Did something extremely stupid......
I Flashed a GSM ROM (DUTTY's 5.2 ROM) onto a Sprint CDMA phone. STUPID! I wasnt paying attention and I dunno why I did that maybe cause i saw the features on XDA and normally I'm on PPCGEEKS but now I need Help. Is there anyways of getting a CDMA Rom back on the phone. I can still get into bootloader manually. But i Need to be able to transfer a CDMA ROM to the internal Memory. Is this possible without fully booting into Windows Mobile?
Thanks for ANY suggestions!
I'm not sure, but the difference between isn't in the OS rom, but in the radio rom.
But it should be possible to flash another rom directly from the operating system with the tool delivered with almost every rom. Enter boot loader and then connect via usb.
my comp is not recognising the internal drive
pretty sure you bricked your phone
I too did this when i first started flashing my phone because i did not know the diff between GSM and CDMA , so this is what i did to fix it
1.turn the phone on to bootloader mode(tri-colour screen) to do this power the phone on while holding the the volume down key.
then
2.plug your usb in and wait for it to say usb on the bottom of the screen,
3. now flash your phone with a stock rom
this is what i did and the phone was fixed good luck post back with your results
I did the same with my phone and I burned it. I sent it to service and they change the entire motherboard.
apaquette420 said:
I too did this when i first started flashing my phone because i did not know the diff between GSM and CDMA , so this is what i did to fix it
1.turn the phone on to bootloader mode(tri-colour screen) to do this power the phone on while holding the the volume down key.
then
2.plug your usb in and wait for it to say usb on the bottom of the screen,
3. now flash your phone with a stock rom
this is what i did and the phone was fixed good luck post back with your results
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Windows does not recognize anything when in bootloader mode. =( New phone on the way... if someone can gimme a fix for this I will pay pal them $$$...
WOOT fixed it!!!!
Using <--, vol-down, and power-button sequence:
First Bootloader will automatically try to flash DIAMIMG.rom which is still the ROM that messes up ur phone in the first place do to user error. I went ahead and let the WRONG Rom install about half way then pulled the battery. I then turned the phone back on and to bootloader screen says " Rom Upgrade Failed, Please try again..." I then plugged in USB cable and the phone detected the USB plugged in. Then went and ran rom upgrade utility via windows.... and presto! Phone fixed. Whew... I had all my contacts, pictures of kids and video all saved on internal storage. I hope this help someone as stupid as me.
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Hi,
I am sorry if there is already a similar thread, but I couldnt find it.
I have a huge problem with my German T-Mobile G1. Today I wanted to root the system. I used the instructions on XDA forum and "successfully" did the downgrading to RC7 but now I cant power on the phone. It stops at loading screen with android text and logo. Nothing happens than.
I have tried with the wipe and manual update with next version of firmware using update.zip but problem is still here. My phone is now totally unusable and I can now just hope that here on this forum can someone help me.
Please give me an advice
edit: there is one more thing: I can not power of the phone without taking the battery out. It automatically turns on every time I put battery in and every time I restart. Switch off button does not work any more.
Is the usb cable plugged in everytime you pull the battery and reinsert it? Because if it is the usb cable automatically turns on your g1. Can you access recovery +/or bootloader?
Recovery = home+power
bootloader = camera+power
If you can't get pass the g1 screen by pressing either combination of buttons you are bricked. If you are bricked () Call your carrier and tell them that you got an OTA update and it never turned on since. They should replace your g1 with a new one
I dont use USB cable. I prepared the microSD card using the USB-reader dongle. But I had pluged the electric cable so that was probably the reason for automatic turning on. Ok, now we can focus on the main problem.
Yes, I can access both recovery and bootloadaer al least. As I said, I have tried with some updating but nothing worked yet. When I use recovery some of files give me message: E: No signature. E:Verification failed.
This thing with carrier could also be a problem. I bought my phone in a shop which is buying them in another country because G1 is not officially being sold in our county. They give me a guarantee but it is guarantee from the shop and not official importer, so there would probably be some problems.
Thanks for trying to help me. I hope with this informations it would be little easier.
Place the file on your sdcard again. Down load a fresh copy of the latest hacked RC and make sure (if you're on windows) to name it "update" not update.zip because the .zip is already assumed in windows. Once its on your sdcard wipe and flash it. See if that works.
Can I use hacked RC on G1 that has not been rooted yet - just now very successfully downgraded?
do You place on sd card file "dreaimg.nbh" and turn on the phone with camera button pressed ?
Hettfield said:
do You place on sd card file "dreaimg.nbh" and turn on the phone with camera button pressed ?
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Of course I did it. How would I run downgrade process otherwise...
Maybe You need RC29 version
I did try with RC29 too.
Hi everyone.
Ive got a MAJOR Problem here.
My Cell Phone doesnt start at all.
If i put it one the USB Cable it can Start up like 5 Seconds.
Then it Reboots and Reboots again and again by 5 Seconds.
If I Disconnect the Phone from USB screen turns Black Immediately...
I thought it could be the Batterie... but.. it worked just fine yesterday..
(have i Mentioned that this weird Sticker on it turned red..? Some kind of sign saying me it got wet?)
All this started as i got a Coloured screnn with saying ´´Serial´´ @ the bottom of the Screnn... just exact like the Flash Screen
I Flashed the Rom which is on the Internal Storage i put bevor. To bad it aint the Stock ROM!
Then i also tried Hard Reset.
But everytime i boot... i only get as far as 5 Seconds.
Is there any Chance to Flash this Baby with original ROM (Stock ROM, RADIO and SPL)
I want to send that Baby in... but if they find out i Flashed it... i wont get any Warranty... ;(
So PLEASE GIVE ME ANY ADVICES!!!!!
Try to flash with the original ROM. Go to HTC homepage-support, download the ROM and flash. It may help...
krisztian b said:
Try to flash with the original ROM. Go to HTC homepage-support, download the ROM and flash. It may help...
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You only can Flash if u got a Active Sync connection.
So ... Cell cant boot... i cant flash...
HELP
Just go into bootloader mode (you have Hard SPL installed right?) by booting up the phone while holding down the volume down key. Then connect it to the pc with the USB cable and run the CustomRUU to flash another rom. Should work! Else you should try to MTTY (that solves the resetting stuff right?).
I was just about to say to try to get Diamond into bootloader mode manually. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405659
MTTY wont work... cause i cant boot at all
But THX for your help flashing it back to Original...
This Thread can be closed
NOOB needs big time help
i installed hard spl no probs
installed energy rom
everything went thru and went to restart
but wen it restarted its just stuck on the black TP2 screen wen it restarts
i took batt out and held volume button down and the power on and that just went to the multi color screen
thats all it will do either way
either the black TP2 screen or the multi color screen
and it doesnt go off, just stays on those
help plz
LVjrod said:
NOOB needs big time help
i installed hard spl no probs
installed energy rom
everything went thru and went to restart
but wen it restarted its just stuck on the black TP2 screen wen it restarts
i took batt out and held volume button down and the power on and that just went to the multi color screen
thats all it will do either way
either the black TP2 screen or the multi color screen
and it doesnt go off, just stays on those
help plz
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If your phone is CDMA (sprint/verizon) make sure you have a CDMA ROM (there arent very many available), if not try flashing the phone again from the rainbow screen (bootloader) you may want to download the ROM again too, some people have had bad downloads.
so i can redo it from rainbow screen
Yes Put your phone in boot loader ( rainbow screen) and reflash. Who is your cell carrier? If it is Verizon or sprint then get a CDMA rom, AT&T and T-Mobile get a GSM rom
its sprint
wen i tried it said that i dont have usb on, its not readin it
LVjrod said:
its sprint
wen i tried it said that i dont have usb on, its not readin it
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When you put it in boot loader then plug in your USB cord does it go from serial to usb on your phones screen? It may take a min for it to change
it says to follow the instruction on the pc to sync or sumthing like that
and restarts
and again on that TP2 screen and not doin anything
ok step by step.
1. uplug phone from pc
2. Pull out bat and put it back in
3. hold volume down to get to boot loader
4. plug in USB cable ( it should read on the last 1/3 of the screen near the bottom USB
5. Grab a CDMA rom from HERE or HERE
6. FLash the rom you got from step 5
i did that
but it doesnt do anything from the boot loader
just has all the micro stuff and numbers
but nothin in the usb part
i no i am a goof and it seems frustratin to u
but i appriciate or help
LVjrod said:
i did that
but it doesnt do anything from the boot loader
just has all the micro stuff and numbers
but nothin in the usb part
i no i am a goof and it seems frustratin to u
but i appriciate or help
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Its cool. IF you look at the last white part of the screen on the bottom you should see something that says SERIAL when no cord is plugged in or USB once it is plugged in
If you dont then we can try using the SD card method
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Rom from the Rhodium Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your PC
3. Goto the Roms Folder and rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
4. Copy the RHODIMG.nbh file to the root of your MicroSD Card
5. Plug the MicroSD Card into the phone
6. Enter the BootLoader screen, you will first see a tri-color screen with the phone and SPL Information at the top
7. Follow the On Screen instructions to start the update
8. After flash has completed, press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device.
yes it does say that
its on usb now
goin to try again
Why don't you take out your SD card and put it in your PC and drag and drop the verizon stock rom on the SD card...That would be just the nbh file...name it rhodimg.nbh then put the sd card back in and then put it into bootloader and flash it back that way?
Yea, just what zelendel instructed you to do....
this is the error
plz make sure its properly synced
plz retry after syncing
LVjrod said:
this is the error
plz make sure its properly synced
plz retry after syncing
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Ok try the SD method I posted a few posts back
ok
will try it
thanks again
error 260
about usb cradle
but on the boot loader screen it says usb
LVjrod said:
error 260
about usb cradle
but on the boot loader screen it says usb
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Ok maybe I wasnt too clear, when you flash from the sd card you cant have it plugged in
oh
sorry
redoing
ok its in process now
once it is done then wut
LVjrod said:
ok its in process now
once it is done then wut
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Once it is done then follow the last step and use the stylus to hit the rest button after removing the sd card and it should boot up full. Where did you get the rom?
Flashed today my GT-I9000 to TO froyo I897UCJI6. I know i should not have done that now. But i really got pissed today at the gps of my phone and when i saw and update for galaxy s i just went for it, haven't checked the phone variant version. Thing is now my phone has no gps whatsoever it boots up fine but, sound only shows when i plug my headphones, accelerometer dont work correctly and so on....
So i though i`ll flash it back to stock. But the thing is once i connect the usb cable the phone just reboots and stays dead until the usb is disconnected.
I read the other threads but found no similar issues.
Here is a brief video of my problem
-http-://-www-.youtube.-com/-watch?v=MtcCvfCbAFk-
Remove all "-"
since i can`t post links
Anyone has any ideas how to get me back to stock?
Thanks!!
Damn i can`t even charge it!
Kinda weird indeed, try to remove the battery, wait a little, insert the battery and go to download mode (volume - / home / power) then start odin, put all files needed, and connect the usb, if it doesnt reboot hit start...
you got to enable adb debugging on your phone then open a command window and type: adb reboot download connect the usb to the phone and hit the enter key for the adb command before your phone fall asleep, then you are in download mode an can flash any rom with odin.
hope this helps, i flashed the same wrong firmware from the Vibrant.
Thanks Franklin, i tried the battery trick to no luck.
This is i cannot put my phone back to download mode because my "HOME" button is not mapped to do anything, seems like the "RETURN ARROW" button does the fuction when the system is loaded.
Any other ways to flash it back? Sd card or something?
Thanks for replies ;]
please try it my way it worked for me and i think it will work for you
I open the cmd navigate to c:\androidsdk\tools\ type in adb reboot download hit enter, it mounts daemon tools i plug in usb cable and 3 seconds later the phone goes blank and it stays unresponsive(no 3 key combination, not even the power button can turn it back on) i unplug the usb cable and the phone automaticaly shows the AT&T logo and starts up. The same happens when i plug my charger in!. Does that mean my SGS usb port is fried or something? Is there another way to flash my pnoe back to stock ROM?
I am so sorry i tried to make it better :[
Any clues?
no this is NOT a defective phone, its the result of the ROM and the 3 Button combo can´t work oh and you dont really mean deamon tools? and you musst plug the usb cable in the phone right before you hit enter or it can´t work!
I did that too. Like i said the phone turns it self off once the usb cable is attached.
Here is a brief video of my problem
-http-://-www-.youtube.-com/-watch?v=MtcCvfCbAFk-
remove all "-" from url.
dainiuxxx, this thread belongs in the Q&A section, not in development. Take a moment and read the "STOP, READ THIS BEFORE POSTING" thread at the top of both of these sections, it has clear guidelines for proper thread placement.
Sorry for that sirphukee.
Any help? Anyone?
Anyone that can help?
have you tried plugging it into another PC or Laptop?
Yup tried amothe laptop, reboot.
Wall charger, reboot.
So i`m kinda out of options?
yes, return it to the store, to get an exchange
a normal working SGS does not reboot when plugged into any USB port/charger
it's Shorted (damaged) for some reason
ok, return sounds good to me, but what will i have to say when they`ll switch on the phone and see the AT&T logo?
I`m in UK and my network is Orange UK.
Will they accept it back with no problems, i kinda doubt that....
uhh... you are in quite a pickle ...
try to remove the evidence, intentionally use a Update.zip ROM flash to kill the flash
or flash it to stock if you find a good ROM via Update.zip
use the WiFi to download the Update.zip ROM flash to the root of the internal SD to flash it.
ROM Manager can get the same results, you can WiFi install it from Market
AllGamer said:
uhh... you are in quite a pickle ...
try to remove the evidence, intentionally use a Update.zip ROM flash to kill the flash
or flash it to stock if you find a good ROM via Update.zip
use the WiFi to download the Update.zip ROM flash to the root of the internal SD to flash it.
ROM Manager can get the same results, you can WiFi install it from Market
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Installed ROM manager from market, but seems it needs the phone rooted, right?
And rooting can be done only via usb cable, right?
Where do i find a Update.zip ROM via Wifi? and what are the procedures when i do find it?
OK,
so obviously the question now is HOW DO I F...k up my phone completely so no one could see what was done to it. When i`ll take it back to the shop.
dainiuxxx said:
Installed ROM manager from market, but seems it needs the phone rooted, right?
And rooting can be done only via usb cable, right?
Where do i find a Update.zip ROM via Wifi? and what are the procedures when i do find it?
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you can ROOT the phone within the phone itself
by downloading Ryzaa One click lag fix from the market
instead of installing the lag fix, select the option to ROOT the phone
Same issue here. Amazing how easy it is to mess this phone up when you are really stupid. Oh well....
Tried the one click lag fix to root it, but cannot find a way to get into download or recovery mode. Tried every button combo I have seen suggested, but either gets stuck in a loop on the AT&T screen or just boots into the OS.
At the moment I feel my only option if we cannot find a way to get into download mode is to format the internal SD card and send it back to o2 (my provider), tell them it fried when Kies tried to do an update, cross my fingers and hope they send me a new one.
I have the Rogers Captivate - SGH-i896. I was following a tutorial on enabling tethering on my phone (on maggadget) but something went really wrong. I got Odin3 working, but when my captivate restarted, it got the a screen with "AT&T World Phone" and froze. I unplugged my phone and restarted it, but everytime I restart my phone, it shows the "I896 Samsung" screen then stays on the "AT&T World Phone" screen and doesn't do anything else.
I can still restart to go into download mode.
Have I just killed my phone? Does anyone have suggestions as to how I can get my phone back up?
flash another rom with Odin
would you point me to a good tutorial for that? thanks a bunch
Since you have download mode you are ok. You can get it back going using odin, but I am not aware of a Rogers-specific Odin flashable ROM.
I don't know what the 3-button combo situation is with the Rogers Captivate, but many AT&T Captivates lose it when flashed to stock, so I would not use the Odin one-click flasher on that phone, because if it disables download mode and doesn't work you'll be screwed. People are running the Cognition ROM on Rogers phones so you might try that. Beta 9.1.3 has an Odin flashable version. There is also an Odin version of the stock AT&T ROM with 3-button fix, which may work for you, at least temporarily.
If you get it to a point where you can install clockwork recovery on the phone, someone posted a nandroid backup of his Rogers phone here. (If you can get into recovery mode then you may be able to push a clockwork recovery to the phone via adb, e.g. "adb push update.zip /sdcard".) That backup hung my phone after the AT&T logo, but mine is an AT&T version and I ran the restore from a froyo build and I really don't know if one or both of those facts had anything to do with the failure.
What is "clockwork recovery"?
I will install the Cognition, thanks!
strawberrybanana said:
What is "clockwork recovery"?
I will install the Cognition, thanks!
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Sounds like a good plan. Clockwork recovery is an enhanced recovery mode that has added functions.
I tried installing Cognition, but Odin3 won't detect my phone, now. Any suggestions?
strawberrybanana said:
I tried installing Cognition, but Odin3 won't detect my phone, now. Any suggestions?
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Odin must be running before the phone is plugged in. Disconnect the phone from the computer. Start Odin (for some people right-clicking and running it as administrator is necessary to get it to work). Now put you phone in download mode by holding vol up+down and pluggin in the USB cable. It should detect in Odin.
f*ck yeah! cognition looks so good.
I read elsewhere that your browser sometimes interferes with Odin's detection of your phone. That was my case, thanks for your help <3
you can fix with odin but im not sure what you will need to do about unlocking, i read somewhere that people were haveing trouble with losing the unlock code after the froyo upgrade. it's not official so you may have trouble getting support from rogers or att. ive never unlocked a phone so i dont know what the details of doing so will be but i understand it is more common up in canada because of roaming charges.
there is are a few odin flashable att roms that can be rooted, clockwork mod recovery installed and a cognition eclair version can be used. id do a search of unlock threads on the forum first and see what people have to say about froyo if unlocking is something you are interested in.
I had the same thing. I disconnected the cable, held the power, v+ and V- buttons, the screen went blank and then released the volume buttons. Its all good now!
Now my phone is not detecting the 3g network. I think it has something to do with using at & t rom while on a rogers net work.any ideas?
strawberrybanana said:
Now my phone is not detecting the 3g network. I think it has something to do with using at & t rom while on a rogers net work.any ideas?
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You have to manually enter your Rogers APN from settings -> wireless networks -> mobile networks -> access point names. Search up "Rogers APN android" and I think it's the first one that pops up.
Yes, got it working. No need for my apartment internet connection now that I can use Mobile AP and USB Tethering!
Download mode not working...
I have the Rogers Captivate I896 and I'm still stuck on the situation where download mode does not work. This happened after I tried flashing one of the froyo firmwares for the I897 version of the phone.
Whenever I press the volume up and down buttons together and plug in the usb cable, only the battery icon shows greyed out with the loading circle. I've tried going into recovery mode pressing both buttons and the power button, the only thing that happens is the at&t welcome screen shows but keeps looping.
Is it possible that I bricked my phone? If so, would I be able to bring it back to Rogers even though it shows the at&t boot screen? I have bought the phone two weeks ago, so I'm still under the one moth warranty.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
deadly0ne said:
I have the Rogers Captivate I896 and I'm still stuck on the situation where download mode does not work. This happened after I tried flashing one of the froyo firmwares for the I897 version of the phone.
Whenever I press the volume up and down buttons together and plug in the usb cable, only the battery icon shows greyed out with the loading circle. I've tried going into recovery mode pressing both buttons and the power button, the only thing that happens is the at&t welcome screen shows but keeps looping.
Is it possible that I bricked my phone? If so, would I be able to bring it back to Rogers even though it shows the at&t boot screen? I have bought the phone two weeks ago, so I'm still under the one moth warranty.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
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IM at your EXACT situation.
CAN SOMEONE please help
DrunkenWonton said:
IM at your EXACT situation.
CAN SOMEONE please help
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This might help you get out of the situation.
hey_joe said:
This might help you get out of the situation.
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Hey, thanks for the link. I've read the instructions and it seems that the phone would still need to be able to get to the "PC ! Phone" logo. And I am not able to get to that on my phone.
I'll still try it, however, I don't have a spare micro usb with me at the moment. Does anyone have any alternative methods before I go through this?
deadly0ne said:
Hey, thanks for the link. I've read the instructions and it seems that the phone would still need to be able to get to the "PC ! Phone" logo. And I am not able to get to that on my phone.
I'll still try it, however, I don't have a spare micro usb with me at the moment. Does anyone have any alternative methods before I go through this?
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Based on my observation reading through that thread, as long as your phone powers up, there's a very good chance you can get it into download mode using the jig. The only time the jig doesn't work is when your phone's screen is completely blank no matter which which button you press.
If you have the phone connected to a usb cable and its rebooting wait till you hear the usb connected sound on your pc after the att logo screen, then send a "adb reboot recovery" or "adb reboot download" command and it will reboot and go into recovery or download mode. Usb debugging has to be enabled though.