I am unable to root my G1 at all. I can not get it to load any of the "root" files. It is a PVT board. Everytime I go to load the DREAIMG.nbh, it just does nothing.
Anyone got suggestions? I need to be able to flash the custom roms. It is a T-Mobile model. I have tried multiple SD cards already. I am getting a bit annoyed.
I do a lot of stuff with the Tilt and Android personally. This is seriously baffling me.
Thanks for any help.
try redownloading the img
are the sdcards class 6?
are u getting into bootloader mode correctly (camera + power)
what are you currently running?
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Try to use the guide in my sig. Its much quicker
As said above, more details are needed.
Try redownloading the file, and copying it over to the SD card again. If you are using the USB cable that came with the Dream, be aware that every one I've seen does NOT have a ferrite bead on it. This causes problems and can corrupt the file.
If you know how, md5sum the file on your PC and after copying it.
Does any error come up in the bootloader when you try flashing it?
K, I am using a DREA100
I did not use a usb cable (used a sd card reader)
I get "image not found" or something to that nature in the boot loader then it goes to strips.
I have dealt with HTC for a LONG time...I have been doing it since the Apache. I never could get this to work.
Yes I am using Class 6 cards. I do IT development and I need the speed.
I will try the suggested guide.
Thanks for all the help. I didn't realize there was an easier route. Also I was actually going to message you david, but I didn't want to feel like a complete noob haha.Thanks again.
natalic said:
Thanks for all the help. I didn't realize there was an easier route. Also I was actually going to message you david, but I didn't want to feel like a complete noob haha.Thanks again.
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You might want to also check the spelling. It sounds silly, but you'd be surprised, I've done it myself.
BlackElvis79 said:
You might want to also check the spelling. It sounds silly, but you'd be surprised, I've done it myself.
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I even tried the kit thing, but in the end, nothing beats an easy APK. As I said, I do a lot of work with the kaiser. This was not NEW to me, but the G1 is not known territory for me.
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Hi guys, my first post here (although have done some reading in the past year) and in dire need of some help. Last night I tried to root my phone. I followed instructions from a sticky post on here, and from another sticky post on another forum.
Before going through how I got there, I'll state what condition my phone is right now, as this may be more reader friendly. I turn on the phone and get the fastboot screen (tricolour). I can reset with call+menu+power. Goes back to bootscreen. Only way to turn off the phone is to remove the battery. If I press trackball+power, a blue LED comes on, the screen stays black. Turning on the phone with camera+power doesn't make a difference. Turning on the phone with home+power doesn't make a difference.
The screen, on turning on, says the following:
'DREA110 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2000
Serial0'
Before it gets to the screen, the screen briefly flashes white and says
'Loading...
No image file!'
I'll try to decribe what exactly I did leading up to this in as much detail as possible, however it took place from 11pm to 4 30 am, and not fully understanding the whys behind what I did, I may not be able to recall it perfectly. Please ask if I haven't provided enough details. I installed the earliest android software and did the telnet commands through telnet, downloaded on the market. I downloaded an app called root.apk and followed the instructions. I got to 'Step 3 - Protect Root' and it said 'Root Protected'. I then got JesusFreke's 1.5 EU rom and renamed it 'update'(.zip) and placed it in my root SD card directory. I loaded the software on. I THINK the mistake I made was not having the radio image (I don't even know what it is or why I need it) before trying to load it. I've since put it on and it hasn't made a difference.
Anyway, I turned on the phone after the install, and it became stuck on the android screen. At this point, home and power and camera and power both worked to provide me with different boot screens when turning on the phone. I did a hard reset. This brings me to where I am now.
Is my phone bricked? I read on a guide here the difference between soft and hard bricking - from what I understood, this seems to be somewhere in between - hopefully if it's a brick it's a soft brick! Any help would be much appreciated, as we all hate to live without our G1's, lol! Looks like I'll be going back to my Nokia 6210 and trying to send this thing for replacement back to T-mobile. Please help guys!
Many thanks
Michael
search around the forums, as far as i know, if you can get to the fastboot, your g1 isn't bricked
Yep, agreed.
In my old G1 days I had the same problem and it was because I didn't have an image file on my SDcard.
You're not bricked but I've since gone from G1 to Hero to Nexus so I'm not what you need to do but it is SIMPLE, I remember kicking myself when I sorted it.
HTH.
thanks for the prompt response guys. Very relieved to hear that it might not be bricked.
I just tried adding two separate image files (one at a time) to the root directory, but it hasn't made a difference. These are the details of what I added:
First I put in all three of these:
Android 1.5
Radio Image ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip 9181622 aeecdb49b74a0d4bb67f9d8af70c1889
System Image signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-150275.zip 38027127
5ca85a135ff1ddd41643237577cb8ec4
Recovery Image signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-150275.zip 46907411 01c19785eef97b06409f52fed568feff
and then the system image for 1.6 just in case. Is this a noob mistake? I'm very unfamilar with system images, would be really great if someone could link me to the file I should try and put there for the image file!
Thanks again guys
well since it goes into fastboot, is there a way you can flash the recovery in fastboot, and try from there?
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well since it goes into fastboot, is there a way you can flash the recovery in fastboot, and try from there?
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I'd certainly love to try any ideas how I'd do that? If you let me know i'll do it now. atm i'm not aware of any buttoms/commands which work in fastboot, but I've never used it tbh.
yeah to be honest, im not sure how to do that either, i just remember i was lurking around this forum and i saw a previous thread, that had a similar problem and someone mentioned the tip i gave you, so if any senior members or anyone know how to do this, please explain
Tranquility__89 said:
thanks for the prompt response guys. Very relieved to hear that it might not be bricked.
I just tried adding two separate image files (one at a time) to the root directory, but it hasn't made a difference. These are the details of what I added:
First I put in all three of these:
Android 1.5
Radio Image ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip 9181622 aeecdb49b74a0d4bb67f9d8af70c1889
System Image signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-150275.zip 38027127
5ca85a135ff1ddd41643237577cb8ec4
Recovery Image signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-150275.zip 46907411 01c19785eef97b06409f52fed568feff
and then the system image for 1.6 just in case. Is this a noob mistake? I'm very unfamilar with system images, would be really great if someone could link me to the file I should try and put there for the image file!
Thanks again guys
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I may be wrong here (if I am come round and strangle the cat).
But I don't see any .img files?
They are all zips? you need to have the image files UNZIPPED an as .img IRC.
OK, I unzipped the folder and put a folder in the root which had the .img files in them.. still didnt work. because i was trying to put them on to the sdcard through my girlfriends old nokia, it was very slow and kept crashing so the only thing is, i didnt manage to get all 3 unzipped folders on there. would that make a difference?
edit: hope I can still work towards fixing it - i need to check if i have a compatible micro sd card reader when i get back from work! please keep any ideas coming
You need the DREAIMG.nbh on your sdcard. Download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip file, unzip, place DREAIMG.nbh in /sdcard, boot into bootloader, and flash.
i did what cloverdale described on a bricked G1 and it worked just fine , now i need to figure out how to get donut on the mobile
anybody? pm if you can help and TIA
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You need the DREAIMG.nbh on your sdcard. Download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip file, unzip, place DREAIMG.nbh in /sdcard, boot into bootloader, and flash.
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Thanks for your reply. I'm downloading this one DREAIMG-RC29.zip
I'll then extract on my computer, isolate the DREAIMG.nbh file and copy it into root of SD card.
Is that correct so far
How do I flash?
Many thanks
Hmm, been doing as much research as I can in the time I have, and it appears I need to type command prompts into the fastboot screen? If someone could tell me exactly what to do, that would be a lifesaver, because I am really missing my G1
I didn't think I was this much of a n00b, but apparently so, heh.
bump.. been doing as much research as possible, but most of my net access atm is from work which has many sides blocked (incl XDA!) and im not entirely sure how to do these things that have been suggested.. if someone could just go into a little bit more detail id be really grateful.
Tranquility__89 said:
Thanks for your reply. I'm downloading this one DREAIMG-RC29.zip
I'll then extract on my computer, isolate the DREAIMG.nbh file and copy it into root of SD card.
Is that correct so far
How do I flash?
Many thanks
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Once you have extracted DREAIMG.nbh and placed it on the sdcard, all you need to do is power on while holding camera, and the installation should begin (or perhaps it asks you to confirm), and not console is needed. Let it do its work, and when it tells you to reboot, press and hold call+menu+end and you will reboot to RC29.
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You need the DREAIMG.nbh on your sdcard. Download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip file, unzip, place DREAIMG.nbh in /sdcard, boot into bootloader, and flash.
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And if that doesn't work I would see if your sdcard is fat32
Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!! it worked! Much thanks indeed.
There is another problem now though, if anyone can help: I'm doing a manual update to 1.5 (rc8) from 1.0 (rc7) and its getting stuck on the G1 screen and not loading.. not hard bricked or anything, can still access recovery and bootloader.. This thread has more information: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625677
thanks again
help please
Hi, my g1 is stuck at the seria10 fastboot screen. It is a US g1 that I purchased rooted. I know enough about these sort of things to get myself into trouble. I removed an app (card game) and my phone then got stuck so I did a battery pull. Now all it will do is either spin on the g1 screen or I can get the three skateboards fastboot screen. I am unsure as to what to do now. I downloaded the rc29 build and put it onto my sd card. I am on a mac so I do not think I use FAT32. I thought putting the rc29 on my sd card and holding the power/send/menu key would tell the device to reboot with the rc29 build. Should I have deleted all the stuff of the sd card? I just want my phone to work - I didn't know the phone was rooted until after I had purchased it from a dude off craigslist. any help is appreciated.
sd card is formatted to fat 16 not 32 according to my diskimage. Help?
brian
bcp0809 said:
Hi, my g1 is stuck at the seria10 fastboot screen. It is a US g1 that I purchased rooted. I know enough about these sort of things to get myself into trouble. I removed an app (card game) and my phone then got stuck so I did a battery pull. Now all it will do is either spin on the g1 screen or I can get the three skateboards fastboot screen. I am unsure as to what to do now. I downloaded the rc29 build and put it onto my sd card. I am on a mac so I do not think I use FAT32. I thought putting the rc29 on my sd card and holding the power/send/menu key would tell the device to reboot with the rc29 build. Should I have deleted all the stuff of the sd card? I just want my phone to work - I didn't know the phone was rooted until after I had purchased it from a dude off craigslist. any help is appreciated.
sd card is formatted to fat 16 not 32 according to my diskimage. Help?
brian
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Disk utility on a Mac will allow you to format to fat32, you must do this. What happens when you power on the phone while holding down home?
I was able to do the home power thing and wiped the handset then rebooted it. Not sure why it worked this time over any previous times...oh well at least it works. Thank you for your prompt reply.
So, I'd very much like to get a new hero from my insurance plan, but a while ago I rooted with zroot (I think, it was one of the insta-root programs) and flashed to cm6.1. After reading countless threads on how to unroot without USB support (whole reason why I need to turn my hero in) i've tried time and time again to both HERCIMG.zip files from official RUUs and also that i've downloaded, but none work. All I ever get is the nice quick runthrough as soon as I load up hboot saying no images are found.
Possible issues that I can think of are that they just aren't signed zip files, although i'd think that renaming one wouldnt really screw with that. Otherwise, it seems if I could get my phone to s-off i'd be able to flash one of the many official RUU-obtained files i've created.
If it's any help, my hboot version is 1.47.0000 and my radio is 2.42.02.10.29
And on another note, is it at all possible to use clockworkmod recovery to install the official RUU? Seems I could do that without any issues, but before trying that I want to see if someone has any input.
Thank you in advance!
are you sure that it is the usb port on the phone that is damaged and not the cable? only reason that i mention it is that recently i picked up a new cable (free from my provider) and mine works great now. as it turns out the usb cords are very fragile, the data connection is the first to go, my old cable will still charge the phone fine, but won't work for anything else.
try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958968
Nah it's not the cable, nor is it my computer. Tried roughly 5 different cables and multiple computers/versions of drivers and sync software. The plastic around the port has a crack, which probably has something to do with it. Not to mention i'm a mechanic by day... Phone gets dirty, dropped and the port definately gets abused, lol. Either way, I'd like to try that but unless i can find a wifi adb console that will stay linked without a fully booted phone I doubt it will help
Actually, let me just ask this, because if the answer is something resembling no, I'm **** outta luck most likely.
Again no matter what HERCIMG.zip I try, none of them ever get recognized by the bootloader. Is this because the zip file itself is not signed, even if i obtained it from an official RUU? If so, I need to be able to get s-off i suppose and I am still unclear on how to do that with my current radio upgrade. Havent found anything supporting it.
Update time! So yeah. I re-flashed amon-ra and after trying damn well near everything i've read or thought of, I ended up re-partitioning my SD card. Lo and behold, I get another hercimg.zip on there and it sees it! Granted, I got main version older error, but i'm going to try the newest ruu ive found and see where it goes. If not, I know there are other ways to deal with that... But i'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
In closing, for this post at least, for anyone else who has issues getting hboot to recognize HERCIMG.zip, flash amon-ra and repartition your sd card. Should work great
was running aospcmod4/29 when my phone suddenly craps out... will not boot cant nand it stalls during the restore process stalls during wipe to factory process will flash still but wont load.... wont get past the white screen with htc on it... so im guessing time to ruu.... question is no htc sync so how do i ruu? thanks for anyone who helps ive tried earching but am getting more irritated with the results than am with phone not booting
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was running aospcmod4/29 when my phone suddenly craps out... will not boot cant nand it stalls during the restore process stalls during wipe to factory process will flash still but wont load.... wont get past the white screen with htc on it... so im guessing time to ruu.... question is no htc sync so how do i ruu? thanks for anyone who helps ive tried earching but am getting more irritated with the results than am with phone not booting
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Why no htc sync?
There's a fastboot RUU zip here.
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Why no htc sync?
There's a fastboot RUU zip here.
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maybe im wrong but thought you had to be running a stock or sense base rom for htc sync to recognize the phone being that my phone wont load or restore i cant flash or nand back to a sense base or even stock
starting to think maybe my sd card fried cant get it to transfer files from my pc or to my pc it stalls out trying to format it but thats not working well either keep gettin windows cannot complete the format error or a sd card is locked message.... in other words having hell thinking about smashing it and filing on insurance.......
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maybe im wrong but thought you had to be running a stock or sense base rom for htc sync to recognize the phone being that my phone wont load or restore i cant flash or nand back to a sense base or even stock
starting to think maybe my sd card fried cant get it to transfer files from my pc or to my pc it stalls out trying to format it but thats not working well either keep gettin windows cannot complete the format error or a sd card is locked message.... in other words having hell thinking about smashing it and filing on insurance.......
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Did you see my help LINKS thread lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063843
AFAIK you need the sync, cuz it gives you drivers, but there's many ways, go click around in my thread and after you get the basics done post back in here. It does sound like your sd card is borked though, if windows won't even format it. Are you s-off? Probably not Can you get to ADB? does it recognize your phone?
WAIT.... you can use recovery? Just grab another sd card and flash from scratch, no RUU, no nand restore, scratch, it should work.
If your s-off try reflash your recovery. If your not s-off then you should be. Then try to reflash your recovery.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
ive ruued from cm6 before try going to your recovery and mount usb and do it that way
well got my new phone in and am rooted and running cmod and DH again now need to find a way to repair/format/erase the SD card I was using before cause 2gb card just isn't going to cut it.. lol yeah I searched the threads but nothing worked. said screw it and ordered new phone through insurance.thank you guys so much for the responses yall the greatest. wouldn't know of a way to fix my sdcard would ya is a sandisk 8gb class 2 am running windows7 64bit have tried the program sdformatter doesn't work ends up not responding tried the built in format option a no go even tried through the new phone which stats to check it for errors once I insert it but then shuts the phone down by itself after a few moments. again any help so greatly appreciated thanks
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spleef said:
well got my new phone in and am rooted and running cmod and DH again now need to find a way to repair/format/erase the SD card I was using before cause 2gb card just isn't going to cut it.. lol yeah I searched the threads but nothing worked. said screw it and ordered new phone through insurance.thank you guys so much for the responses yall the greatest. wouldn't know of a way to fix my sdcard would ya is a sandisk 8gb class 2 am running windows7 64bit have tried the program sdformatter doesn't work ends up not responding tried the built in format option a no go even tried through the new phone which stats to check it for errors once I insert it but then shuts the phone down by itself after a few moments. again any help so greatly appreciated thanks
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Well, I'm no sdcard expert, but I remember jasonmaloney posting some sort of sdcard help/fix ideas recently. Maybe try to read thru some of his posts or send him a PM? Or give in and get a new sd
il Duce said:
Well, I'm no sdcard expert, but I remember jasonmaloney posting some sort of sdcard help/fix ideas recently. Maybe try to read thru some of his posts or send him a PM? Or give in and get a new sd
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Don't think it was me.
looking at newegg now are these sdhc cards compatible witht he hero looking at getting a 8gb class 6 but cant find one thats not sdhc
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Don't think it was me.
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Yeah after I posted that I remembered you were actually talking about recovering lost data on an sd, oops.
Just wanted to elaborate a little on this in case anybody searches for help and lands here.
The 'LINKS' thread Duce provided contains a link to an RUU (windows executable) which only requires the Android USB Driver is installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800586
You can download an Android USB Driver package separately.
You can also find the HTC Android USB Driver here (bottom of page).
I have used this many times, even on computers without AndroidSDK installed, just the driver package (I keep a zip on my SDCard ~8 MB).
wouldn't know of a way to fix my sdcard would ya
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You might try and boot into a Linux Rescue Disk (i.e. RIPLinuX - (Bootable ISO X-Version))
Search right-click menu for GParted.
Run GParted, delete the partition(s), rebuild partition table, format new partition(s).
All this is done right in the GParted UI, just a few clicks.
This might help fix your problem, not really sure.
ive alway used my old mt3gs 4gig sd card.
OK so heres my story of what happened to my Captivate. I plan on getting an SIII sometime in the next couple of weeks, but it would be nice to get my Captivate up and running again in case I need it sometime in the future.
So I was running CM9 on my phone, not sure which build, not sure if it matters. Phone was still in my pocket when I went swimming. Left it in a bag of rice, and it booted up. I got the message that said Encryption failed...reset phone or whatever. I figured it would just format it and didnt know that it would lead to more problems. So based on what I have read on the site, now my internal SD is fried im assuming. Now I tried following some guides for using an external SD card but I couldnt get it to partition from ClockworkMod, and I couldnt get into download mode for a few days because something probably got messed up internally from water damage. I managed to get into download mode today and tried running an Odin One-Click to see if it would help at all. Now my phone brings up the AT&T World Phone screen, then shuts off as soon as the screen normally transitions into the next step of the boot process.
So thats my story. I just want to know if anyone knows if this is still a problem with the SD card or if my phone is completely beyond repair. Thanks a lot to anyone that tries to help
You got hit by the EU (encryption unsuccessful) bug. From what I hear not a whole lot you can do now except try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
There are a couple other threads in the dev section about this as well.
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You got hit by the EU (encryption unsuccessful) bug. From what I hear not a whole lot you can do now except try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
There are a couple other threads in the dev section about this as well.
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Ya that was the guide I tried but my external SD card wont partition, at least not through clockworkmod. When i press the button to partition, the partition process is instant, and i know it just has to skip it because there is no way it would partition that fast.
You could always pay to have jtag performed. It will overwrite all the screwed up stuff and fix the problem.
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You could always pay to have jtag performed. It will overwrite all the screwed up stuff and fix the problem.
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I think with the EU bug its just trashed. JTAG won't even fix it. There are a few stories of them coming back to life on their own, but no promises.
Hi we offer a work around re-map to have the partitions run on you external sdcard. Pm me if you need any help with this.
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Hi all,
I need help to install any rom or something else with my nexus one.
I have attached picture.
When I starting the device I get 7 vibrations but I can see the fastboot screen.
I have tried to put passdiag file on the sd card and this is what I can get.
i have AT&T device with AMOLED
and also S-ON (so i cannt run adb).
Thanks Yaron.
You meant PASSIMG and not PASSDIAG. But it doesn't matter much. Unfortunately, your Nexus One is dead.
"Fail-PU" means "Failed Partition Update", which means - your NAND chip died and can't be recovered. Since it died on Radio partition, you can't do anything with it.
Time to move to a better phone, I guess.
Exact problem.. very precise
Jack_R1 said:
You meant PASSIMG and not PASSDIAG. But it doesn't matter much. Unfortunately, your Nexus One is dead.
"Fail-PU" means "Failed Partition Update", which means - your NAND chip died and can't be recovered. Since it died on Radio partition, you can't do anything with it.
Time to move to a better phone, I guess.
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yrone said:
Hi all,
I need help to install any rom or something else with my nexus one.
I have attached picture.
When I starting the device I get 7 vibrations but I can see the fastboot screen.
I have tried to put passdiag file on the sd card and this is what I can get.
i have AT&T device with AMOLED
and also S-ON (so i cannt run adb).
Thanks Yaron.
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same problem all hboot radio versions are same as well... very exact .. did you solve it yet.. if so can you tell me how to solve it.. i can actually get into fastboot.. thats all i can say now.. can you help me solve ths problm..
and my nexus one stuck with boot screen..
And I thought my reply explains the situation very well...
Read it again, several times, until you understand the meaning of "dead phone".
Jack_R1 said:
And I thought my reply explains the situation very well...
Read it again, several times, until you understand the meaning of "dead phone".
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yea i understood. still i can just change that logic board by buying some old used working parts from ebay.
i think that will work.. :laugh: :cyclops:
Yes, you can, of course. But this is the main board with the CPU, it might cost almost as much as a complete N1.