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I killed my HTC TyTN II "Solved"

I killed my Kaiser by flashing a Touch Diamond ROM to it.
Sent it to repair service and they say the Mainboard needs to be replaced,but the price for repair is ultragious .
I realy need the device,it was a big help in my confused life style.
Can anyone tell me how can i fix it myself. Or where i can buy a mainboard. Or where can i send the device to repair for a cheaper service?
Sorry i have started a new thread,but i think this is a serious matter,cause HTC TyTN II is not a toy"I know i done to it the same as to a toy" and its expensive. Please help.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
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why would you flash a touch diamond rom when your device is a kaiser?

CraZyLiLbOy said:
why would you flash a touch diamond rom when your device is a kaiser?
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Duhhhhh.....'cause he wanted to kill his device!

sherpa said:
Duhhhhh.....'cause he wanted to kill his device!
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lol....................

Blueangel69 said:
I killed my Kaiser by flashing a Touch Diamond ROM to it.
Sent it to repair service and they say the Mainboard needs to be replaced,but the price for repair is ultragious .
I realy need the device,it was a big help in my confused life style.
Can anyone tell me how can i fix it myself. Or where i can buy a mainboard. Or where can i send the device to repair for a cheaper service?
Sorry i have started a new thread,but i think this is a serious matter,cause HTC TyTN II is not a toy"I know i done to it the same as to a toy" and its expensive. Please help.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
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Touch diamond isn't all that great. It's lyk a Nokia platform on a PDA, why'd u flash it to a kaiser anyway ?!
About the raw materials, you can easily get the main board (for cheep) through any cellphone spareparts shop online through google . As far as repair is concerned, its as easy as performing a hardware upgrade for your pc; un-plug--> plug. If you're still scared, you can google for a stp by stp instructions.

Blueangel69 said:
I killed my Kaiser by flashing a Touch Diamond ROM to it.
Sent it to repair service and they say the Mainboard needs to be replaced,but the price for repair is ultragious .
I realy need the device,it was a big help in my confused life style.
Can anyone tell me how can i fix it myself. Or where i can buy a mainboard. Or where can i send the device to repair for a cheaper service?
Sorry i have started a new thread,but i think this is a serious matter,cause HTC TyTN II is not a toy"I know i done to it the same as to a toy" and its expensive. Please help.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
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your not the only one with a confused life style

Not dead,just sleeping
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As for where to purchase parts, I'd normally tell you to go here: http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~HTC_TyTN_II-972~area~home.htm but they don't have motherboards.
Your best bet might be to buy something from eBay with a cracked screen, because the motherboard, cpu & chipset is usually the most expensive part, and if you fry that it's usually easier to just buy new...
Hope this helps!
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Thankx Alex.
I knew that wise words and advice would come out of the inner you.
I went to Mike Channon Home Page and left a message there,im still waiting for a reply.
I will go get the Device from the repair shop tomorrow. Ididnt accepted the price.
I will try and fix it myself,as i have the hability to fix Electronic things as PCs,Laptops,Mobiles etc,thank GOD.
Im low on economic status,but i will try Ebay my friend.
First Kitchen i used was the one with all your OEM Packages. So i love your work.
Hope you keep up in the good path of life .
For some of the others, should ignore any inconscient reply.
Of course i didn wanted to kill my Device. I just cooked HTC Touch Diamond ROM in a Kaiser Kitchen,added some Apps from the ROM i cooked based on C. Stu ROM to make it more colorfull,more alive to our eyes. But it went wrong,and if Man doesnt commited mistakes,so there wouldnt be positive results. Test we need. Mistakes have to occur in order to get better things.
People in Ethiopia have a more confused life than me. Im not an egocentric person, but cool .
I always learned things the hard way .

While I changed my screen I broke the keyboard connector on the mainboard. The brown plastic closing mechanism broke to parts. Any clue where I could buy a new one and if it is possible to change it (solder?)?

CraZyLiLbOy said:
why would you flash a touch diamond rom when your device is a kaiser?
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he cooked the rom first ... and i'm guessing something didn't go right. OFCOURSE he just didn't straight flash a diamond rom .. he's a cook so i think he knows better than that.

The only thing I can say you:
Great Avatar......

There is always a Solution
raccna said:
While I changed my screen I broke the keyboard connector on the mainboard. The brown plastic closing mechanism broke to parts. Any clue where I could buy a new one and if it is possible to change it (solder?)?
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Im sorry for what append to you device. It doesnt make us feel good.
What did realy append ?
What part do you need ?
I have the solution for that. If you need a new Mainboard i can get it for you.
I dont make crazy prices. Probably a new device for the price of a Mainboard,thats what ive done,but im searching for a Mainboard supplier thought .
If you want to know more PM me.

Hi Thesire
thesire said:
he cooked the rom first ... and i'm guessing something didn't go right. OFCOURSE he just didn't straight flash a diamond rom .. he's a cook so i think he knows better than that.
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Nope,i didnt straight flashed a Diamond Rom.
I knew i had to cook it. But forgot that i had to Port XIP and probably SYS from a Kaiser ROM to the Diamond one, or the reverse.
Im still on the learning process. But as you must know,Time is the Master.
And learning and take actions till they come correct its a bit time consuming. And i dont have much time these days.
I learned the hard way. I believe thats one thing that will never appen again .
Im waiting for my new Kaiser to arrive. Couldnt find a Mainboard supplier yet.
But i can get Kaisers for less then the price they asked me in the repair shop.

Have i bricked my phone?

G1 Bricked? or not I think Yes...have you Solution for me
hi, i'm new on this forum
G1 Bricked? or not I think Yes...have you Solution for Me?
no fastboot access
no recovery access
press home and power nothing
press camera and power nothing
logo t-mobile stay on the screen
when i press scroll and power blue led mode appear
i have flash my phone many times and no problem
to day big problem, after flash my radio 1.5 for a radio 1.0, because problem with wireless connection, and Now after the reboot my phone no respond
do you have any idee for my problem
perhaps: goldcard solution or.....???
Please thank's for help

Sorry but I think your phone is bricked =[ Try calling T-mobile and tell them you dropped your phone and broke it. (You might actually want to do this, lol) They'll send you a replacement if you still have the warranty

alritewhadeva said:
Sorry but I think your phone is bricked =[ Try calling T-mobile and tell them you dropped your phone and broke it. (You might actually want to do this, lol) They'll send you a replacement if you still have the warranty
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thanks you for your rapid ask, but i sure , exist a solution for the brick.
my phoneis not guaranteed because I bought it used
SNIFFF

There's no current solution for a brick. A brick is a brick and you're done. Sorry

I had the same issued as you are having i was also stuck on the t-mobile logo screen because of the radio update, and yes my phone got brick. but since i had insurance on the phone i took it to my local t-mobile made up some excuse that my phone stop working and they gave me a brand new one in store for free. gotta love the extra at 5 dollars you pay for insurance saved me from buying a new one lol.

Yup, you've got a brick. Most common brick actually, downgrading radio 9/10 times seems to leed to a brick. Currently there are no working fixes. There are rumors that either a serial->USB cable might help fix a brick or wiring up a jtag setup. There's info about both on the interwebs but neither has been proven to work on the dream yet afaik.

Here is my question. What were you doing before the brick happened? By chance did you install the special spl?

alritewhadeva said:
Sorry but I think your phone is bricked =[ Try calling T-mobile and tell them you dropped your phone and broke it. (You might actually want to do this, lol) They'll send you a replacement if you still have the warranty
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This is horeible advice you never want to tell them you droped the phone, that's not covered under warranty. Just tell them the phone won't boot. But yeah sound like your phone is fubar.

speoples20 said:
This is horeible advice you never want to tell them you droped the phone, that's not covered under warranty. Just tell them the phone won't boot. But yeah sound like your phone is fubar.
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How is it bad advice? Hardware problems are covered by warranty, software are not. the brick is a SOFTWARE problem. T-Mobile does not give replacement g1s that are screwed up because of something you installed that wasn't issued by T-Mobile themself. If you tell them you dropped it , its a HARDWARE problem and they provide replacements...

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How is it bad advice? Hardware problems are covered by warranty, software are not. the brick is a SOFTWARE problem. T-Mobile does not give replacement g1s that are screwed up because of something you installed that wasn't issued by T-Mobile themself. If you tell them you dropped it , its a HARDWARE problem and they provide replacements...
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Telling them you dropped the phone and it no longer boots is your problem and they will say so. "Was it working before you dropped it?" Yes it was "Then it soulds like when "YOU" dropped the phone you messed it up" Hope you have the phone insurance that's the only way you are most likely going to get a new one but it's going to cost you.
While it's a software problem if you drop the phone and break it they do not have to replace it.

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Telling them you dropped the phone and it no longer boots is your problem and they will say so. "Was it working before you dropped it?" Yes it was "Then it soulds like when "YOU" dropped the phone you messed it up" Hope you have the phone insurance that's the only way you are most likely going to get a new one but it's going to cost you.
While it's a software problem if you drop the phone and break it they do not have to replace it.
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Oh god, fine then. You come up with a better story and post back I don't understand your last sentence...In the official tmobile g1 forums they state that they are not responsible for anything you do software wise to your phone ( root, ROMs, spl, brick, etc..)

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Oh god, fine then. You come up with a better story and post back I don't understand your last sentence...In the official tmobile g1 forums they state that they are not responsible for anything you do software wise to your phone ( root, ROMs, spl, brick, etc..)
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simple The OTA got to you for cupcake and you went to install it when the phone rebooted it was stuck at the G1 screen. they will walk you through a few steps and confirm it's messed up. At that point they will send you out a replacement. You do not have to say anything about it being rooted. I just did this for my friends moms phone. He messed it up I called and got her a replacement sent. Now if you are not a T-mo customer you are out of luck though which sucks :/
Hell I had to do this for 2 phones. 1 G1 and 1 Shadow this past week (both phones were modded by me/friend) Shadow was a true hardware issue though and not the mods fault though.

just tell them your phone wont boot up if you cant get to recovery or android screen neither can they on your phone so they will never know what u did to it

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simple The OTA got to you for cupcake and you went to install it when the phone rebooted it was stuck at the G1 screen. they will walk you through a few steps and confirm it's messed up. At that point they will send you out a replacement. You do not have to say anything about it being rooted. I just did this for my friends moms phone. He messed it up I called and got her a replacement sent. Now if you are not a T-mo customer you are out of luck though which sucks :/
Hell I had to do this for 2 phones. 1 G1 and 1 Shadow this past week (both phones were modded by me/friend) Shadow was a true hardware issue though and not the mods fault though.
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Lol okay then. Still think that if you report a hardware issue like you broke it, T-Mobile will still replace it as long as you still have the 1 year warranty that came with it. Like Cyanogen's issue where his touchscreen was messedup. HARDWAREE issue and T-Mobile replaced it

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Lol okay then. Still think that if you report a hardware issue like you broke it, T-Mobile will still replace it as long as you still have the 1 year warranty that came with it. Like Cyanogen's issue where his touchscreen was messedup. HARDWAREE issue and T-Mobile replaced it
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I work for T-mobile and telling them you broke the hardware on the phone is NOT covered under warranty. The manufacture's warranty only covers phone defects not people dropping their phone. A touch screen going out is an example of hardware covered under warranty. Software is covered under warranty as well and all you have to say is the phone won't boot past the G1 screen. Thats all you have to say.

All right. I rest my case then O mighty T-Mobile worker. No sarcasm haha.

Yeah its true, you do have to be careful if you plan on using the warranty route if its not totally legit, but then I suppose it differs depending on region. Over here in the UK it covers quite a few things like accidental dropping of the mobile, water damage etc. Which reminds me, I need to add my mobile to my monthly insurance policy...

The insurance isn't really worth it =/ Even if you claim it you still have to pay 130$ here in NY

Blimey... I pay £6/m (thanks to my credit card policies) instead of the usual £9/m that covers the mobile phone over accidental damage, theft, water damage, software damage etc. However if I do make a claim I think its £30-£40 for a replacement G1.

HELP! Is my g1 bricked?
After reading a few other thread I believe my g1 is bricked.
I was trying to install Superhero G3. After installing the radio provided in this thread:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f56/official-hero-g3-build-rom-18471/
My phone hung at the T-Mobile g1 boot logo.
I can't get into recovery or anything.
I bought the phone from craigslist, so I don't have a warranty or anything. My parents would kill me if they found out I have to buy myself a new phone.
PLEASE I hope there is something I can do to fix this.

Please help I THINK I bricked my phone!

I was trying to get a new hero rom and it required a different radio so I flashed it and while it was installing it brang me into a screen with a white box and a yellow arrow pointing down to the phone..Its been there for over 20 minutes, I tried to take out the battery and putting it back in it still goes back to that screen!! What should I do!?

Encatsu said:
I was trying to get a new hero rom and it required a different radio so I flashed it and while it was installing it brang me into a screen with a white box and a yellow arrow pointing down to the phone..Its been there for over 20 minutes, I tried to take out the battery and putting it back in it still goes back to that screen!! What should I do!?
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Yeah if it's stuck on the screen.. you're skrewed.

What do you mean?! I dont wanna lose my phone it cost so much damn money and I cant get another one for so long! Theres no way to fix this ;[!?

there are only 2 radios for the g1 at this time. one of them starts with a one, and the other is the 2.22.19.26I that is required to run the new spl. if there is a link to this rom, and it is the dream forum i would like too see it. if it is not in the dream forums then you should've known better than to flash something to your phone that was not made for it or tested for it. Twisted bricked one of his phones flashing a hero radio.
I hope you still have insurance

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...hero-roms-radios-in-update-zip-format/#entry0

Someone please help!!!!!!!!
Is my phone really broken? Like ill never ever be able to use it again? Is there any way to fix this? Someone told me to press Alt-L because the box with arrows pointing at the screen is the recovery mode screen but when I press Alt-L nothing happens

Those are combined radio and ROMs for the Hero, not Hero ported to the Dream. At the top in big red letters it says:
DO NOT FLASH THESE ON ANYTHING EXCEPT A HERO!
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So you flashed a radio not written for your device. Yes, it's a brick, you deserve a brick for completely ignoring the warnings...
I would say take it back to tmo, but as it's not a full brick, but a radio brick, they will know it's not an over the air update that caused it.

What do I tell t-mobile? I bought my phone on ebay..I dont even know if it has insurance or anything and I do not use a data-plan im using a t-mobile prepaid sim.. theres noway for me to fix this?

call HTC and talk to them, they will fix it on your dime. Basically you call them, they will tell you there is a "$29 or less triage fee", and give you an RMA number. Basically what they are saying is, without your approval, the charge to look at it will be less than $29. That includes shipping back to you. I would think a reflash would be a fairly cheap procedure. I have used HTC for repairs before and they really went over and above for me.

Encatsu said:
What do I tell t-mobile? I bought my phone on ebay..I dont even know if it has insurance or anything and I do not use a data-plan im using a t-mobile prepaid sim.. theres noway for me to fix this?
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Oh, you're not a tmo customer....then they won't replace it for you. Only if you bought it from them. Enjoy your brick.

Theres nothing that I can do to fix a radio brick!?

here is the contact info for HTC-Tmobile repairs
1-888-356-2375 [email protected]
this is getting a bit old, NO, there is no fix for what you did other than sending it in for repair. Nobody but HTC has the ability to fix your type of brick as of right now.

Ok..can you tell me what I should tell them? My phone is rooted, doesnt that mean they wont accept it?

Worst thing you can do is tell them the phone is rooted. If you've got a data plan and everything with T-Mobile, tell them that you installed an OTA update and that this problem happened.
Last time I had a brick, that's what I told HTC. They fixed it for free, all I had to pay for was the shipping.

I do not have a data plan though..thats the thing im used t-mobile prepaid, so your saying not to tell them that my phone is rooted? Wont they know though?

No, they can't tell. If you don't have a data plan with them, they won't help you. That's what they did to me since I just have a regular plan.
This is when you go to HTC. Find their support number on their website, and call them. They'll give you the address to send it to, and they'll repair it for 1-2 weeks. They pay for return shipping.
Also, tell them that there was an OTA update, you pressed "ok", and after that the phone would not reboot. DO NOT tell them anything related to you rooting it, flashing, etc.

Ok thanks... so since I dont have a data plan they wont help me fix it? I sent them an email anyways

No, but you can give them a call and see what they say.
I just know from experience that they've turned people down as well as myself in the past.

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Theres nothing that I can do to fix a radio brick!?
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That's why they call it a brick

i bought a phone off a craigslist that wouldnt get signal and they replaced it with no problem just tell them youve nad it over two weeks

Bricked My G1 help

I think I briked my G1 and I need help
I want to root and updte the ROM of my RC29 G1.
I downloaded these;
Cyanogens Recovery Image 1.4
Radio Image (ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip)
SPL (spl-signep.zip)
JesusFreke 1.5 ADP
JACHero 2.7.3
DrizzyDrake 2.5
I downloaded root.apk to my phone from http://www.androidactivity.com/root/root.apk
I did the step1 in this apk (downloaded DREAIMG.nbh)
Than I fastboot by camera+power button.. It installed the update flawless.. I reboot and opened the root.apk and did the step 2.
so I did everything flawless (partition etc.. )till putting the spl-signed.zip to sd card.. as i did this it and rebooted in recovery mode the phone stucked at T-Mobile G1 screen.
Nothing happens.. I tried to fastboot again, I put the DREAIMG.nbh to sd card and push the cam+power.. the phone is not fastbooting also!
What shoudl I do? Is there any way to resolve this problem?
Thanks

if you cannot get into recovery (home and power) or bootloader (camera and power) then you have a brick, no if's and's or but's. i hope you have a warranty and a good lie. if you can get into either recovery or bootloader then wipe and flash a rom or use fastboot to restore a nandroid. tell your provider that you got an your phone said something about an update and you hit ok and that it would not get past the g1 (or whatever your start up screen is). try and sound as dumb as possible, i.e. no mention of xda, brick, root, anything even remotely technical.
spl-signed.zip sounds a lot like the 1.33.2005 spl or "doom bringer" that is what bricked your phone, if it is bricked. did you flash the radio (2.22.19.26I) first? if not, then that is definitely what bricked your phone. if you already had the radio, then your phone is a just a cruel play of statistics.

Seems so.. I put the radio first.. in tutorial it says;
"Now that you partioned your card, place SPL file on your SD card, go into recovery mode and hit the option to apple any update. Let it complete and reboot. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO get pass the G1 screen at this point. Pull the battery, delete the update on your SD card and NOW place the sd in a card reader and put the hero rom on it."
I exactly did this.. and it's still stucked on G1 screen.. I'm living in Turkey so no hope to bring the phone to a retailer or to service..

Just like david said if you can't get into recovery (home + power) or bootloader (cam + power) then you have a brick. Just make sure you are holding in home + power long enough to get into recovery. Did you check if you phone was able to have the "danger" spl installed?

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What's "danger SPL"? .. I'm sure I'm holding the camera + power long enough..
Thanks for the reply

The "danger" spl is 1.33.2005, which just like me and david think is what you loaded on your phone. Not all phones are allowed to have that spl and will brick your phone. If you flash the "danger" spl before the radio it will brick your phone. If you interupt the flash while loading the "danger" spl you will get a brick. Once you flash the spl you have to reflash another rom cause it overwrites the existing. The only time you need that spl is if you are going to load a hero rom. But if your not able to get into recovery or bootloader then your phone is a brick. I would immediatly call HTC and have them repair it for you considering the phone is not quite a year old yet and still under warranty, I know the phone came out sometime last October. Just don't say anything about bricks, spl, roms, xda, or anything like that.

thanks for the info.. I did exactly what you say.. The issue is I live in Turkey, the phone is second hand.. no receipt, no warranty docs, nothing.. so I think HTC will not repair it or change it. HTC Android phones are not in the market officially yet in Turkey..
I bought a brand new unused HTC Hero insteaed 15 minutes ago.. It's a shame that I want to install Hero Rom.. at the end I came up with a new HTC Hero The most expensive rom in the history I guess..
Thanks for your help anyway.. I will sell the bricked G1 on an auction site. May be someone will buy for it's parts..

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thanks for the info.. I did exactly what you say.. The issue is I live in Turkey, the phone is second hand.. no receipt, no warranty docs, nothing.. so I think HTC will not repair it or change it. HTC Android phones are not in the market officially yet in Turkey..
I bought a brand new unused HTC Hero insteaed 15 minutes ago.. It's a shame that I want to install Hero Rom.. at the end I came up with a new HTC Hero The most expensive rom in the history I guess..
Thanks for your help anyway.. I will sell the bricked G1 on an auction site. May be someone will buy for it's parts..
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Well thats cool you got a hero. But if I were you I would still atempt to contact HTC to see if they will repair it, then you could sell it and recoup some money for the hero. There have been numerous people on here that bought there phone second hand just like you and were still able to have HTC help them. It's always worth a shot, it doesn't hurt to try.

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Well thats cool you got a hero. But if I were you I would still atempt to contact HTC to see if they will repair it, then you could sell it and recoup some money for the hero. There have been numerous people on here that bought there phone second hand just like you and were still able to have HTC help them. It's always worth a shot, it doesn't hurt to try.
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well i just talked to tmobile myself and told them my g1 wouldnt power up after a tmobile update..and they said warranty might not cover since they consider tmobile 3rd party...and to fix it it costs 155-360

Nismo300zx said:
well i just talked to tmobile myself and told them my g1 wouldnt power up after a tmobile update..and they said warranty might not cover since they consider tmobile 3rd party...and to fix it it costs 155-360
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Are you sure you typed that right. Or did you mean you called HTC. I've known several people that I personally known that has done this. Maybe you might need to call back and talk to someone else. Codani had just sent his off to HTC for just $30.

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Are you sure you typed that right. Or did you mean you called HTC. I've known several people that I personally known that has done this. Maybe you might need to call back and talk to someone else. Codani had just sent his off to HTC for just $30.
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yea i typed that right...see i have a tmobile g1 right...so i told em it messed up during some ota update..they said 9 out of 10 times the customer has to pay to fix the phone...if you choose not to fix the phone they say its 28$ to send it back...so idk what to do..i really dont have the money to get a new phone

Nismo300zx said:
yea i typed that right...see i have a tmobile g1 right...so i told em it messed up during some ota update..they said 9 out of 10 times the customer has to pay to fix the phone...if you choose not to fix the phone they say its 28$ to send it back...so idk what to do..i really dont have the money to get a new phone
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If thats the case then they have no idea what they are talking about because tmobile is the ones that issue the OTA updates, it's no 3rd party. I would suggest calling back and talking to someone else, maybe it was just the person you were talking to. In my experience I dropped my phone a few months back and it wouldn't turn back on. So I called one store to see if they would replace it in the store and I told them I dropped it and they said since it's physical damage I would have to send it to asus (insurance) to have it fixed. So I called the next store up and told them I got an update and the phone wouldn't turn on after that and they said come in and we'll replace it. So I had a new phone about an hour after it broke. That might help for you, but I would really call back and see if you get a different response. I've never heard anyone say anything like the experience you just got.

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If thats the case then they have no idea what they are talking about because tmobile is the ones that issue the OTA updates, it's no 3rd party. I would suggest calling back and talking to someone else, maybe it was just the person you were talking to. In my experience I dropped my phone a few months back and it wouldn't turn back on. So I called one store to see if they would replace it in the store and I told them I dropped it and they said since it's physical damage I would have to send it to asus (insurance) to have it fixed. So I called the next store up and told them I got an update and the phone wouldn't turn on after that and they said come in and we'll replace it. So I had a new phone about an hour after it broke. That might help for you, but I would really call back and see if you get a different response. I've never heard anyone say anything like the experience you just got.
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yea i found it weird too..i dont have my accout with tmobile so htc is my last hope..imma give em another call later today or tomorrow..they said that htc doesnt support the tmobile update so if a tmo update messes up your phone then u most likely have to pay for the repair

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yea i found it weird too..i dont have my accout with tmobile so htc is my last hope..imma give em another call later today or tomorrow..they said that htc doesnt support the tmobile update so if a tmo update messes up your phone then u most likely have to pay for the repair
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Sounds like they keep givin you the run around. This time when you call just be pissed off and don't take no for an answer. Say you want a supervisor or something, but yea that's f'd up.

[Q] Is my Captivate bricked? Guys, I need your help !

Hello everyone,
One day, I upgraded a ROM firmware (I don't remember which ROM exactly..) on my Captivate..
I formated everything before update (data, cache, AND system !).
During update I was making a coffee, and when I came back on the phone,
it was absolutely dead.. Only a full black screen.. Not detected on USB, just nothing.
After that, I tried everything that was possible (a lot of combo's, Odin3..)
Then, I bought a JIG, but still nothing, I tried with some different combo's (I can't remember which ones..)
Now, I would like to recover my Captivate! But.. how ?
If someone find the final good solution, I would like to donate via Paypal
Thanks, in advance!

Need more info. Which rom? Did you use 3 button fix? Have you tried adb? What about holding volume down while plugging in usb? Are you sure battery isn't just dead (dont laugh, its happened)?
If you did all that, its most likely a hard brick. There are developers here that offer JTAG service.

As I said, I don't remember the ROM. I was trying every new ROM, so, I really can't remember.. Sorry
About 3 button fix.. I don't know what it is exactly !? If it is vol down+up+Power, yes I did !
Nope, I did not try ADB.. I tried to find informations about this, but I cannot find! If you can help me about this, u'r' welcome !
Vol down does nothing..
I think my battery is still alive. Because when I plug my charger on it, it becomes a little warm after some hours, so I guess it's still alive..
I saw some JTAG infos, but I don't know what to do.. Do I need to send my Captivate to a JTAG's owner in USA !? It's like 40$ to send a secured shipping to USA..
Thanks for trying to help me!

If a jig will not turn it back on you may need the jtag. There are threads about it.

zelendel said:
If a jig will not turn it back on you may need the jtag. There are threads about it.
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Is that possible to buy a JTAG ? I think I can't make one..
I made some searchs on eBay but I found nothing.
Thanks for helping
EDIT : I installed ADB on my computer, now I would like to connect it to my phone, but.. Don't know how!? What combo do I need to do, for my captivate be recognized by ADB ?
Thanks.

zebra363 said:
Is that possible to buy a JTAG ? I think I can't make one..
I made some searchs on eBay but I found nothing.
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JTAG is not something you can buy on ebay. As mrhaley said, you need to send your phone to one of the developers who offer JTAG service. They will fix it and send it back to you.

Download AIO toolbox, go to advanced and clock reboot into download mode with your phone on and it will go to download mode, no jig needed. it worked for me just now.

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Download AIO toolbox, go to advanced and clock reboot into download mode with your phone on and it will go to download mode, no jig needed. it worked for me just now.
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the problem is that he can't get his phone on...so toolbox won't work.
i'm no expert, but it sounds like a brick to me

Send it to a dev offering Jtag our try ur luck with samsung warranty. Worked for me.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Yeah mine wouldn't turn on either but I got it into download mode with the AIO toolbox
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Thank you guys for these answers.
* The problem is that I cannot send my Captivate to a JTAG's owner in USA,
because it's approximately 40$ fees to send it ! Then, with a return, it makes a total of 80$..
* Another problem is that I bought my captivate on eBay, and it's not under warranty..
* Maybe it remains the "ADB" solution (I never tried this), but I don't know how to connect my phone? because it stays turned off, then if I connect, I just get nothing..

Adb doesn't work unless you can get into the OS. You have a brick, jtag is your ONLY option of getting a working phone.

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Adb doesn't work unless you can get into the OS. You have a brick, jtag is your ONLY option of getting a working phone.
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Ok, I understand, but .. How could i use a JTAG if I cannot send my Captivate to USA ? (too much expensive!). Thanks

It's either bricked forever or you pay for jtag. Those are your only options.

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It's either bricked forever or you pay for jtag. Those are your only options.
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Is there not any other way for JTAG ?
Is that possible to make one myself ? I will never buy a Samsung anymore

How are you at soldering? The captivate is one of the hardest phones to jtag, the solder points are smaller than the width of a dime, it would be really easy to fry the circuit board trying to jtag it yourself.

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How are you at soldering? The captivate is one of the hardest phones to jtag, the solder points are smaller than the width of a dime, it would be really easy to fry the circuit board trying to jtag it yourself.
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I think I will not try, I'm really a noob with this
Thanks for help.
Do you think I can still sell my Captivate, for those who want to repair/fix or use parts? If I can, what kind of price? (my captivate is in perfect state, like new)

There's a user from XDA forums,Mcguyver1980. In one of his posts says he's in Belgium and can fix bricked phones. I don't know anything about this guy personally, but since you're about to scrap your phone I figured it wouldn't hurt for you to check if this guy is legit. Just make sure he understand it's a hard brick.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Don't think it matters where it was bought. Samsung has a one year warranty
Sent from my HTC Vision

cfmarque said:
There's a user from XDA forums,Mcguyver1980. In one of his posts says he's in Belgium and can fix bricked phones. I don't know anything about this guy personally, but since you're about to scrap your phone I figured it wouldn't hurt for you to check if this guy is legit. Just make sure he understand it's a hard brick.
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Ah, thank you very much ! I will look about him..
I really hope he can do that ! Thank you again.
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Don't think it matters where it was bought. Samsung has a one year warranty
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I bought my phone in december/january 2011.. But the seller did not say it was under warranty I received the original box .. So, do you think its under warranty ? But I guess postage is at my expense..