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Recovering a dead "Alpine" from a failed rom upgra

Hi guys, I couldnt find the solution to this in the forums so I thought I would contribute my own.
A few moments ago I ran a rom upgrade to to get rid of the O2 rubbish in an effort to fix my TT5 SatNav/Phone problems. However, half way through, my computer crashed. I soon discoverd that the pda was dead (would not load past the O2 screen even after a hard reset) and ActiveSync couldnt see a connection to re-run the upgrade again. :shock:
Solution:
1) Hard reset the pda with the addition of also pressing the navigation key. The PDA screen will go black and say 'Serial'.
2) Run the upgrade software again for whichever rom you choose.
Sorted!!!

[PROMBLEM] Diamond stuck in restart loop.

I believe my battery ran dead and i didnt notice, now my when you press the power button the blue o2 loading screen comes on then about 2 seconds later the device restarts and same thing over and over.
If i plug a an ac adpater in (i've tried 2 and an incar charger) the light ring goes up twice then then phone triggers a start up and gets stuck in the loop. I've tried leaving it in this loop for 10mins see if it would charge the battery but no luck.
I have tried doing a hard-reset 3 times now it says its done ok soon as i press vol up to boot it goes into the loop.
Is there anyway i can charge the battery if this is the case or is there another problem thats causing this?
Any help would be appreciated.

Are you sure the battery is dead?
If you left it in the loop for 10 mins I would have thought that it would flatten it such that it doesn't light up at all.

I know the battery was very low before it started doing this and i hadnt installed anything new in months.
Usualy on the o2 screen it shows red writing at the top and bottom, its not showing that right now if that means anything.
Its a stock o2 uk rom with no changes to the radio and official battery.

I've just installed the latest rom from the o2 website (keeping it stock incase i need to send it off to them) and still doing the reboot on startup thing.
Contacted o2 see what they say but if anyone else has any ideas im open to suggestions

i've got the same issue and the battery won't charge ...i suppose it could be a battery issue, but i'd be sure about it prior to buy a new battery..

Battery was fine, i sent the phone to the o2 repair centre got it back week later fixed

SMeK said:
Battery was fine, i sent the phone to the o2 repair centre got it back week later fixed
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did you use a modified rom? ..i was told htc repairs only unmodified products, could you gimme more information about it?

No it was not a modified rom, default o2 xda ignito rom.

Me too!
I had the same issue. I tried soft-resets, hard-reset, swapping batteries with another phone (even tried warming the battery in my hands which was suggested somewhere!), reflashing a couple of different ROM's, including Shaks 4.30 and the latest Telstra ROM (2.07.841.2 WWE). I tried using MTTY to reflash the ROM, and reflashing using the DiamonCustomRUU.exe from the PC. (OliNex 1.40 SPL). All of the reflashes were in Bootloader mode (hold pwr and vol down) because I couldn't get it to the point of ActiveSync connection.
Nothing would work.
The winning step that bought me the joy (and relief) I was looking for was downgrading the radio from 1.09.25.23 to 1.00.25.05.
Also, I'm not sure if it is related, but I think the reset button under the stylus is stuffed because pressing it doesn't do anything.
Now I've escaped the reboot loop from hell, I'll run it for a few days before giving it back to my boss! If anyone's interested, I'll update you in a few days.
HD.

could you please tell me how you installed the radio, because when I use diamoncotumruu it stays at 0% and the finaly gives an error

yves_the_man said:
could you please tell me how you installed the radio, because when I use diamoncotumruu it stays at 0% and the finaly gives an error
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I had to install the radio in Bootloader mode (hold pwr and vol down), but there was no issue with the install after doing this. Have you checked this thread? I don't know if that thread will help you fix your issue but it might be worth a look.
What exactly was the error message? Perhaps a search on that error message will help you.
HD.

I've tried it in bootloader mode, but it won't install...
the error number is 262. but that should be an active sync problem but I can't sync so I don't know what the problemm is

Not really on topic, but...
yves_the_man said:
I've tried it in bootloader mode, but it won't install...
the error number is 262. but that should be an active sync problem but I can't sync so I don't know what the problemm is
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262 isn't an necessarily an ActiveSync problem, more of a connection problem. Try post 9 here. Or try uninstalling Active Sync altogether and installing radio and ROM via MTTY. Since it is a connection problem, you could even try a different USB cable.
But I suggest you post 262 queries here, here, here or here.
BTW, Are you using XP?
HD.

HELP diamond keep restarting

I took battery out to change SIM card and now it won't start.
I get text "Touch Diamond" on the black screen and when it comes to Radio version etc. (red text i corner) it restarts!?!
I tried hard reset but it doesn't help.
Plz help I need my baby back!
Tnx

Try this
I found solution for this problem. If your diamond won't boot go to bootloader mode and upgrade your radio hxxp://modmydiamond.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=26 and after that your dimond worked fine without loosing data.
or
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5514067#post5514067

I have the same problem. After a lockup when trying to get the internet sharing to work the phone just keeps rebooting.
I tried to flash a new radi version (from bootloader mode). Everything went OK, but the phone still won't start.
Whats next step? Hard reset?

i have the same problem - i believe it´s battery related

Try leaving your device off for a bit and pull the battery. Then re-insert the battery and plug your device into the ac adapter/charger and charge it for at least 30min. Then turn it back on and see if it continues. Like the previous poster said, you could have a bad battery. Otherwise, flash the shipped rom and then see if it still does it. Then flash back to your custom rom.

diamond 2 strange behaviour

hi guys
got my htc diamond 2 yesterday. it's nto branded and it's not locked. it has a 6.1 windows on it. tried to do a hard reset but it did not work :| (took sim out and battery)
anyways...
as you imagine, I wanted to instal a nice ROM, so dowloaded 6.5 official ROM
when I try to instal it on my phone, after I press UPDATE, the phone goes on standby, active sync disconnects and the process of updating the ROM doesn't even start.
then I downloaded hard-spl, tried to install it but is says that the device is not connected to PC - although it is connected via active sync...
any ideas on how can I sort this out... your help is much appreciated!

forgot to mention some details...
when I try to instal a ROM, I get Error 260 (No connection)
I tried restarting my laptop, the phone and even tried on a different laptop - nothing works...
about the hard spl, I also instaled the required cab but nothing...

just hard reset manual...
hold both volumes and then hold power button
keep holding down until press "up volume" message appear to erase
after hard reset, use 1.83 HardSPL and after use whatever rom you wish

On e.g. Windows 7 you need to install another driver when TD2 is in bootloader mode (can easily be downloaded using winupdate while in bootloader mode).
BTW hard reset means pressing vol up AND vol down AND once reset button (with stylus).

HTC Touch Diamond2 SD Card ROM flashing
Look here: SD Card ROM flashing
Or Let me Google that for u.

DalvuS said:
just hard reset manual...
hold both volumes and then hold power button
keep holding down until press "up volume" message appear to erase
after hard reset, use 1.83 HardSPL and after use whatever rom you wish
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thanks for your answer... I have tried doing the hard reset in all the ways, but it is not working.... i have tried with power button and reset button, while volume up and volute down were both pressed.. it does not work...
i've put a sd card in it and tried to run rom from there ... the way it's done is keeping volume down pressed and then turn the phone on.... the thing is that I don't get the tri-colour screen... it boots normaly and loads windows...
this is amazing... nothing seems to work on it...

Hard reset
Device must be turned off:
http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_diamond_2_hard_reset_soft_reset_en.html

hmmm
@S-Line - i have tried on windows xp and vista... and hard reset does not work on my phone :|
@Tom Lenferink thanks for the idea, i've got a card, formated fat32, put a rom on it with name 'TOPAIMG.nbh' and tried to do volume down and turn on the phone... it loads normaly, doesn't go on the coloured screen...
any more ideas guys? I can see 2 things that can be wrong
1) is not hard slp yet
2) buttons don't seem to work, btu they work in windows mobile

fake fake fake
don't bother guys, i just realised that the phone I got is a fine fake after diamond 2.... sorry for the trouble and people who want to buy diamond2, be very carefull.... it looks identical, windows is the same etc

andreti said:
don't bother guys, i just realised that the phone I got is a fine fake after diamond 2.... sorry for the trouble and people who want to buy diamond2, be very carefull.... it looks identical, windows is the same etc
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Interesting, it means that they even copied the serial number if you could download the ROM from HTC website.

Could you pls post pictures of your phone from front and back side ?
How do you know it is not real TD2 (I mean, what is the difference ?)

Post pictures and I'll do a comparison so others know what to look out for. They're very rarely identical.

Andreti ???

hi guys, I just randomly found this thread. been looking for a diamond2 from second hand. bought one a week ago and had exactly the same problem with flashing. after some time i realised that it was a fake clone ugly piece of junk.
so you asked about the differences, here they are:
- the one i had, had no front camera.
- overall build quality was weird, you could tell just by opening it and removing the batt. all the inside parts were somehow covered/sealed with a ducktape - really not htc style
- terrible screeen - terrible colors, contrast, brightness (my good old s710 has much better display), not calibrated - you had to push 2mm below the actual button, slow cpu (all i know it wast really fast, dont know about the speed of the original, never held it)
- no g sensor, no gps module. not sure 100% but it had a shortcut for external gps and you had to push a button to rotate the home screen (i guess both of these kind of imply missing these features)
- when i tried to download the official fw, imei wasnt recognised - which i think, is the best way to find out. after downloading fw from other sources, i got the 260 error.
peace and be careful

Most clones have a 3.5mp camera and 128mb RAM

hard reset
Just a quick note, I tried to carry out a hard reset as in the manual. I could not get it to work - until I found that if I removed battery, refitted it, then a hard reset worked every time. Read my new post to see why I had to do a hard reset....!!!!!

O2 XdaIIS Dead while Upgrading

Hello All Expertz,
My 02 xdaIIs was dead while upgrading ROM.It was struck at 23 % and i was forced to disconnect.Now it is not showing any screesn even in full charged battery.I soft reseted but not working ITS DEAD.Can anyone pls help????
Thanks in Advance
MT

Milesht said:
Hello All Expertz,
My 02 xdaIIs was dead while upgrading ROM.It was struck at 23 % and i was forced to disconnect.Now it is not showing any screesn even in full charged battery.I soft reseted but not working ITS DEAD.Can anyone pls help????
Thanks in Advance
MT
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Can you put it in bootloader mode? (white screen with the word "Serial" or USB and "v2.0x")

No..not able to put in bootloader mode.i tried to put in by pressing power+record+soft reset nothing happened.Only response i get is when i put in cradle for charging it shows a red light.pls help

in that case you should remove the battery and charge it in the back of the cradle (needs AC power supply, usb alone doesn't work). it might also show red at first, meaning the battery is completely dead now, but shortly after that, it will turn orange. if, during the charging process, it should turn red again, your battery is probably broken. maybe the battery dying was the reason your upgrade failed in the first place. i had a similar issue when i first tried upgrading in vista several years ago (before i came here). i removed the device from the cradle and it was still in bootloader mode. normally you should let the device stay in bootloader mode and just start flashing again. i didn't do it and neither did you, so all you can do is try everything to get it into bootloader mode again.
try everything you can do with the device at the moment:
- insert the battery, try bootloader
- reset, try bootloader
- power+reset, try bootloader
- battery out, battery in again...
eventually you will get the device back into bootloader mode and can try flashing it again. but before the next attempt to flash it, you should find out, what caused the error in your last upgrade to make sure, it does not happen again.

Milesht said:
No..not able to put in bootloader mode.i tried to put in by pressing power+record+soft reset nothing happened.Only response i get is when i put in cradle for charging it shows a red light.pls help
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Chef is correct. The battery will not charge if it is on the device. Luckily for us, the BA cradle has the charging slot in the back for the "extra" battery. I would (regardless if it is dead or not) just buy a new battery on e-bay (they are dirt cheap nowadays) simply to rule out the possibility of the battery being dead, which as chef suggested might be the reason for the failure (especially if you cannot turn on the device).

Tony,
It worked lot of thanks.
1.Removed battery charged it.
2.Done hard reset(power+softreset)
3.Tried bootloader.IT WORKED .....
4.Flashed it with old stable wm6.1 rom.
IInd case.Finding the root cause.
After flashing I put that back again to the cradle.Then problem began BA went OFF.
Then I softreset and put again to the cradle before OS boots up Tried 3 times same result to make sure its cradle prob.
I take out frm the cradle
softreset the BA to boot.Now another problem.ITS not booting it reaches the FOUR COLOR SCREEN WITH RoM DETAILS then it FADES OUT with some markings(horizintal lines) here and there.
I waited for few minutes removed battery.Put it again then pressed power button got same results.
On the second attempt while locking the battery switch (pressing it up) That old RED LIGHT glows up.Then I pressed it down to unlock and removed battery.Then I tried again
This time it boots up and everything came to normal.(My HEART BEAT WENT DOWN) Thanked GOD.. And ofcourse you Tony.
Meanwhile I had given a small blow at the cradle and put my sweet Angel to cradle its working fine Now.
SO AM NOT SURE WHO IS THE real CULPRIT.. Battery,battery switch,or cradle?..
egzthunder,
I think battery is ok because I am getting the same backup just it was before..
So big THANKS to u two of you.
( I write this post frm my BA ) ;-)
Regards
Milesh James

egzthunder1 said:
Can you put it in bootloader mode? (white screen with the word "Serial" or USB and "v2.0x")
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Hello,
I am facing the same problem on my xda iis showed on the screen only " Serial/USB v2.06"
I am really appreciated if you and someone can help me to solve the problem.
Many thanks for your kindness.

please don't double post, there was really no need to bump the other thread, since it is incredibly outdated and not helpful at all. being stuck at the serial v2.07 screen, the bootloader, you should try starting over from the very beginning, using the guide in my signature (if you are a windows xp user).