[Q] Bricked phone? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was running Core Droid 1.2. I WASNT flashing a rom, I WASNT flashing anything or messing with anything. I was just watching a youtube video. The phone froze. I didnt want to remove the battery as i thought it was bad. I tried finding a way to emergency shutdown my phone like volume up and down and power or something but it seems there wasnt one. I took out the battery and put it back in. I turned the phone on but all that came up was a black screen. I took it out and put it back in again. It won't turn on period.
Any ideas?

tradejak66 said:
I was running Core Droid 1.2. I WASNT flashing a rom, I WASNT flashing anything or messing with anything. I was just watching a youtube video. The phone froze. I didnt want to remove the battery as i thought it was bad. I tried finding a way to emergency shutdown my phone like volume up and down and power or something but it seems there wasnt one. I took out the battery and put it back in. I turned the phone on but all that came up was a black screen. I took it out and put it back in again. It won't turn on period.
Any ideas?
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Read my sticky in the general section
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-Team Inferno

saranhai said:
Read my sticky in the general section
Sent from my Infernalized Glacier!
-Team Inferno
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Yeah I did. And its funny cause when i read it 2 days ago I got scared that my bad eMMC chip would die any second... now it looks like it just did.
I just posted this anyways cause I was desperate >.> but t-mobile says my warranty hasnt run out yet. And since it cant boot up whatsoever they cant tell its rooted. SO I get a free replacement
I was kind of hoping they'd claim the phone was defective and give me a sensation or something

This doesn't look like eMMC failure at all.

Jack_R1 said:
This doesn't look like eMMC failure at all.
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what would you think it is then? My new phone comes today and i have to ship this one off to tmobile, so its too late. But I still want to know

Most likely - corrupted SBL. It doesn't necessarily mean eMMC failure - though it could be. Pulling the battery out while there is some eMMC activity could have caused it.

sorry im nooby. whats SBL and can it be fixed easily?

SBL is Secondary Bootloader, in our case also known as HBOOT.
Once it was corrupted, it can't be fixed, since the phone won't boot to any state that allows you to work with it.

Jack_R1 said:
SBL is Secondary Bootloader, in our case also known as HBOOT.
Once it was corrupted, it can't be fixed, since the phone won't boot to any state that allows you to work with it.
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I don't think that was it. He obviously could get to HBOOT by flashing PD15IMG.zip and getting failed-pu error. But I may be wrong, feel free to correct.

To flash PD15IMG, he needs HBOOT running - it's the HBOOT that flashes these files, it's the first screen on your phone that you can actually see and interact with. If HBOOT is gone, you don't boot - because you have nothing to boot to. Or actually, the phone boots to some state, but you don't know it - because you can't interact with it anymore.

invasion2 said:
I don't think that was it. He obviously could get to HBOOT by flashing PD15IMG.zip and getting failed-pu error. But I may be wrong, feel free to correct.
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Nope. I cant flash PD15 if i cant get to HBOOT. the phone doesnt turn on at all, just a backlight for one second. Which looks like its attempting to turn on but failing.

Jack_R1 said:
SBL is Secondary Bootloader, in our case also known as HBOOT.
Once it was corrupted, it can't be fixed, since the phone won't boot to any state that allows you to work with it.
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hmm. you'd think these phones would have some sort of fail-safe feature when it comes to pulling the battery, cause people obviously do it alot.

tradejak66 said:
Nope. I cant flash PD15 if i cant get to HBOOT. the phone doesnt turn on at all, just a backlight for one second. Which looks like its attempting to turn on but failing.
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Ahhh my bad, sorry. Didn't read Definitely seems like you are bricked! >.<

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I think she bricked?

I was attempting to flash 2.x using behnaam and lox's rom.
Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592596
Here is the HBoot info previous to my tinkering:
HERC XC
HBOOT-1.41.0000 (HERO20000)
MICROP-0110
TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104
RADIO-1.04.01.09.21
SEP 1 2009,19:18:45
Phone is rooted using adb.
I used unlockr's guide to flash a custom recovery image onto my CDMA hero and that worked fine, here is the guide I followed:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/
I first moved the radio recommended for the rom by the dev to root on the sd and renamed it update.zip. After, I used the recovery image to wipe, then apply update.zip from sdcard. It seemed to flash fine, as it said please select reboot to complete, which I did, and it completed and rebooted the phone.
Once rebooted it gave me the android installing software image without anything else for a while, then turned off. I cannot seem to awaken my phone with any combo of keys or by plugging it into its use cable. The charging led doesn't even light up anymore.
Well I seem at the moment to be SOL, unless someone can come by and throw me a bone. I really am at a loss as to what I did wrong, as I have always read to do radio first. Not to mention as I watched it install radio it said it was installing radio.
Thanks for the help everyone.
You attempted to flash a GSM ROM to your CDMA phone, this is why your phone is bricked. I'm not sure if its possible to recover, people with more experience than I have can help you there. The problem was flashing a GSM ROM to CDMA. You are not the first to have done it, we all mess up from time to time.
Uuuh Umm...that software was for the GSM hero's NOT THE CDMA Hero.............bless your heart.
Ah **** I thought it was CDMA, guess it was a bad idea jumping into roms while still a noob.
Yea I only got the radio installed, not the rom, although that probably doesn't make a difference.
I don't think the phone can be recovered once you attempt to flash the Radio, but I could be wrong.
Hmm well if worst comes to worst I'm going with what I read on another thread and saying that I was installing the update that it found when I went to phone details and halfway through the update the phone just turned off and won't turn on anymore.
According to the other thread once it is bricked beyond belief and you play stupid they can't prove you wrong.
Best case scenario they replace it, and I won't feel bad seeing as it was a defective phone that is allowing dust to enter under the screen. But that who ordeal is an entirely different rant...lol
Sigh
ftp://xda:[email protected]_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe
Go......Now......Move with haste...
gu1dry said:
I don't think the phone can be recovered once you attempt to flash the Radio, but I could be wrong.
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Yea, you're right. Flashing a GSM rom on the CDMA won't really break much. It's flashing the radio that bricked it.
flipzmode said:
Yea, you're right. Flashing a GSM rom on the CDMA won't really break much. It's flashing the radio that bricked it.
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All is lost!!!!
Yep RUU brought back Error 170 cannot connect to phone.
Maybe the sprint repair stores will not be so asshole-esque this time around.
I'm hopeful though, as I have read a few posts about them exchanging it for a new one. Which after a bunch of calls I had hoped to have happen due to the dust thing, but oh well.
Maybe I will get lucky and my brick will actually turn out to be a phoenix in disguise.
unfortunately, flashing the GSM radio on pretty much destroys the phone.
i think its got something to do with the voltage and electricity used by the GSM radios. probably higher than what the CDMA radios use, so you didn't really brick your phone, you 'fried' it in a sense.
sorry bout that... but if you have the equipment protection plan you can probably get it replaced real easily, since the sprint people probably won't really understand what's wrong.
again I am reminded why I dont screw with radios
willowmp said:
Yep RUU brought back Error 170 cannot connect to phone.
Maybe the sprint repair stores will not be so asshole-esque this time around.
I'm hopeful though, as I have read a few posts about them exchanging it for a new one. Which after a bunch of calls I had hoped to have happen due to the dust thing, but oh well.
Maybe I will get lucky and my brick will actually turn out to be a phoenix in disguise.
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Once you do get it replaced and you want to put a custom ROM on it, look at the first page of this forum and you'll find sticky threads regarding four different ROMs you can put on your phone (two production release and two experimental betas).
I would suggest either MoDaCo's rom or Fresh rom. I use Fresh in mine and had no problems (although I have used MoDaCo's before and also had no issues).
Also, if you want to root the phone, there are also sticky threads that will tell you how to root your phone from Windows, Mac and Ubuntu.
Good luck.
Yep thanks everyone.
Yea I figured once no buttons would do anything and the leds wouldn't even light up for charging that it was pretty much fried. Definitely got that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I definitely should have come into this section specific to my phone and read this info instead of just doing tons of searches and getting mixed up.
Although I'm hesitant on flashing to a replacement phone if I get one, I think I will but this time make a post just to verify without a doubt. I'm sure many wouldn't mind a simple post asking if this will blow up my phone or not, lol.
Once again thought, thanks for the help. Especially to a noob that made a real noob mistake lol.
Edit: All is well, I contacted sprint chat and they confirmed I will be receiving a brand new phone when I arrive at a sprint store, and with the chat log sent to my email and printed out the repair stores cannot pull any of their gimmicks on me, they are getting a command from sprint HQ after all. This is nice, I kill my phone and I get a brand new one without dust, and this time the invisible shield goes on asap.
willowmp said:
Although I'm hesitant on flashing to a replacement phone if I get one, I think I will but this time make a post just to verify without a doubt. I'm sure many wouldn't mind a simple post asking if this will blow up my phone or not, lol.
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Well once you are retry the flashing on your new phone, just msg me & I'll give you my contact info & I'll walk you thru it.
willowmp said:
Edit: All is well, I contacted sprint chat and they confirmed I will be receiving a brand new phone when I arrive at a sprint store, and with the chat log sent to my email and printed out the repair stores cannot pull any of their gimmicks on me, they are getting a command from sprint HQ after all. This is nice, I kill my phone and I get a brand new one without dust, and this time the invisible shield goes on asap.
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while the attempted flash was boneheaded , this (what I quoted) was very smart. I've had them try to reverse the decision and noted on my account in the past. All ended well, but a hard copy of the convo between me and Corporate would have been nice to have.
props for a good idea.
if you don't want trouble with rooting and flashing new ROMs to your phone, try flipz's pre-kitchen. just to try it, i RUU'd my phone and re-rooted it through that app, and its simply amazing. you just sit back and watch, don't even have to do anything.
Ok so its pretty funny but whoever it was who says that once you flash for the first time its addictive, I do have to agree. I will be getting my phone tomorrow because they had to replace it and I will be flashing, although this time I will play it safe and triple check before I get click happy...lol
So what are the danger zones in flashing, like what can brick or kill your phone? I know playing with radios can kill it if the wrong one is flashed, and I know powering off or interrupting a flash will kill/brick, but what else.
I know people said firmware alone usually will not brick you.
willowmp said:
So what are the danger zones in flashing, like what can brick or kill your phone?
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Well obviously it can brick your phone if you flash the Radio I kid, I kid
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I know playing with radios can kill it if the wrong one is flashed
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With the CDMA Hero, you do not have to flash the Radio. So if your attempting to flash the Radio, you're doing it wrong.
willowmp said:
I know powering off or interrupting a flash will kill/brick, but what else.
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Well if the custom recovery is installed (RA-heroc), if the phone looses power while flashing the firmware, you are usually still safe, because you (usually) still boot into the recovery without issues.
Like I already said, if you want I can walk you thru the entire process thru an IM client, Steam, or Skype.
Oh ok thanks, I'm actually headed up to PA for a little trip but definitely will hit you up on that offer when I get back.

HTC incredible endless boot loop

i have a non-rooted HTC incredible, however it's stuck in an endless boot loop. I can enter recovery, but that's about it.
any suggestions as to what i can do?
hard reset may work
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i tried hard resetting it. this did not solve the problem.
ok. if you are not rooted, take ot back to big red and get a replacement. from what i hear, the incredible is not that well made. i know that on my inc-- sometimes haptic feedback gives out, sound gives out, amd it overheats
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jdkoreclipse said:
ok. if you are not rooted, take ot back to big red and get a replacement. from what i hear, the incredible is not that well made. i know that on my inc-- sometimes haptic feedback gives out, sound gives out, amd it overheats
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i am the second owner of the incredible, and apparently, the warranty only applies to the original owner.
Are you root?
When and how did this start happening?
jdkoreclipse said:
ok. if you are not rooted, take ot back to big red and get a replacement. from what i hear, the incredible is not that well made. i know that on my inc-- sometimes haptic feedback gives out, sound gives out, amd it overheats
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Sounds like you got a bad one. Mine is perfect. No issues.
JaydenR said:
Sounds like you got a bad one. Mine is perfect. No issues.
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im actually thinking of taking it back and getting a moto droid. i love the dinc, but it is poorly made.
Too bad i cant return, as i got it on release day. maybe if i can pick a good fight with the vzw guy, i could swap it out.
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JaydenR said:
Are you root?
When and how did this start happening?
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i'm not rooted. i was just using the phone normally and then it randomly rebooted. now it's stuck in a loop.
do you guys think if i apply a manual non-rooted update it would fix the problem?
if yes, where can i get a link to download this?
RUU
You should try running any of the stock RUU's; maybe even the most recent one (although I make no warranty; and this is at your risk). Perhaps your reboot loop is a heat related issue due to a faulty radio which is working too hard.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Incredible/
has the RUU's although it is not clear as to how long.
I am on my 2nd incredible; first one overheated and would then would do a 4-13 white screen / black screen / white screen / ... until it would move on.
theanswer said:
i'm not rooted. i was just using the phone normally and then it randomly rebooted. now it's stuck in a loop.
do you guys think if i apply a manual non-rooted update it would fix the problem?
if yes, where can i get a link to download this?
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edit: post is useless.
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Try the RUU that was posted.
jdmba said:
You should try running any of the stock RUU's; maybe even the most recent one (although I make no warranty; and this is at your risk). Perhaps your reboot loop is a heat related issue due to a faulty radio which is working too hard.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Incredible/
has the RUU's although it is not clear as to how long.
I am on my 2nd incredible; first one overheated and would then would do a 4-13 white screen / black screen / white screen / ... until it would move on.
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these RUUs require the phone to be turned on though. i cant get past the boot screen
theanswer said:
these RUUs require the phone to be turned on though. i cant get past the boot screen
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download the downgrade image. it will be found in the ota thread in the dev section.
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jdkoreclipse said:
download the downgrade image. it will be found in the ota thread in the dev section.
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just want to confirm, you want me to follow this:
http://androidforums.com/all-things...16-how-revert-back-earlier-version-hboot.html
theanswer said:
just want to confirm, you want me to follow this:
http://androidforums.com/all-things...16-how-revert-back-earlier-version-hboot.html
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put this on the root of ypur sd card, boot into bootloader, and let the phone do the rest. YOU MAY LOSE ALL DATA
http://www.mediafire.com/?yum40znzwmmmtyl
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jdkoreclipse said:
put this on the root of ypur sd card, boot into bootloader, and let the phone do the rest. YOU MAY LOSE ALL DATA
http://www.mediafire.com/?yum40znzwmmmtyl
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just tried this, and it did not solve the problem. any other suggestions?
thanks for the help btw, i really appreciate it.
theanswer said:
just tried this, and it did not solve the problem. any other suggestions?
thanks for the help btw, i really appreciate it.
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ruu, hard reset, and stock img, that is it. Your dinc is hosed. I hope you have insurance??? (this is the part where you say yes)
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Welp
While it may not help you, it can't hurt to say. I was having huge reboot issues ... highest number was 13 initial white screen / black screen cycles. I could also NEVER get into Recovery (I could get into HBOOT but when I chose recovery, it would do TWO reboots, the second being full). A battery pull was usually needed.
However, the one thing that allowed me into recovery, etc., was to let the phone charge overnight to 100% and let it be. In the morning, the phone was charged and cool. At that point, I could easily get into recovery, start up, etc.
While I am sure you have tried this; just wanted to note to make sure your phone is cool and you did a battery pull for at least 10 minutes.
I too have this issue
I also have a stock incredible that I bought second hand, which when i bought it, I checked to make sure the device was ok. When I activated it like 2 minutes later it entered a reboot loop. I thought it might be a botched PRL so I went to the Verizon Rep (I met the seller at vz store) and he performed a forced activation. It continued the reboot loop so I took it home. I noticed that if I was outside or near a window, the phone would act normally. I used this discovery to root it and install a recovery. I flashed a few kernel/rom/radio combinations including stock rooted but there was no luck. I flashed back to RUU and it continued to reboot loop. The next day I reversed the activation back to my Eris. 20 minutes later the phone is perfect. I reactivated the device and it commenced rebooting immediately. I took it back to the store and they noted the same behavior. I'm pretty sure it's a faulty radio but since it wasn't activated on the original # they couldn't warranty it. They did tell me if the original owner activates it, they will warranty it so were gonna do that. I hope nobody else has this issue, but if you have this problem, try RUU, and if that doesnt fix it, it's likely hardware failure

From Root to Brick

Well, I forgot to read that a kernel was for 2.2 after downgrading from 2.2 and rooting 2.1. I attempted to install the battery baked snacks kernel and now touchscreen is not recognized menu and home buttons etc do not work. The only thing that works is the up and down key and power. I have tried to push adb factory kernel however cmd prompt is giving me the error cannot locate device. >.<
boot into recovery and restore your last backup
Yeah thats the problem. I just got done rooting there is no back ups arrrghhhh.
Woohoo I fixed ! Under the recovery menu there is a mount option loaded the PC image from the root method and now im back to where I was 2 hours ago lol!
Thats much better than bricked
Agreed. Now I know how to always recover from that though lol.
EVO 4G said:
Well, I forgot to read that a kernel was for 2.2 after downgrading from 2.2 and rooting 2.1.
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Guess you'll be reading everything before flashing next time. Glad you worked it out.
Once again, can we stop throwing the word "bricked" around so casually? I've never seen any bricks with recovery consoles.
SilverZero said:
Once again, can we stop throwing the word "bricked" around so casually? I've never seen any bricks with recovery consoles.
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Quoted For Truth Justice and The XDA Way.
So, Im thinking If I should ROOT my new evo or wait till an easier on/off ROOT!!! Hmm....
SilverZero said:
Once again, can we stop throwing the word "bricked" around so casually? I've never seen any bricks with recovery consoles.
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Exactly, it's only bricked once you can't get into the bootloader anymore, and even then there is still a small chance of recovery.
donatom3 said:
Exactly, it's only bricked once you can't get into the bootloader anymore, and even then there is still a small chance of recovery.
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Depending on someone's level of experience, having no functionality other than the bootloader screen is bricked. It goes back to the definition of bricked which is simply a loss of function such that the phone is as useless as a brick. It's all semantics and relative to the users level of experience. It all depends on the user's ability to recover the phone.
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Thanks for the back up sombdy. I agree though its not truely bricked, however at that point in time when it happened it might as well have been a "brick," until I learned that I could mount it through the bootloader and adb push the files I needed to fix it.
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Thanks for the back up sombdy. I agree though its not truely bricked, however at that point in time when it happened it might as well have been a "brick," until I learned that I could mount it through the bootloader and adb push the files I needed to fix it.
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Just pushing for a little conservatism, that's all. Glad you got things lined up.
sombdy said:
Depending on someone's level of experience, having no functionality other than the bootloader screen is bricked. It goes back to the definition of bricked which is simply a loss of function such that the phone is as useless as a brick. It's all semantics and relative to the users level of experience. It all depends on the user's ability to recover the phone.
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I guess I look as the term bricked = dead. If the heart is still beating and there is a chance to get the brain functioning again then it's not dead aka bricked.
I will say I'm glad the OP wasn't bricked and even more so that he/she was able to figure out the problem on their own and fix it. Always feels better when you do it yourself, and makes you feel more adventurous the next time you have to do something.
If a person can get the bootloader screen, why wouldn't they just be able to flash stock from there as a last resort?
I have to agree. When I bricked my phone it was truly a brick - no power, nada. Just sat there. No lights. No hboot. No white screen.
If you can power on, there's a solution.

did i kill my epic?

i was running odin and download mode closed my phone now wont boot up or anything......
Euhmmmmm.... *poo*
just loaded and it has a pic of a cell a caution sign then a pc
*end heart-attack it decided it would work* i love the epic even more now....
PyRo
*please lock*
Take off the back, pull out the battery, pop battery back in and boot as normal into Download mode (holding down 1 as it powers up). Should work just fine.
bullet2300 said:
Take off the back, pull out the battery, pop battery back in and boot as normal into Download mode (holding down 1 as it powers up). Should work just fine.
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I sort of had the same issue, but nothing I do will get the unit to power on. Plugging it in to the charger does not turn the charging light on. And no three button method is working. The screen stays black, no charging light. Suggestions?
Never mind, it did come back.
same problem
epic wont boot, charge, etc
please help
You're going to have to give us info if you want any help.
ROM, What you did right before it happened, etc.
RANT- Is it me or is it ever thread now somebody bricking their epic? Not trying to be a **** but it like people dont research at all. Me coming from an evo i will admit the epic is a whole other beast. But i atleast took the time to research everything before i rooted.
mmhertz26= Try getting the phone in download mode( hold power button with #1 key) at the same time. If that works use odin to flash back to stock with right files. Also check your download files size before you try to flash it.
903tex said:
RANT- Is it me or is it ever thread now somebody bricking their epic? Not trying to be a **** but it like people dont research at all. Me coming from an evo i will admit the epic is a whole other beast. But i atleast took the time to research everything before i rooted.
mmhertz26= Try getting the phone in download mode( hold power button with #1 key) at the same time. If that works use odin to flash back to stock with right files. Also check your download files size before you try to flash it.
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The word brick is used too losely around here. Unless you've messed with the boot loader, and can no longer get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Bricked means your phones is just a hunk of metal/plastic that's good for nothing but a paper weight.
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XtaC318 said:
The word brick is used too losely around here. Unless you've messed with the boot loader, and can no longer get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Bricked means your phones is just a hunk of metal/plastic that's good for nothing but a paper weight.
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Yeah we need a new word for soft bricking. Softing? Broft? Oops?
heathmcabee said:
Yeah we need a new word for soft bricking. Softing? Broft? Oops?
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Nerf Brick? TV Brick? Sponged?
Do you BONSAI?
How about forget the term, and have people who are new to this actually research before jumping in.. but that's impossible because there's a lot of ignorant and stubborn people out there ^-^
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XtaC318 said:
How about forget the term, and have people who are new to this actually research before jumping in.. but that's impossible because there's a lot of ignorant and stubborn people out there ^-^
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you think with all the disclaimers on each and every rom,root,theme,ect that people would understand the risks involved in modding whether its a ps3 xbox360 phone router anything but all logic seems to disappear.
kennyglass123 said:
Nerf Brick? TV Brick? Sponged?
Do you BONSAI?
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lol
BTW its is thrown around how about saying in your thread title like stuck on a screen, errors in clockwork or other nice terms to help u more,
It is really hard to brick this thing believe me ive done it all, FCs, errors in clockwork, stuck on samsung screens boot loops and yesterday officially bricked!!!
The only reason it bricked is some charge card in a beta bonsai rom, but thats what tep is for.
And remeber if you can see something on your screen of your phone use odin or heimdell to go back to stock if you phone wont charge,gointo download mode or go on or go into recovery then its time to take it in and replace it.
Mnhertz26. Did you fix your epic too or is it another real brick?¿
I know what a brick phone is. Im just tired of people not knowing what to do asking questions that are already explanied and sticky on top of the page. Not researching will cause this problem until people realize that if you dont understand this then you need to read, read, read. I had a wm phone and if you flashed the wrong file...DONE. Atleast with the epic as long as it can get in download mode you should be fine.
brendan802 said:
Mnhertz26. Did you fix your epic too or is it another real brick?¿
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Another real brick? So far there haven't been any Epic's that weren't recoverable.
Ouch I am so glad I did not run Bonsai on my phone yet I was waiting for i dunno what but dodged that issue.
For those who jacked thier phones but didnt brick persay make sure you have a charged battery before starting and if unabl to charge after the incident you can charge in an external charger to get back into dload mode to odin back to stock or CW flash a back-up
Peace

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.
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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.
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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.
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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. =]

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