Is it really possible now to brick I mean I flashed a new rom and kernal over voodoo on accident and bootlooped and then tried going to stock through Odin. became impatient and disconnected it mod restore And still managed to get it back. Anybody got any strange funny near brick stories?
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Only thing I've heard recently is where somebody flashed a Vibrant rom on a Fascinate, and somehow trashed the download mode functionality so that it wasn't accessible even with a USB jig. Other than that, I've heard that you can now recover the modem after flashing with the phone button in Odin, so as long as you stick with roms intended for the Verizon Fascinate, I'd say it's pretty much impossible to brick.
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yea the only ways to truly brick now is to use the wrong button in odin. even then i bet adryn can do some magic and bring it back to life. The fascinate really is one the least brickable android phones out right now.
Which is why I love it so
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Tried many times to brick with no luck. Odin can be your best friend.
Always helps
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Dead Dead Dead
My phone stopped displaying anything after the little samsung animation. So I used Odin to update the phone with T959UVKA6_REV05_home_low_CL860813.tar.md5 as mentioned here. It downloaded fine according to Odin and then when it was supposed to reboot, it just stayed dead. Now cannot even turn it on.
Arrrgggh.
you in the right phone forum? Never heard of that ROM for the Fascinate
Thats a vibrant rom
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Is that the issue
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I would imagine trying to flash a vibrant rom on a fascinate probably would cause issues
Perhaps. I flashed mine with an update for the i9000 and phone button in Odin. My phone still works only odd thing is my phone hangs up on dl09/di01 to ea28 ota at "updating modem". Can't get ed01 modem or official froyo.
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My phone stopped displaying anything after the little samsung animation. So I used Odin to update the phone with T959UVKA6_REV05_home_low_CL860813.tar.md5 as mentioned here. It downloaded fine according to Odin and then when it was supposed to reboot, it just stayed dead. Now cannot even turn it on.
Arrrgggh.
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Are you the guy ivorycruncher was talking about?
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Flashed a Captivate ROM on a Vibrant, almost bricked. Odin saved me.
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ive bricked 2 fascinates
i have bricked 2 fascinates but after a lot of work i figured it was the usb ports on my laptop that where losing connection while Odin was running
odin would see the phone then i would flash the rom using pda and odin would fail then the phone would be stuck in down load mode before i knew it was the usb ports on my laptop i tried again and again to fix it and at some point i bricked the phone comply this happen with 2 different phones before i tried to use odin on my roommates pc and it ran fine mind you this was with my 4th fascinate in 6 months the 1st one the touch screen went out on but the 2nd to i bricked
so just to let everyone know if odin fails feel free to use a different pc altogether to fix it because it could be the usb ports
hope this helps others
Wow that sounds like a roller coaster ride
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Wow that sounds like a roller coaster ride
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it was especially when i went a whole weekend with out a phone because i was stuck in dl mode and all my friends couldn't help but say i told you you shouldn't hack your phone because this kind of stuff happens. always pisses me off when someone who has no idea what rooting a phone is like or why i do it talks as if they know better then to try it. enjoy you locked down "smart phone" i will enjoy my freedom. of course the friends that let me root their phones for them knew it was nothing i did wrong.
In my experience with flashing motherboards, xbox360s, etc. I would guess that it is impossible to brick your phone in CWM, but definitely possible using ODIN.
When you put the phone into download mode(plug into PC with no battery, hold volume down) and have the yellow "construction" android (no idea what it is supposed to be, but that's what it looks like to me) the phone will accept any package you push to it, and writes to protected areas of the phone, like the most base levels possible. I imagine if you wrote the wrong files to the phone using ODIN, or unplugged the phone during the process that it would likely brick.
Hey I accidently flashed the Mesmerize odin n didnt brick lol... It actually worked...so I guess that can be a story...unless everyone has already tried that lol
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help, after uploading the latest samsung Axura vibrant, I can not turn on the phone, no button is not working, so I can not do anything, as now, the phone in the trash if it can somehow revive it, I might add that this is not my first flash, I always ended up with everything well, please help
Why dont u try odin and get back to stock and try to flash again?
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phone does not respond to any buttons so I can not use the download mode
try buying/building a JIG, im not much of a pro with a JIG, but it'll get you into download mode, idk how it works, but wait for more answers is all i can say
JIG is not working, the phone does not respond
I just had this happen...take everything out of the phone, plug in usb to pc, hold down only the volume buttons, plug in the usb to phone, put in the battery and it should go right into download mode....
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I just had this happen...take everything out of the phone, plug in usb to pc, hold down only the volume buttons, plug in the usb to phone, put in the battery and it should go right into download mode....
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That works when phone is soft bricked, this looks like a hard brick
I thought that only developers hard bricked vibrants, I didn't really ever think it could happen while flashing a rom? Was your battery charged at least at 20%? I have axura 2.2.5.7 and it flashed fine when I did it a few weeks ago this makes me not want to update to the newest rom.
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try charging the phone.
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I thought that only developers hard bricked vibrants, I didn't really ever think it could happen while flashing a rom? Was your battery charged at least at 20%? I have axura 2.2.5.7 and it flashed fine when I did it a few weeks ago this makes me not want to update to the newest rom.
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anything can happen when you flash anything to our phones.
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anything can happen when you flash anything to our phones.
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Ya I guess so hope you figure something out on this.
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That works when phone is soft bricked, this looks like a hard brick
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Thats what I thought too. I just had this happen last night...no power, no buttons, no boot, nothing... DEAD. I tried this this morning and it worked.
I tried everything, no effect, unless the phone in the trash, unless you know another way to fix it, all the other roms work without a problem, the problem was only with Axura
Today, my battery died on the Epic. I didnt think anything about it as this has happened before with no issue. When plugging the phone into charge, I turn it back on. And it wont boot past the samsung logo. I tried using a charged battery with the same result. Any help would be appreciated.
We need some more info bro. What android you on, root,rom,kernel etc...? Then maybe we can help.
Running stock DI18
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That sucks. I would flash the stock DI18 using Odin. There are some good walk-throughs in the development section. Or if you are not comfortable with that...and you can always just take it back to sprint (unless you rooted)...then restore using clockworkmod (if you have it).
It is totally stock. The only computer available at the moment is a mac, so Odin is out
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If its totally stock than take that thing back to the store and show them what's going on!
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Going to have to have to it looks like.
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I need to take my phone back to sprint, seems there is a hardware problem with the phones charging circuit. it will not mount to the computer, it will sort of charge, but if you unplug the cord, it just thinks its still charging. if you turn it off, it either just stays off until you pull the battery or sometimes it just reboots itself. it will not charge when off etc.
I tried 3 different roms so I know its not the rom.
So odin is out. I have bonsai rom and clockwork mod on the phone. I don't think thats a good idea to take it to sprint like this. is there anyway to get it back to stock?
anyone help please?
Just to make sure, have you tried putting it in download mode? It doesn't necessarily need to mount to computer for odin to recognize it.
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I suppose you could flash something to get you looped at samsung mobile screen.
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I suppose you could flash something to get you looped at samsung mobile screen.
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Agreed, that's what I was getting at.If odin will at least recognize it and start to flash, even if it fails it'll stick at boot screen.
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i have got the screen to say download mode, but odin doesn't recognize nothing.
ugg, I got this clockwork v 3.0.0.5 and I tried to run an old update.zip figuring maybe i'd brick the phone or get it back to stock and it won't work with that version of clockwork. I don't know what the heck to do, i can't walik in with it like this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
Just follow the instructions. Good luck. Let me know if you have any problems. I had a bricked epic once and that solved my problem.
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yea, odin is a no go, thats the problem i tried odin on two different computers, you want to know how screwed up this thing in? sometimes it boots up and thinks its in car dock mode.
Try a different USB cable? If odin is just impossible, remove sd card, take a short piece of wire with bare ends, have phone powered on, and short whatever you find on the back, fry the board. Sad, but gotta take it out back and put a bullet in its head.
Really though, IF the Sprint employee even notices, chances are they won't say anything anyway. Never did for me.
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Try a different USB cable? If odin is just impossible, remove sd card, take a short piece of wire with bare ends, have phone powered on, and short whatever you find on the back, fry the board. Sad, but gotta take it out back and put a bullet in its head.
Really though, IF the Sprint employee even notices, chances are they won't say anything anyway. Never did for me.
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how much does it cost for them to fix it? tried 2 different cables and i know they were working, i know its not the cable because, when i plug in the charger, it doesn't ring up usb debugging when that is selected and you only supposed to be able to deselect or select usb debugging when the cable is out, but I can toggle it on and off with the cable in or out.
Go to another phnes thread
Maybe the EVO
Download a rom from there and then flash it through cwm
BOOM! Insta-brick 8)
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since i'm rooted and they would be foolish not to notice i'm rooted and it seems there is no way for me to unroot or go to a stock rom, would it be better to just brick the thing? i hate to do that do to the fact that then i'm stuck without a phone. Plus what if I brick it and they find out it was rooted? can they do that?
If its truly bricked, no they can't. Them knowing its rooted isn't that big of a deal, they'd either attempt to revert it to an official build anyway, or they'll tell you they can't take it that way, as in bring it back stock.
I've taken in 2 Epics for hardware issues, one was screen, the other keyboard. Both were rooted, one was on stock build and the other on custom rom. They restored stock software to the custom rommed phone before they decided the screen was actually broken lol
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If its truly bricked, no they can't. Them knowing its rooted isn't that big of a deal, they'd either attempt to revert it to an official build anyway, or they'll tell you they can't take it that way, as in bring it back stock.
I've taken in 2 Epics for hardware issues, one was screen, the other keyboard. Both were rooted, one was on stock build and the other on custom rom. They restored stock software to the custom rommed phone before they decided the screen was actually broken lol
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won't they void the warranty on the spot?
robl45 said:
won't they void the warranty on the spot?
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While that would be the "smart" thing for a company to do, Sprint's official policy on rooting is that they will revert it to stock if they see that it's rooted during any repairs.
you are sure on this?
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you are sure on this?
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They did that for me too, twice.
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While that would be the "smart" thing for a company to do, Sprint's official policy on rooting is that they will revert it to stock if they see that it's rooted during any repairs.
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apparently the policy has changed, as after waiting an hour and a half, they came back and said its rejected because it was flashed and i lack common sense apparently when I mentioned that it doesn't say anything about that anywhere.
If u can put the phone in download mode the problems r the drivers on your pc should check that or try different pc.
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Try taking it to an indirect dealer service center. Those people really don't care about things like that. I'm one of those people. I realy couldn't care. I just fix it and send it out.
So i was odin-ing back to stock when for some reason Odin stopped. I start freaking out cause what else am i gonna do. My wife hates that i play with my phone.
Back in the early days of vibrant i effed up a voodoo lagfix (was able to fix it), but it cost me $50 buck when i had to send the replacment phone back after fixing mine.
So (like a noob) i unplug my phone and leave it in download mode. Nothings working.
I turn the phone off (again LIKE A NOOB), and it give me this angry picture of a cell connected to a PC...
Lost my Sh*t!!!!
However, was able to get into download mode, retore stock, and avoid a sexless month.
So, who has a good OMGZ-BRICKED-MY-PONE-OH-WAIT-NO-I-DIDNT moment...
I'd be willing to bet 99% of people on this forum have had this go down and freaked out the first time. It's one of those things that's inevitable when messing with this stuff.
i feel ya bro. I once spent 3.5 hours trying to odin before it went thru. I was sick to my stomach. Thought my phone was done!!
I once used a broken USB cable that I broke earlier (but forgot). It made very VERY poor contact with the phone so it disconnected if the phone was touched.
I used that cable with ODIN. Needless to say, it disconnected MANY times and I kept thinking I'm done. Finally I remembered the cable is broken and then I TOOK IT AND HELD IT AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE with the USB contact.
Scarriest hour of my life.
I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.
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I know a sexless month is terrifying but its okay bro.
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I know a sexless month is terrifying but its okay bro.
No its not. Try dating for only 2 yrs and having them often.
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Lol, i tried flashing the gb bootloader, then my phone didnt boot up cuz odin failed and then it magicaly went to the computer phone screen, and i just flashed back the stock froyo bootloader.. o thought i was done for lol
Try being married for 20 yrs.....you get them often :-/
Project-V 6/11/11
Been there atleast 6 times, just kept trying and I get there
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Jose Quervo and Android don't blend well LOL
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I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.
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Haha I did this too outdated odin and bootloaders dont mix. I had to flash it at least 5 times to get it to take. Odin wouldnt recognize on the com after every bad flash unless I reboted. The last time I couldnt get back to download so I flashed it in the phone!pc screen with a different odin and it worked like a charm. Stomach was churning like it was trying to make butter lol.
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First time I used ODIN my roomate accidentally unplugged my phone (cable was crazy loose)... wound up on the phone---!---PC screen and that was scary as crap. Took a little while, but I figured it out
Basically, unless you're in the realm of bootloaders, this phone is difficult enough to brick (which I'm very thankful for!)
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Been there atleast 6 times, just kept trying and I get there
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The burning question in my mind is, do you mean the failed upload attempts?
...or the month your kick-banned from hanky panky... because of course you keep trying, and eventually you get there. waka waka waka
Tried to flash my phone while driving, I hit a road bump and next thing, I know ODIN stopped working and my phone had a bunch of garbage display on the screen.
C*0000000*** something like that.
used Jig back to download mode. But the remaining 30 minutes drive back to my desk was horrifying.
Been there, done that
You tried to flash your phone while driving??
I used Clockwork mod to flash back to a Rom I liked better with a nandroid backup and it just got into a bootloop. I kept trying, but the only thing I could get to work was to Odin back to a stable Eclair build I had on hand.
BUT it gave me a red FAIL and just stopped mid-way through. However, when I unplugged and started my phone it came up just fine. PHEW!
Hours of fiddling and my wife was also all like "What the heck are you doing??? Can't you leave well enough alone???"
No. Of course not.
First time I got a soft brick I was scared as **** but then I learned about Odin I was so happy
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I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.
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I never pull out early.... it's better if you let it finish.
Yea same problem lol
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I never pull out early.... it's better if you let it finish.
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But if you finish your have a higher chance of your phone producing more phones.
after flash to stock ,phone stop on vibrant screen and this
whoa, i have never seen that before. i'm sure the dev's here have.
try to hold down power to reboot/reset. if not, pull the battery, get back into d/l mode and ODIN again to be safe.
you might have missed a step or something during your ODIN flash. post your steps you did.
You clearly missed step 2. Which was to remove that pesky little tab. ;-)
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On a serious note, what exactly did you do to go "back to stock"?
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i've had that screen before when i was messing with framework pngs and whatnot.
theres 2 solutions:
do the download mode method and get into it.
-that may be the download mode itself, so just connect to odin and see if your phone is seen as a downloadmode?
I had this awhile back. It scared me a little bit because I have to play around to get to download mode a few times so I can get back to odin.
i get this everytime my phone crashes on my revolution rom.... i startes getting it when i flashed the 2.2 froyo bootloader.
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i get this everytime my phone crashes on my revolution rom.... i startes getting it when i flashed the 2.2 froyo bootloader.
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Yep . Same exact thing happened to me when running rom revolution and flashing back to a froyo bootloader.
I had this same thing the other day. check to make sure your cable going to your computer is good. I was holding vol-up and vol-dn and trying to get into download but it would bring up this screen instead. switch cables and see if that helps.
I had this awhile back with trigger my phone just stopped working and that screen appeared, i think it's a kernel crash i just held power down or pulled the battery and it was fine when it rebooted i haven't had it happen for a few months. Ya it scared the crap out of me ;-)
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Thats weird
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