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You think you BRICKED your phone...Post here!!!

oh no, oh no, what have i done??
I've created a little problem for myself. While at work I performed a wipe/restore on my phone. I have modified rc30 jf 1.3 and when my phone is booting up now I get stuck at the android screen. The green light near the ear piece comes on and a ringing can be heard from the speaker. I have tried to wipe again to no avail. Has anyone heard of this happening? Is it because I have a theme file on my sd card named update.zip? I know I can't be the only one to brick their phone!

blehman said:
I've created a little problem for myself. While at work I performed a wipe/restore on my phone. I have modified rc30 jf 1.3 and when my phone is booting up now I get stuck at the android screen. The green light near the ear piece comes on and a ringing can be heard from the speaker. I have tried to wipe again to no avail. Has anyone heard of this happening? Is it because I have a theme file on my sd card named update.zip? I know I can't be the only one to brick their phone!
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Try reflashing JF 1.3. Did u create a backup?

I did not backup. I will reflash when I get home.

blehman said:
I did not backup. I will reflash when I get home.
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That should work. I had the same problem.

thanks, i need to hear that.

how would i go about using hard spl to bring it back from the dead?

Foolproof solution would be to use RC29 DREAIMG.NBH. More intricate solution is to fastboot flash your nand backups (provided you had the foresight to make backups in the first place).

What jashsu said. I nearly bricked my phone once but reflashing with RC29 was the quick and easy way of saving it.

i need help think that i am bricked
I was on 1.1 ADP JF with the mac 2.2 theme for 1.1 ADP i wanted to get back to the original theme so first i installed the restore theme thing on the fourms after this i have been stuck at the android screen when booting. i have tried to the wipe alt W but right now i am downloading the image file to get back to the original rc 30... can anyone help me out??? i really need to my phone tommorow and help would be much appreciated thank you

Assuming that you have the JF recovery utility, you should be able to copy the update.zip for RC30 to the sdcard (take the sd card out of the phone and copy update.zip to it), and apply the update from the JF recovery utility. You can get into the recovery utility by holding home+power when booting the G1. I hope this helps.

assuming if the above post don't get you up and running you will want to donwload the stock rc29 dreamimg file and copy that manually to your memory card and with the phone off. Hold down the camera button while turning on and you will get a grey screen the and should let you flash back to the original rc29 if you can't to an alt w whipe this would be the next thing I would recomend.

Just to clarify you said your phone is the adp - android developer phone, a phone that allows you to restore the phone to earlier states?
If this is the case you just need to grab a recovery image and reflash your phone by depressing camera on boot or using fastboot to restore your phone to an earlier backed up configuration.
If you don't have the developer phone, and infact have a rooted handset with a custom firmware such as JF your best bet would be as above to roll back to rc29 or rc07 if you're uk based using RC29 DREAMING.nbh -steps can be found here http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Root_For_RC30
The downside is this will require you to reroot your phone. May i suggest in future if you do NOT have a developed phone you install Nandroid and do regular backups before playing with your phone -details here http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/nandroid-v2-0-full-nand-backup-and-restore-tool-9336/
Let us know hopw you get on and if we can offer any further assistance.

ok thanks guys
i installed rc 30's official image to my g1 by power+camera and everything is fine besides being unrooted i think i will root back to ADP again because of its advantages but if i am the flash a theme once again how do i get back to original theme because im sorry but i still dont understand the steps needed to do this from a ADP 1.1 jf build ty

You should have tried updating back to the 1.1 ADP JF version you were on first, would have saved you alot of time.

Hey! I assume for the purposes of this post and on accout of your having dev phon firmware you know how to use fast boot. if not go to http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/nandroid-v2-0-full-nand-backup-and-restore-tool-9336/
Anyway if you restart your phone with the home button depressed alt b makes a back up, use fastboot to flash this to your phone and restore it to an earlier state!!!!

Can the G1 officially be bricked?
I know you can screw up and update or 2...but with the PWR + Camera thing and the Home + PWR update method...is there a way to officially brick the G1? or is it relatively brick-proof?

I wouldn't think any phone is brick-proof. Then again, the G1 does seem more "mod" friendly than others.

Flash a corrupt SPL and you will have a brick really fast

AbsoluteDesignz said:
I know you can screw up and update or 2...but with the PWR + Camera thing and the Home + PWR update method...is there a way to officially brick the G1? or is it relatively brick-proof?
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Try it really quick and please post your results lol

I might be wrong, but I think as long as we don't mess with the boot loader, it should always be able to start with camera-power

Era G1 (Poland) w/ firmware 1.1 - which RC when downgrading?

Hi all,
I just got an Era-branded G1 (I'm in Poland) and would like to upgrade to the latest Android image. I understand that in order to root the device I first need to downgrade to an older image.
My question - which image should I downgrade to? I have read various posts with confusing information. Some state that RC29 works fine, others that RC29 bricked their phone (due to CID lock - not sure what this is) and to use RC7 instead. I really don't want to brick this phone and would appreciate your help!
From the Settings screen:
Model number - Era G1
Firmware version - 1.1
Baseband version - 62.33.20.08U_1.22.12.29
Kernel version - 2.6.25-01843-gfea26b0 [email protected] #6
Build number - 126400
Thanks for your help!

hah! napisz do mnie jak chcesz moze ci pomoge. ja mialem RC 30 bo bylem w ameryce.. nigdy nie uzylem rc7 mialem tylko adp 1.1 i rc 33

Try instructions in this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485364 post.

Why can I not just use the instructions in the sticky thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480? Will this not work on the Polish G1 with build number 126400?
If not then I will try to follow the thread kormanb1123 linked. I know linux so it should not be a problem. But should I be worried about downgrading to the "right" RC, or does it not matter if I take US RC-29 or UK RC-7?
Thanks guys for the help! Smokuevo - nie jestem polakiem i nie mowie bardzo po polsku.. ale dzieki!

lol allright man thought u were ;;pp

Because of CID lock

cannot get into bootloader?
I'm getting ready to use the method described in kormanb1123's link. First I thought I would check that I can get into the bootloader - but somehow I cannot
This is what I do:
- power off the G1
- press the camera button
- now also press the power button until the G1 turns on
- then let go of both the camera and power buttons
Then I get:
The normal blue startup screen with blue Era G1 logo, followed by the black screen with glowing android logo, and then it boots into Android.
This is exactly the normal startup process! What am I doing wrong?

Do not let go of camera button until you are in bootloader. Turn off your phone. Hold camera button and then press on/off button for a second or two until it strats up. Keep holding the camera button and let go when you are in bootloader..

Ok, thanks for clarifying. I did exactly that and kept holding the camera button after powering on. However, the phone just boots straight into android. It looks just like a normal startup in every way, and asks me to unlock my SIM. No bootloader in sight.
Could it be that this build (126400) works differently?

haxor999 said:
Ok, thanks for clarifying. I did exactly that and kept holding the camera button after powering on. However, the phone just boots straight into android. It looks just like a normal startup in every way, and asks me to unlock my SIM. No bootloader in sight.
Could it be that this build (126400) works differently?
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Try to remove battery first than, and start over. It has to start inti bootloader.

still cannot get into bootloader..
I removed the battery and put it back in. But starting up while holding the camera button still does not do anything special.
But when I start up while holding Home then I see a black screen with an icon that looks like a triangle with a '!' inside it. Will this allow me to flash it?

haxor999 said:
I removed the battery and put it back in. But starting up while holding the camera button still does not do anything special.
But when I start up while holding Home then I see a black screen with an icon that looks like a triangle with a '!' inside it. Will this allow me to flash it?
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once you have root you can use the black screen you found to use update.zips to upgrade your phone, there is no update.zip that will downgrade at this point(if ever)from any image RC29-up.
to get the dreamimg.nbh which is what im assuming your looking to do, make sure the card is fat32(they come formatted to just FAT)put the file on the root of the card and it should be cam+power keep both pressed for a good 6 seconds or more
its quite easy once you have the steps correct, there is a possibility your carrier blocked access to the stock HTC bootloader, but Ive never heard of them ever doing that, its there for their own tech to use, they need it as much as we do to fix/upgrade(tho they could just use home+power) but I doubt, that key combo has been the same on every htc Ive ever owned (about a dozen over 5 or 6 models)
good luck,
bhang

Thanks bhang for the explanation. I've triple-checked everything and am still not able to reach the bootloader. I will try with a 2nd SD card and see if that makes a difference - right now I'm using the 2GB SD card that came with the G1.
I really hope they did not disable bootloader access as you mention. Anyone here have another Era-branded G1 that was originally running build 126400?

I have the same G1 as u haxor and my bootloader starts. I'm only afraid of update type correct for my phone G1 Era PL. I don't want to lock it Is enybody who did it correctly and who knows which update should I use?
Thank for help an asap answer

I bought Era G1 for myself 3 days ago,and I have that 126400 build,and for me the debug mode(power on+camera button) works. But I'm still afraid to downgrade my phone,as I don't know which version, US or UK I should use. Output from the debug mode:
DREA110 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 8 2008
Serial 0
Does anyone know which version should I use to downgrade my phone?

Era G1 can be downgrade only with GoldCard ... if you are from poland, you must see forum.android.com.pl ... if not ... you must search topic called downgrade for g1 from Europe ... maybe

aluspl said:
Era G1 can be downgrade only with GoldCard ... if you are from poland, you must see forum.android.com.pl ... if not ... you must search topic called downgrade for g1 from Europe ... maybe
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Why is that? I found on that forum that Era G1 uses RC8 firmware,so in theory I should be able to downgrade to RC7.....what might happen if I try? Will I brick my phone,or it simply won't run?

Ok I found out why is that, upgrade won't start,because of the wrong ID of the SD card. You need to use the GoldCard method for this to work.

I just went through the whole procedure with my Era G1 (with different operator SIM inside) from 126400 all the way down to RC29 and up to JFv1.43_RC9. In short words how I did it:
1. Create GoldCard using old (still free) version of qmat_424.zip and any Windows Mobile device with microSD
2. SD flash of DREAIMG-RC29.zip
3. Get root access using telnetd/telnet
4. Install recovery.img and flash Hard-SPL
5. Upgrade using the recovery JFv1.43_RC9 wiping all the settings on the way.
Don't forget to recharge fully the battery before starting this madness.
Links used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485364 - goldcard/downgrade
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 - root image and update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475381 - current JK (decided to use RC9)
http://forum.android.com.pl/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=126 - for some ideas (requires registering, this exact procedure seems to be faulty)

How easy is it to brick your phone?

I did a search, and dont see anything to answer this specific question.
Ive got my new Dev 1, and have the latest JF update. I want to install some cool themes, however, I know its a possibility to brick my phone.
Exactly how easy is it to brick your phone while installing a theme? I plan on following the directions step by step, but I will be very upset if something happens.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I suppose I just need some reassurance...
Thanks in advance.

Not too easy but if you Flash a corrupted SPL your toast

not very easy, just remember, if it boots to the SPL or recovery mode you are fine, it's not a true brick. if it doesn't boot at all then you may have an issue. i have had many times where the phone decided it didn't want to boot past the boot screen, or the flashing android and yet i am able to post this now using my phone as a tether. if you get stuck on one of those screens then you need to either flash the dreaimg.nbh or a new update.zip including the full JF build

Dredge said:
I did a search, and dont see anything to answer this specific question.
Ive got my new Dev 1, and have the latest JF update. I want to install some cool themes, however, I know its a possibility to brick my phone.
Exactly how easy is it to brick your phone while installing a theme? I plan on following the directions step by step, but I will be very upset if something happens.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I suppose I just need some reassurance...
Thanks in advance.
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Why are you so worry about brink your phone? If you want to brink your phone pour some concrete on the phone and make a customize brink G1.

tubaking182 said:
not very easy, just remember, if it boots to the SPL or recovery mode you are fine, it's not a true brick. if it doesn't boot at all then you may have an issue. i have had many times where the phone decided it didn't want to boot past the boot screen, or the flashing android and yet i am able to post this now using my phone as a tether. if you get stuck on one of those screens then you need to either flash the dreaimg.nbh or a new update.zip including the full JF build
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whatever he said....^^
I've flashed themes that were designed for RC3xx on my ADP1.1 and managed to "bricked" it. All i did was go to bootstrap and reload the SPL with RC29 and re-flash ADP1.1 to the phone.
As long the hard-SPL on the bootstrap remain untouched, there's always a way to recover your phone...it may be long, boring, and redundant...but it will safe your G1 from truly becoming a brick...or paper weight...or both

This makes me feel a bit better. I will just back up the latest JF update and keep it in case something happens. I will probably just hold off at tleast for a little while before I try doing much. I need to get a feel for the phone before I try to mod it. I found some cool wallpapers that should tide me over for at least a little while. But the clock is u-g-l-y. Im use to having TouchFlo, with HHC, and all the neat custom clocks.

Well, thats why I am probably not going to update my SPL...
I own an ADP1 and so already got the engineering SPL... and as the SPL update seems for me to be the only way to brick my phone... well, I am a coward...
It may be a little offtopic, but i am planning to update to JF1.43, or perhaps even messing around with Ubuntu MID (if ever possible).
Is there a really good reason I should update to HardSPL?

HELP I CAN'T GET DREAIMG.NBH Installed!
I just tried to downgrade my G1 from RC33 v1.42 + Radio Update 1.22.14.11!!!
I think I made the mistake and downgraded my bootloader from SPL_Hard to Original RC29_ SPL, because I was having trouble getting the file Dreaimg.nbh, recognized after booting holding camera + power buttons.
After downgrading from SPL_Hard to Orig RC29, I was able to boot holding the camera + power buttons, and the process started, but just before completing I got an error, FAILED TO UPDATE TERMINATING, and now my phone only reboots to the SPL screen with this showing:
DREA100 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.14.11
SEP 2 2008
I believe it's has to due with the Radio Update 1.22.14.11...
I'm going to try using QMAT and follow the Inst from that same thread. If that doesn't help can some offer some help???

Follow UP!
QMAT WORKED:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490960
Sorry about the double posts!

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

bump

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?

Stuck on black screen after flashing

I just rooted my g1 yesterday and flashed a dwang 1.17.1 it work well all day and when i got home i tried to flash a new rom but after i did it i tried to boot up the android screen came on then afer that the screen was just black so i so i went back into my recovery img uses usb toggle and put the dwang back on there flashed that but im getting the same black screen what do i need to do hopefully its not bricked
im using
hboot 1.33.2005
cpld 4
radio 2.22.19.261
ra-dream-v1.5.2

I'm not 100% sure on what your developing here you're a bit lite on the details buddy...
But to ans your Q, you need to wipe when changing roms each time.

DaviMack said:
I just rooted my g1 yesterday and flashed a dwang 1.17.1 it work well all day and when i got home i tried to flash a new rom but after i did it i tried to boot up the android screen came on then afer that the screen was just black so i so i went back into my recovery img uses usb toggle and put the dwang back on there flashed that but im getting the same black screen what do i need to do hopefully its not bricked
im using
hboot 1.33.2005
cpld 4
radio 2.22.19.261
ra-dream-v1.5.2
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you're not bricked if you can go into recovery... pretty much in general if you get past the g1 screen at all, or if you even ever see the g1 screen, then you're good... LOL
Anyway, dwang is quite outdated and does not take advantage of some new techniques and technologies that other donut devs use these days. Chances are, though, that your problem is with the method with which you installed dwang... incorrect spl, etc.
Try super D or Cyanogen. Those should give you consistent working results with the newest technologies. And next time, please use the g1 Q&A section, people are more willing to help you in there.

As long as you can get back into recovery your not bricked. Just do as Ace said and do a full wipe and then reflash and you should be fine.

wrong section ..........
Its development not general ......... but 2 answer ur question if u can get into recovery ur not bricked . And u need to always do a nandroid backup b4 flashing n it will save u this type of problem

ok sorry guys