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Bricked HD2 Can It Come Back?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can I bring back a bricked HD2 from TMOUS?

I flashed the right hspl 1024 version. Then I flashed the wrong rom. It was one from dutty on 3/28. Now I have no bootloader mode, no boot, no charging, It sometimes gives a error for drivers when I plug it in. It will not hard reset, or go into boot loader mode from the buttons on the phone. Could some explain how to bring this back because I cant return mine.

Mistakes happen and that is why the HD2 has this separate forum. I hope there is a way to bring yours back. I wish the different ROM versions weren't so different as to cause this to even be possible...

I've done it before for a g1

frankd14321 said:
I've done it before for a g1
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That's a completely different set of hardware, and has no bearing on whether or not someone can bring an HD2 back from the dead. Android phones are much, much harder to totally brick.

Let me tell you I did the EXACT same thing and I couldnt get mine to turn on or ANYTHING it was completely dead! I called Tmo and I had to send it back to them under "defective" and they sent me a brand new one and I will NEVER make that mistake again!

Sorry I miss understood. I thought he was asking if he could return the phone.
I have returned a g1 I bricked before.

lol
shokouhi said:
I flashed the right hspl 1024 version. Then I flashed the wrong rom. It was one from dutty on 3/28. Now I have no bootloader mode, no boot, no charging, It sometimes gives a error for drivers when I plug it in. It will not hard reset, or go into boot loader mode from the buttons on the phone. Could some explain how to bring this back because I cant return mine.
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I think I made this guide on another forums
SRY to break it up 2 u but you have a HARD BRICK
Yup! ^_^ sad I know No way of fixing this one
You should try this
Step 1: Enjoy staring at your cool new HD2 for hours
Step 2: Scream REALLY LOUD! cause you got a Brick phone
Step 3: find some one you REALLY DONT LIKE
Step 4: throw your cool new hard brick at them
Step 5: laugh out loud and say some guy from the internet told you to do it
Step 6: sue XDA and ME for inducing you to try new things with your cool phone
Step 7: have sex, drink a beer, watch a movie and Go buy a NEW phone
Step 8: ENJOY
-Note-
if you get another brick phone please follow steps 1 through 5 agn.

gthmcty1 said:
Let me tell you I did the EXACT same thing and I couldnt get mine to turn on or ANYTHING it was completely dead! I called Tmo and I had to send it back to them under "defective" and they sent me a brand new one and I will NEVER make that mistake again!
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While T-Mobile can send the phone back to HTC for a reflash, there is still overhead associated to this. I'm afraid too many of these "bricked" phones may lead HTC to harden the SPL security.

OCedHrt said:
I'm afraid too many of these "bricked" phones may lead HTC to harden the SPL security.
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That depends on whether they are able to start the phone enough to see the spl. If they can't, then they won't know it has a hard spl installed.

If it's within the return/exchange window I'd bring it back with a "I have no idea it just stopped working" look of innocence. I doubt most of the TMo sales staff even know how to check things like SPL numbers, etc.
If you deny any wrongdoing, and plead your case, i bet they swap it for you just to make you go away. And if you do get a no answer, I'd even try again with a different staff person, some are gonna be easier than others I'd imagine.
Or, alternatively, if you bought insurance, you could drop it in a bucket of water and bring it in soaking wet. Of course technically that's fraud, so let your conscience be your guide on that one.
Good luck.

I doubt most of the TMo sales staff even know how to check things like SPL numbers, etc.
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I'd like to point out a lot of them DO probably at least search these forms and have a slight understanding of the idea. they are people with really nice phones too you know Sorry, just had to throw that out there.

rickyzone said:
I'd like to point out a lot of them DO probably at least search these forms and have a slight understanding of the idea. they are people with really nice phones too you know Sorry, just had to throw that out there.
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The T-Mo salesman that sold me my HD2, told me about this sight. As well as flashing the ROM, doing cabs and dll files. So yeah, while most will not have a clue, there are a few that have a full understanding.

Here here my friend

a042349 said:
Or, alternatively, if you bought insurance, you could drop it in a bucket of water and bring it in soaking wet. Of course technically that's fraud, so let your conscience be your guide on that one.
Good luck.
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Conscience? What is this mystical thing you speak of?

warranty???

so i bricked my phone yesterday. i was downloading a radio the file said it was 2.20.50.19_2 but when i started to load it the ruu program said it was 2.20.51 by the time i realized it was to late.
what i was wondering is what should i do now. i tried to unbrick it but it didnt do anything. all i can do now is take it back to tmobile. do i tell them the truth or do i play stupid. i also have insurrance. so i go that route and say or lost my phone or should i run it over with my car. lol
any help would be great. thanks in advance!

Cut a hole in your shorts and go for a jog.

shouldnt be a problem. Lots of people have bricked them with 51 radios, and since it wont power on at all, they cant get into bootloader to see that hspl is there. No one yet has reported being refused.

infantrygarrett said:
so i bricked my phone yesterday. i was downloading a radio the file said it was 2.20.50.19_2 but when i started to load it the ruu program said it was 2.20.51 by the time i realized it was to late.
what i was wondering is what should i do now. i tried to unbrick it but it didnt do anything. all i can do now is take it back to tmobile. do i tell them the truth or do i play stupid. i also have insurrance. so i go that route and say or lost my phone or should i run it over with my car. lol
any help would be great. thanks in advance!
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There's a 2.20 radio out there? I thought 2.12 was the latest????

nrfitchett4 said:
There's a 2.20 radio out there? I thought 2.12 was the latest????
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oh im sorry i meant 2.10

Odd thing is, pretty sure there is no such thing as 2.10.51.x
Do you have a link? could be someone spreading bad radios just for kicks.

samsamuel said:
Odd thing is, pretty sure there is no such thing as 2.10.51.x
Do you have a link? could be someone spreading bad radios just for kicks.
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Thats Scary!!! lol
what i was wondering is what should i do now. i tried to unbrick it but it didnt do anything. all i can do now is take it back to tmobile. do i tell them the truth or do i play stupid. i also have insurrance. so i go that route and say or lost my phone or should i run it over with my car. lol
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Hey when you do do what ever it is your gonna do. Let me know or keep this thing going. I also have insurance through them and wondered the same thing. I had originally planned on smashing it and then doing it. but it be cool to have 2 even if one was just a pretty paper weight. or you can sell it for parts? lol i dunno. but let me know please

ek9beast said:
Thats Scary!!! lol
Hey when you do do what ever it is your gonna do. Let me know or keep this thing going. I also have insurance through them and wondered the same thing. I had originally planned on smashing it and then doing it. but it be cool to have 2 even if one was just a pretty paper weight. or you can sell it for parts? lol i dunno. but let me know please
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Of course itll work. Warranty is in place. If you cant turn it on, neither can they. Just say it stopped working one day. Done. Seen many threads where people have done this

[Q] SPL+wrong radio=bricked G1

Hi guys
Like a idiot ive flashed danger spl without updating the radio and surprise ive got a brick. My phone insurance has told me the g1 has a 2 year warranty and ive got to take it back to tmobile first.
so the questions are,
1 without recovery or fastboot can i fix it at home?
2 if i cant fix it can tmobile tell what ive done to the phone
3 is there anyway i can completly break the phone so it wont even power on so tmobile cant tell what ive done but still replace it under warranty
thanks
Mick

mick90 said:
Hi guys
Like a idiot ive flashed danger spl without updating the radio and surprise ive got a brick. My phone insurance has told me the g1 has a 2 year warranty and ive got to take it back to tmobile first.
so the questions are,
1 without recovery or fastboot can i fix it at home?
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If you're good with a soldering iron... cost about $5 for parts you need to make a jtag interface. Read the jtag thread in the dev forum.
2 if i cant fix it can tmobile tell what ive done to the phone
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CAN? Certainly. WILL? doubtful.
3 is there anyway i can completly break the phone so it wont even power on so tmobile cant tell what ive done but still replace it under warranty
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Smashing the thing with a sledge hammer should do it, but I strongly believe that this will actually void your warranty.
I suggest that this is a real bone-headed move on your part and you deserve what you got. Returning the thing now for warranty is FRAUD since this is CLEARLY *your fault*. Flashing the 1.33.2005 SPL is not only POINTLESS, it also can be done SAFELY *even with a non-matching radio installed*. Of course you would have to actually read the instructions to learn what the safe way actually IS. Not that its hard to find... its in this forum's WIKI: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/phpwiki213/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream_Bootloader (look under "new/safe install instructions"). Wow, you didn't read that, did you?
Pointless, you ask? Absofrigginuseless: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717874

aint you Mr happy
thanks for your advice

you should be fine (just don't tell them what you did) however he is right it is fraud.
and you WERE stupid enough to do the one thing that can brick your g1 soo.........

themapleboy said:
you should be fine (just don't tell them what you did) however he is right it is fraud.
and you WERE stupid enough to do the one thing that can brick your g1 soo.........
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thanks you very much, and i do mean that.
i know i made a mistake. Like most mistakes it was a moment of stupidness
just exploring my options for getting the phone sorted.
And i like your more user friendly reply

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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