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Bricked my Rogers Dream.

So tonight I was feeling good and decided to try messing around with my Rogers Dream. The first thing I did was install the latest radio firmware. And after applying the patch I noticed something... the radio and SPL should already be updated because I followed H's instructions on rooting the phone. I prayed that I was wrong. I looked on the Rogers logo as I was booting my phone as a wave of horror washed over me. It's bricked.
Ok, that was dumb. But let's move on. Any suggestions on what I should do? I've looked around and the impression I get is there is no way to unbrick it. Now if I'm completely wrong then I would be most grateful if someone could direct me to instructions for unbricking my phone. If not, I'm going to try sending it back to Rogers... which I don't look forward to doing.
If they don't fix it then would a bricked Rogers Dream help anyone? I'm willing to send it over to anyone who could make use of it.
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holdennull said:
Yeah, I did. I'm pretty sure it's bricked. However, I just got off the phone with Rogers, after they told me to take out the battery and put it back in and hold HOME and POWER. I did as I was told, pretending that I haven't the slightest clue. Now they're sending me a new phone and I have to send mine back so they can check for water damages and stuff; hopefully they don't bother to check for my tampering and then do something horrible to me for doing so.
Thanks a lot for the input guys. Sorry for wasting your time.
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holdennull said:
So tonight I was feeling good and decided to try messing around with my Rogers Dream. The first thing I did was install the latest radio firmware. And after applying the patch I noticed something... the radio and SPL should already be updated because I followed H's instructions on rooting the phone. I prayed that I was wrong. I looked on the Rogers logo as I was booting my phone as a wave of horror washed over me. It's bricked.
Ok, that was dumb. But let's move on. Any suggestions on what I should do? I've looked around and the impression I get is there is no way to unbrick it. Now if I'm completely wrong then I would be most grateful if someone could direct me to instructions for unbricking my phone. If not, I'm going to try sending it back to Rogers... which I don't look forward to doing.
If they don't fix it then would a bricked Rogers Dream help anyone? I'm willing to send it over to anyone who could make use of it.
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Does holding Home+power or camera+power on bootup get you anywhere?

njuncos said:
Does holding Home+power or camera+power on bootup get you anywhere?
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I've tried that but it doesn't do a thing (well it's still stuck at the Rogers screen).

pop battery out
holdennull said:
I've tried that but it doesn't do a thing (well it's still stuck at the Rogers screen).
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did u pop it out and try again...

Yeah, I did. I'm pretty sure it's bricked. However, I just got off the phone with Rogers, after they told me to take out the battery and put it back in and hold HOME and POWER. I did as I was told, pretending that I haven't the slightest clue. Now they're sending me a new phone and I have to send mine back so they can check for water damages and stuff; hopefully they don't bother to check for my tampering and then do something horrible to me for doing so.
Thanks a lot for the input guys. Sorry for wasting your time.

jut to be safe...
what the hell if they r sending u a new one, drop it in water anyway.... maybe they wont be able to check if u modded it in anyway if u do that.

pistol4413 said:
what the hell if they r sending u a new one, drop it in water anyway.... maybe they wont be able to check if u modded it in anyway if u do that.
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Bad idea... water damage is not covered by warranty so he will get charged full price of the device. "Bricked" phone will be revived by HTC and will be sold or set out as a warranty replacements. T-mo users have had their share of bricks so we have an idea of how it works
On the side note.... HTC Dream will most likely survive water damage if you let it dry for about a week. Well, at least my phone did

Aren't there water tamper stickers in these phones? They change colour when exposed to water, so Rogers would find out easily if there is the possibility of water damage.

Hi holdennull,
I have rogers G1 bricked while doing SPL upgrade talk to rogers tech support and they ask me to send the phone and they will send me the replacment, but I have same question that did you charged for tempering or rogers only look for physical and water damanges.
Please advise

[Bricked] Did the most stupid thing ever....

hey guys, you probably know me im not a noob but i honestly did the most stupid thing ever... i was having problems with my radio image, it was showing as unknown under settings/about phone so i had no signal at all. I went to fastboot and erased radio then flashed it again, rebooted and got the same... theen i thought it was spl related, so i went to fastboot again erased everything (fastboot erase system -w) then erased hboot (yeah i know im an idiot) and then erased/flashed radio (here comes the good part, laugh if you want) when it was done flashing radio I F*CKING TURNED THE PHONE OFF so now im bricked... i have no spl or recovery or fastboot or rom or anything... maybe radio xD.... and im sooo upsad, you have no idea guys... so i think thats it for me and android since i dont have money to buy a new phone right now. just keep the forum up, this is by far the best forum there is, the best devs, great comunnity and awesome support from everybody. maybe ill be steping by to see if i can help anyone, maybe they wont take my advice since i bricked my s**t but thats up to you n_n... im gonna go cry now peace..

Wow. Seen u on here a few times before. Familiar with the name. That sucks bro. Sorry. I won't laugh. What a shame
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Yes, you're an idiot, thanks for clogging up the development section with this...

AdrianK said:
Yes, you're an idiot, thanks for clogging up the development section with this...
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im just saying goodbye and thank you to the forum and everyone that i helped and helped me, people that are not rude for no reason... and just telling what happened... thats it. take care man, and respect other people.

ADrianK...... dont be an arse. "Clogging up" the dev section but you took the time to troll?
@Op, do some research you just might be able to find a way to unbrick it... someone has to know how i mean the hardware isnt made with these systems on them, or are they installed via magic wand? Cant hurt to try what can you do.... brick it again?
Sent from my Chromatic Dream using XDA App

EdTeach1680 said:
ADrianK...... dont be an arse. "Clogging up" the dev section but you took the time to troll?
@Op, do some research you just might be able to find a way to unbrick it... someone has to know how i mean the hardware isnt made with these systems on them, or are they installed via magic wand? Cant hurt to try what can you do.... brick it again?
Sent from my Chromatic Dream using XDA App
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there is a way, is called JTAG but I dont feel like buying that adapter to go ahead and dissasemble the g1. I could end up with a bricked phone in pieces, $20 down and a useless JTAG adapter. I think im giving up if there not a way to do it with the usb cable or the sdcard via fastboot or adb or something, meaning ill wait till christmas using my old sony ericsson w610 for a few months... but thanks for the advice man.

etu_aty said:
there is a way, is called JTAG but I dont feel like buying that adapter to go ahead and dissasemble the g1. I could end up with a bricked phone in pieces, $20 down and a useless JTAG adapter. I think im giving up if there not a way to do it with the usb cable or the sdcard via fastboot or adb or something, meaning ill wait till christmas using my old sony ericsson w610 for a few months... but thanks for the advice man.
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hey man it sucks that you bricked it really
i know how you feel man.
i bricked something once in my life too.
it really feel sucks.
i really hope you will unbrick it !!!!!!!
may the unbrick live with you my friend !!!
//Nick

This is really sad. I bricked my phone ones too. i had death spl and new radio and happen to flash 1.5 cupcake rom with old radio and got bricked. I was lucky enough though coz i had a friend who totally smashed the display of his phone and was not willing to fix that. I got his phone dissasembled it, got the motherboard from his phone and hooked to mine. And its working good now.

peshal said:
This is really sad. I bricked my phone ones too. i had death spl and new radio and happen to flash 1.5 cupcake rom with old radio and got bricked. I was lucky enough though coz i had a friend who totally smashed the display of his phone and was not willing to fix that. I got his phone dissasembled it, got the motherboard from his phone and hooked to mine. And its working good now.
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thanks for the comments guys, but sadly this is the end for my g1. right now im looking around on ebay for a cheap but newer phone, maybe i can find something that fits my budget.... R.I.P my beloved g1...
maybe some moderator can close this thread

As long as the RADIO is there, it is still salvageable. JTAG hardware can be acquired for about $2.

etu_aty said:
im sooo upsad
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upsad. the most upset and sad feeling in the world.
etu_aty said:
laugh if you want
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BAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

DontHate said:
upsad. the most upset and sad feeling in the world.
BAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
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typo, my bad xD

Yeah you should try JTAG rather than just letting it be since you've done so much and this is just 1 step further. Lol or you can wait for me to sell mine when I get my hands on G2
Sent from my HTC Dream CM6 using XDA App

Sorry about your phone... edit: I was going to ask what you intended to do after flashing the radio, but I thought about it a little harder.
You might be able to sell the phone as a JTAG project.
Sent from my Cyanogen Dream using XDA app

paperheart said:
Yeah you should try JTAG rather than just letting it be since you've done so much and this is just 1 step further. Lol or you can wait for me to sell mine when I get my hands on G2
Sent from my HTC Dream CM6 using XDA App
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thanks man but i dont think i would buy another g1.... and yes i did a lot to it, it a super bigass 2200 mAh battery, new battery cover of course, class 4 and class 6 sdcards.... i hava two because i was using one with a sense rom as nandroid and the class 4 was my daily one with whatever rom i flashed... screen protector, new charger, new usb cable... man.. but the only lost will be the battery cuase i can use the charger the usb and the memory cards in another phone n_n right now im thinking about getting a mytouch slide, i found a good price on ebay. If i get it ill let you know and maybe in the future if i get all sentimental about my g1 ill try to fix it

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if your phone turns on, it's not bricked.

what bricks it anyways?

jonjonk said:
what bricks it anyways?
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Installing alot of roms

Not a brick if you can fix it ;D
People picked on me for that when I wrote my guide, LOL.

Its called a soft brick(software crash)
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I am sure I need method #3. My phone is totally dead.
Where can I take my phone go get this repair method done?

I bricked my phone. Fully bricked, no 3button or anything. screen blank no matter what i did etc etc
took it to optus (it was rooted so out of warranty apparently, but they weren't to know that) and said it just wouldn't turn on. They didn't even ask how it happened (had planned to say tried to update it with kies and it just wouldn't turn on) anyways they were just like 'hmmm yeah... not turning on, that's manufacturers problem. We'll send it to them and they'll have a look. Sign this and this and this.'
less than a week later i got a call from them and had my phone back working like nothing happened. All apps and data still there.
easy

A phone is bricked by you and it is totally your fault.in most cases the manufacturers wont take responsibility.your only hope then is sites like these.
Sent by a guy who knows what he's doing

mrappbrain said:
A phone is bricked by you and it is totally your fault.in most cases the manufacturers wont take responsibility.your only hope then is sites like these.
Sent by a guy who knows what he's doing
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If you're a guy who knows what he's doing then why bring back a topic that's been dead over a year with no useful info to add?

kxlling said:
If you're a guy who knows what he's doing then why bring back a topic that's been dead over a year with no useful info to add?
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I actually did lol at that.
Sent from a guy who has two thumbs and the thumbboard app. They go together like, well thumbs and thumbboards.

I dont know if this is brick!
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE BROKEN!!! SO I NEED HELP!!
HERE LINK TO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfMWMQ58Qc
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if any of you still have the phone,please upload the debrick.img
so i know it's a really old phone and no one actually carries it around anymore but still, i one in my closet and i hard bricked it. So I don't even know if it will work but it seemed like worth a shot.
here is a link on how to create a debrick.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628

You can visit unbrickit.com to have your phone fix remotely. 98% fix rate

hi guys which method do I use? when I was updating the system the battery fell off. now it just stops at tmobile screen. can't get into recovery mode but can go to download mode. also need to retrieve some important pictures. please help thanks so much I have note 3 sm-n900t

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[Q] hard bricked

today i accepted an OTA update,
i was previously root with an unlocked BL. i RDS lite back to facotry and i was unrooted, therefore thought it safe to
install update. the phone now wont turn on, no matter the combination of buttons.
i know it has a charge its been on the charger forever. no LED light of any kind, and plugging it by usb to PC has no results either.
im pretty sure i hard bricked this device.
at any rate i cant get a warranty for two reasons :
1. unlocked BL
2. denied replacement dude to crack in back glass..
so im a SOL?????

I havent heard of this procedure bricking anyone else, so maybe your phone just thinks the battery is dead. Team Black Hats factory adapter may fix this for you.

If it bricked because of the update, it's the provider's fault, so they should cover it. However, me thinks there is more to this story.
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Theres nothing more to the story.
It was on charge all night with the stock charger.. Nothing.
Phone was rooted I unrooted it. Boot loader still unlocked.
I accepted the ota and it won't do anything. I was denied a warranty replacement in store because the back glass has a crack.
Anyway the device is useless I bought an s4 today. And I'm selling the RAZR M to the highest bidder.

mustang5.0 said:
Theres nothing more to the story.
It was on charge all night with the stock charger.. Nothing.
Phone was rooted I unrooted it. Boot loader still unlocked.
I accepted the ota and it won't do anything. I was denied a warranty replacement in store because the back glass has a crack.
Anyway the device is useless I bought an s4 today. And I'm selling the RAZR M to the highest bidder.
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Cool story. Do I believe that an OTA, by itself, bricked your phone? Nope. Have fun with that S.

if u tried to update and it died, charging it after wont do anything. so i will ask what was ur battery at when u started?

pbanj said:
if u tried to update and it died, charging it after wont do anything. so i will ask what was ur battery at when u started?
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I charge it all night before work. Got up for work and on the drive to work I accepted the ota so the battery was probably at a good 97%
Im still trying to understand what happened lol

RikRong said:
Cool story. Do I believe that an OTA, by itself, bricked your phone? Nope. Have fun with that S.
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But then again, nobody cares what you "believe" happened.

RikRong said:
Cool story. Do I believe that an OTA, by itself, bricked your phone? Nope. Have fun with that S.
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I came here to ask for help on how to revive the phone. I didn't ask for an opinion. What I provided is a 100% accurate account of what led to my phone being bricked. In the hopes someone could give me and idea of what to do. I really could careless about your opinion of "what you believe". If you can't help then don't come here and attack me. Thanks.

mustang5.0 said:
I came here to ask for help on how to revive the phone. I didn't ask for an opinion. What I provided is a 100% accurate account of what led to my phone being bricked. In the hopes someone could give me and idea of what to do. I really could careless about your opinion of "what you believe". If you can't help then don't come here and attack me. Thanks.
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Don't worry about alpha nerd. He gets his kicks by being smarmy in nearly every thread he posts in.
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Have you tried holding down on the power, volume up and volume down buttons at the same time for about 3 secs?

mustang5.0 said:
I came here to ask for help on how to revive the phone. I didn't ask for an opinion. What I provided is a 100% accurate account of what led to my phone being bricked. In the hopes someone could give me and idea of what to do. I really could careless about your opinion of "what you believe". If you can't help then don't come here and attack me. Thanks.
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There's no attacking. Before we even had chance to help you, you scrapped the phone and went and bought another one. When you originally posted, you didn't give any details to help us out. Personally, I don't believe only the OTA would cause a brick, but as we all know, no one cares what I think.
If your battery is good, you should be able to get into your recovery menu and restore your backup. If you can't do that, you might try to get into the fastboot menu and fastboot back to stock. If you hold the power button, volume down, and volume up at that same time, you should be able to get into the fastboot menu. When in the menu, scroll down with vol- button and choose your choice by hitting the vol+ button. If you can't get the phone to boot into FB, then you are probably stuck. However, if you can get into recovery and/or fastboot, you don't have a brick.
Jersey846 said:
Don't worry about alpha nerd. He gets his kicks by being smarmy in nearly every thread he posts in.
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edit: I started a pissing match, so I'll end it.
As much as I enjoy being "smarmy", I'll try to ease up so I don't hurt some kids feelings.

Dear rikrong.
First. Please read I supplied every detail I can absolutely express about my phone and what happened.
Second I do important business and there's no point in tying up time in waiting for a fix to my phone when I can get a new one. Why waste the time when I was expecting a customer to call about a $5000 job?
I'm not "some kid" and unlike you I have business to do and don't have time to troll on a forum for people seeking help with their devices. Hold your tongue and don't pass judgment on someone you don't know.
And don't worry about hurting my feelings. I GUARANTEE you don't have the mental capacity to offend me, friend.
I would like to revive the device and donate it to a family member or friend who could make better use of it than I.
To wrap this up, no button combos or ANYTHING will turn the device on, it literally is a brick, I heard of JTAG and this may be the route I will take..

mustang5.0 said:
Dear rikrong.
First. Please read I supplied every detail I can absolutely express about my phone and what happened.
Second I do important business and there's no point in tying up time in waiting for a fix to my phone when I can get a new one. Why waste the time when I was expecting a customer to call about a $5000 job?
I'm not "some kid" and unlike you I have business to do and don't have time to troll on a forum for people seeking help with their devices. Hold your tongue and don't pass judgment on someone you don't know.
And don't worry about hurting my feelings. I GUARANTEE you don't have the mental capacity to offend me, friend.
I would like to revive the device and donate it to a family member or friend who could make better use of it than I.
To wrap this up, no button combos or ANYTHING will turn the device on, it literally is a brick, I heard of JTAG and this may be the route I will take..
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Well, that's nice, you tell me not to attack you and you come right back at me. I tried to tie it up in my last post and offer some help, but I guess you didn't get it. If you think I'm trolling, you need to put on your big girl panties and take a look at the other forums that aren't super newb friendly like these tech forums. I tried to offer peace, but you came right back at me. I also have plenty of of business to take care of every day. It just so happens that I like to come to these forums when I'm at home and finished busting my knuckles at work.
I tried to offer some help, after realizing how I did come off as an ass in my original post, but you fired right back at me. So,have fun.

I stand my my recommendation in post #2. It doesnt make sense that this procedure would brick your phone so my feeling is that its not bricked. I had a similar experience with my D2G back in day. For $10 team black hats factory adapter is worth a shot. Even if you stick with the S fixing your XT907 will fetch you more money on the market.

[Q] What ways is there to brick a device?

What ways is there to brick a device without 'rooting'? I ask this because I need something to come up with to claim on the warranty. Thanks

idonttakedrugs said:
What ways is there to brick a device without 'rooting'? I ask this because I need something to come up with to claim on the warranty. Thanks
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Some people have reported bricking their phones with the lg flashtool. You can drop it, dunk it, say the ota bricked it or as most people do just say it died on its own. What happened to it?

Art Vanderlay said:
Some people have reported bricking their phones with the lg flashtool. You can drop it, dunk it, say the ota bricked it or as most people do just say it died on its own. What happened to it?
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Which will be best suited for me? I bricked it using the LG flashtool but I cant really say that due to it being 3rd party, nobody will cover it? I was thinking about saying the OTA was going through and the phoned turned off, i turned it back on to see it wasnt actually turning back on?

idonttakedrugs said:
Which will be best suited for me? I bricked it using the LG flashtool but I cant really say that due to it being 3rd party, nobody will cover it? I was thinking about saying the OTA was going through and the phoned turned off, i turned it back on to see it wasnt actually turning back on?
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I think you really just need to play dumb and say you don't know what happened. One minute you were using it and the next thing you know it's bricked. Try not to raise too many questions and they'll give you the benefit of the doubt, unless they find that it's rooted.

Art Vanderlay said:
I think you really just need to play dumb and say you don't know what happened. One minute you were using it and the next thing you know it's bricked. Try not to raise too many questions and they'll give you the benefit of the doubt, unless they find that it's rooted.
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hm yeah, I cant send it back to LG due to not having original receipt im going to have to take it back to where i got it from it says it doesn't cover "firmware changes such as rooting or 3rd party unlocking" thats why i was thinking if i said the phone shut off during the update progress it might seem the battery was faulty or somesort as it was updating and it corrupted everything or something? I know what you mean about acting dumb, hmm