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My wife installed some updates in the market and her phone froze on the Sense home screen. Removed the battery, and it now won't boot past the HTC logo.
It is on the factory/default Sense ROM, never rooted or anything, my wife has like 5 apps on it and still the stock Sense wallpaper
It can boot into HBOOT, we tried the recovery option which showed the black screen with phone+green arrow animation for a few seconds. Then very shortly an image with a red arrow, then a reboot and still stuck on the HTC boot screen.
It does not show up in ADB, USB debugging is not on either.
My next thing to try would be a factory reset, is that likely to work?
Is there any way to get SMS'es and some game save games off the phone before resetting it?
Thanks for all suggestions!
Well if your PC is not recognizing the phone, then there's not much you can try I guess (other then factory reset.) Maybe someone is gonna come up with something.
Aren't the gamesaves on your sd card?
There have been hardware issues associated with multiple downloads from the market and pulling the battery. This might or might not be the case. However you are covered with warranty in case it is.
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esbenm said:
My wife installed some updates in the market and her phone froze on the Sense home screen. Removed the battery, and it now won't boot past the HTC logo.
It is on the factory/default Sense ROM, never rooted or anything, my wife has like 5 apps on it and still the stock Sense wallpaper
It can boot into HBOOT, we tried the recovery option which showed the black screen with phone+green arrow animation for a few seconds. Then very shortly an image with a red arrow, then a reboot and still stuck on the HTC boot screen.
It does not show up in ADB, USB debugging is not on either.
My next thing to try would be a factory reset, is that likely to work?
Is there any way to get SMS'es and some game save games off the phone before resetting it?
Thanks for all suggestions!
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If she created a HTC Sense account and had set it up to sync then her texts would have been saved online.
If no other options download the corresponding to your region RUU (ROM Update Utility) from here. Then reboot to Bootloader (VOL DOWN + POWER Button). Make sure that you have HTC Sync installed. Go to fastboot screen (you should see FASTBOOT USB line). Start RUU.exe. It will handle everything automatically and hopefully you will have a brand new Stock system again.
If hard resetting dies not work, I'm afraid you may have a fries eMMC chip! It's very common when the phone freezes in maker updates and you pull the battery!
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If hard resetting dies not work, I'm afraid you may have a fries eMMC chip! It's very common when the phone freezes in maker updates and you pull the battery!
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Sorry to be offensive but stop with this crap it only scares people. I have rescued my phone twice already from the bootloop. The fried eMMC is the last consideration to be made after trying some reasonable solutions.
An boot loop isn't
an real indicator for fried emmc, most of the times you just somehow messed up part of the software or the partitions, this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1292730 it's an really fried emmc.
Let's try some solutions before destroying any hope!
Swyped from my Desire S
amidabuddha said:
Sorry to be offensive but stop with this crap it only scares people. I have rescued my phone twice already from the bootloop. The fried eMMC is the last consideration to be made after trying some reasonable solutions.
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I'm not starting with 'crap' I'm simply saying what might be true.
It is well known that after hitting update all in the market, it leads to a fried emmc chip.
I have also been stuck on a bootloop many times (after flashing wrong kernels etc) and had to pull the battery. I also risked a fried emmc chip. I was just lucky I didn't get it fried, and I hope it doesn't happen again! *touch wood*
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esbenm said:
My wife installed some updates in the market and her phone froze on the Sense home screen. Removed the battery, and it now won't boot past the HTC logo.
It is on the factory/default Sense ROM, never rooted or anything, my wife has like 5 apps on it and still the stock Sense wallpaper
It can boot into HBOOT, we tried the recovery option which showed the black screen with phone+green arrow animation for a few seconds. Then very shortly an image with a red arrow, then a reboot and still stuck on the HTC boot screen.
It does not show up in ADB, USB debugging is not on either.
My next thing to try would be a factory reset, is that likely to work?
Is there any way to get SMS'es and some game save games off the phone before resetting it?
Thanks for all suggestions!
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so, have you tried hard reset/factory reset. let us know what happen than. next time never pull out battery when your phone freeze. just press vol up + vol down + power button (all three hardware button) and the phone will restart. I personally had this problem few times and able to recover my device. start with hard reset your phone.
look at ben_pyett signature. you need the adb+fastboot and htc drivers for your windows pc to detect your device. I'm using linux and I don't need those drivers.
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I'm not starting with 'crap' I'm simply saying what might be true.
It is well known that after hitting update all in the market, it leads to a fried emmc chip.
I have also been stuck on a bootloop many times (after flashing wrong kernels etc) and had to pull the battery. I also risked a fried emmc chip. I was just lucky I didn't get it fried, and I hope it doesn't happen again! *touch wood*
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Ok to be more specific: I have already rescued my phone from a bootloop with all the indications for a "fried eMMC" described in some threads in this forum. Also me and Tectas assisted several people accross the forum these days to revive their phones from the "fried eMMC" (some successful, some not). Anyway all of these users had the info that they eMMC is fried and were terrified. But a Bricked and Fried phone are totally different stuff. So if you post to help is OK, but when you post to scare this isn't.
Update: thanks for all the suggestions. I couldn't get any of it to work, including factory reset.
We are going to send the phone in for a warranty repair, most of her personal stuff is on her Google account or the SD card, so no major problems.
The HTC Sense website with SMS backup never worked for her, there is no option to log in from the phone.
As much as i love Android I am shocked that hitting "update all" in the market and/or pulling the battery can brick a 400 $ phone. Even buggy old Windows ME was fine if you pulled the pover cord.
My iPhone friends will laugh at me well into 2012 if I tell them this.
Do HTC have more faults than other brands? Both our Desires have had trouble. I am about to upgrade mine, maybe should look at another brand?
There is some hope!
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Ok to be more specific: I have already rescued my phone from a bootloop with all the indications for a "fried eMMC" described in some threads in this forum. Also me and Tectas assisted several people accross the forum these days to revive their phones from the "fried eMMC" (some successful, some not). Anyway all of these users had the info that they eMMC is fried and were terrified. But a Bricked and Fried phone are totally different stuff. So if you post to help is OK, but when you post to scare this isn't.
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I'm afraid that I must agree.
In the early days of this problem, I too was probably guilty of announcing too early to users "that's you've fried your eMMC chip - that's a warranty return" where as over time we've now come to believe that this still a chance of hope, albeit not great or guaranteed, but none the less, fortunately several people have managed to recover from this situation, by a variety of means.
So even though the possible outcome might not be likely, I think that we should attempt to always suggest that there might be hope at least until we've tried all the possible solutions and now luckily the various users have compiled guides of the suggested options so this isn't that difficult.
The only time when I'd suggest that a user should probably instantly return a device, is if they are completely non technical or have a brand new device which is still S-ON. In which case they may as well return the device under warranty and get a replacement device or motherboard which will at least contain the non dubious/faulty chip, and will remove the possibility of future occurrence completely - so they'll actually be better off for the future!
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Update: thanks for all the suggestions.
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Sorry to hear this. You were just unfortunate and what happened to you is rare, also it's not a fault of Android but, a HTC eMMC chip hardware issue caused by a particular dodgy version of the eMMC chip that comes on some of these phones.
I believe that HTC realised the fault and replaced the chip with another make after a fashion. So hopefully you'll get the different chip on your replacement device/motherboard.
I also think that they've changed the market application so that it downloads one application after rather than all the applications together, which was known to cause a device freeze, which often was followed by a battery user battery pull - which then led to this problem.
Next time... Never pull the battery! there are always other options.
Take care and good luck.
Greetings all! I have been a Lg optimus user for some time, being that it is my first official android phone. Sadly it was bricked and is just a very expensive paper weight now. Due to the fact that armv6 processors are becoming outdated i was considering geting a new phone, preferably an HD one, but I digress. My main problem is that I would like my LG to at least function, but I live in the Caribbean and it is out of reach of an offcial LG repair center. I very well know that it may be a lost cause but is there any advive that others can give from past experience that can help me with my present conundrum? You are well come to flame at me for this possibly inept question, as long as I can get help and move on in the mean while untill my new phone....I love the Optimus one and even so would like to have i as my little past time.:highfive:
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Greetings all! I have been a Lg optimus user for some time, being that it is my first official android phone. Sadly it was bricked and is just a very expensive paper weight now. Due to the fact that armv6 processors are becoming outdated i was considering geting a new phone, preferably an HD one, but I digress. My main problem is that I would like my LG to at least function, but I live in the Caribbean and it is out of reach of an offcial LG repair center. I very well know that it may be a lost cause but is there any advive that others can give from past experience that can help me with my present conundrum? You are well come to flame at me for this possibly inept question, as long as I can get help and move on in the mean while untill my new phone....I love the Optimus one and even so would like to have i as my little past time.:highfive:
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Does it turn on at all? If you pop the battery out, put it back in and hold Volume UP+Back+Power does it get to Emergency Mode at all? If it does you might be able to recover by flashing the original/stock firmware, follow this post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314
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Does it turn on at all? If you pop the battery out, put it back in and hold Volume UP+Back+Power does it get to Emergency Mode at all? If it does you might be able to recover by flashing the original/stock firmware, follow this post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314
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I've tried that a few times but to no avail... :crying:
I've held down every single button, squeezed every single part, and even shaked it a bit since some people say that it some times works. The phone is very fresh, a few months old and I haven't even taken off the screen protector yet...
I've even tried putting it to charge for some time, pressing some of the puttons while plugging in the charger or USB cable. I don't know if i can have it shipped back to the US to be fixed or otherwise.
Thanks for the input...:highfive:
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I've tried that a few times but to no avail... :crying:
I've held down every single button, squeezed every single part, and even shaked it a bit since some people say that it some times works. The phone is very fresh, a few months old and I haven't even taken off the screen protector yet...
I've even tried putting it to charge for some time, pressing some of the puttons while plugging in the charger or USB cable. I don't know if i can have it shipped back to the US to be fixed or otherwise.
Thanks for the input...:highfive:
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Well if the phone isn't turning on at all then you wont be able to flash the stock rom. I guess you havent tried flashing a new baseband or rom. You might have to go ahead and send it for fixing since it is under warranty.
How many days do you have phone bricked??? Just asking because you could have a empty battery and thats why combo its not working its a long shot i now but sometimes happy things appen...
Best of luck
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just xplain man...
u r jus telling that the fone is brickd...why don't u share the condition of the fone now...nd just xplain wht u did with it bfore getting it brickd...
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u r jus telling that the fone is brickd...why don't u share the condition of the fone now...nd just xplain wht u did with it bfore getting it brickd...
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All I think I have to say about that is ...KDZ updater...During the update I got an error repeatedly so I unplug and plug it in again but it didn't work so I (this is the part that I regret the most) I just unplugged the battery and tried to do it again, and thats how I ended up like this...the point is I know it's bricked I just wanted to know if I could have it fixed without being in the USA.
Try this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324105 :fingers-crossed:
Last few days were full of frustration for me I've searched every single website on Internet that could possibly describe me on what can be done to get our phones running after a Hard Brick that was caused by ICS leak. The pain even increases when I see that I've hardbricked without even doing anything that was not possible.
Though there are not exact explanation for our phone but I've seen people getting success for their devices.
I've no warranty so if this problem is not solved I'll probably have to throw my phone in dustbin. As now I don't have warranty I want to fix this phone on my own and I am ready to try every single things that is possible, so for that I need suggestions from all our devs in here.
I've seen people using JTEG and riff box methods to unbrick their phones. I am not familiar with these methods, I want people to explain me these things and what are the chances of unbricking our devices.
I saw this method used for old atrix will this work for us??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21243499&postcount=16
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Hehe, same my idea. But the fast and possible way to recover our A2 again, just buy 2nd with ugly shape or even broken screen for very cheap price, then we can exchange its mainboard. Easy to do with. Then come back to the fighting road.
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More info about JTAG method :
- Need the box that supports your phone. Sorry not any support for A2's CPU now in RIFF list.
- Need to know where the test points are in mainboard to connect with Box. We even don't know which EMI shield for A2's CPU
- Need to know the name of each test point is matched with Box to connect ok
- Hardware skills with opening phone, soldering and de-soldering EMI shields !
There are two or three revisions of Atrix 2 will all the motherboards will be compatible with our A2.
Kinda low resolution, but you can get an idea of what's under the emi shields from the FCC pictures.
For what it's worth, the IHDT56MV1 and IHDT56MV2 pictures appear identical.
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Kinda low resolution, but you can get an idea of what's under the emi shields from the FCC pictures.
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OMG, thanks so much !
If you can attach again, schematic diagram ...
hehehehe
prasannapmv said:
Last few days were full of frustration for me I've searched every single website on Internet that could possibly describe me on what can be done to get our phones running after a Hard Brick that was caused by ICS leak. The pain even increases when I see that I've hardbricked without even doing anything that was not possible.
Though there are not exact explanation for our phone but I've seen people getting success for their devices.
I've no warranty so if this problem is not solved I'll probably have to throw my phone in dustbin. As now I don't have warranty I want to fix this phone on my own and I am ready to try every single things that is possible, so for that I need suggestions from all our devs in here.
I've seen people using JTEG and riff box methods to unbrick their phones. I am not familiar with these methods, I want people to explain me these things and what are the chances of unbricking our devices.
I saw this method used for old atrix will this work for us??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21243499&postcount=16
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Hard brick wasn't caused by ics. It was from you trying to mod or flash back to gd.
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leifemagnuson said:
Hard brick wasn't caused by ics. It was from you trying to mod or flash back to gd.
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I don't agree, ICS came up like a virus till it was inside it was good and running and when people tried to remove it, it left them deserted.
But it is the truth, prasannapmv ! Phone will be bricked when coming back to GB.
vinamilk said:
But it is the truth, prasannapmv ! Phone will be bricked when coming back to GB.
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Yep exactly, and we started warning people after the first 2 people bricked... I have to say though that so far many people have not found any notable issues that would make them NEED to flash back to GB.
Back to the question of the OP. If you have a RIFF box the software will give you a diagram of where the jtag points are and what lead to attach to which point. The software will then retrieve the appropriate files and you simply click the "resurrect" button and it will restore the phone to a state that it can be reflashed. But you need to buy a RIFF box or simllar hardware solution in order to perform the jtag procedure.
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I don't agree, ICS came up like a virus till it was inside it was good and running and when people tried to remove it, it left them deserted.
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There was no "virus" in the ICS rom. You flashed a "leaked" rom. By definition that means a rom Motorola never intended to be flashed by the general public and roms are not built to accommodate people modding the device or flashing roms repeatedly. By flashing a leaked rom you took an inherent risk of bricking your device. You flashed ICS and then decided for some reason to flash back to the previous rom. You killed the phone by your own actions. If you cannot accept the possibility of bricking your phone then you should not be flashing leaked roms. Devs and others warn people repeatedly that flashing roms can brick the device and you chose to go ahead with the knowledge that your own actions could result inn your phone being bricked. Don't blame Motorola for your own actions. They don't release these test roms to the public and don't support people modding the phone. Anything other than flashing officially released roms is a risk. If you flash leaked or custom roms then you must accept the risk that you might wind up with a dead phone as you have.
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But you need to buy a RIFF box or simllar hardware solution in order to perform the jtag procedure.
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I can find a RIFF box everywhere (in Cellphone Service Shop) or even borrow it from my friend. But problem is, A2 not in supported list of RIFF or any JTAG's other brand box. No support = no file for flash + no test points + no diagram.
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Back to the question of the OP. If you have a RIFF box the software will give you a diagram of where the jtag points are and what lead to attach to which point. The software will then retrieve the appropriate files and you simply click the "resurrect" button and it will restore the phone to a state that it can be reflashed. But you need to buy a RIFF box or simllar hardware solution in order to perform the jtag procedure.
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Can you guide me to a online store where I can buy RIFF box for our A2??
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Can you guide me to a online store where I can buy RIFF box for our A2??
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Price of Riff or JTAG box maybe equals 2-3 or 10 times more expensive than buying a new phone. I don't think your love for A2 is so big like that ... :laugh:
jimbridgman said:
Yep exactly, and we started warning people after the first 2 people bricked... I have to say though that so far many people have not found any notable issues that would make them NEED to flash back to GB.
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Warning alarm was little late for me I tried to fxz back immediately after you uploaded a ICS FXZ zip a, I had to fxz because ICS leak didn't had MOTO phone portal, webtop hack was not working and the battery was worst in terms of performance
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I can find a RIFF box everywhere (in Cellphone Service Shop) or even borrow it from my friend. But problem is, A2 not in supported list of RIFF or any JTAG's other brand box. No support = no file for flash + no test points + no diagram.
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If there is no software/firmware yet, you could possibly work with some people who know what they are doing to develop the files and methods. We have most of the firmware for the A2 scattered around. I, for one, would have no idea where to begin or what to do, but this would be huge if the A2 became supported and could be resurrected..
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Price of Riff or JTAG box maybe equals 2-3 or 10 times more expensive than buying a new phone. I don't think your love for A2 is so big like that ... :laugh:
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It is really PIA to keep Motorola phones, this is my last Moto.
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Can you guide me to a online store where I can buy RIFF box for our A2??
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I put some links for JTAG - RIFF Boxes in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29077981&postcount=5
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Warning alarm was little late for me I tried to fxz back immediately after you uploaded a ICS FXZ zip a, I had to fxz because ICS leak didn't had MOTO phone portal, webtop hack was not working and the battery was worst in terms of performance
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I never saw you post and ask for help before attempting to go back. Just saying. There are ways around the moto phone portal, and the battery issues as well.
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I never saw you post and ask for help before attempting to go back. Just saying. There are ways around the moto phone portal, and the battery issues as well.
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I did FXZ because I had enough trust on you that I thought after your confirmation nothing can go wrong but you know what happened afterwards.
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I did FXZ because I had enough trust on you that I thought after your confirmation nothing can go wrong but you know what happened afterwards.
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I never said nothing can go wrong, just what I was alble to confirm worked for me. Again, sometimes ask for help before doing something so drastic, could have gotten you fixed up before ending up like this, that is what this place is for. I am not chastising you here, just saying that we are here to help and both the issues you had were both 100% fixable in the ICS leak.
HI Guys,
So I just tried to flash the Supercharged v7 rom from the ICS leak and now my phone wont turn on. When I have the battery in it heats up a lot, so I think it's trying to turn on.
Is there anyway to fix this?
Thanks
Little more info please.
Were you on the ICS leak before you tried to flash it? Or GB?
Also any LED lights on?
Have you tried a different battery? Will it boot into fastboot? Hold both voume buttons down while it's off and then press and hold the power button.
And for future reference you should have posted this on SC7's thread as it involves the ROM. Keeps the forum a little tidier.
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And for future reference you should have posted this on SC7's thread as it involves the ROM. Keeps the forum a little tidier.
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Hi Sorry... Here is some more info:
Yeah I have tried getting it to boot while holding down both volume buttons, but nothing happens. I was on super the ICS leak when I tried to flash, and no LED lights turn on.
Would any more info be helpful? Sorry, I am new to the android scene (had an iphone before)
Thanks
Ok, sounds like a hardbrick, however, the only thing I would try is to get your hands on another battery and see if it boots that way. Possibly borrow one from an AT&T store?
If it doesn't boot with a new battery it's probably an expensive paperweight now.
How did you flash it? With our new recovery? You didn't use the bootstrapper APK did you?
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Ok, sounds like a hardbrick, however, the only thing I would try is to get your hands on another battery and see if it boots that way. Possibly borrow one from an AT&T store?
If it doesn't boot with a new battery it's probably an expensive paperweight now.
How did you flash it? With our new recovery? You didn't use the bootstrapper APK did you?
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I used the new recovery. I will bring it to an AT&T store and try a new battery.
You sure you used boot menu? AND did you try to "flash" it? Or did you do a system restore....
Also did the phone die in the middle of the flash? Or would it not reboot?
also just hard bricked.......
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Ok, sounds like a hardbrick, however, the only thing I would try is to get your hands on another battery and see if it boots that way. Possibly borrow one from an AT&T store?
If it doesn't boot with a new battery it's probably an expensive paperweight now.
How did you flash it? With our new recovery? You didn't use the bootstrapper APK did you?
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I had just gotten back from ICS and was on GB for a few days realizing how slow GB is I was on my way back to the leak, following the instructions given by Jim so as i was flashing back to 2.3.5 the RSD lite stop for a while on step 5 and then it failed..so ever since i have a bricked atrix 2 :silly: . researching cell phone repair places on line found a few, but can anyone recommend any? also i notice how the phone gets warm if left with the battery in, whats that all about?
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I had just gotten back from ICS and was on GB for a few days realizing how slow GB is I was on my way back to the leak, following the instructions given by Jim so as i was flashing back to 2.3.5 the RSD lite stop for a while on step 5 and then it failed..so ever since i have a bricked atrix 2 :silly: . researching cell phone repair places on line found a few, but can anyone recommend any? also i notice how the phone gets warm if left with the battery in, whats that all about?
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Yeah this is the same brick many of us got. the battery will get hot, don't know why, but take it out or it is toast along with the phone, many people had that so you may need a new one. your best bet to fix is to buy a cheap broken phone on ebay with a working main board, so basically you are buying a main board but cheaper because people don't realize the phone i worth anything when the screen is shattered and the camera is shot. then you can pop the new board in your old phone and you are good to go.
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Yeah this is the same brick many of us got. the battery will get hot, don't know why, but take it out or it is toast along with the phone, many people had that so you may need a new one. your best bet to fix is to buy a cheap broken phone on ebay with a working main board, so basically you are buying a main board but cheaper because people don't realize the phone i worth anything when the screen is shattered and the camera is shot. then you can pop the new board in your old phone and you are good to go.
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So I bought a cheap Atrix2 (with a broken screen) in working condition along with a T5 torx screwdriver on Ebay, then watched on youtube how to replace the screen of an A2 thus figuring out how to replace the motherboard. I most thank lkrasner for suggesting it.
Bricked my phone
I got my phone bricked now..i cant boot the phone and the battery gets hot when i tried to boot the phone.
Is there anyway how i can restore the brick...I read that replacing the mother board will work....
Is this my only option....
I also read about daughter board which i can buy online...but is this the same as the motherboard of atrix 2 or something else.
Please help.
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I got my phone bricked now..i cant boot the phone and the battery gets hot when i tried to boot the phone.
Is there anyway how i can restore the brick...I read that replacing the mother board will work....
Is this my only option....
I also read about daughter board which i can buy online...but is this the same as the motherboard of atrix 2 or something else.
Please help.
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Try and get it replaced with your warranty that's pretty much your only option with a hard brick
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I got this phone from US and it does not have warranty...am from india...its an at&t unlocked phone...i saw that someone had replaced his motherboard and fixed his phone... Can I do the same and restore the bricked phone...
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I got this phone from US and it does not have warranty...am from india...its an at&t unlocked phone...i saw that someone had replaced his motherboard and fixed his phone... Can I do the same and restore the bricked phone...
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/110943834593
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Do you think changing the motherdrive will work ?
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Do you think changing the motherdrive will work ?
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Yup..will work..
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Yes, it will work.
QUOTE=rejijoseph14;31737448]Do you think changing the motherdrive will work ?[/QUOTE]
It worked for me :laugh: search for this video on youtube "Motorola Atrix 2 Take Apart Repair Guide" And before minute 3 you will know how you can exchange the motherboard your self! Make sure your new motherboard is in working condition and enjoy your Atrix 2.
We have a guide for that guys.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746094
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Ordered the logic board just got a hard brick lol
Bricked my phone
triloger said:
Ordered the logic board just got a hard brick lol
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Same here!!!
Hello,
I followed step-by-step this thread.( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982982 )
Since I ve been a listener and this is first time caller, Im not allowed to reply in Developer section until 10 post are made.
This is my first post and need help.
Everything works just as the DEV explained. The bugs are the known ones, and it works...fine.
But, things like the camera bug (3rd party apps cant use it, like instagram, guess Skype, Google Now, etc...), screenshots and auto-rotation made me want to go back. (I could manage the APN thing by following one of the replier's advices)
So, question is: Is out there a more stable CM10 ROM? (I know the link I related isnt from actual CM10, yet a modified one. But after reaserch I found that the original CM10 also have this same known issues). If there isn't. Is there a way to go back to a bug-free ICS version?
If there is, I would need a step-by-step guide.
Thanks in advance for all replies.
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Motorola Atrix 2 - CM10/MagicMod ROM
WaltLlanos said:
Hello,
I followed step-by-step this thread.( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982982 )
Since I ve been a listener and this is first time caller, Im not allowed to reply in Developer section until 10 post are made.
This is my first post and need help.
Everything works just as the DEV explained. The bugs are the known ones, and it works...fine.
But, things like the camera bug (3rd party apps cant use it, like instagram, guess Skype, Google Now, etc...), screenshots and auto-rotation made me want to go back. (I could manage the APN thing by following one of the replier's advices)
So, question is: Is out there a more stable CM10 ROM? (I know the link I related isnt from actual CM10, yet a modified one. But after reaserch I found that the original CM10 also have this same known issues). If there isn't. Is there a way to go back to a bug-free ICS version?
If there is, I would need a step-by-step guide.
Thanks in advance for all replies.
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Motorola Atrix 2 - CM10/MagicMod ROM
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Sure you can go back to stock ICS.
Find the FXZ file for your region here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/list.php
Follow The noob guide on how to flash FXZ here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
HELP!!
Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Sure you can go back to stock ICS.
Find the FXZ file for your region here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/list.php
Follow The noob guide on how to flash FXZ here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
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I followed the steps to flash the SBF and give my Atrix 2 the stock ICS version again.
I did the whole process and clicked START
After a while, several minutes, it showed
"FAILED FLASHING PROCESS, FAILED FLASHING PROCESS. 5/20 REBOOT-BOOTLOADER -> NO ARRIVAL MESSAGE NOTIFICATION; PHONE DISCONNECTED"
And in the result column it shows FAILED
I made sure the battery was full before begin the process, and I haven't touched the phone at all since it started.
What do I do? It's still plugged and the screen's off (Don't sure if the phone is off). I havent touched a thing.
This is the SBF I downloaded:
InlineFlashing_edison_5.5.175.16_cfc_p3_APBP_CID285.zip
from here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/list.php
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When still plugged in, I pressed the POWER button, and nothing happened, Thought it was off.
I closed the RSD and unplugged the phone from PC and tried to turn it on. NOTHING HAPPENED.
No LED light, No Moto logo, nothing.
Removed battery, tried again....nothing...at all. ¿Dead?
Is it totally screwed? Nothing to do about? PLEASE HELP ME!. Im about to die.
WaltLlanos said:
I followed the steps to flash the SBF and give my Atrix 2 the stock ICS version again.
I did the whole process and clicked START
After a while, several minutes, it showed
"FAILED FLASHING PROCESS, FAILED FLASHING PROCESS. 5/20 REBOOT-BOOTLOADER -> NO ARRIVAL MESSAGE NOTIFICATION; PHONE DISCONNECTED"
And in the result column it shows FAILED
I made sure the battery was full before begin the process, and I haven't touched the phone at all since it started.
What do I do? It's still plugged and the screen's off (Don't sure if the phone is off). I havent touched a thing.
This is the SBF I downloaded:
InlineFlashing_edison_5.5.175.16_cfc_p3_APBP_CID285.zip
from here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/list.php
EDIT:
When still plugged in, I pressed the POWER button, and nothing happened, Thought it was off.
I closed the RSD and unplugged the phone from PC and tried to turn it on. NOTHING HAPPENED.
No LED light, No Moto logo, nothing.
Removed battery, tried again....nothing...at all. ¿Dead?
Is it totally screwed? Nothing to do about? PLEASE HELP ME!. Im about to die.
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If your phone is ATT version MB865, then you used the wrong SBF. The one to flash is
InlineFlashing_Edison_67.21.125_CFC_P3_APBP.xml.zip md5=2BF9CCD528C05D26523ACC5B38AC76C6
I believe your phone is soft bricked with a dead battery. Find a way to charge your battery and try to RSD again.
Waiting4MyAndroid said:
If your phone is ATT version MB865, then you used the wrong SBF. The one to flash is
InlineFlashing_Edison_67.21.125_CFC_P3_APBP.xml.zip md5=2BF9CCD528C05D26523ACC5B38AC76C6
I believe your phone is soft bricked with a dead battery. Find a way to charge your battery and try to RSD again.
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Actually, I think he is, sorry to say, super-hardbricked. Take a look here, it has all the proper explanations about bricks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937112
If he was on ICS and an AT&T phone and flashed a non-AT&T firmware, he is most likely screwed. We have seen this way too many times, sorry to say, but to the OP, Please read more before trying these type of things and use search and not get too antsy before attempting things. This phone even though it has a bootloader lock, you can still very easily hard brick it.
The OP, just might get lucky and be able to charge his phone with an external charger, but I am pretty sure that will not do it.
I would go on ebay or craigslist and buy a working A2 with a cracked screen (much cheaper this way), and change out the board with your screen and such, and you should be back in business.
@Waiting4MyAndroid, next time you try to help someone ask them for more information, so you/we can be of better help, this guys is obviously a noob, and if we knew which region he was from and which phone he has, we/you could have given him the EXACT link to the correct file, and then walked him through what and what not to do. I am not trying to be a jerk. I am just saying that most people do not search or read these forms, they ask in a dire need and even when you give a link to read something, they are in panic mode and still do not read, and just do what they think is the thing you just mentioned, even though it may not be the right thing. I know this has been covered so many times, but I have learned that no matter what people do not read or search no matter what you mention, that is why we see soooooooo many of these types of posts over and over.
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Actually, I think he is, sorry to say, super-hardbricked. Take a look here, it has all the proper explanations about bricks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937112
If he was on ICS and an AT&T phone and flashed a non-AT&T firmware, he is most likely screwed. We have seen this way too many times, sorry to say, but to the OP, Please read more before trying these type of things and use search and not get too antsy before attempting things. This phone even though it has a bootloader lock, you can still very easily hard brick it.
The OP, just might get lucky and be able to charge his phone with an external charger, but I am pretty sure that will not do it.
I would go on ebay or craigslist and buy a working A2 with a cracked screen (much cheaper this way), and change out the board with your screen and such, and you should be back in business.
@Waiting4MyAndroid, next time you try to help someone ask them for more information, so you/we can be of better help, this guys is obviously a noob, and if we knew which region he was from and which phone he has, we/you could have given him the EXACT link to the correct file, and then walked him through what and what not to do. I am not trying to be a jerk. I am just saying that most people do not search or read these forms, they ask in a dire need and even when you give a link to read something, they are in panic mode and still do not read, and just do what they think is the thing you just mentioned, even though it may not be the right thing. I know this has been covered so many times, but I have learned that no matter what people do not read or search no matter what you mention, that is why we see soooooooo many of these types of posts over and over.
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Jim your advice to me is well taken. Usually I do ask more questions before I offer advice. In this case the OP "seemed" knowledgeable due to the fact his phone was on CM10/MagicMod. I guess everyone should be treated as a NOOB until proven other wise! Hopefully the OP can still recover his phone with a charged battery.
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Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Jim your advice to me is well taken. Usually I do ask more questions before I offer advice. In this case the OP "seemed" knowledgeable due to the fact his phone was on CM10/MagicMod. I guess everyone should be treated as a NOOB until proven other wise! Hopefully the OP can still recover his phone with a charged battery.
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No worries. I was going by his join date of Dec. 2012, and only having posted five times, for noting that he was a noob. I have found that a lot of people can talk the talk well in here, but have maybe used another phone that is not like the A2 and tend to easily mess it up. Especially if this is their first android.
Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Jim your advice to me is well taken. Usually I do ask more questions before I offer advice. In this case the OP "seemed" knowledgeable due to the fact his phone was on CM10/MagicMod. I guess everyone should be treated as a NOOB until proven other wise! Hopefully the OP can still recover his phone with a charged battery.
Sent from my MB865 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks VERY MUCH for your help. And yes, this is my first Android, and first time flashing, and as you supposed, noob.
:/ I want to believe it is the battery and with a charging will revive, but I don't know. The "super-hardbrick" thing makes more sense to me.
IT WAS FULLY CHARGED, it can't drain 98% in a few minutes, can it?...
Aaaaanyways, I will see if by charging the battery and trying it will show a light.
(Will it charge the battery in this state? or I'll have to make it by other means?)
Thanks @Waiting4MyAndroid and @jimbridgman for replying.
EDIT: When I plug it in the wall, nothing happens. No LEDs, no Moto logo, just black screen. It doesn't shows life signals. Same happens when plugged to the PC.
WaltLlanos said:
Thanks VERY MUCH for your help. And yes, this is my first Android, and first time flashing, and as you supposed, noob.
:/ I want to believe it is the battery and with a charging will revive, but I don't know. The "super-hardbrick" thing makes more sense to me.
IT WAS FULLY CHARGED, it can't drain 98% in a few minutes, can it?...
Aaaaanyways, I will see if by charging the battery and trying it will show a light.
(Will it charge the battery in this state? or I'll have to make it by other means?)
Thanks @Waiting4MyAndroid and @jimbridgman for replying.
EDIT: When I plug it in the wall, nothing happens. No LEDs, no Moto logo, just black screen. It doesn't shows life signals. Same happens when plugged to the PC.
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If that is the case then you will have to try either the Macguvyer method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
Or find someone with a similar phone that works, that will let you use their phone to charge your battery with (another A2 or a bionic).
Those are just so you can see if it is a battery issue, but at this point, I am thinking you are hardbricked.
Do you have an AT&T branded phone (there will be an at&t logo at the bottom front of the phone under the capacitive buttons)?
jimbridgman said:
If that is the case then you will have to try either the Macguvyer method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
Or find someone with a similar phone that works, that will let you use their phone to charge your battery with (another A2 or a bionic).
Those are just so you can see if it is a battery issue, but at this point, I am thinking you are hardbricked.
Do you have an AT&T branded phone (there will be an at&t logo at the bottom front of the phone under the capacitive buttons)?
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Yes, its an AT&T device. I'll try to charge the battery.
/In the case its hardbrick, there's nothing we can do, right? AT ALL?/
WaltLlanos said:
Yes, its an AT&T device. I'll try to charge the battery.
/In the case its hardbrick, there's nothing we can do, right? AT ALL?/
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You can try and get AT&T to exchange it for a refurb, just tell them you charged it overnight and woke and it was like this. The only thing is that you must have, had the phone less than a year to qualify for this, and you MUST be in the US.
Otherwise you can buy an A2 on ebay or craigslist with a broken screen and put your good screen on that phone and be back in action. There is a thread in the general section that is a sticky on how to exchange your screen with the phone you get that has a broken one. This will be only if you are out of the year warranty or bought this phone and use it outside the US.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746094
jimbridgman said:
You can try and get AT&T to exchange it for a refurb, just tell them you charged it overnight and woke and it was like this. The only thing is that you must have, had the phone less than a year to qualify for this, and you MUST be in the US.
Otherwise you can buy an A2 on ebay or craigslist with a broken screen and put your good screen on that phone and be back in action. There is a thread in the general section that is a sticky on how to exchange your screen with the phone you get that has a broken one. This will be only if you are out of the year warranty or bought this phone and use it outside the US.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746094
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I'm out of US, so I guess the warranty thing won't work. (Damn, I guess if I get out of this, will NOT ever try to handle upgrades, and flashing and this stuff) I bought the Atrix 2 from e-bay..Its (was) pre-paid.
Thank you so much for everything. And well, sorry for the inconveniences.
By the way, can you explain to me, what did I do exactly to the phone? I mean, what I understand is that I took out the "software" that ran everything in the device (including powering on) and didn't replace it with the new one since the process didn't complete. So in the end, I took the "soul" out of it, leaving just the dead "body". Does it make sense?
WaltLlanos said:
I'm out of US, so I guess the warranty thing won't work. (Damn, I guess if I get out of this, will NOT ever try to handle upgrades, and flashing and this stuff) I bought the Atrix 2 from e-bay..Its (was) pre-paid.
Thank you so much for everything. And well, sorry for the inconveniences.
By the way, can you explain to me, what did I do exactly to the phone? I mean, what I understand is that I took out the "software" that ran everything in the device (including powering on) and didn't replace it with the new one since the process didn't complete. So in the end, I took the "soul" out of it, leaving just the dead "body". Does it make sense?
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What you did was flash a non AT&T firmware to the device, which causes the phone to "hardbrick" AT&T has some checks built into the hardware that will make the phone "die" if this is done. So if you do get another one, just make sure that you ONLY flash the proper AT&T FXZ file on the SBf-droid.com site, they say which ones are AT&T.
You can flash all the "ROMS" you want, you just can not use a firmware (FXZ) that is not AT&T based, so if you bootloop or softbrick, you need to make sure you use this FXZ file for AT&T ICS:
334.7 MiB 2BF9CCD528C05D26523ACC5B38AC76C6 ATT US InlineFlashing_Edison_67.21.125_CFC_P3_APBP.xml.zip http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/InlineFlashing_Edison_67.21.125_CFC_P3_APBP.xml.zip
My guess is that you did not use this file before, and RSD lite began to flash the bootloader, then went to reboot, and the checks happened and saw that the wrong bootloader was flashed and that set off an efuse that "bricked" the phone.
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Check to see if u have warranty still with motorola. Just give some lame excuse. Dont mention anything about roooting or roms or ull be f'ed. I sent then 2 hard bricked phones so on my 3rd A2 now. Just pay for shipping and it will be back in ur hands in hopefully less than 2 weeks.
Cant enter link cause im newb but motorola com go to service look for a2 and
Its on the bottom left column just enter imei#
widekyle said:
Check to see if u have warranty still with motorola. Just give some lame excuse. Dont mention anything about roooting or roms or ull be f'ed. I sent then 2 hard bricked phones so on my 3rd A2 now. Just pay for shipping and it will be back in ur hands in hopefully less than 2 weeks.
Cant enter link cause im newb but motorola com go to service look for a2 and
Its on the bottom left column just enter imei#
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That only works, if Motorola warranties the phone in the Country that you live in.
jimbridgman said:
That only works, if Motorola warranties the phone in the Country that you live in.
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I live in Colombia, and I bought the device on April 2012 on ebay, had it shipped internationally with USPS.
Do you think I can claim warranty for Motorola directly? Obviously not mentioning anything about ROMs, flashing, and anything. But what can I say?
WaltLlanos said:
I live in Colombia, and I bought the device on April 2012 on ebay, had it shipped internationally with USPS.
Do you think I can claim warranty for Motorola directly? Obviously not mentioning anything about ROMs, flashing, and anything. But what can I say?
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Nope, you can not get moto to warranty it. You are better buying another phone. I would buy one that will be warrantied in your country, just in case something like this happens.