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right i know how i bricked my G1
did spl before radio .. so the outcome is basiclly it hangs on the screen thing
i passed the phone down to my little brother so hes been using it for some time i ain been on the g1 scene for quite some time until yesterday he started ranting on bout me upgrading his system to the Hero ports
my main question was is there a way to recover this problem
or am i going to have to go tru my friends at t-mobile
thanks in advance
1) You posted in the wrong forum. How is this post in way Android Development?
2) Learn to use periods. It's hard to understand what you are trying to say.
...So you bricked your g1?
Sorry, nothing can be done.
shaji007 said:
right i know how i bricked my G1
did spl before radio .. so the outcome is basiclly it hangs on the screen thing
i passed the phone down to my little brother so hes been using it for some time i ain been on the g1 scene for quite some time until yesterday he started ranting on bout me upgrading his system to the Hero ports
my main question was is there a way to recover this problem
or am i going to have to go tru my friends at t-mobile
thanks in advance
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Shaji... 1st off how is your little brother using a "bricked" phone? If it is bricked it can't be used let alone have the ROM updated to the Hero ROM's. Also there are several threads over in the " Dream android development " that should provide you with PLENTY of information that you seek... good luck with T-Mobile...
peace
...tell T-Mobile you got an OTA update and phone never booted past the first screen after. You're phone is bricked ,get a new one.
shaji007 said:
right i know how i bricked my G1
did spl before radio .. so the outcome is basiclly it hangs on the screen thing
i passed the phone down to my little brother so hes been using it for some time i ain been on the g1 scene for quite some time until yesterday he started ranting on bout me upgrading his system to the Hero ports
my main question was is there a way to recover this problem
or am i going to have to go tru my friends at t-mobile
thanks in advance
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I did the same thing the night Haykuro came out with all his new stuff for that. I flashed SPL before radio, but I was able to fix it. I'll pull up the email I worked out with him, PM me for it.
Disconnect usb, take out the battery and plug it back it, connect usb, boot the phone into the recovery mode, go to the console.
Enter then type this: echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
You now can access to ur sdcard from your computer, download a rom, change it to "update". Reboot the phone again, now try to wipe and install the update. After you install the update, flash the radio first, then the SPL. Let me know how it works out for you.
thanks for all the information people
@shaji007 Your post is quite confusing, can you tell us what you did in order? Can the phone get in to recovery (power+home) or the bootloader (power+camera)?
@phuthanvinh If you brick you can't get in to recovery.
@lukekirstein You know how to bring bricked G1's back to life? This I gotta see...
right basiclly
i followed the guide how to downgrade root n hack etc
did all that
then upgraded to one of JF builds
then i was going to install the hero ports that have been flying around
however this is my fault i wasnt really concentrating and i upgraded the spl before the radio
so yea its bricked on there
i just thought xda might have a way of fixing it back up
getting it replaced with t-mobile is of course no problem but i dont want to go through the hassle
lukekirstein said:
I did the same thing the night Haykuro came out with all his new stuff for that. I flashed SPL before radio, but I was able to fix it. I'll pull up the email I worked out with him, PM me for it.
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yea okay I don't believe you...If haykuro was able to fix it why hasn't he posted a fix? No why havent YOU posted a fix?
shaji007 said:
right basiclly
i followed the guide how to downgrade root n hack etc
did all that
then upgraded to one of JF builds
then i was going to install the hero ports that have been flying around
however this is my fault i wasnt really concentrating and i upgraded the spl before the radio
so yea its bricked on there
i just thought xda might have a way of fixing it back up
getting it replaced with t-mobile is of course no problem but i dont want to go through the hassle
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Right, yeah, you're screwed. Just tell tmo that the update bricked it, but don't say bricked, just act dumb
I wouldn't hold out much hope for lukekirstein's unbrick method that no one has over heard about before...
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.
supremeteam256 said:
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.
[/SINGING]
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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
508bmartin said:
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......
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.
fabman33 said:
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?
fabman33 said:
,but once its updated you dont have to do it again.
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http://bit.ly/5V0VMB
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
t0nnn said:
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?
t0nnn said:
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
t0nnn said:
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!
madunix said:
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.
I need advice and comments on fixing my g1, i had my phone rooted and never made this dumb mistake...........i was just expierementing wen i decided to put the newest slide radio on the g1 while in recovery,now its stuck on the screen wer the android dude is withan arrow commin out the box..wat can i do?????
you can try go into fastboot and flash g1 radio again,
From computer right? Cuz i cannot go into ANY OPTIONS from the device
Sent from my myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
Can you somehow get into the bootloader (hold cam button while powering on)?
If yes, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Then get the correct radio and: "fastboot flash radio radio.img"
If you dont get into bootloader, well you might be really screwed.
brkrbrkr19 said:
I need advice and comments on fixing my g1, i had my phone rooted and never made this dumb mistake...........i was just expierementing wen i decided to put the newest slide radio on the g1 while in recovery,now its stuck on the screen wer the android dude is withan arrow commin out the box..wat can i do?????
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Wait... you flashed a Slide radio onto your G1?
Uhhhhh... are they compatible?
I'm not imagining so since you're in this predicament.
Why did you do that? I mean... how?