Many people complain that they have "bricked" their phones when they really haven't. This thread will hopefully help reduce the questions on all of our useful threads.
How to tell if your phone is bricked:
1.) When you try to turn it on, nothing happens?
2.) Camera+Power does nothing.
3.) Home+Power does nothing.
4.) You flashed the SPL BEFORE the radio
If you answered yes to any of the above 4, you are bricked. You probably need a new board in the phone. Read more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516440 It has been confirmed that you WILL brick your phone if you attempt to downgrade your radio after flashing the new SPL. Not sure why you would want to anyways...
How to tell if you just need to re-flash:
1.) Your phone is stuck on the g1 logo
2.) Your phone is stuck in a boot loop
3.) Home+Power boots into recovery
If you answered yes to the above then you are NOT bricked. You have the G1 Night Light. This is (usually) a very easy fix.
The usual scenario is: You just upgraded your radio and/or the SPL on your phone and now you are trying to turn it on with no luck.
How to fix: After you upgrade your radio and/or SPL, you need to wipe a rom on the phone. For a plain almost stock feeling rom, checkout http://jf.andblogs.net/2009/05/24/jfv151-images-are-out/ if you are looking for hero, checkout the tutorial at g1upgrade.com.
I have also noticed when you flash hero, it will stay on the g1 logo for 5 or 6 minutes and then it'll finally start loading. Make sure your not being impatient and give it several minutes if you have just flashed a rom.
Last step:
If you have installed a new radio, then spl, then a new rom and you STILL get the g1 screen. Try it all over again. You probably didn't do something right. You don't need to ask questions in 30 different threads, your issue is not unique. You just need to search for some answers.
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Thanks! Updated.
I flashed the SPL before the radio whenever Haykuro released the Hero ROM and I didn't brick my device. Guess that I just got lucky. Thank goodness I know better now. haha
it's possible you flashed the radio prior to the SPL, only a loooong ways back.
Another thing to try if you are having issues is:
su
rm -r /system/sd/*
I was stuck in a boot loop and a quick ext3 wipe did the trick. The command should be able to be ran from console or terminal. You may need to mount /system with:
mount -t -rw,remount -o yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
You would need to type that in between the commands above . I ran across this in another post but i think this is a good spot for it too .
Duplicate post...
thanx
At least I know now how to tell if I bricked my phone or just flashed it badly thanks for this.
youneek said:
How to tell if you just need to re-flash:
1.) Your phone is stuck on the g1 logo
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many people who flashed the new SPL before the radio are stuck at the G1 splash logo, but cannot get to recovery or spl bootloader / fastboot mode regardless of what they do, so this bit might be misleading...
they aren't technically "bricked" b/c it's loading the radio rom, but it never hands off to the SPL, so there is currently no way of reloading either of those to make the device do anything useful -- essentially a brick
alapapa said:
many people who flashed the new SPL before the radio are stuck at the G1 splash logo, but cannot get to recovery or spl bootloader / fastboot mode regardless of what they do, so this bit might be misleading...
they aren't technically "bricked" b/c it's loading the radio rom, but it never hands off to the SPL, so there is currently no way of reloading either of those to make the device do anything useful -- essentially a brick
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This is exactly what happened to me, it was a brick, sent for repair and they replaced the mainboard.
I have fixed 2 phones that had no recovery and stuck at the g1 screen. If someone has this problem message me and I'll help you fix.
Good Job
Sorry this is off topic. But...
Thank you for this thread!
Ok,
By the way, has anyone figured out what The difference in the baseband is?? I have a U in mine...
youneek said:
I have fixed 2 phones that had no recovery and stuck at the g1 screen. If someone has this problem message me and I'll help you fix.
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really? if it can't get to recovery / fastboot mode nobody has published a fix w/o a hardware swap.
what's your method?
I will buy a bricked one off ebay and post the steps I do to get it back. I can only fix the "Night Light", I can't fix a truly bricked phone (yet).
digital006 said:
This is exactly what happened to me, it was a brick, sent for repair and they replaced the mainboard.
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How and where did you sent for repair and how much does it cost? I have a bricked MyTouch3G at this moment. Did HTC took it?
not bricked just weird!
ok been reading on here ,not sure if i need to just reflash everything or sd issuse?i put the new raidio,then spl on !then put jacxrom on my phone worked great!then ran for a day.then tryed cyanogenmod 4.0 and loaded fine but got force closed issues at the google sign in so i wipe and went to jachero 1.2 loaded fine went to logo android and then htc ,but then the screen went to blank .like the as said g1 night light .so i went back to jacxrom 1.3 it loaded fine got stuck in t mobile g1 screen .ok i flashed again same thing. but this is the part if i take my memory card out it will boot up just fine!then put memory card back in but lol all apps are missing have reinstall them. i wipe every time.i have the latest raidio 22.19.26I).,spl 1.33.2005 .also the jacxrom is running fine when phones on .so any help please thanks .also when i put the spl on it loaded then said reboot so i did. after went back to recovery at the bottom it said formatting cach... but was setting there for a while so took battery out then booted phone .was it suposse to say done or not ! hope dont make any mad thanks for the info
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hey help me plz i have big problem
i forget hit alt+w when i install SPL then i press alt+s when SPL install i out battery then i put it my mobile don’t want open and when i holding down the Home and Power button don’t open recovery mode and i holding the End key and the Camera button don’t open boot loader plz help me plz
You aren't going to get any help with sentences that atrocious. Can you be more clear?
*ATTENTION MODS* I am reposting.... sort of... the original thread is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9074948#post9074948
Hello! I am not new to rooting...I did get a new EVO 4G at best buy yesterday...
Went home and tried to root following another method than unrEVOked 3.21 and long story short had to RUU with "RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15 .00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed"
I then tried unrEVOked 3.21 which SEEMED to work... I followed all onscreen prompts...
Plugged in my phone, ran the program, phone rebooted, selected HBOOT USB, Program reported that everything was going along nicely...even saw the program say waiting for root..."this was a triumph" Rebooted..then came back up to desktop...didnt reboot in recover like i have seen... the program then reverts to saying the thing about HBOOT USB.... there is NO SuperUser app and it is NOT rooted...
Please tell me where I went wrong...and what I need to do to fix it...
Info about MY Phone
Android Version 2.2
Baseband Version 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0
Software Version 3.26.651.1
PLEASE help....I am having withdrawals lol...
***UPDATE***
Following this Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
I made it to Step 19...then S#*+ went crazy...It appears that the recover did NOT flash...not really sure...I am now trying to RUU my phone back...and start over but it keeps saying the phone is low battery <30% and its NOT...I looked at 3 batterys on a Hero and it says all are over 70%...
and ..since im pretty sure this matters...with S-OFF
When I try to flash PC36IMG.zip Radio_V2 FAIL-PU and...Bootloader FAIL-IC is what I get...
ALL help greatly appreciated...thankfully I am off work the next two days...So I know I can get this resolved
Ok I have done a lot of reading that seems to indicate that I have no ROM or my ROM is Broken...and seeing as how RUU keeps saying my battery level is too low I am going to put it on the charger til the light turns green...Try to RUU in the Morning...
***SOMEONE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG ***
I am under the impression that RUU'ing will NOT Turn S-ON and will Leave S-OFF
But will just load a ROM and allow me to boot in and then run unrEVOked and be on my merry rooted way...
If ANYONE knows that it will turn S-ON please stop me lol...I am going to stop trying for now and get some sleep... will check this post before continuing..
so get this...
I just rooted my sensation and was waiting for a custom ROM to download through the phones browser. My buddy came over and I was setting him up with root for his Aria and for some reason his phone got stuck after getting s off. I tried to use adb to flash the recovery to his phone but it just said "waiting for device" forever. After about 10 mins I said forget it, too nice outside and unplugged his phone, I didn't think to close adb first but I put my phone on the usb to charge and then it instantly flashed the Aria recovery to my phone.................
Good news is I can root his phone knowing it was the wrong installed driver before. Bad news is I now can only get into fastboot (white screen, skating androids at the bottom) where it still says revolutionary at the top but I can see the Aria's radio and the wrong HBOOT version. I still have the factory reset, recovery etc options but if it boots up it'll get stuck at the stock HTC image. I tried flashing CWM recovery through adb the exact same way but it just says waiting for device now too? I may have typed the code wrong or do I need Aria drivers now? I assume there is a way out since I'm still in fastboot but not sure.
Any help would be appreciated and thanked! Until then, its back to my g2x, its not so bad...
you would need to download the RUU (Rom Update Utility) for your phone, where you get it I have no idea, hopefully another more skilled member will be able to point you in this direction..... I got the Vodafone uk one from a thread on here but I for the life of e can not remember where.
Nah I figured it out, I downloaded the img file and flashed the zip in hboot, then used adb to push the stock radio back up. I was really scared there for awhile but thanks to this place I got a bunch of help.. Love this place.. Thanks anyway though man!
It's good to know that a bad radio no longer prevents booting to hboot. I bricked a g1 back in the day from having an hboot and radio that were incompatible with each other. The thing wouldn't boot to anything other than a special service mode that is only useful if you solder in a hardware jtag.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App
I have a HTC Sensation and i have flashed my phone several times with no problems. I have used other HTC too and flashed them as well.
When i wanted to flash my phone from Virtuous Inquisition (ICS) to Android Revolution HD (ICS) and i bumped into a problem as many other has as well. I would like to send away my phone to someone that could help me fix this since i have tried so many things and im out of ideas. What i most would like to do with the phone is to bring it back to factory default since the volume down button is broken and there is still waranty for this phone.
So if someone can fix this phone via ADB that would be great. I have tried to flash it myself and do all the things in my power via ADB to fix it but with no luck.
Is there anyone who can help me. I would prefere someone in southern part of sweden or denmark. Anywhere arround the Öresund area.
See it as an experiment/challenge to get the phone fixed. I consider it to be bonus if the phone can be revived and sent back to repair the hardware under the waranty.
I will of course give some reward for the person who can help me fix this phone in form of money or something. This will be discussed before i send it over to you.
Thanks in advance, and i hope there is someone out there that is intererested in this challenge.
So are you still rocking a custom ROM now ??
Download the correct RUU for your region, (if your SuperCID use any) and that will restore the phone back to stock.
Once completed, Use ADB to reboot recovery, fastboot, change CID to whatever RUU you used. Then use the code to turn S-ON (cant remember what it is) You could leave S-OFF and deny all knowledge of what it is. I doubt they would suspect much if the only mod is S-OFF.
Morning all ive not been on for some time as haven't played with the whole phone for while. Friend gave me his htc one which ive managed to unboot the bootloader and now im stuck in entering recovery,whenever i turn the phone on. Been so long forgot all the ways to follow the files left to help, just need to either install a new upgrade or try to get twpr onto it which might help, please p;ease help as been sat in entering recovery for ages, cant remember what recovery i flashed or even how i flashed it, used to be so use to odin and things that made this all easy but changed it all now cheers in advance conner PS GOING TO NEED EASY FILES TO FOLLOW
peace keeper said:
Morning all ive not been on for some time as haven't played with the whole phone for while. Friend gave me his htc one which ive managed to unboot the bootloader and now im stuck in entering recovery,whenever i turn the phone on. Been so long forgot all the ways to follow the files left to help, just need to either install a new upgrade or try to get twpr onto it which might help, please p;ease help as been sat in entering recovery for ages, cant remember what recovery i flashed or even how i flashed it, used to be so use to odin and things that made this all easy but changed it all now cheers in advance conner PS GOING TO NEED EASY FILES TO FOLLOW
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The best place to start would be to RUU your device. HTC makes a great, easy to use utility to restore your phone to stock. If you get the right RUU .exe for your phone (it depends on your CID, MID, and currently installed version).
Search is your friend. All of the information you need is on these forums.