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I think I bricked my Mytouch :(

Yep, so I went ahead and decided to take the plunge.
Shipped:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
I created my goldcard and went ahead and followed intructions accordingly to theunlockr.com goldcard guide. Except I used Engineering SPL 1.33.2010 (SAPPIMG.zip) and used update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2010-signed.zip (UPDATE.zip) for the process and used the Google ION as the base image and now I don't have fastboot and i get stuck at the HTC screen. I was fine before I downloaded the Google ION recovery image and updated with Aman-RA's bootloader. Nothing works, so is it a comfirmed brick, and if so will T-Mobile take it back seeing as the screen say "HTC Magic"?
Before I get the lecture I understand I hold all responsibility and hold no one liable but myself. Sadly I feel a part of me has died.

I don't know if tmobile is any smarter than rogers, but when i bricked my htc dream, i simply took it to rogers and said that i turned it on and it was stuck at the boot screen.
They gave me a new one without question.

Intresting. Did they replace it then and there. You see I've only had this phone for 2 months with the insurance package and was wondering if they give you a new one then and there, and if they make you pay some sort of fee up front. I'm new to T-Mobile so I have no idea as to wat to expect, but hope that they replace it.

i am tmobile and had a friend who's tmobile and he bricked his. he took it to a tmobile store and said that it told him to update something and now it wouldn't work. i dont know if it was boot screen, i just know he bricked his and they did it no question. not sure about if he had to pay. i dont think so since they thought it was a problem on their behalf. i say try it, if it doesn't work, try again another day with different rep. if that don't work, smash that mofo and just pay the security deposit. better than buying it all over again but this time for like 400$ because of no plan. :S

Yeah i bricked mine a day after having it, and got a new one next day. i dont think it matters when you do it.
gratz on ur new nonbricked phone

PurpleFries said:
Yeah i bricked mine a day after having it, and got a new one next day. i dont think it matters when you do it.
gratz on ur new nonbricked phone
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r3s-rt said:
i am tmobile and had a friend who's tmobile and he bricked his. he took it to a tmobile store and said that it told him to update something and now it wouldn't work. i dont know if it was boot screen, i just know he bricked his and they did it no question. not sure about if he had to pay. i dont think so since they thought it was a problem on their behalf. i say try it, if it doesn't work, try again another day with different rep. if that don't work, smash that mofo and just pay the security deposit. better than buying it all over again but this time for like 400$ because of no plan. :S
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This is good to know. I will try this tomorrow. r3s-rt did they give your friend a new one right there, or did he have to wait. I'm having withdraws from not having my phone working.

Be sure to tell us how it went I'd be interested to know

Naatan said:
Be sure to tell us how it went I'd be interested to know
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Well I called instead and had an Android expert walk me through some steps to try and get the phone to work. She had me hold "HOME" + "POWER" without letting go. I couldn't help but laugh on the inside as she was telling me what to do while I was playing dumb. "Nope... Nothing is happening! The MyTouch 3G screen is still just hanging there ma'am". We did that twice and she finally told me she was sending me a New or Refurbished one with free UPS Express Shipping "yay" since I have the insurance and because its a premium phone.
Another thing to, she had me look at the back of the phone behind the battery for a white, red, or pink dot. Luckily mine was white. She tells me later that thats a water damage indicator and that if its white that the phone is fine otherwise water damage is present. I did not know that, but its useful information nonetheless

PurpleFries said:
I don't know if tmobile is any smarter than rogers, but when i bricked my htc dream, i simply took it to rogers and said that i turned it on and it was stuck at the boot screen.
They gave me a new one without question.
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I bricked my Rogers HTC Magic and I did the same thing. I called Rogers and told them that when I turned the phone on it was stuck at the rogers logo. They guided me through a small process which obviously didn't work. Then they decided that my phone was dead upon arrival and sent me a new one withing 3-5 days.

he had to wait. ha ha he had one of the old rental phones like the first nokia ever ha ha. didn't even flip rofl.
but congrats. now just don't repeat.

r3s-rt said:
he had to wait. ha ha he had one of the old rental phones like the first nokia ever ha ha. didn't even flip rofl.
but congrats. now just don't repeat.
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Right now I'm using a Sony Ericsson TM506 while I wait. Ugh* I got used to having the MyTouch that nothing else feels right. Crappy ass phone. Once I get my replacement I will be giving the SE back to my son.

Sounds bad. have you tried ADB maybe it finds your phone so you can add recovery again.

If you can get into the Fastboot screen (or get any screen for that matter), doesn't it mean your phone ISN'T bricked?
Why were you laughing at pressing home+power that should get you to the recovery screen if it had flashed properly.
Did you try taking out the battery, pressing and holding Back+Power as you reinsterted the battery?
If your phone isn't bricked it would have taken you to the fastboot screen which from there would allow you to boot into a recovery image and reflash your SPL.

Taknarosh said:
If you can get into the Fastboot screen (or get any screen for that matter), doesn't it mean your phone ISN'T bricked?
Why were you laughing at pressing home+power that should get you to the recovery screen if it had flashed properly.
Did you try taking out the battery, pressing and holding Back+Power as you reinsterted the battery?
If your phone isn't bricked it would have taken you to the fastboot screen which from there would allow you to boot into a recovery image and reflash your SPL.
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I was simply laughing on the inside because I knew that wasn't going to work. I had already tried that before calling and I got nothing from the phone. The Boot loader was taken out when I tried to flash the Google Ion Image to it. Apparently it doesn't come with a bootloader or something. Either way I messed it up, and it wouldn't fastboot.

Bricked HD2 Can It Come Back?

I installed the HSPL for the 1024 HD2 all went smooth then I proceeded to flash a Energy rom and all was smooth. Then I downloaded a dutty rom from 3/28 that I find out later was not the right one flash went accordingly 100%. The phone did not restart. It will not turn on. No power on and no light when charging. No bootloader mode, no regular boot nothing. I read you might be able to bring it back so i was wondering if you guys could help me out. I plug it in and says it has the wrong drivers. So is there a way to take it back to stock as I cant get mh money back on this phone?
Shokouhi

oops, another non starting tmous after bad radio flash.
same problem HERE and HERE (post three) and HERE , , it's also mentioned in the mtty and the HSPL (regular HSPL and tmous HSPL) threads.

samsamuel said:
oops, another non starting tmous after bad radio flash.
same problem HERE and HERE (post three) and HERE , , it's also mentioned in the mtty and the HSPL (regular HSPL and tmous HSPL) threads.
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So is it safe to assume that there is no way to fix this? Because none of these things in the other threads have worked for them and they have not worked for me. With the current state would they be able to tell it was flashed if I send it to tmobile? Or I am good to send it in for an exchange?

if they can make the phone boot to bootloader then they will see hspl and refuse to replace it.(shouldn't matter what rom is on it, its the hspl that invalidates it.)
if they can't start it, then you are in theory safe.
I have seen a few people say they got it replaced, but I would be quick!
I won't say there is no fix, just no ones mentioned one yet

samsamuel said:
if they can make the phone boot to bootloader then they will see hspl and refuse to replace it.(shouldn't matter what rom is on it, its the hspl that invalidates it.)
if they can't start it, then you are in theory safe.
I have seen a few people say they got it replaced, but I would be quick!
I won't say there is no fix, just no ones mentioned one yet
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I will keep you updated!

plus one for me. same exact thing happened with dutty's newest rom. so now i have a nice brick sitting here. still searching.
This will not be fun because i purchased the phone from wirefly and not tmobile...so i am not sure walking into the local tmobile store will be of any help.

ramontrotman said:
plus one for me. same exact thing happened with dutty's newest rom. so now i have a nice brick sitting here. still searching.
This will not be fun because i purchased the phone from wirefly and not tmobile...so i am not sure walking into the local tmobile store will be of any help.
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dont forget the phone is manufacturer warrantied for 1 year, plus wirefly are legaly bound to support you for a while too.

Tear a hole in your short's pocket and go jogging. After the run you'll realize your HD2 is no longer in your pocket. Report it lost and pay your deductible.

samsamuel said:
dont forget the phone is manufacturer warrantied for 1 year, plus wirefly are legaly bound to support you for a while too.
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true indeed. i called tmobile sending me out a brand new one...so i am not really complaining. so i am getting an extra battery and back
ddgarcia05 said:
Tear a hole in your short's pocket and go jogging. After the run you'll realize your HD2 is no longer in your pocket. Report it lost and pay your deductible.
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lol nice!

same here. I just got my phone like 7 hours ago and I already brick it coz I accidentally flash it to the wrong ROM. So I went back to the Tmobile store today and they try to swap the batteries and think that its just the batteries. Then, they can't figure it out whats wrong with it. The manager said he's going to call once he get his shipment of HD2 and replace it.

ddgarcia05 said:
Tear a hole in your short's pocket and go jogging. After the run you'll realize your HD2 is no longer in your pocket. Report it lost and pay your deductible.
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My favorite fix, of all time!
Thanks!

Snarksneeze said:
My favorite fix, of all time!
Thanks!
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That is what i ended up doing now I am flashing away! Kumar has a sweet rom go try his stuff!

Please help ..........im new to this.
can you please help me out, i follow your tutorial it was very simple to the point but the only i issue i still have is that when i tried to load the room following the instructions everything was successful but i get stuck on the initial T mobile screen and it shows the following message
R 2.08.50.08_2
G 15.34.50.07U
D 1. 66. Kumar
but it doesn't advance from that screen... can you please point me on the right direction.
did i BRICK THIS THING what can i do

eddie05ne said:
can you please help me out, i follow your tutorial it was very simple to the point but the only i issue i still have is that when i tried to load the room following the instructions everything was successful but i get stuck on the initial T mobile screen and it shows the following message
R 2.08.50.08_2
G 15.34.50.07U
D 1. 66. Kumar
but it doesn't advance from that screen... can you please point me on the right direction.
did i BRICK THIS THING what can i do
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i already answered the post you made an hour ago, go read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661599

same here
i did the same thing, but when i try to install a custom room for my tmobile hd2 ,,,, it stuck at HTC screen with 0% ..... ???? i try the custom room or stock room , they stuck at HTC screen forever

Has anyone been able to work out a "Bootloader Repair" programme that will help people bring these bricked HD2's back by re-flashing the loader on the the flash memory?
I imagine a hundreds of HD2 fans will need it...

I flash the wrong ROM

OK. After I installed HSPL and mistakenly installed the 1.43 ROM i thought it was just OK. So I let it go until it reach 100%, after that the phone just went completely off. It won't start, it won't charge and it won't turn on. I try to do a hard reset but same thing nothing works. So right now its completely no working. Do you its still fixable?

nope... you'll have to wait and see if one of the brilliant devs come up with a work around. till then you have a very nice paper weight. If you got it from t-mobile you might still be able to warranty it but you run the risk of them finding out that it has the HSPL on it.

Yes I got it from Tmobile. I just got it yesterday and I went back to the store and they're going to give me a direct replacement. I'm just trying if it might still be revive. I know it can be done but i think its difficult.

if it was just a bad/wrong rom you would be able to boot to bootloader and flash a different rom.
problem is that the official roms also include a radio, and it is the radio from the 1.43 that has bricked your phone, not the rom.
no one has yet managed to start their phone from this kind of brick.

I know..hopefully one of this days one of the developers will be able to crack it and find a cure for it.

There is no cure I can think over other then pulling the actual radio chip and putting in a new one. I would think it would be like killing a BIOS chip on your computers mother board.

paolodoctolero said:
I know..hopefully one of this days one of the developers will be able to crack it and find a cure for it.
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no replacement? it's still under warranty....

Wil Badger said:
There is no cure I can think over other then pulling the actual radio chip and putting in a new one. I would think it would be like killing a BIOS chip on your computers mother board.
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I agree. I don't think that there will ever be a cure for this kind of flash.
Question, though... I know HTC has some ways they can directly patch into a phone's hardware. Would it be possible for them to see the data on the ROM section?
I ask, because this would probably be the only way they could detect a Hard SPL or cooked ROM, I think...

no replacement? it's still under warranty....
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They're going to replace it but the store that I bought was out of stock when I went there. They said in 5 days they receive their new HD2 and they will call me.

samsamuel said:
no replacement? it's still under warranty....
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paolodoctolero said:
Yes I got it from Tmobile. I just got it yesterday and I went back to the store and they're going to give me a direct replacement. I'm just trying if it might still be revive. I know it can be done but i think its difficult.
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I think he is just talking in general.

sometimes a rookie mistake can ruin your life..or your phone just next time you flashed it read the whole post atleast 3 times and if you dont understand something read it again or google it so know what it means thats what I do all the time. flashing a rom takes time you cant really rush it and it happens to alot of us.

sometimes a rookie mistake can ruin your life..or your phone just next time you flashed it read the whole post atleast 3 times and if you dont understand something read it again or google it so know what it means thats what I do all the time. flashing a rom takes time you cant really rush it and it happens to alot of us.
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I really understand whats the do's and don'ts of flashing a ROM. I read it very carefully. It was just I'm so excited with it and didn't even read what I am clicking in my computer. I just hit NEXT..NEXT..NEXT. But what I am going to do the damage is done and there is no point of blaming my carelessness. As what most people say "learn from your mistake".

New HD2 dead HELP..PLS

I only had it for about 4 days that I got from online unlock and was flashing the rom with "RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50_22_2_Ship" it went thru the process and said done but when it boot back up it lock on the boot screen. I pull the batt and now no power on the phone or can hoot to the cpu it a "T-Mobile ver hd2. Thanks for your help..

Well hate to break the news but you flashed a rom for the Leo aka the Euro HD2. You just ruined your brand new phone. Hope you have insurance. Next time read up first before you flash.

I readed the infor on the web site before updated it and it said it was for the phone but guess that a losed for me now....this the web site it came from "//htcpedia.com/news/official-htc-hd2-wm6_5-rom".

hahahaaaaa

rgrover said:
hahahaaaaa
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agreed, lol.

glcK23 said:
agreed, lol.
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What you agree to is how childish you two sound...

I saw a thread on here about how to unbrick a phone, now i can't find it

is it the "Possible sollution to unbrick TMOUS HD2/EU HD2 " sticky in tmous rom development ya thinking of?
wont work unless you can get into bootloader.

SecrtAgentMan said:
I saw a thread on here about how to unbrick a phone, now i can't find it
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Hey if you found out pls hit me up with the link..thx

gee92 said:
Hey if you found out pls hit me up with the link..thx
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You really did not look very hard, it is the 4th sticky down in the Tmo rom thread ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347
Sorry to be harsh, but if you could not find a thread, that is that obvious, then why did you even attempt to flash the phone??
It does take some technical knowledge of the phone before you start screwing with them ..
You flashed a Stock HTC EU rom to your TMO US phone ....
If you had done ANY reading about your phone you would have found that the two are different phones , they look alike but they ARE different ...
Now Yes I am trying to piss you off, if you get mad you will go find the stuff yourself and learn it ...
We are here to help , the info is all over the site, but we cannot do it for you ...
So don't cry when people laugh at you for pulling a bonehead move ....
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Just want to say, just like in life you pull a bonehead move here, people might feel sorry for you , but they are still gonna laugh ...

watcher64 said:
You really did not look very hard, it is the 4th sticky down in the Tmo rom thread ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347
Sorry to be harsh, but if you could not find a thread, that is that obvious, then why did you even attempt to flash the phone??
It does take some technical knowledge of the phone before you start screwing with them ..
You flashed a Stock HTC EU rom to your TMO US phone ....
If you had done ANY reading about your phone you would have found that the two are different phones , they look alike but they ARE different ...
Now Yes I am trying to piss you off, if you get mad you will go find the stuff yourself and learn it ...
We are here to help , the info is all over the site, but we cannot do it for you ...
So don't cry when people laugh at you for pulling a bonehead move ....
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Just want to say, just like in life you pull a bonehead move here, people might feel sorry for you , but they are still gonna laugh ...
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Hey you need to look back over the message I never said I couldn't find it on this site..but think you for the info.

Well send the phone back to HTC after 1 1/2 week got it back today but the phone is lock now...call them to let them know and they will give me the code have to check back in two days...but I have it back work is the big thing...

If you're wanting to make it stock again I'd suggest you get the the rom from the link provided. The IMEI code can be found on the back of the box that HD2 came in.
http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/

The phone hasn't even been out for a year and manufacturs warranty is a year. For HTC this is a simple fix as hooking up a jtag programmer and just flashing a new bootloader. 1st step is to walk into your tmo store you bought it from *****ing up a storm your lawyer dad just bought you that phone and he's pissed and wants them to replace it. Since you said you bought it from some unlock online place?????, weird you would buy the phone previously unlocked then come here to play with roms when you could of skipped all those steps and bought one on CL for $250 and paid $4 on ebay for an unlock code. Ok that being said option 2 if you bought it from a fly by night online company is to directly contact HTC begging them to flash a new bootloader for you and restore the phone to factory condition. Tell them you bought it from a store and make your own bs receipt to send in. 3rd option is to break the phone up and sell it off. The LCD and Digi will bring in $130 easy, case and battery will bring in $40-$50, buttons, mic, and radio chip, $50, then go buy a new one on CL for $250. Hope this helps you more hten the previous posts. But essesially they are right, you flashed a rom for a different phone to yours and now you phone thinks its a Euro HD2 and when it tries to fire up nothing connected to the right pins and it failing. If we had a pin out for the chip or epprom we may be able to fix this but I would imagine its going to require resoldering on a new epprom.

ddgarcia05 said:
If you're wanting to make it stock again I'd suggest you get the the rom from the link provided. The IMEI code can be found on the back of the box that HD2 came in.
http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/
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The phone hasn't even been out for a year and manufacturs warranty is a year. For HTC this is a simple fix as hooking up a jtag programmer and just flashing a new bootloader. 1st step is to walk into your tmo store you bought it from *****ing up a storm your lawyer dad just bought you that phone and he's pissed and wants them to replace it. Since you said you bought it from some unlock online place?????, weird you would buy the phone previously unlocked then come here to play with roms when you could of skipped all those steps and bought one on CL for $250 and paid $4 on ebay for an unlock code. Ok that being said option 2 if you bought it from a fly by night online company is to directly contact HTC begging them to flash a new bootloader for you and restore the phone to factory condition. Tell them you bought it from a store and make your own bs receipt to send in. 3rd option is to break the phone up and sell it off. The LCD and Digi will bring in $130 easy, case and battery will bring in $40-$50, buttons, mic, and radio chip, $50, then go buy a new one on CL for $250. Hope this helps you more hten the previous posts. But essesially they are right, you flashed a rom for a different phone to yours and now you phone thinks its a Euro HD2 and when it tries to fire up nothing connected to the right pins and it failing. If we had a pin out for the chip or epprom we may be able to fix this but I would imagine its going to require resoldering on a new epprom.
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you realise the OPs last post was to tell us he already got his replacement, right?

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you realise the OPs last post was to tell us he already got his replacement, right?
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History always repeats itself. And it doesn't help that I'm a post wh......

ddgarcia05 said:
History always repeats itself.
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heh, three times a day in my experience.

No, lol , hahhahahah I'm glad he got his new phone. I just read his 1st post then the 5 post after that calling him stupid and decided I'd just hit reply.

HELP!!! flashed radio 2.07.51.22, now phone wont power on!!!

So, like it says, all i did was flash the new radio... now my hd2 wont power on. im using the core cell evo v3 rom. it was working perfectly, aside from the low reception... so i flashed the different radio. when the phone power cycled after the radio installed, it wouldnt power back on... please, please, PLEASE help!!!

Uhm, you didn't read ANYTHING before starting this whole process....did you? A Radio ROM with X.XX.51.X WILL ALWAYS BRICK A TMO-US HD2. Seriously, its at the top of like EVERY subforum...

as ashasaur said above... sorry my friend, but you have a nice paper weight on ur hands... any radio with a "51" in it is for european HD2's and will BRICK a USA HD2...
2.07.51.22 <--- evil

rlee008 said:
as ashasaur said above... sorry my friend, but you have a nice paper weight on ur hands... any radio with a "51" in it is for european HD2's and will BRICK a USA HD2...
2.07.51.22 <--- evil
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awe crap!! this isnt the first time i hacked this phone too... i read that warning so many damn times... i dont know why i overlooked that... by any chance, is there some hope of unbricking this thing... its not even my phone...

As much as I hate to say this because I was a complete noob once as well. But damn it dude did you not do any research what so ever before hand? I mean come on thats like the first thing you read is ONLY flash .50 radios to US TMOBILE hd2's . Read next time bro.

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As much as I hate to say this because I was a complete noob once as well. But damn it dude did you not do any research what so ever before hand? I mean come on thats like the first thing you read is ONLY flash .50 radios to US TMOBILE hd2's . Read next time bro.
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ummm... like i said... i read that warning a million times, and i dont know why i overlooked it this time. it was a stupid mistake on my part... but i DO read everything before getting started on stuff like this... my question still remains, can it be unbricked? i know its a slim to none chance, but im hoping it can be done...

Check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347
Hope it helps.

savd said:
Check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347
Hope it helps.
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I already read that one... unfortunately the phone needs to power on for that fix to work... thanks anyway...

gonna be a warranty issue I'm afraid. the phone is dead and gone.

Yup. I did this to my first HD2, the night I got it. I managed to take it down to T-Mobile the next day, and convince them it was a bad model, and they gave me a new one, but they only do that in the first 14 days after you purchase it.
There really is nothing to do but get a new one.
Personally, after I got my second one, I just stuck with the stock radio.

yup its a brick my friend... i did the same thing but with a .50 radio that wasnt good it was like the first edition... but yea my phone was brick insurance had to pickup the tab..

BrianYost24 said:
yup its a brick my friend... i did the same thing but with a .50 radio that wasnt good it was like the first edition... but yea my phone was brick insurance had to pickup the tab..
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JTAG maybe..?

I was in your shoes
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WARNING- DO NOT USE 2.04.50.x OR 2.05.50.x - They WILL brick the tmous.
2.06.50.x
2.07.50.x
2.08.50.x
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The second post on the radio thread was probably from my doing as I flashed a 2.05.50.xx on my T-Mo and bricked. I got mine off of cragislist and luckily it was under 30 days and the guy was cool enough to do (...for discounted Wii and 360 moding) a replacement for me.
But...It all goes back to what then seniors have always said when I started on the ROM dev forums. READ! I know you are getting that left and right and it doesn't change your situation, but YOU WON'T do that again.
Don't flash (or mod) anything late at night is a good rule of thumb...I HAVE learned my lesson when I disobey that rule...luckily Walmart/Target are unaware of gut swaps. But I bricked my HD 2 and did a semi-brick on my old Tilt before the semi-brick information was available at no fault of my own. I am sorry for your situation... I HAVE BEEN THERE. I keep a cheap flip phone (since I left the CDMA world) handy at all times since my first Brick way back when.
I don't even post that much anymore...I just read. But I am still a flashing junkie.
Hopefully, you will get a replacement and have attained some wisdom from the situation so it won't happen again or this thread you started will keep others from the bricking wayside.

It's most likely not a brick did u try to put your sim in an other phone? This happened to me and my sim was got fried and got a replacement from t-mo , this is one thing the other time I had to reflash an other rom with the radio recommanded for it worked try these first and then if all goes wrong it's just not ur lucky flash.

issam1979 said:
It's most likely not a brick did u try to put your sim in an other phone? This happened to me and my sim was got fried and got a replacement from t-mo , this is one thing the other time I had to reflash an other rom with the radio recommanded for it worked try these first and then if all goes wrong it's just not ur lucky flash.
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no, you're wrong. Its been proven over and over again that radios with a 51 in the version kill tmous hd2s.

I didnt say i was sure i said likely, but trying more ways wont hurt, u can try to flash tmo stock rom to it's known to fix problems, i wish u luck

raysaboy said:
I already read that one... unfortunately the phone needs to power on for that fix to work... thanks anyway...
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Whatever you do don't send it to HTC.. $600 fine..
PM me

Scabes24 said:
Whatever you do don't send it to HTC.. $600 fine..
PM me
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Fine? or Fee? Also, do you have an alternate method of repair?

SuperSport said:
Fine? or Fee? Also, do you have an alternate method of repair?
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I think a fine.. :/
I recently bricked an HD2 (not radio related) and was told by a few people that if I send it to HTC and they figure out the device has any custom/cooked ROM or an SPL that is hacked, or from a test ROM (MFG spl) or basically anything that isn't an official/shipped release then they'll hit you w/ a $600 fine. And I'm assuming they don't send the device back to you..
Just what I've heard, and maybe it was just for my 'type' of brick - My thread
And no, i don't have another method, was just gonna inform him about JTAG if he wanted, I guess the ".51 Radio brick" isn't quite as hard to recover as it is others (correct me if I'm wrong).

thank to EVERYONE for all your input. i'm still on a quest to try and salvage this phone because like i said, it wasnt even mine. i already thought of exchanging it at tmo, but my friend got it off of craigslist, so thats out... and i am a former employee of tmous, and i know all the little sim card tricks and what not, and that wasnt successful either. im trying to find someone with jtag gear locally, but here in hawaii there arent a whole lot of options as far cellphone repairs and reprograming... ive bee scouring the net looking for other solutions, and if i do find something, i will be SURE to post it here so that others with the same problem can bring their phones back to life... thanks again everyone!!