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G2 bricked please Help!!!!!!!!!!

I just bricked my G2 with VISIOnary perm root. I try to make the perma-root, the phone shut off then start and stuck at htc logo,I can enter to HBOOT try all the options except simlock. nothing happens. this is what appears in my screen
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MMICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sept 2 2010, 17.59.38
Please HELP
btw i tried abd in recovery but stays offine

I had done that very thing and bricked my G2, lucky for me I had it still under warrenty. It yours is take it to t-mobile store, let them try (which won't work) then have them help you get a replacement.
Good luck
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If it powers on, it can probably be fixed. However, not by me. You need to wait for one of these android geniuses from the dev section.
They are going to want to know EXACTLY where you were in the root process when it failed, and what directions you were following with a link.
Be patient, don't freak out, and good luck.
Ps - in the mean time you can search the forums for anyone with the same problem using the same method.
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When i got stuck in the bootloop all i did was factory reset and bam! Everything was rooted. It might work for you.
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Found a post over at forum.cyanogenmod.com while I was doing some research about flashing radios.
Won't let me post the link but the topic is 15623-how-to-fix-a-semi-bricked-g2.
Fortunately I haven't had go through all this but it's well written and step by step.
Hope it helps.
Good luck!

I had this happen to me. I had to install a stock rom.
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dethformybodom said:
I had this happen to me. I had to install a stock rom.
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And where did you get the Stock ROM? Please link. This happened to me too and I am out of options. I am still at S-on

Problem rooting new MT4G

I have a red mt4g and is rooted no problem running cm7. My wife picked up a mt4g and wants rid of the sense crap. I've tried everything and can't get root to stick. I've been reading the threads and am curious people mention your phone being pre-ota. What ota update are they referring to. Only thing I've noticed is my phone is PVT ENG and hers is PVT SHIP.
Any thoughts?
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Edit. I'm an idiot forgot to turn fastboot off
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Nevermond its just not taking root. Here's her boot
GLACIER PVT SHIP
HBOOT-0.86.0000
Update 2.2.1
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Shortly after receiving my MT4G there was an OTA update. Supposedly this should occur for all MT4G's, afaik.

What method are you using?? Give us some more info. Gfree method has been known to work for others having issues. I'd suggest trying that out.

Same problem I encountered with my Bro's phone with the same HBOOT as yours. .86.00 is a new HBOOT and I think it needed to downgrade?
My phone is HBOOT .85 and I have no problem rooting it over and over.

ur doing it wrong.
temproot, gfree, permroot, reboot.
flash cwm recovery
flash roms, enjoy

smirkis said:
ur doing it wrong.
temproot, gfree, permroot, reboot.
flash cwm recovery
flash roms, enjoy
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No offense but I've rooted about a dozen of these in the last few weeks for friends with zero problems. Only thing different is this phone is a SHIP model with a newer HBOOT. I've been using grankins walkthrough using visionary r14 + terminal and root files. Haven't tried the afb method as I don't owner a computer to afb with
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scott.ragan said:
No offense but I've rooted about a dozen of these in the last few weeks for friends with zero problems. Only thing different is this phone is a SHIP model with a newer HBOOT. I've been using grankins walkthrough using visionary r14 + terminal and root files. Haven't tried the afb method as I don't owner a computer to afb with
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no offense, but i still think your doing it wrong.
my mytouch4g info is as follows
pvt ship s-off
hboot .86.0000
its rooted, running cm7 without issues...
your hboot being .85 if im not mistaken is you installed the engineering hboot as well.. if you only perform temproot, gfree, permroot, reboot. and don't do the engineering hboot, you will still maintain the .86 hboot which is fine for flashing custom roms.
the .85 hboot gives you more flashable abilities, ie official rom releases from other countries or whatever. unnecessary for someone who just uses custom known working roms..

My phone has the same hboot as the phone you are trying to root. I've never tried any other method but, I was able to gain root using grankin's True permaroot guide. But if I remember correctly you will need adb for it.
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I had this issue today. Ive rooted a few of these including floor models at local stores. This one today wouldnt turn s off. No matter what method I did. I ended pushing the root files through adb to the device and rebooting after everystep. Once it got s-off no roms would load except iced glacier. Royal glacier and thunderbolt both wouldnt make it past the splash screen. In the end got root but wondering why this was such a pain.
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need some help

hello everyone i need some help i looked around but did not find what im looking for so here im well today i got an ota update and im rooted dont know why i did it but i did so it went after restart it comes up with a triangle with a ! in it and under a green android guy will not go past that so is i take the batt out and start it boots fine but after about 2mins it say power off could someone help thanks so much.
Steven

If you still need help I would search XDA on a way to downgrade. Maybe a PD15IMG.zip file or something like that where you can boot into bootloader. I'm not sure, but I think searching [mytouch4g gingerbread to froyo downgrade] or something similar would help. God luck!
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Thanks but i dont have gingerbread i have ROM: Ice-Glacier v1.1.6
KERNEL: Gorilla

sleepy4life said:
Thanks but i dont have gingerbread i have ROM: Ice-Glacier v1.1.6
KERNEL: Gorilla
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Is your phone S=on or S=off? What bootloader version do you have?

glacier pvt eng s-off
hboot-0.85.2007 (pd1510000)
microp-0429
radio-26.03.02.26_m
emmc-boot

You have the stock radio and eng bootloader and it looks like you're rooted. Where did you see that you have the ota? You may want to try to just flash your recovery, it may have been removed if you got something ota.
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thanks for the help i just went and did a hard reset everything if good now thanks for the help

HELP ME Get S-ON

i currently have s-off and I am in 2.3.4.
i'm not rooted anymore but I want S-ON so i can sell or return this phone please help me out thanks?
DO i have to root the phone again?

killer174 said:
i currently have s-off and I am in 2.3.4.
i'm not rooted anymore but I want S-ON so i can sell or return this phone please help me out thanks?
DO i have to root the phone again?
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You can easily sell the phone with S-OFF. It can actually increase the value to so wanna be tech nerd who's too afraid to turn S-OFF himself.
Seriously go pick any phone and look them up on eBay. The rooted ones usually sell for more than the unrooted ones.

Skipjacks said:
You can easily sell the phone with S-OFF. It can actually increase the value to so wanna be tech nerd who's too afraid to turn S-OFF himself.
Seriously go pick any phone and look them up on eBay. The rooted ones usually sell for more than the unrooted ones.
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yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks

killer174 said:
yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks
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Download visionary r14 make sure delevopement is check in applications then click attempt permroot root. reboot then open terminal emulator type su if u get a # sign u have full root
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Tez MyTouch said:
Download visionary r14 make sure delevopement is check in applications then click attempt permroot root. reboot then open terminal emulator type su if u get a # sign u have full root
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i don't think visionary works with gingerbread 2.3.4? correct me if i'm wrong...

saranhai said:
i don't think visionary works with gingerbread 2.3.4? correct me if i'm wrong...
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oh total forgot he had gb. I seen s = off
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killer174 said:
yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks
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How much if you dont mind me asking.. i wanted another mt4g, but now i'm looking to maybe get samsung galaxy s2 or nexus prime.. still researching..

jr_718 said:
How much if you dont mind me asking.. i wanted another mt4g, but now i'm looking to maybe get samsung galaxy s2 or nexus prime.. still researching..
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well I don't know....
how much do you want for it?

killer174 said:
well I don't know....
how much do you want for it?
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Honestly I don't know.. but I don't want to discourage your intended price. So if you post it at ebay.. post the link Here, otherwise, am still researching on the galaxy s2 or nexus prime...
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killer174 said:
yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks
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Root it real quick!
All you need is to put the 2.2 PD15IMG.zip on your SD card and reboot into bootloader and you'll have a 2.2 phone pretty quick. Then you can run Visionary and you'll be set. Should take a total of 15 minutes, including the time to download 2.2 and Visionary.
Then you'll have a fully rooted S-Off phone to sell on eBay. Be sure to put that in big letters in the auction description.

Skipjacks said:
Root it real quick!
All you need is to put the 2.2 PD15IMG.zip on your SD card and reboot into bootloader and you'll have a 2.2 phone pretty quick. Then you can run Visionary and you'll be set. Should take a total of 15 minutes, including the time to download 2.2 and Visionary.
Then you'll have a fully rooted S-Off phone to sell on eBay. Be sure to put that in big letters in the auction description.
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That won't work... You can't downgrade to 2.2.1 through the PD15IMG file
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This is the thread you need if you have S-OFF already and want to root it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200147
The first PD15IMG.zip in that thread gives you Clockwork Recovery, and then you can boot into that to apply the Superuser zip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
Also if you have S-Off already, you can downgrade to 2.2.1 using the appropriate RUU or PD15IMG.zip, and it won't care about version number.
And the instructions for reverting to S-ON from Gfree are here partway down in the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996

saranhai said:
That won't work... You can't downgrade to 2.2.1 through the PD15IMG file
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You can if you have the downgraded bootloader can't you? And if he's got S OFF I assumed the bootloader was already downgraded.
In any case, it's super easy to downgrade it and fully root it no matter what the steps are. And if it's rooted it's worth more on eBay

Skipjacks said:
You can if you have the downgraded bootloader can't you? And if he's got S OFF I assumed the bootloader was already downgraded.
In any case, it's super easy to downgrade it and fully root it no matter what the steps are. And if it's rooted it's worth more on eBay
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so can I downgrade to 2.2.1 even if I have 2.3.4 with S-OFF?

cmstlist said:
This is the thread you need if you have S-OFF already and want to root it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200147
The first PD15IMG.zip in that thread gives you Clockwork Recovery, and then you can boot into that to apply the Superuser zip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
Also if you have S-Off already, you can downgrade to 2.2.1 using the appropriate RUU or PD15IMG.zip, and it won't care about version number.
And the instructions for reverting to S-ON from Gfree are here partway down in the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
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I'm going to try to downgrade to 2.2.1 since i have s-off using the pdm15 file.

saranhai said:
That won't work... You can't downgrade to 2.2.1 through the PD15IMG file
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but I have S-OFF can I still downgrade?

killer174 said:
but I have S-OFF can I still downgrade?
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What's your bootloader version?
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saranhai said:
What's your bootloader version?
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0.85.2007 that is my bootloader

killer174 said:
0.85.2007 that is my bootloader
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does it say eng bootloader or something like that?
cause that sounds like the engineering bootloader if i'm not wrong. no wonder you got s-off...

saranhai said:
does it say eng bootloader or something like that?
cause that sounds like the engineering bootloader if i'm not wrong. no wonder you got s-off...
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oh wait it says HBOOT-0.89.0005

Hello I need help roothing

Well like the title said .i have tried to root the htc glacier/my touch 4g . I have tried every thing exept the gfree one cause I hear that it has some problems.. Anyways I cant make my s=off . I have the 0.86.0000 bootloader and I was woundering if that could be the problem ... I have 2.2.1 . Thank you .
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Rooted two mytouches with gfree never had a problem bro. Try considering gfree as an option if it all fails. There is even a video about it on YouTube.
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HC13 said:
Well like the title said .i have tried to root the htc glacier/my touch 4g . I have tried every thing exept the gfree one cause I hear that it has some problems.. Anyways I cant make my s=off . I have the 0.86.0000 bootloader and I was woundering if that could be the problem ... I have 2.2.1 . Thank you .
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If you still on 2.2.1 then you can easily root with visionary and root.sh.

Unless he has MG2DE eMMC, in which case he'll need gfree.
OP, instead of "hearing" things, read the stickies. And then use gfree.

Well If I go to the bootloader screen it reads
Gracier pvt ship s-on
Hboot-0.86.000
Microp-0429
Radio-26.03.02.26_m
Emmc-boot
Sep 27 2010, 11:12:59

Since you don't have engineering bootloader, whatever you read there is irrelevant.
I already wrote what you should do.

So can I just flash the engineering bootloader . And then just root with root.sh ?
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I have the SEMO4G eMMC....
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Jack_R1 said:
OP, instead of "hearing" things, read the stickies. And then use gfree.
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I thought it was as obvious as I could make it.

To the [OP] Since you have that chip you have to root using ./gfree. There is no other way to do it. If you try to use the root.sh method you'll end up getting ticked, posting a new thread about how root.sh doesn't work, then we'll remind you of this post. Where @Jack_R1 told you to use ./gfree. Then you'll get all mad because we are being rude, and you'll want to smack us.
So instead of doing that read my "noobie" thread, in my signature, then use the ./gfree and give us a bottle of beer since we helped you.

I have 2 MT4Gs, both rooted and flashed.
Mine wasn't updated and had the SEM04G chip. Easy to root using methods with visionary.
My wife's was 2.3.4 updated with M4G2DE chip. Downgrade was easy enough. Rooting was a pain in the neck.
I went through every option until I got to the True S=Off tutorial using gfree. Once I went through that process, I was permarooted, and then changed to eng bootloader. It can be done without bricking...it's just that much harder to do.
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My original post found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23663885&postcount=30
I did all this through searching the forums before making any kind of posts. Just a suggestion...

Sorry . I just wanted to be 100 % sure cause Rooting the mytouch 4g is way different .. I have a sidekick 4g and too root that I just had to push one bottom .. but now I know that the only way to root it is using the gfree method ...
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HC13 said:
Sorry . I just wanted to be 100 % sure cause Rooting the mytouch 4g is way different .. I have a sidekick 4g and too root that I just had to push one bottom .. but now I know that the only way to root it is using the gfree method ...
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I hate autocorrect.

HC13 said:
Sorry . I just wanted to be 100 % sure cause Rooting the mytouch 4g is way different .. I have a sidekick 4g and too root that I just had to push one bottom .. but now I know that the only way to root it is using the gfree method ...
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gfree is not the only way to permaroot the MT4G, but it's a good way to do it. I was able to get permarooted with the root.sh method with my phone. Had to try a couple of methods a couple of times each before I got to the gfree method, which finally worked for my wife's phone.
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I hate autocorrect.
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You had to point that out...I didn't even notice it! LOL

Well I'm rooted now so... how do I close this thread ??
And I rooted with gfree to s-off then I unrooted but my s was still off.. then I rooted it againg but with root.sh .. then I install the engineering bootloader..

Good deal. Welcome to the world of android modding.
Leave the thread as is. Others can use it as reference.
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ok. and thanks for the help everyone. this phone is way better than the sidekick 4g witch is still stuck with froyo .. but this phone is harder to root than the sidekick 4g. thats why i wanted to make sure i understood everything before i rooted ..

HC13 said:
ok. and thanks for the help everyone. this phone is way better than the sidekick 4g witch is still stuck with froyo .. but this phone is harder to root than the sidekick 4g. thats why i wanted to make sure i understood everything before i rooted ..
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HTC phones are always harder to root than others, since they require S-Off and all that stuff. but when the hard part is complete, the rest is very simple and easy to understand.

I now know that. Lol. But I also have the hd7 and that's even harder to dev unlock "root" . But now I'm only buying htc phones. I like the UI that they have.. and they get more support from devs .. its been almost a year and the sidekick is till stuck with froyo .. they are saying that tmobile is not going to release a gb update ..