Upgrading Problem. Is it a brick now?? - Palm Treo 750

First, my palm 750 was having the problem that it got stuck like always, and when it finally started working, i had no signal at all, radio on, turned off and back on, hard reset, soft reset, nothing. So then I saw that there was WM6 and upgrading sounded like a good idea. Started looking for the rom and i found the voda WM6 rom, followed the instructions and when it was upgrading the battery felt cuz I didn't put back the cover (my bad). After that, I tried to turn on the fone and all I got is the Bootloader screen, have read a lot and all the answers are to format the card to fat32, or to switch computers, I've used like 3 different cards, checked on 3 pc's, used another card reader and all I got is the boot screen, if I put the card in it says loading, press the end call botton, start updating and then got stuck after splash1 and bootloader says ok. What I'm wondering is if the it is a hardware problem was before the update I had no signal, and now it got stuck on the gsm part of the update. Any Ideas?? this is a really expensive paperweight!!!!!

A couple thoughts...first, when it gets to the GSM portion of the flash it takes significantly longer than the others, so you might just need to be a bit more patient. Run it again and leave it alone for 10 minutes.
If you can get to the bootloader screen, your device is not bricked. You didn't mention what carrier your device is from..is it a Vodafone device? If so, you might be able to just connect the device to your PC while it's in bootloader mode and run the full Vodafone updater on your PC. There's a chance that this method might not work if a partial flash has left your device in a state that the PC based updater can't identify.
pirulino23 said:
First, my palm 750 was having the problem that it got stuck like always, and when it finally started working, i had no signal at all, radio on, turned off and back on, hard reset, soft reset, nothing. So then I saw that there was WM6 and upgrading sounded like a good idea. Started looking for the rom and i found the voda WM6 rom, followed the instructions and when it was upgrading the battery felt cuz I didn't put back the cover (my bad). After that, I tried to turn on the fone and all I got is the Bootloader screen, have read a lot and all the answers are to format the card to fat32, or to switch computers, I've used like 3 different cards, checked on 3 pc's, used another card reader and all I got is the boot screen, if I put the card in it says loading, press the end call botton, start updating and then got stuck after splash1 and bootloader says ok. What I'm wondering is if the it is a hardware problem was before the update I had no signal, and now it got stuck on the gsm part of the update. Any Ideas?? this is a really expensive paperweight!!!!!
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Thanks, and well it is a Cingular Treo, and I left the updater running several times for more than 3, 4 hours until the battery run out, and well, keep being stuck at gsm part, tried the tool that is on the update but after some % it got disconnected, any ideas???

im no expert. but if your using it with cingular (att) and you used a voda rom, i dont know how it would work in the first place without some sort of cid unlock? correct me if im wrong.
anyway. I would try that leaked att rom it it were me.

kapster said:
im no expert. but if your using it with cingular (att) and you used a voda rom, i dont know how it would work in the first place without some sort of cid unlock? correct me if im wrong.
anyway. I would try that leaked att rom it it were me.
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Well First never do a rom update off the battery second I have a att/Cingular 750 had leaked att on it ran fine then moved to the voda rom still fine
If the ATT rom doesnt work search for a WM5 Rom I think someone said it was posted in here. If that doesnt work, the first rom update I screwed up killed my device I called ATT said I tried to install the audio update and it killed my device they sent a new one and then i up'ed the ATT rom GL.

mtty perhaps?

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Newbie sayin please HELP think I bricked my phone :(

Hi guys, first of all I just want to say thank you for this forum.. I ran into it a while back and was inspired to buy a kaiser just because of you guys. I have an iphone right now and I really want to replace it with something that has i don't know user accessible memory, MS office, GPS and the list goes on so I bout an At&t 8925, I got a good price on it and was very happy to finally able to get rid of the iphone
anyway I received the phone a few days ago and proceeded to do a sim unlock to use it with t-mobile after playing with it for a little while, I have already read the wiki, and lot of posts and searches..
I dnloaded this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375583 and plugged in the phone made sure activesynk connected and flollowed the instructions...
It went through the first step (hard spl) without a problem and I think the second step went well also. After that I begain the third step and the program froze, I waited for almost an hour just to be sure (windows also said it was 'not responding') I finally had no choice but to restart my computer, (its vista)
Anyway I pressed the power button on the phone and the phone acts like its booting up, I see the at&t screen, then it goes to the 3g screen and It just goes to a blank, black screen. I am still able to connect it to my computer and access the phone. I can access the 'boot loader' red blue green screen
I did a soft reset and tried to reload the unlocker porgram but nothing happens, I am stuck and I havent found out what to do through my searches can you guys help me out I am really new to this phone
I even took the time to downgrade my computer from vista to XP (finding all my drivers was a ***** since my computer was shipped with vista) but I found them one by one and still no luck loading the unlocker
one thing I did notice was that the bootloader screen now says "security unlocked" on top, not sure if It did that before
Thanks for all the help
Thanks
all you have to do to fix your phone is flash a new rom onto it. just open the boot loader and run the ruu and it should fix the problem
that's because you need to install a wm6.1 rom on your phone to use this unlocker. you would have found the answer if you read the thread
Olipro said:
hence why I wrote a message box on Step 2 stating "you may need to upgrade your phone to WM6.1"
****ing idiots.
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oh **** how did i miss that... going to try another rom, i'll let you guys know how it goes
thanks
tman6919 said:
oh **** how did i miss that... going to try another rom, i'll let you guys know how it goes
thanks
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Flashing Killed My SIM

I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom. What does it say or show on the screen when the sim is inserted? and what does it say on the screen when the sim isn't inserted? If it says the same thing i can't help you.
try a hard reset too.
When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy
most likely its the phone that's the problem. because if your sim was fried it wouldn't work in the razr. the razr couldn't be able to recognize the sim card at all if it was fried.
xtremdremz said:
When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy
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you may need to install another radio that is compatible.
Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).
redbandana said:
you may need to install another radio that is compatible.
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Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM
xtremdremz said:
Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM
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if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.
mfrazzz said:
Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).
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Its the new AT&T SIM. Its wierd, works perfect in my razr just not in my tilt. and like i said in previous post all the signs are there that it is reading my SIM Just not registering on the network for calls or data???
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if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.
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yeah they would LLLLOOOOOVVVVEEEEE that. LOL I just tried with the stock ROM and the SPL changed back, everything to stock and still no luck. Still get the voicemail icon and the message that I have a Voicemail though.
try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.
xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.
shutter13 said:
Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.
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oh yeah forgot that one too.
redbandana said:
try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.
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Tried this once and it didnt do anything, hard reset, tried searching again, went and grabbed a drink and after about 15 minutes it found network and all is good. Now back to flashing my 6.1 ROM. Ill never learn, but its so fun to have a phone that takes over all me free time on the road.
Thanks to all that helped and had some ideas. Thats why I love this place. Thank you.
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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I have already flashed My tilt with just about every ROM out there just to have fun and see what the differecnces were, WITH NO PROBLEMS. Then I tried to flash it with the new ROM and had the problem. I appreciate you trying to help but how you gonna end with calling me a n00b, when I have more posts than you and have been here a lot longer. But thanks for the help.
tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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ya that was unnecessary. he clearly knew what he was talking about (but maybe didn't explore different avenues before asking). in addition, its not necessarily true that the phone customizes for you.
redbandana said:
i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom.
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Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...
Sane said:
Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...
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no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.
redbandana said:
no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.
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I flash only via sd card and I have never taken out my sim card and I have never had one glitch at all. In my humble opinion, flashing via sd card is much quicker and safer.

Almost another which is best Wm6 rom thread..

I think this might have been covered before :lol:
Got a Wizard here that came with WM5 from o2 a few years back, its a work phone so doesnt get a massive amount of hammer but its slow, dead slow.
I just want something really small and quick, phones always on charge unless I'm out and about which isnt that much so perhaps oc'ing it might help?
I downloaded a WM6 rom by mfrazz (5.2.318(15342.4.0.01)) about a year ago and yes it looks nice and does more than the Wm5 that was on the phone to start with, but its irritatingly slow, I'm using the phone more than I was originally so it makes speed more of an issue.
I tried to flash a rom called "Wizard_19855_Clean_V1" but now I seem to have lost the phones ability to find a service.
The phones not bricked so I presume all is not lost but a quick shove in the right direction would be appreciated, the other option of course is to stick WM5 back on it if someone has a link to the latest (last?) o2 WM5 rom, then drop it down the stairs or something and get a new work phone perhaps :lol:
Nevermind, almost perfectly timed, 83% through flashing the phone with the 6r5 rom from Mfrazzz we've just had a power cut...
So, what do people recommend as a replacement to a bricked Wizard lol...
it is not dead. can be revived. well, if you want it to be.
get your power turned back on, then put it in bootloader after charging it completely and flash again.
I can get the bootloader RGB screen, have tried the solution here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276963 but get the "You didn't get the proper security level to download a specific image" error, just trying to sort that out now, phones on charge while I dig out the solution to that now, something to do with it being locked seems to be the problem, will see how far I get and then try again..
38% thru reflashing with the Update Utility File thing...
See if we can keep power in the building this time
Right, were back on WM5 thanks to the Wizard Love rom, when I try to stick mfrazzz's 6r5 on tho it gets to 99% and then fails, have tried it a few times now but with the same results..
try a release like amp(linkage) or a tnt thats known for speed. Ive been using amp's newer release for months on att's network, with strong service and considerable speed boosts over the older faria/mrfrazz roms i used
i have yet to need to oc this amp build but was a pretty avid overclocker of my older ones.
ps: im prolly going to cook/flash this rom when release 2 comes out(hopefully tonight) cleaner slate than amp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415157
pss: if you're not.. try flashing with no sd card too
Yeah not got the SD in there when flashing, I've tried a few different ROMs now and it looks like I missing something as it still appears to be on the Wizard Love WM5 rom even though I'm trying to get it up a WM6 rom (Brightrom/Manilla UI/XM6r5)..
Will try the one you've linked too and see how that goes..
Somethings not right here, I've gotta be doing something wrong, usign shell tool it tells me that the Wizard Love rom has the following.
Externsion ROM
OS
GSM
Splash Screen
HTC Logo
Yet the other rom's I've been trying only appear to be the OS, and even though they seem to be uploading to the phone properly when i reset it it still has the Wizard Love rom on it..

HTC Touch Pro 2 Brick

Dear Folks at XDA,
I would like to ask for you help with my HTC Touch Pro 2. I recently tried to update it to the new AthineOS CHome TF3D WM6.5 Manila ROM v 1.0 and unfortunately I failed.
The problem is that my phone now freezes at the black startup screen with the Touch Pro 2 logo and the red codes at the bottom.
I've flashed the ROM several times before and never got this issue.
Due to the fact that the phone doesn't finish the boot-up and I thus I can't get ActiveSync I'm afraid I messed up my phone for ever.
Please someone tell me I got a way out of this, I'd appreciate it very much.
Greetz,
SjonSjon
umm.... I don't think you can change the firmware just yet on the CDMA version of the phone... if you used a HardSPL that's available in the Rhodium forums then you probably used a GSM specific ROM on your CDMA phone... not sure what to tell you other than making sure you read the CDMA forum before trying something so risky. Best solution, unless someone knows how fix your phone in it's current state, is to toss it under your car and run it over and try to cash in on the insurance.
Problem solved!
Hey guys,
I got my HTC Touch Pro 2 functioning again. Thought I'd post the solution for other people who might encounter the same issue. I don't exactly know what the problem was. I'm assuming a non-compatible ROM or something, but after opening 30 tabs in my browser and reading my eyes out I found that if you put your phone into bootloader mode and connect it through usb to your computer you can flash the ROM without using activesync.
So I turned my phone off, pressed the power and Volume Down button simultaneously and then used the Stock ROM upgrade software from HTC to restore my phone
This solution beats the hell outta "run it over and try to cash in on the insurance" if I say so myself!
Greetz,
SjonSjon
I am glad you have recovered the beautiful device; and thanks for sharing a working solution.
sjonsjon said:
Hey guys,
I got my HTC Touch Pro 2 functioning again. Thought I'd post the solution for other people who might encounter the same issue. I don't exactly know what the problem was. I'm assuming a non-compatible ROM or something, but after opening 30 tabs in my browser and reading my eyes out I found that if you put your phone into bootloader mode and connect it through usb to your computer you can flash the ROM without using activesync.
So I turned my phone off, pressed the power and Volume Down button simultaneously and then used the Stock ROM upgrade software from HTC to restore my phone
This solution beats the hell outta "run it over and try to cash in on the insurance" if I say so myself!
Greetz,
SjonSjon
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Good job!
big thanks for solution.
You just saved my life!!!
Don't get our hopes up! This is the wrong forum. CDMA TP2s can't be flashed at all yet.
This was a life saver post so a quick bump for anyone that needs it.
I unlocked my CDMA phone, installed a few roms -- decided to go back to my stock rom default (which was Telus) -- reinstalled and bam -- bricked.
Well, technically it's not a brick if you can get back into the bootloader to reflash. So no worries everyone. If everyone reads instructions well enough we should hopefully see zero "real" bricks. Or at most, just enough to only build bbq pit rather than a house.
I think my phone is truly bricked
I was unlocking my phone (the HTC Touch Pro 2 <Verizon>) and I was using a Diamond unlocker (I thought it would be fine), but during the process there was a connection error and now my phone seems to be bricked. I can't get it to even turn on, get to a bootloader screen, or anything even remotely close.
The one odd thing that it does though, is when I connect it to my computer, it pops up and my computer recognizes there is a device there. In my Device Manager there is an unknown device called: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM. I have tried every combination of two buttons, including holding down the reset button with all of them, but nothing gets me anywhere.
If anyone could help, I would really appreciate it. Let me know if you need any more information.
my cdma is rebooting endlessley i reflashed stock rom and evorything. it seriously dosnt want to work. its most sadness... i am cashing in on the insurence. but they are going to send me a refurb..
spend 600$ on a phone got inurnce i hope the used one dosnt fail me.
Esazi said:
I was unlocking my phone (the HTC Touch Pro 2 <Verizon>) and I was using a Diamond unlocker (I thought it would be fine), but during the process there was a connection error and now my phone seems to be bricked. I can't get it to even turn on, get to a bootloader screen, or anything even remotely close.
The one odd thing that it does though, is when I connect it to my computer, it pops up and my computer recognizes there is a device there. In my Device Manager there is an unknown device called: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM. I have tried every combination of two buttons, including holding down the reset button with all of them, but nothing gets me anywhere.
If anyone could help, I would really appreciate it. Let me know if you need any more information.
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I did the same exact thing to mt TP2. Same outcome.
We have to learn somehow....
That stinks man. If you did, then your phone is truly bricked. You are going to have to get a replacement or switch to another phone because there is nothing you can do to get it going again. I tried everything possible and eventually just ordered a replacement. I have it now and it's working beautifully, but needless to say I am a little scared away from any more unlocking or flashing for a while.
If you read carefully you dont have to be scared of flashing
I was a noob some time ago but before doing anything I took care of reading and understanding before doing nothing.
lesson learned
By now I have flashed more than 60 times on 3 diferent HTC devices and all were a succes
Hope you get your TP2 working again!
I hope I can get there
Someday I hope to be a flashing expert, but until then I will take it slow and read carefully. Thanks for your encouragement. When I actually get money to pay for the unlock for my TP2, I will let you know how flashing goes.
How do you keep the phone in bootloader? Mine goes right to the press volume instuction screen. Other than that I'm stuck on the black name screen,also my usb will not register in device manager. This was my first try at flashing.
gadgetgirl28 said:
You just saved my life!!!
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Holy hell, you're not lying. Thanks for coming back to post your solution!
This post saved me at least a few hours of frustration and ever worsening decision making.
So it's totally true???
this situation hasn't solution;
I was unlocking my phone (the HTC Touch Pro 2 <SPRINT>) and I was using a Diamond unlocker (I thought it would be fine), but during the process there was a connection error and now my phone seems to be bricked. I can't get it to even turn on, get to a bootloader screen, or anything even remotely close.
The one odd thing that it does though, is when I connect it to my computer, it pops up and my computer recognizes there is a device there. In my Device Manager there is an unknown device called: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM. I have tried every combination of two buttons, including holding down the reset button with all of them, but nothing gets me anywhere.
If anyone could help, AND PLEASE somebody tell me , that it can be save it
;9
please help
i have the same problem. is there a way to save my phone?

Mango update breaks SD card

Every single time I try and update the to the 7.5 update in my htc surround it breaks the SD card. I've gone through the original 16gb, a 2gb, and now an 8gb all working fine. It gets stuck at the white htc screen and Even through a hard reset it isn't fixed. Is there anything I can do about this.
Edit:Now the phone is stuck at white boot screen and no SD card works on it. it also vibrates 5 or 6 times when starting up.
How long have you wated at the OEM screen? The first bootup after installing Mango can take several minutes (I've heard up to 20; it took about 2 for my HD7 though).
an hour at least i waited patiently otherwise I wouldn't have made a thread.
Sounds like either faulty hardware or a bad update. The first I can't help you with; you'll probably need to take it for warranty replacement (put the original card back in first). If you violated the warranty getting the card out in the first place, then... yeah, I don't think I can help with that either.
As for a bad update, have you made any changes to the phone that could have messed things up? A few classic examples:
Using a custom ROM (not necessarily harmful, but it could be).
Using Chris Walsh's updater to force-install NoDo.
De-branding your phone to get NoDo or Mango early.
Re-branding your phone to access other carrier or OEM-specific apps, especially if not restored before you tried updating.
Manually changing registry keys (most are pretty harmless, a few will mess stuff up hard, many are probably more subtle).
In any case, if you can't get the phone working again as-is, I suggest rolling back to NoDo (it sounds like you can still do that) and then trying a custom Mango ROM, instead of trying to update your current install.
If you'd like, I'll send you a backup tool I have been working on for HTC phones that will let you preserve application state (game progress, things like that) on your PC so you can restore it after flashing. (The app is rough and unfinished, and only semi-compatible with Mango, which is why I haven't published it yet. HTC-only, doesn't work if you have the HTC Update for Windows Phone that comes with Mango.)
Thanks for the loving response I didnt do any thing like you suggested. My phone is now semi bricked I was going to flash back to a nodo rom then use andes custom mango update so I needed to install hspl and rspl. Turns out my SPL wasnt on there I'm in 4.xx. So now the tri color screen only shows 1 line of text at the top like it was mentioned when your phone is semi bricked on the HSPL thread.

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