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Bricked HD2 repair

Having my TMOUS HD2 bricked by using Task 29 and 2.09.51 radio, thus losing the warranty, how much does it cost to have it repaired by HTC? Do they even accept them for repair?

Does it even boot to the tri-color bootloader screen? If so, you can fix it (I think). If it is indeed dead, there are some posts describing brief, furtive encounters with a microwave... (wink-wink-nudge-nudge)...
Hope you get your device either fixed or replaced soon...

It is dead, no tri-color bootloader, nothing

does it turn on at all? stuck at the pink/white "stick together screen"?

alexsql said:
Having my TMOUS HD2 bricked by using Task 29 and 2.09.51 radio, thus losing the warranty, how much does it cost to have it repaired by HTC? Do they even accept them for repair?
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Since it's less than 2 weeks since you got it, just take it to the T-Mobile store you got it from, and tell them that it just stopped working for no reason. I know it's bad thing to do, but it's better them than you right... I am sure they are prepared for the first set of devices to have some issues
Just be ignorant and tell them that you left the phone charging overnight and the next day morning, it just stopped working. They will just swap the device. Just make sure that you go to the store in-person to pick up the deivce. If you mail it in, they would dignose and probably know you have messed around with it.
I did the same thing with I flashed my device the next day it came out. I flashed a Custom ROM that had a non-compitable radio and it just did not boot. No bootloader mode.. nothing. NADA...
I called the store I got it from, he asked me to come by the next days since he was of all the devices and he was expecting a few the next day. I asked him to reserve one for me for the exchange for the damaged device. I went in the next day.. They just swapped the device. I actually told him to switch the battery from the new device to see if this one works, he said, it does not matter as he had send the whole device back anywayz..
So, good luck. Hope this helps.

Same as above for me except they had no devices left. Out of stock completely with no ETA. I got my refund and I'm back to being HD2'less.

I paid $172 to have me htc blueangel screen repaired if that helps.

alexsql said:
Having my TMOUS HD2 bricked by using Task 29 and 2.09.51 radio, thus losing the warranty, how much does it cost to have it repaired by HTC? Do they even accept them for repair?
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Nothing to do with task 29, task 29 is safe. Radios with ..51.. are deadly.

Unfortunately some of the ROM's can be the kiss of death.
I can tell you that you have completely bricked the phone and they can't tell what ROM you have then you can probably get the warranty with HTC. If they discover you have a ROM it will be shipped back to you and they won't even fix it. It's a hit or miss with them.
I sent back one HTC HD with custom ROM and they didn't have a problem. I snet another one back and they declined due to custom ROM.
Just hope you get them on a good day

Fixing A Brick HD2
I will show you how to fix your hd2 from bad rom install that caused your phone to stay in the stick together screen. email me at [email protected] and I will send you the instructions to install your new rom.

balexander said:
I will show you how to fix your hd2 from bad rom install that caused your phone to stay in the stick together screen. email me at [email protected] and I will send you the instructions to install your new rom.
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Is there something about your instructions that would prevent you from being able to post them here directly?

HELP!!!
I need help! I think i briked my device !! I flashed it with HSPL 3. and after that i've installed FLASH(RUU via PC)in the end of installation my HTC HD from Tmobile totally died- no sings of charging, no 3 color boot screen, pc can't find Qalcom cdma something driver and can't recognize the pone.This is a site i took a ROM from:
htcaddicts.com/?id=12
site is in hebrew, RUU called FLASH, it's an official rom of NEWPAN ver 1.48. Please help me to unbrick it!!!!!my mail ia : [email protected]
Thank you all, Cyril.

themenucha said:
I need help! I think i briked my device !! I flashed it with HSPL 3. and after that i've installed FLASH(RUU via PC)in the end of installation my HTC HD from Tmobile totally died- no sings of charging, no 3 color boot screen, pc can't find Qalcom cdma something driver and can't recognize the pone.This is a site i took a ROM from:
htcaddicts.com/?id=12
site is in hebrew, RUU called FLASH, it's an official rom of NEWPAN ver 1.48. Please help me to unbrick it!!!!!my mail ia : [email protected]
Thank you all, Cyril.
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just answered in your thread.

You mean it's dead and there's nothing to do with it?
New CPU?
RAM discharge? SOMETHING????

themenucha said:
You mean it's dead and there's nothing to do with it?
New CPU?
RAM discharge? SOMETHING????
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That's pretty much right....when you flash an incompatible radio to this phone (which that ROM has), that's the surest way to kill your HD2.
You can send it to HTC for repair, where they will likely tell you that you need a new mainboard (CPU, rom/ram, etc) and offer to charge you for it....usually very close to the price of just replacing the phone with a used one.

NEED HELP ASAP PlZ..i just installed the [ROM][WWE]★★★Astraios Roms★★★[REG/BUUF/GTX][23569][22nd July] to my HD2 i think i bricked the phone cause when i turn it on the Tmobile screen loads up but when it gets to the part where the ROM loads it freezes completly plz can someone give me a heads up on what to do.......

Yova809 said:
NEED HELP ASAP PlZ..i just installed the [ROM][WWE]★★★Astraios Roms★★★[REG/BUUF/GTX][23569][22nd July] to my HD2 i think i bricked the phone cause when i turn it on the Tmobile screen loads up but when it gets to the part where the ROM loads it freezes completly plz can someone give me a heads up on what to do.......
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Can you get into bootloader mode then? Get there and flash a different ROM. Be sure it doesn't contain a .51 radio!

Please help me i did the same as
""I need help! I think i briked my device !! I flashed it with HSPL 3. and after that i've installed FLASH(RUU via PC)in the end of installation my HTC HD from Tmobile totally died- no sings of charging, no 3 color boot screen, pc can't find Qalcom cdma something driver and can't recognize the pone.This is a site i took a ROM from:
htcaddicts.com/?id=12
site is in hebrew, RUU called FLASH, it's an official rom of NEWPAN ver 1.48. Please help me to unbrick it!!!!!my mail ia : [email protected]
Thank you all, Cyril."""
samsamuel said:
just answered in your thread.
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RGONZALES1Y said:
""I need help! I think i briked my device !! I flashed it with HSPL 3. and after that i've installed FLASH(RUU via PC)in the end of installation my HTC HD from Tmobile totally died- no sings of charging, no 3 color boot screen, pc can't find Qalcom cdma something driver and can't recognize the pone.This is a site i took a ROM from:
htcaddicts.com/?id=12
site is in hebrew, RUU called FLASH, it's an official rom of NEWPAN ver 1.48. Please help me to unbrick it!!!!!my mail ia : [email protected]
Thank you all, Cyril."""
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bricked by the radio that rom contains.
sorry.

Got my HTC HD2 rooted and installed droid froyo and it worked for 2-3 weeks, and then suddenly after trying out a program from droid market, called photofun, it just froze, so I removed the battery and put it back in, and it is not coming up at all. Tried hard reset with the vol up/down+power with no luck. Completely dead, would not even go to the boot loader.
So if anyone is in same situation as I was, just search for htc repair in your local CL and I took mine to a local wireless store here and they're able to fix it somehow and cost me $50. Software issue they said.
There seems to be a way to fix a completely dead/bricked hd2, without having to replace the whole mobo, but cannot find any info online. Anyone would like to share please? In case I bricked my phone again or anyone else who bricked their phone.

Stuck on "stick together" screen... Please Help....

Hello,
I'm a noob, through and through. I think that I did everything correctly. I flashed Artemis v8.0 and followed the instructions, then it said that it was completed successfully. When it boots, however, it gets stuck on the "stick together" screen and displays the R G and D information in the bottom-left as it should. Also, when I access the bootloader and re-run the flash, I see no image version information listed. I should mention that the flashing process only took about two minutes. I already did a hard reset.
Did I do something wrong? What do I do?

Update: I tried flashing KUMAR and have the same results; the only dirrerence is that the information listed for D has changed to 1.66.KUMAR... oh my...

...Wow.... I can't believe it. It won't turn it on at all after flashing the original LEO ROM. Looks like I'm toast now...****...

What radio are you running? What model phone is it?

The radio is default. I didn't touch that. I installed HSPL then flashed a couple of ROMs, none of which worked. I think that I may have flashed the wrong version of the official LEO ROM fromthe sticky. So, it looks like I'm screwed. The best way to learn from your mistakes is to lose $500.

you still didnt say what phone, tmous is different from all other hd2's
if its a tmous, then yea, i suspect its gone. (it was possibly recoverable at your first and second posts, cos that was roms that dont support 576meg ram, so flashing a tmous specifric rom would(i think) have fixed it, but what official rom did you flash? anything other than the tmous 2.10 rom will have had a bad radio, and as we all know by now, the wrong radio bricks tmous's
(Edit - sorry, didn't mean to rub it in, just wanted to explain what had happened at each step)

I flashed LEO 1.48 (WWE) from the stickied thread. I can't post the link because I'm new. I don't even know what TMOUS means, so I suspect that's not a good thing. It's the model with 1024 MB ROM is all that I know. If I can find out exactly what, let me know.

shiznit1707 said:
I flashed LEO 1.48 (WWE) from the stickied thread. I can't post the link because I'm new. I don't even know what TMOUS means, so I suspect that's not a good thing. It's the model with 1024 MB ROM is all that I know. If I can find out exactly what, let me know.
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Yea, tmous is T Mobile US. They will ONLY accept roms of the 2.10 family. Thats why your first 2 rom flashes failed.
However the damage was done by the radio. Stock roms come with a radio as part of the rom, and the official rom you flashed is oooold. Certainly it has a ..51.. radio.
Any radio with ..51.. in the version will not support the 576meg ram that the tmous has, and as it turns out, they stop the phone even powering on. (or powers on but black screen, the PC sees it as a qualcomm usb device, if it sees it at all.)
I've yet to see anyone offer any kind of fix, though i have seen people say they have had it replaced by tmob.
Unlucky.

samsamuel said:
Yea, tmous is T Mobile US. They will ONLY accept roms of the 2.10 family. Thats why your first 2 rom flashes failed.
However the damage was done by the radio. Stock roms come with a radio as part of the rom.
Any radio with ..51.. in the version will not support the 576meg ram that the tmous has, and as it turns out, it stops the phone even powering on. (or powers on but black screen, the PC sees it as a qualcomm usb device, if it sees it at all.)
I've yet to see anyone offer any kind of fix, though i have seen people say they have had it replaced by tmob.
Unlucky.
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...Thanks for your help...

samsamuel said:
Yea, tmous is T Mobile US. They will ONLY accept roms of the 2.10 family. Thats why your first 2 rom flashes failed.
However the damage was done by the radio. Stock roms come with a radio as part of the rom.
Any radio with ..51.. in the version will not support the 576meg ram that the tmous has, and as it turns out, it stops the phone even powering on. (or powers on but black screen, the PC sees it as a qualcomm usb device, if it sees it at all.)
I've yet to see anyone offer any kind of fix, though i have seen people say they have had it replaced by tmob.
Unlucky.
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So, I now have a couple of options. I could go back to the store and play dumb, or I could physically damage it and pay the $150 or so to get it replaced. Thoughts?

shiznit1707 said:
So, I now have a couple of options. I could go back to the store and play dumb, or I could physically damage it and pay the $150 or so to get it replaced. Thoughts?
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I'd take it back. Say it was on charge overnight, you woke up and it's like that. Can;t hurt to try, eh? be all gutted and that, moaning about lost contacts and such.

samsamuel said:
I'd take it back. Say it was on charge overnight, you woke up and it's like that. Can;t hurt to try, eh? be all gutted and that, moaning about lost contacts and such.
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So if they don't take it back, would they take note of the fact that my warranty is voided so I couldn't go ahead and pay the $150 for a new one? I really appreciate your help.

if they figure out the warranty its void im sure they'll still fix it, they'll just charge for it.

samsamuel said:
if they figure out the warranty its void im sure they'll still fix it, they'll just charge for it.
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Alright, they took it back no questions asked. I'm going to actually end up saving $200 because of this - my contract is up in a week! Thanks for your help, samsamuel. Great community here. Now I just hope I'm not stupid enough to try it again!

heh so there is a silver lining after all.

you used HSPL?
if you did that and you go back to store make sure you dont have HSPL more on your phone!!!!!!

I have made the same mistake, i flash the rom energy 1apr , the flash was made succesfuly end phone was started normal and functioned , i close the phone and when i opened him , the phone stock on the wake up screen ( htc on white screen ). what kan I do?, please help me

i had some how same problem before like Sticking in boot screen
1. i tried hard reset hold Volume up+down and press end button till it will start and then it will ask you if you wanna do reset and press volume up for accept after that finish it will ask again to press volume up for boot then it would boot. if does then you need to correct the radio and also ROM which is correct for you
2. another is task29 method
let me know if you could make it...

thanx , i am at work , bath will try later

@costinn : try to flash the proper Radio ROM. It happened to a lot of people because they do not learn about the radio compatibility! Try 2.08.50.08 and you will be fine!

HD2 stuck at white boot screen/ can't install Roms

Hi guys, I've a problem with my HD2 and maybe one of you has an idea of how to fix this, because I really don't want to send it in for a repair
Anyway, my phone decided to refuse to boot out of nowhere. When it happened I had Artemis v9 or v10 installed on it. The funny thing is that I didn't flash anything when the problem occured.
Whenever I start the phone I only get a white screen. Luckily, I can still access the bootloader, even thought that didn't help me until now.
my guess is that the Radio is somehow corrupted, because when I try to flash a new one I get the error saying "Radio_V2 failed" and "Update Terminated". Not even flashing with task 29 works, because I get a "Error 270" and the phone restarts itself after like 4% of flashing.
I'm really out of ideas, I tried to flash a lot of different roms and radios, even the rom that the HD2 came shipped with.

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Hi guys, I've a problem with my HD2 and maybe one of you has an idea of how to fix this, because I really don't want to send it in for a repair
Anyway, my phone decided to refuse to boot out of nowhere. When it happened I had Artemis v9 or v10 installed on it. The funny thing is that I didn't flash anything when the problem occured.
Whenever I start the phone I only get a white screen. Luckily, I can still access the bootloader, even thought that didn't help me until now.
my guess is that the Radio is somehow corrupted, because when I try to flash a new one I get the error saying "Radio_V2 failed" and "Update Terminated". Not even flashing with task 29 works, because I get a "Error 270" and the phone restarts itself after like 4% of flashing.
I'm really out of ideas, I tried to flash a lot of different roms and radios, even the rom that the HD2 came shipped with.
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What radio (if any) have you flashed? Check the ROM's dedicated thread you want to flash and see if the radio is compatible.
Im betting you've flashed the wrong radio

take the rom it was shipped with, name the nbh file to LEOIMG.nbh, copy it to your sd card and go into bootloader.
it will flash your old rom and should overwrite the old radio.
DN41

I installed Radio 2.06.51.07, which was recommended as far as I know.
I tried to install every "official" rom that I could find, but no matter if I apply them via SD card, USB or .exe, the install never finishes.
Tried to install just the OS without a radio and that worked, so I'm almost sure it is somehow radio related.
Now the problem is that I can't even send it to T-Mobile, because I there is no way to get rid of HSPL. BTW, it's the german T-Mobile we are talking about, not the US one. Is there a chance they won't notice the HSPL...?

so flash this one over sd-card: german t-mobile 1.72
what about performing hardreset? does the phone boot?
DN41

Tried flashing the TMO rom, but no luck either
Hard reset is strangly fast (only takes like 7 seconds) and only gives me a white screen after reboot. Apperently the HD2 shows me that HSPL is intsalled in the bootloader, but I can't change the SPL...
Already tried HSPL2, but no matter what option I choose, my bootloader always stays at 1.42 HSPL.
Edit: I would like to post pics of the error I get when flashing from the sd card or the bootloader screen, by the board rules don't want new users to post links.

djchubbs said:
Im betting you've flashed the wrong radio
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any way to repiar radio side as flashed wrong radio ??
flanders3 said:
Tried flashing the TMO rom, but no luck either
Hard reset is strangly fast (only takes like 7 seconds) and only gives me a white screen after reboot. Apperently the HD2 shows me that HSPL is intsalled in the bootloader, but I can't change the SPL...
Already tried HSPL2, but no matter what option I choose, my bootloader always stays at 1.42 HSPL.
Edit: I would like to post pics of the error I get when flashing from the sd card or the bootloader screen, by the board rules don't want new users to post links.
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same happen with me,,,

flanders3 said:
Hi guys, I've a problem with my HD2 and maybe one of you has an idea of how to fix this, because I really don't want to send it in for a repair
Anyway, my phone decided to refuse to boot out of nowhere. When it happened I had Artemis v9 or v10 installed on it. The funny thing is that I didn't flash anything when the problem occured.
Whenever I start the phone I only get a white screen. Luckily, I can still access the bootloader, even thought that didn't help me until now.
my guess is that the Radio is somehow corrupted, because when I try to flash a new one I get the error saying "Radio_V2 failed" and "Update Terminated". Not even flashing with task 29 works, because I get a "Error 270" and the phone restarts itself after like 4% of flashing.
I'm really out of ideas, I tried to flash a lot of different roms and radios, even the rom that the HD2 came shipped with.
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I have exactly the same problem.
I believe radio hardware of my HD2 has failed.
This is not related to flashing an incompatible radio, as I have flashed 1.66 official ROM about three months ago and had no problems until now.
I got the white screen, when phone was in my pocket.
Not possible to update radio, update fails with "Radio_V2 failed" and "Update Terminated".
Not possible to flash any rom, flashing fails when it comes to radio part.
MTTY didn't help as well.
I see no way but to send it back for repair.
Hope they dont realize HSPL, as it is also not possible to change SPL right now.

Hi everybody, i am facing the same issues with my knew HD2. The fact is that i received it yesterday, while trying to flsah ENERGY ROM ..i flashed also the radio .. now got the white screen with the HTC green logo, and no way to hard reset ... phone doesn't boot, can't do anything !!!!!! volume + and volume - doesn't work !!! any idea any solution ?? I am about to try flashing with the memory card but no idea if it will work, im not sure cause even the HSPL doenst appear ... anu idea ?

I've got the same problem
Mine is a Telstra (Australian) HD2, and I've been using it for about 3 weeks fine. Then a few days ago, I took it out of my pocket, and it's dead. With my one, most of the time I just get a blank screen (no HTC), and most of the time it's slightly yellow.
I'm having the exact same problems, and have done everything suggested on this page, and others. I can't send mine back either.
I'm guessing since no one's replied, there's not really a solution to this.
If it is a failed radio, I'm amazed how easily they fail, and how many people seem to have this problem.

I have the same problem today. Anybody help?

anakin621 said:
I have the same problem today. Anybody help?
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i had the same problem with my Telstra T9193. i couldnt find any solutions so its on its way back to australia under warrenty.

I had a similar problem to this, though it appears I just fixed it. I can only imagine it's just a temporary fix though, as I previously managed to get it working and running Android only to white screen again the next day.
I did a hard reset and now it loaded the white HTC screen and nothing else. I tried installing a stock ROM from the MicroSD card and got the same "Update Terminated Update Fail" error because of the Radio. Retried the update about 3 times, and it eventually installed fine.

same here, i reloaded a stock from sd to relock it, which i highly recommend for anyone having this problem - in case it needs to go for repair and it just happens to boot..it took quite a few tries to have a proper flash and it booted only a few tries afterwards and then went back to only booting the white htc screen. so frustrating. and unfortunately for me it has to go back to australia for warrenty and will likely take ages to get back

I was stuck at multi color boot screen after hard reset. Tried multiple roms.
Solution: Use the 2.13 rom from here. Worked thankfully!
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655653

After being looooong on this forum, I finally got my first bricked HTC. I got all the same problems, white screen, no way to get HSPL gone, and no update via SD possible, no ROM update via USB in bootloader and no radio update possible...
Anybody knows how much it costs if I send it to HTC and they find yout it has been HSPL-ed?

Next with the bricked HD2
So definitely I´m in the same situation.. I have unusable SMARTPHONE!!
Even worse, because in my case i have no chance to send it to warranty repair - I was too disparate and curious so I opened my HD2 to look for an backup battery to erase everything that could have resist my countless tries to reflash, hardreset, flash RADIO, flash ROMs...
At the begging was the same (btw the same is still) : I took my phone and it did´t answer for waking it up. So I pressed red button to (soft)reset it. But it booted only to white screen (not the HTC one but "pure" withe w/o logo, w/o software info but with slightly yellow hue)
This was almost whole week ago... During that time I tried almost everything (I don´t have gold card - since I can´t get CID of any SD card I´m not able to have one and have installed HSPL 2.08 I´m ABLE to FLASH any ROM - even successfully reflashed cooked ROM via SD Card.!!) and the answer for me is probably some hardware problem....

-rr-obin said:
So definitely I´m in the same situation.. I have unusable SMARTPHONE!!
Even worse, because in my case i have no chance to send it to warranty repair - I was too disparate and curious so I opened my HD2 to look for an backup battery to erase everything that could have resist my countless tries to reflash, hardreset, flash RADIO, flash ROMs...
At the begging was the same (btw the same is still) : I took my phone and it did´t answer for waking it up. So I pressed red button to (soft)reset it. But it booted only to white screen (not the HTC one but "pure" withe w/o logo, w/o software info but with slightly yellow hue)
This was almost whole week ago... During that time I tried almost everything (I don´t have gold card - since I can´t get CID of any SD card I´m not able to have one and have installed HSPL 2.08 I´m ABLE to FLASH any ROM - even successfully reflashed cooked ROM via SD Card.!!) and the answer for me is probably some hardware problem....
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I'm sorry, I just sent my to the repair center. Hope they will repair it under warranty. Otherwise it will cost me 100 Euro, just to find out I have to pay for the repairs. Then I can choose to let the device there (then I don't pay 100 euro) or let the device ship back (I pay 100 euro for a brick) or let them do the repairs which they will say how much it will cost on top of that 100 euro ..... stress ....

Birger said:
I'm sorry, I just sent my to the repair center. Hope they will repair it under warranty. Otherwise it will cost me 100 Euro, just to find out I have to pay for the repairs. Then I can choose to let the device there (then I don't pay 100 euro) or let the device ship back (I pay 100 euro for a brick) or let them do the repairs which they will say how much it will cost on top of that 100 euro ..... stress ....
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Check this thread... unfortunately it wouldn´t be quite easy whith the service repair...
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With the radio bricked there are only two things you can try to do:
1- You can go on using your hd2 without updating the radio. Try to download a rom without radio and install it, or ask a cook to prepare a rom (you can try an official rom if you want to recover the original SPL) without radio for you.
2 - Do what I did and sell the phone as bricked, because there's no way to unbrick radio system. I tried to save my HD2 by recovering the original SPL and sending the phone to the htc customer service. I got the phone back after 2 months and it was still radio bricked
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618084

upload a pix of your bootloader screen,I had similar kind of problem.I 've been through a lot of hardship dealing with the that.Maybe i could help u a bit.

[Q] Can't flash radio....

this has probably been asked 100 times, but I can't seem to find a solution from searching.... I purchased a hd2 off craigslist, they said had a bad battery... my first mistake... so I get it home and hook it up to a charger and boot it, it hangs on splash screen... so I try to just go ahead and flash a 2.**.50.** radio to goo ahead and install MAGLDR, it hangs at 96%, for like 30 minutes, so I pull the battery, reboot and get a black screen, so I try to flash a shipped rom via SD, again hangs at radio.... try task29, stuck at 99%.... any solutions? or am I bricked?

What happens if you try flash via SD?
I'm currently trying to revive my HD2 too and somehow, flash via SD doesn't even start
Do you still got access to the bootloader?

Erbsenkönig said:
What happens if you try flash via SD?
I'm currently trying to revive my HD2 too and somehow, flash via SD doesn't even start
Do you still got access to the bootloader?
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I can get into bootloader, but rsa fail at radio...

I'm sorry, but what do you mean by "rsa"?

Erbsenkönig said:
I'm sorry, but what do you mean by "rsa"?
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that's what is says on the screen "RSA FAIL, INSTALLATION ABORTED"

and all usb updates hang at 99% so I can't get it to boot either...

Battery out, sim and SD out, but a radio leoimg.nbh prepared on SD card.
Phone into sealed bag, into fridge / freezer for a while till its nice and chilled, battery in, SD card in, try flash it, and keep trying,, some threads (some,, this isn't guaranteed by any means) say it suddenly worked on the tenth, twentieth, or more attempt.
if it does work, its likely indicative of connections going bad through heat wear, or similar.

samsamuel said:
Battery out, sim and SD out, but leoimg.nbh prepared on SD card.
Phone into sealed bag, into fridge / freezer for a while till its nice and chilled, battery in, SD card in, try flash it, and keep trying,, some threads (some,, this isn't guaranteed by any means) say it suddenly worked on the tenth, twentieth, or more attempt.
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I skipped the radio attempt, and went to flash magdlr... got it loaded but now I can't get the menu up?

Magldr will not work without 2.08.Hspl PLUS a ..50.. radio.
You are gonna have to fix your stuck radio first most likely.

samsamuel said:
Magldr will not work without 2.08.Hspl PLUS a ..50.. radio.
You are gonna have to fix your stuck radio first most likely.
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that's what I am thinking too... thank you...

A few questions here as the answers may better help people here help you out better. What does your HD2 say in bootloader. Also is your HD2 a T-Mobile Leo or a EU model as this is very nuch need to know information. Information is key when it comes to someone assisting you so the more info the better.
If you have the T-Mobile Leo I suggest you go and download the official update ROM from t-mobile.com. If you have a EU or another model you should go to htc.com and find the correct ROM for your HD2. Sometimes it is best toflash the official ROM as it reverts everything splash screen, SPL, radio, and ROM if you flash it via SD card. This will allow you to just start over and maybe not incounter any problems. You can flash it via USB also but it will not revertigo any HSPL if it is installed.
Also like Samsamuel said if putting your HD2 into a bag and the frig or freezer for a little while helps it boot then it has started having a thermal breakdown of the connections between the CPU (processor) and the mainboard. In this case the only fix is to replace the mainboard in the HD2 as the CPU is not replacable.

T-Macgnolia said:
A few questions here as the answers may better help people here help you out better. What does your HD2 say in bootloader. Also is your HD2 a T-Mobile Leo or a EU model as this is very nuch need to know information. Information is key when it comes to someone assisting you so the more info the better.
If you have the T-Mobile Leo I suggest you go and download the official update ROM from t-mobile.com. If you have a EU or another model you should go to htc.com and find the correct ROM for your HD2. Sometimes it is best toflash the official ROM as it reverts everything splash screen, SPL, radio, and ROM if you flash it via SD card. This will allow you to just start over and maybe not incounter any problems. You can flash it via USB also but it will not revertigo any HSPL if it is installed.
Also like Samsamuel said if putting your HD2 into a bag and the frightened or freezer for a little while helps it boot then it has started having a thermal breakdown of the connections between the CPU (processor) and the mainboard. In this case the only fix is to replace the mainboard in the HD2 as the CPU is not replacable.
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My appologies, it is a TMO branded HD2, and even with a shipped rom it hangs at radio install... anything else I flash to it, takes without problem, it is just the radio... I am figuring I got screwed and this is a brick.... thank you for your time...

mmaiolo81 said:
My appologies, it is a TMO branded HD2, and even with a shipped rom it hangs at radio install... anything else I flash to it, takes without problem, it is just the radio... I am figuring I got screwed and this is a brick.... thank you for your time...
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Just an update...
I flashed everything with the phone in the freezer, and flashed fine, now after about 5 minutes of use, I have a hang that forces me to do a battery pull... after that I get the 7 vibrates of death on boot... pull the battery again and put in the freezer and it works good for about 5 to 10 minutes of use, however if I only use it for texting and nothing 'smartphone esque' I can keep it on for a couple hours.... guessing the mainboard is shot because of the thermal coupling or something...

mmaiolo81 said:
Just an update...
I flashed everything with the phone in the freezer, and flashed fine, now after about 5 minutes of use, I have a hang that forces me to do a battery pull... after that I get the 7 vibrates of death on boot... pull the battery again and put in the freezer and it works good for about 5 to 10 minutes of use, however if I only use it for texting and nothing 'smartphone esque' I can keep it on for a couple hours.... guessing the mainboard is shot because of the thermal coupling or something...
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Yes your problem is thermal related but it has nothing to do with a thermal coupling LOL It has to do with the heat breaking down the connection between the processor and the mainboard. You can either replace the mainboard or go to the thread I linked below and try the OP's fix, plus you can learn a whole lot more about what your problem is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454

T-Macgnolia said:
Yes your problem is thermal related but it has nothing to do with a thermal coupling LOL It has to do with the heat breaking down the connection between the processor and the mainboard. You can either replace the mainboard or go to the thread I linked below and try the OP's fix, plus you can learn a whole lot more about what your problem is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454
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WOW that was informative... gonna try it this week, without the reworking... don't know what I am doing there lol, and see if it works... looks promising tho... thank you for the link... it is things like this that make me proud to be part of this community....

i have the same problem

karko1988 said:
i have the same problem
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if you are a techie at all you should try the link 3 posts back...

Buying an bricked HD2

So, i can get HD2 very cheap. But it bricked. Enters bootloader, OS wont boot. Seller also says that PC see the phone, and can read from sd card.
Is it worth buying, and can i unbrick it?
Thanks for help.

_RiVeRsIDe_ said:
So, i can get HD2 very cheap. But it bricked. Enters bootloader, OS wont boot. Seller also says that PC see the phone, and can read from sd card.
Is it worth buying, and can i unbrick it?
Thanks for help.
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Dosen't sound likes its bricked to me if it goes to bootloader.
What does it say on bootloader screen?
T-Magnolia may confirm if he comes by...

_RiVeRsIDe_ said:
Seller also says that PC see the phone, and can read from sd card.
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which bootloader do you mean? because the PC cannot read the sd card from the real, coloured stripey screen bootloader, , i'd be wary of trusting that statement.

Thanks for answers guys.
http://cache0.skelbiu.lt/pictures/htc/hd2/htc-hd2-parduodu-neveikanti-203371362.jpg This bootloader.

shanman-2 said:
Dosen't sound likes its bricked to me if it goes to bootloader.
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But it wont boot. Easy brick
Or something is hidden.

_RiVeRsIDe_ said:
But it wont boot. Easy brick
Or something is hidden.
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Only thing that I don't understand is the first line.
The rest looks ok!
As I said the man that could probably tell you is T-Magnolia, unless samsamuel has an idea?
have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649935

shanman-2 said:
Only thing that I don't understand is the first line.
The rest looks ok!
As I said the man that could probably tell you is T-Magnolia, unless samsamuel has an idea?
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Me too. Cant find any info in google
Okay.. Will wait for your answers. I have time till tomorrow day/evening.

I understood. PB81100 SS-BC - is a model.

shanman-2 said:
have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649935
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Im a total noob at HD2.:silly: Will try to understand something

Its a regular HD2 with hspl 2.08.hspl. the model Id looks fine.
If it were mine,and I was struggling to return to stock, I'd probably use hspl2 (not hspl4,I don't trust it, no specific reason, just a feeling)
Take hspl2, set 1.66.hspl, then try flashing a stock 1.66 winmo rom via USB.

samsamuel said:
Its a regular HD2 with hspl 2.08.hspl. the model Id looks fine.
If it were mine,and I was struggling to return to stock, I'd probably use hspl2 (not hspl4,I don't trust it, no specific reason, just a feeling)
Take hspl2, set 1.66.hspl, then try flashing a stock 1.66 winmo rom via USB.
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Like Samsamuel said, the bootloader looks fine. I also agree with him about flashing HSPL2 and then flash a 1.66 WinMo ROM via USB. It is important you only do it via USB though because if you flash it via SD card it will overwrite the HSPL and then bootloader is stored in a separate storage chip on the PCB board so even if the bootloader is fine and the flash storage can still be flashed it may have bad sectors or have become unreadable. If this is the case it will cause the device not to boot. Also it may be suffering from the dreaded separation of the CPU from the PCB board which will also cause it not to boot, maybe boot but soon shut off, or not even power on at all.
Now for the bright side of the story. If you buy the device and nothing you try will allow it to boot, you can find a HD2 that has a cracked screen our non working digitize. and then swap out the PCB board from it to the HD2 and have a working device. But I do suggest you let a professional do the swapping of the PCB.

Thanks again for answers. But i noticed one detail.. 1 day ago, there was another hd2 on sale. For the same price, in the same city, and i think in the same complectation (box etc.) but there was non working touch screen.
So, im 80% sure that is the same phone, and i won't buy it. BTW, thanks for help..