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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
I might be an a.., but I am helping, that's why I asked a bunch of questions. You are not s-off, you would know if you were. ADB is a program you use on your computer, not the phone. I asked because you can flash a recovery image using ADB even though the phone won't boot - so my new question here would be do you have ADB on your computer? You should have ADB if you rooted a long time ago, before there were 1-click root methods. I would recommend charging your phone, since many reboots would kill it. Wait til the charging light turns green. Once it's green boot into the bootloader, then access your phone via ADB and see if recognizes the device. If it does we can work from there. As to your BS about posting in dev because it felt better, that's lame as hell, I would have helped in q+a as well, but I would've been less of an ass because you were posting in the correct section. Anyway, charge it up, and reply if you know how to use ADB or not, then we can move on.

EDIT: I just reread your posts, did you say you can boot into your ROM, just not recovery? If so you can also flash a recovery image using terminal emulator. Let me know.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krook6023:
@TMcGuire17

Let’s take the aggression down about 5 notches and remember that when asking for help it is important to post in the correct section. The fact that you want your question answered quickly does not change the fact that this thread has no place in development. XDA is not tech support and while members can be very helpful you should not expect answers from anyone. When you have to search for the answer or figure out a solution…you are able to learn…understand…and then help others…and that is what XDA is about. Calling people names is never acceptable...I have edited your post. I am tempted to close this thread but I will leave it open in the hopes that you find your answer…but any more name calling or bickering and this thread is closed.

@il Duce

Thanks for helping...but next time leave out the "FAIL. This should be in Q+A" and just report the post...it is only going agitate the situation.

Thanks!

krook6023 (mod team)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
LOL ok my bad. I get angry. It's the Irish in me.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Well there you have it! Im as Irish as they come any good conversation between Irish is gonna start with either a beer or a fight. Now that intro's are over....I do have adb loaded need to update it. I'll be back later to check it out and see if I can access the device.

Peace
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
Scotch-Irish actually, red beard to prove it, lol. You shouldn't need to update your adb :confused: If you have adb, and on windows, and it's old, try this: open command prompt from your start menu. type "cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" (or just copy paste that with no quotes) then type "adb devices" and if it says "random numers phone" like "2222555555 HTC recovery" or whatever, you're good. Report back.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I updated the sdk because everytime I run that adb devices command I get a command not recognized as an internal or external command. Wanted to make sure there wasn't an issue with it being out of date. My directory is c:\androidsdk\tools\adb devices

The adb services is running
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
So now does it show your device?

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
No it still wont execute the command
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
If it does, type "adb shell" enter "su" enter "flash_image recovery /sdcard/nameof yourrecovery.img"
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Thanks il Duce. If I get adb running Ill try it and post back.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrosno:
Hey TMcGuire, If you updated to the latest SDK, the new path for ADB is no longer \Tools (unless you moved a bunch of files) Try c:\androidsdk\platform-tools
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
This is not the correct path. Try typing "cd C:\androidsdk\tools" enter, then try "adb devices" OH YEAH and do you know if you had usb debugging on in the phone settings? You may have to	run the RUU if you didnt. That can be done from fastboot, but try the other command first, then the flash command.

Edit, platform tools like posted above mine, sorry I dont have the new sdk.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Thanks guys. Yes I have the new sdk and I did find the correct directory for the adb. I can run it now but still no device. Im not sure if I had debugging on or not I thought it did but.......ran adb shell device not found. How about a quick tut on fastboot!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
so here is where Im at. fastboot lists my device. I've try to flash the rom from fastboot but no go. Tried to copy the ROM renamed update.zip to the sdcard via fastboot then I was gonna run update but it returned: sending '/sdcard' (72819 KB) FAILED (sounds familiar :-))(remote not allow)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
look here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=958968

read the info, I think jasonmaloney put the zip you need near the end of the thread.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Read, tried failed. It wont push anything to the device. Always comes back as failed remote: not allow
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
So you did this (quoted-ish from that thread):

With phone powered down, hold volume down then press the power button. This should boot the bootloader. If it says hboot press volume up to fastboot. Run the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU"

From here you can re-flash an original HTC ZIP, with "fastboot flash zip nameoftheRUU.zip" - nameoftheRUU should be changed to the name of the RUU zip you downloaded from the link below.

The zip you want is here: http://static.masterjason.com/android/

When you're done, "fastboot reboot" will boot the device.

If it gives you an error 140 or something post the error exactly, if it's 140 I have another thread link I can give you.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
ok it errored as follows

FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
hboot is in that error? are you SURE you went into fastboot and NOT hboot? Also when exactly does that error happen?

hell try this anyway, it's for error 140 but it's worth a shot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843544
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
it went thru the process of checking the sig.

INFOzip header checking...

header parsing...

model ID...

custom ID...

main version...

INFOstart image {hboot} unzipping for pre-update check....

INFOstart image {hboot}flushing....

INFO{RUU}WP,hboot,0

INFO{RUU}WP,hboot,100

INFOstart image{radio} unzipping for pre-update

INFOstart image{radio}flushing...

INFO{RUU}WP,redio,0....

INFO{RUU}WP,redio,6....

INFO{RUU}WP,redio,12....

etc., until it got to ,100

then

FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again.

Yes I am sure when I started the commands to flash ruu oem it was in fastboot as that is how I had to issue the command and if its in hboot I cant communicate with the device.

Need to digest the next link to make sure I understand.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I just re-flashed the original zip and it is loading. Ill post back
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
NICE!!!! We have managed to change it from a black htc boot loop to a white boot loop! :-) Im heading to the ****ter to toss this thing in!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
Wait, so it flashed WITHOUT errors AFTER you did the error fix link? Describe your new shiny white loop please - is it the picture "splash screen" or the boot animation that's looping, and for how long does it "loop" before it reboots?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I never ran the fix, I just did what the fastboot message said which was reflash. Now when I power the thing up it shows a white screen with htc in green letters where as before is was a black screen with gray htc letters. It shows this screen for approx 5-10 seconds then reboots to the same screen.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
Hmmmm. I would say try the fix, then try to reflash the RUU, and cross your fingers. If it doesn't work, hopefully you have warranty, or insurance that covers water damage *cough* put it in a full sink *cough*...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
and just for giggles the fastboot screen info:

heroc xc ship s-on

hboot-1.47.0000 (hero20000)

microp-0110

radio 2.42.01.04.27
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
Wait if you can get that far you *should* be able to fix it. AAHH this is frustrating. Can you throw it in a toilet so I don't keep thinking about it lol. JK.

Try this RUU:http: www.4shared.com/file/2uQunBaV/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2276515_R_si.html

Or this one:http: www.megaupload.com/?d=ZECABKEU

Got those from regaws rooting thread from the "old days" lol.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
neither link worked. The bat is dead right now so Im gonna charge then first thing Im going to try and s-off it. Then flash an cyano rom and see what happens. Im beginning to think something hardware related happened. It was running great up to the point where it died. the last reflash should have worked it ran completely so its a fresh rom but same result....tells me probaby hardware

Ill post back when I can get it to come back on
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
sorry I just fixed the links, try again, and never ever do any flashing of any kind on low battery, ever.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Thanks. They're downloading.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
signatures failed
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
tried the fix as well no go wont accept the signature. Couldn't s-off either. Downloaded a sprint RUU no go
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Have you tried darchs s-off zip???

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
He has no recovery. ADB probably won't work since he ran an ruu, so no r/w. I am stumped. I think I'm done.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrosno:
When you say the RUU was a no go, can you explain? Does it just sit there waiting for device?

If so, boot into fastboot, plug the USB cable in. The phone should say fastboot USB. Then on the computer, rerun the RUU. (make sure to have HTC drivers installed)

EDIT: Oh wait a minute, the RUU posted above is a flash not an exe. I would download the RUU from the Sprint site and use that.

Edit, Edit: My bad, the RUU from above is an Exe. Should work just fine.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Dig that

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
When you say wont accept the sig what's the exact error/?? And have you tried the ruu in zip format???

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
What I mean by wont accept the sig is the error says (paraphrase) failed wrong signature dont have the screen in front of me. I have run the .exe RUU's from the pc and with it in fastboot usb mode they will run and install to the phone everything looks great up to the point that it finishes and reboots then it goes to the white screen with the green htc logo and then goes blank vibrates goes back to the screen then blank.......endless. Ive pushed the RUU's to the phone via fastboot as described further up in the threads and the end result is the same. It has to be hardware in my mind. Everything has been replaced and still same result. Im just gonna fire up my old blackberry and call it a wrap. I am willing to keep trying with any new ideas just because I hate to lose (its the Irish in me :-)) but honestly, and not trying to offend anyone, this phone was a piece of **** the day it rolled off the line and it still is. The only thing that has kept me in it this long (besides sprints bull**** upgrade policy) is cyanogen's mods. The last one was the best and while the phone refreshed slow it ran rock solid!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Ok so since your up for new suggestions. Lets start here.

What state is your phone in??? Are you able to flash any zips at all??? Are you able to use adb??? Can your phone be recognized threw fast boot???

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
the state is perpetual reboot from the flash screen. I can access the phone via fastboot usb and yes I can flash zips. I can run OEM RUU.exe thru fastboot. adb works on the pc but cannot see the phone so I cant do squat thru adb only fastboot.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
however only the signed .zips already listed in this thread
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
And just want to say thanks il Duce or all your help and I apologize for my shortness in my original response!!!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Ok so can you do a fastboot erase system -w???

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
failed: remote not allow
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
What os are you using??? If its windows tap my avatar and look for my thread on installing adb. Not saying you set it up wrong but it seems to me a driver might be "might be" outtta wack.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I used ur thread to as a double check when I re-installed on my machine. It win xp. Adb worked previously as thats the machine I used to root the device. I can uninstall and reinstall this weekend and see but......
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Cool don't know if it will work but a worth a shot. I googled the remote not allowed and it seems its related to a screwed up boot loader. Still researcing it. Its a problem I would like to solve. I'll keep an eye on this over the weekend.

Yea its me again. With the

Modified Hero
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
well since Im stuck using my crackberry I would really like to solve it as well!!!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
uninstalled and reinstalled the sdk as per your page. adb still wont recognize any device fastboot does. After installing when I plugged the device in it tried to install drivers but failed. I downloaded x86 htc drivers only and installed. They installed successfully still no device recognized by adb or easy tether.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Have you tried setting up adb on a different pc/laptop???

#Root/Hack_Mod-Always*
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
ya Ive got it on my desktop as well, it does the same. What if debugging isnt on when the phone crapped? Im not sure I turned it back on after updating CM7
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Yea that could make a difference. But if you can flash zips give me a few I'll drop box a zip I want you to try. I'm Mobile now so like a 2 hrs I'll be at my laptop. Also do you use gtalk or yahoo??? So we can convo real time??

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I can gtalk. Heading to the gym back in a couple hours
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
laie1472, did you ever come up with the .zip to flash?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
After trouble shooting my network I found out my tw internet is shot and the line needs to be replaced that's coming from the pole to the house. So the earliest appointment is Monday between 6-8pm. So I'm gonna install the dropbox app and try to upload it that way. Today was a busy day so I wasn't on xda much. With church and family nieces and nephews I didn't stand a chance. Not to mention the I dare you to pick that phone up for any reason other than a phone call look from the wife. Should have it up tomorrow night latest.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
:-) I understand! When ever ya get to it! Peace
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Ok tw just hooked me back up. Going over my networks now. Ill be posting it shortly.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Ill be looking
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Anything yet?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Uploading now one sec man. My bad just man. Been a hected few days. You on here???

Once again my bad on the wait but here ya go. When ever you get time to download it let me know so I can remove the link. It's a hercimg so just place it on the root of your sd and power down the phone. Then hold volume+down. I'm crossing my fingers that this one will work for you. If it does just let it finish it takes about 10 or so minutes. Let me know if it works. Good luck

Link removed

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
downloaded. Gonna run it now. Ill post back later
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
FAILED (remote not allow)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Forgot the oem rebootRUU. Its running now we'll see shortly
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
it flashed as normal same result reboots shows white htc screen the reboots etc., etc., etc.,.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Can you tell me what your process was??? As in stept taking?? Like after you put the zip on your card what did you do??

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I put the zip in the tools directory and then ran fastboot oem regootRUU:

then ran fastboot flash zip HERCIMG.zip and it ran in what appeared to be normal fashion. The screen on the phone was black with grey htc and a green status bar indicating progress until it finished the I ran fastboot reboot
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Hummm. Why not just place the zip on your sd and power down. Then press & hold power and volume down and see if will take???

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
How am I supposed to get the image on the sdcard?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Ok, the only way I had of getting the file onto the sdcard was by copying it while it was in the blackberry. put it in the phone pushed power and vol down and it did what it always does. Goes the the white bootloader screen some green text shows up below hboot then displays the <Vol up fastboot mode

<Back> Simlock

<Home> Recovery

If I were to pull the sdcard out and do it it would do the same thing. Ive done this 10000 times to access fastboot usb. If you ask me its either hardware or this bootloader. The original HERCIMG.zip ran with the same results as well as the oem RUU.exe. What is not replaced when these are run in this fashion? I thought it loaded a different radio and all when the images were flashed. Perhaps its something else thats not typically replaced?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
If I'm not mistaking when you put your sd in bb it changes the sd card some how. Not sure though. But my wife has bb and when I took my sd out once to give her a few songs. When I put my sd back into my hero it wouldn't recognize my card. I had to reformat it in order for me to use it again. Not saying this is your case but its seems like it. Have you tried to format your sd threw your pc?? If you do choose default and then place the zip on there after and try it. Also have you tried a different sd??? Also I don't know if it makes a difference but you posted you pushed power and then held volume down. I think you should hold volume down first then press power.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
I still vote you throw it in the sink lmao.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Ha. Sup duce man. Hope all is good. I don't think its a lost cause. But I could be wrong.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
If it weren't for the damn bb this puppy would be blowin bubbles! I cant stand the bb I keep swiping the screen and still nothing :-) Trackballs suck. I've gotta go out tomorrow and get another microSD holder to format it via the pc mine isn't any good. I noticed when I put the cards in the bb they crap it out. I've got a 1Gb card that runs fine in the bb, my 2Gb which originally came with my hero locks it up and the 6Gb that I use in my Hero lock it up (both after being formatted). Is a 1Gb sdcard ok to flash from? Im debating just buying another one to make sure I don't have an issue with those as well. I've not noticed a difference in whether I hold volume down with the power or volume then push power but it I push power first it goes into the bootloop until I push the volume down.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
IMO. I think you should just get another sd a 4gb at least. And as far as the flashing from a one gig na I would most def stray away from it. And when and if you pick up the card let me know I'll repost the zip incase it was corrupted some how. When you get to that point I think you should def hold the volume down first and then press power. Well let me know. Till then have a good one. Ill keep an eye on this thread for your post.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Thanks. Ill head out in awhile and pick one up and post back later this morning.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
Ok its important to hit the volume down before! It ran from hboot returned the error main version is older.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
open the andrid-info.txt file, my bet is it says MainVer=2.27.xxxx and it wants it to say 2.31.xxx or something like that. I can't DL files at work but here's a dropbox link to a .txt I have, open and see if it's the newer one, if not I'll try to put one up later on. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5669105/android-info.txt

EDIT: I was able to "open" that at work, looks like the old version number. The new version number is 2.31.651.7 - try replacing that inside your android info file and then see if it will flash.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
The first attempt was the HERCIMG.zip posted by il Duce that failed. The one posted by laie1472 ran ok updated finished and same result as using fastboot method. white screen with green htc bootloop.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
I see a toilet in your phones future lol. Sorry man it sounds about as hopeless now as it was when I was helping you last week :( Do you have insurance? HTC warranty (1yr) ? I think your phone is hosed.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
ya Im with ya. Doesn't matter what I do same result. Gf is getting pissed that Im sitting in a dark dungeon staring at a little screen! Im out! But no no insurance. Gonna take a breather and try it some more later. Thanks for all the help so far. Biggest bummer is the thing was finally running like it should!!!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
do you still get this error "FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again)" ? Just curious cuz it looks like windows aborts after that error, but some guys have said that running linux it skips the error and continues flashing. Also, I can't remeber but did you ever get the version fix error thing done or ADB? or usb debugging? Sorry I'm bored and pulling at straws.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMcGuire17:
I dont know if usb debugging was enabled or not and I would have to say it probably wasn't because adb will not recognize the phone. The fix you mentioned wont load gives the remote not allow message.