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did i brick my phone?

used unrevoked 3 to root my phone, did a backup, then attempted to install CM6. during the process, my phone shut off (i dont believe it was the battery, as it was fully charged and plugged in). now once in awhile (rarely) if i attempt to boot into recovery, the white htc evo screen will appear for a second or two, then the phone will shut back up.
what are my options?

i wouldn't expect anyone to reply with any real answers until you are more clear about your problems & what you've done already to try & fix them. not to mention, hardware specifics..

exempt said:
used unrevoked 3 to root my phone, did a backup, then attempted to install CM6. during the process, my phone shut off (i dont believe it was the battery, as it was fully charged and plugged in). now once in awhile (rarely) if i attempt to boot into recovery, the white htc evo screen will appear for a second or two, then the phone will shut back up.
what are my options?
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Put this on your SD card. http://db.tt/uo4mOhh remove "_RA_2.2.1" and place on the root of your SD card. Once you get the "white screen" it will re install a recovery. Just make sure you go with it in bootloader (white screen) prompts.
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drdrewdown said:
i wouldn't expect anyone to reply with any real answers until you are more clear about your problems & what you've done already to try & fix them. not to mention, hardware specifics..
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Figured since this was the EVO forums it would be assumed I have an EVO
I havent attempted any solutions yet, as I wanted to be sure of something before trying. As for the problems, what is unclear? Rooted successfully, attempted to flash CM6 and phone went dead and no longer turns on.
So I should use something else to get it on the SD card, then try to start phone?

exempt said:
Figured since this was the EVO forums it would be assumed I have an EVO
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Damn...I thought this post was for a BlackBerry Storm. But on a serious note, he was asking about what hardware version, hboot, etc... Hardware version 002? 003? 004? 007...wait, James Bond?

exempt said:
Figured since this was the EVO forums it would be assumed I have an EVO
I havent attempted any solutions yet, as I wanted to be sure of something before trying. As for the problems, what is unclear? Rooted successfully, attempted to flash CM6 and phone went dead and no longer turns on.
So I should use something else to get it on the SD card, then try to start phone?
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Card reader or other phone.
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tgruendler said:
Damn...I thought this post was for a BlackBerry Storm. But on a serious note, he was asking about what hardware version, hboot, etc... Hardware version 002? 003? 004? 007...wait, James Bond?
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ah, that does make more sense. HW 003, HBOOT is 2.10

Rydah805 said:
Cars reader or other phone.
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that fixed it! thank you!

exempt said:
that fixed it! thank you!
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no problem. glad i could save your sanity and save you a trip to going to the sprint store then waiting an hour for diagnostics then getting a replacement when you really didn't need anything but a recovery re-flash. =]

[Q] I have two Galaxy S, i9000m with bell. one bricked, other works fine, HELP!

Ok this is what happened, my first i9000m I played around with a lot of roms, perfecting, upgrading, everything was perfect, I know what I am doing when it comes to flashing, etc.
I am almost 90% sure the problem started when my internal sd card started causing problems. I got random restarts, files missing, weird and random fc's, so I used clockwork to backup, and i was also copying files from my internal sd, to my external.
I had insanity installed, and I think just upgraded to GB, or it was around time when 2.3.3 started coming out, I rebooted to recovery, and int sd said didn't exist, or could not mount, something like that
I tried a lot of methods listed online, using odin I flashed a stock jvb using odin, it finished successfully, rebooted, and recovery came up and did the usual upgrading, etc, but it would not go through due to int sd problem.
I tried a bunch of stuff, then one night I let my (not so smart) friend look to see what I was up to, he ended up using odin to flash a custom VIBRANT rom, usually my phone starts with animated i9000m screensaver galaxy s, but this said samsung vibrant, anyway I was angry, the phone rebooted, now it will not power on, or do anything at all.
Also, before the wrong rom was flashed, I bought a 301k resistor jig from ebay to force in to download mode, that worked great until after the incorrect rom was flashed.
After this I was VERY angry, so angry I went out and bought a new i9000m, haha
My Galaxy S fetish has been restored, and my phone works great.
So... here is what I have been thinking, and reason I posted this thread...
I have ead about jtag's, etc and wondering is there anything I can do to fix my broken i9000, especially seeing how I have a working phone exact same model here with me as well.
So can anyone out there give me idea's, etc... anything??!
Thanks in advance for reading this!

I also wanted to add...
A few months ago I bought a SIM card reader/writer/cloner
-USB to RS232 adapter
-Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 chip.
-Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port
Maybe I can make my own uart?

I don't know if it would help you but I have a RiffBox that I want to get ride of.
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I ned a riffbox... Check your PM.
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sp991 said:
I don't know if it would help you but I have a RiffBox that I want to get ride of.
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yes how much

I'd also like that riffbox. How much for shipping to USA if the man above me does not want it?

Messed up issues.

I recently grabbed one of these cheap for use in my truck as an mp3 player. All was cool till I put a 32gb micro SD card into it. It had a 16gb at first and seemed to work ok but it wasn't enough. Today while syncing it with zune, it rebooted and now won't get past the Samsung logo screen. I let it sit on that screen so long the battery died. I have tried formatting it both with and without the SD card and also tried flashing the retail ROM in download mode to restore it to 7004. Still nothing. Any help would he greatly appreciated. The thing that stings the most is that i wasted my 32gb card
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Well isn't this a kick in the nuts, its working now. I plugged it in to charge it after letting it sit, left the room and now its working. Has anyone else dealt with this?
Edit: it just shut off and won't power on at all.
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what brand & class SD card are you using?
what revision is your focus?

Wintech class 10. Firmware revision 2124.10.12.2. Hardware revision 3.1.0.7.
Also, the only way I can get it to boot is to plug it in while its off. Also, it says it only has 15.79mb of storage. It won't format and it won't allow me to install a fresh copy of wp7 7004 because it won't boot. Download and format mode both work but it won't boot after either.
As of today, it thinks it's a Samsung Cetus?!
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scream_clarity said:
Wintech class 10. Firmware revision 2124.10.12.2. Hardware revision 3.1.0.7.
Also, the only way I can get it to boot is to plug it in while its off. Also, it says it only has 15.79mb of storage. It won't format and it won't allow me to install a fresh copy of wp7 7004 because it won't boot. Download and format mode both work but it won't boot after either.
As of today, it thinks it's a Samsung Cetus?!
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I think what happened to you, happened to me
You can read my take here.
Basically all your data on the phone is screwed (but you do have a Zune backup, right?) however the phone and the card are okay (recoverable). Apps, you'll have to reinstall. Just need to reflash.

Restoring to original Rogers 7004 firmware doesn't work. It does everything it should in download mode then just locks up on the Samsung screen. I have to pull the battery, reinsert it then plug it in to usb to make it boot. And its still messed up every time. I've done it at least 15 times with no luck (with and without the SD card). Also through all of this, it isn't recognised by zune.
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I had the same issue exactly (literally did same stuff with microsd and got the same results except wasn't frozen yet just no memory and useless). There was no ROM then so i took the risk of flashing the Omnia 7 ROM onto the device and now it has been frozen on the samsung logo screen for months. I have tried countless times to flash the actual Samsung focus ROM on to it since it has been released and it still freezes despite the flash seeming to work on the computer.
Anyone find a solution?

As it stands now, flashing Rogers firmware freezes at 'DSP1 Downloading... 70%' for about 30 seconds then fails.

Quick update...
Phone is currently downloading the PDA. There are two downloaders, ver. 7.05 and ver. 7.21. I have used 7.21 up until now but 7.05 is going farther.
Edit...
Still in the same shape as t was. I'm going to smash it...

have you tried contacting samsung? they fixed mine when the sim contacts broke and i bought it off CL...
it's worth a shot to see if they can fix/replace it for you...

I got mine off ebay, you think they would fix the phone (Samsung)?
It is worth a shot, in which way did you contact them? I tried to call them ages ago and had a terribly hard time getting someone on the phone, i also did the live chat online and it was uterly useless.

Has anyone resolved this issue?

I ended up sending it back. They've had it for almost 2 weeks now and I haven't heard or seen anything.
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Flashed back to stock - need to backup SD

I've been having lots of little annoying issues with my Epic for the last couple of weeks and I've decided I'm just going to bring it into the Sprint store and let them check it out. As preparation for this, I returned to Froyo. The issue is that all of my backups and whatnot are on the SD card and I really don't want the folks at Sprint seeing that stuff. Also, if for some reason they do replace my phone, I don't want them taking my SD card with all my crap on it.
So, two questions:
Is there a particularly wise way to backup the contents of the card?
With the phone off, is it safe (and wise) to remove the SD card before bringing the Epic into a Sprint store?

dead78 said:
I've been having lots of little annoying issues with my Epic for the last couple of weeks and I've decided I'm just going to bring it into the Sprint store and let them check it out. As preparation for this, I returned to Froyo. The issue is that all of my backups and whatnot are on the SD card and I really don't want the folks at Sprint seeing that stuff. Also, if for some reason they do replace my phone, I don't want them taking my SD card with all my crap on it.
So, two questions:
Is there a particularly wise way to backup the contents of the card?
With the phone off, is it safe (and wise) to remove the SD card before bringing the Epic into a Sprint store?
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I am getting close to doing the same thing and I plan on just copying everything off my SD card to my desktop and also removing the card so when they get it is stock Froyo with no card.

vwags said:
I am getting close to doing the same thing and I plan on just copying everything off my SD card to my desktop and also removing the card so when they get it is stock Froyo with no card.
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Ah, cool. It's like, I pretty much got sick of all of my phone calls to Sprint complaining about slow data speeds ending with "you should bring your phone in to a Sprint store" and not being able to do it. At this point, I'm about 90% convinced there's nothing wrong with my Epic and they're not going to do a damn thing, but at least this way I've got the option of letting them check it out.
Also, what you suggested re: SD card seems like the best option but I wasn't sure if there was some weird file format option that might affect some of the files on there. Probably totally idiotic concern but I figured I'd seek advice just in case.

ICS encryption bug - means goodbye

It's time to move on, my vibrant got the hellish ICS encrypted bug. My internal SD got corrupted, its useless. ODIN didn't fix the problem.
However I did manage to boot up but there's nothing I can do, besides using the stocks apps. there's no way to download anything, external SD doesn't work, neither does the phone.
I saw a guide to make partitions on the external SD to it can be used as an internal. It would work as usual but the SD has to be always in.
Anyways have a good one, I bought myself a SGS 3.
For those who are curious how it happen. It happened over night, had an alarm set up for the first day of work. I turned the phone on in the morning and saw that hideous message. But one thing though, that bug shouldn't really be kept a secret... I had no idea it even excited before or happened.
One last time, goodbye.
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My friend, I will be sad to see you go. Been a great addition to our corner of the forums. Good luck and say hey to Fishman for us.
PM incoming also
Edit: Can you tell me if you got my PM. XDA is getting wonky and it isn't showing in my sent box either.

I'll make sure to tell him you said hi. I overlooked the forum it reminds of the beginning of this one. Iike pictures taken with the camera, we had one here about pictures taken with the night mode. It brought me back, but now I have read before I do anything. What a hassle lol.
And I didn't get your pm
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when EU bug cause to your phone because i think it cause only on earlier build of ICS Rom. Now ICS Rom is on there perfect build.

khan_frd2002 said:
when EU bug cause to your phone because i think it cause only on earlier build of ICS Rom. Now ICS Rom is on there perfect build.
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I think is not depending on the build date of ics roms. I got the EU bug using a new rom. However as long there is a fix i still love my Vibrant.
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khan_frd2002 said:
when EU bug cause to your phone because i think it cause only on earlier build of ICS Rom. Now ICS Rom is on there perfect build.
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I was running the latest SlimICS rom.
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i was flashing cm9 nightly 7 20 an got it though i somehow managed to dodge the bullet an avoid system corruption I panic'd when i saw that screen pop up on boot so i pulled the battery an instantly plugged the phone into download an odin'd the thing with repar selected an when the phone rebooted i still had all my working memory o.o.

pintek said:
i was flashing cm9 nightly 7 20 an got it though i somehow managed to dodge the bullet an avoid system corruption I panic'd when i saw that screen pop up on boot so i pulled the battery an instantly plugged the phone into download an odin'd the thing with repar selected an when the phone rebooted i still had all my working memory o.o.
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congrats

there´s a chance....
iwillkillyou said:
It's time to move on, my vibrant got the hellish ICS encrypted bug. My internal SD got corrupted, its useless. ODIN didn't fix the problem.
However I did manage to boot up but there's nothing I can do, besides using the stocks apps. there's no way to download anything, external SD doesn't work, neither does the phone.
I saw a guide to make partitions on the external SD to it can be used as an internal. It would work as usual but the SD has to be always in.
Anyways have a good one, I bought myself a SGS 3.
For those who are curious how it happen. It happened over night, had an alarm set up for the first day of work. I turned the phone on in the morning and saw that hideous message. But one thing though, that bug shouldn't really be kept a secret... I had no idea it even excited before or happened.
One last time, goodbye.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
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Do you wanna get it back working?
there´s a chance with this tutorial, but it´s a little hard and the internal sdcard can be PERMANENTLY damaged...
if you face any issue or if you are completely unsure of what you´re doing ask here before proceeding...:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751324
Later,
Lincoln

Secret to saving the phone seems to be a battery pull as soon as you see the error come up.

Did you try to connect the phone to the computer. Use a Hiren's disk to repartition the internal SD card?
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I.survive that bug.. Try to get an 8gb sd .. Flash eugenes froyo . Then after flash lidroid twice.then.check if u have acess usually lidroid will.partition th INTERNAL sd for u
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