[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenanibeze:
hello guys

please i need your help i think i have screwed up my htc, i downgraded my desire z 2.33 to 2.2 and was trying to run the permanent root by strawmental, after running the sequence the phone could not boot again, it stuck at the white background with htc logo.

How can i boot it back to life.

i tryed fix it with recovery boot, but the clockworkmod v5.02.7 is not working, its log shows

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

vision pvt ENG S is off

h.boot now is 0.76.2000 (PC1011000)

MICROP 0425

CID 11111111

OS 1.34.405.5

below is the cmd log

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Patrolscsn>cd C:\platform-tools

C:\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

SH0B1RT02382 device

C:\platform-tools>adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/

1453 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.375s)

C:\platform-tools>adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/

1357 KB/s (716548 bytes in 0.515s)

C:\platform-tools>adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/

1468 KB/s (1926944 bytes in 1.281s)

C:\platform-tools>adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local/tmp/

1456 KB/s (1048576 bytes in 0.703s)

C:\platform-tools>adb push root_psn /data/local/tmp/

0 KB/s (564 bytes in 1.000s)

C:\platform-tools>adb push su /sdcard/

109 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.234s)

C:\platform-tools>adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/

1535 KB/s (196521 bytes in 0.125s)

C:\platform-tools>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*

C:\platform-tools>adb push recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.7-vision.img /data/local/tmp

/recovery.img

1479 KB/s (3739648 bytes in 2.468s)

C:\platform-tools>adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter

property service neutered.

killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)

C:\platform-tools>adb shell

# cd /data/local/tmp

cd /data/local/tmp

# ./busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcb1k0p18

./busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcb1k0p18

md5sum: can't open '/dev/block/mmcb1k0p18': No such file or directory

# ./gfree -f -b hboot-eng.img -y recovery.img

./gfree -f -b hboot-eng.img -y recovery.img

--secu_flag off set

--cid set. CID will be changed to: 11111111

--sim_unlock. SIMLOCK will be removed

--hboot set. hboot image hboot-eng.img will be installed in partition 18

--recovery set. recovery image recovery.img will be installed in partition 21

Section header entry size: 40

Number of section headers: 44

Total section header table size: 1760

Section header file offset: 0x000138b4 (80052)

Section index for section name string table: 41

String table offset: 0x000136fb (79611)

Searching for .modinfo section...

- Section[16]: .modinfo

-- offset: 0x00000a14 (2580)

-- size: 0x000000cc (204)

Kernel release: 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed

New .modinfo section size: 204

Attempting to power cycle eMMC... OK.

Write protect was successfully disabled.

Searching for mmc_blk_issue_rq symbol...

- Address: c02a6a54, type: t, name: mmc_blk_issue_rq, module: N/A

Kernel map base: 0xc02a6000

Kernel memory mapped to 0x40002000

Searching for brq filter...

- Address: 0xc02a6a54 + 0x34c

- 0x2a000012 -> 0xea000012

Backing up current partition 18 and installing specified hboot image...

Backing up partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 to /sdcard/part18backup-315983571.bin

...

Writing image hboot-eng.img to partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 ...

Backing up current partition 21 and installing specified recovery image...

Backing up partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p21 to /sdcard/part21backup-315983571.bin

...

Writing image recovery.img to partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p21 ...

Backing up current partition 7 and patching it...

Backing up partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 to /sdcard/part7backup-315983571.bin .

..

patching secu_flag: 0

Done.

# ./root_psn

./root_psn

# sync

sync

# cd /data/local/tmp

cd /data/local/tmp

# ./busybox md5sum hboot-eng.img

./busybox md5sum hboot-eng.img

7669ae12dc2faa10ae555a164980efd0 hboot-eng.img

# ./busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcb1k0p18

./busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcb1k0p18

md5sum: can't open '/dev/block/mmcb1k0p18': No such file or directory

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