Hi. Can a T-mobile HTC TOUCH PRO2 (US version) which was stupidly flashed with a SPRINT CDMA ROM be brought back to GSM by reflashing it with a GSM flash ROM file using a PC running Windows? If so, where can I obtain the flash ROM file from, as well as the utility to flashing it back with.
PS: HTC Techs wouldn't help me except telling me to send it in so they can charge me more than I already paid for this phone already. Thanks in advance for helping or trying to help.
Did you brick you device?
Kevinik said:
Did you brick you device?
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Well, my "know-it-all" buddy who's had great success with tinkering & flashing my other phones, B-R-I-C-K-E-D this one. Now he and I have been through the gamut on trying to reset this TP2 with the problems listed in another thread here using forum members' suggestions as well as the resetting tips for this model found on HTC.com with no success. So I had a thought in my sleep. Maybe, just maybe, I can reflash it?
Symptoms: There is no screen on this phone now. My PC tries to recognize it for about 1 minute or two, after it displays it's hardware signature in Device Manager 2-3 minutes showing up as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" with an exclamation point under "Other Devices", then, the phone's hardware signature disappears from my hardware list in Windows 7's Device Manager listing. It didn't do that before.
"My Other thread" referring to all I did in trying to revive this phone with the help of other members here.
suzukii said:
Hi. Can a T-mobile HTC TOUCH PRO2 (US version) which was stupidly flashed with a SPRINT CDMA ROM be brought back to GSM by reflashing it with a GSM flash ROM file using a PC running Windows? If so, where can I obtain the flash ROM file from, as well as the utility to flashing it back with.
PS: HTC Techs wouldn't help me except telling me to send it in so they can charge me more than I already paid for this phone already. Thanks in advance for helping or trying to help.
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You should be able to connect the USB, go into bootloader mode, and then run update the ROM. You should probably run task29 first to clear the memory. If you can't get the USB to work, you can flash from your SD card. Check the first several posts of the ROM forum, rather than this GENERAL forum.
find an official T-mobile HTC TOUCH PRO2 rom and flash it.
and if your device has hard-spl then you can flash any full gsm rom.
some roms here
faria said:
find an official T-mobile HTC TOUCH PRO2 rom and flash it.
and if your device has hard-spl then you can flash any full gsm rom.
some roms here
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Yep it all started with the Hard-SPL from the Rhodium.htc-unlocks.com guys.
PS: your link above doesn't seem to work.
suzukii said:
Yep it all started with the Hard-SPL from the Rhodium.htc-unlocks.com guys.
PS: your link above doesn't seem to work.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544538
and here you shoul find a t-mobile rom
http://www.xda-roms.com/
faria said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544538
and here you shoul find a t-mobile rom
http://www.xda-roms.com/
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Will do. Thanks.
faria said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544538
and here you shoul find a t-mobile rom
http://www.xda-roms.com/
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Nope no good. These tips all expect some sort of interactivity between the use & the phone present like being able to go into bootloader mode or expecting something visual on the screen. My TP2 doesn't do anything after flashing it with the CDMA process (provided by the Rhodium.htc-unlocks.com website), except turn on the little orange LED ever couple of minutes until the battery just dies out.
You now have a nice paper weight or brick. Flashing a cdma radio and/or bootloader/unlocker is NOT reversible. If you had only flashed a cdma rom then that could have been reversed.
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Nope no good. These tips all expect some sort of interactivity between the use & the phone present like being able to go into bootloader mode or expecting something visual on the screen. My TP2 doesn't do anything after flashing it with the CDMA process (provided by the Rhodium.htc-unlocks.com website), except turn on the little orange LED ever couple of minutes until the battery just dies out.
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If you cant get into bootloader I'm almost certain that means the phone's bricked. I realize that's likely not the information you want to here but you need at least a FEW things working on the thing to be able to flash it to a different rom. Bootloader being one of them.
If you cant get into bootloader mode,then i dont currently know any other way of reviving the device at home.sorry.
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to the poster above....
it seems we posted at the same time
drewcam888 said:
You now have a nice paper weight or brick. Flashing a cdma radio and/or bootloader/unlocker is NOT reversible. If you had only flashed a cdma rom then that could have been reversed.
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YEP. Thanks. I just got a RMA from HTC to send it in for repairs. They'll probably rape my credit card. Oh well.
suzukii said:
YEP. Thanks. I just got a RMA from HTC to send it in for repairs. They'll probably rape my credit card. Oh well.
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you rigth there!problably cheaper to buy a new one
Aaron McCarthy said:
If you cant get into bootloader I'm almost certain that means the phone's bricked. I realize that's likely not the information you want to here but you need at least a FEW things working on the thing to be able to flash it to a different rom. Bootloader being one of them.
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I'll keep that in mind next time. For now the phone is on it's way back to Oz. What sux about this is that I could've had the pleasure of bricking my own phone, instead my pal got to enjoy this phones' trial & tribulations. thanks anyhow guys.
Now lets see what happens with my T-mobile HD2-Leo, eh,eh
suzukii said:
YEP. Thanks. I just got a RMA from HTC to send it in for repairs. They'll probably rape my credit card. Oh well.
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RMA usually it's totally free you only have to pay to send in the phone. I know cause I did the same thing kind of... I flashed a GSM rom on a CDMA phone and totally bricked it. My phone connection led didn't light up when connected. Then I call HTC, they sent me to call another company that handles US Cellular and got it RMA paid only shipping.
If your led connection lights up there might be a possibility you can flash your stock rom with a clean Micro SD Card. Just search for this method on the forums, it has been a working life saver to many.
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Nope no good. These tips all expect some sort of interactivity between the use & the phone present like being able to go into bootloader mode or expecting something visual on the screen. My TP2 doesn't do anything after flashing it with the CDMA process (provided by the Rhodium.htc-unlocks.com website), except turn on the little orange LED ever couple of minutes until the battery just dies out.
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The only thing that might work is to go back over the the CDMA forum and find out how the CDMA version invokes the bootloader. Maybe it is different than the GSM version? If you can't get to bootloader you are in trouble.
Kevinik said:
RMA usually it's totally free you only have to pay to send in the phone. I know cause I did the same thing kind of... I flashed a GSM rom on a CDMA phone and totally bricked it. My phone connection led didn't light up when connected. Then I call HTC, they sent me to call another company that handles US Cellular and got it RMA paid only shipping.
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Bear in mind that (I believe) the OP said he Hard-SPL'd the device. I've seen numerous tales on here, of HTC declining to repair under warranty in those cases, citing 'Illegal software'. They usually then quote a couple of hundred dollars to change the motherboard, or a fee to return the phone unrepaired (the fee is their charge for the diagnostics).
I have the same error. Any new guess? In my country there aren't HTC repair stores
hi all:
anyone here know how to reboot the tmobile tp2 after I think I brick it? probably flash with wrong rom. now the phone will not turn off. stuck at "stick together".
Thanks
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Ok just recently unbricked my phone and started flashing once again. First I did the HARD SPL change from 2.03 to 2.10 Olipro. I flashed the current vp3G a few times but I was getting no phone service. I flashed the schaps and it did the same. My was getting no service and when I clicked on settings it said this.
Unknown SIM status.
Only emergency calls can be made without a PIN.
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Did some googling and found some sources where it said my default PIN was either 1111 or 2222. I went ahead and called ATT and explained to them I was getting no service but of course never mentioned I had a cooked ROM. They said the same that the default was 1111. Of course for some reason when I was talking to them I could not get to the settings to enter it. I told them I would call them back.
Finally got to enter it in and nothing. It is still not working. I'm in some desperate need of suggestions. Thank You.
- Monty
Flash the OEM ROM from your provider. This should get your service back if your using a legit SIM
i see you have unbricked your phone, try loading up a new radio
http://rapidshare.com/files/60589318/radio1.54.07.00.rar
oh yea, thats the radio im using for my 8525, its the updated version 1.54 it works pretty well, hope that fixes your problem
I have that same problem but it seems that changing the radio does not work, although I havent tried every single radio. Some radios will give say i have no service even when i don't have the sim card in (it should be saying no sim)
This might help
If you are in USA and if you have a CINULAR sim card in your phone go to a AT&T store for a FREE AT&T sim card. It might resolve the issue as AT&T just changed some settings in some towers.
Read about in VP's 3.62
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1637422&postcount=445:)
fuzzvirus said:
If you are in USA and if you have a CINULAR sim card in your phone go to a AT&T store for a FREE AT&T sim card. It might resolve the issue as AT&T just changed some settings in some towers.
Read about in VP's 3.62
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1637422&postcount=445:)[/QUOTE
I have a new AT&T sim card and I still have the problem
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Monty, have you found a solution?
ihavetinyballs said:
Flash the OEM ROM from your provider. This should get your service back if your using a legit SIM
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That is how I bricked my phone in the first place. Could not flash OEM either 2.15 or the most recent 3.62 WM6 upgrade.
asianr0cker said:
oh yea, thats the radio im using for my 8525, its the updated version 1.54 it works pretty well, hope that fixes your problem
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When I got unbricked I updated my SPL like you mentioned and now I'm running 2.10. I did try to update the radio but that also got locked up and had to hard reset to get it back. I was trying 1.54 also.
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Monty, have you found a solution?
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No I have not.
More reading and more reading. Ok I realize I have no GSM and no Radio. When I try to install radio it gets stuck on 0% then locks me out. Then I'm stuck in the Tri-Color mode and am forced to reflash ROM. I'm thinking "Problem 5" is the problem I'm having but can anyone confirm or help me out please.
My ATT flash screen says:
R None
G None
D 3.62
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That means I have no Radio and GSM correct? What do I do?
warranty?
How far into your warranty are you, assuming you're still under warranty? Same thing happened to me. I played stupid with AT&T tech support (then Cingular), had no distinguishable drop marks or water damage, and they replaced it under warranty I even had it stuck on the bootloader screen If you're still under warranty, try to load an oem rom back on it and see if you can get them to replace it.
kalrykh said:
How far into your warranty are you, assuming you're still under warranty? Same thing happened to me. I played stupid with AT&T tech support (then Cingular), had no distinguishable drop marks or water damage, and they replaced it under warranty I even had it stuck on the bootloader screen If you're still under warranty, try to load an oem rom back on it and see if you can get them to replace it.
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Unfortunatley im out of warranty
Is there anyway to completely erase everything that is on the hermes at once? except for the stuff on the eeprom, i already had to deal with that
can no one help us?
i heard from my friend who works at an att non corp store that just recently non corp stores were given the ability to give the new contract discounts. that he just has to make a 5 min call and it gets approved and they can offer you the 2yr discount although it might extend your contract.
reason im saying this is even if your not up for an update, any att store should be able to (if the guy chooses to be helpful) hook you up with the discount regardless of how long or how little you've been in contract.
just food for thought in case you cant find a solution.
when I reset my device i see no GSM ocassionaly, well since an hour ago, its been saying nothing but No GSM, I have tried to fix it using the unbrick direction in the wiki, but to no avail.
Tried to run a sim unlock on my diamond after a reboot it will not turn on. can anyone help?
You get into boatloader?
No, it is dead it just wont turn on. i know the battery if fully charge as i only got it today?
It's really not full charged from factory
Didn't you charge it full before you started flashing?
i meant to stay i had it full charge all day, before i tried. ive try hard resetting it soft reset, taking out the battery nothing seems to be working
Beep Beep said:
i meant to stay i had it full charge all day, before i tried. ive try hard resetting it soft reset, taking out the battery nothing seems to be working
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what do you mean by sim unlocking ? tell us wich tools wich exe you run and why and when it resulted on a dead phone. a simunlock will not make your device turn off and unable to boot it again. where u got this file from ?????
please be more precize
Try to send it to RMA, warranty issue.
If you've got no warranty .... there might be soon a solution for jtagging / repairing it, but it will need good soldering experience and additional hardware.
Cya,
Viper BJK
P.S.: No matter what "unlock" he tried, new devices have improved security, so current hard spl or oemsbl hack might not work due to newer hardware or better protection
The one i use was a link from this forum, its call Diamond Unlock.
alphazero said:
what do you mean by sim unlocking ? tell us wich tools wich exe you run and why and when it resulted on a dead phone. a simunlock will not make your device turn off and unable to boot it again. where u got this file from ?????
please be more precize
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this is this where i got it
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66
If you've flashed the CDMA unlocker and you've got a GSM device, say goodbye
Try RMA or wait for JTAG solution.
Cya,
Viper BJK
Beep Beep said:
this is this where i got it
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66
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1) if you got the CDMA hardspl... I made that one, and I *EXPLICITLY* mention in my post there that it WILL brick a GSM diamond. I guess people just will never learn to read
Beep Beep said:
this is this where i got it
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66
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1) if you got the CDMA hardspl... I made that one, and I *EXPLICITLY* mention in my post there that it WILL brick a GSM diamond. I guess people just will never learn to read
2) that is nothing to do with SIM unlock either. if you need that, get it from http://diamond.htc-unlocks.com/
3) interesting note... apparently just running the CDMA SSPL will already brick GSM diamonds, because I saw another case, where it was confirmed the RUU didn't even get to flash, and we know of course that it cannot because of the different modelid. so, just by running that exe it kills the GSM diamonds, maybe I'll integrate some check in the hardspl program to check diamond model before loading SSPL. but until then, people had better read more carefully.
that's an expensive paperweight ^^
well it could be used for more than paperweight... if RMA is not an option, viperbjk needs a bricked diamond for JTAG experiments.
lol ^^
donations accepted... money or phones!
i'll send it back as Dead on arrival... down to the supplier to sort it out
lolll, this is funny no doubt! Maybe this needs to be a sticky! An example of searching, reading and comprehending fully before doing any type of hacking to your phone!
Any news?
Has a solution been found for idiots like me that have managed to brick there Diamond?
hello,
I'm also looking for a solution. i can't turn the phone on, i tried hard reset, or taking the battery off....nothing worked.
It's not your fault cmonex.. Indeed, he just didn't read.
EC
I was trying to install the sprint shipped rom (6.1 from htc.com), but, for some reason it went to recovery mode after it was already running about 10% on the loading page.
Now, all Im getting is the three color screen with this info:
VOGU100 MFG RUUNBH
SPL- 2.01.1000
CPLD-3
The PC still recognizes the phone when I used the USB cord.
Any suggestion will be appreciated since I already try doing the rom update a couple of times and it keeps failing.
My Phone: Sprint pcs HTC Touch.
Perhaps you tried flashing the GSM ROM? Just download this one and run it. You'll be fine.
EDIT: Apparently you can't directly link from HTC's website. Just be sure to choose the Sprint version.
chulopapi said:
I was trying to install the sprint shipped rom (6.1 from htc.com), but, for some reason it went to recovery mode after it was already running about 10% on the loading page.
Now, all Im getting is the three color screen with this info:
VOGU100 MFG RUUNBH
SPL- 2.01.1000
CPLD-3
The PC still recognizes the phone when I used the USB cord.
Any suggestion will be appreciated since I already try doing the rom update a couple of times and it keeps failing.
My Phone: Sprint pcs HTC Touch.
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It may be that your device ran out of battery. Try charging your device and use the rom that you were trying to use before (Sprint shipped rom). Good luck.
TaurusBullba said:
Perhaps you tried flashing the GSM ROM? Just download this one and run it. You'll be fine.
EDIT: Apparently you can't directly link from HTC's website. Just be sure to choose the Sprint version.
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I download the Rom from that website, the only version that they have for the htc touch from sprint, thats the one I tried to flash before
I'm going to try the GSM ROM and I will get you back tomorrow to see if it worked.
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It may be that your device ran out of battery. Try charging your device and use the rom that you were trying to use before (Sprint shipped rom). Good luck.
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I will try to leave it charging, and then, try to run the ROM thanks...I will reply back with results
chulopapi said:
I download the Rom from that website, the only version that they have for the htc touch from sprint, thats the one I tried to flash before
I'm going to try the GSM ROM and I will get you back tomorrow to see if it worked.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
If you have a Sprint branded phone, that is a CDMA phone. NEVER install a GSM rom on a CDMA phone.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
If you have a Sprint branded phone, that is a CDMA phone. NEVER install a GSM rom on a CDMA phone.
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I'm guessing you were too late Egz, probably bricked the phone.
WnG88 said:
I'm guessing you were too late Egz, probably bricked the phone.
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Which is why I always say "read, read, read, and then read some more"....
WnG88 said:
I'm guessing you were too late Egz, probably bricked the phone.
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No actually I haven't done anything yet. so, I'm still where I began...which stills no good
just flash a sprint rom. go to here... just download the shipped exe sprint rom. either that or you can flash it via sd card.
If flashing the full versions keep failing, try and just flash the un-locker.
You still have a locked phone, but you should be able to try and flash
the un-locker from Coke since you're at the tri-color screen.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592964
Read down that thread to get the download link for file below
Vogue_unlocker_MFG_2.31.zip
That should flash, then you can try and load a rom from the MicroSD card.
Alright people I have solve my problem. After downloading many ROMs, finally one of them worked. When to a ppcgeek page where they have all kinds of sprint roms.
Here's the page:
//up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/ImCoKeMaN/Vogue_unlocker.exe[/url]
special thanks to everyone that help.
Hello folks!
Please excuse my very basic questions here. I've never worked with HTCs before, but this one just came along my way.
First of all, this is about a HTC One XL. It's not an AT&T model (it's from Germany, in fact), but the only XL forum I could find here on XDA that was related to the XL was the AT&T XL forum. So I hope I'm at least posting in the right forum here?
So I got a One XL today which has what seems to me like a hardware problem - it does not recognize the sim and it's the first time I'm holding a HTC in my hands.
It's still under warranty, but before sending it in, I will have to make sure no one fiddled with it. That would have the warranty void and create costs just to get the phone back from service.
What I'd like to do - 1. Reflash the phone with stock firmware, just to make sure it has nothing to do with a weird software problem
2. Check whether the bootloader has been unlocked since I guess that would void the varranty too? If that's the case I would of course want to relock it before sending it in.
So how do you guys flash HTCs? Flashtool? Fastboot?
Also, I wasn't able to connect to HTC Sync Manager, even though the drivers seem to be installed correctly, the phone detected the connection and switched to USB debugging...but nothing...
Thank you very much for your help :victory:
SteesXL said:
Hello folks!
Please excuse my very basic questions here. I've never worked with HTCs before, but this one just came along my way.
First of all, this is about a HTC One XL. It's not an AT&T model (it's from Germany, in fact), but the only XL forum I could find here on XDA that was related to the XL was the AT&T XL forum. So I hope I'm at least posting in the right forum here?
So I got a One XL today which has what seems to me like a hardware problem - it does not recognize the sim and it's the first time I'm holding a HTC in my hands.
It's still under warranty, but before sending it in, I will have to make sure no one fiddled with it. That would have the warranty void and create costs just to get the phone back from service.
What I'd like to do - 1. Reflash the phone with stock firmware, just to make sure it has nothing to do with a weird software problem
2. Check whether the bootloader has been unlocked since I guess that would void the varranty too? If that's the case I would of course want to relock it before sending it in.
So how do you guys flash HTCs? Flashtool? Fastboot?
Also, I wasn't able to connect to HTC Sync Manager, even though the drivers seem to be installed correctly, the phone detected the connection and switched to USB debugging...but nothing...
Thank you very much for your help :victory:
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Sorry but no - this is definitely the wrong forum! This is for the HTC One X which is a quad core Tegra 3 device only capable of 3g. Yours is an XL which will be a dual core Qualcomm device for LTE.
Your best bet is to go back over to the HTC One XL forum. I realise it only refers to American variants but that device has the same hardware as yours.
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Sorry but no - this is definitely the wrong forum! This is for the HTC One X which is a quad core Tegra 3 device only capable of 3g. Yours is an XL which will be a dual core Qualcomm device for LTE.
Your best bet is to go back over to the HTC One XL forum. I realise it only refers to American variants but that device has the same hardware as yours.
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Thanks, I just read up a little bit and realized what you just said: It's running on a different chipset.
If a mod could move the thread, I'd be really thankful.
At the same time, I don't think that the questions I have just asked are chipset specific.
SteesXL said:
Thanks, I just read up a little bit and realized what you just said: It's running on a different chipset.
If a mod could move the thread, I'd be really thankful.
At the same time, I don't think that the questions I have just asked are chipset specific.
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To check if the phone has ever been "tampered" with.
1) Ensure the Fast Boot mode in Settings > Power > Fast boot is OFF.
2) Switch off the phone
3) Power the phone on while holding the volume down button.
If the top it says "Locked" then it has never had its bootloader unlocked. If it says "Relocked" then it has been unlocked in the past. If it says "Unlocked"... you get the idea
surrealjam said:
To check if the phone has ever been "tampered" with.
1) Ensure the Fast Boot mode in Settings > Power > Fast boot is OFF.
2) Switch off the phone
3) Power the phone on while holding the volume down button.
If the top it says "Locked" then it has never had its bootloader unlocked. If it says "Relocked" then it has been unlocked in the past. If it says "Unlocked"... you get the idea
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Awesome! That's the info I needed.
So the HTCs come with a recovery, nice!
It's "Locked" so that's very good news for me
Now I just gotta find out how to flash it and/or why in the world it won't connect to HTC Sync Manager.
Thanks again! :good:
SteesXL said:
Awesome! That's the info I needed.
So the HTCs come with a recovery, nice!
It's "Locked" so that's very good news for me
Now I just gotta find out how to flash it.
Thanks again! :good:
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No worries. But if you are "Locked" then all you need to do is go to Settings > Backup & Reset > Reset phone.
You won't be able to flash anything if it's locked anyway. Job done!
Edit: On a side note, the chassis for the SIM card holder on phone is a bit temperamental. My old SIM card which worked in every phone I tested on often booted to say "No SIM". I ordered a brand new SIM and it's worked well since.
You also have to hope the issue isn't related to the IMEI being barred and hence you are not allowed to register on any networks.
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No worries. But if you are "Locked" then all you need to do is go to Settings > Backup & Reset > Reset phone.
You won't be able to flash anything if it's locked anyway. Job done!
Edit: On a side note, the chassis for the SIM card holder on phone is a bit temperamental. My old SIM card which worked in every phone I tested on often booted to say "No SIM". I ordered a brand new SIM and it's worked well since.
You also have to hope the issue isn't related to the IMEI being barred and hence you are not allowed to register on any networks.
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I actually tried different sims. I always have some at hand since I saved all the ones that I have collected while travelling...
It doesn't often say No SIM, it does never detect a SIM.
I'm not sure, but I'd guess I'd get a different error if the IMEI was barred.
Done a reset earlier today, it didn't change anything. But if the bootloader has to be unlocked to flash, then I can be sure this has not been done before. Peace of mind when sending in the phone to service
It seems to be a great device by the way.
[Q] Radio and OpenDSP have "INVALID-VER-INFO" beside them. Is this normal? Need help
I just recently purchased the m8. I did lots of research learning everything I could before doing any modding. So today I decided to unlock my boot-loader so it was my first time getting into recovery. But when I get into recovery I see both radio and OpenDSP have "INVALID-VER-INFO" beside them. Its never been modified and I got it from t mobile and was the first to open the device. Not a second hand phone. Is this normal? I've been googling for hours and cant find any information. Its been sort of difficult getting any help in the htc M8 help threads honestly. If anyone can shed any information I would greatly appreciate it. I haven't noticed any thing wrong with my phone out of the box and everything about the functionality of the phone has been stellar.
ahfu25 said:
I just recently purchased the m8. I did lots of research learning everything I could before doing any modding. So today I decided to unlock my boot-loader so it was my first time getting into recovery. But when I get into recovery I see both radio and OpenDSP have "INVALID-VER-INFO" beside them. Its never been modified and I got it from t mobile and was the first to open the device. Not a second hand phone. Is this normal? I've been googling for hours and cant find any information. Its been sort of difficult getting any help in the htc M8 help threads honestly. If anyone can shed any information I would greatly appreciate it. I haven't noticed any thing wrong with my phone out of the box and everything about the functionality of the phone has been stellar.
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Is that on the bootloader screen? What are u trying to accomplish?
twinnfamous said:
Is that on the bootloader screen? What are u trying to accomplish?
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In the bootloader screen it says invalid ver info next to both. I want to know if this is normal on an unmodified device. I dont want to mod my phone with it saying invalid version next to radio and opendsp.
ahfu25 said:
In the bootloader screen it says invalid ver info next to both. I want to know if this is normal on an unmodified device. I dont want to mod my phone with it saying invalid version next to radio and opendsp.
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I think something is off on that phone. I unlocked and s-offed mine and the only thing different was the os is blank but everything else was fine.
But if u have no actual problems with cell reception or audio then maybe u just need to update the firmware to latest after u s-off and that Will fix u up. More than likely.
Let me know I have done a lot on my phone allready. I even switched it to a dev edition just to get the 4.4.3 firmware and then flashed my backup back to my Rom of choice.
I'll help if I can. I notice there ain't many people helping on this forum there all on the international forum
twinnfamous said:
I think something is off on that phone. I unlocked and s-offed mine and the only thing different was the os is blank but everything else was fine.
But if u have no actual problems with cell reception or audio then maybe u just need to update the firmware to latest after u s-off and that Will fix u up. More than likely.
Let me know I have done a lot on my phone allready. I even switched it to a dev edition just to get the 4.4.3 firmware and then flashed my backup back to my Rom of choice.
I'll help if I can. I notice there ain't many people helping on this forum there all on the international forum
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I appreciate that. I just didn't want to s-off since I dont do any heavy modding. I was just gonna unlock the boot-loader, install custom recovery root and flash arhd. I don't think this is normal either for a brand new phone that hasn't been touched software wise. I might go exchange it at t mobile. This is my screen
ahfu25 said:
I appreciate that. I just didn't want to s-off since I dont do any heavy modding. I was just gonna unlock the boot-loader, install custom recovery root and flash arhd. I don't think this is normal either for a brand new phone that hasn't been touched software wise. I might go exchange it at t mobile.
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I understand about the s-off but really it's the best thing to do because if something ever goes wrong there will be nothing stopping u from fixing it.
Also I was gonna suggest taking it back but they might trip on the unlocked bootloader and if u fastboot oem lock it Will say relocked. So they will know. But it's worth a try. T-Mobile doesn't seem like they know anything about technical stuff. so if you try to explain to them they might look at you like they don't know what your talking about.
I seen the picture if it is still locked take it back. And show them
Your firmware is allready the latest so that's a factory f-up.
twinnfamous said:
I understand about the s-off but really it's the best thing to do because if something ever goes wrong there will be nothing stopping u from fixing it.
Also I was gonna suggest taking it back but they might trip on the unlocked bootloader and if u fastboot oem lock it Will say relocked. So they will know. But it's worth a try. T-Mobile doesn't seem like they know anything about technical stuff. so if you try to explain to them they might look at you like they don't know what your talking about.
I seen the picture if it is still locked take it back. And show them
Your firmware is allready the latest so that's a factory f-up.
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How would they know the bootloader is unlocked at the tmobile store? Would they check on that before exchanging the device?
ahfu25 said:
How would they know the bootloader is unlocked at the tmobile store? Would they check on that before exchanging the device?
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More than likely. I got charged 50 bucks one time and I couldn't even fight it because they sent it in and my Bill went up I wondered why so I asked and they said because of modifications all they did was exchange it but I still had to pay. Try it or relock it and do the ruu for that firmware. And see if it will take off the tampered flag and fix the ver info
twinnfamous said:
More than likely. I got charged 50 bucks one time and I couldn't even fight it because they sent it in and my Bill went up I wondered why so I asked and they said because of modifications all they did was exchange it but I still had to pay. Try it or relock it and do the ruu for that firmware. And see if it will take off the tampered flag and fix the ver info
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I dont have a tampered flag in bootloader. Just "Unlocked"
ahfu25 said:
I dont have a tampered flag in bootloader. Just "Unlocked"
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So then u never flashed recovery yet. So u should try to take it back.
If they are tripping just tell them the facts that the software was not properly installed on device.
twinnfamous said:
So then u never flashed recovery yet. So u should try to take it back.
If they are tripping just tell them the facts that the software was not properly installed on device.
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whats that RUU you mentioned? Is there one specifically for the tmobile version that I can flash via stock recovery?
ahfu25 said:
whats that RUU you mentioned? Is there one specifically for the tmobile version that I can flash via stock recovery?
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Sorry about taking a while.
Here's the link to what u will need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2754063
twinnfamous said:
Sorry about taking a while.
Here's the link to what u will need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2754063
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No apology needed. Thank you for helping me out. I was able to s-off and get everything back to stock. Boot loader locked not "relocked" , s-on, unrooted. But the "invalid version" message was still there. I just came back from the tmobile store and they ran some diagnostics and said there was a problem with the software. They exchanged it for me and I checked it before I left the store and this one is perfect. I even asked for them to run the same diagnostics and everything checked out fine. I'm gonna do even a little more research before modding this one. I'm a little nervous now ..lol....but again thank you!!! I really love the M8. I came from the galaxy note 3 from att and sadly att locks the boot-loader on it. I love the note 3 just not on AT&T. I'm trying to sell my AT&T note 3 to buy a tmo version.
ahfu25 said:
No apology needed. Thank you for helping me out. I was able to s-off and get everything back to stock. Boot loader locked not "relocked" , s-on, unrooted. But the "invalid version" message was still there. I just came back from the tmobile store and they ran some diagnostics and said there was a problem with the software. They exchanged it for me and I checked it before I left the store and this one is perfect. I even asked for them to run the same diagnostics and everything checked out fine. I'm gonna do even a little more research before modding this one. I'm a little nervous now ..lol....but again thank you!!! I really love the M8. I came from the galaxy note 3 from att and sadly att locks the boot-loader on it. I love the note 3 just not on AT&T. I'm trying to sell my AT&T note 3 to buy a tmo version.
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That's great problem solved.
now u know u got a good device.
I love the m8 too. I got mine first day it came out at T-Mobile.
First thing I did was unlock and s-off then recovery and root. Till some roms came out then I went to Bad Seed Customs Rom and that's it.
I've tried a lot of the roms even the new stock with elementalx kernel will last all day.
There's a whole lot u can do but most of the info is in the international forum.
Anyways glad I could help.
twinnfamous said:
That's great problem solved.
now u know u got a good device.
I love the m8 too. I got mine first day it came out at T-Mobile.
First thing I did was unlock and s-off then recovery and root. Till some roms came out then I went to Bad Seed Customs Rom and that's it.
I've tried a lot of the roms even the new stock with elementalx kernel will last all day.
There's a whole lot u can do but most of the info is in the international forum.
Anyways glad I could help.
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Weird bro...now I go into boot loader with this phone and I'm getting the invalid ver message again. I'm still unmodified with bootloader still locked. I haven't even connected the phone to my computer yet.
ahfu25 said:
Weird bro...now I go into boot loader with this phone and I'm getting the invalid ver message again. I'm still unmodified with bootloader still locked. I haven't even connected the phone to my computer yet.
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That's crazy what are you gonna do?
twinnfamous said:
That's crazy what are you gonna do?
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Lol....I'm gonna keep it. I think it's software related. Nothing wrong functionality wise just like the other one. And I went to a different tmobile store for inventory purposes and lessen the chances of me getting a bad phone. Like I said I checked it at the store it didn't have that message. And they ran diagnostics and it read clean. I'm just gonna flash away lol
ahfu25 said:
Lol....I'm gonna keep it. I think it's software related. Nothing wrong functionality wise just like the other one. And I went to a different tmobile store for inventory purposes and lessen the chances of me getting a bad phone. Like I said I checked it at the store it didn't have that message. And they ran diagnostics and it read clean. I'm just gonna flash away lol
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That's cool. I would do the same thing. Have a great time
twinnfamous said:
That's cool. I would do the same thing. Have a great time
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Some research needs to be done to figure it out. I know I'm not the only one
ahfu25 said:
Some research needs to be done to figure it out. I know I'm not the only one
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Probably not but everybody just gets to unlocking and s-offing so fast they probably don't notice.
It's probably just the ones coming with that firmware out of the box.
When I got mine it had a different version.