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Hope for a Bricked Vivid ?? { Discussions of Possible Solutions }

Hello Guys,
I recently PICKED up a DEAD VIVID from a fellow XDA'r for a really cheap price hoping I can UNBRICK it and use it
As I have understood , This phone was bricked during the ICS update Process. Looks like the Original Owner did not know what he was doing LOL,
The phone should be here in a WEEK
Can anypone shed any light on how this can be fixed and what are the possible options ?
JTAG ??? HTC service
I live in INDIA BTW

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Hope I wasn't a Idiot to buy a bricked VIVID ??

I don't think any solution has been found so far. If you hadn't already known, our vivid section is really small with not a ton of development going on. The people that couldn't follow directions were sort of left in the dust, and I don't know of anyone working on a fix for the bricks.
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mally2 said:
Hello Guys,
I recently PICKED up a DEAD VIVID from a fellow XDA'r for a really cheap price hoping I can UNBRICK it and use it
As I have understood , This phone was bricked during the ICS update Process. Looks like the Original Owner did not know what he was doing LOL,
The phone should be here in a WEEK
Can anypone shed any light on how this can be fixed and what are the possible options ?
JTAG ??? HTC service
I live in INDIA BTW
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How "bricked" is it? Will it power on? Get to HBOOT?

timbrendelaz said:
How "bricked" is it? Will it power on? Get to HBOOT?
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I assume he's talking about the worst kind we've seen. Like the noob who pissed off PG and made him leave.
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If it powers on and you are able to go to HBoot it can be saved.
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If you can get into Qualcomm dload mode, you should still have a shot at fixing it. If it literally can't get into dload mode, does not boot into fastboot, or any other possible method of pushing files to the phone, then yes, it is bricked. You will have to find a way to use JTAG or send it to an HTC service center.

Thank you all !!!!! hoping for RIFF box to work

I started a similar thread.....I also have a bricked Vivid.....I have been able to get mine to be recognized by QPST on com6 in phone download mode.....the question is, what do I do now? QPST seems to be pretty straight forward, but I have no idea where to find the necessary files to flash the phone. Any ideas?
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I haven't been able to find any .hex files for our device. Tried opening the various .img files extracted from the PH39IMG.zip in a hex editor and saving them as .hex files but QPST returns an error. I don't have any experience in hex editing, but I know I can't brick the phone any worse. My g/f has went back to an HTC Inspire so I am going to keep this hope alive as a side project.
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Whether this guy who bricked his phone was a NOOB, isnt really an issue now is it? Nor if he is one of the ones whom ticked off PG.. I bricked my Vivid, and 1) I'm not a NOOB. 2) I followed Directions to the letter ... did everything right and it still bricked.. but i had insurance through BestBuy , sent it in and got a new phone 2 days later.. re-tried the same steps i did before which bricked my phone, and it went through without a hitch... We arent here to judge people nor start up another thread which can potentially lead to another mass exodus from XDA

Well I just got off the phone with HTC....seems I was wrong about their warranty policy. Even though I was not the ORIGINAL purchaser the PHONE is still under warranty. I will be shipping it back to HTC first thing in the AM.
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Haha. Sucks for the guy who let it go so cheap. Lol
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djelement1 said:
Well I just got off the phone with HTC....seems I was wrong about their warranty policy. Even though I was not the ORIGINAL purchaser the PHONE is still under warranty. I will be shipping it back to HTC first thing in the AM.
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Wow, I didn't even know that. All you have to do is send back the phone, no receipt, no nothing?

I called HTC and gave them my contact info and all the info about the phone....IMEI#, serial #, and part #.....told them what the problem was....and they emailed me the info about sending the phone in...worst case is the problem won't be covered under warranty, in which case I will have to pay $135 to have it fixed. Hopefully it will be covered under warranty though....

Hi I seen your problem to me step and follow these steps to get here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20807914&postcount=2 download from here http://www.filefactory.com/f/002b74e0f4775869/ version for AT & T is this RUU_HOLIDAY_ICS_35_S_CINGULAR_3.26.502.52 install it from your computer and running.
Forgive my English.

djelement1 said:
I called HTC and gave them my contact info and all the info about the phone....IMEI#, serial #, and part #.....told them what the problem was....and they emailed me the info about sending the phone in...worst case is the problem won't be covered under warranty, in which case I will have to pay $135 to have it fixed. Hopefully it will be covered under warranty though....
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did you send the phone to them? did you got it back? did you had to pay anything?

slapshot30 said:
Wow, I didn't even know that. All you have to do is send back the phone, no receipt, no nothing?
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JEANRIVERA said:
did you send the phone to them? did you got it back? did you had to pay anything?
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yeah i've sent them many phones, a couple of hd2, touch pro, touch pro2
can't remember what else but yeah if ur not original owner from a store they go by production date of the phone, i've been lucky that i always got them fixed for free, only once they said that said that the damage to my screen was due to physical damage and didn't fix it, and they charged me $40 (they call it a triage fee) other than that, i had to pay to ship it to them but it's worth the $5 using usps priority mail, they ship back at their cost with a nice box and HTC lint free cloth lol

You need the H-BOOT
mally2 said:
Hello Guys,
I recently PICKED up a DEAD VIVID from a fellow XDA'r for a really cheap price hoping I can UNBRICK it and use it
As I have understood , This phone was bricked during the ICS update Process. Looks like the Original Owner did not know what he was doing LOL,
The phone should be here in a WEEK
Can anypone shed any light on how this can be fixed and what are the possible options ?
JTAG ??? HTC service
I live in INDIA BTW
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If you need the H-BOOT let me know i,ll give you a copy once you have it leave it as is just put the zip file (PH39IMG.ZIP) to the root of the sd card hold down vol button and power at the same time once you see it boot let go and the phone will do the rest it will unbrick it for sure.

HTC One hardbrick

Today I'll bricked my HTC One.For now not charging, when connected with USB got "QHUSB_DLOAD".
Any solution?

Nope. Send it to htc or find someone offering jtag service in your locale.

I don't know how but installed driver My HTC, and got htc logo in screen. Is there a chance to run RUU?

sardor said:
I don't know how but installed driver My HTC, and got htc logo in screen. Is there a chance to run RUU?
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Can you get to the bootloader screen?

Nope.

maybe @Matt can help you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363516

sardor said:
Nope.
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But it powers on? You can get the splash screen but not bootloader screen? If you're getting the splash, you should be able to get to bootloader.
What did you do to get to this point?

the medarder
OP
Its sounds like you need a video to help you
youtubedotcom/watch?v=xgBT0TQnZvM
just look at the link and place the missing bit at the front and dot com with .com

Six hours of pressing a combination of keys and connecting the One to computer and that it has detected.
My HTC One is saved

sardor said:
Six hours of pressing a combination of keys and connecting the One to computer and that it has detected.
My HTC One is saved
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It goes dead/bricked without a reason and then comes back to life. Damn what a fighter phone
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sardor said:
Today I'll bricked my HTC One.For now not charging, when connected with USB got "QHUSB_DLOAD".
Any solution?
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Co zrobiles ze masz brick???

Charger Port Melted :(

I was going to wire tether and I plugged it up via the stock USB cable that came with it and all the sudden it started smoking and I unplugged it and my charger port is ruined. So has this happened to anyone? I just had a mouse plugged in the same port and it was working fine! So anyone have this happen to them? Also how can I do warranty? My boot loader is unlocked and says tampered cause I'm running a ROM.
I have AT&T but that forum is not as big as this section so I`d post it here.
Edit anyways I called AT&T they sold me Since what had happened I need to call HTC and they will repair it. Will HTC care that its bootloader unlocked and tampered? even though its a physical hardware issue with the phone? or should I just sell it for parts and use an upgrade.

i'd send it to HTC and relock the bootloader. hardware-issues usually should be repaired even with tampered flag.
if you have enough energy left and really want to be save, use s-off, lock your bootloader, remove tampered flag and go back to s-on.

hyelton said:
I was going to wire tether and I plugged it up via the stock USB cable that came with it and all the sudden it started smoking and I unplugged it and my charger port is ruined. So has this happened to anyone? I just had a mouse plugged in the same port and it was working fine! So anyone have this happen to them? Also how can I do warranty? My boot loader is unlocked and says tampered cause I'm running a ROM.
I have AT&T but that forum is not as big as this section so I`d post it here.
Edit anyways I called AT&T they sold me Since what had happened I need to call HTC and they will repair it. Will HTC care that its bootloader unlocked and tampered? even though its a physical hardware issue with the phone? or should I just sell it for parts and use an upgrade.
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Just curious. Are you on a ROM that enables fastcharge? I did read a discussion between CM devs about rarely burning the port with fast charge enabled be default and connecting to a faulty USB port.

I'm guessing it's because USB 2.0 supports an output of max 500mAh.
If your phone tried to draw more than that it put pressure on the port which caused it to cease working properly.
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watermelun said:
Just curious. Are you on a ROM that enables fastcharge? I did read a discussion between CM devs about rarely burning the port with fast charge enabled be default and connecting to a faulty USB port.
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Nope running ARHD 12.1 I dont like CM roms.
Also I CANT relock usb plug on phone does not work anymore its dead.

just send it to HTC, they repaired my phone with a hardware-issue (battery) even with tampered-flag..

watermelun said:
Just curious. Are you on a ROM that enables fastcharge? I did read a discussion between CM devs about rarely burning the port with fast charge enabled be default and connecting to a faulty USB port.
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herwegan said:
just send it to HTC, they repaired my phone with a hardware-issue (battery) even with tampered-flag..
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Did they fix it or just send a new or referb one?
Also do you think they would charge for such repair? cause she said they may want to charge.

hyelton said:
Did they fix it or just send a new or referb one?
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in my case i think they've send me a new one, but because i've unlocked my bootloader before, they transfered my IMEI to the new device. because my bootloader was still "relocked" after repair, but the devices case and screen were completely new (no more scratches and 2 dead pixels were gone.. lucky punch ;D )
edit: can't say, but they didn't charge me because it was obviously a hardware-failure that was not in a relation to the software.. this is an important point.. they will only charge you if they can be sure that the hardware got damaged due to your installed software (like overclocking your cpu etc.)

herwegan said:
in my case i think they've send me a new one, but because i've unlocked my bootloader before, they transfered my IMEI to the new device. because my bootloader was still "relocked" after repair, but the devices case and screen were completely new (no more scratches and 2 dead pixels were gone.. lucky punch ;D )
edit: can't say, but they didn't charge me because it was obviously a hardware-failure that was not in a relation to the software.. this is an important point.. they will only charge you if they can be sure that the hardware got damaged due to your installed software (like overclocking your cpu etc.)
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I didnt overclock or anything stock kernal. I`m afraid they will go asuming lol
Worst case I have an upgrade I can use

hyelton said:
I didnt overclock or anything stock kernal. I`m afraid they will go asuming lol
Worst case I have an upgrade I can use
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good luck!

UPDATE!: So I called AT&T they are going to warranty it. I`m going to run it completely dead so that maybe hopefully they WONT see my unlocked and tampered bootloader.
They wont charge for that will they if they see that?
Anyway I plugged up my Samsung Charger from my parents S3 and BAM my phone started smoking so I wonder why or what is causing that cause its certainly the phone.

HTC One Hard Brick; No root?

I was using my HTC One yesterday recording a lecture when it overheated and refused to turn on any longer. I've tried charging it with different cables and different outlets (USB in computer included) and the only recognition I get is that it shows qhsusb_dload in the device manager. I don't what to do to fix this; one of my friends stumbled upon (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226445), but if it works, I have no idea how to do anything since I didn't root my phone. Anyone have any tips?
EDIT: A bit more information: it's a locked HTC One on Rogers Network in Canada.

evgueni72 said:
I was using my HTC One yesterday recording a lecture when it overheated and refused to turn on any longer. I've tried charging it with different cables and different outlets (USB in computer included) and the only recognition I get is that it shows qhsusb_dload in the device manager. I don't what to do to fix this; one of my friends stumbled upon (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226445), but if it works, I have no idea how to do anything since I didn't root my phone. Anyone have any tips?
EDIT: A bit more information: it's a locked HTC One on Rogers Network in Canada.
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I'd say get a replacement from your carrier.. They should do it for free. If they don't, send it to htc for repairs.
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n1234d said:
I'd say get a replacement from your carrier.. They should do it for free. If they don't, send it to htc for repairs.
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I have a new one coming; however I want to be able to get my data on this phone back,

evgueni72 said:
I have a new one coming; however I want to be able to get my data on this phone back,
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Sadly that isn't possible.. your phone is properly hard bricked, so if you want any of your data back, you'll have to have someone with a jtag box unbrick it for you.. That will cost you cash, and that defeats the whole purpose of getting a replacement phone..
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HTC ONE died for no apparent reason

My HTC One died on Saturday for no apparent reason whatsoever, it was a T-mobile HTC one with the RUU conversion to GPE. I was watching Netflix it on saturday noon and the battery was about 50% and the phone restarted for no reason or error.
Later that day around 5pm I wanted to use the phone and it would not turn on, I thought that the battery could be dead so I set it to charge, but the LED would not turn on on the charger or computer, so I figured the battery was probably completely drained. I let it charge all night and next morning the LED still was not on, so I tried to boot the phone and nothing, I used power + volume down, and not even the bootloader would come up. I tried ADB and nothing.
After reading some info online and XDA I noticed that a lot of people are experiencing the same issue, would this be related to unlocking and rooting the GPE RUU?
Similar Issues:
HTC one won't turn on, No LED, no flashing Home/Back button

I just discovered that the phone is detected under my windows machine as: Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
Will I have to send it to HTC or is there a way to bring it back from dead?

an0m13 said:
I just discovered that the phone is detected under my windows machine as: Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
Will I have to send it to HTC or is there a way to bring it back from dead?
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Im sorry to tell you this, but Qualcomm HS-USB is USUALLY a sign of a hard brick. In other words, you cannot get the phone back to life.
The only possible way of recovery of this device is to send it to HTC. They will replace the motherboard, which costs a BOMB. If im not mistaken, its about $200.
Ideally, you should avoid RUU conversion unless ur 100% sure about what you're doing. Flashing ARHD 6.1 or SinLess would have been a much wiser thing to do IMO

raghav kapur said:
Im sorry to tell you this, but Qualcomm HS-USB is USUALLY a sign of a hard brick. In other words, you cannot get the phone back to life.
The only possible way of recovery of this device is to send it to HTC. They will replace the motherboard, which costs a BOMB. If im not mistaken, its about $200.
Ideally, you should avoid RUU conversion unless ur 100% sure about what you're doing. Flashing ARHD 6.1 or SinLess would have been a much wiser thing to do IMO
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Raghav
The thing that I don't understand is why the phone got bricked after a week of doing the RUU conversion? ( I have done RUU conversions before on a different HTC One and this one two months ago)

an0m13 said:
Raghav
The thing that I don't understand is why the phone got bricked after a week of doing the RUU conversion? ( I have done RUU conversions before on a different HTC One and this one two months ago)
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This is t-mobile-restriction ****. With other phones there were less or no problems. Better to buy a not branded phone.

Warranty or JTAG.
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I will send it tomorrow to repair, I hope it will be covered by warrantu.

SaHiLzZ said:
Warranty or JTAG.
sent from my mobile device
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I'm sending back to tmobile for replacement, do you think they would notice it was flash as the mobo is dead?

an0m13 said:
I'm sending back to tmobile for replacement, do you think they would notice it was flash as the mobo is dead?
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Most likely not. they will send you a refurbished device.

Neo XL said:
This is t-mobile-restriction ****. With other phones there were less or no problems. Better to buy a not branded phone.
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I wish they had the GPE when I bought mine 9 months ago. A friend will sell me his HTC one AT&T black edition for $250, would that be a better option to Flash or should I forget about it and get a Nexus 5?

an0m13 said:
I wish they had the GPE when I bought mine 9 months ago. A friend will sell me his HTC one AT&T black edition for $250, would that be a better option to Flash or should I forget about it and get a Nexus 5?
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The international unlocked is simply THE BEST for such things. If you want the best developer support, its the Dev. edition or International Unlocked

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...d-itself-off-wont-turn-back-again-help-2.html

Phoenix007 said:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...d-itself-off-wont-turn-back-again-help-2.html
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Thank you for the link, looks like I'm not the only one with the issue, but I tried all the solutions and still won't boot up or the LED will come up.
T-mobile is sending me a replacement, the bad news is that even thought I really like the phone I will be selling the replacement and moving to the nexus 5 as tmobile takes forever to release updates.