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bricked 8525 help please

bricked 8525. I can go to the boot loader screen. It stops loading at the splash screen.
HERM100
IPL-1.04
HERM100 MFG
SPL-1.01
First I have an at&t 8525, I was trying to upgrade the radio.
I have
radio 0108
no gsm
will not boot pass the splash screen
no KILT
I did an "info 8" in mtty.exe it gave me the following
USB>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1900
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3200, total=0x18300
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x1B500, total=0x23B00
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x377A800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x36A0000
I also did info 7
HTC Integrated Re-Flash Utility, Common Base Version : 1.50a
Device Name: H, Bootloader Version : 1.01
Built at: Apr 11 2006 18:29:22
Copyright (c) 1998-2006 High Tech Computer Corporation
CPU ID=0x41129200
Main CPLD version=0x5
Upper CPLD version=0x4
Main Board version=0x6
USB>set 14 0
Write Nand Success
HTCST ÚÈÒHTCEUSB>
USB>set 16 0
USB>
the phone i still bricked help please

Try to flash from memory card!
Also: studdy the HERMES UPGRADE PROBLEMS section in the Wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems

Junner2003 said:
Try to flash from memory card!
Also: studdy the HERMES UPGRADE PROBLEMS section in the Wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems
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how it it won't boot in to the os
and flashing from the memory card did not work

Try reboot to the tri-Color Screen And flashing the stock rom from Cingular. that usually comes Shipped with a radio and ilp

EQUiLiiBRiUM said:
Try reboot to the tri-Color Screen And flashing the stock rom from Cingular. that usually comes Shipped with a radio and ilp
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yea i tryed that and i kept get in error (264)

thats a connection .... you cna reboot your Machine , Make sure all firewalls are off and try reinstalling Again and it should Work.

EQUiLiiBRiUM said:
thats a connection .... you cna reboot your Machine , Make sure all firewalls are off and try reinstalling Again and it should Work.
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ok will try that cuz some one told me it lost cid i tryed to flash from the sd card also and that did not work im going to reboot and try it again

Bad block, please help!

Hi All
Today I checked my Cruise with mtty info and the result was this:
nfo 8
--- 2K bytes sector version ---
DEVICE NAME=samsung_k9k2g08
DEVICE ID=0xAA
DEVICE MAKER ID=0xEC
PAGE SIZE=0x800
TOTAL PAGE SIZE=0x840
BLOCK COUNT=0x800
BLOCK PAGE=0x40
Checking block information
BLOCK 0 (0x0) is reversed block
BLOCK 1 (0x1) is reversed block
BLOCK 2 (0x2) is reversed block
BLOCK 8 (0xKirály is reversed block
BLOCK 10 (0xA) is reversed block
BLOCK 11 (0xB) is reversed block
BLOCK 1023 (0x3FF) is bad block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x3E
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x40, total=0x780
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x7C0, total=0x8680
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x8E40, total=0x12480
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x4767200
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x4720000
I use Beps 0.54. all flash was perfect. I didin't have any error.
I worry about a little bit.
1, What does it mean this bad block exactly?
2, Should I afraid about this?
3, How can I repair this?
I got other result from "fktsndr":
--- 2K bytes sector version ---
DEVICE NAME=samsung_k9k2g08
DEVICE ID=0xAA
DEVICE MAKER ID=0xEC
PAGE SIZE=0x800
TOTAL PAGE SIZE=0x840
BLOCK COUNT=0x800
BLOCK PAGE=0x40
Checking block information
BLOCK 0 (0x0) is reversed block
BLOCK 1 (0x1) is reversed block
BLOCK 2 (0x2) is reversed block
BLOCK 8 (0xKirály is reversed block
BLOCK 10 (0xA) is reversed block
BLOCK 11 (0xB) is reversed block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x63E
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x640, total=0x780
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0xDC0, total=0x7580
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x8340, total=0x12F80
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x41E1A00
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x41A0000
It looks better than my Cruise. He use Bepe 0.53.
Any idea?

Ignor this!
Is normal!

NetrunnerAT said:
Ignor this!
Is normal!
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Pfhuuuuu ...... Ok. What is this difference between two Cruise?
One with bad block and the other without.

Here is my HTC Nike
info 8
--- 2K bytes sector version ---
DEVICE NAME=samsung_k9k2g08
DEVICE ID=0xAA
DEVICE MAKER ID=0xEC
PAGE SIZE=0x800
TOTAL PAGE SIZE=0x840
BLOCK COUNT=0x800
BLOCK PAGE=0x40
Checking block information
BLOCK 0 (0x0) is reversed block
BLOCK 1 (0x1) is reversed block
BLOCK 2 (0x2) is reversed block
BLOCK 8 (0x8) is reversed block
BLOCK 10 (0xA) is reversed block
BLOCK 11 (0xB) is reversed block
BLOCK 13 (0xD) is reversed block
BLOCK 14 (0xE) is reversed block
BLOCK 16 (0x10) is reversed block
BLOCK 17 (0x11) is reversed block
BLOCK 18 (0x12) is reversed block
BLOCK 19 (0x13) is reversed block
BLOCK 817 (0x331) is bad block
BLOCK 1325 (0x52D) is bad block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x63E
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x640, total=0x700
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0xD40, total=0x8EC0
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x9C00, total=0x116C0
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x4E4E000
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x4E00000
I have in my Work three other Nike with same error! All work without any problems.

DANGER!
Guys, DO NOT use "task 2a" command in MTTY with Polaris device!
Your device will be a brick.

fktsndr said:
Guys, DO NOT use "task 2a" command in MTTY with Polaris device!
Your device will be a brick.
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Type(hex) 2A: Check NAND flash and mark bad blocks. (Requires Level!=0xFF)
Can you explane why? I think i know what you mean ^_^
[edit] i have found the Kaiser Thread ...

NetrunnerAT said:
Type(hex) 2A: Check NAND flash and mark bad blocks. (Requires Level!=0xFF)
Can you explane why? I think i know what you mean ^_^
[edit] i have found the Kaiser Thread ...
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because in the new EVT series, the SPLs are properly written with full ECC checking, task 2a just formats the NAND entirely

Olipro said:
because in the new EVT series, the SPLs are properly written with full ECC checking, task 2a just formats the NAND entirely
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It's clear but what do you think about the bad block in the firs post? It's normal or not?

thebiker said:
It's clear but what do you think about the bad block in the firs post? It's normal or not?
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yes, it is normal... its a NAND device. Forget about it and be happy.

About NAND devices
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
About bad blocks of NAND devices:
Most NAND devices are shipped from the factory with some bad blocks which are typically identified and marked according to a specified bad block marking strategy. By allowing some bad blocks, the manufacturers achieve far higher yields than would be possible if all blocks were tested good. This significantly reduces NAND flash costs and only slightly decreases the storage capacity of the parts.

Thax for all answer!!!

bricked polaris - black screen after reset

my polaris is bricked.
i can enter tricolor screen , but nothing after that.
tried many tricks but still no solution.
1. pressing reset, screen is totally black
2. i can enter normally into tricolor screen
3. i can flash any rom i like , but everytime black screen after reset.
4. hard reset is working fine.
5. hard spl is installed
6. mtty output :
a.
Cmd>info 8
--- 2K bytes sector version ---
DEVICE NAME=samsung_k9k2g08
DEVICE ID=0xAA
DEVICE MAKER ID=0xEC
PAGE SIZE=0x800
TOTAL PAGE SIZE=0x840
BLOCK COUNT=0x800
BLOCK PAGE=0x40
Checking block information
BLOCK 0 (0x0) is reversed block
BLOCK 1 (0x1) is reversed block
BLOCK 2 (0x2) is reversed block
BLOCK 8 (0x8) is reversed block
BLOCK 10 (0xA) is reversed block
BLOCK 11 (0xB) is reversed block
BLOCK 13 (0xD) is reversed block
BLOCK 14 (0xE) is reversed block
BLOCK 16 (0x10) is reversed block
BLOCK 17 (0x11) is reversed block
BLOCK 18 (0x12) is reversed block
BLOCK 19 (0x13) is reversed block
BLOCK 604 (0x25C) is bad block
BLOCK 1150 (0x47E) is bad block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x63E
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x640, total=0x780
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0xDC0, total=0xC440
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0xD200, total=0xE0C0
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x6969000
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x6900000
b. Cmd>info 9
Storage Start Addr=0x56BA0000, length:0x7090200
c. Cmd>info 0
Platform Model IDOLA10000
Platform HW Board ID:31, PVT1
d. Cmd>info 2
HTCS00000000jR*¥HTCE
e. Cmd>info 3
HTCS;²»ÀA§v³ñ‹+¬úÐx´Wš¿
f. Cmd>boot
InitDisplay: Display_Chip=1
CpldSetSystemLED2 [1],gdwLED2Status=0.
No this System Led2 Behavior [1] polaris locks...
Is there a solution or it's time for Diamond ?

i dont know if he can help you, but hit jockyw a pm

have you tried to revert back to original SPL and ROM?
(i know you are great rom cooker, but just in case you forgot something)

Did you try these?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2003948&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2350974&postcount=4

I've tried any possible mtty command ...
finally i think that there is a bad block problem (many bad blocks) ....
p.s. A friend gave me a new polaris, so cooking continues ....

sorry about your loss
any advices on what not to do ?
in order not to get in the same situation.

don't let your children play with those problematic & expensive htc pdas ...

swtos said:
I've tried any possible mtty command ...
finally i think that there is a bad block problem (many bad blocks) ....
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it could be possible to change the ROM memory?

Dead mda vario (II)

Hello,
My old mda vario (I) will die soon so I've bought a secondhand mda vario (II).
But the phone isn't working, it won't pass the windows mobile screen.
I think the person where I bought this phone from tried to flash it. (It has a splashscreen from orange)
Here's all the information I have:
M 05
S 04
B 05 D 1.23
And after a while no gsm will appear.
From the tricolor screen:
Herm100
IPL-1.01
Herm100
SPL-1.09
I've been reading a lot here but didn't test anything because I don't want to have 2 not working phones.
Is it possible to fix this one or is it already to late?
So what to do?
Thanks for reading and helping

Hopefully it's not serious (even though it does seem so). I have an 8525 with the same specs and the radio bootloader is dead, therefore it's what i call "half a brick."
Hopefully you can revive your 8525 by following the instructions posted here.

So only if I've KITL, I could repair my phone.. Let's hope i've that..

Hope so; i tried everything possible but the phone is just dead (the phone radio that is).
Hope you get it fixed.

When I connect my phone in bootloader mode to my pc I get htc usb sync.
And when I don't go to the bootloader mode it will be detected as a windows mobile based device, but activesync can't connect...
Is that a good sign?
I've also tried this
And mtty could connect and I could execute these commands:
USB> password 0000000000000000
USB> set 1e 1
USB> erase a0040000 c80000
USB> erase a0cc0000 c80000
USB> erase a1940000 640000
USB> set 1e 0
But I still get the no gsm message.
I've also tried to get in the kitl mode (with the power,comm manager and the reset button i believe). But I can't get it in that mode
Any other ideas?
@ kareem9nba thx for helping

Wupper said:
When I connect my phone in bootloader mode to my pc I get htc usb sync.
And when I don't go to the bootloader mode it will be detected as a windows mobile based device, but activesync can't connect...
Is that a good sign?
I've also tried this
And mtty could connect and I could execute these commands:
USB> password 0000000000000000
USB> set 1e 1
USB> erase a0040000 c80000
USB> erase a0cc0000 c80000
USB> erase a1940000 640000
USB> set 1e 0
But I still get the no gsm message.
I've also tried to get in the kitl mode (with the power,comm manager and the reset button i believe). But I can't get it in that mode
Any other ideas?
@ kareem9nba thx for helping
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That also didn't work for me, however did you try the second method?
In mtty, type "info 2" and then enter (with no quotations) and after that "info 8" and post what you get here.

Ok, here is the output:
info 2
CID: Wait interpreter timeout
HTCSF kEØ(HTCEUSB>
USB>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Block 0x3FB(1019) is Reversed block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1700
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3000, total=0x1B100
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x1E100, total=0x1C700
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x3D10800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x3C20000
USB>

Now try to type "task 2a" there to try and fix the block. Post your results here.

USB>task 2a
USB>info 2
CID: Wait interpreter timeout
HTCSF kEØ(HTCEUSB>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Block 0x3FB(1019) is Reversed block
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1700
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3000, total=0x1B100
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x1E100, total=0x1C700
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x3D10800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x3C20000
USB>
Done that.. But nothing changed

Ok, doesn't seem to be to good Try flashing a different radio and if it freezes during the flash, you more than likely have a dead radio bootloader. Let me know what happens.

Do you know any good ones? And activesync can't connect to my device so will that work?

For the sake of this problem, try any radio (maybe a 1.58.xx.xx series). You should be able to do it if your device is connected to your PC.

With radio you mean an spl?
(I know, i'm n00b )

Would another spl help me with flashing a new rom onto it?
And if I can't get it working trough usb, is it possible trough micro sd?

kareemnba: task 2a will not help with the primary problem, at least now he certainly has no OS image anymore.

I would have a quiet word with the person who sold you the phone. It was dead from the start and you shouldn't be wasting your time trying to repair their mistake. If you check the Hermes WIKI unbrick table you will see that there really is no way to repair this unless you send it to the repair centre or somebody like Cmonex can give you a final pronouncement.

Wam7 said:
I would have a quiet word with the person who sold you the phone. It was dead from the start and you shouldn't be wasting your time trying to repair their mistake. If you check the Hermes WIKI unbrick table you will see that there really is no way to repair this unless you send it to the repair centre or somebody like Cmonex can give you a final pronouncement.
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there is a way, though, if the radio bootloader is dead, then only the OS can be made to boot again. the radio itself is not saveable, unless jtag to it is accessible.

Help!I‘v got 3 NAND flash bad blocks can't fix

herme200
vodafone cht9000
Cmd>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Block 0x1E(30) is BAD block !!!
Block 0x26(38) is BAD block !!!
Block 0x35D(861) is BAD block !!!
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1900
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3200, total=0x1EB00
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x21D00, total=0x18B00
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x44AE800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x43A0000
Cmd>task 2a
Check block : 30 - Bad
Check block : 38 - Bad
Check block : 861 - Bad
I have done many things such as upgrade an official rom
and tray the spl v8
and when i use the ruuwapper,check the auto set ,it always said: unknow version ,you should pik safe sspl
but i already get the spl v7or v8,it still say the error
how can i fix the bad blocks???

Did you try to hard spl it? You need to downgrade your spl to 1.04 and then try from there. Make sure that you use activesync and then click auto detect. Try it again but make sure your not running any programs while doing so.

You need to remember too that sometimes the telco "brand" the Hermes with bad blocks. Generally 2. Telstra Australia used to, not sure anymore.
So saying, you can't fix the bad blocks if your SPL is higher than 1.10. You need to downgrade your SPL, fix the bad blocks then flash hard SPL again.
Cheers...

thanks alot！！！！
I have downgrade my spl , but spl 1.01,and 1.04 and 1..09 are the same as spl 2.30
USB>info 8
Block 0x0(0) is Reversed block
Block 0x1(1) is Reversed block
Block 0x2(2) is Reversed block
Block 0x3(3) is Reversed block
Block 0x4(4) is Reversed block
Block 0x5(5) is Reversed block
Block 0x6(6) is Reversed block
Block 0x7(7) is Reversed block
Block 0x8(8) is Reversed block
Block 0x9(9) is Reversed block
Block 0xA(10) is Reversed block
Block 0xB(11) is Reversed block
Block 0xC(12) is Reversed block
Block 0x1E(30) is BAD block !!!
Block 0x26(38) is BAD block !!!
Block 0x35D(861) is BAD block !!!
Partition[0], type=0x20, start=0x2, total=0x18FE
Partition[1], type=0x23, start=0x1900, total=0x1900
Partition[2], type=0x25, start=0x3200, total=0x1EB00
Partition[3], type=0x4, start=0x21D00, total=0x18B00
CE Total Length(with sector info) = 0x44AE800
CE CheckSum Length(without sector info) = 0x43A0000
USB>task 2a
Check block : 30 - Bad
Check block : 38 - Bad
Check block : 861 - Bad
i found It just changed cmd> into usb> from spl higher then 1.10
PS:when my phone was in spl 2.0,there is 6 bad blocks in nand flash,the task 2a has fixed three bad blocks
but these bad block still can't fix....

I'd say they are from the telco then... I can't fix 2 bad blocks either...
Remember to upgrade back to Hard SPL v7. VERY Important...
Cheers...

Thanks ultramag69 again!!!
i have flash spl to hardspl V8 already
thanks for the explain and remind