[HD2 General] urmuz:
Problems with my HTC HD2

Hello, xda-devs,

I saw this help thread and thought there's no need to post a new thread for what is probably a very common problem (to which, to my despair, I have found no solution).

I have recently acquired a HTC HD2, mint condition, very well kept, EU version, for the purpose of playing around with custom ROMs and what not, and I should mention that I am a total newbie when it comes to flashing ROMs, on any device for that matter.

I have first started out by searching for the most well known and stable custom ROMs found on your forum, and I stumbled upon a very good tutorial made by intoSmartphones Toderici (for installing android kitkat on the device). I followed every single step with great care and I got stuck at about minute 7:00 (pathetic, I know).

The thing is that I can't seem to instal MAGLDR successfully, since the device gets stuck at the white HTC screen once the magldr is installed (this happens after I correctly instal HSPL 2.08 and perform Task29). I've even found a way to get unstuck, by installing the stock ROM found somewhere I can't remember anymore (I first started about 4 days ago), named RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship. This gets me right back to the start and allows me to aimlessly try and try again, with the same result (MAGLDR does not load after it is installed).

I should also mentioned that I even tried several combinations of builds (I initially used HD2ToolKit in order to instal hspl, task29 and magldr), and then I've manually installed each and every build, from different sources, to the extent that I have exhausted just about every possible combination.

As I am writing this, it has been attempt number 17 of installing magldr, and now I've flashed the stock rom back to start from scratch, but I will not make any more attempt until I figure out what am I doing wrong or if I am doing anything wrong or not (it could be a hardware problem?). I'm attaching two photos of the three-colored bootloader and the software information from the About section in the hopes that this may prove useful. These photos are taken from the present configuration of the phone (wp 6.5 newly flashed).

To help even further, the traditional steps that I am taking after flashing the stock rom back are:

1. Boot into bootloader.

2. Connect to pc.

3. Instal HSPL 2.08 (eventhough the bootloader already says that I have this, I just want to make sure)

4. Perform task 29.

5. Instal magldr (tried with 1.11, 1.12 and 1.13)

(all of the above steps are successful)

6. The phone boots itself after installing magldr, but the device remains stuck in the white htc logo screen, without booting into the magldr as I have seen in countless tutorials)

Additionally, I have tried installing radio 2.15.50.14 after step 3, and 4, with no result.

I'm sorry for the wall of text but I am trying my best to be as comprehensive as possible and I hope I didn't overcomplicate things. I hope that there is still hope for this device, since the only reason I have bought it was to mess around with custom roms and this turns out to be quite an unfortunate investment. Thank you for your time.

L.E. xda doesn't let me post the image links just yet so I'm just going to describe them

image of the bootloader:

Red-green-blue and white with the following inscriptions on the Red side:

PB81100 SS-BC

SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XD

0x02

CotullaHSPL 0x20

image of the About section:

OS Version

5.2.21913 (21913.5.0.94)

Manila version

2.5.20181527.0

ROM version

3.14.405.2 (04666) WWE

Radio version

2.15.50.14

Protocol version

15.42.50.11U