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Recently my HD has developed an annoying little fault. I'v done a search and a few people had this fault but there were no real replys.
After i power on my HD or do a soft reset, within 15 minutes without fail, services.exe will crash. No matter what i do with the phone, even if i switch it on and let it idle.
I'v removed just about every program on the phone and been through HD tweak and no joy...
The crash doesn't seem to affect how the phone runs, i just wanted to see if there was a known solution i'd missed or at least know if i should be worrying about this process crash if it performs a useful function to the phone.
Many thanks guys!
Have you tried hardresetting your phone? To me it seems that you have installed something that runs as a service and that software crashes. Also you may try to remember when the crashes began and uninstall anything that could be responsible for them.
tkolev said:
Have you tried hardresetting your phone? To me it seems that you have installed something that runs as a service and that software crashes. Also you may try to remember when the crashes began and uninstall anything that could be responsible for them.
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I wanted to try to avoid hard resetting. I have un-installed just about every program on there, certainly anything that could cause this that i can think of.
Ok i just did a hard reset, within 5 minutes of the phone being on services.exe crashed again. This is without the storage card in as well...
I have the same problem on my Orange HTC Touch HD from day one (11/05/09) and so fair been unable to find any info on it in connection to Windows Mobile platform. I am already on my second phone, sim card and I only had the contract two weeks. The phone will not run Orange maps as it refuses to complete install on the 1st start. Wish i never got it now to be honest, but what phone to have instead as I hate the iPhone
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I have the same problem on my Orange HTC Touch HD from day one (11/05/09) and so fair been unable to find any info on it in conuction to Windows Mobile platform. I am already on my second phone, sim card and I only had the contract two weeks. The phone will not run Orange maps as it refuses to complete install on the 1st start. Wish i never got it now to be honest, but what phone to have instead as I hate the iPhone
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From browsing on here there are a few people with this issue with services.exe so we are not alone.
I've just done about 4 hard resets trying differeny suggestions from previous threads and nothing worked. Really annoying as surely since im using stock ROM and even after a hard reset it's doing it, it has to mean there is a glitch with the core software.
As for orange maps... my HD from Orange didn't come with any mapping software i i just downloaded a googlemaps cab.
Are U on an orange ROM??
If so try setting date and time to a month earlier after hard reset at setup - just for testing for a day.. Mostly they (orange) have used some trialware software/extension which is expiring of it's free trial and sending the device to Reset. I know some one who flashed a custom ROM later due to this..
Freypal said:
Ok i just did a hard reset, within 5 minutes of the phone being on services.exe crashed again. This is without the storage card in as well...
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crajee said:
Are U on an orange ROM??
If so try setting date and time to a month earlier after hard reset at setup - just for testing for a day.. Mostly they (orange) have used some software/extension which is expiring and sending the device to Reset. I know some one who flashed a custom ROM later due to this..
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Mmm interesting, I am on a stock 1.19.61.1 WWE (11/25/08) Orange ROM yes. If this is true then i guess it gives me a good excuse to flash a cooked ROM. Been toying with the idea...
I take it after your mate flashed a new ROM the problem disappeared?
Yes, but he was not tied to Orange network..
Some ppl have reported connectivity probs with orange with custom ROM and some have not. Your mileage might vary.
If doesn't work you can always go back to Stock Orange ROM.
BTW I heard this is one of the s'kiest ROM
If you want Orange Maps you can have it free for normal version, just make sure you have a data package and just text:
Orange Maps to 247
I am also with Orange device but it is unlocked. However I flashed the ROM on the first day because it is my second HD after an unfortunate incident involving a set of keys thrown at me in the dark an my first HD in my hand... my point is - you should definitely try a new ROM, however I suggest using USPL and flashing an older cooked ROM (not 1.56 based), so you don't have to update the SPL and make reverting back to stock much easier, should you decide to make use of the warranty, because many people here are complaining about HTC returning their devices because of 'illegal firmware'.
tkolev said:
I am also with Orange device but it is unlocked. However I flashed the ROM on the first day because it is my second HD after an unfortunate incident involving a set of keys thrown at me in the dark an my first HD in my hand... my point is - you should definitely try a new ROM, however I suggest using USPL and flashing an older cooked ROM (not 1.56 based), so you don't have to update the SPL and make reverting back to stock much easier, should you decide to make use of the warranty, because many people here are complaining about HTC returning their devices because of 'illegal firmware'.
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As long as the returning isn't involved with lack of screen or input to the screen (touch pad not working) then you are alright? My personal dread would be flashing the phone have it working great for months then something goes wrong only to find out you cannot revert it then you have no come back at all.
Well - with your screen not working you can still flash a new ROM if you know the procedure. There is no touch input involved in the procedure, so you should be fine with it and you can alway claim that you had to hard reset (the phone after flashing will appear like after hard reset - time/date not set etc.) before returning for repair because of the corporate information stored in it.
Still everyone should be aware that flashing the ROM and/or SPL can void the warranty and decide for themselves.
So what is the deal with returns?
I have Orange care insurance on my contract and in the past with other handsets if i've had a problem i've just sent it off and had a new handset the following day by courrier.
If i was to flash a cooked rom and then have the screen smashed. It would be a replacement under insurance, not warranty so i would still be sent a replacement handset and i guess that would be the end of it ?
hi, ever since last week, my screen has been going black.. the phone is still working because i can hear the sounds etc.. but the screen wont come on.. if i turn it of and on again, different things happen, sometimes it remains black.. sometimes everything is upside down and back to front on the screen... or sometimes it will go back to normal..
but its happenning quite often..
thanks..
unless you are comfortable opening your HD up and replacing parts there is nothing at all you can do, just send it back to your supplier or HTC under warranty
spud_work said:
unless you are comfortable opening your HD up and replacing parts there is nothing at all you can do, just send it back to your supplier or HTC under warranty
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I would reccomend trying a hard reset before either of those options.
yeah ive done hard reset.. new firmware etc... if i send it back under warranty... do i have to put original firmware on it? i would open it up if it involved screws but as i understand it its stuck together right?
supasye said:
yeah ive done hard reset.. new firmware etc... if i send it back under warranty... do i have to put original firmware on it? i would open it up if it involved screws but as i understand it its stuck together right?
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I would only open up device as a last resort and if you know what you are doing, as once you open it you void warranty.
I would restore stock SPL and then return phone under warranty
Fallen Spartan said:
I would only open up device as a last resort and if you know what you are doing, as once you open it you void warranty.
I would restore stock SPL and then return phone under warranty
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As above, make sure you have a stock SPL and stock rom on your phone before returning it, otherwise they may refuse the warranty repair
if you send it back , put the old stock rom on which is on duttys site. i believe he has the old orange one somwhere on there after that, do the stock spl.
My screen too i`m shocked. It`s massive problem now.
Discussion on this topic is already underway here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525777
Unfortunately, there is still no solution or diagnosis, but this way we can keep it all in one thread.
i called htc technical support today.. my phone is under warranty, but i told her my phone has a few dents around the edges where i dropped it on several occasions will this void the warranty.
she said is it likely that they will void the warranty due to accidental damage...
is it worth sending my phone? does anyone know how much a repair for this would cost? i think its hardware related..
I made a big big mistake, just before Christmas...... I moved providers from o2to T- Mobile UK.
In my haste to be one of the first to own the HD2 I abandoned o2 because they were not getting thier stock til later on.....what a mistake!!!
T-Mobile customer service is pants....they have an automated service that takes about 10 minutes to get to where you want to be and then you get some bird who hasn't actually got a clue about the problem that you are enquiring about and then says she has to ask someone in tech support (when she is supposed to be tech support) she goes away for 10 minutes and then comes back and says that she can't help.
Now if you XDA chaps can assist
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
Hotmail account won't configure
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
Timax_50 said:
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
Hotmail account won't configure
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
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Sounds like your a train driver, and my windows live has a problem too! Poxy thing!
MOst of these issues have LOADS of threads about them, so i'll be brief,
1 - many people have reported sms problems, read the LOTS of threads about it. I dont have this problem so cant offer any help, though tere is an update on the HTC website which could be your first stop.
2 - As above with sound, , read the threads
3 - TMobile set the hd2 up with a proxy server set. Go to the settings tab, click menu, all settings, connections, set up my proxy server and untick this connection uses a proxy. (again, dozens of threads about this)
4 - Lots of threads about the sensitivity, have a look at, for example, BSBtweaks, it can reduce the sensitivity, amongst other handy things.
5 - Sounds like the case is pressing against the power button, have a look and see if this is the case, maybe adjust the positioning of the hd2 in the case?
6 - Again, loads of threads about this.
7 - Not sure what you mean about 'connect to contact'
Sorry if i'm not answering very well, just wanted you to know there are loads of threads about most of your issues.
Happy reading!
Timax_50 said:
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
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Obvious answer, but set the phone to silent before you turn it off. That way, even if it does power on and ring, you just won't know.
Timax_50 said:
I made a big big mistake, just before Christmas...... I moved providers from o2to T- Mobile UK.
In my haste to be one of the first to own the HD2 I abandoned o2 because they were not getting thier stock til later on.....what a mistake!!!
T-Mobile customer service is pants....they have an automated service that takes about 10 minutes to get to where you want to be and then you get some bird who hasn't actually got a clue about the problem that you are enquiring about and then says she has to ask someone in tech support (when she is supposed to be tech support) she goes away for 10 minutes and then comes back and says that she can't help.
Now if you XDA chaps can assist
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
Hotmail account won't configure
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
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It also sounds like you have a crap phone! I would be screaming the house down and quoting the sale of goods act etc to initially either get a replacement or if that doesn't please you cancel the contract. Saying that I have been with them for my 3rd 18 month contract now - I upgraded in late December - and everything worked fine and I have none of your issues. I also recently upgraded the ROM to one on here because to be honest the "official" ones are crap anyway!
I will admit their customer serice is shockingly ****e, although I had similar experiance with O2 and Vodaphone. You would not believe the conversations I had when I was enquiring about upgrading to the HD2! Eventually I got hold of someone who could not have been more helpful and I had the device within 24 hours. No regrets since...
3 - TMobile set the hd2 up with a proxy server set. Go to the settings tab, click menu, all settings, connections, set up my proxy server and untick this connection uses a proxy. (again, dozens of threads about this)
I use T-mobile UK as my provider and, after checking the connections -> proxy tab the connection settings already installed does not have the use proxy server box ticked.
Old versions of the HTC connections setup utility used to install the wrong settings the stock uk T-mobile rom (version 1.43) doesnt have this problem.
If you have connection problems I would put them down to poor signal strength or the radio rom used.
Timax_50 said:
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
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Did you apply the protection screen on ?
In my case it reduced the screen sensitivity
You can find sth with good quality for 3 pounds (set of 3). Check in HD2 Accessories section on forum, I`ve seen about 3 topics about protective screens (films).
Kris
TonyJ999 said:
It also sounds like you have a crap phone! I would be screaming the house down and quoting the sale of goods act etc to initially either get a replacement or if that doesn't please you cancel the contract. Saying that I have been with them for my 3rd 18 month contract now - I upgraded in late December - and everything worked fine and I have none of your issues. I also recently upgraded the ROM to one on here because to be honest the "official" ones are crap anyway!
I will admit their customer serice is shockingly ****e, although I had similar experiance with O2 and Vodaphone. You would not believe the conversations I had when I was enquiring about upgrading to the HD2! Eventually I got hold of someone who could not have been more helpful and I had the device within 24 hours. No regrets since...
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So Tony, I guess you Gold carded your phone to be able to use an XDA ROM?
I am a little worried about doing this as it would invalidate my warranty if It screwed up.
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
No idea.
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
No idea, I don't use it, sorry. There are workarounds tho, there always are.
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Turn the volume down.
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
I can, install the youtube youtubewvga.cab for full access.
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
Practice !
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
As advised, switch phone to silent or put it into flight mode before going to work !
Hotmail account won't configure
It will if you follow the instructions given here abouts.
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
Signal issues ?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
Quite legal.
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
Quite reasonable given the erratic nature of your questions here ! Imagine you on the phone
Calm down, get into the phone, use the forums, read them a lot, section by section and you'll see that most of the issues with the phone are in fact user error !
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So Tony, I guess you Gold carded your phone to be able to use an XDA ROM?
I am a little worried about doing this as it would invalidate my warranty if It screwed up.
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no need to gold card. install hspl through pc, this then lets you install any rom, official or cooked. should you then need to revert back to stock rom just copy the nbh file to sd card (no need to be gold) and it will not only flash back to stock rom but overwright hspl to default too, thus restoring the warranty.
the important part is making sure there is a stock rom available for your phone + network as backup.(go read the "official roms"thread to see... i don't think theres a t mob stock rom up there yet, but im sure there will be before long, or you could be the hero who dumps a stock tmob rom and be hailed as a god by all the tmo users!)
also since there isn't a t mob up there, gold card still wouldn't help because there is no official one to flash back to for warranty purposes.
With regards to the youtube issue, you may find you have to phone up customer services to get content lock turned off.
They put this on to stop children etc watching inappropriate content.
It took me a few mins on the phone to get this done.
I have found the T-mobile Customer support to be very good. If ever you've been with Three you will have nothing but praise for T-mobile staff.
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no need to gold card. install hspl through pc, this then lets you install any rom, official or cooked. should you then need to revert back to stock rom just copy the nbh file to sd card (no need to be gold) and it will not only flash back to stock rom but overwright hspl to default too, thus restoring the warranty.
the important part is making sure there is a stock rom available for your phone + network as backup.(go read the "official roms"thread to see... i don't think theres a t mob stock rom up there yet, but im sure there will be before long, or you could be the hero who dumps a stock tmob rom and be hailed as a god by all the tmo users!)
also since there isn't a t mob up there, gold card still wouldn't help because there is no official one to flash back to for warranty purposes.
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Thanks for the info Sam
I am still only 50% the wiser...you say that hspl would enable me to use an Stock or cooked Rom but you say I have to use a stock Rom but there isn't one so what benefit is there to me if I can't install one because there isn't one? I might have some of the terminology wrong so please don't be too hard on me
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T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
No idea.
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
No idea, I don't use it, sorry. There are workarounds tho, there always are.
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Turn the volume down.
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
I can, install the youtube youtubewvga.cab for full access.
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
Practice !
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
As advised, switch phone to silent or put it into flight mode before going to work !
Hotmail account won't configure
It will if you follow the instructions given here abouts.
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
Signal issues ?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
Quite legal.
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
Quite reasonable given the erratic nature of your questions here ! Imagine you on the phone
Calm down, get into the phone, use the forums, read them a lot, section by section and you'll see that most of the issues with the phone are in fact user error !
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Thanks for the feedback Compact, you are right I do tend to lose it a bit on the phone because the staff are obviously not trained on this phone and as they say time is money and I don't have hours to while away on the phone getting nowhere.
Timax_50 said:
Thanks for the info Sam
I am still only 50% the wiser...you say that hspl would enable me to use an Stock or cooked Rom but you say I have to use a stock Rom but there isn't one so what benefit is there to me if I can't install one because there isn't one? I might have some of the terminology wrong so please don't be too hard on me
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Installing a HardSPL will unlock your phone so that you can install any ROM onto it - that includes stock HTC ROMs, cooked ROMs, or anything else.
Using HardSPL and/or installing a ROM other than the type was designed for (e.g. from your carrier if it's a carrier-branded phone) will void your warranty.
However, if your phone does develop a fault, then (assuming it is still functioning well enough that you can still flash it) you can use a stock ROM of the appropriate type to put both a legal ROM and a legal SPL back onto it, and leave your phone in a state where they can't tell it was ever flashed with anything naughty, and will thus have to honour your warranty after all.
hehe, its a minefield of confusion.
you can run any rom you like if you instal hspl (I'm) currently running a cooked rom on my o2 locked phone.... BUT ...should I need to send it back I have a copy off the official o2 rom as backup.
if I flash the o2 rom from the pc, it doesn't remove hspl, but if I flash it from the sd card it DOES remove hspl.
your problem is that there currently isn't a tmob rom for you to keep for backup to remove hspl (flashing from sd card the phone does id checks on the rom, hspl it doesn't)
with a gold card it lets you flash any official rom BUTT of course that doesn't help either because there still isn't a tmob for if you need to send it back.
hope that explains it better !do ask again if still confused.
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with a gold card it lets you flash any official rom BUTT of course that doesn't help either because there still isn't a tmob for if you need to send it back.
hope that explains it better !do ask again if still confused.
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I believe there are two official t-mobile roms to download - links can be found in the ROM forum.
I downloaded
RUU_Leo_TMO_UK_1.43.110.2_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50.22_2_Ship
as a backup before flashing. I think the other version is 1.43.<something else>
I've not actually tried it but i'm pretty sure you can trust it is what the uploader says it is.
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I believe there are two official t-mobile roms to download - links can be found in the ROM forum.
I downloaded
RUU_Leo_TMO_UK_1.43.110.2_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50.22_2_Ship
as a backup before flashing. I think the other version is 1.43.<something else>
I've not actually tried it but i'm pretty sure you can trust it is what the uploader says it is.
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Ahhh I didnt look that hard, my o2 one is in the first link, never had to, , hehe.
@Timax_50 - there you go, to see if it works, download that, extract the exe file to a folder (dont run it) find the RUU_signed.nbh file (about 200 meg size) copy it to your sd card (fat 32 recommended) rename it leoimg.nbh, reset your phone to boot mode (vol down + tap power) and IF its the correct one, it will let you flash back to factory default. If it fails, its not the correct stock rom and it will stop.
If its good, you can hspl and if you ever need to remove the hspl, just do that sd card flash with that file.
If you run the update from the pc, even though it is a stock rom, it will NOT remove hspl, only if you do it sd card.
My O2 HD2, setup with t-mobile UK has the proxy setting ticked and works fine....
strange.
Yeah as someone else said... stick with the phone... as you get into it you'll find ways to do things. I still have the 1.43 ROM on my T-Mobile HD2 but I now have the phone doing most of what I want.
See this post for updated status
Hi,
yesterday I went out with some friend for some beers at my sorority. We held some event which involved a lot of soapy water. Some of it landed on my phone (which I used to make photos). It continued to work fine though.
When I went home however and plugged in my phone I noticed it didn't show a red loading light. It also would not turn on. I was a little worried then but decided to look into it in the morning (I was a little tipsy and tired after all)
It still does not turn on however, and doesn't show any sign of loading (besides being in the adapter for over 12 hours). It neither does when it is in my laptop.
It also does nothing when the red reset button is pressed. Neither when I try to hard reset (volup+voldown and then end call button)
I'm a bit worried now (with reason I presume). I'm a bit reluctant to send it in though because I hardSPL'led it and replaced the stock (old and not-updated) ROM with an unbranded newer one. This was over a month ago. (which is also the age of the phone )
Does anyone have an idea? the only thing I could think of is a broken USB-port (on the phone) so it is just dead and can't load anymore. It almost can't be the water since it was very little and continued to work... Yet I can't think of anything else...
Take the battery out, leave it a few minutes, put the battery back in then try to turn it on.
Still nothing? plug the charger in then try to turn it back on.
Still nothing? I'm all out of ideas, but this worked for me when mine suddenly stopped working for no reason.
Tried that already thanks though
Sounds like it could be water damaged.
I hope you've got some phone insurance!
Well, it almost can be water damage: the seal is bright white, it was very little and it continued to work :S
Ok, this is strange. I left my HD2 out of the loader for about 2-3 days, and wanted it to take it with me (to my parents house which life in a city with a vodafone store so I could bring it in). When I took off the SD card I tried to turn it on once more... and it did.
I got a normal boot screen and then went into the screen "missing SIM card". It also showed a red light when I insert the cable to charge. so far so good.
I then turned it off to insert my SIM, but it would not turn on. It also wouldn't charge. Neither when I took out the SIM again.
I've now prepped a microSD with the official origional rom and keep it inserted, I'm gonna try to flash it using the microsd card. VolUp+VolDown then power button right? I'd rather not turn it in before I restored the SPL because they might find it and charge me because I void my warranty. (Which I think would be **** because this problem probably isn't related to HardSPL, and I only flashed a more updated official rom because Vodafone doesn't provide upgrades so I would be stuck with 1.48 including the SMS problem...)
I assume you are insured? 'Loose' it and claim for a new one. I have smashed a couple of HTC's in the last 3-4 years in a rage and just claimed on the insurance, claiming I had dropped them from a tower block. I had a phone at my door a couple of days later, I got a new phone from Mr. DeliveryMan and just dropped the broken bits into a sealed bag and off he went.
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Ok, this is strange. I left my HD2 out of the loader for about 2-3 days, and wanted it to take it with me (to my parents house which life in a city with a vodafone store so I could bring it in). When I took off the SD card I tried to turn it on once more... and it did.
I got a normal boot screen and then went into the screen "missing SIM card". It also showed a red light when I insert the cable to charge. so far so good.
I then turned it off to insert my SIM, but it would not turn on. It also wouldn't charge. Neither when I took out the SIM again.
I've now prepped a microSD with the official origional rom and keep it inserted, I'm gonna try to flash it using the microsd card. VolUp+VolDown then power button right? I'd rather not turn it in before I restored the SPL because they might find it and charge me because I void my warranty. (Which I think would be **** because this problem probably isn't related to HardSPL, and I only flashed a more updated official rom because Vodafone doesn't provide upgrades so I would be stuck with 1.48 including the SMS problem...)
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They will find it and they will void your warranty, at least thats what happned to me. I think it's one of the first things they check for during their troublehooting. Took me a couple tries to get the HSPL off my unit though...
Is it possible the water inside just dried up and all is well?
mazzarin said:
Is it possible the water inside just dried up and all is well?
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No, then it would still work. Which it doesn't.
mhmobile said:
They will find it and they will void your warranty, at least thats what happned to me. I think it's one of the first things they check for during their troublehooting. Took me a couple tries to get the HSPL off my unit though...
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Where do you live? It might be different in the Netherlands (where I live) and USA/UK or something like that. But thats why I want to remove the HSPL before I send it in unless I have no other choise (e.g. because I can't get it to boot into flash mode at all)
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I assume you are insured? 'Loose' it and claim for a new one. I have smashed a couple of HTC's in the last 3-4 years in a rage and just claimed on the insurance, claiming I had dropped them from a tower block. I had a phone at my door a couple of days later, I got a new phone from Mr. DeliveryMan and just dropped the broken bits into a sealed bag and off he went.
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I'm not, I just have warranty. It's not common practice in the Netherlands to insure your phone and the only warranty my provider offers is €10,- p/m extra, so it's kind of expensive. Ok, if your phone breaks it's cheaper but if you are carefull like I am it's not... I just didn't expect it would break so easily and don't even know if it is anything I did...
Ok this is weird.
It just turned on when I tried (I tried regularly for the past few days). Proof attached. This happened to me before as I said but the problem remained... It seems it will only turn on when it feels like it
If it happens again that I cant turn it on I'll post proof it really doesn't start
I've now backuped everything. What is the best action I should do? I would really like to restore the SPL to the original for if I take it to repairs!
I've placed a fat32 microsd with a (I think/hope) original firmware (1.48 NL, not customized for Vodafone). Will it restore the firmware and SPL to the original?
On another hand: I really don't need custom ROM's, I just want the later HTC rom's (vodafone NL is still stuck on f**** 1.48, not even 1.66!). So I would be content with a later HTC rom (2. something). What is the safest version I could update to while retaining the possibility to HardSPL in the future? (with the HSPL currently available)
Also, I could not install the official HTC upgrades because it would complain about an invalid vendor ID (probably the Vodafone NL branding). Will this be a problem? Can I only install an official (non-branded) if I HSPL first?
Thanks in advance for answers.
You should get a copy of the vodaphone rom too, because if you need to remove hspl and send it back, thats the only rom the phone will accept via sd card.
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I'm not, I just have warranty. It's not common practice in the Netherlands to insure your phone and the only warranty my provider offers is €10,- p/m extra, so it's kind of expensive. Ok, if your phone breaks it's cheaper but if you are carefull like I am it's not... I just didn't expect it would break so easily and don't even know if it is anything I did...
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Aye it is expensive, I now pay £46 a month for my contract, £10 of that is the insurance, I've never actually lost or accidentally broken a phone before but I just think it's a handy thing to have if you can afford it. God forbid if it gets stolen or breaks and I'd have to buy a new one.
I really don't need custom ROM's, I just want the later HTC rom's (vodafone NL is still stuck on f**** 1.48, not even 1.66!).
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And think yourself lucky my default ROM on O2 UK is 1.43!
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You should get a copy of the vodaphone rom too, because if you need to remove hspl and send it back, thats the only rom the phone will accept via sd card.
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Any idea where I could get that? I (pitily) haven't found a good/(semi-)complete repository of branded roms. The only things I found where unbranded official roms (repo1, repo2 Firefox warns me about security attacks on that site, so be careful!). Won't they work? How can I try?
Could I try to make a goldcard with this? or won't that work/trigger an alarm (on the service repair)/break things even further
I was mistaken by the way... The origional Vodafone NL rom wasn't even 1.48 :'( I think it was 1.44/1.43 or something
hmm no, seems the nl voda rom is one of the ones no one has dumped/leaked yet. Shame.
Goldcard would work, I think, but it isn't free.
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hmm no, seems the nl voda rom is one of the ones no one has dumped/leaked yet. Shame.
Goldcard would work, I think, but it isn't free.
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Pity, I've made a request. Hope anyone can help.
Also see that topic for my comments on a goldcard, I wouldn't mind paying a few bucks (especially if I can re-use that code/goldcard in the future to flash new official or even custom roms). But I would only do it if it has a good chance to fool the repair centre or at the very least restore the SPL. (If it at least restores the SPL I can claim I just got it like this. And since it still is the/an official ROM they could asume it was just a mixup giving me an unbranded phone. I mean, if the SPL was normal they could never proof I flashed it )
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Hmm if this is correct I could do what I want with a goldcard right? I would create a goldcard with the official unbranded 1.43 ROM and restore the origional SPL, radio and ROM. Thus the only difference they would notice is the unbranded ROM/OS/Splashscreen, but if I'm correct they mainly check if a HSPL is installed right?
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re the gold card stuff, correct. look up psas, that will make gold cards for you.
Wait, PSAS?
Ooo, PSAS (altough some people here might get PSAS from PSAS )
Unfortunately named though
So, i went into T-Mobile today because the touch screen on my phone is completely unresponsive. They are sending me a new one and i have to return my old one in the box that they provide.
Now, i was asking the tech rep inside the actual store and he said that he thinks me having a custom rom on my phone wont void the warranty. We went and read ALL of the fine print together on T-Mobile's website regarding warranties and found NOTHING against custom software on the phone. The only thing that would void the warranty and charge me $320 something is if the screen had physical damage preventing it from functioning correctly.
Just wanted to double check with you guys, and, just to be safe would flashing a stock rom put me on the safe side?
I'm on Vodafone and had exactly the same issue, I flashed a stock ROM back on and sent back to Vodafone.
The phone had to be sent back to HTC due to "corrupt firmware" and they could not fix.
I received my phone back fixed FOC, not sure if that would have been the case with a cooked ROM on the phone.
There is a lot of conversation on the forums about flashing back to avoid warranty issues
Better to be safe than out of pocket
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Just wanted to double check with you guys, and, just to be safe would flashing a stock rom put me on the safe side?
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Of course it would put you on the safe side.
If I was you just flash the stock ROM.
Ore certainly make attention that HSPL (in case it is install) is removed.
Because HSPL brake your warranty
I had a similiar issue. My phone went dead a few weeks ago. Wouldn't take a charge or turn on (no idea why, I woke up and the phone acted like this). I called tmobile, they sent me a new phone and I shipped them the broken phone with android nand installed. They haven't said a word so it looks like it went through