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Hi,
Was given a Defy by a mate who thinks he has bricked it and replaced it already. I’m hoping I can get it working again. Hopefully with your help this might be possible.
These are the facts:
1> Current phone state: Motorola logo on screen and nothing else happens. I’m able to get into the bootloader(Power + Volume Up), but not able to get into recovery(Power + Volume Down)
2> Previous firmware version is unknown. All I know is the phone was bought through T-mobile UK.
3> My mate has tried to install various .sbf files(3.4.2-177 nordic Blurless Thread & 3.4.3-11 UK Tmobile Blur Thread & 3.4.3-3 UK Tmobile Blur Thread & 2.51.1 UK - Blur ROM Thread) onto the phone and still the phone stays in the same state.
So I don’t know where to start or what to try really, as I assumed all I would need to do is install a previous .sbf. I read it could have to do with the battery being empty, but I have a external charger and know the battery is full.
Any advice would be great, please help. I have also read other threads, but they do not have the same issues and are able to get there phones working past the point i'm at.
Thanks
same thing happened to my defy today, when I decided to try out CM7 while on a 3.4.2.117-005 nordic. Basically it's F'd up!
When I tried installing CM7 beta 6 zip from recovery, it got installed, but the phone was too damn slow to be used, So I flashed 177-005's sbf again and after completion it got stuck in boot at the Android Text.
Then i flashed with a 3.4.3.11_BLUR_signed sbf and still it's stuck at the Moto Logo.
please help someone, its my new phone..
bikerabhinav said:
same thing happened to my defy today, when I decided to try out CM7 while on a 3.4.2.117-005 nordic. Basically it's F'd up!
When I tried installing CM7 beta 6 zip from recovery, it got installed, but the phone was too damn slow to be used, So I flashed 177-005's sbf again and after completion it got stuck in boot at the Android Text.
Then i flashed with a 3.4.3.11_BLUR_signed sbf and still it's stuck at the Moto Logo.
please help someone, its my new phone..
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From Stock Recovery wipe factory reset and than flash the SBF...
ifu said:
From Stock Recovery wipe factory reset and than flash the SBF...
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Tried to enter stock recovery (Vol Down + Power ). Saw the recovery image as it appears and droid robo(as it appears normally), but the screen stays there forever. can't get ahead of it. No menu, no options.
bikerabhinav said:
Tried to enter stock recovery (Vol Down + Power ). Saw the recovery image as it appears and droid robo(as it appears normally), but the screen stays there forever. can't get ahead of it. No menu, no options.
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When Android Robot appears press Vol Up + Vol Down at same time(BOTH TOGETHER) than other options will appear.....
ifu said:
From Stock Recovery wipe factory reset and than flash the SBF...
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What happens if i'm unable to get into stock recovery?? I have pulled the battery out, then held down Power + Vol Down and nothing... Should i hold it for longer Or is something really messed up?
ifu said:
When Android Robot appears press Vol Up + Vol Down at same time(BOTH TOGETHER) than other options will appear.....
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Thanks ! It worked. My cell is back in biz, and I can't express how happy I was to see that Home screen.
Now I'm flashing 3.4.3.11 after which I'll install CM7, hope it wont make system slow this time.
jdearauj said:
What happens if i'm unable to get into stock recovery?? I have pulled the battery out, then held down Power + Vol Down and nothing... Should i hold it for longer Or is something really messed up?
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Hold it till the Android Robot appears...
ifu said:
Hold it till the Android Robot appears...
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Well i held it down for just over 2 minutes and still just the motorola logo is showing. Should i be holding it for longer?
jdearauj said:
Well i held it down for just over 2 minutes and still just the motorola logo is showing. Should i be holding it for longer?
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Remove battery and than hold Vol down and place battery and power ON while holding Vol Down till Android Robot....Best of Luck
ifu said:
Remove battery and than hold Vol down and place battery and power ON while holding Vol Down till Android Robot....Best of Luck
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Yea, I have tried it every configuration possible and no Android Robot appears… I have even asked my mate and partner to do it to make sure it is just not me…
Could this be the first official “Bricked” Defy? I hope not, was worth a try and assume this is why my mate wanted to get rid of it….
Thanks again for all the advice.
jdearauj said:
Yea, I have tried it every configuration possible and no Android Robot appears… I have even asked my mate and partner to do it to make sure it is just not me…
Could this be the first official “Bricked” Defy? I hope not, was worth a try and assume this is why my mate wanted to get rid of it….
Thanks again for all the advice.
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Brother than check the battery, cose this steps works usually..And mostly its not easy to brick the phone cose bootloader is locked...If ur phone LED light blinks there is always chance for phone to work......
Sent from my toilet using my Motorola DEFY
ifu said:
Brother than check the battery, cose this steps works usually..And mostly its not easy to brick the phone cose bootloader is locked...If ur phone LED light blinks there is always chance for phone to work......
Sent from my toilet using my Motorola DEFY
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Not a battery issue as i have two different batteries and both are charged externally. I did find this thread where this user has the same issue. So it seems not just mean really. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096313
Thanks again for your help/advice.
I will check and try something, but between this if ur phone start working...Plz PM me that how ur phone start working....Cose ur problem is extraordinary...
And Sorry for my English...
Sent from my toilet using my Motorola DEFY
@jdearauj just a curiosity, what operative system you use on your computer?
i asked you, because if you have win vista, rsd-lite not worked always very well with this OS....if you have xp or seven its good!
endless bootloop M logo
ok maybe this will help...
quickly remove battery before it gets drained...
now do this,i call it the "monkey method"
>on my left hand i hold my defy without the battery in,
>press the volume up+power at the same time...
now i quickly slip the battery in w/ my right hand & stay a few seconds..it took me to the stock recovery-factory reset & it took me to stock SBF rom & ready to reflash cm7 again.
follow this,its all in here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798&page=10
iaio72 said:
@jdearauj just a curiosity, what operative system you use on your computer?
i asked you, because if you have win vista, rsd-lite not worked always very well with this OS....if you have xp or seven its good!
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I'm using Windows 7, but my phone connects to RSD Lite without any issues. So no issue with the PC as far as i understand and can see.
hailmary said:
ok maybe this will help...
quickly remove battery before it gets drained...
now do this,i call it the "monkey method"
>on my left hand i hold my defy without the battery in,
>press the volume up+power at the same time...
now i quickly slip the battery in w/ my right hand & stay a few seconds..it took me to the stock recovery-factory reset & it took me to stock SBF rom & ready to reflash cm7 again.
follow this,its all in here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798&page=10
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Thanks, i will test this out this evening when i'm home again... Will keep you posted on the forum with the result, holding thumbs it works.
There are lots of people having the same issue. could anybody post a sequence of the problem solving methon? can we fix it or it needs to send to the factory?
monkey method
jdearauj said:
Thanks, i will test this out this evening when i'm home again... Will keep you posted on the forum with the result, holding thumbs it works.
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its tricking the boot animation to load up...
we have the same problem,but it work for me...
continue reading the argument between me & marhensa on that monkey method link.
u will see what happened to my defy..it was scary.
hope u get a lesson on it.gudluck
Hello!
So the problem started today, when my phone got shutted down ( because battery was 4%.. ) and when i was able to charge it, this sh#t started.
So, some things first:
- I'm not able to get to the place ( phone off -> volume down and turn phone on ) where i could flash wp6.5 or do task29
- I couldn't enter into rom because it froze to the part where HTC is green with black background
- Rom worked with safe mode
- USB flasher doesn't work in malgdr
- Buttons are messy ( but i have now figured how they work )
- I*M NOT ABLE TO HARD RESET, when it says " press volume up to reset ", it does nothing. I have to take off the battery to get off there.
+ I'm able to go to AD recovery, and do anything there
+ I'm able to use USB MassStg
So what can I do? Or what should i do? This is really sad to me. I've flashed roms since March with great succes, but now I face a problem like this in normal use. So i'm pretty confused.
I'm able to take some video if you need it.
Not sure did i make it to the right section, but i hope i made.
Hey u said that your buttons are messy and you figured out how they work. can you tell me i they started working. coz my hd2 is stuck on htc logo screen and not going to bootloader after pressing the power and volume down key . ithink their some malfuncaning in volume down key......... plz reply fast
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keetsy said:
Hello!
So the problem started today, when my phone got shutted down ( because battery was 4%.. ) and when i was able to charge it, this sh#t started.
So, some things first:
- I'm not able to get to the place ( phone off -> volume down and turn phone on ) where i could flash wp6.5 or do task29
- I couldn't enter into rom because it froze to the part where HTC is green with black background
- Rom worked with safe mode
- USB flasher doesn't work in malgdr
- Buttons are messy ( but i have now figured how they work )
- I*M NOT ABLE TO HARD RESET, when it says " press volume up to reset ", it does nothing. I have to take off the battery to get off there.
+ I'm able to go to AD recovery, and do anything there
+ I'm able to use USB MassStg
Hey u said that your buttons are messy and you figured out how they work. can you tell me i they started working. coz my hd2 is stuck on htc logo screen and not going to bootloader after pressing the power and volume down key . ithink their some malfuncaning in volume down key......... plz reply fast
So what can I do? Or what should i do? This is really sad to me. I've flashed roms since March with great succes, but now I face a problem like this in normal use. So i'm pretty confused.
I'm able to take some video if you need it.
Not sure did i make it to the right section, but i hope i made.
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Hey u said that your buttons are messy and you figured out how they work. can you tell me i they started working. coz my hd2 is stuck on htc logo screen and not going to bootloader after pressing the power and volume down key . ithink their some malfuncaning in volume down key......... plz reply fast
keetsy said:
Hello!
So the problem started today, when my phone got shutted down ( because battery was 4%.. ) and when i was able to charge it, this sh#t started.
So, some things first:
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I am going to try to explain this a little and maybe it will help you out.
keetsy said:
- I'm not able to get to the place ( phone off -> volume down and turn phone on ) where i could flash wp6.5 or do task29
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What you are talking about is called bootloader and this is probably caused by a faulty volume down button. Unless you check the hardware for the volume down button and fix it if it is faulty there is no other fix for this issue unless you are using Windows Mobile then you can use the enterbootloader.exe.
keetsy said:
- I couldn't enter into rom because it froze to the part where HTC is green with black background
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It froze on what is called the splash screen and this is not all in all just a major issue and can more than likely be fixed.
keetsy said:
- Rom worked with safe mode
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Safe mode on a device is the same as safe mode on a computer, it will allow you to boot the device and hopefully find the problem or fix the problem.
keetsy said:
- USB flasher doesn't work in malgdr
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This is probably a driver issue and is only needed to flash a Android recovery or to flash a Windows Phone ROM.
keetsy said:
- Buttons are messy ( but i have now figured how they work )
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I would like some more info on this actually as far as what buttons you are talking about. It also plays into what I said about a faulty volume down button.
keetsy said:
- I*M NOT ABLE TO HARD RESET, when it says " press volume up to reset ", it does nothing. I have to take off the battery to get off there.
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This is because you have MAGLDR installed, there is no software for the device to reset.
keetsy said:
+ I'm able to go to AD recovery, and do anything there
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This is good because I think recovery just may be what you need to use to fix your issue.
keetsy said:
+ I'm able to use USB MassStg
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This is also good because you can transfer any needed files to your SD card using this.
keetsy said:
So what can I do? Or what should i do? This is really sad to me. I've flashed roms since March with great succes, but now I face a problem like this in normal use. So i'm pretty confused.
I'm able to take some video if you need it.
Not sure did i make it to the right section, but i hope i made.
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I assume you are using a Android ROM because you said you can still use AD recovery. I suggest you read the first couple of post in the thread for the ROM you are using to find the suggested partition size you need as you may not have the right partition size if that is the case you will need to re partition your device but without being able to use USB flasher you will not be able to flash a new recovery with your new partition size. But you you should be able to edit a recovery and use it with AD sd, look in my guide linked in my sig for more infor on using recovery from SD card.
Also you can try to do a wipe of your cache and delvik cache and see if that helps. You can also try to make a backup of your ROM and re flash the Android ROM to see if that helps.
But to be honest with you your situation is odd because it did not happen right after you flashed a ROM. This sorta leads me to beleive you may have hardware issues.
LOL, when i started the phone today, the buttons worked normally. In Malgdr & AD recovery.
Of course, i tried to go to bootloader and I did. After that I flashed WM6.5 succesfully.
I'm going to upload a video about this all today or tomorrow. Rendering the video just now.
Edit: Installed this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912740
Still, back and "windows" button are bugging. Sometimes when i press them, they change the volume and the real volume buttons do the same.
Edit 2: You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDMZQRzcZmM
keetsy said:
LOL, when i started the phone today, the buttons worked normally. In Malgdr & AD recovery.
Of course, i tried to go to bootloader and I did. After that I flashed WM6.5 succesfully.
I'm going to upload a video about this all today or tomorrow. Rendering the video just now.
Edit: Installed this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912740
Still, back and "windows" button are bugging. Sometimes when i press them, they change the volume and the real volume buttons do the same.
Edit 2: You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDMZQRzcZmM
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I watched the video and I gotta say I think you have hardware issues. I would recommend you find someone to take a lookk at you volume buttons and the hardware buttons to see about fixing them. Both sets of buttons are replaceable.
I'll try to take care of that.
Thank you really much !
Hello guys.
my friend got LG L5 Dual Sim [ E615 ] and he did a factory reset twice before ..
and now he's trying to do it again the phone doesn't respond to the action or does nothing to the reset order as the photos with steps in attachments ..
he's running the official LG L5 ICS 4.0.3 without root or any MODs so any suggestion or help ?
Thanks in advance.
SaNo93 said:
Hello guys.
my friend got LG L5 Dual Sim [ E615 ] and he did a factory reset twice before ..
and now he's trying to do it again the phone doesn't respond to the action or does nothing to the reset order as the photos with steps in attachments ..
he's running the official LG L5 ICS 4.0.3 without root or any MODs so any suggestion or help ?
Thanks in advance.
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power off the phone, and after, hold vol - and power, after , when he see a light , click home button, and an android with factory reset will appear
Sabyn said:
power off the phone, and after, hold vol - and power, after , when he see a light , click home button, and an android with factory reset will appear
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The e615 doesn´t have a home button. I´m having the same problem, does anybody know how to reset this phone?
0ptimus82 said:
The e615 doesn´t have a home button. I´m having the same problem, does anybody know how to reset this phone?
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if you have CWM, you can wipe data
You guys ....
SaNo93 said:
Hello guys.
my friend got LG L5 Dual Sim [ E615 ] and he did a factory reset twice before ..
and now he's trying to do it again the phone doesn't respond to the action or does nothing to the reset order as the photos with steps in attachments ..
he's running the official LG L5 ICS 4.0.3 without root or any MODs so any suggestion or help ?
Thanks in advance.
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ALL 3 of y0u ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dZboWYS0zo keep home pressed until it starts wiping
1st RESULT IN "GOOGLE"
Let me know
0ptimus82 said:
The e615 doesn´t have a home button. I´m having the same problem, does anybody know how to reset this phone?
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it has touch home button it works from power on time (might be not lit its the second from left) guide seems to work
IGGYVIP said:
it has touch home button it works from power on time (might be not lit its the second from left) guide seems to work
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You are right it worked! thanks!
I appear to have bricked my phone while trying to get back to stock firmware. I am using a galaxy s4 on verizon with windows 8 for reference. My problem is I cannot enter download or recovery mode. When I try to enter either of them it flashes for a second and then disappears. After that I have to remove the battery because the phone won't respond. The same thing happens on a normal boot so I am stuck. Also I am noticing that the phone boots up on it's own when I put the battery it. Could the power button be stuck or something? What can I do to get the phone back to working order?
POWER BUTTON FIX: Ok after some more research I found this which solved my power button problem (Can't insert the youtube video until I have 10 posts) but you basically flick the top and bottom of the phone near the power button to fix it.
Now I am able to go into recovery and download modes
futurepro62 said:
I appear to have bricked my phone while trying to get back to stock firmware. I am using a galaxy s4 on verizon with windows 8 for reference. My problem is I cannot enter download or recovery mode. When I try to enter either of them it flashes for a second and then disappears. After that I have to remove the battery because the phone won't respond. The same thing happens on a normal boot so I am stuck. My battery was fully charged before it was bricked so I don't think that is the problem. Can someone help me out? What can I do to get the phone back to working order?
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Hi mate ,
Just before suggesting any other kind of action , check you power button......maybe is stuck ( is not uncommon ), seems like is press all the time
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate ,
Just before suggesting any other kind of action , check you power button......maybe is stuck ( is not uncommon ), seems like is press all the time
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Yep, it looks like that was the problem. Thanks for the response. This thread can be closed mods.
futurepro62 said:
Yep, it looks like that was the problem. Thanks for the response. This thread can be closed mods.
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Great mate!!
Glad it was easy.
So people i just got bootloop, my phone was working fine till i updated Facebook Messenger Instagram and L Speed Apps, i rebooted my phone and i got bootlooped, i tried everyhthing, my PC cant regonize the phone, i tried with TWRP Power+ Vol and nothing happens its not putting me in recovery menu it say restard and puts me in LG Boot again...i dont know what to do....
XrhstosDrouggos said:
So people i just got bootloop, my phone was working fine till i updated Facebook Messenger Instagram and L Speed Apps, i rebooted my phone and i got bootlooped, i tried everyhthing, my PC cant regonize the phone, i tried with TWRP Power+ Vol and nothing happens its not putting me in recovery menu it say restard and puts me in LG Boot again...i dont know what to do....
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extract the battery, put it again, and try to enter to the hard reset menu
walterfuster said:
extract the battery, put it again, and try to enter to the hard reset menu
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Are vol + up buttons right? cause i tried and nothing hapenned,
somehow i plugged out and in my battery and usb cable together and my phone has balckscreen now but its regonized from my pc as LG Androidnet Phone... will this work with flash tool so i can flash new kdz and fix bootloop?
walterfuster said:
extract the battery, put it again, and try to enter to the hard reset menu
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So im trying to flash new stock rom but it stops at 10% ats says that flash stopped due an error
...i dont know what to do anymore for real :/
XrhstosDrouggos said:
Are vol + up buttons right? cause i tried and nothing hapenned,
somehow i plugged out and in my battery and usb cable together and my phone has balckscreen now but its regonized from my pc as LG Androidnet Phone... will this work with flash tool so i can flash new kdz and fix bootloop?
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Power + Vol Down then when the LG logo appears release and press and hold them again.
walterfuster said:
Power + Vol Down then when the LG logo appears release and press and hold them again.
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tried this it gives me bootloopo again.... somehow i entered Download mode and my phone started flashing new stock....im gonna post if this works...if not im waiting for help
Ok i fixed it... anyone opinion about what cause the bootloops?
XrhstosDrouggos said:
Ok i fixed it... anyone opinion about what cause the bootloops?
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Congratulations for fix it! Ok, messenger, facebook and Instagram updates seem ok, but, L speed apps? what are those for? It sounds they are mods or something like that, right?
If yes, maybe those updates could cause the issue.
I wouldn't trust on them again, just in case. In that context, why don't you try Tomos's tweaks to get the most for your phone? They are specially made for our device and work like a charm in the mine one.
By the way: Xcam is my default camera now. Thanks for that.
XrhstosDrouggos said:
tried this it gives me bootloopo again.... somehow i entered Download mode and my phone started flashing new stock....im gonna post if this works...if not im waiting for help
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Man I am not able to enter into download mode please help me. I have tried every possible combination but nothing is working. My phone is only showing lg logo.