For some odd reason I can no longer get the the "serial" status to change to "usb". It charges but does not connect to activesync. I flashed many many times so I am not a noob at this but I might be making a noob mistake.
What I am using: SPL 1.54 (I use USPL 2.5). I am currently using Miri's v23 manilla 2.5. I am using the same pc (xp) and cables to flash.
What I've tried:
- used 3 different pc's and the original pc
- 4 different usb cables
- ticking/unticking the "enable faster data syncing" box in settings>connections>usb to pc
-ticking/unticking "allow usb connections" in activesync
-if I leave the cable in AND THEN put the phone in bootloader mode, the status is blank. When I remove the cable, it returns to "serial"
When the phone is on, it just doesn't seem to react (vista and xp)to the cable being plugged in. The led just shows that it's charging.
I pulled an all-nighter and I'm stumped.
Maybe you need to update the USB drivers. Same thing happened to me but it worked after updating the USB drivers as per this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524619
I forgot the most important part-
Since the pc does not recognize that there's something plugged in, I cannot select the "HTC USB Sync" under device manager and proceed with updating the drivers. I don't think I need to but at this point I'm trying everything.
Unless there's another way of updating drivers without the phone showing up on the device manager...
Updated the usb drivers by plugging in an old htc device. The pc was able to recognize the other htc device and was able to switch from serial to usb.
But after the update, there was no improvement for the blackstone status.
Anyone? The phone still doesn't recognize the usb cable whether the phone is on or in bootloader, it just charges.
Any help is appreciated!
supadupa111 said:
Anyone? The phone still doesn't recognize the usb cable whether the phone is on or in bootloader, it just charges.
Any help is appreciated!
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Seems something wrong with your device. Try to hard reset and do it again?
Or if you still cant connect to usb. there is another way to upgrade without connecting to pc. After upgrade to new ROM, try it again whether it can connect to pc or not? Here is some tips for you.
Connect your SD card to PC through microSD card. Copy all files from your SDcard to new folder in your PC. Then, right click on the microSDcard disk-->full Format by FAT32 (this step is very important).
After formatting SDcard, copy back all files to SDcard . Rename .nbh to BLACIMG.nbh (for Blacktone) and copy it to SDcard.
Insert your SDcard back to Touch HD. Turn off your device by Power button.
Go to Boot loader mode. Push and hold Vol. Down + press Power button.
After that your device with have a white screen with text " Press to power button for continue upgrade" press power button and it will start upgrade Rom.
You can check this video for more practical actions on youtube.(this video for HTC diamond2 but it's almost the same with Blacktone just different in rename step)
Hope it helps and cheer
Thanks for the tips =)
I've did a hard reset twice and still no luck.
I've tried to flash through SD but since I use USPL, it just hangs when I try.
If I have SPL 1.54.0000, is there something that can be flash through the SD without USPL?
supadupa111 said:
Thanks for the tips =)
I've did a hard reset twice and still no luck.
I've tried to flash through SD but since I use USPL, it just hangs when I try.
If I have SPL 1.54.0000, is there something that can be flash through the SD without USPL?
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I have not tried this. I am on HSPL 1.56olinex but you can try my suggestion cause I think it's the only one you can choose now. I never ever use USPL. I think you can do it step by step and carefully.
Regard
Related
hi,
i have a kaiser that's stuck on the bootloader. i can connect using mtty and get the phone to boot then but that's less than ideal.
does anyone have 5 minutes to talk me through what i need to do to fix this ?
many thanks in advance.
mrdo.
I'm assuming after booting using MTTY it goes back to the SPL after the next soft reset?
Dave
Actually, If you can boot into the OS, Flash a new Version of HardSPL 3.29 by cmonex (it's in the Stickies in the ROM Development Forum).
Ta
Dave
yup -straight back into the spl upon reboot. :-(
is there any difference between 3.29 and 3.29 force usb ?
thanks for your assistance - very much appreciated. lugging a pc around for every time that my phone rebooted wasn't exactly top of my to do list.
c
mrdo said:
yup -straight back into the spl upon reboot. :-(
is there any difference between 3.29 and 3.29 force usb ?
thanks for your assistance - very much appreciated. lugging a pc around for every time that my phone rebooted wasn't exactly top of my to do list.
c
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I assume you mean the jockyw2001 Hard SPL 3.29 and jockyw2001 Hard SPL 3.29 Force USB?
The difference is to do with people not been able to access USB when in the bootloader.
Can you boot into the OS and flash this Hard SPL by cmonex?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420683
This should fix the problem hopefully.
Ta
Dave
i was having a look at that - that's just an nbh file. is that all that i need to flash hard spl ? as you may have guessed, this is the bit that i know nothing about ...
cheers
c
mrdo said:
i was having a look at that - that's just an nbh file. is that all that i need to flash hard spl ? as you may have guessed, this is the bit that i know nothing about ...
cheers
c
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Just put the nbh file in the same directory as the KaiserCustomRUU.exe program.
Boot your phone into Windows Mobile, Run JumpSPL (or SSPL) on your phone.
Then Run KaiserCustomRUU.
Ta
Dave
cheers dave.
1) i don't appear to have KaiserCustomRUU.exe
2) how do i run JumpSPL (or SSPL) on my phone opnce i've rebooted.
i'm assuming that there's a sticky that you can point me in the direction of to save you spending too much time on this ...
thanks again
c
mrdo said:
cheers dave.
1) i don't appear to have KaiserCustomRUU.exe
2) how do i run JumpSPL (or SSPL) on my phone opnce i've rebooted.
i'm assuming that there's a sticky that you can point me in the direction of to save you spending too much time on this ...
thanks again
c
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KaiserCustomRUU is everywhere. (RUU == Rom Update Utility)
If you download an attachment from this page, it will be in the Zip archive: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
Also follow Post #2 in this link for how to flash a new Hard SPL. (In the FAQ is a link to download the Jump SPL).
EDIT:
In closing follow those instructions in that link but replace the nbh from the jockyw2001 zip you download, with the nbh from cmonex.
Dave
cheers - will give that a go. thanks for your patience.
hi dave,
i'm following these instructions :
1. Plug the device into your PC
2. Copy Jump/Soft to your device. use JumpSPL If you have the "White Screen" issue, if you don't, you can use SSPL-KAIS.exe.
3. Take out your SD card & SIM Card.
4. Run Jump/Soft SPL on your device
5. Wait for the bootloader screen to appear and "USB" to show.
6. Right-click activesync, go into connection settings and ensure Allow USB Connections is unchecked
7. Unplug your device from the USB port, wait 5 - 20 seconds, plug it back in.
8. Run KaiserCustomRUU.exe and flash the SPL
i run jump spl from file manager on my device whilst still attached to my usb cable as per step 4.
the bootloader screen appears, as does usb ...
i unplug my device, wait 20 seconds, plug it back in and then nothing happens. is something supposed to happen just because i unplug the usb cable ?
c
mrdo said:
hi dave,
i'm following these instructions :
1. Plug the device into your PC
2. Copy Jump/Soft to your device. use JumpSPL If you have the "White Screen" issue, if you don't, you can use SSPL-KAIS.exe.
3. Take out your SD card & SIM Card.
4. Run Jump/Soft SPL on your device
5. Wait for the bootloader screen to appear and "USB" to show.
6. Right-click activesync, go into connection settings and ensure Allow USB Connections is unchecked
7. Unplug your device from the USB port, wait 5 - 20 seconds, plug it back in.
8. Run KaiserCustomRUU.exe and flash the SPL
i run jump spl from file manager on my device whilst still attached to my usb cable as per step 4.
the bootloader screen appears, as does usb ...
i unplug my device, wait 20 seconds, plug it back in and then nothing happens. is something supposed to happen just because i unplug the usb cable ?
c
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Nothing is supposed to happen, When you unplug "USB" should be replaced by "Serial" and then change back to "USB" when plugged in. (It might not do though ) Just carry on...
Have you Unchecked "Allow USB Connections" before unplugging? If so just run the RUU after plugging back in.
Ta
Dave
mrdo said:
hi dave,
i'm following these instructions :
1. Plug the device into your PC
2. Copy Jump/Soft to your device. use JumpSPL If you have the "White Screen" issue, if you don't, you can use SSPL-KAIS.exe.
3. Take out your SD card & SIM Card.
4. Run Jump/Soft SPL on your device
5. Wait for the bootloader screen to appear and "USB" to show.
6. Right-click activesync, go into connection settings and ensure Allow USB Connections is unchecked
7. Unplug your device from the USB port, wait 5 - 20 seconds, plug it back in.
8. Run KaiserCustomRUU.exe and flash the SPL
i run jump spl from file manager on my device whilst still attached to my usb cable as per step 4.
the bootloader screen appears, as does usb ...
i unplug my device, wait 20 seconds, plug it back in and then nothing happens. is something supposed to happen just because i unplug the usb cable ?
c
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After you unplug/replug DESELECT 'allow USB connections' then finish step 8.
it was already unchecked.
so when i unplug the usb cable, nothing seems to happen.
am i supposed to reset the device once it's plugged back into the usb cable ? how do i run RUU ?
(p.s i'm assuming that when i run RUU, it will just pick up the nbh file because it's in the same directory ?)
c
mrdo said:
it was already unchecked.
so when i unplug the usb cable, nothing seems to happen.
am i supposed to reset the device once it's plugged back into the usb cable ? how do i run RUU ?
(p.s i'm assuming that when i run RUU, it will just pick up the nbh file because it's in the same directory ?)
c
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First, re-check "Allow USB Connections" box, and start the process from the beginning (un-checking it when required by the steps).
Just double click the RUU to run. The KaiserCustomRUU will pick up the first *.nbh file in it's directory, it is important that there is only 1 nbh file in this directory.
Thanks
Dave
sorry, it doesn't want to work for me. :-(
i'm assuming that resetting the phone will remove jumpspl from memory and thus invalidate the whole process ?
i have no way of getting into the os without resetting the device.
c
mrdo said:
sorry, it doesn't want to work for me. :-(
i'm assuming that resetting the phone will remove jumpspl from memory and thus invalidate the whole process ?
i have no way of getting into the os without resetting the device.
c
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At what point to you need to reset your phone? It's not part of the instructions...?
Dave
hey dave,
sorry, i was being a dufus yesterday. everything seems to be working fine now.
have made a small donation - hopefully you'll continue to help other lost souls.
cheers and thanks for your assistance.
c
mrdo said:
hey dave,
sorry, i was being a dufus yesterday. everything seems to be working fine now.
have made a small donation - hopefully you'll continue to help other lost souls.
cheers and thanks for your assistance.
c
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Thank you very much
Dave
I flashed a new rom from the internal storage and apparently there's something wrong with it because the phone just hangs after the initial screen with the radio version and rom version!! Is there a way where I can get into the internal storage to put in a new rom? As far as I'm concern, bootloader still works (the rainbow screen) but I don't know what ot do after that...I've done many hard-resets but to no avail.
Please help!
if your bootloader works, yo can use your USB cable and computer to flash a new rom !
Hold volume down and hit the reset button. It will put you in the tricolor bootloader screen. In the white it says serial. Connect it to your usb cord. It should now say usb. Now flash the STOCK rom. Then try flashing the ROM you want.
stupid me, i formatted teh NAND before I posted this thread! Now when i plug in the USB cord, it still says "Serial" and my computer is not able to connect to it. Is there any other way???
See what happens if you now take out the SIM Card and do another hard reset.
It still says "serial"!! Are these my only options? Are there no other way?
That sounds bad. YOur Dimond is not picking up the connection to the PC via the USB cable. Can you try using a different cable also check the pins on the female USB are not bent as i've seen that happen to someone else on this forum.
EDIT: If you have one, try using another USB cable.
I try on another computer and miraculously it picked up the USB drive!! I then ran the RUU and got a working rom in there
Thank you for your help!
I have a problem with the diamond and needs to change ROM/SPL and other stuff, but it won't recognize that the phone has been plugged in. I have tried 5 different USB cables and 3 different computers. I don't have HTC warranty. I've done 5+ hard-resets.
Please help.
First, what OSes? For instance: win 7 doesn't recognize the phone if it tries to connect in active sync mode.
I've always used windows xp, in the past it worked.
hi,
try to connect your htc twice : my computer does not recognize my htc at first plug but when I retry in less than 1 minute, my htc displays popup menu and I can choose USB/active sync, I click done and then my computer recognizes it. I don't know if it will work with your device but you can try that ^^
Thanks for the suggestion,
I've already tried that a lot of times, nothing doing.
ok, did you try to change the status of your usb connexion ?
I mean : settings>connections>usbtoPC> then try these 4 combinations together :
- enable faster data synchronization (try both modes on/off)
- ask me about usb connection type (try both modes on/off)
I can get into bootloader, but never know that you could flash ROM in there. Is there a guide?
Also, I have a problem with a flickering screen that some threads here suggest changing SPL version to fix. Is it possible to change SPL using bootloader?
I just downoaded WM6.5 to my phone and did a ROM flash from internal storage, but USB still has problem & flickering screen still there. I need to be able to change the HardSPL w/o connection to the computer.
Is it possible to load some of the .exe in the HardSPL package and run it on the phone?
Someone help,
Thanks
Perhaps it's simply due to your PC firewall ?? Deactivate it and try to plug your htc again...
the problem is that my the computer doesn't connect with the phone via the USB cable.
just try to disable your PC firewall before connecting your device.
sorry I cannot find CustomRUU.exe on this forum, i did find DiamondCustomRUU.exe on the wiki. However, the interface for it is the same as the RomUpdateUtility.exe, which requires activesync connection.
I did proceed anyways by entering bootloader(Voldown + softreset) and run the utility -> nothing works. Then I try the USB trigger mode (Voldown + back + softreset) and run the utility -> nothing works.
I am tempted to put the HardSPL in the internal storage and rename it DIAMING.NBH and flash it but I do not know the consequences.
Thank you for your replies,
I'd appreciate more help
Hi All.
I've had my flashed severtal times with the new ROM and never had any problems with it (apart from ROM itself not being perfect).
Yesterday I've cooked myself a plain ROM and flashed phone with it. Flash took less than a minute and my phone isn't starting any more. I've checked NBH file and it's only 6 MB!
At the moment all I can do it to is to try to turn it on, it stops on the 'Smart Mobility' screen with red info on the bottom. Info reads:
R 1.14.25.24
G 52.64.25.34U
D 1.59.48753
When I start my phone with Vol Down button pressed it goes to tricolor and when I continue to hold Vol Down I get white screen with message: Loading: No Image File! showing on the screen briefly and back to tricolor.
No problem you say - flash another ROM. But at the moment my phone doesn't connect to my PC. Cable tested with another HTC - works. When I connect it I get USB on the screen but Flashing utility doesn't detect the phone.
When I try to Hard Reset the phone it just starts normally. So Vol Up + Vol Down + Power doesn't work at all. All I have is smart mobility and tricolor.
Info from Tricolor:
BLAC100 32M
SPL-1.56.OliNex
MicroP-Blackstone (LED) v6
and on the bottom either Serial or USB.
Question is:
is there anything I can do to revive my phone? Is there any way to flash it without USB connection? If yes, how do I do it?
Thanks in advance,
There is a way of flashing from SD card if you have HSPL (you do... OliNex).
Please do some search...
if it displays usb in tricolor you can flash a rom with CustomRUU from there. its not bricked
Put BLACIMG.nbh on the root of your SD card and enter bootloader mode, it'll detect it and ask if you want to flash it - press power button to confirm.
Dont connect your phone to your computer.
Hold down the Volume down button and hit the power button.
Your entering the tricolor boot screen and at the bottom the word "Serial".
Now connect you phone to your computer with te USB cable the word serial disappear and now it says USB.
Now you can normally flash/update your phone.
Thank for all your answers.
Problem still lasts, tried everything I could, including trying another computer. I've tried SD card flashing but couldn't get past tricolor. Everytime I tried all I got was No image file! and nothing.
In desperate act of dying I've went to my neighbour and borrowed his old Win XP laptop and it worked... Currently flashing new ROM to it.
What I cannot understand is why my computer (iMac running Windows on parralels), my laptop (Win 7) and my second laptop (Win Vista) couldn't detect the phone. I've succesfully flashed it before using all three machines, including virtualized Win 7 on my mac :/
Any ideas why it stopped working? I'll try to connect it again when ROM will be fully flashed and let you know.
Thanks for your help anyway.
Cheers,
Why don't you try shipped ROM, it may do the trick.
Get the original shipped ROM from HTC site or from XDA site.
Extract the content in some directory
Rename ruu_signed.nbh to BLACIMG.nbh and copy it on root folder of your SD card.
Now start your phone holding Vol down button.
Fingers crossed to to start flashing
Hi again.
I can confirm that due to flashing my phone with that odd 6MB ROM I could not connect it to any computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Strangely enough - it worked with Windows XP Professional. I have managed to flash my phone again on it using custom ROM from this forum.
Cheers,
yeramihi said:
Hi again.
I can confirm that due to flashing my phone with that odd 6MB ROM I could not connect it to any computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Strangely enough - it worked with Windows XP Professional. I have managed to flash my phone again on it using custom ROM from this forum.
Cheers,
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Glad you got this sorted. As your issue is now rectified I'm closing this thread
Hello to all,
I would like to install a custom ROM but unfortunately my phone doesn't want to enter in flash mode! Once switched off, I plug it to my computer while keeping vol down button pressed but instead of entering in flash mode, it displays the battery charging icon.
I hard reset the phone but the problem still remains. Any idea.
Thanks, have a nice day!
My guess is either the USB cable (did you use the OEM cable?) or the drivers (does windows recognize your phone?). Removing the SD card or first entering recovery were suggested earlier (http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/help/update-volume-connect-doesnt-t2613733). But more experiences Z3c owners may have better ideas...
Kholargol said:
Hello to all,
I would like to install a custom ROM but unfortunately my phone doesn't want to enter in flash mode! Once switched off, I plug it to my computer while keeping vol down button pressed but instead of entering in flash mode, it displays the battery charging icon.
I hard reset the phone but the problem still remains. Any idea.
Thanks, have a nice day!
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Using flashtool:
Turn phone off completely.
Start flashtool, choose flashmode and choose which firmware you are going to use. Tick Exclude TA.. Click on flash.
It will start preparing the build and after a few seconds it will ask you to connect the phone.
Plug the phone in while holding volume down, as soon as flashtool starts doing something, you can let go.
If you don't know how to use flashtool then I urge caution, Sony's aren't like flashing a Samsung, it is actually possible to brick your phone with flashtool. There are lots of questions on 'how do I fix my phone?' in this Q&A thread from people who didn't read up on what they were doing.
Recommend you read bilboa1's great guide on what to do, starting with backing up your TA partition..
Thanks for your answers but I think the mini usb from my phone must be dead.
About Flashtool, I can't use it because I can't go into Flash mode! Moreover, my phone is not recognized by windows. I tried with several usb cables and computers when I plug it, I don't have any MTP or PTP choice, it can only charge..
On Windows 10, devices is not recognized and Window 7 see it as a 5880!
And I tried to remove SD and SIM cards..
Kholargol said:
Thanks for your answers but I think the mini usb from my phone must be dead.
About Flashtool, I can't use it because I can't go into Flash mode! Moreover, my phone is not recognized by windows. I tried with several usb cables and computers when I plug it, I don't have any MTP or PTP choice, it can only charge..
On Windows 10, devices is not recognized and Window 7 see it as a 5880!
And I tried to remove SD and SIM cards..
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If the USB lead was dead you wouldn't get the charging icon on your phone.
Have you installed the Sony drivers.
You also need to run exe in the Drivers folder within Flashtool, to make sure you have correct flashomde drivers available. Installing these drivers is very difficult in Windows 10 and it require restarting the machine in safe mode, and going into the advanced settings to disable driver signature checking, this how to video is for windows 8, but you'll get the idea
Have you installed ADB?
Sonys PC Companion should set you up with the correct connection to your PC
Have you tried other USB cables?
Didgesteve said:
If the USB lead was dead you wouldn't get the charging icon on your phone.
Have you installed the Sony drivers.
You also need to run exe in the Drivers folder within Flashtool, to make sure you have correct flashomde drivers available. Installing these drivers is very difficult in Windows 10 and it require restarting the machine in safe mode, and going into the advanced settings to disable driver signature checking, this how to video is for windows 8, but you'll get the idea
Have you installed ADB?
Sonys PC Companion should set you up with the correct connection to your PC
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Yes, I've installed PC Companion, adb drivers but nothing appears when I use command "adb devices". I've also installed flashtools drivers but deactivating drivers signatures in Windows. But when I try to flash, flashtool ask me to turn my device in flash mode (switch off then volume down + power) but I can't do that.
I've tried several usb cables. Some are charging my devices, some are aren't but none of them allows me to data transfer!
I've also tried to force MTP or PTP usb transfer in developper option, it doesn't work more..
Kholargol said:
Yes, I've installed PC Companion, adb drivers but nothing appears when I use command "adb devices". I've also installed flashtools drivers but deactivating drivers signatures in Windows. But when I try to flash, flashtool ask me to turn my device in flash mode (switch off then volume down + power) but I can't do that.
I've tried several usb cables. Some are charging my devices, some are aren't but none of them allows me to data transfer!
I've also tried to force MTP or PTP usb transfer in developper option, it doesn't work more..
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Do you have any warranty on your phone, you could be right that the usb socket is damaged somehow, but it's strange that you can still get a charge through it.
Your only chance at moving to a custom rom change is flashfire
This should let you flash a rom without recovery.
Edit: Flashmode is just holding down just - volume button, not volume+power
Obviously your chances of rescuing a failed install are going to almost zero without recovery and flashtool, so be very very careful about what you try and flash in flashfire. Read up completely that the rom you want to flash is going to work pushed on top of whatever you are running at the moment.
For anyone who might be interested, sometimes you have to try a USB 2.0 port or just a different port. I had the same problem while using a usb 3 port, switched to 2.0 worked like a charm.
Try to open the back of the phone and removing/unplugging the battery wait 5 seconds and then put it in again. Then try holding down the volume down button while you connect a usb cable.
sir i have sony e3 dual and wanted to flash a custom rom . i connected it to pc but a
Ertert24 said:
Try to open the back of the phone and removing/unplugging the battery wait 5 seconds and then put it in again. Then try holding down the volume down button while you connect a usb cable.
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sir i have sony e3 dual and wanted to flash a custom rom . i connected it to pc but after the original firmware was deleted i got to know that my phone volume down button isnt working. anyone please tell me how to put my phone in flashmode without pressing volume down button as it is not working