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I just brick my phone i get stuck on the boot screen try to do the update thru hboot but it seems that i deleted one of the files that would take me back to stock and ideas please. I downloaded a rom called dogma and soft brick my phone.
Pull the Battery ?
Can you get to recovery Bootloader ?
Did you flash a Desire radio ?
cal4877 said:
I just brick my phone i get stuck on the boot screen try to do the update thru hboot but it seems that i deleted one of the files that would take me back to stock and ideas please. I downloaded a rom called dogma and soft brick my phone.
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What file did you delete that you believe you might need? Were you trying to flash back to stock? A clearer picture of the process you were trying to perform would be helpful.
I get stuck on the boot loop screen. I pulled the battery out and press down button and power button, when i get to hboot it goes to do an update by itself, when it asks me if i want to update i click yes but but that still dont work. i cant get into recover mode either. im downloading ruu files now hopefully that would work unless i have to have the phone on. All i get when i get when i perform the battery pull out options is to get to the hboot screen but it would not let me scroll down to the recovery mode option, it seems that fast boot is on.
I'd try a stock RUU. from hboot . Format your sd card first to be safe .
Cal remove your SD card boot into hboot it will search for the file but can't find it then put your SD card back in and then click recovery
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While holding the volume down rocker, quickly press the power button.
or the above post....I'm not posting attention here.
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cal4877 said:
I get stuck on the boot loop screen. I pulled the battery out and press down button and power button, when i get to hboot it goes to do an update by itself, when it asks me if i want to update i click yes but but that still dont work. i cant get into recover mode either. im downloading ruu files now hopefully that would work unless i have to have the phone on. All i get when i get when i perform the battery pull out options is to get to the hboot screen but it would not let me scroll down to the recovery mode option, it seems that fast boot is on.
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Do you have a PD98IMG file on the root of your SD card? If so, either use the trick of pulling the SD card posted above, or remove your SD card and if you have a card reader use a PC to delete the offending file, and then re-install your SD card and reboot.
Thanks guys RUU worked like a charm. It made me loose root but I just finish rooting the phone again. I think I deleted the stock image file that's what happen.
Glad you fixed it.
ycode90 said:
Glad you fixed it.
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Me too . I don't think it is easy to hard brick this phone...speaking as one that has had many "brick" events with this thing...it is recoverable if it boots to any state at all it seems.
A brick is an expensive fried electronic device. I have't seen a bricked htc irl except when a friend of mine didnt rtfm and bricked his wizard in 2006. The only fix was jtag/not worth it.
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People throw the "brick" word around an awful lot, but by conventions a "bricked" phone is defined as unrecoverable.
Gene Poole said:
People throw the "brick" word around an awful lot, but by conventions a "bricked" phone is defined as unrecoverable.
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Indeed. I always chuckle when I see posts, such as this one, titled "brick!!"
Distinguishing with "soft-brick" and "hard-brick" nowadays seems necessary due to such sloppy usage of the original term.
Bricked would mean a brick fell on your phone lol hi. There would be no way of fixing the phone.
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Brick
I bricked my phone, htc inspire 4g 2.3.3 today for a friend of mine, not a soft brick either. I have rooted my htc thunderbolt without any problems but this phone was so easy to brick, when I hold down the volume button and power I can't recover the phone at all, I didn't make a backup either. Can anyone help? Does anyone have the original firmware or know how to solve this problem?
newbie818 said:
I bricked my phone, htc inspire 4g 2.3.3 today for a friend of mine, not a soft brick either. I have rooted my htc thunderbolt without any problems but this phone was so easy to brick, when I hold down the volume button and power I can't recover the phone at all, I didn't make a backup either. Can anyone help? Does anyone have the original firmware or know how to solve this problem?
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If you can get into hboot by holding volume down and pressing power follow this guide.
genes tool
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I'll beat Zel to the punch and say this:
USE THE SEARCH BAR.
Now, Somebody lock this thread.
newbie818 said:
I bricked my phone, htc inspire 4g 2.3.3 today for a friend of mine, not a soft brick either. I have rooted my htc thunderbolt without any problems but this phone was so easy to brick, when I hold down the volume button and power I can't recover the phone at all, I didn't make a backup either. Can anyone help? Does anyone have the original firmware or know how to solve this problem?
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What did you do? If you truly can't get to hboot, then you are really bricked; hboot is necessary for anything else to load and run.
How did you manage this? If you have a late model Inspire (post Aug 2011) and tried to install an older hboot (from, say the Froyo RUU), or the ENG hboot, then it isn't damaged so much as just confused and will boot eventually (like 10-20 minutes) from which point you can get the right hboot back onto it.
Please elaborate.
Joshp406 said:
I'll beat Zel to the punch and say this:
USE THE SEARCH BAR.
Now, Somebody lock this thread.
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Well apparently he did, because he didn't start a new thread.
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long story short, the g2x isn't mine but i have plenty of experience rooting android devices. the power button on this one is going so it's days are numbered but atm it's completely unusable as a phone. there's an issue as well with the sdcard. the rom i put on it isn't on it. it showed the file being transferred but for whatever reason it's not there. i checked internal/external....nothing.
so where i'm at now.....the phone's been wiped so powering on the device gets me nowhere. it's getting more difficult to get it to turn on at all so i'm having difficulty getting into recovery. i know it's volume down & power but is there a timing you need to get down? seems it either freezes trying to boot regularly or i go to the s/w screen. any help would be appreciated.
power and volume combo til you see the bluish purple LG logo.
I am not sure what method you used for recovery, but this is the thread I recomend. Follow that and let us know if it works out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Re-flash the rom to your sd card.
My lg symbol is white. As soon as I see it, it goes straight to the s/w screen. Would love to flash something again, just cannot until I get into recovery. Thanks for the responses but I'm afraid this ones dead Jim.
damngood98 said:
My lg symbol is white. As soon as I see it, it goes straight to the s/w screen. Would love to flash something again, just cannot until I get into recovery. Thanks for the responses but I'm afraid this ones dead Jim.
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Use the link the guy posted above me don't be a quitter lol, this phone is 99.9% brickable.
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mt3g said:
Use the link the guy posted above me don't be a quitter lol, this phone is 99.9% brickable.
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oh i know it's not bricked. my fingers tips are freaking sore from doing this all night/morning. just trying to turn it on without messing with the volume only works so often. it's just the power button being worn/defective. makes getting it into recovery that much more difficult.
Hope everything gets solved. Try the link it should work.
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adb?
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mt3g said:
adb?
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can't power on a device using adb sadly .
unless anyone ever came across an image file for your sdcard by chance for the g2x i think it's toast. what's a g2x that doesn't boot worth for battery/parts on craigslist?
Usually what I do is hold power+vol down til i see the lg screen, then let go of the power button but continue holding the volume down button.
Rom for recovery will get you back to stock 2.3.3,check the dev forum.
Just make sure you have apx drivers installed then u just nvflash! Make sure you hold both volume up/down the whole time or it wont work.
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d12unk13astard said:
Rom for recovery will get you back to stock 2.3.3,check the dev forum.
Just make sure you have apx drivers installed then u just nvflash! Make sure you hold both volume up/down the whole time or it wont work.
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the problem is it wont turn on the power button is faulty or something...
My advice before parting it out... get it to boot to the lg logo again (hopefully) and then use adb I'm almost positive it will recognize it at the 1st splash screen. If not that then take it apart and with out the case I'm sure you can see what is causing the issue and fix it probably.
+1
Don't know if it would work or not but I'm thinking adb reboot recovery command would do it. If we can get it to show up in adb things can be done for it.
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You don't even need to use the power button for rom for recovery, like I said b4 only holding both volume up/down the whole process will restore the phone back to stock gb rom. After the process is done it automagically reboots the phone, might I suggest an app called button remapper as well.. it can make a useless button (the search button imo) turn into your new power on/off solution.
Hope this helps!
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never knew about the button remapper.....have discovered it since things went poopy already.
in any case, adb is recognizing it. never thought that it might, so thanks for the heads up there. however, typing "adb reboot recovery" isn't getting me anywhere. i haven't messed with the recovery but even trying to reflash a recovery just leaves me hanging at "waiting for devices"? can't even seem to get into fastboot mode either. appreciate all the help & advice everyone, thank you.
Have you tried the directions in this link yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
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damngood98 said:
never knew about the button remapper.....have discovered it since things went poopy already.
in any case, adb is recognizing it. never thought that it might, so thanks for the heads up there. however, typing "adb reboot recovery" isn't getting me anywhere. i haven't messed with the recovery but even trying to reflash a recovery just leaves me hanging at "waiting for devices"? can't even seem to get into fastboot mode either. appreciate all the help & advice everyone, thank you.
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Ok, first off, sorry about the reboot command, I didn't mean to communicate that that was the exact command. For what I do I usually use Droid Explorer. Which I think may be better in this situation. If it's waiting for devices (unless it's waiting for the device to reboot) then it didn't connect to the phone. But if it did connect then I have an idea. Can you clarify, for my tired mind, what you're meaning with being Connected and waiting for devices.
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ok....was able to restore to stock.....rerooted.....have a working recovery again. thank you everyone. i've been through a few different phones and i have to say, it's refreshing to be on xda and have this kind of a response.
on another note, i found buttonremapper but it doesn't seem to work for the g2x (or at least mine). i know cm7 can use the volume to wake the phone. that was what was on the phone before things went bad but it wasn't working. i have no idea how old of a nightly it was though either so i suppose i'll start with that.
big thanks again to everyone!
sincerely larry
Guys - I need help. I think i just blew my phone.
I flashed THE Sense-O-Maniac ICE ROM after a clean wife and my phone wouldn't boot. It kept getting stock on the Beats Logo. So I rewiped everything and reflashed this ROM. - Same result.
I then thought, maybe I should also update the firmware, though I am pretty sure, that my firmware was up to date.
So i reflashed the firmware on phone but it still wouldnt boot.
I took the memory card out and deleted the the firmware file so that I could not flash another rom. But when I tried to boot in Recovery my screen just went blank.
JUST BLANK
When I switch my phone on, I get a blank screen. The screen does light up though, but nothing shows.
If i connect the phone to USB, then the screen again lights up, even without the batter.
Has my phone gone poof??? Please help.
clean wife.
and why do u keep reflashing sense o maniac? why not try other rom?
Did you update your kernel or tried to use backup or install just old ROM, so far it doesn't sound bricked but just something missing, what was your previous ROM?
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Wrong section! This is not Q&A or Sensation General!
guptadh said:
Guys - I need help. I think i just blew my phone.
I flashed THE Sense-O-Maniac ICE ROM after a clean wife and my phone wouldn't boot. It kept getting stock on the Beats Logo. So I rewiped everything and reflashed this ROM. - Same result.
I then thought, maybe I should also update the firmware, though I am pretty sure, that my firmware was up to date.
So i reflashed the firmware on phone but it still wouldnt boot.
I took the memory card out and deleted the the firmware file so that I could not flash another rom. But when I tried to boot in Recovery my screen just went blank.
JUST BLANK
When I switch my phone on, I get a blank screen. The screen does light up though, but nothing shows.
If i connect the phone to USB, then the screen again lights up, even without the batter.
Has my phone gone poof??? Please help.
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try "adb reboot recovery" continuously when booting the phone, ignoring all of the "error: device not found"
Boot while holding the volume down key (meaning power btn+ vol-). that should take you to the boot loader. once you're there, go to fastboot and flash a recovery image. you seem to have corrupted yours.
I had the same troubles with that rom.
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frost_icewind said:
Boot while holding the volume down key (meaning power btn+ vol-). that should take you to the boot loader. once you're there, go to fastboot and flash a recovery image. you seem to have corrupted yours.
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I have already tried this continuously. No result with pressing boot with holding the volume key at all!! If I could do that, I knew i would be fine.
jufa2401 said:
I had the same troubles with that rom.
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What did you finally do ?
IMarks said:
Did you update your kernel or tried to use backup or install just old ROM, so far it doesn't sound bricked but just something missing, what was your previous ROM?
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I was using AOSP rom before this! I just can't get anything to show up on the screen no matter how I try!~
guptadh said:
What did you finally do ?
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Use a different ROM?
Moon2 said:
try "adb reboot recovery" continuously when booting the phone, ignoring all of the "error: device not found"
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i have been trying to do this for the past 10 mins, but I cant get anything.
All i keep getting is error:device not found.
The computer too does not give any indication of any device being connected to the Usb port..
You should boot into bootloader (vol- & power) then flash a stock gb ruu. After this you can proceed to s-off, root, firmware ... Etc
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guptadh said:
i have been trying to do this for the past 10 mins, but I cant get anything.
All i keep getting is error:device not found.
The computer too does not give any indication of any device being connected to the Usb port..
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have u try install new PG58IMG
with firmware 3.32 in an 4ext recovery in then it will start up in recovery again
Jeeez guys. He can't flash a PG58IMG because he CANT GET TO BOOTLOADER! I'm sorry I don't have am answer for you bit I want these people to stop giving you dumb answers that may lead to false hope. It might be bricked. I can't see anything you could do. Sorry
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what is the phone detected as when you connect it to your computer?
Sensation-al! said:
Jeeez guys. He can't flash a PG58IMG because he CANT GET TO BOOTLOADER! I'm sorry I don't have am answer for you bit I want these people to stop giving you dumb answers that may lead to false hope. It might be bricked. I can't see anything you could do. Sorry
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Thanks !! finally for getting it! The screen is just blank.. I can't get into bootloader!
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what is the phone detected as when you connect it to your computer?
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The phone is not detected on the PC!! I am afraid, the phone might be bricked.
I hope i can get get it repaired in warranty!!
guptadh said:
Guys - I need help. I think i just blew my phone.
I flashed THE Sense-O-Maniac ICE ROM after a clean wife and my phone wouldn't boot. It kept getting stock on the Beats Logo. So I rewiped everything and reflashed this ROM. - Same result.
I then thought, maybe I should also update the firmware, though I am pretty sure, that my firmware was up to date.
So i reflashed the firmware on phone but it still wouldnt boot.
I took the memory card out and deleted the the firmware file so that I could not flash another rom. But when I tried to boot in Recovery my screen just went blank.
JUST BLANK
When I switch my phone on, I get a blank screen. The screen does light up though, but nothing shows.
If i connect the phone to USB, then the screen again lights up, even without the batter.
Has my phone gone poof??? Please help.
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Sjeez mate, what is your problem?
Posting here and in my thread with the same issue.
Without any detailed issue report.
I offered my help in my thread and tried to contact you for several days now via PM.
So i can help you out of this mess via Talk or IRC.
But if you fail to reply to me which i see as not accepting my help.
Sort it out for your self and going on by nailing me down.
But don't say i didn't want you to help.
With regards,
The cook of this rom who seems to killed his phone.
Ok! So now I'm concerned. I've just finished running Nullifier on my g2x, HFS just wasn't doing it for me. It finished with no problems, and I'm back to the recovery menu. I vol- down to install my new rom, hit the power button... and the screen turns off.
"Oh" I said.
I pressed the power button back on, and the screen came back on. Tried it again, same thing. Now I'm stuck because I can't restart with nothing to start, and all I can do is turn the screen on and off.
Any idea how to move forward with this?!
Um... why the Nullifier? It does everything you should manually which can prevent this from happening. Try reflashing CWM and make sure you have a ROM on your SD card so that when you get there you can install it quickly.
Is your phone charged?
All fixed!
G2XCleanUp fixed everything up! Thanks for trying to help!
Life101 said:
G2XCleanUp fixed everything up! Thanks for trying to help!
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And it keeps giving... Awesome. Glad it could help you.
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Hey guys, im a noob and i recently flashed ViperXL on my att HOX. everything was going fine except after i restored data from Titanium backup that i had backed up from previous ROM (AOKP build 4). Titanium said i had to reboot so i did. And now i am stuck on "htc ONE" screen. Is my phone done? please help!
Plug your phone in, use ADB to reboot into recovery, wipe everything and reinstall ViperXL.
Don't restore apps from another ROM like AOKP
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HTC_Phone said:
Plug your phone in, use ADB to reboot into recovery, wipe everything and reinstall ViperXL.
Don't restore apps from another ROM like AOKP
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sorry im new at this, but how do i that. i downloaded adb but i dont know how to get my phone into recovery mode with adb.
Shut it off, boot to bootloader, select recovery
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18th.abn said:
Shut it off, boot to bootloader, select recovery
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its letting me when i hold the power button and volume down button...any idea?
Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
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18th.abn said:
Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
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got it. thank you so much! i need to remember that incase i mess up again (hope it wont happen again) lol. everything is running ok now. thank you again
almightyrock88 said:
got it. thank you so much! i need to remember that incase i mess up again (hope it wont happen again) lol. everything is running ok now. thank you again
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Tip: what he said(holding power button) simulates a battery pull
omario8484 said:
Tip: what he said(holding power button) simulates a battery pull
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Also reminds us all the importance of backing up our data via a Custom Recovery before flashing ROMs
ive stumpled on upon a quite annoying problem..i have an HTC ONE X+ which i unlocked my bootloader on and everything went smooth until i wanted to start recovery via hboot.
it did not start and i tried several times and restarted etcetc, i then tried to flash in another recovery and then tried more and more but nothing..
then i cant remember now exaclty how i did it, but i have several RUU, kernel, recovery, boot and roms n such items downloaded
so i tried to feed in another flash or rom or whatever its called to get the recovery funtion to work (i am not very pro at this) and then when i wanted to start my phone normally it all of a sudden wont boot properly.
it freezes on the bootscreen.. i can turn off and go in to bootloader but i cant do ANYTHING from there, i cant do a factory reset (wich i also tried when the recovery did not want to work) i cant do **** there. tried to lock and unlock bootloader.. feels like im out of options..
the only thing i can do now is command the phone via cmd and the toolkit i use from here "Hasoon2000s htc one x AIO kit"
using this guide on this thread mostly..
ive tried so many things now, searched this and other forums since friday and i still can not get anywhere... starting to think this is what the definition of a bricked unit is??
if you need any more info please just ask.. i bought the phone a week ago so kinda sucks if it would be useless for me right away haha..
i would appreciate som help and tips... please
Sincerely Jeff
@VivaSativa Wrong forum, this forum is for the evita (HTC one X/XL). What you want is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1814
RollTribe said:
@VivaSativa Wrong forum, this forum is for the evita (HTC one X/XL). What you want is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1814
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thanks for the info that im in the wrong place.. ive posted it in the right place, would you mind go there, read my post and maybe help me out?
VivaSativa said:
thanks for the info that im in the wrong place.. ive posted it in the right place, would you mind go there, read my post and maybe help me out?
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The people who actually have that phone can help you out, I don't know how to solve it as well as they do. Good luck!