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Stuck in bootloader after failed flash

Hi, got some problems with one of my employes Herald (not simlocked or anything).
It ended up on my desk after complaints about it rebooting by itself every minute or so. I figured I could sort it out by upgrading to wm6. Wen to HTCs website and downloaded the official RUU (HTC_P4350_SVE_4.17.413.2_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_Ship.exe). Everything went along fine and I left it upgrading on my desk and went for lunch.
When I got back it said that the update had failed and I followed the recover function but without success.
Now Im stuck in bootloader mode, and when I try to update it again the current image version is listed as blank and I get to about 1-2 percent before it shuts down and gives "ERROR [244]: INVALID MODEL ID".
Any suggestions on what to do?

Further information...
IPL 4.17.0001
SPL 4.17.0000
When i do a hard reset, after it says format complete it boots up and freezes with a green gradient across the screen.

You can try using USPL or HARDSPL to flash.
The USPL will get around CID locks
This is from ivan's A Herald's Guide to Flashing Aserg, USPL and HARD-SPL - xda-developers
II. How do I flash an NBH file?
Warning: To use the NBH ways, you MUST have a SPL of 4.0 or higher. If you have a lower SPL, you WILL brick your phone.
a. USPL
Step 1. Download Herald-USPL-Beta3.
Step 2. UnZIP the file into a folder on your Desktop. Let's call it "MyFirstROM" for simplicity's sake. Notice that there is a folder called RUU within this folder now. Keep that in mind.
Step 3. Download your NBH file and unZIP or unRAR it into that RUU folder. Make sure that that NBH file ends up in the RUU folder, not within a folder inside the RUU folder.
Step 4. Place your phone into flightmode.
Step 5. Go back to the MyFirstROM folder and then run USPL.exe
Step 6. Follow the directions on the screen. EXACTLY.
Your screen on your cell phone will go white around the 75% part of the "second step" now.
ActiveSync will LOOSE its connection.
Step 7. One step 3 on that black window, the RUU flasher will pop up. Just follow the steps.
That's it. Welcome to the flasher's world.

Thanks for the reply,
First, I cant get activesync to find the phone, only evidence of contact in between the phone and PC is that its listed as [Windows CE USB Devices+PocketPC USB Sync] in device manager. I tried to uspl flash with ASERG.8, and it stops at "STEP 1/3...."
I downloaded mtty to see if it could connect, and it did.
Any further suggestions on what might work!

uninstall..reset.. clean install would probably get activesync to work w the phone..

Reinstalled activesync without any change. And soft/hard reseted everything…
Tried to flash via sd as per instructions in another thread, got to "checking SD contents" and then straight to triple-color bootloader.
Help me please! ;D

Cant help getting the feeling that Im completely screwed...
Cant get activesync to recognize it, only way to get it to light up is via bootloader (camera + reset button), everything ive tried to flash it with hangs almost instantly.
As a complete novice my guess is that the current rom is corrupted and I badly need advice on how to go on. The sd-flash seems quite logical but I cant get it to work. Ive tried to overwrite my sd with 00-values in winhex and then placing the original ruu [HERAIMG.nbh] (through windows, is there a way to write data with winhex?) on the card without any success.
Any suggestions on what to try is much appreciated.

Sounds like the SPL got corrupted or partially written only... sorry. Repair center time. You can also placing your Stock RUU's nbh file into your SD card and renaming it to... umm.. I forget... and then flashing FROM the phone.

facdemol said:
You can't simply place the rom file to the card and hope the device will read it in this way. In my time working for pda service, we used WINHex to format the card (to RAW-unformatted) and then we wrote the rom file in RAW format to the card. Your card looks like an endless stream of hexazecimal values. Only winhex recognises this format, if you insert the card to the computer, it will simply ask you to format it. After inserting this card into the pda, it will start the upgrade . The order of this operation was, as I remember, to fill the card with 0000 values (there is an option in WINHex, a kind of format) then write the rom file to the card in RAW mode. Then insert the card to the device.
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Thanks for the reply, before giving up and sending it in for repair I would like to give the sd-flash a proper try... So far Ive managed to format the card with winhex but I cant really figure out how to write to the card in raw format. Could anyone point me in the right direction?

i managed to do the steps said above ... formated the card in RAW format etc but still the phone won't turn on ... it will only stay in bootloader ...

diabolic53 said:
i managed to do the steps said above ... formated the card in RAW format etc but still the phone won't turn on ... it will only stay in bootloader ...
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Care to enlighten me on how you did that?

I've been reading a lot lately.. I wonder if the phones are savageble... something about flashing but bypassing the radio check... Also, the universal has an RUU that bypasses any checks before it flashes... this would be great for us to have... I'm asking around...

g4rwin said:
Care to enlighten me on how you did that?
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whell i opened the mem card with winhex filled all the blocks with 00 and then i opened the nbf file also with winhex and copied the content in hex format on to the card ....but still no success ..

ivanmmj said:
I've been reading a lot lately.. I wonder if the phones are savageble... something about flashing but bypassing the radio check... Also, the universal has an RUU that bypasses any checks before it flashes... this would be great for us to have... I'm asking around...
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if you find it please tell us about it cos a lot of phones are getting bricked ...

If I'm correct, you told us a few post above thisone you placed your SD card with the imghera.nbh and got "checking sd conents" and then it went to bootloader.
As far as i can recall you need to get your Herald into bootloader first and then place your SD card with the IMGHERA.nbh file on it. Then it should start reading the image from, your SD card.
Judging from your first post you haven't been using the asigned RUU from the HTC website if this was your first rom flash to WM6 and you got a vendor error. Try to convert and use that one when you flash from sd card.

jappo01 said:
If I'm correct, you told us a few post above thisone you placed your SD card with the imghera.nbh and got "checking sd conents" and then it went to bootloader.
As far as i can recall you need to get your Herald into bootloader first and then place your SD card with the IMGHERA.nbh file on it. Then it should start reading the image from, your SD card.
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Ive tried all possible ways, if I pop the sd card in while already in bootloader, nothing happens at all.
jappo01 said:
Judging from your first post you haven't been using the asigned RUU from the HTC website if this was your first rom flash to WM6 and you got a vendor error. Try to convert and use that one when you flash from sd card.
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Ive been trying to flash with the WM6 RUU I downloaded from HTC's site (the one that bricked it) since that is the only local (swedish) and official one I could find. Have I misinterpreted it all and the only thing that could do the trick for me is WM5.1?
Ive also been trying to contact the HTC service dept for over a weeks time ending up in a deadend overfilled voicemailbox - meanwhile my warrantyperiod ran out... Any suggestion on what to do?

duprade said:
You can try using USPL or HARDSPL to flash.
The USPL will get around CID locks
This is from ivan's A Herald's Guide to Flashing Aserg, USPL and HARD-SPL - xda-developers
II. How do I flash an NBH file?
Warning: To use the NBH ways, you MUST have a SPL of 4.0 or higher. If you have a lower SPL, you WILL brick your phone.
a. USPL
Step 1. Download Herald-USPL-Beta3.
Step 2. UnZIP the file into a folder on your Desktop. Let's call it "MyFirstROM" for simplicity's sake. Notice that there is a folder called RUU within this folder now. Keep that in mind.
Step 3. Download your NBH file and unZIP or unRAR it into that RUU folder. Make sure that that NBH file ends up in the RUU folder, not within a folder inside the RUU folder.
Step 4. Place your phone into flightmode.
Step 5. Go back to the MyFirstROM folder and then run USPL.exe
Step 6. Follow the directions on the screen. EXACTLY.
Your screen on your cell phone will go white around the 75% part of the "second step" now.
ActiveSync will LOOSE its connection.
Step 7. One step 3 on that black window, the RUU flasher will pop up. Just follow the steps.
That's it. Welcome to the flasher's world.
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Hi I try tu patch IPL/SPL with hard spl but with error, now my herald stuck in boot mode. IPL/SPL 1.09.0001. He probbably is from some russia operator (rusian diacritics on keyboard).
How can I try to make him alive?

CAB problems

Hello, i am trying to HardSPL my Tmobile wing. I was told to install thre cabs but i cannot. When i try to install them it says "installation was unsuccesful". Is it possible to flash my phone without it or ues USPL or something. Any help would be appreciated.

what cabs do you mean, are you talking about the yang cabs, please explain

How to HardSPL
livndeadgrl13 said:
what cabs do you mean, are you talking about the yang cabs, please explain
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The three that you have to install, of course! Here's an amazing guide by Apreincher, with the CAB's included. Try re-downloading the CAB's and installing them. Tell us the specific errors that you get, too!
Steps to flash using HardSPL: (PDF Version)
It is a good idea to flash back to stock ROM just to be safe. If you are using a T-Mobile Wing you can download it from T-Mobile or from this guide. If it's a herald you can download it from this guide.
It is important that your IPL is 4.xxx or Higher. If it is not, do not attempt a HardSPL it WILL brick your phone. You can find out the IPL by going into Bootloader:
While holding the camera button do a soft-reset by pressing the stylus into the reset hole next to the volume slider. Release the reset switch while still holding the camera button. A colored screen will come up listing your IPL and SPL. If next to IPL it says 4.xxx or higher, proceed to step 2.
Reset back into your normal phone OS.
Go to Settings- Connections- USB to PC and check the checkbox on that page.
Install the 3 CABs in this order:
Canon Yang.cab
ASerg Policies.cab
Disable Security.cab
Soft reset the phone.
Download the HardSPL folder, extract it, and place it on the Desktop.
Run ROMUpdateUtility.exe located in the HardSPL folder. Update the ROM using the steps on the screen. The screen will become white, but wait until the phone reboots itself. It could be 10-15 minutes.
Phone should boot back into some strange looking ROM. This is the HardSPL ROM. So far so good.
Check your SPL by going to bootloader again. If it says 4.70.yang, you are good as gold and HardSPLed.
Okay so now how do I flash after I'm in HardSPL?
There are actually two ways to flash while you are HardSPLed. You can use the flash center method or the SD card method. Most LZX and Micro ROM's require you to flash through the SD card method.
Flash Center with HardSPL:
Open the HardSPL folder and remove the .nbh file that is located in there. Replace it with the .nbh file you downloaded with your favorite ROM.
Run ROMUpdateUtility.exe
You've installed a custom ROM on HardSPL.
Flash through SD Card with HardSPL:
Unfortunately, sometimes this can be a bit more complicated. Make sure you use an SD card and not an SDHC card.
Your storage card will hopefully be lower than 4 GB, or else it might have trouble locating the file. If your storage card is larger, you can partition it to be smaller. Also, no SDCH cards will work.
You must format that storage card to FAT32.
Now, you download the ROM (and uncompress it if it’s a .7z, .rar, or .zip file).
Place the downloaded and uncompressed ROM file (.NBH) into the root of your storage card. Also, you must rename it HERAIMG.nbh. (Captialized)
Put the SD Card into your phone, and with your phone turned on, hold the camera button down. While holding the camera button, press and release the soft reset button. Keep holding the camera button until a new, white screen appears.
If it displays a white screen with blue text that says Checking SD contents and then Update Image proceed to step the next step.
If it immediately goes into the colored bootloader screen, it appears your phone's bootloader is not finding your SD card. Some SD cards require special formatting for some reason. Plug the SD card into your computer using an SD card reading and right click on Computer and click Manage. Click Disk Management on the right pane. Select the SD card from the list and right click and select Format. Under Allocation Unit Size, select 4096. Format and ignore any errors. Proceed with steps 2-4. If it does not work even with this adjustment, your SD card might be too slow. Or you have a SDHC card which isn't easily recognized by bootloader.
This screen that you’re on will have a white background, with blue letters. It will search for your HERAIMG.nbh file, and once it finds it, it’ll give you 10 seconds to answer yes.
To flash the ROM, when it asks you if you want to flash this, press down on the volume slider. Weird, eh? Just do it.
Now, let it flash for a good 10 minutes.
Success! Press any key. Press down on the volume slider again, and you’re on the color screen now. Hold the power button to turn off the phone, and then turn your phone back on. Welcome to your new ROM!
If you are already HardSPL and something happens and flashing doesn't work and you find that your phone appears to be off and won't turn on. Don't panic. Go into Bootloader and use the Flash Center directions to flash a ROM.
--------Thanks to Apreincher for the AMAZING write up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried it just says installation was unsuccesful

afo88 said:
I tried it just says installation was unsuccesful
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Which CAB and what order? Give us more info.

The cabs posted in the tut u gave me
1. Canon Yang.cab
2. ASerg Policies.cab
3. Disable Security.cab
Ive even tried them from another download source. I tried it in the or der that was said it just says "installation of ......... was unsuccessful" and delets the CAB. I also noticed that when i go to add or remove programs noyhin shows up on the list.

I think i have finally made a brick

I did something really silly 2 days ago.
Playing with the HD, i was looking at the sd card and saw old 1.14 spl as an nbh file, and thought, i think i might go back o scratch and start fresh. So i knew running 1.56 roms, that i would get the green screen and thought, well i know how to fix that, and proceeded to update the spl first--- what a mistake that turned out to be.
Now i hear u say just hook it up to activesync-- well there is my second problem- activesync wont see the phone in any of 3 usb 2.0 ports on my laptop.
Put it into bootloader when hooked up, and i get the tri color screen and it says
Blac120 32M RUUNBH
SPL-1.14.0000
MicroP-Blackstone(LED) V6
Upgrade Rom Code error
Please try again
USB doesnt show at the bottom where it usually says Serial.
When i remove the usb cable, it says serial, and when i plug it back in, it wont disappear.
The phone will not do anything except go into bootloader screen everytime i turn it on.Even just by pressing on button, with sd dard removed. Once on, i have to remove the battery to turn it off.
My only option is if there is a stock rom with signed RUU nbh file that might trick it when i try uploading vioa sd card.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?
Very appreciating Frank in Australia

"My only option is if there is a stock rom with signed RUU nbh file that might trick it when i try uploading vioa sd card."
You answered your own question. If you've got the bootloader, you don't have a brick. Do that, and you should be fine.

Budadank said:
"My only option is if there is a stock rom with signed RUU nbh file that might trick it when i try uploading vioa sd card."
You answered your own question. If you've got the bootloader, you don't have a brick. Do that, and you should be fine.
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Yeah i understand this,but what i really need to know is the stock rom- is it possible to download it as a Signed Ruu-NBH file so i can upload via sd card?
Thanks for your response
Still looking and trying to find it
Frank

I am not sure but i think you can extract the nbh file from the original htc stock rom.exe file.i do not want to say anything stupid but maybe after that you can update from the card.Someone correct me if i am wrong.
Good luck and keep us posted.

fordmav said:
Yeah i understand this,but what i really need to know is the stock rom- is it possible to download it as a Signed Ruu-NBH file so i can upload via sd card?
Thanks for your response
Still looking and trying to find it
Frank
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berbecverde said:
I am not sure but i think you can extract the nbh file from the original htc stock rom.exe file.i do not want to say anything stupid but maybe after that you can update from the card.Someone correct me if i am wrong.
Good luck and keep us posted.
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Yes you can extract the nbh file from the shipped rom. On your pc, right click on the shipped rom.exe and select "Extract Files.....". Then rename the extracted RUU_signed.nbh file to BLACIMG.nbh, copy to your sd card and flash. Good luck.

disable <allow usb connections> in the connection settings of active sync.. this might be the reason..of thd not being detected on usb connection in bootloader mode!
use MTTY .. erases almost everything on ram except bootloader..
or u can flash a stock rom

Thank you everyone for your advice. I have now managed to extract nbh from stock 1.14 rom, wwe as i need, and it goes 1 step further by saying loading, checking and then an error or 020002 appears and says not allow
. So i wonder if this means hspl needs to be re-installed???
Frank

Need eboot (IPL) to repair my bricked T01A

My device can not boot and knacked on boot, only the backlight on. I try to hardreset (master clean) for many times but it still sitting NTT Docomo-JP ROM (Toshiba-UKROM), screen bright, no repsonse.
Please help me!
The same problem here: http://www.modaco.com/content/toshiba-tg01-tg01-modaco-com/303893/tg01-knackered-on-boot/

minhanh_tran said:
My device can not boot and knacked on boot, only the backlight on. I try to hardreset (master clean) for many times but it still sitting NTT Docomo-JP ROM (Toshiba-UKROM), screen bright, no repsonse.
Please help me!
The same problem here: http://www.modaco.com/content/toshiba-tg01-tg01-modaco-com/303893/tg01-knackered-on-boot/
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Try short pin method. That normally work.

bojan6 said:
Try short pin method. That normally work.
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Could you explain? Plz tell me the way?
I tried to update UK ROM and JP ROM but it still stood at Toshiba logo or NTT Docomo logo.

If you take your sim card out, look closely, that is a black label, where the sim would be, peel it up, and you will see some pins
You can find more information on this forum

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5407611&postcount=326

I had loaded UK ROM, FR, DE, IT, RO.. rom before, but it stood at Toshiba logo, sometimes, in process loading ROM, it shows "NAND error". I have found in many websites, it must to be loaded eboot (IPL) again. So I want to ask how to make eboot and how to load it back to my device? Thanks for all your help!

Help us to slove the problem with Toshiba logo flashing at startup? I can't find the way to pass!

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can you download the ENG ROM to your T-01A?
As I know, the japanese TG01(type t01a) can only use japanese rom.
can you tell me how you download the ENG ROM to your T-01A?

Any solution? Toshiba logo flash at startup?

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I dont know what you mean.

It stand at Toshiba (logo) letter and does not come Orange logo.
I have tried many way (hard reset, flash other ROM - FR, IT, UK, DE..) but it doesn't work, start at Toshiba (DOCOMO) letter.
I find the reason that it need to write over Eboot, IPL to normal boot. Sorry for my poor English.
Post #92: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647512&page=10

why not you flash back to japanese rom?
I think you have a t01a ,right?hh

yes, stepw help me to use UK ROM and flash via sddl+, I used UK ROM to test for 1 month but it refuses to boot after I install other Keyboard software

@minhanh_tran
get a original update rom for you phone T01A_to_SP50_wm65.exe
use 7-zip to extract T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd
erase all data on sd card.
make a prg folder sd card
copy T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd to prg on sd card
rename on sd T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd to T01A_to_SP50_wm65.enc
remove stripe under sim.
secure the battery in place with duct tape so it will not fall out.
power the phone.
shortcut pin 1 and 3 an press reset.
release reset
keep shorting pins 1 and 3 for couple of seconds.
stop shorting and turn the phone with screen up.
now you should have white screen with text on it announcing that flash is downloading into phone.
if you cannot get white screen your phone firmware is corrupted and is nothing to do then send it to warranty.
if you get NAND error while flashing is probably because your NAND flash chip is defective and can't store data on some part of it. i suspect that is the case and that cause initial malfunction (if it happened without you flashing anything). in that case your only option is warranty as the chip must be replaced.
if you still want IPL you could use my tgtool do dump it from original rom.
however i doubt that you have the tools and maybe know how to JTAG cpu and load IPL directly.

@cedesmith
get a original update rom for you phone T01A_to_SP50_wm65.exe
use 7-zip to extract T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd
erase all data on sd card.
make a prg folder sd card
copy T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd to prg on sd card
rename on sd T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd to T01A_to_SP50_wm65.enc
remove stripe under sim.
secure the battery in place with duct tape so it will not fall out.
power the phone.
shortcut pin 1 and 3 an press reset.
release reset
keep shorting pins 1 and 3 for couple of seconds.
stop shorting and turn the phone with screen up.
now you should have white screen with text on it announcing that flash is downloading into phone.
All the steps I have passed.
Sometime when I flash T01A ROM it say NAND error. I live in Vietnam so I can not send to JP to repair it.
if you still want IPL you could use my tgtool do dump it from original rom.
however i doubt that you have the tools and maybe know how to JTAG cpu and load IPL directly.
Please show me how?

yep
cedesmith give a detailed solution,I think you should have a try,and feed back the news.
But I can not believe you flash a UK rom to T01A directly and use for a month without problem.....unbelievely.....
and some question to cedesmith:
I want to get out a rom from a HONGKONG tg01,that have not simlock,maybe useful for us all

bird_9527 said:
cedesmith give a detailed solution,I think you should have a try,and feed back the news.
But I can not believe you flash a UK rom to T01A directly and use for a month without problem.....unbelievely.....
and some question to cedesmith:
I want to get out a rom from a HONGKONG tg01,that have not simlock,maybe useful for us all
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You can see it. The IMEI will tell you! After bird_9527 see the pics, I've removed it because I don't want to pulic my IMEI!

tgtool -t01a -dc T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd
or
tgtool -tg01 -dc TG01WP_5005000176.tsw

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that mean you only change the UK ROM the .tsw filename to .enc filename, using sddl+ and then you can flash UK ROM to T01A?

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cedesmith said:
tgtool -t01a -dc T01A_to_SP50_wm65.tsd
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tgtool -tg01 -dc TG01WP_5005000176.tsw
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I want to upload a ROM file from a TG01,can I?

Think I Bricked some Help!

ok hey i tried putting a stock tom but i have a tmobie us hd2 and i tried putting some other language on it

.. and now it doesnt turn on, screen stays black and your pc asks for qualcomm drivers?
its bricked. the radio in non tmous stock roms bricks tmous hd2's.
or is it something else? your post is pretty empty of facts.

well it says nothing on my computer and it just won't respond

What's wrong with your phone?... what is your main goal that you want to accomplish with your phone???????
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

its bricked.. look up jtag..
Your gonna have to do some work to get it going again.. I just did the same to my phone flashing a radio.. so i'm going to try to get something going. . If anyone has any suggestions let us know please.

it asks for qualcom drivers

yes, it will, look at the other radio brick threads, that's one of the tell-tale symptoms. but there aren't any drivers. (Yes, there is a 'qualcomm drivers' thread somewhere, but they don't install into windows, no one is sure what they do.)
That's the raw hardware looking for the qualcomm equivalent of JTAG. That's what shows up when there is no valid bootloader to start.

Have you tried flashing leoimg.nbh directly from SD card without PC ?
if no the steps are:
Find stock rom (or custom) and open the executable updater with winrar.
Extract the .nbh file from there (should be the largest file in the archive)
Rename it to leoimg.nbh
Copy it to the sd card with a card reader.
Insert card, start prone and keep pressed the "down volume" and the "Call reject"
button at the same time.
This should get you to the file flash stage there keep pressed or click the reject button to flash the file.
Might not work if card is partitioned.

anderwalentzack said:
Might not work if card is partitioned.
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more to the point it won't work because it doesn't turn on so no bootloader available to start the flash. Its a tmous hd2 meets a non tmous radio, the only fix is jtag.