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bricked my vogue

i used imcokemans unlocker (which i have done before) and blee0125's kitchen and really screwed up somewhere!
i cant get it past the "htc smart mobility" screen. it comes up, tells me the driver and radio versions, then those disappear like they are supposed to and...nothing else.
any suggestions would be great, plz im dying here!
i have tried hard and soft resetting and...nothing!
THANKS.
EDIT: just for those coming to this ancient and recently revived thread, this (my) problem has been solved. altho there are other people now with similar problems

Have you tried re-flashing?

jim256 said:
i used imcokemans unlocker (which i have done before) and blee0125's kitchen and really screwed up somewhere!
i cant get it past the "htc smart mobility" screen!! it comes up, tells me the driver and radio versions, then those disappear like they are supposed to and...nothing else.
can anybody help me???? PLZ im dying here!
i have tried hard and soft resetting and...nothing!
THANKS.
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Do a camera power reset and try again.

i tried that and it didnt do anything at all. isnt that just where you hold the end key and the side camera key and stick the stylus into the hole?
if so, it have any different effect than the standard soft reset

AraqirG said:
Have you tried re-flashing?
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and i did try...sort of. im not sure how to seeing as how i can never make it past the boot screen, and therefore cannot connect it to activesync.
THANKS.

jim256 said:
and i did try...sort of. im not sure how to seeing as how i can never make it past the boot screen, and therefore cannot connect it to activesync.
THANKS.
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Hold down the power button and the camera button at the same time until the tri colored bootloader comes up. If that works, try flashing the stock rom for your carrier.
If that doesn't work try the same steps with the memory card removed.
If that doesn't work try to do a hard reset and see if that will take you to the bootloader.
Also, what are the numbers in on the bootloader...are you sure your device is unlocked? I believe it should say... SPL-00.40.coke... on the 2nd line if your unlocked.

You shouldn't need to connect to activesync to reboot. After you run ImCokeMan's unlocker you should be unlocked until you run it again.
As I said in the last post, all you have to do to get to the boot loader is hold down the power and camera buttons at the same time. This will put the phone into the boot loader and you should be able to flash back to the stock rom and start over.
It kind of sounds like you relocked the phone and then tried to boot a custom rom.

sorry i wasnt saying i needed to connect to activesync to reboot, i was saying i needed to connect to activesync to flash, and it wouldnt boot up so i couldnt get to activesync.
and i did to imcokemans unlocker, and everything went fine. when i was setting up the device (ie. setting password, time zone, calibration, etc...) i just decided that i didnt need to finish that as i was intending on flashing a custom rom anyway, and so any settings i put up the time to set would be erased.
having said that, i went ahead and starting flashing a custom rom right from the wm welcome screen that you get on a first boot.
thanks a LOT for your help, promptness, and attention

So are you back up and running?

well, now i am. i just took a 30 min drive down to the sprint store and got a replacement :S
thanks a lot for your help though, im scared i may really need to refer back to this thread later. but if i do, at least i know i should be able to fix it!
thanks.

well, i just did it again. i must be doing something wrong in the cooking of my ROMs...about to try out your solution..hope it works!!
wish me luck :S :S :S :S

well i was able to re-flash, but, unfortunately, it is stuck in the same "htc smart mobility" screen again. i think i have been able to narrow it down to the oemizer app. i must be doing something wrong in there.
oemizer http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=100746&referrerid=10115
ill keep cooking and trying tonight until i find what it is the problem is i guess, thx for your help guys. especially you 360discgolf.

well, after cooking and flashing too many times to remember this late, all i can do is ask for help when you guys wake up and check this thread.
in the last couple of builds i havent been doing anything with oemizer at all and it still hasnt been working, and i dont think i am doing anything extra in buildos that i havent done before in successful ROM images...it seems sort of erratic.
any suggestions/hints/comments would be great, thanks a lot.

you can't just hold the two buttons and press the reset. You have to hold the two buttons at the same time, then while holding them, use the stylus to hold the reset until it restarts. If you just tap the reset button while hold, it doesn't work.

360discgolf said:
You shouldn't need to connect to activesync to reboot. After you run ImCokeMan's unlocker you should be unlocked until you run it again.
As I said in the last post, all you have to do to get to the boot loader is hold down the power and camera buttons at the same time. This will put the phone into the boot loader and you should be able to flash back to the stock rom and start over.
It kind of sounds like you relocked the phone and then tried to boot a custom rom.
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i'm having a similar problem. my attempt at flashing didn't go over that well and now when I turn off the device, I can't turn it on again unless I do a soft reset. I tried doing the power/camera thing but all it does is ask "are you sure, yada yada" and then the devices turns off. you were talking about a stock rom? where would I get one and how would I re-flash the rom (assuming that's the problem in the first place.).
Thanks!

vkolas said:
i'm having a similar problem. my attempt at flashing didn't go over that well and now when I turn off the device, I can't turn it on again unless I do a soft reset. I tried doing the power/camera thing but all it does is ask "are you sure, yada yada" and then the devices turns off. you were talking about a stock rom? where would I get one and how would I re-flash the rom (assuming that's the problem in the first place.).
Thanks!
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what carrier are you?
EDIT: also:
1) what os version are you running? (build number)
2) what radio are you running?
3) what bootloader are you on? (can be accessed via holding power + camera button and poking reset hole)
4) what are the orange numbers in the very bottom right of the screen when you are booting up?
these kinds of things all need to kind of jive for the sleep function to work correctly

jim256 said:
i used imcokemans unlocker (which i have done before) ...
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If you used the imcokemans unlocker a 2nd time, I believe you re-lock your phone.
You also mentioned that you tried to flash the ROM from the Welcome Screen. That certainly won't work. You have to be at the unlocked rainbow bootloader screen which will load when you run the RUU or when you press Power-Camera-Reset. If it doesn't go into bootloader then you've probably re-locked your phone.

denasqu said:
If you used the imcokemans unlocker a 2nd time, I believe you re-lock your phone.
You also mentioned that you tried to flash the ROM from the Welcome Screen. That certainly won't work. You have to be at the unlocked rainbow bootloader screen which will load when you run the RUU or when you press Power-Camera-Reset. If it doesn't go into bootloader then you've probably re-locked your phone.
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haha sorry this is a problem that i had a VEERRRRY LONG time ago. have learned a lot since since then, now it is this other fella here we are trying to help him
thx tho!

Cannot enter bootloader, but not bricked!!

Hi guys:
Really strange thing. When trying to flash phone (activesync connected) the phone went to blank screen and RUU lost conection. After that there is no way to enter bootloader, but everything else is working ok.
Device has USPL installed, and been flashed many times.
Is there any way to repair bootloader?
Thanks.
Note: Actual ROM is official HTC WM6, with ext ROM modified to 2 Mb capacity.

how are you entering the boot loader
To enter the boot loader you have to either keep the voice record button held while doing a soft reset or keep the same button pressed while the device is starting

Yes, I Know
kganesh1234 said:
To enter the boot loader you have to either keep the voice record button held while doing a soft reset or keep the same button pressed while the device is starting
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Thank you for your apreciation, but I have already done it.
I've been browsing this useful forum in order to learn a bit more about my artemis

hmmpp
RUU hehehe..

Take the SD card out then perform the procedures to get into the Boot Loader, it will work, otherwise you'll see white screen for 2-3 mins then the phone will say "Searching for SD Card..." then it will eventually get into the bootloader, if this solves your problem then please try the search feature next time because this has been discussed many times before...

digitalextremes:
Please go..... with "search button" text.
Everytime i see such text i wonder if U ever tried it!
nevertheless.
My Arte has the same problem, OS is launching properly, everything seems ok.
I want to flash a new ROM (Shady's last PLK) but i can't get into bootloader.
Thank U in advance for post with Voice-dial+Power+reset (stylus) or mentioning sim or SD, i tried all combinations.
If U have nothing to say, stay silent.
Everyone who can help, feel free, to do so.
THX I A

I had the same problem... to fix-it, just remove the SD Card...

HTC touch frozen on bootup

all i get is the telus boot screen and thats it. is there anyway to flash the rom onto it? or restart it some how?ive tried to take out the battery and restart it that way and still boot screen.

I think you can do a hard reset by holding the "power button", "end key", and pressing the reset "pinhole" at the same time.

foxatphoenixlabs said:
all i get is the telus boot screen and thats it. is there anyway to flash the rom onto it? or restart it some how?ive tried to take out the battery and restart it that way and still boot screen.
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have you tried getting into bootloader by pressing power/camera/reset?

when did this start happening?

The same thing happened to me today... Im frozen at the htc smart mobility boot up screen and nothing works!

if your phone was older and you tried to flash a GPS rom without installing the GPS radio then you would freeze up a the bootscreen
the remedy for that would be to install the 3.42 radio ROM

raybond25 said:
if your phone was older and you tried to flash a GPS rom without installing the GPS radio then you would freeze up a the bootscreen
the remedy for that would be to install the 3.42 radio ROM
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I think I have same problem.
Anyone have a link where I could find that & install instructions to make sure I don't screw up more?

This happened to me too. I ended up having to reflash it like everyone said.

My htc hd2 is stuck on the boot up screen,tried pressing the end key and the red reboot button at the same time but still no progress,still stuck.....what now? help please

Hannoe said:
My htc hd2 is stuck on the boot up screen,tried pressing the end key and the red reboot button at the same time but still no progress,still stuck.....what now? help please
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You are in the wrong section altogether. Go to this part of the site http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=631
@OP,
First things first, did you unlock the device before flashing? Also, are you sure that you have a Vogue and not an Elf/Elfin?
A quick way to get out of your issues would be to try to flash the phone back to stock. Put the device in bootloader mode and flash a stock rom for your device.

After flashing the rom htc touch elf won't to turn on

Hi to All!
I have some problem with my HTC touch,i flashed new rom on htc,after flashing the device won't to turn on it launching os but after the notice"smart mobility" it's shot down,i tried to done new flash(by pressing the power btn and camera btn) but the device doesn't recognize the USB connection.
Please give me some advice how to fix this problem.
Thanks/

vadella said:
Hi to All!
I have some problem with my HTC touch,i flashed new rom on htc,after flashing the device won't to turn on it launching os but after the notice"smart mobility" it's shot down,i tried to done new flash(by pressing the power btn and camera btn) but the device doesn't recognize the USB connection.
Please give me some advice how to fix this problem.
Thanks/
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If you flashed your device with a rom from this section, you just successfully bricked your Elf. Flash the device back to stock by putting it in bootloader mode. This might or might not work, but it is worth a shot.

Doesn't Work anything.
Firstly thank you for your answer,but i tried to re-flash the device but it doesn't work,the flashing is complete but after the launching the OS i get "smart mobility" and animal going to sleep back

vadella said:
Firstly thank you for your answer,but i tried to re-flash the device but it doesn't work,the flashing is complete but after the launching the OS i get "smart mobility" and animal going to sleep back
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Are you flashing back to the stock rom as I suggested?

Yes,but it doesn't work.

Can you access bootloader?

Yes,i can access to bootloader,before couple of flashing rom's i even succeed to re-flash the device,now i get some errors during the flash,like "invalid id".

vadella said:
Yes,i can access to bootloader,before couple of flashing rom's i even succeed to re-flash the device,now i get some errors during the flash,like "invalid id".
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I think you may still have a chance to recover it since you can access b/l, but if you cannot even flash to stock... that is an issue. One to which I don't have an answer for. Head over to the Elf section. Someone might have a way to unbrick the device...
Sorry...

Anyway,thank you for your help!

I just read your solution. Glad you got your Elf working again...
You do realize that I asked you twice to flash to stock rom. Stock rom and original rom are the same thing, if you weren't sure of that I was talking about, you should have asked. I have transferred all your latest threads to the Elf forums. Please ask over there from now on as this is not the right section.

[Q]Stuck in "smart mobile"(Edit3.5)HELP REALLY NEEDED.

Hello!
I am new here as you can see. this is not primary proplem anymore.
I installed XDAndroid GBX0C 2.3.7Build to my HTC balckstone and everything works well, but camera tells me "camera error; Cannot connect to camera."
is there any fix for that?`
and the other thing, when i boot phone it goes to win6.1 and i have to go settings etc. and boot it from haret.exe.
so am i done something wrong or something? Solved
So if somebody can help me i would be very pleased
Ps. And sorry my bad english, i just a finnish.
Edit: I try reinstall, i post is changes comes.
E: No changes, still not working.
EDIT!!!!
SO if someone can help me, place do it
E.
And this just happend, phone just stop working whit black screen.was have to took battery off, and then it took about 10-30min to boot to win again.
THIS IS PRIMARY PROPLEM.
AAAAND now it wont even start. stuck in "smart mobility"...
Please read post's for more information.
now i have tried flashing original rom from CPU and Storege card... both install it correctly and says everyting is ok, but still its stuck at "smart mobility" screen.
it wont even shot in the right corner that red text of versions etc.
so what's the solution to this proplem? i would be very pleased if some one could tell me how to fix my proplem. i know there is someone who know what i should do.
Could I solve this proplem if i unlock and install custom rom? just wondering if that would help?!

Hi,
"Smart Mobility" screen
I had that problem too, and did a hard-reset.
Hold Volume Up + Volume Down buttons (hold hard) and press Power switch until you see the warning sign to confirm a hard reset.
The system will do a re-flash of the original Windows Mobile ROM.
Start Android by running HaRET from Windows Mobile
Yes, you have to run HaRET.
You can make it simpler by making a short-cut in Windows Mobile Start Menu.
Tap and hold on HaRET until you see the Dialog Box to Cut, Copy, etc.
Tap Copy.
Go to Device-Windows-StartMenu, paste as a shortcut
These steps are in the Touch HD Manual. If you do not have one, download it from the HTC website.

chan.sk said:
Hi,
"Smart Mobility" screen
I had that problem too, and did a hard-reset.
Hold Volume Up + Volume Down buttons (hold hard) and press Power switch until you see the warning sign to confirm a hard reset.
The system will do a re-flash of the original Windows Mobile ROM.
Start Android by running HaRET from Windows Mobile
Yes, you have to run HaRET.
You can make it simpler by making a short-cut in Windows Mobile Start Menu.
Tap and hold on HaRET until you see the Dialog Box to Cut, Copy, etc.
Tap Copy.
Go to Device-Windows-StartMenu, paste as a shortcut
These steps are in the Touch HD Manual. If you do not have one, download it from the HTC website.
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I have tried hard reset, but that didn't work, and tried to put original rom too, and nothing happened. I have 2 original roms
RUU_BlackStone_HTC_FIN_1.14.414.2_Radio_52.49a.25.26_1.09.25.14_Ship
RUU_BlackStone_HTC_FIN_1.56.414.0_Radio_52.62.25.34_1.13.25.24_Ship
but those didint work. i will try today againe. and then if it going to work i will put that haret to start menu.
I'll try that 1.14 first...
flashed that 1.4 rom and waited about an hour and nothing happend... i jsut did hard reset and wait againe if it gonna boot now...
i was thinking that should i put custom rom, coz if something went wrong whit the official?
I mean if there is something wrong in phones hard drive? like something wrong whit registery or something?
something that wont let win start. if there is, how i can fix that?

masentava said:
Hello!
I am new here as you can see. this is not primary proplem anymore.
I installed XDAndroid GBX0C 2.3.7Build to my HTC balckstone and everything works well, but camera tells me "camera error; Cannot connect to camera."
is there any fix for that?`
and the other thing, when i boot phone it goes to win6.1 and i have to go settings etc. and boot it from haret.exe.
so am i done something wrong or something? Solved
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GBX0C2.3.7 Build is on SD card.
You will need to boot from Windows Mobile first, then run HaRET to reboot to XDAndroid.
If XDAndroid hangs, you need to remove battery, put back battery and power on. Then you see Windows Mobile and do above step again.
Always, from XDAndroid to go back to Windows, you need to Power Off, and then Power On again.

chan.sk said:
GBX0C2.3.7 Build is on SD card.
You will need to boot from Windows Mobile first, then run HaRET to reboot to XDAndroid.
If XDAndroid hangs, you need to remove battery, put back battery and power on. Then you see Windows Mobile and do above step again.
Always, from XDAndroid to go back to Windows, you need to Power Off, and then Power On again.
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I undestood that... but thats not the proplem anymore coz windows wont start, its stuck in "smart mobility"
i tryed to flash original rom's bot that didint work....
so prolem is how do i get windows back to work?
now i have tried flashing original rom from CPU and Storege card... both install it correctly and says everyting is ok, but still its stuck at "smart mobility" screen.
it wont even shot in the right corner that red text of versions etc.
so what's the solution to this proplem? i would be very pleased if some one could tell me how to fix my proplem. i know there is someone who know what i should do.

masentava said:
I undestood that... but thats not the proplem anymore coz windows wont start, its stuck in "smart mobility"
i tryed to flash original rom's bot that didint work....
so prolem is how do i get windows back to work?
now i have tried flashing original rom from CPU and Storege card... both install it correctly and says everyting is ok, but still its stuck at "smart mobility" screen.
it wont even shot in the right corner that red text of versions etc.
so what's the solution to this proplem? i would be very pleased if some one could tell me how to fix my proplem. i know there is someone who know what i should do.
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You say you are flashing the original ROM. You mean the original HTC Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM? I understand you can only get this done only from HTC authorized centers.

(800) stedntf
chan.sk said:
You say you are flashing the original ROM. You mean the original HTC Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM? I understand you can only get this done only from HTC authorized centers.
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I have
This
RUU_BlackStone_HTC_FIN_1.14.414.2_Radio_52.49a.25.26_1.09.25.14_Ship
And this.
RUU_BlackStone_HTC_FIN_1.56.414.0_Radio_52.62.25.34_1.13.25.24_Ship

Blackstone/HD Links | Guides | Stickies | Roms | Read before posting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999925
U have to install HTC USB Sync Drivers drivers
Put the phone into bootloader by pressing volume down + power button
plug the usb cable to the computer/laptop
and then run the shipped rom executable file... when the tricolor screen displays USB at the bottom.
else extract the RUU_signed.nbh or any file with .nbh extension from the shipped file with zip viewers like 7-zip
rename the file to BLACIMG.nbh
Put into the root of memory card
put the phone into bootloader and follow the screen instructions..
And the most important thing... search the forum.. before posting..
Hope this works for you

Hi there! I think that you can't reflash even a Original ROM without unlock the phone with new Hard-SPL from Olinex ,considering that you have tried a Hard Reset and nothing happened ,your last option is to unlock the phone and reflash the ship ROM ,or to flash a custom ROM ( is not a good solution if you still have warranty,but still you cand revert your stock SPL:good so ,you have nothing else to lose , all is left for you is to try what i said before . If you don't know how to do it,let me know and i will post the exact links to instructions.

Hi all,
You can try a NAND ROM like the new release of Fagyi. There is an easy step by step manual to installation. You will lose winmo, but you will have a real android.
It looks pretty and he has solved many of the issues of previous versions.
Regards

CristianCRS said:
Hi there! I think that you can't reflash even a Original ROM without unlock the phone with new Hard-SPL from Olinex ,considering that you have tried a Hard Reset and nothing happened ,your last option is to unlock the phone and reflash the ship ROM ,or to flash a custom ROM ( is not a good solution if you still have warranty,but still you cand revert your stock SPL:good so ,you have nothing else to lose , all is left for you is to try what i said before . If you don't know how to do it,let me know and i will post the exact links to instructions.
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well, maybe i will try to unlock, i looked some instruction, aaand didint understood
So if there is quide to dummiest dummies, so i think that would help me!
But thx to all answers!

Do a Search and read the posts
masentava said:
well, maybe i will try to unlock, i looked some instruction, aaand didint understood
So if there is quide to dummiest dummies, so i think that would help me!
But thx to all answers!
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You need to understand what you are going to do or you may end up with a phone that does not work anymore.
Do a search of the forum and read the posts. There are so many.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=unlock blackstone