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[Q] I think i Hard Bricked my phone - Help someone

Hi Everyone, noob here.
I cant remember the exact procedure that i took, but i rooted my phone, and used x-restore to load floyo onto my x8, i did not really like it and wanted to try a newer version of cyanogenmod -7.1 and i had to flash custom Kernel on.. anyway - i tried flash tool and it said restart your phone and under app settings check the box for allow unrecognized or unsupported files or something like that - sorry i don't recall what it was exactly.. this is my first time doing this. it failed again, so disconnected my phone and just restored floyo and decided i was going to be happy with it.. i had tried to use the plugin to unlock the bootloader after testing it to make sure it could be done.. as the forum said.. and all looked good. but i forgot to close flashtools when i was done trying.. i restored floyo and and then made the mistake of plugging the phone in while flashtool was still on and looking for the phone.. the next thing i see a message pop up saying bootloader unlocked successfully or something similar.. restarting phone.. then my phone restarted and it did something else.. i waited for it to Finnish and then my phone went off..
Now it wont come on at all, no LED, nothing.. The phone is one week old.. i fully charged the battery last night so its not the batter i have Hard Bricked it.. and im freaking out..
I am a computer tech that has never failed to fix any computer problem and have repaired thousands.. i have experience in electrical work and have built tonnes of gadgets like small amps etc... but when it comes to this.. i am a complete Noob and i accept that.. ive screwed up and all i can do is ask for help..
i read through tonnes of forums but none seem to match my case so i thought it ok to ask for help.
What can i do, other than own a $300 paper weight.

Just restore with SEUS or PC companion and install something good like Semc Debrand Engine

I'm sorry to tell u that
u have to go to SEMC to repair it
unless u unbricked it by PCC or SESU
as if u want to fix it u'll pay 100$ or above to fix it

Hey man,
im sorry for what happened to your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12442257#post12442257
have you tried to use that guide? i also bricked my X8, the guide helped me very good and now my x8 runs on Android 2.3.7

Chris95X8 said:
Just restore with SEUS or PC companion and install something good like Semc Debrand Engine
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Thanks, but how do i do that when it is not even coming on ??

shallondb said:
Now it wont come on at all, no LED, nothing.. The phone is one week old.. i fully charged the battery last night so its not the batter i have Hard Bricked it.. and im freaking out.. I saved months to get that thing here in Zimbabwe.. i paid $300 for it here which is sadly the going price..
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The symptom you describe there is a HARD BRICK. No LED, no display, no vibration, no nothing means it's DEAD - HARD BRICKED.
There's nothing you can do yourself other than to send it to Sony Ericsson for repair.
Since you said "Zimbabwe" I doubt you have repair shops with the required equipment and technicians to try a JTAG restore.
So I'd say your only option left is to send it off to SE - and once you get it back you better don't mess around with it if the $300 you mentioned means US Dollar (insane price).
EDIT: And the mistake you made ... you somehow made Flashtool to unlock your boot loader on a device that's most likely past a manufacturing date of 11W29. This kills the phone and you simply can't repair it yourself anymore ... see the Hard brick warning - read before boot loader unlock sticky in the X8 General board. There are several posts clearly telling you that everyone who managed to hard brick the phone sent it off to SE as there's simply no "fix it yourself" method available.

Hey guys, i cant do any of those suggestions because my phone is not coming on at all ... is there anything else i can do ? anyone ?

shallondb said:
Hey guys, i cant do any of those suggestions because my phone is not coming on at all ... is there anything else i can do ? anyone ?
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B.Jay said:
There's nothing you can do yourself other than to send it to Sony Ericsson for repair.
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Feel free not to believe me, but the is NO other way left anymore.

B.Jay said:
Feel free not to believe me, but the is NO other way left anymore.
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Thanks B.Jay
Sorry my last post was delayed, i was still sending it when you reply came through. I do believe you. i am going to attempt taking it back to the small shop that sold it to me and see what they recommend..

DVP stuck on boot screen, cant recovery mode, restore using back up

Hello, my DVP suddenly went bonkers and all i get is the DELL boot logo. I tried going into recovery to restore but pc wont detect. I cant do anything. i cant install anything using cab sender since cant detect and i cant unbrick due to same reason....anyone know how to fix this? Thank you in advance.

It sounds like the internal SD card crapped out. You could try my unbrick method but it sounds like it isnt being detected. Check in device manager to see if the USB device is being detected.

no detection at all. my friend told me he installed something on it using cab sender. Don't know what files were used but if need ill ask him. If only connection still worked i can restore stupid phone.

Anyone has any idea what to do? phone is just being paper weight now would like to use it again

dinhy34 said:
Hello, my DVP suddenly went bonkers and all i get is the DELL boot logo. I tried going into recovery to restore but pc wont detect. I cant do anything. i cant install anything using cab sender since cant detect and i cant unbrick due to same reason....anyone know how to fix this? Thank you in advance.
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i had the same problem with other DVP, and i think that the processor is dead, because the snapdragon QSD8250 have this issue, i know but some month´s ago, i buyed two non working hd2, thinking that have problems of software and after research many days, i find this problem ,this proccesor dies for overheating , to solve this i buyed two hd2 with broken display and change the board, for this reason, buyed a broken dvp to do the same, ...sorry for the bad news,

Im pretty sure its not a cpu issue, i mentioned my friend force install something using cab sender and the issue happened because of that. Im trying to figure out how to recovery from this issue. thanks for help anyways

dinhy34 said:
Im pretty sure its not a cpu issue, i mentioned my friend force install something using cab sender and the issue happened because of that. Im trying to figure out how to recovery from this issue. thanks for help anyways
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I agree with you. I have the same problem because of skipped upgrading of ROM, form 7004 to 7720. I have tried some steps on the device,
and find JTAG pins on board, now I'm seeking a riffbox to fix the problem, maybe Nosker can answer if this is feasible. I had followed his thread here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207805
Just for your reference...

seems very interesting. I hope you guys are able to proceed with what you guys are doing. I read the thread, so if i were to fix it i would need a riftbox? im very noobie in the stuff mentioned in the thread but if you guys are able to give a guide then i can follow it . best of luck to you guys!

did you guys ever got this resolved? i'm having the same problem.

ok... anyone tell me, what's happen, when we re-write sd card from another device?

my dell venue pro stock won't boot normally
MJCS said:
It sounds like the internal SD card crapped out. You could try my unbrick method but it sounds like it isnt being detected. Check in device manager to see if the USB device is being detected.
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my DVP can't(won't) boot its stock on its logo dell, what can i do, but i try your step i can't download your driver. can you help me or there's another way to restore or to flash my DVP THANKSS

same issue
Any ideas anyone.
norvymariano said:
my DVP can't(won't) boot its stock on its logo dell, what can i do, but i try your step i can't download your driver. can you help me or there's another way to restore or to flash my DVP THANKSS
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dell venue pro
Has anyone come up with a fix for this issue? my DVP will come on and the DELL logo will appear for a few seconds then the connect to pc screen
comes up and thats all it will do. when this first started happening I could take the battery out and put it back in like 50 times and it would finally start working and it would stay working until the battery went dead now I can't get it to boot at all. any info would be great thanks

Weird error flashing back to stock. D800

Background
Phone: LG G2 D800.
Where problem Arised: Flashing Paranoid Android Rom, missed a step. Forgot to install the boot image (I think)
Current Things not working: TWRP Recovery disappeared ( I really have no clue what the hell happened to it. Just not able to get into it anymore), Phone is in boot loop at PA loading screen. Using LG Flash tool , I keep getting an error telling me that I have the wrong .bin for my phone, but I'm certain the dll and tot I attempted to install are for my phone model. Meanwhile, LG mobile support tool freezes when trying to check my phone settings.
What is working: I can definitely get into download mode. So maybe there's still hope.
Any help guys?
I'm seriously stumped. Gonna maybe try emergency on LGNPST

I think this is the definition of hard brick. send it in, paid the cash to get it fix, get it back, read instruction carefully and flash.

Any good services you know of?
G1_enthusiast said:
I think this is the definition of hard brick. send it in, paid the cash to get it fix, get it back, read instruction carefully and flash.
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On this topic, do you know a good place I can send it in to be fixed? And what method do they use, if so?
Cause I'm only really going to send it in at this point if it's a jtag flash. They tend to be really quick, and I haven't lost hope with it just yet .

justafungi5 said:
On this topic, do you know a good place I can send it in to be fixed? And what method do they use, if so?
Cause I'm only really going to send it in at this point if it's a jtag flash. They tend to be really quick, and I haven't lost hope with it just yet .
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send it to LG, they have to flashed the whole bios(?) again with whatever method they have.

[BRICK] X8 Loader/Hard Bricked during unlock process

Hello xdadevelopers.. I recently tried unlocking the bootloader on second X8 phone.. I successfully managed to unlock it.. but I've accidentally removed the battery after it boot up.. I'm not getting any sign of life or such.. I tried powering up normally, no results, tried booting up the flashmode, green LED doesn't appear, tried to connect it on my USB cable, no response, tried charging it with normal cable (No USB cable).. no results.. :/
Is there any way to unbrick it without sending it to SE service? Please help..
P.S. It's date is 11W44 (I managed to unlock my bootloader below 11W44 I think, will check my phone for release date)

No. Not really. You need to send it to sony. There are a lot of warnings here regarding unlocking bootloaders of devices 11w29 and up.

So that means the hardware is damaged after unlocking the loader? And I'm not sure if SE service still has options to repair X8 since it's old phone and it's production has stopped.. :/

NCC-34051-E said:
So that means the hardware is damaged after unlocking the loader? And I'm not sure if SE service still has options to repair X8 since it's old phone and it's production has stopped.. :/
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Not 100% sure, but i don't think it's the hardware in as much as it's not really "damaged." based on what i've read from members that had sony reppair their devices, it seems that the motherboard is replaced. But those who know claim that jtag can fix it.
Edit: try to search around for people who are knowledgeable on jtag and maybe they can fix it.

Yeah.. I've read about jtag and riff box moments ago.. It seems the flash memory is corrupted.. unable to reflash it again.. Since it was my friend's phone (I borrowed him my so I can try to update his phone to cyanogen mod), I've successfully lost my phone, oh well.. I might buy better one in the future I hope.. Thanks for the help!

NCC-34051-E said:
Yeah.. I've read about jtag and riff box moments ago.. It seems the flash memory is corrupted.. unable to reflash it again.. Since it was my friend's phone (I borrowed him my so I can try to update his phone to cyanogen mod), I've successfully lost my phone, oh well.. I might buy better one in the future I hope.. Thanks for the help!
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Good luck. Hope it gets fixed.

Warning ! MUST READ :)

From 4 days , I decided to root my device and I installed and flashed the latest releases of TWRP AND SU from this forum ..and I followed the steps carefully which ended up in wiping all the phone data + damage in software.. I took the phone to Huawai center to get it fixed .. They said that I have a virus that completely damaged the hard drive and some parts of the motherboard and EVEN they could not fix it and thanks god they gave me a new phone although I broke the insurance by unlocking the bootloader but they didnt notice. Finally, I would like to advice all people here who are looking for a root not to try anything at this forum because it is not explained properly and TWRP is not safe at all.

Moataz94 said:
From 4 days , I decided to root my device and I installed and flashed the latest releases of TWRP AND SU from this forum ..and I followed the steps carefully which ended up in wiping all the phone data + damage in software.. I took the phone to Huawai center to get it fixed .. They said that I have a virus that completely damaged the hard drive and some parts of the motherboard and EVEN they could not fix it and thanks god they gave me a new phone although I broke the insurance by unlocking the bootloader but they didnt notice. Finally, I would like to advice all people here who are looking for a root not to try anything at this forum because it is not explained properly and TWRP is not safe at all.
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Don't believe in everything that people tell you!

What do you mean ? What zips/IMG/TWRP did you flash?
I rooted my phone based on instructions in XDA and everything is working as it should.
What type of virus is it? Can you be more specific please.

Moataz94 said:
From 4 days , I decided to root my device and I installed and flashed the latest releases of TWRP AND SU from this forum ..and I followed the steps carefully which ended up in wiping all the phone data + damage in software.. I took the phone to Huawai center to get it fixed .. They said that I have a virus that completely damaged the hard drive and some parts of the motherboard and EVEN they could not fix it and thanks god they gave me a new phone although I broke the insurance by unlocking the bootloader but they didnt notice. Finally, I would like to advice all people here who are looking for a root not to try anything at this forum because it is not explained properly and TWRP is not safe at all.
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A virus which "damages" hard drive and motherboard, is new for me. Does the phone have an hard drive at all?
And they don't notice the unlocked bootloader, but they replaced the phone with void warranty.
Really?

mandelbort said:
A virus which "damages" hard drive and motherboard, is new for me. Does the phone have an hard drive at all?
And they don't notice the unlocked bootloader, but they replaced the phone with void warranty.
Really?
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I mean the storage for the phone instead of 32 gb was 0 gb .. when I entered TWRP Recovery it showed me that .. and yes they replaced it for me .. My warranty appeared as active at their computers .. it didnt recognize that i unlocked the bootloader,, but i went to them on the same day so maybe that's why.

morpheus302 said:
What do you mean ? What zips/IMG/TWRP did you flash?
I rooted my phone based on instructions in XDA and everything is working as it should.
What type of virus is it? Can you be more specific please.
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First of all , I downloaded the ADB drivers to my pc then I downloaded the TWRP 3.0.3 from the forums here.. then I flashed it to my device thru fast boot and then I added the SU 2.79 zip file which i downloaded from here as well then I went to TWRP Recovery and Pressed install on the SU , and what happened is that during the installation the device reboot immediately without installing which caused some sort of wiping data and staff which I did not understand.. and found my phone stuck at the screen which says this device is untrusted.

It showed 0 because of data encryption ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Glad you have a new phone with no problem. If you want to avoid all this trouble in the future, keep your phone as stock as possible and wait for official updates for your model.

I told before and I say it again: Don't believe in everything that people tell you!
The "expert" in the technical center gave you very bad information, due to lack of knowledge (which is ok, normally they just know the necessary basics to make a quick diagnostic and later forward the phone for the repair center).
And you don't void warranty if you request the bootlader code from Huawei, they provide an official service for that! Also, even if you unlock your bootloader, Huawei is not informed about it! So no problem there.
I'm 99% sure that, following some tutorials that you can find in this same forum, you could get your phone back working again.
Nevertheless, good that you have a new one and I advise you to keep it stock.

Lol i can guarantee you this was no virus. Can you post a link to the guide you followed?

ViCioPT said:
I told before and I say it again: Don't believe in everything that people tell you!
The "expert" in the technical center gave you very bad information, due to lack of knowledge (which is ok, normally they just know the necessary basics to make a quick diagnostic and later forward the phone for the repair center).
And you don't void warranty if you request the bootlader code from Huawei, they provide an official service for that! Also, even if you unlock your bootloader, Huawei is not informed about it! So no problem there.
I'm 99% sure that, following some tutorials that you can find in this same forum, you could get your phone back working again.
Nevertheless, good that you have a new one and I advise you to keep it stock.
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Some users voided warranty by unlocking bootloader. Service says unauthorized
interference in firmware by user

Should have read better the guides and threads Many people were in the same or similar situation including me but finally got their phones working with root