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So my Vibrant has been turning off randomly. I think its because of the loose battery or maybe it's just over-heating. But a few days ago, after turning it on there is only a black screen and lit capacitive buttons at the bottom.
It boots up normal, with the vibrant name, t-mobile animation, and the Galaxy S boot animation, then black screen! This started to happen after a few reboots, and now it won't rebbot properly, just black screen. It seems like I have to restore my phone, but the problem is I cannot get the phone into recovery or download mode! Please advise.
Samsung Vibrant, Eugene Eclair v6 custom rom with lag fix
First of all, there's no such thing as semi brick, there's brick or not. Try installing your Rom again..
Dan0zone don't be rude man,.backup your apps, enter recovery more delete all user data, if after that you have the same problem restore, or keep trying to enter download mode, try different methods
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iwillkillyou said:
Dan0zone don't be rude man,.backup your apps, enter recovery more delete all user data, if after that you have the same problem restore, or keep trying to enter download mode, try different methods
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dude, he cant back up if he cant access the homescreen. neither can he use rom manager..
cant use the hardware buttons to get into dl or recovery either... read op guys...
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[Q] Need help with semi/soft brick!
So my Vibrant has been turning off randomly. I think its because of the loose battery or maybe it's just over-heating. But a few days ago, after turning it on there is only a black screen and lit capacitive buttons at the bottom.
It boots up normal, with the vibrant name, t-mobile animation, and the Galaxy S boot animation, then black screen! This started to happen after a few reboots, and now it won't rebbot properly, just black screen. It seems like I have to restore my phone, but the problem is I cannot get the phone into recovery or download mode! Please advise.
Samsung Vibrant, Eugene Eclair v6 custom rom with lag fix
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Do this bro... just tested it myself, works fine...
get adb installed on your computer, should already have it if your rooting but if not get it, youll find it in the stickied thread for informative links in the development section.
get a cmd prompt open on your computer and type in
>adb devices
let it start up deamon and it will tell you device not found, its ok.
now type and have ready...
>adb reboot recovery (do NOT press enter yet)
start your phone like normal. before its even finished with the boot up tmobile animation and the galaxy s (but after the plain vibrant text/picture) logo press enter. if it says error: device not found then wait all the way till galaxy s only you did it too early...
screen will go black and reboot into standard recovery... hope to goodness you had a working clockwork recovery installed and nandroid ready for this next part...
go down using your volume keys and select reinstall packages using the power key
now in clockwork recovery go down to nandroid
now go to restore
go to your earliest back up and restore it.
there you go.
I would start fresh get odin set up and reinstall the original rom at this point as something may still be corrupted, reroot, install latest clockworkmod, latest vibrant 9 rom (im using and see no bugs and runs better then the vibrant 6 rom i had) and DONT install the lag fix until the newest "TRUE" lag fix comes out with the new file system and kernel that JAC is working on and has almost ready.
good luck and pm me if any of these steps need further explanation.
Pypanys thanks for that post, I learn something new but he said its bootsup normally, but it goes to a black screen after the boot logo he can enter recovery mode, same thing happen to me. I was opening maps and it crashed, it frooze the phone, to I restarted the phone and enter recovery amd deleted user apps, and it did the fix,
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iwillkillyou said:
Dan0zone don't be rude man,.backup your apps, enter recovery more delete all user data, if after that you have the same problem restore, or keep trying to enter download mode, try different methods
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iwillkillyou said:
Pypanys thanks for that post, I learn something new but he said its bootsup normally, but it goes to a black screen after the boot logo he can enter recovery mode, same thing happen to me. I was opening maps and it crashed, it frooze the phone, to I restarted the phone and enter recovery amd deleted user apps, and it did the fix,
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hes just stated man that he cant even get into recovery, my guess is hes locked out using the volume up/down keys like many new phones are (which btw is a known defect, spend 10min on the phone with tmobile doing thier trouble shooting to show them it doesnt work and they send you a replacement..) sooooo I gave him a way to get into recovery without the buttons and not having to wait till he gets to a black screen where possibly its frozen and he cant use adb commands.
I was just making mention to you also that he cant even back stuff up NOW (hopefully he already archived all his apps and data) and hes better off starting fresh since hes getting problems using his current rom/lagfix....
Thanks for the quick reply p()()pypants, but i will have to try your method later. It's late and I have class (college) tomorrow, but i will post my results soon. Thank you again.
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Btw, is there a way to back up my current rom? Like the way rom manager back up roms? I know my current rom works before so that's why I want to back it up.
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Actually i did not use adb to root my phone, just used the one click method. So can you please give me more detailed instructions on how to install/use adb?
Okay, I typed in "adb reboot recovery" and press enter as my phone booted up during the t-mobile animation and at the Galaxy S boot animation. Neither time work. Then I reentered it again after the black screen. That did not work either. CMD keeps on returning "error: device not found" and the phone stays on with the black screen.
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Okay, I typed in "adb reboot recovery" and press enter as my phone booted up during the t-mobile animation and at the Galaxy S boot animation. Neither time work. Then I reentered it again after the black screen. That did not work either. CMD keeps on returning "error: device not found" and the phone stays on with the black screen.
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Do you have the right drivers installed? You can check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Another very stupid question, just to cover all bases - your phone is plugged into the computer, correct? When you install the new drivers, try plugging the phone into a different USB port on the computer than you've been using, so it will hopefully pick up the new drivers without much extra effort.
If that doesn't help, just keep trying the command while the phone boots up. Maybe you'll get lucky and it will work. Sorry I don't have any real solution for you :\
I'm fairly sure I have the right drivers, otherwise I wouldn't be able to root in the first place. Yes, the phone is plugged in also. I'll try a different USB port and see what happens...
Update: Trying different USB ports does not help.
I've had a Droid Incredible (AMOLED) for sometime, Unrevoked Forever. Flashed many, many ROMs and kernels, and numerous recovery backups.
Picked up a Droid X yesterday (still have my Dinc). Rooted using Z41, and have permanent root. Paid for and downloaded Bootstrap, and had ROM Manager from my Dinc.
I've spent a good six hours reading the various "how to" threads and Googling, but I'm not finding the solution to my issue.
I can boot into Clockworkmod Recovery from within Bootstrap.
But, I cannot figure how to boot into Clockworkmod Recovery from power off state. When I hold the Home button while powering up, hitting the Search button boots my DX into the stock recovery, NOT Clockworkmod Recovery.
I guess my question is, how / is it possible to make Clockworkmod Recovery the default recovery when booting from power off?
Looking forward to getting to know the DX community on XDA.
To boot into clock work from power off...hold vol down then press power. Hold about 10 seconds. You should be good to go...
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To boot into clock work from power off...hold vol down then press power. Hold about 10 seconds. You should be good to go...
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That is the method on the Dinc, which I'd tried. But, just now did it and released the power button after the Moto logo appeared and continued to hold the vol down, and there was the familiar Clockworkmod Recovery glowing green.
Old habits.
Thanks!
Cool, glad it worked. Was not sure about the exact timing though!
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That is the method on the Dinc, which I'd tried. But, just now did it and released the power button after the Moto logo appeared and continued to hold the vol down, and there was the familiar Clockworkmod Recovery glowing green.
Old habits.
Thanks!
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Well, so I flashed a ROM (ApeX 1.3 which runs well), but once again I can boot into Clockworkmod Recovery via Bootstrap, but cannot (or have not found a way) boot into Clockworkmod Recovery from power down, even using the above method that worked with the rooted stock .340.
Not a biggie unless something bad happens, of course.
Thoughts? The ROM? Me?
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Well, so I flashed a ROM (ApeX 1.3 which runs well), but once again I can boot into Clockworkmod Recovery via Bootstrap, but cannot (or have not found a way) boot into Clockworkmod Recovery from power down, even using the above method that worked with the rooted stock .340.
Not a biggie unless something bad happens, of course.
Thoughts? The ROM? Me?
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From Koush's website:
What if my phone won't boot? How do I get into recovery without the app?
When the hijacker runs, it will automatically create the "/data/.recovery_mode" file after it finishes. This tells the system that the next time it boots, it should boot into recovery. But, when the system starts, the Droid X Recovery Bootstrap will then delete that file when Android is fully started, to prevent you from booting into recovery. So what does this mean? If you fail to boot, simply pull your battery, and your next boot will be into recovery (unless your /system is *really* hosed, in which case you need to SBF).
I'd probably just press bootstrap recovery in the app every time you turn your phone on. So just in case you DO need it next time you boot up, it'll be there. Damn moto and their locked phone..
Sheen160 said:
From Koush's website:
What if my phone won't boot? How do I get into recovery without the app?
When the hijacker runs, it will automatically create the "/data/.recovery_mode" file after it finishes. This tells the system that the next time it boots, it should boot into recovery. But, when the system starts, the Droid X Recovery Bootstrap will then delete that file when Android is fully started, to prevent you from booting into recovery. So what does this mean? If you fail to boot, simply pull your battery, and your next boot will be into recovery (unless your /system is *really* hosed, in which case you need to SBF).
I'd probably just press bootstrap recovery in the app every time you turn your phone on. So just in case you DO need it next time you boot up, it'll be there. Damn moto and their locked phone..
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That doesn't do it either. Must be the custom ROM.
Somewhat OT, but you're right about the "damn Moto and their locked phone." Coming from the Dinc, I'm not accustomed to this sort of hassle. Having said that, altho I've only had the DX for a couple days (and still have my Dinc), I am liking the big screen, albeit not as nice as the AMOLED, and the really solid build of the DX--it's a good phone. Looking forward to the Thunderbolt...
tbcpn said:
That is the method on the Dinc, which I'd tried. But, just now did it and released the power button after the Moto logo appeared and continued to hold the vol down, and there was the familiar Clockworkmod Recovery glowing green.
Old habits.
Thanks!
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I am on .605 base running MIUI ICS on my Droid X, and this did not work for me. I need to be able to access clockwork to fix my phone. Somebady plz help me!
Zeklandia said:
I am on .605 base running MIUI ICS on my Droid X, and this did not work for me. I need to be able to access clockwork to fix my phone. Somebady plz help me!
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Reboot your phone, when it's on the Motorola logo a blue LED will flash, when it does press the volume down button.
From there you can navigate to ClockworkMod Recovery.
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Thank you so much!!!!!
YOU HAVE SAVED ME!!! Now where is that dang thanks button.
Is it possible to set up a MIUI / CM74DX-GB dual-boot with that menu?
Zeklandia said:
YOU HAVE SAVED ME!!! Now where is that dang thanks button.
Is it possible to set up a MIUI / CM74DX-GB dual-boot with that menu?
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Bootmanager
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Zeklandia said:
YOU HAVE SAVED ME!!! Now where is that dang thanks button.
Is it possible to set up a MIUI / CM74DX-GB dual-boot with that menu?
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Not through that menu, but using Boot Manager you can dual boot roms. Your base rom must be 2nd init, however.
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infazzdar said:
Reboot your phone, when it's on the Motorola logo a blue LED will flash, when it does press the volume down button.
From there you can navigate to ClockworkMod Recovery.
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Hello ALL.... I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but none of these seem to work for me.....I rooted Droid X using D3 one click method it worked and got Droid X to root....I have not installed bootstrap or any type of booting apps but in the past I have and was still unsuccesful at getting into Clockwork recovery from power-off state......oh and I don't see any blue light...... please help
Having same issue as poster above: Can NOT get into CWM recovery. (Also have Rom Toolbox installed, and I can't get into Recovery via that app, either.)
Running Liquid 3.2, and no matter what I try, I can only get into stock recovery.
EDIT: Was able to get into CWM Recovery from ROM Manager: Select Reboot into CWM Recovery, then hold VOL DOWN button while phone reboots. Voila! (Still doesn't solve original issue, but it's progress.)
i rooted using the terminal method on mac. i cant post a link it wont let me but its on droid life. i cant figure out how to reboot into clockwork mod or stock recovery i want to flash this new liquid rom i downloaded. can someone tell me how to do this or provide a link i can use to help me? thanks.
I also have sbf'd liquid 3.2. I've had a terrible time with the radio. Wifi works, it doesn't. 3G works, it doesn't. Market works, it doesn't. So, I just sbf'd the rom again but the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I need to get into Clockwork to try "wiping", but I can't get in. Seems like it's yet another issue with liquid 3.2. Anybody have any ideas?
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I also have sbf'd liquid 3.2. I've had a terrible time with the radio. Wifi works, it doesn't. 3G works, it doesn't. Market works, it doesn't. So, I just sbf'd the rom again but the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I need to get into Clockwork to try "wiping", but I can't get in. Seems like it's yet another issue with liquid 3.2. Anybody have any ideas?
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After SBFing you won't be able to enter ClockworkMod Recovery. Use stock recovery to format data and cache.
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I'm unable to boot into Clockword mod recovery as well when I choose to do so from the ROM manager... It just reboots my phone back that's all...
I'm on stock 605 and just rooted my phone - no boot strap or bootloader apps I've installed other than the CWM recovery 5.0.2.0 I installed through ROM manager v4.8.0.6
I'm able to boot into Stock recovery (Search button and then volume keys) but not into cwm recovery....
Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong ? I even tried volume down key during power up - doesnt seem to help. I dont see any blue LED either during the moto logo...
Thanks...
EDIT/UPDATE: I installed the Droid X bootstrap apk, Install bootstrap, and Reboot into recovery and that seemed to start up CWM recovery fine I guess ROM manager was not installing the right CWM boostrap... From the ROM manager I was selecting the Droid X, (had tried Droid X 2nd init as well as Droid 2 - didnt seem to make any difference that time)....
On blur roms you always have to use the Droid 2 Bootstrapper app before flashing ClockworkMod Recovery in Rom Manager.
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USB Debugging
I was having a terrible time getting into any kind of recovery, Bootstrap, Rom Manager, etc., that is until I remembered something I read sometime back. I unchecked USB Debugging and then had virtually no problem with getting into recovery mode.
So, having said all that, check to see if your USB Debugging is checked or not. That might make a difference for you.
figured it all out.. thanks!
Means you don't have a recovery. Need to most likely run the 2.1 ruu and reroot with eris one click. Something went wrong and it didn't flash Ra recovery
i hope your ok buddy,try it again but check if the root me.zip file is in your sd card first before you go into recovery,if its their it should of flashed the recovery.
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thank you. i googled and found instructions for flashing amon ra recovery. but it fails in the first couple steps. when it tells me to run "su" from the shell command it tells me permission denied. the phone is not rooted yet, so i can not allow superuser from the phone as most of my googling has suggested.
what now?
the rootme.zip is on the sd card.
did u reboot after you pressed the button? and then did u turn it off and go to recovery?
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trying to root my friends phone (using the one-click root for eris) ive run into a problem i havent seen before, and cant find answers for on google or this site.
when i reboot the phone into recovery holding volume up with powering on, i get a picture of the eris, with a red triangle and exclamation point. and thats it. i cant do anything.
any idea what it is or how to get rid of it?
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That is the splash screen of the stock recovery.
It means that flashing of Amon_RA never happened.
[ For goofs, you can prove it is a stock recovery by pressing Vol-up+End again when that image is on the screen. (If you were rooting a Cupcake Eris, the key sequence would be Home+End) ]
As others have pointed out, the primary reason that OneClick fails is that the person using it fails to perform a normal reboot in between use of the app and cold-booting into the recovery. Just reboot your phone once normally, shut it down, and then cold-boot to recovery.
- install app
- run app
- shut down phone normally
- reboot phone normally
- shut down normally
- cold boot into recovery
One more thing; you know that this is not a development topic, yes?
bftb0
I have a MT4G with S-0ff. I dont know how it happened but I got it all messed up. I can get to the engineering menu then select recovery. But thats about it ( which I see a phone with warning sign in red) and when I run the command "adb devices" in adb/tools It says"error:device offline". I have tried everything even changing different usb ports. ( I have many roms and clockworkmod3.005 and 2.0 ,, version available)
Can someone help me please, I will thank you (will give thanks)
Good bless you.
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I have a MT4G with S-0ff. I dont know how it happened but I got it all messed up. I can get to the engineering menu then select recovery. But thats about it ( which I see a phone with warning sign in red) and when I run the command "adb devices" in adb/tools It says"error:device offline". I have tried everything even changing different usb ports. ( I have many roms and clockworkmod3.005 and 2.0 ,, version available)
Can someone help me please, I will thank you (will give thanks)
Good bless you.
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What did you do before this, when phone was in working condition?
I dont know
Phone simply does not go into recovery. When I go into engineering menu then click recovery phone just freeze with my touch 4g logo on it.
ilkercatal said:
Phone simply does not go into recovery. When I go into engineering menu then click recovery phone just freeze with my touch 4g logo on it.
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do you have the engineering hBoot or the stock hBoot? Can you boot into a fully working ROM?
it happened to mine as well...did you flash a new kernel on it....sometimes on a rom if you flash a new kernel to lets say overclock your phone or some sort it goes into a BootLoop where the Mytouch boot screen keeps rebooting but does not go into any rom...if you can get to recovery wipe cache and try to reboot..if you cant get to recovery try getting to it through the normal Hboot (volume down +power key)..hope it helps
ilkercatal said:
Phone simply does not go into recovery. When I go into engineering menu then click recovery phone just freeze with my touch 4g logo on it.
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If you can boot completely, install ROM Manager and flash a recovery with it. If you can't boot, then you can flash a recovery using the fastboot tool from the Android SDK, but only if you have the engineering bootloader (0.85.2007)
neidlinger said:
do you have the engineering hBoot or the stock hBoot? Can you boot into a fully working ROM?
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I see only stock bot. ( turning phone on while holding vol- down rocker button)
i only see stock menu
When adb said my device was offline I just typed in (While it was connected)
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
any my device was online.
Are there anyone who knows what they are talking about? Or, most people just say things to be busy or something. Come on people if you dont know how, why waste your time
did you find anything that helped? My phone keeps restarting as well.. i even updated cmw and used cm7 rom.... still keeps restarting... it happened after i used the royal senseless rom..
myk0 said:
did you find anything that helped? My phone keeps restarting as well.. i even updated cmw and used cm7 rom.... still keeps restarting... it happened after i used the royal senseless rom..
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did you do a complete wipe prior to flashing the your newest rom?
neidlinger said:
did you do a complete wipe prior to flashing the your newest rom?
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yea.. wiped and formatted everything
i have a similar issue im trying to reboot my phone with adb. it is telling me that my adb is out of date the daemon starts but it tells me my device cant be found any ideas? and would an outdated adb be the reasson i cant find my device?
uroboch said:
i have a similar issue im trying to reboot my phone with adb. it is telling me that my adb is out of date the daemon starts but it tells me my device cant be found any ideas? and would an outdated adb be the reasson i cant find my device?
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Install the usb driver for the glacier and reboot your computer
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No one is able to offer a solution to this issue
I have the EVO with CM7 and after flashing phone it enter a boot loop with
White back ground and HTC Logo.
Other post have same issue..and we are not able to get into recovery
please see post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340267
bootloop and the phone was using CM7. I was able to get to boot loader menu but can not get to recovery.
Tried to add recovery image no dice...now the phone will only charge and not boot
Just so you know, this belongs in the Q & A section...as it doesn't offer any 'development' of roms, kernels, ect.
Anyways, did you try flashing a boot.img via fastboot?
P.s....prepare to be flamed.
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No one is able to offer a solution to this issue
I have the EVO with CM7 and after flashing phone it enter a boot loop with
White back ground and HTC Logo.
Other post have same issue..and we are not able to get into recovery
please see post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340267
bootloop and the phone was using CM7. I was able to get to boot loader menu but can not get to recovery.
Tried to add recovery image no dice...now the phone will only charge and not boot
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The things people do for CM7 =)
Is there a way to get to fast boot using adb? Im not able to get the phone to boot now
just shows connected under device manager as MY HTC **again black screen no boot**
teh roxxorz said:
Just so you know, this belongs in the Q & A section...as it doesn't offer any 'development' of roms, kernels, ect.
Anyways, did you try flashing a boot.img via fastboot?
P.s....prepare to be flamed.
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Is there a way to get to fast boot using adb? Im not able to get the phone to boot now
just shows connected under device manager as MY HTC **again black screen no boot**
Was a problem a few months back with some users, no solution was ever found. The only thing they were able to do was flash a radio and pull the battery to cause an intentional brick and then have it swapped.
RileyGrant said:
Was a problem a few months back with some users, no solution was ever found. The only thing they were able to do was flash a radio and pull the battery to cause an intentional brick and then have it swapped.
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wow thought someone would have answer for a fix!
Wonder why it shows up in device manager...but not able to accept any commands
I see adb > My HTC would be nice to access the phone some how this way but abd says no device
dirtysausage said:
wow thought someone would have answer for a fix!
Wonder why it shows up in device manager...but not able to accept any commands
I see adb > My HTC would be nice to access the phone some how this way but abd says no device
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Well I had the same issue, but my adb skills are next to nill. I just upgraded from the kyocera zio. I was able to flash a new recovery image through the zio clockwork mod fastboot program. Now I wont promise it will work for you but it is worth a shot.
jlmancuso said:
Well I had the same issue, but my adb skills are next to nill. I just upgraded from the kyocera zio. I was able to flash a new recovery image through the zio clockwork mod fastboot program. Now I wont promise it will work for you but it is worth a shot.
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Yeah I did try a recovery the RA recovery for the EVO...I was able to update and tried to enter recovery but was not able to. I tried with another recovery by adding it to the root of the card and attempted to load the file with adb..BUT after the power down the phone no longer boots to bootloader...black screen and it vibrates once. I can only see it register as adb device >My HTC under device manager. But please not that running adb shell and no device detected.
Can anyone help?
had the same problem alot of times .
What did you do?
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