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officially bricked

I tried to load up the new gingerbread roms from my current one. I downloaded its content and tried to install it via clockwork.
I first deleted system, logo, and cache followed up by a restore format. When trying to download the new rom, I was getting a weird error that was stopping me from completing the full installation. So basically was in a chokehold because I didn't have any backup files or another working rom in the sd at that time. I just restarted the phone and it for a few times was stuck on the M screen, but now its just green led when I plug it into the computer usb. When plugging it into the outlet, it imediately turns on stuck on the M screen and shuts off when unplugging as if the battery isnt charging at all.

Sounds like ur going to have to sbf.
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bigshotrob22 said:
Sounds like ur going to have to sbf.
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thats the problem.. i got the X.340 sbf and the program aswell but I cant get into bootloader mode. is there an alternative way to sbf?

Did u pull the battery for 30 seconds and then hold the volume buttons + power to put it n bootloader
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Could be your battery same thing happened to me try using a friends battery your battery could be dead and it no longer charges
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Did u pull the battery for 30 seconds and then hold the volume buttons + power to put it n bootloader
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bootloader is such a rare occurance for me, i just had it come out but it was flashing low battery. the thing is, im not quite sure if its charging if i have it plugged into the computer. when i have it plugged into an outlet, the M splash screen comes up so i'm worried that draining the power..
edit: now it flickers for a split second, am i supposed to hold on to it til something shows up? been like 1 minute
i dont think bricking phone blows your battery. at least i hope it doesnt, was working fine before.

Plug it in without the battery if a question mark comes up you ned to use another battery cuz it won't charge in boot loader and the boot loader should pop up right away hold power volume down and camera button it takes about three seconds
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well its basically the same thing. when plug into the outlet it shows the m splash screen with or without the battery.
when its plugged into the compuiter however, its just flickers once. when it is done with the battery in, the led is on forever
EDIT: OBSERVATION
when on the wall, it is actually charging, but REALLY slowly because of the fact that the splash screen stays on. found this out because i had it in for30 min and then tried to connect mit to my comp with bootload and it loaded for a few minutes with the low battery flashing.
is version 320 the latest?

Okay. so it isnt charging as I though because its not working at all... problem is, I dont know if it truly is a battery defect. If I were to Buy a new battery, how would i know if it is charging if it doesnt boot and just stays stuck on the M logo screen?
perhaps I should by a battery charger where i take the battery out and charge it through there? because my bootloader always gives me the same low battery.

Do you have any friends with the same phone? There is also a macgyver (spelling?) Method of doing this by cutting the USB cable open and attaching the cable ends to the battery. However I would only do this if you're really desperate

i just really need make complete sure that this phone is INFACT dead battery
when not plug, it doesnt turn on what so ever with a white spark on the led.
when plugged nto outlet the logo shows but i isnt charging because it isnt booting
when plugged into the computer it is a solid green which i think represent a dead or a low battery state(can someone back thisup?)

Your battery is dead, as in drained, but should work fine once you get your phone to a bootable state again. The problem is that, in the state your phone is in, there's no charging capabilities. Bootloader won't do it, neither will sitting at the M logo. So, you just need to find someone with a compatible battery to let you use it to SBF your phone. Then, boot the phone up completely, and let your battery charge to at least 50-60% before trying to install a ROM. Preferably, I'd go with a full charge, just in case you end up in a similar situation again.
This is nothing to freak out over, you'll be fine.. the only problem you have is that your battery has no juice, as confirmed by the low battery warning in the bootloader, when you successfully got it to load.

raziel36 said:
Your battery is dead, as in drained, but should work fine once you get your phone to a bootable state again. The problem is that, in the state your phone is in, there's no charging capabilities. Bootloader won't do it, neither will sitting at the M logo. So, you just need to find someone with a compatible battery to let you use it to SBF your phone. Then, boot the phone up completely, and let your battery charge to at least 50-60% before trying to install a ROM. Preferably, I'd go with a full charge, just in case you end up in a similar situation again.
This is nothing to freak out over, you'll be fine.. the only problem you have is that your battery has no juice, as confirmed by the low battery warning in the bootloader, when you successfully got it to load.
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thanks for the reassuring comment, however, i think i need to bootload.
i accidently did the partition hat formats everything.. cant recall if it was under clockwork because it didnt have the same interface, i was all light blue text with an ok button on the left corner. Anyway, i've completely destroyed the phone as in no roms no factory.
can I possibly get a dock to charge this battery and then get into bootloader for an sbf session
? Even if I did have battery, im pretty sure i just hover at the logo screen

jinho11050 said:
thanks for the reassuring comment, however, i think i need to bootload.
i accidently did the partition hat formats everything.. cant recall if it was under clockwork because it didnt have the same interface, i was all light blue text with an ok button on the left corner. Anyway, i've completely destroyed the phone as in no roms no factory.
can I possibly get a dock to charge this battery and then get into bootloader for an sbf session
? Even if I did have battery, im pretty sure i just hover at the logo screen
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There's a usb trick u can try. Google it.
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jinho11050 said:
thanks for the reassuring comment, however, i think i need to bootload.
i accidently did the partition hat formats everything.. cant recall if it was under clockwork because it didnt have the same interface, i was all light blue text with an ok button on the left corner. Anyway, i've completely destroyed the phone as in no roms no factory.
can I possibly get a dock to charge this battery and then get into bootloader for an sbf session
? Even if I did have battery, im pretty sure i just hover at the logo screen
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You definitely need to use the bootloader, and I was implying that in the first reply(SBF'ing requires going into the bootloader). If you had a stand-alone battery charging cradle/dock, that should do the trick. Just make sure to let the battery charge sufficiently. I've successfully gotten an SBF completed, starting with only 30% battery. SBF takes about 7 minutes on my laptop(not that I've timed it, but I usually light up a smoke when I start the process lol). So, as long as the battery is charged enough to no longer give the "Low Battery" warning in the bootloader, you should be fine.

You got your usb cable and put the ends where the battery goes that's how I got mine working try it
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froyli said:
You got your usb cable and put the ends where the battery goes that's how I got mine working try it
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al the tips or just red for pos and black for neg

Positive and negative google it before you do it
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okay im having another issue with bootloader.. the program detecs it but i canot start the process.. am i missing something?
EDIT: finally got sbf working after renaming it.
All my threads have been in a form of technique difficulty question and the answer I get from the community were VERY helpful. thank you everyone

jinho11050 said:
okay im having another issue with bootloader.. the program detecs it but i canot start the process.. am i missing something?
EDIT: finally got sbf working after renaming it.
All my threads have been in a form of technique difficulty question and the answer I get from the community were VERY helpful. thank you everyone
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Glad you got it working! Nearly everyone on here has needed help, at one point or another, and that's what makes Android so great... the community.
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Hard Bricked my phone

I already posted this in Q&A, but I thought it would get noticed more in this section.
Ok I believe my phone is "Hard Bricked", because it doesn't power up at all. The Green led light will show if i take the battery out and plug it into the computer. This happened as was trying to start the process to unlock my bootloader. I was using RSDlite, loading the "zomgunlock" sbf file, put my phone into rsd mode plugged it in, pressed start and next thing i know it turned off and won't turn back on. Can someone help me?

ninjajtm said:
I already posted this in Q&A, but I thought it would get noticed more in this section.
Ok I believe my phone is "Hard Bricked", because it doesn't power up at all. The Green led light will show if i take the battery out and plug it into the computer. This happened as was trying to start the process to unlock my bootloader. I was using RSDlite, loading the "zomgunlock" sbf file, put my phone into rsd mode plugged it in, pressed start and next thing i know it turned off and won't turn back on. Can someone help me?
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What version are you on? And can you boot in rsd?
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its version before 4.1.83, but i know i can't get to RSD or to get something showing on the screen

Was it low on charge?
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No its not from a low charge, it was on already 80%

Oh, does your phone get recognized when plugged into a cp?
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no it doesn't seem to be recognized, i tried doing the combos green led light on (volume up + power , etc.)

But the phone stays off?
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It stays off unless I take the battery out of the phone and hook it to the computer, that is when I get the green light indicator

Hi,
I am a NOOB but was reading another post that had a similar problem. Not sure how to make a link to it.
The issue the other fellow had was that when he plugged in to the USB port it was actually draining his battery rather than charging it.
There are specific drivers on the Moto website that you need for the computer to charge the phone.
The short way around it is to charge at the wall.
The title of the post I am referencing is "[SOLVED] Atrix will not power on, green light flashes, plugged in and.... nothing!" initially posted 24th Feb 2011 last post was today.
If your issue is more complicated than this then I apologise for wasting your time.
Worst case no further harm done.

I'm pretty sure my battery is pretty good atm but I'll try anything to get my atrix working again

That happened to me when I was trying to flash the unlock bootloader for mine. I'm using the Atrix on Orange running on U4_4.2.0. Completely bricked with the same green light but nothing happening. Told Orange and got a new one luckyly, next day!

Yea well im on my second from at&t bcuz of a hardware problem, unless I'm able to get a third one. .i ned to find out how to fix this, and the battery charger method didn't work for me

Sydpark said:
Hi,
I am a NOOB but was reading another post that had a similar problem. Not sure how to make a link to it.
The issue the other fellow had was that when he plugged in to the USB port it was actually draining his battery rather than charging it.
There are specific drivers on the Moto website that you need for the computer to charge the phone.
The short way around it is to charge at the wall.
The title of the post I am referencing is "[SOLVED] Atrix will not power on, green light flashes, plugged in and.... nothing!" initially posted 24th Feb 2011 last post was today.
If your issue is more complicated than this then I apologise for wasting your time.
Worst case no further harm done.
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USB port on a computer won't drain a connected device. Problem there was he was trying to charge a drained battery on USB 2.0 which doesn't supply enough power to charge properly. The solution to his problem was to charge with the proper Motorola AC wall charger.

Yea I know but I tried the fixes anyway since there was no harm

If it's an AT&T phone take it to a repair center and they will replace it if its less than 1 year old. You don't even need the crappy insurance.

I thought it's only me
I have same problem, googled it 2 days ago - noboday else reported it
same problem - flashed the unlock-able boot-loader - phone turn off, and died...
I progressed a bit more - after replacing battery with a fully charged one, just to find out it's not a battery issue - I prepared the "special cable" - pin 4 connected to VCC.
now - my phone does recognize my phone, as "APX". after providing drivers found in google - it now recognized as "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices".
it doesn't really help, as RSDlite is still not recognizing it, and using NVflash - i get only errors...
I know - i didn't really helped to solve the problem, as I'm "stuck" with it too, just wanted to share my effort...
Tomer

henrys01 said:
If it's an AT&T phone take it to a repair center and they will replace it if its less than 1 year old. You don't even need the crappy insurance.
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Even though this is my second phone?

ninjajtm said:
Even though this is my second phone?
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The phone has a 1 year manufactures warranty.

o ok, thanks for letting me know

Atrix wont charge!

Hi im running alien 4 and im unlocked, my ATRIX wont charge through the pc usb or through the stock moto wall charger.. I tried using a different micro usb cable to no avail but if I turn the phone off and plug it in, the green led turns on and the phone starts.. I even have 2 batteries and neither work
EDIT* I just tried using my dads phone wall charger and that didn't work either

Your usb port might be borked, or worse the power supply inside phone is jacked. If you don't find a solution soon then I would think about warrantying the.phone.
I voided my warranty.

Can adb, fastboot or rsd recognize your phone?
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Try turning the phone off and then as you plug it in hit the power button and let the phone boot. Will it charge then? I had this problem and ended up having to flash the full Pudding SBF to resolve the issue.

pukemon said:
Your usb port might be borked, or worse the power supply inside phone is jacked. If you don't find a solution soon then I would think about warrantying the.phone.
I voided my warranty.
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Hey, come on. Fix or get rid of that signature. I've seen tons of people get confused from your posts because you don't have a separating line or anything. And sometimes it (weirdly) goes along with posts and messes everyone up. It's just been bugging the piss out of me...

[Q] MB526 won't charge via USB, white LED on

I flashed my Defy with a custom ROM months ago and never had a problem. I left my phone for a few days and it's completely drained of its battery. I try to charge it using my USB cable connected to my PC, but the Defy doesn't show the animation where the battery is shown being charged; just the white LED and a black screen. When I hit the power button, it shows "bootloader 09.10, battery low cannot program". I know I flashed my phone correctly and have no idea why this screen is being shown. I didn't try to charge via wall outlet, I'm currently on vacation and only brought the USB cable with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: My phone is a regular MB525, flashed with with a custom Gingerbread that was posted in this very forum. On my PC the model reads MB526...

Once battery is fully drained occassionally Defy takes time to even boot up. So leave it in that state (Connected to USB ) for couple of hours and try again.

Tried and didn't work, I'm hoping plugging into the AC charger will fix this...though that won't be happening for another week..

Have you the possibility to try the battery in another defy or to use another battery?

Not until about a week..

Don't worry, your Defy will get charged when connected to wall plug.
Mine was the same situation as it won't charge on total empty battery over USB port.
But it charging normally as soon as I plug it to wall charger.

just make sure you don't flash it with any SBF!

OP! i had exact same problem and it snowballed into something huge. It started same as you did, my fone ran out of juice as I was in my office and I couldn't get USB port to charge it, all I had was white LED and black screen in my office. So, at home i plugged it into wall charger for 5 or more hours and I still couldn't see the battery that shows its charging, I tried a different wall charger and still same results.
Then my phone begin to atleast fired up in wall charger but got stuck in Moto M logo. I could only access bootloader and not the Boot recovery for some reason. I been stuck here since, my battery was fully charged externally and yet nothing, I even tried every combo (SIM in, SIM out, SD Card in, SD Card Out) etc but I couldn't get into boot recovery so I could just hard reset my Defy. I could only access the bootloader.
At that point I flashed by Defy with 2.1 SBF's like 7 of them with same results, no matter what SBF file I successfully flashed with I could for the life of me get into boot recovery.
Now, i am just sick and tired and hate Defy because its effed up. I am taking it to the shop i purchased it from tomorrow.

i guess im having almost the same problem.
my defy doesnt boot, only shows the white LED.
it is recognised by the RSD, but nothing happens.
cant boot, doesnt show anything on the screen.
what should I do?
macgyver is not working either

I had a similar issue and I used the macgyver trick and flashed a new sbf. The rom you are using possibly doesn't support charging in the off state.
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as a total android/motorola user
and i appear to be having the same issue, bootloader only!!
Could i ask what and where is the official unmodified rom for this phone.
Thank you.
Cornz
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Meant to put "beginner" or "newbi" or "noob"...

I am somewhat pleased to report that a mains powered charger seems to be charging the phone...

Did the mains powered battery charger solved your problem?
I have to fix my girlfriend phone that seems to have the same issue.
Could you post the model or a link to the model of battery charger you have used?

effepas said:
Did the mains powered battery charger solved your problem?
I have to fix my girlfriend phone that seems to have the same issue.
Could you post the model or a link to the model of battery charger you have used?
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It was a standard mains charger.......Cheapo from the market...

cornz said:
It was a standard mains charger.......Cheapo from the market...
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Thank you for your help.
Unfortunately that solution didn't fix the battery problem... and also the McGyver method didn't work.
I'm afraid that my girlfriend will need a new battery.
She was using an aged MIUI rom (more or less six months old). After the battery replacement should I have to flash the stock Froyo CEE rom via RSD or do you think that the will works again?

Did u fixed the problem ? How ?
I`m in same posture...

I'm still in the same situation. The battery is on stuck at 5%, even if I change the one I own with another one. I can't flash via RSD and I don't know how to fix this problem.
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effepas said:
I'm still in the same situation. The battery is on stuck at 5%, even if I change the one I own with another one. I can't flash via RSD and I don't know how to fix this problem.
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Are you SURE the macgyver hack was done right? Did you use a usb port of a powered usb hub????
Sorry to ask but getting the wires to hold in place was difficult and if the usb port cant provide enough power then the macgyver hack wont work IME....

cornz said:
Are you SURE the macgyver hack was done right? Did you use a usb port of a powered usb hub????
Sorry to ask but getting the wires to hold in place was difficult and if the usb port cant provide enough power then the macgyver hack wont work IME....
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Sorry for the delay, buddy, I tried a different times and I asked also to another friend to try, as double control, but it didn't work.
Actually I send the phone to the assistance center... and I'm keeping my finger crossed.

effepas said:
Sorry for the delay, buddy, I tried a different times and I asked also to another friend to try, as double control, but it didn't work.
Actually I send the phone to the assistance center... and I'm keeping my finger crossed.
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Damn, that's a shame...Hopefully its just a corrupt rom, the new boot loader is brick-proof I believe.
I rooted mine after upgrading and its a cracking little android phone...Actually, it doesn't get used as a phone, but a portable computer/gps.

[Q] Defy plus Bootloader not worlking..HELP ME

My phone was very slow....So factory reseted it few times...This time phone not working...TOTALLY. TRied all these
hold volup + power and when insert battery. Helped for me once. If this method will not help try this
remove phone battery from defy, plug charger to socket ,but not in the phone,
Holding volup button plug charger in phone without battery
No bootloader....
Tried pluging it using usb....No reaction...HELP

ashsurawin said:
My phone was very slow....So factory reseted it few times...This time phone not working...TOTALLY. TRied all these
hold volup + power and when insert battery. Helped for me once. If this method will not help try this
remove phone battery from defy, plug charger to socket ,but not in the phone,
Holding volup button plug charger in phone without battery
No bootloader....
Tried pluging it using usb....No reaction...HELP
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First of all, completely switch off your phone. Take out the battery, and wait for 5 minutes. Then press volume+ then power button and keep holding them. If you factory reseted then you should still have your ROM installed. What happens when you connect the phone to the charger?

hotdog125 said:
First of all, completely switch off your phone. Take out the battery, and wait for 5 minutes. Then press volume+ then power button and keep holding them. If you factory reseted then you should still have your ROM installed. What happens when you connect the phone to the charger?
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Tried it...Still not working. Connecting to charger also no response.

ashsurawin said:
Tried it...Still not working. Connecting to charger also no response.
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If when connected to the charger only a white LED lights up, then mostly your battery is dead. Charge it using McGyver method (search for the xda thread by sorensiim) or a universal battery charger or a new charged battery.

hotdog125 said:
If when connected to the charger only a white LED lights up, then mostly your battery is dead. Charge it using McGyver method (search for the xda thread by sorensiim) or a universal battery charger or a new charged battery.
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I tried starting with a battery from my friend's phone...Not working..

ashsurawin said:
I tried starting with a battery from my friend's phone...Not working..
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Make SURE your friend's phone is a Defy/Defy+. I'm pretty sure the problem is with your battery running out of charge. Otherwise you're doing the procedure to open bootloader wrong.

hotdog125 said:
Make SURE your friend's phone is a Defy/Defy+. I'm pretty sure the problem is with your battery running out of charge. Otherwise you're doing the procedure to open bootloader wrong.
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We both got the same mobiles..defy+...And I am able to open bootloader in his phone.
Is there any change of my motherboard getting a prob..If yes, temme watto do

ashsurawin said:
We both got the same mobiles..defy+...And I am able to open bootloader in his phone.
Is there any change of my motherboard getting a prob..If yes, temme watto do
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Then i'm afraid you may have to change motherboard. Go to any Moto service center and get it replaced, I can't help you further.

hotdog125 said:
Then i'm afraid you may have to change motherboard. Go to any Moto service center and get it replaced, I can't help you further.
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Any idea over how much it might cost

ashsurawin said:
Any idea over how much it might cost
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No idea. Costs maybe around 2000 Indian Rupees.