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did I brick my g2

I tried to perma-root my G2 using visionary r14. I was dumb enough to assume I didn't have to do anything manually. Did I have to turn S-OFF thing off before trying to permaroot? Now I'm stuck at HTC boot screen. Did I brick my G2?

this is very important take out ur battery put it back in after hold to power + Vol down button and see if ur thing says S-off in the top right corner of the screen if it does u have a semi brick and that all the knowledge i know so see if some else can help u further

It says S-on
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

ummm does it still have a 30 day return policy cuz ur screwed basically there was a post somewhere on here but tell them it wont turn or where ever u bought it

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495... info on semi bricks... hope it helps

alfadog77 said:
ummm does it still have a 30 day return policy cuz ur screwed basically there was a post somewhere on here but tell them it wont turn or where ever u bought it
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You ignorant fool. You do realize this was exactly what htc was trying to prevent with the NAND lock? Dumb people screwing up their phones and then trying to return them. Don't encourage people to go screw htc out of $600.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.

If you get get into HBOOT (vol down and power) then you haven't bricked it and should be able to flash a ROM from HBOOT.

It is not bricked, but you don't sound comfortable with anything advanced. Let someone who knows what they are doing fix it for you.

I can boot to HBOOT. Is there a thread that can help me? Should I try to factory reset? If I need to flash an image, which one should I try?
Here's what it says on HBOOT screen
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.03.26_M
eMMC-boot

ibemad1 said:
You ignorant fool. You do realize this was exactly what htc was trying to prevent with the NAND lock? Dumb people screwing up their phones and then trying to return them. Don't encourage people to go screw htc out of $600.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
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Um, no. HTC does not loose $600. They loose a little labor and the cost of referbishing the phone. All they have to do is reflash the phone through the usb port and its ready to go in a couple minutes. Seems like they could get less returns if they opened up the bootloader and made it impossible to brick.

... you can't make anything *impossible* to brick. Even your home computer... wipe the bios and it's bricked.... need to pull the bios off and reprogram it the hard way.
Now with radio s-off, this is pretty much in the same state... you could theoretically have a blank hboot and still recover it, with just a USB cable.

ibemad1 said:
You ignorant fool. You do realize this was exactly what htc was trying to prevent with the NAND lock? Dumb people screwing up their phones and then trying to return them. Don't encourage people to go screw htc out of $600.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
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promptly find yourself a cliff and jump off of it for the rest of humanity and its progeny's sake.
thanks.

sleepy_sanchez said:
I tried to perma-root my G2 using visionary r14. I was dumb enough to assume I didn't have to do anything manually. Did I have to turn S-OFF thing off before trying to permaroot? Now I'm stuck at HTC boot screen. Did I brick my G2?
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while the situation looks bad (and is) i don't think you're without hope.
i currently investigating both s-on and s-off osbl-based recovery options.
definitely try to get them to replace your phone if possible (as i can do my testing on my functioning phone) but if not, i don't think you're without hope.

hi
hi...
guys dont shout at me... but i got stuck at the same way.. was trying to root with visionary..
somebody help me out ..

weiredgal said:
hi...
guys dont shout at me... but i got stuck at the same way.. was trying to root with visionary..
somebody help me out ..
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Do you have S-off, pull the battery, then reinstall it then volume down + power, the first screen with the skateboarding andriods, the first line will say "VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF" or "S-ON", what does the first line say?

ikarma said:
Um, no. HTC does not loose $600. They loose a little labor and the cost of referbishing the phone. All they have to do is reflash the phone through the usb port and its ready to go in a couple minutes. Seems like they could get less returns if they opened up the bootloader and made it impossible to brick.
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there is no such thing as impossible to brick. htc is trying to prevent bricks now. sheesh.

Why people are still using visionary to root their phone is beyond me.......

hi..
no it says s-on cant reboot . can someone help me out..i promise i wont be back in rooting forums plz...

if you can connect it to a computer and maybe it into adb

i mean *get it into

[Q] HTC Magic 32a perhaps bricked?

Hello wanted to update this magic to yoshi gingerbread 1.4 and i needed the newest radio update.
I updated it thru the recovery menu and rebooted the phone.
Now it just hangs with the download icon and fades out within 10 seconds and shows either black/white silver/green screen sometimes. Mostly black screen.
Here's a video i just made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUzBE1cPTBM
I dont think i can access the recovery menu or the hboot menu already tryed that, via key press.
Any thougts?

20 views and none replys, that looks like theres no hope ?

There must be some one that knows what todo.. no?. Theres always help to find here at xda.

Hi,
Did you tried to remove the battery, then put it back in, and start the device?
What was your HBOOT, SPL and Radio version ?
Regards

Chromatic said:
Hi,
Did you tried to remove the battery, then put it back in, and start the device?
What was your HBOOT, SPL and Radio version ?
Regards
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I thougt i saved the text document with it but perhaps not then lol ..
But i know i had engineering spl and s-off from last time i did it, and i remember something with .08.29 and something about 2009 i wrote down. Thats it what i can remember
I was updating to those files http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9222704&postcount=6 that was pointed from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909900
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omg i just realized they were for 32b i guess?, and im on 32a oO. Im always extra carefull, totally missed what post was what .
I have tryed to take out the battery dozen times.

You could also have used the sticked Ginger Yoshi's dedicated thread , for downloading.
With many advices, like "with this HBOOT and radio, use this release"... and kernel patch.
These information, HBOOT and radio, are really important.
You also said you tried to access the recovery, with no luck.
"volume down + power" give you access to something ?

Chromatic said:
You could also have used the sticked Ginger Yoshi's dedicated thread , for downloading.
With many advices, like "with this HBOOT and radio, use this release"... and kernel patch.
These information, HBOOT and radio, are really important.
You also said you tried to access the recovery, with no luck.
"volume down + power" give you access to something ?
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Hello ill write back when im home where the phone actually is so i can see what i precisely patched and so on . hope you will be with me when i come back

[Q] I'm a little lost--could use some help

First of all, my phone is the T-Mobile myTouch 3G 1.2 32A with the headphone jack and all that.
So I've been trying to flash new SPLs, radios, ROMs, and recoveries, and I've messed things up. I could use some help because I'm totally lost at this point.
The main issue I'm having now is my phone is hanging on the green myTouch 3G screen. I CAN load into fastboot, however. I've been flashing radios and recoveries, but I can't seem to get the phone to boot.
The current readout at the top of my fastboot looks like this:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-3.22.26.17
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I recently flashed the x.26.x radio because I saw some people saying that helped... I think. But I've been using this fastboot commander (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824435) to flash back and forth between the "old" and "new" packages of spl and radios.
Oh yeah, and the recovery I last flashed was titled "recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H". Didn't seem to help my issue. Still not able to get into recovery, only fastboot.
I assume since I'm still able to flash radios and such that I'm not totally screwed, so if someone could point me to the correct files or something, that would be much appreciated. At this point, I'd settle for resetting this thing to factory settings. Whatever it takes to make it functional again would be nice.
Please help! Thanks in advance!

Stop what you are doing!
Find and flash the 1.33.0013 or 0013d spl, a 2.22.x radio and they version of amonra recovery from fastboot. Then you sould be back up and running.
These files are easy to find but ill get you links if you have trouble

OK, I've downloaded what seem to be the correct files. I'll try those out, but for right now it seems my battery is too low to continue. I'll let you know if I have any more questions when I try later, though! Thanks for replying!

Well, I tried those files with no luck. Perhaps you could link me to the right ones? Maybe I got it wrong.
Anyway, my fastboot readout now shows:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.28.25
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Does that look right?

JJWeatherman said:
Well, I tried those files with no luck. Perhaps you could link me to the right ones? Maybe I got it wrong.
Anyway, my fastboot readout now shows:
Does that look right?
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That looks right. So what's wrong?

tvall said:
That looks right. So what's wrong?
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Same issue. I turn the phone on and it hits the green myTouch 3G screen. Then it sits there. I left it for about 20 minutes and there as no change. I'm not sure what could be wrong.

JJWeatherman said:
Same issue. I turn the phone on and it hits the green myTouch 3G screen. Then it sits there. I left it for about 20 minutes and there as no change. I'm not sure what could be wrong.
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Can you get into recovery? Have you flashed a rom? If so, which one?

tvall said:
Can you get into recovery? Have you flashed a rom? If so, which one?
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Still can't get into recovery. I'm currently having trouble getting files onto my SD card. I think you can manage files through the fastloader while connected to USB, but I guess I need drivers for that. I can't seem to find those. :/
If I could get that to work, I could try flashing a ROM. The last ROM I had on there was Cyanogen 6, though.

I was able to get access to my SD card through other means, but how do I flash a ROM from fastloader now? I tried putting an update Zip file in the root. Not sure if that's right. :S

JJWeatherman said:
I was able to get access to my SD card through other means, but how do I flash a ROM from fastloader now? I tried putting an update Zip file in the root. Not sure if that's right. :S
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Roms are flashed through recovery.
So if you dont have a working recovery or rom then you'll have to restore to stock then re-root
Put this on your sdcard and name it sappimg.zip and pot your phone with volume down + power
http://db.tt/gK8ku4w2

tvall said:
Roms are flashed through recovery.
So if you dont have a working recovery or rom then you'll have to restore to stock then re-root
Put this on your sdcard and name it sappimg.zip and pot your phone with volume down + power
http://db.tt/gK8ku4w2
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Yes! Oh my goodness! I have a functioning phone again!
Thanks so much. *e-hug* haha
I'll try my best not to screw this up again.

[Stuck on Recovery] Cannot boot

Hi!, I've a not rooted HTC Desire Z.
After being very slow for some day today the device stay on the white screen with HTC for hours.
I've then tried to factory reset the device but when i select factory reset it stay stuck on the menu voice and i've to reboot removing the battery.
If i choose recovery it shows a green circle and an arrow in the center.
I've searched a bit on the forum but who has the same problem has not my model of phone and who has the same model has already unlocked the bootloder.. so... could anyone show me the right image/process to take to unlock/format the phone?

Put the og pc10 image for your phone and flash through flashboot. Start over. You're hanging cause your not rooted
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

where can i download this pc10 image?
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in the meantime i've searched in the forum looking for this image... i've found two files i think that the good one is the one that end with "signed"
PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
it need to be renamed in PC10IMG.zip ?
in meantime:
I've tried
putting the image with the firs and the second name but it stay in the same stuck white screen...
ok figured it going in bootloader mode with the file in the flash... but i can't find the original PC10IMG.zip to use.
I'm really lost in all the topics... please help

koma85 said:
where can i download this pc10 image?
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in the meantime i've searched in the forum looking for this image... i've found two files i think that the good one is the one that end with "signed"
PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
it need to be renamed in PC10IMG.zip ?
in meantime:
I've tried
putting the image with the firs and the second name but it stay in the same stuck white screen...
ok figured it going in bootloader mode with the file in the flash... but i can't find the original PC10IMG.zip to use.
I'm really lost in all the topics... please help
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Uhh uhh uhh... until someone like niqper (or however you spell his name) comes in here and tells you to flash that PC10IMG, do NOT flash it, I'm not saying it will break your phone but considering you aren't rooted I'm thinking it's not at all necessary and I don't know the consequences.. So wait, can you access the bootloader by holding down + vol ? What happens exactly?

noneabove said:
Uhh uhh uhh... until someone like niqper (or however you spell his name) comes in here and tells you to flash that PC10IMG, do NOT flash it, I'm not saying it will break your phone but considering you aren't rooted I'm thinking it's not at all necessary and I don't know the consequences.. So wait, can you access the bootloader by holding down + vol ? What happens exactly?
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Hi! and thank you for your interess:
The phone is unbranded and not rooted.
It's impossible to boot normally
And selecting the recovery or the factory reset just freeze on the bootloader screen.
I've tried putting the PC10IMG.zip that I've found on the web but seems that I need a later version because all the version I've used are too old.
Code:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011,23:36:27

Try creating a gold card, you'll find how to guides all over the web
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Here is the RUU for your phone RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.42.405.2_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_199043_signed.exe
You can try just running the exe, or extracting the zip from it (run it, until it loads (says press next or whatever) and go to the %temp% dir in windows, and do a search for rom.zip, should be roughly 250mb)
It will be safe to flash, but will wipe all your data.
I do have a suspicion that you have a fried emmc chip, you seem to have some of the symptoms, so if it hangs during the flash that will be why, in which case you can't fix it and will need to get a replacement.
-Nipqer

Nipqer said:
Here is the RUU for your phone
You can try just running the exe, or extracting the zip from it (run it, until it loads (says press next or whatever) and go to the %temp% dir in windows, and do a search for rom.zip, should be roughly 250mb)
It will be safe to flash, but will wipe all your data.
I do have a suspicion that you have a fried emmc chip, you seem to have some of the symptoms, so if it hangs during the flash that will be why, in which case you can't fix it and will need to get a replacement.
-Nipqer
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Thank you, I've extracted the rom.zip and uploaded it on the SD.
The process starts updating but hangs on the first step (updating bootloader).
I think that you are right the emmc is gone...

koma85 said:
Thank you, I've extracted the rom.zip and uploaded it on the SD.
The process starts updating but hangs on the first step (updating bootloader).
I think that you are right the emmc is gone...
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That's a real shame time to upgrade to SGS3 or One X ? I think sooo! I'm so glad we have a resident expert like niqper to help us out with general technical stuff though so when I make the change I'll definitely miss that !
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA

noneabove said:
That's a real shame time to upgrade to SGS3 or One X ? I think sooo! I'm so glad we have a resident expert like niqper to help us out with general technical stuff though so when I make the change I'll definitely miss that !
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA
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I've sent the phone in repair. I'll update with new infos

Here is the RUU for your phone RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.42.405.2_Radio_ 12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_199043_signed.ex e
You can try just running the exe, or extracting the zip from it (run it, until it loads (says press next or whatever) and go to the %temp% dir in windows, and do a search for rom.zip, should be roughly 250mb)
It will be safe to flash, but will wipe all your data.
My boot screen says:
Vision PVT ship s-on
HBoot 0.85.0013
Microp-0425
radio-26.10.04.03_m
eMMC-boot
Before it read:
Vision PVT Eng s-off
HBOOT-0.76.2000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
Its an HTC G2 but has the same problem with being stuck on the HTC screen
Is there an ruu for my phone? I tried the one above and it started fine, updated the first 2 then reset then when it reloaded it says "model ID incorrect"

You shouldn't of flashed that rom, thats for a DZ, not a G2.
You must've had fake S-OFF too.
You can try flashing this rom PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_2.15.531.3_Radio_12.52.60.25U_26.08.04.30_M3.zip
You better hope your main version is low enough to accept it though.
And that the DZ hboot accepts it (chances are it'll throw some sort of heap error)
You might be able to use a goldcard (which you need a functioning android phone to create) to allow the DZ stock rom to flash, though I can't guarantee anything.
Your phone not booting would be because the g2 hboot and dz hboot have their partition layout quite different, so its looking in the wrong place to try load android now.
-Nipqer

[Q] Desire Z unbootable and unflashable

Hey xda crew,
I am pretty sure my Desire Z is up sh*t creek now without a hope. As such I am here with my begging on... Help please!!
Last night I went through the app library and manually updated about 7 apps simultaneously. At some point the phone hung, and wouldn't respond. I pulled the battery and booted it back up, and it simply hung again as soon as it connected to wifi. It ran fine without a data connection however.
So this went on and on. I booted, connected to wifi and tried to kill each download asap before it hung again (can't access the market to kill the d/l w/o connection!). Inevitably it would hang each time and then i'd repeat. Finally though it simply got stuck on the HTC boot screen and never went any further.
I've tried everything googleable so far, but unfortunately no love. Here are my specs:
Desire Z, stock standard, no modding, ever.
Vision pvt ship S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0013
Microp-0425
Radio-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011
I have tried the following to recover the phone:
Leave it loading on HTC screen (30+ mins): Never loads
Factory reset in HBOOT: Hangs
Recovery in HBOOT: Goes to HTC screen, then the green recovery icon, and then blacks out. As soon as the screen goes black it vibrates fiercely 7 times in anger and then dies.
Fastboot w/ RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_hTC_Asia_TW_2.42.709.10_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_201045_signed.exe: RUU sees phone but cannot reboot into bootloader, times out.
Flash manually using PC10IMG.zip, (rom.zip) from the RUU above: Initially didn't work due to CID invalid warning in HBOOT, however have made a gold card manually on PC and gotten past that warning. The ROM reads and verifies fully in HBOOT but upon verification just goes back to HBOOT screen without the option to flash.
With the intent to wipe everything: Flash the HBOOT with an engineering version from here: virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html: As per the RUU Rom, HBOOT reads and verifies successfully but never gives the option to flash.
Erase cache from fastboot command line: Hangs
Beyond that I don't know what else to try. I can't use adb as I cannot boot and don't have any custom recovery roms installed that will allow it. Likewise I can't flash with fastboot due to S-ON.
So because warranty ended a month ago, it goes in the bin tomorrow unless someone has an alternative Even if it is a highly dangerous method, I don't really care, it's good as dead anyway...
Interestingly enough it seems there are a few people with the same issue, all posted within about a week of each other. Everyone was doing the same thing... updating a bunch of apps!
Thanks in advance

When I rooted mine, I simply followed the instructions provided over at CyanogenMod ( http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Firmware_Downgrade_(Gingerbread) ) doing the firmware downgrade and then the rooting exploit, from there I actually upgraded the radio (thread in my signature) and then got the EliteMod rom.
PS: My Bootloader screen is basically:
VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC1010000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 20 2010,16:51:01
Just not entirely sure how you're going to go bout the fr3vo method without least a stock rom to exploit into.

well jtag... not what you wanted to hear I'm sure
not trying to add insult to injury but next phone make sure you root it right away, chances are this all could have been fixed with the right permissions, short of a hardware failure of course
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Thanks for taking the time to help out mate.
As it stands, there is no way to use adb so I can't downgrade as per the directions in the link.
I have since tried several other newer and older roms as well, still the same thing, it unpacks them and verifies and then does nothing.
Quite sure now it is dead, so I have just bought a new one off ebay.
Poor old thing, I did enjoy that phone!

demkantor said:
well jtag... not what you wanted to hear I'm sure
not trying to add insult to injury but next phone make sure you root it right away, chances are this all could have been fixed with the right permissions, short of a hardware failure of course
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
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Yes, you are absolutely right... I was thinking the same thing. Thew new one will be rooted the minute it arrives. The good news i suppose is that desire z's are so cheap now that they are discontinued.
I honestly love the functionality, speed etc.. no need to upgrade whatsoever.

Your bootloader is stock and you are S-On why not just use your warranty ?