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Well, me being a little riskay was messing with my phone flashing new roms and themes and stuff kinda thinks I really may have bricked or fried my battery. The last thing I downloaded was a recovery image for the Mytouch from HTC. My phone attempted to boot back up and the HTC screen came on. I pulled the battery out b/c it wasn't going anywhere (pretty sure I didn't unplug from my computer ) And put my battery back in and tried to turn on. Anyways it won't charge, turn on or anything. Bricked or fried battery?
No bashing please, just asking a ? before I decide to make an executive decision !!
iluvmymytouch said:
Well, me being a little riskay was messing with my phone flashing new roms and themes and stuff kinda thinks I really may have bricked or fried my battery. The last thing I downloaded was a recovery image for the Mytouch from HTC. My phone attempted to boot back up and the HTC screen came on. I pulled the battery out b/c it wasn't going anywhere (pretty sure I didn't unplug from my computer ) And put my battery back in and tried to turn on. Anyways it won't charge, turn on or anything. Bricked or fried battery?
No bashing please, just asking a ? before I decide to make an executive decision !!
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what phone do you have what was the exact thing you tried to flash where it messed up your phone? need more specific details
mt3g said:
what phone do you have what was the exact thing you tried to flash where it messed up your phone? need more specific details
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Mytouch.... and the file similar to this but for the MYTOUCH
signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.
signed-google_ion-ota-14721.zip
ITS BRICKED lol went to tmobile and had them look at it no go...
Did you try to boot it in bootloader?
(VOLUME DOWN+POWER)
fezypoo said:
Did you try to boot it in bootloader?
(VOLUME DOWN+POWER)
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Yep... a no go
iluvmymytouch said:
Yep... a no go
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so all you did was flash the htc adp image and you bricked the phone?
mt3g said:
so all you did was flash the htc adp image and you bricked the phone?
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Sure seems like it dont it. Im trying to mess with it now, but it's not working. power and vol down.... power and back.... etc etc etc.
iluvmymytouch said:
Sure seems like it dont it. Im trying to mess with it now, but it's not working. power and vol down.... power and back.... etc etc etc.
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the only thing that shouldve bricked the phone was a radio flash an spl to my knowledge read up on installing adb and after its installed properly see if the phone is recognized when you turn it on if it is then you should be able to get it back
mt3g said:
the only thing that shouldve bricked the phone was a radio flash an spl to my knowledge read up on installing adb and after its installed properly see if the phone is recognized when you turn it on if it is then you should be able to get it back
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It wont sync, turn on, charge, not recognized by my computer, nothing completely dead ... I already put it on ebay ... and got another... next time ill be more careful... lol thanks for the help!
iluvmymytouch said:
It wont sync, turn on, charge, not recognized by my computer, nothing completely dead ... I already put it on ebay ... and got another... next time ill be more careful... lol thanks for the help!
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O I got what you said... Ive been having issues trying to download SDK for my computer. Windows says it's not installed properly..ive tried about a million dam times.
Different computer
Ok i think i figured it out. I ran CMD and typed C:\android-sdk-windows\tools then adb devices I don't see my device listed. Then adb shell :error device not found.
OK so i think not sure if this would do anything but when i put my sd card into my computer it tells me that there are problems with some of the files on my sd card. Im thinking that the recovery image that was flashed was corrupted.
Do we think making a gold card would maybe work??
Dead or Bricked?
I have the same situation...
I have recently bought a MT3G second hand....
When I first got the phone, it worked fine, but the battery was low, but I managed to wipe it before it eventually died (stooooppppiiiid).
Now, when I plug it in, nothing happens. When I hit the power button, the only thing that happens is the red LED blinks...thats it.
I tried multiple chargers, none of them work.
Is it bricked or is the battery dead?
wingman1986 said:
I have the same situation...
I have recently bought a MT3G second hand....
When I first got the phone, it worked fine, but the battery was low, but I managed to wipe it before it eventually died (stooooppppiiiid).
Now, when I plug it in, nothing happens. When I hit the power button, the only thing that happens is the red LED blinks...thats it.
I tried multiple chargers, none of them work.
Is it bricked or is the battery dead?
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Try and swap out the battery I did have this happen within one month of buy a mytouch, same red led. Go into a store and ask them to swap in a new battery.
If it is the battery buy a new one and hold on to the packaging, put in the old battery and return it to a different tmobile
my phones rooted and I have the Regaw mod ROM load on there, and its been good for a couple days now. Last night I went to sleep and forgot to charge my phone so figured the battery died. I plugged in it for about 10-15mins or so to turn it on and all it does is hang on the HTC bootscreen!!!! then I try to boot into recovery and all I get is at the bottom of the screen it says "Build : RA-HEROC-v1.5.2"!!!! Does this mean my phone is bricked!!!???
Remove the battery. Put it back in. Try to boot.
There are other solutions. As long as it turns on there should be a way to unbrick. Try RUU as well.
i tried the battery pull a couple times im trying the RUU now but what the hell could have bricked my phone over night?
I think what the guy in the 2nd post is trying to say, is that if it is booting, it isn't bricked.
It would be bricked if you couldn't do anything with it, then its like a brick.
I know it is probably a bit scary but ify ou can boot it at all, you most likely can fix it.
Did you make any changes (remove any files?) yesterday at some point, and this would have been the first restart?
I don't know, it could be a number of things.
It is probably not bricked. I bricked my G1 so I have some experience in that area. If you can boot into recovery it is not bricked. When I bricked my G1 I couldn't even get to recovery. let it charge a bit. Th battery is probably just dead. OR. take the battery out and plug it in and try to boot. Let it boot for about 15 mins or so.
no i didnt change anything at all, except my sd card said it was corrupted after unplugging it from my PC improperly. and I didnt reformat it right away. I just tried to RUU and i got an Error 170 a USB connection error
BAttitude7689 said:
no i didnt change anything at all, except my sd card said it was corrupted after unplugging it from my PC improperly. and I didnt reformat it right away. I just tried to RUU and i got an Error 170 a USB connection error
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Where does the recovery image read from? I know we put it in the root folder of the SD, but does it actually boot from there? Could be your issue...
are you runnings apps2sd or whatever it is called?
yes that possibly could be my issue!! how can i fix my sd card or what should I do?
no I am not running apps to SD
BAttitude7689 said:
yes that possibly could be my issue!! how can i fix my sd card or what should I do?
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BAttitude7689 said:
no I am not running apps to SD
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I'm not so sure. I am pretty green when it comes to all this rooting stuff. I'm just trying to help figure it out.
Maybe try booting without the SD card in the phone? Could help to narrow down the issue.
I'm sure someone with more knowledge could help.
yea im booting it now with NO SD and its still hangs at the HTC screen
BAttitude7689 said:
yea im booting it now with NO SD and its still hangs at the HTC screen
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Can you try plugging it into your USB connection and getting into the ADB shell (in CMD) to see if you can access the phone even though it seems stuck.
I know I did this and was able to monitor the logcat when I thought it was stuck, but it was really just doing a whole bunch of stuff.
Just an idea....again, I'm just fishing here trying to help you out.
it tells me error: device not found
i went to (CMD) then cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools and then adb devices
you might have to manually rewipe your recovery partition in cmd. I had to do that after the official ruu messed up my phone- it wouldn't boot at all, I had to use the fastboot command: fastboot oem boot, then using my nandroid backup restored my recovery.
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im kinda of a noob at some of this so kinda need to explain it out lol ...I just booted to recovery and pressed *vol up* and got me to Fastboot Mode then it says press <Menu> to reset device, should I do that option?
okay i pressed menu and all that got me was it hanging again at the HTC screen.. should i do all of this with my SD card in or out of the phone?
When you boot it and it gets into the "partial" recovery mode, does the PC see the phone? Can you put RA-Heroc-1.6.2 onthe SD card from there? If so, I'd try flashing the new recovery from ADB...very easy...and see if that gets you a bit further along.
You might also try cheating a bit. See if you can pull a nandroid from the SD card (might have to do this with a card reader), then get Flipz's Kitchen and restore the Nandroid after you boot into recovery.
Just a couple of things I'd try....from experience...
S
okay this is what happens i press vol down and power then is load where the androids are on skateboards and it says press <HOME> for recovery along with a Fastboot mode and Simlock option. I press home and then I see the HTC screen for about 30 secs and then where I normally would see the recovery menu with all the green writing i see all black except at the bottom is says
Build : RA-heroc-v1.5.2
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When you boot it and it gets into the "partial" recovery mode, does the PC see the phone? Can you put RA-Heroc-1.6.2 onthe SD card from there? If so, I'd try flashing the new recovery from ADB...very easy...and see if that gets you a bit further along.
You might also try cheating a bit. See if you can pull a nandroid from the SD card (might have to do this with a card reader), then get Flipz's Kitchen and restore the Nandroid after you boot into recovery.
Just a couple of things I'd try....from experience...
S
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To follow this and break it down a bit more for you:
1. Plug in USB with phone off
2. Turn on phone and get it to the "blank" recovery screen.
3. Run through the flashing of the recovery rom image again (see HERE) but start at step 13 or so.
Try doing the above post..
Hi there,
I am a newie when it comes to tech and some time ago i decided to purchase a nook and root as a full tablet.
I installed Phiremod Rom V5 and everything worked fine. Yesterday i updated the Rom to Phiremod V6.2 and my power button stop working.
After reading some threads i decided to factory reset my nook and went to CWM mode via the rom manager. Then i choose the options factory reset and now the screen is stuck in CWM mood. I cannot turn off, reset or do anything with my nook.
It would be much appreciated if someone could help me out cuz u don't know what to do and i cannot take it back to Barnes and Nobel for repairing...
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
You're going to have to. You have a hardware failure. That power button is completely faulty, I had the same thing happen to me. Restore it to stock (do your best, it took me a few hours to get it back with that faulty button) and call barnes and nobles. Otherwise you're just going to have problems.
Well the thing is that i don't know how to turn my nook on without pressing the power button. I have to wait until the battery is completely drained and it will turn off automatically but turning it back on into Clockworkmod is the complicated part. I can't send the nook to BN with no rom installed.
How did you manage to recover the stock rom???
Thanks in advance.
If the nook is off, and you plug it into a charger it will turn on. You have to get the stock image from the Development section of these forums.
As far as getting into CWM with out the power button, CWM bootable sd card would be your best bet.
Don't panic
Here's what u have to do, let the battery run out first, it will automatically turn off.
To turn it on, just connect charger,it will take some time to start.
Try CWM again or Use a bootable CWM sd card to restore your nook to stock or see if it can be done via adb.
Take your nook back to B&N (coz this seems like a hardware fault).
Thanks a lot
I already created a bootable sd card with CWM and am still waiting for the battery to drain out completely. I find it so interesting that all this happened within 12 hours of installing the new Phiremod Rom.
I will try to wait and see how it works after the recovery.
Only another short question. I am currently studying in Europe but coming back home for a couple of days and then i have to leave again. How are the people in BN and are they going to tell me to wait until they fix it or give me a new one???
Thanks for all your help guys. I can finally relax now
I had a kinda similar scare yesterday. For me I just couldn't get the power button to do anything, and apparently it wasn't a hardware fault. I ended up getting it to work by using a bootable CWM SD and having the power cable unplugged. When I tried with the power cable plugged in I got no response. I don't really know how easy battery access is on the nook, but that's something to think about for a hard reset. Good luck!
I just partitioned my SD card and flashed a new rom (RunnyBliss HybriD) tonight. Everything was working fine, I just reinstalled all of my apps and everything was perfect. I went to unplug my phone from the computer (which was on charge only) and just unplugged it. After that, all of the apps I downloaded were gone and the home screen pages that I just setup were gone. I decided to reboot and see what happens and to my surprise it wouldnt boot back up. It is stuck at the white "htc evo 4g" screen. I tried to boot into recovery and it vibrates 3 times and then does nothing. I assume that the phone was actually in USB mode and I corrupted the usb by removing it without ejecting it. Long story short, I have an Evo that doesn't work and I dont know what to do. My computer wont recognize it so I cant access the SD card. Please help.
Correction: If I press volume down I can get into hboot. What do I do from here?
try to install a recovery via the bootloader
How would I do this?
npreisler08 said:
Correction: If I press volume down I can get into hboot. What do I do from here?
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I'm kind of new to this but, in HBOOT there should be a recovery option, select that and recover the latest backup.
EDIT: If Recovery doesn't load then I'm at a lose, sorry.
I figured it out. I got a new micro usb and placed AmonRA on it and then booted into recovery, then went to usb mode and dropped a new rom on it and flashed. Big bam all fixed
Not sure what the heck happened to my device. I was using it when it just froze up outta nowhere. I tried resetting it a couple times but it wouldnt get past the android screen. Hard Reset, nothing. So I tried going into APX mode, power+vol up(idk why) then, it wouldnt get past the 'Acer' screen after that. So I let it charge overnight now it doesn't show anything at all. The power button does light up, but thats it. what the heck just happened?
NOTE: I lent out my sdcard with the update.zip in it. would putting my sdcard back in fix the problem or is it bigger than that?
is this thread a possible solution to my problem? problems seem similiar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874345
can someone please help me find out what happened with this, I really dont wanna call Acer n send it in if I can fix the problem myself
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Not sure what the heck happened to my device. I was using it when it just froze up outta nowhere. I tried resetting it a couple times but it wouldnt get past the android screen. Hard Reset, nothing. So I tried going into APX mode, power+vol up(idk why) then, it wouldnt get past the 'Acer' screen after that. So I let it charge overnight now it doesn't show anything at all. The power button does light up, but thats it. what the heck just happened?
NOTE: I lent out my sdcard with the update.zip in it. would putting my sdcard back in fix the problem or is it bigger than that?
is this thread a possible solution to my problem? problems seem similiar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874345
can someone please help me find out what happened with this, I really dont wanna call Acer n send it in if I can fix the problem myself
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Eh, well, need to know the condition of the tab. Sounds like it is stuck in APX mode. (Black display, white PWR light). Is this the case?
Generally, you might be able to PWR down, by press and hold the pwr button for several seconds. Then try to boot it normally.
Oh, BTW, Pwr and Vol+ is not how to get it to APX. That usually gets the stock bootloader which really isn't much of anything unless you have an update.zip on your ext sd card.
Were you completely stock? (not rooted or custom rom)
MD
Yes that's the condition, black screen white pwr light. It is rooted, thats it. Running ICS 4.0. I wont be able to get my sd card until wednesday so if I need that update.zip file I'll have to wait a few more days. Its completely off right now, I tried powering on and off a few times and I got nothing just a blank screen. Im unsure, what to try next??
500tab said:
Yes that's the condition, black screen white pwr light. It is rooted, thats it. Running ICS 4.0. I wont be able to get my sd card until wednesday so if I need that update.zip file I'll have to wait a few more days. Its completely off right now, I tried powering on and off a few times and I got nothing just a blank screen. Im unsure, what to try next??
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Yeah, you're going to need an SD card. And make sure the tab is charged.
In the meantime, you can try a couple things just to see it you can get a different response. However, understand this.
1. You can probably forget any personal data that's stored on it. Photos, downloads, music, etc. Just to prepare you.
2. You probably have a corrupted bootloader partition. How it happens, with a normally functioning tab, nobody really knows.
You can try doing a data wipe. Usually we would wait till you get an SD card, but I'm curious if you can get anything on the display. To do this, with the tablet off, Press and hold PWR, while at the same time, continiously cycle your rotation lock left and right, quickly until you see "erasing user data" or something similar on the display.
Another thing, manually put it into APX mode. This involves using a paper clip, and press and hold the "reset" button near the USB port, then press and hold PWR. Count to 4 and release PWR, and 1 second later release the paperclip. Then plug your tablet into the PC, and see if the PC loads the drivers for it. You should already have installed the Acer USB drivers. If not, get them from the Acer site.
Understand, your chances of getting it going again, are less than 50/50. But, we all will give it a shot.
MD
This is exactly the situation I'm in... Black screen, White power light...
I was in the middle of an app, when tablet rebooted, wouldn't boot back up..
I was able to get into CWM recovery... investigated, and found that /system wouldn't mount... So, I was prepared to re-flash, so I first went to do a nandroid backup of my data folder... I also had an old nandroid backup, so I decided to restore that... After I did that, I couldn't even get into recovery anymore...
I've tried setting my tablet into apx mode, and trying to flash, but they always seem to freeze at "uploading image" (both with afterota unbrick and blackthund3r's tool)
Now, blackthund3r's tool will actually get the acer logo to show up, with "Entering download mode...", so that leads me to think the tablet isn't completely shot? It just gets stuck during the upload image...
Tried the erasing data as suggested by MD, but no luck, just black screen...
What is the sdcard method that you are speaking of? Is there anything else I can try?
Thanks in advance
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Tried placing update.zip on sdcard for flashing, tried turning on the tablet with volume down...No joy
Hopefully someone has some other ideas for me? Thanks again in advance.
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Edit 2:
After a day of searching, finally came across this post.
Fixed and saved my tablet... Whew!