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First off, I must apologize and say. Yes, I know there are all ready two other posts just this week on 'Did I kill my phone, Is it dead etc.'
So, to make a long story short.
After much research, I started at the ppcgeeks.com forums, then ppckitchen.org and finally made my way over here. I decided it was time to start working on updating my phone.
First off; I downloaded the wrong link and flashed the Olipro 1.20 boot loader on the phone, instead of the 2.4x version that is being used now. No big deal, I then got into boot loader mode and went to flash a stock rom to fix the issue. The rom had an error in the middle and reset. Then my phone reset. It went back into boot loader mode and then after using titan_exitbl.exe it booted to the standard HTC screen. After a moment now at this screen it will display the HTC logo and No Radio in red. After much reading I found that I could simply flash my 512mb MicroSD card, and did. And I placed the TITAIMG.nbh file on the root. (that is the only thing on the card) to upgrade the radio. But now when I try to restart into boot loader mode (power, camera, reset) it only resets and does not go into boot loader mode. I can perform a hard reset and go through the prompts there, but after it completes it simply brings me back to the HTC logo, and No Radio.
There is no connection via Active sync, nor through the USB, so I can not use mtty to edit anything on the boot loader end.
I have done quite a bit of reading and I figure this probably has been asked before, but is there a way to get my phone to get back to boot loader mode so I can load at least a stock rom onto it?
I don't know a whole lot about troubleshooting phones considering I have only had mine for a few weeks. However I have worked for Geek Squad for 3 years so troubleshooting is kind of in my nature.
Have you tried putting it in bootloader mode without your SD card in there? If there is something wrong with the .nbh you have on it and it keeps trying to load it when in bootloader, that could be your problem. I would remove the SD card and try bootloader, at which point you should be able to flash via usb.
Worth a shot at least.
Flash a new bootloader like 2.47 via sd. Then start loading radio and rom from there.
flipzmode said:
I don't know a whole lot about troubleshooting phones considering I have only had mine for a few weeks. However I have worked for Geek Squad for 3 years so troubleshooting is kind of in my nature.
Have you tried putting it in bootloader mode without your SD card in there? If there is something wrong with the .nbh you have on it and it keeps trying to load it when in bootloader, that could be your problem. I would remove the SD card and try bootloader, at which point you should be able to flash via usb.
Worth a shot at least.
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Yes I have tried with and without the SD card in the phone. I have also tried with and without the phone connected to a USB cable.
I cannot flash anything to the phone because i cannot establish a connection to the phone via ActiveSync.
Did you try what I suggested? Can you get to just the bootloader screen? Hold power and camera then push reset at same time for bootloader.
drewcam888 said:
Did you try what I suggested? Can you get to just the bootloader screen? Hold power and camera then push reset at same time for bootloader.
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That is the problem. I have tried that. power, camera, and reset. And any combination of other button, SD card in/out, USB in/out, and anything else i can think of...
The bootloader screen will Not come up.
What can the phone do? Kinda sounds like it might be bricked.
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What can the phone do? Kinda sounds like it might be bricked.
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I know, I hope it is not. This is my phone for work, and my boss is pretty pissed that I might have just bricked a phone he just paid for.
It will turn on from the power button, i can reset it normally with the reset push switch. (it then returns to the HTC logo, and No Radio in red). I can also do the 'bootloader' reset, but this does not bring it to the bootloader, it simply acts as a standard reset. I can also do a 'hard' reset, both of the select keys, and the reset switch. It will then boot into the 'do you want to hard reset your phone' prompt, and it will let me go through those steps that would normally hard reset the phone. After the reboot when that is finished it again goes to the HTC logo and No Radio. So, with that, I sure hope that some part of the bootloader is in tack.
Thank you for your help so far.
Are you sure you are holding both the camera and power button at the same time and then pushing reset button while still holding?
psycopyro182 said:
Yes I have tried with and without the SD card in the phone. I have also tried with and without the phone connected to a USB cable.
I cannot flash anything to the phone because i cannot establish a connection to the phone via ActiveSync.
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From what it sounds like, you're trying to run the bootloader with and without the SD card in. The problem is, it sounds like you don't have a working file actually on the SD card. It also seems that since you cannot make an ActiveSync connection, you aren't able to transfer files to and from the card.
Do you have a microSD card reader?
Check this out: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanRecentHome
Particularly Section II.2.A. That may fix your problem.
Hope this helps!
Oh and if it doesn't something you said about your boss having 'just' paid for your phone. If its new enough... w-a-r-r-a-n-t-y!
He can't follow those suggestions on the wiki exactly because he cant get a usb connection. But I agree he needs to load the 2.47 on his card using a adapter then try bootloader again.
Did you try EnterBL.exe?
DustinEarnhardt said:
From what it sounds like, you're trying to run the bootloader with and without the SD card in.
Oh and if it doesn't something you said about your boss having 'just' paid for your phone. If its new enough... w-a-r-r-a-n-t-y!
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I cannot even get the bootloader to come up. Yes I know that I am pressing both buttons and hitting Reset.
And as for Warranty, Will they warranty a phone that has the updated bootloader on it? I know there is a utility to Re-flash your phone to stock, but well, i cant even get mine to do anything at this point. I dont want sprint to tell me that they will not warranty it because I have 'tampered' with it, or 'voided the warranty'.
bitserve said:
Did you try EnterBL.exe?
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I did not know there was such a tool.
A direct link would be great. That sound like what i need to get out of this mess.
Heres the deal, if you can't get it to go to bootloader, the carrier probably can't either....
I think the enter_BL only works if active sync works, but I could be wrong.
I've never seen a phone yet, or heard of one for that matter that boots as far as yours does yet doesn't go to a bootloader screen when reset properly. It does sound pretty messed up.
More than likely, if you go into the store and say "Hey this is messed up because I tried to update the bootloader on it" you'll get some pretty quizzical looks. They'll more than likely take your phone in the back, not do a thing with it, and then issue you a replacement (if they have one in stock) or mail you one as soon as possible.
It does sound like you may have created a brick, but luckily this one is replaceable. Consider it a "lesson learned" for the next one.
(My apologies if I offend any VZW store employees. I sure there is a rare breed of highly competent and capable technicians out there, but I have yet to meet one in my area.)
Boots Up?
Does your phone boot all the way up where you can explore your SD card on your phone? If you can PM me and I may have a solution for you if your bootloader allows you to flash by SD card.
Brick = New Phone
DustinEarnhardt said:
More than likely, if you go into the store and say "Hey this is messed up because I tried to update the bootloader on it" you'll get some pretty quizzical looks. They'll more than likely take your phone in the back, not do a thing with it, and then issue you a replacement (if they have one in stock) or mail you one as soon as possible.
It does sound like you may have created a brick, but luckily this one is replaceable. Consider it a "lesson learned" for the next one.
one in my area.)
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So, I walked into the store, and simply said. "I have insurance, what do I need to tell you in order to get the phone fixed." "what do you mean?" "Well i have my phone here, it is totally bricked, the bootloader is toast, and there is no radio or rom, and it will not connect to activesync. So, if i need to come back and tell you my phone is stolen i can."
"Um ok? bricked? bootloader?... Here, let me see it"
(Lucky for me my company had just purchased about a dozen phones from this store, and the techs were happy to work with me)
The tech took the phone in back, and he and another tech looked at it, tried to hard reset, tried the enter bootloader key press. tried to plug it in. Then they both scratched their heads with a completly dumbfounded look on their faces. One of them walked to the closet, grabbed a new phone and brought it to me and said. "Congrats, this is the most screwed up phone I have seen come in here. Here is a brand new one, We will have to send this one back to corporate."
So, now shiny new phone in hand.
I can say simply "Lesson Learned"
Thanks for all of your help guys.
Hello guys. I bought a used dell streak which worked before I flashed streakdroid 2.4.4. I flashed the amss and dsp1 and everything matches when I check the phone information. I tried searching for mobile networks and AT&T appears but when I select it, it says "unable to connect to network please try again later" or "unable to register". Whats confusing is that I get a voicemail notification letting me know I have voicemail but when I click on it, I get "mobile network unavailable"
I rarely ask questions because when I'm stuck on something it is usually a simple fix. I've flashed every custom rom and matching baseband on the front page of the android development section and the Official PKG (351, 353, 206). I've done multiple system wipes etc. Im not sure what else I need to do. I've never worked on a phone for more than 4 hours and Im currently on my 11th on this damn dell streak
So is there a way to find out what region this dell streak came from to make this process easier, I dont want to have to try flashing every single update.pkg and baseband.
Or is there a general solution to this issue hidden in the archives of the internet?
Im soooo confused so any help would be greatly appreciated
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Hello guys. I bought a used dell streak which worked before I flashed streakdroid 2.4.4. I flashed the amss and dsp1 and everything matches when I check the phone information. I tried searching for mobile networks and AT&T appears but when I select it, it says "unable to connect to network please try again later" or "unable to register". Whats confusing is that I get a voicemail notification letting me know I have voicemail but when I click on it, I get "mobile network unavailable"
I rarely ask questions because when I'm stuck on something it is usually a simple fix. I've flashed every custom rom and matching baseband on the front page of the android development section and the Official PKG (351, 353, 206). I've done multiple system wipes etc. Im not sure what else I need to do. I've never worked on a phone for more than 4 hours and Im currently on my 11th on this damn dell streak
So is there a way to find out what region this dell streak came from to make this process easier, I dont want to have to try flashing every single update.pkg and baseband.
Or is there a general solution to this issue hidden in the archives of the internet?
Im soooo confused so any help would be greatly appreciated
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Do a cache wipe
dalvik cache wipe,
"DELL" factory reset
Re-Flash gs244, then straight away do the first 3 steps again.
This time, flash without the simcard inserted.
When it first boots up after the factory reset, turn it off, put your sim in and power on.
I had the same prob as you with a uk network sim, after doing the above, it worked fine, im pretty sure it will sort your issue.
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Do a cache wipe
dalvik cache wipe,
"DELL" factory reset
Re-Flash gs244, then straight away do the first 3 steps again.
This time, flash without the simcard inserted.
When it first boots up after the factory reset, turn it off, put your sim in and power on.
I had the same prob as you with a uk network sim, after doing the above, it worked fine, im pretty sure it will sort your issue.
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I have tried this step 3 times to no avail. When I go into settings>Wireless & Network Settings>Mobile Networks >Network Operators then select Search Networks two networks appear related to my phone company. When I select one option it says
Your sim will not register to this network
The second options gives me this response
Unable to connect to the network at this time. Please try again later.
Isnt the error code for a bad radio blinking lights? So why am I getting this particular error code.....
Is there a deeper menu within the dell streak to access more radio settings?
Is there a way to find out what region this phone is from so I can flash the original update.pkg?
Will the packers win the superbowl.......
Thanks for the help so far, this seems to be a common problem. I searched through several pages of Google, I even resorted to using bing and yahoo but I haven't found one consistent solution. Lets make one guys.
Also after dell factory reset I get this error Default NV checked #2 which doesnt allow me to go straight into the update.zip streakdroid menu then it resets the phone.
Do yourself a favor and don't install GingerStreak. Development has essentially stalled on that ROM, leaving it in a very buggy state compared to other ROMs. I recommend DSC, but with the GKernel that's available in Android Development instead of the kernel that comes with the ROM. The combination has been rock solid stable on my device, without any screens of death or problems with WiFi.
Ive flashed every single update.pkg from this list and have my Dell Streak 5 currently on 1.6 At&t retail 106 rom
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/
None of the packages work. On the Rodgers I would get a
Emergency Calls only status
Other than that I just have 4 bars with an x over them
I even erased all user data via fastboot
Ive used QDL at least 8 times
Does anyone else have any suggestions?
Is there a key code via fastboot menu to get further into the mobile network settings?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Does your Streak still boot after using fastboot -erase? That's a big no-no. Usually results in a brick that only can be cured by disassembling the Streak and flashing an image of the internal MicroSD onto the card.
I am assuming that you flashed the recovery for the ROM you wanted to put on the Streak before trying to flash the ROM? You likely will have to search for some ancient posts, but if flashing the desired ROM's recovery image and then flashing the ROM doesn't work, you have to prepare the Streak to accept newer ROMs. Those ancient posts I mentioned detail the method to get units like yours to run newer versions of Android.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Does your Streak still boot after using fastboot -erase? That's a big no-no. Usually results in a brick that only can be cured by disassembling the Streak and flashing an image of the internal MicroSD onto the card.
I am assuming that you flashed the recovery for the ROM you wanted to put on the Streak before trying to flash the ROM? You likely will have to search for some ancient posts, but if flashing the desired ROM's recovery image and then flashing the ROM doesn't work, you have to prepare the Streak to accept newer ROMs. Those ancient posts I mentioned detail the method to get units like yours to run newer versions of Android.
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I know fastboot erase is a bad idea but at this point not having a mobile signal makes this device useless to me anyways. I did that twice actually.
I am currently running official rom update package 360 or Android 2.2.2 the latest from retail. I am still having the same issue.
I have spend a good portion of my day for the past 4 days reading archives of discussions both here and on madaco. No on seems to have a consistent solution to this problem. Ive read that sticking a business card under the battery works, the order of flashing should fix it, I mean the solutions are all over the place and I tried all of them but I still have the same problems.
I haven't read every single Q&A post but I have read almost everything under the Dell Streak 5 XDA board pertaining to this issue. I've also flashed every single available update package with match recovery and baseband with no results.
I feel like I've failed at this project and I am never going to get the time or the effort I put into this device back unless I can get it to work so this is just beyond frustrating.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried using a different sim card? Every now and then there's a sim that wont work on it but will work on a different device.
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Have you tried using a different sim card? Every now and then there's a sim that wont work on it but will work on a different device.
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I've used a good variety of sim cards, none of which work.
Any other suggestions?
sim
Sorry your still having this issue.
Ive googled and found nothing consistent apart from the obvious that already been mentioned.
Daft question i know but, are you absolutley 100% certain that this phone has not been blocked by your network via IMEI?
Sounds daft i know but people using phone / Tablets are reporting on consisten problems with networks and IMEI.
I would not attempt QDL anymore, if it didnt fix it the first time then that wont help your cause.
I think going back to ground zero is the place to sart, can you gain access to internal memory card, mine i can, i cut away the piece of plastic in the guide to allow easy access, i replaced the internal 2gig card with an 8gig class 10, just to note, the 2gig card was shot and was nothing more than a standard generic unbranded card, i do still have it sat around.
That would be my next step, wipe the phone, stick a diff card in and start again with STOCK 360 and matching recovery, i agree with the quote of avoiding gs, too damn buggy and problematic.
Let me know how youre getting on with it.
graemeg said:
Sorry your still having this issue.
Ive googled and found nothing consistent apart from the obvious that already been mentioned.
Daft question i know but, are you absolutley 100% certain that this phone has not been blocked by your network via IMEI?
Sounds daft i know but people using phone / Tablets are reporting on consisten problems with networks and IMEI.
I would not attempt QDL anymore, if it didnt fix it the first time then that wont help your cause.
I think going back to ground zero is the place to sart, can you gain access to internal memory card, mine i can, i cut away the piece of plastic in the guide to allow easy access, i replaced the internal 2gig card with an 8gig class 10, just to note, the 2gig card was shot and was nothing more than a standard generic unbranded card, i do still have it sat around.
That would be my next step, wipe the phone, stick a diff card in and start again with STOCK 360 and matching recovery, i agree with the quote of avoiding gs, too damn buggy and problematic.
Let me know how youre getting on with it.
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I ended up just liquidating the phone and cutting my losses. I dont think it was blocked from the network because I tried several SIM cards from different networks. For all I know it it could have been a bent SIM connection or something wacky. I am leaning towards the idea of it being hardware related but I gave it my best shot
Friends, I am also in the same state now. I bought the dell streak from one of our members, and it worked for few weeks. After that, I am getting that signal bar with X mark on it. I have tried all the options, but of no luck.
I spent almost my 6 months savings on this phone and it's really making me sleepless. Request your kind suggestions to address this.
hi
i had same problem about a month ago, i just kept restarting phoning, pulling battery out and i gave up, then after leaving it for a couple of hours it was working......
^^ Thanks friend for your reply. I have been doing the same, doing the factory resetting and trying the various options. But, of no luck.
Any concrete solution for this problem? I appreciate all your inputs.
What I would suggest for all of you is to go back to Froyo by flashing stock Dell update packages for your respective regions and see if you regain signal
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^ Thanks for the suggestion. I did that try that, but didn't work
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^ Thanks for the suggestion. I did that try that, but didn't work
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If you flashed a stock Froyo ROM for YOUR SPECIFIC region, did a factory reset and still can't get a signal then your problem is hardware related...
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^^ Yeah, that's my big worry!! It seems to be a hardware related. I got this phone from one of the our members, and it has already having some hw issues like the buttons are gone inside, right side bezel is very loose, and all (unfortunately, the seller has not mentioned all these issues in his post)
Can the dell warranty applies internationally?
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^^ Yeah, that's my big worry!! It seems to be a hardware related. I got this phone from one of the our members, and it has already having some hw issues like the buttons are gone inside, right side bezel is very loose, and all (unfortunately, the seller has not mentioned all these issues in his post)
Can the dell warranty applies internationally?
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It applies only in the country it was purchased if it hasn't expired and with a valod letter of release from the original owner
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^^ yeah, checked my local dell service guys and they are not supporting this. I think that this is now turning into an expensive brick!
I have an Evo 3D on Sprint that I had downgraded to 1.4 s-off and I was running the AOKP milestone 5 rom with 4ext recovery. So yesterday I got a new 32 GB sd card to replace the 8GB one that came with the phone. I copied the data on the old SD card to my computer, powered off the phone and swapped sd cards, then booted back into android. I went to storage settings and erased the SD card, and I got a notification saying the SD card was blank or had an unrecognized file format. So I figured I would boot into recovery and see if there were any format options for the SD card to make sure it had the right file format. So I chose to reboot into recovery from the power menu, and instead of booting into recovery, the phone just turned off.
So now I can't turn the phone on and I've tried all the things I've already found here to get it back. I tried pulling the battery for a few minutes, tried doing the option to power on while holding down the camera button, and tried hooking it up to the computer only to be shown "qhsusb_dload" as the device, so I'm pretty sure it is bricked. I also don't think I can use the unbricking project since I think that is only for s-on devices.
Has anyone recovered from a brick like this? Do I have any options to resurrect my phone or is it completely dead? For repairs, I don't have insurance on my phone and I'm not going to take it into a Sprint store and lie about what happened. I'll own up to my mistake if I have to. Has anyone had a brick repaired by Sprint, and if so, how much did it cost? I figure my options are to have Sprint fix my phone, which might cost me a bit, or maybe now might be a good time for me to break my contract with Sprint and look at the unlocked Galaxy Nexus so I don't have to hack my phone to get the AOSP experience for ICS.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice or suggestions, and hopefully I can get this thing figured out one way or another.
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I have an Evo 3D on Sprint that I had downgraded to 1.4 s-off and I was running the AOKP milestone 5 rom with 4ext recovery. So yesterday I got a new 32 GB sd card to replace the 8GB one that came with the phone. I copied the data on the old SD card to my computer, powered off the phone and swapped sd cards, then booted back into android. I went to storage settings and erased the SD card, and I got a notification saying the SD card was blank or had an unrecognized file format. So I figured I would boot into recovery and see if there were any format options for the SD card to make sure it had the right file format. So I chose to reboot into recovery from the power menu, and instead of booting into recovery, the phone just turned off.
So now I can't turn the phone on and I've tried all the things I've already found here to get it back. I tried pulling the battery for a few minutes, tried doing the option to power on while holding down the camera button, and tried hooking it up to the computer only to be shown "qhsusb_dload" as the device, so I'm pretty sure it is bricked. I also don't think I can use the unbricking project since I think that is only for s-on devices.
Has anyone recovered from a brick like this? Do I have any options to resurrect my phone or is it completely dead? For repairs, I don't have insurance on my phone and I'm not going to take it into a Sprint store and lie about what happened. I'll own up to my mistake if I have to. Has anyone had a brick repaired by Sprint, and if so, how much did it cost? I figure my options are to have Sprint fix my phone, which might cost me a bit, or maybe now might be a good time for me to break my contract with Sprint and look at the unlocked Galaxy Nexus so I don't have to hack my phone to get the AOSP experience for ICS.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice or suggestions, and hopefully I can get this thing figured out one way or another.
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One of these may help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627917
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547695
moleary04 said:
I have an Evo 3D on Sprint that I had downgraded to 1.4 s-off and I was running the AOKP milestone 5 rom with 4ext recovery. So yesterday I got a new 32 GB sd card to replace the 8GB one that came with the phone. I copied the data on the old SD card to my computer, powered off the phone and swapped sd cards, then booted back into android. I went to storage settings and erased the SD card, and I got a notification saying the SD card was blank or had an unrecognized file format. So I figured I would boot into recovery and see if there were any format options for the SD card to make sure it had the right file format. So I chose to reboot into recovery from the power menu, and instead of booting into recovery, the phone just turned off.
So now I can't turn the phone on and I've tried all the things I've already found here to get it back. I tried pulling the battery for a few minutes, tried doing the option to power on while holding down the camera button, and tried hooking it up to the computer only to be shown "qhsusb_dload" as the device, so I'm pretty sure it is bricked. I also don't think I can use the unbricking project since I think that is only for s-on devices.
Has anyone recovered from a brick like this? Do I have any options to resurrect my phone or is it completely dead? For repairs, I don't have insurance on my phone and I'm not going to take it into a Sprint store and lie about what happened. I'll own up to my mistake if I have to. Has anyone had a brick repaired by Sprint, and if so, how much did it cost? I figure my options are to have Sprint fix my phone, which might cost me a bit, or maybe now might be a good time for me to break my contract with Sprint and look at the unlocked Galaxy Nexus so I don't have to hack my phone to get the AOSP experience for ICS.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice or suggestions, and hopefully I can get this thing figured out one way or another.
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Or, you can try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1648703
freeza said:
One of these may help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627917
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547695
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Thanks for these links. I wasn't sure if the unbricking project would be helpful since it says it is only for devices that were bricked by turning s-on and I didn't even think about using Unknownforce's method. I'll give both a shot when I get home.
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Or, you can try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1648703
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I thought about posting this there, but I figured this was more of a broad subject and not really a specific question so I put it here instead. If it needs to be moved then that is fine with me.
I couldn't get either Unknownforce's or the unbricking tool to recognize my device. I guess this means my options for getting this thing going are severely limited. I'll be contacting Sprint tomorrow to see what they can do and I'll probably start exploring the option of selling this thing for as much as I can get to help pay to break my contract with Sprint.
Hey all, this is my first android and I'm not the smartest sometimes. I tried restoring back to factory rom, and watched a bad how to vid. Basically i cleared data, system, cache and now realize i shouldn't have.
I'm not able to connect to the phone through usb. I have the drivers, but I can't see the phone.I can boot into cwm, and that is it. When i start it, it basically pulls up the LG screen, then a black screen.
I have a backup on cwm but get the md5 error.
Is it possible to put the sd card in my computer and download what i need straight to the card? Im also not sure what i need to download, if that does work.
Please let me know if there is any other info I can provide. Like i said im not the smartest sometimes, so dont be afraid to respond like im slow.
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Hey all, this is my first android and I'm not the smartest sometimes. I tried restoring back to factory rom, and watched a bad how to vid. Basically i cleared data, system, cache and now realize i shouldn't have.
I'm not able to connect to the phone through usb. I have the drivers, but I can't see the phone.I can boot into cwm, and that is it. When i start it, it basically pulls up the LG screen, then a black screen.
I have a backup on cwm but get the md5 error.
Is it possible to put the sd card in my computer and download what i need straight to the card? Im also not sure what i need to download, if that does work.
Please let me know if there is any other info I can provide. Like i said im not the smartest sometimes, so dont be afraid to respond like im slow.
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Can you install the Rom "The base .5". I assume so if you can get to cwm. I had this problem when flashing this Rom The first time. It did the same thing with the LG logo then go black. If that happens just reboot to cwm(May take awhile) and reflash "the base" again. That should allow it to boot the phone fully so you can at least use it till you can get all the way back to stock. I hope this helps. I have to crash now tho. I'll check back in the morning to see how it's going.
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Are you trying to get back to factory settings or just get your phone running with the stock rom?
You should be able to just put the ROM on your sd card via computer if you have an SD card sleeve.
If you wiped your phone, it's my understanding that you're not supposed to when flashing the provided rom in development.
There's a posting in development, I believe, about restoring your phone to stock if you messed it up. LGNST or something.
Cat Rancher said:
Hey all, this is my first android and I'm not the smartest sometimes. I tried restoring back to factory rom, and watched a bad how to vid. Basically i cleared data, system, cache and now realize i shouldn't have.
I'm not able to connect to the phone through usb. I have the drivers, but I can't see the phone.I can boot into cwm, and that is it. When i start it, it basically pulls up the LG screen, then a black screen.
I have a backup on cwm but get the md5 error.
Is it possible to put the sd card in my computer and download what i need straight to the card? Im also not sure what i need to download, if that does work.
Please let me know if there is any other info I can provide. Like i said im not the smartest sometimes, so dont be afraid to respond like im slow.
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The recovery won't generate a md5 sum (known bug). You have to generate it yourself. Connect your phone to adb and go to #4 in the FAQ here.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006946
Note that there is no way to tell of the backup is corrupt since you are generating a valid code regardless of integrity.
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Murasakiii said:
Are you trying to get back to factory settings or just get your phone running with the stock rom?
You should be able to just put the ROM on your sd card via computer if you have an SD card sleeve.
If you wiped your phone, it's my understanding that you're not supposed to when flashing the provided rom in development.
There's a posting in development, I believe, about restoring your phone to stock if you messed it up. LGNST or something.
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I tried re-installing .4 base which is what I had originally used. It let me choose the apps to instal, and made it to the "X" screen, but appeared to be stuck in a boot loop. I am going to try and download and install .5 via the sd card and see if that works. I'm not sure if LGNPST will work since I can't see the phone via usb. I will download it and give it a try though.
I also saw the guide in the general Optimus G forums for unbricking it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010624
Since i cant really connect via usb, ill probably have to use a different method. Im hoping the usb issue is due to the computer im using and the original computer i used to root and unlock will work.
Cat Rancher said:
I tried re-installing .4 base which is what I had originally used. It let me choose the apps to instal, and made it to the "X" screen, but appeared to be stuck in a boot loop. I am going to try and download and install .5 via the sd card and see if that works. I'm not sure if LGNPST will work since I can't see the phone via usb. I will download it and give it a try though.
I also saw the guide in the general Optimus G forums for unbricking it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010624
Since i cant really connect via usb, ill probably have to use a different method. Im hoping the usb issue is due to the computer im using and the original computer i used to root and unlock will work.
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The method in that link is for phones that don't have official firmware to use with lgnspt. If you san get into download mode (power off phone ,connect usb,hold volume down and up plus power ) you should be able to lgnpst back to stock.
adfurgerson said:
The method in that link is for phones that don't have official firmware to use with lgnspt. If you san get into download mode (power off phone ,connect usb,hold volume down and up plus power ) you should be able to lgnpst back to stock.
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Alright. I was able to get into download mode. I downloaded lgnpst. Do you have an idea where i would find the other necessary files? Again, total noob. Sorry for all the hand holding. You guys have been great!
Cat Rancher said:
Alright. I was able to get into download mode. I downloaded lgnpst. Do you have an idea where i would find the other necessary files? Again, total noob. Sorry for all the hand holding. You guys have been great!
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You need to go to the IRC channel to grab the new version of lgnpst and the correct files.
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Cat Rancher said:
Alright. I was able to get into download mode. I downloaded lgnpst. Do you have an idea where i would find the other Didnecessary files? Again, total noob. Sorry for all the hand holding. You guys have been great!
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Did you get your phone straightened out?
adfurgerson said:
Did you get your phone straightened out?
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I'm traveling for work and on a work computer, so the IRC channel is blocked. Of course. I'm heading home tomorrow so hopefully I can get everything back to normal when i get on my home computer. (not having a phone sucks)
Do you all think it would be worth putting the base .5 on my sd card and flashing that, or do you think that wouldnt work? .4 is on there now from my original flash, but that won't work. Just curious.
Well is your phone up and running?
I would think it wouldn't cause harm to try and flash .5 onto it, your phone shouldn't get bricked from it.
i agree with Murasakiii
should be fine to run .5
DraginMagik said:
i agree with Murasakiii
should be fine to run .5
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Welp, I think i earned the title of first bricked phone. It was able to get into recovery and download mode a couple days ago, but now it wont charge it seems. So i cant get it into any mode to do anything. Ive had it on the charger, wall and usb for a couple hours and nothing is happening. I wonder if i can take it back to my att store and try get a replacement. It is within my 14 day window, and there are "hardware" warranties. I have a feeling they will ask what happened and while i may not initially divulge everything, i sadly cant lie. And since its all my fault, i may chalk it up to learning.
i'd say the device started having issues with the USB. unable to see the device when plugged into the computer and the device won't take a charge. don't hear of too many authentic "bricking's" anymore...it can almost always be resurrected. but if the device won't take a charge your time to resolution is rather limited. good luck.
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Welp, I think i earned the title of first bricked phone. It was able to get into recovery and download mode a couple days ago, but now it wont charge it seems. So i cant get it into any mode to do anything. Ive had it on the charger, wall and usb for a couple hours and nothing is happening. I wonder if i can take it back to my att store and try get a replacement. It is within my 14 day window, and there are "hardware" warranties. I have a feeling they will ask what happened and while i may not initially divulge everything, i sadly cant lie. And since its all my fault, i may chalk it up to learning.
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Before you leave to go to the store hook it up to a set up jumper cables and then attach the other end to your car battery. Then just tell them when you tried to charge it that it started smoking and wont turn on any more.
The only lie you have to tell them is it happened on the stock charger.
Im on the same boat. Tried going back to stock for a warranty return, and i ended up bricking the phone. Im able to get it to download mode and was able to run the lg tool but it keeps failing on me. And when it does complete it still wont load. Im going to try to make my self a powerd usb cable too see if i can get it to work. Have like 2 or 3 days to try to figure it out. Or elese im out 550 bucks.
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Other option is just telling them you clicked install for the ota update it rebooted and never came back on. They just wipe them at the repair center anyway if they get them to boot up.
Cat Rancher said:
Welp, I think i earned the title of first bricked phone. It was able to get into recovery and download mode a couple days ago, but now it wont charge it seems. So i cant get it into any mode to do anything. Ive had it on the charger, wall and usb for a couple hours and nothing is happening. I wonder if i can take it back to my att store and try get a replacement. It is within my 14 day window, and there are "hardware" warranties. I have a feeling they will ask what happened and while i may not initially divulge everything, i sadly cant lie. And since its all my fault, i may chalk it up to learning.
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It took 12 hrs to get a clean download of the stock ROM (AT&T internet sucks in my area). The entire time the screen on my phone was on with the LG splash screen displayed. By the time I got the ROM ready for flash, the battery was dead. I was however able to plug in to the USB on my computer and get enough juice to get into download mode. Ran LGNPST (v2.2.3) and the stock ROM installed with no prob. You might try plugging it in then trying to get into download mode.
EDIT: now that I think about it. You need to have it plugged in to the USB before download mode anyway, so you won't be doing anything different than you already did.
Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I have an original nook tablet that I had rooted back in the day when I was quite a bit younger. If im correct I tried to factory reset it and it didn't quite work. I recently came across the tablet again and decided to fix it once and for all. I attached a photo of the issues I am having. I am honestly assuming I bricked the thing. Help would be appreciated! I'm looking to either get the nook back to factory state, or even root it and flash an android system onto it. Whatever is easier to be very honest. Looking forward to hearing from you all,
-Devin
devin.vorgang said:
Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I have an original nook tablet that I had rooted back in the day when I was quite a bit younger. If im correct I tried to factory reset it and it didn't quite work. I recently came across the tablet again and decided to fix it once and for all. I attached a photo of the issues I am having. I am honestly assuming I bricked the thing. Help would be appreciated! I'm looking to either get the nook back to factory state, or even root it and flash an android system onto it. Whatever is easier to be very honest. Looking forward to hearing from you all,
-Devin
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Hi, try to download the firmware for your tablet and flash it to the tablet.
Jan Skokan said:
Hi, try to download the firmware for your tablet and flash it to the tablet.
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Hello Jan!
That's what I was originally trying to do, but I couldn't find a tutorial on the whole process. Thoughts?
devin.vorgang said:
Hello Jan!
That's what I was originally trying to do, but I couldn't find a tutorial on the whole process. Thoughts?
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If you think the tablet is truly "bricked" you may want to prepare a rescue card (https://www.mediafire.com/file/07fbs2usj7pk0pp/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip/file) to restore the factory partitions, etc. This will put you back at FW 1.42, but that doesn't matter if you're going to flash a custom ROM.
Once you're sure the device is functional you could flash a new ROM. If you have the 8 gb model, then the place to go is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...nd-for-the-8-gb-nook-tablet-bntv250a.3667555/
If you have the 16 gb model, then here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-internally-on-the-16-gb-nook-tablet.3578665/
nmyshkin said:
If you think the tablet is truly "bricked" you may want to prepare a rescue card (https://www.mediafire.com/file/07fbs2usj7pk0pp/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip/file) to restore the factory partitions, etc. This will put you back at FW 1.42, but that doesn't matter if you're going to flash a custom ROM.
Once you're sure the device is functional you could flash a new ROM. If you have the 8 gb model, then the place to go is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...nd-for-the-8-gb-nook-tablet-bntv250a.3667555/
If you have the 16 gb model, then here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-internally-on-the-16-gb-nook-tablet.3578665/
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Thank you so much for the links. I will be sure and check them out as soon as I get the chance!
devin.vorgang said:
Thank you so much for the links. I will be sure and check them out as soon as I get the chance!
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nmyshkin said:
If you think the tablet is truly "bricked" you may want to prepare a rescue card (https://www.mediafire.com/file/07fbs2usj7pk0pp/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip/file) to restore the factory partitions, etc. This will put you back at FW 1.42, but that doesn't matter if you're going to flash a custom ROM.
Once you're sure the device is functional you could flash a new ROM. If you have the 8 gb model, then the place to go is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...nd-for-the-8-gb-nook-tablet-bntv250a.3667555/
If you have the 16 gb model, then here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-internally-on-the-16-gb-nook-tablet.3578665/
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sorry for the extremely late reply. I "burned" the recovery file to my micro SD card but the nook refuses to power on with the SD card inserted. I am so confused, any thoughts?
devin.vorgang said:
sorry for the extremely late reply. I "burned" the recovery file to my micro SD card but the nook refuses to power on with the SD card inserted. I am so confused, any thoughts?
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That's the first time I've heard of something like that. Will it start up wth the card in place if you plug in a power cable?
Edit: FWIW, if you can get the tablet to boot with the card, here are the original instructions for restoring the device with the card: https://web.archive.org/web/2018082...06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
Edit, Edit: And...if you still can't get the tablet to boot with a card in it, try this:
Perform Factory Reset of the Nook Tablet:
PWR off the Nook Tablet.
Hold "PWR" & "∩" buttons simultaneously to reboot.
After reboot, release the "PWR" & "∩" buttons after 2-3 seconds upon receiving the "∩ - Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated." screen.
The screen may blink a couple seconds later and then you will be presented with the Factory Reset screen with the following options:
Do you want to reset your device to the factory default?
Press POWER key to exit
Press HOME key to continue
Are you sure?
This will delete all your content and restore the device to the factory default settings.
Press POWER key to exit
Press HOME key to continue