[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TijnS:
Few weeks ago my unbranded, Dutch DHD froze up on me. I had a text msg, but my phone did not respond anymore.

It was rooted about 4 months ago, had CyanogenMod 7.1 running on it just fine.

I have when starting up HBOOT:

ACE PVT Ship S-OFF RL

HBOOT-0.85.0018

Radio-26.04.02.17_M2

Another Rom gives me:

***LOCKED***

ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.00.0030

Radio-26.14.04.28_M

both dates differ from 2010 to 2012.. and i can just flash another ROM and it will change again.

Tried just about anything i can find on the internet.

I can use a RUU to flash the device, i have 2 on my machine:

1) RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.32.405.6_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155891_signed

2) RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed

Both flash normally, but freezes after between 30 and 60 seconds after been fully booted up.

I downloaded LeeDroid HD V5.1.0, took the zip file, renamed it to PD98IMG.zip and placed it in the root of my SD card. Bring up the boot menu, where the zip file is found, loaded, but after parsing, it just stops and goes back to the HBOOT menu. When i do this with a stock HTC rom, it is able to go on and flash the device.

I did the same thing with CWM, that is somehow removed, it was on it before, when i rooted my DHD. I want to flash that from SD because i cannot get it running so i can use ADB and Fastboot gives me "no remote allowed", so either way i'm not able to flash anything.

I just also installed :

RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_TWM_TW_3.16.921.2_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_247385_signed

this also freezes after a minute, although it seems like it takes a few seconds longer to freeze..

I also read about different zip files you can put in your root of the SD card and fastboot on your device would find it, but that is not the case here. The only file it finds is that PD98IMG.zip file.

There is a recovery option in that HBOOT menu. Once thats loaded i can do that clean up of user data and cache, plus the option of using an update.zip. I tried that aswell, but after loading the file, it gets an error for some validation and quits.

I sent it back to the store where i got it from, they sent it off to a repair shop. They won't do anything, there is a small crack in the glass (not the LCD), and they say they first have to fix the glass before they will look any further. It worked like a charm for months with that crack, but they say they cant do anything before that is fixed. They also say the housing needs to be replaced, all together it's going to cost me 240 euro's to fix it. But warrenty is void because i dropped it, so there can be internal damage and that is not covered in the warenty. If they need to look any further and maybe replace the motherboard aswell, i'll have a brand new phone, but also a bill of just about 450 euros...

I can get a brand new phone for that.... :confused:

The store says that the ADB / Fastboot install method is 1 and flashing thru PD98IMG.zip is number 2, but they have another method of flashing, they just won't tell me.

They also tell me they can "see" some sort of history of what roms i have installed. Is that true ??

Is there anybody out there who sees what i'm missing ? Is there something i can do to get it to work again ? I'm bald as a cue ball, but i'm still rippin' my hair out..