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Firstly sorry for the long post.
I'm having a few problems with my HD2, and I'm looking solutions that dont involve flashing the t-mobile ROM (which is 1.43.110.2). I have all the HTC patches installed.
The problems I'm having are ...
*Favourites are disappearing sporadically. I cant figure out whether they're going when I sync it up or just purely at random. They stay on the internet tab but disappear from the favourites menu. Folders are not affected.
*Music player: Lags. I have to wait about 2-3 minutes before a song starts playing on the first attempt, then its fine. This happens even if the little spinning circle hasn't appeared (this appears after you have updated the storage card by syncing with media player). Also when sliding album art back and forth in landscape mode, it freezes, and then jumps back to the beginning of the stack. Didn't used to do this.
*Music Sync - my biggest nightmare right now; I really need help on this one! Sync in windows 7 windows mobile device manager works fine. When I load up WM player and attempt to sync the storage card however, the device will sync for a couple of minutes, and then soft reset itself.
Hopefully when 6.5.3 comes out officially HTC will roll up all the crappy patches and T-mobile will approve it... but until then I'm stuck with these annoyances (in addition of course to crappy SMS, constant crashing, lags etc., which I certainly wasn't expecting when I got my shiny new HD2
I was in a similar boat to you. The Tmo ROM is really poor and I hate to tell you this but 1.48 or 1.61 are the answer.
If you really can't consider that option, I'd say that you should do a hard reset and see what issues you still have with a fresh ROM. The original T mo ROM is on here somewhere. download that as a backup before you do anything, just for safety.
realy sorry mate but he is right try and see if you can get hole of a free goldcard i run 1.48 insted of t-mob its not purfect but worls alot better
Thanks for your responses. I guess flashing is the only option, cos right now this phone really is virtually unusable. I'll have to try and get my head around the whole goldcards thing but if I get stuck I'll start a new thread...
Thx!
severeano said:
Thanks for your responses. I guess flashing is the only option, cos right now this phone really is virtually unusable. I'll have to try and get my head around the whole goldcards thing but if I get stuck I'll start a new thread...
Thx!
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Hi mate, had the same issue. The gold card thing isn't too bad, theres a great idiots guide on here that I used, the hardest bit is getting the number off the MicroSD card, dont do what I did and lose all my data on it (as you edit some values which makes Windows no longer recognise it sometimes). Take a copy of whats on there just incase. Again there is a post that mentions a way of reversing the change so you have lost all your data on the memory card.
Good luck, I did without any probs to flash from 1.43 to 1.48 using the Goldcard method
I have the same problem with favourites and i'm on the 2.02 ROM. I never touch IE on my computer though so i've not put much thought into what happens with the sync. I'm just throwing together a wee app to sync it with Firefox though so that will solve my issues.
As for synching it with media player (and i'm old school - I drag and drop files), could there be any corrupt/unrecognisable data in your playlist? You could try a drag/drop dump of music onto your device and see if that works.
severeano said:
Thanks for your responses. I guess flashing is the only option, cos right now this phone really is virtually unusable. I'll have to try and get my head around the whole goldcards thing but if I get stuck I'll start a new thread...
Thx!
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There is now HSPL and SSPL available so goldcard is no longer required, using SSPL or HSPL is much easier too
Hi, I converted my T-Mobile HD2 to 1.48 using SSPL. After a couple of teething troubles with Firewalls and a hanging Activsync - fixed with a PC restart it worked just great. It scared me twice when it hung in the boot loader but taking the battery out and restarting fixed it. I made a goldcard aswell just in case but do not really know if it would have worked.
Now its loaded The HD2 seems faster, has more programs and the battery seems to last longer particularly with WLAN.
I still have 1 open question though that I have, touch wood, not had to find the answer for yet. If I do a hard reset which ROM reboots, T-Mobile or the 1.48? Perhaps somebody here knows? I would be grateful to find out before I have to try it out.
Good luck and hopefully it works as well for you.
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i believe if you hard reboot it will revert to the Tmobile rom.. as you used SSPL... only if you do a HSPL will it stay... correct me if i'm wrong guys
nutmegy said:
i believe if you hard reboot it will revert to the Tmobile rom.. as you used SSPL... only if you do a HSPL will it stay... correct me if i'm wrong guys
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Incorrect...your Rom does not change regardless of flashing method SSPL or HDSPL. If using the SSPL method a hard reset will remove the SSPL only, and your SPL ONLY will revert back to original, Your latest Rom does not change....
Thanks for the quick responses guys but I am still a bit confused - sorry.
Perhaps in laymans terms -
If I have to hard reset, when the phone reboots will I get all of the T-mobile c**p again and have to go through the SSPL process again- which is not easy when on a business trip, or will I keep the HTC version.
If as I think I understood from band27 I get the HTC version back but lose the SSPL what effect will that have?
thanks again
No, When you hard reset you will get exactly the same ROM as you have before you hard reset. IT will be just like the first time the phone booted after you initially re-flashed it.
The only way to return it to T-Mobile's ROM is to find the download that 'football' posted a few weeks ago and flash it.
Plz let a noob continue this question
If i use SSPL to flash a cooked ROM and for some reason want to go back to a original ROM, how?
Is it correct that i only take my original ROM and flash it as usual, or do i need to do annything els?
Do i need a goldcard?
Plz help a noob
I have my Leo for 1 month. I flashed it (HSPL), installed cooked ROM and everything was fine. Than few days ago I installed new version of ROM and then the problems started...after every soft reset, ROM "restarted" (every tweak or installed program disappeared nad the phone looks like after installing new ROM) and after few resets it is stucked on the first screen (with numbers of radio etc.) and wont move further.
Can anyone help?
Dokturek said:
I have my Leo for 1 month. I flashed it (HSPL), installed cooked ROM and everything was fine. Than few days ago I installed new version of ROM and then the problems started...after every soft reset, ROM "restarted" (every tweak or installed program disappeared nad the phone looks like after installing new ROM) and after few resets it is stucked on the first screen (with numbers of radio etc.) and wont move further.
Can anyone help?
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I know it's a pain, but have you tried a hard reset since this started? If not, give that a go. If you're still having problems then I'd recommend not using the ROM that you currently have.
have try flashing stock ROM from memory card? I guess it might work
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I know it's a pain, but have you tried a hard reset since this started? If not, give that a go. If you're still having problems then I'd recommend not using the ROM that you currently have.
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Yes, I did hard reset and it didnt help. Ofc I will use another ROM, but problem is that I cant do anything atm...the phone is simply stucked on the first screen and I cant even sync it to install another ROM :-/
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have try flashing stock ROM from memory card? I guess it might work
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Dokturek said:
Yes, I did hard reset and it didnt help. Ofc I will use another ROM, but problem is that I cant do anything atm...the phone is simply stucked on the first screen and I cant even sync it to install another ROM :-/
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As above - that's probably your only way to resolve then.
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have try flashing stock ROM from memory card? I guess it might work
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Wish I could, but all I can see is only white logging screen...phone doesnt react at all.
You can flash from the memory card without the need to start the device up and connect to a PC. That's what he's suggesting. I don't know how to do this myself, having only done it via ActiveSync, so I can't tell you how to do it. I do know that you put a ROM image in the root of your storage card and reboot the device, but there's more to it than that. Have a look in the ROM forum for more advice (unless someone can help you here, of course).
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As above - that's probably your only way to resolve then.
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Will try it...as soon as I find the instruction
can you still get in to the bootloader, turn the phone on while holding volume down, get the 3 coloured screen, you can do the ROM and Radio from there
Dokturek said:
...the phone is simply stucked on the first screen and I cant even sync it to install another ROM :-/
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you dont have to have a booted phone to flash roms over usb. Just boot to bootloader and wait for the 'serial' to change to 'usb' then run your flash.
Demon_man said:
can you still get in to the bootloader, turn the phone on while holding volume down, get the 3 coloured screen, you can do the ROM and Radio from there
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samsamuel said:
you dont have to have a booted phone to flash roms over usb. Just boot to bootloader and wait for the 'serial' to change to 'usb' then run your flash.
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Well you learn something new every day. I never knew that!
Great job! My Leo is alive again
Thx guys for helping me out.
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Well you learn something new every day. I never knew that!
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heh, every days a school day. It also has the added benefit (danger?) of bypassing the low battery warning, so if you REALLY can't wait for it to charge......
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Well you learn something new every day. I never knew that!
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I only learnt because changed ROM without Radio first haha, im always learning on here its great
So I use the Kumar roms and I was wondering, if I flash from version 1.5 to 1.6 of the same rom is it still necessary for me to do a hard reset? Or is it any time you update the rom, you must do a hard reset? What happens if you don't do a hard reset?
Thanks!
You don't have to do a hard reset but it always ensures that are no old sys files left that may have been updated in the version. It will help prevent any bugs or glitches from occuring but hard resets are not required with a new flash.
Or just run task29 first and u wouldnt have to hardreset...
lol, doesn't Task29 delete EVERYTHING? I mean, technically you're right, I wouldn't need to hard reset if I do a Task29.
Basically, I don't want to have to re-setup my phone every time I want to load the latest ROM.
Since it's the same ROM just updated it should be fine right.... right?
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lol, doesn't Task29 delete EVERYTHING? I mean, technically you're right, I wouldn't need to hard reset if I do a Task29.
Basically, I don't want to have to re-setup my phone every time I want to load the latest ROM.
Since it's the same ROM just updated it should be fine right.... right?
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Well every time you flash a new ROM even if its just a newer build of what you already have it still wipes you phone and is basically the same as a hard reset. The reason why it is recommended run task 29 is because there are files that a hard reset DOES NOT remove that you dont want to have interfering with the new build. So I guess Im confused why are you worried about a hard reset if you just flashed and theres nothing on your phone to reconfigure anyway. But look into a UC program that will install everything that you want as the phone sets up for the first time so you dont have to do. Makes it much easier.
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Basically, I don't want to have to re-setup my phone every time I want to load the latest ROM.
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You have to reset everything if you want to flash a ROM. There is no getting away from it.
I need to learn to use UC better or even Sashimi.
I HATE having to set everything back up after a new rom flash.
But yes, I would agree you should be running Task 29 before each flash...although I was puckered up the entire first time I tried it.
Maybe I'm a strange guy but I never do a hardreset after flash and I never experienced a problem for not doing that.
I just don't believe in it and I jump from build to build to base to base while I'm cooking.
Does HTC or T-Mob recommends you to do that after a flash?
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So I use the Kumar roms and I was wondering, if I flash from version 1.5 to 1.6 of the same rom is it still necessary for me to do a hard reset? Or is it any time you update the rom, you must do a hard reset? What happens if you don't do a hard reset?
Thanks!
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Laurentius26 said:
Maybe I'm a strange guy but I never do a hardreset after flash and I never experienced a problem for not doing that.
I just don't believe in it and I jump from build to build to base to base while I'm cooking.
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hah, you probably dont stay on one rom long enough to notice whether it works or NOT!
Does HTC or T-Mob recommends you to do that after a flash?
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hmm, and what do THEY know about it????
Laurentius26 said:
Maybe I'm a strange guy but I never do a hardreset after flash and I never experienced a problem for not doing that.
I just don't believe in it and I jump from build to build to base to base while I'm cooking.
Does HTC or T-Mob recommends you to do that after a flash?
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I don't either. hard reset after flash doesn't do anything different, I don't know why people say it matters.
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I don't either. hard reset after flash doesn't do anything different, I don't know why people say it matters.
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The reasoning is that when you flash, and allow the rom to instal, it doesn't do a task 29, so you flash, and then do a hard reset which forces a task 29, followed by the rom setting itself up for first use.
( Personally i sometimes do, sometimes dont. In my experience I seem as likely to get a good rom without doing it as getting a bad rom after doing it. Seems pretty hit and miss)
A flash is actualy doing the same as Task29, but when you use only Task29 it wipes out the phone internal memory and you have nothing.
During flash the rom gets formatted and the new data will be written.
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The reasoning is that when you flash, and allow the rom to instal, it doesn't do a task 29, so you flash, and then do a hard reset which forces a task 29, followed by the rom setting itself up for first use.
( Personally i sometimes do, sometimes dont. In my experience I seem as likely to get a good rom without doing it as getting a bad rom after doing it. Seems pretty hit and miss)
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A flash is actualy doing the same as Task29, but when you use only Task29 it wipes out the phone internal memory and you have nothing.
During flash the rom gets formatted and the new data will be written.
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so task29 is not really something necessary, if you flash and hard reset right after?
Sorry for the newb question, but coming from excalibur to kaiser to raphael and now hd2, it's the first time I heard of task29, so just wanted to check if it's a big deal or not!
Yeah, I've heard mixed talk about Task29. I actually would really like to know what it is exactly. Why is it called Task29? Is it the same for all phones? I know you have to run a program from your computer to do it (Well, atleast that's what I think) I've never been brave enough to search for it and really understand it. Just saying "Task29" is kinda scary sounding!
Task 29 is a commando you give with MTTY to wipe out your phones internal memory.
MTTY has many commands and some can realy kill your phone as it can touch the bootloader if you give the wrong commands.
A device without a bootloader is dead.
Maybe other people think different about this but I recommend to use it only incase of a emergengy, to fix a corrupted flash.
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Yeah, I've heard mixed talk about Task29. I actually would really like to know what it is exactly. Why is it called Task29? Is it the same for all phones? I know you have to run a program from your computer to do it (Well, atleast that's what I think) I've never been brave enough to search for it and really understand it. Just saying "Task29" is kinda scary sounding!
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THANK YOU!!! First time I started flashing (Kaiser) i did as advised. Ie. hard reset... then I quit doing this IMO absolutely unnecessary step and never noticed any difference.
The device memory will hard-reset and format everytime I flash it anyway.
Why should be two formats better than one?
Once you format hard drive, it's formatted. No need to format it again.
When people say "some files don't get formated" I'd like to see a proof. What files? What program did you use to view these files? If there is no such, HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW then????
Laurentius26 said:
Task 29 is a commando you give with MTTY to wipe out your phones internal memory.
MTTY has many commands and some can realy kill your phone as it can touch the bootloader if you give the wrong commands.
A device without a bootloader is dead.
Maybe other people think different about this but I recommend to use it only incase of a emergengy, to fix a corrupted flash.
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I was running my HD2 this morning on Android and it was working peferctly. now no signal appears wether its on windows or android.
can anyone help me please? my radio is 12.
Have you tried turning airplane mode on/off
or reapplying your network settings...........
i think they are under the winmo settings somewhere.....
settings tab.........menu.........all settings...........
connections........ etc..
I have tried them and no luck. I also tried to change the sim card to my old phone and they work I chnaged my radio 3 times and no luck.
I googled it and saw like mostly everyone is having problems and all they did is to return it from where they got it.
What I want is to fix it by myself because my phone i got was from my uncle and he bought that phone from an office mate that is brand new untouched.
How would I fix it without giving it to a company? My phone is factory unlocked.
If youve tried a new radio and it still doesnt work then I cant see any other way of fixing it.......
might be worth trying a completely new start....
task 29 and reflash of an official rom/radio in one go.........
Could you please tell me what is Task 29 and can you help me how?
Apparently, if you hard reset it still doesn't fix the reception problem. So after i do Task 29 would it be possible to do a complete wipe of the phone like it was never hacked before?
EDIT: BTW on your first post you told me to select the network... My phone can not even see a single network.
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Apparently, if you hard reset it still doesn't fix the reception problem. So after i do Task 29 would it be possible to do a complete wipe of the phone like it was never hacked before?
EDIT: BTW on your first post you told me to select the network... My phone can not even see a single network.
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What I meant was to try and set up the connection as if youd just boted the phone for the first time but if youve done a hard reset and that hasnt fixed it then that wont work either........
gimme a few mins and Ill look up some task 29 links for you....
never used it myself though im afraid........
out of curiousity...... is your wifi/bluetooth still working??
Yes. and my current ROM is stock so is there a problem about that?
ok heres the link to the task29 thread.....
ive never used it so Im not sure on the fine details....
theres a video walkthrough so you cant really go wrong........
after that try flashing a stock rom/radio and see if that helps......
if not then I can only assume its a hardware problem........
The most easy's way is to get beck like your device was in the first time!
Preparing: Download the official Rom fore your device on the HTC website.
You will see it will be a .exe file.
Open the exe file with WinZip, and extract the RUU_signed.nbh file.
Now go here I know there is mention "he ones who know all risks of flashing roms" but if you follow the instructions it is the fastest, simply's and a all in one application.
This Video clip is clear
Thanks guys for helping me but has it been proven that it fixes this?
Are both programs the same? I'm confused, which one should I really run?
After this all setting you have now will be deleted and you restore the settings how it was made by the factory!
The one ore the other don't care wit hone you take, the result will be the same.
The one my friend conantroutman mention will do simply a task29 (Remove everything)
The one I mention will do Task29 + he will install your rom.
Ive never heard of this before..........
this isnt guaranteed to fix the problem but the reason I suggested it is because it is the most complete kind of formatting you can possibly do to your phone and should clear any errors/conflicts with software.....
if it doesnt then I think your looking at a hardware problem but the fact that your wifi/bluetooth still work suggests that its not the hardware...........
Thanks again, I know you never heard of the problem but heres a thread like mine but never solved
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=675827
you can also google htc hd2 no signal.
superjjskate said:
Thanks again, I know you never heard of the problem but heres a thread like mine but never solved
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=675827
you can also google htc hd2 no signal.
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Give the Task29 a chance; running Android can changed sometimes needed values, files. To figure out witch one it is, is difficult.
With task29 all settings will be removed, and when you reinstall the official Stock Rom of your device it will be like you start your device fore the first time! so everything must work (normally, if it isn't a hardware problem)
Guys it doesnt work D: !! on the setup screen it found what provider my sim is but it still can't connect.
What do i do now? if it is an antenna, would they able to fix it and where? how can i use HTC's warranty.
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Guys it doesnt work D: !! on the setup screen it found what provider my sim is but it still can't connect.
What do i do now? if it is an antenna, would they able to fix it and where? how can i use HTC's warranty.
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It seams to be a hardware issue.
Did you install HSPL in the past?
If yes remove HSPL, if thy see this thy don't accept warranty!
Yeh, but I'm prepaid and i got my phone as a present. (factory unlock)
my HD2 has done pretty much the same thing after running android.
very poor signal, and constantly loosing signal in areas where it got full, and cant pick up 3g or hsdpa anymore, tryed flashing a different radio but no luck any fix yet?
Ok, so I went to flash a new ROM on my phone, and when I go to the run the RUU, I get the screen with the 4 steps to complete, which are already completed, then hit next. Now I get "Error [240] : File Open" and below that it says "The Update Utility cannot open the requested file. Please check the update utility."
I tried downloading the Update Utility again, but it still does the same thing. Ive flashed my phone before, and Im pretty sure Im not doin anything different this time, but its not workin. Am I missing somethin?
Thanks
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Ok, so I went to flash a new ROM on my phone, and when I go to the run the RUU, I get the screen with the 4 steps to complete, which are already completed, then hit next. Now I get "Error [240] : File Open" and below that it says "The Update Utility cannot open the requested file. Please check the update utility."
I tried downloading the Update Utility again, but it still does the same thing. Ive flashed my phone before, and Im pretty sure Im not doin anything different this time, but its not workin. Am I missing somethin?
Thanks
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Check if your harddrive isn't full.
A RUU extract some files, and if your harddrive is full it can't
Nope, its not full. Far from it actually lol.
new-b said:
Nope, its not full. Far from it actually lol.
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flashing trough sd-card?
im having the same problem i get the error code as well, is it possble to flash from the microsd. I am a nooby at this and understand how to flash.
xmoo said:
flashing trough sd-card?
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Nope, win mo device center.
WeaponX2010 said:
im having the same problem i get the error code as well, is it possble to flash from the microsd. I am a nooby at this and understand how to flash.
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Its in the tutorial, but I havent tried it yet. Ive never had a problem flashing through the USB before.
Tried it from the SD card. Went great. Just takes a little longer.
Still open to suggestions about usin active sync though.
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Check if your harddrive isn't full.
A RUU extract some files, and if your harddrive is full it can't
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Hi xmoo. Can YOU please help? With this:
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URGENT MAJOR HELP REQUIRED *PLEASE*:
I am stuck on DFT boot screen (after doing 1234-vol up_down-wp7-reset) and this is *after* (wp7 here !) all the chains b4 that are done: ie: power on, hspl, htc, magldr- for windows phone 7 on hd2. Sometimes get thru to windows phone 7. but generally reboots. Done spl back to stock and leoimg on sd back to stock and tried task28s, 29s, etc but just reboots constantly and randomly.
Any thoughts here? What is warranty process? DO they replace at all with NEW? or new BOARDS/RAM? Gone back to 1.66 spl and sent in for repairs. because - the stupid recommended Romupdateutility HTC stock rom 'upgrade' did this damage. yes, was Windows Phone 7 and activated using dev hack with marketplace & xbox/live. Also - although I activate ok and can use it on market fine once it boots good - still when both my hd7 (hd2) and Mozart are signed into XboxLive using same address at same time: (mozart is legit fully/eula-signed etc) then the hd2 seems to reset a LOT here at this point. maybe this has something to do with usual xbox-live security? ie: http://www.wpcentral.com/hack-xbox-live-windows-phone-7-get-perma-banned-microsoft ?????????? please hlp me - I am fully capable of mtty, sd-leoimg, whatever it takes- but need to know why this would be the case? same with Android roms/stock too. Anyone know about task2a on hd2? how many bad blocks I should have? partition/re-partition droid or wp7 to avoid these bad blocks? I just WISH Cotulla/DFT let you run the windows phone 7 installer in such a way that all bad bloks could be excluded totally as if the never exist... ie make hd2 clean.
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note: although I have gone bak to original spl+rom in past I have (both unsuccs &succesfully) have previously done task2a and even spl-mfg install and radios/roms as DEBUG/SPL-MFG. xmoo?