I know this is a strange request but I need to deliver my phone for repair because of HW issues and since it seems way to hard to recreate the original operator image from the dump, I thought that if I could get the phone into a situation where there is no bootloader then that should be enough.
Any ideas?
Thanx,
Eran
jocool said:
I know this is a strange request but I need to deliver my phone for repair because of HW issues and since it seems way to hard to recreate the original operator image from the dump, I thought that if I could get the phone into a situation where there is no bootloader then that should be enough.
Any ideas?
Thanx,
Eran
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Allow mw to suggest the following: Why don't you try to set it on fire?
Cheers.
I would say a bunch of big magnets should do the trick.
Kevlar-Source said:
Allow mw to suggest the following: Why don't you try to set it on fire?
Cheers.
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Wish I could but if I break it physically need to pay a fine
simple answer:
HTC doesn't take "the phone was burned" under warranty...
So instead of giving nonsense remarks, you could have said nothing instead.
Of course this is cheating, in a way, but since there are HW issues and HTC doesn't repair unless it's the original ROM on it...
Jocool: One method would be to disconnect during a ROM installation, thou i'm not sur if you can't still get it right after that.
You'd probably have to get it to the original bootloader which shouldn't be too hard and then interrupt it during a Radio flash.
Flash a radio and pull the cable about half way through...i think that should do it!
ai6908 said:
Flash a radio and pull the cable about half way through...i think that should do it!
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I tried this with a full ROM and unfortunately still gets to the boot loader. Will try this later.
Thanx
Eran
actually, i thought HTC dont cover software issues?
and if YOU damage the bootloader in the update process is that not your responsibility? as i'm pretty sure the RUU states somewhere that you update at your risk?
if i were you, just do something to fubber up the mainboard, best thing i suggest is to put something into the micro sd card slot which will basically insulate the pins such that it doesnt make contact with the memory card, that way you can get the thing changed like i did with my old charmer!
Piezoelectric gas lighter...
I haven't said this, I have not been there...
duke_stix said:
actually, i thought HTC dont cover software issues?
and if YOU damage the bootloader in the update process is that not your responsibility? as i'm pretty sure the RUU states somewhere that you update at your risk?
if i were you, just do something to fubber up the mainboard, best thing i suggest is to put something into the micro sd card slot which will basically insulate the pins such that it doesnt make contact with the memory card, that way you can get the thing changed like i did with my old charmer!
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I need to get this to the operator for fixing. It is actually easy enough to return to an original HTC ROM but that won't work for me
brick your phone???
4 months ago I sent my device for repairing, but they sent it back after 3 months with a note that: "the device can not be repaired any more becasue the Flashbaustein (this is the name in German and I couldn't find the english word) is kaputt"
of course I can assure you they even didn't try to switch on the device in these 3 months... after a long discussion with the T-Mobile agent, I took my device home and tried to re-flash a new ROM on it and everything went as it should be.
be careful with the risks you might cause to yourself
i once did it with my htc wizard ... though i forgot how already ... but I think it did it through the sd card... not sure if it's possible with hermes though since I didn't try that ...
but anyway, i think I modified the first few bytes in the 512 header of the rom with random characters and copied into the sd card to flash my wizard.
Tada, killed the bootloader
I hope that you can do that with the hermes ... I did see a wiki on how to flash your hermes through your sd.
Hope this helps
Burn Baby Burn
Hi
Try this, i assure you that will do the trick.
Connect a USB Cableto the HTC, get a 20V AC adapter, connect a wire to the Positive and one to the negative on the AC adapter connector, connect the negative to the outside of the usb cable, and, use the positive in every other contacts, wen you see SMOKE, STOP.
I'am preaty shure that they wont get to the BootLoader
New Idea
I have an idea...
1. Get an anvil
2. Get a sledgehammer
3. Place your Hermes on top of the anvil
4. Drop the sledgehammer on it
5. Pick up the pieces
6. Glue them together
7. Polish it with a fine cloth
8. Wrap it in a fancy paper
9. Send it to wherever you were sending it in the first place
Cheers.
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Hi
Try this, i assure you that will do the trick.
Connect a USB Cableto the HTC, get a 20V AC adapter, connect a wire to the Positive and one to the negative on the AC adapter connector, connect the negative to the outside of the usb cable, and, use the positive in every other contacts, wen you see SMOKE, STOP.
I'am preaty shure that they wont get to the BootLoader
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I believe it would be more effective with a high voltage... Just imagine pluging it directly into a high voltage power line... It would be better than fireworks
the best way is to cause an electrical fault. just connect a 12V car battery to the battery terminals of your phone. just be careful as you may kill yourself due to the high current flwoing out of the battery regardless even though its 12v.
Thanx to all that gave me ideas some practical and some not
I was able to convince my provider to replace my phone without turning it on so problem solved
I fried my blackberry by just putting it in the microwave for 15 seconds, pop and bam dead
If you wanna brick your phone, just go into clockwork recovery and format your sdcard and so a whole system wipe. That's what I did then took it to verizon and got a new Droid x.
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Hi all,
I have a 8125 (Wizard) that I bought used with a broken LCD - I replaced the LCD with hopes of having a functional phone, but I'm not quite there...
It WAS working as a nice little PDA for a while, with the newest Cingular ROM (2.25 I believe). HOwever, I received absolutely NO signal on the radio - the little animation just constantly went like it was forever searching.
So, in my newfound expertise in flashing HTC devices, I decided to flash this to a different ROM. First, I tried the one they call Button 1.05. No bones - it'd drop connection before even going to the tri-color.
Next, I tried the SlimEdition 2.2b of WM6 (I wanted to put WM6 on it anyway, and with this old of a phone, I'm keeping away from excessive gadgets). Same deal as the Button 1.05.
On to the Faria WM6 I found in another forum. This one didn't even find my phone.
Before suggesting I try doing the flashes more than 1 time, I did.. I've been trying to flash this thing for over a month...
Additionally (and probably part of the problem), when I connect the phone to my mini-USB (no, not HTC OEM) it establishes connection about 1/3 of the time....the rest of the time I get a "USB Device not Recognized" warning from XP - I then disconnect it and reconnect it until AS4.5 sees it.
Most recently, I tried putting the Button 1.05 on again, and actually made progress...sorta...
Once I got the RUU running, I actually got it to progress to 2% before the RUU declared a connection failure. Stuck in the RUU screen, I tried all the ROM's I have on this thing, and none get past 2%.
So, NOW, I have an 8125 that's stuck in the RUU screen. I dont know what I can try next, or what might be the problem - however, if anyone knows or has spare parts they're willing to donate to science (I can afford to pay the shipping - that's about it) then I would be most grateful. My initial thoughts are bad USB port or mainboard, but I haven't a clue where to get them.
Alternatively, if I dont hear from anyone soon with good news, I will be offereing for sale 1 hardly used LCD/Digitizer combo for what I paid for it. (approx $45 USD).
Summary (long post, eh?):
1> Can I get out of the tri-color RUU screen, or did it getting to 2% and then dying effectively brick this phone?
2> Anyone have suggestions on what to replace to prevent AS4.5 (or even Windows) from misdetecting the phone when connected via USB?
3> Anyone have parts for above-mentioned repairs/replacements? I'd be most grateful....
TIA!
- M
Follow up - next day (yes, next day)....
Apparently, the Forum Gods were watching over me as I spewed about my flashing issues......
I tried flashing it one more time, using the Slim v2 WM6 ROM....wouldn't ya know, the sunnovabatch worked....
Dunno why or what I did differently, but I dont want anyone pounding their heads trying to find an answer for this....
(I'll still take any donor phones, though...this one is 'better', but still not 'great')
Thanks for lookin!
- M
thats good to hear. say, how hard you think it would be to replace a usb port connector? mine is broken
collwatt said:
thats good to hear. say, how hard you think it would be to replace a usb port connector? mine is broken
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Well, I've never replaced one myself, but it looks like it's just a few solder joints....
Can anyone confirm this? I dont want to mislead you by saying it's easy, in case it just looks easy, and really isn't.....
Also, I think I saw a thread elsewhere where someone had a bunch of the USB connectors that (s)he was selling....search here first - I'm pretty sure it'll be a better deal than you'll find on fleabay....
GL!!!
- M
I recently dropped my 8525 hard enough to throw battery out of phone. I reinserted battery and started phone. Though I lucked out as everything seemed to work until I couldn't make a call. During boot I get "no GSM" instead of a battery version. I have done a hard reset, but it didn't help. I going to try to install a new ROM and if needed try to flash a new radio.
Anybody else have this problem? I am afraid it is a hardware malfunction in the radio.
If I cannot get this to work (I have already bought a new phone) I will be more then willing to donate (just pay for shipping) the phone to anyone who would like to work on it or test things on it. I have one half good battery and one good battery as well. Like I said everything seems to work but the actual phone. Let me know if you want it.
meh, that is not good news my friend, hope you get it fixed!
if it is a no go however, i wouldn't mind taking it off your hands
best of luck,
tbae2
Try to reflash original or stock rom. Go with the carrier rom you are supposed to have. It might work as there have been reports to indicate this.
Hope it works for you.
Cheers...
I have recently gone through similar problems, there are numerous things that can cause the NO GSM error on post. So here is the complete solution:
1. Some hard drops can jostle the antenna connection on the board, (a dodgy way of testing if this is the issue is to give the phone a shake and a few soft resets, the NO GSM error will sometimes disappear and state your radio version). There are numerous service manuals that describe how to disassemble and reassemble your handset (read the forums). It sounds scary at first, but so does not having a working phone (be sure you are out of warranty first). You will want to get some electronic circuit board cleaner and give the area around the golden clip on the top left (back facing up) a good spray (while you are at it, why not clean out some dust scroll button detritus). Then dry and reassemble, taking care to force the antenna all the way into the clip.
2. If step one really scares you or you are still in warranty, skip straight to here. A program called mtty (i use vers 1.42 , check the forums) can be used to interrogate the board logic from the bootloader, there are numerous tasks that can be used to clear registers and check gates for errors (for lack of a better word), the wiki has a great entry on all these.
3. A reflash of the radio and maybe even the os isn't a bad idea either... although remember that the latest radio may not be the best for your area/network (READ THE FORUM on this too)
Let us know how you go with it all, and good luck
if you need any further assistance PM me.
ultramag69 said:
Try to reflash original or stock rom. Go with the carrier rom you are supposed to have. It might work as there have been reports to indicate this.
Hope it works for you.
Cheers...
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This was my idea last night as well. Froze on bootloader. I tried to also Install new radio but also a no-go. I am now downloading a new ROM without radio to see if I can get something other then bootloader. I will keep posted.
I can take the phone apart if I need to, I will make it a last resort. I am not afraid to though as I already have a new phone.
Seeing as I still cannot figure out how to make a ROM to contribute (vista and lack of programing skills) This would be a way I can assist If it would be more useful to someone here not dismantled I would like to look into it.
Update:
The radio hardware must be bad. I cannot flash a new radio or any rom with a radio. Schap's EM6 is working fine. I am going to look into discodergenson 's suggestion of taking the phone apart.
Schematic Diagram
Hi, I have a HTC 8525, with the same problem, doesnt start phone module.. anyway, in my phone, the sim card is not detected. Anybody have schematic diagram for this model? Or any other htc model, for reference.
I think this problem can be caused by dry solder in the driver of sim card, must identify it.
Thanks in advanced
(Sorry for my bad english)
datachaos said:
Hi, I have a HTC 8525, with the same problem, doesnt start phone module.. anyway, in my phone, the sim card is not detected. Anybody have schematic diagram for this model? Or any other htc model, for reference.
I think this problem can be caused by dry solder in the driver of sim card, must identify it.
Thanks in advanced
(Sorry for my bad english)
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I don't think a bad SIM card connection is a problem. Without a SIM card the phone still needs a radio connection to make 911 calls.
also obviously I only have a t8 and higher, not a t6 which is needed to take phone apart. I will update when I get phone apart.
Hey I was planning on jumping over to a hero rom and it said that it needed the SPL 1.33.2005 and since I had 2003 I thought I should upgrade. So i downloaded the file and named it update.zip and after a reboot the phone would not turn on anymore. Charging it would leave it with the orange led at the top, and holding the power button would make it a red light flash and power + some other button would make it blue but none would start the phone.
Dilemmas
1. Placed sim card into old Motorola Rizr and phone would be on loop for start up screen
2. Phone came with a NEW sim card which I never used so I placed that in the old phone and it would say "insert sim card" So I guess i need to do something for it to work?
3. Battery was replaced by employee when I went in yesterday morning.
4. I am not an authorized user on the account (I'm the son) so I wasn't able to order a new phone to be shipped to me. I am planning on going in a couple of hours if a solution does not come up.
They said to get authorized user in and ask to get a replacement sent home but did this void my warranty? What should I do?
I downloaded the "SPL" from here. I chose the engineering one. Maybe I did the process wrong or something, I have no idea. This is what I deserve I guess.
Lastly, can I get the phone replaced directly from a store instead of having it shipped to me?
sounds like a brick to me, I'm sure you can get a warranty replacement. when you or the account owner call tmo and complain don't mention rooting or updates.
Thanks for the quick response. Is there any way that they would know what happened to the phone when I send it in? What i'm mainly worried about are my contacts. I tried to put my contacts from my sim onto my old phone but the phone wouldn't start. I know the contacts are on the old phone though but the phone won't let me do anything with it unless there is a sim card in there and mine isn't working. Can my new sim card that came with phone work on the old Motorola RIZR? Do I need to activate the sim card?
if you logged into your google acct on your phone it sync's all your contacts, calendar things like that so if you did log into a google acct when you started the phone just goto gmail.com log in and hit contacts on the left
also they can figure out what you were trying to do and thats why they tell you when you order your replacement "if your warrenty is void (which it is) they can charge you a $399 restocking fee"
remember they arnt in the business of giving out free stuff but good luck :/
but if you have INSURANCE where you pay every month you can go this route... smash your phone so no one will be able to tell what you did.. pay the $50/$100 deductible... and get a new one then you dont have to chance the $399 but its up to you
That is what I assumed ^^
I called them earlier thinking it would be replaced but according to my insurance, they only cover theft and physical damage and I must pay the deductible of $130 (wtf, that is higher than i thought) and for actual damage to phone (no physical or water damage) like unresponsive, won't turn on, etc. has to be done through t-mobile.
So now I know that my previous rom on there was the cyanogen something so does that void my warranty? What should I do to the phone that will not let them know what happened?
geahboi said:
you could try to fast boot the mytouch 3g boot image using these instructions here(taken from:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133)
"Original T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Splash Image (Thanks Haykuro)
Download it here
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 splash.nb"
You would this using fast boot via your pc. Then you could send that sucker back, maybe. I hope this helps and I'm so sorry to hear about your phone.
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I was trying this method but it looks like I need to start the phone to find out some info so I can make the gold card ( someone told me to try to fastboot it via the pc so I can at least get to that screen where i can install the update.zip so i can put in a rom)
mr_black03 said:
you should be able to add insurance b4 the 14th day! if they wont let you...
call them today, say your phone wont power up, fake your way along with them in trouble shooting, then when they say send it back, touch the battery contacts under the battery (on the phone not battery) to a higher voltage source (ex: lattern battery) you should hear a pop, and the phone will not boot, and you are good! send it back and they will send you a new 1 tada you winz.
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This will be my plan 2... will it work fine?
hell yea fry that facker, no doubt it will be a legit warrenty repair/replacement
phatmanxxl said:
hell yea fry that facker, no doubt it will be a legit warrenty repair/replacement
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I'm coming from another website where sarcasm runs rampant, I'm not sure if this is sarcasm... hahaha.
So should I fry it?
any recommended easy ways that you guys suggest? I don't really have a "lattern lamp" or a lantern lamp which I'm assuming it is. Without killing myself.
you could try a 9 volt battery or just tape some wires to a car battery would be better. this is totally up to you, this is so they won't see that you been "modding"
if you wanna get creative, see if you can do it through the charger port so you can say you left it charging over night and it was very hot to the touch in the morning. you went to turn on the phone and it was unresponsive. that's been known to happen with phones once in a while.
I got it, take a usb, plug the small side in the phone, pull the large end off, shove the exposed wires in a wall outlet, watch it squirm.
phatmanxxl said:
I got it, take a usb, plug the small side in the phone, pull the large end off, shove the exposed wires in a wall outlet, watch it squirm.
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LOL that is hilarious. Won't that also fry my charger?
Most likely I'm going to try the car battery + wire to the metal contact. I'll let you guys know how it goes. I should be getting my phone next week and I'll be returning the defective one promptly after. Hopefully I'll still have the one touch root. I heard that t-mobile has caught on to that and have revised the newer phones to not allow that.
Funky_Fred said:
LOL that is hilarious. Won't that also fry my charger?
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yea It probly will fry the wire too, m I wouldn't use the htc usb but an extra cheapo standard to mini. I got like ten of them laying around the house here. lol I wouldn't be surprised if the phone melted or caught fire if you tried running 120. volts through it.
let us know how it goes.
Tomorrow I will have had my Evo for two weeks. Today the USB connector on the bottom is funky/loose, only goes to recharge if I push/hold it a little sideways. Even then no adb or drive connect. Arrgghhhhhh!!! Who wants to bet Sprint won't fix since it's rooted? How does rooting it make the connector work loose?
Sorry, just wanted to pitch a *****.
oldboynet said:
Tomorrow I will have had my Evo for two weeks. Today the USB connector on the bottom is funky/loose, only goes to recharge if I push/hold it a little sideways. Even then no adb or drive connect. Arrgghhhhhh!!! Who wants to bet Sprint won't fix since it's rooted? How does rooting it make the connector work loose?
Sorry, just wanted to pitch a *****.
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Pull the file out of the stock exe and put it on your sd card then reflash it to root, you don't need the usb port to go back to root and get them to replace it. The exe is only a little program that pushs it onto the phone.
No I don't know which file you need i just know that it's possible, anyone care to elaborate?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6783326
My brother had the same issue on his moment. He had to tightly wrap the cord around the phone to get it to charge. He had insurance on it, and they swapped it out for a new one for free.
did you charge using one from sprint or the one that came with the evo? The one i bought from sprint is a lot harder to put in on my phone =/
scev5 said:
did you charge using one from sprint or the one that came with the evo? The one i bought from sprint is a lot harder to put in on my phone =/
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Yeah, it came with the phone from Sprint!
You're saying the aftermarket cable has a slightly bigger connector? I'll have to try it.
It does look like the "shell" of the female connector in the phone has spread a little, maybe a "vaginal tuck" will help.
Can someone who has both an HTC and aftermarket cable tell me how they differ dimensionally, especially WRT the positioner tab in the middle of the shell, it seems a little too thin to do its intended job on the HTC cable I have.
Dave2582 said:
My brother had the same issue on his moment. He had to tightly wrap the cord around the phone to get it to charge. He had insurance on it, and they swapped it out for a new one for free.
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Was it rooted? I doubt they even know what is that. I mean, the people at the customer's desk.
baiatul said:
Was it rooted? I doubt they even know what is that. I mean, the people at the customer's desk.
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Of course it was rooted! I'd also replaced the boot animation and removed the start up sound. Oh yeah, the recovery too. The boot sequence I can fix from the terminal, but I don't see how to get back both the stock ROM and stock recovery without having adb.
Anyway, I did do a little prying on the connector shell and no joy, at least not yet. It bends way too easily, like thick tinfoil, probably tears just as quick.
mrono said:
Pull the file out of the stock exe and put it on your sd card then reflash it to root, you don't need the usb port to go back to root and get them to replace it. The exe is only a little program that pushs it onto the phone.
No I don't know which file you need i just know that it's possible, anyone care to elaborate?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6783326
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When you use the stock RUU to unroot it removes everything and sets it back to stock. Recovery, boot anim, everything
mrono said:
When you use the stock RUU to unroot it removes everything and sets it back to stock. Recovery, boot anim, everything
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Did I mention I have no system available that runs those wacky .EXE files (and no inclination to install one)? Besides, doesn't this require a USB connect?
Current status: it appears no amount of connector shell reforming is going to re-establish USB connectivity. I can charge, but that's it. I'll report back when I've tried another cable. In the meantime, be gentle with your USB connector!
oldboynet said:
Did I mention I have no system available that runs those wacky .EXE files (and no inclination to install one)? Besides, doesn't this require a USB connect?
Current status: it appears no amount of connector shell reforming is going to re-establish USB connectivity. I can charge, but that's it. I'll report back when I've tried another cable. In the meantime, be gentle with your USB connector!
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mrono said:
Pull the file out of the stock exe and put it on your sd card then reflash it to root, you don't need the usb port to go back to root and get them to replace it. The exe is only a little program that pushs it onto the phone.
No I don't know which file you need i just know that it's possible, anyone care to elaborate?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6783326
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don't need to run the exe
oldboynet said:
Did I mention I have no system available that runs those wacky .EXE files (and no inclination to install one)? Besides, doesn't this require a USB connect?
Current status: it appears no amount of connector shell reforming is going to re-establish USB connectivity. I can charge, but that's it. I'll report back when I've tried another cable. In the meantime, be gentle with your USB connector!
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If you can charge then something else is wrong. You are getting the connectors touching to create the charge.
Guys, I need a bit of advice please.
After an accidentally botched radio install (phone fell and disconnected from USB whilst flashing), my HD2 won't boot. It gets stuck on the multi-coloured 'initial screen' (for want of a better expression) with 'SPL-1.42.HPSL XE CotullaHSPL' on it.
I'm looking to do one of two things, either rescue it, or, PREFERABLY kill it completely so that the device does not even boot to that screen. I know that sounds like a strange preference, but that would be ideal for me. Have you got any suggestions at all guys?
If you want to send it back and get a new one, then you definetly have to remove HSPL. Get HSPL2 and try to flash 1.42.0000. If it works, your problem is solved! Simply take it to customer service, complain about it not booting all of a sudden and you`ll either get a new one or get yours fixed.
However... if you fail removing HSPL and have no other option available, try and microwave it, literally. Put it in a microwave oven until it refuses to boot, then take it back to customer service complaining about how it suddely stopped working.
Best of luck!
Quite LITERALLY put it in the microwave and turn the microwave on?? For how long? Won't it just 'melt' the innerds, or blow up?
Yep. I did this to mine in 10 second intervals. The first time nothing happened, it just got hot. The second time, the vibrations stopped working. The third time nothing. The fourth time the screen started to fail (but STILL booted into the bootloader). The fifth time it only booted with a white screen and I stopped, as I had acheived what I wanted and the screen was already pretty damaged.
Thanks, a very, er, interesting suggestion. However I want the phone to look the same, i.e undamaged! But be bricked. If it's not possible, then I'll have to try and rescue the poor thing .
Best decision you could take. Hope you succeed!
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Guys, I need a bit of advice please.
After an accidentally botched radio install (phone fell and disconnected from USB whilst flashing), my HD2 won't boot. It gets stuck on the multi-coloured 'initial screen' (for want of a better expression) with 'SPL-1.42.HPSL XE CotullaHSPL' on it.
I'm looking to do one of two things, either rescue it, or, PREFERABLY kill it completely so that the device does not even boot to that screen. I know that sounds like a strange preference, but that would be ideal for me. Have you got any suggestions at all guys?
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Does it show USB on the bootloader(multi-color) screen?
If it does you can flash a new radio/rom and maybe fix it ...
Or Flash from SDcard
I've managed to flash it to stock 1.43 from SD card, which appears to have also removed the HSPL. This is a win. However, I would still like to brick the phone so I can get a brand new replacement... I really could use a sure fire (but safe, and does not cause hw damage) brick method.
hspl, task29, remove hspl. you`ll get a white htc logo screen without the ability to enter bootloader.
However, I would still like to brick the phone so I can get a brand new replacement... I really could use a sure fire (but safe, and does not cause hw damage) brick method.
A friend (and yes - it was actually an friend and not me!) allegedly did this:
He took the socket from the end of an extension lead, put the plug into the mains socket and then VERY CARFULLY and very briefly touched the bare Live and Neutral wires onto the battery terminals in the phone.
240V into the circuit board apparently did the trick
**** Disclaimer ****
I think he was very silly to do this cos he could've hurt himself so please don't follow his example!
**** End Of Disclaimer ****
Hmm, yes, a method that doesn't involve microwaves or 240 volts would be preferable .
spireite_uk said:
I've managed to flash it to stock 1.43 from SD card, which appears to have also removed the HSPL. This is a win. However, I would still like to brick the phone so I can get a brand new replacement... I really could use a sure fire (but safe, and does not cause hw damage) brick method.
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This kind of talks (insurance fraud) is illegal.
Thread closed.