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Evo Shift Stuck In Boot Loop Please Help!

Hello,
I have an Evo Shift stuck in the boot loop. As soon as I put the battery in all it does is reset itself to the screen with the white background and green "HTC" logo, and will keep restarting until the battery dies.
If I hold volume down and turn it on, it does go into the bootloader, but picking ANYTHING, such as recovery or factory reset, does nothing but sending it back to the HTC screen.
I have tried flashing the RUU.exe (2.27.651.2) through Fastboot USB and it completed successfully, but it just restarts right back to the HTC screen. I have also put PG06img that I found on here on the root of my card, and it will never load it up.
Are there any other solutions anyone can think of? They would be much appreciated. I see a lot of these threads for regular Evos, but not for Shifts.
The only other thing I really know about the phone is that it is:
S-On
Hboot- 0.98.0001
Radio- 1.08.00.0506
Thank you so much for all of your help!

Seems to me you aren't rooted and that's more than likely your problem, boot into fastboot and use the ruu application for gingerbread.
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Rooster85 said:
Seems to me you aren't rooted and that's more than likely your problem, boot into fastboot and use the ruu application for gingerbread.
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While I am pretty sure I am not rooted, if you are talking about the early RUU release; 1.17.651.1, the application starts and then ends up failing in the beginning of the process. Is this what you are talking about? The drivers should be all good, the application starts to flash and then dies though. Thanks!

samcrac said:
While I am pretty sure I am not rooted, if you are talking about the early RUU release; 1.17.651.1, the application starts and then ends up failing in the beginning of the process. Is this what you are talking about? The drivers should be all good, the application starts to flash and then dies though. Thanks!
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Use the new RUU. But make sure your SD card is formatted to a FAT32 partition. (Stock 2gig sd card and some other store boughts are not)
You can format on your computer and then place the RUU on the root of sd card again
(Bootloader won't recognize the ruu zip if not partitioned)
Sent from my Supreme Shift

notsointeresting said:
Use the new RUU. But make sure your SD card is formatted to a FAT32 partition. (Stock 2gig sd card and some other store boughts are not)
You can format on your computer and then place the RUU on the root of sd card again
(Bootloader won't recognize the ruu zip if not partitioned)
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Ok, I just did this, everything updated fine and all completeted on the bootloader. It then said "press power to reboot." I did so, and went right back into the same boot loop. Any other ideas. I figured running this, and the RUU.exe on the computer were the sure fire ways to get this thing working again???

samcrac said:
Ok, I just did this, everything updated fine and all completeted on the bootloader. It then said "press power to reboot." I did so, and went right back into the same boot loop. Any other ideas. I figured running this, and the RUU.exe on the computer were the sure fire ways to get this thing working again???
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So just a little information.
you said your not rooted?
So that means you have no ability to flash anything because you have no custom recovery and the bootloader isnt unlocked (S-on)
So what DID you do before it bootlooped? there had to have been something you were trying to do.
Not trying to blame anything on you at all just want to make sure we are helping the most accurate way possible

notsointeresting said:
So just a little information.
you said your not rooted?
So that means you have no ability to flash anything because you have no custom recovery and the bootloader isnt unlocked (S-on)
So what DID you do before it bootlooped? there had to have been something you were trying to do.
Not trying to blame anything on you at all just want to make sure we are helping the most accurate way possible
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No I hear ya. I was sold the phone fairly cheap and was told "all you need to do is to reinstall the RUU, that is all that is wrong." Obviously I was skeptical, but when I checked everything out, everything looked good, and again, for the price, I knew it was a gamble. That being said, I'm sure something was tried in order to modify the phone and this is how it got like this.
I have soft bricked my old Evo 4g a handful of times and an RUU or Rom flash would always solve the problem.
Anyway, there is no custom recovery, and I'm pretty sure theres no root because it is still "S-ON," I am just trying to see if anyone here has any more info before it goes in for repair.
The only last thing I would guess you MIGHT be able to do is to install a custom recovery, but is there ANY way to do this by just being in the bootloader and using FASTBOOT USB? Any more help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

samcrac said:
No I hear ya. I was sold the phone fairly cheap and was told "all you need to do is to reinstall the RUU, that is all that is wrong." Obviously I was skeptical, but when I checked everything out, everything looked good, and again, for the price, I knew it was a gamble. That being said, I'm sure something was tried in order to modify the phone and this is how it got like this.
I have soft bricked my old Evo 4g a handful of times and an RUU or Rom flash would always solve the problem.
Anyway, there is no custom recovery, and I'm pretty sure theres no root because it is still "S-ON," I am just trying to see if anyone here has any more info before it goes in for repair.
The only last thing I would guess you MIGHT be able to do is to install a custom recovery, but is there ANY way to do this by just being in the bootloader and using FASTBOOT USB? Any more help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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It shouldn't have a custom recovery if it shows s-on.
I don't see why the RUU wouldn't work.
Honestly it doesn't sound like a softbrick- sounds like its just bricked (Which ive only heard of 1 Shift getting bricked completley)

notsointeresting said:
It shouldn't have a custom recovery if it shows s-on.
I don't see why the RUU wouldn't work.
Honestly it doesn't sound like a softbrick- sounds like its just bricked (Which ive only heard of 1 Shift getting bricked completley)
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Make it 2! Thanks for your help though!!!

Also Stuck In A Bootloop
samcrac said:
Hello,
I have an Evo Shift stuck in the boot loop. As soon as I put the battery in all it does is reset itself to the screen with the white background and green "HTC" logo, and will keep restarting until the battery dies.
If I hold volume down and turn it on, it does go into the bootloader, but picking ANYTHING, such as recovery or factory reset, does nothing but sending it back to the HTC screen.
I have tried flashing the RUU.exe (2.27.651.2) through Fastboot USB and it completed successfully, but it just restarts right back to the HTC screen. I have also put PG06IMG that I found on here on the root of my card, and it will load it up (I'll see the blue loading bar and then the brown loading bar in the top right hand corner of the screen), but it then checks it again, and then goes back to the original screen for the bootloader.
Are there any other solutions anyone can think of? They would be much appreciated. I see a lot of these threads for regular Evos, but not for Shifts.
The only other thing I really know about the phone is that it is:
S-On
Hboot- 0.98.0001
Radio- 1.08.00.0506
Thank you so much for all of your help!
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I'm trying to resolve a very similar problem as him, but I know of the history of my phone (since I'm the only owner), so hopefully an answer for me can assist him also.
The Story: One day, I'm playing Uno HD (downloaded from Android Market). I toss out a Draw 4, and then I see: "Google Infrastructure Failure" and a Triangle with an exclamation mark. I reset the phone, and it starts up fine. Then a few hours later, my phone randomly restarts itself into the bootloader screen after trying to reload the home screen (because the memory manager is overly aggressive).
I see no HTC Screen. It goes straight to the bootloader without any input. If I plug it to the charger from an off state, the amber light comes on, and 10 seconds later, bootloader screen. With a battery, it appears automatically after 45 seconds.
Fastboot can read my memory card just fine. It's already been re-formatted as FAT32 in my pitiful attempt to try to repair it. It's checked and read a PG06IMG file I placed on the SD Card's root, went through the entire process of reading it, but it doesn't ask me if I want to upgrade. It takes me back to the original screen. (Maybe I'm loading the wrong file).
Recovery and Factory Reset immediately restarts the bootloader after showing me the skateboarding android splash screen.
I've also tried to flash the newest stock RUU for it. (2.76.651.4), but after the RUU sends the command to start up in bootloader mode, the phone shuts off. Thus giving me the connection error.
(Maybe if someone could rewrite the .exe file to not send out the command to begin loading as if it was in the bootloader screen, it could work. I'd pay for that.)
Other Stuff:
ROM: Stock Sprint Gingerbread OTA ROM. I've been living the vanilla life. No root access. No funny stuff. Just a stock phone with apps (Third Blade, Uno HD, ASTRO File Manager, ect...)
Directly from bootloader screen:
SPEEDY XA SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.98.0001
RADIO-1.08.00.0506
eMMC-boot
April 11 2011, 22:32:34
Is there a way we can flash a file from the SD Card which will turn off the security and/or temp/perm root it? (forgive my noobness for such a question)
EDIT: I'm referring to a way that's outside of the adb push method. My device can't be found, and the device won't get past the bootloader screen, so that method doesn't help me too much. However, I do have the ADK Installed and the ADB Command Line works fine.

Ok .. HERE'S THE SOLUTION:
First off all if your S- ON it means you are NOT rooted
If you get stuck in a bootloop .. don't worry it can be fixed.
What you need to do is download PG06IMG.ZIP and place it on your sd card, you can access your sd card by going into recovery then mount section, then usb. This will allow you to move the file from your computer to the root of your sd card.
Once you do this be sure you back up any info you don't want to lose. Once you have the file in place, go back to fastboot ( hold vol down and power) it will read file and when it asks you to update press vol up. It will take a few minutes to update this will revert your phone back to stock but if you have an old recovery it will not do a full restore, it will only update the rom.
Once you get your phone back to working, I recommend updating your recovery by downloading Rom Manager and flashing the latest clockwork recovery. This problem happens usually due to an old recovery.
One other thing you can try if you do NOT want to reset your phone, you can try flashing a new kernal.
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RUU won't work if your stuck in bootloop ..
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If you want to root your phone use visionary to temp root then use shift rr .. you can then flash a custom recovery which is essential to avoid this from happening again
flylike2kites said:
I'm trying to resolve a very similar problem as him, but I know of the history of my phone (since I'm the only owner), so hopefully an answer for me can assist him also.
The Story: One day, I'm playing Uno HD (downloaded from Android Market). I toss out a Draw 4, and then I see: "Google Infrastructure Failure" and a Triangle with an exclamation mark. I reset the phone, and it starts up fine. Then a few hours later, my phone randomly restarts itself into the bootloader screen after trying to reload the home screen (because the memory manager is overly aggressive).
I see no HTC Screen. It goes straight to the bootloader without any input. If I plug it to the charger from an off state, the amber light comes on, and 10 seconds later, bootloader screen. With a battery, it appears automatically after 45 seconds.
Fastboot can read my memory card just fine. It's already been re-formatted as FAT32 in my pitiful attempt to try to repair it. It's checked and read a PG06IMG file I placed on the SD Card's root, went through the entire process of reading it, but it doesn't ask me if I want to upgrade. It takes me back to the original screen. (Maybe I'm loading the wrong file).
Recovery and Factory Reset immediately restarts the bootloader after showing me the skateboarding android splash screen.
I've also tried to flash the newest stock RUU for it. (2.76.651.4), but after the RUU sends the command to start up in bootloader mode, the phone shuts off. Thus giving me the connection error.
(Maybe if someone could rewrite the .exe file to not send out the command to begin loading as if it was in the bootloader screen, it could work. I'd pay for that.)
Other Stuff:
ROM: Stock Sprint Gingerbread OTA ROM. I've been living the vanilla life. No root access. No funny stuff. Just a stock phone with apps (Third Blade, Uno HD, ASTRO File Manager, ect...)
Directly from bootloader screen:
SPEEDY XA SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.98.0001
RADIO-1.08.00.0506
eMMC-boot
April 11 2011, 22:32:34
Is there a way we can flash a file from the SD Card which will turn off the security and/or temp/perm root it? (forgive my noobness for such a question)
EDIT: I'm referring to a way that's outside of the adb push method. My device can't be found, and the device won't get past the bootloader screen, so that method doesn't help me too much. However, I do have the ADK Installed and the ADB Command Line works fine.
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Also if your phone can't be found its b/c you need to put it into diag mode .. ##DATA .. if you need more help google
tech-9 said:
If you want to root your phone use visionary to temp root then use shift rr .. you can then flash a custom recovery which is essential to avoid this from happening again
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For the thread starter, the person that sold you the phone probably tried writing to the system partition with s-on. Since you can get to the bootloader, see if you can get into recovery. If you can, recovery can be seen in adb, even the stock recovery. From there, gingerbread root, plenty of guides out there, make sure you flash the misc.img, download the froyo downgrade zip (that pgimg09.zip or something like that, just search for it, but not with the numbers I just gave, those are made up.)
From there either flash the gingerbread zip or ruu, and goon with a unrooted life. Or follow one of the many guides to froyo root, and live the life of the rooted. Your choice.
For the second person with a similar issue, the same method will work for you (assuming you can get to recovery), gingerroot, froyo downgrade, and since you like being unrooted, just ruu or zip back to gingerbread.
Solution found enjoy, and just think, if root hadn't been discovered for gingerbread, you would be screwed right now, make sure to thank otaking.

I have the same boot loop problem. I tried using the PG06IMG.zip file and fastboot/bootloader screen says I have the wrong image. It's most likely because it's for 2.2 and I have 2.3. I also don't have any recovery. Is there a PG06IMG.zip for 2.3 or the like?

similar problem here
i'm fairly certain i tried recovery with the wrong or corrupt or incomplete PG06IMG.zip on my first attempt. i got the right one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474
i ran it, says update installed, but when i reboot i still get the loop
from bootloader
SPEEDY XE SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
RADIO-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2010, 13:19:54

zdavidzz said:
i'm fairly certain i tried recovery with the wrong or corrupt or incomplete PG06IMG.zip on my first attempt. i got the right one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474
i ran it, says update installed, but when i reboot i still get the loop
from bootloader
SPEEDY XE SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
RADIO-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2010, 13:19:54
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Try downloading the zip again and re run it. Possibly a bad download?
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also adb is telling me device not found. i think i might have to factory reset. is that crazy?
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and... that didn't help

i'm downloading the zip again right now.
since i have s-on, will i be able to install it though?
i can get the file on the root of the sdcard with an adapter since i can't push from adb. and i can't temp root the phone because if i try a normal reboot i get this stupid boot loop. is there a way to get s-off through hboot on the phone?
i don't know why i didn't notice that first file was messed up, it was only 6MB.

Bricked Phone???

I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me. I have been running ARHD ICS roms since they came out. I was running 6.3 and decided to flash 6.5.1 with the new firmware. I'm super CID and when I flashed the firmware it came up with an error. It said that I could reboot the phone. I rebooted and it never restarted. Because I didn't have too much time, I put the old firmware on the SD card with a card reader and tried to boot into the bootloader, but the phone is completely dead. It won't even charge and makes a weird noise when I plug it into the computer via usb. My hunch is that this is a real brick, but wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions. Please help if you think there is anything I can do.

So no bootloader even after battery pull and volume down + power on?
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Nope can't get into bootloader. Tried pulling battery and volume down + power. Won't even mount via usb and is not recognized through adb. Bricked?

Crumbs. Change SD card? Try a spare battery?
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stringer7 said:
Crumbs. Change SD card? Try a spare battery?
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I did try another SD card. But haven't tried a spare battery yet. I'll give that a shot too. For some reason I think it's bricked. When I plug into the computer it makes a weird noise, but it makes the normal ejecting noise when I take it out.

I tried using another battery, but that didn't work. Does anyone know anything else that could be tried?

Sorry to hear your story. Which firmware did you flash, exactly? Did you check from ADB to make sure you are supercid and your mid are correct before flashing? Did you check md5 of file after putting on sd card?
You may not be bricked, you may just not be able to access bootloader with hardkeys. I've been there before Try getting in by plugging phone in and doing adb reboot bootloader. may get you there.

greves1 said:
Sorry to hear your story. Which firmware did you flash, exactly? Did you check from ADB to make sure you are supercid and your mid are correct before flashing? Did you check md5 of file after putting on sd card?
You may not be bricked, you may just not be able to access bootloader with hardkeys. I've been there before Try getting in by plugging phone in and doing adb reboot bootloader. may get you there.
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I was installing the 3.32 firmware and got an error. I dont remember what it said. supercid and mid were correct and I checked the m5. Im at loss as to what happened.
I did try to do a adb reboot but it didnt work and my device isnt even recognized. It seems as though this is a real brick.

i would load up a .ruu, one of the latest ones... load it up to where it says trying to connect to device or whatever, and then power on. or power on first and then load up ruu. good luck dude. if no results in this thread, head on over to the unbricking thread and hope they make some progress.

greves1 said:
i would load up a .ruu, one of the latest ones... load it up to where it says trying to connect to device or whatever, and then power on. or power on first and then load up ruu. good luck dude. if no results in this thread, head on over to the unbricking thread and hope they make some progress.
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Nope its bricked. I'm getting the QHSUSB_DLOAD error when I try to connect the device to the computer. I'm keeping my eye on the unbricking dev thread for a fix. Thanks though.

[Q] my htc sensation will not boot

I have a Htc Sensation running on the Tmobile network
i decided to go with a different rom and tried to install the rom from COREDROID SENSATION XE & 4G v5.1.
after installing it was stock on the boot screen.
I tried to SCID and install PG58DOAG.
at this point my phone will not boot.
I can get into the the recovery mode after i select "recovery" it goes to a screen with a red triangle and an exclamation mark.
I the volume up and power and the try to install a update...but non has worked
can get one help??

download this file http://www.filefactory.com/file/c19...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed.exe
and run it with your phone plugged in your pc, it should do a stock recovery on your phone.

I faced the same issue with another ROM.
The only way I found to reboot was to reinstall the firmware while connected via USB with the PC.
And after that, I reinstalled the ROM.

I couldnt even boot.

primekrieger said:
I couldnt even boot.
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Okay, first off stop digging up multiple 1 and 2 year old threads to post about your problem.
Second, be MUCH more specific about what the issue is. What happened before it stopped booting? Was it dropped or something or was it working fine?
Is it rooted?
Is it S-Off?

Skipjacks said:
Okay, first off stop digging up multiple 1 and 2 year old threads to post about your problem.
Second, be MUCH more specific about what the issue is. What happened before it stopped booting? Was it dropped or something or was it working fine?
Is it rooted?
Is it S-Off?
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Sorry about that.
Here are the full details:
I have a Sensation XE, it was running ARHD 7.2, rooted, Bootloader Unlocked, S-OFF
I was playing subway surfers when all of a sudden the phone froze, no buttons nothing worked. After a while it itself restarted and got stuck on the white HTC boot screen. When it didnt progress for some minutes, I removed the battery, reinserted it and tried turning it on. But nothing, no signs of life were shown. Even on connecting the wall charger there was no charging LED.
Only thing is that windows can detect it as QHSUSB_DLOAD or something.
I checked out the Unbricking Sensation forum at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1522351
but they say it works only for devices bricked while turning to S-ON, but as I mentioned mine is S-OFF. So, can I still use their method or is there some alternative?
Thanks

primekrieger said:
Sorry about that.
Here are the full details:
I have a Sensation XE, it was running ARHD 7.2, rooted, Bootloader Unlocked, S-OFF
I was playing subway surfers when all of a sudden the phone froze, no buttons nothing worked. After a while it itself restarted and got stuck on the white HTC boot screen. When it didnt progress for some minutes, I removed the battery, reinserted it and tried turning it on. But nothing, no signs of life were shown. Even on connecting the wall charger there was no charging LED.
Only thing is that windows can detect it as QHSUSB_DLOAD or something.
I checked out the Unbricking Sensation forum at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1522351
but they say it works only for devices bricked while turning to S-ON, but as I mentioned mine is S-OFF. So, can I still use their method or is there some alternative?
Thanks
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Can you get into recovery?
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

Skipjacks said:
Can you get into recovery?
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
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No, I can't get to recovery. The phone doesn't start up at all. But windows detects something like QHSUSB_DLOAD when connecting through usb.

primekrieger said:
No, I can't get to recovery. The phone doesn't start up at all. But windows detects something like QHSUSB_DLOAD when connecting through usb.
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Is the battery charging when you connect it to USB like that? If so I'd say to try an ruu to return it to completely stock. You will lose all user data on the internal memory when doing this. And it will return the phone to s-on and stock ROM. You will have to start over.
Do a search for ruu and you should find the thread that walks you through the process. Its really easy. You basically just run an .exe file from windows and it does everything else.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

Skipjacks said:
Is the battery charging when you connect it to USB like that? If so I'd say to try an ruu to return it to completely stock. You will lose all user data on the internal memory when doing this. And it will return the phone to s-on and stock ROM. You will have to start over.
Do a search for ruu and you should find the thread that walks you through the process. Its really easy. You basically just run an .exe file from windows and it does everything else.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
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No, the charging LED doesnt glow.
Phone is detected on USB connection after i remove the battery. And moreover windows doesnt detect it as a phone i think.
PS: Losing data, S-OFF, ROM is not a concern. I just want it working, bought it just 6 months ago :crying:

primekrieger said:
No, the charging LED doesnt glow.
Phone is detected on USB connection after i remove the battery. And moreover windows doesnt detect it as a phone i think.
PS: Losing data, S-OFF, ROM is not a concern. I just want it working, bought it just 6 months ago :crying:
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Do you have access to another battery just to make sure your battery isn't fried? If there is physical damage to the battery it will neither charge nor will it power on.
Also, try doing the ruu thing anyway. Worst its going to do is not work.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

Skipjacks said:
Do you have access to another battery just to make sure your battery isn't fried? If there is physical damage to the battery it will neither charge nor will it power on.
Also, try doing the ruu thing anyway. Worst its going to do is not work.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
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As you said I searched for RUU for my phone, but now the problem is I can't decide what RUU to download since the phone wont start and therefore I can't see software number or CID.

primekrieger said:
As you said I searched for RUU for my phone, but now the problem is I can't decide what RUU to download since the phone wont start and therefore I can't see software number or CID.
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from bootloader connect the device in the pc via usb(it should say fastboot usb)
open a cmd in the folder where you have adb and fastboot files and do these commands
fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid

rzr86 said:
from bootloader connect the device in the pc via usb(it should say fastboot usb)
open a cmd in the folder where you have adb and fastboot files and do these commands
fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid
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Hi there!
Even my device is facing similar sort of problems. Although the situation is not as bad as the op,but still the phone is still just a paperweight.
Now what I did- unlocked bootloader via HTC dev site( HBOOT Ver 1.27)
Decided to S-off by J.Bear method.
Everyhting went fine untill the phone restarted. Controlbear no longer recognised the device. It said check your drivers.
That was the time when everything messed up.
Now the phone would no longer boot ahead of the white HTC bootscreen. And sometimes it even powers on directly to recovery(even when i'm not pressing volume down).
And one more strange thing happening.."adb devices" command doesn't show any devices listed although i can check the firmware and cid version(via fastboot command). And the device is showing up in device manager(my HTC). But adb commands are not working.
Am i missing something?
Any help would be much appreciated.

walkermoon said:
Hi there!
Even my device is facing similar sort of problems. Although the situation is not as bad as the op,but still the phone is still just a paperweight.
Now what I did- unlocked bootloader via HTC dev site( HBOOT Ver 1.27)
Decided to S-off by J.Bear method.
Everyhting went fine untill the phone restarted. Controlbear no longer recognised the device. It said check your drivers.
That was the time when everything messed up.
Now the phone would no longer boot ahead of the white HTC bootscreen. And sometimes it even powers on directly to recovery(even when i'm not pressing volume down).
And one more strange thing happening.."adb devices" command doesn't show any devices listed although i can check the firmware and cid version(via fastboot command). And the device is showing up in device manager(my HTC). But adb commands are not working.
Am i missing something?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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probably your hboot get locked after S-OFF.that's why adb commands don't work(i think)
check your bootloader details
if now you have S-OFF and locked hboot flash 3.33 universal from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
it will give you also patched hboot which is unlocked
follow the instructions to the letter(important)
and before flashing check md5 sums(important)

rzr86 said:
probably your hboot get locked after S-OFF.that's why adb commands don't work(i think)
check your bootloader details
if now you have S-OFF and locked hboot flash 3.33 universal from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
it will give you also patched hboot which is unlocked
follow the instructions to the letter(important)
and before flashing check md5 sums(important)
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Appreciate your concern.
But the thing is my device is still S On. The JBear method didn't finish. It messed up in between.
I'm attaching a pic. Give a look.

walkermoon said:
Appreciate your concern.
But the thing is my device is still S On. The JBear method didn't finish. It messed up in between.
I'm attaching a pic. Give a look.
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hmm,
probably you need to use the temproot remove.bat file to remove temproot
check for troubleshooting in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
also refer you issue there
ganeshp will help you further
or you can install 4ext recovery
enable smartflash from it and flash a custom rom

NS4G Broken Recovery

I can still boot into HBOOT with S-ON. I can also boot into recovery via HBOOT but it even starts with errors.
I placed this file onto the SD card (freshly formatted):
PD98IMG_Inspire_S-ON_FactoryRestore_FR_1.07.zip
hoxnet(DOT)com/droid/s-on/PD98IMG_Inspire_S-ON_FactoryRestore_FR_1.079(DOT)zip
[I RENAMED IT TO PD98IMG.zip first]
And neither HBOOT or Recovery will react to it. I've tried renaming it to update.zip and it seems to fail as well.
When I try to boot up normally, I'm taken to the (I suppose) Download screen with the picture of a progress bar and an SD card with up&down arrows on it off to the right. I was bootlooping not too long ago; selecting recovery has sent me straight to QHSUSB_DLOAD mode a few time.
*Correction: now I'm stuck at the regular hTc boot screen (not the one with the "quietly brilliant" underneath)
Any help/ suggestions? I'd really like to stay away from having to JTAG this phone.

Use a method in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Pull battery for a few seconds to get access to hboot again.
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I got it up to 2.3.5 using:
htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US(DOT)exe
My problem now is that I can't downgrade. I've tried with 3 sdcards and with each, PD98IMG.zip is NEVER DETECTED! I've been trying for HOURS.

bigtimer5 said:
I got it up to 2.3.5 using:
htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US(DOT)exe
My problem now is that I can't downgrade. I've tried with 3 sdcards and with each, PD98IMG.zip is NEVER DETECTED! I've been trying for HOURS.
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Check the name of the zip and make sure it's not PD98IMG.zip.zip
Can't remember if you check to see if it shows up like that directly on the cell or on the pc. It isn't uncommon for it to happen.
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
Check the name of the zip and make sure it's not PD98IMG.zip.zip
Can't remember if you check to see if it shows up like that directly on the cell or on the pc. It isn't uncommon for it to happen.
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I'm sure it's not double-extension'ed. I have my system set to show files' full names. It's just PD98IMG.zip. I've even tried renaming them to PD98DIAG.zip and still nothing happens.

People have been able to use the aahk on the new Rom base (3.20.502.52). Not sure if attn1 has put out a new version or if they just did the downgrade and it worked. I can verify that it worked for a user I was in pm contact with. It leaves a dhd Rom on phone and then you just flash whatever. See if aahk will recognize it while it's on HTC screen. As long as it gets a connection it will turn you to s off at the least and then you can manually flash recovery through the options menu.
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HTC Inspire in loop between htc and at&t logo

Hi,
My HTC has been working fine all along and had all the latest updates (stock, not rooted, no custom or anything). A few days ago (dec-23rd I think) I woke up and it wasnt working, froze on me, once I rebooted it started and was showing each app failing with a message "forced to stop after unexpected error". I can get it start that way after a few tries, but most of the time it loops between "htc and at&t logo rethink possible"
I have tried a few things after that..
1. Go to the HBOOT and select "Factory reset", nothing happens goes back to the white htc screen
2. Go to the HBOOT and select "Recovery", was going to the red triangle. After couple of days on the xda-developers website, found out that you got to hit the volume-up and power after the red triangle to get the menu options (thanks for that). I went into that menu and cleared data and cache (all it showed was cant open /data/... and cant open /cache/data/recovery/ .. messages). It still hasnt helped
3. I have downloaded htc sync and the latest RUU from htc. I have installed htc sync. When I connect the phone, windows pc says "USB device not recognized". I tried to run the RUU when I was in the HBOOT and also from the Fastboot screens, havent had any luck. It ends up with Error 170 message USB Connection error .
4. Downloaded the PD98IMG (about 255MB size) to the SD card and tried the HBOOT and it shows message "Main version is older" message
Also went to IRC #htc-ace and no one was responding there, not sure if its the correct irc.
Any help would be great..

vinod_home said:
Hi,
My HTC has been working fine all along and had all the latest updates (stock, not rooted, no custom or anything). A few days ago (dec-23rd I think) I woke up and it wasnt working, froze on me, once I rebooted it started and was showing each app failing with a message "forced to stop after unexpected error". I can get it start that way after a few tries, but most of the time it loops between "htc and at&t logo rethink possible"
I have tried a few things after that..
1. Go to the HBOOT and select "Factory reset", nothing happens goes back to the white htc screen
2. Go to the HBOOT and select "Recovery", was going to the red triangle. After couple of days on the xda-developers website, found out that you got to hit the volume-up and power after the red triangle to get the menu options (thanks for that). I went into that menu and cleared data and cache (all it showed was cant open /data/... and cant open /cache/data/recovery/ .. messages). It still hasnt helped
3. I have downloaded htc sync and the latest RUU from htc. I have installed htc sync. When I connect the phone, windows pc says "USB device not recognized". I tried to run the RUU when I was in the HBOOT and also from the Fastboot screens, havent had any luck. It ends up with Error 170 message USB Connection error .
4. Downloaded the PD98IMG (about 255MB size) to the SD card and tried the HBOOT and it shows message "Main version is older" message
Also went to IRC #htc-ace and no one was responding there, not sure if its the correct irc.
Any help would be great..
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You need to re flash the latest att ruu from HTC site. Find your device in support section and download the .exe file. Run it then in fastboot usb. If after that you are still in a bootloop, then your mobo is failing
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glevitan said:
You need to re flash the latest att ruu from HTC site. Find your device in support section and download the .exe file. Run it then in fastboot usb. If after that you are still in a bootloop, then your mobo is failing
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I tried to run the ruu that I downloaded from HTC site "htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US", but since the computer says "USB device failed to connect" I get the error 170. When i run the RUU it doesnt see it. I have tried to run the RUU when I was on the HBOOT screen and Fastboot screen.

vinod_home said:
I tried to run the ruu that I downloaded from HTC site "htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US", but since the computer says "USB device failed to connect" I get the error 170. When i run the RUU it doesnt see it. I have tried to run the RUU when I was on the HBOOT screen and Fastboot screen.
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You need to run it from fastboot not hboot. When you plug the phone in hboot you should read fastboot usb in red in the phone, not hboot usb plug. If you see the latter, press power..
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glevitan said:
You need to run it from fastboot not hboot. When you plug the phone in hboot you should read fastboot usb in red in the phone, not hboot usb plug. If you see the latter, press power..
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When i get to the Hboot (in blue highlited) section, the Fastboot (is highlighted in blue and is the first option), then i hit the power. Now it takes me to the Fastboot (highlighted in red) screen, with options bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader, power down. This is when I connect the usb cable to the phone and computer. The computer then dings (USB Device Not Recognised message), I then run the RUU exe file that I downloaded from HTC website and it shows the accept terms screen, then connect the phone screen, it then shows "Verifying information " message and I end up with Error 170: USB Connection Error.

vinod_home said:
When i get to the Hboot (in blue highlited) section, the Fastboot (is highlighted in blue and is the first option), then i hit the power. Now it takes me to the Fastboot (highlighted in red) screen, with options bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader, power down. This is when I connect the usb cable to the phone and computer. The computer then dings (USB Device Not Recognised message), I then run the RUU exe file that I downloaded from HTC website and it shows the accept terms screen, then connect the phone screen, it then shows "Verifying information " message and I end up with Error 170: USB Connection Error.
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Sorry, do You mind if i have a look at it vía teamviewer?

glevitan said:
Sorry, do You mind if i have a look at it vía teamviewer?
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How would you be able to look using teamviewer. the phone is not recognized on the pc

vinod_home said:
How would you be able to look using teamviewer. the phone is not recognized on the pc
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I can try to get some information...the RUU can also be flashed in fastboot no SDCARD needed...but that is up to you. Just let me know..

glevitan said:
I can try to get some information...the RUU can also be flashed in fastboot no SDCARD needed...but that is up to you. Just let me know..
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sure. what do you need me to do?

vinod_home said:
sure. what do you need me to do?
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download teamviewer, and in a private message send me the ID and PASS...I will connect to your PC. If we are lucky we will be able to sort the issue out...

glevitan said:
download teamviewer, and in a private message send me the ID and PASS...I will connect to your PC. If we are lucky we will be able to sort the issue out...
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I'm having the SAME exact problem, Did you ever get it worked out?
Thanks!

ep9716 said:
I'm having the SAME exact problem, Did you ever get it worked out?
Thanks!
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glevitan is no longer active on these forums.

bananagranola said:
glevitan is no longer active on these forums.
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Anyone else that has fixed this same issue around here?
Thanks in advance!

ep9716 said:
Anyone else that has fixed this same issue around here?
Thanks in advance!
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The HTC bootloop can be caused by quite a few factors. What state was your phone in, what did you do, and what state is it in now?

bananagranola said:
The HTC bootloop can be caused by quite a few factors. What state was your phone in, what did you do, and what state is it in now?
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Stuck in the Rethink possible boot animation.
I ran the "htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US" It and did complete it after like 20 tires.
I was getting error 170 before "some type of usb problem"
Now its just boot-looping there.
Thank you for your reply.

ep9716 said:
Stuck in the Rethink possible boot animation.
I ran the "htc_inspire4g_att_RUU_3.20.502.52_US" It and did complete it after like 20 tires.
I was getting error 170 before "some type of usb problem"
Now its just boot-looping there.
Thank you for your reply.
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More details. Were you S-Off? Bootloader unlocked? Rooted? Custom recovery? Custom ROM? Why did you flash the RUU - was something broken? Did your phone ship with Froyo or GB? How long is hboot taking to start now? Is the phone detected on your computer?

bananagranola said:
More details. Were you S-Off? Bootloader unlocked? Rooted? Custom recovery? Custom ROM? Why did you flash the RUU - was something broken? Did your phone ship with Froyo or GB? How long is hboot taking to start now? Is the phone detected on your computer?
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Super stock. I was not S-Off, Not unlocked, Nor rooted. It shipped with GB. Hboot starts up quick. No my Pc does not detect it
I flashed the RUU Because My phone was hanging on when booting. I would have to take the battery out 2-3 time before it would boot. All my apps were crashing. It would not factory reset thru the phone. So that is why I flashed it via RUU.

ep9716 said:
Super stock. I was not S-Off, Not unlocked, Nor rooted. It shipped with GB. Hboot starts up quick. No my Pc does not detect it
I flashed the RUU Because My phone was hanging on when booting. I would have to take the battery out 2-3 time before it would boot. All my apps were crashing. It would not factory reset thru the phone. So that is why I flashed it via RUU.
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Unfortunately, you're beyond the scope of my knowledge. Hopefully someone else can help you out.

bananagranola said:
Unfortunately, you're beyond the scope of my knowledge. Hopefully someone else can help you out.
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I Pretty much thought the same thing too hahaha.
I'm just going to throw a new board on it and call it a day until I get my Riff box to test point it.
Thank for you help bud. :good:

HTC 4g Inspire brick
glevitan said:
download teamviewer, and in a private message send me the ID and PASS...I will connect to your PC. If we are lucky we will be able to sort the issue out...
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I have the same issue please help me.