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Hi all,
Hoping someone can help!
OK, first of all I'll admit quite openly that my knowledge of flashing and so on isn't what you'd call strong so any accusations of being a n00b are warranted and accepted.
I got my HD2 in Jan and I'd flashed a few handsets before without issue so flashed the HD2 pretty much straight away and played with some ROM's and so on and settled on one (from memory Dutty ROM) and everything was fine, the phone was stable and everything was good.
Then 2 weeks the handset started acting oddly. I hadn't changed anything (as far as I'm aware) but the phone starting freezing, restarting and so on. I'd have to take the battery out to restart it (and sometimes leaving the battery out for a while before it'd boot up.) When it froze the area around the bottom of the battery would also warm up. I'd also notice that if I tried doing something on the handset it would restart - almost as if I was putting to much "strain" on the handset and it went *bang*.
I decided to hard reset the phone and it went back to original form. Now, I'll again admit this is probably down to my lack of knowledge, I assumed this put the handset back to a factory state but this is probably not the case (it certainly looked like it but some signs suggested it hadn't).
This seemed to improve things a little but the problems just came back. As I'd flashed it and put on the HSPL I thought the warranty was now invalid so thought I'd try and "fix" it myself.
Big mistake.
Or was it?
I think the phone has an issue with power or something like that as it freezes as I've said. And it did this while I was trying to flash a ROM. Panic then set in.
Basically my handset is now in a state where it'll boot into the bootloader (power and Vol down) three colour splash screen and it'll do the white HTC "normal" boot up screen but nothing else.
I can connect to the handset via RUU and I can run:
Task 29
however this doesn't run and finish gracefully most of the time. It'll stick on 99% or 100% or sometimes it'll moan about not being able to do this on this handset.
Any ROM I now try to flash on it using the exe's or RUU (I've not tried them all, granted!) starts and stick at a certain percentage. The Artemis ROM sticks at 12%, Official 1.43 WWE ROM sticks at 0% and Leon ROM sticks at 9%. Eventually they'll time out with an error. Unfortunately I left the handset at work so cannot state which error(s) I get when trying to flash a ROM.
So, after boring the hell out of you, is the handset terminally ill in your opinion? I really do think that there could be a faulty power button/general power issue with the handset (just a feeling I've got) but from my brief reading I'm not 100% sure.
Is there anything I could do? At the moment it's completely unusable so any suggestions on getting it into a working state? Ideally I'd like to get it into a state where I could return it to O2 UK and not have them flag the fact it's been flashed.
Any help gratefully received!
can you get into bootloader? if so, check the spl.
if it is 1.42.0000 or 1.66.0000 then the warranty is fine.
if the spl ends .hspl then connect to usb and run hspl 2.
choose whatever was your stock spl (one that ends 0000, 1.42.0000 most likely)
reboot to boot loader, and confirm the spl ends 0000 and you will be fine.
have same problem!
my hd2 freezed on startup screan, boot screan, sometime donot start - only black screan, after rom flash 99percent or 100percet once freezed when i return stock rom and spl,sometime dont want to boot with 1.42hspl, next time with 1.66, but my experinece is :
1.
-with 2.08hspl allways start
-uninstal your hd2 driver on your computer! restart your computer install after that, with windows update,
-same with bootloader mode, uninsta, driver on your computer,restart your comp, and install it
-turn off your antivirus protector when install any rom, and your run as administrator in windows 7,vista.
2. use other pc if this dont help
3. the problam can be with battery pins under cover.
some people write there with pins problem, they have screaved pins and hd2 dont want boot or start or have same problems
its my secondary problem
if u want u can use clasical gum ereaser and lightly clean pins and battery conectors...
its help for better contact
donot take the pins with wet hands!!
its can make litle corosi..
i belive its help to you
sorry for my english
lol its come to me on twitter
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=16952
samsamuel said:
can you get into bootloader? if so, check the spl.
if it is 1.42.0000 or 1.66.0000 then the warranty is fine.
if the spl ends .hspl then connect to usb and run hspl 2.
choose whatever was your stock spl (one that ends 0000, 1.42.0000 most likely)
reboot to boot loader, and confirm the spl ends 0000 and you will be fine.
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Samsamuel, you're an utter *star*.
Now back to 1.42.0000. I can blag O2 now if needs be in regards to the handset (tried upgrading to 1.72, USB cable came out, phones shagged, give me a new one, etc) without them getting funny about it if needs be.
Will try upgrading to 1.72 stock O2 ROM and see what happens.
Thanks again Samsamuel, I owe you a pint!
I have the exact same problem.
The screen freezes for a while, and then the device reboots.
Usually it's stuck on the white (with green "HTC") screen after that, the red text doesn't show up.
If I remove the battery and leave the device alone for a while (cool down?) it boots past the white screen (although it's highly likely that it crashes again when I enter my pin).
At first this was only happening when I was watching some video's with coreplayer, but now it's just happening all the time, even when it's in my pocket.
I just finished flashing a stock rom, but it's even worse now
9 out of 10 times it doesn't even make it to the pin screen, and I have spend about 2 minutes total actually in windows mobile.
Brood, it sounds like your issue is hardware related, I would contact htc too look into getting it repaired.
Just an update from OP.
Thanks for the link ilijan, very interesting.
I spoke to O2 business tech support yesterday and deliberately asked whether anyone else was complaining of this issue. They said no but I'm unsure whether I believe them and whether this was just the corporate line.
After setting my SPL back to 1.42.0000 I tried flashing to 1.72 stock and this did work. Every other ROM I tried wouldn't work. Even with the official ROM it's still freezing/restarting.
Getting a refurb today.
Thanks to all that responded/helped. Appreciated.
hi
so my phone was doing very good on android , magldr worked fine, no GO GO GO error but when i replaced my hd2's LCD magldr stucked on go go go on it's way to boot android from nand.i thought "ey, no big deal maybe it's the lcd's driver"! but i didi every thing to boot my phone on android again and still no chance heres waht i did:
1:task29->SPL 2.08.0000->SPL 2.08.HSPL->magldr
and it stucked on GO GO GO on tetris.so obviously there was no chance to pass the problem when i installed recovery and tryed to load it.
2:task29->SPL 2.08.0000->SPL 2.08.HSPL->cLK
And this one stucked on "no_console_suspend=1" or something.
i'm so hopeless guys.could someone please help me?
any one?
Firstly, why did you have to get your lcd changed??? I recently changed my lcd and digitizer because I had the common screen freeze. The change to my screen did not affect my magldr.
What radio are you running?? I had similar problems abd it ended up being wrong radio, but this was also before I got my lcd changed.
tazphoenix said:
hi
so my phone was doing very good on android , magldr worked fine, no GO GO GO error but when i replaced my hd2's LCD magldr stucked on go go go on it's way to boot android from nand.i thought "ey, no big deal maybe it's the lcd's driver"! but i didi every thing to boot my phone on android again and still no chance heres waht i did:
1:task29->SPL 2.08.0000->SPL 2.08.HSPL->magldr
and it stucked on GO GO GO on tetris.so obviously there was no chance to pass the problem when i installed recovery and tryed to load it.
2:task29->SPL 2.08.0000->SPL 2.08.HSPL->cLK
And this one stucked on "no_console_suspend=1" or something.
i'm so hopeless guys.could someone please help me?
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Flash the stock Windows Mobile ROM for your HD2. If it sticks on boot up you have a hardware issue (bad or corrupt NAND), if it boots up you just don't have something right about the software.
Last thing are you sure you downloaded and flashed the MAGLDR version of the ROM you want to use, unless the ROM will work with MAGLDR and cLK, it is aq couple of ROMs that will work with both.
atsavlis said:
Firstly, why did you have to get your lcd changed??? I recently changed my lcd and digitizer because I had the common screen freeze. The change to my screen did not affect my magldr.
What radio are you running?? I had similar problems abd it ended up being wrong radio, but this was also before I got my lcd changed.
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I had my LCD changed because couple of weeks age i was on beach and dropped the phone on wet sand and went for swimming.so it was there for like 2 hours and when i got back and checked it it was a some kind of stain on it the it bothered me.
the radio is: 2.15.50.14
thanx for reply.
T-Macgnolia said:
Flash the stock Windows Mobile ROM for your HD2. If it sticks on boot up you have a hardware issue (bad or corrupt NAND), if it boots up you just don't have something right about the software.
Last thing are you sure you downloaded and flashed the MAGLDR version of the ROM you want to use, unless the ROM will work with MAGLDR and cLK, it is aq couple of ROMs that will work with both.
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i have magldr 1.13 flashed on my hd2 and it even stuckes when i want to load tetris or when i want to load ad recovery.it's not the rom problem.
and sure i'll flash the stock room as soon as posible and let you know the results.
tazphoenix said:
hi
so my phone was doing very good on android , magldr worked fine, no GO GO GO error but when i replaced my hd2's LCD magldr stucked on go go go on it's way to boot android from nand.i thought "ey, no big deal maybe it's the lcd's driver"! but i didi every thing to boot my phone on android again and still no chance heres waht i did:
1:task29->SPL 2.08.0000->SPL 2.08.HSPL->magldr
and it stucked on GO GO GO on tetris.so obviously there was no chance to pass the problem when i installed recovery and tryed to load it.
2:task29->SPL 2.08.0000->SPL 2.08.HSPL->cLK
And this one stucked on "no_console_suspend=1" or something.
i'm so hopeless guys.could someone please help me?
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hmmm... it seems to me that your LCD screens wasn't attached properly but maybe I am wrong.
The best way as T-Macgnolia said is to flash original WinMo to first check if everything is working fine.
After that if everything is working fine:
1) make sure you have proper radio installed (2.15...)
2) Do Task 29 (no need to reflash HSPL and Radio)
3) Flash MAGLDR or cLK
4) Flash CWM
5) Make sure the ROM you are using is for either MAGLDR or cLK.
i too have had this issue. after i flashed stock rom the touch screen (digitizer) didnt work. yesterday i dropped phone off to shop to have digitizer replaced. i will let u know the outcome whenever i get the phone back (they told me they will call me today to give me an update)
I had the same problem. I removed the SD card and it booted up normaly. I reformated the SD and reinstalled. No more problems.....so far....
Well after installing stock rom it turned out it was digitizer.like og92 said.
yea i still havent received my phone yet. but this is the second time the digitizer went out on me. the first time i could at least boot to android. but now it wont let me boot into anything (other than touchless winmo). my bet is that there is a conflict with the digitizer driver and nand as stated in op. unfortunately since i dont have my phone, i have no means of troubleshooting. i hope to report back with update soon
p.s.: why has this thread been marked as solved when it is not?
turns out it wasn't the digitizer (at least not in my case). Instead it was the flex cable (which incorporates the following components: the antenna connector, the front speaker holder, the vibe motor holder, the camera holder, the volume button flex cable ribbon and some other IC components.). I think that it sucks that now i have to pay another 100+ because only the lcd/digitizer was warranted even though you must tamper with the flex cable ribbion in order to replace practically anything within the phone... but its their word against mine (as well as no written contract). Anyway it does make sense that this component is failing (otherwise android would boot) so i think it would be safe to categorize this one as a hardware issue!
Hi, I recently sent my phone in to have the USB connector port repaired, when they sent it back everything was hunky dory. I immediately installed Android, the TyphoonN ROM by Twyeen. It was working fine no issues or anything then about a week ago it wouldn't load the screen, so I took the battery out put it back in and there was a white screen. I was driving at the time so my girlfriend kept trying it, anyway after about 30minutes it booted fine.
So I just went on with my phone ignoring what had happened, and yesterday the same thing happened and it has been just under 12 hours now and every time I turn it on it has a white screen, unless if I hold volume down and go into bootloader. This is the weird thing as the bootloader loads fine, the full Tricolour screen and everything. My computer also recognises my phone in bootloader.
Can someone help me please?
If your bootloader loads fine I would suggest a full reset from square one installing hspl, magldr, then android.
Sent from my HTC HD2 überphone
Ok thank you. How would I go about doing that please?
Did you fix that problem?
I think I'm in same situation.
Give me some advice, please.
Erm no, I left it for a while and it was fine, but it did it twice at work yesterday and now wont come out of it after over 12hours again. If you are in warrenty I would unflash everything and send in to HTC.
Sorry.
Thank you for your help & advice. But my warranty is expired...
And when I tried to flash back to init., it didn't work.
leoimg.nbh - 9% and reboot & white screen
task29 - about 4% and reboot & white screen
HSPL - 1% and reboot & white screen
Anyone can help me??
Thanks in advance.
My trusty old HD2 appears to be having an issue lately:
It refuses to boot into the OS. It will show the HTC splash screen (with the ROM versions etc.) and when it gets to the 'quietly brilliant' splash screen, it turns off and begins all over again. This happened when it was completely stock, with the latest official HTC ROM installed
I tried the following to fix it:
- bought a new battery
- re-adjusted the battery pins
- re-installed new stock ROM
- installed HSPL 3.03
- installed MAGLDR
- ran TASK29
The problem still persists. I can get into the coloured screen bij holding VOL-down and power, so I can install new ROMS. But whatever I install, it keeps rebooting when I try to start it. MAGLDR also refused to load after install. Holding down poer button at startup didn't bring up the MAGLDR options screen.
Does anyone have an idea of what the cause of the problem could be and how to solve it? Or is my phone simply bricked?
Thanks!
Hello there, I had similar problem last year with my phone. I sent my phone back to HTC. It turned out the mainboard for the phone is malfunctioning. Maybe you want to send the phone back to HTC if it is still under warranty?
I certainly hope that is not the issue here, because the device is out of warranty already for some time I'm affraid...
Did they tell you which part of the mainboard was potentially malfunctioning?
Try the fridge test: put HD2 in clear bag & seal it & leave in fridge for a 3-4hrs & then boot it & keep it in fridge as much as possible.
If it boots normally or further than before the fault would be CPU BGA failure which is quite common.
If problem persists even when cooled in fridge it could be memory error issue, perhaps a tast 21 & reflash could help & flashing OEM ROM complete with SPL & Radio to test further.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the CPU BGA? And if it has failed, how can I rescue it, if at all?
I already tried Task29, original ROM/Radio flash and new SPL, but that didn;t appear to solve the problem...
It is the soldering of the CPU (snapdragan) to mainboard).
They can be reworked but this is not always successful, mainboard replacement is best option unless you know someone skilled in reworking.
cold test and report outcome, good thing with cold test is sometimes you can get device to run well enough to make a SPB backup making it easy to restore as is on new or repaired device without data loss & painfull setup process.
you need hspl 2.08 for magldr to work properly
Remove your sim card. I have this issue from time to time on my HD2 running WP7. Always rebooting at the Quietly brilliant screen. I removed the SIM card and voila, it booted. Plug it in the USB wall charger, and remove the SIM card.
I tried removing the SIM and the SD cards but that didn't make any difference unfortunately... I'll try the fridge option tonight.
If fridge test still gets same reboot then flashing full & correct ROM for your device from SD card may be an idea.
As pointed out by others your HSPL & MAGLDR could be to blame.
Flashing full ROM with radio, SPL from SD results in everything getting overwriten, including HSPL & from test purposes perspective this is good.
most times, rebooting right at the start is a bent battery pin.
Like I said, I checked the battery pins and bought a new battery to no avail. I bent them further backwards and further forwards, both didn't help.
I tried the fridge test, and after 2 hours in the freezer the phone was 'well cooled' shall we say, however the problem persisted! It reboots at the exact same time as before. Might this indicate that it is NOT the dreaded BGA problem?
Fridge result would be good indication not heat related to BGA failure.
Only thing you can do is try a few different flashing procedures of WM6.5.
Try 2.08 HSPL & an Energy ROM & a radio & test. try original ROM flashed from SD & test.
try booting with charger connected, sim SD in/out ect, I know you done this all before but running through it again systematically & without MAGLDR/HSPL3.03 may yield a clue or resolve it.
If unlucky it is hardware such as bad memory
hd2 T-Mobile
(I did my reading)
not booting
vibrates 7 times and stays at boot screen. I can flash. but just doesn't boot. tried re-installing hspl. tried task29, spl and stock rom. tried re-installing radio and everything already suggested. no love same thing happens. vibrates 7 times and stuck
anyone? anything??
thanks
edit: I have the correct radio. it was working fine. only in the morning I found it dead at magldr title menu.
you tried cooling phone in freezer (inside sealed bag,30to45 minutes) & then boot it & see if boots further.
If the cooling helps then you can assume cpu bga failure & needs reflow work or replacement mainboad.
Mister B said:
you tried cooling phone in freezer (inside sealed bag,30to45 minutes) & then boot it & see if boots further.
If the cooling helps then you can assume cpu bga failure & needs reflow work or replacement mainboad.
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I read somewhere about this suggestion but didn't take it seriously before. but now as a desperate attempt I did it but with no impact at all.. no change
thanks for the reply though.
just to update
checked with mtty
no nand bad blocks. its getting frustrating
I would assume likely hardware with cpu or nand controller, cpu most likely.
All you can do is run through all basics, check battery pins, remove sd card & sim should they be present & attempt a flash via USB of perhaps HSPL 2.08 followed by a custom WM6.5 ROM & then a Radio & attempt boot. could also try the reset button to reboot a couple times as has been known to bring device back to full boot.
If no joy probably would need a damaged screen or dead digi handset for donor mainboard.
Mister B said:
I would assume likely hardware with cpu or nand controller, cpu most likely.
All you can do is run through all basics, check battery pins, remove sd card & sim should they be present & attempt a flash via USB of perhaps HSPL 2.08 followed by a custom WM6.5 ROM & then a Radio & attempt boot. could also try the reset button to reboot a couple times as has been known to bring device back to full boot.
If no joy probably would need a damaged screen or dead digi handset for donor mainboard.
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I guess it's time I say goodbye to my hd2.. man I loved this phone so much.
You can buy the t-mobile US models (assume u have TMOUS model) with dead digi for around 20 to 30USD for decent looking one with void stickers still present.
Mainboard is easy to swap. You will have other spares such as original battery, LCD, ribbon board to use or sell on which would make repair very minimal & cost effective.
Could look at something newer but they have so many compromises these days ...