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is my sensation bricked?

hi guy, i was trying install the leedrod rom.
after i flash 4ext and rom. the screen stay at HTC for long time..
it does not boot in..
then i pull the battery out, try to boot into hboot. but it is not working. it still at HTC screen..
is it bricked??

zack_sparrow said:
hi guy, i was trying install the leedrod rom.
after i flash 4ext and rom. the screen stay at HTC for long time..
it does not boot in..
then i pull the battery out, try to boot into hboot. but it is not working. it still at HTC screen..
is it bricked??
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I assume that you're already S-OFF your device and SuperCID? BTW, what is your device?

Are you trying to flash an ICS rom? If so, did you update the firmware?
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Nope its not bricked! Try flashing mikes firmware first. If you did..delete it from ur sd card.. You can always go back to your old back up using nano anndroid. To go to recovery switch off your phone completely. Then press vol down + power btn. You will see bootloader screen. Guide to recovery using vol btn and power btn. ..
Hope that helps

thank guy, just flash mike firmware, my phone is good now

[Q] HTC Inspire Recovery Trouble

Hi, I was trying to un-root my HTC Inspire and I managed to get it from S-OFF to S-ON, but now I have no recovery and whenever I turn on the phone, it's stuck on the white HTC screen...I am able to load into HBOOT though. How can I fix this? Is there a way to flash a new recovery from HBOOT?

dedoda said:
Hi, I was trying to un-root my HTC Inspire and I managed to get it from S-OFF to S-ON, but now I have no recovery and whenever I turn on the phone, it's stuck on the white HTC screen...I am able to load into HBOOT though. How can I fix this? Is there a way to flash a new recovery from HBOOT?
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What method did you use to unroot? If it was the hack kit then go back to the hack kit thread, look at the first post, find the info about the irc chat, then jump in for some assistance.
Hell jump in there anyways just to see. Maybe they will help.
"I am the Bacon Pope"

dedoda said:
Hi, I was trying to un-root my HTC Inspire and I managed to get it from S-OFF to S-ON, but now I have no recovery and whenever I turn on the phone, it's stuck on the white HTC screen...I am able to load into HBOOT though. How can I fix this? Is there a way to flash a new recovery from HBOOT?
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I don´t know how u did it, but in now that u are s-on, you will only be able to flash att's RUU. Flash that from fastboot and you should be fine.

So even if im S-ON, shouldn't I still be able to flash the PD98img.zip?

dedoda said:
So even if im S-ON, shouldn't I still be able to flash the PD98img.zip?
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Yes along as its a stock pd98 ie not the pre rooted one
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I had a similar problem I had to download the factory rom from the htc website. All you have to do is plug the phone to the computer follow directions you will have s- on also.
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Help, Phone won't boot past "HTC" Logo.Custom Rom (i'v looked everywhere)

Ok, I am sure that this issue has came up before i can't find anyone that has solved it. I'v been searching for 2 days.
So my issue is that I have went to recovery wiped everything, used super wipe, all that good stuff, then installed
Android Revolution Stock Rom, successfully installed it. So it said.
After all that i Reboot and it hangs at HTC Logo Screen.
***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Extra info-
Everything Was working Fine, then i tried to S-OFF with juonpunutbear (ControlBear)
after several attempts i failed to S-OFF got fusterated and gave up, rest set the phone(i have a backup
of whatever the program backed up but don't know how to recover it.) i am new to S-OFF'ing never
done it before.
Also Thank you to whoever assists me and i will leave thanks

To restore from recovery at least for s off you pull battery put back in press volume down and power scroll to recovery, choose recovery by pressing power, go to wipe cash, wipe dalvik, wipe data factory reset, go to backup/restore press restore and your Rom should appear press the Rom, it will restore from there . Note- I'm using 4ext recovery, andv I'm s off. I think the restoration process is the same for s on, however I'm not 100% sure. But you can give this a try, this is how I restore from my backups . Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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realsis said:
To restore from recovery at least for s off you pull battery put back in press volume down and power scroll to recovery, choose recovery by pressing power, go to wipe cash, wipe dalvik, wipe data factory reset, go to backup/restore press restore and your Rom should appear press the Rom, it will restore from there . Note- I'm using 4ext recovery, andv I'm s off. I think the restoration process is the same for s on, however I'm not 100% sure. But you can give this a try, this is how I restore from my backups . Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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Thanks for the help, but that isn't working neither its still hanging the rom didn't appear my earlier backup did. do you know of any way to completely reset my phone to default and install a stock rom? this all happened after i used juopunutbear, there is a recovery img, and boot img backup in that file it created beforehand anyway i i could load those and be fixed?

I am sorry that did not work, as I suspected s on is completely different. I don't have s on so I can no longer help but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about s on will help. I wish you the best and sorry I don't know about s on.
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Anti hero said:
Ok, I am sure that this issue has came up before i can't find anyone that has solved it. I'v been searching for 2 days.
So my issue is that I have went to recovery wiped everything, used super wipe, all that good stuff, then installed
Android Revolution Stock Rom, successfully installed it. So it said.
After all that i Reboot and it hangs at HTC Logo Screen.
***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Extra info-
Everything Was working Fine, then i tried to S-OFF with juonpunutbear (ControlBear)
after several attempts i failed to S-OFF got fusterated and gave up, rest set the phone(i have a backup
of whatever the program backed up but don't know how to recover it.) i am new to S-OFF'ing never
done it before.
Also Thank you to whoever assists me and i will leave thanks
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Ok, you are still S-ON so you need to manually flash the boot.img within your ROM's zip file.
First flash the custom ROM
Then put phone into bootloader and connect to pc.
Then type command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
(that is assuming you have the fastboot files and boot.img in the same folder) then it should work.
There is a more detailed guide around with title similar to "Flashing ROM's S-ON" just search for it if you need it.

Jonny said:
Ok, you are still S-ON so you need to manually flash the boot.img within your ROM's zip file.
First flash the custom ROM
Then put phone into bootloader and connect to pc.
Then type command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
(that is assuming you have the fastboot files and boot.img in the same folder) then it should work.
There is a more detailed guide around with title similar to "Flashing ROM's S-ON" just search for it if you need it.
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ok have a rom flashed, connected it. now do i type that in the cmd on my pc? i tried that. didn't do nothing.
i'm still a novice.
i have a fastboot folder with a boot.img on my desktop. yes.

The Rom worked before trying to s-off right?
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ROCKSTAR XS said:
The Rom worked before trying to s-off right?
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! hey i figured it out, i did what you said with the rom i flashed, i just was not navigating cmd to the right place. i googled and figured out what to do from there. worked like a charm. now i gotta figure out this s off stuff and get android revolution HD.
if you ever need a favor in the future let me know!

Anti hero said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH! hey i figured it out, i did what you said with the rom i flashed, i just was not navigating cmd to the right place. i googled and figured out what to do from there. worked like a charm. now i gotta figure out this s off stuff and get android revolution HD.
if you ever need a favor in the future let me know!
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I really recommend elengacia sense 4. Just make sure you have 4ext smartflash.
S-off isnt required and is a hastle if your hboot 1.27. If you need help with anything feel free to pm me
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ROCKSTAR XS said:
I really recommend elengacia sense 4. Just make sure you have 4ext smartflash.
S-off isnt required and is a hastle if your hboot 1.27. If you need help with anything feel free to pm me
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i actually hate htc sense i love the ics GUI just wish it was red. but i really like ADRHD.

I prefer vanilla as well but I love my HTC widgets and can't ditch them lol
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Haha, yea I like them to, I actually ended up on viper its bad*ss!
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[Q] Rooted HTC Sensation XE Starting problem! HELP ME!

So, I have rooted my HTC Sensation XE. Now when I start my phone, it gets stuck on the HTC text. Even the "Quietly brilliant" wont come up! Im able to go to bootloader, but not in the recovery. What should I do? Please, help me!

lyoneist said:
So, I have rooted my HTC Sensation XE. Now when I start my phone, it gets stuck on the HTC text. Even the "Quietly brilliant" wont come up! Im able to go to bootloader, but not in the recovery. What should I do? Please, help me!
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Brief explanation of what you did to reach that stage.. Also what guide you followed
Also post the complete details of bootloader here
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ganeshp said:
Brief explanation of what you did to reach that stage.. Also what guide you followed
Also post the complete details of bootloader here
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I rooted my phone with this guide: techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/06/root-htc-sensation-xe-on-android-403.html
Bootloader details:
"
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID D PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.29.0000
eMMC-boot
Time and Date
Then HBOOT, details how to scroll and select items, fastboot, recovery, factory reset, simlock and image crc.
"
So, I rooted my phone, then downloaded some apps. I downloaded rom toolbox too. There, I downloaded Cyanogenmod 9. I Installed it and the Cyanogenmod's startup screen thingy was there. So, I removed the battery and rebooted it. Then I started doing all these random things with "HTC All In One Rooting Kit". I flashed CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch, DoomRecovery B! (Custom SWM), Interim (Custom CWM), Stock and Kernel. Then I started rebooted my phone and now it freezes to the HTC starting screen, not even the Cyanogenmod loader pops out anymore.

Try to do a wipe and start it up.

big mistake that you used the kernel from the htc all in one toolkit.that kernel it is for one x devices.now what to do.see and follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 i suggest to flash 4ext recovery

rzr86 said:
big mistake that you used the kernel from the htc all in one toolkit.that kernel it is for one x devices.now what to do.see and follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 i suggest to flash 4ext recovery
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When Im doing the 4EXT thing and I should see the list of attached devices, nothing comes up. And when i try adb reboot-bootloader, it says error: devices not found. Still though, in my Sensation there reads FASTBOOT USB

lyoneist said:
When Im doing the 4EXT thing and I should see the list of attached devices, nothing comes up. And when i try adb reboot-bootloader, it says error: devices not found. Still though, in my Sensation there reads FASTBOOT USB
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do you have htc drivers installed and htc sync also?check also if you have enabled usb debugging

rzr86 said:
do you have htc drivers installed and htc sync also?check also if you have enabled usb debugging
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How can I check usb debugging if my phone freezes to loading screen?

lyoneist said:
When Im doing the 4EXT thing and I should see the list of attached devices, nothing comes up. And when i try adb reboot-bootloader, it says error: devices not found. Still though, in my Sensation there reads FASTBOOT USB
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Dude you can't boot up your phone right then use the other method.. Which Involves fastboot commands only
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ganeshp said:
Dude you can't boot up your phone right then use the other method.. Which Involves fastboot commands only
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Please enlighten me about this "other method".

lyoneist said:
Please enlighten me about this "other method".
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It's mentioned In that guide 4EXT install section it self
Like
1.If you can boot your phone do this
And
If you can't boot your phone do this
Read the 4EXT installation again
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ganeshp said:
It's mentioned In that guide 4EXT install section it self
Like
1.If you can boot your phone do this
And
If you can't boot your phone do this
Read the 4EXT installation again
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Okay, I did this. Still the phone freezes to the same HTC text. everytime, expect those times when I go to bootloader. Basically, the 4EXT did nothing.

lyoneist said:
Okay, I did this. Still the phone freezes to the same HTC text. everytime, expect those times when I go to bootloader. Basically, the 4EXT did nothing.
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Yes it will do nothing.. You just flashed a recovery.. You need to use that and flash the cm9.1 again
Use that guide as reference and follow it to the letter
(except instead of superwipe use 4EXT - wipe/format- format all partitions except sdcard)

ganeshp said:
Yes it will do nothing.. You just flashed a recovery.. You need to use that and flash the cm9.1 again
Use that guide as reference and follow it to the letter
(except instead of superwipe use 4EXT - wipe/format- format all partitions except sdcard)
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Okay. I got the 4EXT working, did wipe/format. I need that RUU though, and I don't know my firmware radio. How am I supposed to find it out.

Your firmware will be listed under settings,software information, more, base band. it will give your information.usually ICS roms are either 3.32 or 3.33 . I hope this helps.
It will read out the radio and the radio will coincide with the firmware. Example my radio is 11.76.A3504.00p _ this coincides with 3.33 firmware .
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, kernel version PYD-X stable 3.1, mugen battery 3800mah. Please press thanks if I helped in anyway.

lyoneist said:
Okay. I got the 4EXT working, did wipe/format. I need that RUU though, and I don't know my firmware radio. How am I supposed to find it out.
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Why ruu? First flash a custom rom..atleast to get the phone in working condition then you can do the rest
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ganeshp said:
Why ruu? First flash a custom rom..atleast to get the phone in working condition then you can do the rest
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BTW does it have to be the same custom rom?

lyoneist said:
BTW does it have to be the same custom rom?
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no it doesn't have to be the same rom
don't forget to enable smartflash in recovery before flashing the rom

THANK YOU!
YES! I got my phone working. HUGE THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY who posted in this thread and helped me! I cant thank you all enough! :victory:

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Very happy mate:thumbup:

[Q] Another HTC Sensation XE bootloop thread, PLEASE help!! :/

Hi everyone,
About 2 days ago my phone crashed while I was using it and since then it won't boot up properly, all I see is the HTC logo followed by a black screen and back to the HTC logo, I think it's called a bootloop?
I can access the bootloader menu I think it's called (hold vol down + power button), I've tried recovery and factory reset, neither work, I went to the HTC dev website to unlock my bootloader menu and those options still do nothing
I'd like to add I've NEVER rooted my phone or added any custom firmware or anything like that, so I've no clue why my phone has done this, I've seen several similarly related threads but they've usually done something wrong while rooting their phone, nevertheless I've tried so many different things but nothing seems to work, I've tried to S-OFF using juopunutbear, I've tried flashing boot with various "boot.img", I've tried flashing recovery with "4EXTrecovery..." I've tried to flash with RUU, NOTHING works, I'm at the end of my tether and have pretty much given up, I've spent so many hours trying so many things :crying:
This is what it says on my bootloader screen...
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT- 1.29.0000
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpemADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34
Any input is appreciated, it'd be nice if I can get my phone fixed and it can help anyone else in my situation

Hi! So what recovery do you have at the moment? You should be able to flash 4ext recovery. When you do that, you will be able to flash a rom. Here is the thread you should follow! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 Do everything exactly! as it is written there and you should be ok to go.
edit: If you would like to install a completely stock rom, you will find this thread useful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 (If you want to install RUU, you must relock your bootloader! You find all the info how to do it in the thread!) Good luck! Your phone will be OK!

matekaneve said:
Hi! So what recovery do you have at the moment? You should be able to flash 4ext recovery. When you do that, you will be able to flash a rom. Here is the thread you should follow! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 Do everything exactly! as it is written there and you should be ok to go.
edit: If you would like to install a completely stock rom, you will find this thread useful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 (If you want to install RUU, you must relock your bootloader! You find all the info how to do it in the thread!) Good luck! Your phone will be OK!
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Hi matekaneve, thank you for your response
I've come across that thread before, it doesn't work for me unfortunately :/
Despite the 4EXT recovery image successfully writing to my phone, each time I select recovery on the menu, my phone goes into bootloop again and the recovery menu doesn't load so I can't go any further than step 3 on the thread you posted
Has anyone run into this before?

That's weird... Have you tried re-download and reinstall the 4ext? Or have you tried another recovery like CWM for instance?
What about installing the RUU? Relock your your bootloader and install the right ruu?

matekaneve said:
That's weird... Have you tried re-download and reinstall the 4ext? Or have you tried another recovery like CWM for instance?
What about installing the RUU? Relock your your bootloader and install the right ruu?
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I relocked my bootloader menu, downloaded the correct RUU, ran the programme, it finished successfully, took around 20 minutes in total, it said my ROM has been updated and my phone was ready for use but it's STILL stuck in bootloop! This is so frustrating

Jafooly said:
I relocked my bootloader menu, downloaded the correct RUU, ran the programme, it finished successfully, took around 20 minutes in total, it said my ROM has been updated and my phone was ready for use but it's STILL stuck in bootloop! This is so frustrating
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I think you really have to wait for someone more clever to help you now as I'm out of ideas... I hope somebody can help you out of this...

matekaneve said:
I think you really have to wait for someone more clever to help you now as I'm out of ideas... I hope somebody can help you out of this...
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It's okay, I appreciate your efforts anyway!
I give up now, I'm tired of getting my hopes up thinking it can be fixed and then having it fail again
I know I won't be getting a HTC ever again, this isn't the first time this phone has given me trouble, time to jump on the iPhone bandwagon me thinks :good:

Jafooly said:
It's okay, I appreciate your efforts anyway!
I give up now, I'm tired of getting my hopes up thinking it can be fixed and then having it fail again
I know I won't be getting a HTC ever again, this isn't the first time this phone has given me trouble, time to jump on the iPhone bandwagon me thinks :good:
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Boot into the bootloader with POWER and VOL DOWN. If you're going to give up and get an iPhone, I won't be helping you though, since I don't like people who give up easily. What HBOOT version does it say?
Sent from my locked, tampered ville

hello,
my htc pyramid has also aa boot loop. it cannot start into the custom rom anymore, also not able to boot into recovery.
For about three weeks ago i had the same problem, did everything to try but nothing worked, then i brought the phone back to the shop, where i had to leave it for 2 weeks. Now the problem is comming back but don't want to mis my phone for 2 weeks again.
my fastboot is unlocked and s-on with hboot 1.29.0000
i hope someone could help me with this.
THNX
polcomp

AW: [Q] Another HTC Sensation XE bootloop thread, PLEASE help!! :/
Fastboot is unlock ? I think you have bootloader unlock by htc dev.
And you tried Download a custom Rom or an original ruu with s-on.
? Did you flashed an recovery ?
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thnx for your repley.
srry, bootloader unlocked.
3 weeks ago when i had the same problem i tried to use ruu, but it fails because it cannot boot.
4ext recovery is installed now, but i can't boot to recovery anymorge, because it hangs on the HTC logo (sort of bios logo)
i hope you have some ideas that i can try.
thx

polcomp said:
thnx for your repley.
srry, bootloader unlocked.
3 weeks ago when i had the same problem i tried to use ruu, but it fails because it cannot boot.
4ext recovery is installed now, but i can't boot to recovery anymorge, because it hangs on the HTC logo (sort of bios logo)
i hope you have some ideas that i can try.
thx
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try to reflash the recovery again

already tried, but after the command fastboot reboot the phone boots with hte htc logo and than its going into the boot loop again...
so i think that the mainboard is exploded or something, but could that be possible by using a custom rom?
thnx

polcomp said:
already tried, but after the command fastboot reboot the phone boots with hte htc logo and than its going into the boot loop again...
so i think that the mainboard is exploded or something, but could that be possible by using a custom rom?
thnx
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flash another recovery
see if you have then access
otherwise use a ruu to start over

Also tried CMW recovery. Are there more recovery's?
Als installed serveral RUU's but no one worked. i used fastboot to flash PG58IMG.zip.
After install only bootloops....

AW: [Q] Another HTC Sensation XE bootloop thread, PLEASE help!! :/
Try to flash all from the root of your SD card without command from Computer like adb,fastboot..... look at the corect syntax of the name.:thumbup:
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okay, i'll try when the phone is back, bacause it's the phone of my brother. When i know more, then i'll let you know.
THNX for all the ideas!