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After trying to update one HTC Herald That i received form a friend. It failed at 2% and Herald doent want to boot even boot to bootloader anyone did experience this before????
koolstuffz said:
Hi
After trying to update one HTC Herald That i received form a friend. It failed at 2% and Herald doent want to boot even boot to bootloader anyone did experience this before????
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Is the phone HardSPL???
And try searching the threads first. There's tousands of threads called "Help, I Bricked My Phone!!".
And try starting the phone (where it goes to whichever logo, a T-Mobile or HTC or whatever one, it doesn't matter), and then hold down the camera button. While holding that, press and release the soft reset button. Continue to hold the camea button until you see the screen change to something new (like a white screen or a color-band screen). See if you can then connect your phone to your computer and flash at that point. If your phone is already HardSPLed, then you can just flash via Storage Card.
Also, you can try holding down both the Left and Right softkeys, and while holding those, press the Soft Reset button. That should allow you to Hard Reset your phone, if I remember right. But that won't do anything, most likely, since it'll just go back to the broken ROM. So, basically, don't try that, since it won't work, most likely.
I'm glad to help, but after you've read some of the other threads that have similar issues. Thanks!
What does it do when you turn it on? You can't get it into the bootloader manually at all?
Have you tried the instructions in the first post of this thread?
Digital Outcast said:
What does it do when you turn it on? You can't get it into the bootloader manually at all?
Have you tried the instructions in the first post of this thread?
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He hasn't even responded to me, and I believe I told him to go to bootloader too. Seems like he posted, searched, solved, and then ignored this thread that he uselessly created.
And lol, is that a sticky that you linked to? How big do we have to make stickys until people actually notice them?!?!?
Oh it's sad, very sad. LOL
First off im sorry im adding another rooting post to these boards.
So i decided to root my 32B magic today copyed the recovery.img over and update file from the rooting wiki, loaded recovery mode then updated, but now my phone when turned on loads to the vodafone screen and freezes id left it for afew hrs but still no luck.
Here is what i know so far:
I am able to get to fastboot and fastboot usb
I cant however get to recovery mode by pressing menu+power
I can get to the recovery mode using the sdk\tools
my problem is that im sure the fix is relativly simple i.e. load some files onto sd and start again, but the problem is that i have no other way to load the files onto the sd card than through the phone and my knowledge of adb isnt that great although has improved greatly today lol.
Im not sure how correct i am on this, but would it be a possible fix to load say a rom update.zip onto the sd card and load that through recovery mode to bring it up? If that would fix it could i possible get help on the adb code needed to pass the file from computer to the phone through fastboot usb or recovery.
Thank you very much for your help
Ok i think i have figured how to push files to my sd card however whenever i try it come up saying Failed ( remote:signature verify fail)
ok well i managed to move Cyanogen's newest rom over and update to that but its still hanging up at the vodafone screen upon booting, im lost for ideas.
Please any help how ever small would be amazing right now.
please help is desperatly needed.
i am having the same issue.... and it seems NO ONE has a bloody answer to why it is failing
I successfully update to 32A and root. Then i tried to update to MT3G OTA rom and now i'm stuck at Vodafone screen. Need help or ideas and how to recover..
i had the same problem, what i did was that i found a sd card adapter and hooked it up to my computer, its pretty quick and less hassle
waacow said:
I successfully update to 32A and root. Then i tried to update to MT3G OTA rom and now i'm stuck at Vodafone screen. Need help or ideas and how to recover..
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take out your battery and after a few seconds put it back in, before it powers up go into fastboot(back+power) and that should do it
I still have a pretty red splash screen and stucked.
neoxtian said:
take out your battery and after a few seconds put it back in, before it powers up go into fastboot(back+power) and that should do it
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I have same problem, but your solution didn't work for me.
I did as follows.
#1. typed following command in terminal.(well, I'm using Mac)
Code:
fastboot-mac flash recovery recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img
#2. pulled battery off from phone.
#3. pluged USB cable to phone and also Mac.
#4. pressed (ENTER) in the terminal, then fastboot-mac said '< waiting for device >'.
#5. put the battery in while pressing (back)+(power)
#6. then, pretty red vodafone splash screen come up.
#7. In the terminal, it still said '< waiting for device >'. Nothing was changed.
#8. On the phone, pretty red splash screen was still there. Nothing was changed.
Those are all I have done many times for last 2 days.
But, it didn't work.
Please let me know if there is something I missed.
I tried and stuck in the exactly same problem as [robotician]. I have MT3G.
robotician said:
#5. put the battery in while pressing (back)+(power)
#6. then, pretty red vodafone splash screen come up.
#7. In the terminal, it still said '< waiting for device >'. Nothing was changed.
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THe red vodafone should not come up. You have to hold the back key longer perhaps, because it's supposed to go into the fastboot screen with all sorts of text and three androids on skateboards at the bottom.
@Niaski
was your rom made for the 32B or the 32A?
They are very diferent phones and mixing the roms causes the issue you are seeing.
Long story short I've got a Rogers Dream, 32B, 2005 SPL that up until recently I had only rooted. When I'd press power and home it reported Cyanogen JF 1.2 I believe.
I was trying to update my ROM, long story short I renamed the signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip to update.zip, (because I didn't have any option to select which file I wanted to use to update) loaded it, then realized I was unable to access the SDcard in any way (card reader, etc) to replace that file with the latest cyanogen rom.
So now my phone is stuck at the Rogers boot logo, and I can't get into fastboot or the loader screen.
How effed am I? As effed as I suspect? Anyway to recover this thing, or did I just dumbass myself into a $350 paperweight?
unfortunately I think I am running into a problem just like yours.. I'm running AmonRA 1.5.0 recovery. For a few days it was working fine. I basically did a wipe on the phone and restarted the phone hoping to get the command list to come back up but now I don't get anything but a HTC recovery logo on my phone. I've been pressing a combination of all kinds of buttons to see if there is a way to bypass the recovery console but I'm getting nothing but that HTC logo (which should be something like the Android mascot for some of you), yet I am also not getting to see the T-Mobile G1 boot screen (US Phone) anymore, I assume you don't see your carrier on your screen neither..
Anyways, if anyone can give us any advice, your support will be greatly valuable.
Pull the battery, once the device is off replace the battery. Hold down the camera button and press the power button. If you get to a rainbow colored screen, or a white screen with Androids on skateboards you are not bricked. If you are unable to get to one of these screens I am afraid you have a paperweight, or at least until someone figures out the JTAG pins to manually re-write the startup code back to the phone.
If you can get to one of those screens, you are in good hands! If you have a T-Mobile G1 then simply download this and extract the file within (DREAIMG.nbh) to the ROOT directory of a freshly formatted (FAT format) SD card.
Just reboot the phone with the camera button pressed and follow the directions.
This will get you back to Android 1.0, please follow guides from that point forward.
Ok.. So a friend of mine suddenly got a triangle with the exclamation mark picture on his phone. That's all it boots up to. So, he took it to T-mobile, they told him it's FUBAR, and sold him a new phone.
The fact that the thing boots to a recovery mode tells me that there's SOME way to un-FUBAR this phone. My friend is too technologically inadiquate to attempt to do any modifying, so I'm going to assume he was at whatever firmware level would hve been blasted out to T-mobile as of last Friday 01/15/2010.
If I boot the phone normally, it gives me the TriAngle. I pop open the keyboard and hit alt-L and the I get the Android System Recovery menu. at the bottom I get "E:CAn't open /cache/recovery/command"
I've spent all day bouncing around this forum, and many like it, downloaded all sorts of G1 fimwares trying to go back to RC29, RC28, 30, 33.. gah! The latest one I'm trying to update to is "signed-kila-ota-116143-prereq.TC4-RC19+RC28+RC29.zip" Which i rename to update.zip . I hit alt-L, select 'update from SD card' It goes through:
--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update package....
Installation aborted.
That's it... no more log than that.
I've done the Alt-W, and Alt-S.. wiped cache partition. I think playing around with the recent firmwares might be fun, but I'd like to get this bad boy reset back to factory defaults. I've read the forums here on how to do that.. but all of the procedures fail.
I can get Windows 7 to recognize the phone, but I cannot access the sd card while it is in the phone. I've been transfering data to it by taking the sdcard out, and putting it into a known good SD card reader. I've formatted the sdcard to FAT16, and FAT32 quick and not quick.
Seriously.. why is this so complicated? Now I need some serious digging assistance. Is there an interface that will allow me to directly talk to this phone via the USB cable? How can I force an firmware onto it? Clearly something is functional, or I would get no I/O. How can I get this silly thing back to where it was? I know this thread seems like a redundant one, but as far as I can tell, its not. The typical procedures posted here don't seem to work, but I'll be happy to run through any steps y'all suggest. I'll resign that it's been bricked if that's really whats happened.. but I'm not ready to throw this unit away yet.
Ask questions.. let me answer them. I know this team can get this phone working again.
Thanks y'all.
--Rob aka The Austin Slacker.
Have you tried the RC29 DREAIMG.nbh file?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4593084&postcount=1
Roadmasta01 said:
Have you tried the RC29 DREAIMG.nbh file?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4593084&postcount=1
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bingo !
sounds like your friend tried to flash something he shouldn't have. or messed around with stuff he shouldn't.
as far as taking it to the store, and accepting their suggestion to "GIVE US YOUR MONEY!" that was a mistake.
the phone is likely fine, and maybe you'll buy it from him for cheap, then fix, resell/use.
good luck, should be easy.
The "press camera and power to get to bootloader" procedure. I've tried holding the Camera while pressing power over and over and all I get is the triangle. However if I press power and the "back" button (swooping arrow to the left), I'll get the bars screen, and a Gray screen telling me to press send to restore.... Which is all good, but there's no progress or any thing to indicate that i've done something by pressing the send button.(based on cell phone standards, I'm assuming "send" is the green "call" button.
Is this normal?
No yeah.. he gave me the G1.. its mine. I just need to fix the little bugger.. .. well.. then laugh at him
Ok.. one more day (well ok.. couple hours) of fiddling with this thing, and i'm begining to wonder if Microsoft was involved. I'm not able to get this poor G1 to do anything new. I tried using a different SD card, hoping perhaps the one I got with it was bad... no dice. camera + power doesn't do anything useful.
I can connect it to the PC.. but i can't see the data card that way. adb devices reads no output, so its not correctly attaching to the PC (tried Windows 7 32bit, and Windows XP 64bit).. There's gotta be a good way to force a known good image onto this silly thing.
Is it probable that the internal memory has gotten corrupt somehow? I know someone out there's got the golden suggestion, please do tell if you do. I'd really like to use this phone.
--Rob
If you can get into fast boot (the tri color screen) there are ways to flash it... try getting into your tri color, then plugging in the USB cable and see if it switches from Serial 0 to USB at the bottom, if so you are golden to flash using the fast boot method.
There are guides around on how exactly to do that, as well a couple places that you can download the official RUU that will do all the hard work for you!
gah.. nothing doing. I can hit Back and Home, and end up with the tri-color screen for about 1/5th of a second, then a gray screen saying:
This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press Send to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
At this point, the unit is dead. I can remove the battery, and continue on my little quest.. but hitting *any* key at all (including the Send key) will not produce any sort of output. I've tried pressing Send one time, then setting the phone down for a full hour (watched a netflix show) nothing. I can't power it off either w/o removing the battery.
I would throw in the towel.. but from all the research i've been doing, it seems as if this one is behaving in a manner in which other forum users havne't posted. Maybe by continuing to try options and post results, a positive outcome will come out, and someone else who has a G1 behaving this way will have an easier time.
... or y'all can tell me that its toast and to bugger off.. ha ha.. either way.. I continue to google. If you can think of anything, please toss it out.
OH!.. tried an RUU.. found one called. RhodiumSPLRelocker Looks promising.. but can't see the device when attached to the PC... yeah.. guess the phone has to have a functioning OS before that will happen...
You would want a Dream RUU... I looked around a bit and couldn't find one. Maybe someone has a quick link?
Double check that your SD card is formatted FAT32 and see if you can get ADB to see it when on that greay screen.
I've formatted the SD card in FAT32 multiple times.. I even questioned if my Windows 7 32bit would do it, and formatted it on a laptop running XP 64bit. adb doesn't seem to see it ever.
I don't get why I can't get it into fast boot. I've been looking on ebay for dream G1s with broken screens.. heh.. I guess i'm preparing for the worst. really sad, becasue this G1 was actually pretty well taken care of. My friend didn't do anything he shouldn't. HE woke up one morning and it was like this. He lives out in the country.. so he gets pretty spotty signal. I'm wondering if T-Mobile didn't push out an update, and it got interrupted by signal loss.
By the by... I've been doing all this work w/o a SIM card. Does that matter?
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(based on cell phone standards, I'm assuming "send" is the green "call" button.
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its not the green send button -- its the red end button
see below extracted from http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
Load the DreaIMG.nbh File
1. Download the Original DreaIMG.nbh file:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXSQ0T7W
2. If the file downloaded above downloads as a .Zip file, please unzip it first then put the DreamIMG.nbh file that is inside on the SD card, NOT in any folder. (If you did Section I the phone is off still, take out the memory card, put it in the MicroSD adapter and plug it into your computer to transfer the file over, since your G1 won’t turn on right now if you did Section I above. Otherwise if you did not need to do Section I above, then you can just put it on the SD card normally using the usb cable and the phone).
3. Turn the phone off if it is on.
4. Turn on the phone by holding the Camera button and the End key until the bootloader screen turns on.
5. Hit the End key to start the update. DO NOT INTERUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. Once it is done, hit the trackball to restart the phone. You now are on the stock firmware RC29
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The "press camera and power to get to bootloader" procedure. I've tried holding the Camera while pressing power over and over and all I get is the triangle. However if I press power and the "back" button (swooping arrow to the left), I'll get the bars screen, and a Gray screen telling me to press send to restore.... Which is all good, but there's no progress or any thing to indicate that i've done something by pressing the send button.(based on cell phone standards, I'm assuming "send" is the green "call" button.
Is this normal?
No yeah.. he gave me the G1.. its mine. I just need to fix the little bugger.. .. well.. then laugh at him
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You mention that you can access fastboot by pressing the back button while turning it on, isn't that how the hero gets into fastboot? maybe your friend tried flashing a rom that was meant for the hero. if you have access to fastboot you should be able to flash a new image from there, just place the image file in the root of your card and follow the fastboot instructions
Also if fastboot isn't doing it for you have you tried adb? if you don't know what that is look it up I've seen a couple guides on how to do it and they are really detailed.
Im having the same problem, Im stuck in the recover triangle of death. Ive done the alt+w and reboot, the RC29 DREAIMG.nbh , the update.zip, camera+power, I cant get the gray screen to pop. Nothing, its brickkkkeeeddddd, FUBAR. There has got to be someway I can reload this G1. I wasnt trying to root it or anything. I was bowling and then it triangled on me. Anyone have any ideas at all on how to fix it?
Triangle of Death
I'm from Brazil, I can't take it to t-mobile to fix...
when i tried to root my G1 did the downgrade perfectly, the screen was just as it was suposed to be.
But in the recovery mode boot, appeared this triangle with an exclamation...
what do i do now???? help plz!
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Im having the same problem, Im stuck in the recover triangle of death. Ive done the alt+w and reboot, the RC29 DREAIMG.nbh , the update.zip, camera+power, I cant get the gray screen to pop. Nothing, its brickkkkeeeddddd, FUBAR. There has got to be someway I can reload this G1. I wasnt trying to root it or anything. I was bowling and then it triangled on me. Anyone have any ideas at all on how to fix it?
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Any one have any ideas? hell ill pay someone to fix it for me
The only idea I have is make'ing an goldcard so your sure your phone accepts the update (dreaimg)... other than that...
Sent from my HTC Dream G1 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
Any chance the home button is stuck? I'm not 100%, but I think if you were to hold home, camera and power, the recovery would come out on top.
Home button is not stuck, and cant seem to figure out the CID of my SD card since my phone is unaccessable.
I brick my wife phone I installed 2.2 that was fine then I add one of those 2.2 themes after it rebooted it is stuck right after the vibrant theme disappears, I tried every single way but still can't get into the download screen.
after I pull up the cmd screen what do I do next.
Reflash your rom from cwm it well start you all over again but you won't be bootlooping anymore
V5 custom vibrant
I'll love to but it freezes after the virbrant logo.
Turn off the phone then hold power and volume keys when the samsung screen comes up twice let go of the buttons this should take you to clowork recovery then go to reinstall packages if it goes back to the same screen select reinstall packages again then select choose zip from sd then navigate to where your rom is select that and you should be good to go
V5 custom vibrant
drew2jr said:
I brick my wife phone I installed 2.2 that was fine then I add one of those 2.2 themes after it rebooted it is stuck right after the vibrant theme disappears, I tried every single way but still can't get into the download screen.
after I pull up the cmd screen what do I do next.
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to get it into the download screen, take out your battery, sim card, and microSD. plug your phone into your computer's usb. hold the volume up and volume down buttons while putting the battery back in, and you should see an android digging with "downloading..." underneath. after that, you can re-flash your phone. good luck!
Nothing is working I tried everything.
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Nothing is working I tried everything.
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Try going to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
i don't know much cause im new to android phones. that thread is dedicated to helping people fix their bricked vibrant. try asking him instead, he worked wonders with my phone =P
Thanks for all the help guys I got it fixed, I went to captivate site and someone there showed me how to get into the Adb and that's what work so again THANKS for all the help.