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hi i had a htc hd2 with 3.14 rom and i downgraded to 1.66 (if thats how to say it) and now it wont turn on at all whats the problem can anyon help? what should i do? is it bricked?
any help would be appriciated

take the battery out, wait 5 mintes then put the battery back in and try starting the phone

ellokito11 said:
hi i had a htc hd2 with 3.14 rom and i downgraded to 1.66 (if thats how to say it) and now it wont turn on at all whats the problem can anyon help? what should i do? is it bricked?
any help would be appriciated
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What phone do you have? TMOUS? What ROM did you flash (Full file name)?
Try this:
Turn off the phone, Hold Volume -, Press & Release power button. If you get the tri-colour screen, it's all good, find a compatible ROM and re-flash from there.

Another reason to read as much as you can about radio, roms and how to flash. Before to start flashing.
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mattog yes i have tmous, and thanks for the answer but it wont turn on at all, i have followed every step and nothing.
but i followed a video and it said i needed HSPL3 ~ SPL-2.08.HSPL but then it said in order to have that i needed to downgrade if i had 3.14 rom (which i did) to 1.66. i got the one it gave me there on the video.
also if this helps, when i did this my battery was exactly 50% and charging, and now the back on the phone doesnt get hot when its pluged in, so maybe i killed the battery?

[Q] Can't flash stock rom after flashing MAGLDR

Ok guys please help me since I couldn't find the answer
I installed on my hd2:
-HSPL 2.08
-Radio 2.15.50.14
-Magldr 1.13
-CMR
First of all I noticed that I dont have to hold the power button to get into the magldr menu.
I couldn't get into Boot As SD so I wanted to flash winmo stock rom from bootloader. Unfortunately I can't do that. Even tried HR. Is there any solution to flash stock ROM
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Abagnale said:
Ok guys please help me since I couldn't find the answer
I installed on my hd2:
-HSPL 2.08
-Radio 2.15.50.14
-Magldr 1.13
-CMR
First of all I noticed that I dont have to hold the power button to get into the magldr menu.
I couldn't get into Boot As SD so I wanted to flash winmo stock rom from bootloader. Unfortunately I can't do that. Even tried HR. Is there any solution to flash stock ROM
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Don't use MAGLDR to flash your ROM. Hold the Volume Down rocker when you turn you phone on to access the bootloader (tri-color screen) and then plug your phone into your computer via USB. You should then be able to flash your stock ROM with no trouble.
Alternative: To go full stock, including going back to the stock SPL, check my signature for a link on flashing via the SD card.

Thank you for you reply After several attempts I managed to get my winmo back on via SD because RUU couldn't see my phone
Two questions: So do I still have MAGLDR and CMR after flashin' that stock rom ?
I can see in the bootloader that I'm back on SPL 3.03. Does that mean that I'm back on warranty and HSPL2 is uninstalled?
Thanks!

Abagnale said:
Thank you for you reply After several attempts I managed to get my winmo back on via SD because RUU couldn't see my phone
Two questions: So do I still have MAGLDR and CMR after flashin' that stock rom ?
I can see in the bootloader that I'm back on SPL 3.03. Does that mean that I'm back on warranty and HSPL2 is uninstalled?
Thanks!
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Yeah you lose everything. Yeah, if you needed to send it away now, you could as it has stock everything. May I ask, why did you install MAGLDR then not even use it properly? What were you trying to do? Dual boot WP7 & Android?

thanks!
Don't you worry I was doing everything by the book
Maybe you know why MAGLDR was turnin on even when I didn't hold the power button ?

Abagnale said:
thanks!
Don't you worry I was doing everything by the book
Maybe you know why MAGLDR was turnin on even when I didn't hold the power button ?
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When MAGLDR can't find anything to boot up (no properly installed ROM) it defaults to the same menu you see when holding the power button down.

It's strange cause the ROM was flashed properly, at least I think so. It was working properly...

MAGLDR was probably turning your phone in because it was connected to a power source. This had to be done because there was a bug in the old Magldr where you had to keep pulling out the battery. It doesn't go to the bootloader (HSPL) though. It'll boot up and say kernel failed.
What are you trying to do now, reinstall magldr?

Tried couple times and I didn't manage to install Android using MAGLDR 1.13 and CMR.
Now I'm back to WinMo and done for now with flashing Android. Don't want to have an expensive paper holder.

You probably had the wrong partition size in CWM.
I don't think there is really a way of bricking your phone doing this other than flashing an imcompatible radio. I've never had any trouble with flashing with CWM or MAGLDR. You say in your first post, you were trying to boot SD AD? You know that's not for .zips from CWM? That's for people who want to dual-boot WP7 and Android, you have to boot AD NAND for CWM.

CWM was already prepared by the developer
Oh...I was following the video tutorial and the guy gets into the recovery mod by getting into the SD AD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxucOLY488
Actually I stuck at that point

That's the old way! There's a new way where you just flash a DFT and you go to AD Recovery in magldr an poof! CWM.
Here's the thread just incase you feel like doing it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898913
Don't forget to update your HSPL and radio before doing anything though as you're back on sh*tty WinMo.

I will check on it since you're encouraging me not to give up

Ha ha! Yeah, well I like helping people and Android is just a way better OS then WinMo. Any troubles, just post here and I'll try to help.

Thanks mate, really appreciate your help

No problem. So did you get it working yet or what?
PS. don't forget that thanks button if I've helped. ;D

Not today mate, maybe tommorow will let you know
[EDIT] Wait...today is "tommorow" so "maybe later" I'd say
did it already post #12

Nice... You might aswell do it now then... so you can spend tomorrow looking for apps and getting used to Android.

If I wouldn't have to write my MA dissertation, I would have my HD2 running Android by now

Have you tried it yet?
I'm currently having problems with my HD2 too.
Let's hope this stock ROM works.

[Q] help pls. what is a boot repair?

hi guys,
pls help me out here. i have a t mobile htc hd2 running energy rom. with some third party applications. it was working fine until i plugged it to a previously unused power supply to charge. as it started to charge the battery suddenly the phone went blank. no response at all. charging indicator was also not working. i tried removing the battery, soft reset button and hard reset too. but nothing worked. so i took the phone to a shop and they tell me it needs a "boot repair" which costs 90usd. my queries are these.
1. what is a boot repair? is it a hardware problem or a software problem?
2. why did this happen? is it because of a power supply error? is it due to the custom rom or applications i m using?
3. is this a known issue with the hd2?
4. how can i prevent this from happening again?
thanks

A boot repair must be a JTAG cause that is what JTAG does for a device is reserect the SPL or what is know as the bootloader. The bootloader is what boots first when you power on your device and it boots up the hardware and software of the device. Plus to JTAG a device you have to totally remove the main board from the device. So you see a "boot repair" is part a hardware repair and part a software repair because it is the software that allows the software to use the hardware.
I am not exactly sure why it happened, but I am sure it must have had something to do with the charger you plugged it into. I can pretty much assure you it had nothing to do with the ROM you was using. What makes me wonder though is sense it happen when you plugged it into a charger. You may need more than a JTAG as it might have fried your main board somehow.
The only known issue with bricking a T-Mobile HD2 is flashing a radio version of 2.04.50.xx, 2.05.50.xx, 2.06.50.xx, or any x.xx.51.xx radio will always brick a TMOUS. Also somehow letting the HD2 become disconnected from the USB cable while you are flashing a ROM or radio will cause a HD2 or most any device to become bricked.
As for preventing it from happening again I would pay attention to my above warnnings and also not use that charger again.
Also PM me and I can reffer aomeone that can JTAG your HD2 for $50 USD too. You would have to shipp your HD2 to them though, but the live in the US.

T-Macgnolia said:
A boot repair must be a JTAG cause that is what JTAG does for a device is reserect the SPL or what is know as the bootloader. The bootloader is what boots first when you power on your device and it boots up the hardware and software of the device. Plus to JTAG a device you have to totally remove the main board from the device. So you see a "boot repair" is part a hardware repair and part a software repair because it is the software that allows the software to use the hardware.
I am not exactly sure why it happened, but I am sure it must have had something to do with the charger you plugged it into. I can pretty much assure you it had nothing to do with the ROM you was using. What makes me wonder though is sense it happen when you plugged it into a charger. You may need more than a JTAG as it might have fried your main board somehow.
The only known issue with bricking a T-Mobile HD2 is flashing a radio version of 2.04.50.xx, 2.05.50.xx, 2.06.50.xx, or any x.xx.51.xx radio will always brick a TMOUS. Also somehow letting the HD2 become disconnected from the USB cable while you are flashing a ROM or radio will cause a HD2 or most any device to become bricked.
As for preventing it from happening again I would pay attention to my above warnnings and also not use that charger again.
Also PM me and I can reffer aomeone that can JTAG your HD2 for $50 USD too. You would have to shipp your HD2 to them though, but the live in the US.
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thanks. that enlightened me a lot. somebody told me that after the boot reapir their is increased risk of bricking the phone again. is that true? (he said its because the procedure involves somthing to do with writing the "bios" ) and is it safe to install the custom rom again?

kanishkapd said:
thanks. that enlightened me a lot. somebody told me that after the boot reapir their is increased risk of bricking the phone again. is that true? (he said its because the procedure involves somthing to do with writing the "bios" ) and is it safe to install the custom rom again?
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Yes when you JTAG a HD2 you are doing something very similiar to rewritting the bios of a computer. But the HD2 does not have bios like a computet, someone please correct me if I am wrong with that statement. What you are actually doing when you JTAG a HD2 is rewritting the SPL or as the RiffBox software calls it "reserect the SPL".
Now as far as I know thos does not make your HD2 any more suseptable to being bricked than before it was JTAGed. And yes you can still flash custom ROM, MAGLDR, or cLK but you will have to flash HSPL again before you flash any of them because JTAG will only rewrite stock SPL to the HD2.

T-Macgnolia said:
Yes when you JTAG a HD2 you are doing something very similiar to rewritting the bios of a computer. But the HD2 does not have bios like a computet, someone please correct me if I am wrong with that statement. What you are actually doing when you JTAG a HD2 is rewritting the SPL or as the RiffBox software calls it "reserect the SPL".
Now as far as I know thos does not make your HD2 any more suseptable to being bricked than before it was JTAGed. And yes you can still flash custom ROM, MAGLDR, or cLK but you will have to flash HSPL again before you flash any of them because JTAG will only rewrite stock SPL to the HD2.
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thanks, but the problem is worse now. they say now that there is some kind of "short circuit" in the system and because of that they are unable to repair it. currently they have sent a mail to htc requesting for a map of the hd2 circuit or something.
what could i do? is there anything to do or is it better to get a new phone?

T-Macgnolia said:
.... someone please correct me if I am wrong with that statement. What you are actually doing when you JTAG a HD2 is rewritting the SPL or as the RiffBox software calls it "reserect the SPL".
Now as far as I know thos does not make your HD2 any more suseptable to being bricked than before it was JTAGed. And yes you can still flash custom ROM, MAGLDR, or cLK but you will have to flash HSPL again before you flash any of them because JTAG will only rewrite stock SPL to the HD2.
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Yes you are correct my br ... i use riff to fix - write boot repair... one correction Br it writes hspl 2.08 not stock spl im talking for riff

ubejd said:
Yes you are correct my br ... i use riff to fix - write boot repair... one correction Br it writes hspl 2.08 not stock spl im talking for riff
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Thanks for the info, I have never JTAGed a HD2 or any other device for that matter. I have though done a good bit of research on it and I thought it was a stock SPL. I learned something today.

[Q] HTC HD2 Stuck on htc logo

Dear all HD2 professional,
I got a problem with my HD2 after flashing with a MAGDLR113, it has successful message on my pc, but when my phone restart it always stuck on htc logo.
i search with many forum in xda and try, but still not luck.
My problem is it stuck with htc logo when phone is open. although I try to hard reset (hold vol down + up + power) or (hold down + power), and connect to PC, it do nothing, it still at htc logo.
Now, I don't know what I'm going to do next?
please anyone give me an advice to fix it?
thanks,
dane

You probably didn't set correct radio or spl,, magldr wont boot without 2.08.hspl AND radio 2.07.50 - 2.15.50,,,
Get them both right, magldr will start

thanks samsamuel,
But
Could you tell me how to set radio or spl... or give me a link to do that?
Because I was stuck on htc screen, I can't get out from it.
thanks again,

You already set the spl, that's how you flashed magldr.
Enter bootloader, connect USB, flash the radio, magldr will now start.

here,read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11097380

A few wrong / confusing / potentially dangerous (to tmous) steps listed in that thread. A good read with good links, but use it to help understand the process, not as a definitive guide.
(Example, it says if you have spl 3.03.0000 you should flash a stock rom to give spl 1.42.0000,,,,,, this step would brick a tmous,, when all you needed to do was use Hspl4 to set either 2.08.hspl,, or if the warning about not using Hspl4 scares you, use Hspl4 to set any spl, and then use hspl3 to set 2.08.hspl)
As with all threads, take the info on board, then confirm what you learned by reading other threads.
Many threads are slightly out of date, and so although the info is useful, its not always the easiest / best.

I think you need to root your phone. search on addictive tips.com, you will find step by step tutorial on how to root your phone and install android

Thanks guy,
But i still can't Enter to bootloader.
it should hold voldown + power, it still in htc logo and I didn't see any else even I try again and again. what problem with that or my phone got another problem?
sorry for my misunderstanding.

callme_dane said:
Thanks guy,
But i still can't Enter to bootloader.
it should hold voldown + power, it still in htc logo and I didn't see any else even I try again and again. what problem with that or my phone got another problem?
sorry for my misunderstanding.
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Remove the battery then ofcourse put it again and do your thing (volume down + power) "hold both":fingers-crossed:

[Q] HD2 Stuck in Booltloader mode - with some odd behaviour

Gents,
I am hoping someone can help me with an odd problem.
I have spent a fair few hours reading through the various threads and found a few similar issues, but nothing quite the same.
I have tried the various suggestion on those posts, but have unfortunately not getten very far.
Thought that perhaps the best option is to start a-fresh with a new thread that describes my issues with the HD2.
Needless to say I have a HD2. Originally came with WinMob6.5.
Last year I decided to flash with Android and flashed with UltimateDroid Rom which I very much loved. As it had SPL 3.03 0000. I read a few posts, and had no problem changing the SPL to (HSPL) 2.08.HSPL and MGLDR1.13.
I recently got myself a Desire HD and thought as I have two phones, it may be worth flashing one of the ICS Roms to the HD2 and have a play and see what it is like.
I flashed one of the ICS Roms and was fairly pleased with it, but did have a few bugs, and decided to flash back to a different Android Rom. I thought that the best way would be to first flash it back to the original HTC Stock Rom before I start.
I downloaded the file from the HTC website and flashed it. Ever since then It will not do anything other that boot and stay in the Bootloader screen.
I tried to flash it again with the HTC rom - it goes through the flashing procedure just fine, but when it reboots, yet again, all I get is the Bootloader screen.
I read a few threads and found suggestions that I flash it using the SD. I did that, and yet again, all it would do is boot to the Bootloader screen and do nothing else. The only issue I found with flashing from the SD is that it changed the SPL back to 3.03 0000.
I had no issue using the HSPL4 and changing it back to 2.08.HSPL. But yet again, will allow me to do nothing else.
Ive tried a veriety of suggestion like using task 29 and HD2ToolKit4.2.0.1 etc and I am getting absolutely nowhere.
The really frustrating thing is that when I run the RUU flasher, it detects the phone, and goes through the flash gets to 100%, tells me it is successfull, restarts the phone and I am back where I started - the continues Bootloader screen.
So, any advice and help would be very very much appreciated.
The Bootloader info:
PB81100 HX-BC
SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE
0X05
CotullaHSPL 0X30
Thanks.

Faulty voldown button, perhaps? Registering permanently pressed?

samsamuel said:
Faulty voldown button, perhaps? Registering permanently pressed?
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To test this if you have reflashed stock WinMo, hold volume up whilst it's booting and it might ask you if you want to hard reset. If this happens, then samsamuel is correct. If you're lucky, it might just bootup normally as well

Nigeldg said:
To test this if you have reflashed stock WinMo, hold volume up whilst it's booting and it might ask you if you want to hard reset. If this happens, then samsamuel is correct. If you're lucky, it might just bootup normally as well
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Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately, not worked.
Holding the vol up button, does nothing.
It just boots right back to the bootloader screen.
The odd thing is that I can flash it just fine. Its detected by the pc, it flashes all the way through to the 100% and says it is successfull, but then on reboot, goes right back to the bootloader screen. Its well frustrating.
I am not sure if this makes any difference, but the phone was originally on the Virgin network and also Virgin branded software.
Thanks.

miller-might said:
Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately, not worked.
Holding the vol up button, does nothing.
It just boots right back to the bootloader screen.
The odd thing is that I can flash it just fine. Its detected by the pc, it flashes all the way through to the 100% and says it is successfull, but then on reboot, goes right back to the bootloader screen. Its well frustrating.
I am not sure if this makes any difference, but the phone was originally on the Virgin network and also Virgin branded software.
Thanks.
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I don't think there would be any difference, except that of course being on Virgin your connection would be sh*t My brother and mum are on Virgin and get really poor connection everywhere

Nigeldg said:
I don't think there would be any difference, except that of course being on Virgin your connection would be sh*t My brother and mum are on Virgin and get really poor connection everywhere
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I am really at a loss. The obvious question now would be, is the phone bricked? Or is there a solution somewhere?
I have tried absolutely everything I can think of.
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Try to flash a Virgin network rom.

elias2204 said:
Try to flash a Virgin network rom.
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I've tried.
The only one I can find is RUU_Leo_Virgin_Mobile_1.66.351.1_Radio_15.32.50.07U_2.07.51.22_2_Signed_LEO_Ship
I tried flashing it both via pc, and sd. Flashes fine, goes to 100% no issues, but on reboot, is back to the Bootloader screen.
Only noticible difference is that the SPL has changed to 1.42

Anyone have any ideas?

try hassling virgin for a replacement would be my advice. Youve tried all the sopftware options (most noteably flashing the stock rom) so i gotta suspect a hardware fault, whether a faulty key, or whatever. So long as the spl line says 1.42.0000 1.66.0000 or 3.03.0000 then its valid for a return (of course warranty is probably gone by now, but worth a try)

samsamuel said:
try hassling virgin for a replacement would be my advice. Youve tried all the sopftware options (most noteably flashing the stock rom) so i gotta suspect a hardware fault, whether a faulty key, or whatever. So long as the spl line says 1.42.0000 1.66.0000 or 3.03.0000 then its valid for a return (of course warranty is probably gone by now, but worth a try)
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Thanks from the reply. I was starting to think that its bricked.
I've also tried as a last resort creating a goldcard, but to no avail.
Thanks for the suggestion with Virgin, I will give that a go.
Thanks again for the effort.
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