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hey, my volume buttons are broken, (great since i wanted to buy a new phone as of late ) but i was wondering, is there any way to enter bootloader without the vol down button?
Grateful for any help on this.
If I remember right, If you want to flash stock ROM, all you need to do is connect your phone in activesync mode and start the RUU. The RUU will then take care of switching the phone to bootloader and flashing. And keeping in mind that most stock ROM packeges contain radio and SPL you will have a brand new phone (except for the volume buttons)
hmmhmm1222 said:
hey, my volume buttons are broken, (great since i wanted to buy a new phone as of late ) but i was wondering, is there any way to enter bootloader without the vol down button?
Grateful for any help on this.
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m_damyanov is right, running the ruu will put the device into bootloader mode. Another option which I read somewhere, but have not tried - if you run the CustomRUU, the files get unpacked in the folder on your pc. One of the files "unpacked" is EnterBootloader.exe - I believe you can copy this to your device and run it from the sd card.
ClydeB1 said:
m_damyanov is right, running the ruu will put the device into bootloader mode. Another option which I read somewhere, but have not tried - if you run the CustomRUU, the files get unpacked in the folder on your pc. One of the files "unpacked" is EnterBootloader.exe - I believe you can copy this to your device and run it from the sd card.
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ok, my only problem is my phone is stuk on smart mobility sreen, it hangs there, so i dont think any of the aboe works :S
hmmhmm1222 said:
hey, my volume buttons are broken, (great since i wanted to buy a new phone as of late ) but i was wondering, is there any way to enter bootloader without the vol down button?
Grateful for any help on this.
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solved, i disembled my stone a bit, managed to use a knife and a screwdriver and somehow it worked, and i put stockrom back, kinda fast running a 6.1 rom again afraid to turn it off now !
Solved, thread closed
is there a way to enter boot loader and gets the 3 color screen without using the volume key, by using the keyboard instead???
my x1 has no rom so it cant be turned on and the volume key is dead.
how can i flash a Rom??????????
darkylight said:
is there a way to enter boot loader and gets the 3 color screen without using the volume key, by using the keyboard instead???
my x1 has no rom so it cant be turned on and the volume key is dead.
how can i flash a Rom??????????
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Having no ROM installed (i.e. via Task29) does not mean the vol key method won't work. It should work - remove battery, replace battery, hold power and vol key together for a few seconds. The only reason it wouldn't is if there was something physically wrong with the key.
Jezza0 said:
Having no ROM installed (i.e. via Task29) does not mean the vol key method won't work. It should work - remove battery, replace battery, hold power and vol key together for a few seconds. The only reason it wouldn't is if there was something physically wrong with the key.
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yup via task 29, mtty. i think there is a wrong in the volume key coz its not working any more.
is there a way to boot via keyboard or my x1 is dead?
are you sure
all you have to do is hold the vol DOWN and power until screen comes up
darkylight said:
is there a way to enter boot loader and gets the 3 color screen without using the volume key, by using the keyboard instead???
my x1 has no rom so it cant be turned on and the volume key is dead.
how can i flash a Rom??????????
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had the same issue mate....and now my x1 is bricked!...couldn't do anything to get it back into tri-colour screen and sent it back to repair...tried to use the usb, mitty and nothing....good luck if you find another method....i hate task29 now i wouldn't try that thing again on my new phone...i did everything correctly and it just completely died on me...
has your volume key always been dead
yea, me 2, my volume key dead
so i cant do task29 before flash a new rom
i search a long time
but cant find solutions
had to send it back to repair the hardware problem
Hi
Try this this i tried might be work for you too...
Put image file in root now run Task29 and as soon as the tri colour screen comes remove the usb cable and wait for 2 minutes it will search for serial and will automatically boot from SD image..
Thanx
darkylight said:
is there a way to enter boot loader and gets the 3 color screen without using the volume key, by using the keyboard instead???
my x1 has no rom so it cant be turned on and the volume key is dead.
how can i flash a Rom??????????
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What do you get when you just turn on your phone? You can always turn on your phone, if you have a ROM flashed it will boot the ROM. If not or not properly flashed then it will take you to the bootloader....
Lokatho said:
What do you get when you just turn on your phone? You can always turn on your phone, if you have a ROM flashed it will boot the ROM. If not or not properly flashed then it will take you to the bootloader....
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how could your phone auto loading bootloader without a rom and volume down key press?
is your phone made from E.T ? he can do it auto intelligently
dont bull**** before u r clear the problem and situation
my words is rude ,but ur words totally leading the guy into wrong direction ,and waste our time
o0k00l said:
Hi
Try this this i tried might be work for you too...
Put image file in root now run Task29 and as soon as the tri colour screen comes remove the usb cable and wait for 2 minutes it will search for serial and will automatically boot from SD image..
Thanx
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bull**** 2
how could he do task29 with volume key and a flashed rom ?
dont wast our time
o0k00l said:
Hi
Try this this i tried might be work for you too...
Put image file in root now run Task29 and as soon as the tri colour screen comes remove the usb cable and wait for 2 minutes it will search for serial and will automatically boot from SD image..
Thanx
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lol.. your barking at the wrong tree man.. read & understand
don't know if this is related but i thought i'd post it still.
i had an issue with task29 once i tried it.
usually, i flash roms using activesync since i'm kinda lazy putting back and fort the x1 cover, battery and all that.
after flashing task29, my x1 went dead. what i did, i removed the sd card,
plugged it to my pc and put the kovsimg file of the rom i like best,
plugged back in the sd card with the kovsimg file and re-flash via sd card method (using soft keys & volume button).
viola! it worked! but then again, i guess that's the way it's suppose to be done anyways.
simpleguy said:
how could your phone auto loading bootloader without a rom and volume down key press?
is your phone made from E.T ? he can do it auto intelligently
dont bull**** before u r clear the problem and situation
my words is rude ,but ur words totally leading the guy into wrong direction ,and waste our time
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Ever did a bad flash???? Try it....flash from your pc and pull the USB cable. If you reset your phone where does it take you? Certainly not to boot the ROM, because the flash went wrong.
Well.....
As the OP doesn't tell us specific details about why or how his X1 has no ROM, I'm trying to get some more info on his problem.
So keep your rude words in your mouth before you speak...!
Since when does trying to help someone wastes your time???! Dude you really need to utter your frustrations somewhere else.
simpleguy said:
bull**** 2
how could he do task29 with volume key and a flashed rom ?
dont wast our time
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Man...you're really sour aren't you?
Lokatho said:
Ever did a bad flash???? Try it....flash from your pc and pull the USB cable. If you reset your phone where does it take you? Certainly not to boot the ROM, because the flash went wrong.
Well.....
As the OP doesn't tell us specific details about why or how his X1 has no ROM, I'm trying to get some more info on his problem.
So keep your rude words in your mouth before you speak...!
Since when does trying to help someone wastes your time???! Dude you really need to utter your frustrations somewhere else.
Man...you're really sour aren't you?
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laugh out loudly, bull**** again
his volume key is dead, and his phone dont have rom in it
and u, smart u , tell him flash a rom ? and pull cable blah blah
is it ridiculous?
how could he into bootloader in this situation?, perhpas u r god could let it done
once again, plz clear the situation, before you answer it(read op`s post again and again , ok ?)
u guys hand-up is appreciate ,but non-sense
u just waste our time
i wont relpy anymore untill u can provide a doable solution
simpleguy said:
laugh out loudly, bull**** again
his volume key is dead, and his phone dont have rom in it
and u, smart u , tell him flash a rom ? and pull cable blah blah
is it ridiculous?
how could he into bootloader in this situation?, perhpas u r god could let it done
once again, plz clear the situation, before you answer it(read op`s post again and again , ok ?)
u guys hand-up is appreciate ,but non-sense
u just waste our time
i wont relpy anymore untill u can provide a doable solution
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Really sad.....I pity you.
As I want to help the OP, but as helping the OP wasted you're time I'm not. As I don't want to waste your time....
djromeo said:
had the same issue mate....and now my x1 is bricked!...couldn't do anything to get it back into tri-colour screen and sent it back to repair...tried to use the usb, mitty and nothing....good luck if you find another method....i hate task29 now i wouldn't try that thing again on my new phone...i did everything correctly and it just completely died on me...
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thanks for helping mate, i will send my phone to sonyericsson shop wish they could help me
o0k00l said:
Hi
Try this this i tried might be work for you too...
Put image file in root now run Task29 and as soon as the tri colour screen comes remove the usb cable and wait for 2 minutes it will search for serial and will automatically boot from SD image..
Thanx
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can u send me some details and steps how to do this, i will try it
thanks
simpleguy said:
laugh out loudly, bull**** again
his volume key is dead, and his phone dont have rom in it
and u, smart u , tell him flash a rom ? and pull cable blah blah
is it ridiculous?
how could he into bootloader in this situation?, perhpas u r god could let it done
once again, plz clear the situation, before you answer it(read op`s post again and again , ok ?)
u guys hand-up is appreciate ,but non-sense
u just waste our time
i wont relpy anymore untill u can provide a doable solution
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guys come om plz i appreciate all your kind help really am desperate and wish i could get my phone back.
yup my phone has no rom so i couldnt flash any rom coz my volume key is died. NO NEW ROM AND NO BOOTLOADER.
i guess that there is no solution other than i should sent it back to the shop to be repaired but if there is a solution i wont regret to try it on my phone.
thanks all for your help.
Hello! I had this problem a minute ago. Try this:
1 -Turn on the phone. The screen will freeze in Sony Ericsson logo.
2 - After this, hold the two silver front buttons and press the softreset button behind the battery cover (to do a Hard Reset).
3 - Follow the instructions to perform the Hard Reset.
4 - When finished, remove the battery. Wait for 3 seconds and put the battery back.
5 - Now try to hold Vol Down key and turn the phone on.
It worked for me. But OMG, this thing scared me...
A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.
talktojer said:
A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.
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The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.
il Duce said:
The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.
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theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?
talktojer said:
theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?
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you mean like this: hold home and then power?
il Duce said:
you mean like this: hold home and then power?
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yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?
talktojer said:
yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?
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Not really... in very rare cases has the hero been bricked.
If nothing else, you could always run the Sprint/HTC RUU through your computer, that will restore the Hero to "Out-of-Box" state. From there you could root back again and flash any ROM you would like.
With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
unCoRrUpTeD said:
With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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how do I get into this fastboot mode? I'd love to restore it to factory software, but I'm unable to figure out how to get the phone into a mode that the PC will recognize. Volume up/end vibrates 3 times but never actually turns on or shows a logo. just stays black. If I could get this thing back to its original state that would be great.
unCoRrUpTeD said:
If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
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Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.
Not to hijack your thread, but I'm having this same problem. I've run several ROMs including cyanogen 6.0 and 6.1 and today was installing the cyanogen 7 with 2.3 android. I wiped everything and flashed the rom and the gapps and the phone went into constant reboot cycles. I could at that point, hold the power/home and get it back to the recovery menu. I had the Amon RA recovery and thought I would try the 3.0 clockwork, so I flashed that recovery image...rebooted without a problem. I tried wiping and reflashing, but still the constant reboot. So I took the advice on the wiki and flashed the DecaFuct-12222010-691.zip kernel. My phone rebooted and did not start the cycling, so I thought it was an improvement. However, 1/2 an hour later, it's still sitting at the HTC logo and the power/home does not reboot into recovery. Nor does trying to adb find any devices.
Apparently I haven't posted enough on these forums to be able to post to the dev thread. But I've done some base development work on the phone and have been using adb for over a year now. Any help on getting back to a working phone would be greatly appreciated!
Lynne
Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!
lrandolph said:
Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!
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any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.
talktojer said:
any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.
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First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works
ccrosno said:
First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works
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here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.
talktojer said:
here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.
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Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.
talktojer said:
Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.
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Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1
unCoRrUpTeD said:
Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1
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ive removed the sdcard, results are no different.
ccrosno said:
Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.
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android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.
talktojer said:
android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.
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Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.
ccrosno said:
Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.
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You would actually do
adb devices
You don't do it from inside adb.
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Hi all,
I have an issue with a Sprint HTC Hero CDMA phone which has been possibly bricked.
The phone is rooted, with bootloader S-OFF (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759955). I was trying to flash an ENG-SPL through recovery when the battery died (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765237).
After that whenever I try to turn on the phone the phone does not boot.
Pressing power key does nothing, pressing power+volume up should take into recovery mode but does nothing, pressing power+volume down should take into fastboot mode but I get three vibrates and nothing else. I have read it seems the three vibrates means it is going into Qualcomm diagnostic mode as the bootloader is S-OFF.
The screen remains turned off. I have tried connecting to PC, running factory ROM through RUU but PC does not recognize phone. ADB does not recognize the device.
As last resort I want to know if this can be repaired through JTAG JRT or similar. I am based in Bangalore India and would be very grateful if anyone can help me out. Willing to pay.
Thanks.
digitalnirvana said:
Hi all,
I have an issue with a Sprint HTC Hero CDMA phone which has been possibly bricked.
The phone is rooted, with bootloader S-OFF (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759955). I was trying to flash an ENG-SPL through recovery when the battery died (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765237).
After that whenever I try to turn on the phone the phone does not boot.
Pressing power key does nothing, pressing power+volume up should take into recovery mode but does nothing, pressing power+volume down should take into fastboot mode but I get three vibrates and nothing else. I have read it seems the three vibrates means it is going into Qualcomm diagnostic mode as the bootloader is S-OFF.
The screen remains turned off. I have tried connecting to PC, running factory ROM through RUU but PC does not recognize phone. ADB does not recognize the device.
As last resort I want to know if this can be repaired through JTAG JRT or similar. I am based in Bangalore India and would be very grateful if anyone can help me out. Willing to pay.
Thanks.
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First, charge it powered off until FULL and seriously just leave it alone, let it recover - hopefully. I am pretty sure if you lost batt while flashing the bootloader, you are hosed forever. You could TRY booting into safe mode (hold menu press power) and then see if you can get recovery (hold home press power) or simply reboot after safe mode occurs (I think it's 5 vibrations). If none of that works, no adb, no RUU.exe, no HERCIMG.zip, no hboot, no fastboot commands = brick afiak I've never heard of jtag jrt, sorry.
Ya it does sound as if you sir are fubarred...
You were flashing bootloader and whatnot. Which in turn boots... so if it dies while trying to flash over it wont be recoverable.
Never.. and I mean never flash with a low battery.
®parallel universe®
The bootloader had flashed OK. It was when flashing the ENG-SPL that the battery died. Had tried charging to full and tried volume up+power, volume down+power, home+power, menu+power, home+power, nothing happens.
JTAG is a hardware repair as I know but no idea who/where can do it.
I tried menu + power and the phone vibrated five times and the green LED blinks. The screen does not turn on. Had to do battery pull then tried power on but nothing happens.
digitalnirvana said:
The bootloader had flashed OK. It was when flashing the ENG-SPL that the battery died.
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The ENG-SPL is the bootloader. The point of the ENG-SPL is that it overwrites your current bootloader with one that isn't locked down.
The nand unlock bootloader had flashed ok and it became S-OFF from the earlier S-ON when I had checked on fastboot, after this I tried flashing the ENG SPL because I was looking to flash a custom splash screen and it required an ENG SPL to work. Right after I flashed the ENG SPL the issue described began. Tried the safe mode but nothing except the five vibrates and the screen is off.
digitalnirvana said:
The nand unlock bootloader had flashed ok and it became S-OFF from the earlier S-ON when I had checked on fastboot, after this I tried flashing the ENG SPL because I was looking to flash a custom splash screen and it required an ENG SPL to work. Right after I flashed the ENG SPL the issue described began. Tried the safe mode but nothing except the five vibrates and the screen is off.
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What zip did you try??? And what recovery are you using???
#Root/Hack_Mod-Always*
laie1472 said:
What zip did you try??? And what recovery are you using???
#Root/Hack_Mod-Always*
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Here is the sequence of steps:
1. Bootloader was S-ON.
2. Flashed nand unlock file from Regaw's thread.
3. Bootloader became S-OFF. The SPL version (not sure of exact field but the one with numbers of format nnnn.nnnn.nn00?) remained unchanged.
4. Tried flashing a custom splash screen got ADB error remote not allow.
5. Read that for flashing custom splash screen there should be ENG-SPL (version numbers were given in a video on unlockr.com).
6. Tried to flash Darch's ENG-SPL. Got the icon of arrow out of box. Then the screen died. I presume the battery died but not sure.
Current status:
1. Power does nothing.
2. Power + volume down does nothing.
3. Power + volume up three vibrates (plus if phone is on charge then the LED turns off, battery pull and reconnecting to charger LED turns on though).
4. Power + menu five vibrates (plus green LED blinks)
5. Power + home does nothing.
6. Battery LED works i.e. remains red then changes to green.
7. Screen does not turn on.
8. RUU does not work as PC does not detect phone.
9. ADB devices does not detect the phone.
I was on NFX stock .7 ROM and Amon_Ra recovery.
It would sound broken to me. The only thing I could really add is that the eng-spl is not needed for splash screens once you use regaws s-off. Many of us have flashed the eng-spl though on top of s-off so I'd think your battery died and the phone is done for.
~maybe I set it too high...
I'd really love to JTAG this for you but I'm in the US. I haven't tested my RIFF box on a Hero yet but I know it is supposed to be able to repair the Hero. Shoot me a PM if you are willing to pay for international shipping.
connexion2005 said:
I'd really love to JTAG this for you but I'm in the US. I haven't tested my RIFF box on a Hero yet but I know it is supposed to be able to repair the Hero. Shoot me a PM if you are willing to pay for international shipping.
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Hi connexion2005,
Thanks sent you PM.
Hi connexion2005 did you get my PM?
connexion2005 said:
I'd really love to JTAG this for you but I'm in the US. I haven't tested my RIFF box on a Hero yet but I know it is supposed to be able to repair the Hero. Shoot me a PM if you are willing to pay for international shipping.
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Hi I found a guy with RIFF box in india but he is saying the CDMA Hero is not supported, and needs a working Hero to read some file so that it can then be added to RIFF box. This will then allow the box to read and repair the phone. Does your RIFF box support the CDMA Hero? Is there any way you could send this file to me? I have tried sending the phone to you but no indian courier service is willing to ship phones. Please help.
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Hi I found a guy with RIFF box in india but he is saying the CDMA Hero is not supported, and needs a working Hero to read some file so that it can then be added to RIFF box. This will then allow the box to read and repair the phone. Does your RIFF box support the CDMA Hero? Is there any way you could send this file to me? I have tried sending the phone to you but no indian courier service is willing to ship phones. Please help.
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i no you said adb dose not recognize the phone but have you tried to see if fastboot dose try
fastboot devices
oostah said:
i no you said adb dose not recognize the phone but have you tried to see if fastboot dose try
fastboot devices
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The boot loader is corrupt so only way is JTAG repair, I had tried fastboot.
digitalnirvana said:
The boot loader is corrupt so only way is JTAG repair, I had tried fastboot.
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I got lucky in that when I bricked my hero it was 9 months old do HTC replaced it. But I did find a hero on Craig's list for $75 that the USB plug was shot. You could go that way.
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digitalnirvana said:
The boot loader is corrupt so only way is JTAG repair, I had tried fastboot.
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I'm just guessing you Don't, but do you have Insurance on it? If so just Trade it in for a New Hero... Other than that, I'm Stumped!
PMGRANDS said:
I'm just guessing you Don't, but do you have Insurance on it? If so just Trade it in for a New Hero... Other than that, I'm Stumped!
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Sorry for late reply, I do not have insurance as it was bought from EBay. It is a dead end I am afraid.
Very sorry for bumping a dead thread but anyone has any idea to fix this or point me to someone who can repair, thanks. I currently have an unusable brick and even selling it would make no sense considering I am in India.
So, my volume up key stoped working from one day to the next. Didn't slam the phone on the floor or anything, it just stoped working. I already tried it on recovery mode, no luck so i'm asuming it's not software related.
Anyone faced this issue at some point? I did the eb40 battery mod a month ago, didn't notice anything unusual since then.
Thanks guys for any help.
Anyone?
I'm worried i might need to enter recovery or bootloader using keys instead of software reboot at some point, and won't be able to since my keys don't work.
I mean you could open the phone and check the connection for the button and the contacts. Does it feel loose? Maybe the button is upside down ( which shouldn't matter but you never know). Get back to us!
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And if is broken then flash phils advance recovery and you will never need it again. Lol
TecknoFreak said:
And if is broken then flash phils advance recovery and you will never need it again. Lol
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Wait what? I have the same problem (volume up key is broken) and I'm constantly paranoid about bootloops since fastboot reboot recovery doesn't work. I have Philz recovery as well. Is there some feature I'm not aware of?
Papahyooie said:
Wait what? I have the same problem (volume up key is broken) and I'm constantly paranoid about bootloops since fastboot reboot recovery doesn't work. I have Philz recovery as well. Is there some feature I'm not aware of?
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The touch recovery does not require the use of volume or power button. Same with Touch CWM.
audit13 said:
The touch recovery does not require the use of volume or power button. Same with Touch CWM.
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Oh. Well of course you don't need the volume key to navigate the menu in a touch recovery. That's not the problem. The problem is getting *into* recovery without the volume up key. The only way to do so is if you have a functioning ROM, so if you're in a bootloop, you have to FXZ back to stock from fastboot, reroot, and install a reboot to recovery app. Then commence doing whatever it was you needed to do in recovery (assuming flashing a custom rom again and hope you don't get a bootloop)
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Oh. Well of course you don't need the volume key to navigate the menu in a touch recovery. That's not the problem. The problem is getting *into* recovery without the volume up key. The only way to do so is if you have a functioning ROM, so if you're in a bootloop, you have to FXZ back to stock from fastboot, reroot, and install a reboot to recovery app. Then commence doing whatever it was you needed to do in recovery (assuming flashing a custom rom again and hope you don't get a bootloop)
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I understand now. Yes, it's tough to access fastboot or recovery mode without volume keys working.
Not at all there are ways to get around this. Install xposed framework with an advance power option and install it. Or go to play store and look for an app name i believe quick reboot
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I understand now. Yes, it's tough to access fastboot or recovery mode without volume keys working.
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Indeed. I've wasted several development hours just getting back to a workable system when I end up with a bootloop. Makes testing very frustrating.Volume down key still works (it seems people only ever have problems with the volume up button) so can still get into fastboot. It would all be good if the "fastboot reboot recovery" command worked on this phone, but it's blocked.
EDIT: @Technofreak, once again that won't work if you're in a bootloop.
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Indeed. I've wasted several development hours just getting back to a workable system when I end up with a bootloop. Makes testing very frustrating.Volume down key still works (it seems people only ever have problems with the volume up button) so can still get into fastboot. It would all be good if the "fastboot reboot recovery" command worked on this phone, but it's blocked.
EDIT: @Technofreak, once again that won't work if you're in a bootloop.
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Yes, and fastboot only works while in download mode, which you can't access while on a bootloop.
mmm... is there any way to make the device boot into download mode by default? That would be maximum safety.
Btw, did your vol up key broke by itself? did you do the battery mod? Thanks for your input.
jaweinre said:
Yes, and fastboot only works while in download mode, which you can't access while on a bootloop.
mmm... is there any way to make the device boot into download mode by default? That would be maximum safety.
Btw, did your vol up key broke by itself? did you do the battery mod? Thanks for your input.
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You mean download mode as in the menu where you can choose recovery or fastboot? You can't get to that without the volume up button at all. You should be able to still enter fastboot, even from a bootloop. Just hold down the power and vol down button until it vibrates, then let go. Then hit power button once more, and you should be in download mode. But that still won't get you into recovery, so you still have to FXZ back to stock from there and redo everything. There IS a way (sort of) to get it to boot to fastboot every time. Just flash an FXZ and unplug it while it's flashing system.img. Then manually flash a system.img. That should trigger the sticky bits deal where it boots into fastboot every time... but I really don't know what that will accomplish, because every time you reboot your phone you'll have to plug it into a computer and use "fastboot reboot." There isn't a reboot to recovery command in fastboot, and there is no option within fastboot itself to reboot, so you'd have to plug it into the computer and use fastboot reboot.
I wish there was a software option to always ALWAYS boot into recovery from a cold boot. That way you could always get back to recovery no matter what. FXZ is surely a last resort, but you can always restore a backup from recovery.
Yes, I have an EB40 battery mod. But the volume button didn't stop working until a couple of months after doing that. It was seemingly random. Just stopped working one day. I can't way whether it's related or not.
Papahyooie said:
Yes, I have an EB40 battery mod. But the volume button didn't stop working until a couple of months after doing that. It was seemingly random. Just stopped working one day. I can't way whether it's related or not.
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Mine did the same, broke down randomly after the EB40 mod. Can't check the frickin button since the black t5 screws got worn out (****ty quality).
What about fastboot update? isn't that suposed to flash zip files, as in cm zips?
EDIT: Been trying the vol down + power for a while, it behaves as normal power button, can't get to bootloader.
jaweinre said:
Mine did the same, broke down randomly after the EB40 mod. Can't check the frickin button since the black t5 screws got worn out (****ty quality).
What about fastboot update? isn't that suposed to flash zip files, as in cm zips?
EDIT: Been trying the vol down + power for a while, it behaves as normal power button, can't get to bootloader.
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I have never been able to get fastboot update to work. I believe it is restricted on this phone just like fastboot reboot recovery is. Don't quote me on that as I've never seen anyone outright say that is the case, it just has never worked for me.
If it makes you feel better,don't bother trying to get the scews out. I have taken mine all the way down to the motherboard to see if there was anything obviously wrong with the volume button. Mine seems to have nothing physically wrong with it. The button (the bare button on the mobo, not the plastic piece) pushes well and even gives a nice tactile click when you push it down with the tip of a screwdriver or soemthing pointy. Hell, I've even booted it up with the case off, bare motherboard, while holding down the button with said screwdriver and it still won't work. It's got to be something like a trace burned or cracked on the motherboard, but with all the componants and shields around it I can't tell. It looks normal, and no different than the volume down button.
That sucks that you can't use the vol down and power button to get to fastboot. I just tried it myself to make sure I said it right and it worked fine. Maybe your volume down button doesnt work either??? You have to be very VERY careful if you cant get into fastboot. Don't get into a bootloop, because I don't know if there is any other way to recover at all. The only way I would know would be to short the circuit on the mobo to force the mobo to recognize a volume button press, and nobody wants to mess with that crap. Don't do any mods that are too exotic lol.
Vol down key is ok. Do you press both buttons while phone is off? For how long? This is weird.
jaweinre said:
Vol down key is ok. Do you press both buttons while phone is off? For how long? This is weird.
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Well, I believe the correct way to do it is to hold all three buttons down at one time, but for me just holding down the power and volume down button works. If the phone is on, just hold those two buttons down until it vibrates a couple times. At that point let go of the power button. Then press the power button again, and it should boot into fastboot mode.
If the phone is off, I would assume just hold down the power button and volume down buttons. Then let go of the power button while still holding down the volume button and it should boot to fastboot mode.
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If the phone is off, I would assume just hold down the power button and volume down buttons. Then let go of the power button while still holding down the volume button and it should boot to fastboot mode.
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worked. thanks.
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worked. thanks.
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Good good. That will at least allow you to FXZ if all else fails. Just don't flash anything unless you have the time to FXZ back and do the whole process over, because in the event of a bootloop, AFAIK that is your only choice.
But we can always go to the recovery mode using the command prompt.
Connect the mobile to computer and use adb fastboot commands.
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But we can always go to the recovery mode using the command prompt.
Connect the mobile to computer and use adb fastboot commands.
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Once again, fastboot reboot recovery does not work on the Atrix HD. Let me qualify that, because there may be some people that it does work for, but the majority of us, the command is locked. In most cases, that is an invalid point, because we cannot get to recovery using fastboot.