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The G1 Night Light (READ FIRST IF YOU BRICKED YOUR PHONE)

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.

*Saved for future posts*

Edit:

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?

Help pleaseee!!!!!

before saying anything i know it should be in Q&A but no one reply me there =[[ and i really need help.
So im trying to root my buddy g1 from scratch, got NBH file and brung the stock 1.6 down to RC29, it went good than i went and download the Root.apk for faster rooting, everything went fine untill i go and upgrade the radio, did the alt L and than atl S and now the damn phone is stuck on G1 bootscreen! So im like alright ill just do a wipe, restatred the phone with the Power+Home wouldnt get into recov menu so i decided to do the RC29 wipe over, i reformat my sd card to FAT32 and than put the Dreaimg.nbh on it and do the Power+Camera but still it just stuck on G1 bootscreen, help?? Please tell me that its not bricked.

johnphamiliar said:
before saying anything i know it should be in Q&A but no one reply me there
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THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO BREAK FORUM RULES.
This thread has now been reported, and hopefully, it will be closed before someone goes against their better judgment and helps you.
If you want an answer, have patience and check back in the Q&A. Or, post in the relevant ROM thread. Or, search. Or, don't perform procedures on your buddy's phone if you don't know what you're doing. But DO NOT post in here when you KNOW it's a violation of the rules.

these guys are crawling out all over the place today....feel bad to be a mod today..lol...
you need to slow down friend and reread everything you need to and start from step 1.

If I were a mod, I would've taken the day off. It sounds bricked to me if you can't even get into fastboot. You should've done the one click root.

johnphamiliar said:
before saying anything i know it should be in Q&A but no one reply me there =[[ and i really need help.
So im trying to root my buddy g1 from scratch, got NBH file and brung the stock 1.6 down to RC29, it went good than i went and download the Root.apk for faster rooting, everything went fine untill i go and upgrade the radio, did the alt L and than atl S and now the damn phone is stuck on G1 bootscreen! So im like alright ill just do a wipe, restatred the phone with the Power+Home wouldnt get into recov menu so i decided to do the RC29 wipe over, i reformat my sd card to FAT32 and than put the Dreaimg.nbh on it and do the Power+Camera but still it just stuck on G1 bootscreen, help?? Please tell me that its not bricked.
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Ok anyone. Mods are getting really angry with all these post. Ur probaly gonna get banned for posting in this section. Anyway u probaly didn't follow directions. You flashed the spl before u did the radio and got bricked I guess. If u can't get into the bootloader by pressing camera + power or recovery home + power. You are brick. See you in 3 days after ur banned. You should have search first

is my G1 bricked or not ?

i tryed to flash a new radio (rogers_radio_3.22.26.17_update.zip) and after it restarted my phone, my phone wont get past the g1 boot screen iv left it running for over an hour now and still no luck iv turning off the phone and holding home and the power button, but that doesnt work...
can anyone help ? or is my g1 bricked ?

If none of the button combos work, your bricked.

*houston, we have a brick*

yep i have a nice new paper weight

blackcell1 said:
yep i have a nice new paper weight
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That's what happens when you don't do research.

Have you tried camera and power? Menu and Power?

Bricked!
Did you call HTC and find out if it is under warranty still? If its not you can always get a rough G1 that boots and swap out your motherboard. I hope you get it fixed. I know exactly how you feel because I bricked a Rogers Dream when I flashed the G1 radio. I have a G1 on eBay right now if your interested.

Was this because his spl wasnt compatible with the radio he flashed???

I bricked an HTC Magic. When I got it I couldn't wait to upgrade the firmware. Followed all the instructions, upgraded spl, radio hboot etc. but it started giving strange errors and refused to recognize the sd card from recovery. Eventually it refused to boot. Bricked in less that 24 hrs!
It's so damn easy to brick these android phones! I wish they were as easy to flash as WM.

Have tried flashing a proper RUU to see if it will even recognize the phone? It's worth a shot even though you can't access the recovery menu or fastboot. Since it turns on you may have some luck.

vwauditech said:
Did you call HTC and find out if it is under warranty still? If its not you can always get a rough G1 that boots and swap out your motherboard. I hope you get it fixed. I know exactly how you feel because I bricked a Rogers Dream when I flashed the G1 radio. I have a G1 on eBay right now if your interested.
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No G1 is under warranty any more from HTC, the manufacturer warranty expired I believe.

am i screwed?

if i flashed a gsm radio on a cdma? jus curious cuz i did that

Get your operators ship rom, then flash it via SD card. Reflash HardSPL and then flash a CDMA rom.

Oh dear. I could be wrong, but I seem to remember when someone has done that before, the phone was bricked (i.e. flashing the wrong radio, not just the wrong ROM). I do hope I'm wrong.

steviewevie said:
Oh dear. I could be wrong, but I seem to remember when someone has done that before, the phone was bricked (i.e. flashing the wrong radio, not just the wrong ROM). I do hope I'm wrong.
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****, I read that too fast and didn't read radio. Yeah, bricked. /end

Hi didn't say he did it, the title "Am i screwed?" "if i flashed a gsm radio on a cdma? jus curious cuz i did that "
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I think he needs to repost in ENGLISH please. I cannot undrstand if you flashed it or not, therfore meaning i cannot help
Badwolve1

Badwolve1 said:
Hi didn't say he did it, the title "Am i screwed?" "if i flashed a gsm radio on a cdma? jus curious cuz i did that "
-----------------------------------------then he put
I think he needs to repost in ENGLISH please. I cannot undrstand if you flashed it or not, therfore meaning i cannot help
Badwolve1
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He said "cuz I did that", i.e. he *did* flash a GSM radio onto a CDMA device.

Suppose, but I would of expected a n00b to of posted something more like
"HELP!!!!
I flashed a sprint radio to my Tmo TP2 and now it wont turn on
PLZ PLZ PLZ HLP ME!"
he seemed rather calm

thanx for posting, well i thought i broke my phone a couple of days ago prior to this bcuz my phone turned off out of nowhere and wouldn't come back on even after being charged for an hr. then it turned on a couple hrs later when trying again. (dont ask me how bcuz Ive never had this problem before) and yes i did flash the wrong radio so im done for right? the reason why im being calm is cuz i thought i was gonna have to replace my phone in the first place. i was hopefully wishing on the inside for a miracle

nom303 said:
thanx for posting, well i thought i broke my phone a couple of days ago prior to this bcuz my phone turned off out of nowhere and wouldn't come back on even after being charged for an hr. then it turned on a couple hrs later when trying again. (dont ask me how bcuz Ive never had this problem before) and yes i did flash the wrong radio so im done for right? the reason why im being calm is cuz i thought i was gonna have to replace my phone in the first place. i was hopefully wishing on the inside for a miracle
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Well, unless someone comes forward and says otherwise, I'm sorry to say yes, I think you're done. In the past one or two people have posted up a similar scenario and I don't recall them posting to say they fixed it.
It might cost you less than replacing your phone if you pay for your phone to be repaired.

Well possibly not. IF you can still get into bootloader (hold the volume down button when powering on or if device is already on hold down volume down and softreset) first LOOK AT THIS TASK 29 POST HERE BUT DONT DO ANYTHING YET!:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=649191
Make sure to download the file provided, extract it to wherever.
Now goto this post here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90342
and download the correct radio for your provider.
Replace the NBH file from the TASK 29 threads package you extracted with the one from your provider.
Run the task29 as instructed.
Once its done it wont boot into a rom you need to go back into bootloader like I told you how before (Volume down and reset) now find your providers stock rom from here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=91940
and flash that rom to your phone. Hopefully this will resolve your issue, best of luck to ya mate.
To anyone ready to post disagreeing: Please dont post up saying about task29 and saying it wont work and stuff, I have fixed two worldphone this way because the owners did exactly what he did, in the way I described here.

thanx aestivalisakito im willing to try what your taking about. have a couple of questions tho. its not that im making it go into bootloader. when i hit power it goes str8 to it. could that be a problem for this fix?
my screen sticks at the multi colored screen with writting in the background saying" code error please try again".and i noticed that, one time while powering on b4 getting stuck. it, for a split sec. try to go to the grey screen to flash and says "loading No image found" then back to multi colored screen. does this help any?
also can i use task29 thru sd card?
thanx for your help

nom303 said:
thanx aestivalisakito im willing to try what your taking about. have a couple of questions tho. its not that im making it go into bootloader. when i hit power it goes str8 to it. could that be a problem for this fix?
my screen sticks at the multi colored screen with writting in the background saying" code error please try again".and i noticed that, one time while powering on b4 getting stuck. it, for a split sec. try to go to the grey screen to flash and says "loading No image found" then back to multi colored screen. does this help any?
also can i use task29 thru sd card?
thanx for your help
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Ahh it appears you weren't that clear. If you get into the multi-coloured screen, you are at bootloader. Download a rom from http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Rhodium/Shipped_Roms to get your original shipping rom. Once you have done this, put the nbh on the sdcard named as rhodimg.nbh. Reboot back into bootloader mode. This should then get you able to flash the device with all the proper stuff.
Make sure to get the one for YOUR original provider.

thanx i got it fixed. someone helped me on another forum with the same solution and it worked thanx for ur reply

nom303 said:
thanx i got it fixed. someone helped me on another forum with the same solution and it worked thanx for ur reply
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Awesome. Glad everyone helped you get your phone back. Just be more careful next time. Cheers!

so all you did was SD card flash an original ROM from your carrier? just asking for future reference.

[q] bricked evo $will donate$

PLEASE HELP
$WILL DONATE$
Bootscreen:
supersonic evt2-3 ship s-off
hboot-2.15.00.11.19
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.11.19
oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I'm a noob sorry for explanation I cant load any roms or install from sd card. The last thing i did was update recovery it went to 2.5.I booted into recovery and my sdcard was empty now im stuck. I can get into recovery but when i apply update and reboot phone it stays on white evo screen. I dont know what to put on my sd card to fix. I have portable adapter for sdcard because my pc is not reading phone. I have been down three days now i dont know what to do. id like to stay rooted but i just want my phone to work please help.
Do i have a broken evo please help?

unfortunatley the only way (besides sending your phone in) is to do a sbf of the phone. it will wipe everything including your root. search around on the forums on how to do an sbf. to initially do it you need to get to your bootloader screen by using a combination of the power button and something else (idk i use the droid x) then use a program to flash the sbf. hope this helped.
and your phone isnt really "bricked" because you can get to the bootloader/recovery. completely bricked is not being able to do anything at all. Im sorry if this info is incorrect in any way since im basing it off of my dx knowledge.

oh i forgot to say its not allowing me flash anything through recovery. is there anyway i could install to my sdcard then put sd card in my evo?
thanks im about to try now!

mattmartin77 said:
unfortunatley the only way (besides sending your phone in) is to do a sbf of the phone. it will wipe everything including your root. search around on the forums on how to do an sbf. to initially do it you need to get to your bootloader screen by using a combination of the power button and something else (idk i use the droid x) then use a program to flash the sbf. hope this helped.
and your phone isnt really "bricked" because you can get to the bootloader/recovery. completely bricked is not being able to do anything at all. Im sorry if this info is incorrect in any way since im basing it off of my dx knowledge.
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any idea where i can find this sbf link cant find anywhere?