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HTC HD2 stuck on bootloader screen

Sorry for the double post but my other one is on page 94 of a different thread and probally wont get seen and i am now getting desperate,anyway
I have just followed the procedure as I was going to install a different ROM from ★ Miri & DINIK "Anastasia" ROM to replace my installed ROM from ENERGY
Flashing Via MicroSD Card
NOTE (PLEASE READ): If you flash a Stock Rom via microSD Card then it will overwrite your HardSPL with a stock SPL included in the nbh file. This does not apply to custom roms as they do not include an SPL. BE CAREFUL!!
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the LEO Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to LEOIMG.nbh
4. Copy the LEOIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Reset the device while pressing the volume down button to enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.
First I did a task 29 and now I am now stuck in the bootloader screen with its tri colour screen with USB in the white part,if I have the cable connected or Serial if the cable is removed.
I have tried a few times but it still stays on the boot screen.I am running windows 7 32 bit on my laptop and have tried all 3 different USB ports with the same result.
How do I get the phone back working?
Thanks

Your Phone is stuck in the bootscreen because you have removed the operating system with the task29. so this is normal.
make sure you have transferred the leoimg.nbh to the storage card and disconnect the phone from the cable. reboot the phone and flashing should start automatically. if it does not
now connect your phone to the computer and you will see the screen change from serial to usb
just follow the procedure as described in on the forum to flash from a computer. you do not need to be connected to activesync to do this as the phone is already in bootloader mode. just start the flashing program as described.

Thanks for that,I did realise thats the reason its stuck in the bootloader.I have connected the phone back to the computer a few times and waited untill the USB came onto the screen but the divice does not show up in "My Computer" and when I try to restore the ROM I get a 260 connection error.

I think I have just sorted the problem,not sure the reason but it was failing on a 16GB fat32 card. I have just borrowed a 2GB card from a friend put exactly the same image on and it is now updating the ROM.
Thats strange how the card has made that much of a difference,but thanks anyway.
I'll let you know how the update goes in a few minutes when it completes.
Thanks

many people have said the same thing. 16 doesn't work, 8 sometimes works, 2 usually works.

Up and running great now,,Looks like i'll have to invest in a small 2GB card as a back up,
Thanks again

Stuck also in bootloader
wilcovh said:
Your Phone is stuck in the bootscreen because you have removed the operating system with the task29. so this is normal.
make sure you have transferred the leoimg.nbh to the storage card and disconnect the phone from the cable. reboot the phone and flashing should start automatically. if it does not
now connect your phone to the computer and you will see the screen change from serial to usb
just follow the procedure as described in on the forum to flash from a computer. you do not need to be connected to activesync to do this as the phone is already in bootloader mode. just start the flashing program as described.
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I flashed my HTC Leo to Dutty Multi-lang, when finished and reboot it won't and gets stuck in the "stick together" bootloader (yes, I am with TMOUS). I did what you suggested but it still won't boot, please help!

paulzhang07 said:
I flashed my HTC Leo to Dutty Multi-lang, when finished and reboot it won't and gets stuck in the "stick together" bootloader (yes, I am with TMOUS). I did what you suggested but it still won't boot, please help!
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is the multi lang one the one with the base 3.04 rom? that 3.04 base isn't from tmous, have you confirmed it is tmous compatible? (i dont know enough about teh 3.04 rom)

samsamuel said:
is the multi lang one the one with the base 3.04 rom? that 3.04 base isn't from tmous, have you confirmed it is tmous compatible? (i dont know enough about teh 3.04 rom)
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It is 3.28.4.0

sorry, don't know what that means and i can't go hunting right now. it "sounds" like what happens when you flash a non tmous rom to a tmous, (unlike flashing the wrong radio, it doesn't brick the tmous, it just won't boot)
if i were in your shoes, id grab a known tmous compatible rom and flash that.

samsamuel said:
sorry, don't know what that means and i can't go hunting right now. it "sounds" like what happens when you flash a non tmous rom to a tmous, (unlike flashing the wrong radio, it doesn't brick the tmous, it just won't boot)
if i were in your shoes, id grab a known tmous compatible rom and flash that.
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And how would you do that if the darn phone won't boot? I can copy a known ROM onto the card, but then how do I flash it from there? Thanks.

paulzhang07 said:
And how would you do that if the darn phone won't boot? I can copy a known ROM onto the card, but then how do I flash it from there? Thanks.
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no need for sd card,,,boot into boot loader, connect usb, run your flash.

samsamuel said:
sorry, don't know what that means and i can't go hunting right now. it "sounds" like what happens when you flash a non tmous rom to a tmous, (unlike flashing the wrong radio, it doesn't brick the tmous, it just won't boot)
if i were in your shoes, id grab a known tmous compatible rom and flash that.
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Problem resolved... not sure what caused it but I am a happy man now. This is what I did if this helps with people who might have the same problem.
1. Formated the SD card FAT32.
2. Copy and rename nbh file to LEOIMG.nbh to SD card.
3. Reset the phone while holding the down button. It jumps to bootloader.
4. Hook it with PC, USB is shown on the phone.
5. Download and extract SSPL_RUU.exe and RUU_signed.nbh from Dutty Cream la de Cream ROM into the same folder.
6. Run SSPL_RUU and it came up and running again.
Thanks for your help though, made me feel hopeful because I was getting ready to dump the phone and run over it with my car

no worries, just for info, step two was not needed, it would have tried to flash leoimg at step three if you hadn't been using the stock gig sd card (the 16gb cards don't work, which is why the phone ignored it.)

paulzhang07 said:
Problem resolved... not sure what caused it but I am a happy man now. This is what I did if this helps with people who might have the same problem.
1. Formated the SD card FAT32.
2. Copy and rename nbh file to LEOIMG.nbh to SD card.
3. Reset the phone while holding the down button. It jumps to bootloader.
4. Hook it with PC, USB is shown on the phone.
5. Download and extract SSPL_RUU.exe and RUU_signed.nbh from Dutty Cream la de Cream ROM into the same folder.
6. Run SSPL_RUU and it came up and running again.
Thanks for your help though, made me feel hopeful because I was getting ready to dump the phone and run over it with my car
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Thanks I did these steps a million times and now Im still in the bootloader screen. What else can I do? Thanks for the help.

im also still with hang with that problem.even tried jteg.but wont successful .bc of i tried to restore from win7 to 6.5. now still set is dead from long time

[Q] Downgrade from froyo to tmobile hd2 rom

Hello all. Last night i flashed both my and my girlfriends t mobile branded hd2's to android 2.2 using magldr and a DFT android rom. Since then her 3g service randomly starts and stops as well as both of our devices have lost the ability to be read on a pc. I want to restore her device to the stock t mobile rom but the rom i downloaded from their website ends up stating that there is a usb error. Could someone please help me. Much appreciated.

I did some searching around and came across this: http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/01/01/how-to-upgrade-htc-hd2-rom-through-sd-card-video/
Which was off of this page, which is most likely what you installed on your HD2s (NAND android correct?) http://www.jayceooi.com/2010/12/31/how-to-install-nand-android-on-htc-hd2/
BTW, which radio version are you running? It seems that your builds want the 2.15 radio.

thank you so much for replying, this is the nand android that i flashed with but i cannot for the life of me find an official tmobile rom that will work with magldr to reflash her phone. O and how do i go about finding out the radio version???

Bear with me since I've never NANDandroid'd my HD2's, only have run them from my SD cards. My understanding is that magldr can be removed by just reinstalling another flash, like Tmo's 3.14 or 2.13.
Is this the exact NAND you installed? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893620 It says "Uninstallation:
It is possible to downgrade to original Windows Mobile 6.5, by just flashing to an Official ROM.
Both MAGLDR and Android will be removed"
My bet is that you'll have to do the SD card method of reflashing:
Remove your sim card, then
Download a stock rom, unpack it, and...
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1. Place the LEOIMG.nbh on a 8GB or smaller microSD card.
2. Remove the battery cover and press the Reset button.
3. Hold the Volume Down and End Call (power) buttons at the same time.
4. As soon as "Searching..." appears on the screen, release the Volume Down button.
5. ROM will flash. Be sure to hard-reset afterwards to prevent weird errors (as usual). (credits to snarksneeze)
To find your radio version, check in android's about phone section in the settings menu. I don't know of any other way other than maybe the bootloader screen (3 colors, red, green blue), might list it (volume down and power button).
japookie said:
thank you so much for replying, this is the nand android that i flashed with but i cannot for the life of me find an official tmobile rom that will work with magldr to reflash her phone. O and how do i go about finding out the radio version???
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Ok the closest thing that i have found online is a custom rom called "Kumar's Leo Touch Prem V3.0 S23142-WWE.nbh". Now i am completely lost after the step that states Take any "RUU_signed.nbh" from a ship ROM and copy it to SD card.

ok i tried renaming the rom and copying it to the sd card but when i try to reboot by holding the power key and the down volume rocker the phone just continually vibrates and never restarts. When i try a regular reboot by holding the power button i can either go back into android or pull up magldr but not flashing options for winmo

Wait a minute...don't use that Kumar's ROM, it's for the Euro HD2 (512MB) --it'll probably brick your US TMO HD2 (1024 MB).
Ok, find a TMO USA nbh file, then rename it to LEOIMG.nbh, then copy it to the the microSD card with a card reader. Next, put the microSD card back in the phone and remove the SIM card (some folks say it's better to flash without the SIM card in).
Make sure before you flash that your battery level is more than 50%! Enter the bootloader by doing the following:
To place the HD2 into Bootloader mode,
1. Place the LEOIMG.nbh on a 8GB or smaller microSD card.
2. Remove the battery cover and press the Reset button.
3. Hold the Volume Down and End Call (power) buttons at the same time.
4. As soon as "Searching..." appears on the screen, release the Volume Down button.
5. ROM will flash. Be sure to hard-reset afterwards to prevent weird errors (as usual). (credits to snarksneeze)
japookie said:
Ok the closest thing that i have found online is a custom rom called "Kumar's Leo Touch Prem V3.0 S23142-WWE.nbh". Now i am completely lost after the step that states Take any "RUU_signed.nbh" from a ship ROM and copy it to SD card.
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WOW thanks a million before i bricked the phone, the closest thing to a t mo nbh file that i have found so far is what i am assuming is a rom labeled "T-Mobile_HD2_MR_Software_3.14.531.1.exe". I will continue scouring the net until i find something and again THANKS A MILLION

Ok here's the thread that'll save your day:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=681317
at the end of the first post is a ROM for you. Copy that to the microSD card and go from there, following the instructions. I forgot since it's been a while since I've done it that you need an 8gb or smaller microSD card, the 16gb one doesn't seem to work for flashing.
Here's your 2.10 stock TMO USA rom, http://devftp.xda-developers.com/files/zelendel/LEOIMG.nbh after you get this installed, perhaps your USB connectivity will be back and you'll be able to later update to 3.14 if you so choose (http://dl.htc.com/ruudownload/t-mobileUS/DeviceDownloads.aspx?pid=leo2) or 2.13 (http://dl.htc.com/ruudownload/t-mobileUS/DeviceDownloads.aspx?pid=leo)
1. Place the LEOIMG.nbh on a 8GB or smaller microSD card.
2. Remove the battery cover and press the Reset button.
3. Hold the Volume Down and End Call (power) buttons at the same time.
4. As soon as "Searching..." appears on the screen, release the Volume Down button.
5. ROM will flash. Be sure to hard-reset afterwards to prevent weird errors (as usual). (credits to snarksneeze)
japookie said:
WOW thanks a million before i bricked the phone, the closest thing to a t mo nbh file that i have found so far is what i am assuming is a rom labeled "T-Mobile_HD2_MR_Software_3.14.531.1.exe". I will continue scouring the net until i find something and again THANKS A MILLION
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Download that .exe you where talking about and extract it to gain the .NBH file you need.

You know what's wierd is I used to be able to extract/decompress that .exe file! Now I can't, I figured I probably uninstalled the program that does that on my computer. Anyway, I was going to recommend to the OP to do that except that he might not have the program to decompress that .exe as well, so I figured I'd make it a little easier for him by suggesting he download just the .nbh file from the forums.

[Solved] Restoring orgional windows rom

After playing around with android for a while I had descided to go back to windows mobile, really just to clean everything up and start again from scratch. I extracted the .nbh file from the official o2 rom, renamed it leoimg.nbh and put it on my sd card.
I have done this a few times before. This time when I go into the boot loader by powering on the phone and selecting the volume down key it will not flash the rom it simply stays at the hspl screen.
I have tried both hspl 2.08 and 1.66 but no joy. Anybody got any ideas how to fix this?
[Solution]
Found a solution for this. If you are unable to get into the bootloader like I was try the following steps
1. Run the installer from windows and install windows normally, This will remove averything but hspl
2. Use a 2gb or less SD card and format it using the phones format utility
3. With the phone connected via usb to windows extract the .nbh file use win rar and rename it to leoimg.nbh and copy to the phones SD card
4. Reboot holding the volume down key and go into the bootloader
I have just tested this method on my phone and it has remvoed everything and restored windows
Thanks for your help

GhostXSeries said:
After playing around with android for a while I had descided to go back to windows mobile, really just to clean everything up and start again from scratch. I extracted the .nbh file from the official o2 rom, renamed it leoimg.nbh and put it on my sd card.
I have done this a few times before. This time when I go into the boot loader by powering on the phone and selecting the volume down key it will not flash the rom it simply stays at the hspl screen.
I have tried both hspl 2.08 and 1.66 but no joy. Anybody got any ideas how to fix this?
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what if you try to flash it from your computer.. so you are seeing the 3 colored screen right? well, plug in the usb and then run the CustomRUU.exe, maybe that works?

That will allow me to flash windows and change the radio but doesn't seem to remove hspl.

Phone soft brick!

So i was trying to put android with easy android and it seemed like it worked, it said we hacked it at the end. Now the phone doesnt boot up. I even tried hard resetting any help? Do i need to flash a radio? If so how and which radio?

Full filename of anything you flashed plus tmous or regular? What does "wont boot up" mean?
Details details details.

Im tmobile US. Theres an application that does an automated process. It's called Easy Android. I dont have the link for the post but it's hear on xda. When the phone boots up it just shows the T-mobile logo.
Please tell me if you need more info.

oh right, well in taht case its almost certainly either the wrong hspl or the wrong radio.
Magldr wont start unless BOTH spl is 2.08.hspl and radio is 2.07.50 or higher , but since you have a tmous the radio must be OK, so it must be the spl
enter bootloader (phone off, hold hold keep holding voldown, tap and release power, hold voldown till tri colour screen appears) what does spl line say?

Hey
Its 2.08 HSPL
BTW i appreciate the help

in that case i'd be heading back to a stock rom, get it back to as-new and start over.
Grab either the 2.13 or 3.14 TMOUS roms and flash via sd card. that will put it back to as new, then apply 2.08.hspl - magldr - cwm - rom.(get the toolkit)

I wont have a problem finding the rom, but i just need to know how do you flash the rom, do you just enter bootloader and it auto installs?
Thanks

get the phone into bootloader mode, and make sure the computer detects the phone before you start the flashing process (i.e. running the RUU).

If the rom comes in an exe file, rename it and make the file extension .zip
Then go into the .zip file and remove the file which has the file extension .nbh
Rename this file to LEOIMG.nbh
Put this file at the root of a 4Gb or smaller sd card
Put the card into your phone and boot into bootloader (hold vol down button while booting)
Should find and flash the rom all by its self, might ask you to press a certain button to confirm, been a long time, I can't remember for sure if you have to press a confirmation button
Wait for it top finish
Make sure you have 50% or greater battery before you flash
MAKE SURE you have the correct stock rom for your phone. There are different stock roms for different HD2's depending on what model HD2 you have. Flash the wrong one you could be screwed for good

Okay, running RUU while in bootloader worked perfect.
Got the ruu straight from tmobile.
Windows 7 auto installed bootloader drivers for me.

[Q] Bricked HD2?

The HD2 Leo512mb i have had to be placed in such a way so the pins on the usb connector had connection to the main board, and data no longer worked. So I opened up the phone and found out that the usb connector was impossible to solder back on, so in that case I would have to order a new one.. Instead, i soldered the power from a usb cable directly to the main board on the phone and put it back together..
Booting up, it stops at the android logo...
If i try to hold down the power button to install a new rom in recovery from a zipfile, this message comes up
ANDROID LOAD at 11800000
from MicroSD
Load zImage
K: /zImage
ssSD kernel open failed
It flashes showing that screen for 1,5s and the recovery boot screen for 0,5sekond
I put the initrd-latest.gz downloaded from XDAndroid initramfs, renamed to initrd.gz to the root of the sdcard, and the last line of the loading changed to ''SD kernel open failed'' (no ss first)
I have aMAGLDR V1.13, Build Feb 1 2011 installed, and some Nandroid Cyanogenmodrom installed before it crashed. Doublechecked that everything is properly connected back again..
Is there anything to do with this, a file i could put into the SD-card? Heres a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CChE_-xbXA0
I have a Galaxy SII, but the HD2 would be great to have as a backup phone!

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How about booting into the tricolor boot screen (Vol down + Power) and loading a stock T-Mobile Winmo rom? That will pretty much take out any SD card issues or Android related issues. If the rom flashes and the phone boots up, then there is something else going on.
But am I reading this right? Your usb connector is messed up? In that case, still try loading a stock winmo rom from a freshly formatted sd card. Instructions for doing that are easily found by search.

bipinsen said:
Your usb connector is messed up? In that case, still try loading a stock winmo rom from a freshly formatted sd card. Instructions for doing that are easily found by search.
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Correct! So i only have the charging part, and that makes flashing WinMo with the tricolor boot screen hard..
I think I remember how to install a rom to the sd card, but would that load up automatically, if its now automatically tries to load the kernel for the Nand installed androidrom?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CChE_-xbXA0
Here's a video that explains a bit better whats happening

ededed said:
Correct! So i only have the charging part, and that makes flashing WinMo with the tricolor boot screen hard..
I think I remember how to install a rom to the sd card, but would that load up automatically, if its now automatically tries to load the kernel for the Nand installed androidrom?
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Here are the instructions for how to flash a standard winmo rom using the SD card from this thread. Download the stock rom for your phone, and give it a try.
Flashing Via MicroSD Card
NOTE (PLEASE READ): If you flash a Stock Rom via microSD Card then it will overwrite your HardSPL with a stock SPL included in the nbh file. This does not apply to custom roms as they do not include an SPL. BE CAREFUL!!
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the LEO Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to LEOIMG.nbh
4. Copy the LEOIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Reset the device while pressing the volume down button to enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.