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I successfully rooted my HD2 some time ago and have used various ROMs on it. I currently use that Core Cell Evo ROM. Two nights ago I accidentally spilled a little water on the phone and immediately turned it off and took out the battery. I let it dry for a day but ever since my phone will turn back on and boot into windows, but once it's there it will constantly have the volume screen pop up & show the volume go up & down and will not recognize anything I do with it. I thought to try and re-install the rom but with the volume issue it won't even allow me to sync the phone with my PC and the 'CustomRUU.exe' file just says 'communication error'.
is my phone done for or is there anything i can do?
(note: i've even unloaded a whole can of air duster in every crack i could find on the phone)
i'm pretty sure, your volumekeys are "damaged" or short curcuited.
i think, they're sending a "press" to the phone, even when you don't press them..
it would be nice, if there was a "hack" to dissable those two keys..i think with that you could use your phone normal..without volume control but pretty full usage.
you're not able to get into bootloader right? this would be your chance to flash via costumruu..but if my guess is right, you cant go into it...
DN41
DN41 said:
i'm pretty sure, your volumekeys are "damaged" or short curcuited.
i think, they're sending a "press" to the phone, even when you don't press them..
it would be nice, if there was a "hack" to dissable those two keys..i think with that you could use your phone normal..without volume control but pretty full usage.
you're not able to get into bootloader right? this would be your chance to flash via costumruu..but if my guess is right, you cant go into it...
DN41
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correct, i can't do anything with it due to the volume key problem. i suppose i should look into dissambling the phone and seeing if i can just pull out the button all together.
yeah but if the short curcuit is on the mainboard, this won't help...
so i would look for any .cab which disables the keys..
one problem is already there: how to install it?
DN41
edit: i'm pretty sure you can disable them by registry...you need to get access to the phone via activesync or via the phone itself....
mh...
DN41 said:
yeah but if the short curcuit is on the mainboard, this won't help...
so i would look for any .cab which disables the keys..
one problem is already there: how to install it?
DN41
edit: i'm pretty sure you can disable them by registry...you need to get access to the phone via activesync or via the phone itself....
mh...
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i've thought of similiar things myself, although when i connect the phone to my pc it continues to do the volume up/down glitch and won't allow me to actually use active sync. mobile device center says 'not connected' and the phone doesn't show up in windows explorer either.
i talked to a local cell phone repair store but all they said was "all we can do is take it apart and clean it but if that doesn't fix it then we can buy the phone off of you as a parts phone".
thats really bad..all programs i know to get access to a pda needs a running active sync connection...
DN41
well, just so everyone knows..
an HD2 can bounce off of your dash and severely crack your windshield and still be perfectly fine...
but the slighest bit of water and you're screwed.
Good evening...
Tonight I had an accident with my wife's SGSII, resulting in a broken display. The phone works as it's supposed to, however, the display is black.
Since it's not my phone, and the phone's only 10 days old, I still haven't rooted it, making efforts like ADB seem like a waste of time, in order to get her data back.
Any good suggestions?
Please hurry, by this time tomorrow I may very well be hanging from a tree if I fail to find a sollution, my wife says, hehe.
Broken screen, the display is black ..but phone works as it's supposed to?
That doesn't make much sense.
How do you know if the phone works if the screen is black?? can you explain more...
Well, I do agree to some extent, hehe.
I meant to explain that the phone gets e-mails, SMS's, incoming calls etc., but I can't see anything.
What did you try allready?
Battery out? Reset?...?
r_a_c said:
What did you try allready?
Battery out? Reset?...?
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I've tried battery out, reset, connecting to Kies, a longshot using ADB, but no go.
In order to use ADB and ScreenCast I need to enable USB Debugging Mode, but I can't really see that happening, since I can't see anything.
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DARKKRAKEN said:
Can you not just plug it into the computer and use kies?
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I've tried... but thanks to a password locking the phone, it's a no-go
Ok guys, yes...I'm a noob...
I did a master reset on the phone and now I get nothing...
It won't turn on unless I plug it in to the charger.
When it does turn on, all I get is a few vibrations, and
the icons at the bottom light up.
I can get windows to see the two "drives" of the phone,
but they are empty (have 0 bytes if you right click and check properties. If you left click, it says please insert disc).
I've tried a new battery and my battery turns another phone on...
I've also tried two cables and two PCs.
It hasn't been rooted or messed with, the battery died and I went to charge
it and nothing...I left it on charge overnight and at least see a bit life.
Any ideas, or should I just send it on to HTC??
So that others have a better idea... can you get into hboot or fastboot?
try a nwe battery
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try a nwe battery
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he said he already tried a new charged battery, so it can't be that. I'm thinking his phone's OS might be gone so he should probably installed a RUU or something.
In the dark...
Can't see anything come up on screen...
no idea what mode it's in, hboot, fastboot or anything ??!?!!
Think it might be possible to install just a stock (Tmobile) RUU?? If so, how ?????
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Can't see anything come up on screen...
no idea what mode it's in, hboot, fastboot or anything ??!?!!
Think it might be possible to install just a stock (Tmobile) RUU?? If so, how ?????
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if you can't get into hboot/fastboot (totally forgot which, basically same thing) then you can't do the RUU
Hmmm, OK
Do you think there is anything that I can do to get it running ??
And where do I find the thanks button ???
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Do you think there is anything that I can do to get it running ??
And where do If ind the thanks button ???
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if you rooted and custom recovery you could but right now you out of luck you gonna have to return
Duh, I found the thanks button !!!
I was afraid of that...guess I'll ship it off Monday. If anyone knows a way before then, let me know...can't hurt to try, eh ??
karaokekarnival said:
Duh, I found the thanks button !!!
I was afraid of that...guess I'll ship it off Monday. If anyone knows a way before then, let me know...can't hurt to try, eh ??
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There isn't a way if your phone isn't detected or you can't get into hboot. Meaning you have no control over your phone to do anything.
Anyways, for htc warranty exchanges that is done with tmobile... they usually send you the phone first and then you send one back in return. Unless your policy is different. So i suggest you calling them immediately.
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I can go into control panel and "see" the phone listed in device manager under portable devices as "F" and "G". Click properties and they are found as HTC devices. Does this mean I can do anything to it? I just want my phone back working as fast as I can. Sending it in will take a while. I bought this phone for the camera. We have a 1 yr old and don't wanna miss the Christmas pics...
karaokekarnival said:
I can go into control panel and "see" the phone listed in device manager under portable devices as "F" and "G". Click properties and they are found as HTC devices. Does this mean I can do anything to it? I just want my phone back working as fast as I can. Sending it in will take a while. I bought this phone for the camera. We have a 1 yr old and don't wanna miss the Christmas pics...
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are you on tmobile? they usually send within 2 days, their distribution center is in texas or something. I usually get it next day.
You said your screen doesn't turn on or doesn't show anything. It's gonna be hard to determine what you're doing even if you can run ADB to put it in oem fastboot and to flash a RUU that way. But it sounds like your display might be a problem too then. It'll be quicker to do an exchange. If you call in today, they'll probably ship it on monday and you'll get it wednesday latest. unless you have tmobile insurance plan. it should be next day and you'll get it tuesday.
Thanks
Well that might work for me then...can't hurt to give it a try.
Thanks a bunch for letting me know !!!
No problem, I had my fair share dealing with tmobile exchanges lol.
If you purchased directly from tmobile it should be very easy to do an exchange because your warranty is verified.
If you bought it off craigslist/ebay. sometimes the previous users used a different carriers that makes the warranty no longer verified. HOWEVER many customer reps will still try to process the exchange (you can determine by their upbeat personalities lol).
If you run into someone who won't do it, just call again and talk to another rep. Most of the time they will push it through because it's still a newly released phone.
Have you already contacted T-Mobile support? You'll have to talk to them anyway before they agree to replace your phone.
The reason I am asking this is because there might be an unpublished backdoor way to restore your device if your device is not completely (hardware-wise) dead. For example, Dell Streak has a complete firmware image on its internal SD card and you needed to somehow trigger an IPL routine to restore the device to its original condition.
I haven't heard of anything similar on HTC devices yet, but hey, it's just a thought. And if there actually is a way, and you are the first one to post it here, you'll be a hero!
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Have you already contacted T-Mobile support? You'll have to talk to them anyway before they agree to replace your phone.
The reason I am asking this is because there might be an unpublished backdoor way to restore your device if your device is not completely (hardware-wise) dead. For example, Dell Streak has a complete firmware image on its internal SD card and you needed to somehow trigger an IPL routine to restore the device to its original condition.
I haven't heard of anything similar on HTC devices yet, but hey, it's just a thought. And if there actually is a way, and you are the first one to post it here, you'll be a hero!
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yeah we normally just flash a RUU, but you can't even see the screen, so we can't even be certain that we're in the correct modes to be flashing and stuff. because we require to ADB it to restart in fastboot, but we can't even see if its going to fastboot. or if it already is in fastboot to begin with, so we're not certain which commands to run with the screen being off. Well you can always try commands and it should only work in certain modes, but do you really want to do it blindly? I would rather just exchange the thing.
Not afraid to try....
Well, I can't use it as it is...exchange is a hassle even in 2-3 days. Can't do anything until tomorrow anyway. I was thinking today, I've heard they can port Android to iPhone...there's no fastboot there, is there ??? Soooooo, if it's turning on, I should be able to do something...I want my phone back !!!
Edit: I misunderstood the issue
Sent from my HTC Ruby using xda premium
Please share....
Snargaflab, please share, it might help me or others to think !!
Flashing green light ???
It is now turning on and has a flashing green light, does that mean anything??
I've tried to search for this, but nothing has come up, so grateful if you don't flame me.
I've dropped my Galaxy SII down the loo. I know. I'm an idiot. But an honest one. It did the whole flashy screen thing before I could rip the battery out, so I think it is well and truly dead. A night in a hot room in a rice bath didn't fix it, and I doubt the day in the airing cupboard in the rice bath will do either. I am insured, so that's fine.
Problem is, I want to be able to extract the data from it that was on there. Any thoughts as to how I can do that? It really doesn't turn on at all, not even to get into a boot loop.
Thanks.
I doubt you'll be able to extract the data without being able to access the internal storage. And if the phone doesn't turn on, you'd need 'specialist' tools to do that I.E the kind Samsung/repairers use to fix borked phones. Even they may not be able to recover the data.
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And if the phone doesn't turn on, you'd need 'specialist' tools to do that I.E the kind Samsung/repairers use to fix borked phones.
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Any idea where I might be able to get that done? I work in London Bridge, and live in Alton, Hampshire. Or how I might be able to find someone who does that sort of thing?
Or, better still, is there a programme that I can use to do it? Some of the stuff in the phone is quite 'personal', and I doubt my wife would be chuffed if anyone else were to have access to that. Thanks.
Andy
unless you can boot into recovery you cant get the data out
because you cant read the data from the chip without booting
There's no way you're going to be able to do it yourself. Start contacting mobile phone repairers, you'll might even find places who do data extraction on PC's drives who can do it. Yellow Pages/Google/etc. But definitely no chance of you doing it unfortunately as BlueFa1con said.
Re: the stuff that's 'personal, if it's that personal, I'd recommend you destroy the phone.
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Any idea where I might be able to get that done? I work in London Bridge, and live in Alton, Hampshire. Or how I might be able to find someone who does that sort of thing?
Or, better still, is there a programme that I can use to do it? Some of the stuff in the phone is quite 'personal', and I doubt my wife would be chuffed if anyone else were to have access to that. Thanks.
Andy
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Just got a quote of £60 to get the data off. No way is it worth that much.
Think it may have unbricked itself. It turns on now, the touchscreen is a bit flaky - it is a bit slow to recognise touch, but I reackon it will go into data mode so I can get what I need before it goes for repair (if needed).
I recently had my phone disappear and reappear 3 days later while in hospital and when I found it back in my bag, it was NOT the same. It now has a double screen sometimes. It also does not follow the normal routes when try to use settings or download from playstore. There are alot of strange things I'm seeing in settings that were never there before and I don't know how to get the hackers out of phone once and for all and get my life back. Can anyone PLEASE help me, I am at my wits end. I'm disabled and rely on my phone for alot. I don't have a computer so if there is a way to figure this out with the hacked phone or I also have tablet but I think they have synced my stuff to some other phone or computer they have. They reroute my calls and stop texts and emails from being sent. It's ruining my life on a daily. It's been 2 wks and each day, they r deeper and deeper into my stuff n life. Help please??? I don't know if I'll b able to even get back to this site or page so if you have a way to help me, please put here and if don't mind, send to my email at [email protected] so that I will definitely get it. Btw, that is my new email...I'm afraid to even sign into anything else on this phone. No matter what I try to do, they seem beat me to it. Hope someone can help me. I have Metro and Alcatel. I'm posting this July 2021 in case gets buried in posts. Really would appreciate help. Can't get around, stuck where I am and only have these 2 devices on same carrier. Hope someone has some good advice/help for me. Thanks so much. Hackedchick2021
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HackedChick2021 said:
I recently had my phone disappear and reappear 3 days later while in hospital and when I found it back in my bag, it was NOT the same. It now has a double screen sometimes. It also does not follow the normal routes when try to use settings or download from playstore. There are alot of strange things I'm seeing in settings that were never there before and I don't know how to get the hackers out of phone once and for all and get my life back. Can anyone PLEASE help me, I am at my wits end. I'm disabled and rely on my phone for alot. I don't have a computer so if there is a way to figure this out with the hacked phone or I also have tablet but I think they have synced my stuff to some other phone or computer they have. They reroute my calls and stop texts and emails from being sent. It's ruining my life on a daily. It's been 2 wks and each day, they r deeper and deeper into my stuff n life. Help please??? I don't know if I'll b able to even get back to this site or page so if you have a way to help me, please put here and if don't mind, send to my email at [email protected] so that I will definitely get it. Btw, that is my new email...I'm afraid to even sign into anything else on this phone. No matter what I try to do, they seem beat me to it. Hope someone can help me. I have Metro and Alcatel. I'm posting this July 2021 in case gets buried in posts. Really would appreciate help. Can't get around, stuck where I am and only have these 2 devices on same carrier. Hope someone has some good advice/help for me. Thanks so much. Hackedchick2021
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ehhhhhhhhh,
kinda scary if i thought
wouldnt want that to happen to me
hmm
can you check the recovery and bootloader of your phone?
Check your Google account to see if any unauthorized devices accessed it.
Have the firmware reflashed at a repair center. Then change your Google password and any other passwords that were on it.
Be wary of any data saved from that phone before the firmware flash which will completely wipe it. Best to not use any data or especially files saved from that phone once newly flashed.
You should always redundantly backup critical data from the phone for this and other misfortunes that can happen.
blackhawk said:
Have the firmware reflashed at a repair center.
Change your Google password and any other passwords that were on it.
Be wary of any data saved from that phone before the firmware flash which will completely wipe it. Best to not use any data or especially files saved from that phone once newly flashed.
You should always redundantly backup critical data from the phone for this and other misfortunes that can happen.
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XD lol people are ignorant nowadays lol,
I backup with pitchblack frequently for a reason.
All the better for keeping ur bootloader locked after installing what u want
But let him check his own bootloader and recovery, if they installed a custom one he could just do it himself if he wanted
i wonder why a hacker would risk that when there is the zero day exploit and stuff and plus mediatek and the mail gpu have root exploits lol
(why i like using qualcomm)
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ehhhhhhhhh,
kinda scary if i thought
wouldnt want that to happen to me
hmm
can you check the recovery and bootloader of your phone?
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Hi Kenora, thks for reaching out. I'm not sure what that means that you've asked me about bootloader etc. Can u explain it a little so I can try to do on my end please?
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Hi Kenora, thks for reaching out. I'm not sure what that means that you've asked me about bootloader etc. Can u explain it a little so I can try to do on my end please?
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Is that something I have to go to kernel and unlock developer for?
Turn off your phone and hold the power button and vol up keys
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i wonder why a hacker would risk that when there is the zero day exploit and stuff and plus mediatek and the mail gpu have root exploits lol
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I have seen this "mediately" I think when looking around in the settings to see what was different in the phone. What is that exactly? Should I delete it?? Pls let me know thk u.
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Turn off your phone and hold the power button and vol up keys
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Ok then what do I do? Is that going to delete my phone info? If so, I need write some things down first. Let me know and what I do after so I can write down. In case phone shuts down. Thanks
HackedChick2021 said:
I have seen this "mediately" I think when looking around in the settings to see what was different in the phone. What is that exactly? Should I delete it?? Pls let me know thk u.
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That was " MediaTek" but changed it. There are alot of things that say MediaTek and overlay or copy in the name in settings. Do I delete them?
HackedChick2021 said:
I have seen this "mediately" I think when looking around in the settings to see what was different in the phone. What is that exactly? Should I delete it?? Pls let me know thk u.
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I have 0 clue as to what that is
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Ok then what do I do? Is that going to delete my phone info? If so, I need write some things down first. Let me know and what I do after so I can write down. In case phone shuts down. Thanks
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No just tell me what it shows when you do that, no it dosent delete your data
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That was " MediaTek" but changed it. There are alot of things that say MediaTek and overlay or copy in the name in settings. Do I delete them?
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No that is just your cpu name it is nothing but screenshot it and send here so we can see what it is.
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Check your Google account to see if any unauthorized devices accessed it.
Have the firmware reflashed at a repair center. Then change your Google password and any other passwords that were on it.
Be wary of any data saved from that phone before the firmware flash which will completely wipe it. Best to not use any data or especially files saved from that phone once newly flashed.
You should always redundantly backup critical data from the phone for this and other misfortunes that can happen.
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Thank you BH, appreciate your help. Is there a way to see in my phone WHERE or WHO my info is going to?? Also what phone number is to this IP they're masking as mine?? That would also help alot as they're local clearly and have stolen alot of my money etc. Thks
We will find that out just say what doing that key does
And tell me what it says
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No that is just your cpu name it is nothing but screenshot it and send here so we can see what it is.
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I will try but wouldn't let me screenshot. I'll try again.
Kenora_I said:
We will find that out just say what doing that key does
And tell me what it says
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K I'm gonna do the power bootloader again to see what says. Last time it asked if wanted to delete phone and reboot. I'll try again now. Hang tight. Hope I get back here.