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[Resolved] PLEASE help. G2 bricked!

Please help me. I just got it yesterday. My girlfriend was already complaining about me spending the money on it. Now when she gets home...oh boy. I was trying to change the color of the status bar. I went into system/framework, restarted and now it's stuck at the T-Mobile screen.
I just rooted it with adb. I don't have the Clock recovery installed. I don't have alot of time either. Please tell me my options. Here is my hboot screen.
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
H-BOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC

MobileWon said:
Please help me. I just got it yesterday. My girlfriend was already complaining about me spending the money on it. Now when she gets home...oh boy. I was trying to change the color of the status bar. I went into system/framework, restarted and now it's stuck at the T-Mobile screen.
I just rooted it with adb. I don't have the Clock recovery installed. I don't have alot of time either. Please tell me my options. Here is my hboot screen.
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
H-BOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
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Every phone i have had from the g1, mytouch 3g, vibrant, and now g2 it never fails to amaze me how people who dont know what they are doing manage to brick their phone in under a day. PROTIP READ learn what you are doing before you go in doing it so you dont screw yourself.

If you have the hboot menu and you seem to have s-off so you can restore official htc rom or a custom rom
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Yeah. Best bet would be to flash a custom recovery through fastboot and then reinstall the stock rooted rom or install a custom ROM.
And hopefully not make things worse botching the recovery flash

Hot_Hands said:
Yeah. Best bet would be to flash a custom recovery through fastboot and then reinstall the stock rooted rom or install a custom ROM.
And hopefully not make things worse botching the recovery flash
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Yup, exacly what he said.. also, I don't think editing the statusbar from a stock is possible because its odexed, correct me if I am wrong though.. unless you really know what you're doing.. so now after flashing recovery, try again with a nandroid if you have yours if not with fastludeh's stock odex or deodex rom if you want to keep it stock.
Sent from my HTC Vision

You'll need to download this to your android-sdk tools folder:
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img
Then go into fastboot and type
fastboot erase recovery
followed by
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img
From there you should put a custom ROM (probably CM6 or enomthers) or rooted stock as advised above on your SD card, boot into clockwork, wipe system/data and install the ROM (and gapps if you do CM6).
And please remember: nandroids are your friend

Hot_Hands said:
You'll need to download this to your android-sdk tools folder:
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img
Then go into fastboot and type
fastboot erase recovery
followed by
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img
From there you should put a custom ROM (probably CM6 or enomthers) or rooted stock as advised above on your SD card, boot into clockwork, wipe system/data and install the ROM (and gapps if you do CM6).
And please remember: nandroids are your friend
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Thanks, I,m gonna go with the enomthers rom. Do I need to rename it before flashing?

MobileWon said:
Thanks, I,m gonna go with the enomthers rom. Do I need to rename it before flashing?
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Nope. Just put it on your SD and flash from recovery.

MobileWon said:
Thanks, I,m gonna go with the enomthers rom. Do I need to rename it before flashing?
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No, you do not need to rename it.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

MobileWon said:
Thanks, I,m gonna go with the enomthers rom. Do I need to rename it before flashing?
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And just so you know, your lucky that you flashed the ENG HBOOT, without that, you would have been screwed.
EDIT: Oh wait, it says SHIP S-OFF, shouldn't it say ENG S-OFF if you had the ENG boot loader? Did you even flash the new HBOOT?

KoolKidsKlub said:
And just so you know, your lucky that you flashed the ENG HBOOT, without that, you would have been screwed.
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Wait, does he have engineering HBOOT installed? The HBOOT screen he listed says SHIP. Without the ENG HBOOT, he won't be able to fastboot the ClockworkMod Recovery.
To the OP, you probably will have to flash back to the official HTC ROM. See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788489.
And yes, as others have stated, you should make a nandroid backup prior to messing with system files. You cannot edit the framework without DEODEX-ing the system first.

ianmcquinn said:
Wait, does he have engineering HBOOT installed? The HBOOT screen he listed says SHIP. Without the ENG HBOOT, he won't be able to fastboot the ClockworkMod Recovery.
To the OP, you probably will have to flash back to the official HTC ROM. See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788489.
And yes, as others have stated, you should make a nandroid backup prior to messing with system files. You cannot edit the framework without DEODEX-ing the system first.
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Yeah I just noticed that and edited my post about 1-2 minutes ago.

Ok, I entering these commands in cmd window right? Just like I did for rooting, right? If so, it said failed, not allowed when I input fastboot erase recovery.

The guys above were right. I saw s-off and assumed you had the eng-hboot. Sorry. At this point you're going to have to flash an RUU and go back to stock and then try again.

MobileWon said:
Ok, I entering these commands in cmd window right? Just like I did for rooting, right? If so, it said failed, not allowed when I input fastboot erase recovery.
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Yeah ummm you might be screwed, we assumed that you flashed the engineering HBOOT, and only with the engineering HBOOT can you use fastboot to save your self and it seems like you don't have it. I'm not sure what to do now, I think some one said that you might have to flash the stock ROM but I'm not sure how. Wait around for some other guys to help you out, they know more than me with this stuff.

Hot_Hands said:
The guys above were right. I saw s-off and assumed you had the eng-hboot. Sorry. At this point you're going to have to flash an RUU and go back to stock and then try again.
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Ok, I have the stock rom already. How do I flash a RUU? Or can you give me a link?

Hot_Hands said:
The guys above were right. I saw s-off and assumed you had the eng-hboot. Sorry. At this point you're going to have to flash an RUU and go back to stock and then try again.
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Are you sure he can do that? Because theres like a sticky in the dev section of the forums saying NOT to do that unless you know what your doing or only if you flash the EXACT same ROM that came shipped with your phone, or something like that.
EDIT: And if you do have to flash an RUU, could you please explain how? I would like to know how just in case I screw something up(which I probably won't because I have been on my computer searching the forum, asking for help and to double check that what I have learned is correct and what to do if something bad happens for the past week or two) and I can also use the information to help other users.

KoolKidsKlub said:
Are you sure he can do that? Because theres like a sticky in the dev section of the forums saying NOT to do that unless you know what your doing or only if you flash the EXACT same ROM that came shipped with your phone, or something like that.
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That was a warning because if you had S-Off and root it would put S-On and remove root. It was an issue because for a while it was impossible to root the DZ's 1.72 RUU but this has since been worked around and doesn't apply to the G2.

Ok, guys Im not an idiot. I previously had a HD2 and had no problems...just rushing to get my phone right before I go out of town for the weekend. So, whatever I have to do to get it right.

KoolKidsKlub said:
Are you sure he can do that? Because theres like a sticky in the dev section of the forums saying NOT to do that unless you know what your doing or only if you flash the EXACT same ROM that came shipped with your phone, or something like that.
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You might be right.
Ok,... So you have gone into your Hboot screen, select fastboot, then it says Fastboot on the screen yeah? Do:
fastboot devices
in cmd, do you get anything?

If you have S-Off and Updated via OTA

If you have S-Off and Updated via OTA
Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery
Amon Ra Recovery 2.3
Place PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sd card.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time.
Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go
After this you can Flash any Rom of your Choosing and get Super user and Buzy Box back...
What does that Mean you will be Rooted Again
Just make sure you use a Custom Rom or Stock De-odexed or Odexed Rom

I have s-off but I can't go into recovery

jonathan413 said:
I have s-off but I can't go into recovery
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Did you take the OTA already? If so, you no longer have recovery. As the OP stated, since you still have S-off, you just need to reflash your recovery. Download a PC36IMG of Amon Ra's recovery, and flash it with your bootloader. Then you'll have recovery.

Download Amon RA PC36IMG.zip and install it to the root of your SD card, Then boot into Recovery "Pull the Battery hold the Volume Down Button and Press Power"
The PC36IMG.ZIP should start to read by the recovery it will say update recovery follow what it says it should say up to install down for no, let it finish then after that you can install any rom of your choosing

Idk..every time I put the file on the root of the sdcard it never reads it..even on the older bootloaders.

it is named PC36IMG.zip right if so the bootloader should automatically start reading it you should see a progress bar on the top right of the screen
Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery
Amon Ra Recovery 2.3

Yea its named right..I don't even touch the file I just drop it on the root of the sd but nothing gets read when I go to bootloader

In my previous post i linked the Recovery but here it is again
Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery
Amon Ra Recovery 2.3
Place PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sd card.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time.
Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go

Still doesn't work Idk..maybe its the sdcard but I have two sdcards and both are doing the same thing

when you boot to the bootloader does it Say S-Off or S-On

To disable fastboot in ota
Go to settings
Then applications
And disable fastboot
This should allow you to get back into the bootloader
Hope this helps

echarette1 said:
To disable fastboot in ota
Go to settings
Then applications
And disable fastboot
This should allow you to get back into the bootloader
Hope this helps
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Did it and still a no go

kingakuma said:
when you boot to the bootloader does it Say S-Off or S-On
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It says s-off

kingakuma said:
If you have S-Off and Updated via OTA
Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery
Amon Ra Recovery 2.3
Place PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sd card.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time.
Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go
After this you can Flash any Rom of your Choosing and get Super user and Buzy Box back...
What does that Mean you will be Rooted Again
Just make sure you use a Custom Rom or Stock De-odexed or Odexed Rom
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I can personally verify that this works.

animal7296 said:
I can personally verify that this works.
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I wonder why my bootloader doesn't read the file

jonathan413 said:
I wonder why my bootloader doesn't read the file
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Had that problem on a friends evo. Had to use a bigger sd cardto get it to read it.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

jonathan413 said:
Yea its named right..I don't even touch the file I just drop it on the root of the sd but nothing gets read when I go to bootloader
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Are you sure you are s-off?

Stuke00 said:
Are you sure you are s-off?
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Lol I'm positive

After turning off fastboot, did you power off the phone and pull the battery to ensure it did a complete power down? Its only a guess, shouldn't bee behaving like thus if s-off.

echarette1 said:
After turning off fastboot, did you power off the phone and pull the battery to ensure it did a complete power down? Its only a guess, shouldn't bee behaving like thus if s-off.
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Yea did that too

[Q] 2.76.651.4 rootable?

[ROM]RUU_Speedy_S_Sprint_WWE_2.76.651.4_Radio_1.08.00.0 506_NV_SPCS_1.88
is this rom rootable? i cant seem to get visionary to root this rom.
i am unable to gain s-off with .98.0001 boot image. is there anyway to revert back to the orginal hboot?

rchris494 said:
[ROM]RUU_Speedy_S_Sprint_WWE_2.76.651.4_Radio_1.08.00.0 506_NV_SPCS_1.88
is this rom rootable? i cant seem to get visionary to root this rom.
i am unable to gain s-off with .98.0001 boot image. is there anyway to revert back to the orginal hboot?
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id say hit the irc for a faster response from someone who knows and ask them if you can use newkidds 1 zip to get your old hboot back, but keep in mind newkidd now has like 3 ruu files the old one with the .93 hboot and one with the .98 hboot and one with none I think
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flashed .exe
I flashed the .exe so i dont have access to clockwork recovery any more, To flash zip files. Probably a big mistake until a perm root solution is found.

rchris494 said:
I flashed the .exe so i dont have access to clockwork recovery any more, To flash zip files. Probably a big mistake until a perm root solution is found.
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You won't be flashing an exe with the ruu program on your computer, it should just return you to 100% old stock
Sent from my MiuiSpeedy

i just need.
I just need to find one that will revert me back to stock with .93 hboot so i can start over from scratch. The v1 version will not allow this due to being the wrong hboot when it does itks check...

Downgrade to HBOOT from 1.02.0000 to 0.52.0000

Hi, everyone who have been waiting for a way to downgrade their HBOOT so that they can get S-OFF, cause they upgraded to the Official RUU Rom... I think I found a solution for you!
Also give you permanent ClockWork Recovery!
I haven't test it on any other Slide, cause I have only one. So, sorry if it didn't work for you.
Here is what I did, in case you're wondering, I downloaded the Official RUU from HTC Support website, extracted the 'rom.zip' file from Windows Temp folder that it creates, replaced the newer 1.02 HBOOT with 0.52 HBOOT, that I got from 'ESPRIMG.zip' (the Stock rom).
And also replaced the recovery.img with ClockWork Recovery img file.
Then I just renamed the 'rom.zip' file to 'ESPRIMG.zip'
Put it in the root of my memory card, powered off, rebooted into BOOTLOADER, and it detected the file and asked me if I wanted to update, I chose YES, and it went on without a hitch. Next thing I knew, I had 0.52.0000 HBOOT, with permanent ClockWork Recovery(so I dont have to use 'update.zip' anymore), and also the Official Latest 2.15.531.3 unmodified rom, (I like stock Espresso, that's why I bought it ) but you will LOSE ROOT but SuperOneClick method works for me to gain root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Method:
1. Download this 'ESPRIMG.zip' file - http://www.mediafire.com/file/cuemg74en7kk0a3/ESPRIMG.zip
2. copy/paste it to your memory card, in the root, not on any folder.
3. Make sure your card formatted to FAT32 file system, or it won't detect it.
4. Do a Nandroid BACKUP, if you can, cause I don't know if this will work for you. But it will wipe all your data and setting. SO BACKUP!
5. First you need to wipe data and factory setting, and wipe cache and wipe davlik cache (Otherwise it bootlooped for me). So boot into recovery first!
You can do that by going into BOOTLOADER first then selecting Recovery ( for that remove memory card from mobile or else it will start update) or if you have ROM Manager then you can use that to reboot into Recovery, any recovery will do stock or clockwork.
6. Ok, so after Wiping from recovery. PULL battery, then insert back the memory card with ESPRIMG.zip file on it. Reboot into BOOTLOADER, and apply the update.
It should do a reboot automatically to downgrade the HBOOT.
You will see the change if it worked. After applying the update, reboot phone normally.
And if all done correctly, you should have 0.52.0000 HBOOT, and also a permanent ClockWork Recovery. Now you can root by using SuperOneClick method. And also get S-OFF (I didn't need it, cause I have permanent S-OFF! , at least that's how I explain it)
Im guessing it worked for me because I have a factory unlocked S-OFF HBOOT from HTC. Because, to try this out first, I updated my phone via the OFFICIAL RUU from HTC Support Website and it showed S-OFF on my 1.02.0000 HBOOT.
Then I tried this method and it did downgrade my HBOOT and I still had S-OFF without doing the AlphaREV method.
So I guess I have a kind of permanent S-OFF??! :S :?
Hit thanks if it helped.
I am no developer but I am learning
Any feedback would be appreciated.
And yes, my major is CS and I LOVE IT!

any one test this yet?

If i try this and it does not downgrade my HBOOT will my phone be bricked? Will I lose root? I would love to try, but would like a little certainty.....

DylanTheVillian said:
If i try this and it does not downgrade my HBOOT will my phone be bricked? Will I lose root? I would love to try, but would like a little certainty.....
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I don't think that you phone will be bricked, it would just not downgrade it but the HBOOT will remain. Yes you will lose root, but that can be gained easily by SuperOneClick Root Method.
I not certain myself about the brick. Flash at your own risk.

Could you provide a download link of your ESPRIMG.zip?

lvzhuyiyi said:
Could you provide a download link of your ESPRIMG.zip?
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LINK updated in main post.

Good job thnx

MamaRisha said:
Good job thnx
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Did it work?

has this worked for anyone?

I'll be trying it once the download finishes for me. I'll update you guys on whether or not it worked for me.
I'm using a full stock phone btw, factory reset and blank sdcard as well. Hopefully this works for me.
UPDATE:
Looks like this was a dud.
I applied the update 3 times to my phone, but my Hboot still didn't downgrade. It's still on 1.02.0000. Also didn't flash the permanent Clockwork Recovery that we were hoping for either.
I'm guessing your permanent s-off is what let you use this successfully. So for anyone who has S-OFF already this would probably work fine.
On the plus side, it didn't brick me =)

AlanB412 said:
I'll be trying it once the download finishes for me. I'll update you guys on whether or not it worked for me.
I'm using a full stock phone btw, factory reset and blank sdcard as well. Hopefully this works for me.
UPDATE:
Looks like this was a dud.
I applied the update 3 times to my phone, but my Hboot still didn't downgrade. It's still on 1.02.0000. Also didn't flash the permanent Clockwork Recovery that we were hoping for either.
I'm guessing your permanent s-off is what let you use this successfully. So for anyone who has S-OFF already this would probably work fine.
On the plus side, it didn't brick me =)
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Well thanks for the feedback, yes I think its the permanent S-OFF too. So does that mean I have a phone that was permanently UNLOCK my T-mobile or HTC it self for testing purposes? Is there some way to use this to unlock that 1.02.0000 HBOOT?

any updates on how to downgrade?
i need to downgrade my Espresso, i have the latest official t-mobile update.
i have already followed instructions very carefully missing no details.
i have searched everywhere and tried everything. thank you.
ESPRESSO PVT SHIP S-ON
Hboot: 1.02.0000
MICROP-0620
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-7.15.35.16
Nov 26 2010,20:43:01

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Would using a GoldCard get us around this problem?

How to root DInc Gingerbread without downgrading.

Is it even possible? Everything I have found have said that you have to downgrade back to 2.2 in order to root your DInc. Is there any way to root a HTC Droid Incredible 2.3.4 (Gingerbread), without having to downgrade the version?! Thank you.

Raindeux said:
Is it even possible? Everything I have found have said that you have to downgrade back to 2.2 in order to root your DInc. Is there any way to root a HTC Droid Incredible 2.3.4 (Gingerbread), without having to downgrade the version?! Thank you.
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You can root without downgrading. You only need to downgrade to get s-off. Just unlock your bootloader and fastboot flash cwm recovery, then flash superuser thru recovery and you will be rooted. The only way to get s-off is to downgrade. However s-off is reccomended, and only requires a few extra steps to get.

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You can root without downgrading. You only need to downgrade to get s-off. Just unlock your bootloader and fastboot flash cwm recovery, then flash superuser thru recovery and you will be rooted. The only way to get s-off is to downgrade. However s-off is reccomended, and only requires a few extra steps to get.
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Wait wait wait. I was rooted when I had 2.2, but just upgraded to 2.3.4 when i finally found a fix to the error when downloading it after hours of looking online, which took away the root. So S-OFF is already there. But umm...you completely lost me after that point.
How do I unlock my bootloader and fastboot flash cwm recovery? And how do I flash superuser through that recovery. Im not very tech smart, I can follow on screen instructions, but I dont know what any of this stuff means haha.

Raindeux said:
Wait wait wait. I was rooted when I had 2.2, but just upgraded to 2.3.4 when i finally found a fix to the error when downloading it after hours of looking online, which took away the root. So S-OFF is already there. But umm...you completely lost me after that point.
How do I unlock my bootloader and fastboot flash cwm recovery? And how do I flash superuser through that recovery. Im not very tech smart, I can follow on screen instructions, but I dont know what any of this stuff means haha.
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If your s-off you just need to flash cwm thru hboot. Download this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip, and place it on your sdcard in no folders. Pull the battery, reinsert, and hold vol down and power till a white screen appears (hboot). It should find the file and prompt you to press vol up to install.
Once cwm is installed, download this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Superuser/SuperUser_3.0.7.zip, and place it on your sdcard. Then go to hboot again and select recovery. In recovery select install zip from sd card and select the su file. Once flashe you are rooted. Once you boot up, install busybox from the market, and go to the superuser app and check for binary updates.