Cant flash any ROM to phone...

tasteItheIvalue · #1 (**permalink**) 12-30-2008, 03:08 AM

using vzw htc touch pro.
I unlocked the phone, and flashed the 12/28/08 VZ NAV 2.2 IIIbored GPS ROM. Everything was fine, but I needed to flash back to original.

So I got "RUU_Raphael_C_VZW_WWE_1.03.605.4_Opera2392_RS_615 021_VZW_1.03.03V_1.46_51064_Ship"
and flashed that in, then relocked using VZW CDMA Re-locker. Phone says 'Verizon please wait, phone turning on' but never turns on. So I tried to unlock the phone again and things got all screwed up.

Im at a point now where the bootloader says 35.0000 (which means its not unlocked) but I cant flash anything. I've tried flashing from USB in bootloader mode and flashing from microSD card - nothing works.

Flashing from USB wont go past 0%
Flashing from microSD wont pass 'Loading...'

Any ideas?

rjayorate · #2 (**permalink**) 12-30-2008, 06:00 AM

same thing happened to me, with my telus phone.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=50895

pretty much gave up.

tasteItheIvalue · #3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 01:34 PM

I got it to work after a few hours of fooling around. I switched to my laptop and got it to flash over to the stock ROM. Now im trying to unlock it to flash the new VZNAV 3 ROM and cant get it to unlock! I'll run the RUU but gives me a connection error. So I switched to bootloader mode and tried to flash it that way; I get to 0% and it errors out, telling me I have to unplug/remove battery/plug in and try again. So now im stuck with stock rom and 35.0000 @ bootloader screen.

Any ideas on how to get my phone unlocked again? and an idea why a few of us are running into these problems?

**scrosler** · #4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tasteItheIvalue

I got it to work after a few hours of fooling around. I switched to my laptop and got it to flash over to the stock ROM. Now im trying to unlock it to flash the new VZNAV 3 ROM and cant get it to unlock! I'll run the RUU but gives me a connection error. So I switched to bootloader mode and tried to flash it that way; I get to 0% and it errors out, telling me I have to unplug/remove battery/plug in and try again. So now im stuck with stock rom and 35.0000 @ bootloader screen.

Any ideas on how to get my phone unlocked again? and an idea why a few of us are running into these problems?

I need to know why you locked to begin with. THat will help me understand what you did to it. You don tneed to relock to go from one rom to another. Just want to make sur eyou know that.

Its hard to brick this baby so dont stress! Trust me I tried my *** off to brick it! Yes I can do it but I dont think you will without trying as hard as I did.

Your in bootloader and you are locked. Search for exit bootloader. Maybe even KILL this thread and move over to the bootloader thread. Last resort, Flash stock ROM again.

The one percent thing can also be because of loose cabling. Happens to me everytime I touch my damn phone after trying to make my own "video out" cable. I hosed one of the pins and it got pushed in forcibly to the USB port on the phone. It still works but everytime I touch the phone while connected to USB it disconnected and reconnects. I have this one cable that is shorting out so it thinks it s a headset when I try to connect USB! Hahahaha

tasteItheIvalue · #5 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 02:21 PM

I bought the phone from verizon, brought it home & unlocked it. I then flashed scotts VZNAV 2.0 bored gps fix ROM. This rom had issues with You Tube and a few other programs, re-installing from a .cab wouldn't fix it so I decided to go back to stock. I read a few threads and 'thought' that you needed to re-lock the device once you flash back to the stock ROM. (I guess I was wrong...)

So, where I stand now is:
Stock ROM
when I enter bootloader mode I see: 35.0000

I would like to flash the VZNAV3 ROM from Scott, but cant get the phone to unlock.

SD Card flashing doesnt work, nor does flashing from RUU.

I can activesync things fine & I can transfer files through USB with no problem. Can't see why flashing doesn't work...

* when I flash through RUU with phone in normal operational mode, I just get an error right away - the phone never goes into bootloader mode.
* when I manually enter bootloader mode, the phone gets to 0% and stays there for a minute before erroring out.

Brandon.Rush · #6 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 06:18 PM

are you certain the phone is unlocked cause I ran into this issue a ton of times and didn't realize it was locked

Brandon.Rush · #7 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 06:19 PM

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42503

**scrosler** · #8 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon.Rush

are you certain the phone is unlocked cause I ran into this issue a ton of times and didn't realize it was locked

He understands its locked now.....

**scrosler** · #9 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 07:41 PM

HEre is what I would do....

Flash stock ROM in the Stock ROM links Thread. This will certainly get you out of boot loader. After this finishes you can then unlock again and then reflash.

Dont worry about syncing with active sync. Not needed if you are already in bootloader. The only reason you have to sync with A/S is so you can put it in booloader mode. Well your laready there.

Other than that, search for "exit bootloader"

I will get you the stock ROM link....

tasteItheIvalue · #10 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by scrosler

HEre is what I would do....

Flash stock ROM in the Stock ROM links Thread. This will certainly get you out of boot loader. After this finishes you can then unlock again and then reflash.

Dont worry about syncing with active sync. Not needed if you are already in bootloader. The only reason you have to sync with A/S is so you can put it in booloader mode. Well your laready there.

Other than that, search for "exit bootloader"

I will get you the stock ROM link....

I am using stock ROM.

I used your vznav 2 ROM, then went back to stock ROM, then re-locked the phone, now I cant unlock the phone to flash the vznav3 rom.