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Hi, I have my Blade for 2 months at the moment.
I had had CM7 ROM and few days (1 week) back I've switched to Ginger Stir Fry b19. I converted from GEN1 to GEN 2 and used Clockwork for Blade for flashing roms. I wiped all data / dalvik cache etc. I haven't installed any unusual apps.
Last night I turned off my Blade as usual and removed it from the charger - bettery full. This morning when I pressed the power button the Android picture showed up but the device wasn't booting, so I removed the battery, put it back and now the device wont power on at all. When I put the charger in, the LED won't light up, yet I'm not sure if it should when the device is turned off.
Any ideas ?
Could the device got bricked somehow ? Or could it be the HW fault ?
I had same problem!
You need to do tpt flash!
Method 3: TPT
TPT is a way of flashing part of the low-level firmware on your phone. After successfully flashing the files below you will regain access to clockworkmod. You need a different type of TPT depending on what variant of the Blade you have. If you have a China Unicom v880 or any other Chinese variant then you must not flash a TPT designed for European Blades, and vice versa. Be aware that flashing a modified or corrupt TPT can permanently brick your phone. Choose the appropriate file below.
European Gen1 TPT http://www.mediafire.com/?n6m49sircl5lnpl
Use this if your phone is a European GSM variant and if it is Gen1 or has been upgraded to Gen2 via TPT. This will flash stock Gen1 firmware.
European Gen2 TPT http://www.mediafire.com/?9civd2253kvct99
Use this if your phone is a European GSM variant and if it was sold as Gen2 or upgraded to stock Gen2 via windows. This will flash stock Gen2 firmware.
China Unicom v880 Gen2 TPT http://www.mediafire.com/?lr3gcew5pmc57ip
Use this if your phone is a China Unicom v880 (unsure, but may work on Chinese u880/x880). This will flash the stock Gen2 firmware taken from the B15 android 2.2.2 update.
Flashing a TPT
Download the applicable TPT file from above.
Unzip and put the “image” folder onto the root directory of your SD card.
Disconnect and reconnect your SD card and check the integrity of the TPT files. There is a file called "image.hash" in the image folder which contains all the files' md5 hashes in plain text. Make sure that the md5 of all the files match, or you may brick your phone.
Turn on your phone with the SD card inserted and with menu and volume up held.
The screen will either stay black or show green text (if you see the green android immediately then it didn't work), and will restart into clockworkmod when done. Wait at least 5 minutes for it to restart if you don’t see anything.
When it is finished (even if it didn't work), then remove the image directory from the SD card to prevent accidental flashing later on.
You can now flash a ROM using clockworkmod. If it doesn't work, then using a different SD card may help. If you have a European variant then it is safe to try both Gen1 and Gen2 TPTs separately in case you have made a mistake.
FROM HERE: http://android.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade/
hope this help...
Thanks for the tip, however my blade doesn't seem to react to any key input.
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The phone is dead. I'll take it to Orange.
I don't understand why this happened at all though.
Jackal331 said:
Thanks for the tip, however my blade doesn't seem to react to any key input.
Edit:
The phone is dead. I'll take it to Orange.
I don't understand why this happened at all though.
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I had the same problem and nothing worked!
and I spent more than 3 hours with my Blade and I got it to work I de-bricked it!
If you do the same tpt then it works, screen maybe can be then black and then need to wait some seconds and it's done!
I was just leaving my home with it to Orange, ok I'll give it a few more shots! .
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It doesn't work. I'm using European Gen1 TPT. Nothing happens. I wait 10 minutes after pressing the buttons.
ZTE Blade - absolutely doesn't turn on
I have the exact same problem... my phone doesn't switch on at all - no red light on back button, screen doesn't turn on and no vibration on pressing the power button... Basically, the phone looks dead.
I was basically repartitioning my ROM to install ColdFusionX ics and this happened... I don't know what to do now... :-/
@manumanfred: I tried the tpt methot you suggested above, but to no avail... When I hold the volume up and menu buttons and power up the handset, the phone's supposed to vibrate atleast, right? It's not even doing that... .. Can u think of anything that might save my phone? Or is trashing the phone the only option.. :'(
Jackal331 said:
Hi, I have my Blade for 2 months at the moment.
I had had CM7 ROM and few days (1 week) back I've switched to Ginger Stir Fry b19. I converted from GEN1 to GEN 2 and used Clockwork for Blade for flashing roms. I wiped all data / dalvik cache etc. I haven't installed any unusual apps.
Last night I turned off my Blade as usual and removed it from the charger - bettery full. This morning when I pressed the power button the Android picture showed up but the device wasn't booting, so I removed the battery, put it back and now the device wont power on at all. When I put the charger in, the LED won't light up, yet I'm not sure if it should when the device is turned off.
Any ideas ?
Could the device got bricked somehow ? Or could it be the HW fault ?
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i.siddharth.iitd said:
I have the exact same problem... my phone doesn't switch on at all - no red light on back button, screen doesn't turn on and no vibration on pressing the power button... Basically, the phone looks dead.
I was basically repartitioning my ROM to install ColdFusionX ics and this happened... I don't know what to do now... :-/
@manumanfred: I tried the tpt methot you suggested above, but to no avail... When I hold the volume up and menu buttons and power up the handset, the phone's supposed to vibrate atleast, right? It's not even doing that... .. Can u think of anything that might save my phone? Or is trashing the phone the only option.. :'(
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Trashing the phone is never an option.. You should try flashing CWM through windows. I'll post link in some time.
www.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade/
Use the Fastboot method.
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My blade has the same problem.
I guess only solution if keys don't work is to take it to be repaired...
But will they repair it at least? What was your experience?
If the phone won't even light up the red led on the back button when power is pressed it's a hardware issue.
Try it when it's connected to the charger (regular charger, not USB).
If you cannot get it to boot the bootloader you cannot run a TPT and if you cannot get into FTM mode you cannot use the Windows flasher.
In this scenario there is nothing you can do to fix it, you'll need to return it to your service center for repair.
Rooting your phone, TPT'ing or anything like that voids warranty (this actually includes official updates too) but you can at the very least try since it's unlikely they'll discover it.
ZTE blade total brick, help
I also have the same problem. I had flashed to android 4.1 a while ago, then decided to reflash stock ROM via TPT. TPT got to 98% when writing system then phone went dead. It cant turn on at all, no red led when on charger...no help so far on how to debrick it. Has anyone found a way to do it? PLEASE PLEASE HELP.
Hello guys,
I have a problem with my ZTE Blade 3, i've done all the above methods you've mentioned and i've also read mostly everything about the de-bricking from here www.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade , but i still have problem. Couple of weeks ago, i've put a custom rom made by KonstaT which i found also there http://www.modaco.com/topic/367241-devrom27-cyanogenmod-11-android-444/ and it was working normally with few exceptions (like apollo & camera, but when i inserted SD card + SIM they stopped making an issues)...but suddenly something happened i don't know what, it was a rainy day as i remember and the phone now isnt turning on. Actually it is turning on, but nothing is showing on the screen, that's why i read all the above...
What i believe i can do:
1. I'm turning my phone on and my red light LED indicator is blinking briefly
2. I can enter download mode (or i think is something like download mode...) and my red light is blinking faster and almost constantly
3. Sometimes my red light LED indicator is blinking unusual a way faster than the normal one (i think here is the catch...), then i decided to open my phone, i watch what i found --> check the images which i've attached That is my screen connector, which i think is fried and because i'm not sure, i am asking you guys for help, because i thought you might seen stuff like these and maybe you know more than me here. And if it fried, is there any chance that i can clean it with some kind of alcohol or similar which evaporates immediately and re-use it again, or i must buy a new one (LCD) ? :crying:
PS: I made the photos as closer as i can get to the damaged zone.
Hello XDA-devs forums,
I'm having an issue since yesterday.
I have rooted my Huawei Ideos X5, and it ran fine for a day or so.
However, when my battery ran out it shut down into a completely blue screen.
When I tried booting it again, this just showed me a blue screen as well.
Now, I fixed this issue by connecting the phone to my PC after booting it with the Vol+ and Vol- pressed.
(So you get the pink/purple screen)
However, when I opened the phone on my PC, all I saw was a "239 MB" "empty" space, and it should have ~2GB..
I placed a backup copy I saved of my "image" folder in that 239 MB storage, and it booted.
However, today I hooked it up to my PC again to see if it magically changed..
And I couldn't access the 239 MB space anymore.
When I tried fixing the issue with a reboot of the phone, that just caused it to get stuck in a booting loop.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that keeps trying to boot itself,
and I can't access it on my windows PC.
I can, however, access 4 different folders of the phone on my linux notebook.
Now, my question is: can someone with a good understanding of problems like these please help me out?
I'm getting kind of fed up with it, as I've only got the phone for 2 days now.
Thank you in advance, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
Have you tried removing the battery for 5 minutes and then putting it back in?
After this, what happens when you press VOL+ and Power?
How about if you press VOL+, VOL- and Power, without the USB cable?
Hello Katu, thank you for posting.
Regarding your questions:
Yes, I have tried to take out the battery for 5+ minutes- it didn't change anything to the situation unfortunately..
If I press VOL+ and Power at the same time, the device boots into recovery mode.
In this I have tried to format the device in order to reset it to factory defaults, but this did not help either.
When I press VOL+, VOL- and Power, the phone boots into the pink/purple screen.
Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
PlanDreaM said:
Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
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Well, I used an original ROM:
U8800 V100R001C00B136(Overseas General version)
And that resulted in the boot.img being corrupted, so I can't even overwrite that anymore.
Also, this is what I see when I hit VOL+, VOL- and Power at the same time to boot into safe mode, and connect it to my PC.
img69 [dot] imageshack [dot] us/img69/244/10101191548pm.png
julle131 said:
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
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I installed the official B136 rom, and after it rebooted, it would just hang on a black screen.
(it used to show the IDEOS or Android logo when it booted)
Hmm mine came with this Rom
U8800 V100R001C00B135SP01 ( general )
Looking at your name you're from the Netherlands ( so am I )
where did you get this 136 version from ?
I would try to put this one on it
You have to put the 'dload' folder into the root of your SD Card,
then boot into boot-loader, after that it'll automatically flash back to the stock Rom.
1 Format SD card
2 On the SD card, create "dload" folder
3 Put the unzipped Rom into "dload" folder
4 Then boot to bootloader (pink screen)
Yes, mine came with that version as well.
However, I couldn't find it anymore and thus downloaded the version I said earlier.
Also, I did everything as you described, except step 4.
You have to boot to recovery instead of bootloader. (VOL+ and Power)
Anyways, I managed to get ClockworkMod's recovery.img on my phone,
and from there on install a custom ROM on the phone, which magically got it working again - even though it didn't work earlier.
Thank you for reading my thread and taking the time to reply to it.
My issue has been resolved.
just for the record, flashing a stock rom is different from flashing a custom rom..
the 4 steps described by Gman2oo6 is the correct way to flash a stock rom (and it is written clearly in the document that is in the stock rom zip file)
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step (1) is not a necessary step though..
Yeah, I noticed that.
What I did was format my SDcard with FAT32,
and put a custom rom (update.zip) on the SDcard.
I then booted ClockworksMod Recovery and installed the custom rom from the SDcard.
When I tried installing the stock rom, I just followed the PDF file's instructions that came with the stock rom.
hey i udated to GB 2.3.4 (official)and i didnt like the it cuz the wifif ddnt work and the bluetooth also the DATA so itryed to downgrade to 2.2.2 original official and it did the 2/2 steps intalled and when it restarted it did not want to turn on all that happened was it vibrated and thats all so i left it on like that and when the battery died i plugged it in to the AC and the LED turned on red and the touch kkeys also but not the screen so i really NEED help!
Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
i tryed it
nope nothin good happened all that happens is a blank screen with nothin on ,LED is off and the touch keys are off. it justz vibrates and when i put the battery it turn the LED on to red and the touch keys turn on but then like 5 min later the LED and keys turn off
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Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
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ok heres what i did i wanted to upgrade my phone to the newest version GB 2.3.4.So what i did was download the update and i followed the installation steps i successfully updated to Gb 2.3.4. so like i was checking how it look and the new feature but when i wanted to go on the android market i went to setting and turn on the wifi and it said Error and then i tried the Bluetooth and it said Error also so then i put my SIMs card in and i was like imma use DATA then and when i restarted my phone it had service but no HSPA+ or Edge or GPRS so like i just hatted my phone from their so then i was trying to root it but iddnt know how to do that so like i read this website and i got the UPDATE.APP or 2.2.2 AT&T did the same steps of the installation of BG 2.3.4 and it went to the process and 1/2 stepp good it passed and then 2/2 also passed it installed it and when it said Successively Installed it said Restarting and the scrren turn of and it vibrated and thats all that happened and i left it like that for the whole days and nothing happened
Do u got any idea?
When i connect it to my laptop it says installing drivers .then its says sucesfully installed drivers ready to use. so then i got to Device Manger and i check what has been installed and their it said USB Human interface device and HID-compliant device WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
Not sure about the HID (human interface device) probably just the way windows sees the device for interfacing with it. With regards to the not booting I have read a lot of people saying that you need to factory reset and clear cache after the upgrade/downgrade. With the phone off, turn it on by long pressing volume+ and power on button till you get the blue recovery screen and from there you can reset factory/ data and also clear the cache. from what I see this should clear up the problem and start up. Please read this thread, it may help you somehow..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
Hope this helps a little
U mean Boot recovery and imma try it and thanks ill check it out
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all that i know is that if u customized your partition, it'll bootloop,
so go back to stock-partition ^^
How do I do that got like the steps or video?
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when i downgraded to 2.2.2 i installed this V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTC185D002
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251250 got it from that link
Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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well how do i do that do i need to got to the purple/pink screen or bot recovery cuz i cannot access that my phone doesn't do anything pretty much
hi, i have this phone, i tried to update it, i got "update failed" message. Now i have this situation:
if i power up the phone i get a blue screen
if i start with vol+/vol-/power i get a pink screen
if i start with vol+/power i get a blue screen
I can access the microsd using an sd adapter
i can access the phone connecting it to my mac when it is in blue or pink screen, but i see an EMPTY 267 mb memory, i suppose i somehow deleted the phone system files (i remember folders like android, image...). Is there any way to solve this?
Thank you
Hi...i haven't an answer but i have you're problem.... HELP ME!!!
same here
Hello, no answer either but I have the same issue after updating my U8800Pro : blue screen on normal start which needs the battery to be taken out to restart.
When on pink screen and connected to the computer, I can only see an empty folder...
Let me know if there is any known solution.
Thanks
try to flash it without battery inserted. Just put your flash file into sd-card, put it into phone, pull out the battery hold "+" and "-" and at the same time insert usb cable. Wait until upgrade process starts. Thats it
Hi guys, I have this problem. When I connect my phone to charger the red diode is on. Then when I try to turn on phone it turns the phone on and I get the logo and little bit of that thingy before you get homescreen but then it turns the phone off and does it again the same thing. If I disconnect phone from charger I ant even turn on phone. Nothing no red diode not android logo...nothing.
And i know there is smt in the battery. Do you now where is the problem?
I am using coldfusion(ics 4.0...). I had also problem that when I managed to turn on phone before when I connected charger it did not charge...only when the phone was turned off.
Thanks guys
It's a bug of ColdFusion, it's not a daily-use rom...
Send from my awsome ZTE Blade!
Hi, I managed to go back to cm7 but I also made backup of my previous state. The problem is that when chceking md5 sum of my backup i get no. 869fd7ea0ad4ef1cee2d87ea9743ace8 a there is no such a tpt for this. I tried to google it...nothing. I did md5 chcek on nandriod.md5
Also instead of having nice names I get this data.yaffs2.img which seems wrong.
Could anyone help, tell me what went wrong?
PS: After I did backup I changed to tpt v10 for coldfusion. This brought me new clockwork too so could this change smt?
Thanks guys
Backup are not compatible with different version, you need the same version, try to find it in Rom Manager.
Send from my awsome ZTE Blade!
joannesbenedek said:
Hi, I managed to go back to cm7 but I also made backup of my previous state. The problem is that when chceking md5 sum of my backup i get no. 869fd7ea0ad4ef1cee2d87ea9743ace8 a there is no such a tpt for this. I tried to google it...nothing. I did md5 chcek on nandriod.md5
Also instead of having nice names I get this data.yaffs2.img which seems wrong.
Could anyone help, tell me what went wrong?
PS: After I did backup I changed to tpt v10 for coldfusion. This brought me new clockwork too so could this change smt?
Thanks guys
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go back to tour earlier partition size
Hi, I managed to get previous backup and phone was working for one day. Today I found him off and couldnt turn on...nothing. So I connected to charger and it is doing the same thing as before. It is charging but when I turn on sometimes it goes to homescreen but then turns off. Somtimes only goes into cyanogenmod logo and then reboots again. Without connected to charger it doesnt want to turn on at all...I cant do a thing ith phone when not connected to charger. I know that there is some juice in battery so it should turn on.
I think somehow the phone is damaged...either software or hardware but it seems like it doesnt know about battery capacity at the beginning so it acts like there is no power in battery...could it be this???
Help pls.
Try to rebuild partitions with TPT method, format data, cache, and battery stats via ClockWork and flash a new firmware, Moldovan Mile for example.
Hello all,
I am a complete newbie with too much confidence.
I bought 3 ideos x5 phones, one was running froyo, and one gingerbread. I gave the gingerbread one to my son and kept the froyo.
hen I broke my leg, and while I was out of it in hospital I decided that now was the time to update it of course, I mean, when better than when you are out of it with painkillers? I kept nodding off in between, should have told me something. You think?
Anyway, people who love their phone might want to stop reading NOW.
I downloaded a official 2.3.Universal Rom, and a zipfile160b or something, and whatever else cloud find , and then started messing about. I rooted it with z4 and I also used a file explorer ES something or other, because for some reason I put on a new recovery image. It seemed like a good idea. I got to he point where it would only boot into recovery, and I loaded a 160b zip file to it, I remember that quite clearly.
So now: when I switch it on on battery or usb cable only, I get a IDEOS typed LOGO and then a quick vibrate, before it reboots... boot loop???
If it is on charger with battery in, it just stays on on ideos Logo.
If I connect it to laptop, and keep putting the battery inand out, one time when I put the battery in it starts installing firmware, but ALWAYS dies at step 2.....I tried various ROMS in a dloadfolder, but always the same outcome. I think I folowed 3 methods at the same time and killed the phone....
I have a 32 GB sd card.
I am not sure how to connect it to he computer, my macbook dualbootsinto ubuntu, but not surewhat to do then, or howto use adb sdk. I am totally stuffed, and would be grateful for help, I ould even consoder posting it somewhere if ayone thinks they can get it going again. I am in New Zealand, but I can post anywhere.
I shoudl have known beter, but, you know...
Please help or atleas pretend sympathy ...
Thanks
actnowhinklater
Have you tried downgrade official 2.2 dload?
i believe flashing stock 2.2 will help
download this: http://www.mediafire.com/?c97gnolbh9759y7, unzip it, folder on root of your sd card, and then, when your phone is off, hold power button and BOTH volume buttons for few seconds. and that is how your phone will install official rom WITHOUT computer.
later try upgrading to official 2.3 the same way.
Hi there, thanks for your answers. What I did:
1 formatted sd card, downloaded files, put dload folder on ds card (32 GB sdhc)
2 Charged battery to full on my son's x5
3 put battery an card in phone, switched it on, only got logo. only could be switched offby taking battery out
4 connected phone with battery in to usb port
5 after fiddling and wiggling battery and holding buttons etc it went inti firware mode
6 failed at step 2 ( battery was in)
ANy other ideas?
Thanks for taking the time to try and help me btw, I really appreciate it.... culd kick myself....
actnowthinklater
Try step 4 without battery by pressing both volume buttons and inserting the USB cable in.
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Or try putting the dload folder to the internal storage, not the SD card
This worked for me when I downgrade my ROM back to froyo
Hi again, tried without battery but it won't go into the update mode, just stuck on ideos screen. I cannot access any internal folders as pc does not recognize it when I connect it. It sees the other x5, so it must be a phone issue. Guess it's a dead phone then? Oh well, should have known better.... I will put it on ebay as bricked with full description of how dead it really is, maybe someone needs a screen or digitizer or sth!
Thanks for trying to help me all, it taught me a lesson! Don't fiddle if you don't know what you are doing.
Cheers
actnowthinklater
The phone is not dead for sure. And what about guaranty?
If you haven't flash a different model rom(a rom for U880 pro for eg), then you just have a soft brick, which is reversable. I read your posts, but it' s not clear in which state the phone is exactly. You said you tried to flash an original 2.3 rom, but not which version(this is important to see if you have locked or unlocked pink screen mode).
So, needed more specific information to see:
-what rom has the phone now
-has unlocked pink screen(this offers more options to unbrick)
-what is this 160b zip? Maybe you mean "update-160up.zip", which is a special flash package that you can flash it automatic, as official roms(on dload folder) and solves some problems which prevent the official update to complete. I think is useful only on 2.3 roms though, but I' m not sure. If you didn't mean this file, maybe can help you.
-Also If you are on 2.2 rom and not on 2.3, you have for sure unlocked pink screen and therefore you can directly replace the rom from pink screen mode. You just need to find the image folder of a 2.2 official rom and replace yours.
- And the fact that PC doesn't recognized, doesn't mean that the phone is dead and unfixable. The connection estabilazed after the rom starts to load, and after the necessary things for connection loaded. It seems that the rom just don't pass this stage and fails before.
thank you but no luck so far
Hi there
he file I tried to flash was update-160up.zipand I did it via he recvery tool, but I also used a 2.3 rom, and this file:
205.196.123.108/ffvq89t57qyg/od4iym44ladqhng/recovery.img
I do not get a pink screen at any time.
The only thing I can do is start the phone and I get the letters IDEOS in white and red, and if i keep the battery in and press buttons it sometimes loads from SD card, only to fail at sep 2.
If i do not press any buttons and connect USB, it endlessly starts into the IDEOS thing, switches off, starts again etc.
I have no idea hat rom is on the phone now, it had Froyo when I got it. The rom I first tried to flash with no success was the official one on the huawei website for this phone
When I frst looked at the phone there was an empty Miui rom folder, so it might have t=run on that some time.
I cna't get into any folders on he phone, so nit sure ow I would replae anything, all I have is the ideos logo going on and off, and the odd failing firmware update process, I tried it with 3 cards, 4gig, 512mb and 32gig, no joy.
I am not sure what else I did to the thing, I was too out of it, and I don't think warranty will cover this.... I don't want to waste anyones time, I can only blame myself... oh well. I have an appaling track record with poor defenseless electronics.
Kind regards
actnowthinklater
thanks for your reply.
I'm not very sure, but it seems if your phone can be repaired the only way is the force upgrade.
Mahdial said:
Try step 4 without battery by pressing both volume buttons and inserting the USB cable in.
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Hi again, tried without battery but it won't go into the update mode, just stuck on ideos screen.
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You maybe didn't understand me,without battery press both volume buttons then insert the USB cable in,keep holding the buttons till the phone vibrates, it must go to update mode.
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actnowthinklater said:
Hi there
he file I tried to flash was update-160up.zipand I did it via he recvery tool, but I also used a 2.3 rom, and this file:
205.196.123.108/ffvq89t57qyg/od4iym44ladqhng/recovery.img
I do not get a pink screen at any time.
The only thing I can do is start the phone and I get the letters IDEOS in white and red, and if i keep the battery in and press buttons it sometimes loads from SD card, only to fail at sep 2.
If i do not press any buttons and connect USB, it endlessly starts into the IDEOS thing, switches off, starts again etc.
I have no idea hat rom is on the phone now, it had Froyo when I got it. The rom I first tried to flash with no success was the official one on the huawei website for this phone
When I frst looked at the phone there was an empty Miui rom folder, so it might have t=run on that some time.
I cna't get into any folders on he phone, so nit sure ow I would replae anything, all I have is the ideos logo going on and off, and the odd failing firmware update process, I tried it with 3 cards, 4gig, 512mb and 32gig, no joy.
I am not sure what else I did to the thing, I was too out of it, and I don't think warranty will cover this.... I don't want to waste anyones time, I can only blame myself... oh well. I have an appaling track record with poor defenseless electronics.
Kind regards
actnowthinklater
thanks for your reply.
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If you haven't successfully flash an update from dload folder, then you still have the official froyo rom. Guaranty will cover this, it's a software problem and probably they will reflash the froyo(or if you are lucky), gingerbread rom. Just tell them that you tried to update to the official gingerbread rom and it failed.
And also you can put the image folder of an official rom(better a 2.2 based, because you haven't flashed 2.3 original), as I mentioned on my previous post. I don't think that pink srceen mode doesn't work. Probably something you don' t do right. Pink screen mode, and update mode achived with same key combination, and if you haven't erase the dload folder from sd, you'll not be able to boot to pink screen mode. So, make sure you don't have the dload folder on internal or external sd card and then try to boot to pink screen mode, and If you have connected the phone with a linux pc(maybe and on mac) you'll be able to see and other partitions of the device except the one with the Image folder.
I will give this a go
Thanks guys, I will give your sggestions a go, so I will try starting it with the usb cable, ad also try to get it into pink mode. I will follow your instructions and report back asap. I have a mac that dual boots into ubintu, and a pc, so I will go reread the thred and try everything. Report back later.
Thanks for your patience
actnowthinklater
Also, check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882314
I haven' t test it but maybe helps you.
nogo
[hi guys,
I have tried everything - it just won't go into pink mode or load firmware.... i tried everything suggested, different computers, cards and cables: it just won't work. It seems to get warm when connected I noticed, as well. oh well. thanks for trying to help
kind regards
actnowthinklater