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Mytouch 3G stuck and no recovery

i have looked and couldnt find a thread that matched my problem...i have a rooted mytouch 3G (32B) and i cannot get back into recovery. i am able to get into hboot and fastboot but thats it...and when i try to boot regularly the phone will either get stuck in a boot loop or if it does boot (which is rare) it will go to the android tutorial screen and ask for me to touch. at the tutorial screen there will be a whole bunch of error and force closes...before these problems i had used clockwork rec and tried to flash another recovery from rom manager but it would flash a new recovery...then the problems followed and i could no longer flash either clockwork or amon ra....please help if there is any

Post your fastboot info. If your not locked with a perfected SPL you should be able to permanently flash a custom recovery and then flash a new ROM.
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I would just apply SAPPIMG.nbh, then use flashrec.apk from 1.5 to flash amon_ra. Then flash whatever you want.
Basically just follow this guide - http://theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-root-the-htc-mytouch-3g/

Sapphire PVT 32B SHIPP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006
(SAPPPP3000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.2219.261
May 27 2009, 19:06:41

Phateless said:
I would just apply SAPPIMG.nbh, then use flashrec.apk from 1.5 to flash amon_ra. Then flash whatever you want.
Basically just follow this guide - http://theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-root-the-htc-mytouch-3g/
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the phone is stuck in boot loop and doesnt get passed android tutorial (followed by various error/force close messages) even if it gets passed the boot screen...

Gargon87 said:
the phone is stuck in boot loop and doesnt get passed android tutorial (followed by various error/force close messages) even if it gets passed the boot screen...
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Pull the battery and reinstall, and while the phone is OFF, hold POWER + VOLUME DOWN until you get to the update/bootloader screen. Not sure what it's called. From there you can apply SAPPIMG.nbh from your sd card.
Obviously you'll have to use an adapter to copy the file directly to your SD card without the use of the phone itself.
That will put everything back to oem, then you can use flashrec.apk to install amon_ra and go on your merry way. Try it before you insist it won't work.

If he can't get the regular ROM loaded up he's not going to be able to use flashrec. You need to flash an engineering SPL using the goldcard method and go the old school route of flashing a custom recovey, then flash a new ROM. I'm guessing you rooted before using Androot. When I get to a computer I'll link a proper guide to help you out. You can't get to recovery either (holding home and pressing power)?
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DonJuan692006 said:
If he can't get the regular ROM loaded up he's not going to be able to use flashrec. You need to flash an engineering SPL using the goldcard method and go the old school route of flashing a custom recovey, then flash a new ROM. I'm guessing you rooted before using Androot. When I get to a computer I'll link a proper guide to help you out. You can't get to recovery either (holding home and pressing power)?
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You load SAPPIMG.nbh from the bootloader screen - you don't need a ROM at all.
Applying SAPPIMG returns the phone to 100% oem and should allow him to boot up again.

Applying the stock sappimg will return his bootloader/radio back to stock, not the ROM. You have to run an RUU to get back to complete stock.
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Phateless said:
Pull the battery and reinstall, and while the phone is OFF, hold POWER + VOLUME DOWN until you get to the update/bootloader screen. Not sure what it's called. From there you can apply SAPPIMG.nbh from your sd card.
Obviously you'll have to use an adapter to copy the file directly to your SD card without the use of the phone itself.
That will put everything back to oem, then you can use flashrec.apk to install amon_ra and go on your merry way. Try it before you insist it won't work.
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ill try this...thank you.

Gargon87 said:
ill try this...thank you.
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You're welcome, let me know how it goes. You're basically unrooting, going back to cupcake, and then re-rooting, but at this point I think that's going to be LESS effort than everything else you could try, lol.

It went well! Thanks a lot.
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Gargon87 said:
It went well! Thanks a lot.
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Awesome! I assume you're back up and running then? Which ROM did you choose?

i have a mytouch 3g 1.2 with the old radio and SPL, i acidently bricked it trying to flash the new radio and SPL and now i cant get into recovery or fastboot and the flash screen is frozen, pleassssssee help me get this fixed it has been completel useless for the last week or so

DonJuan692006 said:
Applying the stock sappimg will return his bootloader/radio back to stock, not the ROM. You have to run an RUU to get back to complete stock.
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Complete RUUs can be applied via bootloader.
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i have a small problem with my 32a. i used wrong sappimg image and i have :
SAPPHIRE UNKNOW 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT -1.33.006(SAPP10000)
CLPD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.16i
My magic is vodapp25 (Vodafone romania).
sugestion?

[Q] Does PD15IMG.zip work just like SAPPIMG.nbh for mt3g and can I flash with S-OFF?

I remember with the old MT3G that SAPPIMG.nbh was like our ultimate safety net. As long as we could get into bootloader we could at least get back to OEM Cupcake. I like the idea of being able to bring the phone back to 100% OEM.
I've seen the PD15IMG.zip for MT4G floating around but not a lot of documentation on how to use it.
Can anyone confirm that it works the same way? Does flashing it override whatever is on the phone and bring us back to a perfectly OEM image, complete with S-ON and root access gone without a trace?
Lastly, is it safe to flash from S-OFF or do I need to turn S-ON first?
Thanks!

Yes and yes. Unless you used gfree to get radio s off in which case you need to use the s on guide at the bottom of that post.
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grankin01 said:
Yes and yes. Unless you used gfree to get radio s off in which case you need to use the s on guide at the bottom of that post.
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Thanks, Granks!
Nope, no radio s-off. I figure I'll just call T-mobile and ask if I want to sim unlock it.
As for the guide to forcing update - there's a second pd15img.zip file (20mb or so) and then an update.zip. Are both really necessary to unroot, stay stock, and get current to 2.2.1?
Or can I just use the first pd15img.zip (311mb) and then the update.zip and skip the middle part, which from what I've read seems to temporarily root/s-off the phone?

The original pd15img.zip will be 2.2. You will need the second one to update it to 2.2.1.
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grankin01 said:
The original pd15img.zip will be 2.2. You will need the second one to update it to 2.2.1.
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So that's a total of 2 update.zips, not three. That's what I thought. I just want to be sure since I don't know exactly what these updates do, only their intended usage...
Thanks!

Np
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Wow. Perfect timing. So if one followed the original s-off/root thread without gfree, all we need to do is flash that to be stock again? Can someone link the image?
I have a replacement phone coming, so this will simplify my exchange.
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mattjmartin said:
Wow. Perfect timing. So if one followed the original s-off/root thread without gfree, all we need to do is flash that to be stock again? Can someone link the image?
I have a replacement phone coming, so this will simplify my exchange.
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Here you go.
http://www.filedropper.com/pd15imgglaciertmous1175312radio1228b60140e26030226mrelease155771signed
mirror.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/caa....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed.zip

Phateless said:
This will get you to 2.2, not sure if the ota will still come.
http://db.tt/6GFTLxj
I believe this is the update to 2.2.1. Let me know how it works.
http://db.tt/oDkWb2k
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Thank you sir! Nice touch with the dropbox links too, made it even easier for me! I'll be back on in a few hours to let you know how it all went!

mattjmartin said:
Thank you sir! Nice touch with the dropbox links too, made it even easier for me! I'll be back on in a few hours to let you know how it all went!
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Not a problem! It can be so hard to track all this **** down, that's why I've started collecting links in my sig in case anyone else happens to need them. Time to update my sig and add in the MT4G links too.

Do I need to flash the stock recovery first?
EDIT: I'm getting an "main version is older" error when trying to flash over cyanogenmod 6.1. I'm going to nandroid back to my stock image with root and see if I can flash it over that. Hopefully I can. Any ideas anyone?

mattjmartin said:
Do I need to flash the stock recovery first?
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To flash the file in the OP? No, you flash this through hboot and it will wipe your phone, replace your recovery, unroot you and restore you to S-ON.
Basically it returns your phone to an out of the box state.

Phateless said:
To flash the file in the OP? No, you flash this through hboot and it will wipe your phone, replace your recovery, unroot you and restore you to S-ON.
Basically it returns your phone to an out of the box state.
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I guess I should be a bit quicker on my edits! Anyway, when flashing through hboot over CM6.1 I get "main version is older" errors. I was going to nandroid back to stock + root but it is now bootlooping when nandroiding back to stock. This is frustrating. I still get the same "main version is older" error over my stock nandroid as well.

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I guess I should be a bit quicker on my edits! Anyway, when flashing through hboot over CM6.1 I get "main version is older" errors. I was going to nandroid back to stock + root but it is now bootlooping when nandroiding back to stock. This is frustrating. I still get the same "main version is older" error over my stock nandroid as well.
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Are you doing a full wipe between your nandroids? If you still have S-OFF you can fastboot reflash cwm recovery and then restore or flash whatever the heck you want.

Phateless said:
Are you doing a full wipe between your nandroids? If you still have S-OFF you can fastboot reflash cwm recovery and then restore or flash whatever the heck you want.
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I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
Just for reference, I'm trying to restore to stock so I can ship it back to t-mobile. So far all I have accomplished is doing a nandroid restore to stock + s -off + root, yet somehow it is bootlooping... I may use fastboot to flash the stock recovery and try to restore it then.
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mattjmartin said:
I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
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That's your problem right there. In recovery before you nandroid restore do WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET. Then restore your nandroid and it should boot right up.
Or are you doing this through Rom Manager? Boot into recovery and do this manually so you can wipe/reset before you restore. I just restored from cm7 this morning. Heck, I nandroid back and forth between Sense and CM6 about twice a week. Literally...

mattjmartin said:
I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
Just for reference, I'm trying to restore to stock so I can ship it back to t-mobile. So far all I have accomplished is doing a nandroid restore to stock + s -off + root, yet somehow it is bootlooping... I may use fastboot to flash the stock recovery and try to restore it then.
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easiest way is to follow my guide for unrooting

jjjackson56 said:
easiest way is to follow my guide for unrooting
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I didn't follow the ultimate guide so I just went straight to flashing the image file in hboot but it gives me a "main version is older" error and kicks me out... I am on CM 6.1, what could be the reason?
I have 3 ideas for what my problems could be: 1) CM Kernal (does nandroid restore the kernal?) 2) Not wiping in clockwork before nandroid restore (hopefully I still have clockwork) 3) Bad PD15IMG.zip download (like an idiot I downloaded it from the device itself...)
I will work on it again tomorrow and be back to this thread.
Thanks again for the help guys!

mattjmartin said:
I didn't follow the ultimate guide so I just went straight to flashing the image file in hboot but it gives me a "main version is older" error and kicks me out... I am on CM 6.1, what could be the reason?
I have 3 ideas for what my problems could be: 1) CM Kernal (does nandroid restore the kernal?) 2) Not wiping in clockwork before nandroid restore (hopefully I still have clockwork) 3) Bad PD15IMG.zip download (like an idiot I downloaded it from the device itself...)
I will work on it again tomorrow and be back to this thread.
Thanks again for the help guys!
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Oh wow, definitely download from a computer. It's a 311mb file. Did you check the md5sum?

Mine seems fast over wi-fi.....
Phateless said:
Oh wow, definitely download from a computer. It's a 311mb file. Did you check the md5sum?
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[q] pleassseeee help anybody!!!!!!!

i think i may have just broken my phone. i was trying to stock restore my mt4g so i can return it to tmobile tomorrow. i messed up and unrooted my phone before i did anything (dont know what the hell i was thinking).is there a way to get around this is anyway.please help im begging

notnice564 said:
i think i may have just broken my phone. i was trying to stock restore my mt4g so i can return it to tmobile tomorrow. i messed up and unrooted my phone before i did anything (dont know what the hell i was thinking).is there a way to get around this is anyway.please help im begging
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From your description we still cant tell what happened, what step or where it bricked or what.

notnice564 said:
i think i may have just broken my phone. i was trying to stock restore my mt4g so i can return it to tmobile tomorrow. i messed up and unrooted my phone before i did anything (dont know what the hell i was thinking).is there a way to get around this is anyway.please help im begging
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Well if you unrooted just re-root it and you should be set.
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the phone is not booting at all its stuck on the tmobile screen when i turn the phone on. i still have access the cwr screen and hboot screen.but i cant actually get into the phone at all

notnice564 said:
the phone is not booting at all its stuck on the tmobile screen when i turn the phone on. i still have access the cwr screen and hboot screen.but i cant actually get into the phone at all
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986522

neidlinger said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986522
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for me to use that link s=off remember i unrooted already.so theres no way for me to flash a rom to a phone that s=on . or is there?

notnice564 said:
for me to use that link s=off remember i unrooted already.so theres no way for me to flash a rom to a phone that s=on . or is there?
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Well s=on is different then being unrooted.
you can have s=on and be rooted and has s=off and be unrooted. You never stated you went and turned s=on.
have you tried flashing the PD15IMG via the HBoot screen?

neidlinger said:
Well s=on is different then being unrooted.
you can have s=on and be rooted and has s=off and be unrooted. You never stated you went and turned s=on.
have you tried flashing the PD15IMG via the recovery screen?
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PD15IMG needs to be flashed from hboot, not recovery.

option94 said:
PD15IMG needs to be flashed from hboot, not recovery.
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*Face Palm*
I know better i have no idea why i said that.

thanks for the help guys... i just called tmobile and told some bs and they sending another 1 out because i still have warranty .i was going to send it to them anyways but for something else. but thank u guys for all your support realllly cool to see members willing to help out like that.

MT4G screen not working.

Hello,
My wife's rooted MT4G touch screen is not responding to touch anymore nor is the trackpad working. I don't know what happen but I'm going to try to get a warranty replacement, but I need to unroot and turn s on before I send it in. My question how can I do this if the screen and trackpad are not working? Is it possible through sdk and if so, anyone can provide me instructions ? Thanks on advanced.
kei
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Sounds like a defective digitizer. Considering it's a hardware issue the warranty would still apply
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kimbernator said:
Sounds like a defective digitizer. Considering it's a hardware issue the warranty would still apply
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Hmmm, yeah but don't I have to unroot it first? I thought if you sent it in rooted, it voids the warranty ?
Kei
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kurashima said:
Hmmm, yeah but don't I have to unroot it first? I thought if you sent it in rooted, it voids the warranty ?
Kei
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Rooting voids the warranty when it comes to software. Defective hardware is still covered. Doesn't hurt to unroot though. Toss pd15img on ur SD card and restore it
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kimbernator said:
Rooting voids the warranty when it comes to software. Defective hardware is still covered. Doesn't hurt to unroot though. Toss pd15img on ur SD card and restore it
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Ah okay, thanks. I search forum for pd15img, will that turn s back on or does T-Mobile not care?
Oh if the trackpad is not working, how can I restore it?? Possible to do it from sdk ?
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kurashima said:
Ah okay, thanks. I search forum for pd15img, will that turn s back on or does T-Mobile not care?
Oh if the trackpad is not working, how can I restore it?? Possible to do it from sdk ?
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If you got s-off, i don't think unrooting it will undo that. there are specific guides to turn s back ON but i doubt you would be needing that.
Good luck though.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4NAODYZ
that is pd15img, the link shared by theunlockr so pretty good source. It will revert all parts of your system back to stock, so it should be s-on after.
This isn't meant to fix the screen, and the touchscreen isn't required to use pd15img. It is only for extra protection against getting your warranty rejected even though it's a hardware issue.
this guide will help
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/16/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g/

kimbernator said:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4NAODYZ
that is pd15img, the link shared by theunlockr so pretty good source. It will revert all parts of your system back to stock, so it should be s-on after.
This isn't meant to fix the screen, and the touchscreen isn't required to use pd15img. It is only for extra protection against getting your warranty rejected even though it's a hardware issue.
this guide will help
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/16/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g/
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Hello,
Thank you, I was able to get the phone to see pd15img and is started doing it's thing, and I went to reboot it. Now I get hboot screen that kind of looks like this:
GLAVIER PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0-86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-25.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 27, 2010, 11:12:59
[FASTBOOT] <--- Shaded red with white letters.
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
[BOOTLOADER] <--- Shaded blue with white letters.
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
I tried all the buttons and it is like they are not responsive, I know for fact the volume buttons work because I had to use them to select for the .zip file. I also uses the key tester in clockwork recovery to check and see if my keys were working or not. I have tried pulling the battery out, so I am not sure if I missed a step??
Thanks,
Kei
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It seems I forked up. I didn't realize it but it is my own fault for being in a hurry. I did use the gfree method on my phone by moving the gfree files to where the guide told me and then used a terminal emulator to execute gfree. Since I already flash PD15img.zip, and I am screwed or is there something I can possibly do so that I can properly unroot by undoing gfree? If I got to learn to use adb, I will! I appreciate your help in advance!

well with that I assume you did gfree to root. I may be wrong but I think you need to use to touchscreen to revert that completely. Just try to get a replacement with the current setup.
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kimbernator said:
well with that I assume you did gfree to root. I may be wrong but I think you need to use to touchscreen to revert that completely. Just try to get a replacement with the current setup.
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Guess what, the screen started working but track pad is not as far as I can click but not move. So with that new development, anyway to get out of hboot?
Thanks for all of your help.
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well... you can just reboot normally, right? in that case, put the part7backup file wherever you're supposed to. I didn't do the gfree method, so i dont really know how to do it. that guide i posted earlier should have proper instructions, though.

kimbernator said:
well... you can just reboot normally, right? in that case, put the part7backup file wherever you're supposed to. I didn't do the gfree method, so i dont really know how to do it. that guide i posted earlier should have proper instructions, though.
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I tried but it just goes to the screen above, hboot and I can't select anything.
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I tried taking battery out, waiting but I'm stuck at hboot screen and seems like it freezes there because it won't respond to buttons like volume up or down.
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Help *bump*
Still having issues, I am hoping someone can help me please!
I got hboot to respond by reseating the sd-card, it just continues to detect pd.zip file and will flash it successfully but after it reboots, it just goes back into hboot.
Would this post help me fix my problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12899770&postcount=4
I want to get this phone back to stock so I can replace it via Warranty due to the trackpad & touchscreen failing.
Thanks a bunch in advanced,
Kei

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Please help...
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The only thing I can think of is, buy an sdcard reader if your pc doesn't already have one intergrated. Take out your sdcard, put it in the card reader, plug it to your pc and format the sdcard. Redownload the pd15 zip via pc and copy it to the sdcard.
Insert back your sdcard. Boot into hboot and let it do its thing. When its done press vol up for yes to update and when that's done power to reboot. If it reboots fine then you're good to go.
If that still sends you to hboot after reboot, the last thing I can think off to do is just remove your sdcard and boot into hboot. That way the phone won't read anything and let you choose and boot into the stock recovery(it should be blue lettering) from recovery just wipe data factory reset and reboot again see what happens then.

[Q] Unable to boot mytouch

im unable to boot mytouch after running ota update. stuck at mytouch logo. please help

Is this the Official MyTouch update your talking about?
Had the same problem with the official MyTouch was the update successful? Just do a battery pull and try turning it back on.
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yes it is official update. already tried battery pull and tried to ruu back to stock

"RUU back to stock" by what?
If you just installed 2.3.4 in PD15IMG.ZIP form - this IS the "RUU equivalent" for MT4G.
Try installing it again.
If it doesn't help - nothing you can do, besides trying to unlock bootloader (don't know if you can, having no OS to boot to) and then flashing recovery from it and any ROM from recovery.

what happens when you flash pd15img.zip ???
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Full wipe and installation of stock system.

Jack_R1 said:
"RUU back to stock" by what?
If you just installed 2.3.4 in PD15IMG.ZIP form - this IS the "RUU equivalent" for MT4G.
Try installing it again.
If it doesn't help - nothing you can do, besides trying to unlock bootloader (don't know if you can, having no OS to boot to) and then flashing recovery from it and any ROM from recovery.
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ruu.exe??? as with any other htc phone?

androph said:
what happens when you flash pd15img.zip ???
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it always fails

Jack_R1 said:
Full wipe and installation of stock system.
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i have no recovery

og92 said:
ruu.exe??? as with any other htc phone?
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No, for MT4G there's no such thing.
You could try flashing Panache's RUU.exe, possibly using goldcard. It might work.

og92 said:
it always fails
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It always fails? What do you mean? Do you get errors such as "failed-PU"? In that case, you are bricked my friend. Also try saranhai's guide..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394238