Hi. I have a problem with my HD2 and I didn't find a solution how to fix it for over a month and I don't think I will find it. My problem explained (HERE) So now I want to Brick / Brake my phone so that I can send it to my insurance and they will not able to tell that I had Android on it, as now I can't install WM and I can't rid of MAGLDR. So what will be the best way to Brick / Break my phone so what whey will not be able to turn my phone on or fix it and find out that it’s been hacked as then I will not get a new one or they will not fix it. Waiting for advices
Sw1pe said:
Hi. I have a problem with my HD2 and I didn't find a solution how to fix it for over a month and I don't think I will find it. My problem explained (HERE) So now I want to Brick / Brake my phone so that I can send it to my insurance and they will not able to tell that I had Android on it, as now I can't install WM and I can't rid of MAGLDR. So what will be the best way to Brick / Break my phone so what whey will not be able to turn my phone on or fix it and find out that it’s been hacked as then I will not get a new one or they will not fix it. Waiting for advices
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I see a lot of solutions, but nobody seems to have told you to boot up your phone using volume down, which gets you directly into the bootloader, from where you can flash the Winmo 6.5 ROM.
Did you try that?
Otherwise there are numerous ways of trashing it i guess... mess around with electrical wiring and make sure the mainboard has a power spike or something... then you're sure nobody will be able to do something with it
Of course I tried it. The problem is that for some reason I can't get into bootloader, and I tried to do that 100 times with all different methods with no luck. I only can get into MAGLDR. I wrote all this in my first message in that threat
Well, from what i can understand after looking at your original post, you cannot enter the tri-color bootloader? Well, have you tried a hard reset? And, when you mentioned liquid entered your phone, you should also check the water indicator stickers on your phone and battery to see if they are pick or red. Else, they will not bother replacing or repairing it. Have you also tried resetting Android from MAGLDR? Back to your request, if you cannot enter the bootloader and unable to flash anything, the easiest ways to brick(any maybe recover) your phone are all void. The best way to physically damage your phone might be to short circuit it. Alternatively, if you just do not want them to know that you have flashed MAGLDR, you should damage the ribbon cable for the LCD. You have to unscrew the phone for this,but do gently remove the warranty and water indicator stickers before this. Please do explore all avenues like a hard reset and Android reset
i just got off the phone with htc and thay still fix the phone even if it has android on it thay will just replace the main bord because thay dont know how to fix it. but i have bricked my phone alredy and it wont turn on at all due to flashing a wrong rom on it that was ment for a diffrent country my phone is htc hd2 tmoble us. anyway you may just want to fix it your self and use the riff jtag box
watch this to see how to dissesible the device fix it and reasimble!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoiuM9epp2o
then watch how much easyer this guy repairs it using the non soldering method!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroEPU4qyuM
first you need riff box and the other thag to or the non soldering method
i dont know the name for it im trying to find out!
hears teh link for riff box
http://www.jtagbox.com/tag/htc-unbrick/
hears the link for the other thang
http://www.multi-com.pl/index.php/en_US,details,id_pr,6503,menu_mode,categories.html
but not sure!!! im hopeing someone could conferm that or give us better links to this stuff!
maby from a diffrent sorce or cheper even!
so far i found the riff box for 150usd
but i dont know about the other thang! hopeing someone can help us with this stuff!
the advantages are if you brick it agin you can fix it agin and you can bebrave enuf to test new roms its expencive but its a very populer device and im shore more new roms will be relesed you may beable to help others who have bricked phones and make some cash back
i think this is the other thang he used but i need to find a site that has it in usd and in english im sort of in the same boat as you exept im not in warinty but warintys dont last forever so eventuly this thang is gona be peoples only hope!
htc charges
avrege repare 50$
lcd 120$
mainbord 170$
mainbord & lcd 285$
and thats only if you have
thay might extend your warinty if you have your resept
or
prufe of puchese
date
product id
im curently looking for someone to do a riff jtag on mine!
hope my info helps
i bricked my phone
i briked my htc hd2 phone . when i switch it on it gets stuck at the pink ribbon which does not roll at all. i tried installing a gingerbread on it and while usind the mgldr it downgraded and when i swithced it on again the loading got stuck at the pink ribbon.
baymol said:
i briked my htc hd2 phone . when i switch it on it gets stuck at the pink ribbon which does not roll at all. i tried installing a gingerbread on it and while usind the mgldr it downgraded and when i swithced it on again the loading got stuck at the pink ribbon.
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well atleast it boots i would start from scratch if i was you if its tmoble usa htc hd2 install RUU_Leo_1_5_TMOUS_2.10.531.0_Radio_Signed_15.34.50.07U_2.08.50.08_2_Ship.exe
Sorry for a late replay, I was very busy in the past days
kawshigan said:
Well, from what i can understand after looking at your original post, you cannot enter the tri-color bootloader? Well, have you tried a hard reset? And, when you mentioned liquid entered your phone, you should also check the water indicator stickers on your phone and battery to see if they are pick or red. Else, they will not bother replacing or repairing it. Have you also tried resetting Android from MAGLDR? Back to your request, if you cannot enter the bootloader and unable to flash anything, the easiest ways to brick(any maybe recover) your phone are all void. The best way to physically damage your phone might be to short circuit it. Alternatively, if you just do not want them to know that you have flashed MAGLDR, you should damage the ribbon cable for the LCD. You have to unscrew the phone for this,but do gently remove the warranty and water indicator stickers before this. Please do explore all avenues like a hard reset and Android reset
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Yes, I cannot enter bootloader and yes I tried hard reset (with volume up and down keys) with no luck. I checked my indicator stickers and they all look fine (white). The liquid damage was not a water damage I get a little bit of oily liquid on my phone but just a little, so very little of it could get inside my phone if any, but after that my phone just frozen on android screen and when I tried to reset it, it’s always freezes on android boot screen. And yes I tried resetting Android from MAGLDR, I even tried to install different android soft but after installation it still freezes on android boot screen.
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the easiest ways to brick(any maybe recover) your phone are all void
Can you explain more about his one? And how I can do that?
I don't really want to unscrew anything because if I going to do something wrong I would void my insurance and they not going to change it at all. I was thinking maybe just drop it in a big cup of water and hold it for like 30sec - 1min. I think my insurance will cover water damage and I think whey not even going to bother to fix it. What do you think?
jackrabbit72380 said:
i just got off the phone with htc and thay still fix the phone even if it has android on it thay will just replace the main bord because thay dont know how to fix it. but i have bricked my phone alredy and it wont turn on at all due to flashing a wrong rom on it that was ment for a diffrent country my phone is htc hd2 tmoble us. anyway you may just want to fix it your self and use the riff jtag box
watch this to see how to dissesible the device fix it and reasimble!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoiuM9epp2o
then watch how much easyer this guy repairs it using the non soldering method!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroEPU4qyuM
first you need riff box and the other thag to or the non soldering method
i dont know the name for it im trying to find out!
hears teh link for riff box
http://www.jtagbox.com/tag/htc-unbrick/
hears the link for the other thang
http://www.multi-com.pl/index.php/en_US,details,id_pr,6503,menu_mode,categories.html
but not sure!!! im hopeing someone could conferm that or give us better links to this stuff!
maby from a diffrent sorce or cheper even!
so far i found the riff box for 150usd
but i dont know about the other thang! hopeing someone can help us with this stuff!
the advantages are if you brick it agin you can fix it agin and you can bebrave enuf to test new roms its expencive but its a very populer device and im shore more new roms will be relesed you may beable to help others who have bricked phones and make some cash back
i think this is the other thang he used but i need to find a site that has it in usd and in english im sort of in the same boat as you exept im not in warinty but warintys dont last forever so eventuly this thang is gona be peoples only hope!
htc charges
avrege repare 50$
lcd 120$
mainbord 170$
mainbord & lcd 285$
and thats only if you have
thay might extend your warinty if you have your resept
or
prufe of puchese
date
product id
im curently looking for someone to do a riff jtag on mine!
hope my info helps
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The thing is that I have insurance on it not a warranty. If I only had just a warranty I will think of fixing it by my self with jtag. But now I just need to think of how to break it so whey don't know it was hacked pay to my insurance £20 - £30 and I should get brand new HD2
bump !
High voltage electrical charge: via stun gun or similar high voltage output such as automobile ignition coil ect ... Have seen a stun gun used on a computer, killed it without any obvious signs of damage ...
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I was wanting to put the uk3rom onto a previously orange branded phone.
I was told to boot up into recovery and flash the file splhard1_update_signed.zip.
Upon doing this my phone will now not start up?
I have also noticed that the charging light does not come on, when plugged in
(well no light comes on anyway)
I was asked to format the sd card and put DREAIMG.nbh on and then reboot using home and power/on. It didnt work
I took it to a local repairer but he said was bad flash and that it was now irrepairable. Another one, said it was beyond him *-(
I have since been told told that if i can find a repairer that uses ort jtag, they would be able to restore the boot,which will allow connection then 2 be made to pc. Then hopefully i can then flash original orange firmware back... is this possible guys?
Does anyone know of any such repairer in UK
cheers
Beano
how bout HTC they bfixed my bricked hero if they ask tell them it ran out of bat updating to 2.1
cool....
Do you happen to have any contact numbers for them in UK
How did you get on with yours?
thanks
Beano
Contact number is here htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx
Ummm, why were you flashing the spl for a dream?
And really if you do this, remember you're technically committing fraud, since you caused the damage to the handset yourself.
I am sure HTC will wise up to this "trick" pretty soon.
BTW, op, flash only hero roms on a hero. I'm sure you've discovered that now, but just reiterating.
If you can find the JTAG schematics for the Hero chipset, and find the right points it is possible to JTAG yourself.
You'll need an LPT port on a PC, HJTAG, NoICE Programs, some cable (I have previously used an LPT cable to JTAG a device) solder, some board to solder to, wire, resistors, and a logic chip.
If you're not up to that, which is possible due to the circumstances, buy a new phone, as you don't want to be commiting fraud now do you!
Now back in Canada, i sent off to HTC.
They advised me that they will perform the repair, but they have identified that a firmware alien to them resides on the phone. They suggested i invalidated my warranty but for 100 bucks, they see to it....
a hard lesson but one ill learn from...
thanks all
Few days ago my touch screen died. I know many have reported it, but most of this thread don't have any answer how to repair it. Best answer they get is send it to HTC, but we cant all do that. My question is, if i replace my touch-screen will it work again, do i need anything else to replace? Plz need answer form someone who knows what he is talking about, I don't want to waste my money on something that cant be fixed.
Check out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922503
From what I can read, it seems it's the digitizer and not the actual screen.
Have you tried flashing WinMo or an SD build back to see if it fixes it? It does for me.
Yea i read that thread and nope tried going back to stock and its still there. what i rly what to know is what is causing this, what part of the phone? It seems to be related to the end call button, since it gets worse when i press it hard. Maybe adjusting the hard buttons could help? Well i contacted HTC maybe they can give me a smart answer but i doubt it they sad to hard reset the phone, maybe they are just trolling me...
Contact your carrier. If it's still in warranty, they may replace the phone. Also if you pay your carrier monthly for an insurance policy, that may cover it as well. If not, but it covers accidental damage or theft or lost of the phone . . . .
i got an htc hd2 that was dropped in a bucket of water on accident, thephone turns on but when its on the volume up and down buttons keep pressing somewhere messed up with the software iguess i took out buttons no fix, so anyone had this problem? and the main ques i got is is that could i install froyo or any android version on the phone without putting stuff in the phone, just from the computer? would youguys think it will fix it or? i reall yneed this sorted out its my only phone and i really cant spend more money
well first of all to install any android rom u will be needing a big enough sd card and some knowledge of what you are doing, secondly you will be needing those vol buttons to work correctly.. if both are in good workin order then i dont see why u wouldnt be able to install android
think jus get ur phone fixed 1st... the circuit board could b short circuited
do people actually bother to replace the circuit board or?
You might be able to get lucky and clean it with some type of cleaner that won't leave a residue on the board and it might, stop.
My HD2 with Clean Desire bricked through normal usage (calling, txt, 3G, etc...) a while ago. I looked far and wide throughout the internet in hopes of finding an answer. Apparently, my phone short-circuited, resulting in it turning into a sexy-looking brick. The solution was to re-short-circuit it and it will turn on like magic. Problem is, I don't know HOW to short-circuit ANYTHING. Could someone give me some advice?
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My HD2 with Clean Desire bricked through normal usage (calling, txt, 3G, etc...) a while ago. I looked far and wide throughout the internet in hopes of finding an answer. Apparently, my phone short-circuited, resulting in it turning into a sexy-looking brick. The solution was to re-short-circuit it and it will turn on like magic. Problem is, I don't know HOW to short-circuit ANYTHING. Could someone give me some advice?
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I don't know where or who told you that you had to short circuit your HD2 to unbrick it bit that will not unbrick a HD2. I do know what you are talking about as I just had to look it up today as someone asked me a question about a Samsung Vibrant. With some Samsung devices you can use what is call a test JIG and plug it into the USB of the device and force it to boot into recovery/download mode and then you can flash a ROM back to it via ODIN. This is a fairly new technology for mobile devices.
But HTC phone can not do this you still have to do it the old fashion way and use a JTAG, Riffbox, and a adaptor to unbrick the device. This requires taking the main board completely out of the device to hook the JTAG to it. You then connect the JTAG to the Riffbox and the Riffbox to your computer then you resorrectcthe SPL and put the device back together.
Sorry but this is the only way to bring a bricked HD2 back from the beyond
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The solution was to re-short-circuit it and it will turn on like magic.
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lolololololololol....
You'll never believe this...
I tried doing everything (except short-circuiting) and almost gave up. My parents came over my house yesterday and my dad had a look at it. He then literally bent the phone (not to the point where it damaged or reshaped anything) and...
...IT TURNED ON!!!
Once again, I wouldn't blame you guys for not believing me, but it worked. So if your HD2 is damaged to the point where there's nothing else you can do, just try bending it
(Actually, don't try this. I'm not held liable if your paperweight snaps in half.)
tarik_9812 said:
You'll never believe this...
I tried doing everything (except short-circuiting) and almost gave up. My parents came over my house yesterday and my dad had a look at it. He then literally bent the phone (not to the point where it damaged or reshaped anything) and...
...IT TURNED ON!!!
Once again, I wouldn't blame you guys for not believing me, but it worked. So if your HD2 is damaged to the point where there's nothing else you can do, just try bending it
(Actually, don't try this. I'm not held liable if your paperweight snaps in half.)
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I am... what.
That's genuinely impressive.
Hello,
I am new on this forum (speaking of posting) i've been reading alot on this forum.
unfortunately, not enough..
Yesterday i got a htc hd2 from my dad because he couldn't work with it.
the only problem was that if he was calling the other person heard him like being in a bathroom or so,
I tought maybe it was because of the software ( i have put android on it about 2-3 month's ago maybe a bad version)
So i decided to put another version on it..
Well everything worked fine for me , set everything up but internet wouldn't open,
So i decided to reboot the phone, but that's where it went wrong, the whole phone died , not responding on powerbutton or anything else,
So as far as i know it's bricked.
the only wat to unbrick it (i know) is by using a jtag riff box, i don't know anyone in my country (the netherlands) who have it.
Now i don't know what to do.
sell the phone as broken for parts like display etc.
of shall i buy a box myself (107 euro without connector)
What are the points of concidering besides of the money,
is it enough to buy the box + connector and then download the software, or do i need to buy licenses too?
if not it's very attracting, an maybe i can even help other people who have bricked his/hers phone
If anybody have a trustable site for me to buy one in europe also please let me know.
madco said:
Hello,
I am new on this forum (speaking of posting) i've been reading alot on this forum.
unfortunately, not enough..
Yesterday i got a htc hd2 from my dad because he couldn't work with it.
the only problem was that if he was calling the other person heard him like being in a bathroom or so,
I tought maybe it was because of the software ( i have put android on it about 2-3 month's ago maybe a bad version)
So i decided to put another version on it..
Well everything worked fine for me , set everything up but internet wouldn't open,
So i decided to reboot the phone, but that's where it went wrong, the whole phone died , not responding on powerbutton or anything else,
So as far as i know it's bricked.
the only wat to unbrick it (i know) is by using a jtag riff box, i don't know anyone in my country (the netherlands) who have it.
Now i don't know what to do.
sell the phone as broken for parts like display etc.
of shall i buy a box myself (107 euro without connector)
What are the points of concidering besides of the money,
is it enough to buy the box + connector and then download the software, or do i need to buy licenses too?
if not it's very attracting, an maybe i can even help other people who have bricked his/hers phone
If anybody have a trustable site for me to buy one in europe also please let me know.
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Hi,
Can you get into bootloader?
Power on and hold volume button down.
Can you get into tri-color screen?
malybru said:
Hi,
Can you get into bootloader?
Power on and hold volume button down.
Can you get into tri-color screen?
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No, unfortunatly even that is not working,
The whole phone is not responding on anything.
i can push my powerbutton, but even no light goes on , and nothing appears on the display.
That's why i guess it's bricked (also because i am using a t-mobile sim even it is a HD2 which is sold by a hi (kpn nl) provider)
Nobody has an idea what's best to do? or does know someone in the netherlands with a box?
It would be easier to help you if you would have said what you've done to the phone.
I find it very hard to brick this phone if HSPL was on it, as there is nothing the Malgdr or CWM can do to ruin it (to my knowledge).
Try these two things:
1) Is the battery charged - sometimes that might be the problem
2) Connect the phone to your PC, and see if it recognizes it.
Let us know how it went.
madco said:
Nobody has an idea what's best to do? or does know someone in the netherlands with a box?
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Sorry, don't have a box.
But, Check the battery pins, commonly, one of these are bent, and that's why it won't boot-up.
Does it use Magldr? or cLK? (Eg, when you booted, did you see a black screen with white text, and gogogo as the last line?(magldr) or did it just boot as android(cLK).
If cLK, put your phone in charger and see if the red light turns on.
Hope this helps a bit,
Eelke
I had mine jtag here in teh US I am not sure the cost involved but he can fix it for you if you care to have it shipped here. The person that did it is a member of xda and gave me fantastic service I can send you his website if that interests you. Just PM me if you wish.
Good Luck
Riff?
Never heard of one. Will a repair shop not have one?
Check the battery compartment and see if any pins connecting the battery to the phone are bent in a wrong direction. If so, correct this, put battery back in, connect phone to charger / USB and try turning it on.
Okay, back since a while.
Last week i found my HD2 again, (still not working.. )
So i thought about going to fix it.
I found out it isn't the battery though.. i tried another one in my phone, still dead,
My battery in another phone.. and that works.
So now i want to buy an riff box for sure, i fond some at the internet but i don't know if i can trust those sites...
First one is : http://gsmserver.com/shop/gsm/riff_box_jtag.php
Second one is: http://www.multi-com.pl/
third one is:http://www.ipmart.com/main/
Has anyone of yours some experience with one of these three shops?
1st one would be my first choice because they have all i want to order,
2nd one is the most expensive,
3th, miss something i want, but i can make it on by my own.
So can you please help me figure this out?
Best recommendation from me and your hd2, if you want to learn, is http://www.segger.com/j-link-edu.html (it no need credits, +++ another $, it's tootaly open for all you want with your phone) + great revskills software !!! I am happy user with all that!!! It's not automated process like in riff box but after working with it it's very great and easy!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307644
unlucky bud
Indeed it's pretty sh*tty.
Thanks for your link munjeni, but the riff box attracts me more, just because of the easyness.
Nobody some experiences with these sites please?
madco said:
Indeed it's pretty sh*tty.
Thanks for your link munjeni, but the riff box attracts me more, just because of the easyness.
Nobody some experiences with these sites please?
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As long as you pay by PayPal, you should be covered. I'll be interested in knowing how things went...