cannot open usb port. please make sure, that usb connection in activesnc is disabled. Also make sure, that your usb cable is properley connected. i went an made sure it was disabled and it is connected right
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Best steps to take....
Disconnect cable.
Get into bootloader mode.
Open activesync and uncheck the Allow USB Connections and Allow Connectsion to one of the following. Click OK to make sure it takes.
Then connect the USB cable.
When Bootloader says USB instead of Serial... then execute the titan_exitbl.exe
ok it didnt work i unplugged everything the cable from the computer the cable from the device and went into activesync and unchecked the boxs went back in to make sure they were unchecked they were then i plugged the cable up waited like you said for the usb and ran the file got the same message......thanks for your patients with me.......
by the way i dont know if u know this but it is stuck in bootloader i cant get into the phone at all so the micro sd card wont work
I have this HTC HD2 and after i flashed a stock Rom and updated my rom again this occurred. Every time I turn on the Phone I am stuck at the Boot loader screen and I have no way to reverse it. My SPL states that I am on 3.03 but there are certain numbers missing from the top of the screen. I have tried to flash the Rom many times after and every time it reaches 2% the phone restarts and i get invalid Vendor ID, please see the screenshot. Thanks
my most important question is if the Phone is bricked and nothing can be done
Could have been a bad flash indeed.
But, the good news is that in most cases, as long as you get into the bootloader, you can get in working again.
"Invalid vendor ID" means that the ROM you tried to flash was not made for your HD2. In case you have a branded device, you must flash the ROM which was made for your operator, if it´s a free device, you must flash an HTC ROM.
You now need to find the proper ROM for your device and flash it through the SD card method, this will re-flash SPL as well.
im afraid this issue has come up a few times (only 2 or 3 that ive noticed) and is not fixable. there are a couple of threads where people have posted pics of bootloaders with those missing/strange characters and it seems to be unfixable and occur for an unknown reason..... sorry.
jtag may resolve the issue if your able to find a way having it done
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im afraid this issue has come up a few times (only 2 or 3 that ive noticed) and is not fixable. there are a couple of threads where people have posted pics of bootloaders with those missing/strange characters and it seems to be unfixable and occur for an unknown reason..... sorry.
jtag may resolve the issue if your able to find a way having it done
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In another thread, a few other users succeeded with this:
1. Took out the battery for about 30 seconds.
2. Put one of the LEOIMG.NBH on storage card
3. After putting the battery held the volume down button and pressed power button.
4. It went into HSPL mode straight away and started loading the win 6.5 OS.
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But only with some other previously unseen data in the bootloader...
Maybe this still helps here.
tictac0566 said:
In another thread, a few other users succeeded with this:
But only with some other previously unseen data in the bootloader...
Maybe this still helps here.
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good find! I didn't see that one, hope it works.
thanks for the info. will update you as soon as I try all those methods. the only thing is i believe that i haven't try the SD card method will update.
I have tried everything on this forum and everything people have contributed to me. Now I'm in an endless circle of downloading this and flashing that. Nothing seems to work anymore. My damn phone gets stuck on the boot screen and vibrates a few times and just stays there. I'll give it one more shot before I'll run over it with my car or attach some fireworks to it, something in that nature.
I tried using task29.exe, but it always results in Error 290. I'm pretty sure I'm using 2.08 HPSL and Radio Leo 2.15.50.14.
I faced that you discribing... when I bricked my OMNIA i900!
There're nothing wrong with Leo - it's STILL one of the VERY best smartphone on the market!
And, I never had problems with flashing, except that moment with my old OMNIA, when I was hurry to flash one rom and I f*cked up big time... and bricked my phone.
Don't know what happen to you - you don't writting DETAILS.
But, I'm strongly recomending you to try and re-DOWNLOAD every file/app you need to flashing roms, re-install everything in your PC, try again the task29.exe (if your phones has nothing wrong, the task29.exe SHOULD be working, by all means) and re-try to flash a rom - I'm strongly recomending, to try "ENERGY" roms. The "Yank" lad (chef) rocks!
Flash through SD card stock ROM.
art0605 said:
My damn phone gets stuck on the boot screen and vibrates a few times and just stays there.
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I think your phone cpu is getting loose from its socket, have a read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454
Its not easy to fix tho.
Did you use Android ROMs with MAGLDR? Chances are that your device is bricked.
hi
i would suggest to download and install this toolkit found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090783
this will allow you to task 29, install hspl, as well as install windows ruu.exe roms
it also alows you to download the drivers needed for your phone which is what i expect is your issue without having any real details
hope this helps
Have you tried flashing a rom through the bootloader by holding down volume down then turning the phone on? Barring a hardware fault, as long as you still have HSPL and can get to the tricolored boot screen your phone should be recoverable.
i think it might be hardware probleme ...not all phones are compatible with android ...mine works perfect on wm but ...when using android and no matter what's the rom i installed ...i always have a hight battery drain ...and i have always to wait 2 mn after turning off the phone if i want to turn it on ...otherwise i stuch on android logo and i cant boot android from sd card...i tried everything ...without success ...
the boot probleme and the hight battery drain doesnt exist on wm ...so i guess not all phones r made to work with android ...since htc make phones by lots ...so might buy one with hardware probleme like mine ...
i'm sure if u tried to install android in another phone u wont have any probleme.
i wrote this reply using wm ...i install it back to sell it tomorrow ...just do like me
instead of destroying it, give it away to some developer. sometimes things starts disliking you. than nothing works. so give it away. where do u stay?
I have the same problem. I finally found an easy fix. Take out the battery for 2-3 hours and put it back in. It almost always comes back to life with no loss of data. Good Luck.