I need help. I've searched but can't find a situation similar.
I have a friend's phone that apparently was rooted at some point. The phone is in a boot loop at the Hero screen.
I tried booting into recovery only to find it won't load into recovery mode. It gives, what looks to me, the stock recovery screen with the triangle and phone and then does nothing.
I then tried to boot into the fastboot mode by holding the camera + power button and flashing the rc29 update. This did not work. It keeps saying the update failed.
The phone has been flashed with the Danger SPL from what I see.
I'm not experienced enough with the Danger SPL besides essentially what it does and how to flash it. My question is what can I/Do I flash from fast boot mode to wipe and install new firmware on to the phone with the Danger SPL on there. Will the SPL effect trying to install anything else? I also can not boot into recovery mode either.
Please point me in the right direction and understand what is going on and how I fix it.
If anyone still wants to put in input then great, but after a few days of searching and posting this thread up I stumbled upon a thread in cyanogen's forums.
For archivals sake if anyone needs this the web address is hhttp://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/forum/2-htc-dream-htc-magic/page__prune_day__100__sort_by__Z-A__sort_key__last_post__topicfilter__all__st__60
in short in involves installing the android sdk and pushing the recovery image through to the phone via the sdk and flashing the phone like normal from there.
I'm gonna try it and see what happens and post back if by chance I remember and it works.
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I think i bricked my phone by fallowing this tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3874647&postcount=406
It happened after flashing the spl.
My phone will not go past the white "t-mobile g1" splash screen.
thank you for reading.
Damn, another brick? Did you make sure you had a PVT board and not the DVT-1, DVT-2 boards? It's a known problem with the Special SPL that it pretty much bricks DVT board phones...at least so far. (check by booting with camera+power if possible, board type is shown on the first line of text)
Can you boot using home+power? Are you just stuck at the Splash screen? If so, after about 10 mins the screen will change, giving you an triangle error symbol. At this point push Alt+L. This should give you the recovery utility, where you will have access to wipe (you should prob do one) and reflash a rom.
Of course this is all assuming you have root already.
i dont know if i actually got root i fallowed some tutorial on that too today i can do both of those boots but dont know how to flash anymore updates with my phone stuck like this
aronissleeping said:
i dont know if i actually got root i fallowed some tutorial on that too today i can do both of those boots but dont know how to flash anymore updates with my phone stuck like this
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Ok, so what you need to do is this:
1. Wait for the error message //remember it sometimes takes 10 mins or so
2. open keyboard, hit Alt+L //this will toggle your phone to the recovery utility
3. If you have root, you may have a recovery utility that says "JF version 1.43", if not you have the stock recovery utility
4. If you have root, you could try to DL pretty much any rom although I might try the Ion rom for its stability and simplicity //there are tons of instructions for flashing a new rom
5. If no root, search in the Dev section of the Dream forum for an OTA ( Over The Air, ie. stock) rom. In particular, search for Dreaimg.nbh, and read the instructions for reflashing it. This will help you gain root.
6. reboot, and enjoy (hopefully)
If none of that works, you can find the "Bricked G1's" thread on the Dev section too. I think your prob out of luck, but it's possible someone has/or is coming close to a fix.
re flashing ill let you know the out come
lol you didnt brick it since u can access the recovery image.
anyways what happened to me yesterday, i flashed latest radio, the latest spl and it wouldnt boot. i flashed a new system image but still no boot (t-mobile screen). I wiped the system (data partition) from recovery boot, and reflashed with a new system image, worked ok... so from what i get, u need to wipe / reflash system, if you upgrade spl...
is by using a card reader on a pc the only way to flash a different img if this happens to you?
my phone is in root and i'm on the same g1 screen. if i take the battery out i can boot to recovery mode but my only options are alt-w and alt-s. i've tried wiping and reflashing with the same spl img and it's not resolving anything.
I hope someone knows the answer or could help me out, I have been battling this issue for some time now.
It all started when I upgaded to cyanogen 4.2.6, there would be times when I would reboot the phone due to weird issues (unable to scroll in browser, slowness). Upon reboot I would be surprised with the tri color screen. I figured out that by holding down the VOL down button, it would work. (Like i said, WEIRD).
This method no longer works and the last update I ran was 4.2.8.
Here are the following steps I have tried to date: (to no avail)
1. Ran nandroid recovery
2. re-installed 4.2.8
3. Wiped, then re-installed 4.2.8
4. Tried installing 'signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721'
5. tried installing Tmobile g1 DREAIMG.nbh (RC29)
At this point Im almost certain it is Bricked, unless one of you witty fellows can help me out!
Any help is appreciated!
Wrong place to ask questions bud, you should try Dream Q&A.
But, while I'm here, isn't the Tri-colored screen the SPL screen?
Not sure, I assume it has something to do with the radio. I will post this in Dream Q&A....
Thats the bootloader screen. Have you tried to flash thru fastboot.
Lol That's the bootloader, dude.
Anyways, I really doubt you're bricked. If you can get into recovery(power + home) you're not bricked.
Just go through the process of installing cyanogen's rom again- the htc recovery then the rom, etc.
Also, about the problems you had with cyanogen's rom. Obviously they're not problems with the rom, seeing how it works fine for the majority. You just need to figure out what you're doing wrong.
Move this thread already.
I say do a fresh install. Wipe everything, install the HTC recovery image first, then install Cyan's latest.
I did get my phone working again. thanks to everyone who helped out!
I ended up re-installing 'dreaimg.nbh', reverting back to the original OS from tmobile. during this process,I assume re-wrote the radio firmware, thus fixing my problem. (correct me if I am wrong)
And of course, I went back to cyanogen 4.2.9 in the end!
I posted this in the "Brick" thread but I have not garnered any attention and IRC has moved too fast to get any reliable help.
Hello,
I've done some searching and I cannot find any definitive answers to my problem.
I was on CM 4.2.9.1 and tried to upgrade to 4.2.10.1 and had a bad flash (stuck at android boot). I noticed there was a new update, 4.2.11.1 the next morning and thought I would wipe completely and update from RC29. I downloaded all the files necessary and used spl to downgrade to RC29 which booted fine. From there I got root and started the upgrade part. I installed the RArecovery 1.5.2 which went fine. I then installed the defanged HTC recovery image and CM 4.2.11.1 then the newest radio and rebooted. That went directly back to the RA recovery after installing the radio. From there I installed the Hard SPL. After that finished and rebooted the phone booted to the Hard SPL or the recovery image.
Thinking I had messed something up I though I could start over and try again. I then booted to the SPL bootloader and flashed the RC29 DREAIMG.NBH to start over.
After that completed the phone will only boot to the SPL bootloader, which is now the original SPL. I have tried to flash the DREAIMG.NBH multiple times with the same result. When holding down Home and Power I get the ! screen.
Is my phone bricked? Or is there an image that I can flash to save it?
Thanks for any help.
David Perlik
[email protected]
Does it boot up into RA recovery? from there you can flash any zip... If you got root and the right radio and SPL. Put the latest Cyan on your SD and boot into recovery and flash away... If you can get it to recovery you are not bricked...
Okay... i reread... may be beyond my limited knowledge...
3rd time... I would pop out your SD and put recovery.img fromhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480... and make sure HardSPL is on there... when you boot into recovery and get the "!" hit ALT-L to get the menu... then ALT-S to apply the update.zip(HardSPL)... heck just follow the steps from the link above...
GOOD LUCK
No recovery at all. I'm assuming it was flashed back to RC29 specs.
You're not bricked because you can boot into SPL. You still have a recovery image on there, not that it's a good one, it's just a basic HTC recovery. What you do have is a hardware problem with you camera button most likely. See if you can blow some compressed air in there, try tapping it a little bit, it may fix it.
Good luck
I got stuck in a bad situation like this a bit ago...
If nothing else, you should still be able to get the dreaming.nbh on there, upgrade to donut and then reroot.
It's not a problem with the camera button as I can still get to the SPL and flash the DREAIMG.nbh.
The DREAIMG.nbh flashes fine, everything gets an ok, but when I restart the phone it boots directly to the SPL.
Just a quick update:
I've gotten a hold of a different micro sdcard than the one that I was using in hopes that some weird formatting error was happening with my old card. Alas, even with this new and freshly formatted card the DREAIMG.nbh will still not take correctly. All parts report ok while flashing, but my phone still boots directly to the SPL on startup.
Can anyone help?
Im having the same problem, but I can get into recovery, sd only has an fat partition, I made a thread here, can the Mods delete it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619180
I am so frustrated... Just got a G1 last week from a friend as a gift, fully functioning with 2.1, but then I decided to flash a 2.2 rom, so I downloaded everything I need, radio, SPL, and a 2.2rom...
So first I rooted it, and then I flashed the radio if I didn't remember wrong, and then I rebooted the device, and that's when the nightmare begins...
My G1 started to boot loop, and I can't get into recovery but only fastboot. Then I thought if I am able to get into fastboot then I guess I still have hopes, so I downloaded the dreaimg.nhb and successfully installed it! but no luck, it still boot loop at the T-Mobile screen and couldn't access recovery...
I brought it to some guys to flash the IC as I thought it's bricked, but they told me it's probably not the IC's problem since it could access fastboot, and they told me it's probably because some hardware is broken and told me to change the mother board... but I was like hell no, cuz I could go get a new phone with that price...
I have seen some other ppl have the same problem on other threads, but no one gave a full answer, and I am pretty sure it's not hardware problem! so hopefully someone could give me some advice, thnx!
(Just so u know I am in China, so please don't tell me to bring it to the T-Mobile store... lol)
did you do a clean install of a rom once you flashed the .nbh file?
nah, I couldn't even get into recovery... if I hit the home bottom + power it will just start boot looping... or could I actually flash rom via USB?
once you flashed .nbh it will erase the recovery if i am not mistaken. since you have already flashed the .nbh your phone is very basic. might as well go for the newer spl+radio straight away.
go to here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
read the whole guide a few times and understand it properly before you execute them. what this combo of spl +radio would do, is it provides extra ram for our g1.
what is the current details that you get when press camera+power?
try to flash stock dreaimg.nbh and re root you phone.. follow this guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098899
EDIT: Wish I could delete this. Just found a post about how to fix this...but it involves opening the phone and messing with the hardware. Wish someone could walk me through it :s
So, I hope I didn't, but here is the scenario:
Wanted to install Lollipop ROM from KitKat...tried, failed, found out I needed to have a downgraded radio. Okay...use LG Flash Tool to give myself another try. Load up Jellybean...couldn't figure out how to flash custom recovery in Jellybean as all tutorials are outdated or just didn't work when I tried them, so I thought the best way to do it was to get the Kitkat OTA from Verizon and let it install, then flash a custom recovery (since I figured out how to do that with Kitkat...Autorec), then flash the old radio then the Lollipop ROM and voilà. However, when waiting for the download for Verizon OTA, I tried again to install a custom recovery, and when tried to load it, I just got a black screen. So I just decided to go back into the Android OS and install the OTA once it finished downloading...
The OTA finished downloading and I clicked install, my phone then rebooted...and stupid me didn't even realise what I have just done. The OTA tried going to recovery mode to install...but there's nothing there. Now I am stuck at a black screen that is trying to start recovery mode and when trying to reboot and get into download mode, it won't let me and just goes to the broken recovery mode.
So...can't really think of any other options for me. What can I do? When I plug it into my computer, it connects my phone as like 20 different drive letters that all say they need to be formatted.
So my question is...what can I do?