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RIFF JTAG – HTC Amaze 4G (HTC Ruby) Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

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20.11.2012  RIFF JTAG – HTC Amaze 4G (HTC Ruby) Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

Repairing bricked HTC Amaze4G is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC while battery is connected.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s HBOOT version 1.90.0008. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PH8511000’.
There is option to reflash BOOT and RECOVERY zones.

To resurrect HTC Amaze4G:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC Amaze4G JTAG pads;
  •  Insert batter and connect USB Data cable;
  •  Make sure HTC Amaze4G is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use only battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.

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RIFF JTAG – HTC EVO 4G LTE (HTC Jewel) Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

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16.11.2012    RIFF JTAG – HTC EVO 4G LTE  Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

Repairing bricked HTC Jewel is easy with the RIFF Box.
Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC. Battery presence may be required.
In case you have no USB cable near, make sure battery is charged enough and hold Power On button during initiation of JTAG connection.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.15.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PJ7510000’.

To resurrect HTC Jewel:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC Jewel JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure HTC Jewel is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.

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RIFF JTAG – HTC Wildfire S CDMA (HTC Marvel C) Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair and full Support

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13.11.2012 RIFF JTAG – HTC Wildfire S CDMA (HTC Marvel C) Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair and full Support

Resurrecting HTC WildFireS CDMA is easy with RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC. Battery presence is not required; connection can be established with detached board.
In case you have no USB cable near, make sure battery is charged enough and hold Power On button during initiation of JTAG connection.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.09.0000 (for NAND chips with 4Kb page size). Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PG7620000’. Additionally, you can check ‘Repair RECOVERY zones’ to reflash android BOOT and RECOVERY code.

To resurrect HTC WildFireS CDMA:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC WildFireS CDMA JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure HTC WildFireS CDMA is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button. In few seconds you should see usual android boot mode screen.

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RIFF JTAG – HTC Flyer 4G P515E Unbrick, IMEI, SuperCID, ModelID repair supported

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02.11.2012   RIFF JTAG – HTC Flyer 4G P515E Unbrick, IMEI, SuperCID, ModelID repair supported

Repairing bricked HTC Flyer4G (PG4130000) is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC while battery is connected. Please note, battery presense is required.
Some (or all) revisions of HTC Flyer4G (PG4130000) boards have JTAG interface disabled (that is enable MARM JTAG Fuse is blown in the MSM chip). In this case the JTAG may be enabled only by firmware itself. This is done by the DBL loader, so if DBL area is damanged and MCU has JTAG Disable FUSE blown then there is no way to resurrect your phone via JTAG interface. However, in this case you may use HTC Flyer4G (PG4130000) USB DLL version which does not require JTAG interface and does resurrection procedure via USB cable.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone (except DBL area) and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.14.0001 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PG413****’.

To resurrect HTC Flyer:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC Flyer JTAG pads;
  •  Insert battery and connect USB Data cable;
  •  Make sure HTC Flyer4G (PG4130000) is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use only battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods. You can use CWM recovery to flash any ZIP file – for this during resurrection add BOOT & RECOVERY zones to be resurrected too.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.

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RIFF JTAG – T-Mobile myTouch2 3G Slide (HTC Espresso) Unbrick /Unlock/ Repair Boot, IMEI, CID supported

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16.10.2012   RIFF JTAG – T-Mobile myTouch2 3G Slide (HTC Espresso) Unbrick /Unlock/ Repair Boot, IMEI, CID supported

Repairing bricked HTC Espresso is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC. Battery presence may be required.
In case you have no USB cable near, make sure battery is charged enough and hold Power On button during initiation of JTAG connection.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.02.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PB6510000’.

To resurrect HTC Espresso:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC Espresso JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure HTC Espresso is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.

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RIFF JTAG – Samsung SCH-E329I Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

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11.10.2012  RIFF JTAG – Samsung SCH-E329I Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

Repairing bricked Samsung E329I is easy with the RIFF Box. Please note, by default, NRST pad is disabled in this phone. In case you have any troubles with resurrection, shortcut pads A and B shown in shematics in order to enable NRST.
Current resurrector contains Firmware and EEPROM zones for memory chip with ID 0x00EC/0x3013

To resurrect Samsung E329I:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to Samsung E329I JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure Samsung E329I is selected in the list of models;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Choose which areas to flash;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  De-solder JTAG wires;

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RIFF JTAG – Samsung Galaxy K SHW-M130K Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

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10.10.2012  RIFF JTAG – Samsung Galaxy K SHW-M130K Unbrick – Dead Boot Repair Supported

Repairing bricked Samsung M130K is easy with the RIFF Box. Samsung M130K is based on the S5PCxxx Processor (ARM core is Cortex-A8).
Note, one simple way to connect over JTAG – connect USB cable to PC and insert battery. In this case phone is automatically powered on. But note, in very rare cases it is possible that you will have to hold Power On key during initial connection.
In case after resurrection (after you have tried with both boot versions) the download mode is not initiated (LCD remains blank) do repeat resurrection with ‘Clone Gremlin zone’ option checked.

To resurrect Samsung M130K:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to Samsung M130K JTAG pads;
  •  Connect microUSB cable to phone and PC;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Make sure Samsung M130K is selected in the list of models;
  •  Make sure a fixed TCK frequency is selected;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect USB cable, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using original Samsung downloader software to restore it to the working state.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold both ‘Volume Down’ and ‘Home’ keys and press Power-On.

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RIFF JTAG – HTC ChaCha A810e Unbrick, IMEI, SuperCID and Simlock repair supported

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05.10.2012    RIFF JTAG – HTC ChaCha A810e  Unbrick, IMEI, SuperCID and Simlock repair supported

Repairing bricked HTC ChaCha is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC. Battery presence may be required.
In case you have no USB cable near, make sure battery is charged enough and hold Power On button during initiation of JTAG connection.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.04.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PH06*****’.

To resurrect HTC ChaCha:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC ChaCha JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure HTC ChaCha is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.

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RIFF JTAG – HTC Explorer (HTC Pico) Unbrick, Unlock, SuperCID IMEI repair

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13.07.2012  RIFF JTAG – HTC Explorer (HTC Pico) Unbrick, Unlock, SuperCID IMEI repair

 

Repairing bricked HTC Explorer is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC. Battery presence may be required.
In case you have no USB cable near, make sure battery is charged enough and hold Power On button during initiation of JTAG connection.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.01.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PJ0310000’.

To resurrect HTC Explorer:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC Explorer JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure HTC Explorer is selected in the list of models;
  •  If you use battery, press Power On key;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.
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RIFF JTAG – HTC Rhyme (HTC Bliss) Unbrick, Unlock, SuperCID and IMEI Update via USB Supported

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12.06.2012     RIFF JTAG – HTC Rhyme (HTC Bliss) Unbrick, Unlock, SuperCID and IMEI Update via USB Supported

Repairing bricked HTC Rhyme (PI46100) is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC while battery is connected. Please note, battery presense is required.
Current resurrector works via USB interface thus no JTAG connection is required. You may need to install RIFF BOX DCC Loader USB Interface USB driver if you run this for the first time. Drivers are located in JTAG Manager directory (Drivers folder).
In order to connect, device must be detected by system as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader communication port. To force device into this mode (that is if your device is dead but there is still no USB activity when you connect it to PC with USB cable) use testpoint to disable the eMMC memory – for this shortcut specified point on the schematics to the GND during power-on stage.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.30.0004 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PI4610000’.
There is option to reflash android BOOT and RECOVERY zones.

To resurrect HTC Rhyme via USB Cable:

  •  If required, use testpoint to force HS-USB QDLoader mode: for this de-power board, shortcut specified point in the schematics to GND with the help of a needle, attach battery and then insert USB cable into PC, wait while phone enumerates as HS-USB QDLoader and then remove the needle;
  •  Make sure HTC Rhyme (PI46100) is selected in the list of models;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Depower the phone;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.

To enter download mode:

  •  Disconnect PC cable;
  •  Insert battery;
  •  Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.

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