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[Solved]HTC branded 32A semi-bricked (RUU mode only)

When I'm booting my Magic I'm getting into RUU mode. Not booting into recovery, not booting normal, and not booting to fastboot.
I could've flashed a new radio and hboot, but my SPL is perfected 1.33.0010. When I'm trying to flash an official update, I'm getting to the updating screen, the phone is rebooting into bootloader, but I'm getting this error:
[140]: bootloader version error
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Any way to unbrick my phone?
Solution: Just applied a official RUU update with newer HBOOT.

Can you get in recovery mod?
hit me on gtalk

stian230 said:
Can you get in recovery mod?
hit me on gtalk
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No.
Every combination boots to hboot. And added.
Edit: Still no luck unbricking. My phone is starting in bootloader, says RUU. Maybe that's not hboot. Not sure though. Fastboot finds my phone, but as I have perfect SPL, I can't flash anything.

You need a goldcard to put and engineered spl on it (my guess).

ruimoura said:
You need a goldcard to put and engineered spl on it (my guess).
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The updating from sappimg wouldn't start in RUU mode. I solved it by applying the newest magic update. Now having perfect SPL, but maybe that's the best. For not getting temped risking my phone again.
Thanks for your answer anyway.

sindrefyrn said:
The updating from sappimg wouldn't start in RUU mode. I solved it by applying the newest magic update. Now having perfect SPL, but maybe that's the best. For not getting temped risking my phone again.
Thanks for your answer anyway.
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Anyway, you got your Magic back, that's nice.
Cheers.

HBOOT .77 vs .79 How do I get .77 for OTA?

I followed the instructions here
http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=766361
with no issues however, in step 3, after rebooting it looks like I am still rooted and CWM is still installed. It didnt flash my device but only updated the HBOOT. But my HBOOT still reads .79. SHouldnt it be .77 to be ready for the OTA? And all of my apps + settings are still intact. I am still rooted. Is this what its supposed to do? I thought it was supposed to flash the recov img.
And I verified that I get the red warning triangle.
My maine concern is the HBOOT: my HBOOT ver is .79 Shouldnt it be .77 to get the OTA update?
If so, how do I fix this?
Thanks
IncredibleC XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-1.00.03.04.06

You will be able to get the OTA fine with HBOOT .79

Berzerker7 said:
You will be able to get the OTA fine with HBOOT .79
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Thanks for the quick reply. Id like to read up on that more. Is there a link that discusses this in further detail?
Also, whats the difference between .77 and .79?
Thanks again.

metalmachine said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Id like to read up on that more. Is there a link that discusses this in further detail?
Also, whats the difference between .77 and .79?
Thanks again.
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There's not enough of a difference initially to have anyone look into the differences, so no one really knows.

metalmachine said:
I followed the instructions here
http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=766361
with no issues however, in step 3, after rebooting it looks like I am still rooted and CWM is still installed. It didnt flash my device but only updated the HBOOT. But my HBOOT still reads .79. SHouldnt it be .77 to be ready for the OTA? And all of my apps + settings are still intact. I am still rooted. Is this what its supposed to do? I thought it was supposed to flash the recov img.
And I verified that I get the red warning triangle.
My maine concern is the HBOOT: my HBOOT ver is .79 Shouldnt it be .77 to get the OTA update?
If so, how do I fix this?
Thanks
IncredibleC XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-1.00.03.04.06
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---If when you are going into recovery and you get the red triangle, and not clockworkmod recovery anymore, that should mean that you have stock recovery.
and your radio is stock.
Berzerker7 said:
You will be able to get the OTA fine with HBOOT .79
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Thank you for this answer this was something I really needed to know as well, I did the same as the OP, was rooted, and downgraded with S-OFF hboot .79 and stock everything waiting for 2.2
Also can you help me out with this, I have all this but when I run S-ON and then tried to run the PB13IMG.zip to get the stock recovery back now, it says update failed main version is older.

You need to run that zip with S-OFF, it's unsigned, so it won't let you run it if it's not signed.

Berzerker7 said:
You need to run that zip with S-OFF, it's unsigned, so it won't let you run it if it's not signed.
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I understand, thank you. How would I be able to do S-ON and stock recovery then for warranty purposes? I was unsuccessful finding this and would be highly appreciative if you could help me out here

BlazeD OnE said:
I understand, thank you. How would I be able to do S-ON and stock recovery then for warranty purposes? I was unsuccessful finding this and would be highly appreciative if you could help me out here
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752163

jsprake1 said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752163
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I dont see how that helps?
thank you though.

RUU back to stock.
install cwm via PB31IMG.zip
S-ON.
RUU back to stock again.

Berzerker7 said:
RUU back to stock.
install cwm via PB31IMG.zip
S-ON.
RUU back to stock again.
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Thanks, this helped me out.

[Q] Downgraded bootloader for CM6, need to restore for nandroid

All,
I was running Fresh 3.2 on my evo, rooted via unrevoked3. I wanted to try CM6 which required downgrading the bootloader to .76. Decided to go back to Fresh but I can't do a nandroid restore. I wound up having to go stock and running unrevoked again, bootloader now reads .79 but nandroid still won't restore. I'm thinking I need .93 but not sure.
Any help/thoughts?

Yeah you need to upgrade your bootloader back to the previous version then all will be well.
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Any idea where I can find/download the later revision bootloader? I see .76 all over XDA and the web, don't see later versions for download.

i had the same problem last week. you did the right thing, but apparently didn't use the most recent stock RUU. once you reflash that, it should update your bootloader to 0.93. you can then re-root and restore.

I just downgraded my bootloader for cm also. My question is can you flash any other rom without updating the bootloader? Say I wanna flash a fresh rom. Would that work?

shdwboy said:
I just downgraded my bootloader for cm also. My question is can you flash any other rom without updating the bootloader? Say I wanna flash a fresh rom. Would that work?
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What was your original bootloader? 0.93? I believe there was no need to downgrade your bootloader for CM 6.1. I had sort of the same issue and this link helped me, I hope it helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800730

Well dang didn't kno that cm6 wasn't hboot specific. I just went off what he had in his guide. So with that pc36img I just flash in hboot and that will change my hboot to the .96? Will I have to flash a different rom right of way? Also are any other roms specific on what hboot u have? I don't mind setting up my phone again. That's the fun of it. Lol thanks tho for the link and helpfull info.

shdwboy said:
Well dang didn't kno that cm6 wasn't hboot specific. I just went off what he had in his guide. So with that pc36img I just flash in hboot and that will change my hboot to the .96? Will I have to flash a different rom right of way? Also are any other roms specific on what hboot u have? I don't mind setting up my phone again. That's the fun of it. Lol thanks tho for the link and helpfull info.
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Yes, put the PC36IMG.zip in the root of your SD card and then just boot into the Bootloader. Accept update and you are good to go. So far on my end, I have flashed many many ROMs and did not have to load a different HBOOT. Good Luck.

[Q] Unable to fix s-off

Hey,
I have a mytouch 4g and I had it perm rooted as well as s-off. I recently attempted to unroot my phone and made a mistake of attempting to do this while having the wrong radio. Now I am unable to flash any new kernals or radios to my phone. My wi-fi doesn't even work with the radio I currently have flashed. My phone reads this in boot
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.08.04.30_M3
eMMC-boot
Sept 27 2010, 11:12:59
is there any way for me to fix this problem and get my S back on??
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I am currently running CyanogenMod 7.0.3

Re-root your phone, then flash the new radio, an stuff you need. Get s off also
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.

Thanks
Mr.Highway said:
Re-root your phone, then flash the new radio, an stuff you need. Get s off also
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.
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My phone is actually still rooted from when I used to have it rooted, if I flash the radio I need to use to make s-off work, will it work? i thought the entire purpose of s-on was to prevent me from being able to flash any radio?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996, follow that guide, its the saner one I used
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.

The best option for you would be to flash the PD15IMG from the hBoot. It will flash the radio you should have along with turning the s-on as long as you didn't use ./gfree to root the phone.

neidlinger said:
The best option for you would be to flash the PD15IMG from the hBoot. It will flash the radio you should have along with turning the s-on as long as you didn't use ./gfree to root the phone.
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in order to flash the radio from the h-boot, wouldn't i need to have s-off? Right now i have S-On so I am unable to flash radios

Terryshanks45 said:
in order to flash the radio from the h-boot, wouldn't i need to have s-off? Right now i have S-On so I am unable to flash radios
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The PD15IMG is the entire stock T-Mobile ROM. You do not need to be rooted or have s-off to flash that.
you are thinking of the radio files. You do not want to flash that.
hear read this
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/16/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g/

Hey,
I just tried that method with the stock PD15IMG.zip file and I got the message
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot
do you have any idea what could cause this to happen??
Would I brick my phone if i performed the factory reset from the HBOOT menu?

Terryshanks45 said:
Hey,
I just tried that method with the stock PD15IMG.zip file and I got the message
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot
do you have any idea what could cause this to happen??
Would I brick my phone if i performed the factory reset from the HBOOT menu?
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if your s-off all a factory reset will do is wipe everything on your phone.

neidlinger said:
if your s-off all a factory reset will do is wipe everything on your phone.
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so theres no point in me performing the factory reset...do you have any other suggestions as to what I could to to fix my phone?? I realize the problem lies with me having the wrong radio but I can't figure out how to get s-off in order to flash the stock radio and the stock rom gives me an error when I attempt to flash it...

Terryshanks45 said:
so theres no point in me performing the factory reset...do you have any other suggestions as to what I could to to fix my phone?? I realize the problem lies with me having the wrong radio but I can't figure out how to get s-off in order to flash the stock radio and the stock rom gives me an error when I attempt to flash it...
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IIRC you can flash radio files via fastboot but i do not know the commands to do it.

neidlinger said:
IIRC you can flash radio files via fastboot but i do not know the commands to do it.
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Thanks, I am logging into the IRC chat to see if someone there can help. I appreciate your help, do you know if there may be a guide on how to flash radios via fastboot on any website? i havent been able to locate one

S-OFF and no root, what do?

Here's the story. Got my original G2, played with it, rooted, s-off, the works. Needed to send it in for a warranty exchange so I unroot, s-on, etc etc, and put gingerbread on it. So I had the pc10img file on my sdcard.
Fast forward, I got my replacement G2, it had Froyo, had it rooted, s-off, the works before the battery was even finished charged (I waited for it to finish before I rebooted of course!) and I loaded up the official MIUI. usb tethering wasn't working so I figured I would download and flash a pershoot kernel! That "bricked" it. Wouldn't boot at all! So I booted it in to recovery (vol down + pwr) forgetting that the official gingerbread pc10img was on the sdcard. I was out and about so I just needed my phone back ASAP, so I went ahead and flashed it. So now I have stock gingerbread, with S-OFF and no way to get root. Is there another pc10img I can flash that is pre-rooted, or am I SOL til someone figures out how to root the latest update?
I'm gonna try gingerbreak after posting since I DO have s-off still...

silverton said:
Here's the story. Got my original G2, played with it, rooted, s-off, the works. Needed to send it in for a warranty exchange so I unroot, s-on, etc etc, and put gingerbread on it. So I had the pc10img file on my sdcard.
Fast forward, I got my replacement G2, it had Froyo, had it rooted, s-off, the works before the battery was even finished charged (I waited for it to finish before I rebooted of course!) and I loaded up the official MIUI. usb tethering wasn't working so I figured I would download and flash a pershoot kernel! That "bricked" it. Wouldn't boot at all! So I booted it in to recovery (vol down + pwr) forgetting that the official gingerbread pc10img was on the sdcard. I was out and about so I just needed my phone back ASAP, so I went ahead and flashed it. So now I have stock gingerbread, with S-OFF and no way to get root. Is there another pc10img I can flash that is pre-rooted, or am I SOL til someone figures out how to root the latest update?
I'm gonna try gingerbreak after posting since I DO have s-off still...
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To my knowledge there is still no temporary exploit for gingerbread that you would need to gain permanent root, sorry. It looks like you might be sol, but since you do have s-off try some of the other exploits like psneuter or gfree and post back. I would be very intrested if the hboot was somehow responsible for keeping the gingerbread g2's from getting root
Sent from my self-aware G2 w/ PyroMod v2.3.4 & UnNova Theme v1.0

gingerbreak did not work for me. I get this with the psneuter tool
spirit platform-tools # ./adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
Failed to set prot mask (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
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Did you flash the engineering HBOOT during the rooting process?

theSpam said:
Did you flash the engineering HBOOT during the rooting process?
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Good question. I'm not sure actually. But I do know right now that it has an official HBOOT on it. 0.82.0008

silverton said:
Good question. I'm not sure actually. But I do know right now that it has an official HBOOT on it. 0.82.0008
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I'm unsure if HTCs .zip includes a HBOOT update or not...but can you enter HBOOT (power+vol down) and check if it says SHIP S-OFF or ENG S-OFF?

I think that, since you're S-OFF, you'll be able to apply any PC10IMG.zip since it won't check signatures/versions - can someone correct me on this if I'm wrong?

theSpam said:
I'm unsure if HTCs .zip includes a HBOOT update or not...but can you enter HBOOT (power+vol down) and check if it says SHIP S-OFF or ENG S-OFF?
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It says SHIP S-OFF. And I was also thinking that since it is S-OFF that I could flash a PC10IMG that was already rooted, but seems almost all roms these days are only clockwork flashable.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

SUCCESS!
Back to semi-square one anyway.
I was able to successfully flash the shipped rom as a PC10IMG which I got here (http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision) and I'm going to say that this is most likely because I am radio s-off.

silverton said:
SUCCESS!
Back to semi-square one anyway.
I was able to successfully flash the shipped rom as a PC10IMG which I got here (http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision) and I'm going to say that this is most likely because I am radio s-off.
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It is because u were s-off. That was my configuration also so if I flash that official gb PC10IMG I'm still s-off but unrooted. To reroot I simply flash the 1.19 PC10IMG, let it get the 1.22 OTA if I feel like it then psneuter/gfree it all over again.
PS - to anyone else... don't even bother with gingerbreak for that official gb
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

I would put anything with root on it, just to get cwm. Than do as you normally would. As you may know, things are far easier through recovery.
::edit:: you should be able to find a custom built pc10img zip thingy, somewhere on these forums or from someone.
I'm sure you can easily make your own, and it should work.
Goodluck.
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