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Another dead phone

Hi, I have flashed many different roms with no problems on HD2 and Desire S. This evening I thought I would try another Rom (why oh why), so duly wiped and done the usual preparation, but this time it just stuck at HTC for over half an hour, tried rebooting but nothing, tried all the ways on the forum to restart without taking the battery out, in the end I made the stupid mistake of taking the battery out and putting it back in . Well you know the rest, dead phone fried chip I think.
Now my questions are 1) its on contract from Tmobile 6 months ago, the device is obviously S-off so am wondering if I can still get it fixed by them. 2) How much does it cost to have a fried emmc chip replaced if I send it to HTC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I sent it to HTC without the battery and got a repaired phone free of charge
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Hi Dan. Can you tell me the process you went through and is your a contract phone

Can you boot into Recovery or Bootloader? The bootloop can be caused by many reasons, not only eMMC

Hi, can't boot into anything , the phone is just dead, doesn't do anything, no power.

correct me if im wrong but dosnt emmc failure still boot? im not 100% sure thats your problem

Ok, but I tried everything to power up with no luck, I know there was at least 80% battery when I used it, also nothing when I plug it in to the mains.

pandollar said:
Hi, can't boot into anything , the phone is just dead, doesn't do anything, no power.
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This is a completely bricked phone (whatever the reason that caused it). But in this case the repair cannot state that it is S-Off. So go ahead for a replacement. There is a way to unbrick it (JTAG), but never heard so far that the HTC repair centres use that - all the problematic devices were just replaced, not repaired. Good luck

Ok, I will have to try and get them to replace it then. Many thanks for your help.

amidabuddha said:
This is a completely bricked phone (whatever the reason that caused it). But in this case the repair cannot state that it is S-Off. So go ahead for a replacement. There is a way to unbrick it (JTAG), but never heard so far that the HTC repair centres use that - all the problematic devices were just replaced, not repaired. Good luck
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This is great..I have two bricked phones lying about that I have no idea what to do with...

virtu0s0 said:
This is great..I have two bricked phones lying about that I have no idea what to do with...
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Find a person in your area that owns a JTAG, there is a great chance to fix them.

I think I just hard bricked my Atrix 2

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.

Fall of Enosis said:
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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+1
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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?

Fall of Enosis said:
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.......
Fall of Enosis said:
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?

fauna said:
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.

lkrasner said:
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.

rejijoseph14 said:
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

Bricked my phone
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...

rejijoseph14 said:
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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Bricked my phone
Do you think changing the motherdrive will work ?

rejijoseph14 said:
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!!!

What digitizer should i get?

I bought a TF300 with broken digitizer.So when i recieved it, i opened it, in order to see which digitizer i should buy.When i opened it, i found out, that my model is the one that has nothing printed on it, and i became a bit confused.I will post a screenshot.Please give me a hint so i can enjoy my new tablet!

TheoKondak said:
I bought a TF300 with broken digitizer.So when i recieved it, i opened it, in order to see which digitizer i should buy.When i opened it, i found out, that my model is the one that has nothing printed on it, and i became a bit confused.I will post a screenshot.Please give me a hint so i can enjoy my new tablet!
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Buy G01. It's the cheapest, most available, and easy to flash firmware for.

graphdarnell said:
Buy G01. It's the cheapest, most available, and easy to flash firmware for.
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I red that in another post as well.Is it safe and works 100%?The tablet is not even rooted, and its my first tablet with keyboard, so i m kinda nervous if i will be able to work with it on keyboard only :S

TheoKondak said:
I red that in another post as well.Is it safe and works 100%?The tablet is not even rooted, and its my first tablet with keyboard, so i m kinda nervous if i will be able to work with it on keyboard only :S
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The person for you to hold accountable is whoever you're gonna buy the dig from - the vendor. I know it worked quite a few times in my case, but it's just my personal experience. If the device with the broken dig does not give you any problems, like having ghost touches, then you should be able to use it with a dock. You can't use TWRP, but that's just an inconvenience. You will be able to upgrade to 4.2 stock, but won't be able to install custom roms, which is a deal killer for lots of people. So, it all depends on what you want to do with your tab.

You mean that if i put a random type of digitizer i will have problem installing custom roms?Is it all about kernel?

TheoKondak said:
You mean that if i put a random type of digitizer i will have problem installing custom roms?Is it all about kernel?
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Perhaps you misunderstood what I wrote. If you have a working dig, you don't need a mouse or keyboard. You only need those when you try to do something with the tab with the broken dig. You won't have problems with custom roms once you get your new digitizer working. Replace the dig, flash the necessary firmware if it doesn't work out of the box, then flash whatever rom you want afterwards. You'd need official roms or something closely related - like CleanRom - to flash the touch firmware. I've had trouble with other kind of roms, but never with the 4.1 stock ones. Once that done, roms do not affect the firmware that controls the dig.

I need help! My tablet is dying!

Hello xda people!
Last year I purchased a tablet called desiretab from lightinthebox.com.
Everything was good but I wanted to install a lighter rom (stupid me).... So I rooted it and the only thing I did was to wipe everything from in it and to backup nothing! Now my tablet is something like dead.
I press the power button and it doesn't do anything! Just black screen!
It would mean the world to me if you can help me to restore my tablet. Unfortunately I cannot afford buying a new one and I need it as i'm a student, so PLEASE if you can help me don't ignore me!

tony97 said:
Hello xda people!
Last year I purchased a tablet called desiretab from lightinthebox.com.
Everything was good but I wanted to install a lighter rom (stupid me).... So I rooted it and the only thing I did was to wipe everything from in it and to backup nothing! Now my tablet is something like dead.
I press the power button and it doesn't do anything! Just black screen!
It would mean the world to me if you can help me to restore my tablet. Unfortunately I cannot afford buying a new one and I need it as i'm a student, so PLEASE if you can help me don't ignore me!
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if its dead its dead, off brand tablets like that have a hugely low chance of getting fixed from a hard brick.

Trozzul said:
if its dead its dead, off brand tablets like that have a hugely low chance of getting fixed from a hard brick.
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There isn't any custom rom for that tablet?

tony97 said:
There isn't any custom rom for that tablet?
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there could be but there is no way to access your recovery since you said its dead. there is Jtag flashing but that is very professional and would require you finding the OG Stock Firmware and is over expensive, it would be better for you to buy a new tab, there are lots of cheap tablets, cheap ebay or get a kindle fire and root that baby.

Reboot Loop after latest Update

After the recent update, my phone is stuck into a reboot loop, it boots till the SAMSUNG animation and then again reboots
I tried doing the basic things like wiping partition and doing a factory reset but no luck, can anyone suggest something else?
would be much appreciated

xitoxic said:
After the recent update, my phone is stuck into a reboot loop, it boots till the SAMSUNG animation and then again reboots
I tried doing the basic things like wiping partition and doing a factory reset but no luck, can anyone suggest something else?
would be much appreciated
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Try flashing the latest stock firmware with ODIN

*Detection* said:
Try flashing the latest stock firmware with ODIN
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thanks for the response.
I actually went to the service center because the phone was not responding at all, just black screen.
The service center guy said the motherboard is fried :\ idk how though, so they said they will have to replace the motherboard and i have to live without smartphone for couple of days

xitoxic said:
thanks for the response.
I actually went to the service center because the phone was not responding at all, just black screen.
The service center guy said the motherboard is fried :\ idk how though, so they said they will have to replace the motherboard and i have to live without smartphone for couple of days
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Bad luck, I'm always wary of taking things to service centres, a lot of places invent problems to make money from people, but least you should have a working phone again soon
But remember, if they opened the phone to replace the board, it might not be waterproof anymore

*Detection* said:
Bad luck, I'm always wary of taking things to service centres, a lot of places invent problems to make money from people, but least you should have a working phone again soon
But remember, if they opened the phone to replace the board, it might not be waterproof anymore
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Yeah :crying:
They opened it just right after so i guess its not waterproof anymore , sad

Flash stock rom with odin, it should fix it