[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul_torry:
- sorry mistake in title - I have NOT got access to recovery, only hboot and fastboot

My situation (why I need help)

I am on holiday so I have only limited access to the intenet (wifi but slow and often failing to download files bigger than 5Mb).

I really need my phone as it is my only camera as well as needing to talk to my insurance etc...

I decided to install Ubuntu for this trip (first time I have used it) and didn't intall the full suite of Developer tools for android.

I need a new phone soon (the desire is my backup as my sensation was stolen on this trip) but cannot easily buy one here.

My Problem

I was using the phone as 3G router when it overheated and reset, this has happened before without permanent damage, this time however the phone would not get past the HTC white screen.

It can get to the hboot and fastboot menus but NOT into recovery.

I bought the phone rooted (in China) but it is s-on.

The OTW updates did not work even when the phone was working fine.

My progress

I may be able to create a goldcard, if I can download the images etc.. but it will take me days to get that working I think. I can get the information I need from fastboot. I assume I need an image which I am struggling to download.

I have tried to flash several recoveries in fastboot but with s-on none have worked, I have tried to find a signed recovery (which I think may be possable to flash over fastboot) but with no luck.

I have managed to get the RUU.exe 2.3.3 from the HTC developer site but I have only Ubuntu and the internet cafes wont let me install HTC sync for the drivers. I have not got a windows I can install in virtualbox and wine doesn't work.

I have searched for a PB99... that I can use, with some possibilities but its really getting annoying with downloads failing constantly.

My analysis

My phone is probably ***ed, but its getting to hboot and fastboot so something in there must work, hopefully its a corruption that can be overwriden.

If its not ****ed I just need to flash something, anything, anything at all that will run.

Fastboot seems useless due to s-on.

I can but a file on my SD but getting the right file is really dificult here.

I have the RUU.exe and it is possible to strip the image, but that would then not be signed I believe so I would need a goldcard.

My questions

Do you think there is hope for my phone or should I throw it in the lake?

Is it possible to flash genuine HTC stuff via fastboot.

Is my best chance the RUU and somehow finding a windows computer I can put the drivers on?

Does anyone know of a approprate PB99... for my phone on a link that has not expired that might fix it?

Is my best chance extracting the image from the RUU and making a goldcard even though that's a massive pain.

I have been working on this for days (yes thats how slow both I and the connection here are) and I would usually try all these before posting as I know a lot has been written about this already, but I am going mad with all the additional difficulties my location is causing and this is supposed to be a holiday. Any expert (or slightly more knowledgable) advice would be appreciated.

Also does anyone know if it is possible to get the HTC drivers separate from Sync as that will be easier to download and convince people to let me put on their computers.

More information

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.83.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.09.00.20

JUNE 10 2010,12:12:05

cid T-MOB101

mid PB9920000

Thanks a lot