Broken my HTC Desire :(

ng93 · 26 Jul 2011 at 14:56

Right so a couple days ago I flashed Ginger Villain 2.7 onto my Desire. I've flashed loads of ROMs before with no problems, but this time something went very wrong. It flashed fine but hasn't worked properly since

So what have I done? Heres the symptoms:

- Can't access 3G networks (works fine on 2G however).
- Doesn't recognise the SD card (even though i've tested it on my computer and it works fine, I even re-formatted it as FAT32 but the phone still doesn't recognise it).
- ADB doesn't recognise that the phones connected 99% of the time, but every now and then it'll recognise it (i'm using "./adb devices" btw) but as soon as I try to do another command its lost the connection.
- Due to the ADB problems I can't get into recovery to flash a new ROM.

TIA,
ng93

Myshra · 26 Jul 2011 at 15:19

3G network access missing on a handset is caused by either having GSM only toggled (as opposed to GSM/UTMS dual mode) or sometimes having the incorrect APN settings (but it should really fail on 2G as well with this).
If a format with the internal SD card formatter fails then the ROM is to blame.
ADB issue could be a really bad USB cable/port but unlikely
It just sounds like you're missing part of the ROM image tbh or something from /system.

It's been a really really long time since I used a desire but can't you goldcard em?

Liquid_Entity · 26 Jul 2011 at 15:22

APN settings, mine did the same. It added 2 US entries and wasn't using my vodafone one.

ng93 · 26 Jul 2011 at 15:43

Can't format with the internal formatter (assuming you mean the one in the Settings app?) as the phone doesn't recognise theres a SD card in it. USB was working fine with the previous ROM (MIUI) just hours before flashing Ginger Villain so doubt its this. And yeah desires can be goldcarded but you have to have ADB working, which I haven't

Richie · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:43

Why not try installing RomManager and using this app to boot into recovery to then flash a new rom? :confused:

I flashed my phone AGGGEES ago for permanent recovery.... Forget what it was called but I just hold the volume up+power button at same time and it goes into recovery. Might be an option for future?

Also, some ROM's have the option to reboot into recovery from the power menu.

ng93 · 26 Jul 2011 at 17:21

I can get to the recovery screen with the red triangle fine, but AFAIK you need ADB to get past that screen, which for some reason won't work. Although I can press Volume^+Power and it'll go to a different recovery screen with less options than the normal one. It has an option to "Apply sdcard:update.zip" but then I just get loads of "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)" despite me having the Ginger Villain zip on the SD card renamed to update.zip.

Foyman · 26 Jul 2011 at 18:27

Sounds like it's USB bricked. I had that problem once. You tried any of this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639

ng93 · 26 Jul 2011 at 22:33

I tried the link Foyman but had to stick a htc rom on for it to work (was using ginger villain), which i thought was rooted but when I get to doing this:

Code:

cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img

it says i dont have permission. So does this mean that the new rom isn't rooted (despite coming with super user)? If so thats a problem as adb still isnt working so i can only flash roms called update.zip, which non of the custom roms are

I tried re-naming and re-signing ginger villain but that failed as it the computer wont let me open the zip. On the plus side 3G and sd card are working now

Wicksta · 27 Jul 2011 at 01:18

Update.zip should be clockworkmod - I don't think you can just apply a ROM zip from that screen. Try getting a copy of the clockworkmod update.zip from someone else with a Desire, if you get stuck I might even have it on an SD card somewhere.

ng93 · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:17

Just used ROM manager to download clockworkmod update.zip and used that to flash ginger villain (cheers Wicksta). This also let me use the commands in my previous post. But ADB still doesn't recognise that the phone is connected :confused:

Also the phone comes up with the "USB Connected - Select to copy file to/from your computer" for USB storage, but when I click "Turn on USB storage" it turns on, nothing happens for ~30 seconds (computer still doesnt recognise that phone is connected) and then turns USB storage off by itself. :confused: