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Is my HERO REALLY BRICKED!!!???

my phones rooted and I have the Regaw mod ROM load on there, and its been good for a couple days now. Last night I went to sleep and forgot to charge my phone so figured the battery died. I plugged in it for about 10-15mins or so to turn it on and all it does is hang on the HTC bootscreen!!!! then I try to boot into recovery and all I get is at the bottom of the screen it says "Build : RA-HEROC-v1.5.2"!!!! Does this mean my phone is bricked!!!???

Remove the battery. Put it back in. Try to boot.
There are other solutions. As long as it turns on there should be a way to unbrick. Try RUU as well.

i tried the battery pull a couple times im trying the RUU now but what the hell could have bricked my phone over night?

I think what the guy in the 2nd post is trying to say, is that if it is booting, it isn't bricked.
It would be bricked if you couldn't do anything with it, then its like a brick.
I know it is probably a bit scary but ify ou can boot it at all, you most likely can fix it.
Did you make any changes (remove any files?) yesterday at some point, and this would have been the first restart?
I don't know, it could be a number of things.

It is probably not bricked. I bricked my G1 so I have some experience in that area. If you can boot into recovery it is not bricked. When I bricked my G1 I couldn't even get to recovery. let it charge a bit. Th battery is probably just dead. OR. take the battery out and plug it in and try to boot. Let it boot for about 15 mins or so.

no i didnt change anything at all, except my sd card said it was corrupted after unplugging it from my PC improperly. and I didnt reformat it right away. I just tried to RUU and i got an Error 170 a USB connection error

BAttitude7689 said:
no i didnt change anything at all, except my sd card said it was corrupted after unplugging it from my PC improperly. and I didnt reformat it right away. I just tried to RUU and i got an Error 170 a USB connection error
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Where does the recovery image read from? I know we put it in the root folder of the SD, but does it actually boot from there? Could be your issue...
are you runnings apps2sd or whatever it is called?

yes that possibly could be my issue!! how can i fix my sd card or what should I do?

no I am not running apps to SD

BAttitude7689 said:
yes that possibly could be my issue!! how can i fix my sd card or what should I do?
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BAttitude7689 said:
no I am not running apps to SD
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I'm not so sure. I am pretty green when it comes to all this rooting stuff. I'm just trying to help figure it out.
Maybe try booting without the SD card in the phone? Could help to narrow down the issue.
I'm sure someone with more knowledge could help.

yea im booting it now with NO SD and its still hangs at the HTC screen

BAttitude7689 said:
yea im booting it now with NO SD and its still hangs at the HTC screen
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Can you try plugging it into your USB connection and getting into the ADB shell (in CMD) to see if you can access the phone even though it seems stuck.
I know I did this and was able to monitor the logcat when I thought it was stuck, but it was really just doing a whole bunch of stuff.
Just an idea....again, I'm just fishing here trying to help you out.

it tells me error: device not found
i went to (CMD) then cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools and then adb devices

you might have to manually rewipe your recovery partition in cmd. I had to do that after the official ruu messed up my phone- it wouldn't boot at all, I had to use the fastboot command: fastboot oem boot, then using my nandroid backup restored my recovery.
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im kinda of a noob at some of this so kinda need to explain it out lol ...I just booted to recovery and pressed *vol up* and got me to Fastboot Mode then it says press <Menu> to reset device, should I do that option?

okay i pressed menu and all that got me was it hanging again at the HTC screen.. should i do all of this with my SD card in or out of the phone?

When you boot it and it gets into the "partial" recovery mode, does the PC see the phone? Can you put RA-Heroc-1.6.2 onthe SD card from there? If so, I'd try flashing the new recovery from ADB...very easy...and see if that gets you a bit further along.
You might also try cheating a bit. See if you can pull a nandroid from the SD card (might have to do this with a card reader), then get Flipz's Kitchen and restore the Nandroid after you boot into recovery.
Just a couple of things I'd try....from experience...
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okay this is what happens i press vol down and power then is load where the androids are on skateboards and it says press <HOME> for recovery along with a Fastboot mode and Simlock option. I press home and then I see the HTC screen for about 30 secs and then where I normally would see the recovery menu with all the green writing i see all black except at the bottom is says
Build : RA-heroc-v1.5.2

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When you boot it and it gets into the "partial" recovery mode, does the PC see the phone? Can you put RA-Heroc-1.6.2 onthe SD card from there? If so, I'd try flashing the new recovery from ADB...very easy...and see if that gets you a bit further along.
You might also try cheating a bit. See if you can pull a nandroid from the SD card (might have to do this with a card reader), then get Flipz's Kitchen and restore the Nandroid after you boot into recovery.
Just a couple of things I'd try....from experience...
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To follow this and break it down a bit more for you:
1. Plug in USB with phone off
2. Turn on phone and get it to the "blank" recovery screen.
3. Run through the flashing of the recovery rom image again (see HERE) but start at step 13 or so.

Try doing the above post..

Help! My Nexus S is stuck on the bootloading screen!screen

any ideas how to get out of it? did i brick my phone? D: (my first android phone) HELP PLEASE!

Have you tried pulling the battery, and start over?

yeah i did.
i also tried doing a wipe/factory reset ...which didnt work.
everytime i try to reboot the phone it takes me to the bootloading screeen. ;/

What were you trying to do? Unlock the bootloader?

uhm i was trying to root my phone, and was in the process of unlocking the bootloader.. so i did unlock it but now when i try to restart my phone or do anything it just takes me back to the bootloader screen. D:

I saw this happened to someone else on the development section.
He solved this by flashing a wiped nandroid backup...
can't seem to find the thread but look for it, it should be there.

My Nexus S is (was) doing the same thing this morning as well.
I had not done anything to it, hadn't even unlocked the boot loader. I plugged it in to charge overnight and when I woke up it was bootlooping on the animation. Battery pull - nothing. Pulled SIM - nothing.
The only way I was able to fix it was to go into recovery and go ahead and unlock the bootloader which forced a wipe. (How does one hard reset this thing anyhow?)
I'm a little concerned that this might happen again....

hrm, i tried locking and then relocking and doing a wipe but that doesnt work ;/ still takes me through the bootlooop. any other suggestions? D: thanks for tryinggg.

ilsynnhoj said:
hrm, i tried locking and then relocking and doing a wipe but that doesnt work ;/ still takes me through the bootlooop. any other suggestions? D: thanks for tryinggg.
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Sorry....mine was a little different problem. I hadn't even tried to root my phone and it decided to boot loop.

also, another question.
how do we flash something if i can't mount my phone on my computer to put the files into the main directory? D: ...

ilsynnhoj said:
also, another question.
how do we flash something if i can't mount my phone on my computer to put the files into the main directory? D: ...
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your problem is that it doesn't have a boot.img installed so it can't boot.
download koush's rootboot.img and..
Code:
./fastboot flash boot rootboot.img
it will boot after that.

My phone also has the same problem
My phone has the same problem, can someone copy all the phones files for me please.

please help me
how do can i flash the phone if i can't mount my phone on my computer to put the files into the main directory? i need help please!!!! Someone with instructions?

Everything you need should be in these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878786
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
The second one has pictures and is very easy to follow.

My phone doesn't power off! please help

Hi all! I've been having a problem since some weeks ago. I flashed ICS ROM IceColdSandwich on my Desire HD, and after that, if I tried to power off my phone, instead it reboots to recovery. Even worse, if I remove the battery, when I connect it again, the phone automatically boots to recovery itself!! That was weird, so I reflashed the ROM. Same problem... So I did a full wipe, leaving nothing on the phone. I remove the battery with the phone wiped, connect it again, and... the recovery again!! even with no ROM installed...
What could it be? I'm so angry with my phone right now... Please, I need help! Thank you guys and gals!

try flashing boot.img file again
find boot.img in your zipped rom file
extract it to same place with your fastboot.exe
enter fastboot mode not recovery while usb cable plugged in
type in command prompt,
fastboot flash boot boot.img
reboot and try again

Thank you so much! That solved the problem instantly!

humm... After one day of the issue solved, I turned off the phone and the same thing happened... What can be causing the problem to go back?

requeiperrechon said:
humm... After one day of the issue solved, I turned off the phone and the same thing happened... What can be causing the problem to go back?
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Flash new recovery.
I'd also suggest pulling the battery for much longer to see what happens once it's fully drained of all power.

Phone in bootloop, cant access recovery

Hi guys,
this is my first x compact. I unlocked the bootloader per sony's instructions on their site + what I read here.
I flashed twrp, booted to recovery, and wiped and installed the lineage 16.0 which is stickied.
Everything worked great but various rootcheckers said still not rooted. This bothered me.
I followed the thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/how-to/stock-8-0-root-recovery-t3747479).
I used flashtool to flash stock oreo. After that, bootloops. And can't access recovery.
I can still enter flash mode and fastboot mode, but using the CMD in platform-tools, phone not recognized.
There must be something I can do? Thank you.

pleasuremann said:
Hi guys,
this is my first x compact. I unlocked the bootloader per sony's instructions on their site + what I read here.
I flashed twrp, booted to recovery, and wiped and installed the lineage 16.0 which is stickied.
Everything worked great but various rootcheckers said still not rooted. This bothered me.
I followed the thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/how-to/stock-8-0-root-recovery-t3747479).
I used flashtool to flash stock oreo. After that, bootloops. And can't access recovery.
I can still enter flash mode and fastboot mode, but using the CMD in platform-tools, phone not recognized.
There must be something I can do? Thank you.
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Use Flashtool again, and this time, before clicking , in the box that says "wipe", check 'userdata'.
Back up anything you want to save in internal storage.

levone1 said:
Use Flashtool again, and this time, before clicking , in the box that says "wipe", check 'userdata'.
Back up anything you want to save in internal storage.
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Thank you so much. I've seen your name a lot around here, I appreciate you taking the time to help. I'm booting now and starting the root process

pleasuremann said:
Thank you so much. I've seen your name a lot around here, I appreciate you taking the time to help. I'm booting now and starting the root process
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No problem - I'm messing around with a Samsung at the moment, but I still check in here from time to time. I think XC is my favorite phone so far... XZ2C was really nice too, but (unofficially) official Sailfish OS puts XC on top for me...

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No problem - I'm messing around with a Samsung at the moment, but I still check in here from time to time. I think XC is my favorite phone so far... XZ2C was really nice too, but (unofficially) official Sailfish OS puts XC on top for me...
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Hi friend, please maybe you can help me. I have almost the same issue. But after using LineageOS for some days, my phone stuck in boot logo. I managed to use Flash Tool to flash latest original stock ROM (Customized IBE). Strangely the flash process ended OK, but the phone still stuck in boot logo. I'm only able to force shut down with Volumen Up+Power Off (3 vibrates). Not possible to enter Recovery Mode.
I'm 98% sure that I have flashed with check in wipe USERDATE and also in CUST-RESET. But I wanted to try again, and now Im not able to enter flashmode. Phone gets green light, when volume down, but Flashstool is not recognizing the phone.
Thanks in advance

jayeffpee said:
Hi friend, please maybe you can help me. I have almost the same issue. But after using LineageOS for some days, my phone stuck in boot logo. I managed to use Flash Tool to flash latest original stock ROM (Customized IBE). Strangely the flash process ended OK, but the phone still stuck in boot logo. I'm only able to force shut down with Volumen Up+Power Off (3 vibrates). Not possible to enter Recovery Mode.
I'm 98% sure that I have flashed with check in wipe USERDATE and also in CUST-RESET. But I wanted to try again, and now Im not able to enter flashmode. Phone gets green light, when volume down, but Flashstool is not recognizing the phone.
Thanks in advance
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Does fastboot work? Also, what do you ultimately want to do, return to stock?

levone1 said:
Does fastboot work? Also, what do you ultimately want to do, return to stock?
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yes, after hard work to install drivers, I managed to get the phone to be recognized by Flashtool in fastboot mode. But the phone is not charging when turned off, and its not rebooting. I wanted to try again with stock ROM, since I got some battery issues with LineageOS (phone turned off while playing some games, and worked fine while doing the same with usb cable charging to laptop or AC charger.)
But I cannot do anything right now. Only fastboot mode and force restart works, but it stuck in Sony logo (after normal bootloader unlock 5 seconds warning). What can I do?

S5e won't boot

I am at a loss here. After almost 2 years of working flawlessly, my s5e won't boot.
The screen got frozen while using anydesk, and had to force a restart (power button + up and fown volume buttons).
I can see the Samsung logo for less than a second, and then it switches off. Without touching anything, after some seconds the same thing happens.
I tried charching it and similar behaviour: i see charging circle for less than a second, and off again.
I AM AT A LOSS.
I managed to boot it pressing power+volume_up buttons and this is what i see (attached). It can stay like that for a long time so I guess battery and it's connection to the tablet are fine.
PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE VERY WELCOME
UPDATE:
I have tried MANY things in the 6 hours since I wrote this post. I am able to put the tablet in download mode and ODIN (and my PC) recognizes it. I am able to flash VBMETA but now TWRP (fail).
At some point the tablet rebooted in normal mode (why?) but got frozen again and had to reboot it.
Anyone can point me to how to recover it? I don't mind right now to loose what is in the internal memory.

Did you try to hard reboot (power_button + volume_down ) for more than 9 seconds.
If did not work then you may have to charge the phone? If its fully charged try to flash stock rom using Odin. When your device does not boot that means the stock firmware is corrupted and needs to be flashed again. That happened to me before and now my phone is working fine. Wanna know how to flash it? Look it up online!

Abd El-Rahman El-Batal said:
Did you try to hard reboot (power_button + volume_down ) for more than 9 seconds.
If did not work then you may have to charge the phone? If its fully charged try to flash stock rom using Odin. When your device does not boot that means the stock firmware is corrupted and needs to be flashed again. That happened to me before and now my phone is working fine. Wanna know how to flash it? Look it up online!
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I did try a hard reboot. Same result. I already rooted and installed a custom rom on it (first thing i did).
Twrp is installed but I'm unable to boot to it.
Any more ideas?

iruiz2 said:
I did try a hard reboot. Same result. I already rooted and installed a custom rom on it (first thing i did).
Twrp is installed but I'm unable to boot to it.
Any more ideas?
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Listen up carefully. There is a truck to boot into recovery. When you hard reboot screen will turn black then show logo. While screen is
Black quick hold vol up button and power.
Worked on my galaxy a10. Tell meh the results bro

Abd El-Rahman El-Batal said:
Listen up carefully. There is a truck to boot into recovery. When you hard reboot screen will turn black then show logo. While screen is
Black quick hold vol up button and power.
Worked on my galaxy a10. Tell meh the results bro
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It just loads the screen attached in my first post.

Try flash via Odin, it still in download mode with this warning.

The tablet was still covered by warranty so I called the seller and they took it to a Samsung repair store. They replaced the motherboard, so I guess it was not recoverable.
The bad news is that they updated to android 11, I was quite happy with old 9.0 because I had TWRP and Magisk working.
Thank you for all that tried to help.