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Hi. Ok, first of all I have done some research on the forum, but I haven't really found any answer for my problem.
I have a Htc touch diamond. And I installed a rom from the forum, i beleive it was the "shine"-rom. However now i gets weird....
The day after, everything was normal, and then all of a sudden my backlight gets really dim. Ok, could be a small bug i thought.
A few hours later it got darker and it was hard to see what was on the display.
And later on the evening it got almost all black. I couldn't quite tell what was what on the display.
The next day, and still, its totally dead. There is no light in the "ring" when i plug in the charger, and i cant get it to show any life.
I have tried everything, left it in the charger for a whole day, swapped battery, reset, hard reset, super hard reset. left it without battery for a day. Nothing.
Help me out. Any ideas?
Ps. There is no warranty on the phone.
Thanks!!
Wow... have not seen this before...
Even now, are you unable to even switch on your diamond? If you can't, don't see any way to revive it. If you can, try to flash another ROM and see if it improves...
How?
How can I flash it again, if I cant even turn it on? hmmm....
Help
Nothing? No idea?
I opened it up, but that didn't shed any major light on the situation....
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Skeptisk said:
How can I flash it again, if I cant even turn it on? hmmm....
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Can you get it into bootloader? {Hold Vol. down button while pressing power}
If it will go into bootloader, you can flash from there
Humblehippie said:
Can you get it into bootloader? {Hold Vol. down button while pressing power}
If it will go into bootloader, you can flash from there
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Nope. He can't even get it to turn on. Don't think it'll be able to boot into bootloader...
otacon said:
Nope. He can't even get it to turn on. Don't think it'll be able to boot into bootloader...
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It just seems odd that bootloader won't even load. If it was something that damaged the OS then the BL should at least fire up. But, I just re-read everything again & see that there is no mention of Hard-SPL, so maybe it damaged the Boot sector as well.
If he didn't Hard_SPL then: This is a great example as to why you should always Hard-SPL before flashing anything.
If he did Hard_SPL: Then this is one for the medical journals {a disease that no-one's heard of & it's a killer}
Strange
Hi again.
I did actually Hard-Spl. And i have tried different ROM's earlier and I never had any problems.
I dont have a clue what to do, and without any warranty im basicly screwed.
I was thinkin, maybe I could get som spare part? Seeing how the "ring" doesn't even light up when I plug in the charger??
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When my "ring" didn't light up I had to send the phone back to HTC and they changed the motherboard. Phone wasn't charging or turning on at all.
I've had my G1 for about 1 year now... about 1 month ago it just stopped working. WHEN I TURN IT ON I GET AN ERROR IMAGE (its an exclamation point inside a triangle with a g1 phone right under it)
What the heck does it mean?
The phone is pretty much useless, cant do anything to it.
I've taken out the battery put it back in and nothing....still get that image.
I have no idea what to do.
Can anyone Help me???
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/3986746644/
see if you can get into bootloader with camera and power.
Have you been running a cooked ROM or a stock ota release?
OTA. Anything I got on the phone i got through the market place or from t-mobiles updates and stuff. i really dont know anything about "cooked roms"....
Didn't Work
david1171 said:
see if you can get into bootloader with camera and power.
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It didn't do anything. no bootloader, no nothing. it was still on that same image.
thanks anyway.
lmvcorp said:
It didn't do anything. no bootloader, no nothing. it was still on that same image.
thanks anyway.
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Sounds like a brick.....RIP lmvcorp's G1
I need a new screen for my spare G1 and would be willing to take it off your hands......
don't give up on it just yet, i remember reading about this somewhere and someone getting this fixed on a rooted phone, i don't now bout stock but let me look
I agree that its better not to give up, but with an unrooted phone, it seems unlikely that there is a fix. Root gives so many more options in the way of workarounds. Without those workarounds, it will be a miracle to get a somewhere on a phone that can't get into the bootloader. Would it be worth running a logcat and posting it? I can't remember if ddms will recognize a device that is on that screen or not.
Grid, any thoughts on that?
i am trying to look up the info, the screen means kernel or rom corruption, can prob still be adp push. i keep getting distracted and i am not used to being up this long
to the op, try sliding out your keyboard when on that screen and press alt + and w and report back if it does anything
i knew i knew this, duh. you are stuck on the stock recovery, try what i said then, pull the battery and reinsert it and power the phone back up by holding the camera and power buttons if you get into the tri color screen,report back and everbody here can tell you what to do next
you could put DREAIMG.NBH in the root of your sd card, camera+power and run update and go through the rooting process..Many tutorials all over the web
jndd333 said:
you could put DREAIMG.NBH in the root of your sd card, camera+power and run update and go through the rooting process..Many tutorials all over the web
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he cant get into bootloader.....
if its only going to that one screen, just take it to tmobile and have them replace it. you didnt mod it or anything
Tried it...
The Reverend Gridlock said:
to the op, try sliding out your keyboard when on that screen and press alt + and w and report back if it does anything
i knew i knew this, duh. you are stuck on the stock recovery, try what i said then, pull the battery and reinsert it and power the phone back up by holding the camera and power buttons if you get into the tri color screen,report back and everbody here can tell you what to do next
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OK. I did what you said. I press ALT + W and nothing happened so i pushed it a couple of time and another screen came up... it wasnt the the tri color screen. I got a screen with a "box, an arrow coming out of it....with the phone outside and a loading bar at the bottom" I'm assuming this is like a un-boxing process. but right after that the phone just restarts and the process starts all over again.... G1 screen, then the error screen. I've also tried to press CAM+POWER after that in so many ways and nothing..... taken the battery off and nothing. tried so many combinations.....
(sorry it took me a while to report back, i was on vacation, then i caught the flu.)
i wish
B-man007 said:
he cant get into bootloader.....
if its only going to that one screen, just take it to tmobile and have them replace it. you didnt mod it or anything
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Yeah... you know what TMOBILE ppl are jerks....
i was paying for insurance but then i cancelled it because i was trying to lower my bill and that within 1 month the whole error thing happened...
and i asked them if i could get it replace or fixed....
i told them i payed all this time and u guys cant do anything for me...
they just said sorry.
i'll try another t-mobile store.
Link
jndd333 said:
you could put DREAIMG.NBH in the root of your sd card, camera+power and run update and go through the rooting process..Many tutorials all over the web
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Can you post some LINKS????
Thanks.
If you cant get to the tricolor screen then DREAIMG.nbh wont help
You should take it to the store and tell them it happened after the update.
Are you sure your home button isnt stuck?
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Ok. I've searched and searched... and I still don't know what to do. I found a method on trying a "master reset" but after it re-boots its still stuck in the "triangle, exclamation, phone" screen. Attached are photos of how the screen looks like after every step. I think the problem is that the software is damaged and that it cant be loaded correctly. Is there anything I can download into the SD CARD and load to "alt+s"???
Ok, so I have encountered something NONE of us EVER want to encounter. My phone has died. It will NOT boot up on battery power and is now cycling in the tri-color screen over and over again. It does this when plugged into USB port and wall outlet. I have the HTC Euro stock ROM on the SD card in the phone, trying to get it to reflash. It gets to the screen : "loading" and "checking" ....but then boots down again and cycles all over again.
I flashed the NRG 10/11 Photon ROM. I have the first HRDSPL from Olinex. My phone is the Euro version, unlocked, unbranded. I use TMobile in the US. .
Please, there has GOT to be someone out there that can help me. You guys are really sharp!! Please ....I need my phone!
I cannot even do a hard reset either. I push the power, send and end button all at the same time. I get no response.
What are my options here? Thanks in advance.
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Ok, so I have encountered something NONE of us EVER want to encounter. My phone has died. It will NOT boot up on battery power and is now cycling in the tri-color screen over and over again. It does this when plugged into USB port and wall outlet. I have the HTC Euro stock ROM on the SD card in the phone, trying to get it to reflash. It gets to the screen : "loading" and "checking" ....but then boots down again and cycles all over again.
I flashed the NRG 10/11 Photon ROM. I have the first HRDSPL from Olinex. My phone is the Euro version, unlocked, unbranded. I use TMobile in the US.
Please, there has GOT to be someone out there that can help me. You guys are really sharp!! Please ....I need my phone!
I cannot even do a hard reset either. I push the power, send and end button all at the same time. I get no response.
What are my options here? Thanks in advance.
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1: So if when you pull out your battery it goes off. And on reinsert, when you try to turn on or hardreset ie: hold the TALK/SEND, END and POWER buttons until you see this message on the screen.
"This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel."
At that point you release the buttons and press Volume up to perform.
It doesnt do anything?
2: As soon you do the AC adapter in or USB power, it starts cycling on his own? If not, try to hardreset then.
3: If you wait like 30 minutes, with cycling on USB on PC, can it hardreset out hisself? Ive readed another guy who had issues and somehow it fixed itself.
cabranscom said:
Ok, so I have encountered something NONE of us EVER want to encounter. My phone has died. It will NOT boot up on battery power and is now cycling in the tri-color screen over and over again. It does this when plugged into USB port and wall outlet. I have the HTC Euro stock ROM on the SD card in the phone, trying to get it to reflash. It gets to the screen : "loading" and "checking" ....but then boots down again and cycles all over again.
I flashed the NRG 10/11 Photon ROM. I have the first HRDSPL from Olinex. My phone is the Euro version, unlocked, unbranded. I use TMobile in the US.
Please, there has GOT to be someone out there that can help me. You guys are really sharp!! Please ....I need my phone!
I cannot even do a hard reset either. I push the power, send and end button all at the same time. I get no response.
What are my options here? Thanks in advance.
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sorry to hear that, have you tried taking the battery out for few minutes & re-insert it in then connect your phone to PC to see if it let you re-flash again?
good luck m8
People are reporting the same thing after doing slide to reboot with NRG's 10/11 Photon ROM... Go check that topic, you are not alone.
Loco5150 said:
People are reporting the same thing after doing slide to reboot with NRG's 10/11 Photon ROM... Go check that topic, you are not alone.
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He is one of those who reported that Really hope somebody van explain what can go wrong after a softreset.
pnxsinned said:
1: So if when you pull out your battery it goes off. And on reinsert, when you try to turn on or hardreset ie: hold the TALK/SEND, END and POWER buttons until you see this message on the screen.
"This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel."
At that point you release the buttons and press Volume up to perform.
It doesnt do anything? I can never get to that point. It does nothing. I see nothing on the screen. It just keeps cycling.
2: As soon you do the AC adapter in or USB power, it starts cycling on his own? If not, try to hardreset then. Again, I cannot hard reset.
3: If you wait like 30 minutes, with cycling on USB on PC, can it hardreset out hisself? Ive readed another guy who had issues and somehow it fixed itself.
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I waited all night long for it to do that. No luck.
Now I get to the point where I see where it recognizes my .nbh file and has a splash screen. BUT......it will not go any further past that now. I press the power button to continue, but it just cycles again and the whole process starts over. I see a reallllllllllllly quick sliver of the update bar, but it disappears fast b/c of the recycling process.
Please dont give up on me. Thanks.
Loco5150 said:
People are reporting the same thing after doing slide to reboot with NRG's 10/11 Photon ROM... Go check that topic, you are not alone.
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pnxsinned said:
He is one of those who reported that Really hope somebody van explain what can go wrong after a softreset.
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um, yeah, that would be me in that disasterous situation.
I saw in another thread that you have tried removing your SIM card with no success. Have you tried without the SD card as well?
Also, does pressing the hardware reset button under the battery cover do anything?
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I saw in another thread that you have tried removing your SIM card with no success. Have you tried without the SD card as well?
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I do not have the SIM card in there. I never have flashed with a SIM card in there. Always read to take that out when you do that.
The SD has to be in there b/c it is the only thing that has a shot of getting the ROM to the phone. Active Sync wont connect b/c phone keeps powering on/off with its cycling issue. So the SD card must be present with the .nbh file on it. I am just in hopes that it will read it somehow. I am sooooo tired of pressing the power button for it to continue, only to have it turn right back off.
ps, reset button does nothing either.
ugh.
Aaah sorry, didnt remeber who was talking about it... There were few cases like that if I remeber correctly...
Ive been here since TyTN, does it make 4yrs or something? I have never heard anything like this.. Because the phone goes to the 3 color screen mode, Im pretty sure someone with skills will come up with a solution, but it might take time though...
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Aaah sorry, didnt remeber who was talking about it... There were few cases like that if I remeber correctly...
Ive been here since TyTN, does it make 4yrs or something? I have never heard anything like this.. Because the phone goes to the 3 color screen mode, Im pretty sure someone with skills will come up with a solution, but it might take time though...
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So the 3 color screen mode. Exactly what is its purpose and why does it keep cycling over and over and over?
Its the bootloader, you should PM Olinex...
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The SD has to be in there b/c it is the only thing that has a shot of getting the ROM to the phone. Active Sync wont connect b/c phone keeps powering on/off with its cycling issue. So the SD card must be present with the .nbh file on it. I am just in hopes that it will read it somehow. I am sooooo tired of pressing the power button for it to continue, only to have it turn right back off.
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Certainly, but I was curious to find out if taking the SD card out had any effect on the cycling or your ability to hard reset.
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Certainly, but I was curious to find out if taking the SD card out had any effect on the cycling or your ability to hard reset.
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I wish.... It just cycles...over and over and over. No matter if the SD card is there, thrown across the room, or crushed in my hand. lol
I always flash with SIM and memory card (as I use UC almost everytime) and never had any problems with any device.
PM the board guru's about this and you will learn more in a single message than you will from this topic in a week.
Last post maybe came out little harsh. I only meant that your problem sounds so serious, that you should contact the gurus before you do something that could even make the matter worse...
Loco5150 said:
Last post maybe came out little harsh. I only meant that your problem sounds so serious, that you should contact the gurus before you do something that could even make the matter worse...
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Hey, it's ok. I didnt take it as harsh. I have contacted cmonex. I am in hopes she can help me out. I need to put an APB out on ALL GURUS!!
Actually, that is why I posted here.
I've noticed during the flashing process it doesn't take power from USB. What is the status of the battery? It occured to me that it might be power cycling because it's going to a part of the process that only takes power from battery and there isn't enough to do what it wants to do. (+50% ?)
Just a thought ... good luck dude I hope you get it sorted.
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I've noticed during the flashing process it doesn't take power from USB. What is the status of the battery? It occured to me that it might be power cycling because it's going to a part of the process that only takes power from battery and there isn't enough to do what it wants to do. (+50% ?)
Just a thought ... good luck dude I hope you get it sorted.
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Yes, I thought of that as well. But I had it plugged in all night...but I have no idea if it charged b/c I cant see the screen that gives the battery's status. ?? So, I dont know how to get around this part of it. I KNOW for a fact that my battery was low when the phone died. I dont know how to get it charged back up to do this type of diagnostic test.....??
Maybe it's not getting a proper charge if all it's doing is looping ... I figured you wouldn't be able to get battery status after I posted haha ... But it is interesting you said the battery was low when this all happened.
Do you know anyone near you that can lend you a fully charged battery? Does it boot up immediately if you take SD card out, put battery back in and plug in USB power? If you can't get it to where the phone is off and charging with orange light then a spare battery could be worth a try.
Don't worry dude I'm sure cmonex or olipro will have far more useful advice but no harm trying in the meantime
Hello Mates!
Yesterday, i did some experiments with my hd...
I security unlocked it and tried to install a modified(by myself) Topaz-Radio.
Now the device is DEAD.
It stucks in the "Smart mobility"-screen.
I can NOT GOT TO BOOTLOADER anymore. When i Press VolDn + Power, it does absolutely nothing. Trying to Hard-Reset the Hd results in Vibrating three times and nothing more.
Just turning it in or soft reset, results in the "Smart Mobility Screen Stuck"
I think i have to send it to HTC and hope they fix it for free ;-)
Any other ideas anyone? I think i really made it to brick my Hd...
Greets, Tommy
Tommy0815 said:
Hello Mates!
Yesterday, i did some experiments with my hd...
I security unlocked it and tried to install a modified(by myself) Topaz-Radio.
Now the device is DEAD.
It stucks in the "Smart mobility"-screen.
I can NOT GOT TO BOOTLOADER anymore. When i Press VolDn + Power, it does absolutely nothing. Trying to Hard-Reset the Hd results in Vibrating three times and nothing more.
Just turning it in or soft reset, results in the "Smart Mobility Screen Stuck"
I think i have to send it to HTC and hope they fix it for free ;-)
Any other ideas anyone? I think i really made it to brick my Hd...
Greets, Tommy
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bricked!! i just hope you still have warranty and was your rom from stock?
sending it back is the only solution
try harder to get into the bootloader
as long as the display still shows something, you have good chances to bring it back
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was your rom from stock?
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No, never Had energy Rom on the device....
@chalid:
you must be joking... even the plastic of the volDn button is gone, i don´t think i can try harder ;-)
Will give HERO a try on Tuesday...
Greetz, Tommy
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Any other ideas anyone?
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Did you try to flash a BLACIMG.NBH from SD?
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Did you try to flash a BLACIMG.NBH from SD?
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Of course i did, but i even cant get into bootloader. the phone doesn´t even start with volDn + Power/reset.
And the PC doesnt recognize anithing, so o can´t flash via USB.
i think i killed the bootloader somehow?! ;-)
Greets, Tommy
what about BLACDIAG
Blacdiag also doesn´t work, because i cannot acces bootloader!
BUT: its possible to hardreset now(i just didn´t push the volDn hard enough before!!) when i perform a hardreset(VolUP+VOLDN+Reset or Power) i can see the bootloader for a second, the i can hardreset. hardresetting takes about 10 seconds, then after restart(volUP) its again stuck in "smart mobility"-screen.
pressing volDn+power or reset doesnt have any effect, the mobile still does NOTHING-no vibrating, no turning on-nothing...and after that, i have to take out the battery to start it again(power only or Hrardreset)
the bootloader is still here(olinex 1.56), i just can access it.
IST THERE A POSSIBILITY TO GET FROM THE HARDRESET-CONFIRMATION-SCREEN BACK TO BOOTLOADER WITHOUT A RESTART?
i ithink it hates me for getting flashed nearly three times a day
thanks to all, Tommy
If you can hard reset, right when it asks for reboot, the screen goes blank, quickly hold the volume down button only... hopefully it will get you into the bootloader...
Good luck...
you said that the plastic has gone on the vol dn button, what does it look like where the plastic used to be , is it orange plastic looking of can u just see a metal contact?
when your device hangs when booting or cannot even get into bootloader just send in your device to service center
@James62370: Already tried this. for some reason, it doesnt work-same reaction like i try to (volDn+power). it just doesnt start up, the screen keeps black.
@sgilesuk: cant see orange plastic, i think it is the copper of the contact, look at the, very bad, pic
@technician-2s i´m afraid, that i will have to do this, but i thimk they will not fix it for free :-(
thanks to all again
Have you tried to return device to orginal stock rom, i.e. rom which was on device when you bought it.
You don't need to be in bootloader or have phone sync'ed to flash this rom. It doesn't even need to say 'usb' in bootloader. Only works with original rom though
yes also tried original rom, the problem is, that my computer doesn´t recognize the device.
thx, tommy
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yes also tried original rom, the problem is, that my computer doesn´t recognize the device.
thx, tommy
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hmm, what about usb drivers, have you tried updating them to see if your device is then recognized?
Tommy0815 said:
Hello Mates!
Yesterday, i did some experiments with my hd...
I security unlocked it and tried to install a modified(by myself) Topaz-Radio.
Now the device is DEAD.
It stucks in the "Smart mobility"-screen.
I can NOT GOT TO BOOTLOADER anymore. When i Press VolDn + Power, it does absolutely nothing. Trying to Hard-Reset the Hd results in Vibrating three times and nothing more.
Just turning it in or soft reset, results in the "Smart Mobility Screen Stuck"
I think i have to send it to HTC and hope they fix it for free ;-)
Any other ideas anyone? I think i really made it to brick my Hd...
Greets, Tommy
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Lesson learned I guess!
Anyhow look for "mtty" tool! that may get you to flash again.
good luck!
Had the same problem yesterday.
Smart Mobility apperead and then nothing happened and the logo turned into bright blue and nothing starts.
I took of SIM-Card and Storage Card tried to get into bootloader but nothing happened.
After 10 times trying to get into bootloader my Blackstone followede my instructions
Now is working maybe could help you.
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@James62370: Already tried this. for some reason, it doesnt work-same reaction like i try to (volDn+power). it just doesnt start up, the screen keeps black.
@sgilesuk: cant see orange plastic, i think it is the copper of the contact, look at the, very bad, pic
@technician-2s i´m afraid, that i will have to do this, but i thimk they will not fix it for free :-(
thanks to all again
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i doubt the phone is unfixable had mine in some bad states before so fingers crossed everything works for you
ok with how you have it at the moment you have to be really specific with pressing the Vol down button make sure you press in the centre where the black dot is, you should be able to feel the difference between bein pressed and not pressed, should still feel like a button.
My button is one step worse then yours i dont even have the orange bit there for the button, just the metal contact underneath and i can still get to bootloader . just have to use a bit of chewing gum wrapper to make the contact on the volume button
someone always makes a bad mistake.
Do NOT hold the power key for long, just one single press.
to all:
many, many thanks for your hints and tips. unfortunatetly none of them worked, because i can´t acces bootloader(tried nearly 200 times). also my pc doesn´t recognize the device(win7 or XP), tried lots of cables and alternative drivers.
now i´m using my girlfriends hero and get my hd to repair-center, hope it will not get too expensive.
@bulldog: lesson learned? I will do it again and again and...before my first WM-phone(trinity), i killed several nokias and siemens-phones
next time i will be more careful and listen to warnings of the pros --> lesson learned
Hey guys,
I could need a bit of help! It's now the third time I'm having this problem, don't ask me why. I've got the feeling that I read the whole forum here, but didn't find anything similiar.
The 1st time I didn't change anything (ok, rooted it, but nothing else)
The 2nd time I overclocked it slightly (~850-900 MHz)
Now I'm using MIUI.
But back to the problem:
I'm unable to use the keyboard, every time I'm sliding open the keyboard (even when it's turned off), it "crashes". The screen stops working or it freezes, the only way to turn it off is taking out the battery.
However, the bigger problem comes now: I'm barely able to restart it. It tries booting, but is restarting all the time or the screen is just turning on (in some angles you see that it is turned on but it's black). After many retries, it starts working, sometimes the bootloop is running 15min or i have to manually restart it 10 times or more. The strange thing is that the keyboard works fine, nevertheless I have to choose between using it opened (taking it with me becomes difficult ) or closed...
...the main problem now is flashing a new Rom, I'm currently trying it through the android sdk and adb, but using the power-button + x is easier
I don't think that I can solve the problem, I sent the device two times back (warranty till may 2012), but maybe someone here knows a bit more. My guess is that one of the sensors is broken, or some parts of the display that should manage the sliding process...
Anyway, thanks for your attention!
Web
If you already have Rom Manager, just click Reboot into Recovery..
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If you already have Rom Manager, just click Reboot into Recovery..
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Tried to use one a time ago, but it wasn't working right....
However, now I'm not even able to boot it, the screen just flashes and turns off itself before trying to restart a few moments later....guess I lost my Milestone
Sbf back to stock?
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Sbf back to stock?
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the computer isn't finding it anymore...I'll back up the data and try use my warranty... I hope that they don't complain about MIUI...
But I'm still not getting the point, why my mobile had these issues three times, although they "repaired" it twice...and nobody else is having the same problem