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I have an HTC Mogul that I am trying to flash over to a custom ROM. Unfortunately I got a little too gung ho and didnt flash the radio over, so now the phone freezes at the HTC splash screen on start up. I have tried flashing it back to a carrier rom or even another custom rom but it gets to the loading bar and then fails out. Have tried flashing from the SD card but every image i put on there says that there is no valid image on the card.
I have looked high and low for an answer to my problem but have had little to no luck anywhere.
Rawk02 said:
Hopefully someone can help me here
I have an HTC Mogul that I am trying to flash over to a custom ROM. Unfortunately I got a little too gung ho and didnt flash the radio over, so now the phone freezes at the HTC splash screen on start up. I have tried flashing it back to a carrier rom or even another custom rom but it gets to the loading bar and then fails out. Have tried flashing from the SD card but every image i put on there says that there is no valid image on the card.
I have looked high and low for an answer to my problem but have had little to no luck anywhere.
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Unlocked bootloader -> Custom ROM -> GPS Radio -> Boot
So as long as your bootloader is unlocked (olipro 2.40, no2chem 2.47) then go ahead and flash the Custom GPS ROM you want to use on there. Then flash a GPS Radio I use 3.42.40 and yes I have tested all the others. Then to be totally sure might as well hard reset and pull the battery for a few.
Edit: Tip I figure everyone needs to read. If flashing using RUU method (exe, or utility through usb cable) make sure you dont have a Memory card in the phone. That ensures no problems will arise like bad flashes.
If using microSD card then make sure its not plugged in while flashing. Card must be 2gb and under and be formatted fat 32, image must be named TITAIMG.nbh and be the only thing on the card, no files or folders but the .nbh
Also check in your Computers files and folders settings and make sure you have it selected to Show File Extensions. That way you know the files are getting named and assigned correctly.
The problem I am having right now is the bootloader seems borked. It will not load any files. any that i put on the card it flashes up quick and says no image file found and then back to the bootloader screen and if i try usb it goes to the point where the progress bar comes up and then errors out. Is there a way to flash the bootloader without loading into WM?
Rawk02 said:
The problem I am having right now is the bootloader seems borked. It will not load any files. any that i put on the card it flashes up quick and says no image file found and then back to the bootloader screen and if i try usb it goes to the point where the progress bar comes up and then errors out. Is there a way to flash the bootloader without loading into WM?
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What bootloader is on there now? You should of already mentioned this in your first post, let alone your second..
Also what size memory card are you using, I hinted at that already too.
Yeah that would help
Here is what is at the top of the Bootloader:
TITA100
SPL-1.07.0000
CPLD-9
I am using a 2 gig card, tried with a 1 gig it would get the to loading screen and freeze
Rawk02 said:
Yeah that would help
Here is what is at the top of the Bootloader:
TITA100
SPL-1.07.0000
CPLD-9
I am using a 2 gig card, tried with a 1 gig it would get the to loading screen and freeze
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Yea you messed up, you need to flash an unlocked bootloader from a functioning WM. There are ways around it and to get out of your jam.
Tell me what the phone does after unplugging it, removing the memory card, taking the battery out and letting it sit for a couple minutes. Put only the battery in and turn it on.
I need to know if it tries to boot the OS and gets stuck or if it goes to bootloader automatically.
it tries to boot to WM, goes to the HTC logo and then freezes, i still have to hold down the camera button to boot into the bootloader
Rawk02 said:
it tries to boot to WM, goes to the HTC logo and then freezes, i still have to hold down the camera button to boot into the bootloader
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Thats not how you get into bootloader on a Titan.
Manual Bootloader mode on a Titan = Power Button + Camera Button + Reset Button (hole next to memory card slot) for a couple seconds then release.
Ok now next information that you forgot to post. What HTC Mogul is it P4000, VX6800, PPC6800, or other variant. What carrier branding is it, like what stock ROM was originally on there. Sprint, Verizon, Qwest. Exe.
I need to know this as well so we are not just trying things to you get it. I want to write you a walkthrough that hits the nail on the head.
PPC6800
Old Carrier was USCC
and it may just be this version but to get into bootloader I have just been holding down camera then at the same time holding down power holding it for a few seconds then releasing the power and it goes into BL
1: Download the following files from my HTC to Windows Unlock Tools directory. Download the Titan_Relocker.exe, a GPS radio of your choosing, and the titan_spl_olipro240.exe.
2. Now make sure you have Active Sync 4.5 installed first then the HTC windows drivers installed second (from my HTC unlock directory on my share site). Now install both of those and restart the computer, start from a fresh PC. Now disable the Active Sync usb connections just right click the Active sync icon on your PC's taskbar. Pick connection settings and then look for the Box with Allow USB connections. Clear the box (disable) the usb connections.
3. Take out the storage card and now manually put the phone into bootloader "power camera reset" and then plug the phone into the PC using a MAIN port built into the Motherboard (no hub, no front usb panel). Now use Winrar, or 7zip to extract the contents of the Titanrelocker.exe into a folder. You will then see the ROMupdateutility.exe and ExitBL.exe with a bunch of other files. Ok now Run the ROM update utitlity.exe from the extracted folder and let it flash The Stock SPL. When it is done follow the prompts on screen. Now if it reboots back to olipro bootloader then run the Exitbl.exe and soon as it reboots wait till after the first splash screen and Unplug the phone.
4. Now manually put the phone into bootloader "power camera reset" (so it restarts and goes back to bootloader). Now we are going to flash the Olipro 2.40. Use Winrar, or 7zip to extract the contents of Olipro 2.40.exe into a folder. You will then see the ROMupdateutility.exe and ExitBL.exe with a bunch of other files. Ok now Run the ROM update utitlity.exe from the extracted folder and let it flash Olipro 2.40 When it is done follow the prompts on screen. Now if it reboots back to olipro bootloader then run the Exitbl.exe and soon as it reboots wait till after the first splash screen and Unplug the phone.
5. Now manually put the phone into bootloader "power camera reset" (so it restarts and goes back to bootloader). Now you can flash a Custom ROM using RUU method or go ahead and use the microSD method.
a. You can use an RUU utility to flash the custom ROM while its still plugged in and in bootloader.
b. You can flash the custom ROM with a Micro SD card, just unplug the phone and put the card in and manually put the phone in bootloader again using power + camera + reset all at the same time for a second or two.
6: When the ROM is done installing you MUST flash a GPS radio version 3.35 and up if you are using a GPS ROM. If you use RUU method you have to perform a hard reset after flashing the radio. If you use the Micro SD method you do not have to Hard Reset.
Still it is a good idea to hard reset and then pull battery for a minute to make sure the page pool is set.
on #3 flashing it back to the stock SPL i get the same error as I have been getting, it goes to the progress bar on both the computer and phone, sits at 0% for about 30 seconds then the computer gives error 262
ok finally got it to respond to the SD card, but it has been sitting on a grey screen saying loading for a good 6 hours now, i have a feeling that this is going to take some low-level editing with mtty
Hi Guys,
I lent my old Hero to a friend and they stuck a passlock on it. annoyingly they now say they can't remember what it is. So I've been trying to figure out what they set the passlock as, would have been something pretty easy I thought as they aren't that clever! Still can't seem to get it.
So I thought I'd go into the boot menu and try to restore the phone. Remove the battery and then turn the phone on by holding the power button and home button but I get this screen http://grab.by/9dYe which is giving me a bad feeling.
Is there any other way I could wipe the phone?
Thanks,
Charlie
Ok, from reading another thread I'm wondering if it's possible to place the newest RUU from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622 in a .zip files named HEROIMG.zip in the root of the SD Card. I can then hold the Volume Down button on boot and use hboot to flash the phone with the new rom.
Is this correct?
Here's a video of me attempting to install the RUU via hboot.
To be honest I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. My device still has a passlock on it, so I can't run the .exe on my computer because the phone can't sync.
hmmm... as seen from the video, You can get into fastboot menu and connect your usb to the PC. then run Your RUU exe. Have you tried that? Does a passlock lock the exe from doing it's job?
You said
the phone can't sync
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Why do you need sync? if you have drivers on your pc, then the rru.exe should do it's job...
I had my original FR008 rooted Aria stolen, and my insurance replacement had the updated AT&T crapware. So, I found someone with an XTC Key. It took 2.5 hours (FML!!) but it's done.
The guy said that he put on the "Z4 Root" ROM. Things seem to work ok, but I'd like to use something more common.. either CM or FR008. Plus, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with some guy in a strip center rooting my phone..
So... when I rooted my original phone, I used the shad0wf0x custom Ubuntu LiveCD. S-OFF is now fixed, but I still have the new version of HBOOT. Can I expect things to work the same?
Do you have Clockworkmod installed? If so you should be OK. If not you may need to come to the IRC channel to see if someone can help you through the process of getting it installed.
I don't think I have CW mod. I powered on where you can see S-OFF and HBOOT. That menu shows
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIM LOCK
If I remember right, if clockwork is installed it will have an entry on that menu..
Highlighted because I'm bored, but it's the recovery option.
ShinerDraft said:
I don't think I have CW mod. I powered on where you can see S-OFF and HBOOT. That menu shows
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIM LOCK
If I remember right, if clockwork is installed it will have an entry on that menu..
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I thought that it said something like CW RECOVERY.. I'll try it out..
Ok, this is weird..
I power on holding the down arrow, and I see the HBOOT menu. I try to navigate to "RECOVERY" and nothing happens. There's no response to the volume up, volume down or power buttons.
After about 5 or 6 seconds, the phone automatically goes into "HTC Liberty System Diag 1.0". In this menu I only have two options: "Clean S58 Data" and "Device Info"..
"Device info" gives a bunch of stuff including the serial number, IMEI, etc..
I don't know what "Clean S58 Data" does, so I haven't gone to it
The only way I'm able to exit this menu is by pulling my battery.
Having thought about it a little, if I do have clockwork, then I should be able to just load a new ROM from there without needing to run the LiveCD.. The problem is that since I can't navigate at the HBOOT menu, I can't get into clockwork..
Any ideas?
Choose the Clean S58 option, let it do its thing, then choose reboot. That Clean S58 was the last step in Clockworkmod to root the phone when I did it the other day.
HTH
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Ok, this is weird..
I power on holding the down arrow, and I see the HBOOT menu. I try to navigate to "RECOVERY" and nothing happens. There's no response to the volume up, volume down or power buttons.
After about 5 or 6 seconds, the phone automatically goes into "HTC Liberty System Diag 1.0". In this menu I only have two options: "Clean S58 Data" and "Device Info"..
"Device info" gives a bunch of stuff including the serial number, IMEI, etc..
I don't know what "Clean S58 Data" does, so I haven't gone to it
The only way I'm able to exit this menu is by pulling my battery.
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Thanks to attn1 and the folks on his IRC channel, I was able to get this fixed.
The process of SOFF'ing with the XTC clip puts a diagnostic program (HDIAG) your SD card. Removing the SD card prevented the phone from going to HDIAG and allowed me to navigate to the "recovery" menu in the HBOOT screen.
I had to to quite a bit more to get the phone rooted though. I'll detail that out in the next post..
ShinerDraft said:
I had my original FR008 rooted Aria stolen, and my insurance replacement had the updated AT&T crapware. So, I found someone with an XTC Key. It took 2.5 hours (FML!!) but it's done.
The guy said that he put on the "Z4 Root" ROM. Things seem to work ok, but I'd like to use something more common.. either CM or FR008. Plus, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with some guy in a strip center rooting my phone..
So... when I rooted my original phone, I used the shad0wf0x custom Ubuntu LiveCD. S-OFF is now fixed, but I still have the new version of HBOOT. Can I expect things to work the same?
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Here are the details of what I did to get my phone rooted. Hopefully this will help others that run into some of the the same issues..
The first hurdle was that I couldn't navigate to "recovery" on the HBOOT screen. The phone would not respond to the volume up or volume down buttons, and would boot into HDIAG. The solution to this was to simply remove the SD card. (See my previous post for more info)
So I navigated to "recovery" hoping that it would take me to clockworkmod. Nope. The guy that SOFF'd & rooted my phone did not install clockwork. I got the white HTC screen, and then a black screen with a red triangle & exclamation point over an image of the phone. The phone was trying to start the stock HTC recovery app, which wouldn't work without the SD card installed.
So I needed to install clockworkmod myself. Per Attn1's instructions, this was how: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13650191&postcount=27
I installed the Android SDK which has the adb and fastboot tools on my laptop (Windows 7). (Note: The adb.exe and fastboot.exe applications used to be together in the "\tools" directory. In the latest version of the SDK, adb has been moved to the "\platform-tools" directory. This comes into play later..)
I turned on my phone, connected it to my laptop (charge only, usb debugging on), opened a command prompt in the "\platform-tools" directory, and typed "adb devices" to verify that my phone was connected. It was, so I typed the first command from attn1's post linked above ("adb reboot bootloader"). The phone went to the HBOOT screen. Things were looking good..
I navigated back to the "\tools" folder to run the next command ("fastboot erase cache") using fastboot. I got an error message that a .dll file was missing. I had a hunch that this file might have been moved to the "\platform-tools" directory with adb.exe. Yep, it was there. So I copied the .dll file to the "\tools" folder where fastboot could use it too. (Sorry, I don't remember the name of the file..)
I re-enter the "fastboot erase cache" command and got a response of "waiting on device". I waited a while, and the phone didn't do anything. The IRC folks said it was probably a driver issue, and it was. After a couple of hours (and adult beverages) I got it to work..
I installed HTC sync from this driver pack: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LI4UVDDD
I followed these instructions: http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php?id=public:windows_hboot_driver_install
I started all over again with attn1's instructions to install clockworkmod from the first step. I copied the "clockwork2501.zip" file into the "\tools" directory and everything went smoothly after that. I thought that I might have to uninstall HTC Sync, but I did not. Your results may vary..
So I disconnected the phone, and powered up to the HBOOT screen. The SD card was still out, so I was able to navigate to "recovery" which now took me to clockworkmod instead of the stock HTC recovery. (I did notice that the phone seems to still try to go into HDIAG. It doesn't respond to volume button navigation for about 5 seconds, then it lists a few files that it can't find on the SD card, then it goes back to the HBOOT screen where it does respond to volume button navigation...)
I powered back down, put in a brand new (larger) SD card, and put the FR008 zip file on it. Powered up to HBOOT, navigated to "recovery", wiped data, wiped cache, wiped dalvik, and then installed FR008 from the zip file.
Done. Finally.
Thanks again to attn1 and all the folks on his IRC. Hopefully this will help others who run into some of the same problems that I did.
ShinerDraft said:
The first hurdle was that I couldn't navigate to "recovery" on the HBOOT screen. The phone would not respond to the volume up or volume down buttons, and would boot into HDIAG. The solution to this was to simply remove the SD card. (See my previous post for more info)
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Yes, alternatively you could have just booted the phone and then deleted the relevant files from the root folder of the SD card. The HBOOT scans the SD card for these files and if it finds them, it automatically loads them, which was the issue. The files I'm talking about are the ones named either LIBEIMG or LIBEDIAG.
I navigated back to the "\tools" folder to run the next command ("fastboot erase cache") using fastboot. I got an error message that a .dll file was missing. I had a hunch that this file might have been moved to the "\platform-tools" directory with adb.exe. Yep, it was there. So I copied the .dll file to the "\tools" folder where fastboot could use it too. (Sorry, I don't remember the name of the file..)
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Really Google intends for you to have the platform-tools folder added to your system PATH variable so that you wouldn't need to move the files around. You can do this by typing the following at the command line prior to running the other commands.
Code:
path %PATH%;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
(You would obviously have to adjust this based on where you placed the Android SDK folder.)
(I did notice that the phone seems to still try to go into HDIAG. It doesn't respond to volume button navigation for about 5 seconds, then it lists a few files that it can't find on the SD card, then it goes back to the HBOOT screen where it does respond to volume button navigation...)
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In case you were wondering, this is normal behavior (i.e., happens on all versions of HBOOT). It's just checking for the files I mentioned above. If they aren't found, it then gives you control to select an option in the menu.
Anyway, glad to see you got everything working. I just wanted to touch on a few points in case anyone else is having similar problems and reads this thread.
i rooted my thunderbolt and have CWM 4.0.1.4
Apparently verizon released an update today and my phone tried to update on its own. when i work up my phone is in CWM saying
E:signature verification failed
Instillation aborted
If i reboot it just immediately tries to run the update again and fails, so i'm in this loop.
what can i do?
thanks for any help!
I'm a newby myself so others correct me if I stumble, but I think you can pull out your micro SD card, connect to your PC, and download a working rom image to the root of the card (not in a folder). It will have a name like PG05IMG.zip
Put the sd card back in, hold the volume down button as you hold the power button to turn it on to get into the bootloader, press the power button again, and it will look for the PG05IMG.zip and install it.
is there anyway to correct the current issue w/o installing a new ROM?
i would prefer not to have to install a custom ROM and wipe my data if possible
That is a good question, above my pay grade, but I am guessing what happened was the Verizon release you got today was corrupt. I would guess you can pull your SD card, and look if it downloaded a PG05IMG.zip file to it, and just delete it. Or try rebooting without the SD card installed just to see what happens?
This post had the solution, no data wipe and even kept root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402898
pray59 said:
I'm a newby myself so others correct me if I stumble, but I think you can pull out your micro SD card, connect to your PC, and download a working rom image to the root of the card (not in a folder). It will have a name like PG05IMG.zip
Put the sd card back in, hold the volume down button as you hold the power button to turn it on to get into the bootloader, press the power button again, and it will look for the PG05IMG.zip and install it.
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Anything with a PG05IMG.zip is for a new radio, not a new ROM. Many people have been having this problem, but the solution is also above my paygrade
I unlocked my phone with the htc method. I had root, and superuser. titanium backup worked fine. I made a nandroid backup before I started messing with ROMS. I decided to flash infected's ROM first. Everything seemed to be going ok. It rebooted, and I got the cool beats animation. Then I got the htc splashscreen. then it just flipped back and forth between them for a half hour or so. something was obviously wrong. I tried rebooting the phone: same results. I can get into bootloader, both by holding volume down while powering up, and through the command prompt, via adb. I have a nandroid backup through twrp recovery, so no problem, right? well, it didn't work. So now, I can boot into the bootloader screen, but nothing else. I tried flashing a different ROM, but to no avail. Eventually, I noticed that I had htc sync running while I did all this. Did that wreck me? Any ideas what I can do now? I just tried to restore my nadroid backup again, without htc sync running, but all I get is a white htc screen. Please help me unbrick my phone!!!
whenever I try to flash ANY other rom, I get to the part where I have to use fastboot to flash the boot.img, and it says "sending boot" and just stays there forever.
Tried flashinf recovery.img, and the same thing happens. "sending recovery" and screen pause
God I hope someone smarter than me feels generous enough to help here...
Are you on windows? Did you install htc drivers?
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I am on windows 7, and I have the htc drivers installed. Like I said, I successfully completed the htc unlock method. I had no problems until I tried to flash a rom
So you hold volume down and power to enter fastboot. Select fastboot by hitting power again. Then plugin usb and it should say fastboot usb. Then what command do you type after that?
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now it wont even go into hboot. not with vol down and power, or through command prompt. before, it was going into hboot just fine, and I was using fastboot flash boot boot.img to flash the rom, but everything froze
now when I plug it in and use the command prompt to enter adb reboot bootloader, it just says device not found. holding power and vol does nothing
Hmmm.. Not sure why you can't get into fastboot but your using the wrong command. You want to type fastboot boot recovery.img. Recovery being the name of the recovery image in your folder.
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thanks. I'll try that if I can get back into the bootloader
What you did works for that only installs the kernel. Then you need to flash the rom. I never did it that way nor do I use twrp
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I did flash the rom.zip from twrp recovery. when it rebooted, it started to work, then just went into a boot loop. then I started trying to fix it, now it wont even come on
For now, I'm hoping that the battery just discharged during the process. I'm gonna let it charge for a few hours, and see what happens. I'm afraid that I might have done a battery pull in the middle of the process, though. When I first flashed the InfectedROM, the phone rebooted and got stuck in a loop between the beats graphics, and the htc quietly brilliant screen. it just kept going from one to the other. It went on for quite a while, and eventually, I think I pulled the battery to stop it. However, I was still able to get into the bootloader after this. I tried to reflash the rom, and a couple of others to no avail. When I decided to try to reflash recovery.img, is when it hit the fan, so to speak. after that, I was unable to boot into fastboot, or even get adb to recognize that there was a device there at all. Man, I hope letting the battery charge works. Like a moron, I don't have any insurance on my phone.
when I plug it in, windows intermittently makes the gong noise that something is connecting or disconnecting, and windows explorer briefly recognizes that a removeable drive is present, but I can't get the thing to charge, or turn on at all, and adb refuses to recognize that it connected, so I still cant manually put it into fastboot
well, I left the phone plugged in for about 7 hours. I hooked it up to the computer and once again tried to get into bootloader through adb. The computer said that the "daemon was started successfully" then goes right back to device not found. I guess Im screwed if no one else knows any tricks or ideas..
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well, I left the phone plugged in for about 7 hours. I hooked it up to the computer and once again tried to get into bootloader through adb. The computer said that the "daemon was started successfully" then goes right back to device not found. I guess Im screwed if no one else knows any tricks or ideas..
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Pull the battery
Wait 2 minutes.
Put battery back in.
Hold down Vol - and power.
Do not be connected to anything. And are you SURE your battery is good?
PM me if you see this and I dont answer.
I pulled the battery and waited. I even grabbed the battery out of my girl's evo3d. I can get into bootloader via the vol down, and power, but it stopas and asks if I want to update. If I say no, it just reboots to the htc screen. If I say yes, it says updating, then says press power to reboot. Then it goes directly to the htc screen and freezes. While it's in the htc screen, I can use command prompt to get it back into bootloader via the "adb reboot bootloader" command, but I can't get to my recovery menu. I was going to mount usb storage, and put another rom on the sd card, then re-flash, but it won't allow me to get to recovery
izzy spun said:
I pulled the battery and waited. I even grabbed the battery out of my girl's evo3d. I can get into bootloader via the vol down, and power, but it stopas and asks if I want to update. If I say no, it just reboots to the htc screen. If I say yes, it says updating, then says press power to reboot. Then it goes directly to the htc screen and freezes. While it's in the htc screen, I can use command prompt to get it back into bootloader via the "adb reboot bootloader" command, but I can't get to my recovery menu. I was going to mount usb storage, and put another rom on the sd card, then re-flash, but it won't allow me to get to recovery
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Ok, soundslike you have a "PG86IMG.ZIP" on the root of your SD card. Dont worry, just swap cards with your old lady but put the ROM on it first.
You wont be able to do anything until you swap Sd cards or otherwise delete the PG86IMG.zip.
when I use command prompt to enter bootloader, I get the opening menu: bootloader, reboot, reboot booloader, and power down. If I press power to choose booloader rather than fastboot, the phone immediately goes back to asking me if I want to update, and no matter what I choose, the results are the same. it reboots to the htc screen