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G1 Bricked? or not I think Yes...have you Solution for me
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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...
alritewhadeva said:
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.
cidica said:
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..)
alritewhadeva said:
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.
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.
Encatsu said:
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
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..
jasonflemyng said:
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.
supremeteam256 said:
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.
supremeteam256 said:
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
Nismo300zx said:
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.
So I've never posted here before but been using the tips and tricks from the MDA all the way through nexus one.
Anyway, last Wednesday night i had a few too many drinks and my phone suffered a cracked LCD.
Sent my phone to HTC and what came back was a COMPLETELY stock, LOCKED boot loader. still my phone, because i marked the phone's internals with my initials before i sent it out. I called HTC and they said my phone still has a warranty.
just an FYI
Anyone else experience this?
What "internals" did you mark? Most likely it's not the same phone.
Could be same phone, different motherboard.
a referb motherboard would make some sense, I just marked the internal battery tray area with some initials.
This may be a silly question, but wouldn't my device #s be different if they changed out the motherboard? everything still matches the original imei and s/n both on the physical placard and in adb...
Let me know if this is a dumb question...
but why would they replace the mobo in response to a cracked AMOLED screen?
blindonejc said:
So I've never posted here before but been using the tips and tricks from the MDA all the way through nexus one.
Anyway, last Wednesday night i had a few too many drinks and my phone suffered a cracked LCD.
Sent my phone to HTC and what came back was a COMPLETELY stock, LOCKED boot loader. still my phone, because i marked the phone's internals with my initials before i sent it out. I called HTC and they said my phone still has a warranty.
just an FYI
Anyone else experience this?
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my guess is they probubly flash the whole phone back to stock for testing. Its easier to troubleshoot when you eliminate all outside variables. They prob replaced the screen, used a .img file to flash everything back to stock including the SPL, which would account for the relocked bootloader, and tested to make sure the new screen was working correctly. Am i correct in assuming that all your apps and settings were reset too?
blindonejc said:
So I've never posted here before but been using the tips and tricks from the MDA all the way through nexus one.
Anyway, last Wednesday night i had a few too many drinks and my phone suffered a cracked LCD.
Sent my phone to HTC and what came back was a COMPLETELY stock, LOCKED boot loader. still my phone, because i marked the phone's internals with my initials before i sent it out. I called HTC and they said my phone still has a warranty.
just an FYI
Anyone else experience this?
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Your not the first to have a re-locked bootloader. Everyone that sent their phone in for repair gets their bootloader re-locked.
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Your not the first to have a re-locked bootloader. Everyone that sent their phone in for repair gets their bootloader re-locked.
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Second this.
I've sent mine in twice now for dust..etc.
Both times the same phone has been returned with a locked bootloader (for about 5 mins) ;-)
Amdathlonuk said:
Second this.
I've sent mine in twice now for dust..etc.
Both times the same phone has been returned with a locked bootloader (for about 5 mins) ;-)
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I sent my unlocked bootloader back and HTC gave me a replacement for free. They didn't charge me anything. They even deemed it as a "software issue".
so u can send ur phone in for the dust under the screen? Whats the turn around on that. And Id be pissed if they re locked my ****. I dont wanna do all that again. Id have to tell them not to ...lol
My dust isnt bad.. only noticeable when screen the screen is in sleep mode in a well lit place.
HTC has absolutely the best customer service I have ever dealt with...
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HTC has absolutely the best customer service I have ever dealt with...
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I agree with you
Hey me too!+++++
Iam a rough kinda guy and thought a gell case would do for protection so i took it to work and didnt even know i dented the back where the sim card is at with a sledge hammer!..bamm SOOOO I cracked the inside of the guts in the phone.. and sent it in for repairs right? I told the HTC tech that I had dust under the screen which I did and told em that the the screen crack from the inside was from constient temp change.... they charge me 130 to fix and I told them to keep the f**cking phone cuz when I had it ,it was all dusty and those bend test and all the videos of it being rugged was **** and was always swichin 3g and ****. so 2 days later I get my phone back .and looks ****in brand new.. the best part is 2 days later after I got it back theres an extra 150 in my account and its from google .130+20 cuz the tech hold fee.. sick uh?
So, if it still somehow the same phone, could it be possible that they simply reflashed something on top of the phone to relock its bootloader?
Meaning it IS possible.
leonnib4 said:
So, if it still somehow the same phone, could it be possible that they simply reflashed something on top of the phone to relock its bootloader?
Meaning it IS possible.
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Of course it possible. We just don't have the right SPL.
phone stuck in demo mode...I got mine from ebay. there is no way of connecting the device to the pc I have pc cable connected and windows mobile device center installed and zune installed. zune detects the device but windows mobile center does not. In order to install a rom you need usb connectivity. I can't get it at all with this device. Am I stuck with a knockoff demo? the guy wont even respond on ebay. he seems legit. I got it within the next day like he said. guess i'll just send this back and wait till monday and get a real one. or if anyone on here can help that would be great.
I put in my sim card. I can send and receive text messages and call people. i can log into my own hotmail account and get email. I can't log into facebook or marketplace or any of the other programs.
okay I figured it out myself. this is what you do. you have to turn the phone on pressing power button and hold down volume button and let it go into the red blue green white screen that shows the radio info and everything wait till usb comes up at the bottom and then install this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810346
I am no longer in demo mode.
OMGsame thing happened to me from Craigslist, can u go step by step on how u installed it.. Thanks so much.
By the way did ur screen turn on every other minute showing the demo screen.
Dude you will be my hero if you can make it work for me.
when you install it will turn off at 11% don't panic it will come back on and finish installing.
i explained how to already.
Ok I get into the blue green screen and it says USB, then what?. Does the download have the program to install from.sorry I'm at work using my phone lol
download the signed rom. double click it. and go through the steps. do this from your pc
Ohh okay. Sorry lol. I'm excited BC I was so pissed that it was in demo mode..
was ur screen turning on and saying touch to see this phone or whatever before? And is it now after the rom
So what you guys have are store demos that someone sold you underhandedly and are most likely stolen? Why wouldn't you wait literally one day and get an actually HD7 from a store with a return policy and a warranty?
I got mine from a legit seller on ebay. not stolen. He sells only phones. he told me today that he is selling them regardless of the nov 8th release date.
If your right than there was just a mix up at htc and the wrong rom was loaded. In that case your seller should express ship a replacement and we can expect a lot more people to have your problem.
But what it sounds like to me is your seller has a store somewhere and htc gave him a couple demo units to display that he put on ebay early to make a few extra bucks. Not your fault, but I would be worried in that case that my phone doesn't have a warranty. No way htc honors any warranty issues with a demo IMEI and your seller isn't going to be any help either.
Im just happy I got a phone that works. All I had to do was replace the rom. I will most likely be replacing this phone in a year or two when a better version comes out. not that big of a deal. my friends are jealous. they have iphone4.
samsung focus
Ok i have the same problem, I bought a focus on craigslist and have the same issue, stuck in demo mode, the only problem i have is there is no rom or clue how to install it. Any help from you guys would be great.
Blueightytwo said:
Im just happy I got a phone that works. All I had to do was replace the rom. I will most likely be replacing this phone in a year or two when a better version comes out. not that big of a deal. my friends are jealous. they have iphone4.
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dude, you are not getting it. What the other poster is trying to tell you is that most likely you will not be able to use any warranty on the phone, so if the phone breaks, you are out of a phone. Hopefully you can add insurance to it, but if the imei is flagged, then probably not.
Good luck.
This one worked well for me ! Thanks for posting.
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dude, you are not getting it. What the other poster is trying to tell you is that most likely you will not be able to use any warranty on the phone, so if the phone breaks, you are out of a phone. Hopefully you can add insurance to it, but if the imei is flagged, then probably not.
Good luck.
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Actually, the DEMO mode is for stores to display. I think we all know that. I heard some TMobile stores actually sold these devices after they ran out of stock. In addition, I have heard that several stores, or more, have had their demo versions stolen. Any of these would generate the situation you are in.
If you purchased one of these devices from a store...take it back. They should exchange it. If you did it over ebay or craigslist....you get what you pay for .....including the warrenty.
Demo mode? It was stolen lol
Hi everybody,
Can you please plz plz showed me how to do it on HTC Surround ? I got that same sh*t .... plase help ...
To Mod: please don't remove, I can't find one in HTC Surround forum... (thanks...)
Thanks u all,