HOW TO: Recover a Diamond that won't get past the boot screen! (Instructions)

caleb02 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 09:41 AM

how do you enter the boot loader if you dont have any volume button keys on your phone since i took them off because they dont work..

Jadall · #2 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 11:47 PM

Someone said there is like another way to load a bootloader I don't know what it is but maybe it will help caleb out if volume buttons are not needed.

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Originally Posted by caleb02

how do you enter the boot loader if you dont have any volume button keys on your phone since i took them off because they dont work..

Glossman · #3 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by caleb02

how do you enter the boot loader if you dont have any volume button keys on your phone since i took them off because they dont work..

You can't be serious. If that's true, I don't there's much you can do, outside of getting it warranteed or exhanged.

I am M3 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-07-2009, 02:36 PM

Hi there! I have the same problem, slightly worse. I have a Sprint Diamond, unlocked. Has SPL-0.57CMONEX. Device also has water damage. USB port works for charging but no data transfer/ActiveSync. I managed to set up a bluetooth ActiveSync connection and using WMDC on Vista.
Basically, I can only flash a ROM via internal storage, via bluetooth.

After flashing Calkulin's 6.5, having it successfully boot once, I'm now stuck on the HTC screen. I can enter bootloader/perform a hard reset/etc. It just won't boot. I don't have any other ROM files on my internal storage other than the one I flashed. Is there any possible way to put another ROM on the internal storage? And if not that, does anyone know if HTC will repair a water-damaged phone?

Oh and first post here, hi.

This is for my brother's phone, you can catch me at the XDA Dream forums.

Jayzion · #5 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by I am M3

Hi there! I have the same problem, slightly worse. I have a Sprint Diamond, unlocked. Has SPL-0.57CMONEX. Device also has water damage. USB port works for charging but no data transfer/ActiveSync. I managed to set up a bluetooth ActiveSync connection and using WMDC on Vista.
Basically, I can only flash a ROM via internal storage, via bluetooth.

After flashing Calkulin's 6.5, having it successfully boot once, I'm now stuck on the HTC screen. I can enter bootloader/perform a hard reset/etc. It just won't boot. I don't have any other ROM files on my internal storage other than the one I flashed. Is there any possible way to put another ROM on the internal storage? And if not that, does anyone know if HTC will repair a water-damaged phone?

Oh and first post here, hi.

This is for my brother's phone, you can catch me at the XDA Dream forums.

Inside the phone there is a piece of litmus paper. it changes color when it gets wet. this voids any replacement of the phone.

what I did to get around this...

My 10 year old daughter dropped her HTC Touch in the toilet... don't ask.

I opened the phone and removed the paper, then i "simulated" damage that made the phone appear to have been run over by a bus...

including a cracked screen and skid marks from a parking lot.

picture a grown man ice skating on a phone in a parking lot.

anyway $100 later they replaced the phone with a rebuilt touch as per our insurance agreement. they never asked about possible water damage.

Be careful if you attempt to do this in the near future as I have just read in a post that someone damaged their Diamond and it was replaced with a Touch. The insurance company felt this was an acceptable and equal replacement...