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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babblerx:
Managed to fix it....

After reading just about every post on every forum about the '4 exclamation marks' brick problem, none of which had a solution, I had given up finding an easy to follow fix. Given that I thought I had an unfixable brick I decided to just experiment with any fix ideas that came into my head, figuring the worst that could happen was that I'd kill the hardware completely...no big deal when I had an unusable brick anyway. What eventually fixed it was a combination of ADB and Teppic74's downgrade tool. So here's a bit of background and what I eventually did to fix it.

The phone had a corrupt version of stock WWE HTC ROM installed (2.29.405.2). Although I had the '4 exclamation mark' brick, it still recognised USB in fastboot so I was able to try different official RUU.exe's, but none of them worked.

Next, I thought I'd give ADB a go. I've never used ADB before, so had to do a bit of reading to find out the do's and don'ts and the basic commands. Running the ADB command 'fastboot oem boot' forced my phone to boot into the corrupt 2.29.405.2 ROM, but HTC Sense was stuck in a 'force close' loop and if I unplugged the phone from USB it immediately dropped back into the '4 exclamation marks' screen.

I figured if I could get the phone to boot (albeit into a corrupt startup) and it was running a version of Android 2.2, I might be able to run Teppic74's downgrade tool....I tried and it worked :D

Here are the steps :-

1. Connect the '4 exclamation marks' bricked Desire. The '4 exclamation marks' brick should be in fastboot mode - this seems to be to go hand in hand with the '4 exclamation marks' brick so it should be in that mode anyway

2. Ensure you have ADB toolkit installed and run the command 'fastboot oem boot' to force your brick to start up the presumably corrupt ROM. In my case WWE stock HTC Rom (2.29.405.2). NOTE: I don't know a lot about ADB and had to learn on the fly what I need to know, so I'm probably not the best person to ask for help with this step...lol

3. If you can get this far, then you should be able to turn on USB Debugging...you will need to do this for step 4

4. Run Teppic74's downgrade tool

That's it!! This should get you back to a WWE stock HTC Rom (Android 2.1). From there, it should be a matter of installing an official upgrade to 2.2 or rooting your phone again and installing a custom ROM. I did the latter and am now on LeeDroid 2.3d :)

The hardest part of all of this for me (apart from the trial and error) was learning about ADB and turning on USB Debugging since HTC Sense on the phone was stuck in a 'force close' loop. Have to admit though, I'm pretty pleased with myself having figured out the fix, especially since I couldn't find a fix on any of the forums I looked at.

Anyway, hope this helps anyone with the same (or similar) problem.

Good luck people!!!

Rich.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celestialspring:
good on ya!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rraaka:
Thanks for sharing fix, babblerx.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zzy0108rain:
Hi,i got the same problem as you!!May you please give more information about the step 3,how to turn on USB Debugging after you use the command 'fastboot oem boot'.after i input this command ,my desire just reboot and enter a white screen with a green HTC logo.and in the ADB command screen ,i got the the following message

... INFOsetup_tag addr=0xA0000100 cmdline add=0x8E07F9F0

INFOTAG:Ramdisk OK

INFOTAG:smi ok, size = 0

INFOTAG:hwid 0x0

INFOTAG:skuid 0x21F04

INFOTAG:hero panel = 0x0

INFOTAG:engineerid = 0x0

INFOMCP dual-die

INFOMCP dual-die

INFOTAG:mono-die = 0x0

INFODevice CID is not super CID

INFOCID is HTC__001

INFOsetting->cid::HTC__001

INFOserial number: SH079PL01642

INFOcommandline from head: no_console_suspend=1

INFOcommand line length =421

INFOactive commandline: board_bravo.disable_uart3=0 board_bravo.

INFOusb_h2w_sw=0 board_bravo.disable_sdcard=0 diag.enabled=0 boa

INFOrd_bravo.debug_uart=0 smisize=0 userdata_sel=0 androidboot.e

INFOmmc=false androidboot.baseband=5.11.05.27 androidboot.cid=H

INFOTC__001 androidboot.carrier=HTC-WWE androidboot.mid=PB992000

INFO0 androidboot.keycaps=qwerty androidboot.mode=normal android

INFOboot.serialno=SH079PL01642 androidboot.bootloader=0.93.0001

INFOno_console_suspend=1

INFOaARM_Partion[0].name=misc

INFOaARM_Partion[1].name=recovery

INFOaARM_Partion[2].name=boot

INFOaARM_Partion[3].name=system

INFOaARM_Partion[4].name=cache

INFOaARM_Partion[5].name=userdata

INFOpartition number=6

INFOValid partition num=6

INFOmpu_nand_acpu_rw A1E 1000

INFOjump_to_kernel: machine_id(2457), tags_addr(0x20000100), ker

INFOnel_addr(0x20008000)

INFO-------------------hboot boot time:36112 msec

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

and when i use the downgrade tool the message is as follows:

Press ctrl-c to exit this utility.

Waiting for device.

Thanks in advance!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TransientLunar:
Thanks for your fix Babblerx. I have been struck on this 4 exclamation marks for week and was frustuated T_T. Finally , It works like a charm : ) again . Yeah!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yekxmerr:
Well i've a new method to fix this: ( to do this you'll have to be S-OFF )

- User AndroidFlasher ( easy method ) and flash alpharev downgrade hboot

- Flash the RUU and you will get the same error

-- Now you're back on Stockhboot --

Get the latest ruu ( note if you have branded device you might need a diferent rom )

Flash and you'll be ok !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZAnwar:
This doesn't work. The Android Flasher doesn't recognise the phone.

---------- Post added at 01:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:10 AM ----------

After trying the above and then just fiddling about. I decided to use the thread starters method.

I got to step 4. But my phone was still stuck on the 4 triangles. So I thought, now that I've tried fastboot oem boot, let's try the Gingerbread RUU again (after a few previous failed tries) and what do you know? IT WORKED!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manmohan0339:
thankig you very much, i have revive my bricked desire.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
Wish people would stop saying "bricked" when it isnt!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alifiaz:
Plz elaborate the USB debugging part :)

Dear babblerx can u plz elaborate the usb debugging part cuz i'm so stuck with my desire with the same issue as yours... Please help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babblerx:
I don't have an HTC Desire anymore, having moved on to the Samsung Galaxy S2.

But to enable USB Debugging in the HTC Desire press HOME > MENU then select Settings > Applications > Development. From there you should see the USB Debugging checkbox.

Good Luck with your fix
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babblerx:
Guilty as charged m'lud. Apologies! But in my defense I was relatively new to smartphone hacks/fixes at the time. I know better now :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikki_027:
I have the same problem after flashing the axura 2.2.7.1... now I cant do anything with the fone... doesnt even turn on..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupaSam:
having you tried to ODIN back to stock?...take out your battery and then go into download mode...i have AXURA 2.2.7.1 but i didnt have any problems
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
It is probably user error. I generally use CWM to get into recovery and then manually install the rom. I have never had a problem with installing that way

If you have to odin to Froyo that does not brick then odin back to stock JFD Then start again.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] nutmegy:
Interesting read

Microsoft's been playing it really cool with the nascent Windows Phone 7 hacker community so far, which is winning them friends in all sorts of important places -- not the least of which is the ChevronWP7 team itself. The first guys to split the platform open for homebrew apps were recently invited up to Redmond for a powwow with the guys in charge, and it seems the meetings were fruitful to say the least; though much of what they saw was under NDA, they say they're "genuinely excited" by what Microsoft has in the works. Furthermore, Microsoft was kind enough to give the team a heads-up that an upcoming platform update would break the existing ChevronWP7 tool, though they say they're "collaborating with Microsoft on an interim solution that will continue to support homebrew developments after the update." Considering that they've already reached out to jailbreaker extraordinaire Geohot as well, it's clear that Microsoft doesn't believe this is a black-and-white situation -- the ChevronWP7 guys seem to think homebrew has a place somewhere in the platform's future, it just remains to be seen how that's going to play out.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/24/...crosoft?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RileyB:
Is Email and Email policy something required by the rom for Gmail to continue functioning? I use the Gmail and Yahoo Mail apps, but didn't know if they relied on Email and Email policy to function.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Probably not - but if you have a rooted phone and make a Nandroid backup, there's a zero-risk way to find out for sure ... make a Nandroid backup and then give it a try.

If it works, great; if it doesn't work, also great: just restore the backup.
[Wildfire General] Markoleti:
Hi

My phone browser dont work with data network internet. But,when i go on wifi,everything is ok. Have someone solution?

Tnx
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
Tr configuring apn
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
Try even
[Wildfire General] nlovers2000:
Check if your data network is connected. Check your apn settings. It will be somewhere inside settings - wireless and networks.
[Wildfire General] Markoleti:
Tnx for answering.

So,opera work fine whit apn. Some other applications work fine too. Just browser makes problems. This is not some big or important,but,when somthing didnt good,i wonts to fix that.

Sorry for using yor time. I will root wf. I hope. Froyo 2.2 ;)
[Wildfire General] eagleofdeath13:
I had the same problem when i had it. But as i remember it goes by itself (or maybe it's when i installed another ROM ^^)
[Wildfire General] Markoleti:
i try on all i know and can't solve the problem. must wait unrewoked to finish do the job and than root the phone. what You think about CM7?
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
use dolphin hd / mirien / skyfire etc
[Wildfire General] anuragkanase:
Opera according to me is best for browsing. And Skyfire for viewing videos, they are buffered according to data speed.
[Wildfire General] gzci:
Clean brower data then try again。。maybe it work。。
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkeller96:
I have a rooted htc evo 4g (Kernel 2.6.32.17-gee557fd htc-kernel@and18-2 #15 Runing MikFroYo 4.4)

I bought a pair of MIE2 mobile headset yesterday

and cant decide if i should have gotten the MIE2i

mobile headset which has volume control skip pause

etc... and have been serching for an app or rom

bacically a work around that allowes you to use those

features but with the HTC Evo 4G instead of apple

products or if you dont even need a work around

because the MIE2's only skip and pause music and

its a pain to try to skip a song because you usually

end up pressing pause and its very frustarating because

i dont know if i made the right decision. Hope this made

sense and you get the picture of what im saying........

Im thanking everyone in advance for your time and help

I need advice/answer ASAP i only have a 30 day return policy
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhdreamer:
The mie2i's volume control will not work for the evo.

I use the mie2 set and have gotten very used to the controls and they are not an issue, i love the set.

My brother had bought the mie2i's and we tested on evo, that is how i know for sure.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkeller96:
Thanks a lot im getting used to the controls as well
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Neither. It's Bose. There are much better options for less money.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. J:
Just out of curiosity, what would some good alternative options be?
[Android Apps and Games] droidfan77:
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about ho to tweak LCDDensity. I love this app. It makes everything fit in the screen on my Vibrant perfectly. The only minor complaint I have is that every time I want to switch the settings I have to reboot my phone. Is there any way to tweak this app so that I don't have to reboot my phone for the changes to take effect? I know absolutely nothing about programing so this might not be possible but I though I would put it out there.
[Android Apps and Games] Coedy:
Easiest way is unistall the app.

Use root explorer to go to your system folder. hit the button on top saying "mount R/W", longpress on the build.prop to choose open in text editor. scroll down to where you see "density=160" or something like that (should say 160 though). and press menu then save and quit.

Reboot.

Done.
[Android Apps and Games] sageDieu:
Ignore the above poster who didn't read your post.

Sorry but there isn't a way to do it without rebooting, because the file that holds the information only gets read during boot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adrian_london:
Hi there

I live in the UK and have an HTC Desire which has been baked and it's just the way I like it. It was bought on a T-Mobile contract and is locked to T-Mobile.

I am travelling to the USA and want to put a USA T-mobile sim card in it.

The last time I was in the USA I took my Nokia N95 over which was locked to T-Mobile UK but it wouldn't work over there with a USA T-Mobile sim card.

What will I have to do to get it working over in America? Is it just getting the phone unlocked in my local market in the UK?

I don't want to be empty handed in the USA. I love my Desore too much to leave it in the suitcase!!!!

Any advise is grateful

Adrian
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aindow:
The phone is locked to simcards from t mobile UK, hence why you couldn't use a t mobile US simcard.

You can unlock the desire for about £10 with a code from ebay, no cables or mods required, simply put in the code when you first try to use the other sim card. You may find you only get 2g coverage in the US as I think the euro Desire only works with 2g networks in the US.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkapp3000:
I have looked everywhere and heard of this issue but have not found an answer to fix it. Where the wireless tether stops at 0.4kbps and never moves past it. I've cleared cache/data for this app and uninstalled/reinstalled on numerious roms and kernels and still I get this same issue. Has anyone found a fix to it?

Also Wifi Tether is having an issue also, anyone know of a fix to it?

Any help will be much appreciated.

thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkapp3000:
man, so no one really know's anything about it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigjim1488:
Maybe try making a post in general as well.

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neipas09:
What version of Wireless Tether are you using?

I could never get barnacle to work on my EVO. But the Wireless Tether worked after i updated it to RC1 i think it was...

Did a quick google search and here is their downloads page incase you needed it.

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowboarda42:
What version of Wireless tether are you using, and what radios are you using?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegh0st:
really? I just tried both wireless tether and barnacle wifi tether for the first time last friday without a hitch - and tho wireless tether seems to have more options I got much much better performance/throughput with barnacle than wireless for sure (tested it 3 ways - downloading 20 MB file, speedtest app, netflix streaming)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkapp3000:
re:

I'm using version 2.0.6 which to my knowledge is the newest tested version. I've used multiple roms with multiple versions to no success. It always seems to stop at 0.4kb dl. every time. So I think it's my phone. Something's blocking wireless tether
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nykbob:
I'm in the same boat. Trying to find a solution for some time now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drfosters:
Do your computers actually connect to the phone? There should be a 0.4kb download even before you connect the computer!

Also are you using any kind of security on the signal? In my experience access-control and password-secured both caused issues sometime or another. If you are using them, try disabling them and connecting your computer again.

Another thing to check is that they have superuser permissions. Go in to S.U. and ensure that wireless tether/wifi tether are listed there.

Cheers
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkapp3000:
even with nothing connected to the phone as a hotspot it still stops at 4 and will not allow anything to connect to it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkapp3000:
got it finally. Just tried to connect to it twice and it worked
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caspers25:
Sorry don't flame.

Ever since I loaded Myns RLS 5 with new radio and wimax etc.

My signal has decreased in most areas when I travel to my normal spots its all 1 bar or two maybe even none. It never use to be like this until I switched. Any clues?

Sent From My HTC EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Monkey:
I have also noticed a huge decrease in signal for any radio. Including WiFi. For some reason I am not getting a good connection. I downgraded back to PRI 177, but it still sucks. I first noticed it when I was traveling... So I wasnt sure if it was because I was in an unfamiliar area and didnt know what kind of signal to expect. But now that I'm home I definitely see a difference.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Monkey:
Has anybody else seen this? Just bad data overall.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATownI20:
I've been having issues with this too... Updated to Myn's RLS5, flashed the new radio combo and service has been much worse than before. I have tried to downgrade the radios, pri/nv and combinations of new radio/previous pri/nv. I've even tried these combos on sense roms (Myn's & MikFroyo) as well as AOSP roms (CM 6.1.2 w/ and w/o 4g) with no improvement. I've even restored my NAND backup of Myn's RLS4. Profile updated after each radio flash.

I've noticed with the signal issues comes less than stellar battery life. I'm a power user so I was getting about 10hrs before the radio updates. Now it's more like 6-7hrs if lucky.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathan413:
I noticed the same thing except for me its on all roms and ive been having bad connection with service and data for like two months now
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icehawk_RA:
I'm trying to update my radio to work with the latest Cm7, I'm a noob at this to be honest I just instaled HSPL3

and now I'm trying to get CustomRUU to work I tried makeing a new folder on my desktop placing the RUU thing and the radio I wanted to install renamed it to whatever it said, and tried to run RUU

it keeps giving me this:http://i55.tinypic.com/2liifq0.jpg

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] copenhagen:
hey can you pm me your gmail address and Ill meet you on gtalk to help you
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icehawk_RA:
I think I got it to work I guess the firstDL link was broken or something I'll post it up on the master radio thread but thanks!

and i sent you a pm
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
I would LOVE to permanently disable the lights of the capacitive buttons. I hate the lights behind the Home, Menu, Back, Search buttons and would like to permanently disable them.

Please and thank you!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsage:
you can have my EVO; the lights don't work anymore ...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedudejdog:
cm has the option for that, also a market app called leds hack can do it on on sense roms
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beastmods:
i just changed mine out to blue leds!:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marshall_634:
Can you post a pic of how it looks

Swyped from my rooted EVO using the XDA app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjackofall:
Menu -> settings -> display -> automatic backlight -> use custom -> edit levels

The set Buttons to 0
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95GT:
I'm the opposite, I wish mine were on whenever my screen was.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android 17:
This also works for AOSP roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chronzy:
How did you do this? You can change the color of the buttons? I'm on the "Light sersor levels screen" in CM6.1.2 but different values don't do much. 0 under "buttons" turns them off like xjackofall said, but a different color would be nice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a senile fungus:
Sounds like a hardware thing.

I wonder if he did the led's at the top too?

That'd be cool....

I've ruined two evo's trying to get it to wirelessly charge

~ I'm a fungi
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
Thank you!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
That application in the market just kept asking for permission via superuser. If I act fast i can sneak into the program and disable the lower leds but it's always asking permissions.

Any fix?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedudejdog:
in the super user app disable notifications
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirkyd3rk:
I want to use a sense rom but I don't know how to disable the lights on them but on cm7 I just go in the settings and turn them off. Aosp is the best since I have light leakage under the buttons
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
i tried that along with a combo of rebooting and what not. it is constantly asking me for permission, over and over the pop up just keeps coming.

fixes?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedudejdog:
click yes?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
i can click yes over and over, it continues to pop up and request permission. the led off an led on are in the background. if im fast i can click it but it always pops up asking permissions. im not getting it
[G2 and Desire Z General] mike0333:
Hey guys

I'm getting my Desire Z at the end of this week, and was wondering about the battery life. After browsing various threads, it seems you can somewhat sort it out by tweaking it. I'd rather not do that, as I'm not that advanced.

I was thinking after seeing how I fare with the Desire Z, getting an extended battery like the Mugen Power 1800mAh Extended battery $44.95. I wouldn't want one that needs to make the phone any bigger than it is.

Also I'm not totally savvy on the prices, but is that a decent price for a battery like that?

Any advice would be extremely appreciated, thanks!

(PS, it would need to be compatible with my UK charger, not sure if that changes anything)
[G2 and Desire Z General] jojo_16:
It has the same size with the stock battery unless you'll buy the 3600 mAh, performance?? Ill give 10/10. Its worth the price and worth the wait, I never seen anyone who had a complaint about their mugen battery my stock batt runs for 7hours per full charge light-moderate use now my mugen last 11-16hours light-moderate use. It doubles my stock battery life span so here's my Mugen 1800 mAh review.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CTR01:
Agreed...

I too have been looking at a better battery and also heard that atleast for the g2, that the evo 4g battery may also work and on amazon they had 2 batts and charger for 40 bucks but you should look and read in the g2/desire accessories forum first.