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Can't access to bootloader !!

Hi all !
I can't enter the bootloader screen (screen with blue, green and red stripes) by pressing the volDown key after a soft reset. The phone simply boot on the rom and don't let me see the desired screen.
Is someone can help me to retrieve access to the bootloader screen ?
Radio 2.10.50.8
ROM EnergyRom GTX [13th may 2010]

it shuold be as simple as holding down vol key when powering it on...like you are doing.

u really shutted it fully down and powered on again? or just softreseted via software?

I have tested the two solutions ... I also turn off the device for one day and turn it on pressing the volDown key ... the result was the device booting normally !

Fl3eK said:
I have tested the two solutions ... I also turn off the device for one day and turn it on pressing the volDown key ... the result was the device booting normally !
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mmh.. and if u want to hard reset ur phone? i mean.. when u press both, volume up and down at the start.. does atleast the hardreset screen appear?

No It change nothing ... I really can't access this screen anymore. I try also to upgrade to HSPL 2.X but the issue persists

Oo thats weird.. for what do u need the screen anyway?
i would flash a new rom maybe.. so the prob could be solved that way, but i really dont know if that will help >.<

try it with the battery cover off to get a better press
power off
press and hold and keep holding vol down
press and release power KEEP PRESSING VOL DOWN
only release vol once three colored screen shows.

samsamuel, I flash my HD2 more and more but since I test the radio 2.10.50.XX, the device just boot normaly and it not let me enter the bootloader screen (I keep the volDown key during booting after turn on the device like you said)
Darksorrow, I need to get back to radio 2.08.50 because the 2.10.50 sucks my battery very quickly ... :'( I'll try to flash the device with an other ROM ... with luck It could give me back the access to bootloader ...

the rom can't affect the bootloader in the same way that your installed operating system on your pc can't affect the bios.
even if you wipe the rom completely you can still enter bootloader.
anyway best of luck.
edit - in using same radio as you.

samsamuel said:
the rom can't affect the bootloader in the same way that your installed operating system on your pc can't affect the bios.
even if you wipe the rom completely you can still enter bootloader.
anyway best of luck.
edit - in using same radio as you.
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Thanks for the information and after flashing I understand that the bootloader still unavailable by pressing down the volume down button ... Is it possible that this was and hardware problem even if volume keys works well in Sense?

Fl3eK said:
Thanks for the information and after flashing I understand that the bootloader still unavailable by pressing down the volume down button ... Is it possible that this was and hardware problem even if volume keys works well in Sense?
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Its possible, but unlikely.
I dont mean to sound like i dont believe your results, but i cant help the feeling that you arent doing it right.
Every post so far where someone couldnt enter bootloader / start a hard reset has been down to the order of pressing and the length of the press.
Its usually that they are
1 - pressing and holding both power and vol
or
2 - releasing vol down when they release power
or
3 - not pressing vol hard enough (this is where the battery cover off helps, it allows the button to press more firmly.)
or
4 - pressing power before they press and hold vol.
all of which will fail to enter bootloader.
ill repeat the process, just for clarity.
power off the phone
press hold and keep holding 'vol down'
tap and release power BUT keep vol down pressed
release vol down when the three coloured screen appears.
any more than that i cant suggest, sorry.

Here you go. Give this a shot. Run the cab on your device and there will be a shortcut in your start menu to take you to bootloader

It works fine. Thank you.

zelendel said:
Here you go. Give this a shot. Run the cab on your device and there will be a shortcut in your start menu to take you to bootloader
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Thanks a lot this work for me too !
@samsamuel : I understand the way you explain me Even if I kept the vol down touch after powering the device I just see the device booting on ROM ...

I have one more question, do you think I can perform a format (with MTTY) considering the fact that I can't access to bootloader at startup ? I hope this work but the risk is that I can't never install a ROM after formatting if I still can't access to bootloader by pressing volume down at startup ....

Thanks Zelender, the file works wonderfully. ...and yes, I'm sure I was using correct procedure to enter bootloader as I had done it before.

I have a similar situation, but I have a Nexus One. I know this is not the area for the N1, but this is the only place where someone is having the same issue of not being able to go to the bootloader. I press vol down while hitting power button. This would always give me the boot loader menu, but instead it just boots to the OS.
Any way I can regain access to the bootloader, because my os is messed up and my radio isnt operating.
Thanks

Hum ... I just process an task 29 via MTTY and the result is .... "phone sent for repair" so for those who have the problem, DO NOT EXECUTE TASK 29 or you'll have a blank phone and you'll can't install new ROM.

I can't return to winmo rom.
zelendel said:
Here you go. Give this a shot. Run the cab on your device and there will be a shortcut in your start menu to take you to bootloader
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I've the same problem as Fl3ek : I flashed a nand android rom with magldr and I can't return to bootloader mode and I can't make a hard reset. The only thing working is magldr but only for flashing nand android roms (i tried 3 of them : they all work ).
Is there an APK like bootloader.cab ? Or a program to flash or activate bootloader in nand with magldr ?
I tried quick boot with bootloader option but it does'nt work.

Flashing WP7 without Volume Keys***STUCK NOWW!! HELP PLS

HI,
Is there a way to flash the new roms without the Volume rocker working. My phone was all good till i dropped it and the volume rocker has stopped working.
I ask tot he super minds...Is there a way to flash a rom if ones volume rocker is not working?
I looked at the ROM thread for WP7 and at one point you have to chose USB flasher via the volume key. If thats true and there is no other way then i cant instal WP7 ever..
************sigh**********
PLS help
EDIT:--- Now i am dead... installed radio....installed magldr and now cant select usb flasher mode. Damn.
Pls help

i dont think there is a way without volume down key...

How can i boot directly into boot loader without volume key??
has to be a workaround with all the smart ppl here.
XDA rulezzzzz....someone help me

if you don't have volume keys, you won't be able to change the volume in win phone :L

LOL
will do it via system sounds.....
BUT PLSSSS someone help me instal WP& without the volume rocker working

stuck badly now
Installed magldr and now ant choose the USB flasher mood.
Pls someone help me to get back or get forward...
or am i bricked?
Really worried

You need Enter boot software.
My friend Spike advised it to me long time ago so all credits go to him for finding it.
http://www.google.nl/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=htc+enter+boot+cab
Edit, but if you try WP7 you need to realise Enter boot won't work there so you can't go back.
Better to fix the volume keys.
yahya.hamid said:
How can i boot directly into boot loader without volume key??
has to be a workaround with all the smart ppl here.
XDA rulezzzzz....someone help me
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Laurentius26 said:
You need Enter boot software.
My friend Spike advised it to me long time ago so all credits go to him for finding it.
http://www.google.nl/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=htc+enter+boot+cab
Edit, but if you try WP7 you need to realise Enter boot won't work there so you can't go back.
Better to fix the volume keys.
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Thanks for that.
The only problem is that he's already installed magldr and AFAIK there's no way to get back to WM to run the cab, unless you know of a way back that doesn't involve using the vol keys?

You need an electronics dude (like me) or some experience on how-to de-assemble at least phones anyway if you succeed on de-assembling the phone all you have to do is using a tiny pin plug it inside the volume controls you should be able to press the pcb push button and not the outside plugin
If you cant do all of this ask a friend of yours (electronics) or take to phone shop hell do it for you in exactly 30 secs

no way ...
There no way to flash WP7 without volume key ... Many rom or tool offer you
the possibility to enter directly in bootloader but after flashed MagLdr you will be stuck because you will be unable to enter in MagLdr and unable to scroll down to choice 5 (usb flash). i know it because i have the same problem ....
yahya.hamid said:
HI,
Is there a way to flash the new roms without the Volume rocker working. My phone was all good till i dropped it and the volume rocker has stopped working.
I ask tot he super minds...Is there a way to flash a rom if ones volume rocker is not working?
I looked at the ROM thread for WP7 and at one point you have to chose USB flasher via the volume key. If thats true and there is no other way then i cant instal WP7 ever..
************sigh**********
PLS help
EDIT:--- Now i am dead... installed radio....installed magldr and now cant select usb flasher mode. Damn.
Pls help
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[Q] Help with Android on HD2

So I installed Android on my HD2 using a youtube from some that created an Android App from the Dark Forces Team. Now the Android system is fully rooted into my phone and I want to get rid of it and go back to the Stock ROM of when you first have a HD2. Windows Mobile Device Center won't pick it up since it no longer has Windows on the phone. Can anyone help me get my phone back to it's original Stock ROM?

Once you've downloaded the ROM and you're ready to install it on your phone, turn the phone off and then hold down the volume-down button and press the power button briefly. Keep holding the volume-down button till you get the tri-colour screen.
It should say "serial" at the bottom. Plug in the USB cable and wait till it says "USB" and then flash the ROM as normal.
Good luck mate

Yeah, lol. I am not that cellphone smart. How would I flash it back to the Stock T-Mobile ROM when windows device center won't recognize my device?

Hellraizers said:
Yeah, lol. I am not that cellphone smart. How would I flash it back to the Stock T-Mobile ROM when windows device center won't recognize my device?
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Uninstallation
It is possible to downgrade to original Windows Mobile 6.5, by just flashing to an Official ROM.
Both MAGLDR and Android will be removed
from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10197493#post10197493
DO as the guy said, read the main threads - the stickies
There is a link in my signature - how to flash everything - go and read
And if you are that lazy:
power down the phone
hold vol.down and press and release power button - still holding vol.down
Now connect the usb cable - to your phone and your PC
Run RUU.exe or whatever the file of your WinMo Rom is and follow the instructions on the screen
lol

Thank you guys.

So I have a new question for everyone. Have any of you had the problem with your phone no longer vibrating or the speaker for music no longer works? Well it works when it wants to.

[Q] Cant go back on 6.5 Stock Rom

Hi everybody,
First, sorry for my poor english, i try to explain the best i can.
My HD2 is on one of the first Phone 7 release 01/2011 ago.
I want go back on stock rom, cause recently, i've a bug, my phone can't boot. It stay on Phone7 logo and next reboot.
Without my SD card, the phone boot, but it's in english, and My computer recognyze it on " Windows Phone7 " with yellow exclamation point.
I've tried to flash 6.5 stock rom with usb cable, but it's said it can't connect the device.
To go on flash screen, i push reboot+power off+ vol down button. Next on emagldr 1.13 screen, i select "5.usb flasher".
Next i can check on my computer's now recognyzed as " Microsoft USB Sync", but the stock rom still not abble to work:" no phone response, check usb cable"
I'm sure that my usb cable is working.
Any suggestion ?

You might try going into the normal bootloader, not into MAGLDR.
Push both vol. down and power buttons until the device starts into the multicolor bootloader screen, then connect the USB cable.
If you didn´t change your PC, it should now be able to connect via ActiveSync.

tictac0566 said:
You might try going into the normal bootloader, not into MAGLDR.
Push both vol. down and power buttons until the device starts into the multicolor bootloader screen, then connect the USB cable.
If you didn´t change your PC, it should now be able to connect via ActiveSync.
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Thanx for your answer, i think the bug is here i cannot enter normal tri-color bootloader, it doesnt work :s
When i do power+ vol down until the device start, i first have a blank Htc screen maybe 1sec, and quikly next boot menu from MAGLDR 1.13
However, i'm sure that my Vol Down button work, it works on magldr menu.

try pulling out the battery, then hold down the two volume buttons, as hard as you can safely get away with, pop the battery back in whilst still holding buttons down, if it doesnt start tap the power button. keep holding down the buttons through out the whole process until it comes on.

if you can read the content of your sd card in pc then you can flash WinMo6.5 rom via sd card.... :
- go to HTC website, download appropriate rom for your HD2 with your s/n
- extract NBH file from downloaded ROM (can be done with 7-zip, Winzip...)
- rename extracted IMG file to LEOIMG.NBH
- copy that file to SD card
- boot your HD2 with SD card while holding VOL DOWN
- you should see a flash menu appear, press VOL DOWN again (if i remember.. ) and you'll flash 6.5 rom
- that's it, you'll have new instance of WinMO 6.5, with stock SPL, without MAGLDR and ANY trace of WP7.-..
oh, if you dont see anything on your SD card or you cant copy to it, it is locked and you have to format it either with some utility or in a Nokia N, E series phone... I know for a fact that N79 works
this should do the trick...

sb2003 said:
if you can read the content of your sd card in pc then you can flash WinMo6.5 rom via sd card.... :
- go to HTC website, download appropriate rom for your HD2 with your s/n
- extract NBH file from downloaded ROM (can be done with 7-zip, Winzip...)
- rename extracted IMG file to LEOIMG.NBH
- copy that file to SD card
- boot your HD2 with SD card while holding VOL DOWN
- you should see a flash menu appear, press VOL DOWN again (if i remember.. ) and you'll flash 6.5 rom
- that's it, you'll have new instance of WinMO 6.5, with stock SPL, without MAGLDR and ANY trace of WP7.-..
oh, if you dont see anything on your SD card or you cant copy to it, it is locked and you have to format it either with some utility or in a Nokia N, E series phone... I know for a fact that N79 works
this should do the trick...
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except he hasnt been able to get in to the bootloader as the previous posts to your suggest

dazza9075 said:
except he hasnt been able to get in to the bootloader as the previous posts to your suggest
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huh, must be that i'm blind missed it completely

Thx for taking time to help me,
So, if i push vol up and down, i 've a screen, next the screen loading wph 1,2,3,4 Go.
I read on it "This operation will 1.delete all your personal data, and reset all setting to manufacturer default. 2. Calculate CRC checksum. Press Voldown to restore manufacturer default, or press Vol Up to get CRC, or press other keys to cancel".
But,
Nothing happend if i press vol down, or volUp or other buttons :s

Maybe we've to try another way to get into bootloader, i think my poor batterie level is bugging the bootloader.
So, I known that we can't acces bootloader via windows.
I'm on Seven x64, my hd2 is recognyzed as a phone7 Device, with a yellow "!".
If i launch HSPL 4, with administrator right, and XP SP2 compatibility level, it can't acces via USb. " no response".
Any suggestions ? May i change the driver?

right, well that proves the buttons are working, i think its just a case of not having them held in at the right time
pop the battery out, hold down the vol down button on its own and keep it held down, put the battery back in and if it doesnt restart tap the power button.
dont let go of the vol down button

Yep, i've done this maybe 30 or 40 times, no way, no bootloader.
I4ve found a thread that explain to fullu charge the battery, remove it and wait 24H before, do the operation ( vol down, putt battery still vol down, push power stil vol down) No way, this doesn't work :s
So i've order a new battery, maybe it'll resolve the problem, i hope. See when it arrive.

Oh dear, well if you definitely cant get in to bootloader and the keys do work then that's a problem, I doubt a battery will fix it but id be interested in knowing if it does work, good luck! Is been reading quite a bit about fixing devices via the wee metal points inside devices, I wonder I the points inside the hd2 will allow this...
Sent from my HD2 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

I'm not sure i've understand all your reply Dazza, are u suggesting to check the 3 pin connector baterry on my HD2 ?
If it's this, i've already check this, the 3 pin are good, and i've put a graphyte electrical dust on it to improve the contact.

Nope, I mean if you pop the battery cover off there are 3 metal connectors next to the sim card, it seems on some devices people have found similar points and managed to connect the device to a serial port on a pc, then had direct access to the device bypassing the bootloader. I don't think anyone done this for the hd2 yet but apparently this will fix a completely bricked device
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Ok ! Maybe if the new battery won't resolve, i'll try something like that

Its complicated an as far as i know its not been done for the hd2, im not even sure that's the correct points but its a possibility. There are another 2 points on the opersite side to the volume buttons under the battery cover.
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Volume Buttons dead

Hello,
today i wanted to install a other rom.
So when i starting my phone it doesn´t recognized my Volume Buttons.
I opened my Phone and i saw a split at the Volume Buttons.
One week ago my phone fallen on the floor.
Can i fixed it myself or i have to by a new Phone?
Felix
Hello,
i think i need this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497547
Can i Restore my Phone without the Volume Buttons?
Again,
can i braze it?

Restore with USB
Hello,
i want to restore my mini without the Volume Buttons.
Is there solution to restore Windows or Android only with USB?
Please help me the Phone ist okay only the Volume Buttons are dead an i don´t want to by these Platines.
Felix

if you are already on android you can use android to restart to bootloader or recovery, recovery can be controlled with the softbuttons.
if you want to install a windows rom,
excract the firmware you want to install (the ruu file), there should be a RUU_signed.nbh, rename it to PHOTIMG.nbh copy to sd-card and reboot into bootloader via android ror windows reboot menu, it will start installation without any volume buttons

schlund said:
if you are already on android you can use android to restart to bootloader or recovery, recovery can be controlled with the softbuttons.
if you want to install a windows rom,
excract the firmware you want to install (the ruu file), there should be a RUU_signed.nbh, rename it to PHOTIMG.nbh copy to sd-card and reboot into bootloader via android ror windows reboot menu, it will start installation without any volume buttons
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Sorry for the OT:
Hey Schlund, a lot of time we miss you here. Hope you're ok.
I'm playing now with my SGSII with Jelly Bean but I remeber your great work with our HD minis. you're an awesome developer. Thanks a lot!

Thanks.
I have no Android or Windows on my Phone i deleted my NAND and want to go to the tri color mode to restore Windows but the Buttons are dead. So when i contact my Phone to USB and PC i can´t load an ROM. Maybe i should try it with an other bootloader?
Felix

obstgarten said:
Thanks.
I have no Android or Windows on my Phone i deleted my NAND and want to go to the tri color mode to restore Windows but the Buttons are dead. So when i contact my Phone to USB and PC i can´t load an ROM. Maybe i should try it with an other bootloader?
Felix
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How have you deleted your NAND ? your whole NAND ? what happens if you start the phone ?
how will you try another bootloader ?

schlund said:
How have you deleted your NAND ? your whole NAND ? what happens if you start the phone ?
how will you try another bootloader ?
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In the recovery i formated System, Data, Caches, Boot but then there was an power breakdown at my Home.
Now when i start the Phone he will only show the htc Screen (white with the green font).
And also no reaktion when i Plug on the Phone on the PC.
Felix