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Hi there.
I got hold of this second hand phone.
I dont think its been modified in any way yet.
Last night the phone asked me about doing a update. So i did.
After the green progress bar completed i got to a white screen containing a green htc logo. And its stuck there in a loop.
So... I cant turn my device on... whyyyy? :'(
All i can do is to get into the standard htc recovery.
And into the hboot. Some place there it says:
HERO CVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (HERO10000)
MICROP-010f
TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104
RADIO-6.35.15.11
Aug 4 2009,19:43:30
I have done a wipe and a hard reset. Still it get this white screen on death. (WSOD) Im sodding of to bed...
You now know that it doesnt have a nandroid backup, and that I cant connect the phone via a usb connection to pc. And I dont have any custom recovery installed.
Ive tried to recover from a offical rom with a update.zip copied with a card reader onto the sd. Ive tried a few. The recovery see's the file. But when i try to install it it says "Verification failed Installation aborted"
Ive tried the recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img, but without a usb I cant figure out how. Is there a way around for installing RA with just a sd card?
Please, does anyone have a good solution here.
Or some helpfull info to point me in the right way.
Sincererly,
Thor
See these threads similar,... Should be easy to sort.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786938
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787483
Good morning
Thanks, ive been looking at that.
My Win7 pc wouldnt show the ADB Interface in manage devices.
Only thing that pops up is a disk drive called HTC Android Phone USB Device, USB Mass Storage Device and a USB Composite Device.
Im gonna try this on my windows xp machine later today.
Hope it finds my phone, if not... what can i do?
So you need to update drivers as per the link in those threads,... Have you done that already pal?
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Hi again
Yes, I followed every step on that RUU driver guide on my win 7. But the drivers doesnt pop up as they should.
So I cant install the correct drivers since it doesnt show.
Halfway solution!
I got a breakthrough.
1. Remove the battery and replace it.
2. Hold volume down/up and tap power button. (htc enters hboot)
3. Taps back (enters fastboot)
4. Connects USB Cable (fastboot changes to fastboot usb)
5. Computer finds device My HTC.
Then i run this:
_HTC Hero_RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
I got this from the htc pages. The software says i have ROM version 3.32.405.1
So i have a newer one installed then the one they have on web!?
I choose update on the software, now it tries to install 2.73.405.5
I got a half working usb connection now.
Fastboot restarted and changed to RUU USB.
Then i get a Error: 140 / 131 Bootloader version fail.
Can it be that the hard reset ive done messed up the bootloader version.
For me it looks like the phone is still in a new version ROM.
Anyone vise got anything to say about this?
Kind regards,
Thor
Aha,.... Ok, thats probs because the RUU you're using is older than the ROM already installed.
Try this one... RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_3.32.405.1_R_Radio_63.18.55.06P_6 .35.15.11_release_signed.exe
That is the unbranded ROM,...
Wow
Suddenly everything klicked back into place!
Im past the white screen of death!
That RUU link was flawless for my device.
And the fastboot RUU USB installed everything.
Im back in business.
Much appericated m8
No problem. Now do us a favour and put [SOLVED] into your thread title. Thanks.
So...
Any suggestions on what i should do with it now?
Gotta root it i guess.
Then install recovery RA.
Any suggestions for a good rom to try?
Thanks again,
Thor
theres loads, but my suggestion would be villainrom 12 for a 2.1 sense rom, or froydvillain for a 2.2 rom
Ok
How do i know if i have a 2.1 sense rom or a 2.2 rom?
Or was that a dumb question from me, since you meant to install those?
Im kind of new, just left ye olde nokia behind
lol... Ok,... So you used the 3.32 RUU yeah? That is stock 2.1. If you used the other one, that is 1.5. Use BTDAGs guide in my sig to find out how to flash custom ROMs.
I also recommend Villain 12 for 2.1,... Or Froyd for 2.2. Depends if you like the SenseUI or not. Take a look at both in the Dev section.
Ok
Yes, I definitly want to have the Sense UI.
So then i wanna try out installing a villainrom 12 on a 2.1 sense rom.
Settings - Software Information now says:
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Baseband version: 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.11
Kernel version: 2.6.29-063c4d24 [email protected] #1
Build number: 3.32.405.1 CL191507 release-keys
Software number: 3.32.405.1
This is what i have on it now.
I tried doing the phone software update again, when it asked me again.
Got the same error. So I did the usb install over again. All ok again.
Note: The update it tries out is 3.32.405.2 (5.87MB)
So... can i follow BTDAG's guide from here?
Or do i have to downgrade or update something first?
Guess i have to choose Superuser for Android 2.0~2.2 when i do the rooting with androot.
I got a problem in that guide when typing su in the terminal window.
I didnt get the "Super User Request Prompt" as it told about.
Ive now tried terminal from both usb and the terminal emulator.
WHen i try to do the SU or the flash_image recovery command i get permission denied!?
Without su rights i can do the flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img command, since i need the su permissions.
Thanks again,
Thor
Hi again
I cant seem to get the SU rights i need.
Ive used universal nandroid for the rooting! (it tells its now ok)
But i cant flash in the custom recovery image.
Ive now tried a different approach:
1. Installing the ROM Manager and trying out ClockworkMod recovery(its installs ok)
2. Then I boot into recovery by holding the home(house) and power on, I get the white screen of htc death again and it goes into a black screen with a red triangle and a ! on it.
3. Then I release home and power on.
4. Presses down volume up and taps power on.
5. The hero boots into the standard recovery!?
(I think the way im starting up, are reflashing the recovery. am i right?)
Clockwork also have a "flash RA 1.7 recovery" option, ive tried that one too.
But with the same result...
Any one know about this?
Best regards,
Thor Elvin
Solution for life!
After a lot of surfing i found it!
This great tut worked for my device:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/s...o-Root-The-2.1-RUU-or-OTA-Update-For-The-Hero
I got a blue carebear in the background, and im making a big grin!
Now im rooted and backed up.
Great thanks to Pulser for a great tut.
Edit: VillainROM12 installed 1
PEACE Y'ALL!!!
QUOTE=thorelvin;8284640]After a lot of surfing i found it!
This great tut worked for my device:
Pulser did...
I got a blue carebear in the background, and im making a big grin!
Now im rooted and backed up.
Edit: VillainROM12 installed 1
PEACE Y'ALL!!![/QUOTE]
Dude, nice that you got sorted. I have kids so Carebears are good to have around. Respect to Carebears, and at the same time it would be cool and revisit the forum and thank Pulser, else thank him here as Pulser_g2 (i think). He sort of wrote, reworked the tut originally from the cdma version here. Sorted me too going 2.1 to 2.2. I had shedloads of fun with roms in between but its only thanks to him.
I guess this could be classed as one of those "Circle of life" philosophy budhist type **** things cuz the answer was really where you started, but for me... its all about takin care of the Carebears....
For the record his contract ends around May so get your Hero fix requests in early...!
Soz Pulser... And massive thanks for the opening to a new dimension for my hero...
i just got a new sprint evo 4g a few days agot o replace my PRE and im trying to root it. i never had htcsync installed. i installed the HBOOT drivers and they are reconized by dev manager. I run Unrevoked 3 and it reboots the phone and gets stuck at "waiting for root" the phone has booted up completely but nothing has changed. I tried rebooting my pc and the phone and trying again but it does the same thing. if i unplug usb and reattach i get the error failed to root, this happens sometimes. i have debugging on and charge only enabled. Am i missing something?
Unrevoked3 currently does not root the newer EVOs. Since you said you got it a few days ago, I assume you are on HBOOT 2.02 or 2.10. You need to use another method besides unrevoked3 to root or wait until the unrevoked team puts out an updated package to root the new EVOs. You can find root methods in the Development Section.
[ROOT] ~~~ HTC EVO - Universal Auto Root ~~~ (updated for 2.02)(12/15/10)
or
[ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF -Yea, Yes Im On Top Edition - Upd. 12.19.10
Good luck
Hey Maz,
I'm in the same boat. It's all to do with the new update that the Evo's received. I didn't know that taking the update (I really missed Swype from my Epic, lol) would kill our ability to root. We just have to hang back until unrEVOked, or another dev, comes up with a new one-click root that will accommodate our baseband/firmware/etc. /sadface... That'll teach me to leap before reading..
thanks for the replies guys. does simpleroot support my version? i tried that a few minutes ago but im getting error that the versions are wrong or something in hboot
The second link is one that I used. It says it should even work with 2.10 Hboot. As long as you follow the directions exactly you should be good to go.
since i attempted the root my evo seems to be responding slowly now. i formatted the sd card as one forum suggested. not sure it that had to do with it needing to sync up everything or something but i used task killer to kill the apps but its still running slow
Hi all,
Yesterday I tried to root my legend to flash a custom rom (CyanogenMod 7).
Everything worked fine until I decided I also wanted to flash an unsigned Data2Ext zip.
So I first Wiped everything, then flashed CM7 ( successful ) and then tried to flash Data2Ext.
This didn't work (I think the error was something like "no signature").
After that I quit the recovery mode and my legend was stuck in a boot loop. Also, when connecting my legend to the pc and trying to get into recovery mode, my Legend was recognized as being "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM". Windows tries to install drivers but unsuccesful, so I can't get into recovery mode anymore.
The only solution I found to get out of the boot loop was to unroot my Legend again. (Using this guide )
However, I still can't get into recovery mode for the same reason (and thus can't root my Legend anymore).
Also, when connecting my legend with the pc when already booted (I'm back to htc sense android 2.1), it doesn't let me get a good usb connection. My phone is charging, but windows says "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it".
I think these problems might be related, but the first problem is my main concern, as I want to flash a custom rom again.
I've used many search terms, but could not find an answer that would solve my problems. Does anyone know how to solve this?
Note: I don't have root access anymore and am running Windows XP.
Also, the rest of my phone's functions is working correctly it seems.
Hi!
First I would try to install some FOTA, since you obviously can't install anything else... you might look to Shipped ROMs...
(don't install Froyo if you can, you'd probably end up with HBOOT 1.01 which is not that easily rooted, but still can be done...)
As those are most probably properly signed, you should be able to flash them from SD card, so no USB connection needed...(choose LEGEIMG starting archives, .exe needs USB) - the filename to flash from SD must be legeimg.zip
That should fix your USB connection issues I hope...
Then I'd try to re-root (See stickies in Development)
I tried flashing a FOTA (LEGEIMG_Legend_HTC_WWE_1.31.405.5_R_Radio_47.26.35.04_7
.05.35.26L_release_126592_signed.zip) but I think that's the one I already flashed using this topic. It reads the legeimg.zip but doesn't give me the option to update, so I guess they're the same?
For some reason I now also get the "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" notification when trying to connect as USB Disk station to the computer, so not the "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it" error.
Edit: Now I get the malfunction error again..
Could the solution to my problem be to find the drivers for the Qualcomm thing? And if so, where can I find those?
Edit2: New development;
Legend now freezes completely when connecting to USB. I have to take out the battery to get it working again..
Edit3:
I've taken another look at the hboot screen and it gives me the following info:
LEGEND PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.01.0000 <-- isn't that strange, since I'm running 1.31?
MICROP-0816
TOUCH PANEL-SYN07-0103
RADIO-7.05.35.26L
Nov 8 2010,15:24:15
Also, when I try to flash the 2.03 zip from here, it finds the legeimg.zip and asks me if I want to update. When I do so, it tells me "CID incorrect! Update Fail!"
Oh maan, I guess HBOOT-1.01 and 1.31 is not working out then...And since there's no way to downgrade HBOOT, you have to flash Froyo ROM...but to do that you need a goldcard: Here is a HowTo
Then you can flash a ROM with different CID then your own...
note: 2.03 is not Froyo, and since shipped-roms only has RUU, you might look into this: HowTo Extract RUU
And then you just ROOT again
Could the solution to my problem be to find the drivers for the Qualcomm thing? And if so, where can I find those?
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try using attached driver by replacing the current one on your xp box. had the same problem before. HTH
aw, man! you missed your chance on s-off. anyway, since you're on hboot 1.00+ already (& from the looks of it, you lost your root), Dr Romca's link for rooting should work
Dr.Romca said:
Oh maan, I guess HBOOT-1.01 and 1.31 is not working out then...And since there's no way to downgrade HBOOT, you have to flash Froyo ROM...but to do that you need a goldcard: Here is a HowTo
Then you can flash a ROM with different CID then your own...
note: 2.03 is not Froyo, and since shipped-roms only has RUU, you might look into this: HowTo Extract RUU
And then you just ROOT again
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Thanks for the help!
However, yesterday I couldn't make a new goldcard, since my device wasn't recognized. I will try to make one again this afternoon, using a W7 machine.
I will let you know the results!
maxq1 said:
try using attached driver by replacing the current one on your xp box. had the same problem before. HTH
aw, man! you missed your chance on s-off. anyway, since you're on hboot 1.00+ already (& from the looks of it, you lost your root), Dr Romca's link for rooting should work
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Thanks! I will try this as well!
Edit:
Still no luck trying to create a goldcard, since the pc doesn't recognize my device, regardless what type of connection (charge-only, htc sync etc) I select. In windows 7 I also get the device malfunctioned error.
Trying to use the adb command only returns "No Device found" (or sth like that).
Using the driver Maxq1 gave me doesn't seem to work (unless I'm doing it wrong that is)
edit: usb bug fixed
Azaruc said:
edit: usb bug fixed
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You mean you've rooted your Legend?
I am experiencing the exact same problem as you've described while trying desperately to root my HTC Legend.
I start up Fastboot, run Step1, then go into Bootloader (and also getting the same error message about the .zip file), then Recovery mode, and my computer (W7) recognizes the device at this point as Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM, and fails to install the drivers.
When trying to run step2, I get an error message telling me "device not found".
I am also running 1.31 and Hboot 1.01.0000
Would really appreciate some help
I didn't really document my steps (I should have ), but I think the Qualcomm bug was fixed by following this guide.
Let me know if it works out for you.
Hi,
I downgraded my htc desire hd and attempted to root through visionary+ tool…i did the following
Downgraded to official firmware PD98IMG.zip
All was working fine
I installed visionary+ and temp rooted
i then attempted to perm rooted, my phone restarted and then got stuck at the htc logo screen….
I have tried reflasing the official firmware but it keeps getting stuck on the htc logo screen. Any help? Thanks
Can you boot directly to the bootloader? Vol down + Power.
Yep i can get there, however when i click recovery from there it goes straight to the htc logo screen..and if i place the rom on the sd card it flashes the phone but when it reboots it gets stuck once again
In that case download the 1.32.~ RUU.exe and run that.
Hi, I am new to rooting and have only got as far as downgrading my firmware...what do you mean by download the 1.32 ruu.exe? Sorry
If you click the link in my sig and head to RUU's, you'll find 1.32.405.6 download that and run the exe. It will reflash your phone for you, just follow the prompts.
What state does my phone need to be in before running the exe? Also currently my laptop running windows 7 does not recognise my phone, i have htc sync 3.0 installed but it still doesnt recognise it....
Switched on is enough for the exe. You need to have the correct drivers for it to work.
Is your windows 7 machine 64bit?
No i am not using windows 7 64bit...i was able to connect to my desire hd via htc sync before all these issues however
Ok, I'm running out of idea's. I don't think the .exe will work until you handset is on.
Do you have the Android SDK installed on your machine?
Hi yes i have it installed...i think it is looking for android 1.0 driver but it cant find it and i cant find it on there internet...
Mine also does that whilst in the bootloader, once I'm in fastboot I'm ok.
Do you still have ENG S-OFF?
I got it to connect....i am now running the ruu....will update when it is done. Thank you so much for your help so far...
I just ran the ruu...i think it is stuck at the htc logo screen once again..its been there for about 10mins???
That's not good. I'm guessing that the PD98IMG.zip nuked your S-OFF?
Accoring to the bootloader menu it says s-on...
Ok, not sure how to progress here. Your DHD has a fault somewhere, as the PD98IMG.zip should work without any problems. Kinda like a fail-safe.
Other than contacting your network/HTC for a repair which should happen (S-ON etc...) you could try the latest Gingerbread RUU. You just have to extract the ROM.zip first (that's very easy).
Just to make sure...
i downloaded the ruu from you sig...
connected my desire hd
ran the ruu
it finished and my phone was flashed
is that right?
Is the latst gingerbread ruu for the desire hd on your site?
Yeah its on there. I'd recommend getting a repair over flashing it though.
I don't meet your problem, but I just did it yesterday with a golden card, so if you don't know what to do maybe you can try that.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Hi
I am trying to get my friends recently purchased Magic firing on all 4 cylinders.
The handset is 32b, rooted, has recovery and the rom is android 1.6.
Main problems are:
1. When i try to install a different rom I get an error message "E/can't open/update.zip. I have tried a couple of roms but get the same error and I have named them "update" not "update.zip.zip"!
2. I cant get the phone recognised on 3 diffrent PC's, each time I just get USB devoce not recognised. ive looked in Device Mnager and it doesnt even show up there.
Can anyone help with these problems and can anyone recommend and link a good rom.
many thanks
Dave
Check this link out Dave. Then decide if you want a quick fix.....or more grief.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983834
If you decide that methods too risky, post your fastboot info so others can advise.
Sent from my Froyo on Dream/Sapphire using XDA App
Cheers, i'll give it a go and come back if i get back.
In the mean time here is my fastboot info:-
Sapphire PVT 32B Ship S-Off G
HBoot 1.33.0013
CPLD-10
Radio 2.22.19.261
OK, update.
Although the phone is S-off I dont think it is rooted. If I go into terminal it is showing that the phone is not rooted. Also when I try to install RomManager it tells me that the phone isn't rooted.
This is where the problems really start. As I can't get my PC to recognise the phone I am now stuck!
whittall1 said:
OK, update.
Although the phone is S-off I dont think it is rooted. If I go into terminal it is showing that the phone is not rooted. Also when I try to install RomManager it tells me that the phone isn't rooted.
This is where the problems really start. As I can't get my PC to recognise the phone I am now stuck!
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The link I gave above is for someone who can't access their pc due to a fault on their phone(or they are lazy like me), so a pc isn't required for what you need to do.
I noticed the download links may be missing so for starters heres another link to sort out the root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833954
or google search universal androot, which I can confirm works on froyo 2.2 - I've just unrooted and then rooted my 32b to test it.