Have I bricked my Desire S? [SOLVED]

I believe I may have bricked my Desire S also.


I rooted my Desire S through the official HTC method. (I have since relocked)

I then attempted to flash a custom ROM.

The custom ROM (Reaper 2.2) got stuck in (what I believe to be a boot loop) so I attempted to revert to the backup I made - that failed.

I did manage to get CyanogenMod 7 working but with missing functionality

Now I could not get beyond the white HTC screen (or the Black screen with the circle/number pattern on Reaper)

My desire S originally was on Vodafone (Ireland)

Whem I try to load the error is:

SD Checking
Loading...[PG88DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PG88DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loding...[PG88IMG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PG88IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!

My phone was on 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0


Other details I obtained:

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.00.0002
(bootloader) version-baseband: 3822.10.08.04_M
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 2.10.161.3
(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) product: saga
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7230
(bootloader) modelid: PG8810000
(bootloader) cidnum: VODAP001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4195mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: ebd3df7d
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I have spent hours upon hours trawling through forums, posts and guides but nothing has worked.

I have tried RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_20.28b.30.080 5U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed.exe and got error [170]:device not detected and I have tried from the command line via fastboot....

I really need help here please.

OR is my Desire S totally bricked beyond repair

Thanks for the reply's guys.

I managed to get the RUU working this evening but the phone was still ***unlocked***... I got some error (didn't make note of it)

I will re-read both posts when I am not so tired and try the suggestions

Thanks again

(I will post my results)

Ok, now I think I really have messed it up

I tried to flash RUU to the phone and now I cant get recovery to mount the sd card.

Can anyone suggest which RUU I should be using as the RUU app told me I was using the wrong image

I am totally at my wits end....I cannot even go back to the CyanogenMod rom

I am so sorry, I did try to flash the boot.img but it didn't seem to work....

Am I right in my understanding: go to the .zip file >> open in win zip>> extract boot.img to the adb folder >> fastboot flash boot.img?

Thank you both for the reply's.

I will try this when I sober up in the morning

Now that I am sober I want to thank eyahl, nenad_l and ben_pyett for your input.

I managed to get the rom working last night (drunk and all as I was )

I am now running a MIUI rom

Baseband version: 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M

I need to ask a couple more questions if I may?

The interface is not what I am used to and don't particularly like it. It reminds me of the UI I had on my old Galaxy I9000. Is this as a result of my kernel version?

Kernel version: 2.6.35.14-cyanogenmod+nexx@android-dev#1 Thur Oct 6 14:48:57 BST 2011

My understanding of what I have done by flashing the boot.img is that my kernel is that of the rom from where the boot.img was taken and the MIUI rom sits atop - is this correct?

So if I extract a boot.img from a different rom and then flash I will have a different kernel version and subsequently return my UI to (SENSE) that I'm more familiar to?

Sorry for the n00b questions but I am only learning about this at the moment

Thanks guys

Thanks Ben.

I will look for the 'Endy' rom you suggested.

Ok, so I dl the zip, extract the boot.img, write it from cmd and then flash the rom like normal?

I find it very frustrating to find roms.....almost every time I select a rom to dl I'm redirected to a bad link or to a referral to another referral etc....

If anyone has a source for roms please post it!

Thanks eyahl

I have dl Endy and will try it now.

I'll have a look where you suggested

Thanks

Just want to thank everyone for helping me resolve my issue.

I now have an Endy rom sunning stable for the most part.

Can this thread be marked resolved?

Thanks again

Is there a 'button' or a tool that I can use to mark as solved or does it have to be done by a mod...

or can I just do this:


SOLVED!!!