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Guys i think i may have bricked my Z
I did the following
I flashed the wpthis-Z.ko file
then i flashed the wpthis.PreOTA file
then i flashed the hboot, which worked fine.
But now i get lots and lots of force closes when sense boots,
Can anyone help please?
JD
Go back to stock using the RUU
EddyOS said:
Go back to stock using the RUU
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Will give it a go mate,
Was that the right way to s-off?
JD
JupiterDroid said:
Guys i think i may have bricked my Z
I did the following
I flashed the wpthis-Z.ko file
then i flashed the wpthis.PreOTA file
then i flashed the hboot, which worked fine.
But now i get lots and lots of force closes when sense boots,
Can anyone help please?
JD
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ok first of all that is not a brick! Bricks are when you cannot even power on the device, if you're getting all the way into the ROM that is NOT A BRICK.
Second. Learn what you're doing before you do it. wpthis-Z.ko is for the DZ wpthis-pre-OTA.ko is for the G2, both does not mean better.
Third. Which hboot did you flash? if you flashed the g2 hboot that means that your partitions are gonna be different in which case you should flash the roms from the g2 forum not this one.
Sphaerophoria said:
ok first of all that is not a brick! Bricks are when you cannot even power on the device, if you're getting all the way into the ROM that is NOT A BRICK.
Second. Learn what you're doing before you do it. wpthis-Z.ko is for the DZ wpthis-pre-OTA.ko is for the G2, both does not mean better.
Third. Which hboot did you flash? if you flashed the g2 hboot that means that your partitions are gonna be different in which case you should flash the roms from the g2 forum not this one.
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I flashed the z hboot,
Im just getting errors with sense, lots of force closes;(
JD
JupiterDroid said:
I flashed the z hboot,
Im just getting errors with sense, lots of force closes;(
JD
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My suggestion would be to re-flash the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832503 has a guide, since you're s-offed you *should* (not positive about this) be able to skip basically everything, grab the rom from RUU and flash it via hboot and you should be fine.
dont worry mate we will find a way,
I'm searching G2 fora right now, will report
Sphaerophoria said:
My suggestion would be to re-flash the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832503 has a guide, since you're s-offed you *should* (not positive about this) be able to skip basically everything, grab the rom from RUU and flash it via hboot and you should be fine.
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So what is it I have actually done? I don't have clockwork mod installed so can i flash the RUU as normal?
JD
gtrab said:
dont worry mate we will find a way,
I'm searching G2 fora right now, will report
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Your a diamond mate
Im not sure how to play it from here:/
JD
JupiterDroid said:
Guys i think i may have bricked my Z
...
But now i get lots and lots of force closes when sense boots,
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I just remembered THIS SAME SHIZZ ALREADY HAPPENED TO ME
You are NOT bricked, just getting a lotof annoying FORCE CLOSE messages, ain't ???
If so, then this is what I did:
1.- remove the battery 30 secs
2.- hold vol down + power
3.- in bootlader, select "FACTORY RESET" (use vol keys to up-down)
Then my phone rebooted and everything was back to normal
gtrab said:
I just remembered THIS SAME SHIZZ ALREADY HAPPENED TO ME
You are NOT bricked, just getting a lotof annoying FORCE CLOSE messages, ain't ???
If so, then this is what I did:
1.- remove the battery 30 secs
2.- hold vol down + power
3.- in bootlader, select "FACTORY RESET" (use vol keys to up-down)
Then my phone rebooted and everything was back to normal
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cool mate, so the accidental flashing of the OTA after the z.ko is not going to hurt anything?
JD
JupiterDroid said:
cool mate, so the accidental flashing of the OTA after the z.ko is not going to hurt anything?
JD
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just do it
what else could go worst ??
when your phone turns stable, connect to PC and push wpthis-Z.ko again
gtrab said:
just do it
what else could go worst ??
when your phone turns stable, connect to PC and push wpthis-Z.ko again
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Very true, will do that mate
Really appriciate your help
JD
Hi Friend,
I just had similar problem as you.
I rooted phone, flashed hboot s-off and..?
..first my Z was restarting in loop every 2-3 minutes.
I uninstalled VISIONARY+ and apps that force closed every boot.
But still there were many problems with my phone.
I couldn't install many apps from market,
and random ones just disappeared every reboot.
It wasn't nice.
Then I used Clockwork recovery, did clear cache, full wipe,
and the phone is in perfect condition, s-off, with clock-recovery,
after wipe my apps has been restored - including SuperUser,
and its rooted already, after wipe
No need to use VISIONARY+ again!
Try it
br,
condi
I don't knwo where to post this exactly so here it goes.
I installed revolution 2.09 on my rooted HTC HD without any problems.
Run perfectly. Then today I installed a ROM of a theme from this forum as well called media 1.3 with rom manager.
After the reboot my phone only shows a the text android with a slight moving glow over it. It does not repsond to anything any more. I removed the battery but the same thing is happening.
Did I brick it? What can I do?
Willem Kloppenburg said:
I don't knwo where to post this exactly so here it goes.
I installed revolution 2.09 on my rooted HTC HD without any problems.
Run perfectly. Then today I installed a ROM of a theme from this forum as well called media 1.3 with rom manager.
After the reboot my phone only shows a the text android with a slight moving glow over it. It does not repsond to anything any more. I removed the battery but the same thing is happening.
Did I brick it? What can I do?
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thats just the default android boot screen, looks like the theme messed up your framework... hold on i'll make a .zip you can flash from recovery to fix it
Thanks, but how do I get the zip on the phone? It does not react to anything anymore. I attahced it to my PC but nothing....
Willem Kloppenburg said:
Thanks, but how do I get the zip on the phone? It does not react to anything anymore. I attahced it to my PC but nothing....
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im just downloading the rom for you now so i can extract the framework, if you pull your battery out, you can either plug in your charger while its off, this will bring up recovery, or while its off, hold vol down and press power, that will take you to bootloader, and just pick recovery from the list, now when in recovery, if you navigate to the mounts and storage menu, choose the option mount usb storage, you can now connect to a pc as a disk drive and copy stuff to your sd card
im having trouble uploading attachments to xda at the min dya want me to upload it to megaupload for you?
AndroHero,
Thank you for helping me out. I didn't know about the vol down press power option which allows you to acces the sd card and intall a new rom. I had the revolution rom 2.0.9 already. It's installing as we speak. Much thanks for the tips!
To early hooray. I choose the option with the revolution zip for a complete install. After the install I selected rebouut system now. Now it stays on the white HTC screen with the text HTC quitely brilliant. Flashing every 3 seconds or so....
What to do now?
Everything is resolved. revolution is up and running again. I had to un the fullwipe.zip and that did it!
THANKS a lot for all the tips....again
Willem Kloppenburg said:
To early hooray. I choose the option with the revolution zip for a complete install. After the install I selected rebouut system now. Now it stays on the white HTC screen with the text HTC quitely brilliant. Flashing every 3 seconds or so....
What to do now?
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Did you do a full wipe before re-flashing your ROM? even if you did just repeat the process , full wipe /cache, /dalvik-cache, /system and then re-flash the rom fingers crossed it should work
Hi,
I am having a similar problem. I tried flashing the cyanogen mod and after installing it the phone doesnt boot up. Its stuck on the t-mobile boot up logo. Ive tried restoring my back up but I get the same problem.
Any help would be great!
Thanks
mo123456789 said:
Hi,
I am having a similar problem. I tried flashing the cyanogen mod and after installing it the phone doesnt boot up. Its stuck on the t-mobile boot up logo. Ive tried restoring my back up but I get the same problem.
Any help would be great!
Thanks
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boot into recovery do a full wipe (system, data, cache and dalvik-cache) then re-flash your rom
mo123456789 said:
Hi,
I am having a similar problem. I tried flashing the cyanogen mod and after installing it the phone doesnt boot up. Its stuck on the t-mobile boot up logo. Ive tried restoring my back up but I get the same problem.
Any help would be great!
Thanks
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Could it be possible that you installed cwm 3005 and tried a restore with that. I had the same problem. Went back to cwm 2.5.x and then restore worked.
Sent from my Desire HD
I think there will be a lot of scare because of this CWM 3x...
Same happened to me the other day, stupidly accecpted the update prompt from Rom Manager, did my backup and went to install Cyanogen 6... Got stuck at HTC logo next boot.
Thankfuly, had Leedroid 2.0 on the SD, too, and that one flashed properly
Thing is that when I try to downgrade the Recovery to 2.5x I get an error and really can't be bothered with ADB pushing stuff around, so using Cyanogen 7 for the time beeing
Anyhow, CWM 3.x is likely your problem, easy to fix ^^
Wanting to change my theme on the Samsung spica I had theexact problem on cyanogen mod. Had to redo the whole rooting and installing the Rom again to get to work.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
yes, is some script...back to recovery 2.x
Hi,
a few weeks ago I received my myTouch 4G.
Today it wont work any more.
What i did:
1. Perm Root
2. Backup
3. Try to flash it with iced glacier (didnt work)
4. Try to restore my System
Now I only can get into hboot.
Elseway the phone get stuck in boot loop.
Can anybody help me?
It would be really great!
Thanks
3.
19chris87 said:
Hi,
a few weeks ago I received my myTouch 4G.
Today it wont work any more.
What i did:
1. Perm Root
2. Backup
3. Try to flash it with iced glacier (didnt work)
4. Try to restore my System
Now I only can get into hboot.
Elseway the phone get stuck in boot loop.
Can anybody help me?
It would be really great!
Thanks
3.
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I take all of that back...
Did you turn s=off ? prior to doing any of those things you attempted to do?
and if you did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980011
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979362
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979366
It's a common problem when people pull the trigger before knowing what type of ammunition they are using.
Thank you!
And yes, S-off!
I try to get comfortable with the threats you posted, but it`s not very easy for me cause I am a german guy.
I hope that I can talk to you if I got further questions.
Thank you for your help!
19chris87 said:
Thank you!
And yes, S-off!
I try to get comfortable with the threats you posted, but it`s not very easy for me cause I am a german guy.
I hope that I can talk to you if I got further questions.
Thank you for your help!
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Which version of Recovery you have installed? Did you do full system wipe and then try to flash IG?
19chris87 said:
Thank you!
And yes, S-off!
I try to get comfortable with the threats you posted, but it`s not very easy for me cause I am a german guy.
I hope that I can talk to you if I got further questions.
Thank you for your help!
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That wasnt a threat. I PROMISE it wasnt. It a way of saying "jumped in prior to doing research"
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk
So, finally it worked, thanks!
I only copied CM7 onto my SD Card and flashed it via CWM 3.0.0.5 and it worked.
you were probably trying to flash a froyo rom on recovery 3.0.0.5. upgrade to 3.0.0.6 and you dont ever have to worry about what rom your flashing.
So can I or can't I root my phone?
Any tutorials? Searched for an hour. :/
Coming from MIUI HD2 by the way.
If gingerbread is on your phone (2.3.3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228566
If froyo is on your phone (2.2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
I don't mean to be mean, but 5 posts below yours answers your question.
mattykinsx said:
If gingerbread is on your phone (2.3.3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228566
If froyo is on your phone (2.2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
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Stuck on "waiting on device". Followed instructions to a tee. On 2.3.3.
kariuki said:
Stuck on "waiting on device". Followed instructions to a tee. On 2.3.3.
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Usually means debugging isn't on on ur phone. Go to setting/applications/ its in there
Papa Smurf151 said:
Usually means debugging isn't on on ur phone. Go to setting/applications/ its in there
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Thanks for the reply, but I had recently uninstalled Sync, I restarted my pc, and now it's working.
Had everything working, when I tried to boot a ROM, it was stuck on the htc EVO 4G screen. I went into recovery and wiped everything. Now I'm definitely lost.
Bump, hope it's not bricked...
If you can boot into the white HTC screen, IT IS NOT BRICKED! Put your recovery so you can transfer another rom via usb to your sdcard, then flash a different rom after wiping everything!
Art2Fly said:
If you can boot into the white HTC screen, IT IS NOT BRICKED! Put your recovery so you can transfer another rom via usb to your sdcard, then flash a different rom after wiping everything!
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I had to transfer a ROM from another phone to this one. Working now. Hope this is isn't a problematic phone.
kariuki said:
I had to transfer a ROM from another phone to this one. Working now. Hope this is isn't a problematic phone.
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It also helps to know what recovery you're using to flash. Depending on the rom amonra works better than clockwork. I use amonra but that's just my preference. Not getting past the white htc screen isn't that problematic, battery pull vol down+power. How long you sit on the htc screen depends on the rom, some roms take all day to boot on that first one and you need to just let it sit and not panic. Some roms just don't work on some phones. I love Evolved's work but I could not get his "Directors Cut" rom to get past the white htc screen but my guy has the same hardware as I do and his booted right up. To me there is no perfect rom, it's the rom that's perfect for you. We're all different people and like different things. Happy flashing.
p.s.- Just make sure you do the usual wipes before flashing alot of devs also have a format zip that you should use as well. It really doesn't matter which one. Used them all and don't really have a preference to either of them.
Try doing a search next time buddy..
someonenewhere said:
Try doing a search next time buddy..
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Why should he? Every question he asked, with attitude even, was answered in his thread even though the answers to all his questions were available all on the front page of the forum.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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
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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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
Sent from my ROOTIE TOOTIE FRESH 'N FRUITY GLACIER
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...
Sent from my HTC Glacier
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.