I bricked my phone : ) - Captivate General

Yep. Did something wrong tryin to enable the installation on non market apps in adb. Turned my phone back on and it wont go past the galaxy screen buttons light up but thats it. Trying to reflash with odin right now but the pc wont recognize the phone neither will odin. I swear taking it back to the att store will make me feel like so much less of a man. Plus I can never truly be confident messing with it if I dont know how to fix it. Samsung pc studio may work. ill let ya know. If anyone has any other solutions let me know. Cant mount with adb, pc wont let me into the files, and yeah, kinda stuck. I dont wanna take the drive of shame. Plus its rooted dont know if theyll be able to tell or not.

I unbricked my phone. : )

dirtysouthd said:
I unbricked my phone. : )
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Haha congrats. I would have helped you had I been awake but sounds to me like you just needed the proper drivers. Having the correct driver can make a WORLD of difference when dealing with Odin TRUST me.
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cool thread

After all my screwups and failed attempts at various fixes and hacks lol I'm gonna agree with other posters on these forums and say that this thing is unbrickable. I've flashed back to stock 1/2 dozen times then just restored my nandroid backup after the 1 click root and downloading Rom Manager lol.

Cool story bro.

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[Q] First one to brick infuse 4g and need help

Hi everybody seems like I am the first to brick this phone and I've been looking all over the net. Still with no luck on how to get the phone back to download mode. Any help will please.
Thanx
Hold power volume+ & volume- at the same time.
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wahoo sombody to test the odin/heimdall files. hold volume buttons and plug in usb cable. please post results.
Dani897 said:
wahoo sombody to test the odin/heimdall files. hold volume buttons and plug in usb cable. please post results.
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i did that before didn't work. now i only have the phone and pc with yellow sign between them.
Have you tried the jig from the captive?
Waiting for the 26th for my Infuse 4g.
Mechpilot said:
Have you tried the jig from the captive?
Waiting for the 26th for my Infuse 4g.
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no, and i don't know how it works
Research. Do some.
Answers are out there. Trust the joker.
Ps. Trust me, your not the first to brick. There is a user that has patiently sat with a soft brick for over a week.
If you did what should of been done before you had a chance to brick there is always a way.
Debug enabled?
Rooted? (In some cases not even necessary to be fixed)
ADB. Almost anything can be done with adb.
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Hey there, aforementioned bricked guy reporting in.
Check out the Odin flashable stuff in another thread; that may be your best bet right now. If you can't get into recovery as usual, pop the battery, plug in usb, hold volume up and down, and out the battery is while holding those buttons.
If all else fails, AT&T will replace your phone for free if you got it on contract. I was worried about them denying me because I had a Captivate kernel (it displayed Galaxy S i897 on the splash screen) but they took it back regardless and I got a new phone out of it. Just play dumb with them just in case. ;D
For future reference, don't do anything to your phone just yet that isn't in the development forum. This is not a Galaxy S phone. You'll risk bricking it if you get too ahead of yourself and current development for the device.
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Unkrash said:
Hey there, aforementioned bricked guy reporting in.
Check out the Odin flashable stuff in another thread; that may be your best bet right now. If you can't get into recovery as usual, pop the battery, plug in usb, hold volume up and down, and out the battery is while holding those buttons.
If all else fails, AT&T will replace your phone for free if you got it on contract. I was worried about them denying me because I had a Captivate kernel (it displayed Galaxy S i897 on the splash screen) but they took it back regardless and I got a new phone out of it. Just play dumb with them just in case. ;D
For future reference, don't do anything to your phone just yet that isn't in the development forum. This is not a Galaxy S phone. You'll risk bricking it if you get too ahead of yourself and current development for the device.
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Unkrash, I feel this 'oops I probably shouldn't have done that' connection. Especially when you silently recognized I was referring to you. (Didn't want to put put you on front street)
Hows the dightfully new sexy handset treating you?
So far I can tell you what works no problems.
Root
3e unsigned fix
CM Captivate recovery flash
Adhoc wireless fix zip
Prop editor (set my Res at 230 nicely)
I am sure many more work. Just haven't done much more.....bricked one.....don't want to push my luck.
Good luck and look forward to sharing more with users such as yourself.
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hi again everybody,
i manage to get the phone back to download mode but none of the odin version let me reinstall software on the phone i downloaded the one posted by lost1 SGHI997_UCKD5_rooted some of them give me error and other just stuck on the setup connection and then fail. any help on this please.
and thanks again for your help
kajam said:
hi again everybody,
i manage to get the phone back to download mode but none of the odin version let me reinstall software on the phone i downloaded the one posted by lost1 SGHI997_UCKD5_rooted some of them give me error and other just stuck on the setup connection and then fail. any help on this please.
and thanks again for your help
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try heimdall. there is a windows version. post results.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
you will need the visual c++ redistributable package as well
this is like odin but you will need 7zip to extract the phone and csc files. you will also need the bootloaders and pit file if you repartition which i believe are in the extra files .zip lost1 posted
i have no luck also with heimdall i this there is problem with the ROM file and there is now ROM except the one posted by lost1. and body can get me a new ROm please that will be my last try
thanx
I never got heimdall the work either.
To be honest, if you did what I did, I'm almost positive an easy fix without much previous knowledge of Android is next to non-existent at this current point. Either there's something wrong with the files posted or we both destroyed it beyond what anyone here can help with atm.
It may be easier to return it, play dumb, obtain a shiny new Infuse and know to play it a little smarter this time. ;D
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Unkrash said:
I never got heimdall the work either.
To be honest, if you did what I did, I'm almost positive an easy fix without much previous knowledge of Android is next to non-existent at this current point. Either there's something wrong with the files posted or we both destroyed it beyond what anyone here can help with atm.
It may be easier to return it, play dumb, obtain a shiny new Infuse and know to play it a little smarter this time. ;D
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Hi ,
i tried all the ways to get this phone back but like i said there something wrong with the rom file because i went back and tried to use odin one click and it start to download the file and then stopped with error and after that the phone went dead no life at all and i gave up after a week of try, i went and play the dumb game and got another one. thanx for the advise and tthanx for everybody who tried to help
I have used the jig and it works fine. however, if he is getting the phone and pc with yellow sign between them, that means when he ran odin he selected re-partition. Dont select that one. you can still re odin with the phone and pc with yellow sign between them. download mode after doing that again

[Q] I'm a total noob, please help.

Hey, guys, I feel very inadequate in here so I was wondering if anyone would be willing to Skype with me on how to root, flash, etc. on my phone. I ask for Skype because I truly know next to nothing in regards to this process. I vaguely understand what rooting does but I have never done any of it.
I have been patient with my g2x and am still on my original one(hoping that LG or TMO would do what was right by it's customers) but after the recent news that they "might" start doing internal testing after having pulled our legs with this whole "by summer" nonsense, I have decided to try to correct their mistakes for now.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
check out theunlockr.com....if you cant do it that way id suggest you dont try it
Rooting and flashing so easy even a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Dognr3BII&feature=related can do it.
laker666 said:
check out theunlockr.com....if you cant do it that way id suggest you dont try it
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Thanks. Yeah, I have checked them out and while they are thorough I am still a bit intimidated because I don't want to brick my phone.
here is a thread that will point you in all the right directions to getting the g2x rooted with clockwork so you can start flashing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
just a fair warning once you start you can never stop.
tq745 said:
here is a thread that will point you in all the right directions to getting the g2x rooted with clockwork so you can start flashing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
just a fair warning once you start you can never stop.
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Man, that's great guide. I think I have skimmed over it before. It seems so daunting, haha. Am I making a bigger deal of it than I should be?
gogoplata1980 said:
Man, that's great guide. I think I have skimmed over it before. It seems so daunting, haha. Am I making a bigger deal of it than I should be?
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You are. Why are you letting a phone scare you?
Really its a piece of cake this is my second device I've rooted.. I did my old mt3g slide (it was a little bit harder especially being a n00b) but yea just follow guides to the T as much as possible. Even at worse case scenario you should able to revert to exchange and stuff if you have a warranty and whatnot. Have faith and go balls out you wont regret it!! I'm hooked on rooting/flashing.
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gogoplata1980 said:
Man, that's great guide. I think I have skimmed over it before. It seems so daunting, haha. Am I making a bigger deal of it than I should be?
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dude listen just read it slowly and take your time u should be researching first before anything, i researched these forums for 7 months before i joined, but just take your time and if u need help ask, its really easy use tga gunmans guide for nvflash (putting recovery on your phone cwm), after u rooted it then always make a backup
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You are. Why are you letting a phone scare you?
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Ha, I figured. I'm not scared of the phone, I'm scared of not being able to use a brick.
sarni84 said:
dude listen just read it slowly and take your time u should be researching first before anything, i researched these forums for 7 months before i joined, but just take your time and if u need help ask, its really easy use tga gunmans guide for nvflash (putting recovery on your phone cwm), after u rooted it then always make a backup
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Are you volunteering help?
Yep, you've totally scared yourself. Don't worry, I did it with my G1. Read, read, read. Then use the one click great app to root your phone then use TGA's thread to put CWM recovery on it.
If you're gonna do this stuff you gotta trust that you know what you're doing (unless there's something you really don't understand). Else you'll never do it.
And I don't think I've seen a thread about a really bricked phone. So relax and use the source young Skywalker.
XDA Mobile
Easy, download AmonRA recovery and follow youtube video directions. pretty much, download amonra, put on sd card, insert sd card, Power down, then press powerbutton+volume down, brings you to hboot menu....then you look for hboot usb, press volume down, then youre rooted.
First 2 times in rootet, i did it with this htc legend, took a few hours and yet didn't work, but afterwards in went to theunlocker guide and piece of cake it was, i even have to tell im running @ 806 mhz stable, even if found the biggest stable clock on legend to 768 mhz good luck
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Ok, might take the plunge here in a few. Roughly how long does the whole process take?
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yea ill help and listen dont download amonra, thats for different non tegra2 phones, recovery do the nvflash way its the only way.....dont do rom manager either its whats called a fake flash and u can only get access to recovery thru the app, now if u go into a bootloop your screwed, and wont be able to turn your phone on or off u can pull battery but it does nothing cuz when u turn ur phone back on ur still bootlooping so this way if u nvflashed recovery (cwm) on your phone and u go into a bootloop u can get into recovery by holding power down and volume down and your in
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yea ill help and listen dont download amonra, thats for different non tegra2 phones, recovery do the nvflash way its the only way.....dont do rom manager either its whats called a fake flash and u can only get access to recovery thru the app, now if u go into a bootloop your screwed, and wont be able to turn your phone on or off u can pull battery but it does nothing cuz when u turn ur phone back on ur still bootlooping so this way if u nvflashed recovery (cwm) on your phone and u go into a bootloop u can get into recovery by holding power down and volume down and your in
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Thanks a ton, bro! I'm gonna try to root and then post in here every so often to show my progress/ask questions.
Do I need to take out my SD card before rooting?
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Do I need to take out my SD card before rooting?
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no u do not just go into ur settings go to applications then development and make sure usb debugging is checked then start the root process u need to install adb theres guides all over for that and install the lg drivers......oh and remember to reboot after u have it rooted for root to stick
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no u do not just go into ur settings go to applications then development and make sure usb debugging is checked then start the root process u need to install adb theres guides all over for that and install the lg drivers......oh and remember to reboot after u have it rooted for root to stick
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Ok, I downloaded SuperOneClick(haven't ran it yet) but I want to make sure I dl'd the right one. I dl'd the last and biggest one offered. SuperOneClickv1.9.5-ShortFuse.Driver.rar
Is that the right one?

[Q] So confused...

I have completely screwed my phone. I have rooted and ROM'ed at least 5 Android phones in the past.
This one is simply ridiculous.
I have used ODIN and had no problems. Now when I flashed my rom through CWM it just flashes a Samsung screen.
I have redone everything 10 times I am doing everything correctly.
I have tried different ROMs different kernels, same thing every time.
I am lost, and need help PLEASE!
Did you flash a pit file? Repartitioning usually does the trick.
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Now that I've wiped my phone, how do I disable the voodoo lagfix without being able to do anything on the phone so I can install a ROM? This doesn't make sense to me.
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Did you flash a pit file? Repartitioning usually does the trick.
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I'm sorry I don't know what that is.
mjdato said:
I'm sorry I don't know what that is.
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Check out this thread for info on (and to get) the pit file.
I did this and now my phone will not boot up at all...
This phone is a total piece...
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This phone is a total piece...
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No, you just do not know what your doing, simple as that. Tons of people here and elsewhere have no problems. You haven't listed what roms and kernels you are trying. My guess is either using froyo rom with GB kernel or not using odin right, it's pretty easy to use but also easy to get wrong, I suggest actually taking some time to learn what to do and what everything is. It's evident you are very impatient by your constant posts in this thread and their content which implies you didn't take the proper time to research what you are doing and how it all works. With some actual useful information like rom and kernel we could probably help
I've been researching this phone and the tools for a week now, and started this process at 1PM, so no im not impatient.
This phone is a piece. It was bad when it came out and it still is crap. I've rooted, Rom'ed and modded every Android phone I've ever had with no issue. Different carriers, different manufacturer's. Never had an issue.
Now, thanks for the lecture Dad, if you have any insight as to why my phone will not boot up after flashing the pit file it would be much appreciated, if not, troll somewheres else.
Thanks!
mjdato said:
if you have any insight as to why my phone will not boot up after flashing the pit file it would be much appreciated, if not, troll somewheres else.
Thanks!
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Are you drunk? Maybe try again when you sober up?
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What roms and kernals have you tried?
Are you making sure that you are using the PDA option in Odin instead of phone?
Are you using the PIT option with the right boxes checked/unchecked?
Give us a little more insight on what you have done and what you are trying to do and we will do our best to help you out.
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mjdato said:
I've been researching this phone and the tools for a week now, and started this process at 1PM, so no im not impatient.
This phone is a piece. It was bad when it came out and it still is crap. I've rooted, Rom'ed and modded every Android phone I've ever had with no issue. Different carriers, different manufacturer's. Never had an issue.
Now, thanks for the lecture Dad, if you have any insight as to why my phone will not boot up after flashing the pit file it would be much appreciated, if not, troll somewheres else.
Thanks!
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If you have been researching this phone for weeks wouldn't you have known if it were a piece of #### before you bought it? So far I like the phone very light and reliable. Definitely needs root though the original software is terrible.
jfl14609 said:
If you have been researching this phone for weeks wouldn't you have known if it were a piece of #### before you bought it? So far I like the phone very light and reliable. Definitely needs root though the original software is terrible.
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If I'm not mistaken when you use a pit file you have to Odin a new rom right after. It wipes everything off the partitions.but I've only used a pit one time so may be wrong . The first few times I flashed this phone I had problems but eventually I caught everything that usually causes a problem. And I was just like you, had been flashing evo, incredible and hero for a long time with no problem. But Samsung gave me a headache. But i was stuck in a bootloop and nothing would flash. I ran the pit then flashed a new tar file and she booted up fine
Didn't mean to quote that post. Oops
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
It was given to me by my job. I didn't have a choice if I wanted my bill paid for every month.
Ok, so I have tried:
0808_charge_overclock
NAMELESS_Kernel_Cleanup_Script
ROMS i have tried:
Altered BeastAlpha 5
Eclipse_TW4_v1.1
humble50_rc2
At this point it will not charge or boot up into anything so I'm not sure if it's even recoverable right now....where should I even start?
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Are you drunk? Maybe try again when you sober up?
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I truly wish I was. LOL
mjdato said:
Ok, so I have tried:
0808_charge_overclock
NAMELESS_Kernel_Cleanup_Script
ROMS i have tried:
Altered BeastAlpha 5
Eclipse_TW4_v1.1
humble50_rc2
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Well since u partitioned with the pit. Ur phone is sitting there with nothing on it. No rom, no kernel,recovery etc. So i know humble 5 wont work cuz it doesn't include a kernel. Humble 4 will however work. It includes a kernel and a recovery .have u did everything in the "Hoe to fix your phone "thread on top of development section?
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At this point it will not charge or boot up into anything so I'm not sure if it's even recoverable right now....where should I even start?
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I've had problems at times getting my phone into download mode. Just gonna toss some stuff out there as I'm sure there are people that know more than me. Is there anyway you can have a charged or extra battery charged? I would hmm uninstall the samsung drivers etc..or atleast re install so your phone is recognized when you plug it in the usb. So you can get your phone into download mode and Odin doesnt see it? Have you followed the directions in the stickys on the Dev page to a T? Im sure you have tried all usb ports,different cable, hell different computer. If you still can't get it back up as many have posted they haven't seen to many totally bricked phones I would love to have something to just play around with. If you dont have insurance and cant get it exchanged let me know. Pretty sure though more people will chime in and get things working though.

Help? qhsusb_dload When rooting Rogers 727R.

Well looks like I HARD Bricked my phone when I ran SuperOneClick v2.3.1 to Root my phone.. "its only 2 days old" the phone will not even power up now.. and when I plug it into my pc It just shows up as "qhsusb_dload" in my device manager.. rogers is going to send me a new phone overnight and I have to send back my bricked one.. do you think they will find out I was rooting the phone? they are just replace it as a power issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=631288&d=1308601930
See if these drivers will work for ya. If not, probably nothing you can do about it.
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Yep tryed the drivers.. Odin will now see the phone but just sits a setting up connection... also the phone can been see with the battery in or out... Rogers is sending me a new one tomorrow or Monday.. .from what I seen there is no way for them to tell if I have rooted the phone or not since they will have to do a jtag flash.
They will probably just say it was a hardware failure of some sort. You should be fine.
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well I got QPST to see my phone now I just need a hex file to flash to it... looks like its been wiped clean my phone... odin will not see it but qpst will.
Haven't played with qpst since I tried to "unlock" a cdma phone. What a joke that was. CDMA sucks so bad. Sorry for spamming your thread..
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I saw your post in the dev thread that you got scolded for. Not sure if it's locked yet so I'm posting here.
I'm hard bricked as well, with a replacement on the way. I'd rather fix my phone if possible with QPST. Please report back if you're able to get that hex image or find another way to make the phone work again. (although I'd be looking for the AT&T image--not the Rogers version)
Thanks and good luck!
Yes I have been looking for both images AT&T and rogers but none to be found.. the good thing is if we hard brick our phones and it will not even power up. We can still access it with Qualcomm Product Support Tools (QPST).. Now I can't find an image but if someone would be nice enough to upload a hex image of their low level boot.. but then they have to know how to use qpst. and its not a very nice tool to use.
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Yes I have been looking for both images AT&T and rogers but none to be found.. the good thing is if we hard brick our phones and it will not even power up. We can still access it with Qualcomm Product Support Tools (QPST).. Now I can't find an image but if someone would be nice enough to upload a hex image of their low level boot.. but then they have to know how to use qpst. and its not a very nice tool to use.
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Can you link me to QPST? I've got a similar situation to yours.
By the way,
Does your phone do anything at all to indicate it's been plugged in?
Have you tried opening ADB to see if it is recognized there?
Ya the phone will not power on at all, nothing on the screen but when I plug it into the PC it sees Qhsusb_dload. in the Device mannager and QPST will see the phone.. but its stuck in a mode waiting to download a hex or bin file from Qpst.. but the phone will not power up at all. so ADB will not work.. the phone is stuck in a very low programming level.. here is a link to the software
http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/flash/mobile_phones/companies/qualcomm/models/qpst/12051.html
so what do we do now, my phone is bricked too :[
Does it power on?
Wow thats alot of bricks. Most ive ever seen in one forum. What did you all do. Try and flash something from a different device?
what i did was i'm trying to flash the rom from galaxy s2 tmobile with the conversion zip but it bootloop on me, so i went to odin, it gave me error failed, i make mistake at this step is that i took out the battery the download mode to goes away, which i should have press volume up or down to get out of the screen after i did some research but everything was to late, i only have the phone working for less than 24 hours
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JimmyStale said:
Does it power on?
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no but i plug in my computer in does try to install the driver thou
silver03wrx said:
Wow thats alot of bricks. Most ive ever seen in one forum.
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Perhaps we should build a house...
silver03wrx said:
. What did you all do. Try and flash something from a different device?
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My phone got washed in the laundry and I'm trying to resurrect it.
even my skyrocket bricked any help please
silver03wrx said:
Wow thats alot of bricks. Most ive ever seen in one forum. What did you all do. Try and flash something from a different device?
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Tried to flash a "rom" I made in dsixda's Android Kitchen http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390903
I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions completely, not sure where I went wrong. Maybe trying to flash a 2.3.5 over Alien 4 (which is 2.3.6)?
At any rate, not blaming the kitchen. I probably did something I shouldn't have.
Got a replacement yesterday, so I'm good now with a hard lesson learned. First hard brick ever!
One more....
i was chatting with whats app and then the phone reboots and black screen....
the important thing is that a friend purchased the phone in Canada and i have no invoice and also no HTC service in México...
bad way to start the year.
TriC_101 said:
well I got QPST to see my phone now I just need a hex file to flash to it... looks like its been wiped clean my phone... odin will not see it but qpst will.
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you are right, i also can see my phone on QPST and it seems to be clean. I think we just need someone to backup their phone and boot image in hex to unbrick the phones....
Someone that want to help us to test this???
Greetings
xuvert said:
you are right, i also can see my phone on QPST and it seems to be clean. I think we just need someone to backup their phone and boot image in hex to unbrick the phones....
Someone that want to help us to test this???
Greetings
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I wouldn't mind helping as it would possibly benefit me as well. I can't seem to get QPST to read my working 727. I can get it to recognize the device but it says "no phone".
If someone wants to point me in the right direction I'd be glad to help.

Friend thought he bricked his infuse, I can get it in red CWM and in download mode!!!

My friend could not get his phone to turn on, or blink, or do anything at all... After a while of messing with it I got it to turn on and I figured out how to boot the red CWM and from there I can also send it into download mode. I have tried reformatting and wiping data and rebooting ect, ect, but nothing is working, OHH and BOTH my micro SD cards are write-protected for some RETARDED reason so I cant put the ROM on that and CWM it.... So can somebody help me out please!
AND BEFORE YOU START POINTING FINGERS!
I have read threads for the last 10-12 hours (straight, no joke) and have tried using Odin, and the HEINSCHEMIA or whatever its called, and I just dont seem to be getting it xD i think its just the instructions are too vague since I havent used these programs at all, both of them go NOWHERE (and I do have the drivers installed)
I am not new to this stuff and I have put ROMs on probably upwards of 20 devices but this one is really pissing me off =[ im dead tired and sick of just reading hundreds of threads that are taking me nowhere! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I WILL BE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT! =]
ThreeWishes4Me said:
My friend could not get his phone to turn on, or blink, or do anything at all... After a while of messing with it I got it to turn on and I figured out how to boot the red CWM and from there I can also send it into download mode. I have tried reformatting and wiping data and rebooting ect, ect, but nothing is working, OHH and BOTH my micro SD cards are write-protected for some RETARDED reason so I cant put the ROM on that and CWM it.... So can somebody help me out please!
AND BEFORE YOU START POINTING FINGERS!
I have read threads for the last 10-12 hours (straight, no joke) and have tried using Odin, and the HEINSCHEMIA or whatever its called, and I just dont seem to be getting it xD i think its just the instructions are too vague since I havent used these programs at all, both of them go NOWHERE (and I do have the drivers installed)
I am not new to this stuff and I have put ROMs on probably upwards of 20 devices but this one is really pissing me off =[ im dead tired and sick of just reading hundreds of threads that are taking me nowhere! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I WILL BE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT! =]
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No ideas??? or am i not being patient enough? lol! anyways INTERESTING UPDATE: I went out for a little bit and came back to an "important update" (just 1) and it was the SAMSUNG blah blah (exactly what i wanted to see) but of course when i try to update it, it downloads and then gives me error 800f020b which means "im trying to install a device that is not connected" (summerized) so what am i supposed to do?!?
Any help would be great =]
ThreeWishes4Me said:
No ideas??? or am i not being patient enough? lol! anyways INTERESTING UPDATE: I went out for a little bit and came back to an "important update" (just 1) and it was the SAMSUNG blah blah (exactly what i wanted to see) but of course when i try to update it, it downloads and then gives me error 800f020b which means "im trying to install a device that is not connected" (summerized) so what am i supposed to do?!?
Any help would be great =]
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Did you root and download a ROM? Not rooted? You didn't give a lot of details.
Read the following link and follow the Heimdall link in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548
psal217050 said:
Did you root and download a ROM? Not rooted? You didn't give a lot of details.
Read the following link and follow the Heimdall link in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548
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???? I said IT CANT BOOT and I CAN GET INTO RED CWM AND DOWNLOAD MODE.... how would i root it if it wont boot....
And that program wont work because you have to have the drivers installed and from what i can see its impossible without at some point having my phone connect (regularly, not in CWM or download mode) which is obviously not gonna happen... so thats useless as can be....
ALSO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO TAKE THE WRITE-PROTECTION OFF (NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, I FOUND THE SETTING IN DEVICE MANAGER!) BUT IM DUMB AND CANT FLASH THE ROM BECAUSE ITS IN THE EXT SD NOT THE INTERNAL SD! ANY WAY AROUND THIS?
and while trying to follow a tutorial (which i think was BS now) all my drivers are gone from "Computer" except for C, D, and my disc drive 0.0 stupid KEY REGISTRY CRAP! so i need to figure this out and when im done i need to restore to before i screwed it up
EDIT: FORGOT TO MENTION THO THAT MY BROTHERS GF HAS AN INFUSE I THINK SO IM GONNA HAVE HER COME OVER AND ILL FINISH INSTALLING THE DRIVERS WITH HERS, THAT WOULD WORK RIGHT???
if your phone won't boot and you don't have a cwm back up or if you don't have a rom on your internal sdcard or don't have zen tool kit then your sol and you have no other options but to flash ur phone back to stock in download mode using odius or hymenthingy.
"odious hymenthingy" .... you are wise, o great and powerful mufmaker
(either that or I am flashing back to the years I spent in janitorial service at the all-girls Catholic high school)
Zen Arcade said:
"odious hymenthingy" .... you are wise, o great and powerful mufmaker
(either that or I am flashing back to the years I spent in janitorial service at the all-girls Catholic high school)
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I take offense to the title "mufmaker," Sir. I've re-flavored a MUF or two and might have even dyed a few MUFs. But make one, I did not.
btw..we had this discussion a while back...the OS that runs the phone may be more accurately call a firmware. So we have Unofficial Firmwares. And Modified UFs can be called MUFs
qkster said:
if your phone won't boot and you don't have a cwm back up or if you don't have a rom on your internal sdcard or don't have zen tool kit then your sol and you have no other options but to flash ur phone back to stock in download mode using odius or hymenthingy.
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what do you mean a cwm backup? a backup on the int from before? remember this wasnt my phone so that type of info i wouldnt know, but i do know CWM works perfectly fine and it goes into download mode just as easy, also stock is fine with me but how do i do that, how can i make hymenthingy (rofl) work??? would using any infuse work? my brothers girlfriend has one and i asked her to bring it later....
Cant i just get the drivers working and try that program and if not cant i just use CWM thing that mounts it to USB storage and put the rom on the internal? does that work... im confused xD
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what do you mean a cwm backup? a backup on the int from before? remember this wasnt my phone so that type of info i wouldnt know, but i do know CWM works perfectly fine and it goes into download mode just as easy, also stock is fine with me but how do i do that, how can i make hymenthingy (rofl) work??? would using any infuse work? my brothers girlfriend has one and i asked her to bring it later....
Cant i just get the drivers working and try that program and if not cant i just use CWM thing that mounts it to USB storage and put the rom on the internal? does that work... im confused xD
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ur only option is to get your phone to be recognize by a pc in download mode and flash a stock package
qkster said:
ur only option is to get your phone to be recognize by a pc in download mode and flash a stock package
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so whats Mount USB Storage mode or whatever its called, i thought that mounted the internal SD so you can explore it via PC
ThreeWishes4Me said:
so whats Mount USB Storage mode or whatever its called, i thought that mounted the internal SD so you can explore it via PC
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that was not part of the options i suggested
Sometimes you have to wonder why they ask for help...
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