another knackered pulse

[Guest shran]

hi folks,

i'm looking for some help with this, hoping someone can get me out of this hole i've ended up in ?

I'm living in ireland so returning to tmo isn't an option as i bought my pulse on ebay and they don't have ANY stores in n/ireland

i've been using my pulse for months, its been working great and i've been able to use all the different roms that are here

i took the hung. update and have flashed since then with no problems

after my last rom update (it was a fibblesan one but i don't think thats important) my pulse has refused to start

when i power it on (as i think that battery is dead) one of two things happen:

1-the tmob logo come up and after a min or so reboots again and i can;t get it off this scrren to recovery mode or into amon ra

2-the buttons on the bottom flash until the tmob logo come on and then it behaves as per the line above

i've tried to power with and without the battery via USB and mains power, but nothing i can do seems to get me started. i tried Fastboot Mode, Recovery Mode & Software Update startups with no sucess

i've trawled through the forums but can't seem to find anything about getting going again

up to know i've never had any problems with the device

i've tried starting with and without both sim and mem cards, i've also changed my mem card to a completely different one but to no avail

i do have afew nandroid backups from previous updates if that can help

if it can't be repaired i'll donate it to anyone who needs parts as apart from this it works great

can anyone help me ?

thanks

shran, dublin

[Guest Speckles]

If you can see the T-Mobile logo, then your phone is not bricked and is recoverable.

Have you tried putting the official 2.1 update in the 'dload' folder on your sd card and booting into update mode?

Press and hold End Call (Red) and Volume Up whilst pressing the Power button.

[Guest shran]

hello all again,

i'm getting a bit further now

i can flash with orig updates using the key combination to read the file son my flash card but it still won;t boot

when i try to gert into recovery mode to install amon ra or clock works though i get the following message on the blue screen:

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: jun 30 2010, 23:25:17

MSM Id: 16

MSM Version: 2.0

Modem build id: 76xxc-6383-SDCBALYM

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

ptn 0 name='boot' start=304 len=20

ptn 1 name='system' start=324 len=800

ptn 2 name='userdata' start=1124 len=722

ptn 3 name='cache' start=1846 len160

ptn 4 name='recovery' start=2006 len=38

ptn 5 name=misc' start=2044 len=4

i can't get either of the two programs to install past this message and none of the orig images i've downlaoded will boot

is my pulse dead ?

thanks for any assistance with this

[Guest whackster]

Make sure you have the correct drivers installed, while in fastboot, and usb connected go to device manager and check if there are some drivers missing. I'm guessing that you are on a windows machine, still I think it should be the same on linux too.

[Guest johninho]

hello all again,

i'm getting a bit further now

i can flash with orig updates using the key combination to read the file son my flash card but it still won;t boot

when i try to gert into recovery mode to install amon ra or clock works though i get the following message on the blue screen:

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: jun 30 2010, 23:25:17

MSM Id: 16

MSM Version: 2.0

Modem build id: 76xxc-6383-SDCBALYM

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

ptn 0 name='boot' start=304 len=20

ptn 1 name='system' start=324 len=800

ptn 2 name='userdata' start=1124 len=722

ptn 3 name='cache' start=1846 len160

ptn 4 name='recovery' start=2006 len=38

ptn 5 name=misc' start=2044 len=4

i can't get either of the two programs to install past this message and none of the orig images i've downlaoded will boot

is my pulse dead ?

thanks for any assistance with this

Give this a try. p.s. I stand to be corrected as I'm fairly new to this myself.

When you are on the blue screen with the above message.

[1]Plug in USB.

[2]Run "install-recovery-windows.bat" in "1.5.2-pulse-amonrarecovery folder on your PC (You won't see anything on Pulse screen but a black terminal window should quickly flash up on your PC. This will have installed the recovery drivers on your Pulse.)

[3]Unplug USB and remove and re-insert battery

[4]Reboot into AmonRA (red/menu/power keys)

[5]Wipe Data. Clear Dalvik cache

[6]Enable USB Toggle

[7]Copy "dload" folder to SD Card (after deleting old "dload" folder). Toggle USB off.

[8]Battery out and back in

[9]Vol up/red/power key to unpack/install rom

I'm no expert but this is what I did when my phone was hanging at the same stage as yours. Instead of stage 7,8 and 9, you could try doing "Nand Recovery" instead at that point.

Edited August 16, 2010 by johninho

[Guest DanWilson]

Make sure you have the correct drivers installed, while in fastboot, and usb connected go to device manager and check if there are some drivers missing. I'm guessing that you are on a windows machine, still I think it should be the same on linux too.

(Off topic-ish) Linux is fine for me (10.04 LTS), fastboot and adb worked without messing around (used the versions from the Superboot .zip)

Either way, this sounds quite like what happened to me, it would hang on the T-Mobile screen when I tried to boot into recovery mode, when I didn't try to boot into recovery, the phone would boot (with no touchscreen) so I had no SD mount (to try another 2.1 update). Fastboot would flash the images, but wouldn't boot them.

My problem is different from yours, but did you have any problems before this? Like no touchscreen, no 3G, no SD card, no NAND (couldn't install apps)? Maybe this is like a kinda combo - if one part fails, the phone goes on strike?

[Guest shran]

danwilson, johninho, whackster,

thanks for the quick replies

i am using a windows pc to install the amon ra. i've used th epc before with no problems

possible the newer android update has affected the recovery process as i'm fairly sure that when i used recovery mode before it didn't get the extra text as per my previous post that appears after serial number

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: jun 30 2010, 23:25:17

MSM Id: 16

MSM Version: 2.0

Modem build id: 76xxc-6383-SDCBALYM

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

ptn 0 name='boot' start=304 len=20

ptn 1 name='system' start=324 len=800

ptn 2 name='userdata' start=1124 len=722

ptn 3 name='cache' start=1846 len160

ptn 4 name='recovery' start=2006 len=38

ptn 5 name=misc' start=2044 len=4

when the phone sits in the blue screen recovery mode and i connect it to usb, i run the install bat file for either amon ra or clockworks but it doesn;t install

also, from the text in recovery mode my serial number is unknown

i never noticed if this happened before as i never had a problem with it

can someone please boot their pulse into recovery mode (red & vol down + power) and let me know what text they get ?

its really frustrating as i can get so far but no further!

[Guest DanWilson]

danwilson, johninho, whackster,

thanks for the quick replies

i am using a windows pc to install the amon ra. i've used th epc before with no problems

possible the newer android update has affected the recovery process as i'm fairly sure that when i used recovery mode before it didn't get the extra text as per my previous post that appears after serial number

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: jun 30 2010, 23:25:17

MSM Id: 16

MSM Version: 2.0

Modem build id: 76xxc-6383-SDCBALYM

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

ptn 0 name='boot' start=304 len=20

ptn 1 name='system' start=324 len=800

ptn 2 name='userdata' start=1124 len=722

ptn 3 name='cache' start=1846 len160

ptn 4 name='recovery' start=2006 len=38

ptn 5 name=misc' start=2044 len=4

when the phone sits in the blue screen recovery mode and i connect it to usb, i run the install bat file for either amon ra or clockworks but it doesn;t install

also, from the text in recovery mode my serial number is unknown

i never noticed if this happened before as i never had a problem with it

can someone please boot their pulse into recovery mode (red & vol down + power) and let me know what text they get ?

its really frustrating as i can get so far but no further!

You get no text in recovery mode...

The last thing that I can suggest (I'm no pro) is this.

Open up a Command Prompt. (Start, Run "cmd")

Go to the folder with the recovery image in it.

*drag the fastboot-windows file into the command prompt, and type (dont press enter yet)* boot *hit space and drag the AMON-RA .img here now. Hit enter*

If you have the AMON-RA folder in C:\ (and have the recovery image named RECOVERY.img)

cd C:\AMON-RA

fastboot-windows boot RECOVERY.img[/codebox]

If it says "BOOTING" and never changes, I can't help you anymore... :D

[Guest johninho]

danwilson, johninho, whackster,

thanks for the quick replies

i am using a windows pc to install the amon ra. i've used th epc before with no problems

possible the newer android update has affected the recovery process as i'm fairly sure that when i used recovery mode before it didn't get the extra text as per my previous post that appears after serial number

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: jun 30 2010, 23:25:17

MSM Id: 16

MSM Version: 2.0

Modem build id: 76xxc-6383-SDCBALYM

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

ptn 0 name='boot' start=304 len=20

ptn 1 name='system' start=324 len=800

ptn 2 name='userdata' start=1124 len=722

ptn 3 name='cache' start=1846 len160

ptn 4 name='recovery' start=2006 len=38

ptn 5 name=misc' start=2044 len=4

when the phone sits in the blue screen recovery mode and i connect it to usb, i run the install bat file for either amon ra or clockworks but it doesn;t install

also, from the text in recovery mode my serial number is unknown

i never noticed if this happened before as i never had a problem with it

can someone please boot their pulse into recovery mode (red & vol down + power) and let me know what text they get ?

its really frustrating as i can get so far but no further!

Sorry Shran, my Pulse is in for Repair.

Same problem as you when I was trying to flash UK 2.1.

Did manage to get Dec update back on it (using method as per earlier post) but consensus of opinion

is it was a hardware fault. I'm sure I had same display. Remember the ptn 4, ptn 5 etc bit.

When I ran the Install bat, nothing showed on Pulse screen, i.e. it appeared to not have done anything, however on booting

with Red/Menu/Power (after install bat process) Amonra started. This then allowed me to wipe and put Dec update Dload folder

back on

[Guest shran]

You get no text in recovery mode...

The last thing that I can suggest (I'm no pro) is this.

Open up a Command Prompt. (Start, Run "cmd")

Go to the folder with the recovery image in it.

*drag the fastboot-windows file into the command prompt, and type (dont press enter yet)* boot *hit space and drag the AMON-RA .img here now. Hit enter*

If you have the AMON-RA folder in C:\ (and have the recovery image named RECOVERY.img)

cd C:\AMON-RA

fastboot-windows boot RECOVERY.img

If it says "BOOTING" and never changes, I can't help you anymore... :D

hia danwilson,

thanks for your info

when i put my puls einto recovery mode and get the additional text on the screen i connect it to my pc and run the install file

the dos screen opens and it says its trying to copy the img file to the pulse but it stops at 'waiting for device' like it can't see or can't connect to the pulse

after a minute or so the pulse resets and the t-mobile logo boot loop starts

from previously using the amon ra installer i know it should start copying the file and give me a sucess message

the only other thing to mention is that when i connect the pulse in recovery mode, in my windows device manager i get a new unknown device labelled 'android 1.0' as i;ve never had a problem up to now installing the amon ra i don't know if this was happening before or its part of my problem

i've tried to download a few of the android usb drivers from the web but none of them seem to work

once the pulse reboots, this device disappears even though its still connected to the pc via the usb cable

i cheked online with t-mob yesterday but as i'm living in ireland i don;t have a t-mob store to return the phone to and as i bought it on e-bay i don;t have the orig reciept or date or purchase

i'm going to try and call them today but from all the posts i've read about them here i'm not expecting much help

if anyone has any more ideas or suggestions or you can give me th einfo from your pulse in recovery mode i can compare it to mine and see where i'm stuck

cheers

Shran

[Guest BigBearMDC]

hia danwilson,

thanks for your info

when i put my puls einto recovery mode and get the additional text on the screen i connect it to my pc and run the install file

the dos screen opens and it says its trying to copy the img file to the pulse but it stops at 'waiting for device' like it can't see or can't connect to the pulse

after a minute or so the pulse resets and the t-mobile logo boot loop starts

from previously using the amon ra installer i know it should start copying the file and give me a sucess message

the only other thing to mention is that when i connect the pulse in recovery mode, in my windows device manager i get a new unknown device labelled 'android 1.0' as i;ve never had a problem up to now installing the amon ra i don't know if this was happening before or its part of my problem

i've tried to download a few of the android usb drivers from the web but none of them seem to work

once the pulse reboots, this device disappears even though its still connected to the pc via the usb cable

i cheked online with t-mob yesterday but as i'm living in ireland i don;t have a t-mob store to return the phone to and as i bought it on e-bay i don;t have the orig reciept or date or purchase

i'm going to try and call them today but from all the posts i've read about them here i'm not expecting much help

if anyone has any more ideas or suggestions or you can give me th einfo from your pulse in recovery mode i can compare it to mine and see where i'm stuck

cheers

Shran

You don't have the right drivers installed. The drivers you have are for Android 1.5, but you'd have to install the drivers for Android 2.1. One thing to say, uninstalling the old drivers is really a mess! To make things easier, download a Ubuntu LiveCD and boot it, and install the recovery image through Linux. On a sidenote, what you mean with 'recovery mode' is actually the 'fastboot mode'. That's why it says 'fastboot' and not 'recovery' :D You're trying to install the recovery image through fastboot. Another note: you won't see anything on your phone's display even if the recovery image is successfully installed; that's normal with Android 2.1.

Best regards,

BB

[Guest shran]

You don't have the right drivers installed. The drivers you have are for Android 1.5, but you'd have to install the drivers for Android 2.1. One thing to say, uninstalling the old drivers is really a mess! To make things easier, download a Ubuntu LiveCD and boot it, and install the recovery image through Linux. On a sidenote, what you mean with 'recovery mode' is actually the 'fastboot mode'. That's why it says 'fastboot' and not 'recovery' :D You're trying to install the recovery image through fastboot. Another note: you won't see anything on your phone's display even if the recovery image is successfully installed; that's normal with Android 2.1.

Best regards,

BB

hi there big bear,

good to talk to you, i've been following your posts for ages now!

thanks for the info

i must apologise for my misuse of the different boot modes on my pulse, when i said recovery mode, i actually meant bootloader mode )(red + vol down, pwr)

when in this mode i get the info screen i posted above

i can't get amon ra to clockworks onto my device

it either reboots or else the isntall screen on the pc says <waiting for device>

i followed your advise and used ubuntu to try it but i had the same problem, <waiting for device>

if i use recovery mode (red + vol up, pwr) it reads my image from the sd card and flashes it but it will still not boot

would it be possible to get amon ra or clockworks to install in this way ?

otherwise, i don't think i can get my ulse to work again

have you any other ides i can use to get it working ?

thanks for your help and i'm delighted to talk with you

shran

[Guest BigBearMDC]

hi there big bear,

good to talk to you, i've been following your posts for ages now!

thanks for the info

i must apologise for my misuse of the different boot modes on my pulse, when i said recovery mode, i actually meant bootloader mode )(red + vol down, pwr)

when in this mode i get the info screen i posted above

i can't get amon ra to clockworks onto my device

it either reboots or else the isntall screen on the pc says <waiting for device>

i followed your advise and used ubuntu to try it but i had the same problem, <waiting for device>

if i use recovery mode (red + vol up, pwr) it reads my image from the sd card and flashes it but it will still not boot

would it be possible to get amon ra or clockworks to install in this way ?

otherwise, i don't think i can get my ulse to work again

have you any other ides i can use to get it working ?

thanks for your help and i'm delighted to talk with you

shran

It will work with Ubuntu, you just have to run the install command as root:

cd /amon-ra-dir

su ./install-recovery-linux[/code]


You're using the wrong key combination. Pwr + red key + vol up flashes a dload update that is stored on your SD card. Lets say this is equal to a factory reset (it isn't, but it makes ir easier to explain :D ). To boot into the recovery mode you have to press pwr + menu + red key. It will work then and you'll be able to install any custom ROM you want :D


Best regards,

BB

[Guest shran]

It will work with Ubuntu, you just have to run the install command as root:

cd /amon-ra-dir

su ./install-recovery-linux

You're using the wrong key combination. Pwr + red key + vol up flashes a dload update that is stored on your SD card. Lets say this is equal to a factory reset (it isn't, but it makes ir easier to explain :D ). To boot into the recovery mode you have to press pwr + menu + red key. It will work then and you'll be able to install any custom ROM you want :D

Best regards,

BB

hey bear,

i think we're both getting confused now

the recovery mode ( pwr, red, menu) works only AFTER installing amon ra through boot loader mode (red, vol down, pwr)

i can't get the amon ra to install using either windows or ubuntu

i did manage to use (pwr, red, vol up) to flash the dec update

since then, when i go to boot loader mode, this is the text i get

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: Nov 26 2009, 11:05:05

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

it still won't boot with the dec update installed though ;)

is there a way to install amon ra by putting in on my sd card and flashing that way ?

the end is in sight!!!

Edited August 20, 2010 by shran

[Guest Fusion0306]

hey bear,

i think we're both getting confused now

the recovery mode ( pwr, red, menu) works only AFTER installing amon ra through boot loader mode (red, vol down, pwr)

i can't get the amon ra to install using either windows or ubuntu

i did manage to use (pwr, red, vol up) to flash the dec update

since then, when i go to boot loader mode, this is the text i get

usb fastboot v0.5

machine id: 1007000 v0

build date: Nov 26 2009, 11:05:05

Serial Number: UNKNOWN

it still won't boot with the dec update installed though :D

is there a way to install amon ra by putting in on my sd card and flashing that way ?

the end is in sight!!!

Try to apply the december update again. Were you on 2.1 and then going back to 1.5? If so, did you use the time machine?

[Guest shran]

Try to apply the december update again. Were you on 2.1 and then going back to 1.5? If so, did you use the time machine?

Hi there fusion0306,

thanks for the input

i didn't use time machine as my pulse won't boot and i can't get amon ra or clockworks to install via boot loader

i tried the dec update to see if anything would install onto the phone

the sd images all seem to load ok but it still won't boot

if i can install any of the recovery programs on the pulse i can try to go back to the FLB roms but until then i stuck

i haven't used time machine before but i do have a few nandroid backups i can revert to if i can get into amon ra

its a bit of a vicious circle i'm stuck in

hoping that my pulse isn't corrupt :D

[Guest shran]

hello all,

this is my last hope

does anyone know of ANY way to flash my pulse with HUAWEI tools to the orig shipping rom (1.5/1.6) ?

i can't get it to start up in any way so i can use standard recovery tools

any attempt to install amon ra or clockworks appears to work but it will not allow me to boot into either of these apps

it must have corrupted while i was installing one of the 3rd party roms and i can't get it going

i'm living in dublin so i can;t get it to a T-M store, its also out of warr so i'm goosed

i'l love to get it working again otherwise i'm done with the pulse for good :-(

can someone adivsie or point me in the direction of a HUAWEI master tool ?

thanks for everything folks

shran