Semi-Bricked HX-9299A (HDC One) - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I have managed to semi-brick my phone by flashing a ROM I made with MTK Firmware Adapter Tool.
It gets to bootscreen and hangs.
Preloader works and I still have access to recovery and fastboot.
I cannot flash the stock ROM using SP Flash Tool as I get a BROM error: (BROM cannot pass bootrom start command).
I've tried holing volume up during connecting the USB cable and volume down but no good.
I still have CWM recovery. Can I convert my stock SP Flash Tool .tar to a CWM .zip to flash using CWM?
I should be able to push the ROM to my phone using adb.
I've tried flashing the working boot.img from the stock ROM using fastboot but that didn't fix it.
Thanks.

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An off-topic question. Before you flash the phone wrong, what opinion did u have for the phone? quality, battery life, camera, loudspeaker sound, screen, etc?

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gerstavros said:
An off-topic question. Before you flash the phone wrong, what opinion did u have for the phone? quality, battery life, camera, loudspeaker sound, screen, etc?
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Ha! The phone is good.
Screen is great, 720p. Build quality is generally very good.
Camera is good in full light but suffers in low light and there is an issue with the flash. It is either very weak or is firing at the wrong time. The vibration effect feels strange and out of the box the GPS isn't great. You can fix the GPS once you get root access.
Battery life is good too, certainly much better than I was expecting. Sound is good with a decent pair of headphones and the external speaker is OK, just don't expect HTC One quality as it only has one speaker.
Currently the main issue is lack of custom ROMs which is why I was trying to flash my own.
Having said all of that I'd have to say it's a very good phone for the price. The screen alone is worth the $200.

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Seems good enough, except the issue with flash at camera. It would be good to try with another application.
Where did u find the stock rom? Can u upload a screenshot with the error of sp flash tool? wich version do u use?

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gerstavros said:
Seems good enough, except the issue with flash at camera. It would be good to try with another application.
Where did u find the stock rom? Can u upload a screenshot with the error of sp flash tool? wich version do u use?
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I tried Cymera but no good. I'm not sure if the flash is just very weak or firing at the wrong time.
It takes decent photos in good light.
Stock ROM is here:
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/hdc-one/
I am using SP Flash Tool Version 3.1304.0.119.
Here is the Screen Shot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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screenshot is too low resolution, can't see anything

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gerstavros said:
screenshot is too low resolution, can't see anything
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Sorry, this is what it says in the error box:
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Smart Phone Flash Tool
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Common Hint: For SP Flash Tool issues:
Please supply your tool version, GUI screen shot, and tool logs when you encounter trouble with the latest tool.
How to obtain the tool logs?
1. Run the tool;
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+t(Tool Title Hint: Runtime Trace Mode);
3. Help-Open logs folder.
BROM ERROR : S_BROM_CMD_STARTCMD_FAIL (2005)
Can not pass bootrom start command via USB cable!
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1. Possibly target power up too early, please try again.
2. Load in the phone does not support bootloader download DA, please try to use BootRom download DA instead.
How to use BootRom download DA?
Step1. Unplug battery and USB cable in the target.
Step2. Plug in battery.
Step3. Press USB download key and do not loose it.
Step4. Plug in USB cable.
Step5. After DA is downloading, USB download key could be loosed.
Step6. If it dose not work, please retry from Step1 to Step6.

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Try other computer/ other usb port, prefer windows 7 32bit

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gerstavros said:
Try other computer/ other usb port, prefer windows 7 32bit
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I'll try my work computer.
I don't have a single Windows PC at home.

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MayhemVC said:
So I have managed to semi-brick my phone by flashing a ROM I made with MTK Firmware Adapter Tool.
It gets to bootscreen and hangs.
Preloader works and I still have access to recovery and fastboot.
I cannot flash the stock ROM using SP Flash Tool as I get a BROM error: (BROM cannot pass bootrom start command).
I've tried holing volume up during connecting the USB cable and volume down but no good.
I still have CWM recovery. Can I convert my stock SP Flash Tool .tar to a CWM .zip to flash using CWM?
I should be able to push the ROM to my phone using adb.
I've tried flashing the working boot.img from the stock ROM using fastboot but that didn't fix it.
Thanks.
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Did you found a solution? I get this error 2005 after I flash the wrong preloader. How can fix it?

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Phpdna said:
Did you found a solution? I get this error 2005 after I flash the wrong preloader. How can fix it?
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I did manage to fix the phone by using a Windows machine (not Mac).
But then my wife dropped it and it died properly.
R.I.P. HDC One

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New
Hello,
For this phone HDC ONE HX9299A exist custom rom ? I want to change official one. Please help me.
Thank you so much in advance and ''Happy new year''!!!
Marian

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I accidentally wrote another program on my phone and I'm writing now to write the right program and that I do not connect it and make a mistake. Can you help me? error s_brom_cmd_startcmd_fail (2005)