N1 won't accept any ROM imgs

[Sick Nasty]

So a buddy sent me his N1 that had been stuck in a boot loop. I asked him to give me the details of what the phone had been through. Of course he didn't know squat! I assume it's a European version (he's in the Philippines).

When I got the N1 it didn't boot to recovery but it did boot to bootloader. I was finally able to flash Aman_RA recovery thru adb. Now I can boot into recovery. I've tried flashing 3 different roms (all MD5 checks pass) but the N1 one shoots out different errors for each ROM. For ex. Missing wallpaper/desire.jpg or some other weird error.

I've been searching for 2 weeks. When I enter bootloader mode and hboot, the device looks for a PASSDIAG.zip. I dl a stock image from the developer.htc site and renamed it to PASSDIAG.zip. If finds it but then gives error about missing PASSDIAG.nbh or image not being the right one.

If I use adb to wipe the cache (in bootloader mode) it works fine, but when I try to wipe userdata I get the "FAILED" to wipe error. Fastboot windows-devices gives me HTCxxxxxxxx so i know it communicates. And i was able to flash recovery twice. No problems .

EDIT: IF YOU NOTICE IN THE SECOND IMAGE THE BLUE STATUS BAR SHOWS UP AND GOES TO THE TOP AS IF IT ACTUALLY WAS DOING SOMETHING

I tried to flash an image using fastboot and adb (flash userdata userdata.img ) but it just hangs for ever.

I just can't flash an Os on this thing. Trully, bricked me thinks?

How do I know what original build should be on it? As I read to flash an original recovery. I can only get the Aman_RA to flash.

Someone mentioned to get ahold of the stock build for EPF30. How in the world do they know that. I sure as hell can't find it...lol. Everything in google search points me to everything but that build.

Thanks in advanced.

 

[Jack_R1]

Go to Wiki, link in my signature.
Install Amon_Ra's latest recovery.
Go to Stock ROM section and download the only Eclair ROM it has there, the first one.
Go to Guides, look at "unroot/restore", PASSIMG.ZIP method. Execute.

If it doesn't flash the PASSIMG - post the error it gives.
If it does and you're on Eclair - congratulations, work your way from there.

 

[Sick Nasty]

I see 26 images. I assume this one is it "Passion-EPE54B.zip"? Seeing as the first one is ATT. Thank you for pointing me to this wiki. Can't wait to try it.

 

[SiNJiN76]

Did you try selecting clear storage?

 

[Sick Nasty]

@ SiN Well, it's weird. In recovery I can wipe storage, cache and dalvic cache. I wiped everything that could be wiped. And still got errors on any rom I tried.

So in fastboot adb I tried

fastboot erase userdata

and I get an error FAILED. But when I do

fastboot erase cache

it says OK!

I'm gonna try what Jack suggest right now....I will post update in a few hours? LOL, I'm @ work and will try to get this to work from these PCs

 

[Rusty!]

The passimg you used, it wasn't a zip within a zip was it? That can cause the blue bar thing.

 

[Sick Nasty]

So the .zip I used was the second from the top in the stock rom wiki. I think EPF45, and I get an error. I renamed it to PASSIMG.zip (made sure its not a zip of a zip) and got the red status bar. One error...."cannot unzzip .zip" see picture. Now I get static x screen that turns to pixelated dust. LOL...almost there. I guess its a rom region thing?

Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App(CM6)

 

[Jack_R1]

Try:

fastboot erase system

Repeat several times.
Looks like your system partition fails when attempting write. Might be a failed partition, might be something recoverable.
Then try to apply PASSIMG again.

 

[Sick Nasty]

fastboot erase system

erasing 'system'.... FAILED <remote: not allowed>

Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App


EDIT: I tired

fastboot oem unlock

and it says

device already UNLOCKED!

Haha, man this fool really did a number on it. He said he installed pinochle from the market and then it stopped booting. IDK

 

[turbocip]

Hello ,
i cannot start my phone (nexus one) .
i search more time on the forum but i dont understand perfectly.
in recovery mode appear "tricolore" screen ... is wrong ? if i put phone in usb computer nothing happened. (no usb device found)
where is my solution for can use my nexus one ?
system is android 2....
thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english /
if someone can explain me step by step i will appreciated.

 

[danger-rat]

Can you explain tricolor screen?

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[turbocip]

some like that: first image ... with three little androids on the skateboards botton without any words
give me your email or send to me a "hello" from my email : [email protected] because im a new member and i cant post linked to image here (privilege)

 

[danger-rat]

You mean like this?

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[turbocip]

yes ... is this that ,.,.,\when i press down volume + power
and four colour screen when phone started normally (power) and phone is freeze

 

[danger-rat]

What were you doing before the problem started?

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[turbocip]

give me your email for send to you image / here i cant post

 

[danger-rat]

Don't think I need an image...

The pic I posted is the bootloader (not recovery). Recovery looks black...

Tell me what you were doing, and we'll take it from there...

Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

 

[turbocip]

i attach images

 

[turbocip]

I can go in boot mode too ...
I have this:
-Fast boot
-Recovery
-Clear Storage
-Sim Lock

when i press fast boot i have another screen with : bootloader,reboot,reboot bootloader,power down

i press boot loader screen is freeze .

where i get wrong ?

 

[turbocip]

SD checking......
Loading [Passdiag.zip]
error image

and its freeze again