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
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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.
444
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.
444
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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.
I tried to up the new radio version for my magic yesterday. after updated I never off it by back+home botton. After restart I got this hang on screen below and never do anything with it. Can't fastboot, ADB. after I dig last night. I have less information about this. I thing I will get more info If I ask to you all. Pls let me know haw can I recover it back.
Thanks lot.
Take the battery out of your phone, hold the volume down button, put the battery into the phone, if the phone doesn't start turning on, continue to hold the volume down button and press the power button. Keep holding the volume down button, if this works, you will see the fastboot screen.
Thank you very much for your info. I done follow your info but it's not difference. I got the same hang on screen. How can I do others things.
Thanks lot
I think ccfiel have the same problem as me(with this links http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4491718#post4491718). If somebody know how about his status and how to solve this probelm, pls response me.
Thank you..
What radio is that exactly? the 19.26I is the newest one for Magic. Attempting to flash Hero Radio breaks your phone!
Also wrong forum section and thread is reported!
This is not development related. Moved.
Thanks lot for your support ivanmmj.
I have one question for this case. How can I make the boot loader from sdcard? I think it should be solve my problem. Thanks lot..
Have someone can solve this problem except to replace new mainboard? I tried to dig..but I'm not found another option. Have you all has the idea....? Thanks..
Happened to me and HTC could only fix it with a new main board,
plz need help
while trying to update radio rom from sd card i bricked my hero
no powering up no charging led no connection to pc just like dead
need some help how much deep i amin s..t
Sorry about it but, its not "easy" to brick by flashing a new radio, unless wrong radio flashed or interrupted during flashing.
Some experts may be able to help if you put your question little more in detail...which radio etc.
update-hero-radio-63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.29-signed
i was trying tp update this radio
hero-generic-2.73.405.38-rooted-signed firmware current FW
I had this problem as well what I did was contiously restart my phone take battery out put it back in. Done this like 20+ times then the phone managed to boot up.
Thanx but i already did that no use still dont know what s the problem
Htc hero bricked plez need help
i dunno whats wrong i was trying to update my radio rom minus nandroid backup
i flashed twice process stuck i pulled the battery now i have the dead phone no led no display no usb connection need help
Just checking but this sounds like you flashed a GSM radio onto a CDMA hero, is this what you have done? if so you are FOOOOOOBARRRRRRED son. and to be honest you really should have read about the radio flash.
If thats what it is,
if it isnt then good luck.
djmazhar said:
i dunno whats wrong i was trying to update my radio rom minus nandroid backup
i flashed twice process stuck i pulled the battery now i have the dead phone no led no display no usb connection need help
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+ why do you think it got stuck? how long did you leave it?
List type of Hero you have, radio you were trying to flash aswell. Also will it boot into fastboot? (hold down vol down key and turn on)
Dan...
Thats what I asked in post 2.
i was trying to update radio rom 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.29
my SPL - 1.76.2007
rom -hero-generic-2.73.405.38-rooted-signed
and it does not boot into fast boot
Bricked htc hero some1 plz help!!!!
i have searched n searched online 4 2weeks for solutions but i have not found not 1 thing to help me,i accidentally flashed a gsm on my cdma & i cannot boot it @ aw,no led lights but yet it charges,i can only hold vol up & tap power & it juz vibrates 3x & i need some kinda of solution,anybody!please......
I'm now stuck at the T-mobile G1 screen.
this is the first time this has happened to me.
I was running superD 1.10.2 but wanted to try a hero port.
I tried various hero roms and was stuck on the G1 screen every time
I tried going back to super d but I'm still stuck.
I've wiped between each flash.
It's not fully bricked cause I can still get to the recover screens by pressing home+power to boot and power+camera
When going back to SuperD did you flash the defanged base/Htc Recovery?
I don't know what that is so I don't think I did.
am I supposed to be flashing this in between roms?
I've never done so.
swee08315 said:
I don't know what that is so I don't think I did.
am I supposed to be flashing this in between roms?
I've never done so.
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Recently SuperD went legal, and as such it requires the htc recovery to have been flashed before it was. Not sure about your problems with hero roms
In that case, I don't think I need the defanged base/Htc Recovery because I've had the rom downloaded before it went legal.
and also: I've had this problem before with open ecclair. It would never boot.
but I was always able to flash back to super D for some reason.
update.
I tried some other roms,
I got BlueMagic and htc clays remix of csdi to both work.
but I still can't get back to superD
yeah man... for some reason when i tried a hero rom, and tried to go back to super d it didnt work so i just flashed super csdi. but idk what it is either
Sent from my HTC Dream G1 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
what to do ???
hi
yes i know !!!!! but i have read ewery thing but i am still like a new born baby on slippery ice with a G1 in his hand.
IS MY G1 BRICKT ???
it turns on and pressing red phone and tracker ball makes it a pretty blue light and shats it brickt ??????
any chances fixing this ????
and YES i tried pushing every button incl the light button in the room dosent work.
and YES i f####t up a spl and radio i think i mixt the files up and thats the where i am right now.
I post this beacase you are professionals ate this and i am a maybe brickt amateur
any help is welcome
Hasse blom
Its not bricked
Hi this happend to me a couple months ago...heres my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655977 Follow what they told me to do and itll be fixed.
weird soft brick
hi
thanks for the reply !!!
problem is i am not a hacker or programer half of that i dident anderstand any chance you can wright a "save your android for dummies" for me that would be very helpful for me ??
yours
Hasse "the dummi" Blom
The blue light is for JTAG, which is basically a bunch of wires you can plug into the inside of your phone to get it working. Problem is, it's hardcore advanced and voids your warranty unreversably. If Camera+Power and Home+Power don't work, you may be out of luck.
Tony_SpaZ said:
The blue light is for JTAG, which is basically a bunch of wires you can plug into the inside of your phone to get it working. Problem is, it's hardcore advanced and voids your warranty unreversably. If Camera+Power and Home+Power don't work, you may be out of luck.
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Please don't talk about things you don't understand.
Blue light mode is NOT "for jtag". It is for SERIAL CONSOLE -- an interface that can be used for executing RADIO COMMANDS over RS232.
JTAG is used to HACK the blue light mode in order to enable MORE RADIO COMMANDS. Essentially, it escalates the PRIVILEGES of the serial console to the equivalent of ROOT.
Think of it like ROOTING YOUR RADIO.
blue light go red light stop ?!?!
Hi
thanks for all the support !!!
so basicly i am F###T with a big F !! i cant get in to boot loader or any thing with it
so there is no software like ruu tool or htc little back road program i can use with usb cable or any thing
seams strange that 1 F up and its curtains for a my G1
yours
Hasse Blom
OK guys I got root and I went to load Danger SPL and on reboot it just stays at the G1 screen...I've tried all button combinations with no luck....I'm searched and found no solution...someone has to have a fix for this...please help guys!
so you cant get into bootloader or recovery??
if so i think your phone may be as useful as a doorstop (its bricked)
chdesign said:
OK guys I got root and I went to load Danger SPL and on reboot it just stays at the G1 screen...I've tried all button combinations with no luck....I'm searched and found no solution...someone has to have a fix for this...please help guys!
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Radio before spl, you have a brand new paperweight.
I was afraid of that...looks like a motherboard swap for me....you guys don't know anyone that does a JTAG restore on the g1's do you?