I can not find answer. Help me please!
Take the battery out. Or use this. Hope u have back up ur stuff.
http://www.hard-reset.com/htc-desire-s-hard-reset.html
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Take the battery out. Or use this. Hope u have back up ur stuff.
http://www.hard-reset.com/htc-desire-s-hard-reset.html
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Ignore that, read my signature first
You should First try the three button restart, which is volume up + volume down + power button
then try adb restart....(see Sig) you'll need adb and drivers installed
If that doesn't work then and only then remove battery
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Are you having a particular issue? Our preparing for when you come across one?
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Ignore that, read my signature first
You should First try the three button restart, which is volume up + volume down + power button
then try adb restart....(see Sig) you'll need adb and drivers installed
If that doesn't work then and only then remove battery
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+1. The three button restart and adb are handy. But more often than not, in a system freeze, both become unresponsive and a battery pull is the only remainnig option...you could use that as a final resort, as suggested by most members on our forums.
Or simply do what i do, if battery pull is the only option remaining... which is to still not pull the battery!!
I just leave the phone aside and forget about it. Ususlly, in about half an hour or so, it reboots on it's own. It sounds counter-intuitive, i know, but this happens, probably because i've had the patience to actually let the phone sit untouched without fidgeting around.
Sometimes it doesn't reboot on its own. In those cases, i just let it sit there and allow the battery to run out (it will discharge to 0% at sometime you know; we're not using nuclear power for cellphones just yet!!)
Once it switches off after running out of power, you can connect it to the charger and reboot into recovery and do what needs to be done.
In my experience with flashing ROMs and other add-on stuff, which i do all the time, i've encountered system freeze in new and beta builds a total of 8 times. In 5 of them, the system froze while booted up into a ROM, and the first phenomenon that i have mentioned above, happened, i.e an auto-restart in 30-60 mins. On the other 3 occasions, incompatible beta flashes rendered phone unresponsive at HTC splash screen and i had to wait it out before the phone discharged itself, and then i picked it up from there.
It does take a little patience, but after knowing full well that a battery pull often results in permanent damage to the DS, it would be really foolish and cavalier on anybody's part to do it, just because you can't wait a few hours! Saves you a lot of sleepless hours later on, posting "HELP" threads all over xda and haggling with HTC support.
I still stand by this method, and absolutely condemn battery pulling. It is not justified on the DS for whatever reason you may think of! But hey, it's your phone, so do want you want with it. I'm secure in the knowledge that with this technique, mine is 100% safe...
You can also check if you have the vulnerable emmc card, like I have! Then u know to be extra careful.
Search for the thread about it
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You mean there is two emmc chips : one which is vulnerable, and one which is not ? how do you know which one you have, and if it is "vulnerable" ?
There is a batch which everyone who has had bricked failures had the same batch of emmc.
There are threads about it you should be able to find... I'm not searching whilst on my phone
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The dodgy ones are Mg42de coded, look in the basic tips to avoid bricking thread by shrome99 in the general DS forum
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Yep +1
Hold both volume keys and power button, or wait for battery to run out.
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Seems like it's a serious issue. I tried that for a few times but won't do it again.
My problem usually solves if i only remove the cover and not the battery.
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I suggest to make this thread sticky here, and on the other Desire S related subforums with capital letter.
Also as an addition if the device hangs see if you can restart it with "adb reboot bootloader/recovery" its the best approach
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I suggest to make this thread sticky here, and on the other Desire S related subforums with capital letter.
Also as an addition if the device hangs see if you can restart it with "adb reboot bootloader/recovery" its the best approach
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+1 should definitely be stickied. Most people realise when its too late like myself
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So what has happened to you guys since you say so after you pulled your battery?
I pulled my battery quite a few times while playing with some new roms and now my touch screen is not working properly - large areas are unusable. Could that be caused by pulling the battery?
Thanks
Wuhtzu
my wife has the atrix 2 i dont think it was rooted. earlier today it powered off or something and now the only way to get it to respond is to plug it in then it says battery at 0% a few seconds later 5% then a few seconds later 100%. if i hit power it goes black and if i try recovery it goes black. if i plug into my computer i just get a white light thats it. any help?
Sounds like a faulty battery. What has been done to it, what system version is it running, can you boot into AP Fastboot by holding the volume up/volume down/power button at the same time? Have you tried plugging it in to the wall charger, removing the battery while still charging, replace the battery and let fully charge?
Also, for future reference, please search the forums before starting new threads. There has already been a thread established for this type of thing, found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937112
[LOOK HERE FIRST] brick, Brick, BRICK! Think You've Bricked Your Phone?
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Thanks it was the battery and I checked forums and couldn't find the answer
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articwolf said:
Thanks it was the battery and I checked forums and couldn't find the answer
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You can pick up an OEM or third party battery for fairly inexpensive. There's a battery guide that I've posted with some helpful hints and a charging trick (3rd post) if you ever run into any battery reporting errors. Good luck... :good:
U can try this method too
youtube.com/watch?v=XwwI_6doBWk&feature=plcp
Edit : oops, i thot he couldnt charge his phone
So my brothers skyrocket died while he was talking on it last night. Now it won't power on just vibrates running stock rooted.any help would be appreciated
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if you read the sticky [REF] |Read This b4 posting | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE you might of found your answer
24) Q. i tried "name of custom rom here" but a feature of the phone doesnt work , eg. camera
A. read the thread for the rom to see if the dev states any issues, read users feedback if they have/mention said feature not working, eg camera, if no, did it work when on stock or return to stock to see if said function/hardware works, if said function works on stock and users of rom states that it does work, then its usually user error, what error? idk, you need to troubleshoot.
32) Q. why does my phone bootloop every few seconds
A. could be a "sticky power button", read the next question and the info section in the 1STOP STICKY
33) Q. how do i test for a stuck "sticky" power button
A. TEST: remove then reinsert the battery and if the phone turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds then its for sure a power button problem, its stuck, goto the link in the previous answer for a possible fix
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if any of the above didn't get results or fix the issue then it could be a hw failure
Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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if the pulling battery test resulted in "turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds " then its a stuck button, bootloop/vibrating every couple of sec's are synonymous, but I will reword the sticky to state both
edit: the key thing you need to establish is if reinserting the battery restarts the phone w/out u touching the power button, if so then the button is stuck. if it didn't restart then return to stock and see if it corrected the issue( I guess that would be hard todo if the phone only restarts/vibrates every 2 seconds), if not then its some hw failure or could even be a battery prob
I reedited the sticky to be more concise on the issue and the testing for the stuck power button
No it doesn't boot by itself when reinserting the battery. Sorry I'm Utah and the phone is in Texas. computer doesn't recognize anything when plugging in either. Using logmein to watch his computer while he's doing this. I do appreciate the help
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then see if they can get into the recovery and /or download mode, if so then wipe caches and reset or reflash the rom or return to stock
No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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how about recovery?
Nothing just the little vibration on all the button combinations.
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So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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I figured as such that it might have something todo w/the battery,either it was flaky or not charged or cannot be charged which could also be with the charger and/or cable or bad battery contacts. I haven't seen a phone behave in the way you described other than a bad power button, if you ruled out all the known issues as stated in my previous posts then it would have to be a hw issue but hopefully it was just a bad power adapter, usually the first thing a user would do is rule out a dead battery before seeing what else could be wrong with the phone
So, I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not.
I tried flashing XYLON.
Now, the phone gets stuck on the boot animation. I've been trying to get it to work for the last 12 hours. It either gets stuck on the boot animation, or on the "Android is updating" screen. I can't even get into the hboot to boot into recovery.
Can anyone recommend a course of action to bring my phone back to life?
taurius1 said:
So, I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not.
I tried flashing XYLON.
Now, the phone gets stuck on the boot animation. I've been trying to get it to work for the last 12 hours. It either gets stuck on the boot animation, or on the "Android is updating" screen. I can't even get into the hboot to boot into recovery.
Can anyone recommend a course of action to bring my phone back to life?
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What hboot are you on? S-on or s-off
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What hboot are you on? S-on or s-off
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I'm still on 1.09
Its s-off.
I haven't touched my hboot since i rooted my phone.
Hold down power until lights flash 7-10 times. Simulates a battery pull. Then push volume down and press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds, then release power while still holding volume down.. should go to bootloader. Sounds like your not timing it correctly
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31ken31 said:
Hold down power until lights flash 7-10 times. Simulates a battery pull. Then push volume down and press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds, then release power while still holding volume down.. should go to bootloader. Sounds like your not timing it correctly
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Well, I'm still trying that. I've done it the way you''ve mentioned it here as well. Trying it again now. I've never had problems getting into my hboot before. :S
Something just seems wrong.
Once I get back home, I'm gonna pull the phone apart and check if something's wrong with my volume button. The Vol. up stopped working, but vol down was working just fine....
Let it boot as far as it will go and see if adb will recognize it. If it does adb reboot bootloader
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Let it boot as far as it will go and see if adb will recognize it. If it does adb reboot bootloader
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I've tried that.I kept it for an hour, let it go as far ahead as it would. ADB does not see it.
I agree, if you cant get Into bootloader its a timing issue. Try holding the power buttons until the capacitive buttons blink 7 times or so, when the screen goes black let go of power and press and hold only volume until the bootloader comes up. This way is almost impossible to miss.
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I agree, if you cant get Into bootloader its a timing issue. Try holding the power buttons until the capacitive buttons blink 7 times or so, when the screen goes black let go of power and press and hold only volume until the bootloader comes up. This way is almost impossible to miss.
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Seem like I've been missing the timing all day. :/ I'm gonna check my hardware this evening... lets see what happens after that.
I have heard of a case where someone had to physically disconnect the battery before they could get into bootloader but that's a *****. Since you're s-off you could try RUUing.
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exad said:
I have heard of a case where someone had to physically disconnect the battery before they could get into bootloader but that's a *****. Since you're s-off you could try RUUing.
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RUU doesn't work. I can't get RUU to detect my phone. It doesn't boot up. It's stuck at the boot logo. And even if I leave it connected to ruu while i'm trying to reboot, or trying to get into hboot, it still doesn't detect my phone.
Well... You could let the battery drain and then charge it for about 10 mins then unplug from power and press and hold power and volume.
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Well... You could let the battery drain and then charge it for about 10 mins then unplug from power and press and hold power and volume.
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That's my next plan of action. Just woke up. Phone's out of charge. Time to get back to doing science with it.
Lemme know how it goes
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Lemme know how it goes
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Right back into the boot screen. I think I'mg onna give up on this now. :/
Sorry man, I'm out of ideas as well. Taking apart the phone and pulling the battery for a bit is the last option.
I encourage you to keep trying the traditional way before taking the phone apart.
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Sorry man, I'm out of ideas as well. Taking apart the phone and pulling the battery for a bit is the last option.
I encourage you to keep trying the traditional way before taking the phone apart.
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Well, I've already pulled my phone apart once to replace my broken screen. Which is why I'm suspecting it could be a hardware problem. Somehow. *sigh*
And I'm in. Finally.
I let the phone's battery drain completely. I pulled apart the phone, and pressed down on the volume + power pins/buttons directly. And I got into the boot loader.
I'm currently restoring the backup of the rooted stock rom I always keep on my phone storage.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support.
I just saved myself a whole lot of money. ^_^
I think you can help me maybe but I'm not so experienced
taurius1 said:
And I'm in. Finally.
I let the phone's battery drain completely. I pulled apart the phone, and pressed down on the volume + power pins/buttons directly. And I got into the boot loader.
I'm currently restoring the backup of the rooted stock rom I always keep on my phone storage.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support.
I just saved myself a whole lot of money. ^_^
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So my situation is similar but my htc inc s is brand new from ebay china seller ( I live in Greece), is s-on, never messed up with, never rooted all factory. It worked great for few days and after the first OTA update I cant get into hboot, adb doesn't see the phone, always the updating symbol on screen.Tried battery pull, volume down + power in all the possible timing and combinations but yet nothing! Also I tried battery pull, volume up + power it vibrates 3 times orange lid is on and black screen (on the forums is said that this is diagnostic menu). So I think maybe this phone is a refurb and not new since the answer from HTC global support (after sending my IMEI and S/N) is that this phone is for Indonesian market and that its warranty expired year ago! Can you help me in some way guys...
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So my situation is similar but my htc inc s is brand new from ebay china seller ( I live in Greece), is s-on, never messed up with, never rooted all factory. It worked great for few days and after the first OTA update I cant get into hboot, adb doesn't see the phone, always the updating symbol on screen.Tried battery pull, volume down + power in all the possible timing and combinations but yet nothing! Also I tried battery pull, volume up + power it vibrates 3 times orange lid is on and black screen (on the forums is said that this is diagnostic menu). So I think maybe this phone is a refurb and not new since the answer from HTC global support (after sending my IMEI and S/N) is that this phone is for Indonesian market and that its warranty expired year ago! Can you help me in some way guys...
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Sorry, I am not familiar with your phone. If it is completely stock, you may be able to RUU while int he diagnostic menu or during updating screen. Best to post in the Htc inc s forums.
Hi guys,
I need your help, once again. This afternoon my phone fell on the ground, not from a big height, but it did. As I picked it up it was still working, but I couldn't pick up a phone call I was receiving, so I switched it off. Since then, it's in constant reboot. I tried to pull the battery, but as soon as I put it back in, the loop starts again, without even pushing the power button.
Unfortunately, when I pulled the battery I realized some had craved in, from a previous spill. Not much at all, in fact I was surprised to see it there, but as a fact there was.
I tried to access recovery mod, but with no success.
Thoughts?
Get into download mode and go back to stock.
Could be a problem inside the phone. But you should try going into download mode and go back to stock by using the one click back to stock tool.
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Could be a problem inside the phone. But you should try going into download mode and go back to stock by using the one click back to stock tool.
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No success. As soon as I pop the battery in it starts the loop, so basically I have no time to press volume and then plug the cable in.
If I plug the cable, press volume, and then pop battery in, it goes into a different "battery loop", but still loop.
I can't believe it got damaged for three drops of water...
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No success. As soon as I pop the battery in it starts the loop, so basically I have no time to press volume and then plug the cable in.
If I plug the cable, press volume, and then pop battery in, it goes into a different "battery loop", but still loop.
I can't believe it got damaged for three drops of water...
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Try this different method to get into download mode.
Take everything out of the phone (microSD, Battery, and SIM card).
Then hold both volume button up and down and THEN connect it to the cable.
Keep holding the volume buttons and then put the battery in.
It may be hard so you should flip to the back side of the phone and do tht. By doing tht, it will automatically go into download mode.
If that doesnt work it could be a battery problem or the phone is broken :/
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Try this different method to get into download mode.
Take everything out of the phone (microSD, Battery, and SIM card).
Then hold both volume button up and down and THEN connect it to the cable.
Keep holding the volume buttons and then put the battery in.
It may be hard so you should flip to the back side of the phone and do tht. By doing tht, it will automatically go into download mode.
If that doesnt work it could be a battery problem or the phone is broken :/
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Nothing, still goes to a sort of battery charging loop. Damn it...
Can you try to get into download mode without putting the battery in. Just hold the volume buttons and connect it to the cable and see if it goes to download mode. If it does then put battery in. Be careful.
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MeteorStorm101 said:
Can you try to get into download mode without putting the battery in. Just hold the volume buttons and connect it to the cable and see if it goes to download mode. If it does then put battery in. Be careful.
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No luck....
That sucks. :/ Download mode is the only way to fix these kinds of problems. I dont see why you wouldn't be able to get into there. Try looking in other forums to see if it can help you.
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That sucks. :/ Download mode is the only way to fix these kinds of problems. I dont see why you wouldn't be able to get into there. Try looking in other forums to see if it can help you.
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I can't believe it... I realize water is lethal to these devices, but that was not much water at all...
I guess I can start looking for a new one. Suggested phones? Nexus 4?
That phone seems nice. As long as you can afford it then it would be great. Just make sure it doesn't contact wit water. Even doe it my seem like tht is a great phone to chose phones arent made to be water proof at this point
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MeteorStorm101 said:
That phone seems nice. As long as you can afford it then it would be great. Just make sure it doesn't contact wit water. Even doe it my seem like tht is a great phone to chose phones arent made to be water proof at this point
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Unfortunately I can't really afford it, but now it's hard to go back to a dumb phone. At the same time I'm pissed at how fragile these things are..
Sadly i have nothing to add to this except i have this exact same problem happening to me right now. Now This is the second phone ive ever rooted so you know I'm a newb their. So Can someone shoot me in the direction of stock tar files and what Odin to use.
I believe that is what i need to do yes?
use Odin to (IDK) inject root access with some other programs needed to use custom roms backups etc, also this is doe using a specific file as this is the part of the process where most phones are bricked?
So sorry but for those following this thread I have searched but IDK the best way to go as they change and i want the latest. As when i first rooted this phone I first tried Superoneclick as it was said to be so easy. Well SOC froze on step 3 i think and never finished once so i ended up doing it with Odin which is the way i did it with my SG3 (for some reason way easier to use maybe more devs??) So i am trying ti pimp my mothers phone LOL She is in her 60s but she knows what shes doing lol. Anyway she hated her phone and i told her all she had to do was root it and load a new ROM and your phone will look and act newer. (wanting to save mom money too) This is my situation.
If you read all that i am asking what Odin version i need or better where to get it. Same with the flash file. IDK if any ICS or JB rooted flash files are made or if its better to use stock 2.3.6 (i think) whichever way results in easiest upgrading and how it should be done. I thank you a lot. I am sorry for the thread hijack but i thought it would be better one post here instead another thread (i hope to have found it from you or on my own before that) like i said i search but i cant find i know its their i found it before so idk.
I do know to thank you again and sorry again for the hijack
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12255848
Odin 1.7 is fine
Here is a list of Roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/List_of_ROMs
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Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12255848
Odin 1.7 is fine
Here is a list of Roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/List_of_ROMs
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Thanks for that information as long as your not hard bricked AFAIK this is the fix all if you have to start over.