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[Q] Help! Droid 2 bricked (sort-of)

Ok, so here is the situation:
I rooted my Droid 2, no problem. You guys give very easy to follow directions, so kudos.
Things worked fine once rooted for a week or so, then I installed LCD Density changer. I put in the new density I wanted, it told me to reboot. Fine, I do so. Once I do it, it goes into an endless boot cycle.
My first thought was boot into recovery and do 'restore to factory defaults', so I figured out how to do that, and it 'worked'. But once I restarted, now it reboots with an LCD density of 90 (like I set in LCD Density changer); it takes me to the initial setup screen, works for 10-15 seconds, then reboots. I repeated the 'restore to factory defaults' and same thing.
I'm at a loss as to what to do! I've read about 'flashing' a recovery...can I do that while my phone is in its current state?
Thanks so much for your help, people!

I think you can flash your phone. I don't think you need to have your phone working to flash. Maybe just having it on?

phud1066 said:
Ok, so here is the situation:
I rooted my Droid 2, no problem. You guys give very easy to follow directions, so kudos.
Things worked fine once rooted for a week or so, then I installed LCD Density changer. I put in the new density I wanted, it told me to reboot. Fine, I do so. Once I do it, it goes into an endless boot cycle.
My first thought was boot into recovery and do 'restore to factory defaults', so I figured out how to do that, and it 'worked'. But once I restarted, now it reboots with an LCD density of 90 (like I set in LCD Density changer); it takes me to the initial setup screen, works for 10-15 seconds, then reboots. I repeated the 'restore to factory defaults' and same thing.
I'm at a loss as to what to do! I've read about 'flashing' a recovery...can I do that while my phone is in its current state?
Thanks so much for your help, people!
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Yup, you should be able to get in just fine to flash it again. Just turn the phone on while holding down the UP arrow on the D-pad. I've done a lot of stupid stuff to every Droid I've owned, and still haven't managed to brick one permanently.

jcsugrue said:
Yup, you should be able to get in just fine to flash it again. Just turn the phone on while holding down the UP arrow on the D-pad. I've done a lot of stupid stuff to every Droid I've owned, and still haven't managed to brick one permanently.
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You're right! This let me get access to the bootloader, and flash the recovery .sbf I found in another thread. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but this seems to be working. Thanks for your help!

Update: Fixed!
RSD Lite worked while the phone was at the bootloader. I flashed the recovery, and everything seems to be fine and dandy now. Thanks for your help, darkonion and jcsugrue!

phud1066 said:
RSD Lite worked while the phone was at the bootloader. I flashed the recovery, and everything seems to be fine and dandy now. Thanks for your help, darkonion and jcsugrue!
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No problem. Glad that my tutorial can help!

jcsugrue said:
Yup, you should be able to get in just fine to flash it again. Just turn the phone on while holding down the UP arrow on the D-pad. I've done a lot of stupid stuff to every Droid I've owned, and still haven't managed to brick one permanently.
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I had given up all hope of restoring my phone until I read this. Thanks you very much

phud1066 said:
RSD Lite worked while the phone was at the bootloader. I flashed the recovery, and everything seems to be fine and dandy now. Thanks for your help, darkonion and jcsugrue!
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RSD lite would not work while I was in the bootloader program. It would get to 100% then would go into a second flashing of image file then it would fail. I am pretty sure I have bricked my phone, but still hanging on to it hoping against hope that I can fix it. I have tried almost everything, with the exception of using Linux. I don’t know where to get it or how much it costs.
I wound up having to buy another Droid 2 from the Verizon store here in town. :/
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Terri M said:
I have tried almost everything, with the exception of using Linux. I don’t know where to get it or how much it costs.
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Linux unlike Mac and Windows is basically free. Ubuntu is free to download. I dual boot windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04.
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Bricked Droid 2 [Solved]

Hey guys, after a stupid mistake I screwed myself, and after a lot of research and aggravation I decided to throw in the towel and ask for help. I installed the Fission rom and it worked great till I did a reset after I had uninstalled the stock launcher. When I hold down X and start the phone, it boots into a recovery screen with an exclamation mark and says "E: Cant open /cache/recovery/command." When I "wipe data/factory reset" I can get the phone to load but with no home launcher, but I can receive texts and phone calls. I have tried to reinstall Launcher Pro by sending a link to download by text but when I go to install it says something about a parse error and wont install. Im completely lost at this point and need help please. Im so angry that a stupid mistake cost me so much time and effort. How can I go about fixing this?

In your case, I would SBF that ***** back to stock. You can find a guide to doing so in the development section.

bluek24a4 said:
Hey guys, after a stupid mistake I screwed myself, and after a lot of research and aggravation I decided to throw in the towel and ask for help. I installed the Fission rom and it worked great till I did a reset after I had uninstalled the stock launcher. When I hold down X and start the phone, it boots into a recovery screen with an exclamation mark and says "E: Cant open /cache/recovery/command." When I "wipe data/factory reset" I can get the phone to load but with no home launcher, but I can receive texts and phone calls. I have tried to reinstall Launcher Pro by sending a link to download by text but when I go to install it says something about a parse error and wont install. Im completely lost at this point and need help please. Im so angry that a stupid mistake cost me so much time and effort. How can I go about fixing this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804088

Thanks guys. I woke up this morning with fresh eyes and figured the whole thing out. It was quite a pain in the ass.

Now that you know how to do it, it shows a) you dont have a brick b) itll be easier next time.

a first time for everything

theecho said:
Now that you know how to do it, it shows a) you dont have a brick b) itll be easier next time.
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haha yeah, I know brick implies an unfixable phone but I couldnt think of a better word. It is a straight foward process and should be very easy if theres a next time now that ive already done it.

If you could change your thread title to include [SOLVED]. Thanks!

I had the same EXACT problem. Deleted the stock launcher and sat for HOURS on and on trying to figure it out. SBF didnt want to work either...so i called vzw and they ordered me a replacement...the next day at school i tried sbf again with 4.8 instead of 4.7 it worked!

Coderedpl said:
the next day at school i tried sbf again with 4.8 instead of 4.7 it worked!
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Could have tried the linux method with the Ubuntu Livecd. But glad it's all working again. Nobody likes a nonfunctional $200 Droid 2.

newk8600 said:
If you could change your thread title to include [SOLVED]. Thanks!
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Yes sir. Taken care of.
Coderedpl said:
I had the same EXACT problem. Deleted the stock launcher and sat for HOURS on and on trying to figure it out. SBF didnt want to work either...so i called vzw and they ordered me a replacement...the next day at school i tried sbf again with 4.8 instead of 4.7 it worked!
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Yes I believe it was your thread that I had read through when I ran into the problem. I went straight to RSD 4.9 and it worked perfect.
newk8600 said:
Could have tried the linux method with the Ubuntu Livecd. But glad it's all working again. Nobody likes a nonfunctional $200 Droid 2.
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That would definitely be a shame.

[Q] I think i'm bricked

So i flashed something that my phone doesnt agree with and now it gets stuck in boot. it gets to samsung screen then goes black and back to samsung over and over..
through clockwork i've wiped everything, tried to recover, tried to flash fresh roms, new kernels everything but i'm still stuck.. is this a situation to try odin? I don't have access to a pc so i just wanted to know if that is the next step cause its kinda of a pain in the ass to get a hold of one

illtema said:
So i flashed something that my phone doesnt agree with and now it gets stuck in boot. it gets to samsung screen then goes black and back to samsung over and over..
through clockwork i've wiped everything, tried to recover, tried to flash fresh roms, new kernels everything but i'm still stuck.. is this a situation to try odin? I don't have access to a pc so i just wanted to know if that is the next step cause its kinda of a pain in the ass to get a hold of one
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what exactly did you flash to your phone that it didnt agree with

i flashed geek's uv superfast test and then followed his links to enable the BLN.. i think i might have flashed a bln mod for another device by accident but i'm having trouble finding the links i clicked so i'm not positive.. all i know is after i flashed it my boot animation changed to i 9000 and then it got stuck and then it got stuck in boot lock

to be frank, i can't find what the **** i did so i'm starting to think i was in a diff device forum or something... i musta flashed something for another device

illtema said:
i flashed geek's uv superfast test and then followed his links to enable the BLN.. i think i might have flashed a bln mod for another device by accident but i'm having trouble finding the links i clicked so i'm not positive.. all i know is after i flashed it my boot animation changed to i 9000 and then it got stuck and then it got stuck in boot lock
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illtema said:
to be frank, i can't find what the **** i did so i'm starting to think i was in a diff device forum or something... i musta flashed something for another device
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yeah you are pretty much screwed

screwed as in i should go to verizon w/ a sob story or screwed as in try odin

Couldn't you use Odin to restore? Or have you already tried that?

yeah man just revert to stock via Odin . Youre fine , happens to everyone at some point . Get back on that Android horse and ride it haha .

Yes, use odin.
If flashing other kernels doesn't fix this, (ie you still get stuck after the Verizon logo with lit buttons) let me know. I've got a trick up my sleeve for this, but I've only seen it happen twice, it's pretty rare.

i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...

illtema said:
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
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if you plan to root/mod this device dont put other sgs firmware on it

illtema said:
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
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awwwww wheres the fun in that XD

OK I did the same thing last week. I fixed it by running voodoo uninstaller. Don't know why it worked or how but I was desperate after being without a phone for 2 days. Then that afternoon my replacement showed up via fedex
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Unable to flash any other ROM after PhantomTask

hi everyone,
I am actually a long time custom ROM flasher started since Desire days, but registered recently because of this problem I have with the Tab 10.1 Wifi.
Despite me trying everything I can think of, I couldn't flash any other ROMs now, including GalaxyTask, Overcome, AOKP CM9, except the stock Honeycomb sans TouchWiz ROM, and of course PhantomTask. I am pretty sure PhantomTask is the last ROM I've flashed until this problem comes up.
I have made sure that I have done a full clean wipe every time before I flash any of them, wipe data -> cache -> dalvik cache, I even format /system partition, but still none of them works. They always get stuck at boot screen, unless the either one of the two ROMs I've mentioned, stock or PhantomTask.
I am sure that my downloads are complete too, as I've checked MD5 for each of them.
So I really don't know what to do now, any ideas?
I'd really want to test out AOKP

Define stuck. It's not uncommon to have to sit for 5 or even 10 minutes at that first boot. How long have you waited?
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Wrong section pal. Might want to post in Task's thread.
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Just wait. It sometimes takes 15 minutes or so for my tab to boot up the first time.

thanks for the reply
It gets stuck at the Samsung Tab logo, and not proceed to the boot animation. I've tried waiting up to 30 minutes or more at one point, just leaving it there and do my own things. Though after that one time I'm not sure I've waiting that long.
I'll try again tonight and see how it goes.
@hbkmog I would have posted at Task thread if I could.

Have you tried with a newer version of ClockworkMod? Perhaps this one: ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7

thanks Maple Syrup, I have flashed that recovery yesterday, and I've tried flashing CM9 after that. I left it overnight to boot, it still didn't boot pass the logo, and the battery drained out.
I'll give it another try later.

ok I've tried everything I can, and still can't get this to work.
Then finally I've decided to try to unroot and restore everything to stock.
I've followed each and every step of this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474971
After everything is done, Odin is showing the pass sign, according to the video its suppose to reboot into Android, but weirdly its stuck at a black screen. So I unplugged it from the PC rebooted it by holding down power button. But now its stuck at the boot logo, and won't proceed, its been more than 10 mins.
I am still able to boot into download mode, but when I boot into recovery wanting to do a factory reset, it shows a black screen and nothing else.
any idea what's going on?

first post this everywhere. oh you're doing that already. :screwy:
follow the overcome recovery from the link given after one of your other posts or just look for the thread.
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thanks for the reply man, but yea kinda desperate here
I'll try it out and report back

It's all good. I sounded rude I think and not helpful really, but I had just replied to your other post exactly like this one. I understand the desperation cause I've "been there done that"
Hope you get'er going.
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OMG
Benzoman said:
first post this everywhere. oh you're doing that already. :screwy:
follow the overcome recovery from the link given after one of your other posts or just look for the thread.
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Finally got the time to do it this weekend and... OMG it worked!! THANKS MAN!! MILLION THANKS

j3nnning said:
Finally got the time to do it this weekend and... OMG it worked!! THANKS MAN!! MILLION THANKS
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Thank you! As I seem to be saying a lot lately, it's success posts like this that keep us trying to help in the first place. Makes us feel good to know we helped.
Sorry again for the rude first post. I think I was extra grumpy that day. Probably from some ungrateful user asking for help and then getting rude that the suggestion(s) didn't help them exactly like they wanted or even some days not fast enough for them. Funny how sometimes people trying to help have things to do other than sit and work on someones problem 24/7. not directed towards you.
Glad to hear you got it going.
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Help PLEASE random disaster

I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone

tradejak66 said:
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
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Let's not brick your phone intentionally just yet! Try getting hold of a PD15IMG.zip (2.2.1 or 2.3.4, either works unless you want to root again, then go for 2.2.1). Boot into bootloader with the PD15IMG on the root of your SD, then let it update. If it doesn't and says Fail-PU, then you are bricked and could send it back to T-Mobile. Or you could try flashing another ROM. Hope this helps!

invasion2 said:
Let's not brick your phone intentionally just yet! Try getting hold of a PD15IMG.zip (2.2.1 or 2.3.4, either works unless you want to root again, then go for 2.2.1). Boot into bootloader with the PD15IMG on the root of your SD, then let it update. If it doesn't and says Fail-PU, then you are bricked and could send it back to T-Mobile. Or you could try flashing another ROM. Hope this helps!
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tried that too..... and i dont want to send it back to t-mobile since they can still look and see its rooted. so yes thats why i need to brick it lol. please.

tradejak66 said:
tried that too..... and i dont want to send it back to t-mobile since they can still look and see its rooted. so yes thats why i need to brick it lol. please.
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OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.

invasion2 said:
OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
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k hold up let me try

tradejak66 said:
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
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do this: wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
flash the original ROM (the one you have a backup of, but not the actual back up)
THEN restore the backup, it shouldnt get stuck at system anymore
i had a similar problem and this helped. hopefully it works for you

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OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
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I've tried twice and it still boots :0

tradejak66 said:
I've tried twice and it still boots :0
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Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!

invasion2 said:
Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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lol. start looking now just in case.

invasion2 said:
Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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I can't even access the recovery anymore. i have the PD15image thing pop up everytime so i cant get to the sd card whatsoever. i took out my sdcard then tried to access the recovery but it doesnt work

Actually, I think we've done a pretty successful job, because, they can't access the recovery, the PD15img keeps saying Fail-PU. the only thing left is S-Off, which i hope they dont notice >.>

tradejak66 said:
Actually, I think we've done a pretty successful job, because, they can't access the recovery, the PD15img keeps saying Fail-PU. the only thing left is S-Off, which i hope they dont notice >.>
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I think you're fine honestly. Good luck matey!

Get a 12v power supply, cut the end off and strip the wires. Take the battery out and touch the wires to the phones battery contacts a couple times. Replace battery try to power on. If it doesn't turn on your done, if it does try again. Tell them it was on the charger and shut off when you unplugged it and wouldn't turn on.
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tradejak66 said:
I can't even access the recovery anymore. i have the PD15image thing pop up everytime so i cant get to the sd card whatsoever. i took out my sdcard then tried to access the recovery but it doesnt work
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I had a similar problem when the splash screen got stuck last night flashing a new radio. I took the sdcard and plugged it in the netbook, accessed the root rolder and renamed the PD15IMG.zip so the HBOOT wouldn't read the file. It stopped the HBOOT from reading the file so I could access Recovery then reflashed my recovery file. I forgot to do the data wipe/dalvik before I flashed the radio lol.

This is an AWESOME how to brick your phone on purpose guide good job guys
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OH GOD tmobile is out of MT4g's and i had to order one from HTC. they specificly stated they will make sure its not rooted and all that >.> I asked the woman what rooting was if that helped but obviously i dont think it will. Im pissed my pants when i heard that sentence. HTC is obviously more prone to finding root then T-mobile who will just throw the phone away 0_0

tradejak66 said:
OH GOD tmobile is out of MT4g's and i had to order one from HTC. they specificly stated they will make sure its not rooted and all that >.> I asked the woman what rooting was if that helped but obviously i dont think it will. Im pissed my pants when i heard that sentence. HTC is obviously more prone to finding root then T-mobile who will just throw the phone away 0_0
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and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick

grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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Where there's a will (and a hammer) there's a way.

grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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Yea its hard to permabrick unless you don't want to brick it from what I hear...
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grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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your assuming that it was software that broke >.> it was most likely hardware since it broke in this manner and no flashing, resets, anything helped. and its 2 weeks btw lol.