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[G2 and Desire Z General] sjanos:
Hi Masters,

I am in a big trouble now, of course I have the wrong series of eMMC in my DZ and the same situation happened. The device is just frozen during one app install, battery out and after not booted up again. The really bad news that the local HTC dealer doesn't accept my claim and they refused the garantee. They said unofficial sw on it because of the clockwork recovery screen. They said also if I restore the original one, they will proceed the garantee.

So, any idea? What shall I do? Any chance to get back the original kernel or whatever?

Brgs,

/Janos
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
Do you have the eng hboot? If so, we may be able to fully brick the phone.

If not, you might have to send it straight to htc to get it repaired.

Your local dealer sounds like a bit of a **** if they refuse to fix it...

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] sjanos:
I don't have hboot-eng installed. I have tried a lot of things without success. And yes, I am also looking for something how can I fully brick the phone that they don't see anything on in.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
without eng hboot there is nothing we can do sorry.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] sjanos:
Don't know exactly, this is from dmesg:

<6>[ 0.000000] board_bootloader_setup: default ENG BUILD

After the root I flashed virtuous_sense-vision-v2.0.0.zip

Here it is the dmesg output after reboot recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z General] K1ngLouie:
I have the same problem as many of the folks in here have. I am thinking of getting it repaired or replaced, but want to get rid of all traces. How can I fully brick my phone? I have eng hboot. Really would appreciate help, since this has been bugging me for months.
[G2 and Desire Z General] guhl99:
Hi !

Sorry, but as already said in this threads many time there is no way to get rid of the traces. The emmc can not be written anymore - not even with the eng_hboot.

You could try to boot your phone to the bootloader by doing:

adb reboot bootloader

The phone should say FASTBOOT USB in red on the screen (not HBOOT USB)

Then get the fastboot binary for windows here fastboot.exe ( or for linux here fastboot ) and put it in your platform-tools directory. Then run the command:

fastboot devices

- this should show your phone. if it does not you have a driver issue.

If it does you can run:

fastboot oem fdisk_emmc

It is extremely likely that it will run for some time but hang. When you reboot everything will be as before.

In the unlikely case that it is successful the phone will not boot anymore but be stuck in qalcomm downloader mode - in this case your phone is completely wiped and bricked.

But as i said it is very unlikely that you can write to a emmc-chip that lost it ability to write.

If you send it in for warranty then don't go to your local dealer. Send it to the next official HTC warranty center (see their web site). All people that i know who did so got their phone replaced (or at least the motherboard in the phone) without problems.

Have fun - Guhl
[G2 and Desire Z General] K1ngLouie:
@guhl99

Thanks for your reply!

I have already tested the thing you've explained, but it didn't work as you also mentioned. I figured I have nothing to loose testing various alternatives.

In Sweden it is not possible to leave your phone directly to a Htc warranty center, you have to drop it at your local reseller and they will then send it to an authorized service company. I did that today and now I am holding my thumbs (as we do in Sweden, fingers crossed for English speaking countries) and hope that it will be replaced or repaired.
[G2 and Desire Z General] somerandomhash:
I also wanted to heads up regarding this issue, I am in the same boat as others on a Desire S, strangely I have the bad emmc but it still gives good output. I am now at the same point of returning it to HTC (it's only 3 months old)

Revolution

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SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-6.98.1002

RADIO-3805.06.02.03.M

eMMC -boot

Mar 10 2011 14.58.38

It's continued in this thread
[G2 and Desire Z General] guhl99:
Hi!

From readind your other thread i dont think that your emmc is fried.

Maybe you want to try to find me or some of the other knowing guys at #G2ROOT on freenode irc.

I think we should look into your issue before you give up.

If we are not there the moment you join, state your problem and wait. That channel is logged and we read the log and the address you.

Have fun - Guhl
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cecione79:
Guhllllllllll

This afternoon after some freezes with miui (maybe ILWT experiments) i had to pull off the battery...

Now i'm in that situation, i can't flash anything and ADB DEVICES doesn't see anything...

I could reach CWM till i've tried to flash "recovery 4ext" over it by using Fastboot comander 1.51

I've noticed that after some tries the partitions i could format were always less in number...

Now i can just see bootloader and if i ask to go to recovery it starts bootlooping...

I'm reading a lot to know if i can totally brick the phone or if i can help it to restore the emmc.

GUHL HELP US

:(:(:(

P.S. I've also tried to flash over the RUU official rom but it gave me error while writing /data and everything stopped...

BAH !!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] guhl99:
Hi !

Your problem seems to be to complicated to be worked on here.

Please com to the #G2ROOT channel on the freenode IRC network.

I am there most nights (UTC+1) and will try to help you there.

Or maybe also one of the other guys there can help you.

Just go to the channel, say hello, describe your problem and wait (the channel is logged - and we read the log before connecting) - someone will try to help you. Or just wait for me.

Have fun - Guhl
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cecione79:
First of all, thanks to guhl and the other guys that helped me on #IRC !!

I've fixed everything with a simple suggestion!

I've downloaded the Ginger RUU from shipped roms, extracted the zip file inside the .EXE and put in the sdcard (remember to rename it PC10IMG.ZIP)

My phone seemed completely dead, i couldn't even back to recovery !!!

So...Be faithful and try...

I'll leave it unrooted for some days to see if it keeps freezing....In case I'll check if I have the good or bad eMMC just for "study" purposes :)

One question is left for now...WHY IT HAPPENS ??? Is it just a CWM 5 fault or something else ????

Thanks again to everyone !!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cecione79:
I have to revert what i said:

Even with the original sw the phone freezed after install of some apps.

Pull out the battery and...

BOOTLOOP

Nicely, having put back the stock rom i can easily send it back to the vendor !!

Bye !
[G2 and Desire Z General] K1ngLouie:
My phone is waiting for me at the service pick up! I had the bad emmc and couldn't revert it to original state. But I took it to my retailer anyway and now ten days later it's ready for pick up at no charge. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cecione79:
Yuppiee ??!?!?

My DZ is coming back from assistance tomorrow !!

Even with S-OFF and CID 11111111 they didn't charge me any cost, because they accepted the cause was hardware fail !!

I think i'll keep it unrooted for some days, to test if it's ok, and to test my emmc to see if they put into a good one..

Be hopeful :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] demichel:
My emmc chip is fried, i'm sure. But is there any way to "screw it up" completely?

So the store can't see the S-off screen? Just always a black screen, I don't know. Someone told me to charge a capacitor, and just frie the whole device, but that's rather risky business. Maybe another idea? Just don't want te see my warranty void because of the s-off.
[G2 and Desire Z General] incrediblealex:
Does anyone know if it was a batch of the m4g2de chips that was affected? I got my phone fixed for a power button and for some reason they changed the main board to m4g2de but it says 11 November 2011 in boot and Samsung may have improved their chips?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
We assume it was a just a bad batch of chips. Havn't found any way to tell if a chip will be dodgy or not.

The date in the hboot/bootloader will just be the build date of the hboot/bootloader version, nothing to do with the age of the chip.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] EMegamanu:
Hello everyone. My phone is bricked too with a bad eMMC M4G2DE chip. I carefully read this topic 3 times and tried everything without success.

1) Desire Z

2) Virtuous Quattro (unstable with freezes), before I tried to flash MIUI_au 4. I had too some little issues before rooting my legacy ROM one week before.

3) No eng hboot, I was only S-OFF

4) I may tried to uses directly Rom Manager to flash ROM.

I contacted HTC France who said me to send my phone to Cordon Electronics. Cordon seen the S-OFF Hboot, thus they don't want apply the 2 years warranty and I hadn't news for 10 days. They didn't inspected more my phone and I don't know the price for fix it.

So, with their advice, I contacted directly HTC France a second time. I spoke with a woman who had a strong accent very hard to understand. It was like a talk with a deaf, and like we know all, she said the root avoid the warranty.

But this is a hardware fail, and you are several to get back your phone fixed under warranty. In few days/hours, a responsible will call me back.

What can I say to convince him to repair with no charge ?

Edit:

By the way, the constructor warranty is broken, but the legal warranty in EU should cover this case, isn't it ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] slapshot136:
1) g2

2) stock 2.2 (just down-graded from stock 2.3)

3&4):

I think so, I was following the directions here, got to the point where MD5#2 and MD5#3 matched, sent reboot, and then the phone never turned on after that

so now when I go to ClockworkMod recovery (v5.0.2.0) I get:

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

while clockworkmod is giving these errors, I can see the phone if I connect to it via abd, it tells me that it is in recovery

I can also format the /cache it seems from within clockworkmod, but I don't think that is a good idea unless I know how to replace the files there first

(hopefully someone will see this and can help me even though it's an old thread)

edit: I change the version of the clockworkmod to 5.x, since that is the version that was downloaded with the link given in the instructions, but in the instructions it said to push version 3.x, so I pushed 5.x instead to make it work - was this potentially a problem, and/or should I look for the older clockworkmod to push and try again?

edit#2: It seems it's caused by using the DZ hboot instead of the G2 hboot, but I was able to install CM7 with the touchpad, so this can be closed/etc.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EMegamanu:
Hello everyone.

HTC France called me back today... and it was not good at all. They said me there is no latent defect on the Desire Z, they don't know this issue and they don't know the french and european legal warranty against latent defects.

It seems I am in a dead-end which forces me to contact a consumers' association and go to court. Before, I must to exchange with them registered mails... but they didn't publish their postal adress !

I am really disapointed... A last thing what I need is to proof the existence of this latent defect. How can I ?

Regards.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rgta:
Just wanted to report about my case regarding this problem. Here some info (will update more detailed as soon as I dig out my hdd where I stored all the logfiles etc.; just recently moved back from Spain and need to find it first ;) )

Model: HTC Desire Z bought from Austrian provider "A1" (it's a vodaphone branding I think)

Came running with a provider modified 1.34.xx firmware

I rooted with the guide from cyanogenmod (resp. xda.dev wiki) and installed the ENG HBOOT

I had to send it in with CWM recovery installed (but a stock 0.84 HBOOT with S-ON) since I couldn't flash the eMMC, but there were no problems with the warranty. The phone was bought in 12/2010 from the abovementioned provider, though at the time it broke I was living in Spain so I had to send it in directly to HTCs repair partner (Mobile Touch GmbH).
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
Or I guess you could just install 4EXT Touch Recovery instead of Clockworkmod and be done with it :P
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adz63:
ok i been away for a week , got back to mine turned me com on and plugged me phone in to upload some pics and its telling me that android phone driver needs installing , which is weird coz its never said that before , ok it just says insert disk (i dont have one ) , and it automatically searches but cant find a solution . in device manager i can see android phone with yellow triangle with a ! inside it . can someone tell me how to fix this .. im on vista btw
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csizi12:
Maybe your driver is corrupt.

You should install the newest Google USB drivers. If you installed ADB to your computer, you can start SDK Manager and within you have to choose Available packages/Third Party addons/Google USB driver package. You have to tick the box and install the drivers.

The drivers will be put to (in case of Windows) ...\android-sdk-windows\google usb driver folder. Now you have to install manually the drivers to work. If you select automatic or search in folder method, windows won't find the drivers. You have to choose it manually. If you have linux I can't help you. :)
[General Topics] novanosis85:
I was in the market for a new car and was wondering if anyone has bought or owned a 2011 Sonata or Optima. What are your honest opinions or reviews on these two cars?

....sorry meant optima but auto correct beat me.

send from MikFroYo v4.61
[General Topics] kenstyle:
I had a base Sonata while I was living in Connecticut.

Great car, had all the bells and whistles except for Navigation.

The Sonata Turbo is at the very top of my list right now. I only wish it came in a 6spd manual.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] ff9007:
Like in topic,

is there any flac support for 2.2 in moto milestone?

If it is available can someone post link for instructions?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ardyhardy:
hey there i have a samsung galaxy ace and i was trying to partition my sd card using rom manager i was clicking the option then all of a sudden my fone switched off and i kept trying to put it back on but i would go on. so can i get some help plzzz i have only got this fone like yesterday
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kyouko:
If you plug in your phone, does the notification light turn on? (or whatever light you look at to tell it's charging)

if it does, it's not bricked. Though I don't see how you can brick a phone by partitioning the sdcard..

Also seeing as you just got this phone "like yesterday" you could always bring it back to where you got it and have them check it out for you, and possibly replace it if its under warranty.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ardyhardy:
nope no lights are on but i have rooted the fone will they still take it back?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kyouko:
Hmm, if the lights aren't on it could mean it's bricked. Again, dunno how that happened from partitioning the sdcard but nonetheless, if it is bricked there will be no way for them to turn the device on.

If they can't turn the device on, they can't prove/disprove you rooted your phone. I'm not saying doing so would right or wrong, that's up to you. But personally I'd bring it back ;) especially since it's new

Just make sure it actually is bricked before you do.

Try removing the sdcard and leaving it on the charger for a while. Then attempt to turn the phone on.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ardyhardy:
rite thanks ill just ring up virgin tommorrow if my phone dont go on
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Enraged21:
ouch. that sucks sorry to hear
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pexcer:
I have a Gtablet enroute right now and have been doing a lot of reading the last few days. When first released all the talk was that it was a nice peice of hardware but to be any good you had to use a custom ROM with it. Is this still the case with the latest 4xxx update?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchconner:
Pexcer,

It all depends on what you want. That's what the choices XDA offers here are all

about.

When we started with G-Tablets back last fall, the software was so bad it was

almost unfunctional. It has improved with each update. With 4349 installed you

can put your apps on it and have a functional tablet -- but whether it is good enough

for you is your call.

There are a number of alternate ROMs and each has it assets and liabilities.

The only way I know to approach it is to read the threads related to each rom and

see what those advantages and disadvantages are. You can eliminate some that way.

And whatever you have left, you will just have to try and see what you like.

I know this is not the "Go use the _______________ rom" that a lot of people will

give you -- but I'm not pandering for anybody's rom. I believe everyone should

research, try and make their own choice.

Rev
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
I'm more inclined to go with the fastest rom I can get my hands on. I don't care about looks. And stock rom will never be able to fun as fast as custom rom.

That said, you should make this decision on your own. Depends on what you want. If you are like my brother in law who wants everything to be official and fully officially supported, then I suggest you stay with the stock upgraded rom. If you're like me who doesn't care that it's the official release and would rather have a super fast tablet, then custom rom is definitely the way to go.

In another thread, I was endorsing the new calk/clems combo v3, which my quadrant test resulted in 4081. I've posted a picture in this post. Right now, the only thing that seems to be faster than this is the modded xoom, which is only about 80 more. I highly doubt the stock rom will ever be able to give us this much power.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pexcer:
Thanks for the response. I may try the stock UI for a few days when I get it. I have been having difficulty in really seeing the differences between the different ROMs out there though. One thing I plan to do a lot is watch TV shows I've downloaded from TVtorrents, these are 720p x264 in an MKV, is there one mod that can handle Video like that or is that a non issue. I can also grab non HD formats which would have a higher chance of working, but would rather not.

I've also read that hulu can be made to work, at least on one ROM, can't recall which now. If one does Hulu and another doesn't that would be an issue as well. I only download shows that Hulu or Netflix doesn't have.

Any guidance from people familiar with the different options would be appreciated, might save me from some trial and error in the next couple weeks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0t0:
Torrents blows goats:mad:. their download speeds are as fast as my original G Tab os. File Hosting is the way to roll.

Off my soapbox, I agree with goodintentions. Speed and stability is the key. after that, ADW, 3D Launcher, VTLauncher and a few other Home screen launchers can customize your experience. let us know how yours runs. I won't go that route until the ROM's for it (1.2) are out and stable.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tj2010:
I don't have the newest update that just came out, so I can't comment on that. But I can mention why I went back to the stock ROM. I got my g tablet when woot was selling them. I left the stock rom on for a week and it worked pretty well as a shared device between me and my wife. The stock apps let you keep separate accounts. I put on clockwork and formatted the drive as recommended, then I tried TNT lite, g harmony, and cyanogen. They make your tablet like a big phone. When you sign in to the google apps, all you contacts, calendar, and emails are imported. This didn't work so well as a shared tablet. I decided to leave clockwork mod and the recommended formatting but put the original ROM back on. With the proper formatting, the thing isn't too bad. Probably not as fast as some of the folks here would like, but it serves our purpose as a shared device.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma0456:
Half the fun (and half the aggravation) is trying different roms. Which is best? That is hard to say. Here is what I suggest. Don't get the latest update with the locked bootloader because then there is nothing you can play with. Get Titanium Backup so you can back up your apps. Learn how to connect t o your pc with usb so you can copy your stuff safely away while you play. Install clockworkmod so you can fix things and install different roms. NVflash is also a good thing to set up and learn but you don't have to right away unless you got the latest update. Now do this.

1. Use clockwork mod to make a backup of your original rom and copy it to your pc.

2. Download and install a new rom calkulin/clemsyn is nice. Use clockwork mod again to make a backup of that installation.

3. download another rom and install. Use clockworkmod to make a backup of that one.

4. When you've tried enough of them you can decide which one you like and restore it using clockwork mod.

5. Changed you mind? Restore one of the others!

6. Rinse and repeat as needed.

Remember Titanium Backup will backup your apps and data - so, if you install a new rom you can restore your apps and data. That means you don't have to go fetch them all in the market and you don't have to restart angry birds at level one.

There are lots of tutorials on how to do this stuff - read the stickys.

Good luck
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConfuciusTse:
Try a bunch of ROMs

I agree with enigma. I got my Gtablet last week and immediately updated hoping that the new stock ROM was good enough. It isn't. It's slow and "chunky" plus doesn't have access to the Android market.

I've heard good stuff about the calkulin/clemsyn and Vegan. Being that Vegan is Honeycomb I just went with that though I really should have tried calkulin/clemsyn too as so many must like it for a reason.

I'm new to Android as well so don't get too hung up on the difficulty of installing ROMs. There are very clear, step by step instructions to be found here. Each install takes maybe 15 minutes. So in an afternoon you could easily install and play with half a dozen ROMs before deciding on which you like better.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justauser:
if you need vpn, cifs then you need a custom ROM

It depends on what capabilities you want. I need VPN and COFS so I use TNTL 4.4. Also, you can install alternate keybaords. The custom ROMs also tend to fix a lot of issues.

Shame on Viewsonic for locking bootloader in the 1.2 branch.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muerteman:
I know somebody is gonna see this and say something, so I figure I'll be the first to point out its gingerbread not honeycomb.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] couchmonkey:
haha, GB is good almost HC good so far.
[Xperia Arc General] solidkevin:
So does the Arc have HSPA+?
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
From amobil.no:

Mobilnett: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSPA 900/2100 MHz

Super-3G (HSPA): Yes, HSDPA 7,2 Mbps

3G: Ja

Edge: Yes, Class 10

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR og A2DP

Wi-Fi: Ja, 802.11 b/g/n og DLNA
[Xperia Arc General] TehFoz:
No
[Xperia Arc General] solidkevin:
O well, the nexus s isnt and its fast for me.
[Xperia Arc General] mtechfan:
From SE's products description.

Networks

- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

- UMTS/HSPA 800/850/1900/2100

- UMTS/HSPA 900/2100
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dj-Dubster_TN:
I installed sonofskywalker3's blackhole revolution, and im guessing it just doesnt have the time in the notification bar, and i was wondering if there was any way to get it back?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopper the dog:
menu/settings/date & time/and tick hide clock and hide am/pm.

good day.