Anyone know of any "unbricking" guides that still work?
The one on WPCentral relies on using NaviFirmPlus 1.7, which doesn't work.
how did you brick it? what were you trying to do?
You might to try this link. It takes a while to download everything and downgrades to WP 8 bu you might be to able to revive your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515453
Hope it solves your problem.
malvo26 said:
You might to try this link. It takes a while to download everything and downgrades to WP 8 bu you might be to able to revive your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515453
Hope it solves your problem.
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Saved my bacon!!! thanks for this.. UNFORTUNATELY, as it was a work phone that bricked, and i had the ONLY Lumia in the company, got issues an iSheepPhone......... 2 days later, i find this... well, now i have a Lumia to own.. and play with
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Hi All,
I have been trying so hard past few days update my HD7 after getting notification. The update always suck at step two(downloading at 6%) and error code shown 801811A3. I have been installing Microsoft Fit for this code in Window 7, but still no luck to complete downloading. I have tried out more than 5 times and getting very annoy on this.Is out there anyone still facing this or anyone can help to share your experience, thanks a lot...
Your phone is jailbreak with chevronwp7?
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Your phone is jailbreak with chevronwp7?
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Yes. Jailbreak with lots of side loaded apps.
You cand find good tips here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484484/class=/en-us#801811A3_801811A8_8018119C
If you realy wanted, you know you cand hard reset, and all will go smoth. after that u will have to find a way to unlock it again.
If you already know this, tell us please how you solve the problem.
i had same problem...u should go to services and enable error reporting device...then connect with zune and update should work...worked for me...
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You cand find good tips here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484484/class=/en-us#801811A3_801811A8_8018119C
If you realy wanted, you know you cand hard reset, and all will go smoth. after that u will have to find a way to unlock it again.
If you already know this, tell us please how you solve the problem.
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Thanks for reply. I follow exactly the procedure of Microsoft Fix as mentioned should solve my problem, but yet no chance to get thru download state. This fix does not fix my PC, too bad.
I believe it is not my phone having problem, but the my PC (Zune software in particular) just could not get the file downloaded and complete the whole cycle...hard reset help?????
panicos michael said:
i had same problem...u should go to services and enable error reporting device...then connect with zune and update should work...worked for me...
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Thanks for reply. Could you please be more specific guiding me the whole process of such setting on my PC. I m using Window 7 Home. Thanks in advance.
Hi, i soft bricked my gs3 on verizon today and am freaking out. I only have a mac and since this is the USA version of the phone i can't find the images anywhere. I don't know how to use heimdall or any of that, and i can only get the phone into download mode. Can someone walk me through how to fix this?
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Hi, i soft bricked my gs3 on verizon today and am freaking out. I only have a mac and since this is the USA version of the phone i can't find the images anywhere. I don't know how to use heimdall or any of that, and i can only get the phone into download mode. Can someone walk me through how to fix this?
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Google the vzw message that pops up, there is a tutorial out there on how to use odin to get it done. Heimdall doesnt really work out of the box, so to speak. You will need to install virtualbox and a "trial" version of windows 7 in order to use odin. Follow the tutorial that u find in the web search, it provides all the files and ODIN3 is very easy to use. I will post a link for you tomorrow to the tutorial. I soft bricked mine trying to OTA with a custom kernel. :-\ so i know this method works for sure. Good luck and bump this thread with any questions you have and I'll try to help.
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Hi there,
ive got an 8x and an 8s egeneering sample.
i bricked my 8x by updating it ota. It now is in a never ending bootloop. Yet i can acess the bootloader, so i made a pick for you. Htc support hasnt been very helpful untill now, so im asking you guys for help. Allthough i didnt quite know where to post it these are NFR units so i think this is the right place. I guess i need to flash something over my phone with my pc. Hope you can help me.
skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=EF510C27F9A658A5!193&authkey=!API201ojDJIuZDU
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Hi there,
ive got an 8x and an 8s egeneering sample.
i bricked my 8x by updating it ota. It now is in a never ending bootloop. Yet i can acess the bootloader, so i made a pick for you. Htc support hasnt been very helpful untill now, so im asking you guys for help. Allthough i didnt quite know where to post it these are NFR units so i think this is the right place. I guess i need to flash something over my phone with my pc. Hope you can help me.
skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=EF510C27F9A658A5!193&authkey=!API201ojDJIuZDU
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not sure, but tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048833 ?
vitaminc3 said:
Hi there,
ive got an 8x and an 8s egeneering sample.
i bricked my 8x by updating it ota. It now is in a never ending bootloop.
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That just happened to me too. How did you get it into bootloader mode?
@malinemir, that link you provided doesn't work.
EDIT: Okay, It's holding down power, volume down, and camera button to get to boot loader. Now what do we flash over it?
EDIT 2: The link Malinemir provided does not work, but it can be found in Google Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...hone+8X+repair+guide&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
However the files needed to download as per the instructions no longer exist. http://d-h.st/mM3 = File not found.
Hello everyone,
I am having a big problem after upgrading to official V30a.When I open the phone it says ''unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped'' every 3 minutes or so.
That means that my signal is lost and I can't do anything because that thing keeps popping up.Please help me because I am starting to freak out.After 6 hours of googling it I cannot find a solution.I tried everything.
Factory reset,another sim,rebooting,even some odd tricks like changing date or clearing contact data which worked for some guys.Before that I had 2.3.5 stock.
Also I live in Greece if that matters and I updated via the official LG update tool twice(the one was the emergency recovery which didn't solve my problem either).
What is more I am a complete noob regarding the ics and any help/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.In case it is needed I am running windows 7 64bit and everything(firewall,antivirus,etc) was turned off while I did the update.
P.s Please excuse my poor knowledge of english.As I wrote above I am from Greece.
Best wishes to everyone who makes the moil(or labour I don't know which is the right one) to read all this
I recommend flashing xbsall Rom bootv21e. You can flash with smartflash as for bricked devices, check that here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
Karim Kahale said:
I recommend flashing xbsall Rom bootv21e. You can flash with smartflash as for bricked devices, check that here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
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Thank you very much for trying to help but I do not want to downgrade,since I've been waiting for a long time for the update.Isn't there any way to make ics work?Thanks again
Sounds like a bad flash perhaps. Double check driver install and reflash. Don't worry, it can be fixed as long as you don't hit it with a hammer Try my tutorial in dev section if you want.
Greece is a good place for Optimus 3D, btw
drastic00 said:
Sounds like a bad flash perhaps. Double check driver install and reflash. Don't worry, it can be fixed as long as you don't hit it with a hammer Try my tutorial in dev section if you want.
Greece is a good place for Optimus 3D, btw
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Thank you very much for the immediate reply.I haven't slept all night.
I have tried several times to uninstall and reinstall both the drivers and the support tool and now my phone is bricked(it doesn't open at all) since the last time when it tried to flash and stopped at 20% due to a connection problem between the pc and the phone as it wrote which can't be the case because I had double checked everything and the battery was full.
Could you please help me?I was thinking to try the Great's XBSALL's ressurection guide but I only have windows 7 64 bit and I don't know anyone with xp:/Will it work?If yes,should I do anything different than what is described in the tutorial?Thanks again
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Thank you very much for the immediate reply.I haven't slept all night.
I have tried several times to uninstall and reinstall both the drivers and the support tool and now my phone is bricked(it doesn't open at all) since the last time when it tried to flash and stopped at 20% due to a connection problem between the pc and the phone as it wrote which can't be the case because I had double checked everything and the battery was full.
Could you please help me?I was thinking to try the Great's XBSALL's ressurection guide but I only have windows 7 64 bit and I don't know anyone with xp:/Will it work?If yes,should I do anything different than what is described in the tutorial?Thanks again
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You can follow this guide tested on windows 7 and windows 8 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
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You can follow this guide tested on windows 7 and windows 8 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
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Τhank you very much.I didn't notice it when you posted it earlier.I tried to do it but the problem is that at the point where the silver lg logo should appear,my screen is black an the buttons are lit.I followed it by letter and have no clue what I'm doing wrong.Could you please help me?:SThank you very much
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Τhank you very much.I didn't notice it when you posted it earlier.I tried to do it but the problem is that at the point where the silver lg logo should appear,my screen is black an the buttons are lit.I followed it by letter and have no clue what I'm doing wrong.Could you please help me?:SThank you very much
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First, it would be better to post in the thread for more support
Ok, so is your phone getting recognized as fastboot device or what ?
Matt_Scythe said:
Thank you very much for the immediate reply.I haven't slept all night.
I have tried several times to uninstall and reinstall both the drivers and the support tool and now my phone is bricked(it doesn't open at all) since the last time when it tried to flash and stopped at 20% due to a connection problem between the pc and the phone as it wrote which can't be the case because I had double checked everything and the battery was full.
Could you please help me?I was thinking to try the Great's XBSALL's ressurection guide but I only have windows 7 64 bit and I don't know anyone with xp:/Will it work?If yes,should I do anything different than what is described in the tutorial?Thanks again
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My guide uses LG Flash Tool. Also you have to run the setup before trying to use it. If flashing stopped at 20% something is probably wrong with driver setup or the .bin is corrupt (I'm not sure exactly what you did or used but it sounds like an incomplete flash). If you use my guide start over, follow it exactly, and use only the files linked. I have Win 7 x64.
Fastboot could possibly help, but you'd need to know exactly what is wrong and it's not easy to use if you don't understand command lines.
Karim Kahale said:
First, it would be better to post in the thread for more support
Ok, so is your phone getting recognized as fastboot device or what ?
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Thank you very much.With your awesome guide I was able to restore to stock V21e after some tries.I was doing something wrong but I am not sure what:SAnyway thanks again for your precious help and guidance.Have a nice evening
drastic00 said:
My guide uses LG Flash Tool. Also you have to run the setup before trying to use it. If flashing stopped at 20% something is probably wrong with driver setup or the .bin is corrupt (I'm not sure exactly what you did or used but it sounds like an incomplete flash). If you use my guide start over, follow it exactly, and use only the files linked. I have Win 7 x64.
Fastboot could possibly help, but you'd need to know exactly what is wrong and it's not easy to use if you don't understand command lines.
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I just finished the ressurection
My phone will eventually liveThank you very much for your help and your great guide,which I am going to try tommorow(there have been over 16 hours since I started the upgrade and all that time I am in front of my pc,so now I am in a state no different than mashed potato).
Anyway thank you very much again.I am going to post the results once I am done.There's got to be something wrong with my pc(God damn Dell) so I am going to borrow another and try again.Now that I know the process thanks to you and mr.Karim Kahale it is very easyHave a nice evening or whatever it is in your country!
Well I'm glad something worked. Basically there are ways to fix each problem, but unless something is really wrong, reflashing (i.e. starting over) usually fixes most things because it rewrites everything. It usually is not necessary but it is one thing that does work. You have a good phone because, thanks to developers here, it is unbrickable.
Next time you can get some sleep knowing it is fixable
Hi Guys,
Calling for help,
Post flashing new ROM, android device has got bricked (no offence to ROM, I’m sure it’s just my ignorance that has caused it).
Device isn’t responding, tried flashing SP tool, installed drive devices no luck what so ever, in fact SP tool doesn’t detect the device. As an alternate downloaded volcano & Miracle app just to realise that he does require hardware, which i don’t own.
Now before banging my head to the near wall , can somebody please advise if there is anything else i should give it as a try?
Any thoughts/suggestion would be appreciated. It has been 2 frustrating days since trying to jig with the device in bricked condition.
Thanks in advance
:fingers-crossed:
Cheers,
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Hi Guys,
Calling for help,
Post flashing new ROM, android device has got bricked (no offence to ROM, I’m sure it’s just my ignorance that has caused it).
Device isn’t responding, tried flashing SP tool, installed drive devices no luck what so ever, in fact SP tool doesn’t detect the device. As an alternate downloaded volcano & Miracle app just to realise that he does require hardware, which i don’t own.
Now before banging my head to the near wall , can somebody please advise if there is anything else i should give it as a try?
Any thoughts/suggestion would be appreciated. It has been 2 frustrating days since trying to jig with the device in bricked condition.
Thanks in advance
:fingers-crossed:
Cheers,
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hi Bro go to my thread, I got the same problem 2 yrs back n successfully got my phone back, u can search for chaitu.swaroop, there u can get the solution to get your phone back
chaitu.swaroop said:
hi Bro go to my thread, I got the same problem 2 yrs back n successfully got my phone back, u can search for chaitu.swaroop, there u can get the solution to get your phone back
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Yaar, you have 13 post of which none for brick.I suppose your are referring to this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376667) which is for soft brick. Hard brick implies your phone cant be turned on.
If im wrong than i would request you to share the thread which are referring to.
thanks in advance.
stalingard said:
Hi Guys,
Calling for help,
Post flashing new ROM, android device has got bricked (no offence to ROM, I’m sure it’s just my ignorance that has caused it).
Device isn’t responding, tried flashing SP tool, installed drive devices no luck what so ever, in fact SP tool doesn’t detect the device. As an alternate downloaded volcano & Miracle app just to realise that he does require hardware, which i don’t own.
Now before banging my head to the near wall , can somebody please advise if there is anything else i should give it as a try?
Any thoughts/suggestion would be appreciated. It has been 2 frustrating days since trying to jig with the device in bricked condition.
Thanks in advance
:fingers-crossed:
Cheers,
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if sp flash tool doesnt detect device then manually install vcom driver as explained below