Sorry if this is a newbie question:
Daughter got scammed on a Craigslist Touch Pro
CDMA
Alltel. It won't boot, just says Touch Pro for a few seconds then buzzes and reboots. It will do it forever.
If I understand correctly, there a boot loader, then a rom. To do a non-OEM rom, you need to unlock the bootloader.
Figured out how to get into boot loader mode and successfully flashed with latest ROM from HTC. Not clear if I put a new one on or reflashed the same one. No improvement. Now it says RAPH800 SPL-0.40.0000 MicroP-Hermann (etc).
I can't unlock the loader. Tried Raphael_CDMA_HSPL_037 and got an error 262. In fact I tried all the others, ReLocker, Raphael_CDMA_HSPL_025_MFG just for the heck of it with the same error.
I'm assuming that if I can unlock it, then put MightyRom or something similar.
Would there be some other issue? Like a
hardware problem stopping a preboot hardware test?
Last hint: It won't power on to the SPL when the battery *isn't* in place, power supply on. Nor does the boot loop run with no battery. If it's in boot loader mode, you can pull the battery and it will stay on.