Are hard bricks fixable?
If you're talking about the current one, no. Not unless you have a dev cable and the SBK.
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IrshaadH said:
Are hard bricks fixable?
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Well hard brick means unfixable... so something that seems like a hard brick that someone eventually finds a fix for, isn't really a hard brick anymore.
So no, not fixable, but it may not really be a hard brick.
Just like they said Hardbrick isn't fixable unless you know alot about technology. Softbrick is good as long as you retain the RSD you are good to go for the fixing.
I see, thanks for the input guys!
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Can anyone tell me what I would have to do (so I can avoid doing it) to brick my phone? I'm clueless about what I'm actually doing when following the instructions, so knowing in advance what NOT to do would help out quite a bit. Perhaps someone could recommend a guide for beginners on this stuff to help me understand these processes a little more. Thank you.
The best advice I can give you is read over all the comments and watch and tutorial videos if you can.... I'm never the first to jump I always watch and wait to see what everyone else says before doing anything .... the one major thing I can tell you is don't unplug or interfere with your phone when sbfing that will brick it ..... by the way WWW.k33pw1shen.WordPress.com is my blog with how to stuff on it .... its still under construction but there is some helpful stuff on it
redwingfaninnc said:
Can anyone tell me what I would have to do (so I can avoid doing it) to brick my phone? I'm clueless about what I'm actually doing when following the instructions, so knowing in advance what NOT to do would help out quite a bit. Perhaps someone could recommend a guide for beginners on this stuff to help me understand these processes a little more. Thank you.
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Read as many threads as you can, over and over if necessary. Then slowly, start doing stuff, re read if you need to you'll you fully understand a process. Happily it's actually really hard to hard brick, but not impossible. You'd have to really mess up.
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Learn to SBF before doing anything...If you know how to do that it is virtually impossible to hard brick.
I get shocked when people mess with Moto before SBF'n at least once
So it seems that sbf is equivalent to ODIN recovery on other phones?
redwingfaninnc said:
So it seems that sbf is equivalent to ODIN recovery on other phones?
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Correct, more or less
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I just hard bricked my At&T Note, I tried using the usb jig and it didn't work out to well for me. I know the jig works, i have used it on my phone and my brothers.
Is there anyone that knows how to Unbrick a dead phone?
Thank you for your help.
Go to mobiletechvideos.com they have a unbricking service for our phone
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Ok so I found out the only way after Bricking your phone to the point that even a download mode jig cant bring the phone back is doing a jtag
U fixed it yet? Do u realize how hard it is to hard brick? ??? Lol wth u tried doing. ..
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U fixed it yet? Do u realize how hard it is to hard brick? ??? Lol wth u tried doing. ..
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I bricked my phone thanks to a misinformation on how to flash recovery.img
JIG did not work for me either. the only thing I could do was to drop at an att store and told them the phone is not working. they tried some stuff on it and then gave me a new one instead.
The only thing was that I had it for less than a month.
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I hope you sort your problem, but this is not the place to ask questions.
devbro said:
I bricked my phone thanks to a misinformation on how to flash recovery.img
JIG did not work for me either. the only thing I could do was to drop at an att store and told them the phone is not working. they tried some stuff on it and then gave me a new one instead.
The only thing was that I had it for less than a month.
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lol you're a lucky guy....i had mine for 8 months..i do alot of different androids and was in a hurry dd'n my recovery over n imaged to wrong partition. part4 is the extended..not cool im followin darkspr1te's adventure in unbricking these devices though..i have a linux server too so that helps. for anyone else that stumbles across this thread with a bricked device... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359&highlight=recovery+wrong+partition&page=2 he's a smart dude, alot of good information. this may work havent asked any questions yet but i may soon...
I just got my DNA today and it is pretty smooth other than a few poorly optimized apps. I would like to get the thoughts of some folks that have unlocked and loaded custom Roms and kernels if it was worth the trouble and risk of bricking. Is there really a speed/smoothness difference?
Succinctly, YES.
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I just got my DNA today and it is pretty smooth other than a few poorly optimized apps. I would like to get the thoughts of some folks that have unlocked and loaded custom Roms and kernels if it was worth the trouble and risk of bricking. Is there really a speed/smoothness difference?
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Yes there is a difference. But honestly the key reason why I rooted was to remap the recent button.
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I've rooted all my previous phones to remove bloatware and to tether my tablet on occasion. With this one, Jelly Bean lets me disable most of the bloat and the rest I can hide from the app drawer so that is taken care of and the built in hotspot works just fine. I have no desire to root this one. Maybe in a year or so when somebody develops a safer root procedure and gets S-off I'll be bored and start rooting again.
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Yes there is a difference. But honestly the key reason why I rooted was to remap the recent button.
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Ill drink to that
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ROFLsplash said:
Ill drink to that
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I'll join you in that haha
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The only things I need that I don't get from the stock Rom is wireless tether and a long-press 'back button' function that kills the current process.
This phone is so good, as-is, that I have barely felt the desire to root at all. And I must say that coming from the Rezound, that is a huge thing for me.
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Yeah, as others have stated, it's pretty phenomenal right out of the box. There are still tweaks I'd like to have, but the main reason i went ahead and rooted was so I could enjoy wi-fi tether. I use it fairly often when I travel.
ROMs and kernels are in development and get better and more interesting almost every day. I can feel the need to flash a new one coming on....
I've never rooted and won't until I this is my secondary phone lol
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So I tried the unlock method and bricked my phone.... Fun stuff.
Nasty, mate. good luck unbricking it, let us know how that goes. unfortunately I have no idea how that works so can't offer any advice but mate hope you can do it easily.
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dodgebizkit said:
Nasty, mate. good luck unbricking it, let us know how that goes. unfortunately I have no idea how that works so can't offer any advice but mate hope you can do it easily.
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I'm pretty sure that if you do actually brick it whole unlocking, you can't fix it.
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Go to the DNA channel on irc for help.
Sweet! Cant wait to try!
Bricking happens when you don't pay attention . You can brick anything.. drive down the road with your eyes closed? Bricked car...
Light some candles and put them them on the window seal but forget to move the curtains from dangling in the flame? bricked house....
Try to root a phone and don't read directions before flashing, type wrong command at wrong time? bricked phone...
Sure.. things happen.. your power goes out right as you start to flash a boot loader. kitty walks across your keyboard and types "bricked phone" with his cute little feet..
**** happens, but MOST of the time when bricks happen, its user stupidity.. guys.. my 11 year old daughter rooted her rezound with the paperclip and did her DNA all on her own..
seriously, don't not root your phone because you are afraid of it bricking. This isn't a friggen lottery.. you are 100% in control..
It always amuses me when people say "its not worth the risk".. the risk of what? you being a moron and facerolling your keyboard while watching obamaporn?
Sorry for the rant.. not really.. but whatever. its 3am.. been up doing physics. And not kiddy HS physics, the kind that melts your brain and steals your little swimmers.
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Yes it's worth it but I recommend having the IRC channel ready if you have any issues. The first time I unlocked (I had to file an insurance replacement so I did it twice) it took me 3 hours because I had problems. I was in the IRC channel the entire time and since I explained exactly what errors I was getting people were able to help me.
All I can say is yes it's worth it but be careful during the unlock and be ready to ask for help if you need it.
Serinety said:
Bricking happens when you don't pay attention . You can brick anything.. drive down the road with your eyes closed? Bricked car...
Light some candles and put them them on the window seal but forget to move the curtains from dangling in the flame? bricked house....
Try to root a phone and don't read directions before flashing, type wrong command at wrong time? bricked phone...
Sure.. things happen.. your power goes out right as you start to flash a boot loader. kitty walks across your keyboard and types "bricked phone" with his cute little feet..
**** happens, but MOST of the time when bricks happen, its user stupidity.. guys.. my 11 year old daughter rooted her rezound with the paperclip and did her DNA all on her own..
seriously, don't not root your phone because you are afraid of it bricking. This isn't a friggen lottery.. you are 100% in control..
It always amuses me when people say "its not worth the risk".. the risk of what? you being a moron and facerolling your keyboard while watching obamaporn?
Sorry for the rant.. not really.. but whatever. its 3am.. been up doing physics. And not kiddy HS physics, the kind that melts your brain and steals your little swimmers.
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Haha couldn't have said it better myself.
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Weak sauce, rooting is fun
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I root for the sheer fun of it, and I'm learning how to build custom ROMs.
Serinety said:
Bricking happens when you don't pay attention . You can brick anything.. drive down the road with your eyes closed? Bricked car...
Light some candles and put them them on the window seal but forget to move the curtains from dangling in the flame? bricked house....
Try to root a phone and don't read directions before flashing, type wrong command at wrong time? bricked phone...
Sure.. things happen.. your power goes out right as you start to flash a boot loader. kitty walks across your keyboard and types "bricked phone" with his cute little feet..
**** happens, but MOST of the time when bricks happen, its user stupidity.. guys.. my 11 year old daughter rooted her rezound with the paperclip and did her DNA all on her own..
seriously, don't not root your phone because you are afraid of it bricking. This isn't a friggen lottery.. you are 100% in control..
It always amuses me when people say "its not worth the risk".. the risk of what? you being a moron and facerolling your keyboard while watching obamaporn?
Sorry for the rant.. not really.. but whatever. its 3am.. been up doing physics. And not kiddy HS physics, the kind that melts your brain and steals your little swimmers.
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Most times, I would agree with you. However, I have unlocked, rooted and rommed many phones over the years and never had an issue. I followed the directions to a T and it still became a brick. I even asked questions in IRC as I was doing it to make sure I wasn't making any mistakes. As one of the mods on the channel said: "The restore doesn't always take, bricks happen".
I'm sure *most* people will be fine using this method. Unfortuantely for me, I'm one of the minority of folks where it didn't work. Lesson learned. People saying that there isn't a risk if you do everything right are simply wrong.
I'll definitely be waiting until more safe methods come out before attempting to unlock another phone.
Okay, lets say i have a Galaxy Nexus, and find a really awesome Galaxy S3 ROM, can i flash it on my galaxy nexus or vice versa? What will happen if i do?
thnx.
probable brick.
bad idea, unless you know the various files to modify before flashing. check the stickies for how to port a rom to a new model
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probable brick.
bad idea, unless you know the various files to modify before flashing. check the stickies for how to port a rom to a new model
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thnx for the quick reply and heads up, i was just about to do it
You would brick your device. DO NOT DO IT. If by any chance, your device did boot, nothing would work. Make sure to port it first. Don't want a damaged phone.
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Whiplashh said:
You would brick your device. DO NOT DO IT. If by any chance, your device did boot, nothing would work. Make sure to port it first. Don't want a damaged phone.
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I still dont understand what will happen
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thnx for the quick reply and heads up, i was just about to do it
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you are welcome. maybe you should slow down a little and read a lot of xda threads before acting. i don't want dampen your enthusiasm for experimentation, but there is a lot here at xda that is worth reading, starting with the stickies in the fora that you visit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
what would happen? you would have drivers that couldn't talk to your phone's hardware. if you got anything to display on you screen, it would probably be the wrong size or complete jibberish.
if the package you flashed included boot loaders that were not for your phone, you could be totally bricked. it might still work as a spare battery charger, but maybe not even that.
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I still dont understand what will happen
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Bricked phone means dead, absolute death, you won't even be able to enter recovery or download mode (CMIIW). You should do some reading first as suggested and really do it if you really know what you're doing.
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Jack Jake said:
Okay, lets say i have a Galaxy Nexus, and find a really awesome Galaxy S3 ROM, can i flash it on my galaxy nexus or vice versa? What will happen if i do?
thnx.
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Had you followed the rules then you would know the answer to our question.
Batcom2
My kindle fire hdx 7 bicked. And I tried to flash the rom downed from the amozon updating software named update-kindle-13.3.1.0_user_310079820 into it in the fastboot model. But I just cann't flash anthing into it because of the message that" Flashing not allowed for locked hw"
Is there anyone know how to solve this problem?
Same issue - FAIL: flashing not allowed for locked hw. Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 - trying to ROM CM10
I know this is going to sound harsh but please do read more before attempting something like this.
A quick glance of the threads on here will have made you quickly realise that flashing anything on the HDX is not possible at this time.
Threads like this do scare me. If you're not sure, don't do. Simple.
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How did you brick it?
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failed1234 said:
How did you brick it?
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Everyone needs to stop using the term "brick". It is 99% likely not a brick. Bootloop is not a brick. Stuck at boot screen is not a brick. QHSUSB_BULK mode is not a brick. They are just symptoms of something you did incorrectly & they are usually fixable with a little patience & common sense.
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failed1234 said:
How did you brick it?
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Everyone needs to stop using the term "brick". It is 99% likely not a brick. Bootloop is not a brick. Stuck at boot screen is not a brick. QHSUSB_BULK mode is not a brick. They are just symptoms of something you did incorrectly & they are usually fixable with a little patience & common sense.
Well maybe I'll phrase it better: how did you screw up your Kindle?
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GSLEON3 said:
Everyone needs to stop using the term "brick". It is 99% likely not a brick. Bootloop is not a brick. Stuck at boot screen is not a brick. QHSUSB_BULK mode is not a brick. They are just symptoms of something you did incorrectly & they are usually fixable with a little patience & common sense.
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*ahem*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588608
lol
...but yah, if it's fixable it ain't "bricked"
Spec-Chum said:
*ahem*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588608
lol
...but yah, if it's fixable it ain't "bricked"
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Soft Bricked?
Spec-Chum said:
*ahem*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588608
lol
...but yah, if it's fixable it ain't "bricked"
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LMFAO...
Yeah, I know. But if you put bootloop there in the title, then I get a billion daily PM's asking if they have a bootloop or brick, so I include both words in the title. You would think with all the warnings, I wouldn't be getting so many "ooops" emails, yet there they are, every morning.
GSLEON3 said:
LMFAO...
Yeah, I know. But if you put bootloop there in the title, then I get a billion daily PM's asking if they have a bootloop or brick, so I include both words in the title. You would think with all the warnings, I wouldn't be getting so many "ooops" emails, yet there they are, every morning.
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Reminds me of an old programming quote "Yay! It Works!!!11 It works!!11one. Well, it compiles. What does segfault mean???"