[Thunderbolt Android Development] Ratbastrd:
Not borked yet, there is always a way...LOL

Actually I'm not borked yet. This is definitely a battery issue. I noted at one point when i pulled the battery the phone stayed on for a couple of seconds. When I put battery back in and plugged phone in the battery charge lite came on. Phone charged to 3667mV and then stopped. I am inclined to think that even with a corrupted recovery, ROM etc, there is a lower level utility that is powering the phone to this minimum level for some form of fatal recovery capability.

Once I had the phone partially charged, I flashed the zip from CK in RUU mode again. Output here:

C:\tbolt>fastboot flash zip Thunderbolt_2.11.605.19_PG05IMG.zip

sending 'zip' (458907 KB)... OKAY [ 78.569s]

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

INFOstart image[hboot] unzipping for pre-update check...

INFOstart image[hboot] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,hboot,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,hboot,100

INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,0

INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,100

INFOstart image[boot] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,31

INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,62

INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,92

INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,100

INFO[RUU]WP,boot,0

INFO[RUU]WP,boot,99

INFO[RUU]WP,boot,100

INFOstart image[recovery] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,20

INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,42

INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,64

INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,89

INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,100

INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,0

INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,99

INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,100

INFOstart image[system] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,1

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,3

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,5

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,7

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,9

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,11

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,12

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,14

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,16

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,18

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,20

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,22

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,24

INFO[RUU]WP,system,0

INFO[RUU]WP,system,1

INFO[RUU]WP,system,3

INFO[RUU]WP,system,5

INFO[RUU]WP,system,7

INFO[RUU]WP,system,9

INFO[RUU]WP,system,11

INFO[RUU]WP,system,12

INFO[RUU]WP,system,14

INFO[RUU]WP,system,16

INFO[RUU]WP,system,18

INFO[RUU]WP,system,20

INFO[RUU]WP,system,22

INFO[RUU]WP,system,24

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,24

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,25

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,27

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,29

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,31

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,33

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,35

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,36

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,38

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,40

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,42

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,44

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,46

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,48

INFO[RUU]WP,system,24

INFO[RUU]WP,system,25

INFO[RUU]WP,system,27

INFO[RUU]WP,system,29

INFO[RUU]WP,system,31

INFO[RUU]WP,system,33

INFO[RUU]WP,system,35

INFO[RUU]WP,system,36

INFO[RUU]WP,system,38

INFO[RUU]WP,system,40

INFO[RUU]WP,system,42

INFO[RUU]WP,system,44

INFO[RUU]WP,system,46

INFO[RUU]WP,system,48

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,48

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,49

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,51

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,52

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,54

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,56

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,58

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,60

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,61

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,62

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,64

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,66

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,68

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,69

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,71

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,72

INFO[RUU]WP,system,48

INFO[RUU]WP,system,49

INFO[RUU]WP,system,51

INFO[RUU]WP,system,53

INFO[RUU]WP,system,55

INFO[RUU]WP,system,57

INFO[RUU]WP,system,59

INFO[RUU]WP,system,60

INFO[RUU]WP,system,62

INFO[RUU]WP,system,64

INFO[RUU]WP,system,66

INFO[RUU]WP,system,68

INFO[RUU]WP,system,70

INFO[RUU]WP,system,72

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,72

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,73

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,75

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,77

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,79

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,80

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,82

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,84

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,85

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,87

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,89

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,92

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,94

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,95

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,96

INFO[RUU]WP,system,72

INFO[RUU]WP,system,73

INFO[RUU]WP,system,75

INFO[RUU]WP,system,77

INFO[RUU]WP,system,79

INFO[RUU]WP,system,81

INFO[RUU]WP,system,83

INFO[RUU]WP,system,84

INFO[RUU]WP,system,86

INFO[RUU]WP,system,88

INFO[RUU]WP,system,90

INFO[RUU]WP,system,92

INFO[RUU]WP,system,94

INFO[RUU]WP,system,96

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,96

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,96

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,96

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,96

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,97

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,97

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,98

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,99

INFO[RUU]UZ,system,100

INFO[RUU]WP,system,96

INFO[RUU]WP,system,98

INFO[RUU]WP,system,100

INFOstart image[sp1] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,100

INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,0

INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,100

INFOstart image[dzdata] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,dzdata,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,dzdata,99

INFO[RUU]UZ,dzdata,100

INFO[RUU]WP,dzdata,0

INFO[RUU]WP,dzdata,82

INFO[RUU]WP,dzdata,100

INFOstart image[mdm9k] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,6

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,12

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,18

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,24

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,30

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,37

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,43

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,49

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,55

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,61

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,67

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,74

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,80

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,86

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,92

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,98

INFO[RUU]UZ,mdm9k,100

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,0

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,6

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,12

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,18

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,24

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,30

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,36

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,42

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,48

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,54

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,60

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,69

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,75

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,81

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,87

INFO[RUU]WP,mdm9k,100

INFOstart image[radio] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,7

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,14

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,22

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,27

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,33

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,41

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,48

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,56

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,63

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,71

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,78

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,86

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,93

INFO[RUU]UZ,radio,100

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,0

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,5

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,13

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,21

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,28

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,36

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,46

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,100

OKAY [283.946s]

finished. total time: 362.517s

Fortunately the phone is out of RUU mode. Unfortunately it is now in a repetitive boot loop of the white HTC screen. I unplugged the battery again and did a vol-/pwr boot and got back to the fastboot screen. When I tried to manually change mode (vol buttons), phone jumped back into the HTC screen loop again.

I pulled battery and am going to do the minimum charge method again. Will then attempt to reflash in RUU mode. If that doesn't work I am going to wait for the new battery and simply place the PG05IMG file on the root directory with a new battery and try it the old fashioned way.

This is clearly a sw + battery issue. No indication of HW problems right now. As long as it is SW and I can access fastboot, phone has a chance. On life support but we have the technology.

---------- Post added at 03:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:12 PM ----------

Sorry for not responding to this earlier. This is a HUGE help. I suspect that there has got to be some way to flash the original recovery (alone) back on the phone, which would allow me to flash a new ROM and revive the phone. However to date I have tried both the boot img & flash img/mg methods you requested to no avail.

So far the only thing that seems to be affecting the phone is the flash zip file from CK in the RUU mode. Note my last post however.

Do you have the original recovery in a standalone file? If so I would like to try the boot or flash methods again.

I have used my new phone to clean the SDcard so no residual files on that .

This is good, when we solve this I think a lot of people are going to be able to recover their bricked Tbolts.