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JTAG for desire S - bricked my new desire S

hi friends,
i have just f*cked up my desire S!! pls help me out!!
i have done S-OFF with XTC - Clip and also ENG HBOOT,
i tested some coustom roms on my new device till now.
now i tell you what i did:
i had this rom on my device:
[ROM] 06-13-2011 SAGA LBC MOD v0.5.1 link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048203
then i wiped all data and cache over costum recovery (vers. 3.2.0.0)
after wiping i flashed this rom:
[ROM][Jun 14] Virtuous Unity 1.24.0 Sense 3.0 based on Pyramid link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122797
and rebooted my phone!
i also read that the recomanded radio for this rom is:
Recommended radio: 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2
but i downloaded the wrong radioimage - file and i flashed instead this one:
http://files.virtuousrom.com/vision/radio/Vision_RADIO_12.52.60.25_26.08.04.30_M3.img
i flashed the radiorom with fastboot ober adb - everything was OK but i took the wrong radio ROM so after reboot the device does NOT boot!!!!
AND i cant get to BOOTLOADER or recovery!!! USB is also bricked!!! my PC can not find my device ( ADB)
so i NEEED help pls help me out devs!!!

i don't think the desire s has JTAG. i could be mistaken though.
does the phone register as a usb device at all when you connect to usb and push the power button?

PUSH
@ all devs in here!!!
pls help me out if possible,
NO bootloader, no USB (ADB), no recovery, NOT booting --> is my device DEAD?!?
is there any chance to get back to life without any further hardware (JTEG - BOX)?!

nothing happens when i conect my desire s to my pc!

well to 99,9999% except if you are hardware developer and know how to write to the chip directly - yes it is dead

So, this means if you flash the wrong radioimage, it can kill your phone?

flx-grafix said:
So, this means if you flash the wrong radioimage, it can kill your phone?
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yes, i had bricked 1 year ago my htc magic with this

depends on the device, for example my old DHD recovered it's radio after i flashed a raido of the desire z, so it looks liek some devices got a protection against it
anyway, wondering why the desire s didn't has that protection when the dhd has, but can be duo locked down bootloader so they won't need it

i have to say i am surprised that flashing the wrong radio breaks it. the bootloader should remain unaffected by this and therefore still kick in and allow to flash a correct radio rom

Ep1cF4il said:
i have to say i am surprised that flashing the wrong radio breaks it. the bootloader should remain unaffected by this and therefore still kick in and allow to flash a correct radio rom
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I'm also very suprised but its a fact. Anyone know how to get it back to life? I read times ago about MYTTI I hope it the right name. Can this help me out.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

I have always been told flashing the wrong radio will cause a brick. This thread seems to explain it for me. But whether this goes for every device I don't know.

Thanks for the link, L0cke.
But the initial question from the OP in that thread never got a precise answer...
"All I'm asking is to know exactly what is the real, down and dirty dynamics behind the radio flashing danger so I can be absolutely sure to avoid it in the future. I have yet to see a truly understandble explanation of this."
Can someone answer this in understandable words?
I actually never flashed a radio with my old Desire, even though I flashed roms like crazy and it always worked for me. I knew that flashing a radio is a critical process, so I thought unless something didn't work at all, I don't need to touch this radio stuff...

Over 600 views but no answer so far. I fear that I really ****ed up my new device.
If any dev knows a solution pls help. Remember I have S-OFF and ENG-hboot also.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

what shows up when you attempt to boot into bootloader?

r_benamin said:
Over 600 views but no answer so far. I fear that I really ****ed up my new device.
If any dev knows a solution pls help. Remember I have S-OFF and ENG-hboot also.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App
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if there is absolutley no life in it then its bricked and you cant do a thing anymore besides going to the store and tell them in the morning when you woke up it didnt turn on anymore.
ive done that with a samsung galaxy s 1 and i got a new one under warranty
if there is any sign of life then tell precise what kind of life there is in the phone then there mgiht be a chance of recovering it i think
i mean when you plug it in the ac will the charging light burn?
when you turn it on will there be any message on the screen?
if nothing is seen do you see the backlight of the screen turn on but dont display a thing

jazzaddict said:
what shows up when you attempt to boot into bootloader?
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I just see.the. tmobile bootscreen
It vibrated once after starting and a secound time after 20sec. When I try to enter bootloader.
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... And after powering on the.led goes for one secound to green and then it turns off. Then I see the tmobile startscreen.
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r_benamin said:
... And after powering on the.led goes for one secound to green and then it turns off. Then I see the tmobile startscreen.
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Adb doesnt recognize the phone you said.
Any idea about fastboot commands?
As it still turns on it should be able to do something.
Instead of booting bootloader could you try recovery with vol UP and power
What happens when you do that?
Edit: not sure if that whas the combo as it dont work on my dhd. Will try it tonight when i get home on my gf here desire s
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Have you remove sdcard + sim and than Boot in bootloader?
Also you can try to install the radio Form a New formated sdcard.

Volume UP and power is the same only startscreen.
Fastboot command need working adb
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HTC Noob Question about Radio Flashing

I've seen devs mention to flash a radio from Hboot and Fast boot before. Are these terms synonymous? Fast boot is accessed from Hboot correct? I've flashed a radio a few times, but never understood the terminology. A PD98IMG is always flashed the same way from what I understand.

More or less correct. HBoot flashing is done with the PD98IMG.zip on the SDcard. PD98IMG.zip can contain any number of images to be flashed. Fastboot flashing is done using the fastboot.exe and can flash a single image.

Gene Poole said:
More or less correct. HBoot flashing is done with the PD98IMG.zip on the SDcard. PD98IMG.zip can contain any number of images to be flashed. Fastboot flashing is done using the fastboot.exe and can flash a single image.
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I've never quite understood what the advantage is to fastboot flashing. Then again, I've never truly understood fastboot in general.
Something I definitely need to do more reading on.

I've tried several times, and several methods to flash my radio to the 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 radio img. And nothing seems to be working. My best guess is its user error. I'm a noob and trying to learn how to flash my radio. I currently have the 12.39.30.19P-26.06.04_M with the TPGB-Ninja_0618 ROM and [email protected] #28 kernel.
I've done the method where i go into adb to access bootloader, then i flash the radio.img then reboot the phone and that doesnt work. I've tried running the radio.img though CWM and that didn't work.
If I power off my phone and then hold power and -vol down to get into the bootloader it automatically will go into hboot and start to run through the PD98IMG.zip. I'm wondering.
Do I need that .zip folder on my sdcard forever or can I get rid of it?
Also, can I just switch out radio.img in the PD98IMG.zip with the new radio.img?
Can I do the above question without having all the other .img 's in the .zip folder?
I've done some research, but haven't found my answers, or was able to fix my problem.
So hopefully someone can help me.
Please be gentle with me, I'm new to this type of thing, but a fast learner.
Thanks in advance

shugga101 said:
I've tried several times, and several methods to flash my radio to the 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 radio img. And nothing seems to be working. My best guess is its user error. I'm a noob and trying to learn how to flash my radio. I currently have the0 12.39.30.19P-26.06.04_M with the TPGB-Ninja_0618 ROM and [email protected] #28 kernel.
I've done the method where i go into adb to access bootloader, then i flash the radio.img then reboot the phone and that doesnt work. I've tried running the radio.img though CWM and that didn't work.
If I power off my phone and then hold power and -vol down to get into the bootloader it automatically will go into hboot and start to run through the PD98IMG.zip. I'm wondering.
Do I need that .zip folder on my sdcard forever or can I get rid of it?
Also, can I just switch out radio.img in the PD98IMG.zip with the new radio.img?
Can I do the above question without having all the other .img 's in the .zip folder?
I've done some research, but haven't found my answers, or was able to fix my problem.
So hopefully someone can help me.
Please be gentle with me, I'm new to this type of thing, but a fast learner.
Thanks in advance
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Assuming the PD98IMG.zip containing the radio flashes properly, you can remove it afterwards.
Have you checked out the inspire only radio thread in the dev section, yet?
There's already a ready-to-flash PD98IMG.zip for the radio you want to flash on that thread.
Download it from that thread, verify the MD5 checksum, plop it in the root directory of your SD card, reboot into hboot/bootloader, once it finds the PD98IMG.zip, confirm the update, and away you go.

Ok I'll try that as soon as I get to my computer. Thanks for the reply and I'll let you know how it goes.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App

shugga101 said:
Ok I'll try that as soon as I get to my computer. Thanks for the reply and I'll let you know how it goes.
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Just don't forget to check that MD5. I have had incomplete (meaning...BAD) radio downloads on a solid WiFi connection, so it DOES happen from time to time.

Scott_S said:
Just don't forget to check that MD5. I have had incomplete (meaning...BAD) radio downloads on a solid WiFi connection, so it DOES happen from time to time.
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I was able to flash the radio, but all that work for nothing. I actually got worse data. But then again I could of done something wrong again.

shugga101 said:
I was able to flash the radio, but all that work for nothing. I actually got worse data. But then again I could of done something wrong again.
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Couple of things. 1) Be sure to give the radio long enough to "warm up"...I'ave had it take several hours after flashing before I started getting decent speeds from a radio I know works. 2) It is usually recommended to keep a copy of your radio flash on your SD card in case you need it (GPS fail, etc., ) so you can reflash if you are away from a PC, but not keep it in the root of your SD. It's very possible to end up in a continuous boot loop until you somehow either get the file off your root (SD card reader) or fool the phone into thinking it isn't there by pulling the SD card when you pull the battery to recover (I've only heard the last trick works)...

shugga101 said:
I was able to flash the radio, but all that work for nothing. I actually got worse data. But then again I could of done something wrong again.
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You've also made sure you have the appropriate RIL for the new radio you flashed, correct? That radio thread also has the RILs + info about them, as well.
Also try rebooting more than once after flashing a radio/ril, just for good measure.
When I first flashed the 04_11_M2 radio, I had only rebooted once, as a result of the flashing process. Once my phone was done loading up, I received my first call with it, the caller couldn't hear me, but I could hear them. Caller tried calling back. Same thing. I decided to give it another flash and reboot. I called that person back, and it was working, never experienced that since.
Coincidence? Who knows? But radios are weird, quirky things that seem to need a little "voodoo" type flashing/rebooting to kick them in, I suspect.

Well I think I found out why I'm getting these speeds. My radio has a "P" and not a "U" like in meiguoguizi's sig. I have the same radio as that (number wise) but he has a "U" and not a "P".
The radios that I can flash have an "x" in that place so won't that just mean it will switch to whatever letter my data is running on?

I think I found out why I am having this problem.
I can flash the radio.
I can flash the RIL.
But I have a "P" where the "U" is supposed to be to represent the HSUPA speeds.
If thats the the reason then I don't know.

shugga101 said:
Well I think I found out why I'm getting these speeds. My radio has a "P" and not a "U" like in meiguoguizi's sig. I have the same radio as that (number wise) but he has a "U" and not a "P".
The radios that I can flash have an "x" in that place so won't that just mean it will switch to whatever letter my data is runningo on?
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I think that U/P thing is determined by one of the settings in the build.prop file. I know it's been discussed before, I just don't recall the details. If you visit the "editing the build.prop file" thread in the dev section, or possibly amongst the comments in the inspire radio thread, I think you might find the specifics in one of those places.
Or browse through henrybravo's posts, I think I remember him explaining it to someone.
Bottom line is that you have the same radio, it's just a setting that's determining the connection type and as a result, that letter changes, depending on that setting.

LeeDroid
Today I flashed the 09.04.11_M2 that is suggested on for LeeDroid 3.2.1 and now I have lost all notification sounds, lockscreen sounds, and keyboard sound feedbacks. Can anyone help?

blippy said:
Today I flashed the 09.04.11_M2 that is suggested on for LeeDroid 3.2.1 and now I have lost all notification sounds, lockscreen sounds, and keyboard sound feedbacks. Can anyone help?
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First, try another re-flash of the radio.

I did a full wipe and restore and got all the sounds back. Reloaded the RIL and everything works fine.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Yes the x is a placeholder (remember your algebra).
Open he's right. You have to flash the Riley that goes with the radio and then reboot twice. Make sure you are using the best radio for your Rome.
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Pick_A_Name said:
Yes the x is a placeholder (remember your algebra).
Open he's right. You have to flash the Riley that goes with the radio and then reboot twice. Make sure you are using the best radio for your Rome.
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Lol. Autocorrect really has the hots for you.

Lol sorry I was on my mobile and left too much to swift key X. I'll proof read next time!

Pick_A_Name said:
Yes the x is a placeholder (remember your algebra).
Open he's right. You have to flash the Riley that goes with the radio and then reboot twice. Make sure you are using the best radio for your Rome.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Rileys and Romes....I can dig it

[Q] How to backup radio

I want to flash radio, but if something goes wrong, can i go back to original radio? Can NANDROID backup makes backup of radio or not? Please Help

As I read your device can brick if you flash the wrong radio...

Nandroid backup does not backup the radio.
When you say "if something goes wrong", what did you have in mind? If you find that there is no improvement, or it is worse, then you can simply go back to the original one by reflashing.
Have patience, and keep an eye on the vertical progress bar in the top right hand side of the screen (as the radio is being flashed), the phone will let you reboot once its done.
Peace
Sent from my HTC Desire S

chris5s said:
Nandroid backup does not backup the radio.
When you say "if something goes wrong", what did you have in mind? If you find that there is no improvement, or it is worse, then you can simply go back to the original one by reflashing.
Have patience, and keep an eye on the vertical progress bar in the top right hand side of the screen (as the radio is being flashed), the phone will let you reboot once its done.
Peace
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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Hello @chris5s, Thanks....I have MIUI call sound problem(Echo, changed voice) with all versions available, even latest 1.9.2. so if i flash with new radio, can we get good sound? or its MIUI issue?

sagarda7 said:
Hello @chris5s, Thanks....I have MIUI call sound problem(Echo, changed voice) with all versions available, even latest 1.9.2. so if i flash with new radio, can we get good sound? or its MIUI issue?
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I think its MIUI issue, but check the MIUI thread because there are others with same problem. I'm pretty sure its related to the kernel and/or drivers in MIUI release.
Peace

Even though its not possible to back up your RADIO, it's possible and I consider good practice to have a copy of multiple RADIOS on both your PC and your SD card at all times.
You'll always find everything you seek in this INDEX thread under the RADIO there are two entries, one which details all RADIOS and which ROM version was originally released with which one and the other containing the recently leaked RADIO

chris5s said:
I think its MIUI issue, but check the MIUI thread because there are others with same problem. I'm pretty sure its related to the kernel and/or drivers in MIUI release.
Peace
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Hi ben_pyett Multiple radio ? where to get them? download?

sagarda7 said:
Hi ben_pyett Multiple radio ? where to get them? download?
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looks at the thread links in my previous posts.
When I say multiple radio's obviously you can only use one at a time.
But when changing radios or trying a new one, you should always have the old one to hand in case you need to revert.

[Q] Radio Flashing Problem

Hi, I've recently installed the Android Revolution HD 6.3.1 ROM on my Inspire 4G and I'm having problems when I'm using with it another provider (Not having service when I'm in an area where it's supposed to have) so I was looking forward to a solution and noticed that I had to flash a radio also. The problem is that when I'm trying to flash the radio included in the same thread it goes well until a point where it says "FAILED Remote: not allowed". Does anyone know how to fix this or if I'm doing something wrong? Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

migue0289 said:
Hi, I've recently installed the Android Revolution HD 6.3.1 ROM on my Inspire 4G and I'm having problems when I'm using with it another provider (Not having service when I'm in an area where it's supposed to have) so I was looking forward to a solution and noticed that I had to flash a radio also. The problem is that when I'm trying to flash the radio included in the same thread it goes well until a point where it says "FAILED Remote: not allowed". Does anyone know how to fix this or if I'm doing something wrong? Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
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Where are you getting the radio download?

You can only use the radio from the ARHD OP if you are eng s-off, which most people aren't. You need to do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19920345&postcount=5965

It sounds like you are attempting to flash using fastboot in which you will need to get eng hboot.
Iwould suggest flashing thru regular means! Go to the radio flashing forum 4 instructions
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Thanks a lot for your answers, but i just found the radio file in PD98IMG.zip type and everything went fine. However, I did all this to fix service problems with my phone, and I still have them, can any of you tell if there's something I can do about my phone not having service somewhere where it's supposed to have?

migue0289 said:
Thanks a lot for your answers, but i just found the radio file in PD98IMG.zip type and everything went fine. However, I did all this to fix service problems with my phone, and I still have them, can any of you tell if there's something I can do about my phone not having service somewhere where it's supposed to have?
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make sure you have flashed the corresponding RIL....

migue0289 said:
Thanks a lot for your answers, but i just found the radio file in PD98IMG.zip type and everything went fine. However, I did all this to fix service problems with my phone, and I still have them, can any of you tell if there's something I can do about my phone not having service somewhere where it's supposed to have?
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flash mathing ril.
give everything time to settle, about a day should be more then enough, if problem persists,try another radio and RIL and repeat waiting procedure.

Restart yo Phone!!
migue0289 said:
Thanks a lot for your answers, but i just found the radio file in PD98IMG.zip type and everything went fine. However, I did all this to fix service problems with my phone, and I still have them, can any of you tell if there's something I can do about my phone not having service somewhere where it's supposed to have?
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Not sure why but, restarting your phone a couple times after installing radios/RIls seems to resolve many issues.... of course it could be smoke & Mirrors (old Parlor Trick!) heh, heh...

Need some advice on a random reboot issue.

I am not sure if this is the right place to put this, so I apologise in advance for my noobness.
I have a HTC Sensation (Standard) from 3 (Hutchinson Telecom). I wanted to put CyanogenMod on there but it hung and it may be because I need to update my Radio and HBOOT. I updated my Radio without a problem. I updated my HBOOT as well, and now my phone randomly shuts down or restarts every few minutes.
My current setup according to my bootloader screen is:
HBOOT-1.17.2008 (PG5813000)
RADIO-11.15.3504.16_M
Does anyone know why my phone keeps rebooting? Is it because of what I've just flashed? And if so, how do I stop it from doing that (and let me flash CGM)?
Sorry once again for my noobness.

I had a similar issue. Just follow the sticky thread on how to enjoy ics and be sure to follow it! It fixed the issue for me.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app

lingh said:
I am not sure if this is the right place to put this, so I apologise in advance for my noobness.
I have a HTC Sensation (Standard) from 3 (Hutchinson Telecom). I wanted to put CyanogenMod on there but it hung and it may be because I need to update my Radio and HBOOT. I updated my Radio without a problem. I updated my HBOOT as well, and now my phone randomly shuts down or restarts every few minutes.
My current setup according to my bootloader screen is:
HBOOT-1.17.2008 (PG5813000)
RADIO-11.15.3504.16_M
Does anyone know why my phone keeps rebooting? Is it because of what I've just flashed? And if so, how do I stop it from doing that (and let me flash CGM)?
Sorry once again for my noobness.
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yes you need to update your firmware(has both radio and hboot) completely if you want cm9 properly working
flash the 3.32/3.33 universal one from the firmware thread
flashing instructions also mentioned in the same thread
then you should boot fine

ganeshp said:
yes you need to update your firmware(has both radio and hboot) completely if you want cm9 properly working
flash the 3.32/3.33 universal one from the firmware thread
flashing instructions also mentioned in the same thread
then you should boot fine
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Thank you for the advice, I flashed 3.32, 3.33 and used the HBOOT patch (which messed up my boot up), but when I installed CGM, it restored my bootup and now I am happily running on CGM 9:
Many thanks for your help on this