Hi guys,
My girlfriend somehow has borked her phone.
From what she's explained, she used Task 29 to wipe her phone, or something to that degree, and then tried to flash a GSM ROM to it. However she in on Sprint, so I assume it's a CDMA phone.
As of right now, the phone appears off. If you hold the power down, nothing. If you take the battery out, put it back in, and hold Vol Down it'll boot into the bootloader (I believe that's what it is, the colorful background thing) however the bootloader soon goes away and back to the black screen.
Sometimes the phone will randomly boot up to the HTC logo, and then back to blackness.
Does anyone have any idea what she's supposed to do at this point? Or what I should do to get a ROM on there? I have 0 experience with Windows Mobile roms, so I don't know what happened or what to do next. Guidance of what happened and what to do next would be appreciated so I can solve this issue and understand the situation past 'is it borked'
Thanks everyone
EDIT UPDATE: I figured it out. Her battery was dead lol however USB charging wouldn't work. I happen to have an external charger hah so I saved the day. I was now able to boot into the bootloader, have it stay there, and put a ROM on there. Easy Peasy.
Hi!
Today I got from my friend a bricked Desire S.
He said, he tried updating a pile of apps at once and it froze. He left it to cope with that and when he was back it was turned off.
When turned on it would stuck on htc logo. He read somewhere that he has to perform a "factory reset". I'm not sure what exactly has he done later (he did this with holding the volume up and power buttons and than there had to be, as he said, an option to reset the device), but the result is, that the device doesn't respond at all.
Nothing happens when connected to USB or charger.
Is there anything I can do about it?
Maybe force push bootloader with adb?
Please, help guys
Hi,
it doesn't do anything at all?
Power button?
Power button + Volume down?
Recharge battery?
Connect to a PC with properly installed htc drivers?
Remove battery and put it back?
Unfortunately yes.
Tried different combinations several times - once or twice the led blinked for like a half a second, but than nothing.
I have some flashing experience and I learn quickly. If You have ANY ideas, I'll try to make them happen.
I will try everything, as I have nothing to loose
Regards.
SorbetM said:
Hi!
Today I got from my friend a bricked Desire S.
He said, he tried updating a pile of apps at once and it froze. He left it to cope with that and when he was back it was turned off.
When turned on it would stuck on htc logo. He read somewhere that he has to perform a "factory reset". I'm not sure what exactly has he done later (he did this with holding the volume up and power buttons and than there had to be, as he said, an option to reset the device), but the result is, that the device doesn't respond at all.
Nothing happens when connected to USB or charger.
Is there anything I can do about it?
Maybe force push bootloader with adb?
Please, help guys
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Whenever we see “And I was updating apps and it froze up.....” we have a suspicion we perhaps have another case of the eMMC chip packing in. At least he didn’t do a battery pull. Holding UP + DOWN + POWER has a similar effect to hitting reset on a PC. You can’t get to recovery this way.
With the phone off, hold just the DOWN + POWER. Does the phone then boot into HBOOT? (white screen with coloured text and little green androids at the bottom). If it does, great. You can choose RECOVERY from this and do a factory reset. If the phone does a series of (seven?) quick vibrations maybe not so good.
Search for “eMMC” in this forum to get plenty of people who had this problem, and how (some of them) have been able to fix it. Knowing what to search for is half the battle!
For example check this thread out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284196
Geek out!
Thanks for the reply,
I actually have tried entering the hboot few times - with no success.
It doesn't respond at all.
I've read about this chip, but I want to make sure there is no option to force the phone to enter recovery. Than I would probably know what to do next.
Regards.
SorbetM said:
Thanks for the reply,
I actually have tried entering the hboot few times - with no success.
It doesn't respond at all.
I've read about this chip, but I want to make sure there is no option to force the phone to enter recovery. Than I would probably know what to do next.
Regards.
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Not sounding good I'm afraid. The last resort would be to contact HTC and try to get it repaired on warranty. They are very very aware of the problem, and once you tell them "I was updating all apps at once and it froze" they'll accept it as a known hardware failure. Like you say, you have nothing to loose in trying.
A friend recently had this, and sent if off to HTC for repair. As the description of the fault was a known hardware failure, they never bothered to test it first, so they didn't notice it had been rooted! It just went straight through to get a main board replacement. It took five weeks for them to return it though. Best fish out that battered Nokia in your drawer and charge it up ready!
Good luck!
Uh, these are quite bad news, but I'm pretty sure they will accept it on warranty, since my friend haven't done anything "illegal" with it
Thank You for Your fast replies
Regards.
Sorry but i have been frantically searching the forum but cannot find what i need. This morning my phone was acting strangely so I restarted it, but it seemed to be stuck in a loop restarting again and again. I read on here to hold volume up/down and power to be able to remove battery, then I put batt back in held vol down and pressed power and on the menu in selected recovery. My problem now is phone is stuck on a black screen with phone picture and red warning sign. I don't know where to go from here...sorry if this has been covered a million times but i searched for a good half hour and was getting forum fever. My Desire S is stock on android 2.3.5. Many thanks if you can help.
Your lucky that you can reach bootloader. From there find an option to reset your phone.
@lennyboi77
Thats your stock recovery, press vol up+power to access its menu. Try a reset.
ITs also worth a look here just to make sure you haven't damaged your phone.
From that point (if the reset never worked) I feel that you can only go the RUU route. So please can you post the results of "fastboot getvar all" remember to remove your serial and imei. From that I should be able to point you to the correct RUU and if you will need a goldcard.
Dun worry, had that twice when installing ruu. but i never stop there, continued until succeed. BUT make sure u follow the step accordingly.
Is ur phone branded?
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@lennyboi77
Thats your stock recovery, press vol up+power to access its menu...
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.... on mine, it's vol down+power (holding vol down before pressing power) ....
Thanks for your replies guys, I ended up going on the live chat on HTC website and the guy guided me through doing a hard reset...was a bit worried at one point as he told me to pull the battery when it was doing the constant reset thing but he assured me it was fine to do so! Thankfully my phone has been fine since, I wasn't trying to install a RUU it was just freaking out of its own accord. Maybe it don't like mondays.
lennyboi77 said:
Thanks for your replies guys, I ended up going on the live chat on HTC website and the guy guided me through doing a hard reset...was a bit worried at one point as he told me to pull the battery when it was doing the constant reset thing but he assured me it was fine to do so! Thankfully my phone has been fine since, I wasn't trying to install a RUU it was just freaking out of its own accord. Maybe it don't like mondays.
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Mondays - Who does?....glad to hear phone fixed, you should update the title of the first post to have [SOLVED] at the start.
Pulling the battery is never recommended, even if told to do so by HTC support - I mean what do they have to loose? the only possibly safe opportunity to do so, is mid way through the phones power on and off cycle and you only have a tiny window, although this is only a last resort and not something to be tried by the faint at heart.
Let me try to explain as comprehensively as possible what happened before I couldn't start my Nexus S again.
Until yesterday, I was running an older CM9 Nightly, together with the Matrix CFS kernel (18.0) and an older reloadedICS mod. Everything was running fine. Well, except for the fact that every time I rebooted, it took 2 or 3 times before it actually started. So 2 or 3 times, while rebooting, my Nexus S rebooted again, or just crashed so that I'd have to pull out the battery. But when my Nexus S finally started, it worked fine. I still had the occasional crash, but everything worked.
Yesterday, I decided it was time for a new nightly. So I downloaded the CM9 nightly from 7 april, the latest gapps, the newest matrix CFS kernel (18.5), and the Reloaded ICS 1.9b2 mod. Before I flashed everything, I wiped cache/dalvik cache, as always. I did flash everything at the same time though.
I didn't like the new icons in the statusbar from the latest Reloaded ICS mod, so I downloaded a different version of the Reloaded ICS 1.9b2 mod that someone had uploaded, with the different icons. That also worked fine. Every icon changed, except for the battery icon.
I used my Nexus S for the day. I listened music, browsed the web, whatsapped with some people... It worked fine. Then I went and watched some TV. After that I went to bed, and I noticed the battery of my Nexus S was empty. Since I wanted to check my mail/facebook before I went to sleep, I put my Nexus S in the charger. I started it, that worked fine. It said the battery had 0% on the statusbar, and because of the new battery icon from the Reloaded ICS mod, you can't see anymore if your Nexus S is charging. But it started, so I guess that's what counts.
So I started facebook (in the browser). Halfway loading, my Nexus S crashed. I experienced crashes before, certainly with CM9 nightlies, so I wasn't really surprised. I pulled out the battery, because the power button wasn't working (again, wasn't surprised, that's normal with that kind of crash).
And that's when things went wrong. My Nexus S wouldn't start again. I tried starting it in fastboot mode. Didn't work.... I put it in the charger for the night, but the charge icon (the white battery icon) didn't show up on the screen. And the next day (today), it still didn't start. I know someone who also has a Nexus S, so I tried his battery. Didn't work. I tried his charger. Didn't work. But when he tried MY battery and charger in HIS Nexus S, it DID work! Well, except for the fact that his Nexus S is still trying to boot up, after half an hour...
So that's two Nexus S's dead. One that won't even charge anymore. The other at least shows signs of life. I have no idea how this is possible. Clearly it has something to do with pulling out batteries, since his Nexus S wouldn't start anymore after he pulled out the battery when it was still turned on, and my Nexus S wouldn't start anymore after I pulled out the battery when it crashed.
By the way, my friend's Nexus S is not rooted. He is using stock ICS.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Edit; i also noticed that my battery was going down exceptionally quick after the 7 april nightly. I don't know if this is relevant.
Try this to see if you can get it up to fastboot. After this you'll want to have fresh ROMs (preferably stock for now) ready to flash. Data/factory reset, format /system and format /boot, then flash the new ROM in recovery.
Hopefully this works for you and possibly your friend. Does his phone enter bootloader (Vol. Up + Power)?
Harbb said:
Try this to see if you can get it up to fastboot. After this you'll want to have fresh ROMs (preferably stock for now) ready to flash. Data/factory reset, format /system and format /boot, then flash the new ROM in recovery.
Hopefully this works for you and possibly your friend. Does his phone enter bootloader (Vol. Up + Power)?
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Thanks for your help! I'm going to try that.
Yes, his phone can enter bootloader.
I've found some other people on the internet with the same problem as me. First there were problems with rebooting (it would only start after the second or third try). Then the battery drained exceptionally quick. And then, no signs of life at all... http://groups.google.com/a/googlepr...gory-topic/mobile/android-devices/06zm2LENFpc
Try to go into recovery and download the Stock 4.0.3 (hopefully he's still on 4.0.3) FULL ROM and flash that (needs to be named update.zip, can flash through stock recovery). If this doesn't work it might need the bootloader unlocked at least and data will most likely be lost at this stage.
There have been some people who have had battery drain issues while the phone is off. I've not heard of anything to suggest anything besides a hardware fault which requires the mainboard to be replaced, unsure if this is related at all.
Harbb said:
Try to go into recovery and download the Stock 4.0.3 (hopefully he's still on 4.0.3) FULL ROM and flash that (needs to be named update.zip, can flash through stock recovery). If this doesn't work it might need the bootloader unlocked at least and data will most likely be lost at this stage.
There have been some people who have had battery drain issues while the phone is off. I've not heard of anything to suggest anything besides a hardware fault which requires the mainboard to be replaced, unsure if this is related at all.
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My friend can't get into recovery anymore... It shows the green android icon for a flash of a second, and then it shuts down... But at least he can get into bootloader mode... I guess that's something.
I guess it has something to do with my battery, since that is what killed my friends Nexus S. I don't think my problem will ever be fixed though. That ubuntu app is worth a shot, but for that I need a computer that can run ubuntu and windows, and I don't think I have that.
I've also found this: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/nexus-s-jtag-brick-repair/. Is that worth a shot? I'm willing to pay that kind of money for it. I do a lot of things myself without having too much knowledge, but this goes a little too far...
I personally wouldn't go for a jig, i can't vouch for them at all. I hear it it isn't too difficult to make your own though (3x100kOhm resisters in series or something). Wouldn't be worth $40, closer to $2 if you already have a soldering iron.
Your mate can get into recovery, he just can't see anything because he's on the ICS recovery (it doesn't turn on the SC-LCD's backlight, common problem). Shine a bright lamp on it at an angle and you should be able to make out what's there. Power + Vol. Up to get past the exclamation and android, then shine up the top. If he's happy losing his data (and slightly possibly his warranty) to unlock the bootloader i'd be going for that instead.
Just about any computer can run ubuntu. You might even be able to run it straight off the livecd. This is the first thing i would try.
Harbb said:
I personally wouldn't go for a jig, i can't vouch for them at all. I hear it it isn't too difficult to make your own though (3x100kOhm resisters in series or something). Wouldn't be worth $40, closer to $2 if you already have a soldering iron.
Your mate can get into recovery, he just can't see anything because he's on the ICS recovery (it doesn't turn on the SC-LCD's backlight, common problem). Shine a bright lamp on it at an angle and you should be able to make out what's there. Power + Vol. Up to get past the exclamation and android, then shine up the top. If he's happy losing his data (and slightly possibly his warranty) to unlock the bootloader i'd be going for that instead.
Just about any computer can run ubuntu. You might even be able to run it straight off the livecd. This is the first thing i would try.
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That tip with the bright lamp really worked! Thanks for that! But the first time he didn't do the factory reset yet, and now he can't even see the recovery menu (not even with a bright lamp), just the exclamation mark...
He needs to press Power + Vol. Up while he can see the exclamation mark. This will exit the splash screen and enter the actual recovery menu.
Thanks! But the factory reset didn't work, unfortunately... He is still stuck in boot...
As a matter of fact, oldblue has written up good instructions to get the phone to factory-stock state and fastboot flashable images. These should overwrite everything that should be overwrited on the phone and throw stock google stuff on there. Definitely something to try out, i would be doing this beyond anything else.
Note that it requires unlocking (and relocking later) the bootloader, and this will also erase all data on the phone and internal sdcard.
My friends phone works again. The factory reset did work after all! Hurray for him, lol
I'm going to try that ubuntu app later today. After that, oldblue's guide might come in handy!
Thanks a lot for all of your help, Harbb!
Happy to help and best of luck. Definitely use AdamOutler's app to the best of it's ability, it can do damn near anything. There is one more thing to try on top of this too if nothing goes to plan but it could be a potential sacrifice (minor hardware mod). Let's just hope this works.
The fastboot images would be, theoretically, a more perfect way to return to stock, so if this is possible to fix by software alone you'd be hard at work trying to find a better alternative. Maybe your phone is recoverable after all.
Androyed said:
My friends phone works again. The factory reset did work after all! Hurray for him, lol
I'm going to try that ubuntu app later today. After that, oldblue's guide might come in handy!
Thanks a lot for all of your help, Harbb!
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No dont try the ubuntu tool unless it doesnt turn on, you cant boot into bootloader or you cant turn it on, and you see nothing on the screen.
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die tool is voor echte gebrickte nexussen.. gebruik die aleen als je dus niks meer ermee kan, zoals dat hij nieteens in de bootloader kan booten. (dat was met demijne gebeurd).
succes , als je vragen hebt PM me maar.
Same Problem?
Hey guys, i have a Nexus S (never rooted or anything). I received the update notice for ICS so i duly updated. Right after, my phone was bricked. Doesn't turn on / respond to anything.
I ran the UnbrickableRessurector by Adam and I can get Fastboot Mode to show up this way. I was really hoping that i don't have to unlock it or anything as i don't want to void warranty.
Any thoughts? I tried selecting 'recovery' after which the screen goes dark. Shining a bright light on the display doesn't help - really can't make out anything. Do i have a different problem?
Thanks!
how do all.... nexus s I9023
i have just purchased a some what lovely google nexus s I9023
working fine for an hour or so...
i had a little pop up asking me to update...
i thought OK... sure why not...
having done so phone worked fine for an additional 20 mins...
then phone froze... i took the battery out and started it up again...
it froze on GOOGLE screen...
iv trawled every forum possible since this has happened...
now the PHONE WILL NOT EVEN TURN ON...
the phone is completely stock no mods or addon's to it!
im at the end of my tether.. SOME ONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!
Hold volume up + power after reinserting the battery and putting it on charge. Do you enter bootloader mode? And what happens if you click recovery?
done the hold volume up and press power...
still no joy unresponsive!!
when it does work after 50 attempts of taking the battery out and putting it back in and doing volume and power
it turns on.. scroll to recovery.. it turns off google screen pops on...
then a Green android lying on his back appears with its stomach open showing white blocks and a explanation mark above it!
IM PUZZLED!!!!!
it then resets it self going back to being unresponsive!!
HELP!!!!
Give this a shot.
Also, could it be a power button issue? And that android screen is the splash for stock recovery. You have to press vol. up + power again to get past it, beyond this you can do a factory reset and similar magic. However you likely don't want this, and on the screen where you chose to enter recovery, you'll likely want to use fastboot to unlock the phone (which will wipe all personal data) and then flash a stock ROM again. At this point i would advise lots and lots of reading.
If it's less than a year old, i would be calling samsung though. If it is a new phone i would definitely do this first. Do not unlock unless you have no chance of going through warranty. Will need to know the exact status of the phone for best advice here.