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XDA MINI S BRICK PHONE

Well i officially have a BRICK PHONE . I tried to downgrade the ROM and now my phone will not even power up. Its not even coming up. Even with a wall charger the phone will not boot up. ITs just a brick now. Does anyone knowif there is any hope or should just use it as a door stopper.

WOW 49 views and no replies. Some one please help. Should i send it to HTC since my warranty is voided. If i should anyone know a HTC support center in the US.

Yes, there is one HTC support center located in Houston.
You can send them email
[email protected]
or call them
1-888-356-2375
(They answer as Tmobile customer care, but are actually a division of HTC).
HTC America
5950 Corporate Dr
Houston, TX 77036
888 482-8725
Hope this helps and wish you luck.

gambino said:
Well i officially have a BRICK PHONE . I tried to downgrade the ROM and now my phone will not even power up. Its not even coming up. Even with a wall charger the phone will not boot up. ITs just a brick now. Does anyone knowif there is any hope or should just use it as a door stopper.
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I've had an experience when flashing my phone where during the flashing process the battery gets sufficiently depleted that it won't turn on after the flash completes. During the flash process, the battery does not charge, and the reading and writing to flash consumes more power than normal operation.
When the Wizard battery gets depleted, it will not take a charge without some serious effort. I would plug it in to the charger and leave it for at least half an hour. Then, with the power adapter still connected, attempt several resets using the soft reset button. There was a time when I had to do this several dozen times before it "took" and was revived.
You can confirm whether it's a battery problem by trying another battery. Perhaps you can stop by your carrier's retail store and ask to try a battery. If it powers up, then tell them your battery went bad (not unusual) and they may replace it for free.

Thanks for the advise, i ll try that. I knew i could get some help from this forum thanks again guys.

went to the tmobile store tried a new battery it still wont come on. I guess have to call HTC on monday. Might have fried te phone.

Called HTC support and they do not support the xda mini s. Anybody have a suggestions or any third party vendors who can help fix this phone. Please advise.

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gambino said:
WOW 49 views and no replies. Some one please help. Should i send it to HTC since my warranty is voided. If i should anyone know a HTC support center in the US.
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Maybe if you weren't so sarky people might want to help...some more info might be good. What bootloader from / to and why? Does a computer recognise and install it, what happens when you run a rom update etc etc.
If you have destroyed the bootloader you will need to use JTAG to reflash it and this is not something you can do at home with your own PC so you may have to pay a service centre to correct it.
Richard

I was not trying to be sarky about it. I just need help. I downgraded the ROM from the 2.21 version to 1.X version. After the downgraded the phone booted up and it got stuck at the initail ROM screen. I tried reseting it a couple of time and it kept coming up and it gets stuck from on the ROM boot up screen. So i took the battery out and after i put it back in its not even coming up. There is absolutely no power. Im willing to send it any service center i just need info on where to send it to . HTCUSAINC says they do not support 02 devices. Thanks for at least responding to my thread.

gambino said:
I was not trying to be sarky about it. I just need help. I downgraded the ROM from the 2.21 version to 1.X version. After the downgraded the phone booted up and it got stuck at the initail ROM screen. I tried reseting it a couple of time and it kept coming up and it gets stuck from on the ROM boot up screen. So i took the battery out and after i put it back in its not even coming up. There is absolutely no power. Im willing to send it any service center i just need info on where to send it to . HTCUSAINC says they do not support 02 devices. Thanks for at least responding to my thread.
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HTC USA probably say that because they are contractually obliged to.
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If you have destroyed the bootloader you will need to use JTAG to reflash it and this is not something you can do at home with your own PC so you may have to pay a service centre to correct it.
Richard
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OK, who are i-mate's service agent in the US? Ring them. Explain you know how they don't service the XDA mini s, but it's a JAMin or whatever, and you're over from the UK where you work etc so can't send it back to o2 immediatley, a rom upgrade has gone wrong and you've corrupted the bootloader, you have downloaded the rom files and will strip the phone to the circuitboard if they would be so kind as to flash your rom file on it via JTAG if you made a donation to the charity of their choice etc etc.
So make it out that they have to do little work other than plug the JTAG onto the board and click 'ok' and you may get away with it.
If they do go for it, strip the phone, send the extracted rom files on CDr, thank your lucky stars and don't do it again. If they don't go for it, try the next HTC device service agent you can find until someone does.
Although people have JTAG equipment outside HTC the contact points are not labelled / listed in the service manual so you need them or their authorised agents to be able to do this.
Richard

Thanks for the advice you have been a great help im going to look for a Imate service center in the US. thanks again . Has anyone ever had any work done by the pocketpctechs.com please advise

gambino said:
Thanks for the advice you have been a great help im going to look for a Imate service center in the US. thanks again . Has anyone ever had any work done by the pocketpctechs.com please advise
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I don't know if PPCTechs have JTAG capability for wizard. Ring them and ask. If they say '"huh? all our boxes have tags on them sir" or similar walk away...
You need someone that not only has a JTAG flash kit but also knows where the testpoints are on the wizard board. I don't sadly :-(
And I really would offer to strip the board down before sending - that's an hours' labour in some places!....
Richard

Thanks you are being such a great help.Wow its getting even closer to a brick phone huh.Well im still looking i have no idea where to find a repair center for this o2 xda mini s.Ill try club imate like u said in earlier.thanks again. i owe u one

gambino said:
Thanks you are being such a great help.Wow its getting even closer to a brick phone huh.Well im still looking i have no idea where to find a repair center for this o2 xda mini s.Ill try club imate like u said in earlier.thanks again. i owe u one
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Unless you have a specific reason not to send the device back to o2 why not ring the UK XDA helpline for a quote? They do out-of-warranty repairs. +44 808 100 3427
If you are the original purchaser the warranty should still be valid - just don't mention you tried to flash it, says it stopped working.
Shipping insured to the UK should be no more than $25.
Richard.

I might just have to do that . It was a gift , but i know want the person to know that i tried to flash the phone. But at this point ill rather send it back to O2, than go thru all this stuff. Thank you soo much for ur inputs.

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gambino said:
WOW 49 views and no replies. Some one please help. Should i send it to HTC since my warranty is voided. If i should anyone know a HTC support center in the US.
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gambino said:
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Maybe if you weren't so sarky people might want to help...some more info might be good. What bootloader from / to and why? Does a computer recognise and install it, what happens when you run a rom update etc etc.
If you have destroyed the bootloader you will need to use JTAG to reflash it and this is not something you can do at home with your own PC so you may have to pay a service centre to correct it.
Richard
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Hello Richard!
Could you please tell me more about JTAG? What does JTAG stand for and what JTAG can do. Its unlucky that now i have a dead O2 MiniS like Gambino because of doing the same thing he did (downgrade ROM). Will my phone become alive if i change the Flash ROM Chip?
BR

yes its unfortunate . I was trying to downgrade the rom. Whats exactly happened to yours. Has anyone else haad this problem and if you did were u able to revive it.

gambino said:
yes its unfortunate . I was trying to downgrade the rom. Whats exactly happened to yours. Has anyone else haad this problem and if you did were u able to revive it.
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I did use the newromupdateutility_wizard_noid.exe with custom ROM (Button's) to flash my O2 Mini S (it was with German ROM 2.21 and i wanted to downgrade ROM in order to unlock CID and reflash with English ROM). The process went Ok and when the phone restarted i got
IPL 1.0. xx
SPL 2.21.xx
OS 1.54xx
and a boot screen with a glass of beer !!!!
Then the phone hang up, i think because of incompatible SPL and OS
I took out the battery trying to get into bootloader and reflash with another ROM but the phone did not power on. Now its totally a DEAD BRICK.

yup thats the same thing that happened to me. Anybody else have any input if this ever happened to them

help urgently needed

umm sry guys if i am screaming and with possible OT but its kinda urgent for me..
kk heres the story, i live in croatia in Europe.. i got my ppc cingular 8125 from ebay like 9 months ago and it was working fine... than one month ago the touchsreen would disalign, and than it went totally off... I sent it to the service here but they were unable to locate the proper error... they told they r quite sure the display controller went dead...
so, I am willing to send it in USA to a decent service... i got a friend in florida which could manage this, so I ask u plz if u know any decent service which could be able to fix this problem... and for cheapest price if possible, cos guys here told me a new screen would cost around 200$ which is too much (i think... since for few more hundres dollars i can get a new one)... so plz, can u suggest me any good service at florida or near there?
thx guys
hf&gl
ps- will there be any problem, since i modded ppc with that antenna aluminium foil + the speaker gum (the one which is stick on them) is missing? I had no guarantee when i got it from ebay, of course..

im not sure of the price but im pretty sure there's instructions somewhere explaining how to open up the wizard and replace the screen. It sounds like all you'll need is a new touchscreen, which i thought was under $100. That is of course if you're willing to do it yourself.
Im sorry i cant help, but im going to bump this just so someone who does know can help you.

yea, i thought the same... on ebay there r touchscreens for cpl of bucks... but what if the problem isnt in touchscreen? could it be maybe that the whole LCD+touchscreen is dead? I have to say i can't see any bad pixel on lcd display, he is workign fine... but what if...
any suggestions? could it really be that just the touchscreen is dead?

uwashock said:
umm sry guys if i am screaming and with possible OT but its kinda urgent for me..
kk heres the story, i live in croatia in Europe.. i got my ppc cingular 8125 from ebay like 9 months ago and it was working fine... than one month ago the touchsreen would disalign, and than it went totally off... I sent it to the service here but they were unable to locate the proper error... they told they r quite sure the display controller went dead...
so, I am willing to send it in USA to a decent service... i got a friend in florida which could manage this, so I ask u plz if u know any decent service which could be able to fix this problem... and for cheapest price if possible, cos guys here told me a new screen would cost around 200$ which is too much (i think... since for few more hundres dollars i can get a new one)... so plz, can u suggest me any good service at florida or near there?
thx guys
hf&gl
ps- will there be any problem, since i modded ppc with that antenna aluminium foil + the speaker gum (the one which is stick on them) is missing? I had no guarantee when i got it from ebay, of course..
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My screen just start to disalign a couple a weeks ago...
I just hope this does not mean that i will loose it...

any luck uwashock?

duh? luck what? no, i still dont know what to do... i dont want to **** up ppc by myself when changing screen... i dont know wot to do...
crap..

repair shops
if ur in florida ( idk what part), try looking for a cingular repair shop, i know t-mobile has one for its phones and things like that, i think its somewhere in clearwater, i always see it advertised on those beepers and phones ads.
here are some links that I found
http://www.cellrepair.us/services_cell_phone _repair.html
http://www.cell-phone-repair.com/
good luck, i might be having the same issuse sood
and, of course, google is your friend

change lcd screen tytn II

hi, i bought a new lcd for my tytn II, can you tell me how to change it? i can't open the case...

You will break warranty on phone doing it youreself, if you dont have that kinda insurance (hard to claim on theese issues) you should talk to nearest el. shop, but remeber they are prolly not HTC experts. Best thing is to goto provider and talk to them, otherwise check this how to pick youre device apart
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC_Kaiser_Service_Manual.pdf

raiisak said:
You will break warranty on phone doing it youreself, if you dont have that kinda insurance (hard to claim on theese issues) you should talk to nearest el. shop, but remeber they are prolly not HTC experts. Best thing is to goto provider and talk to them, otherwise check this how to pick youre device apart
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC_Kaiser_Service_Manual.pdf
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thanks a lot, i was looking for this. my warranty is still on but htc asked me 250€ for changing the display. too much, i'll do by myself.
tnx again

kobjing said:
thanks a lot, i was looking for this. my warranty is still on but htc asked me 250€ for changing the display. too much, i'll do by myself.
tnx again
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Yeh it is dead expensive, I got an extra warranty on my device, costed me additional 250$ But if I drop the phone to the floor and it breaks I get a new one same day, and whit my handling... Its cheap. Just ie. changing a lcd cost 390$ over here, you prolly can get it cheaper somewhere though. But then again everything is expensive in Norway hehe, device itself new lays around 800-1000$ boxed, some even take more! so doing it youreself is a real moneysaver for sure.
Good luck, hope everything works out for you

raiisak said:
Yeh it is dead expensive, I got an extra warranty on my device, costed me additional 250$ But if I drop the phone to the floor and it breaks I get a new one same day, and whit my handling... Its cheap. Just ie. changing a lcd cost 390$ over here, you prolly can get it cheaper somewhere though. But then again everything is expensive in Norway hehe, device itself new lays around 800-1000$ boxed, some even take more! so doing it youreself is a real moneysaver for sure.
Good luck, hope everything works out for you
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here the device cost 829€, very much.
my kaiser has never fall, i think that the LCD had a problem since born, maybe it was thinner in the point it broke (only with the touch of finger)
but htc assistance sucks!
however I need a T5 screwdriver to open the phone but i can't find it

kobjing said:
here the device cost 829€, very much.
my kaiser has never fall, i think that the LCD had a problem since born, maybe it was thinner in the point it broke (only with the touch of finger)
but htc assistance sucks!
however I need a T5 screwdriver to open the phone but i can't find it
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i changed the LCD but now the phone do not see the sim card, please help me!

Kaiser in Spanish

I have a quick question, if I am about to buy a Kaiser in Spanish all that I have to do is flash the phone with an English ROM and I'll have a regular Kaiser correct? Please help quickly because I don't have much time to buy this phone.

carltmac said:
I have a quick question, if I am about to buy a Kaiser in Spanish all that I have to do is flash the phone with an English ROM and I'll have a regular Kaiser correct? Please help quickly because I don't have much time to buy this phone.
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yes .......................

I also have one more question, the phone that I am looking to purchase has a Z key missing, is there any way (and if so how or where and how much) to get a new Z key for the phone?
Thank you so much for all of the help.

carltmac said:
I also have one more question, the phone that I am looking to purchase has a Z key missing, is there any way (and if so how or where and how much) to get a new Z key for the phone?
Thank you so much for all of the help.
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ebay is your friend my friend ... search for replacement keypads for kaiser. And secondly why don't you buy from someone here??? alot of kaiser users are selling their kaisers as they are switching to the fuze or someother new phone for htc.

hell I would love to buy from someone here but the thing is people are looking for a lot more here then on EBay right? Like I mean I am looking at them on Ebay for like $200? If some one can offer a deal around there I would much rather buy from here.

parts replacement
It seems to me the two best sites I have found for Kaiser parts, are CNN.CN and cellulardr - both sell the keypad

Opinions on Kaiser

Hi guys.
I'm interested in buying a Kaiser.
I'd flash the rom with Tir v10k, seems working good.
What do you think of this smartphone?
I usually use Nokia with Symbian, just wanted that for trying it.
Is it the same if I get a V1615, Mda Vario III, P4550, Htc Tytn II, Xda Stellar? Or not?
I'm trying to buy it on Ebay, sometimes you can get a good price, I don't want to pay it more than 200€.
I found the utility for unlocking it, in case of device locked to some operator: it's not difficult the operation, right?
Tell me what you think.
Thanks

I also used to use nokia symbian phones but beleive me bro once i got a tytn2 and started flashing roms and "buying" programs for it i wil NEVER go back to a symbian phone the wm phone are so much more versatile than symbian.
The unlocking process is very simple its just like installing a game to you pc as long as you follow the instructions you cant go wrong (well most cant).
Would highly recommend a kaiser/tynt2 also opposed to buying one off e-bay there is a site selling them brand new for around £260 maybe £240 cant remember have a google,would be better if you cant get it new for warranty purposes.
Enjoy your phone when you get it,i am due an upgrade now but regardless of getting a new phone i am not going to sell my tytn 2.
Also i have just posted about anyone who has bricked there kaiser/tytn2 because i didnt take very good care of my housing and am looking to buy a second hand good condition housing,so USE the pouch it comes with because it will chip easily if you drop it, i just paid £25.88 just for a battery cover for it so be warned.

Thanks so much for fast reply.
Can you give some examples of useful sofwares for Windows Mobile?
I cannot find the site you're talking about for taking a new one. Do you think they have many problems that I should need warranty? I don't want a phone for bringing it to assistance every month. Is warranty European on these products?
Thanks

superpax said:
Thanks so much for fast reply.
Can you give some examples of useful sofwares for Windows Mobile?
I cannot find the site you're talking about for taking a new one. Do you think they have many problems that I should need warranty? I don't want a phone for bringing it to assistance every month. Is warranty European on these products?
Thanks
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The softwares that are usefull all depend on what you are going to be using the phone for...there are many different UI (User Interfaces) available to download like htc home,manilla 2d/3d, spb mobile shell just to mention a few it all depends on what you want on your home screen.
The warranty is the manafacturers warranty which means that if theres is a manafacturers fault with the device you can send it back for upto one year,some phones will allways be sent out with a fault that got past the manafacturers tests but not very often but it does sometimes happen and if your the unlucky person that gets that one in ten thousand phone you will want to send it back.
I personally have had no problem with my tytn2,there is so much software out there for all walks of life.
I wil try and find that site for you...
Heres one...
http://www.superetrader.co.uk/produ...2710&gad=CMDIu8kDEgg-s_Nh2Zr1URiY3OT-AyCY9p4z
Not quite £260 but close

And another:
http://digitaltechmart.com/product_info.php?currency=GBP&ref=252&products_id=11398