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So, after following this forum on and off over the past few months, I finally decided to root my Rogers Dream.
I was one of the first customers to receive a phone with SPL 1.33.0010, as mine was shipped to me directly from rogers as a hardware upgrade. Because of this, rooting was a little more difficult for me than I had initially anticipated, however, after having found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=558301), I was able to downgrade to SPL 1.33.2005.
From this point, I started following the instructions found here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod. I was able to re-flash the downgraded OS, and rebooted to a T-mobile G1 splash screen. After going through the various steps, I got stuck where it said to reboot into recovery mode. I held down the home key while powering up, as instructed, but instead of booting to the recovery screen, I was greeted with an image of an exclamation point inside a triangle, hovering over a cartoon of a G1.
I was able to reboot using the 3 fingered salute (send-menu-power), but I was unable to load the recovery screen. I then attempted to bring up the boot loader by holding down the camera button while powering on. The screen I was greeted with did not resemble the boot loader I was used to seeing. It is composed of four horizontal coloured bars, and lists the phone information as follows:
DREA210 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
I'm looking for suggestions on how I should proceed from here. Any help would be most appreciated. Although the phone does make phone calls, and will send and receive text messages, it will not send or receive data, unless connected to wifi.
Thanks,
Grant
So I'm a little rusty but let me give it a shot. While holding home + power it may seem to just get stuck after a minute, but have you tried pressing alt + L ? This makes the recovery text visable (if it's not by default).
hope this helps..
Looks like you've ended up on the stock g1 bootloader.. did you flash the rc29 DREAIMG?
goldenarmZ said:
Looks like you've ended up on the stock g1 bootloader.. did you flash the rc29 DREAIMG?
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Yes. The phone thinks it's a T-mobile G1, but it still works with my Rogers SIM.
sonikamd said:
So I'm a little rusty but let me give it a shot. While holding home + power it may seem to just get stuck after a minute, but have you tried pressing alt + L ? This makes the recovery text visable (if it's not by default).
hope this helps..
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I did this, and the recovery text did indeed become visible, however, I now have a new problem.
I hit Alt+W as per the instructions in the wiki, and it reset the phone. I then hit Alt+A, and nothing happens.
This is the text I see on the screen when I'm in recovery mode:
Androind system recovery utility
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/com
mand
Home+Back - reboot system now
Alt+L - toggle log text display
Alt+S - apply sdcard:update.zip
Alt+W - wipe data/factory reset
After attempting Alt+A, I hit Alt+S, just to see what would happen. Of course, it tried to update from package, but returned an error because there is no "update.zip" on the phone. I'm tempted to rename "update-cm-4.2.5-signed.zip" as "update.zip", just to see what happens. I'll post again once I've done this, but any suggestions from more experienced people would be most appreciated.
Grant
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
Alright, so I renamed "update-cm-4.2.5-signed.zip" as "update.zip", and it aborted the installation because there was no signature. I did the same thing with "signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip", with the same result.
It sounds like you still have the stock recovery image
jackslim said:
It sounds like you still have the stock recovery image
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When you say stock recovery image, are you referring to the one I have installed on the phone already, or the one I'm trying to install with no success?
The image currently on the phone is the DREAIMG.nbh (rc29), which I downloaded via the wiki. The images I am trying to load also came from links in the wiki.
By recovery I'm refering to what you access when you boot with home + power where you can apply your updates (where you're seeing your triangle & exclamation point)
I just looked at cyanogen's wiki and it seems like that particular part could stand to be updated androidandme has a decent guide on how you could do this though.
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-root-a-t-mobile-g1-and-mytouch-3g-android-phone/
I'm not sure if flashrec works with RC29 which is what version you should be on after flashing DREAIMG.nbh, but you can give parts A1, A2, & A3 a shot, that would probably be the easiest way to update your recovery. If you can't get flashrec to work skip down to B2 and that will show you how to do it using telnet which does work from RC29
Once you update you're recovery image you should be able to apply "update.zip" or without renaming them by selecting the "apply any zip from sd" option
Thanks, Jackslim. I did as you suggested, and was able to install the CM update, as per the wiki, however, when it boots up, it shows the blue cyanogen android, and then reverts to a completely blank screen. I'm going to try reinstalling everything to see if that fixes it. Thanks for your help though.
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Thanks, Jackslim. I did as you suggested, and was able to install the CM update, as per the wiki, however, when it boots up, it shows the blue cyanogen android, and then reverts to a completely blank screen. I'm going to try reinstalling everything to see if that fixes it. Thanks for your help though.
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After you install that recovery image you still have to go through the steps to install the ADP image before you add the cyangen update, then you should be cookin' with crisco
So just start back up on cyanogen's wiki from the section called "File Download"
Just to clarify, even though it is not booting up properly, I am now able to install whatever I want using recovery mode, so it's just a matter of figuring out what will work. Thanks again for all your help.
jackslim said:
After you install that recovery image you still have to go through the steps to install the ADP image before you add the cyangen update, then you should be cookin' with crisco
So just start back up on cyanogen's wiki from the section called "File Download"
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I did get it working, thanks. Now I just have to reload all my contacts and apps, but I have already noticed a difference in device responsiveness. It's like going from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Thanks again.
Hi,
After a long sequence of unfortunate events my GSM HERO is stuck
on the "HERO" screen forever (over 5 hours).
What I've done was:
Installed the 2.73.405.5 ROM from HTC.com (from XP OS)
Installed the first part OTA update successfully.
Downloaded the secong part and started installing
When it was done (Actually the whole bar was full) there was a hazard triangle screen, and since then the phone will not boot - stuck.
I can get in H Boot but i am clueless on what to do there if anything.
Thanks in advance!
RasKarpas said:
Hi,
After a long sequence of unfortunate events my GSM HERO is stuck
on the "HERO" screen forever (over 5 hours).
What I've done was:
Installed the 2.73.405.5 ROM from HTC.com (from XP OS)
Installed the first part OTA update successfully.
Downloaded the secong part and started installing
When it was done (Actually the whole bar was full) there was a hazard triangle screen, and since then the phone will not boot - stuck.
I can get in H Boot but i am clueless on what to do there if anything.
Thanks in advance!
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Boot into fastboot (back + power)
Run the 2.73.405.5 RUU again
Download & install the first part
Download & install the second part
& you should be back
Shouldnt the phone be synched with Windows to run the RUU?
It doesnt work, can you elaborate a bit more ?
Home+Power brings me to a hazard triangle screen.
pressing Home+Power again from that screen brings me to system recovery:
Reboot system
apply update.zip from sdcard
factory reset.
At that state, connecting the phone to a computer and running RUU doesnt work
Hold your horses
Realized what boot into fast boot means, managed to run the RUU.
As i am currently during the process, cross your fingers for me.
There's one question however, why did this happen, and why shouldn't it happen again, right now ?
UPDATE: burned the 2.73.405.5 ver with no issues at all, downloaded FOTA updates and tried to install them.
The second update fails in the same way - right at the end, the hazard triangle appears and the phone hangs.
What's the cause of this?
I gave up and burned VillainROm 12
Hi
I had a problem with my htc magic after trying to flash the RA-sapphire-v1.0.0 recovery image into the phone. Before the problem occurred I rooted my phone and flashed RA-sapphire-v1.6.5, but because I had an issue with it I tried to flash an old version " RA-sapphire-v1.0.0".
Now my phone keeps rebooting endlessly and I can not access recovery mode, fastboot or anything else?
Is it bricked? Can I fix this issue?
The phone is 32A
Radio is 6.35 (I can not access fastboot so this is from my memory)
If you have no access to fastboot nor recovery, then you are pretty bricked!!!
Are you sure you can't get into fastboot? Pull the batter, press and hold down the back button, and put the battery back in. See if it goes into fastboot then. Do the same thing again, but holding the home button instead to see if you can get into recovery. I dunno why you used an old one and not the new one.
DonJuan692006 said:
Are you sure you can't get into fastboot? Pull the batter, press and hold down the back button, and put the battery back in. See if it goes into fastboot then. Do the same thing again, but holding the home button instead to see if you can get into recovery. I dunno why you used an old one and not the new one.
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I tried both method and it did not work. The phone is still rebooting endlessly. I used the old recovery since the new one kept restarting the phone to the actual system after I go into recovery mode after 2-3 seconds.
1.6.5 isn't the new one. The newest version is 1.7.0. Well if that didn't work, then year your bricked.
so is there anything i can do to fix it?
JTAG is your only option.
Where are you from ?
usernome said:
Where are you from ?
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I am from Australia
I have HTC Magic Vodafone (32B) and have a similar issue with phone in a reboot loop, however, i can get into fastboot but not sure what next to do. Is there a guide anywhere on what to recover my phone.
Depends, what is your current fastboot information?
Not sure what info you want from Fastboot screen so this is everything i can see
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
Is this the right kind of information?
Two options. Downgrade to 1.5, then update to 1.6, then root, flash a custom ROM, reinstall the 1.33.0013 SPL and 2.22.28.25 radio, and then flash a new custom ROM. Optionally, you can downgrade to 1.5 and upgrade back up to 2.2.1. Either way just let me know and I can assist.
Thanks for you help with regards to the approach, is one easier than the other? If they are both roughly the same then would go for the Downgrade to 1.5 and upgrade back up to 2.2.1. route as it may be easier to sell in a few weeks when the Galaxy S2 out.
So, here we go, please read through all the steps before starting and then reading each step as you go along:
1. Go here and download "sappimg.nbh" and "update1-5.zip".
2. Put all of them on your SD card. I would suggest downloading to a folder on your computer, then copying them over. Have had issues in the pass with people downloading files directly to their SD card and it corrupting the file.
3. With the phone turn off and the SD card in it, boot holding (volume down+power) to get into hboot. The phone should detect the sappimg.nbh, check the file (you'll see a progress bar in the upper right-hand corner), and then ask you to hit "ACTION" to continue. (ACTION being pressing the trackball)
4. The phone will start flashing the different parts of the phones partitions. You'll see the progress bar in the upper right-hand corner a few more times, then after about 5 minutes, it'll ask you to hit "ACTION" again to reboot.
5. Let the phone boot all the way up (this may take a few minutes) and then turn it off without signing in.
NOTE: Unless you need the phone to access the SD card from the computer, in that case sign in and do the next step.
6. Access the SD card, find "update1.zip" and rename it to "update.zip".
7. With the phone off turn it back on by holding (home+power) to get into recovery. You'll see a triangle with an ! in it, press (home+power) again to bring up the menu.
8. Using the trackball, scroll to the "wipe data/factory reset" option and press the trackball to select it. After it completes, scroll to "apply update.zip from SD card" and select it. It should pickup the update file on the SD card and flash it, then reboot.
9. When you get to the login screen again, turn the phone off.
Note: Again, as before, you can optionally login to get into the ROM for access to the SD card from your computer.
10. Repeat steps 6-9 for the "update2-update5.zip" files. You will need to remove the old "update.zip" before renaming the next update file. When you get to the login screen the last time (after flashing "update5.zip") you can sign in and use the phone.
Thanks for the guide but I've hit a problem. The phone recognise the sappimg.nbh and starts to flash itself but when then a message:
model ID incorrect!
Update Fail!
appears and the flash has failed. I've tried this a few times now downloading the file again, formating the SD card etc but to no avail. Do you have any suggestion on how to get round this issue?
Geffen22 said:
Thanks for the guide but I've hit a problem. The phone recognise the sappimg.nbh and starts to flash itself but when then a message:
model ID incorrect!
Update Fail!
appears and the flash has failed. I've tried this a few times now downloading the file again, formating the SD card etc but to no avail. Do you have any suggestion on how to get round this issue?
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Crap gave you the wrong sappimg. What country did you get the phone from?
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk
I got phone from Vodafone in the UK.
Geffen22 said:
I got phone from Vodafone in the UK.
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Need the specific country.
United Kingdom or England to be exact.
hey everybody out there its my first time posting here but im an avid reader on the forums so heres my issue , a co worker of mine recently gave me her old htc magic and i want to give it to my Gf cuz shes always on my Mytouchslide lol so the issue is this it wont boot pass the rodgers logo , i have access to the SPL , and recovery mode but no matter what i do i cant seem to boot from the sd card so can someone please help me out!!! PS I DONT THINK THE PHONE IS ROOTED
here are my spl specs (SO I dont get YELLED AT LOL)
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.10.18
JAN 14 2010, 00:1458
When you boot into recovery using (home+power) do you get a triangle with an ! or do you get a menu? If you get a menu, does it say anything at the bottom of the screen?
i get the triangle with the ! and when i press power + home again i get the Android system recovery utility
this is what i see
Use trackball to highlight:
click to select.
reboot system now [Home+Back]
apply sdcard:update.zip[alt+S]
wipe data/factory reset [alt+w]
E:cant open/cache/recovery/command
Your going to have to make a goldcard unless that SPL will let you boot a custom recovery. Let me do some searching give me about 5 minutes. Or you can add me on Google talk. [email protected]
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk
Dear sir
i get same problem after i had up radio from 6.35.07.29 to 6.35.10.58 by change name from update- radio-6.35.10.58.zip to update.zip & use old recovery after my phone will start again & suddenly it shows pic...white box with white arrow ...phone... After 5-7 sec. It's disappear ( black screen )
same as this thread...htc magic bricked after update of radio...pls.advise pls.pls...thanks you very much..
restore
take batt out and back in. Hold down home button and power at same time untill restore comes up. (hopefully clockworkmod recovery) scroll down to backup/restore.click on ADVANCED RESTORE.
Hopefully you have some nandroid restores on phone. however the restores PROBALLY WONT RESTORE normally. you have to click on one in advanced restore and restore each section from very BOTTOM TO TOP.
EXAMPLE.
1.RESTORE SD-EXT
2.RESTORE CACHE
3.RESTORE DATA
4.RESTORE SYSTEM (NEED TO REBOOT TO RECOVERY NOW BEFORE STEP 5)
5.RESTORE BOOT (REBOOT TO RECOVERY ONE LAST TIME AFTER RESTORE BOOT)
6.REBOOT SYSTEM NOW
IF BOOT DOES NOT RESTORE(STEP 5) AFTER ALL OTHERS RESTORE, REBOOT INTO RECOVERY AGAIN, AND NOW USE NANDROID RESTORE NORMAL(NOT ADVANCED) FROM THE SAME FILE YOU WERE JUST RESTORING ADVANCED.SHOULD RETORE. REBOOT GOOD LUCK. reson for all this is your boot loader is prob not unlocked. I hope this helps.
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Dear sir
i get same problem after i had up radio from 6.35.07.29 to 6.35.10.58 by change name from update- radio-6.35.10.58.zip to update.zip & use old recovery after my phone will start again & suddenly it shows pic...white box with white arrow ...phone... After 5-7 sec. It's disappear ( black screen )
same as this thread...htc magic bricked after update of radio...pls.advise pls.pls...thanks you very much..
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Are you running stock or do you have a custom ROM installed? Can you get into fastboot by holding back+power to turn the phone on?
Dear sir
thanks you very much for your kindly answers....
1. My item seem to be brick... I can't go to fastboot or recovery...because of when i take batt. Out & put in ...my item will start up & show white box & white arrow to device ...go to black screen....i tried to do same as more than 10 times..it's still like this....
2.my items up rom & flash recovery hero before brick ..last time i up rom from custom rom hboot..1.17.2007...radio 6.35.07.29...
Thanks you very much
I guess the guide below is long overdue, so, here it is.
If your phone was or wasn't rooted, and one shiny or not so shiny morning or evening one of the following happened:
- It suddenly froze
- It suddenly rebooted by itself
And since then -
- it doesn't boot, but gets stuck in a bootloop or only shows the splash screen (stock splash is green "myTouch 4G" on white background).
- you're getting "can't mount /cache" errors when entering recovery (in case you're rooted)
In that case, keep reading this thread.
There are multiple reports of eMMC failures for a specific kind of eMMC on multiple devices. Please read this thread for more information.
There is a way to find out the eMMC type without rooting. Download Terminal Emulator from Market, install, run, type:
Code:
cat /sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device/name
Watch the result.
SEM04G - good.
M4G2DE - bad.
Both can fail, even without rooting. The "bad" has been shown to fail more.
All those steps are relevant when the device isn't failing yet.
When it fails:
If the device bootloops (boots through splash screen to bootanimation and then reboots, going in circles):
- Reboot to bootloader (remove the battery, insert the battery, press Power + VolDown simultaneously).
- Select "Factory reset".
- If getting to Clockworkmod recovery - select "Wipe data / Factory reset".
- Reboot.
In other cases, or if factory reset didn't help:
- Download the stock ROM in PD15IMG format:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4f....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed.zip
- Rename to PD15IMG.ZIP
- Put attention that you didn't rename it to PD15IMG.ZIP.ZIP! If Windows doesn't show you file extensions, like ".doc", ".exe" etc, then the file name should show PD15IMG only, without the ZIP.
- Copy the file to the root of the phone's SD card (do not put it in any folder).
- Reboot to bootloader (remove the battery, insert the battery, press Power + VolDown simultaneously).
- Answer "YES" when the phone will ask if you want to update.
- Wait approximately 10 min.
If the update passes cleanly - you'll be back to stock ROM and functional.
If the update shows "Fail-PU" - send your phone for warranty repair, because it won't function anymore.
how long does it take to update ?
mine gets ok on everything in hboot zip update but then "bypass" the 2 tp section....hmmm might be my diff .zip (it is a couple bytes off yours) currently waiting for download...Phone turns on to white mytouch screen, vibrates and turns off then back on continuesly
Yours just fails...curious gives me hope
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Yours is just 211mb All others are 312mb...Yours seems to fail.. But unglitched my img crc menu...curious gives me hope
You have corrupt download. It's 312MB.
If it turns off and isn't stuck on the "MyTouch" screen - your problem is different.
Jack_R1 said:
You have corrupt download. It's 312MB.
If it turns off and isn't stuck on the "MyTouch" screen - your problem is different.
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my says main version is older!
update fail!
is there any chance of the phone being resurected
Find a newer RUU - the 2.3.4 version in RUU format, and I believe the link in my post is 2.2.1.
i followed the steps and the phone says "update complete... press power to reboot" but when I do the phone still bootloops. what could be the problem?
Could be HW problem of some kind, not eMMC-related.
Hi,
The problem I have is it only shows the splash screen (stock splash is green "myTouch 4G" on white background) when
starting the phone.
Before this happened I had rooted the phone and updated the ROM and was putting some patches on the phone, Recovery shows
info as s-off.
To do a recovery downloaded the stock ROM from your link
(PD15IMG_Glacier_TMOUS_1.17.531.2_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed.zip I also did a hash check
and it downloaded fine no corruption) renamed image with the exact name PD15IMG.ZIP (made sure it was not a
PD15IMG.ZIP.zip) and copied it into an empty 1 gig SD memory.
I re booted, did a factory reset x 2 after going to boot-loader, that did not help so I inserted the SD card with only
the PD15IMG.ZIP image in it and rebooted to recovery, but recovery does not ask me anything when it looks for the
PD15IMG.ZIP it says no image or wrong image (it also looks for PD15DIAG.ZIP, PD15IMG.nbh, and PD15IMG.zip same
message) and puts me back into recovery.
Any Ideas on what I should do ?????
Thanks
you're suppose to flash PD15IMG.zip in the bootloader/hboot not the recovery.
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my says main version is older!
update fail!
is there any chance of the phone being resurected
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I know this is a bit of an old thread, but did you ever get that newer version of the .zip file? The 2.3.4 version discussed above? Or anyone know how to find it?
My phone says the same thing. Thanks
2.3.4 updated Stock Rom
I'm up and running again !! I found a PD15IMG.zip file on the t-mobile support website that worked specifically for the latest 2.32.531.1 update !! After downloading it, renaming it to PD15IMG.zip, copying it to the MicroSD card and booting into HBOOT, it found the file, loaded and checked it and asked me if I wanted to update. Everything is working since. Here is the download link (I've uploaded it to megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X1EAIPBJ
I hope this helps !!
This is what happened: I bought two MyTouch 4G's on craigslist from the same seller (a couple) and his phone works fine, only hers was corky, it wouldn't go past the MyTouch 4G screen. Both HBOOT screens are identical too, I checked his software version and it is the latest one (2.32.531.1), so I assume that hers is the same, it also shows the same date, July 15 2011 and the same radio 26.13.04.19_M in HBOOT. After trying both different PD15IMG.zip files (2.3.4 and 2.2.1), I've been getting the "main version is older" errors on both. No Fail-PU though, so that made me hopeful that there was a solution. I'm thinking that she updated to the latest version and somehow it got corrupted, that is why the phone was stuck at the MyTouch 4G loading screen and wouldn't go any further.
My phone wouldn't turn on this morning so I found posts suggesting to download one of the PD15IMG.zip files. I keep trying to update my phone but it freezes after I select yes to update. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've run out of ideas.
IDK
Does you boot loader still have s-off mabey try a goldcard or a different sdcard
louisc22 said:
Does you boot loader still have s-off mabey try a goldcard or a different sdcard
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My phone is unrooted. I tried a different sdcard earlier, I'm starting to think my phone is just done for. I just want to be sure before I have to give in and buy a new one
i downloaded
PD15IMG_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.19.531.1
renamed, went thru the whole install process and instructed me to power down to begin using the phone
keeps doing the same thing... stuck on the My circle logo, then powers down. either that, or does the factory reset, powers down, and goes back to it again once powered up.
suggestions?
Reflash again.
If the same problem occurs, and the reflash completes ok (no "Fail-PU" message on any partition) - then you most likely have some non-eMMC-related HW problem.
My phone was performing the update and turned off for some reason now wont turn on at all, not to boot screen or hboot screen.... what now? it shows the charging light but thats the only sign of life
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i got it to start the update next thing i know i look over and the phone is off and wont power on at all, wont go to boot screen, wont go to hboot nothing, the little flashing battery light is the only sign of life... any ideas on how to fix this?