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First day bricked my magic

I got my magic and bricked it today.Any thoughts to unbrick i am crying please somebody help. i cant face my parents or any person at my place.

advise on what u did before it got rooted..
step by step

I followed the mytouch guide and saw my device was 32b and went ahead for 32b (dont know if it was necesarry) and applied radio as update and i am fked up. fk me

charnsingh_online said:
I followed the mytouch guide and saw my device was 32b and went ahead for 32b (dont know if it was necesarry) and applied radio as update and i am fked up. fk me
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The same thing happened to me. I completely bricked it. Couldn't get into fastboot. Phone wouldn't even turn on, computer wouldn't recognize it, LED's would not come on when plugged into charger or phone. It was that bad. I just went to the T-Mobile store and said that it got like that over night when I left it charging. They sent me a new one under buyer's remorse. It worked out great for me. As for how it did it, I did it the same exact way you did. When applying the 32B radio I didn't flash the radio right. Idk if you read Amon_Ra's guide on how to root it. He didn't specify at first how to flash the radio so when guessing I broke it. Then a few hours later he then posted how to flash it. Just my luck! But I now have a new mytouch and when I followed his directions exactly for the 32B, it went off like a charm. 32B is necessary if you are going to run Hero roms because it is expecting the extra RAM to push it harder. Not so sure about Non-Hero Roms but I believe it might be the same thing. If your phone is as bad as mine, just use the same excuse. They will think it is a defective handset and send you a brand new one, not a refurb. I tried everything to get back into fastboot but I couldn't get the damn thing to start up. It was a sad day. We now have 3 rooted myTouch's that are working great. Hope this helps.

try removing battery for 1 hr and power it up again

You should PM that bloke who's got "have a problem with Android? PM me" in his sigfile. I'm sure he'll fix you right up.
(sorry mate, I couldn't resist! )

Loccy said:
You should PM that bloke who's got "have a problem with Android? PM me" in his sigfile. I'm sure he'll fix you right up.
(sorry mate, I couldn't resist! )
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haha how ironic

if you have insurance on the phone...smash it and send it back. make sure the mobo is broken though and not just the screen. if not, well...sorry to hear about your new paper weight.

trying my hardest not to flame here, but.....
specify the guide you followed... a link to it would be a good start
state exactly what steps you did
state what conditions have occured (eg. stuck on logo, wont even power, etc)
state the actions you have taken to try to repair (sometimes you can make things worse but at least we'd know what you've done)
it's rather inconsiderate to not take the time to post these essential points.
you are expecting us to spend more time thinking and explaining your problem then you have bothered. not cool.

i concur..i try my best not to flame people, but in some situations, such as this one, a flame is appropriate....

i have bricked my HTC Magic while i was trying to flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549591)
but i guess i missed/skipped and had the wrong radio, so then after that all i get is a HTC Magic boot up screen and nothing else.
non of the button combinations work, i cant get to fastboot or recovery using the buttons.
is there anything i can do? any suggestions?!
P.S I DO have a Nandroid Backup (if that can help)

zidane said:
i have bricked my HTC Magic while i was trying to flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549591)
but i guess i missed/skipped and had the wrong radio, so then after that all i get is a HTC Magic boot up screen and nothing else.
non of the button combinations work, i cant get to fastboot or recovery using the buttons.
is there anything i can do? any suggestions?!
P.S I DO have a Nandroid Backup (if that can help)
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Nandroid backups are useless unless you can get into recovery, or perhaps fastboot through a PC. But if you're bricked like these guys...then that's not possible.

korndub said:
i concur..i try my best not to flame people, but in some situations, such as this one, a flame is appropriate....
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I don't think a flame is necessarily appropriate... Obviously the guy is distraught and doesn't know what else to do and is looking for support - not the time to get on him for not following the right protocol.
I understand your frustration, but try to understand his as well... if you don't want to help, then just let it go - somone else most likely will.

I bricked in the first hour, just think how i feel looking at the phone. $600 for a phonedummy

you gonna tell us what you did to brick it? what radio you applied? What methods you used?

ok now that you say my nandroid is useless
is there anything else i can do to get my phone working again?

if you replaced battery you cant relsoved becoz phone bricked is bricked
farbird said:
try removing battery for 1 hr and power it up again
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if you replaced battery you cant relsoved becoz phone bricked is bricked

Does anyone know how to unbrick the CDMA Hero?

My phone shut off and has not been able to turn since. I tried flashing a ROM and didnt relive after that. Please help.

What do you mean it doesn't turn on? What happens when you hold the power button?

it doesn't boot ...it is as if it were dead

Check to make sure it is charged and the battery is installed properly. I have had the battery so dead that it didnt even vibrate to indicate booting.

Yeah. Let it sit on the charger for a few minutes, make sure battery is in right and everything is plugged.
Check for amber LED, let it charge a few minutes, then try again and do it like that every couple minutes. If nothing still, buy a new battery or exchange it.

nothing so far ...ive scheduled an appointment to repair ...i know they wont be able to do anything for this phone. I wanted to see if I can avoid not having to give up my HTC hero and deal with a replacement phone for a while.

ummmm, how did this happen?
you may not want to say for fear of bashing but I promise I won't, as far as I've seen it takes a very unique set of circumstances to actually brick these things
EDIT: my prediction: you tried to flash a GSM rom onto it

so when attempting to get the download file for the Eclair 2.1v1.5 rom it stated that the radio posted is recommended. Prior to flashing the radio i did a nandroid backup and then I flashed the radio. During the flash screen (open box to phone image) it blacked out after about 20 seconds.

kel_o91 said:
so when attempting to get the download file for the Eclair 2.1v1.5 rom it stated that the radio posted is recommended. Prior to flashing the radio i did a nandroid backup and then I flashed the radio. During the flash screen (open box to phone image) it blacked out after about 20 seconds.
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sorry bout what happened. I know jack-diddley-squat about radios...so I might have been in your place if I tried it.

kel_o91 said:
so when attempting to get the download file for the Eclair 2.1v1.5 rom it stated that the radio posted is recommended. Prior to flashing the radio i did a nandroid backup and then I flashed the radio. During the flash screen (open box to phone image) it blacked out after about 20 seconds.
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So my theory is that this nOOb flashed the GSM radio. Here is what he did.
He seen the post on the Eclair 2.1v1.5 rom on our forums and got click happy. Clicking on the link under that thread for the GSM ROM.
The current build is based on Lox and Behnaam's GSM 2.1 v1.5.
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Which took him here:
http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1448
Then he flashed the radio in this post.
(Suggested radio 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26)
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So yea he didn't read, just clicked, have fun with that.
And i suppose you didn't flash a recovery img after rooting? Well next time you will learn to read.

Have you tried booting into recovery and doing a nandroid restore?

i've never heard of a bricked CDMA hero... but i guess flashing a GSM radio would do the trick
ok i searched and this may be the FIRST EVER bricked CDMA htc hero!
correct me if i'm wrong but i couldn't find anything on google about this.
maybe we should sticky this, or delete that link to the gsm rom so this doesn't happen again?

yeah i guess i did flash a gsm rom which definitely pwnd my phone ...i did everything possible. hard reset buttons. basically couldnt do anything with adb as the phone was completely shut off so no way to connect. Well all in all i learned my lesson. The techs at the sprint store couldnt do anything to fix the original phone so they said what the heck and provided me with a brand new google branded hero.

We all have done it!
kel_o91 said:
yeah i guess i did flash a gsm rom which definitely pwnd my phone ...i did everything possible. hard reset buttons. basically couldnt do anything with adb as the phone was completely shut off so no way to connect. Well all in all i learned my lesson. The techs at the sprint store couldnt do anything to fix the original phone so they said what the heck and provided me with a brand new google branded hero.
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Flash lesson 101, read-read-read!!!
Don't worry we 'ALL' have done it. And LEARNED from it.
Keep on going!!!

I'm glad to hear you got your phone replaced. I don't understand how you couldn't boot into any mode that would allow you to fix this. But I don't mess with radios whatsoever.

thedudejdog said:
maybe we should sticky this, or delete that link to the gsm rom so this doesn't happen again?
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+1 Please sticky and/or remove link. We don't need people jumping the gun and flashing ROMs that will brick their phones.
Cheers.

WhiteWidows said:
So my theory is that this nOOb flashed the GSM radio. Here is what he did.
He seen the post on the Eclair 2.1v1.5 rom on our forums and got click happy. Clicking on the link under that thread for the GSM ROM.
Which took him here:
http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1448
Then he flashed the radio in this post.
So yea he didn't read, just clicked, have fun with that.
And i suppose you didn't flash a recovery img after rooting? Well next time you will learn to read.
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Wow, way to show class. Nothing like a little compassion around the holiday season, I see. You are a true class act, and I bet your friends and family are very proud of the way carry yourself. Unfortunately, not everyone can be as perfect as you are, so try to take it easy on the rest of us.

Let it go guys... on all sides of the argument.
he made a simple enough mistake. It's been remedied. Lets all move on.

obelisk79 said:
Let it go guys... on all sides of the argument.
he made a simple enough mistake. It's been remedied. Lets all move on.
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+1 for this

How does a radio flash stop a phone from turning on?
Isn't the whole point of a recovery mode, to be able to "recover" if something goes wrong.
Shame on you whitewidows, for bashing him... The whole reason people get things working is because of trail and error.
If anything he helped us all by confirming that a wrong radio flash will completely ruin your recovery console, possibly bootloader, and (maybe even some actual hardware).
Hopefully this doesn't discourage users from trying to hack our radio.

[Q] bricked my hd2 but my computer recognizes it...?

so i flashed my phone with the wrong radio i believe but the strange thing is that my computer recognizes it. the doesnt turn on at all but i here the sound of a device being plugged in when i plug it into winodws. is there a chance its not bricked?

the sound doesn't necessarily indicate much.
what did you do? specifics, please?
can you get into bootloader?

i was trying to flash a stock rom and i guess it didnt work?

minnieman said:
i was trying to flash a stock rom and i guess it didnt work?
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mate. as i said, specifics please. like what rom / type of phone do you have? what rom were you flashing? you said radio, now you say rom.
also, as i asked, can you get into bootloader?
please, if you want help, we need information.

minnieman said:
so i flashed my phone with the wrong radio i believe but the strange thing is that my computer recognizes it. the doesnt turn on at all but i here the sound of a device being plugged in when i plug it into winodws. is there a chance its not bricked?
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You may try and follow this solution, I suggested earlier. Click here
Let us know if it worked.

sorry i was vague, i was in a rush to get to work this morning and on top of it i was panicking. i flashed the stock image:
RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.48.405.2_Radio_Signed_15.28.50.07U_2.05.51.05_2_Ship
i tried that on a hd2 so i could flash hspl3 again and use wp7 on my hd2.
i ended up just sending it in, but if they send it back with no repairs ill try your method... i relly hope they just send me a new one though. i mean... i flashed a stock image to the hd2, so shouldnt they see no hspl and just the stock spl?

again, more details are needed.
like what type of hd2 do you have? if it is a us tmo brand, i believe it is bricked (as you flashed a .51 radio.)
if you flashed your stock rom from your sd card, hspl is removed. if you flashed over usb, and did not uninstall hspl, hspl is still there.
what i don't get is if you can flash a rom, why are you saying it is bricked? no offense, but each post seems to change the story (first it was a rom, the a radio, now you are flashing roms but sending the phone in, still don't know if you can get into booloader, but now you sent the phone in or is it in your possession???) and i am not following what you did, where you started or what is going on. maybe i am totally missing what you are saying (which is possible)...hope someone can help you.

i have the 1024 us tmous hd2. i tried to flash to a stock rom, forget i said radio. i tried to flash the .51 which i did not know would brick my phone, so i played dumb with htc and sent it in to get repaired. if they dont repair it i am kinda SOL because i flashed using usb and they will see it has HSPL. sorry, do i need to include anything else? i am just kinda a noob... sorry.

i swear i posted a response. hmm.
thank you for the details. your assessment of the situation is spot on; unfortunately your phone is indeed bricked. and likely htc will not know about hspl...or so i have heard from others.
curious, why did you send it to htc? did tmobile reject it? if not, and htc doesn't give you a new one, try getting it to tmobile (under warranty)- worked for me when the phone stopped working for unknown reason. good luck.

possible to make it back to work...?
jsmccabe78 said:
i swear i posted a response. hmm.
thank you for the details. your assessment of the situation is spot on; unfortunately your phone is indeed bricked. and likely htc will not know about hspl...or so i have heard from others.
curious, why did you send it to htc? did tmobile reject it? if not, and htc doesn't give you a new one, try getting it to tmobile (under warranty)- worked for me when the phone stopped working for unknown reason. good luck.
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here i am one of the ppl out there have the HD2 bricked.
I have tmo version, Couple months ago i was trying to flash a office rom, which is i don't remember which one, but i really sure it was a HTC Office Rom., I let the phone do it thing while flashing, but after the flashing the screen go off and didn't back on working anymore, I still have the bricked phone though, and i was wondering if any possible method apply to the above problem?
i will looking forward to hear from u, Thank U,

chhada said:
here i am one of the ppl out there have the HD2 bricked.
I have tmo version, Couple months ago i was trying to flash a office rom, which is i don't remember which one, but i really sure it was a HTC Office Rom., I let the phone do it thing while flashing, but after the flashing the screen go off and didn't back on working anymore, I still have the bricked phone though, and i was wondering if any possible method apply to the above problem?
i will looking forward to hear from u, Thank U,
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Were you able to get into bootloader Chhada?

nicedude_abad said:
Were you able to get into bootloader Chhada?
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no dude, nothing respond with the power button, *_* it doesn't do anything,

headache
man this could be very tiring ive tryed everything from hard soft chilled any kind reset.volume down red green white button hold down but one thing is weird is when i connect it to the pc wiht the thing off it makes a sound like it sees it but no luck with tmobile rom update. ill send to tmobile and play the good guy http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[q] please please help guys

Guys,
First time trying to flash HD2. I installed HSTL. After this I tried to install the radio and the rom. however, I couldn't since the devise install the original Rom.
during the uploading the original rom, I disconnected the battery. NOW, THE DEVISE IS NOT WORKING AT ALL
PLEASE HELP WHAT CAN I DO ??????

more details:
1) are you on a Euro or Tmobile HD2?
2) Did you flash HSPL3 or HSPL4?
3) Which exact radio and which exact ROM did you flash?
4) what do you mean by not working at all? Can you turn it on at all? can you hold the down arrow while turning it on and see the color screen?
5) Why the hell would you pull your battery during a flash?

its middle east
HSPL3
I can't turn it on at all.
Now, what to do guys. please help

which radio and ROM did you flash?
"can't turn it on" sounds like a bad radio flash, however you DID pull out your battery so you may have just put it in wrong or bent a pin.
Take out your battery, make sure the 3 pins are intact and facing out (sometimes they get bent to face up or down). Slid in the battery carefully how it's supposed to go (not backwards or something), then try to turn on the device again and pray it works.
You are going to have to get this thing to at least show a bootscreen or tri-color screen or something to save it.

ohhhhhhh, I've already tried all what you suggested including prayer, it doesn't work. Besides, I wasn't able to flash the new rom. I unplugged the battery while the main rom uploading.
Any other suggestion. is it common problem.

orangekid said:
more details:
1) are you on a Euro or Tmobile HD2?
2) Did you flash HSPL3 or HSPL4?
3) Which exact radio and which exact ROM did you flash?
4) what do you mean by not working at all? Can you turn it on at all? can you hold the down arrow while turning it on and see the color screen?
5) Why the hell would you pull your battery during a flash?
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orangekid said:
which radio and ROM did you flash?
"can't turn it on" sounds like a bad radio flash, however you DID pull out your battery so you may have just put it in wrong or bent a pin.
Take out your battery, make sure the 3 pins are intact and facing out (sometimes they get bent to face up or down). Slid in the battery carefully how it's supposed to go (not backwards or something), then try to turn on the device again and pray it works.
You are going to have to get this thing to at least show a bootscreen or tri-color screen or something to save it.
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It's neither a bad flash nor an incompatible radio I don't think we can Help him
Your problem is too big, it's beyond our capabilities
abusaifali said:
Guys,
First time trying to flash HD2. I installed HSTL. After this I tried to install the radio and the rom. however, I couldn't since the devise install the original Rom.
during the uploading the original rom, I disconnected the battery. NOW, THE DEVISE IS NOT WORKING AT ALL
PLEASE HELP WHAT CAN I DO ??????
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abusaifali said:
ohhhhhhh, I've already tried all what you suggested including prayer, it doesn't work. Besides, I wasn't able to flash the new rom. I unplugged the battery while the main rom uploading.
Any other suggestion. is it common problem.
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well the problem is that you pulled the battery in the middle of a flash, and if it was a stock ROM flash then that means it was flashing the radio too.
If you do this to 10,000 more HD2s you may have enough bricks to make a house, it certainly seems you have at least 1 brick to start out with.
This is a common problem for
1) people who flash the wrong radio for their phone
2) people who flash the wrong HSPL for their phone (a few people used a CDMA diamond unlocker on their GSM phone and ended up with bricks, and other devices)
3) people who pull the battery out in the middle of a flash.
You sir, fall into the third category. I don't think your phone is coming back to life, do you have a warranty you can claim it on or insurance, just say it "stopped working"?
unless maybe I misunderstood what you did?

Anyhow THANKS a lot kawazak for your prompt reply and help

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It's neither a bad flash nor an incompatible radio I don't think we can Help him
Your problem is too big, it's beyond our capabilities
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yeah a bad flash and sometimes bad radios flashes can be fixed, but pulling the battery in the middle of a flash is pretty gonzo.

abusaifali said:
Anyhow THANKS a lot kawazak for your prompt reply and help
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I'd really love to help you but I'm really sorry, I won't hide the truth
You better send it in for repair .

Just FYI I've pulled both battery and usb on four or five occasions, no problem, however I suspect if I had done it in the first half minute of the flash, while spl and radio are flashing, things may not be so lucky.
I really do not recommend it, it scares the crap out of ya! Weed and flashing don't mix.
Flash safe kids!

samsamuel said:
Weed and flashing don't mix.
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lol, indeed.

[Help] Phone wont boot.

Hi, after hours of researching to find the problem, i cant find it so as my last resort i will ask the mighty forums if there is anything they can do about it.
The problem is that its stuck in a boot loop, i can get in to bootloader and Hboot.
When i press to go in to recovery its just goes to the HTC logo and stays there.
When i try to do a factory reset same thing happened.
Anyway, the facts.
Its a DHD it used to have leedroid latest as rom, atm i have no idea it is supposed to be 1.32 stock rom for rooting and RADIO-26.14.04.28_M, kernel was also leedroid recommended but i guess that also is 1.32 stock.
It was ENG S-OFF but then i tried some PD98IMG and it changed to SHIP S-OFF
Things that i have tried.
Tried different PD98IMG to get the recovery working but nothing same thing happened there.
Tried patched/flashed the recovery part only with no luck.
Tried to get into recovery through pulling the battery inserting the usb and then inserting the battery again, no luck.
The odd thing is when i try to charge the phone and the led goes orange and when i pull the usb out it stays orange, it should turn off.
I suppose i ****ed something over but i have no clue of what that is?!?
Help would be most appreciated

I'm suggesting everyone to give this method a try although i have no experience with it but since it can be used to recover using computer i believe recovery isn't necessary here so that you can recover the firmware using the PC.
Hope this helps

shad0wboss said:
I'm suggesting everyone to give this method a try although i have no experience with it but since it can be used to recover using computer i believe recovery isn't necessary here so that you can recover the firmware using the PC.
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Done and failed, same problem no difference what so ever.

SHIP S-OFF is OK!! U got it m8!
If you want to use your own Image do it within this way:
1. Flash this: http://www.multiupload.com/FKJ8B7Q0QM
and after this:
2. Flash this: http://www.multiupload.com/AURLLESU5V
And enjoy it! I don't know why the PD98IMG is not working on your device so I recomend to flash the RUU. Within the RUU you will also get the latest firmware for phone and wifi and so on. It's not a need, it's a must!
The 2nd ROM is same as above but it's ROOTED and contains the 4ext Recovery which will give you the option to flash whatever you want.
BUT!!! This ROM's are ORIGINAL. If you want to use a CUSTOM ROM I would recomend you will format your device by the 4ext Recovery or you are using the FULL WIPE 1.5.
Regards!

Sorry for the insane delay.
That did not work either, anyone else have any idea what to do, installing through PD98IMG.zip files seams not to work, will at this point do anything.
I'am a student so buying a new one is out of the question.

I tend to have to see things to understand them more. Maybe other people are similar. Is it possible you can video the process, put it on YouTube and some of the experts here can see it and talk you through it?

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I tend to have to see things to understand them more. Maybe other people are similar. Is it possible you can video the process, put it on YouTube and some of the experts here can see it and talk you through it?
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Dude, I plus 1 this comment.
Doing exactly that has helped me in the past too.

Well, i am here again with some videos this time, dont really know if it will explain anything but here goes nothing.
youtube.com/watch?v=cHA-k6SadoE
Just a simple start to show what the hell is wrong with it.
youtube.com/watch?v=squwhiGNM3s
Here's me trying factory reset but failed, stuck at the same place as before.
youtube.com/watch?v=aZF1ALz0Z-w
Here is where i go into fastboot, just to show that i can do it and then back again to try recovery, same problem...
Anymore info you need, next time i will answer much faster, anyway there the problem it gets stuck on HTC logo forever, no restart no nothing...

ithen said:
Sorry for the insane delay.
That did not work either, anyone else have any idea what to do, installing through PD98IMG.zip files seams not to work, will at this point do anything.
I'am a student so buying a new one is out of the question.
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when you flashed PD98IMG.zip does it give you a cid error?. If this is the error then a gold card needs to be made for your device first, then you flash the RUU.

Back again.
No CID error, its skips something called TP when i try to flash it.
I can use any simcard, its an unbranded phone i believe.
And also if it is to any help, when i plug my charger in the phone and then back out again, the little orange led keeps emitting light, as if it stills charging.

My English is not very good.
I want to know what did you do for it before its stuck in a boot loop?
You can get into HBOOT and connect the phone to the computer,then try to run RUU.Before you do this,make sure you have make golden card.

Try another pd zip..i came across a few corrupt ones,the answers in this site somewhere alterbatively google the sentence you want the answer to..or the key words,if the systems still working theres a 98% chance youll get it going boot loops from what i see are just a file or something causing chaos..once its gone voila.
Good luck
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Enter hboot and paste exactly what it says in there.
SHIP AND ENG don't matter as long as it's S-OFF. If you can't access recovery and if you're unable for some reason to flash a PDimg, download AAHK and use it to unroot. That will hopefully get you into the stock ROM and S-ON of course.
Use AAHK again to root. You will still have access to your stock ROM.
Now here's the tricky part. If the phone won't boot at all that probably means there's nothing to boot at all. Happened to me a lot of times. If you can still get into hboot then don't panic. See if AAHK will help you out.