Is this bricked? - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

To start i have no experience with "bricked" phones and could only assume to identify one if it just didnt work, so i could be way off here. I met a fellow who owns a Nexus One and he is trying to sell it as it no longer works. He tells me that he was preforming a firmware update, the phone "crashed" so he yanked the battery and since then he is unable to power it up. Im looking for more specifics on this to see exactly what is happening when he tries to power on. Given this info is it likely that his phone is bricked, and if so is there any way to fix it? Im inclined to think no, but would appre iate the opinions of others just like to make sure as he has offered it to me for next to nil. Thanks for any help.
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If he pulled the battery while flashing a radio image update, it is likely bricked.... but a bricked phone should power on to the static X initial boot image, and would stay there indefinitely.
Sounds like something else might be going on (battery dead/malfunctioning?), but I don't think it's officially "bricked" as much as "broken"

If it can't power on, I don't think there's any good in it
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Power buttons have been known to fail on a number of Nexus Ones.... maybe it's a case that the button is broke...
Think if you pull the batt while usb powered and put batt back in it will power on...

Thanks for the speedy replies. Ill wait for further info from the guy to see exactly what is happening and post again if its significant. Thanks again
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brunswick000 said:
To start i have no experience with "bricked" phones and could only assume to identify one if it just didnt work, so i could be way off here. I met a fellow who owns a Nexus One and he is trying to sell it as it no longer works. He tells me that he was preforming a firmware update, the phone "crashed" so he yanked the battery and since then he is unable to power it up. Im looking for more specifics on this to see exactly what is happening when he tries to power on. Given this info is it likely that his phone is bricked, and if so is there any way to fix it? Im inclined to think no, but would appre iate the opinions of others just like to make sure as he has offered it to me for next to nil. Thanks for any help.
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If it doesn't even power on, I would just warranty the phone and get a new one.

prettyboy85712 said:
If it doesn't even power on, I would just warranty the phone and get a new one.
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Our warranties are non-transferable, so don't get yourself stuck in a hardplace.

wesbalmer said:
Our warranties are non-transferable, so don't get yourself stuck in a hardplace.
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I was actually referring to the original owner.

wesbalmer said:
Our warranties are non-transferable, so don't get yourself stuck in a hardplace.
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where did you learn that? that's not what htc told me..

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[q] help please

Ok i know there is probably something already out there but im REALLY FREAKING OUT. I updated to 1.8 and throughout the day it killed my battery and i got home and was gonna flash back to 1.5 and while RSD was flashing it failed. I then realized i forgot one of the most important steps... To have a full battery.. i think my phone died while flashing... is it bricked? If so im f************cked... please respond.
If i did brick it, is there anyway i can contact moto support and get a new device?
Edit: I unplugged it from my pc and pulled the battery and plugged it back in. My pc recognizes it as a USB Mass storage device... is there still hope for me?
Ok so after sitting here for a while my phone booted back up i did notice that RSD lite managed to create a image thing? Idk what that is so im just guessing that maybe thats what saved me cause i could have sworn i read that it would for sure brick your device. Run on sentence. Spare me grammar Nazis. Anyways the phone is back up and running and you can be damn sure im going to charge this all the way before i try anything like that again. thanks for the quick responses and sorry for making a new thread for this... feel like i spazzed out if a mod could remove this thread?
INSM Sin said:
If i did brick it, is there anyway i can contact moto support and get a new device?
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I cant answer the other question because I dont know, but if you have insurance or whatever its called on your phone if it really does turn out to be bricked then you could have it replaced using that... (from what I heard if you do have that you only get like 1 or 2 replaces before they wont let you do it again for the year just an fyi)
and I mean insurance through AT&T not moto
GloriousDJ said:
I cant answer the other question because I dont know, but if you have insurance or whatever its called on your phone if it really does turn out to be bricked then you could have it replaced using that... (from what I heard if you do have that you only get like 1 or 2 replaces before they wont let you do it again for the year just an fyi)
and I mean insurance through AT&T not moto
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Thanks, i didn't buy the insurance for my phone... Is there anyway i might be able to tell a little white lie?
Only one way to tell...
Charge the battery fully and turn it on. Try reflashing the sbf and see what happens.
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Edit: I unplugged it from my pc and pulled the battery and plugged it back in. My pc recognizes it as a USB Mass storage device... is there still hope for me?
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if it can see that, can you get it into the RSD mode by holding down the + volume button?
Have you tried letting it charge on mains for a while? Might get charge and be able to flash.
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INSM Sin said:
Thanks, i didn't buy the insurance for my phone... Is there anyway i might be able to tell a little white lie?
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I would first try and re-flash it... but if it does not work then I leave that up to you and your conscious about getting insurance for it after its already messed up and stuff... but I would suggest even if you do get it to work, you may want to invest in that if you plan on doing a lot of developing on it or anything like that, which gives you a chance to brick your phone.

Samsung captivate - hard bricked

My samsung captivate had never given me any problems(in the very short but good few months I've had it) until I tried to downgrade from Gingerbread(2.3.5) to Froyo about 4 days back.
While using Odin 1 click (and the phone was rooted) to accomplish what I just said, the process seemingly carried out perfectly, the "passed" message appeared in Odin and it looked like it was a success, but instead of rebooting as usual after flashing, my Cappy just went completely blank, and has stayed like that ever since. :crying:
I have tried every button combo there is, and since Jigs are for soft bricks, I guess there's no use.
The only remedy that I haven't gone for yet, is Jtag.
Can someone, anyone, PLEASE help me here!?
Hoping someone gets it working here..
Yep. If zero signs of life...even when wall charging, then sounds like hard brick.
Which Odin did u use to downgrade ??
Just curious...
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4-2ndtwin said:
Yep. If zero signs of life...even when wall charging, then sounds like hard brick.
Which Odin did u use to downgrade ??
Just curious...
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Well I've used Odin 3 v 1.8.5 and even Odin3 v1.7 many, many times and it's all run perfectly, but this one was Odin 3 One Click v 1.00
I've never bricked a phone ever, and yeah this one's a badass hard brick for sure.
ANY help would be really appreciated, all!
Can you provide a link to the thread you dl'd from?
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Can you provide a link to the thread you dl'd from?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As you can see, it's from here. That's the Odin I used, but I don't think there was anything wrong with the file(at least I hope not)
It completed the process, gave the "passed" message, and then the phone went blank, like immediately.
Any thoughts on how that may have happened? 'Cause I thought it may have been bricked due to Odin crashing, but it did go through till the end, seemingly successful.
Anup7 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As you can see, it's from here. That's the Odin I used, but I don't think there was anything wrong with the file(at least I hope not)
It completed the process, gave the "passed" message, and then the phone went blank, like immediately.
Any thoughts on how that may have happened? 'Cause I thought it may have been bricked due to Odin crashing, but it did go through till the end, seemingly successful.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512
^ ^ This jig, is it for a hard bricked captivate or a soft bricked one? 'Coz although I'm definitely not confident with tearing up a micro USB cable, I'm going to give it a shot tomorrow. Heading to Radioshack first thing in the morning. Last shot God dammit :/
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Jig won't do anything for a "Hard" Brick...only J-tag and/or Unbrickable Mod.
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Anup7 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As you can see, it's from here. That's the Odin I used, but I don't think there was anything wrong with the file(at least I hope not)
It completed the process, gave the "passed" message, and then the phone went blank, like immediately.
Any thoughts on how that may have happened? 'Cause I thought it may have been bricked due to Odin crashing, but it did go through till the end, seemingly successful.
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Something had to go wrong when the jf6 bootloaders were flashed, obviously. If u did not close that Odin yet (unlikely, i know) u could scroll through the log and see what it says about the boot.bin and sbl.bin.
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Well Odin was closed, as expected. So that's not an option obviously.
Is Jtag doable by users, like could I get instructions on how to go about it? Or would I have to send it in?
And any other ideas?
Regardless, i recommend mobiletechvideos.com for the fix.
Respected and reliable !!
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How long have you had the phone?? Only three months?
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Anup7 said:
Well Odin was closed, as expected. So that's not an option obviously.
Is Jtag doable by users, like could I get instructions on how to go about it? Or would I have to send it in?
And any other ideas?
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Here are some threads from the dev forum...
Developing methods to recover bricks without JTAG
The Captivate Development Platform mod AKA UnBrickable Mod
[HOW-TO]UnBrick the UnBrickable Captivate
....or like I said before, check out mobiletechvideos.com
Anup7 said:
Well Odin was closed, as expected. So that's not an option obviously.
Is Jtag doable by users, like could I get instructions on how to go about it? Or would I have to send it in?
And any other ideas?
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Dude if nothing works and you have had the phone for less than 1 year call at&t tell him you had your phone plugged into your computer over night charging, you woke up and the phone won't turn on now. And yiur house lost power and regained and there must have been a power surge around your area. You don't know what happened but it won't respond to anything....also do you know if your tripped the flash counter at all? Or did you reset it? P.m. me if any help needed I just went through this with my note....if all else fails p.m. me I have another fix but it isn't free but its cheaper than buying a new phone outright...
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No flash counter with the Captivate.
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No flash counter with the Captivate.
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Well I thought of that too, but then there's a problem. I actually bought this phone from a friend, a couple months ago, since I wasn't sure how good of a model this was and I didn't want to go get myself a new Cappy just to be let down and want another one, you know?
Still, spent 160$ on it.
Anyway, he doesn't have the receipt, there's no way I can get att to replace it like you suggested.
And just a side note, the phone was in mint condition, never even been rooted before it got to me, lol!
Btw nope, no flash counter.
Huh? Att will not ask for a receipt when doing a warranty exchange...I've never had an issue with people not having receipts for a manufacturer defect....you will be fine as long as the phone was purchase less than a year ago
This Public Service Announcement brought to you by a pimped out At&t gNote rocking *The Collectives* AOCP CP1...
Kflan22 said:
Huh? Att will not ask for a receipt when doing a warranty exchange...I've never had an issue with people not having receipts for a manufacturer defect....you will be fine as long as the phone was purchase less than a year ago
This Public Service Announcement brought to you by a pimped out At&t gNote rocking *The Collectives* AOCP CP1...
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I thought they'd need it as proof, but thanks!
I'll head over to ATT in a couple hours and see what they say.
I'll let you know.
FYI - the return may have a hiccup in it. Since you bought it from a friend and not from AT&T (or an authorized reseller), they don't have any proof of how long you've had it. There's no way for them to know whether you got it yesterday or 2 years ago, so they may put up a fight about honoring the warranty.
This is just speculation, but I just wanted to throw it out there that it may not go as smoothly as we would all like it to go for you.
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FYI - the return may have a hiccup in it. Since you bought it from a friend and not from AT&T (or an authorized reseller), they don't have any proof of how long you've had it. There's no way for them to know whether you got it yesterday or 2 years ago, so they may put up a fight about honoring the warranty.
This is just speculation, but I just wanted to throw it out there that it may not go as smoothly as we would all like it to go for you.
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Thanks for the heads up though!
Any suggestions on how I should go about it then? Should I even tell ATT that I got it from a friend? Instead I could say I got it from ATT but lost the receipt...maybe a loophole somewhere.
If the phone had been activated for less than a year and its not a refurbished unit, they should replace it.

[Q] This phone is making me nuttier than squirrel **** :(

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Hey,
So I have had this phone for about 16 months. I have always loved it. It wasn't rooted or anything like that but I started having issues with it,
Such as, not being able to end a call, pick up, random reboots.
The phone will not power on at all it does however show the battery being charged at 100% when I plug in adapter.
I also cannot get my PC to recognize it, have tried on multiple computers.
Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
XDAn00b
PS
This my work and business cell so I need it up and running asap even if cost me a few dollars.
I have over 1000 documents/payroll/emails and highly sensitive info
So if you could help there would most certainly be compensated for your time. I don't even care if you remote into my PC. I just really need this or I will lose my job.
I am assuming you tried to pull the battery and wait and put it back again
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Hi Cazey.
Take the battery out, replace it, hold volume down and power on. That should take you to the bootloader, a white screen with a few options on it, and probably 'locked' at the top if you haven't played around with custom ROMs yet.
If you can get that far, try selecting 'recovery' and doing a factory reset through there. Note you'll probably lose all the data on your internal memory. This is a bit of a last-ditch effort, so try any other suggestions first. I'm a PM away if you need anything further.
Justin
No...
If its locked its got HTC update recovery...
Maybe find the ruu and return it to stock for real...
Otherwise its a hardware issue...
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zombie.raised said:
I am assuming you tried to pull the battery and wait and put it back again
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Yes I have taken the battery out numerious times to no avail
juzz86 said:
Hi Cazey.
Take the battery out, replace it, hold volume down and power on. That should take you to the bootloader, a white screen with a few options on it, and probably 'locked' at the top if you haven't played around with custom ROMs yet.
If you can get that far, try selecting 'recovery' and doing a factory reset through there. Note you'll probably lose all the data on your internal memory. This is a bit of a last-ditch effort, so try any other suggestions first. I'm a PM away if you need anything further.
Justin
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I cannot even get into the bootloader, when I hold the power button down it does nothing, unless its charging and then it just turns into a black screen
rignfool said:
No...
If its locked its got HTC update recovery...
Maybe find the ruu and return it to stock for real...
Otherwise its a hardware issue...
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I have also done this and it says the device is not recognized
OK...
Do you have an SD card... pull it out...
Remove and replace your sim card...
Maybe push on behind the sim card on the plastic...
Flex the phone a little length wise... A LITTLE
Then try again
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The name of this thread lol
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[Q] HTC One, won't turn on..

To preface this, the phone is completely stock and unlocked. I've been using the phone now for about 3 weeks with absolutely zero problems. I plug it in to charge over night, wake up the next morning and it's completely unresponsive.
Won't turn on.
No LED notification light (Green or Amber)
Isn't recognised by my laptop as a disc drive either.
Any ideas, tips or suggestions as to how I can get it working again, short of calling the supplier and getting a replacement?
Thank guys.
With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?
Guich said:
With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?
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It might do but I have no idea how to do it.
Mine just did the same thing today, it discharged very quickly this morning and now it won't even charge at all. Not sure what to do....
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
hansmrtn said:
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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This is a worrying trend.. So there are no other alternatives just request a repair/replacement?
It really is. I've already contacted my brother, whom is pretty high up in att, about the matter. I'd consider myself a veteran of android and I have had no progress on the fix, it seems only to be hardware. In layman terms, yes you'll have to get it replaced.
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hansmrtn said:
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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How long would the repair take? And would they send you a replacement first, because now I have no phone.....
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I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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I have the T-Mobile version would I be able to go into a store and request a replacement ?
Only asking because I have never had an issue like this with any of my phones.
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drop ship
When speaking to the HTC rep., try tossing around the phrase "can you drop ship a replacement phone?" Ask for a manager if its existence is denied. Once you find someone with enough power to "drop ship" the replacement phone, they'll take your credit card, then immediately send you the replacement phone and a box to ship back the defective phone. If you don't return the bad device, they'll charge your card.
happened to me twice - try holding power button for like 1min - it should turn on then
I opened a thread about this problem, but seems only some people have this defect.
I've had this problem too, it's currently with HTC (UK) to repair or replace. It arrived on Tuesday, still awaiting to hear back.
If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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gemini002 said:
If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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It seems that my phone isn't dead after all. Holding the power button down does seem to work... It's a strange bug..
I don't get why people turn the phone OFF in the first place? I never turn my phone OFF at all. I sometimes restart the phone but that is it.

Verizon LG G2 will not turn on. Just vibrates

My Verizon LG G2 was rooted and was trying to install CWM. Was booting into recovery through CWM App and now phone will not turn on at all. Just vibrates when I hit the power button. Any help please?
The Loki patch is not a bootloader unlock you cannot install cwm through ROM manager you have to use an app called freegee once the screen is not turning on I don't think its fixable I may be wrong but it sounds like its really bricked
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Crap spell checker added once
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I used Freegee to install. Was trying to boot into recovery using CWM.
Same problem
there has to be some sort of a fix... I downloaded freegee, then installed TWRP, rebooted it, and now it wont turn on, is NOT recognized by my computer, and wont even load the logo after i hold the power + Vol. Down. if I hold them for a while, red LED will show until I let go of them.
Same thing happened to me today. Cant get it to come on at all.
hopk1719 said:
My Verizon LG G2 was rooted and was trying to install CWM. Was booting into recovery through CWM App and now phone will not turn on at all. Just vibrates when I hit the power button. Any help please?
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Has happened to a few of us. I wish I would have seen this post before I tried to flash recovery
The dev of freegee has removed twrp from the app until he finds out what happened plug your phone in maybe 30 minutes and try to turn it on the dev of freegee says your g2s should be fixable don't know how but he knows this phone a lot better than me if it still won't turn on wait a few days and hopefully someone will come up with a fix I feel bad for you guys hope you can get your g2s fixed
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Correction he has removed 12b support entirely
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spinninbsod said:
The dev of freegee has removed twrp from the app until he finds out what happened plug your phone in maybe 30 minutes and try to turn it on the dev of freegee says your g2s should be fixable don't know how but he knows this phone a lot better than me if it still won't turn on wait a few days and hopefully someone will come up with a fix I feel bad for you guys hope you can get your g2s fixed
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Correction he has removed 12b support entirely
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Yah, this sucks. Just curious if the manual way is working fine with the ota 12b?
I wouldn't try it its not freegee the app I wonder if Verizon/lg patched the bootloader to deny our current Recovery's this seems to be happening to people who just bought there g2s they must have just patched the bootloader but no ota update this has Verizon's name written all over it
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I wouldn't try it its not freegee the app I wonder if Verizon/lg patched the bootloader to deny our current Recovery's this seems to be happening to people who just bought there g2s they must have just patched the bootloader but no ota update this has Verizon's name written all over it
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I bought a used one and used the app and my phone is bricked. I'm talking about manually using adb. That method works still?
It is not the app it is the recovery shellnut thinks verizin /lg did something we are all very confused if I were you just to be safe I wouldn't try it
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Is there any news on this? I have tried everything to get the g2 to fire back up but no luck. When charging the led blinks red. When attempting to turn it on the phone vibrates every 2 seconds. I think I am just going to get a replacement. Anyone have any advice?
On a separate note, I have no idea why this happened. I clean wiped, installed a rom, rebooted all from recovery and the phone never booted into anything. I wasn't even a slight bit worried because I know I did this correctly.
I appreciate it, thanks.
mattandroidmatt said:
Is there any news on this? I have tried everything to get the g2 to fire back up but no luck. When charging the led blinks red. When attempting to turn it on the phone vibrates every 2 seconds. I think I am just going to get a replacement. Anyone have any advice?
On a separate note, I have no idea why this happened. I clean wiped, installed a rom, rebooted all from recovery and the phone never booted into anything. I wasn't even a slight bit worried because I know I did this correctly.
I appreciate it, thanks.
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Just get a replacement. tell them that it wont turn on. DO NOT tell them that you rooted it. hahaha
Just had this happen to me.
It's probably dead.
Plug it in and give it some time to charge.
I finally got into recovery mode and was able to restore a ROM (bad flash and was stuck at the LG logo)
Freegee has been bricking devices since its conception. I'm surprised people are still trying to use it.
If anyone reads this before trying to use it, I would suggest not to.
I've used flashify once and it worked fine, but it's really best to push it via adb. Don't know how? Google is your friend. Or the search function on these forums. There's full guides on how to push a recovery on the g2.
Taking the easy way is normally never the best way.
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So does this mean the phone is fried? I received mine like this and have no idea what to do. I am not a Verizon customer so I have no way to return the phone. I took it in a trade for my phone thinking it must be fixable and now I am without a device. I know it is my own fault for not doing my research first but this really just sucks :/
nickkeslar said:
So does this mean the phone is fried? I received mine like this and have no idea what to do. I am not a Verizon customer so I have no way to return the phone. I took it in a trade for my phone thinking it must be fixable and now I am without a device. I know it is my own fault for not doing my research first but this really just sucks :/
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Can you plug the phone into the computer and enter download mode? If not and you can't get get into recovery, then it is bricked.
You could always try to use lg's one year warrenty. It will cost you thought.
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Lawlrus said:
Can you plug the phone into the computer and enter download mode? If not and you can't get get into recovery, then it is bricked.
You could always try to use lg's one year warrenty. It will cost you thought.
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No download mode, no recovery. The stupid LED wouldn't even light up. Luckily, I was fortunate enough to get my old phone back. A guy found me on craigslist and texted me asking me to unlock his model LS980 for T-Mobile, and in turn he would trade me the VS980 for a Droid Ultra. And like I said, I obliged and thought I could fix it, without doing my research first. Well like I said, I was fortunate enough that he traded me back today. Now I have another swap set up with a guy tomorrow, to trade my Ultra for his LS980. But this one has issues too. For some reason it has no sound at all, unless you use a Bluetooth. I'm sure that will be annoying really really fast, so anyone have any ideas where I can find the info to fix this? Lol
nickkeslar said:
No download mode, no recovery. The stupid LED wouldn't even light up. Luckily, I was fortunate enough to get my old phone back. A guy found me on craigslist and texted me asking me to unlock his model LS980 for T-Mobile, and in turn he would trade me the VS980 for a Droid Ultra. And like I said, I obliged and thought I could fix it, without doing my research first. Well like I said, I was fortunate enough that he traded me back today. Now I have another swap set up with a guy tomorrow, to trade my Ultra for his LS980. But this one has issues too. For some reason it has no sound at all, unless you use a Bluetooth. I'm sure that will be annoying really really fast, so anyone have any ideas where I can find the info to fix this? Lol
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I am pretty sure that LG has a 1 year warranty and they would've replaced it for you for free. I went to Verizon and they sent me a new one right away but a while back I had upgraded my old droid 1 before the 1 year period ended and I bricked it just messing around. Motorola replaced it with a refurb and I never even went to Verizon. I just had to pay shipping. Maybe you should try the same thing. Just send a couple emails back and forth with LG customer support and see what happens. Good luck.
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Lawlrus said:
Can you plug the phone into the computer and enter download mode? If not and you can't get get into recovery, then it is bricked.
You could always try to use lg's one year warrenty. It will cost you thought.
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Mine did the same thing this morning, although it has been fine for 2 months since root+xposed+freegee (for TWRP).
But if I send it back for warranty replacement, will they be able to see it has been rooted if it won't turn on? I love the phone, but really don't want to be billed full price for a new one.

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