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My HTC Magic is bricked

I've got a "Brick" HTC Magic - Vodafone.
Basically, when i press the power button doesn't start. It happened after follow the "Install / Update SPL" ( http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/SPL ) guide.
Is there any way to recover it? or should i put it on the bin?

You're going to have to be more specific than "it doesn't start".
Does it turn on? If so, does it hang at the htc magic screen? Can you hold vol-down and press power (while still holding vol-down) and load a screen with three androids on skateboards? If you can do the last step, it's not bricked, and you should look at the thread I have below about bricking and semi bricking, one of the users on there gave a great amount of information on what you can do if your phone's not working right (bricked).
Caid.
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Caid444 said:
You're going to have to be more specific than "it doesn't start".
Does it turn on? If so, does it hang at the htc magic screen? Can you hold vol-down and press power (while still holding vol-down) and load a screen with three androids on skateboards? If you can do the last step, it's not bricked, and you should look at the thread I have below about bricking and semi bricking, one of the users on there gave a great amount of information on what you can do if your phone's not working right (bricked).
Caid.
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Hi Caid, thanks for the reply! sorry for the short message without details.
Here is the answer for your first question (sadly, the rest of questions can be skipped):
Does it turn on?
It doesn't
It was after follow the guide i mentioned before. I tried to update the SPL, but something went wrong and my phone didn't turn on again.
So... I think I have to accept the fact is not going to work again.
Is there any kind of service able to fix this?
Anibal

No display at all? no backlight on the screen? no vibration (signifying it's past a certain point in the loading stage)?
You probably tried taking out the battery for 10 seconds and then putting it back?
As Caid444 asked, tried holding Back+Power for a few seconds (after making sure power is off and not just hanging. Take off battery for 10 sec and reload)? Tried holding Home+Power after making sure power is off?

please i need some help htc touche cruise
hi everyone. I have a big problem with my htc touch cruise when I installed a hard spl htc dedicate a Diamond.donc I had a white encrant after I did a hard reset since my htc no longer I have a black encrant are neither green nor orange but when I connect with the pc I am data interface and it does not recognized my htc. In my pay is not qualified repairman three non réparé.aidé unable to please me I tried the commands mtty.exe but does not c I do not really know how it works.
thank you for your patience and for help

parrot5 said:
No display at all? no backlight on the screen? no vibration (signifying it's past a certain point in the loading stage)?
You probably tried taking out the battery for 10 seconds and then putting it back?
As Caid444 asked, tried holding Back+Power for a few seconds (after making sure power is off and not just hanging. Take off battery for 10 sec and reload)? Tried holding Home+Power after making sure power is off?
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I'd really like to say it DOES something... but it doesn't . I tried Volume down + power, back + power and several more combination always taking out the battery and putting it back.
It's bad... Do u know if there's any hardware service for this?

Just a wild guess, but since the phone sucks more battery, then a vampyre on rampage.
Could it be an idea, to charge the battery before, or have the usb cable pluged in, when you press back+home? (the same buttons you used to enter fastboot)

I'm pretty sure what you're trying to say is, you know enough about the phone to know how to bring it into it's multiple boot options, and none of them make the phone even burp. So there's no need to tell you to press this button plus that button, or insert usb or remove usb, or battery or such, because you've already done all that.
Well, I'd have to agree with you that it's dead. Unfortunately, there's nothing to do at the moment. I'm guessing (or maybe just hoping) that in the future there will be an unbricker for our phone, much like those available for many htc branded winmo phones. In the meantime, how old is your phone? Can you still bring it back?
Caid.
444
p.s To anyone else who's trying to figure this out, let's assume that he's already tried the many variations of recovery procedures and that it's still not working.

argc79 said:
I've got a "Brick" HTC Magic - Vodafone.
Basically, when i press the power button doesn't start. It happened after follow the "Install / Update SPL" ( http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/SPL ) guide.
Is there any way to recover it? or should i put it on the bin?
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If it's really a brick and we all want to learn something from this then we need to know the following :
1. What was your original SPL
2. To which SPL did you "try" to upgrade? (I hope you didn't try to flash a G1 SPL on your Magic...).

Amon_RA said:
If it's really a brick and we all want to learn something from this then we need to know the following :
1. What was your original SPL
2. To which SPL did you "try" to upgrade?
(I hope you didn't try to flash a G1 SPL on your Magic...).
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That's how my brick arrived ! Tried Hard SPL, after installing the one you suggested. Yours okay, Hard SPL no. But even after installing the spl, no fastboot adb.

BRICKED by HARD SPL ( the recommended )
Same here, I have just bricked my new vodafone HTC Magic (Vaffanc...)
downloaded from here: http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/downloads/list?q=label:SPL
I hope something can be done. It is not reacting to power button at all.

Amon_RA said:
If it's really a brick and we all want to learn something from this then we need to know the following :
1. What was your original SPL
2. To which SPL did you "try" to upgrade? (I hope you didn't try to flash a G1 SPL on your Magic...).
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I think you are right, I have flashed the G1 SPL. But the page is really not clear, it start speaking as Dream/Magic and probably it is only for Dream. Since it says to apply the Hard Spl and in the download link(http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/SPL) there is no clue that it is not for the G2.
Any idea? anybody got it changed from the shop with no problems? (mine is vodafone in the netherlands)
Me idiot, I have to leave tomorrow for holidays!

byronhero said:
I think you are right, I have flashed the G1 SPL. But the page is really not clear, it start speaking as Dream/Magic and probably it is only for Dream. Since it says to apply the Hard Spl and in the download link(http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/SPL) there is no clue that it is not for the G2.
Any idea? anybody got it changed from the shop with no problems? (mine is vodafone in the netherlands)
Me idiot, I have to leave tomorrow for holidays!
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as far as i can see no need to flash spl on vodafone magic. i have the same phone and all i did was root with Rav1.1.1G.img and flashed rom of my choice. you have flashed phone with g1 spl and it actually says g1 on the link you provided..........can't see how you missed it. with phone off press home+power button as that bring up recovery image. Rav image file is safer due to that. i am sure if hardspl was available for Magic it would be posted on here as a sticky

hi
all
i have been recevied new htc magic phone from vodafone on line contract . after i done hardspl my device gone blank not power back on . and change amber light it working .... but i cant power on my device how can i reset device with go gui mode ? i had update hardspl from follwoing link http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Install_Hard_SPL . i cant take it vodafone shop becoz just week before same happen so this is my second new phone . please help me if know any other idea
thank you
dana

thanant said:
hi
all
i have been recevied new htc magic phone from vodafone on line contract . after i done hardspl my device gone blank not power back on . and change amber light it working .... but i cant power on my device how can i reset device with go gui mode ? i had update hardspl from follwoing link http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Install_Hard_SPL . i cant take it vodafone shop becoz just week before same happen so this is my second new phone . please help me if know any other idea
thank you
dana
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You did brick one with the hardSPL and now you bricked another with the same stuff? Didn't you learn the first time? Only way is to go back to the store and tell em you did it again.

thanant said:
hi
all
i have been recevied new htc magic phone from vodafone on line contract . after i done hardspl my device gone blank not power back on . and change amber light it working .... but i cant power on my device how can i reset device with go gui mode ? i had update hardspl from follwoing link http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Install_Hard_SPL . i cant take it vodafone shop becoz just week before same happen so this is my second new phone . please help me if know any other idea
thank you
dana
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It seems to me you need to go back to basics and start here

A noob question but what exactly does flashing a new SPL unlock.
I got my Vodafone UK HTC magic and simply Downloaded a 32B ROM and used nandroid backup to apply the update.zip and it installed fine and can use Root required apps.

hi all
My HTC magic was bricked after update SPL. Now when press power button, it stuck at HTC magic logo, anyone have solution for fix its?

I Can not understand how can this be possible. Why guys all of you, don't read before trying to change your SPL???? You even don't need any changes about it?! Why do you try to change the SPL? Do you know what that SPL does? I think most of you - don't.
My next question is why all of you are trying to flash the G1 SPL onto Magic phone? Are you crazy or what? There is NO HARDSPL for Magic (G2, Sapphire or whatever you want to call this device)!
The SPL collection is posted in this forum by Amon_Ra, and if someone want to change the SPL can do this by downloading some of the SPL collections posted here.

say2k said:
hi all
My HTC magic was bricked after update SPL. Now when press power button, it stuck at HTC magic logo, anyone have solution for fix its?
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Power off your phone! Then press and HOLD the "back button", while holding it press once the red one(which you usually use to power on the phone). It will power on (i hope). If you get in fastboot mode then everything will be fine.

Updating Radio on Hero now it won't turn on!!!

I was going to install the new MoNaCo Rom but I did the radio update first after I install the update my phone looked like it was going to reset, it turned off and never came back on. My battery was fully charged and I just can't seem to get it back on. I pressed the power/home buttons and that doesn't turn it on either HELP!!! Is there anyway I could do a hard reset or anything I can do to get it to at least power up?

Did you make wipe before update to the new radio?

ivanrod07 said:
I was going to install the new MoNaCo Rom but I did the radio update first after I install the update my phone looked like it was going to reset, it turned off and never came back on. My battery was fully charged and I just can't seem to get it back on. I pressed the power/home buttons and that doesn't turn it on either HELP!!! Is there anyway I could do a hard reset or anything I can do to get it to at least power up?
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I suppose you have a GSM HERO and flashed it with a GSM Radio, right? If not (CDMA phone/GSM Radio or vice-versa) and it doesent boot up after taking out/reinserting the battery multiple times then it's bricked for good at this stage IMHO. JTAG should help, provided someone had documented the procedure for the GSM HTC HERO. Btw, it's MoDaCo, not MoNaCo

miragebg said:
Did you make wipe before update to the new radio?
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There's no requirement to wipe before flashing a new radio, as the "wipe" doesn't effect the radio part of the ROM.
Regards,
Dave

I was doing the radio first then I was going to do the wipe.

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I was doing the radio first then I was going to do the wipe.
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You diddnt answer about which hero you have, cdma or gsm? and which radio did you use.

you probably pulled the battery out during the procedure. when flashing, you do a reboot after the recovery tells you to and you leave it for around 20 minutes and it will boot up completely. you should never interupt it during this 20 minutes

hi
i'm new here, and i have almost the same problem exposed 2 years ago here. i have updated the firmware of my hero gsm and all was good, but one i updated tne radio rom, the hero doesen't want to work, it boots but stops on the first screen. i pressed lots of time on home/back and power, it boots normally but stop at the first screen, as if the back button doesn't work, but two days ago, alla the buttons were working.
i hope you will show me a solution other than gtag for the moment.
thanks

should i do this post in an other subjet?

if you flash the wrong radio,it must broken ,can you enter fastboot? if you can't enter,you have to use jtag to fix it

I can JTAG the HERO and I'm in Texas if anyone needs help with these.

HI
Thank you for the answer, zhaominghao,
no, the fast boot is inaccessible. And concerning the Jtag, i gave the phone to some one to reapre it with it, but he told me that there is problems of connectors. is this true or there is annother reason? i dont really know, i hope i was able to try the jtag my self, but i dont have the device jtag. i hope i wil found a solution.
thank you again.

If you can't get into recovery to attempt a reflash then JTAG is the only option and if the shop said it can't be done... time for a new hero

If the phone has damaged JTAG points then it's a loss. If they are intact then it's fixable with JTAG.

Bricked Phone

So I didn't install Raphael_VZW_HSPL_035 properly and now my phone will not turn on... I am sure it's "bricked."
Is there anything I can do to recover the phone? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

i same have probem....
Help me, now phone hang logo HTC

Pull battery, then reinstall. Hold down the volume Down button and the end button until it trys to turn on and it should go into bootloader. If it does you can flash from there.

kilroy1stcav said:
Pull battery, then reinstall. Hold down the volume Down button and the end button until it trys to turn on and it should go into bootloader. If it does you can flash from there.
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What if that does nothing? It just does not power on...

My name is carlos and im new in the forum.
I have an HTC Imagio and the same problem. I tryied to update it but i fail because my phone wont turn on again. I dont know what can i do because I new in the htc world and I dont know how can I start.
Sorry moderators for post much topics with this problem but im really desparate and upset for my phone T_T

Hi
I have a imagio Someone tryed to write a blackstone bootloader . how can i restore the original bl? pls help... my phone is dead

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Unbrick
Unbrick a phone just can be made with JTAG tools... See jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-box-owners-unbrick-your-phone/shops-unbrick-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list

[Q] I think i bricked my HTC Magic :(

I hope if anyone can help me as am really desperate right now, i think i bricked my htc magic or i dont know what i did exactly.
one of my friends rooted the phone for me to V2.1 i didnt like it has a shorter battery life than the cupcake so i tried to get back to cupcake 1.5, and am not an expert at all am just doing what i can see at the forums. i faced the problem E/can't open/sdcard/update.zip (bad)
was told to try another zip rom files. all was the same problem. then i found a file, but unfortunately it was something called SPL wasnt a rom. after i flashed it my phone now is switching on and freeze on the vodafone logo forever.
i tried like i saw on the forums to press on back+power but nothin home+power neither vol. down+power.
the same as well i can see the blue led light if i pressed on the trackball and the power but thats its.
i saw a lot of forums talking about the same exact problem, but didnt find any clear solution, the only one was pressing on back + power but i did that a lot of time but it didnt work at all,it keeps showing the vodafone logo and thats it, anyone has an idea how can we fix it or its unfixable or what ?!
any help will be much appreciated
Thank you

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ooka_22 said:
I hope if anyone can help me as am really desperate right now, i think i bricked my htc magic or i dont know what i did exactly.
one of my friends rooted the phone for me to V2.1 i didnt like it has a shorter battery life than the cupcake so i tried to get back to cupcake 1.5, and am not an expert at all am just doing what i can see at the forums. i faced the problem E/can't open/sdcard/update.zip (bad)
was told to try another zip rom files. all was the same problem. then i found a file, but unfortunately it was something called SPL wasnt a rom. after i flashed it my phone now is switching on and freeze on the vodafone logo forever.
i tried like i saw on the forums to press on back+power but nothin home+power neither vol. down+power.
the same as well i can see the blue led light if i pressed on the trackball and the power but thats its.
i saw a lot of forums talking about the same exact problem, but didnt find any clear solution, the only one was pressing on back + power but i did that a lot of time but it didnt work at all,it keeps showing the vodafone logo and thats it, anyone has an idea how can we fix it or its unfixable or what ?!
any help will be much appreciated
Thank you
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I'm not much of an expert myself. I've got the basics down of rooting and flashing, but try looking up a how to unroot guide for your phone. theunlockr.com has pretty good step-by-step video and text guides. I'm assuming you have the MT3G so try this page:
theunlockr .com/2009/08/22/how-to-unroot-your-mytouch-3g
After you unroot follow their rooting guide. Its very simple to do and only takes about a half hour to do.

ooka_22 said:
I hope if anyone can help me as am really desperate right now, i think i bricked my htc magic or i dont know what i did exactly.
one of my friends rooted the phone for me to V2.1 i didnt like it has a shorter battery life than the cupcake so i tried to get back to cupcake 1.5, and am not an expert at all am just doing what i can see at the forums. i faced the problem E/can't open/sdcard/update.zip (bad)
was told to try another zip rom files. all was the same problem. then i found a file, but unfortunately it was something called SPL wasnt a rom. after i flashed it my phone now is switching on and freeze on the vodafone logo forever.
i tried like i saw on the forums to press on back+power but nothin home+power neither vol. down+power.
the same as well i can see the blue led light if i pressed on the trackball and the power but thats its.
i saw a lot of forums talking about the same exact problem, but didnt find any clear solution, the only one was pressing on back + power but i did that a lot of time but it didnt work at all,it keeps showing the vodafone logo and thats it, anyone has an idea how can we fix it or its unfixable or what ?!
any help will be much appreciated
Thank you
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Yup. Sounds like a brick. If you update the SPL you better damn know which SPL you're flashing and if it's compatible with your device. I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Right SPL + Right Radio = Good device (99% of the time)
Wrong SPL + Right Radio = brick (60% of the time)
Wrong SPL + Wrong Radio = brick (99% of the time)
Right SPL + Wrong Radio = brick (60% of the time)
Do you see the pattern here?
In other words you NEED to make sure that you are flashing the appropriate SPL for your device and make sure that you have the right radio before flashing ANYTHING.
Now since it would appear that in your case you don't even have a clue of what SPL/Radio you had to begin with and you just blindly flash a random SPL, we don't even have a way of telling if you have a 32a or a 32b device. Not that it matters because if you cannot get into the bootloader or recovery then the only chance that I think that you have is looking up JTAG, tearing your device apart, soldering the test points and running the program. This would allow you to reflash your spl. However I suggest you try to do a warranty exchange because I wouldn't even waste my money on JTAG technique.
This is for the G1 so it would probably be a little different than the MT3G, but the concept should be the same.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048&highlight=jtag
but not everybody is so unlucky. take a look at this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571457
so you never know.

Thank you
Really many many thanks for your reply, i really do appreciate it. i know that am a noob with what i did with my phone, i was just trying to get back to the cupcake. i never imagined that i could ruin everything just like that.
anyway u r right when u said that i know nothin about the radio and the SPL i started with, but i just noticed that the SPL named (Sapphire-signed), and my device is HTC Magic with vodafone 32a. but i dont know what sapphire is.
so i will give it a try with lookin for someone here who can help with tha Jtag thing, if not i will try to send it to be repaired. however i guess that the warranty doesnt cover such faults.
sorry for posting my thread at the wrong place.
Thanks for your time

HD2 won't boot, nothing

Hi !
I try to flash my hd2 rom in SPL 1.42 and now i have nothing !
Black screen, I try to enter in boot loader but I can't.
When i press start button I just have a small vibration and that's all.
I try :
- remove the battery , press start button, put the battery nothing
- press vol down and start button to enter in bootloader, nothing
- press reset button, nothing
if someone have a solution for me... thx !

I am very sorry but you just bricked your phone.
EDIT: removed some waffle here that wasn't relevant.
There is nothing you can do now but send it back and try to get another one.

Sorry I believe it's been to late for a solution as it's bricked.
If you have an insurance cover, this is the time to start claiming. If not, you've got a "note to self".

ok thank's for your answers.
Yes I have an insurance cover

Guys, but if i will buy another broken hd2 and will change that thing with cpu,ram ... . Will it work???

Read this thread mate. It may just bring your HD2 back. Click here.

HD2 won't boot, nothing = HD2 will boot everything
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