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HD2 keeps crashing/hardresetting itself...

first things first: the hd2 is my very first windows mobile device. i've already read the wiki and searched the forum/the internet for help, but i didn't find a solution for my problem. i'm also not a newcomer when it comes to flashing (i've gained some experience from my psp/wii/nokia n82/creative zen).
so i got my htc hd2 a few days ago and one of the first things i tried was flashing a rom (i didn't like the t-mobile branding).
i had absolutely no problems installing hspl (this forum was very informative) and flashing the artemis rom (i strictly followed the instructions), which i found in the rom developement sub forum. since everything seemed to work fine, i started adding my contacts and some applications, still no problems.
but after a while one of the apps seemed to have crashed and the phone became unresponsive.
i removed the battery and turned my phone back on, but it was stuck in the boot screen (the very first screen on which it says "r g d" in red at the bottom). since i didn't know what to do, i simply flashed the artemis rom another time and so the story repeats: at first everything worked fine and after a while the phone got stuck again.
after 4 tries i decided to switch to the shock star r9 rom (also found on xda), which also seemed to work fine at first, but it didn't take long for the phone to freeze again. i took out the battery again and turned the phone back on. this time (to my surprise) it didn't get stuck on bootup, but instead it (automatically) performed a hard reset. the phone now does a hardreset everytime i turn it back on, which makes it pretty much unusable...
since i'm getting REALLY tired of adding my email accounts/favorites/application shortcuts (by now i'm just installing them on the sd card, so i don't have to reinstall them)/facebook associations for my contacts/etc and i thought i'd better ask for help.
does anyone know what causes this issue and/or how i can solve this problem? help would be appreciated!
and since i'm here, what should i use to backup my phone (once it's running perfectly)? i already tried pim backup (sadly it doesn't create a backup of everything) and spb backup (freezes on registry recovery). would it be possible to create a rom that contains ALL of my information (settings/contacts/favorites/applications/registry tweaks/...)?
tl;dr:
my hd2 automatically performs a hardreset on bootup, how do i fix it?
please ignore any grammar errors, i'm tired and not a native english speaker

I have the same problem exactly regarding self-hard-reset. I still did not find any reasonable cause for this problem which is starting really to push on my nerves

This sounds to me like a corrupt file system, which can happen after ROM flashes. I would try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644781

@Moandal: thanks for the answer. i just flashed the shock star rom again and the phone boots up normally again. but i really doubt that it will stay like this, unless i know what caused the problem. next time it happens, i'll try the program from your link.
but if i'm not mistaken, that program also hardresets the phone (correct me, if i'm wrong), so i could just flash a rom instead and that's what i'm trying to prevent (as i said, i don't want to have to enter my personal stuff again and again and again...).
what exactly could cause a corrupt file system? could it be a problem with the rom(s) or am i just doing something completely wrong?

A "simple" custom ROM flash only overwrites the ROM's contents without prior erasing, which on the HD2 has been found to sometimes cause trouble like the continuous hard resets you've suffered.
The solution is a full erase of the ROM before flashing the new ROM, which this mtty command does. So, you obviously can't do it without hard resetting/reflashing.

@kilrah: ok, that made things much clearer. i'm going to use the program posted above and flash the rom again, i hope that will fix future issues.
thanks for the fast help, guys

I had the same issues, at first I thought it was the artiums rom but having done MTTY walkthrough I'm 1 week into the Miri rom without much issues (apart from the odd program crash)

since it started pretty much straight away on the first rom, id be a little concerned that it might be an issue with the phone.
if it continues after you mtty/task 29 then id flash back to stock, including spl, and monitor that for a few days.
Code:

@samsamuel: since my last post the phone crashed only once (i was using opera 9.7 when it became unresponsive again), but this time it didn't perform a hard reset!
the main issue seems to be solved and that's good enough, for the time being.
if the problem occurs again, i'll follow your advice.

opera 9.7 - have you moved the cache to the memory card? I've had a lot of freezes the last few days with opera 9 7, turns out it was cos the cache was on the sd card (default 2 gig that came with it).
moved the cache to the phone yesterday, not a crash in 30 hours.

no, but i was actually going to. won't do it now, obviously

please help cause it went crash and hardreset by itself over again..... how can I fix this??

[Q] HD2 Windows/Android problem

Trying to get some help regarding my HTC HD2 Leo for Tmobile. For some reason any windows rom i flash, it will always crash. It will either crash on its own during boot up,after boot up, while im doing something on it, or while i have it locked in my pocket. My phone worked fine before i tried to flash a new windows rom and install a new Android. I went over the steps i did before my phone started being jacked up, i cant seem to figure out what i did wrong.
What i did before the problem:
-Clear storage under windows
- Task 29, held the volume button down once it hit 100%, this put it into boot loader again.
- I flashed the windows rom that was used by dark-stone on his site. ( which i cant post since im new or something) <<< i was trying to use same windows build as him and update my android that he put out on Oct 17th.
- Once my windows rom flashed and it booted up is when it started screwing up, freezing, shutting off by its self after boot, not booting up once i would restart it and also if i left the phone on the tmobile screen it would vibrate like 5-6 times then stop
What i have tried since my issues:
- I tried to flash my old windows roms, with many others that i had before that worked fine. All of these i tried gave me same problems
- i tried to update to the new T-Mobile update that posted on October 20th, and i also tried old version of tmobiles stock roms. Same issues again
- I tried re doing task29, tried new radios, resets of all sorts
I do have HSPL on my phone, always have since i first started flashing roms.
At this point i have a windows rom that can last me couple hours without crashing, so i can text and call. However its really annoying since the phone seems to be fine i doubt i bricked it since it lets me flash new roms and radios. Should i just take off HSPL and reset everything and get this HD2 exchanged, or does anyone by any chance have a way of helping my figure this out, or have any suggestions i could try.
Its keeping me from using windows and even better android
Thank you

[Q] Problems with installing AmericanDroid & Mskip AL

So I tried to install Mskip AL v6 and AmericanDroid for a dual boot system.
The installation seemed to go fine (my radio was fine, and was going from the stock tmob ROM), I launched the HATRED and CLRAD within WM, I selected the options I wanted for the loader, it performed the restart and the screen went to black with the green HTC logo.
It never went any further than that.
I left it for an hour, still no change. I pulled the battery, and restarted the phone.
I got bunch of errors about tray.app not being able to start, and then some about trusted certificates.
SO I try to install again, and can't install anything, because I get the trusted cerificates/or one of the components missing etc.
Can anyone help?!?!
I've tried the security disable cabs on here, but they can't be installed due to the above problem.
Does the phone need to be unlocked first? Do I need to install something else first like HSPL?
And before anyone suggests it, no I don't want to go full NAND yet as I want to be able to check out Android on the hd2 before making the full jump.
Thanks!

Mskip loader has nothing to do with your problem, it just simplifies running clrcad and haret from android folder (which you can do by yourself from file manager),
the black screen with htc logo means the AmericanDroid loading started, then something stops (don't know what) - I'd suggest checking this thread for possible clues,

Problem installing WP7

I know there is similars topics, but I want to describe my problem as somebody may have an answer for me.
I have tried many times installing WP7. WM (official) was working well, some WM custom roms bugged sometime.
I tried to install WP7, first flashing the ROM, there everything is OK.
If I have a SDcard, and if I reboot the phone, the phone starts, then when it gets to the start screen it freezes after 1 second (and the contact tile is still working for few seconds)
If I don't have a SDCard, the phone works well. But I can't use it with Zune, because it says it is a test phone or it is not well connected.
So as I saw there may be driver issues with the SDcard, I have tried the CAB method update.
I can install the 7403 version without problem, but I can't install the 7661 version without plugging the SDcard, because it says I don't have enough storage.
* 1st question: How do I know if the 500M storage capacity is unlocked?
Ok, so I have put the SDCard, done a hard reset from settings and launched the 2nd set of update to 7661 (why? just to be sure everything goes well... As it does not work all the time, I prefer to go step by step instead of going straight to 7720).
The update is OK, but now I can't go to 7720 anymore, because it says my storage is full (the card is recognized in settings, so I have 7Go available)
Ok, I restart the phone... Frozen again after booting.
It is really strange because the system is still working (some animations, the battery hiding, ...) but it becomes unresponsive.
Sometimes when I restart it doesn't freeze, but I don't know why or when it does.
Do you have any idea about what can I do?
I have tried 2 sdcards sandisk 8 and 16GB, it is EXACTLY the same. So it is probably more a problem coming either from the phone (card reader??) or the way I install (I cannot format the SD anymore because it is undetected under win, I don't have any nokia with sdcard phones, and don't have any linux installed, nor CD reader, so I haven't tried killdisk
I bought my phone in december 2009, 1 or 2 months after its release, so it is getting old, but I would prefer to keep it for at least 4 more months!
The last 2 months have been a real pain so I am really looking for a solution!

Hehe, after many many many tries, I finally got my fresh Mango!!
Everything is working well, with the same hardware, same sdcard, don't understand why but it works!
I have set all accounts possibles to be sure this time it won't bug. It seems to work!
I just have to send 1Gig of MP3 to be sure, take few more picture, and it should be ok!
So gooooooood
Anyway, Mango is much much better than initial WP7! Almost everything missing in WP7 is in 7.5!
What did I do? hum... Nothing special, just many times the same thing:
flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing
then...
flashing WM6.5 ROM (with SD)
flashing magldr
flashing Radio (or maybe not??)
flashing WP7 (with SD)
flashing deviceprovisioning
setting time
flashing to 7392
RESET because lack of space? or maybe it was the time before?
flashing to 7720
reset
playing with the phone
being happy and relaxed

I am playing alone here, but if someone comes:
Everything works, everything BUT zune...
I cannot connect my device to Zune, it is not recognized I don't know why, it has never been (maybe once, but long time ago, many flashes since!)
So if somebody knows what could be wrong... (my device time is set right, same as my computer)
"Can't connect to your phone. Disconnect it, restart it, then try connecting again"... always.
I got a "your phone is synced, disconnect to see the content" because i was on the marketplace, but nothing on the computer!
If I can't get it working, is there a way to send MP3s to it without Zune?

Well I see you got the problem solved, but just I case others come across the same issue, you remove the SD card before going to WP7 and update as far as U can with Zune, then update as far as U can with cabs. I think update 7463 requires an SD card so format it using windows and insert it and continue updating. From my understanding, it is something to do with the way WP7 treats SD cards and locks them and at some point its like the SD card gets forgotten so when U try to update, the card is locked so cannot be used. Look at xboxmod/yuki updatable wp7 v2 and there is also a cab to unlock the SD card as well as update cabs and some other useful stuff. There is a very good install guide. Oh and FYI, there is also a 1 shot update to go from 7004 to 7720 mango RTM. Takes about an hour to do but much easier.

Thanks, but... Being able to use mango, I won't flash anymore, it has been too painful to reach that!!
I have never been able to update with Zune, because it has never been recognized well. I have been able to update with cabs, hoping that would resolve itself with updates, but still have the same pb, can't connect to Zune...
My plan is to upload photos using skydrive, and put MP3 via... another way, I just have to find it!

[Q] Corrupted Radio, every reinstall ends in a whitescreen sooner or later

Ahoy, beloved XDA!
I never thought I'd end up posting something like this, but it seems that my phone is near-screwed as of this last month. I've held off jumping the question for as long as I could, but one failure after another has lead me to this.
My HTC HD2 has become unstable. It first manifested in my phone shutting down at random and getting stuck on a white screen (while nothing had changed for months), and now it can never hold a fresh installation down for longer than a day.
I've done multiple fresh from-the-ground-up installs. I installed the stock ROM through my microSD-card, which will fail 24/25 times before finally allowing the Radio to be overwritten.
The steps I take:
Reinstall stock through SD-card
Install HSPL
Task24
Install Radio 2.15.50.14
Install MAGLDR
Install CWM
Flash ROM
The Task24 step also includes Radio installation, though skipping the additional radio installation step doesn't change the outcome.
Completing these steps usually allows me to use my phone for about half a day or so before it begins to randomly freeze or reboot, ultimately leading to the phone never getting past the white screen.
Is there anything I can try to do to get things fixed?

Try to use the phone in Stock mode (Winmo stock) and see if you face the same symptoms, just to eliminate the hardware defect possibility .

Ah yes, I intended to do this earlier but looking at WinMo made me a bit too impatient to wait with installing Android.
I'll do so now and I'll keep you updated.