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[Q] Tattoo Bricked

Hello,
I tried to update the radio and the SPL version on my Tattoo. Everything went fine until I had to reboot my phone. It shut down alright, but it never powered on again.
These are the following problems I am having with my Tattoo at the moment:
Cannot power on phone.
Cannot boot into recovery mode.
Cannot boot into FastBoot.
When I connect it to my computer via USB, nothing happens.
The only thing that it's responding to is when I connect my it to my charger.
Does anyone have a solution or is my phone dead forever?
Thanks ahead!

bump? anyone?

Send it back to HTC. If anyone can do anything about it they can. There's nothing else you can do. Sorry

boo.. that sucks..
Well, thanks anyway

Ehm, I don't want to post a New Thread so I'm gonna ask here:
Does anyone have the pinout for the Tattoo?

Take a look at this. I guess they fix such things (but you never know if they just are after your money. http://www.ort-jtag.com/index.php

Yeah I saw that already. Also, there is a file name Tattoo Jtag on their website in the Support section. However, to access that section you have to enter your products serial number (which is I'm guessing the phone's serial number). I have tried several serial numbers (including mine) and all of them were 'invalid' so I never checked the files out.
Also, they only have one thing in the shop which is a kit and it costs $330 so no thanks

I have a similar problem, I would like to share my knowledge although I must be completely out of way.
My experience is based on the BeagleBoard and Angstrom so I really don't know the HTC HW and Android at all...
- The device boots from an xloader that instructs the device how to proceed with the boot
- the bootloader takes place (great u-boot in the beagleboard ?? in the HTC phone) the bootloader allows for ROM or kernel+rootfs flashing and much more
- now the kernel is loaded.....
User mode applications do not allow to have access to the memory area where xloader and u-boot lie so they should be safe all the time to allow for device reflashing.
So we should have access to the device via bootloader anytime if we knew how... maybe somebody can help us further.
Fabio

Same here...Exact same issue...No Recovery mode...No USB Connectivity, Screen turns on but is blank, alhough I did see Tattoo popping up initially but not any more...All I can see is the LCD back light turns on...Battery does charge...Also when I try to enter Recovery mode screen keeps blinking as if it is trying to restart again and again...Someone help

similar problem here, but i get absolutely no response from the phone, it doesn't even recognize the charger. do i just throw it away and buy a decent one or is there a solution?

Sparky the only way for now to fix that click is to bring it to some service point that have that ort jtag, because only way to fix that is to writte new boot sector on phone . Im sure that i know at least 2 services that have ort jtag in Novi Sad . Look for marvel *Miroslav in Ns, or send me private message

same thing happened to me
just this morning, and in desperation I tried hard to remove the batt cover (prob pressed some of buttons, I felt a jerk and ho it was back in amon ra`s recovery, nect time I just removed the battery waited for 30 secs, then press off&home and hold it till recovery came back) but for good half hour NO REACTIONS , ABSOLUTE BRICK, nothing when I put the usb in PC or in socket, dead screen, no sounds and no reaction to ANY combination of keypress. I guess you could call me lucky (in last few days I flashed at least 3 versions of froyo roms, this afternoon I bought =8GB class4 Kingston, formated it in PC FAT32 default size, copied EVE. from my 2gig rom then just turned it down (yes I am brave) and put the 8gig in tattoo, it works like a charm (finger crossed it will continue)

So is there an available Jtag for the Tattoo yet?

I'm in the same situation. No recovery no fast boot, Damm!
I`ve update psfreedom with psgroove_hermes_v4 zip file then my tattoo reboot and now I only get the Tatto title screen but nothing happends.
Somebody have clue to give back life my phone.
Thanks!

if you can get to the title screen, that means you can connect it to your pc via USB and recover from a backup (I hope you made one)

Hello, I connect my tattoo to my pc, but usb connection is not available yet.
Is There is a way to activate usb when my phone blocks in tattoo logo??
Thanks for reply.

payasi35 said:
Hello, I connect my tattoo to my pc, but usb connection is not available yet.
Is There is a way to activate usb when my phone blocks in tattoo logo??
Thanks for reply.
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You have to enter in fastboot.
Hold volume down and turn on phone.
Cheers

Sorry but as i said before, I can't access to recovery menu neither fast boot menu.

[SOLVED] Xperia Arc bricked?! HELP!

hey fellas...
....as the title says, i'm afraid i might have bricked my device!
what happened: assumingly, the battery was too low to perform a firmware flash via flashtool 0.2.9.1 - despite that, i tried it. the result was an abort of the process (error flashing, process aborted)....
....the situation now is that the device won't even boot anymore, it just shortly vibrates, that's it! (i've tried to reflash the uk 184 firmare several times, all resulting in process aborted....windows vista, 64 bit)...it does not matter if i use flashtool 0.2.9.1 or 0.2.9....
what was done to the device before: a successful flash of the uk 184 firmware, a successful unlock of the bootloader (done on a computer running winxp, 32bit)....
...it'd be great if anyone of you guys had some advice, any help is greatly appreciated!
regards,
paddy
EDIT: reflashed generic uk 184 on a windows xp (32bit) computer, everything went smoothly and the deivce is running again! thank you everybody that tried to help!!!!

So you battery is charged? What happens when you plug it in? Does the battery charging icon shows up?

no, nothing shows up....only the battery led keeps blinking, which is kind of strange

Leave it for a few hours and see if it charges. Its possible your battery wont charge, this was a problem with motorola defys and there is a mcgyver workaround but I would say only attempt it if your sure it will fix it and done mind blowing up your phone if it goes wrong. So basically only as a very last resort
have you tries SEUS?

thanks for replies so far....nope, i haven't tried seus yet, i'll do that right now.....despite that, i did try pc companion to "repair" the phone, which actually resulted in pcc telling me it is not able to do anything since the phone is running a modified firmware
edit: seus won't workt either, "firmware is not supported"

Try turning off holding the menu and back button starting up seus with the usb already plugged in. When detects phone let go of menu button but keep the back button held until it says let go is the boot loader unlocked. I believe its impossible to brick if its not
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if possible get the battery charged from some other device or external charger...
and then try flashing via flashtool again..

this is weird....just tried it on a win7 computer, doesn't work either, flashing gets aborted immediately...even stranger is the fact that i've just let the device chrage for 45 minutes, still, the led just blinks in flashmode color, won't turn on at all and just shortly vibrates....fastboot recognizes the device though

279Paddy said:
this is weird....just tried it on a win7 computer, doesn't work either, flashing gets aborted immediately...even stranger is the fact that i've just let the device chrage for 45 minutes, still, the led just blinks in flashmode color, won't turn on at all and just shortly vibrates....fastboot recognizes the device though
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have u been using the testing recovery files that were posted?

no, i haven't used them
when i connect it via usb, it seems to get stuck in flashmode

279Paddy said:
no, i haven't used them
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hm... ok so the chargemon is not changed....
i dont know if fastboot can flash system.img / boot.img even at low battery...
still i would recommend u try to get the battery charged externally then try normal flashing via flashtool...

so you'd say it's probably the battery causing the problems? mh, okay, i'll see if i can find a way to charge it externally....hopefully the brick is reversible

[Q] SGS Problem That Nobody Can Fix?

The main Samsung Approved Service Center here in Kenya has just given up on my SGS 1900 UK Model Nov 2010, originally 2.1 firmware upgrade via KIES to Froyo 2.21 in March 2011. They have handed it back unfixed after a week. Cant find a problem like this on any forum/google. Can find one that is fixable with the resistor jig, but Samsung dealer says his jigs don't help:
1) Press power, on comes B&W Samsung GT I900 screen, then the mosaic graphic that resolves to the glowing big "S". Then it buzzes feebly. Eventually it goes black but keeps buzzing now and then. Power off works.
If you poke around trying to get it into 3 touch reset, the Menu and Back keys light up and stay lit.
2) 3 Touch reset will not work. Dunno if it ever did as never tried before.
3) Plug into USB charger, it charges fine and shows the charger icon.
4) Plug into KIES and after a lot of attempts, KIES identifies it + firmware and connects. I can see and save my contacts and it displays CONTACTS, INTERNAL SD and CALENDAR folders in KIES. No more
5) ODIN ( which I dunno how 2 use but have) sees the SGS's COM when I plug it to my comp.
6) The dealer claims to have tried to resart/reflash with Samsung jigs. He has handed it back with a "cant fix".
What the heck is going on here? Looks like I have lost a few hundred bucks and have to throw it away.
When did this start? Phone was working perfectly. Suddenly a solid red icon with large white star labelled "Web Page" appeared on home page but no such App was found in SETTINGS>ETC. In any case, "Web Page" just led me to a totally innocuous page I use all the time as a homepage on INTERNET app. A few starts and shutdowns after that ( the battery was getting low so swx'd on and off like 3 times over an hour), it just went into (1) above.
Phone is STOCK, no mods, no reflashes,no rooting etc
Thanks
Peter in Darkest Africa

if odin can 'see' you handset, have you tried flashing the ROM again? find a stock froyo rom from one of the threads here in the general section (click here) or download from samfirmware.com .
Once you have the rom files, kill all the KIES tasks using the task-manager in windows. Get your phone into download mode by pressing volume down+menu button+power button until you get the yellow screen showing the android working. then open odin 1.7 and connect your handset. once odin connects, click on the buttons for PDA,PHONE and CSC in odin and browse to the appropraite file which you've download in the rom. also click on the PIT button, browse to the odin folder and select the 512.pit file. Once this is done, check the main odin window to make sure the check-box next to 're-partition' is checked. click start and it should flash the new firmware for you.
Disclaimer: I do not take responsibility for any harm that may come to your phone during the flashing process. The instuctions above are accurate but are to be performed at your own risk.

flash Darky Rom 10.1 with JVO Modem . Best GPS i´ve ever had, and my GPS was really bad.

frostygenius said:
if odin can 'see' you handset, have you tried flashing the ROM again? find a stock froyo rom from one of the threads here in the general section (click here) or download from samfirmware.com .
Once you have the rom files, kill all the KIES tasks using the task-manager in windows. then open odin and connect your handset. once odin connects, click on the buttons for PDA,PHONE and CSC in odin and browse to the appropraite file which you've download in the rom. also click on the PIT button, browse to the odin folder and select the 512.pit file. Once this is done, check the main odin window to make sure the check-box next to 're-partition' is checked. click start and it should flash the new firmware for you.
Disclaimer: I do not take responsibility for any harm that may come to your phone during the flashing process. The instuctions above are accurate but are to be performed at your own risk.
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@frostygenius
I don´t think that your instrunctions ARE accuarate. You don´t even mention that he has to be in Download mode if he wants to use Odin. Also you advise to connect phone right after opening Odin and than insert the files, but some versions of Odin are known that they malfunctioning if you do this in this order, You should first insert files and set odin and after that plug in your phone.
And if he claims that he is on stock since bought the phone, so maybe he never used it before.
@peterg123
I´m not exactly following what happens to your phone. If I understand correctly the Samsung released defective ROM via KIES and after a week turn it down? But you already updated and now your phone is broken? If yes, I think that Samsung service center should repair your phone or if its serious damage than even replace it.
Is the phone able to boot-up and work properly? Is your recovery mode and/or download mode working? If the download mode (use 3-button combo - VolDown+Home+Power) is working then you can try recover on your own, but be careful, dont do anything before you are sure that you know what you are doing. You can go through this post before start [HOWTO] [REF] [FAQ] [Guides] [Tutorials] Flash/Root/ADB/ROM [MUST READ!].
Also go through the forum or samfirmware.com and find your official version of rom (Eclair 2.1) to be sure that you can anytime revert to this one because of warranty.
EDIT: Also can you please post some photos or video showing what happens to your phone?

Ok, I dunno if this is gonna help but I had a very similar issue when I first got my phone, within a week of owning it.
Points 1-3, exactly what happened mine.
Points 4 & 5 I didn't try, (was fairly new to Android)
Left it in to my local Vodafone shop & within 5 days I had it back in perfect working order, the maintenance report stated faulty hardware, the display module had to be replaced. Maybe worth mentioning to the service guy?

R34L2Pac said:
@frostygenius
I don´t think that your instrunctions ARE accuarate. You don´t even mention that he has to be in Download mode if he wants to use Odin. Also you advise to connect phone right after opening Odin and than insert the files, but some versions of Odin are known that they malfunctioning if you do this in this order, You should first insert files and set odin and after that plug in your phone.
And if he claims that he is on stock since bought the phone, so maybe he never used it before.
@peterg123
I´m not exactly following what happens to your phone. If I understand correctly the Samsung released defective ROM via KIES and after a week turn it down? But you already updated and now your phone is broken? If yes, I think that Samsung service center should repair your phone or if its serious damage than even replace it.
Is the phone able to boot-up and work properly? Is your recovery mode and/or download mode working? If the download mode (use 3-button combo - VolDown+Home+Power) is working then you can try recover on your own, but be careful, dont do anything before you are sure that you know what you are doing. You can go through this post before start [HOWTO] [REF] [FAQ] [Guides] [Tutorials] Flash/Root/ADB/ROM [MUST READ!].
Also go through the forum or samfirmware.com and find your official version of rom (Eclair 2.1) to be sure that you can anytime revert to this one because of warranty.
EDIT: Also can you please post some photos or video showing what happens to your phone?
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Thanks for the heads-up I forgot to mention those points. I've updated my original post.
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Thanks, it is not possible to get into download mode, or I would have done all that. As explained, the phone will not go past the giant "S" logo ( 3rd screen after power on). This problem has happened to many people, worldwide.
As explained the three button default firmware does not work.
The Samsung repair agent claims to have used the 301k resistor method to restart the phone and even that failed. I am not sure if this is true but he said so.. not sure because everybody reports success with this.
ODIN, as I said ( 1.8) recognises the COM connection just as does KIES. The problem is, I am not in download mode so can't reflash if I tried.
I have used the phone for 10 weeks since firmware upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 during which I had no problems except the occasional process stopped errors.
Hope this help, thanks for trying for me

Yes you are correct, I can't get download mode. The phone has never been reflashed or messed with. It came with 2.1 and using KIES in March I reflashed to 2.2 and it worked perfectly for 10 weeks until it semi-bricked.
There is the Black Screen of eath...then there is the pulsasing S screen of limbo! That's what I have.
The only harwdare clue I have is the SGS blew the fuse in my car charger shortly before "expiring"...yet if connected to USB or other charger, it charges the battery and displays the logo.

peterg123 said:
Thanks, it is not possible to get into download mode, or I would have done all that. As explained, the phone will not go past the giant "S" logo ( 3rd screen after power on). This problem has happened to many people, worldwide.
As explained the three button default firmware does not work.
The Samsung repair agent claims to have used the 301k resistor method to restart the phone and even that failed. I am not sure if this is true but he said so.. not sure because everybody reports success with this.
ODIN, as I said ( 1.8) recognises the COM connection just as does KIES. The problem is, I am not in download mode so can't reflash if I tried.
I have used the phone for 10 weeks since firmware upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 during which I had no problems except the occasional process stopped errors.
Hope this help, thanks for trying for me
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..But download mode doesn't display the S logo or even the first Galaxy S 1900 logo...it goes straight in.
Try looking up in the Development section - I'm sure there is a jig method in there and it might be worth trying yourself, you've not got mush to lose now.
If you can get into download mode eventually, search for and flash Ezbase, that will get you onto a rooted firmware and it works EVERY single time for me. Good luck.

@R34L2Pac
Hi, thanks. As posted, the stock UK model SGS 1900 with 2.1 Eclair worked perfect from Nov to March 2011, was firmware upodated by KIES in March 2011 to 2.2.1 Froyo and worked like a dream until it went "semi-bricked" with the "Logo of Limbo" screen ( the pulsating giant S) for no reason.
A week before this, I changed SIMs when I changed countries and for some reason lost all added apps. I had to re-install them and even then, sometimes twice as I got many "android process stopped" errors --- even on some of the Sansung installed ones like Layar. That is the only problem I ever had.
The phone has only had apps from Market and never been modded whatsoever. Many thanks

Hi,
You said that you can see a pulsating S logo, sound to me like your phone is bootlooping. But you didnt mention if you can get at least to recovery(VolUp+Home+Power)? If you can get into recovery, you could try just factory reset your phone from recovery and reboot your system.
Also in the development forum you can find some kernels which can be flashed via recovery (like speedmod K13 for Froyo), so you can try to flash this kernel and after reboot into CWM recovery you could try to connect phone to ADB and type the command "adb reboot download".
I read on the forum that the home-made jig method worked for everyone, so looks like the samsung technician was doing something wrong. It is worth trying to made one a see what it does. Also found this thread, where user cuperus claims that even with charger can be simulated the jig by heating-up your device. So you can also try it, just plug your phone to a charger, let it charge for 1hour and than try use 3-button combo to go to download mode.

R34L2Pac said:
Hi,
You said that you can see a pulsating S logo, sound to me like your phone is bootlooping. But you didnt mention if you can get at least to recovery(VolUp+Home+Power)? If you can get into recovery, you could try just factory reset your phone from recovery and reboot your system.
Also in the development forum you can find some kernels which can be flashed via recovery (like speedmod K13 for Froyo), so you can try to flash this kernel and after reboot into CWM recovery you could try to connect phone to ADB and type the command "adb reboot download".
I read on the forum that the home-made jig method worked for everyone, so looks like the samsung technician was doing something wrong. It is worth trying to made one a see what it does. Also found this thread, where user cuperus claims that even with charger can be simulated the jig by heating-up your device. So you can also try it, just plug your phone to a charger, let it charge for 1hour and than try use 3-button combo to go to download mode.
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Sorry I should have mentioned that it will not get into 3 button recovery mode, that has zero effect or rather, just sends it to the "Logo of Limbo" ( pulsating "S") just as does the power button.
Will maybe try a long charge time and see if that helps! Many thanks

Try en carefully learn hw to use odin coz I gt tha same exact model. I hav flashed mine many tyms en am on 2.3.4 XXJVP. if u do gt into download mode odin will sort u. Regards frm K.poly.
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peterg123 said:
Sorry I should have mentioned that it will not get into 3 button recovery mode, that has zero effect or rather, just sends it to the "Logo of Limbo" ( pulsating "S") just as does the power button.
Will maybe try a long charge time and see if that helps! Many thanks
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how long have you tried holding down the 'volume down+menu+power' keys? a simple quick press of the three buttons does not work. you have to keep holding them all down for a bit (sometimes upto to 15-20 seconds) for it to go into download mode.

Sorry for the fast answer but I'm at work atm... I think he needs to do the 3 combo button fix on his phone first. I know it's on the forum somewhere... Can anyone check it for him? I lost the 3 combo the first time I updated with Keys from 2.1 to 2.2 and I had to fix it using a program that I can't remember to go on download mode and apply that fix.
Then he can use Odin to flash a stock rom as he needs, plus having 3 combo fixed!
Good luck mate!
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Possible fix for your problem
Hi peterg,
I was looking through the general forum and found this post, where user beamzuk1 describes method how he fixed his semibricked phone. Symptoms are the same (not booting, glowing soft-keys, vibrating, no recovery and no download mode). So he used 'adb reboot recovery', I would say that proper command is 'adb reboot download', but you can try both. Also go through guide HOWTO use ADB, which I posted here the link in earlier post.
Hope this will help.
PS: Try follow beamzuk1 step-by-step, because if you start phone earlier than you connect it to pc, adb might not recognize the phone. Also be sure that you have correctly installed drivers and android-sdk before you try this.

These phones come with a 2 year warranty. Why don't you contact Samsung directly yourself - telling them that the local repair centre wouldn't fix/replace it for you. If you did nothing besides what you described, then I would have thought you were entitled to have it fixed or replaced by Samsung.

LiverpoolFCfan said:
These phones come with a 2 year warranty. Why don't you contact Samsung directly yourself - telling them that the local repair centre wouldn't fix/replace it for you. If you did nothing besides what you described, then I would have thought you were entitled to have it fixed or replaced by Samsung.
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Also think that Samsung should repair it or replace it.

The fact your repair center has done nothing to fix your phone, in several occasions, now entitles you to brand new replacement or your money refunded in full, contract terminated and expenses paid for your losses incurred as a result of their negligence.
Why not hit them up for the SGS 2.

I had the same issue with my first Galaxy S...wifi stopped working at first, I turned it off then on again but nothing changed. So I rebooted to see if it would correct itself. Bootloops and no 3 button combo (download or recovery)
Sent it off to Samsung through the Carphone Warehouse in the UK. I'd contact a Samsung Service Centre directly if I were you.

Odin flash crash, black screen

My galaxy s was hanging on boot (at the big S logo). This wasn't the first time and last time I had tried everything and reflashed. Yet this time odin crashed (windows gave me the 'Odin.exe stopped working' notification) and my phone powered off...
Now it won't give me anything, not download mode, OS or recovery (screen stays black, not even sure if the phone boots at all, hardware buttons also stay off)
Couldn't find anything usefull, any thoughts?
Cheers

Try the JIG to force it into download mode and try again. If odin crashes again, try flashin within windows safe mode. Sometimes it prevents crashing

mrjraider said:
Try the JIG to force it into download mode and try again. If odin crashes again, try flashin within windows safe mode. Sometimes it prevents crashing
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Will that force the device to boot too? If thats true I will give it a shot this week, hopefully. See if i can get hold of one somewhere.
Thanks for the quick reply

tinyhitman said:
my phone powered off...
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I Think this is the problem, you may have tried flashing when you had little battery charge and that will cause serious problems as bootloader would have failed.
your only option would be read the My Android Solutions about Problem:- Cannot enter Download or Recovery Mode

xsenman said:
I Think this is the problem, you may have tried flashing when you had little battery charge and that will cause serious problems as bootloader would have failed.
your only option would be read the My Android Solutions about Problem:- Cannot enter Download or Recovery Mode
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EDIT: I thought it was weird indeed that my phone powered off, since it had a full/near full battery (at least it told me)
Great thread ! Yet unfortunately none of the steps work for me up untill the JIG, I'll have to get hold onto one or make a homemade one (only got a single micro-usb at the moment, so that'll be a sacrifice) Havn't really got a lot of time on my hands but eventually i'll have to give the JIG a shot.
Realize that it seems like the phone isn't powered at all.
EDIT: no "usb device detected" notifications/sounds in windows when plugged in (for adb)
Also: My volt-o-meter told me that my battery outputted 6+ volts... can't seem to reproduce at the time of writing this though....

tinyhitman said:
EDIT: no "usb device detected" notifications/sounds in windows when plugged in (for adb)
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could be a USB cable failure (guessing) try
2) Problem:- Cannot connect to PC or Unknown Device, getting Code 43 or any other code or NO response when using USB cable in My Android Solutions

did you tried to remove the battery several seconds holding down the powerbutton and put it back again?
btw i also had issues with a galaxy note and a broken usb cable. screen was black because of an empty battery, you should try an other battery maybe a friends one

Yotaphone 2 YD206 in Bootloop after update

Hello,
i have a problem with my 1 week old yotaphone and hope you guys can help me to solve.
Let me say, this is my first android device. After a long time using iphones i saw this 2-displays concept and wanted to give it a try.
But now my problem and the way to:
The phone was brand new and first of all i charged it for a wohle night.
After that i put in the sim-card and started the phone and walked through the start-procedure with WLAN, Googleaccount etc.
Then the phone told me about an update and i started it over WLAN.
The phone was downloading, rebooting and shows me a white window "updating x of 127(?) Apps".
Somewhere in the middel the phone rebooted again and now its in a bootloop.
What is possible with the phone right now.
I can start the phone wit the bootloop (powerred byAndroid, then restart)
I can use "Power + Vol-" to bring it into downloading mode
When i use "Power + Vol+" nothing happend.
When i use "Vol+ + Vol-" nothing happend.
The akku of the phone is empty now and it only works with usb or power unit connected.
In bootloop or downloading mode it is not charging.
What i tried.
What i try:
I read many topics with bricked / bootlooped yotphones and how to flash or cache whipping.
i connected the phone to my pc and used yotoflasher with many different firmwares.
I used fastboot:
- flashed the system.ing with differnet sizes.
- tried different custom recovery.img from different threads here and from other sites.
Even a complete new image, moddified RU img doesn`t help.
The phone stays in bootloop.
Yes, it`s a warranty case, but before i start to strech my nerves by handling with the dealer and shipping
this phone back to china i will try everything else and hope you can help me out of this situation.
Thanks a lot

easyxx said:
Hello,
i have a problem with my 1 week old yotaphone and hope you guys can help me to solve.
Let me say, this is my first android device. After a long time using iphones i saw this 2-displays concept and wanted to give it a try.
But now my problem and the way to:
The phone was brand new and first of all i charged it for a wohle night.
After that i put in the sim-card and started the phone and walked through the start-procedure with WLAN, Googleaccount etc.
Then the phone told me about an update and i started it over WLAN.
The phone was downloading, rebooting and shows me a white window "updating x of 127(?) Apps".
Somewhere in the middel the phone rebooted again and now its in a bootloop.
What is possible with the phone right now.
I can start the phone wit the bootloop (powerred byAndroid, then restart)
I can use "Power + Vol-" to bring it into downloading mode
When i use "Power + Vol+" nothing happend.
When i use "Vol+ + Vol-" nothing happend.
The akku of the phone is empty now and it only works with usb or power unit connected.
In bootloop or downloading mode it is not charging.
What i tried.
What i try:
I read many topics with bricked / bootlooped yotphones and how to flash or cache whipping.
i connected the phone to my pc and used yotoflasher with many different firmwares.
I used fastboot:
- flashed the system.ing with differnet sizes.
- tried different custom recovery.img from different threads here and from other sites.
Even a complete new image, moddified RU img doesn`t help.
The phone stays in bootloop.
Yes, it`s a warranty case, but before i start to strech my nerves by handling with the dealer and shipping
this phone back to china i will try everything else and hope you can help me out of this situation.
Thanks a lot
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Mine too,stuck in bootloop. I also tried the fastboot and it said waiting device.

kophyo07 said:
Mine too,stuck in bootloop. I also tried the fastboot and it said waiting device.
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If your phone displays Downloading... and fastboot keeps saying waiting for device then there is something wrong with the installed ADB driver. Check some of the posts in this forum like this one on how to fix this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/yotaphone-2-yd-206-china-flash-firmware-t3306797/post69311402#post69311402

Strange that you had an OTA (Over The Air update). You didn't do anything between the SIM/Google registration and OTA ?
Normally there are no OTAs allowed on yd206 phones bought from China/HK , where did you buy it ? Chinese retailers have their own firmware that they put on phones , for me , maybe you had bad firmware installed.
The warranty of your phone is voided if you flash yotaphones bought from China and HK .
When you use yotaflasher do you get error message or "waiting for device" ?
To flash the Yotaphone , it should be in developer mode , but you couldn't put it in this mode because it first did the OTA that started your bootloop. Android apps are updated like that ("installing x of 127") when it gets updated to lollipop. Normally the OTA should have worked OK. Did you allow enough time at the Yotaphone logo after the first reboot ? It stays on this logo for 5 minutes before starting. I made this mistake.
The OTA started just after you set up Google etc ?
If so, normal yotaflashing will never work, but at least you havent broken the warranty . The thing we need to know is what exactly happened when you tried to flash , what errors messages appeared ?
If you did not put the phone in developer mode, then you cannot easily flash the phone, so your best possibility is to return the phone. Normally you can contact the seller by chat or email . Some are very good in exchanging.
It IS possible to flash your phone using fastboot, but I would not personally attempt it and you would lose your warranty . You need rootkits, SDK toolkits, universal drivers and images. Google "bootloop without USB debugging".
When I flashed my yd206 , (after many attempts) I flashed my yd206 to yd201 Russian KitKat ROM first and then did an OTA to lollipop.