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Did Cyanogenmod brick my phone?

Nevermind, fixed it

No
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I'm still stuck at the HTC Boot screen - did several wipes and deleted all the data. I have no idea how to get this working and it's like the easiest method ever.

Best wipe of all time
"Fastboot erase system -w"
In bootloader as fastboot connected to adb. Try that. Also release thirteen didnt work for me off bat.
htc vision

Flash happy users always have issues like this.. Did you ever fix YOUR mistake? Post when you do because I'm sure there is a bunch of flash happy people out there that will have the same problem. My install of Cyanogenmod worked flawlessly, then again I didn't flash any sense roms.. Good luck
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I did flash sense and then went back to stock and now i on cyanogen love it Sorry for u my friend

ok, what was the solution arcadia, it is never suggested to make a thread stating a problem and then say "nvm i fixed it" without stating the solution

reg442 said:
Flash happy users always have issues like this.. Did you ever fix YOUR mistake? Post when you do because I'm sure there is a bunch of flash happy people out there that will have the same problem. My install of Cyanogenmod worked flawlessly, then again I didn't flash any sense roms.. Good luck
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I know this question may seem combative but it really isn't meant that way, I'm just curious what it means:
What distinguishes a flash happy user from another user who has flashed their phone?
Is there something that certain users are doing as opposed to other users? Is it that they flash from one rom to the other without reverting back to stock?

i personally flash roms constantly, i have tried all the roms we have posted and i wipe between them and never have a problem. not sure why some have problems and some don't, but then again i am NEVER the first to flash something, i always make surei see a few posts that state it works, and i look at known bugs

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You mean did I brick my phone by "Trying" & “Failing” to install custom roms.

dac9 said:
You mean did I brick my phone by "Trying" & “Failing” to install custom roms.
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rofl good one

***For the Record, Cyanogenmod has never been known to brick a phone, only users can brick their phones***
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jdedeaux said:
***For the Record, Cyanogenmod has never been known to brick a phone, only users can brick their phones***
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Yes... THIS ^

CM took my virginity

This is the dumbest thread ever. Arcadia you owe cyanogen and teamdouche a huge public retraction and apology.
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Mytouch 4G won't FLASH ANYTHING!!

Ok, I've looked and searched and googled for the last few weeks now. I have a mytouch 4g that is on the stock rom w/ ota update. I do have perm root and s-off, per the thread here on xda. However, I can't get it to flash anything at all. Either in the hboot (bootloader) or in clockwork. I tried to flash a the cm7 (had on my hd2 and loved it) in clockwork, says can't open /directory addy with rom, then has this: (bad) installation aborted. I tried to flash a stock image to try and start over, the pd15img, had it named correctly etc. It goes for a sec, then says the .nbh files are missing for 3 different things. Can anyone help or is this phone effed? I can use it just fine, but the stock rom sucks and has stupid drm, which doesn't let me play most of my music. If someone can help and has paypal I WILL make a donation to you, I'm not rich, but am a busy father of 2 divorced with a full time job. PLEASE HELP!!!!

What cwm are you running?
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3.0.0.5, I went to older versions of cwm also and still no dice at all. I am at a loss. I am by no means an expert, but have jailbroken iphones forever and did all the work on my hd2, so I'm not a complete noob but I still consider myself to be compared to others.

cubs_rule23 said:
3.0.0.5, I went to older versions of cwm also and still no dice at all. I am at a loss. I am by no means an expert, but have jailbroken iphones forever and did all the work on my hd2, so I'm not a complete noob but I still consider myself to be compared to others.
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That's why you can't flash the stock image, which is Froyo based. 3.0.0.5 can only flash Gingerbread ROMs. However, that doesn't explain why CM7 won't boot for you, since 3.0.0.5 should successfully flash that. My suggestion would be to flash CWM 3.0.0.6 (can handle all ROMs) and then try re-flashing CM7 or the stock ROM.

I'll give it a whirl right now....will report back

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11322299&postcount=1
There's the download for it. I meant to put it in my previous post.

I was pretty sure I tried this a while ago, and I was right, still nothing. It says the same thing, (bad) installation aborted, before all of that it says can't open /filedirectory. Seriously peeved at this phone at this point. It will not flash anything at all.

It could also be a corrupt SD card, or even though you have S-OFF, your phone isn't actually fully rooted (seems unlikely though since CWM is successfully installed). I'm sure someone else will chime in here eventually.

i have a couple spares, i'll check it out real quick. usually my comp will tell me if there is an issue with the sd card, so I'll try another quick like. I have and am using an sdhc patriot that is ok per tmobile, and i have an 8 and 16gb laying around also
edit it was a kingston in there. would that make a difference?

Another thread of this issue? Really?
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camalus said:
Another thread of this issue? Really?
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That's a helpful post bro lol
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camalus said:
Another thread of this issue? Really?
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Another non helping condescending comment!!?? Really? Really? Unless this has been fixed and you can point me to the post, I will kindly ask you to eff off and leave this thread. I have not found a fix and still can't put a custom rom on my phone that doesn't have drm. Respectfully, dude just trying to get his phone working the way it should.

Could also be a bad download. Id delete the old redownload whatever rom your wanting. Make sure you do a full wipe of everything and wouldn't hurt to do out a second time.
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mustk1ll20 said:
Could also be a bad download. Id delete the old redownload whatever rom your wanting. Make sure you do a full wipe of everything and wouldn't hurt to do out a second time.
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Was just thinking about that. Is there any difference in doing it right on the phone compared to a pc?

Not that I have noticed. I get the same amount of bad downloads on pc our my phone. Buy when it does happen I just download again and wipe everything again. There is a list here somewhere of everything to wipe, can't remember off the top of my head.
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mustk1ll20 said:
Not that I have noticed. I get the same amount of bad downloads on pc our my phone. Buy when it does happen I just download again and wipe everything again. There is a list here somewhere of everything to wipe, can't remember off the top of my head.
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How many bad downloads have you gotten? I always download ROM files with my PC, and then transfer them to the SD via the USB cable. I always verify the MD5 when I can, but most devs don't provide that these days.

I gotten about 11 since I have had this phone. Thinking its something to do with my router. Noticed I drop connection for a second randomly. which can cause file to be corrupt. To lazy to get a new router lol
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THANK YOU
You two rock, booting into it now, if you both have paypal, just pm me your email addys, I'll send you enought for a 6 pack each, at least what it costs here. Seriously thank both of you. I am in and golden!!!!!

cubs_rule23 said:
You two rock, booting into it now, if you both have paypal, just pm me your email addys, I'll send you enought for a 6 pack each, at least what it costs here. Seriously thank both of you. I am in and golden!!!!!
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Glad you got it working! Payment is totally out of the question. The XDA community is sort of a "pay it forward" sorta thing. If I had paid everyone that's helped me with things over the years, I'd be broke!

Besides, even if you did pay him, he'd use the money for a bottle of Jonnie Walker anyway
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[Q] Running roms from the sd card?

Thanks for your time and help. I have tried to research this before posting.
the problem:
My girlfriend's HTC Glacier has the bad emmc chip. It started with the random restarts earlier this week. It has been getting more and more sluggish over time. On the way home today, it lost all network connectivity, even after a restart, then pulling battery, sim, and sd, replacing then restarting.
What has been done to the phone so far:
It was unstable several months ago at which time I permarooted it, unlocked it, and flashed the rooted gingerbread update from the permaroot post here on xda. ( we didn't try to rdma it because it was an ebay purchase and already past manufacturer warranty) I did not flash the engineering bootloader (wish I had and that will probably be one of my first steps now). It has cwm flashed and a backup of the rom. It is turned off now while deciding how to proceed. Other than that, It has had no custom roms flashed or anything else of the sort.
What I am hoping is possible:
I have a Samsung 16GB class 10 (rated up to 23 MB/s read and 21 MB/s write). I am wondering if it is possible to create a bootable sd and run cm7 (for example) like the nook color.
Is this possible? Would it require a custom kernel to bypass the emmc and use the sd card as the rom instead?
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I am hoping to help my girlfriend nurse this phone to the end of her contract. Is it worth the effort or is it a lost cause?

if you can still boot into the android system... go to market and find Bootmanager.. it's $2.99 but wayy worth it.
but also, read my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394238
hope it helps.

Boot manager by init2winit apps on the market
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Thanks, that is one of the threads that I hadn't gotten to yet, but was already open in a tab. I will post an update. I am curious about the possibility of running roms from the sd card.

driftinganomaly said:
Thanks, that is one of the threads that I hadn't gotten to yet, but was already open in a tab. I will post an update. I am curious about the possibility of running roms from the sd card.
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I can run 5 from my SD
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Do you think that multibooting would be a workaround for the failing emmc? I will be trying it out.
I am going to follow saranhai's guide and try to stabilize the phone as much as possible first.
I had read that flashing the engineering bootloader is important, would you say that that should be my priority?

driftinganomaly said:
Do you think that multibooting would be a workaround for the failing emmc? I will be trying it out.
I am going to follow saranhai's guide and try to stabilize the phone as much as possible first.
I had read that flashing the engineering bootloader is important, would you say that that should be my priority?
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i don't think any software related thing can be a workaround for the failed eMMC chip...
once the chip is dead, it's dead. you can't write anything to it. you can't flash ROMs, you can't wipe anything, you can't even boot the device up. if the bootloader is showing Fail-PU when you're trying to restore back, then sorry friend, but it's gone...
as we see it now, nothing besides replacing the hardware itself will fix it.
yes, having the Engineering bootloader is a definite must, that's how you flash radios and such.

As an update, amidst nonstop FC's, I got the engineering bootloader pushed to the phone and installed.
I wiped the cache and dalvic then restored to a cwm recovery. It seems stable so far, but only time will tell.
As soon as I get a chance, I will be installing boot manager and setting it up to boot from the sd. I am glad to get the phone somewhat stable before trying though. I hope that it will take the strain off the emmc and let us keep it going through the end of contract.
Thank you for your help!
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Okay, for an awesome solution to the problem: his and hers Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touches!!
Woot!!!
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driftinganomaly said:
Okay, for an awesome solution to the problem: his and hers Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touches!!
Woot!!!
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Haha well there ya go! You could send me your old mytouch if ya don't need it anymore
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[Q] Help With my Rooting

I am having a mytouch 4g now running stock rom 2.1. The phone came with S-Off. So if i download the 2.3 update, would it turn my phone back to S-on???
Also does the S-Off mean that if i want to root the phone, i would just need to flash the superuser.zip? or what???:silly:
Or Where will i continue from in case i want to root the phone. Also my device is "M4G2DE".
THANKS

mickeyasamoah said:
I am having a mytouch 4g now running stock rom 2.1. The phone came with S-Off. So if i download the 2.3 update, would it turn my phone back to S-on???
Also does the S-Off mean that if i want to root the phone, i would just need to flash the superuser.zip? or what???:silly:
Or Where will i continue from in case i want to root the phone. Also my device is "M4G2DE".
THANKS
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Glacier#Root
http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide
Those are two pretty good guides. Honestly you have to first read, read and read some more to understand what you have and what can be done with it. Also in development there are answers to your questions under the stickys. Updating your phone would more than likely put it back to full stock status. Also why upgrade to an already 2 yr old software version.
I would recommend fully rooting your phone and the cyanogen method was easier to me. Also remember to google like crazy....

playya said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Glacier#Root
http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide
Those are two pretty good guides. Honestly you have to first read, read and read some more to understand what you have and what can be done with it. Also in development there are answers to your questions under the stickys. Updating your phone would more than likely put it back to full stock status. Also why upgrade to an already 2 yr old software version.
I would recommend fully rooting your phone and the cyanogen method was easier to me. Also remember to google like crazy....
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Thanks but i read a guide which said that the emmc chips in the mytouch 4g normally corrupts after wiping or factory reset. So i am a little confused. There have been many instances that people have bricked their mytouch 4g.

mickeyasamoah said:
Thanks but i read a guide which said that the emmc chips in the mytouch 4g normally corrupts after wiping or factory reset. So i am a little confused. There have been many instances that people have bricked their mytouch 4g.
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Why do you have two of the same thread?
Listen, here is the deal with the eMMC. Some are faulty, some aren't. If you have a crappy one, flashing CAN speed up the process of the chip giving out. If the chip does goes kaput, though, it always was. The only "bad" chips are the ones that fail. I and many others one here have a glacier with the type of chip people ignorantly refer to as "bad." I have flashed hundreds, perhaps thousands of times and it still works just fine. Understand?

estallings15 said:
Why do you have two of the same thread?
Listen, here is the deal with the eMMC. Some are faulty, some aren't. If you have a crappy one, flashing CAN speed up the process of the chip giving out. If the chip does goes kaput, though, it always was. The only "bad" chips are the ones that fail. I and many others one here have a glacier with the type of chip people ignorantly refer to as "bad." I have flashed hundreds, perhaps thousands of times and it still works just fine. Understand?
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what he said..... Hey I just got this phone on loan and rooted it and moved on to flashing.. not for nothing but this phone dont cost that much if something goes wrong... but if you are scared may I suggest leave this forum alone because it may have you doing things you are not comfortable with. - Just a suggestion

Hey. I have rooted and installed cyanogemod 7 okay??? So thanks but ur suggestion isnt helping.
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mickeyasamoah said:
Hey. I have rooted and installed cyanogemod 7 okay??? So thanks but ur suggestion isnt helping.
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confused? I am glad to see you rooted and if you used the method by CM then you are also SIM unlocked. Now stroll over to Development section and you can either flash the 2.3 stock rom or my suggestion the 4.2.2 rom by cnote74.
Your device is now freely yours!
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I am having a mytouch 4g now running stock rom 2.1. The phone came with S-Off. So if i download the 2.3 update, would it turn my phone back to S-on??? - MY ANSWER WOULD BE YES.... WHY RISK IT
Also does the S-Off mean that if i want to root the phone, i would just need to flash the superuser.zip? or what???:silly: - YOU WOULD NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY TO FLASH ANYTHING
Or Where will i continue from in case i want to root the phone. Also my device is "M4G2DE".
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http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide
I agree with this one. This is how I got my MT4G rooted and custom roms installed just about a week ago.

Hey OP you ok... My suggestion still not working?

playya said:
Hey OP you ok... My suggestion still not working?
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He PM'ed me. He got it worked out.

[Q] Mobilicity Panache stuck in HTC logo, 100% stock

Ok, so a friend gave me his HTC Panache and I was planning on using it as a spare phone (or probably as my second line) and was poking around if I could root it. I was reading around XDA and found a way to root. However, there isn't any warning anywhere saying that the Mobilicity/Videotron Panache is significantly different from the myTouch 4G itself. I could have possibly borked this phone. It was still able to boot previously, but at a point it just hanged and started boot looping until the mobilicity logo and back to the htc logo...
so, I did a better search and found someone saying trying the factory reset option from fastboot... so I did.. however, it just got stuck on fastboot when I select factory reset, now it just stays on the htc logo (doesn't even show the mobilicity logo anymore) to no avail.
Any ideas? I'm not new to the htc land, I still have an HTC Desire Z (Vision) probably dicked around it and almost bricked it, but it is still up and running till now. What I'm new at is that this thing just won't do anything I try to make it do. :/ possibly a dead phone by now. But I suppose I could flash the stock image and get it back since fastboot still works... But I can't find the damn mobilicity stock rom... :/
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Ok, so I did find the Mobilicity STOCK RUU... HOwever, hboot doesn't seem to flash it... It's been stuck in trying to update the bootloader... For TWO HOURS, TWICE! I don't know what to do now... And with enough views already on this thread and no response... maybe I should give up and shelve the thing... It's sad, but resources for this phone is outdated and insufficient. The mytouch 4G is fine, however, the panache, just lacks documentation.

You should read the stickies and/or Google search using the failure description. Hard to believe you'd get past the most known failure of this phone in any of its variants.
In any case, if RUU is stuck updating bootloader - your phone is dead.

Have you tried the Panache thread here on xda? Panache users might be able to help you.

Jack_R1 said:
You should read the stickies and/or Google search using the failure description. Hard to believe you'd get past the most known failure of this phone in any of its variants.
In any case, if RUU is stuck updating bootloader - your phone is dead.
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I've got it checked... And yeah the chip is indeed dead... I goes my bad? Lol I've gone through the sticks and ask the searchy stuff... I've been on XDA for a long time even before android was mainstream...
I guess this phone just carries a bad chip.. I just didn't want to give up on it... I like a good challenge, of sorts... I guess I'm going to shelve this on display... Haha, I wasn't even able to really do anything to it and it died... Ah well

Bad eMMC
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I've got it checked... And yeah the chip is indeed dead... I goes my bad? Lol I've gone through the sticks and ask the searchy stuff... I've been on XDA for a long time even before android was mainstream...
I guess this phone just carries a bad chip.. I just didn't want to give up on it... I like a good challenge, of sorts... I guess I'm going to shelve this on display... Haha, I wasn't even able to really do anything to it and it died... Ah well
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The bad eMMC? Ive got the bad eMMC to but mines didn't die maybe if I try to flash a RUU it might die. Did you do anything else before you killed it lol? Just wondering so I dont kill mine

Is your phone is rooted???
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shanth09 said:
Is your phone is rooted???
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Mine?
Yes
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You need to flash new stock rom PD15IMG.img....to make use of your phone
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zaghy2zy said:
Ok, so a friend gave me his HTC Panache and I was planning on using it as a spare phone (or probably as my second line) and was poking around if I could root it. I was reading around XDA and found a way to root. However, there isn't any warning anywhere saying that the Mobilicity/Videotron Panache is significantly different from the myTouch 4G itself. I could have possibly borked this phone. It was still able to boot previously, but at a point it just hanged and started boot looping until the mobilicity logo and back to the htc logo...
so, I did a better search and found someone saying trying the factory reset option from fastboot... so I did.. however, it just got stuck on fastboot when I select factory reset, now it just stays on the htc logo (doesn't even show the mobilicity logo anymore) to no avail.
Any ideas? I'm not new to the htc land, I still have an HTC Desire Z (Vision) probably dicked around it and almost bricked it, but it is still up and running till now. What I'm new at is that this thing just won't do anything I try to make it do. :/ possibly a dead phone by now. But I suppose I could flash the stock image and get it back since fastboot still works... But I can't find the damn mobilicity stock rom... :/
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Ok, so I did find the Mobilicity STOCK RUU... HOwever, hboot doesn't seem to flash it... It's been stuck in trying to update the bootloader... For TWO HOURS, TWICE! I don't know what to do now... And with enough views already on this thread and no response... maybe I should give up and shelve the thing... It's sad, but resources for this phone is outdated and insufficient. The mytouch 4G is fine, however, the panache, just lacks documentation.
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You need to flash stock rom PD15IMG.img... :thumbup:
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shanth09 said:
You need to flash stock rom PD15IMG.img... :thumbup:
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Bit his chip is messed it's not gonna work. It would t flash anything. And are you sure you gave the proper Image for the Panache? Otherwise he needs a gold card and all that stuff
But then again his chip is dead..
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do u know what steps u took?
were u able to get clockwork recovery on it? try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
are u able to use adb at all? maybe if u provide a bit more info someone on here might be able to try before u declare it dead
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I've got it checked... And yeah the chip is indeed dead... I goes my bad? Lol I've gone through the sticks and ask the searchy stuff... I've been on XDA for a long time even before android was mainstream...
I guess this phone just carries a bad chip.. I just didn't want to give up on it... I like a good challenge, of sorts... I guess I'm going to shelve this on display... Haha, I wasn't even able to really do anything to it and it died... Ah well
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Are there any easy way to root htc panache without gaining tmp root?????
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IndianKarmas said:
do u know what steps u took?
were u able to get clockwork recovery on it? try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
are u able to use adb at all? maybe if u provide a bit more info someone on here might be able to try before u declare it dead
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Nope, chip is dead. Not even Jtag can save it, according to the technician whom I brought the phone to. The phone was prone to chip failure, and a small bad flash killed it.It isn't as resilient as other phones.