Please help! Corrupted bootloader?

[Guest paul.maddox]

Hi,

I hope someone here can help me! I was trying to upgrade the recovery image and radio on my UK Orange HTC Hero but something has gone horribly wrong.

The phone no longer boots any further than the "HERO" logo splash screen. I've tried leaving it for 10mins+ but no change.

I can't get to the recovery menu

If I have the USB cable plugged in and hold down HOME while putting in the battery in, it shows "FASTBOOT USB" in red at the top left

I've tried using fastboot to flash/update/updateall/boot various signed images but all return "Remote: not allow"

I've tried various RUU recoveries which all seem to work up until the phone tries to reboot into bootloader mode and then just hang with "Waiting for bootloader"

Is it bricked? :-(

Thanks,

Paul

[Guest paul.maddox]

Some more info...

Using fastboot getvar I've got the following version numbers:

Bootloader: 1.76.0007

Baseband: 6.35.09.26

Main: 2.73.61.5

cid: ORANG00§♠Å

[Guest]

Some more info...

Using fastboot getvar I've got the following version numbers:

Bootloader: 1.76.0007

Baseband: 6.35.09.26

Main: 2.73.61.5

cid: ORANG00§♠Å

Try using the RUU to update the phone to Orange's stock ROM, if this fails then you may be able to get a repair from Orange.

Of course if it works you'll have to root etc again.