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Hi two days ago i decided to put the jachero rom on my g1 and it said i had to update the radio so i did then put the latest spl so i did and after i renamed the spl to update.zip and applied it. my phone got bricked and i cant apply the dreaimg.nbh to wipe everything and cant go to recovery and i dont know if it will never work again?? please heelpppp!!! oh yyeah and im 13.
what do you mean brick? which radio did you install and which spl did you install after that?
does your phone turn on at all?
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i put the radio 2.22.6i and idk about the spl and it just says tmobile g1
Alanrocks15 said:
Hi two days ago i decided to put the jachero rom on my g1 and it said i had to update the radio so i did then put the latest spl so i did and after i renamed the spl to update.zip and applied it. my phone got bricked and i cant apply the dreaimg.nbh to wipe everything and cant go to recovery and i dont know if it will never work again?? please heelpppp!!! oh yyeah and im 13.
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it seems like you're pretty bricked.
Please give more information on your procedure.
If you cannot boot into recovery (home + power) or the bootloader (camera + power) then it is most likely bricked. If you have insurance, just tell T-Mobile that your phone told you that there was an update available, and when you clicked OK, the phone restarted and then you were stuck at the G1 screen.
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well i dont know anything how to flash cyanogen
on the jachero page it said get the latest spl so i updated and after that canot go into recovery
so i only have warranty no insurance
Alanrocks15 said:
well i dont know anything how to flash cyanogen
on the jachero page it said get the latest spl so i updated and after that canot go into recovery
so i only have warranty no insurance
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if you dont even know what your putting on your phone, you kinda deserved it...
Use your warranty, tell them there was an over the air update and ur phone ran out of battery in the middle of it.... and read up/think before doing something like that again...
theres really nothing you can do now. You need to give us more detailed procedures if you want a second opinion
well
i did know what to do but since i already have the latest radio then i just put the spl and if i get another g1 if i already have the hard spl do i need to put the latest because igot the hard spl from another forum but since the jachero page told me to update it i did that maybe i dont have the latest radio but no since anymore and thank you i will tell tmobile i got a ota but didnt the ota thing stop like 3 weeks ago i dont think they will believe me that i just got an ota barely
Alanrocks15 said:
i did know what to do but since i already have the latest radio then i just put the spl and if i get another g1 if i already have the hard spl do i need to put the latest because igot the hard spl from another forum but since the jachero page told me to update it i did that maybe i dont have the latest radio but no since anymore and thank you i will tell tmobile i got a ota but didnt the ota thing stop like 3 weeks ago i dont think they will believe me that i just got an ota barely
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So? Just say that you had your phone off for a few weeks cuz you went on vacation and chose to bring another phone for safety's sake, and when you got back, you turned on the phone and presto! OTA update...
Alanrocks15 said:
i did know what to do but since i already have the latest radio then i just put the spl and if i get another g1 if i already have the hard spl do i need to put the latest because igot the hard spl from another forum but since the jachero page told me to update it i did that maybe i dont have the latest radio but no since anymore and thank you i will tell tmobile i got a ota but didnt the ota thing stop like 3 weeks ago i dont think they will believe me that i just got an ota barely
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1) Use full stops, 'cos that's near impossible to read.
2) No, hard SPL will not work you need Haykuro's SPL.
3) Your phone will only have bricked it you had the old radio OR you did not have a PVT board. Did you look in the bootloader before you flashed the new one? I'm guessing not.
4) Luckily there was a security (I think it was security) update that was just released, so they shouldn't qustion it.
ok sorry
Ithink the warranty will cover it
I would go with the OTA story especially since there was just an OTA update released that has been pushed to phones over the last few days. I know a few people who also didn't read up before they started flashing and they too bricked their phones however, the OTA story worked most of the time. This is really your only choice seeing that you don't have insurance on the phone. Good luck
Just use the OTA story again lol
Tmobile wont hassle you too much about it.
Make sure you download the Radio that Haykuro provided, flash it, then boot into the bootloader to make sure it reads properly. Also verify that you have a PVT board.
Put the update.zip with the SPL on your phone AND VERIFY THE MD5 CHECKSUM (you should do it with the radio too actually)
and continue to follow the proper directions.
If you brick after following that, use the OTA story again but stick to HardSPL lol
what is checksum and pvt board?
Alanrocks15 said:
what is checksum and pvt board?
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PVT board is the board that won't brick when flashed with the Danger SPL. Just another design. You can check your board revision by booting into bootloader (camera+power).
md5 checksum is a special key that is tied to the file that is generated based on that file. If the file that you downloaded is corrupt or different compared to the original file, the md5checksum will be different, letting you know that you need to re-download the file or risk a brick.
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please somwbody help please...my g1 t mobile freeze in g1 screen...i can't power+camera, power+volumen down, no bootloader screen nothing, only freeze in g1 tmobile screen...
when press action botton and power a blue led come on but nothing happend...
somebody can help me with any information
jtag pin outs...or somenthing to solve this problem..i come from panama
help help help help
please somebody help please...my g1 t mobile freeze in g1 screen...i can't power+camera, power+volumen down, no bootloader screen nothing, only freeze in g1 tmobile screen...
when press action botton and power a blue led come on but nothing happend...
somebody can help me with any information
jtag pin outs...or somenthing to solve this problem..i come from panama
jommega said:
please somebody help please...my g1 t mobile freeze in g1 screen...i can't power+camera, power+volumen down, no bootloader screen nothing, only freeze in g1 tmobile screen...
when press action botton and power a blue led come on but nothing happend...
somebody can help me with any information
jtag pin outs...or somenthing to solve this problem..i come from panama
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nothing you can do. its bricked. call tmo or get it replaced by whatever warranty you have
well im getting a replacement g1 and i wanna root it again but i dont wanna brick it and theres a post that is here on xda and its called
"how to root, flash recovery cyanogen, parition sd to fat , ext2 and 3 , how to flash radio nd spl and install jachero"
is this a good post?
Thanks guys this helped a lot wow its been almost 2 years so yea thanks a lot guys
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I just got a new g1 and i was rooting it but forgot to install the new spl before flashing a build so i flashed the build and got a "cant symlink" error.
After that i figured out it was the spl so i flashed the new spl and it installed fine but when it said press home+back to reboot i just took out the battery...
Now I have to tried to boot the phone into recovery with home+power and camera+power and it still just remains on the g1 screen!
Please help!
Cant SYMLINK
First of all did you install the radio first? AND THEN THE SPL? or did u just install the SPL?
If you only installed the SPL then youre pretty much f****d and you need to go get a replacement device.
If you installed the radio first then the SPL then you should be ok just go back to recovery and reflash RADIO THEN SPL u can get them [here], but from what youre saying thats not the case.
If you do have to go to get a new device, it is free **at least mine was** I just said that i plugged it in the night before, it had been getting really hot and that when i woke up that morning it just wouldnt turn back on past the G1 boot screen. if you just got it you will be able to get away with saying "the phone said there was an update available, i downloaded the update and now it wont go past this screen" play it dumb and you should be ok.
Good luck, im hopin for the best, it sucks to have a brick lol i been there done that.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS LOAD ANOTHER ROM ON YOUR SD CARD, PULL THE BATTERY, GO INTO RECOVERY, WIPE, AND APPLY THE ROM! that is assuming you can get into recovery?
If you can't get into recovery sounds like another brick in the wall.
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If you can't get into recovery sounds like another brick in the wall.
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[SINGING]
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
[/SINGING]
DirectMatrix said:
[SINGING]
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
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LOL. Good one
sounds like a brick
i just re-read what you wrote and yeah..sounds like a brick. spl's are tricky mo-fo's. maybe next time you will remember it goes RADIO, THEN NEW SPL?!
as3k said:
First of all did you install the radio first? AND THEN THE SPL? or did u just install the SPL?
If you only installed the SPL then youre pretty much f****d and you need to go get a replacement device.
If you installed the radio first then the SPL then you should be ok just go back to recovery and reflash RADIO THEN SPL u can get them [here], but from what youre saying thats not the case.
If you do have to go to get a new device, it is free **at least mine was** I just said that i plugged it in the night before, it had been getting really hot and that when i woke up that morning it just wouldnt turn back on past the G1 boot screen. if you just got it you will be able to get away with saying "the phone said there was an update available, i downloaded the update and now it wont go past this screen" play it dumb and you should be ok.
Good luck, im hopin for the best, it sucks to have a brick lol i been there done that.
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Im pretty sure i flashed the radio first but i forgot the spl and flashed the rom next... then i realized i didnt flash the spl and tried to flash it and it "successfully installed the update" so i pulled the battery out to reboot it and it just stuck at the g1 screen when i booted it... and no button combos worked to get into boot loader or anything like that...
but i called tmobile and they are sending me a new phone on tuesday lol
i dunno if i want to try it again =/
i thought i read somewhere that the newer phones brick easier? because of the new "board" or something
so do i
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Im pretty sure i flashed the radio first but i forgot the spl and flashed the rom next... then i realized i didnt flash the spl and tried to flash it and it "successfully installed the update" so i pulled the battery out to reboot it and it just stuck at the g1 screen when i booted it... and no button combos worked to get into boot loader or anything like that...
but i called tmobile and they are sending me a new phone on tuesday lol
i dunno if i want to try it again =/
i thought i read somewhere that the newer phones brick easier? because of the new "board" or something
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you thought the best way to reboot your phone...was by pulling the battery? even though the recovery said reboot by pressing Home+Back keys to do it, which would be infinately easier? Have you ever "rebooted" your PC by pulling the power cord? nvm dont answer that....
I would suggest you stay the hell away from the spl until you understand wtf your doing.
rebooting PROPERLY would have allowed the image to be written properly.
EDIT: LOL wow nvm this is a thread brought back from the dead......
So I've been running Cyanogen's latest for quite a while now, with no problems that aren't systematic to whatever version he's just come out with. I decided to try something else just for fun, so I tried flashing JAC's and Drizzy's Hero ROMs. And yes, I flashed the correct radio and spl prior to the ROM flash.
For some reason, neither will work. They both come up with some kind of error at a certain line, either 80 or 59, I believe. So, I restore my backup to Cyanogen, and I'm back in business no problem.
Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what's going on? Thanks.
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I had that issue before. Here is what I did:
Wipe + repartition(dont forget you need 3)
reupdate SPL -> used the OTA, the the hardSPL
that worked for me, give it a try and good luck
Yeah I would just say wipe everything, make sure you use parted to split your sdcard which should be class6 into fat32/ext2or3/linux-swap.
You need Haykuro's special SPL. If you don't have it you will get that error every time.
shaolinx said:
I had that issue before. Here is what I did:
Wipe + repartition(dont forget you need 3)
reupdate SPL -> used the OTA, the the hardSPL
that worked for me, give it a try and good luck
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Diceman4 said:
You need Haykuro's special SPL. If you don't have it you will get that error every time.
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Exactly, so how the hell did Shaolinx flash it with HardSPL?
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Exactly, so how the hell did Shaolinx flash it with HardSPL?
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I'm sure he's mistaken.
And to the OP can you tell us what spl you have (cam + power).
Here's what it says:
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
I assumed the HBOOT to refer to the SPL, which obviously isn't correct. So, I reflashed the SPL.
I think I did a bad thing. Phone won't boot to anything past the initial G1 screen. I thought this was only an issue if I had the incorrect radio. Thoughts?
nspbass
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Here's what it says:
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
I assumed the HBOOT to refer to the SPL, which obviously isn't correct. So, I reflashed the SPL.
I think I did a bad thing. Phone won't boot to anything past the initial G1 screen. I thought this was only an issue if I had the incorrect radio. Thoughts?
nspbass
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I hate to break the news to you but that is not the correct radio...the newest radio is 2.22.19.26I
Looks like its time to call TMO and put on your lying cap...
Also just because it says HBOOT does not mean that it is Haykuros SPL. THe special SPL is 1.33.2005
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Here's what it says:
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
I assumed the HBOOT to refer to the SPL, which obviously isn't correct. So, I reflashed the SPL.
I think I did a bad thing. Phone won't boot to anything past the initial G1 screen. I thought this was only an issue if I had the incorrect radio. Thoughts?
nspbass
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and you have the wrong radio since the new one is 2.22.19.26I
Diceman4 with your slightly faster connection
but basically tell them your got an update or something, and that when the phone rebooted that it would not pass the g1 screen. also make sure you sound as clueless as to what root or flashing or anything technical is.
Ok, before this was a problem, I downloaded and flashed the radio, then the SPL. Clearly, they didn't take for some reason.
Now, my question is this: what do I do now? I'm looking in the bricked phone threads, but I haven't found an answer yet. Any help? Thanks.
nspbass
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Diceman4 with your slightly faster connection
but basically tell them your got an update or something, and that when the phone rebooted that it would not pass the g1 screen. also make sure you sound as clueless as to what root or flashing or anything technical is.
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I wouldnt even say you got an update, I would just say that the phone restarted on its own one day and then just froze at the G1 screen. Be sure to not use any terms like "flash" "bricked" "boot loop" or anything that makes it look like you know anything at all about phone hacking. David is right just make yourself sound as clueless as possible.
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Ok, before this was a problem, I downloaded and flashed the radio, then the SPL. Clearly, they didn't take for some reason.
Now, my question is this: what do I do now? I'm looking in the bricked phone threads, but I haven't found an answer yet. Any help? Thanks.
nspbass
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There is no way to fix it, the board needs to be replaced. You need to call t-mobile, follow mine and David's instructions and try to get a new one under warrantee
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Ok, before this was a problem, I downloaded and flashed the radio, then the SPL. Clearly, they didn't take for some reason.
Now, my question is this: what do I do now? I'm looking in the bricked phone threads, but I haven't found an answer yet. Any help? Thanks.
nspbass
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i assume you have a cyanogen recovery image with the trackball feature? if so, for the radio and spl flashes you have to do the keyboard commands to make it work, you can't use the trackball or recovery console to reboot. so you can't boot into recovery or bootloader? if you can't, you have a brick
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I wouldnt even say you got an update, I would just say that the phone restarted on its own one day and then just froze at the G1 screen. Be sure to not use any terms like "flash" "bricked" "boot loop" or anything that makes it look like you know anything at all about phone hacking. David is right just make yourself sound as clueless as possible.
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Done! Should have the replacement by Tuesday. I'm a tard.
nspbass
shaolinx said:
I had that issue before. Here is what I did:
Wipe + repartition(dont forget you need 3)
reupdate SPL -> used the OTA, the the hardSPL
that worked for me, give it a try and good luck
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You know that you can't install hero with hard spl right? For someone who has a site dedicated to Android you don't seem to have your **** straight - no offense. And he could have bricked his phone if he tried to do H's danger spl without having the correct radio. Be careful when you give advice, we don't need to HELP people brick there G1's.
Haha, that's what I get for assuming he had the right spl and radio when he said he did. But if you are getting G1 screen you aren't bricked, if you can get into bootloader(camera+power) you should be able to flash your way back in time then forward again. I guess it doesn't matter if you're already getting it replaced but I got my friends back when his was only loading to G1, a true brick wont turn on at all no matter what you press.
JoshHart said:
But if you are getting G1 screen you aren't bricked..
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If you do brick you will get the G1 splash screen, just nothing else..
Huh, well I guess my friend got lucky that wasn't his problem. Learn something new every day.
JoshHart said:
Haha, that's what I get for assuming he had the right spl and radio when he said he did. But if you are getting G1 screen you aren't bricked, if you can get into bootloader(camera+power) you should be able to flash your way back in time then forward again. I guess it doesn't matter if you're already getting it replaced but I got my friends back when his was only loading to G1, a true brick wont turn on at all no matter what you press.
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Check the brick threads and you will see that just cause you have the G1 screen doesn't mean you don't have a brick. Flashing the SPL before the Radio will brick your G1 and you will be stuck at the loading screen. That is really the only true bricks we are aware of yet, maybe your friend found another way to brick but if you do some studying you will see what I'm talking about.
I was running Super D 1.2, flashed to 1.4 earlier this week with no problems. Went to flash to 1.5.1 last night and had an issue.
When I rooted I used hardSPL and didn't touch the radio. To flash super D 1.5.1 I needed to get Haykuro's radio and Danger SPL.
I wasn't aware I needed the new radio first and that's where the problem started.
I put danger SPL and super D on my card, booted up in recovery (amon_ra's), did a nan backup, flashed danger, then tried to flash 1.5.1 and got this error:
e: can't symlink /system/xbin/bb/[
e: failure at line 59:
symlink /system/xbin/busybox SYSTEM:xbin/bb/[
Installation aborted
After I got the error, I hit reboot so I could put 2.22.19.26i radio on my phone, and bam, stuck on G1 splash screen no matter how I try to boot up.
It's my fault for not checking the radio, This is my second time flashing a new rom (I rooted my G1 a few weeks ago)
I took my sd out and put it on my comp, so I have access to my sd thru my comp. Is there anything I can put on there to try and boot up in recovery and fix this? I have a nan back up from last week and last night before I flashed anything.
thanks in advance
Like all the other post say, flash the radio before the spl. If you failed to read the instructions and can not boot into recovery or fastboot, you have a brick.
evilkorn said:
Like all the other post say, flash the radio before the spl. If you failed to read the instructions and can not boot into recovery or fastboot, you have a brick.
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Just in time to get a nexus too. Yay, for timing!
hi,im new to this, so bear with me.if you had already updated your radio and spl before then you shouldnt do it again.i might be wrong,but once its updated you dont have to do it again.
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hi,im new to this, so bear with me.if you had already updated your radio and spl before then you shouldnt do it again.i might be wrong,but once its updated you dont have to do it again.
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No, you shouldn't have to, but did you check before (can't check now)? There have also been cases where you got a bad download or it didn't work right, this also causes bricks. And please don't be a jerk and blame haykuro for this, I know some people have
I guess I failed to follow instructions lol ...
So I can't put a previous rom or anything on my sd from my comp to try and boot into recovery?
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,but once its updated you dont have to do it again.
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t0nnn said:
I guess I failed to follow instructions lol ...
So I can't put a previous rom or anything on my sd from my comp to try and boot into recovery?
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Can you boot into recovery now?
Nah every time I try I just get stuck on the G1 screen
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Nah every time I try I just get stuck on the G1 screen
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Well, enjoy your brick. You can replace the mobo, or break into htc and take the machine they used to originally put android on it, connect it to your phone's jtag's and watch the magic. Of course the second option comes with heavy fines, lawsuits, and jail time. Or you could buy a new phone
Nice, i'm an idiot.
Can I send it to HTC to get fixed?
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Nice, i'm an idiot.
Can I send it to HTC to get fixed?
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No you can't, you broke the warranty by rooting in the first place :/
So, buy a new phone
bah! ...this sucks.
It be nice if they offered a service to fix them, for a charge of course.
Before I rooted I sent the phone to them to get some minor stuff fixed under warranty (which it was), but to be covered under warranty they said they had to make sure the damage wasn't user caused and the phone didn't have any aftermarket roms on it.
Guess i'll be shopping for a new one
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bah! ...this sucks.
It be nice if they offered a service to fix them, for a charge of course.
Before I rooted I sent the phone to them to get some minor stuff fixed under warranty (which it was), but to be covered under warranty they said they had to make sure the damage wasn't user caused and the phone didn't have any aftermarket roms on it.
Guess i'll be shopping for a new one
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No they do offer it for a charge, a $400 one
what? Do they cup the balls and give you a milkshake for that too?
t0nnn said:
what? Do they cup the balls and give you a milkshake for that too?
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No they send you a new phone
t0nnn said:
what? Do they cup the balls and give you a milkshake for that too?
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On special occasions they do.
So you have a bricked phone! Care to donate it to the 'i wanna play with the motherboard' charity? Lol
just a stab in the dark, can you get into recovery with the USB cable connected / or a wall charger plugged in? (Hold home and long press power)
How long should I hold it? I just tried connecting via usb and home+power for about a minute with no luck.
Should it be home+power, but only hold power for a while? And how long?
i was rooting a friends g1, i missed a step n tried flashing a rom without having the danger spl installed first, i cant get into my spl menu by holding camera and power nor can i get into my recovery nor can i get into adb... my phone turns on and stays at the g1 logo... any advice?
bricked.. look in the development section for un-bricking guides... although it'll cost some money i think.. i'll look for one myself and post back with a link
edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=576628&highlight=brick
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048
maybe those could help... Good luck!
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i was rooting a friends g1, i missed a step n tried flashing a rom without having the danger spl installed first, i cant get into my spl menu by holding camera and power nor can i get into my recovery nor can i get into adb... my phone turns on and stays at the g1 logo... any advice?
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that is why i dont screw around with other peoples phones LOL
i just checked my sdcard that was in the phone, the update.zip file is the danger spl. im guessing i flashed that? but i dont get why that would brick anything.. the phone was rooted... but i had the factory recovery where u see that pic in the middle, i hit alt w? or alt s i forget what the instructions were i was following. soo its a brick huh? no way of getting through this one?
madunix said:
i just checked my sdcard that was in the phone, the update.zip file is the danger spl. im guessing i flashed that? but i dont get why that would brick anything.. the phone was rooted... but i had the factory recovery where u see that pic in the middle, i hit alt w? or alt s i forget what the instructions were i was following. soo its a brick huh? no way of getting through this one?
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Just because the phone is rooted doesn't mean it is magical and can't be bricked. You have to have the latest radio before you can flash the danger SPL. Depending on which method you used(likely RC29 method) that radio would not be anywhere close to what is needed. And, yes, once you flash the danger SPL without the newest radio, you have a brick and no way getting back from it.
Hopefully your friend is understanding and it isn't a major disaster getting a replacement G1 for him.
Flash Danger SPL without Latest Radio = Bricked.
I hope that your friend can get a replacement without much complications, because that one is screwed.
You could give him your phone...
the phone already had the newest radio installed... it was a brand new G1.. =X did i still have to flash it with the radio on this forums?
madunix said:
the phone already had the newest radio installed... it was a brand new G1.. =X did i still have to flash it with the radio on this forums?
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Most likely yes usually when something is brand new it was manufactured months ago. Its unlikely that it included the proper radio. try blaming your friend lol good luck!
madunix said:
the phone already had the newest radio installed... it was a brand new G1.. =X did i still have to flash it with the radio on this forums?
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Brand new or not, most every root method has you downgrade to RC29, which takes you back to a radio that is about a year old now.