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Help Stock Z froze during app install, won't boot after pulling battery

Porost

Lurker
Feb 11, 2013
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I decided to do a factory reset of my Z. I went to hboot menu by holding volume down on boot and selected FACTORY RESET.

It booted up normally and started installing apps. Then it froze. I gave it a few minutes and then pulled the battery.

Now it won't boot - the HTC splash screen stays on forever. I can still go to the hboot menu.

Phone is 100% stock and unrooted.

Info from hboot:

VISION PUT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot

Also I don't think this is relevant but I replaced the battery immediately before this happened. It booted up fine on the new battery, and then this happened.
 

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