I was trying to update to the root package 026 (UPDATE_024_026_x10i). In the process I bricked my handset. I am currently at the dreaded yellow exclamation mark screen. What should I do to recover my phone?
I have the original root package for 024 as well as the update package to 026.
citsym said:
I was trying to update to the root package 026 (UPDATE_024_026_x10i). In the process I bricked my handset. I am currently at the dreaded yellow exclamation mark screen. What should I do to recover my phone?
I have the original root package for 024 as well as the update package to 026.
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Have you tried reflashing using SEUS?
SEUS downloads a huge package (100MB+) that will take me hours to download.
I ran the original root package (024) that I had lying around. That got me back A016. From there I am redoing all the steps.
Initially, even the original root package was refusing to work (with both the deviceIDs that I detected). That's what scared me a bit. Reinstalling SEUS software took care of the DeviceID thing.
Try reflash it with 23 to 24 with the correct device ID then repeat the process.
Then turn on the USB debug first.
You need to connect the phone with it before turning into flash mode.
just make the root process again without the 24_26 update
Cebees said:
You need to connect the phone with it before turning into flash mode.
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Thanks a ton. That's what I was doing wrong. On 026 now
citsym said:
SEUS downloads a huge package (100MB+) that will take me hours to download.
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Riddle me this, Batman: how many hours has your phone been bricked for now already?
LOL. It was bricked for like probably 1 hour. As mentioned above, I reflashed to A016 and took things from there. I now have B026 with root.
citsym said:
LOL. It was bricked for like probably 1 hour. As mentioned above, I reflashed to A016 and took things from there. I now have B026 with root.
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You wouldn't believe how many times I've spent multiple hours doing something one way, just in an effort to avoid a sure-fire way that will only take one hour...
Just for the reccord, a so called BRICKED device is beyond rescue. Yellow exclamation is a safe sign. But truly bricked it's concidered spare parts ;-) yeayea call me mr technical terms officer B-)
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Strictly speaking, you're right, a bricked device cannot be recovered without hardware replacement, but like most words in the english language, there is some flexibility allowed...
So what do we call a 'near-bricked' device, that for all intents and purposes, is bricked, but can be recovered without drastic measures...?
• Soft-Bricked
• iBricked
• Virtual-Brick
• Wet-Brick
Suggestions...
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Strictly speaking, you're right, a bricked device cannot be recovered without hardware replacement, but like most words in the english language, there is some flexibility allowed...
So what do we call a 'near-bricked' device, that for all intents and purposes, is bricked, but can be recovered without drastic measures...?
• Soft-Bricked
• iBricked
• Virtual-Brick
• Wet-Brick
Suggestions...
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Spunged device.
Haha soft-bricked sound more correct describing the state of phone but i kinda liked spunged :-D tough nut.
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Spunged sounds cool
+1 for spunged
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well my eris want recieve text messages but i can send them. I tried everything. New APN'S and called verizon but they couldnt do anything for me except for a factory resest which i didnt want to do cause i was rooted. So now i want to unroot to where i cant take it back to the store. I have one more problem. My girlfriend got drunk and threw my phone and my vol up or down doesnt work and my trackball only goes to the right. What do i need to do. Need some advice
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well my eris want recieve text messages but i can send them. I tried everything. New APN'S and called verizon but they couldnt do anything for me except for a factory resest which i didnt want to do cause i was rooted. So now i want to unroot to where i cant take it back to the store. I have one more problem. My girlfriend got drunk and threw my phone and my vol up or down doesnt work and my trackball only goes to the right. What do i need to do. Need some advice
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Insurance!
But I can't get unrooted without my volume button. What I do?
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tperson1 said:
well my eris want recieve text messages but i can send them. I tried everything. New APN'S and called verizon but they couldnt do anything for me except for a factory resest which i didnt want to do cause i was rooted. So now i want to unroot to where i cant take it back to the store. I have one more problem. My girlfriend got drunk and threw my phone and my vol up or down doesnt work and my trackball only goes to the right. What do i need to do. Need some advice
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New girlfriend first, new phone second.
bftb0 said:
New girlfriend first, new phone second.
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lmao, that's great advice, take it.
I've got your answer.
Download 2.1 Leak v3
Rename it to something you'll remember.
Copy to root of sdcard.
Boot into recovery
When your done with that,
In ADB run this command.
Code:
/sbin/recovery --wipe_data
Wait about 2 minutes. CRTL+C (Win) CTRL+Z (Mac).
Then,
Code:
/sbin/recovery --update_package=SDCARD:[I]romname[/I].zip
Wait about 4-5 minutes.
After about 5-6 minutes, pull the battery.
Turn it on
You're back on 2.1 Stock (w/o root)!
crax0r said:
I've got your answer.
Download 2.1 Leak v3
Rename it to something you'll remember.
Copy to root of sdcard.
Boot into recovery
When your done with that,
In ADB run this command.
Code:
/sbin/recovery --wipe_data
Wait about 2 minutes. CRTL+C (Win) CTRL+Z (Mac).
Then,
Code:
/sbin/recovery --update_package=SDCARD:[I]romname[/I].zip
Wait about 4-5 minutes.
After about 5-6 minutes, pull the battery.
Turn it on
You're back on 2.1 Stock (w/o root)!
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[SIZE=+2]Wrong.[/SIZE]
The leak series of HTC PB00IMG.zip files (Leak-V3, Leak-V2, Root-ROM, etc) are not signed the way that Amon_RA (e.g. SignApk or jarsigner) expects them, so the instructions you provide above clearly will not work. You can not flash PB00IMG.zip - style files using Amon_RA - they will fail signature verification, and moreover have no META-INF/com/google/android/update-script to provide updating instructions to /sbin/recovery.
You can use the above method with other "dev" ROMs, including the "FlashBack21" ROM, but doing the "battery pull" as you described is not desirable if you use the FlashBack21 ROM that flashes the radio. (It is possible that the trackball "click"/"press" still works - the OP did not say - and since Amon_RA starts on the "reboot" menu, a battery pull may not be necessary).
It would be better to reference the original instructions, which provide more detailed instructions & cautions than you provided above - and also give attribution to the person that disclosed it in the first place, rather than "I've got your answer".
bftb0
-_- I was just trying to help... atleast I'm getting better.
crax0r said:
-_- I was just trying to help... atleast I'm getting better.
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I'm not trying to jump on you just to be mean-spirited - if you want to suggest something to someone, by all means go ahead and do so; but if you have not personally tried the method yourself and verified that it works you should probably add that as a disclaimer.
You did offer to try and lend a hand, and that is better than what I did (initially).
bftb0
crax0r said:
-_- I was just trying to help... atleast I'm getting better.
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bftb0 said:
I'm not trying to jump on you just to be mean-spirited - if you want to suggest something to someone, by all means go ahead and do so; but if you have not personally tried the method yourself and verified that it works you should probably add that as a disclaimer.
You did offer to try and lend a hand, and that is better than what I did (initially).
bftb0
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Now kiss each other!
tperson1 said:
well my eris want recieve text messages but i can send them. I tried everything. New APN'S and called verizon but they couldnt do anything for me except for a factory resest which i didnt want to do cause i was rooted. So now i want to unroot to where i cant take it back to the store. I have one more problem. My girlfriend got drunk and threw my phone and my vol up or down doesnt work and my trackball only goes to the right. What do i need to do. Need some advice
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D. T. B.
Dump that *****
Stonent said:
D. T. B.
Dump that *****
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Phones before hoes xD
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Good morning everyone. I have a major technical issue with my phone after flashing to HKTW 2.3.4 and I am in dire need of assistance. I hope someone here can help me asap since I really need to use this phone.
So here is my issue. After flashing to 2.3.4 via Flash Recovery, I was greeted with an unusable touchscreen. Everything looked fine, however when I try to "touch" anything on the screen (keyboard, icons, menus, etc) I am forced to touch the opposite side of it, which means to click on an icon on the left side of the screen, i have to touch the right side of the screen. Similarly with the keyboard, to click a letter that's on the right side of the screen, I have to touch on the left side. I think the touchscreen is mirrored, probably for the Chinese characters?
But not only that, apparently, the 4 primary touch buttons (menu, home, return, search) are also reversed, thus having me to touch search in order to access menu.
I practically can't set up the phone due to this, and I didn't make a backup of /data prior to unlocking the phone (didnt know how to do so earlier). I have backups from TiBu but it's at home right now.
Is there anything I can do? Maybe change a setting via root explorer, or maybe through Flash recovery? Please someone help me.
Thanks,
Aqua
p.s. Moderators/Admins, I know I've posted this in several threads and I apologize for "spamming" but this is very urgent, so please don't delete this thread. Thank you.
Try to SBF flash 1.83 via RSDLite
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neer2005 said:
Try to SBF flash 1.83 via RSDLite
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Hi Neer, I will try that right now. If it fixes the issue, then something's wrong my flash to 2.3.4. I was hoping that I can resolve this without going backwards but I guess have no choice.
aquariuz23 said:
Hi Neer, I will try that right now. If it fixes the issue, then something's wrong my flash to 2.3.4. I was hoping that I can resolve this without going backwards but I guess have no choice.
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That's the only hope you've got buddy.
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ceo.mtcl said:
That's the only hope you've got buddy.
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Crap!! now it's stuck in a boot loop. After flashing 1.8.3, it attempts to boot, and after passing the att screen, the screen goes black and the red led continuously blinks. Afterwards it just reboots again. What should I do?
the cwm flash method seems to present this bug to several people. Now that you have flashed to 1.8.3, try going into recovery and doing a factory reset. If that does not do it, i would then try flashing either 1.8.3 or 2.3.4 via fastboot, by manually flashing the system and boot partitions. if neither suggestion works, then this problem is beyond my realm of expertise and youll have to wait on someone who knows what they are talking about to chime in.
Well, I now can't proceed nowhere. Apparently, I bricked my phone flashing back to 1.8.3. Now another ordeal to tackle. Gonna try Designgear's guide to recovering from a brick. Wish me luck
aquariuz23 said:
Well, I now can't proceed nowhere. Apparently, I bricked my phone flashing back to 1.8.3. Now another ordeal to tackle. Gonna try Designgear's guide to recovering from a brick. Wish me luck
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the same thing happened to me.. charge up your phone all the way and flash the 1.2.6 SBF. it took 2 seperate flashed for me, but it worked. and then i was able to proceed flashing 2.3.4 again
Successfully unbricked the phone via this guide: (just posting it in case some people encountered the same issue)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966648
Now i'm in stock 1.83 froyo. Gonna do the unlock again, and proceed from there on. Not gonna do the 2.3.4 flash via CWM, will try a different method, hopefully it wont fail on me this time
what does bricking mean?
for the record a bricked device cannot be unbricked.
SuperUserMovado said:
for the record a bricked device cannot be unbricked.
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I guess i did a soft-brick? Not to argue with you, but based on several threads here on the forum, if the atrix is stuck boot-looping with the red led flashing rapidly, then it's considered bricked, but hey what do i know. All I care is I managed to get out of the predicament and proceed with trying to flash 2.3.4.
use the fastboot flash method, very clean and works great.
Success!!
I managed to get 2.3.4 without any issues (excluding whatever bugs there might be on this release). The touchscreen works perfectly fine without the crazy reversed touch or super sensitive responses.
After unlocking the phone using the pudding guide, I went and flashed the following through fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139715
And it works like a charm. I am guessing either Tenfar's CWM or his flashable 2.3.4 release is buggy and did not want to work with mine. Or maybe I simply had to start from scratch (1.83 sbf) instead of continuing from my deodexed 1.83 *shrugs*. But yeah, things are looking much better now thank god.
Now, I will try to install Tenfar's CWM and this as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142674
Hopefully all will stay well
Thanks for all your help and suggestions guys/gals.
pyro254750 said:
use the fastboot flash method, very clean and works great.
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Did so, n it works much better than through flash recovery. Thanks.
Yes i just bought a galaxy Ace and i was wondering if there was an easy way to root or a step by step too root this device
and also what the best Rom was for this phone is
i am from canada here and on the koodo network
For now the unofficial Cyanogenmod7 works best with my usage.
And for the first question, for the love of chuck norris, just google how to root your device... It's as simple as pressing a button. *hint*
I know i find ones and such but it just seems time consuming and what not lol
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Please read the damn stickies.
Buckii said:
I know i find ones and such but it just seems time consuming and what not lol
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Then don't do it. Simple as that.
Figured instead of posting a new thread I'd reply here. I'm in the similar situation sorta, just had a few questions.
My model is the GT-S5830D 2.3.4 and I have Gingerbread.DTLKI4. I haven't encountered any threads with the similar build. I also noticed with KIES it tells me that my phone is not upgradeable. I'm wondering if Koodo put a proprietary lock on my phone and I'm curious whether I can still root my phone? Do you have to unlock in order to root? I've read a bit but I'm having a hard time grasping this concept.
Thanks.
chevymeister said:
Figured instead of posting a new thread I'd reply here. I'm in the similar situation sorta, just had a few questions.
My model is the GT-S5830D 2.3.4 and I have Gingerbread.DTLKI4. I haven't encountered any threads with the similar build. I also noticed with KIES it tells me that my phone is not upgradeable. I'm wondering if Koodo put a proprietary lock on my phone and I'm curious whether I can still root my phone? Do you have to unlock in order to root? I've read a bit but I'm having a hard time grasping this concept.
Thanks.
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Im guessing that "Koodo" is your carrier? You have to root your device before being able to unlock it at all so it wont really matter what carriar ure on.
I think that's how it works, since i got my ace w/o contract I didnt have to deal with this.
edit: beware, unlocking your phone may brick your phone, or maybe just loosing ure IMEI (source: all the xda threads)
Yes Koodo is the carrier i my self am not 100% sure what they did to it if anything at all to the phone i know i seen a few root guides online just seems like it's alot to do to root it i am sure it can be did i have full access to rom manager and would like to toss a custom rim on this unit as i did with my lg optimus one is all to which is running void forever... Plus to be able to get rid of all the bloatware in this phone would be nice any how a little help would be grand
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Buckii said:
Yes Koodo is the carrier i my self am not 100% sure what they did to it if anything at all to the phone i know i seen a few root guides online just seems like it's alot to do to root it i am sure it can be did i have full access to rom manager and would like to toss a custom rim on this unit as i did with my lg optimus one is all to which is running void forever... Plus to be able to get rid of all the bloatware in this phone would be nice any how a little help would be grand
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Rooting SGA is not hard at all, sga was my first android phone and I was able to root it on my 2nd day of using it.
DONT use Rom Manager, just flash CWM (clockworkmod) and use it instead, ull probably brick your phone using Rom Manager (even after doing backup and stuff).
edit: it just seems to be a lot of step when rooting SGA, i assume you read the information from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12874680#post12874680
If you reduce obvious steps like "2) Turn on your phone" "4) Connect your phone into PC via cable" etc. ull get a very short tutorial.
like this:
(text in italic = added/edited text)
C. Rooting for 2.2.1:
2) Enable Debugging at Apliccations>Programming
3) Connect your phone into PC via cable
4) Launch Super One Click 2.1.1 and Click "Root", wait.
7) When the process is complete turn off SOC and unplug your phone and reboot it.
So it's actually just 4 steps.
Not bad so your saying I should toss rim manager off and such... I now see it easier then i had read before lol... Now what about flashing new software like stock gingerbread? Will it free memory up and what rom would you suggest for this model CM7 or something lighter?
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Buckii said:
Not bad so your saying I should toss rim manager off and such... I now see it easier then i had read before lol... Now what about flashing new software like stock gingerbread? Will it free memory up and what rom would you suggest for this model CM7 or something lighter?
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Yes, never use Rom Manager is my tip, even though it does work in very few cases... And as I mentioned, use CWM instead.
I would recommend CM7 to the more experienced users; not saying you need to be a pro to use it, but it's not as stable as the stock roms. Just stay away from settings that you dont know anything about and you should be good (especially the options in performance).
Flashing roms and such are all in the link that i posted before, take some time reading it and you should be good to go.
Perfect... See i typically do read through all guides but beeing new to android by about a year now it dont hurt for advice from people that has been around the OS for a abit longer and have had experience in said things
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Oh ok, you need to root before you unlock anyway. Cool. I wanted to root it anyway, just wasn't sure if it was before or after unlocking. I just seem to have some proprietary Koodo firmware on here so if I could remove it I'd be alot happier. I just see lots of flash tutorials for old versions like 2.2.1, not 2.3.4. Wasn't sure if it would be compatible still or not. I just want my phone to be like one I got from samsung, not one from Koodo. Proprietary bungholes. Lol.
chevymeister said:
Oh ok, you need to root before you unlock anyway. Cool. I wanted to root it anyway, just wasn't sure if it was before or after unlocking. I just seem to have some proprietary Koodo firmware on here so if I could remove it I'd be alot happier. I just see lots of flash tutorials for old versions like 2.2.1, not 2.3.4. Wasn't sure if it would be compatible still or not. I just want my phone to be like one I got from samsung, not one from Koodo. Proprietary bungholes. Lol.
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Dont know if you noticed but ill quote the part for 2.3.4, download link is in the first post of the "how to root-thread".
"E. Unrooting for 2.3.3/2.3.4/2.3.5 (Thanks to ingbrzy):
1) Download attached file called unroot.zip and copy it to your sdcard
2) Turn off your phone
3) Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
4) Select update from sdcard, select the file unroot.zip
5) After the update completed - reboot
6) Now you have rooted S5830"
In 2.1.1 you wont be able to chose zip, dont know if that is the case for you. But if that is the case simply change the unroot.zip to update, then chose to update your phone and it will automatically search and chose it.
Gingerbreak exploit works for Ace right?
Thanks man! I didn't find that thread. I just came to my phone section and read the sticky but it didn't advise me so.
Thanks again! Will try this in a bit!
Wait: edit. Read that again... Unrooting...rooting?...hrm. I wanted to root. Last line says root but the title says unroot.
chevymeister said:
Thanks man! I didn't find that thread. I just came to my phone section and read the sticky but it didn't advise me so.
Thanks again! Will try this in a bit!
Wait: edit. Read that again... Unrooting...rooting?...hrm. I wanted to root. Last line says root but the title says unroot.
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Yeah, sorry about that.
Copied the wrong text:
D. Rooting for 2.3.3/2.3.4/2.3.5 (Thanks to russian forum-user with nickname may213):
1) Download attached file called upd_1.zip and copy it to your sdcard
2) Turn off your phone
3) Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
4) Select update from sdcard, select the file upd_1.zip
5) After the update completed - reboot
6) Now you have rooted S5830
But dont be lazy, just check the thread for further details
basically same principal as unrooting.
When ever I read this title "root and rom" u thinkvof the song bounce and boom :s lol
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I tried gingerbreak and did not work and that i think the name is z4root and that just stays at the text "applying exploit thing" and i tried superoneclick or what not and it freezes windows while detecting device i tried holding home and power got into recovery gave me option to run the update with zip does stuff then abortion due to file missing so rooting this thing as per many instructions just is not working with me lol
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And it's funny i had the LG Optimus One through Koodo and the root was easy as ssh!t and i slapped a version of void. #Forever on it and worked great but i then used my tab towards this because I was 26 bucks short for the Nexus S. Gah now even if i took it back any way this damn phone is abit rough damn the bloatware
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So I just got the phone today and decided to upgrade to ics, that was a big mistake. The phone won't turn on . When I plug it into the computer it has the green charging led but when I plug it into the charger nothing just a dark green led that will blink every 10 seconds or so. don't care if I have to downgrade I just want it to work. Also when it's not plugged in it does the same dark green blink and when I try turning it on nothing no vibration or anything.
Use flashtool to unbrick your device.
Search on general section
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Weird, maybe you flashed it wrong. Anyways, go back to GB and then flash again to ICS if you'd like to, you shouldn't get any troubles downgrading.
anerik said:
Weird, maybe you flashed it wrong. Anyways, go back to GB and then flash again to ICS if you'd like to, you shouldn't get any troubles downgrading.
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But that's the problem how do I downgrade without breaking my contract?
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But that's the problem how do I downgrade without breaking my contract?
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As for my knowledge this is not possible! but next time use the "MyPhoneExplorer" it keeps contacts in PC so whenever u flash firmware, install its client on phone and run this software on PC and then it will put all the contacts that u had on ur phone before flash. last night i had done rooting on my phone by following steps hope it will also help u for flashing a firmware via flashtool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842366
Provided you updated via seus try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676565
I don't think you'll void your contract because you are re flashing the service providers update .
Your problem may be due to incomplete flashing .
Press thanks if I helped you!
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obaidshera said:
As for my knowledge this is not possible! but next time use the "MyPhoneExplorer" it keeps contacts in PC so whenever u flash firmware, install its client on phone and run this software on PC and then it will put all the contacts that u had on ur phone before flash. last night i had done rooting on my phone by following steps hope it will also help u for flashing a firmware via flashtool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842366
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To tell you the truth i'm not worried about contacts I just want it to work again without blowing off the contract.
GadgetNoob said:
To tell you the truth i'm not worried about contacts I just want it to work again without blowing off the contract.
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Which provider do you have? You are scared if you flash an international firmware instead of the one from your provider, you can't use sim card or what's the problem about that?
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But that's the problem how do I downgrade without breaking my contract?
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You mean your provider, right? Not your contacts like everyone else are saying. Well, nothing will happen, it's just an international firmware, you won't lose the contract... Don't worry
Don't worry bro, It has nothing to do with your Provider. Go ahead.
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You mean your provider, right? Not your contacts like everyone else are saying. Well, nothing will happen, it's just an international firmware, you won't lose the contract... Don't worry
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So your saying if I do the rooting guide to go back I won't lose my contract with At&t.
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So your saying if I do the rooting guide to go back I won't lose my contract with At&t.
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Exactly, at least i didn't lose anything (Movistar-Argentina). You might wanna take the SIM off just in case
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Exactly, at least i didn't lose anything (Movistar-Argentina). You might wanna take the SIM off just in case
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The other thing is can I root it if the phone won't turn on? Its not like it overheated since there is still a slight green light that blinks.
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The other thing is can I root it if the phone won't turn on? Its not like it overheated since there is still a slight green light that blinks.
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Wait, what? I don't think so, just downgrade to GB, and then root.
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Wait, what? I don't think so, just downgrade to GB, and then root.
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How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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I still dont understand what you're saying... You wanna root it or not?
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I still dont understand what you're saying... You wanna root it or not?
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1.He upgraded his device to ics and the phone won't boot.
2.He doesn't want to downgrade (gb) or reflash (ics) using international ftf firmware (flashtool method) .
3. He always used official update software and he is afraid of voiding the CONTRACT with his service provider if he uses flashtool method.
4. Please read the op clearly he doesn't mean CONTACTS he means the CONTRACT with his service provider.
5. To the op,
Please post your problem step by step clearly and highlight the important words by using upper case letters or different color.
6. As I've never used a network contract phone I cannot comment on this thread confidently. So others please try to help the op.
Press thanks if I have helped you .
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GadgetNoob said:
How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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One won't lose the warranty if he/she fails in an official upgrade, send it to the dealer for repair before trying oneself with Flashtool, which may alter the build.prop, and else. Right?
By the way, my Xperia Mini Pro fails to change the input method by long pressing the text input area with.431 ics ROM, any hints? Thanks.
GadgetNoob said:
How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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If you have never rooted and bootloader is locked (and I think it is), please send it to service or give it to the shop where you've bought it. This is better, and because it was an official update, you should be able to claim your warranty.
If you try to do it yourself with flashtool, you will modify your phone and if they find out, your warranty is lost. So please don't flash it, give it to service
If my phone is still under warranty would I be able to get a replacement one if it has software problems like being stuck at lg logo and saying security error?
I think they wouldn't replace it but fix it for you. What have you done to your phone?
Flashing a rom for an locked bootloader phone?
Can you fix it by kdz offline flash?
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amnik said:
I think they wouldn't replace it but fix it for you. What have you done to your phone?
Flashing a rom for an locked bootloader phone?
Can you fix it by kdz offline flash?
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My bootloader is unlocked.One day on stock rom like a week after flashing a fresh kdz my phone just crashed so now whenever I start my phone there is a dead android with a red triangle over it. Whenever I flash a new kdz it changes nothing, my phone still boots to a dead android with a red triangle over it. I think it may be stuck in a recovery bootloop. So after I thought that, I used omap4boot and entered fastboot mode and flashed me a new recovery. But now in the recovery I cant do anything it says something like E error cant mount \cache or sd card and things pertaining to that. The recovery is also mirrored. So after about a month of posting on xda in the questions and l9 questions areas I decided that I would just try and replace it. So I flashed ics u and x boot which when I enter s/w upgrade mode doesn't say bootloader unlocked then I removed the custom recovery which makes it just load up to the lg logo and freeze
What questions might they ask me if I want it fix is there anything not to say to them
If you want to try sending it on warranty you can start here: https://www.lg.com/us/support/repair-service/schedule-repair
I don't know if they will replace it or repair it. I also don't know if unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty.
I sent my rooted P769 in under warranty. They replaced the flash memory and sent it back with the latest FW about a week later. Works fine now.
It only cost me about $5 to mail the phone to Texas. YMMV
niggist said:
My bootloader is unlocked.One day on stock rom like a week after flashing a fresh kdz my phone just crashed so now whenever I start my phone there is a dead android with a red triangle over it. Whenever I flash a new kdz it changes nothing, my phone still boots to a dead android with a red triangle over it. I think it may be stuck in a recovery bootloop. So after I thought that, I used omap4boot and entered fastboot mode and flashed me a new recovery. But now in the recovery I cant do anything it says something like E error cant mount \cache or sd card and things pertaining to that. The recovery is also mirrored. So after about a month of posting on xda in the questions and l9 questions areas I decided that I would just try and replace it. So I flashed ics u and x boot which when I enter s/w upgrade mode doesn't say bootloader unlocked then I removed the custom recovery which makes it just load up to the lg logo and freeze
What questions might they ask me if I want it fix is there anything not to say to them
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You better say nothing about your phone but just "IT FREEZE" and let them check themselves. Before that I suggest you flash the ics kdz first because ics don't have bootloader checking and your phone can pretend to be "Offical".
niggist said:
My bootloader is unlocked.One day on stock rom like a week after flashing a fresh kdz my phone just crashed so now whenever I start my phone there is a dead android with a red triangle over it. Whenever I flash a new kdz it changes nothing, my phone still boots to a dead android with a red triangle over it. I think it may be stuck in a recovery bootloop. So after I thought that, I used omap4boot and entered fastboot mode and flashed me a new recovery. But now in the recovery I cant do anything it says something like E error cant mount \cache or sd card and things pertaining to that. The recovery is also mirrored. So after about a month of posting on xda in the questions and l9 questions areas I decided that I would just try and replace it. So I flashed ics u and x boot which when I enter s/w upgrade mode doesn't say bootloader unlocked then I removed the custom recovery which makes it just load up to the lg logo and freeze
What questions might they ask me if I want it fix is there anything not to say to them
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Try following cmahendra's guide to flash ICS. I think that must fix your issue
Shatavarth said:
Try following cmahendra's guide to flash ICS. I think that must fix your issue
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That didn't work.
Should I show them the security error one or the on that just freezes on the lg logo
niggist said:
That didn't work.
Should I show them the security error one or the on that just freezes on the lg logo
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Messing with the bootloader voids the warranty. So you'd be better off just booting to LGs logo and NOT the Security Error Security Error will tell any tech right away that you've been doing things you're "not" supposed to do.
Yeah be tactical. If they anyhow come to know your boot loader's status then you're screwed. I mean the security error stuff.
About how long will it take for an LG Support Representative to provide a Return Authorization number and shipping instructions?
niggist said:
About how long will it take for an LG Support Representative to provide a Return Authorization number and shipping instructions?
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24 - 48 hours. From my experience anyway
shinobisoft said:
24 - 48 hours. From my experience anyway
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That's via email right? do they call you or do you call them?
niggist said:
That's via email right? do they call you or do you call them?
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You'll get a response via email. No phone calls.
shinobisoft said:
You'll get a response via email. No phone calls.
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Is a EIP Agreement a valid Proof of Purchase?
niggist said:
Is a EIP Agreement a valid Proof of Purchase?
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I cannot answer that, sorry.