Hermes won't power up after flash ROM

[xenonsky]

I was following the instruction here on how to backup and re-flash your own Hermes ROM:

http://www.modaco.com/content-page/255090/pauls-guide-to-backing-up-rebuilding-and-restoring-your-htc-hermes-rom/page/20/#entry894621

After I completed the last steps 9 of running RUUWrapper.exe, the screen told me that my ROM upgrade have completed successfully. then I looked at my Hermes and the screen is black and and it seems to be powered off.
After exited RUUWrapper.exe my PC Activesync icon is gray.

So I tried to soft reset and also hard reset, nothing happends.
I took battery out overnight and put back in and hit power and still won't turn on.
I plug USB cable in and the charge indicator amber light doesn't come on, if I have the battery out while USB cable plugged in, the charge LED will become red, but as soon as I put the battery back in the red LED goes away and doesn't turn amber color (the normal charging LED)

I've read both of the following:

"dead hermes? corrupted radio? Post comments here"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369434

Common Upgrading Problems in HTC Hermes
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_UpgradeProblems#problem6

any suggestions please??

Will doing the KITL+PB to try to boot OS will help? http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
But my Hermes won't even turn on now?

[ultramag69]

First thing I'd try (if you know someone with a hermes like yours) would be to swap batteries and see if theirs wont turn on with your battery and if your hermes will with his battery. Or you could go to a phone shop and see if they have a spare battery lying aroud to try (with the added promise of a potential sale if it works). Hope you can fix it though... Cheers...:D

[xenonsky]

Actually I just swap battery with my friend's working Hermes and his can turn on with my battery, and mine still won't turn on with his battery.

Seems there's very little I can do if my Hemes won't even turn on or response with USB cable plugged in.

Any other suggestion? I'm getting pretty desperate.

[ultramag69]

sounds like a hardware problem. if its under warranty, take back. If not, and you really wanna get fixed, you might have to pay. Check pricing first though as you may decide to upgrade instead.

[paloma728]

i hav exactly the same problem. herme 300 t-mobile bootloader 1.11 (ipl 1.01) i never managed to flash it ether with sd card or from my pc (winxp). i recieved different errors: invalid vendor, not allowed... help plz
sorry form the poor english

[ultramag69]

paloma728, you need to sim/cid unlock your phone, HERE : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293665
THEN you need to Hard SPL your phone... HERE : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
But 1st you need to do some reading through those threads I just gave you. Also look for mrVanxs upgrading guide. You wouldn't have got in trouble if you had've first done some research....

Hope this helps you out of your mess... Cheers..

[paloma728]

ultramag69. with all respect, how can i cid or sim unlock it. my herm stk in bootloader 3color screen. sometimes turns on but the screen remains black (displays nothing) by the way this was the result of wrong flashing (idont know how bkz i gave i to a friend to do the job 4 me!! . may u help me out of this. actually i did alot of reading but couldnt find any solution to my device.
thx 4 ur concrn

[ultramag69]

1st thing I'd try to do is to Hard SPL the phone. That was on page 116 of the "Hard SPL or how not to brick your hermes" thread I directed you to. It shows how to do using sd card. Then try to reflash with stock rom. This should get you back to where you started. Use the sd card method as I don't think you'll be able to use the pc. I don't know if this will work as it sounds like your friend also didn't Hard SPL your phone.:(
You REALLY shouldn't let anyone play around with such an expensive toy without proof that they know what they are doing (for example, own one themselves and have flashed their own MULTIPLE times with no problems) ... You might have a very expensive paperweight, and a bit more wisdom about letting others do what you should have learnt to do yourself.

All the best and I hope you get it working... Cheers...

[paloma728]

i tried the solution u gave but didnt work too. the solution works with unbricked devices i gues (able to copy and excute files from it) but for me i tried to boot only the"HERMIMG.nbh" from the sd card (4 color screen or just black screen) & wich shows the following error code:00068002
thx for ur help.

[ultramag69]

paloma728, try flashing a stock rom. yu can do this by the sd card method too. I REALLY don't know if this will work but at this point it can't hurt. Nothing to loose and everything to gain... As it is the "right" update it MAY pass the CID check. Hope all goes well... Cheers.. :)

[sphynx88]

your battery topped off while being plugged is my best guess. i dont think it's with the flashing of the rom at all

[paloma728]

im new to this stf. (stock room)?. is it the exacly the method of copying the "RUU_signed.nbh" file to sd card and rename it to "HERMIMG.nbh" ?
if this is what u meant by stk rm then im not lucky again. i tried it b4 with many different rooms & always get errors
plz may u explain? thx for ur help & concern

[paloma728]

today i downloaded an original room from t-mobile NL then tried the sd method & i recieved a new error code:"00028002 not allowed".
what does it mean plz?

[ultramag69]

You may have to take back to your supplier and see if they can fix under warranty if that didn't work. Don't hold your breath though...:(

[paloma728]

unfortunatly there's no splr in here (morocco). thx alot mate

[juvenile]

try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369434&page=39
maybe u can revive the herm