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My Nexus one won't turn on. I tried flashing RADIO 32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2 that I downloaded from Modaco.
After it failed to install showing the error message like
"Multiple Radio images"
and a few others I try to reboot it.
when trying to reboot it there showed a picture of a android and a orangish arrow and a box.
Help...I think I bricked it.
Help?
Please?
Can you get into boot loader? Hold down the track ball, then power on, and keep holding down the track ball...
Also, try holding down the "volume down" toggle button while powering on if the track ball method doesn't work...
If both don't do anything but take you to that same screen, let it sit on that screen for a bit, say 10 minutes just in case...
If still nothing, see what happens when you plug your phone into your computer with the data cable, is it recognized? If so, can you get ADB to recognize it?
Jackasaur said:
Help?
Please?
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can u get to the recovery image? if u can, its not bricked.
well I tried plugging it into the computer, I tried the wall charger, and nothing seems to work. The LED doesn't come on, and the button combination doesn't work. So I think it's dead for good. :C Before everything got screwed All I saw was a box and an arrow pointing at a android. Which I think meant it was unboxing. I then thought it froze so I tried to take the battery out, and after that it didn't turn on anymore. No LED, no recovery, no nothing. :C Quite sad.
Why the f are so many people intent on taking their batteries out while the phone is updating? I'm not saying that led to the bricking...but it probably didn't help.
Jackasaur said:
well I tried plugging it into the computer, I tried the wall charger, and nothing seems to work. The LED doesn't come on, and the button combination doesn't work. So I think it's dead for good. :C Before everything got screwed All I saw was a box and an arrow pointing at a android. Which I think meant it was unboxing. I then thought it froze so I tried to take the battery out, and after that it didn't turn on anymore. No LED, no recovery, no nothing. :C Quite sad.
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This part takes a few minutes. I am not totally sure what is happening at this point but I'm assuming it's not good to remove battery during this. Mine sat on that screen for a few min and then finished.
Try to boot up with volume down button held. Then use volume arrows to choose recovery and hit power.
uansari1 said:
Why the f are so many people intent on taking their batteries out while the phone is updating? I'm not saying that led to the bricking...but it probably didn't help.
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Everyone expects everything to be instant these days... "Uh oh! The screen isn't doing anything, it's been at least 20 seconds! I could just wait and leave it for a few minutes like all the guides say to do. Or I could take my battery out...how could that hurt, right?"
For me it took a good 3-4 minutes on the screen with the arrow and the box.
Anyways, if you can't get to the recovery then you might be buying a new N1.
ahh it took like 5 minutes for me, I have to admit I was a little worried since you dont see status bars or anything, but like said, the guides warn for this.
I cant imagine that removing the battery broke it though, he should be able to load a recovery image
I feel sad for him so bumping
Bleh. I'll just have to wait and see. I'll contact HTC.
tomsan84 said:
ahh it took like 5 minutes for me, I have to admit I was a little worried since you dont see status bars or anything, but like said, the guides warn for this.
I cant imagine that removing the battery broke it though, he should be able to load a recovery image
I feel sad for him so bumping
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If you remove the battery during the period he did, which is when the phone is actually flashing the radio ROM, yes removing the battery can and likely did break it for him. There are 2 ways to brick an Android device, while flashing a radio ROM and while flashing an SPL...
OP, have you tried any of the button combos we have recommended? Have you tried putting your battery in the phone, then without turning it on, putting it on the charger to see if it can charge the battery at least (you said it wasn't even turning on, which is likely because you have a dead battery)... charge the battery first, then try the button combo's we recommended.
And please, when you report back, and not to sound like an ass, do so clearly and systematically (I can't tell from your posts what did or didn't happen, and whether you tried anything we suggested, nor what the current state of the phone is)... so, please use this format to make it clear to us trying to help:
Battery: Charged or Wouldn't Charge (LED will come on if it is charging)
Trackball+Power: Booted into boot loader, yay! or Went to the damn box
Volume down+Power: Booted into fast boot! or Went to the damn box
And remember, you have to hold down the button, either trackball or volume down, then press the power and keep holding down the trackball or volume down until it either goes to boot loader or it goes to the box screen... you might want to even wait for a minute on the box screen(if it goes to that) while holding down the button to make sure it can't get into boot loader...
Okay so I took the battery out, put it back in, and tried charging it. The Battery LED did not come on, so I'm guessing it's not charging.
The Trackball+Power did not work.
The Volume down+Power did not work.
I think I most likely broke it, due to the fact that I took the battery out while it was flashing the radio ROM onto the phone. I kinda did it on a impulse, which is my fault. So do you think it'd be possible if I did contact HTC they'd send me a swap, and not be able to make my phone work or turn on, and everything will go on as if I "broke" it and not unlock it or anything?
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Okay so I took the battery out, put it back in, and tried charging it. The Battery LED did not come on, so I'm guessing it's not charging.
The Trackball+Power did not work.
The Volume down+Power did not work.
I think I most likely broke it, due to the fact that I took the battery out while it was flashing the radio ROM onto the phone. I kinda did it on a impulse, which is my fault. So do you think it'd be possible if I did contact HTC they'd send me a swap, and not be able to make my phone work or turn on, and everything will go on as if I "broke" it and not unlock it or anything?
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It sounds like you have a true brick... disruption of the radio ROM flashing causes lots of bricks, and did so for you.
It is pretty common, at least with T-Mobile with the G1, to call them up and tell them your phone asked you to update, and while updating it froze and won't turn on or charge anymore. Not sure if HTC will handle it the same as T-Mobile did, but if they do they will just send you a new unit, you send the old one back, and you are back up and running... they might ask that you send it to them first, but there is no way for them to test if it was rooted/unlock boot loader if it can't be powered on, so you should be fine.
Sweet. So I called HTC, and they said they'll repair it, but I asked for a swap instead, so I'll be getting one by either Wednesday, or Thursday. Good stuff! I'll tell you all how it goes. :] Now I am stuck with my Nokia N95. Thanks for all your help.
Did you tell them you have an unlocked bootloader?
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Did you tell them you have an unlocked bootloader?
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he doesnt have 2 tell em
lightforce said:
he doesnt have 2 tell em
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Yeah, he doesn't have to tell them... but they don't have to cover his phone either.
If they find out it's unlocked after the fact, they can charge you to repair the phone.
How exactly will they know he unlocked the bootloader if the device cannot even properly turn on, unless htc has other methods of being able to "restore" the phone, then he should be rather ok. Am I not looking into this deeply enough? Can the phone turn on with a new battery or something? Does HTC have alternatives ways of checking?
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How exactly will they know he unlocked the bootloader if the device cannot even properly turn on, unless htc has other methods of being able to "restore" the phone, then he should be rather ok. Am I not looking into this deeply enough? Can the phone turn on with a new battery or something?
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That's my point man.. I don't know. All they have to see is that open padlock and they can deny the claim.
http://androidforums.com/fascinate-all-things-root/179136-bricked-fascinate-beyond-repair.html
This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine as well. He accidentally flashed the captivate Odin3; nothing works now. The weird thing is, is when you plug up the phone now it will do nothing. It won't power on. It won't even give prompt from the computer, anything. The only way it will power up at all is having he battery in only. Can someone explain me how this might happen? Can a software flash just short out a board?
I don't know how to help you...but am wondering why do people try this?????? We know there is no recovery available...I am just speechless.... That's probably why moto locked bootloader cause of crap like this and money loss
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I don't know how to help you...but am wondering why do people try this?????? We know there is no recovery available...I am just speechless.... That's probably why moto locked bootloader cause of crap like this and money loss
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Ill on honestly he could of been looking for a way to clear the stock/angel rom, so that he could reflash to stock. Even if you reflash/wipe cache/ reformat some settings remain. For instance if you don't have debugging on and you turn the brightness off by mistake you're FUBAR'd!
Can he get to download mode (battery out! Usb connected. Volume down). If he does, there's still hope.
I actually had to flash the US Cellular kernel in order to get to the point where I could re-flash the stock kernel.
namebrandon said:
Can he get to download mode (battery out! Usb connected. Volume down). If he does, there's still hope.
I actually had to flash the US Cellular kernel in order to get to the point where I could re-flash the stock kernel.
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Thanks NameBrandon! I knew I read that somewhere but I couldn't remember where.
josh6780 said:
The weird thing is, is when you plug up the phone now it will do nothing. It won't power on. It won't even give prompt from the computer, anything. The only way it will power up at all is having he battery in only.
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Just to confirm then, because it sounds like you've already tried: are you positive you are unable to get into download mode?
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http://androidforums.com/fascinate-all-things-root/179136-bricked-fascinate-beyond-repair.html
This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine as well. He accidentally flashed the captivate Odin3; nothing works now. The weird thing is, is when you plug up the phone now it will do nothing. It won't power on. It won't even give prompt from the computer, anything. The only way it will power up at all is having he battery in only. Can someone explain me how this might happen? Can a software flash just short out a board?
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I have flashed the captivate rom and the i9000 rom before from odin, and was still able to get into download mode. At the time i hadnt made the odin restore files so i had no way of fixing it. The files i created in another thread should be able to get him back, as namebrandon can tell you
namebrandon said:
Can he get to download mode (battery out! Usb connected. Volume down). If he does, there's still hope.
I actually had to flash the US Cellular kernel in order to get to the point where I could re-flash the stock kernel.
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That is what is so weird about all this. If he usb is plugged in at all the phone will not power on. It will only power on when it is using the battery.
And yes. He was trying to flash back to stock ROM bc he bricked it with a different ROM. He was under the impression that Odin would auto detect his phone.
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That is what is so weird about all this. If he usb is plugged in at all the phone will not power on. It will only power on when it is using the battery.
And yes. He was trying to flash back to stock ROM bc he bricked it with a different ROM. He was under the impression that Odin would auto detect his phone.
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If he cannot get into download mode (pull out battery, pull out sd card, put battery back in, hold ONLY the volume down key and plug into computer) then he completely bricked his phone. He might have clicked the update boot loader option in Odin, or just flashed something that he didn't know what would happen when he did.
If he takes it back to verizon, they will most likely replace it as long as he doesn't tell them he rooted it / tried flashing it.
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If he cannot get into download mode (pull out battery, pull out sd card, put battery back in, hold ONLY the volume down key and plug into computer) then he completely bricked his phone. He might have clicked the update boot loader option in Odin, or just flashed something that he didn't know what would happen when he did.
If he takes it back to verizon, they will most likely replace it as long as he doesn't tell them he rooted it / tried flashing it.
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And it, you know, doesn't show the AT&T boot logo..
But yeah, if he can't get to download mode, it's done.
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And it, you know, doesn't show the AT&T boot logo..
But yeah, if he can't get to download mode, it's done.
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Well, that's the problem. He needs it not to show the ATT logo. Lol. Working on that.
josh6780 said:
Well, that's the problem. He needs it not to show the ATT logo. Lol. Working on that.
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Microwave?
Take the battery out first. 4-5 seconds should do it. Too long and the plastic will melt.
namebrandon said:
Microwave?
Take the battery out first. 4-5 seconds should do it. Too long and the plastic will melt.
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um. how about that is a horrible idea. i just kicked you on irc for even suggesting that.
If you cant get into download mode, you could always splice a micro usb cable into a surge protected outlet and burn out the board...
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. HOUSE. CAR. DOG. ANYTHING. YOU DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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um. how about that is a horrible idea. i just kicked you on irc for even suggesting that.
If you cant get into download mode, you could always splice a micro usb cable into a surge protected outlet and burn out the board...
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. HOUSE. CAR. DOG. ANYTHING. YOU DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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We're to the point of trying to figure out how to completely destroy a phone so it won't boot. I don't think burning out the board is much more of a risk than a microwave for 4-5 seconds. What if his cable lights on fire, then his carpet, etc..
It's a stupid point to argue.
fallingup said:
um. how about that is a horrible idea. i just kicked you on irc for even suggesting that.
If you cant get into download mode, you could always splice a micro usb cable into a surge protected outlet and burn out the board...
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. HOUSE. CAR. DOG. ANYTHING. YOU DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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Well thanks for trying to help but I just took the phone apart, pulled the AMOLED cable and put it back together.
josh6780 said:
Well thanks for trying to help but I just took the phone apart, pulled the AMOLED cable and put it back together.
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lol.. or you could do that. Nice work.
Love this thread.
That's not how you break a phone, THIS is how you break a phone.
No no no, you're breaking it wrong!
I should take it to AT&T and ask them to activate it. "sir, this is a Verizon phone"
"no it's not"
"yes, it is."
"look you idiot, it as your effing name comes up when you turn it on"
":/"
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I won this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Read the sticky topic about JIG/JTAG.
GL.
Hum, i was trying to avoid that method, but i guess i will give it a try later. First i will try to get my warranty.
Ricardo_1991 said:
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I wont this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
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The same thing happened to me a month or so ago, I managed to get it in to download mode by removing the battery, putting it back in and being very quick with my fingers to get it in to download then flashed with odin.
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
Remove your battery for 10 min. then try again if u hadn't solved 3 button combination before
JJEgan said:
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
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I don't think so.. :/
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
JJEgan said:
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
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very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
I had a similar problem some time ago (Phone ! PC screen)... I disconnected the battery for half a day came home from uni and put the battery into the phone, while holding ALL (hard) buttons at the same time... then, download mode actually went through
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very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
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That doesn't work.. the same screen appears all the time
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
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Ok guys, thanks for the support. I will keep trying, and if it fails, i will get my warranty and go to samsung.
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
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Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
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rudeboy150 said:
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
To sumerise
Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
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I did that so many times already, but the result is always the same for me...
azleep said:
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
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I pressed the buttons for 5 minutes, but nothing, the "phone ! computer" icon disappears for 1 second, and appears again, over and over again
@Ricardo_1991
If you remove the battery for some time(10 min.) and you still can't access download-mode then Sbl on your device has been corrupted while kies did flash the ROM, take it to a samsung service center and get it fixed.
You probably have done this but ensure your usb cable is REMOVED until you get the download mode working.
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
DrFredPhD said:
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
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I agree, but im from Portugal, and i dont have any nearby store where i can buy all the materials. What i can do is order the micro sim thing from amazon.co.uk, and the 301K resistor from somewhere else..
ps: the sellers of resistors in amazon wont send them to portugal, only the micro sim plug
I don't know what just happened.
My phone has syndicaterom 1.1 and visionkernel 1.2. The phone was hanging for some reason so I held the power button down and pressed reboot. It isn't turning on. The red light doesn't come on when I plug it in.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have the tep. Will they replace it without me paying anything, even though its rooted and romed? Can they even tell now?
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I don't know what just happened.
My phone has syndicaterom 1.1 and visionkernel 1.2. The phone was hanging for some reason so I held the power button down and pressed reboot. It isn't turning on. The red light doesn't come on when I plug it in.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have the tep. Will they replace it without me paying anything, even though its rooted and romed? Can they even tell now?
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I had same issue...but with the power off instead of reboot..but it might be related...Ive pulled battery plenty of times with no issue..but this once i decided to poweroff and this happened :/
If it were me I would yank out the battery for a minute then put it back in. Next, I would either try to boot it or put it into download mode and flash stock back in and see if it boots. If a fresh install from odin of a stock rom doesn't fix it then I suspect the phone is hosed. I don't think that's the case if I had to guess. Stock recovery and kernel and rom. Like I said, if that happened to me, that would be my next step to troubleshoot myself if the phone is bricked or what. If that doesn't fix it then I would think that it might be permanently bricked. If that was the case I would take it to a sprint repair center and tell them the phone locked up while trying to turn it off. I pulled the battery out for a minute or two and tried booting it up but nothing happened. Before you get there, take out your memory card. Don't offer any more information and don't act like you know what's going on. I did that and it worked for another phone. Be brief in explanation of what's going on, don't try and help them, keep my mouth shut and only answer questions if asked. Don't go into great details. Have a old backup phone with you to activate if they want to keep the phone to test or send back. If not, you might be without a phone for a few days.
When the replacement comes, power it up and play with it for a minute before leaving to make sure everything works and looks good. If there's a problem with the replacement phone, it would be best to point that out before leaving otherwise you will have to go through this all over again. Sometimes refurbs have flaws or stuff that doesn't work so cover yourself.
See the other thread in general about this, other people with the same problem, running the same rom/kernel configuration. Unfortunately nothing fhurricane suggested for troubleshooting worked for me. Time to go down to the Sprint store!
Please see the other thread on this topic, and please note that the ROM has absolutely nothing to do with it. Thanks!
So last night I hard bricked my nexus 4. its rooted, with cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM, and ive never had any issues with this phone. I have no idea what happened, but I sent a text message to someone, and it powered itself down. it was fully charged when this happened, so I know its not the battery. ive done some research, and its a true hard brick. no bootloader, no recovery, I just get a red/orange flashing light if I hold down the power button. google said im still under warranty, and they will still replace it even with it being rooted. My question is, is it possible to fix without having to get a replacement, or JTAG? If anyone has had any success, please help.
And like I said, I was only sending a text. I have no idea why it bricked, it restarts itself once in a while randomly, but this time it didn't turn back on.
Try plugging it into the wall for about 5 minutes then try turning it on again. If it doesn't work, RMA it. Why would you risk your warranty and JTAG it?
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Try plugging it into the wall for about 5 minutes then try turning it on again. If it doesn't work, RMA it. Why would you risk your warranty and JTAG it?
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No, I DONT want to JTAG it. im looking for alternatives. if its possible to fix a hard brick without JTAG or using my warranty. If at all possible, I want to fix it, because I have a lot of pictures and everything on there that I would like to get out of it. I don't want to lose them. JTAG is my last resort if I cant get it replaced, but they said they would. I want my stuff off it though.
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No, I DONT want to JTAG it. im looking for alternatives. if its possible to fix a hard brick without JTAG or using my warranty. If at all possible, I want to fix it, because I have a lot of pictures and everything on there that I would like to get out of it. I don't want to lose them. JTAG is my last resort if I cant get it replaced, but they said they would. I want my stuff off it though.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
This is your last hope. If it doesn't work, RMA it and request for your data to be saved. Not sure if they can do it, but just ask.
exb0 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
This is your last hope. If it doesn't work, RMA it and request for your data to be saved. Not sure if they can do it, but just ask.
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thank you I really appreciate it. im gonna try it out and see if it works.
This might be a noob question, but ive never heard of download mode. is it the same as recovery mode on the nexus 4?
sinndissension said:
thank you I really appreciate it. im gonna try it out and see if it works.
This might be a noob question, but ive never heard of download mode. is it the same as recovery mode on the nexus 4?
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Nope. It's different.
sinndissension said:
thank you I really appreciate it. im gonna try it out and see if it works.
This might be a noob question, but ive never heard of download mode. is it the same as recovery mode on the nexus 4?
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You can compare it too fastboot mode.
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You can compare it too fastboot mode.
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ok so if the nexus 4 wont go into download mode, or fastboot, or anything else, I have no choice but to RMA it right? cuz the ONLY response im getting from it is a red/orange flashing light when I hold down the power button. other than that, nothing happens.
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ok so if the nexus 4 wont go into download mode, or fastboot, or anything else, I have no choice but to RMA it right? cuz the ONLY response im getting from it is a red/orange flashing light when I hold down the power button. other than that, nothing happens.
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Did you press volume down first and then the power button both for a few seconds to get into fastboot mode?
Nope. The ONLY time it has any sign of life is if the charger is connected to it and I hold down the power button. If it's NOT connected to the charger, pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. I can't go into recovery mode, download mode, or the bootloader. I've tried charging it overnight, (and part of the next day) left it off the charger for over a week, it shows up as "Qualcomm-something" when I plug it into a computer, but I can't do ANYTHING with it connected to a computer either, and after I got my replacement, I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in. There was still no change......I've literally done EVERYTHING short of JTAG. Trust me, I searched all over google, and XDA, and tried everything. As far as I know, hard bricking is rare, but it happens. And it just happened, to happen to me. So unless there's a solution someone knows of that I didn't just list, my last option is JTAG.
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yep. ive done EVERY combination of holding down the buttons, no response. when I plug it in to a laptop, the laptop beeps, like the USB connection sound, but the nexus doesn't show up on the computer. I know the computer recognized what kind of phone it was, cuz the first time I plugged it in, I got a pop up message saying "installing qualcom drivers", or along the lines of that. other than that, NOTHING has worked. If theres ANY fix for this, id like to give it a try, cuz ALL my stuff is on there.
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Try charging it for a while and try again in a few hours or better yet tomorrow. Sometimes that helps bro. If that doesn`t help you`ll have to take it in for repair an maybe they can salvage your data if they are wiiling to do that. Good luck.
I think it's just your battery(RLOD) instead of a brick.
See this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454
I wouldn't be worried about your files stored on your phone because I think Google has more work to do than search in peoples pictures. What I would worry about is your warranty since you have a custom rom, unlocked bootloader and root...
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Well, found out it WAS a hard brick. Google replaced it with my warranty. For some reason they returned my money before I even got the chance to send the broken nexus 4 back. Didn't even mail it. So I'm assuming I don't have to send it back. So I'm gonna JTAG the hard bricked nexus, and hopefully it'll work again.
Thanks everyone for your help.
sinndissension said:
ok so if the nexus 4 wont go into download mode, or fastboot, or anything else, I have no choice but to RMA it right? cuz the ONLY response im getting from it is a red/orange flashing light when I hold down the power button. other than that, nothing happens.
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You may not be doing it right. When I get the flashing light on mine it means I forgot to let go of the power button fast enough. When it vibrates, let go of power button immediately but keep pressing the volume. Does your phone vibrate a few seconds prior to the flashing light?
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Nope. The ONLY time it has any sign of life is if the charger is connected to it and I hold down the power button. If it's NOT connected to the charger, pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. I can't go into recovery mode, download mode, on the bootloader. I've tried charging it overnight, (and part of the next day) left it off the charger for over a week, it shows up as "Qualcomm-something" when I plug it into a computer, but I can't do ANYTHING with it connected to a computer either, and after I got my replacement, I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in. There was still no change......I've literally done EVERYTHING short of JTAG. Trust me, I searched all over google, and XDA, and tried everything. As far as I know, hard bricking is rare, but it happens. And it just happened, to happen to me. So unless there's a solution someone know of that I didn't just list, my last option is JTAG.
sinndissension said:
Nope. The ONLY time it has any sign of life is if the charger is connected to it and I hold down the power button. If it's NOT connected to the charger, pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. I can't go into recovery mode, download mode, on the bootloader. I've tried charging it overnight, (and part of the next day) left it off the charger for over a week, it shows up as "Qualcomm-something" when I plug it into a computer, but I can't do ANYTHING with it connected to a computer either, and after I got my replacement, I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in. There was still no change......I've literally done EVERYTHING short of JTAG. Trust me, I searched all over google, and XDA, and tried everything. As far as I know, hard bricking is rare, but it happens. And it just happened, to happen to me. So unless there's a solution someone know of that I didn't just list, my last option is JTAG.
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so i have the same problem. was about to tweet with full battery so my question is what did you end up doing? Did you fix it or abandon it?
Weird. I've had the "red light of death" 2 hours ago because i didn't put the phone on the charger and it had like 4%. Pressing Volume down + power got it to enter fastboot and i was able to start the phone normally so it's charging booted
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Weird. I've had the "red light of death" 2 hours ago because i didn't put the phone on the charger and it had like 4%. Pressing Volume down + power got it to enter fastboot and i was able to start the phone normally so it's charging booted
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ok...that has nothing to do with a hard brick. That just means your phone was dying.
dominiqueovalle said:
so i have the same problem. was about to tweet with full battery so my question is what did you end up doing? Did you fix it or abandon it?
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Ok, I got mine replaced because it was still under warranty, and normally, the manufacturer cant tell its rooted or unlocked if its a true hard brick, (rooting and unlocking voids your warranty.) So i got mine replaced.
If your NOT under warranty still, your ONLY option if you want to fix it is JTAG. Google it, it costs about 50 bucks on average, but its cheaper than a Nexus 4. Research JTAG before you try it though. Or you have to buy a new one. I still have my only one, and i basically use it for parts for my newer N4.
Is it a true HARD brick, or just a soft brick?
sinndissension said:
Ok, I got mine replaced because it was still under warranty, and normally, the manufacturer cant tell its rooted or unlocked if its a true hard brick, (rooting and unlocking voids your warranty.) So i got mine replaced.
If your NOT under warranty still, your ONLY option if you want to fix it is JTAG. Google it, it costs about 50 bucks on average, but its cheaper than a Nexus 4. Research JTAG before you try it though. Or you have to buy a new one. I still have my only one, and i basically use it for parts for my newer N4.
Is it a true HARD brick, or just a soft brick?
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its a hard brick. ive tried it all bought a new battery installed it etc. ive looked up jtag and i have the money but idk if i should do it. do you recomend it? i have no experience doing anything like it and im planning on getting the iphone 6 in the fall but i cant stand not having a phone till then especially since high school starts soon.
But the reason im sure its a hard brick is cuz when it shut down the battery was like 50 and charging and it froze for 25 seconds or so then shut down and refuses to boot or show any signs of life now except a blinking or solid red light but its not the red light of death because i replaced the battery therefore i came to the conclusion that it is hard bricked.
i know ive said alot of unecessary information but my question is do you think i should buy the jtag thing? do you reckon its easy to do? or maybe i could pay an experienced professional to do it?
thanks for the reply btw