Maybe this is what I get for tinkering too much...
Backed up my T-Mobile US MDA with SPB Backup.
Updated to the shipping k-jam ROM. Worked fine.
Restored the SPB Backup, but it hung up at like 99% percent. Cancelled it, soft reset, and now it won't get past the Windows Mobile logo splash screen.
Clearly, I should not have tried to restore the backup. Is there anything I can do to get the phone back? I'm not able to connect to ActiveSync, or I'd just run the ROM updater again.
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Maybe this is what I get for tinkering too much...
Backed up my T-Mobile US MDA with SPB Backup.
Updated to the shipping k-jam ROM. Worked fine.
Restored the SPB Backup, but it hung up at like 99% percent. Cancelled it, soft reset, and now it won't get past the Windows Mobile logo splash screen.
Clearly, I should not have tried to restore the backup. Is there anything I can do to get the phone back? I'm not able to connect to ActiveSync, or I'd just run the ROM updater again.
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Hard reset. Hold the Voice and COMM keys, turn it on.
When it asks if you want to reset, hit the proper key.
If that doesn't work then the ROM has gotten corrupted. IF you can get into the loader (hold CAMERA and turn on, get a tri-color screen) you can recover off an SD card image.
The hard reset seemed to do it... thank you!
Now to figure out why Windows won't see it when connected by USB (says it can't find drivers, though it worked before the ROM update).
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i installed the "T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2210401_221_20710_ENG_US" to my tmobile mda. But when i ran my SPB Backup file it froze my system!! Now it hung on "windows mobile" screen and i can't do a hard rest. Is there anything i can do? I've tried reinstalling the "T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2210401_221_20710_ENG_US" but my mda can't hot sync with my computer!...... If someone can help me with some advice that would be great!!
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i installed the "T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2210401_221_20710_ENG_US" to my tmobile mda. But when i ran my SPB Backup file it froze my system!! Now it hung on "windows mobile" screen and i can't do a hard rest. Is there anything i can do? I've tried reinstalling the "T-Mobile_RUU_Wizard_2210401_221_20710_ENG_US" but my mda can't hot sync with my computer!...... If someone can help me with some advice that would be great!!
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Oops yes you can't use spb backup with a rom upgrade only sprite backup has that facility.
This is what you do:
Get into the bootloader (multicolored) screen by with the device off - hold and press the camera button and press power on.
Once in the bootloader screen connect the device to computer and a little 'usb' should appear on bottom left of screen. You can now reflash with your rom - it does not have to be activesynced to do this.
So my phone became frozen after one of my friends was messing around with it. Now whenever i take out the battery and then try to start the phone again, my trinity will become frozen at the windows startup screen. Interestingly, the " In Call" icon that indicates the phones volume will appear in the windows startup screen as well.
what can i do? Can i try to reset the phone back to factory settings? Would this be even possible since i upgraded to windows mobile 6
any help would be greatly appreciated
ttt
what happens during a full reset if you install windows mobile 6? will the phone revert back to wm5?
saku39 said:
ttt
what happens during a full reset if you install windows mobile 6? will the phone revert back to wm5?
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it reverts back to the last rom installed...
if it was wm6 after hard reset it will be wm6...
if it was wm5 after hard reset it will be wm5...
This happened to me.
Before a hard reset... try removing the Storage Card and do a Soft reset. My card was corrupted and the Mail Attachments folder (on the Card) locked Trinity at the Start/Home screen.
Worth a shot. Good luck.
I had the same problem after connecting my bluetooth headset. A hard reset fixed it.
do you use HTCHome ?
if yes uninstall it
OK I am stuck at the screen showing IPL SPL GSM and OS.
I was wanting to change the ROM so I used Resco backup and made a full backup.
Then I flashed back the original Rom for my Cingular 8125 / HTZ Wizard
Then I flashed to HTC Business Edition ROM CE OS 5.2.1622 Build 18128 AKU 4.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376667
Then ran my restore but since I forgot to put in my name and other personal info it said some stuff couldnt be restored so I Put in all my info and then did the restore again and it said it was complete and needed to soft reset so I said ok and now Im stuck at the boot screen like I said.
Since Im at this spot active sync wont connect and I cant reflash that way.
any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris
I am sort of in the same boat, got the wizard flash with buttons image, but now it won't connect via activesync, hopefully we will both get an answer.
cholubaz,
I got my problem solved by ....
1) doing a hard reset on my phone
2) un-installing active sync AND deleting the active sync folder then re-installing a fresh copy
I wanted to pull what little hair out that I have left, but it all came out good.
I fixed mine too just a few min ago
Mine wouldnt even hard reset. Holding the Power button down did nothing no matter how long I held it down.
I took the battery out and put it back in after a few min to a few hours and still it would only boot to the same screen I mentioned.
What I found out was that if I held the camera button in and then turned on the phone I was able to get in to boot loader mode and then I was able to reflash to a new ROM.
So Im back in business now
Cheers,
Chris
I don't know if the phone is bricked or what. Was in the store tonight, tried to text message my wife who I couldn't find and the phone was all locked up.
Soft reset, and only the date/time loaded, nothing would run. Soft reset again, and the phone didn't load past the bright splash screen. Tried soft reseting a bunch more times, nada. Did a hard reset, first one didn't work. I think it was the 3rd hard reset that took. Phone seemed like it was back to basic WM5, would be okay. Went home, put it on the charger.
Went to take it off the charger to reload data, and it won't turn on. Soft reset, freezes at bright splash screen. Hard reset, same thing.
Is my phone bricked? Anything that I can do to revive it? Or am I SOL?
Cingy/ATT 8525 w/WM5
(By "bright splash screen" I mean when the splash screen flashes brightly. It increases brightness, but just stays that way.)
Any help greatly appreciated.
I managed to load the official WM6 ROM (spl 2.03) via the built-in bootloader. I have radio, ROM, and GSM. It boots through the ATT animation, then freezes. It leaves a black screen with a blue and green static bar running horizontally across the screen about 1/4" thick.
I don't know how to get Hard-SPL loaded on the device because the only way I can see the device is when it's in the built-in bootloader mode.
will attempt PB/KITL I guess, though I can't at this point get the phone to display the KITL info.
No KITL in the ATT WM6 ROM.
Managed to get ATT WM6 ROM through the setup, after the "customization (bloatware)" it reset, and now it sticks on the bootup animation.
So close, I have SSPL and Hard SPL on the micro SD, if only I could get to the damn file manager. If I could somehow cancel out the customization process grrr.
On power charger, I seem to be able to get through the setup after a hard reset okay. It just won't boot after the reset.
Any ideas. I gotta get a few hours sleep. Sorry if this dialog to myself is in the wrong area, I didn't notice the "bricked hermes" thread was in the upgrades, etc area.
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No KITL in the ATT WM6 ROM.
Managed to get ATT WM6 ROM through the setup, after the "customization (bloatware)" it reset, and now it sticks on the bootup animation.
So close, I have SSPL and Hard SPL on the micro SD, if only I could get to the damn file manager. If I could somehow cancel out the customization process grrr.
On power charger, I seem to be able to get through the setup after a hard reset okay. It just won't boot after the reset.
Any ideas. I gotta get a few hours sleep. Sorry if this dialog to myself is in the wrong area, I didn't notice the "bricked hermes" thread was in the upgrades, etc area.
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Not sure I fully grasp what's happening here, but if you want to stop the customisation then hard reset and when it goes to the loading cusimisation stage shove the stylus in the hole to do a soft reset and it will stop it loading.
Mike
Alright, thanks, will give that a try.
I managed to run the official ATT WM6 ROM and flash it without a hiccup (twice), and task 28 in bootloader says no bad blocks. So I am confused how I can flash an "official" ROM successfully and the device still won't work. Am starting to suspect hardware failure apart from memory.
Thanks a million mate, that worked. Phone boots now, already have SSPL installed. Need to update .net and activesync for Hard-SPL 7 to run I guess. Then I have more options.
Woot! I unbricked my phone
Once I was able to hard reset and cancel the "customization" I ran SSPL, then Hard-SPL 7, then I Super-CIDed the device.
I haven't tweaked the data settings yet, but I can send/receive phone calls. Which is a coup, because this is my main line.
It runs sluggishly. I don't know if that is the ROM or the device. It won't boot if it's plugged into USB, and after flashing Hard-SPL it isn't a recognized device by windows, won't connect to activesync.
I am treating the phone gingerly right now, will try and unload the ATT wap settings cab and restore my pim.
At least now I have the option to install another ROM if it bricks on me again.
I really should have flashed Hard-SPL the DAY, the MINUTE after the warranty was up. Lesson learned.
Or not.
ATT ROM locked up on me, decided to try Schaps 4.40. Won't load past WinMo "tap screen to setup" screen. Guess I'll try something else.
For a stable WM6 rom try TNT SE. It is REALLY stable but does come with some 3rd party apps. Thought you might like to get it working though first then try the other roms and in my experiance I haven't found many other roms that were THIS stable...
Hope you get it working...
For a disassembly guide try this site - http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
Its a bloody good place to go for all things to do with hardware and Mike is a true guru with hardware problems...
Cheers...
Hello,
New owner of the HTC Touch HD, and love it!
But...
I was attempting to flash Dutty's WinMo 6.5 R4 ROM. I followed all the instructions, yet now I'm stuck.
Whever I boot the phone, it gets stuck on the black "Smart Mobility" screen. In the bottom left corner, it shows the following info:
R 1.14.25.24
G 52.64.25.34U
D 1.59. dutty
I've tried hard resets, and they don't do anything. I can't connect to Windows Mobile Device Center (ActiveSync), so I can't re-flash any old ROMs.
Any help/advice? Have I bricked my phone?
did you flash the ROM without flashing your SPL to 1.56 (or using USPL)? from the power off position, hold the down-volume key, briefly press the power button and see if your device boots to the tri-color screen. from there, post the values that appear on that screen. if your device boots to the tri-color screen, then you can reflash a stock ROM from your laptop/PC.
jsmith36 said:
Hello,
New owner of the HTC Touch HD, and love it!
But...
I was attempting to flash Dutty's WinMo 6.5 R4 ROM. I followed all the instructions, yet now I'm stuck.
Whever I boot the phone, it gets stuck on the black "Smart Mobility" screen. In the bottom left corner, it shows the following info:
R 1.14.25.24
G 52.64.25.34U
D 1.59. dutty
I've tried hard resets, and they don't do anything. I can't connect to Windows Mobile Device Center (ActiveSync), so I can't re-flash any old ROMs.
Any help/advice? Have I bricked my phone?
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How long does it stay on the black screen?
it usually takes awhile on first load up to 5 minutes sometimes longer
Can you get into Bootloader? (tricolour screen)
if you can you may have simply had a bad flash it does happen just reflash see what you get, but you need to be patient
You may want to post what steps you took so we can see if you missed something
Well...
cortez.i said:
did you flash the ROM without flashing your SPL to 1.56 (or using USPL)? from the power off position, hold the down-volume key, briefly press the power button and see if your device boots to the tri-color screen. from there, post the values that appear on that screen. if your device boots to the tri-color screen, then you can reflash a stock ROM from your laptop/PC.
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Never mind, found it...
Not quite...
Well, I've gotten it back to the stock ROM. Unfortunately, I can't seem to flash to a custom ROM. I've tried everything in the Step-By-Step guide. It keeps giving me error message [260].
As much as I'd love WiMo 6.5, I'd rather enjoy using the device.
So I guess I'll stick with the stock ROM for now.
But thanks for the help on getting it working again!
jsmith36 said:
Well, I've gotten it back to the stock ROM. Unfortunately, I can't seem to flash to a custom ROM. I've tried everything in the Step-By-Step guide. It keeps giving me error message [260].
As much as I'd love WiMo 6.5, I'd rather enjoy using the device.
So I guess I'll stick with the stock ROM for now.
But thanks for the help on getting it working again!
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if my memory is correct, that's a USB error and i believe i disabled USB sync in ActiveSync or WMDC to complete the flash process from my laptop. now, assuming you've Hard SPL'd your device with the 1.56 SPL, which is required for WM 6.5 ROM then you can still flash via the microSD card. in the ROM package you downloaded, you should see a file named BLACIMG.nbh or ruu_signed.nbh. (1) copy the file to a microSD (2) make sure the file is named BLACIMG.nbh (3) put the microSD card in your phone (4) boot your phone to the tri-color screen and you can flash a custom ROM.
My HD also gets stuck on that starting screen "smart mobility".
But i have the problem allways after a past restoring by sprite backup.
If i restore with "merge" the progs installed on the memory card will not start. Progs in ROM are ok.
If i restore with "replace" the HD and all progs on ROM and memory card are working properly. Fine! BUT on the next soft reset the HD will hang in the described starting screen and needs a hard reset of course followed by a new sprite restoring of an older backup file.
It sucks! And i'm not able to save new backups because on the backup process sprite will soft reset the HD.
I have still the original HTC ROM and radio ROM and my storage card is ok.
It must be a sprite problem, or better a problem of the registry modified by "replace"
Any hints?
Couldn't find a solution with sprite backup. But SPB backup works fine.
vincent1 said:
Couldn't find a solution with sprite backup. But SPB backup works fine.
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restoring a backup from one ROM to a different ROM is not advised, especially if you're flashing with custom ROMs. the backup could be overwriting/adding/modifying registry values that are critical to the new ROM. if you're wanting to quickly reinstall programs, etc., after a ROM flash consider using SHASAMI...
As stated above it is ill advised to perform a full restore after you have flashed to a different rom version as you'll be modifying registry settings which could make your phone not function correctly. Only use SPB Backup, Sprite & Rescop Backup for rstoring emails, contacts and nothing else.
If you are looking to restopre everything safely use SASHIMI