Thank you in advance for any help!
So I flashed my phone (with the newest RomEo ROM) and everything installed correctly. After install phone starts up and I calibrate my stylus. It then proceeds to install some stuff automatically and reboots on its own. Everything is still great. On restart I'm asked for my sim so I turn off the phone, throw the sim in, and then.....NOTHING. Phone will not turn on or respond to anything. Any advice?
Did you hard reset after flashin the rom? (when you got to the calibrate stylus screen)
Damn. Forgot. Any solution?
Im not sure, Ive heard that if you can get to the bootloader screen your ok. I would suggest just trying to flash again.
First, thanks for your input thusfar.
I would try to flash again but the phone is dead. It doesn't turn on at all and it doesn't sync with the computer. Hell, it doesn't even charge. I just bought the phone from AT&T the other day so I guess I'll walk in and tell them it died and see if they give me a new one, unless I can fix this thing tonight.
i dont know if this would be a problem but do you have HARDSPL on it? and maybe you just have a bad battery. Might want to test that first before taking it to the store and them getting it to work and then see the new ROM and void the warranty.
Im new to all of this so I dont know what advice to give. Did you pust in the Roms thread?
Since you have flashed a new Rom your carrier may not give you a refund.
You did flash GSM rom to a GSM phone and not to a CDMA one right?
he flashed the right rom because Romeos does not have a CDMA rom. I just hope he had hard spl. I mean i dont know what would happen if he flashed a rom and did not have hard spl. I dont know if it would even let him flash the new rom with out hard spl. So that is one possible reason i can think or his battery might have just given out. Since he says nothing turns on and it does not charge.
I do have hardSPL. I check and double checked that everything was the right version and everything was compatible. I'm hoping it's the battery but it's so weird if that is the case because I just got the phone a few days ago! Well, I guess I'll roll the dice and take the phone in and try to get a replacement for either the battery or phone.
Thanks for the input everyone.
If is was the battery, though, shouldn't the phone still boot up when it is connected to the power, even if the battery is dead? If you take the battery out of your phone and connect it to the power, does it still startup?
Nevermind. I took the sim out (again -- for the 10th time) and played with the battery prongs and, thank god, it worked. Thanks one last time for all the input and concern.
awesome! glad to hear it was just a battery problem
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I was carrying my phone and i dropped it, and now it won't turn on. Well i plug it to my computer and then i pressed the on button and it turns on but it gets to windows screen and reboots and does this over and over. BUT if i unplug it doesnt turn on anymore.
I've flashed it a couple of time but the last time i flashed it was back to the stock alltel rom because I wanted picture messages to come through.
I've reflashed it again and it goes through but when you unplug it. It turns off again.
So, when did you drop it? Like, right after you flashed a gsm rom onto a cdma phone (or vice-versa, not sure what alltel is, though I suspect it's cdma). Is dropping the phone even relevant to the story, or is flashing the cause of the re-boot cycles? You need to be a little more clear. By that, I mean, what did you do immediately before the re-booting started? Flash, or drop?
I suspect you need to go back to the stock rom and you'll be good to go. If dropping is the cause, go back to stock, and if it's still broken, send it in for repairs/warranty/insurance or whatever.
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So, when did you drop it? Like, right after you flashed a gsm rom onto a cdma phone (or vice-versa, not sure what alltel is, though I suspect it's cdma). Is dropping the phone even relevant to the story, or is flashing the cause of the re-boot cycles? You need to be a little more clear. By that, I mean, what did you do immediately before the re-booting started? Flash, or drop?
I suspect you need to go back to the stock rom and you'll be good to go. If dropping is the cause, go back to stock, and if it's still broken, send it in for repairs/warranty/insurance or whatever.
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Yup, Alltel IS CDMA.....
If it works while connected to the computer then you might have broken the battery-phone connection...or who knows. I'd definitely send it back if it is tstill in warranty.
Good luck.
Okay, i flashed it like 6 hours earlier to droping it, no i don't have warranty on it.
so i flashed it with back to the stock rom
then i dropped it 6 hours later and it keeps rebooting only when i have it plugged in but it wont turn on without it being plug.
You haven't answered whether or not you flashed a GSM ROM to your CDMA phone.
Can you see physical damage?
Oh, idk why but i typed something wrong, i've had this rom forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42741 the alltel one since yesterday, and i dropped it today, After i dropped it put the battery back on but it didn't start up so i pluged it to my comp and it started up so i did hard reset while i had it plugged up to the computer and it didn't fix it.
*NOTE it can only start up (well try to start up but reboots) when i have the cord pluged up as soon as i take it out it wont start at all.*
So, i figured since it will only start up when i have a power source and reboots it might have a booting problem. So i reflashed it with the same rom i posted a link to..
I still have the same problem
Also i have no warranty bought phone from a friend.
*Also no damage just battery poped out when it got dropped*
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Oh, idk why but i typed something wrong, i've had this rom forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42741 the alltel one since yesterday, and i dropped it today, After i dropped it put the battery back on but it didn't start up so i pluged it to my comp and it started up so i did hard reset while i had it plugged up to the computer and it didn't fix it.
*NOTE it can only start up (well try to start up but reboots) when i have the cord pluged up as soon as i take it out it wont start at all.*
So, i figured since it will only start up when i have a power source and reboots it might have a booting problem. So i reflashed it with the same rom i posted a link to..
I still have the same problem
Also i have no warranty bought phone from a friend.
*Also no damage just battery poped out when it got dropped*
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So before you dropped it it was working fine on the stock Alltel ROM?
If that's the case, its probably physical damage, although the constant restarts would indicate a software issue.
Make sure your battery is getting a good connection.
It may just be a damaged battery.
Yes, it was working fine, I got a spare battery at home so i'm gonna try that, but ya the restarting make me think a software problem cause its getting power really from the computer port.
I just got this phone not 2 months ago and out of no where it just died!
I was running the recent Energy ROM on it and have been since it came out. Today it ran just fine as always and just a few minitus ago I went to check it and I could not get the screen to turn on. I pulled the batter out and then went to turn it back on, I would vibrate like it was going to start up and a few seconds it would go black and vibrate again. It did this over and over till I finaly tried a hard reset. I was able to get into the hard reset and it said that it compleated and I hit power up to boot. But then the screen got fuzzy and would not boot, so I pulled the battery again and now I can't get it to start at all! No power, nothing! Even with the power cord pluged in it doesn't do anything, not even light up showing that it's being charged!!
What should I do, or check?
Not knowing particulars I would double check the water intrusion labels and make sure they were both white still. Check your gold battery connectors and make sure those look good. Also check your charger and the USB plug to make sure that it is clean of debris and shiny.
Then I would charge the phone for 4 to 8 hours without attempting any boot ups just to make sure it was fully charged.
I have had 'wonky' issues with the phone being too low of a charge and not booting properly. Sorry I can't be of more help.
I will hook it up to a charge tonight and see if that does anything, but it was atleast at 60% eairlyer and as far as I know should be no reason that it should have discarged that quiclky. Also all the markers look just as they did out of the box. Thanks for the advice!
Your ROM might have gotten corrupted. Try a reflash by booting in bootloader mode.
How? It won't turn on?
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How? It won't turn on?
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Try pulling out the battery (and no USB plugged in) then hold the volume down or up button (I don't remeber which) and hit the power button just once while holding the volume button and if you get to boot loader mode you can go from there. Otherwise I'm afraid you are out of luck.
So with no battery I can get to boot loader mode?
Anyways, in or out, nothing. How does my phone just brick itself? I didn't do anything to it!?
If you could do a hard reset, then you can get into bootloader. Just press and hold volume down and then soft reset. If you have to do, a hard reset first, then go into bootloader when the screen says to press volume up to boot up. Once in bootloader, either flash a rom of your sd card if you know how to or off the usb connection.
What radio do you have, and did you change radios recently? I'd recommend using what nrg says (1.14.25.05) with his rom.
I was able to do a hard reset and now nothing is happening. I cant get it to power up, can't get into boot loader, nothing. It is acting like it is bricked... but I haven't added new software, no new ROM... I just don't understand.
Just pull the battery and let it sit overnight. I've read that that can help.
Oh, yeah, what radio are you using? I ask because there was another poster with a similar problem on that rom. He was using a 1.12.xx.xx radio (I think .25.19), and it appeared to have issues with the included rilphone (1.14.25.05). If you haven't flashed a radio and are using a stock fuze radio, this could well be your problem.
Humm the radio was the most recnet one by HTC. The on that the Energy ROM flashes with stock (not the one he suggests, I never got to flashing that one onto the phone) I'll let it sit tongith and report back in the morning/afternoon.
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I just got this phone not 2 months ago and out of no where it just died!
I was running the recent Energy ROM on it and have been since it came out. Today it ran just fine as always and just a few minitus ago I went to check it and I could not get the screen to turn on..
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Same thing happened to me few minutes ago. Thats ****ing weird. Hope I still get this working or I have most expensive piece of junk in my hand.
I also have newest Energy ROM and stock Radio. I had just wrote sms few minutes before, heard that got new sms and tried to turn on screen, but it just stays black.
edit. By using Pocket Controller-PRO I can see that phone is working "normally". Even touch screen is working, but screen is just blank. Keyboard is also dead. Have to take this to repair
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Same thing happened to me few minutes ago. Thats ****ing weird. Hope I still get this working or I have most expensive piece of junk in my hand.
I also have newest Energy ROM and stock Radio. I had just wrote sms few minutes before, heard that got new sms and tried to turn on screen, but it just stays black.
edit. By using Pocket Controller-PRO I can see that phone is working "normally". Even touch screen is working, but screen is just blank. Keyboard is also dead. Have to take this to repair
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Well, flash it back to stock and then have it repaired or replaced. You don't need the screen working on the phone to flash it.
To post an update, I pulled the battery and left it all night like that with no resolve. Right now I have my buddy (the one I bought the phone from) on the phone with cingular to see if there is anyway we can get them to replace the phone since it is only 2 months old or so.
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Ok! Get an iPhone now
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HAHAHAHA Ya that is somthing that isn't going to happen.
so two people having this problem .. one of them didnt update (downgrade) their radio to the one recommended.
I have a new fuze, just installed Energy Rom.. and went to check my phone version. It was 1.14.25.35 ... NOT the one that was recommended. So I downgraded the phone to 1.14.25.05 immediately
I would be interested to know if the other person was also running 1.14.25.35 and didnt bother to downgrade as recommended.
Other than that ... tons of people are using this ROM and afaik you are the only two to get a black screen like that. Both of you were able to communicate iwth the phone through a remote program? Or only one?
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so two people having this problem .. one of them didnt update (downgrade) their radio to the one recommended.
I have a new fuze, just installed Energy Rom.. and went to check my phone version. It was 1.14.25.35 ... NOT the one that was recommended. So I downgraded the phone to 1.14.25.05 immediately
I would be interested to know if the other person was also running 1.14.25.35 and didnt bother to downgrade as recommended.
Other than that ... tons of people are using this ROM and afaik you are the only two to get a black screen like that. Both of you were able to communicate iwth the phone through a remote program? Or only one?
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I run any radio I like on my phone and I never got this issue. Sounds like a hardware issue and it just happened to match that the two persons flashed the same ROM without changing the radio to the recommended one because, frankly, I just flash any I want and I haven't gotten that problem yet (mind you I flash sometimes 5 times a day.)
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so two people having this problem .. one of them didnt update (downgrade) their radio to the one recommended.
I have a new fuze, just installed Energy Rom.. and went to check my phone version. It was 1.14.25.35 ... NOT the one that was recommended. So I downgraded the phone to 1.14.25.05 immediately
I would be interested to know if the other person was also running 1.14.25.35 and didnt bother to downgrade as recommended.
Other than that ... tons of people are using this ROM and afaik you are the only two to get a black screen like that. Both of you were able to communicate iwth the phone through a remote program? Or only one?
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You're probably fine with that radio; you can always install the rilphone.dll for it.
This is the thread I was thinking of. Now that I re-read it, the OP didn't specify the rom, but since everyone is on NRG rom, I guess I just assumed that was what it was. Either way, the 1.12 radio seemed to not get along with the cooked in 1.14 rilphone. Or, it could've just been bad luck on the radio flash.
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Previous Title: [WARNING] Magic 32b bricked after radio update!!
I`ve woken this morning to find my phone is off.... and now wont turn on.
It wont go into hboot.... recovery or anything!
The last thing I did was to update with the new radio. but it ran fine for about 2 or 3 days!
Has anyone got this problem?? I would consider not flashing the radio if I was you!!
Try pulling the battery yet?
yup
nothing at all
i dunno, spooks me a bit, but i have a US T-Mobile MyTouch 3G so maybe I wont see this problem
if it was the radio that caused the problem should have happened right after the flash so that is as little weird. Do you get the vibrate or any screen. I remember with the g1 if you flash the wrong order of spl to radio it will vibrate and then only ever show the g1 screen but still power on.may just be bad timing to some thing else but thank you for the warning I had a friend just flash it will see what his device does
sounds like a hardware problem to me. it's not powering on at all?
hmmm...i fnd this doubtful because if you did brick it like someone else mentioned it would have just went to the G1 screen
but you never know. My phone has been running fine ever since I flashed the new radio.
I flashed it within the first few hours it was posted and I gotta say to this moment my phone couldn't be doing any better..I think it was your phones time
what happens when you plug the usb in?
do you get charging light?
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what happens when you plug the usb in?
do you get charging light?
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Yeah try this. Plug it in and give it time to charge. It may be extremely low on charge?
it was on charge when it happened!
It was charging overnight when it happened.
I don't get any noises from my PC when I plug it in.. nor does any led come on to say it's charging.
Its bricked, well and truly.
Lucky the peeps at voda uk are sending me a replacement! !
Thought I should make people aware of what's happened tho. Hopefully we wont see any more bricks.
months ago i had a problem like this one. It was the battery. Charge it
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months ago i had a problem like this one. It was the battery. Charge it
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Yep, battery. I bought 2 Chinese ones off eBay for 5.95 each with shipping. Work fine.
I've tried it with a different battery!
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Sorry to hear mate.
Have UK VF 32B flashed with the new radio and had no problems. Flashed the ROM a few times since and usual charging cycles but all is working well.
I think you were sleep-hacking and tried to flash another device SPL in your sleep.
that would have done it.
^^ Couldn't resist. But I am sorry for the trouble with your Magic. =[
Old radio + New SPL = Brick
what radio exactly was you flashing onto your voda 32b magic because as far as i know there is not an official radio update for 32B you should have the 2.22 radio from stock
edit(My bad have just realised there has been an update), however are you running the deadly haykuro danger SPL ?
Not sure what spl I was using. I think it was 2005
+1 i think your battery just went bye-bye...try to switch that out. usually when they send a replacement they don't send another battery( in the u.s.) so be sure this isn't your issue before you're waiting for a new battery next
Ok people let me tell you i love my fuze and i have followed all directions to updating my rom and i had a nice new cooked rom and everything was running fine until one day i go and take my phone off the charger and it turns off as if it had no power from the battery so then i try to turn it back on and still nothing :O "Sad FacE" then after staring at my phone for 20 minutes in complete disbeleive i started being creative starting with a soft reset to a hard reset , also take note when i put my phone back on the charger the light that breathes no longer came on, then i got my phone to boot to hard-spl olinox 1.90 and it said no boot image and sat there so then i turn the phone off and did a rom update thru my hard spl after updating the phone went to reset but only turned off and the only thing i can pull up is hard spl. plz help it would be so so so much appreciated and im not slow at computers so u wont have to explain everything to me i do programming but never cooked a rom or delt with this
Sounds like you may have a hardware problem; maybe there was a power surge or something and part of the phone got fried. Just a guess, but sorry, man. Could it have gotten wet somehow?
I guess the other possibility is that the battery is just completely dead. You can get into bootloader without a battery (pull the battery, plug it in, and you'll see). You can even flash, but you can't boot up. Try cleaning the contacts, and make sure they're contacting the battery electrodes. Now that I think about it more, I bet it's just the battery, or it's related to the battery (maybe the usb port is screwed). If this fails, go buy a cheap battery for the phone and try it out. If that doesn't work, just flash the stock rom and then the stock spl and return it for warranty. All isn't lost.
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ok thank you for you're reply. the battery is good i can flash rom off my micro sd card with out power source to phone also the phone had dropped about a foot from the ground onto carpet the same time i started having this problem im wondering if somethen is loose idk. im figuren if the phone can boot olinex on its own then it is still working as in the screen has full fuction as far as i know all buttons work, as i was looking into this phone im wondering if the thing that stops ur phone from charging and turning on when its over heating might be damaged. there is no warranty so im tryen to look into this as much as possible
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Ok I have no idea what was wrong with my phone but i found a htc service manual and disassembled my phone then put it back together and hoped for the best and press the power button and boom wala it came on to the at&t flash logo and problem solved all help was appreciated and i hope to help other peeps out as well and cooking up some roms eventualy
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Sounds like you may have a hardware problem; maybe there was a power surge or something and part of the phone got fried. Just a guess, but sorry, man. Could it have gotten wet somehow?
I guess the other possibility is that the battery is just completely dead. You can get into bootloader without a battery (pull the battery, plug it in, and you'll see). You can even flash, but you can't boot up. Try cleaning the contacts, and make sure they're contacting the battery electrodes. Now that I think about it more, I bet it's just the battery, or it's related to the battery (maybe the usb port is screwed). If this fails, go buy a cheap battery for the phone and try it out. If that doesn't work, just flash the stock rom and then the stock spl and return it for warranty. All isn't lost.
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You were more help than AT&T i took my phone into the store and told them my problem and they went straight to the idea of a new phone and i kinda got mad and explain to him i dont want your phones i wanna fix mine and he told me it was bricked and i need to take it to a corperate AT&T n the closest one was about 6 hour drive so i left lol so thanks for ur help
That's i had the same prob. once and after a week of frustration, i noticed my reset button was cocked to one side slightly, after jabbing my styles at it a few time presto my POS started worken again
I hate to post here, but I've searched everywhere and have not found a solution to my particular issue.
I rooted my new droid charge using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
I flashed the debloated ee4 stock rom with PBJ with voodoo lagfix and it all worked fine. Today, I decided I wanted to try gummicharge and decide to flash it, I forgot to turn off voodoo before doing so, and the flash froze up before finishing. After a series of flashing/reflashing and turning voodoo, I eventually got to where the phone would only boot to CWM, and now will not turn on at all, or go to download mode (yes, I know how to do it).
I'm out of ideas, I feel like my phone might really be bricked for good. Please help! Thank you in advance for any advice.
Edit: the battery was low when I was flashing, but the phone was plugged in. I've read to leave the phone charging for a while and that might help, but I've charged it for 2 hours so far and nothing.
I know this doesn't help you at all but I am about to use that guide to root my droid charge. Did you like the pb ROM? I cant decide which to choose. I really dont want to do one and switch to another and screw up haha.
The pbj kernel was really solid, worked very well. I just wish I hadn't kept messing with things after they were how I wanted them =(
I know you say you know how to get to download mode. Have you tried the method where you poul the battery out then push the two volume keys and hold them while plugging in your usb cord(all while the battery is out)? Then I recommend flashing one of the full stock odins from p3droidin developement section in all roms.
I had tried this before, still nothing. I even read that sometimes Odin will detect a phone even without the screen coming on and decided to try, still nothing.
I forgot to mention. Have you tried pulling the sd card? Sometimes that helps. Pull it then try.
No SD, no SIM card, and no battery in it, still nothing.
I should add that the phone was getting hot to the touch, is it possible that the phone fried and this wasn't a result of a bad flash?
I'm no expert, but I was unable to enter CWM while plugged in. However, I was always able to enter download mode while plugged in (and battery removed). Try leaving the phone alone for a while? Heat definitely isn't helping things.
Well, I've got the insurance on the phone and I feel like the heat (not rooting) was my issue. I hate to give up, but I've tried everything I can think of.
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Well, I've got the insurance on the phone and I feel like the heat (not rooting) was my issue. I hate to give up, but I've tried everything I can think of.
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Welp, that's why you paid for it. I would be crying in your situation because I never pay for insurance. You might as well; you can get rid of any tiny scratches or imperfections while you're at it!
Same thing happened to my charge today. Was charging and got pretty hot and shut off. Now when I charge it the 4 buttons flash and I can't get into do dl mode with or without battery. Gonna let it charge for a while and report back but I think its fried. Was running stock.