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Help needed ASAP to recover from messed up phone!

Hi!
First off, if I have posted in the wrong place, I am sorry and if necessary please move to relevant location!
Right, I have had a major problem with my HTC Desire, I spent all day & night yesterday trying to fix!
I rebooted the device as it was running short of memory, then phone just got stuck on the white HTC boot screen & wouldnt move from that, so I restored a backup of the phone using Nandroid, but I had the same result, fine I thought, Id just download a RUU to reflash the device, this didnt work and came up with errors, BUT what I did manage to do is take the rom.zip and make a new ROM in Cygwin which flashed perfectly and I ended up with a stock 2.2 and all seemed to be back to normal, so I then tried to restore a backup again, but same problem, white HTC screen so I have came to the conclusion that I will have to TRY to re-create my old ROM & settings using this stock ROM!
So far I have managed to root the ROM & add everything that my old ROM had (was using the latest Lee Droid ROM - man big respect to you for what you do!!) but there are a few things missing which I do not know about and this is where I need all your help with!
Below are the bits I desperately need including with the ROM (my phone wont install any other ROMS other than the stock 2.2 I said earlier) I am not expecting the members here to do it all for me, BUT if you could point me in the right direction to either the posts with directions for what I need or other places where I can find the bits & how to do it!
*** Wireless N support (my router is N & so are the other wireless devices)
*** An overclocked kernel (such as Lee Droid's V2.2e_A2SD ROM)
*** The ability to wake up & unlock the phone with the optical thumb trackpad
*** The reboot option when long press on unlock button (ideally the nice, clear menu that includes Hibernate from the new HD ROMS)
*** Branding & naming the ROM (as Lee Droid does on his ROMS)
*** Custom wallpapers instead of stock wallpapers
I am sorry for the long post, but I really NEED this completed ASAP and I know with all your help, I can do it!
Also, I am making a simple program on my PC to custom ROMS (add & delete apps, alarms, ringtones & notifications etc) which I will upload for the community when it has been completed & working 100%!
Thanks in advance & I hope that you can find it in your hearts to help me!
Arty

I don't think nandroid restores the kernel. After you do a restore with it, you need to flash a kernel that is compatible with the rom being restored.
Personally, when I restore I backup on my phone, I reinstall the rom and then just restore /data from my nandroid backup.

Thanks for your fast reply DiGi760, however I think you misunderstand!
I need a kernel that supports overclocking the CPU as I use SetCPU and so far its just the standard 998MHZ I can set the clock to, where I would like it to be higher, like 1038MHZ or whatever it is

Your backup copy is broken. You can't "really" recover from this. Just reflash 2.2 and update it to whatever you had before and start over. You may be able to manually pull stuff from your SD card where the nandroid backup was written to but that would be a tedious amount of work.

Thanks Syn Ack, why would the backup AND the info on my phone corrupt at the same time?
I do actually have a copy of the Clockwork folder from memory card stored onto my PC, but none of the backups will restore (I have a total of 10 going back a few months) but none will restore, not even any other ROMS that Ive downloaded with ROM Manager or from forums will install to it, only the 2.2 ROM that came with the RUU file I downloaded.
An update on my progress of making my new ROM:
I have managed to get the Reboot menu integrated into my ROM, so now I am just stuck on the following:
Wireless N support
Overclocked Kernel
Unlock the phone with trackpad
Branding & naming
Custom wallpapers
so if anybody can help me I'd really appreciate it!

Wow, its been over a week and no replies, why cant anybody see it in themselves to help? after all, you all was newbies once too, just remember how you felt when nobody answered a post you *REALLY* needed help with!!!
Just saying

Gees thanks for nothing u lot!!!!

[Q] beginner question . how do i start everything ?

hi guys, i just brought od3 today and planning to do a lots of thing . i read a lot from xda-developers but never try it out even once . how here i have few questions and requests .
1.i heard about making backup, installing better rom and i heard about Cyanogenmod and modaco rom . how do i really start to install rom from zero ? any complete link ?
2. if i install rom , and flash it.do all data including phone contact, message and application gone ?
3. i noticed few hacking threads which are link1 , link2 and link3
which one i start first ? does setting will be gone when i flash with new rom ?
4.can anybody give guide for me to create android environment in Ubuntu linux ?
5.what is the best GPS application ?
6.what is different applying rom and theme ? please give full guide link for me to change my theme .
thank you so much

crownclown said:
hi guys, i just brought od3 today and planning to do a lots of thing . i read a lot from xda-developers but never try it out even once . how here i have few questions and requests .
1.i heard about making backup, installing better rom and i heard about Cyanogenmod and modaco rom . how do i really start to install rom from zero ? any complete link ?
2. if i install rom , and flash it.do all data including phone contact, message and application gone ?
3. i noticed few hacking threads which are link1 , link2 and link3
which one i start first ? does setting will be gone when i flash with new rom ?
4.can anybody give guide for me to create android environment in Ubuntu linux ?
5.what is the best GPS application ?
6.what is different applying rom and theme ? please give full guide link for me to change my theme .
thank you so much
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The stuff you want to do requires you to be rooted first. So download SuperOneClick and use that to root your device first.
1. Making a backup is usually with a app called Rom Manager. After installing, you can press the option to download the recovery and afterwards you can make a backup of the rom. Its best to make a backup of the stock rom that came with the phone just for... backup purposes.
Cyanogenmod is in progress, but not released yet so you should wait for that.
No point in checking on Modaco because there's almost no one posting there for this device.
If you want to install a new rom, you basically only need 3 things. Your phone, the custom rom you want from the Optimus 3D Android Development Section, and the instructions that thread gives you. Its best to follow the instructions that they give. Very easy and simple process.
2. Flashing a rom = installing a rom. All your data and etc are gone. Doesn't exist anymore, it'll be as if you got a fresh phone from out of the box except the rom has been modified. So if you want to keep your data, go make backups of them. For contacts, just sync them with your gmail account. For messages, download an app to back those up. I don't have a texting plan so I can't recommend you a sms backup app. If you want to backup your apps, you can look at Titanium Backup.
3. Whenever you flash a new rom, anything you've done to your phone is gone. So you'll have to reapply any tweaks you've done. For those 3 links, Link 1 and 2 are both stock camera replacements. They replace the stock camera on your phone. So you could only pick one. They both aim to improve the stock camera quality. Personally, I haven't installed either. I use 3rd party camera apps for taking pictures. For the 3rd link, its only a way to get GameLoft games to your external sd card to save some bit of space on your internal sd card. If you need it, try it out. I didn't need it, so I haven't touched it.
4. Are you talking about creating an android app development envirenment or...?
5. GPS, are you talking about GPS navigation, GPS detection, or..?
6. Applying a theme is just changing the graphical appearance of the phone. Applying a rom is changing much more than that. Applying a rom lets you have a rom with tweaks that gives you more space, more speed, more etc etc. Most custom roms has their own themes. Basically, if you want to change how your phone's launcher looks, then that's applying a theme. If you want your phone to be different from stock and have lots of bloatware removed and faster and etc you would want to install a new rom.
To change a theme there's 2 ways. One is to change it on the rom which would affect the stock launcher. 2nd way is to download a new launcher and download any of the themes they have and use those instead. I prefer the 2nd way just because its much easier and most of the time 3rd party launchers are simply better than the stock launchers.

DevJackey said:
4. Are you talking about creating an android app development envirenment or...?
5. GPS, are you talking about GPS navigation, GPS detection, or..?
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nope, what i mean is most of the guides such as superoneclick , rooting and etc given for windows users..i have hard time to adept and use it in ubuntu linux . i google around and found few howto in linux . i tried, it is not working atlease for me.
yes, GPS navigation . if possible similar GUI with HTC navigation .

Recommended TODO list before flahing

So we are all flashing and re flashing new excellent ROMS that are being developed by the great devoted guys in here. I looked around and beside this I didn't find any TODO list before flashing.
So here is my little contribution,of the tasks I do before every flash to verify that I don't loose any data,but only upgrade my beloved device:
CONTACTS:
Since I'm not using my google account to sync my contacts(I'm a little bit envy of my privacy regarding the people I'm in contact with) - backup contacts using the import function in the contacts section
SMS/MMS:
Backup my sms/mms using any of the much too many apps in the market
APPS(Here is a section that I know will cause a lot of discussion):
I don't use titanium - I tried to use it during my first months with this phone I just didn't like it.I know it could be great to just save everything using it but I found it..hmmm...not suiting my needs and wants so I don't use it.
Instead recently I found a great feature in File expert which lets you backup your APKs(without the data,i.e. scores in games) - I find it very convenient because when I flash I want a clean start where I know exactly what I put back into the phone.
LAUNCHER:
I'm putting not a little effort to make my phone look as awsome as possible(and I'm sure you are too) so in order to save the trouble of configuring your preferred launcher after every flash - just back its settings. most of the used launchers have this option in their settings.
BATTERY:
Be sure you have enough battery life - best practice(which I admit that I'm not always follow)is to fully charge your phone before flashing.
FILES:
I personally always put my current rom zip and the one I'm about to flash on the sdcard to be on the safe side(boot loop for example that can be caused from bad download of the zip)-that way you always have a backup plan.
Also I'm trying to always backup all the content of my sdcard to my computer while I can, who knows what will happen during the flash - maybe you'll have to format your sdcard without any access to the data on it
UTILS:
even if you are just flashing using the CWM be sure to have a setup environment for ODIN:drivers,odin,tars etc.
And last but most important - NANDROID BACKUP:
Always and I repeat Always make a nandroid backup(if you are on the GB kernels I think there is a problem with backup/restore so I heard a solution is to flash the Bali kernel and make a restore with it - search the forum for more details.
That's it - I hope I didn't forget anything.
Please if you have any suggestions/comments don't hesitate to bring them up and I'll update this post if needed.
Enjoy

Thumbs up, bro.
I'm a big fan of Titanium backup though..
I will definately look at file expert to be using up to date supplemental apks when building a ROM.
Sent from me

For apks I just copy the install file from data/app or system/app to my sd card/app. This probably takes a little longer than batch functions. The only problem i encounter with this method is the need to push some apks back to system/app when they won't install properly. I like to reset my launcher after a flash but all of this is just personal preference
Post logs not complaints

Good stuff. Stuff that should be in the wiki Note the issue with CWM & GB is fixed in the later releases (version 5, I think) fixes that problem. I know it's available in bhndven's KJ6 kernels but I'm not sure about elsewhere.

Smells sticky...
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stephen_w said:
Good stuff. Stuff that should be in the wiki Note the issue with CWM & GB is fixed in the later releases (version 5, I think) fixes that problem. I know it's available in bhndven's KJ6 kernels but I'm not sure about elsewhere.
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Yes I heard about this but I haven't tried it yet and also I think most (if not all) the ROMs here still use the old CWM so...

alon2 said:
Yes I heard about this but I haven't tried it yet and also I think most (if not all) the ROMs here still use the old CWM so...
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The ROMs themselves can be flashed from either. It's the Nandroid backups/restores that have an issue

stephen_w said:
The ROMs themselves can be flashed from either. It's the Nandroid backups/restores that have an issue
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exactly what I meant

[ROM] HTC PICO (a310e, explorer), Customised EU verzion

hi Guyz,
I was trying for Building a Custom Rom and was getting error in update binay. So now here it is Custom Rom for HTC EXPLORER (pico).
What u get:
1. European Version as base
2. apps2sd:
3. Cache 2 sd:
4. etc/init.d folder functionality.i.e. u can run scripts (attached one batch of scripts)
5. Rooted, Busybox Installed
6. data/app functionality
7. Approx. of 120mb space on startup.
What to do:
1. Download the rom from this link http://www.4shared.com/zip/IyFaISq4/Htc_Pico__Master_rom_EDITTED_.html
and copy to root of ur sdcard.
2. Go to recovery by removing battery, pressing volume down button + power button, then selecting recovery from the menu which will popup
2. Now, navigate to flash from sdcard option and flash the rom.
3. after flashing, i recommend clearing cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, and a factory reset.
4. You must have 2nd partition on ur sdcard.
what to do with scripts Download from here http://www.4shared.com/zip/1jyn2_tT/scripts.html
Extract the scripts to sdcard and copy them to /system/etc/init.d folder and go to recovery and fix permissions.
Theme
Transparent. The zip is attached
Flash it in Custom recovery
Deodexed Version of the Rom
Download from Here: http://www.4shared.com/zip/N6dytdrK/masteredittedDEODXD.html
NOTE: The scripts (that are mentioned above) are already added to this version
For those who want to remove sense completely.
First install any other launcher before uninstalling sense.
To remove sense, remove or move (to sdcard) following apps from /system/app using root explorer(file browser)
HTML:
1. com.htc.FriendStream.apk
2. com.htc.musicWidget.apk
3. FriendStream.apk
4. Htccalender widget.apk
5. HtcClockWidget.apk
6. HtcContactWidget.apk
7. HtcDirect.apk
8. HtcLockScreen.apk (this will remove sense lockscreen, dont delete it if u want to keep the lockscreen
9. htcMailWidget.apk
10. HtcmsgWidgets.apk
11. HtcQuickLaunchWidget.apk
12. htcsettingwidgets.apk
13. MyHtc.apk
14. Rosie.apk
15. WeatherWidget.apk
16. skinscanner.apk

Nice!
Gotta try it!
Flashing a rom deletes all the contacts, messages and apps right?

PeaceMaker_htc said:
Nice!
Gotta try it!
Flashing a rom deletes all the contacts, messages and apps right?
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Yes contact can always retaiibed via googlee accnt. N for messages download backup app from market
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Thanks!!
Need some clarifications..
Does it come with overclocked kernel?
How to move apps this way? Link2sd will move data now?

This rom has ext2/3/4 support and overclock?
Thanks.

jaggyjags said:
Thanks!!
Need some clarifications..
Does it come with overclocked kernel?
How to move apps this way? Link2sd will move data now?
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First of this is first ever Rom
Now answer to your questions
No it doesnot comes with overclock kernel
For ext partitions u still need the kernel by yunnou as ext partition is function in kernels ..
Apps are automatically. Moving to data/app folder
And reg. Link2sd app i havent tryd till now . may b u can try and report
And it was earlier also moving data with yunnou kernel
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

languages
This rom has the Portuguese language?

samueldf said:
This rom has the Portuguese language?
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Not yet , sorry on that
as this was my first ever rom effort , i will find or any of u guyz can help me on that how to do so , or anything on google , or meanwhile, look for "locale" apps on market

Check this ROM by me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22009878#post22009878
Overcklocked kernel included with modules.. deodexed.. and so on

whats the major diff between asia_india rom and this? any advantage as such? i hav asia indai, overclocked, ext support, links 2 sd, rooted.

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@jitin02
just trying to help people, i have received PM during the last few weeks reporting roms could'nt flash on some peoples devices because they where not deodexed (finally found out the problem) or where having difficulties not knowing how to flash or do several steps in order to keep phones up to date and take the maximum out of their device.I thought it was easier just to make things myself than asking other people to do so.
Also I am preety keen to help others as much as they need, solving doughts as much as my nogledge reaches, making people undertand some difficult concepts or procedures.
I am very sorry if you thought this was a competition, you got reasons to think so. Next time I will let people try to solve there problems by themselves.
By the way, many thanks making this phone rootable for the first time, credits all goes to you for finding a way at last, I am extremely grateful

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jaggyjags said:
@jitin02
just trying to help people, i have received PM during the last few weeks reporting roms could'nt flash on some peoples devices because they where not deodexed (finally found out the problem) or where having difficulties not knowing how to flash or do several steps in order to keep phones up to date and take the maximum out of their device.I thought it was easier just to make things myself than asking other people to do so.
Also I am preety keen to help others as much as they need, solving doughts as much as my nogledge reaches, making people undertand some difficult concepts or procedures.
I am very sorry if you thought this was a competition, you got reasons to think so. Next time I will let people try to solve there problems by themselves.
By the way, many thanks making this phone rootable for the first time, credits all goes to you for finding a way at last, I am extremely grateful
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It's OK brother got totally not trying to point out to you
I an also keen to help people here and it's great and thanks to you that at least someone like you to be there for people when I an there thanks
And for rom. I have a deodxd version. but the problem is in non deodxd version the internal space came to be much but when I deodxd it the space went from 120--90. I will upload my deodxd version to.
Let's combine up both and try to help prompt this phone together and help people.
I have made a theme from Uot kitchen will upload it tomarw
And people there is on harm in posting problems here in thread reason being the about to use this rom. People should also know what's problems are and a request when you post problem and by chance you solve with it PLEASE UPDATE YOUR POST AND MARK IT SOLVED ALONG WITH SOLUTION. And this applies to jaggyjaggs rom too
No offense jaggy.
And grill will try to update op. With my theme. And another which I will try and deodxd version or this rom + another theme TRANSPARENT
JAGGY. I would like to know what problems people are facing n this version of. Rom and you are always welcome to help
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

@Jitin & Jaggy
both of you are doing very good helping people and making custom roms for android noobs like me so never let yourself down...I know how it feels as i myself was a modder for nokia s60v5 series....So whatever happens dont let anything come in your way...just do what you feel is right...
if you want help testing roms and your scripts i m ready to help....I can be your BETA tester...

things are being solved gradually,
now no space limitations, people have no problem now to flash deodexed version. yes deodexed roms have to create extra "code" in dalvic cache but its easier to add tweaks and modify (using baksmali), I am working on it to add tweaks and hopefully make it faster, would love if people experiment with it and could implement them in future roms.
I have tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411317
but didn't work as expected, here is my reply in that thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22042958&postcount=105
The only thing people are reporting now is the lack of languajes, just european. I haven't got the knowledge yet to extract Roms from RUU and would be great to get them all to .zip Roms.
we could create a thread up to date with the progresses made and the future proyects and who is working on what, what do you think?

You guys ever noticed how skins dont seem to be enabled in the explorer? under personalize theres no skin option... any way to enable them? theming would be so much easier with them... and Jithin, what major diff/advantage do u find betwen the india and eu versions? :/

deepaktom said:
You guys ever noticed how skins dont seem to be enabled in the explorer? under personalize theres no skin option... any way to enable them? theming would be so much easier with them... and Jithin, what major diff/advantage do u find betwen the india and eu versions? :/
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Reg. Skins: it seems like HTC tried to make a foool of us by putting skins options as it does nothing.
Reg. differ in Indian and EU version:
In indian, some extra apps + another one which noticed was the space. the space in indian came to be more as soon as i deleted 3-4 apps in indian which were not present in eu version.
+ the difference of bands + there is Hindi language keyboard in Indian version.

Root HTC Explorer
Hi.
Just one question.
If I root the phone, this one stay free for any operator?
jitin02 said:
hi Guyz,
I was trying for Building a Custom Rom and was getting error in update binay. So now here it is Custom Rom for HTC EXPLORER (pico).
What u get:
1. European Version as base
2. apps2sd:
3. Cache 2 sd:
4. etc/init.d folder functionality.i.e. u can run scripts (attached one batch of scripts)
5. Rooted, Busybox Installed
6. data/app functionality
7. Approx. of 120mb space on startup.
What to do:
1. Download the rom from this link http://www.4shared.com/zip/IyFaISq4/Htc_Pico__Master_rom_EDITTED_.html
and copy to root of ur sdcard.
2. Go to recovery by removing battery, pressing volume down button + power button, then selecting recovery from the menu which will popup
2. Now, navigate to flash from sdcard option and flash the rom.
3. after flashing, i recommend clearing cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, and a factory reset.
4. You must have 2nd partition on ur sdcard.
what to do with scripts Download from here http://www.4shared.com/zip/1jyn2_tT/scripts.html
Extract the scripts to sdcard and copy them to /system/etc/init.d folder and go to recovery and fix permissions.
Theme
Transparent. The zip is attached
Flash it in Custom recovery
Deodexed Version of the Rom
Download from Here: http://www.4shared.com/zip/N6dytdrK/masteredittedDEODXD.html
NOTE: The scripts (that are mentioned above) are already added to this version
For those who want to remove sense completely.
First install any other launcher before uninstalling sense.
To remove sense, remove or move (to sdcard) following apps from /system/app using root explorer(file browser)
HTML:
1. com.htc.FriendStream.apk
2. com.htc.musicWidget.apk
3. FriendStream.apk
4. Htccalender widget.apk
5. HtcClockWidget.apk
6. HtcContactWidget.apk
7. HtcDirect.apk
8. HtcLockScreen.apk (this will remove sense lockscreen, dont delete it if u want to keep the lockscreen
9. htcMailWidget.apk
10. HtcmsgWidgets.apk
11. HtcQuickLaunchWidget.apk
12. htcsettingwidgets.apk
13. MyHtc.apk
14. Rosie.apk
15. WeatherWidget.apk
16. skinscanner.apk
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Why isn't this thread popular? And what finally happened to jitin02?
cm9 htc a310e

Huawei Mercury M886 Stock 2.3.6 Rom

Gingerbread Optimized 2.3.6
by Oriax123
What was done:
-Zipligned
-Png Optimiziation
-Files removed (not needed)
-70mb less than stock
-Nothing Special since its stock
Stock rom was requested by few people so i made it for you bcz Huawei was being lazy as f***, anyways hope you like.
This Rom is NOT rooted, to root use my Fastroot for Mercury.
(May delete widgets so add if youd like)
Instructions
1.Make Backup of your rom
2.Download the rom from the link below
http://www.mediafire.com/?qbb96sv24fz4gi8
3.Install the rom via custom recovery
4.Reboot and your good to go.
Data Fix
****(Only follow if data isnt working)****
1.Install Apn backup restore from here:
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/apn-backup-restore
2.Download this original cricket.xml
(Right-click the link, save as)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20078255/original cricket.xml
3.Edit the xml file with notepad and change "XXXXXXXXX"
to your number.
4.create "ApnBackupRestore" folder in your sdcard
5.place the original cricket.xml in that folder
6.Using the app you installed, restore cricket original.xml
Should be working after that.
***DEVS PLEASE READ!!!***
Yes, you may use my roms as base to tweak and do your thing ONLY if you follow these rules meaning all roms to come:
1.Always add proper credit
2.(Optional)Link to my Wiping Tool so others can use.
Heres the link:
Wiping Tool
3.Thank Salas and Android Titan for CWM Recovery
All i ask.
Credits
Huge thanks go to Salas & Android Titan for the Recovery
(not sure the orgin yet, let me know if this is wrong)
Thanks to Android Titan again for always trying to find new information on roms and stuff for future builds on ICS and MIUI.
Thanks to PlayfulGold for giving Android Titan heads up on changing permissions in the /etc/permissions/ folder.​

This rom can be installed on u8500?
or not?
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nitin1978 said:
This rom can be installed on u8500?
or not?
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA
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This rom is for the Huawei Mercury (glory) m886. It won't work for the u8500.
Sent from Revokster for Mercury

This sounds pretty good, at least untill there is a working ICS.
One question, what was removed? Because I don't know where I'd be without the Asphalt5 and Let's Golf demos... lol

Help please, My phone is completely bricked!!! There has to be some way to fix!
My Huawei Mercuric is completely bricked depending on which way you turn on, get's the pure blue screen, but if you hold vol +/- as well as power than you get the pure pink screen. Please, someone help, i can't find anything on any website with original stock Rom.
And then when i try to put some things onto the sd card to transfer over to the phone it keeps saying i don't have enough room and is coming up as 239 mg and then say's maximum capacity 239. I don't know what to do please help, need my phone and can't afford to buy another.

all is well but wifi not working after this update