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did i brick my phone?

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

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

exempt said:
used unrevoked 3 to root my phone, did a backup, then attempted to install CM6. during the process, my phone shut off (i dont believe it was the battery, as it was fully charged and plugged in). now once in awhile (rarely) if i attempt to boot into recovery, the white htc evo screen will appear for a second or two, then the phone will shut back up.
what are my options?
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Put this on your SD card. http://db.tt/uo4mOhh remove "_RA_2.2.1" and place on the root of your SD card. Once you get the "white screen" it will re install a recovery. Just make sure you go with it in bootloader (white screen) prompts.
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G On The Now Network From Sprint Using Tapatalk Pro!

drdrewdown said:
i wouldn't expect anyone to reply with any real answers until you are more clear about your problems & what you've done already to try & fix them. not to mention, hardware specifics..
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Figured since this was the EVO forums it would be assumed I have an EVO
I havent attempted any solutions yet, as I wanted to be sure of something before trying. As for the problems, what is unclear? Rooted successfully, attempted to flash CM6 and phone went dead and no longer turns on.
So I should use something else to get it on the SD card, then try to start phone?

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

exempt said:
Figured since this was the EVO forums it would be assumed I have an EVO
I havent attempted any solutions yet, as I wanted to be sure of something before trying. As for the problems, what is unclear? Rooted successfully, attempted to flash CM6 and phone went dead and no longer turns on.
So I should use something else to get it on the SD card, then try to start phone?
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Card reader or other phone.
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G On The Now Network From Sprint Using Tapatalk Pro!

tgruendler said:
Damn...I thought this post was for a BlackBerry Storm. But on a serious note, he was asking about what hardware version, hboot, etc... Hardware version 002? 003? 004? 007...wait, James Bond?
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ah, that does make more sense. HW 003, HBOOT is 2.10

Rydah805 said:
Cars reader or other phone.
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G On The Now Network From Sprint Using Tapatalk Pro!
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that fixed it! thank you!

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

[GUIDE] Flash Darkyy's ROM on your Vibrant - INCLUDES PROBLEMS

DARKYY'S ROM FOR SGS VIBRANT​
Darky made his ROM flashable for ALL SGS series.
Don't just flash this like ANY OTHER ROM.
*WARNING IF YOU DON'T READ THIS WHOLE THREAD YOU WILL SOFT/HARD BRICK*
FIRSTLY, download this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.darkyrom.darkyconfig
It's called the "DARKYROM CONFIGURATOR" its in the market.
In the App, make sure that these are the settings,
The Modem and Kernel, set them both to NO MODEM, and , SKIP KERNEL
Now download the ROM, and put it in your SD Card.
Go back into Darkyrom config. App.
Now click menu, then SELECT ZIP AND FLASH
It will ask for SuperUser allow it.
It will now boot into Recovery and start Flashing it, it will take a while its a 250MB file.
After flashing is done, it will take a longer-than-usual time to reboot.
It will open.
If you see your PREVIOUS ROM WALLPAPER, SETTINGS ETC...
boot into recovery by using power button, and wipe/factory reset.
Now it should be okay..
-NOTE-
you do NOT have to disable voodoo, well, i didn't and i'm having no problems because of that.
*PROBLEMS*
It Sometimes Randomly reboots, but gives a vibrate as a warning?
It randomly vibrates sometimes... but doesn't always reboot.
Some people may experience all the SD Card Wiped or their music/gallery/etc erased
I will upload some pictures in the second post, through the phone it self.
PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON IF YOU LIKED THIS

Who created, "Darkyys rom works!"?
This guy
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Alanrocks15 said:
Who created, "Darkyys rom works!"?
This guy
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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your thread has no instructions what-so-ever.
your thread is in q/a section
and all you posted was...
In his thread it says that its compatible with all SGS variants!
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Unlike YOU, i went out, flashed it, experienced some problems, reported them, etc.
, but thank you for that thread anyways without it, i wouldn't have thought about flashing this or talking to darkyy about this either.

xriderx66 said:
your thread has no instructions what-so-ever.
your thread is in q/a section
and all you posted was...
Unlike YOU, i went out, flashed it, experienced some problems, reported them, etc.
, but thank you for that thread anyways without it, i wouldn't have thought about flashing this or talking to darkyy about this either.
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Lol I was kidding
But you sir thank you
Im flashing right now
Got a random reboot

hmm so other than random reboot everyrhing else is working? Like no wifi or battery drain problem? Is it snappy?
bionix 1.2.1 with adw launcher ex

Alanrocks15 said:
Lol I was kidding
But you sir thank you
Im flashing right now
Got a random reboot
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there's no way around it guys... you're going to get soft reboots when your signal hits about -80dbm

Yeah theres no other problems besides that. I've asked Darkyy to try and help us out, he's probably sleeping right now, so i'll let you guys know.

Keep in mind this is a i9000 ROM
Its a miracle it works universally.
He pmed me he's working on improving it for other variants and keep in mind this is a BETA !
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

wait why do we have to wipe?
only email force closes?

Wow Thanks, xriderx66 it did work.......... I probably just play with it tonight, but whoever thought Darky's rom on a Vibrant......

Beast !!!!!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

How does the Vibrant flash a 250mb rom? I thought it was a phone limitation (as it was a problem with the leaked 2.2.1 Vibrant 4g rom?)

Alanrocks15 said:
wait why do we have to wipe?
only email force closes?
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Wiping solves some problems ull face. Trust me.

Nice of you to start a topic.
The RESTART/Vibrate bug you are refering to is the SAME bug that Jellette/Heathen was experiencing when he was trying to port an i9000 ROM in Ragnarok. He tracked the issue to be caused by the signal. Yes, the SIGNAL strength of the network causes the reboot. It happens when this signal reaches a certain value. Then phone goes crazy and reboots. That's about it. There is still no known solutions to this.
HOWEVER, Eugene beleives he found the file and settings which are causing it. I have PMed Darkyy and he will be looking into the issue when he's back from vacation (currently hes heading out for a few days). I believe jellette/Heathen may also be working on the issue once he gets his replacement phone.
I hope this helps. And yes. Darkyy' ROM is FAMOUS. I don't need to say more about it haha. When/if it works, it will be AMAZING.
If other devs want to jump on this to try and fix it, it would be very very appreciated. This ROM is just too good to pass up
Not to mention, ALL themes from the I9000 forums WILL work with this after it is working on our Vibrants. Go take a look at the I9000 forum, there are literally TENS upon TENS of amazing themes for it.

For the email FCs, it was enough to wipe its data in TitaniumBackup. however, I had issues receiving calls till I wiped/factory reset my phone. Very satisfied so far.

xriderx66 said:
After flashing is done, it will take a longer-than-usual time to reboot.
It will open.
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how long is the longer than usual? i tried it last night and i guess it got stuck on a bootloop and kept vibrating too in the bootanimation "darky's rom" for about half and hour

I tried 9.2 extreme edition when it first came out. Super fast, I really liked the presentation, pulled out all the stops with animations and transparent elements sprinkled around. Couldn't get over the nagging bugs though, like the capacitive buttons being mapped all wack, didn't have an effective home button, both home and back functioned like the back button. Also the volume was reversed, and I didn't have sound in certain apps. Also had to flash a US modem, you should mention that in your post, I know it say's choose no modem, but you should mention later to flash one that works.
Used it for a few days like that actually, because it was still super slick and useable...even without the home button lol. But I didn't see it randomly reboot even once.

pacotort said:
how long is the longer than usual? i tried it last night and i guess it got stuck on a bootloop and kept vibrating too in the bootanimation "darky's rom" for about half and hour
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Mine took about 5 minutes.
Lol

xriderx66 said:
Mine took about 5 minutes.
Lol
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yea i got it to work and it took 5 min too lol
but i had to flash another rom as the reboots drove me crazy it was nice while i got to play with it tho hopefully the devs around here can get the fix for the signal

Flashed this yestursay along with the WP7 THEME-gotta say I am pretty impressed with both
Sent from the future on my vibrant using Tapatalk

Phone dead after EG22 Modem flash

I was hoping someone hand any advice on my problem. I was running EF02 rom with EF10 modem and flashed EG22 from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123103
Now my phone doesn't turn on. Nothing works. Any help would be great.
Fixed:
I just let the battery and sdcard sit out of the phone for 45 minutes (doesn't have to be this long) then I put the battery back in and was able to get into download mode. I am flashing the phone back to stock as I think I might have messed something else up earlier. Make sure that after you put the pit file in odin you uncheck re-partition if you are just updating the modem.
This is how I brought my phone back from a hard brick. Thanks everyone for their help.
Some suggestions from others that might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15958635&postcount=54
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15959310&postcount=61

Can you still get into cwm our download mode?

Did you try removing the battery, putting it back in and trying to boot into download mode?

did you uncheck f partition?

Did you use stock cable?
Sent from my SPH-D700

I am not able to get into download mode or clockwork. f partion was unchecked. I tried removing the battery and still no luck.

let it sit without the battery in for about an hour, then plug in with battery out and try download mode

This is why leaks are bad.
- Ron

Ron_91 said:
This is why leaks are bad.
- Ron
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I know multiple people that have flashed this Modem and are having no issues at all.

And out of the few dozen people who flashed this, only 1 ended up with a brick...

Ron_91 said:
This is why leaks are bad.
- Ron
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Only bad when you don't know what you're doing
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piscesjoey said:
Only bad when you don't know what you're doing
Sent from my Samsung Epic 4G using Tapatalk
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Using unreleased beta software and experiencing issues doesn't necessarily have anything to do with knowing what you are doing or not...

The Root said:
let it sit without the battery in for about an hour, then plug in with battery out and try download mode
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I will give this a try and get back to you all with the results.

the same thing happened to me. hard bricked my phone flashing eg22 and i know what i was doing. tried to put it into download mode using test jig and its a no go. getting a new phone Wednesday. $35 (sucks). any one Know how to bring it back????

machx0r said:
Using unreleased beta software and experiencing issues doesn't necessarily have anything to do with knowing what you are doing or not...
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Actually it does if some people are having no problems at all.
Sent from my SPH-D700

ac16313 said:
Actually it does if some people are having no problems at all.
Sent from my SPH-D700
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You're right, this leak is perfect and has no issues what so ever. The only way anyone could possibly have a problem with it is through their own ignorance and stupidity. My bad...

People who are getting so called "bricks"...
no lights, no samsung logo, no led lights, phone looks completely dead.
Try this:
Remove SD card and battery, leave SD card out, put back battery and try booting into download mode (1 key + power button).
Let us know if this is a go or no go, thanks!

machx0r said:
You're right, this leak is perfect and has no issues what so ever. The only way anyone could possibly have a problem with it is through their own ignorance and stupidity. My bad...
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Lol your funny, bye.
Sent from my SPH-D700

anand731 said:
I will give this a try and get back to you all with the results.
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Seems to have worked. Let it sit without the battery and sd card and was able to get back into download mode. Thanks for all the suggestions.

anand731 said:
Seems to have worked. Let it sit without the battery and sd card and was able to get back into download mode. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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really???? how long was it "bricked?" I bricked mine (pulled in dl mode ALL my fault ha) and too it to sprint store and there ordering me a replacement. can you explain exactly what you did please

Weirdest issue ever

If someone can find a solution to this, seriously, you're a master.
I was running CM build from the 6 January (stock kernel). And suddenly, during the afternoon, my data started to be slow.
Here I have a contract for 7.2mbps. I'm usually arround 6.5-7.2mpbs. Never really goes down 5mbps. So I ran a speed test. I was at 0.1mbps. I thought "this should be a little problem, nothing to worry about". I was wrong, so wrong. After that I flashed the CM build from today.
Hours later, after many speedtest, I was still at 0.1mbps and I started to think that this is really weird. So I phoned to my network and they told me there's no network problem at all where I live (should be true, no friends asked me about this).
So, obviously, I flashed another ROM, AOKP. Still ultra slow data. I flashed Paranoid Android, still super slow data.
I took off my SIM carte and I put it on my old HTC Sensation. Guess what, data was working perfectly. At this point I started to get crazy lol.
Maybe some corrupted data ? Let's flash the factory.img
I flashed via fastboot the factory.img, ran a speed test.... STILL SUPER SLOW DATA.
I should add that we don't have any data-cap here (and the Sensation proved it).
I thought, maybe the 3G is hardware broken ? No. I'm still seeing H+ and 3G on my status bar. More weird stuff ? alright ! Ping is excellent (about 40ms) and upload speed... is like it always been, arround 1mbps (that's the number in my contract too).
So now, i'm completely lost (and tired, it's 2am).
If someone, whatever the idea is, could help me, it would be awesome.

Fix permissions? And make sure your APN looks good
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

Check your APN.

This happened to me for about a week soon after I got my N4. The problem went away on its own. I chalked it up to the network.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

El Daddy said:
This happened to me for about a week soon after I got my N4. The problem went away on its own. I chalked it up to the network.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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Well, I hope I have the same problem as you and I'll see tomorrow how it goes but I really can't understand lol

APN are ok btw. But thanks all for trying to help me !

Have you tried a different speed testing app? You might have noticed that the app isn't really that good.

Matt1408 said:
Have you tried a different speed testing app? You might have noticed that the app isn't really that good.
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Good idea too, but already tried 3 and they all gave me the same result.
Do you guys think it's hardware ?

Try re-registering onto your mobile network. Or try registering manually instead.
I had a weird issue where my phone would switch to cdma on its own. try *#*#4636#*#* and playing around with settings there.
Try flashing back stock and factory reset.
Make sure your sim card tray is fully inserted.
Pray to the HSDPA Gods to give you your speed back.
Remove your tin foil case from your phone.
You're holding it wrong. Hold it in a different way.
Have you tried installing iOS on it?
wooooooooo!!!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

If you've flashed other roms, then it's obviously not a software issue, maybe there's work on your local mast. Is the speed difference only in the speedtest app, or do you notice it in normal usage?

So later yesterday I called the customer service. They confirmed that they have no network issue at all.
It started at 16:00 pm and yesterday night, at 3:00 am (when I was about to sleep, finally ) still ultra slow data speed.
I woke up this morning at 7:00 am, tried again a test, still slow data speed.
So I went to my office, I was in at 8:00 am and I ran a test again and... BOOM ! 6.8mbps ! And it works now without any problem.
Morality : Don't miss work. lol
But to be honnest, I really don't understand what happened. I have no clue what this can be. Anyway, it works now and I hope it won't happen again.
Btw, big thanks to everyone who answered, we have some great people here

[Q] Franco r97 no service

Hey guys, I was on r86 (if I remembered correctly) Franco kernel and used the Franco app to auto-flash to r97.
Everything is fine except I do not have any service (T-Mobile) anymore.
Was on AOKP 4 with Nova launcher.
I did a full wipe with factory reset and everything is stock now but still no service.
Re-seated sim. Rebooted few times also.
Sometimes it will show a bar or two, but when I try to call it just drops back down to nil.
It is not T-Mobile service itself, cause other cellphones in the home are fine.
Any help greatly appreciated!

I had a similar issue a few weeks ago. Did factory resets, flashed different kernels, and restored stock. I turned my phone off for about 45 minutes and it worked when I turned it back on. I have no idea what happen or if that's actually what fixed it, but its worth a shot.
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Sher The Love said:
I had a similar issue a few weeks ago. Did factory resets, flashed different kernels, and restored stock. I turned my phone off for about 45 minutes and it worked when I turned it back on. I have no idea what happen or if that's actually what fixed it, but its worth a shot.
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Ah that sounds like a good idea. I will do another complete wipe and leave it off.
Will be back with update.
Thanks.

No good. Same problem after returning everything to stock and leaving phone off throughout the night.
Does anyone have any suggestions??
Or am I screwed =/

wayneL84 said:
No good. Same problem after returning everything to stock and leaving phone off throughout the night.
Does anyone have any suggestions??
Or am I screwed =/
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It could be a sim card problem! Get a new sim from your provider

Sigh. Yeah I think I will have to go out and buy another sim to try.
I've tried everything.
Thanks for the suggestions anyway.

Can someone link me to instructions on how to downgrade the baseband?
I'm currently on 1700.48.
I want to try downgrading it back to 1700.33