OK well i was installing Darkys latest rom. I was at the point where i was in
download mode and odin. While odin was loading files the usb slipped out of the
phone because nothing besides the stock usb cord happens to stay firmly in the
charging port on this phone. This is the 2nd time this happed but when it
happened this time my phone just stopped working and by stop working i mean i
get absolutely no picture on the screen. nothing happens when its plugged into
power cord or usb cord. nothing. tried holding all 3 buttons in tons of times and
nothing.
Im out of warranty and got no insurance. I did get att to give me 180 credit cuz
i threatened to cancel. so if i cant fix this im gonna use a crappy prepaid phone
for the time being. If the SGS2 doesnt come out by march then ill probably get
an axtrix even tho i would rather get SGS2.
So please does anyone know of anything i can try?? i'm probably gonna goto an att store and try a new battery. Any suggestions would be appreciated???
You tried pulling everything, plug in usb, hold rocker, put back in batt? My understanding is, if you have the bad luck of that cable coming out while loading the boot loader then you r indeed SOL.
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Buy or make a jig
Double spacing isn't necessary. We aren't going to grade your post.
You hopefully now understand that flashing to stock isn't the way to avoid problems; it's the way to create big ones.
Try removing the battery, wait a couple of minutes, plug in USB, hold volume up+down, while holding up+down insert the battery and see if that gets you back into download mode.
hololight said:
You tried pulling everything, plug in usb, hold rocker, put back in batt? My understanding is, if you have the bad luck of that cable coming out while loading the boot loader then you r indeed SOL.
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I tried all that. Ive probably flashed every single rom in the development section of the forum.
If it gets unplugged while doing an update then usually it displays the phone..!..computer picture and you can still get into download mode from there. I'm getting nothing tho.
the reason i think it could be the battery is because it may have been pretty close to dying which is stupid for flashing when it was close to dead but i wanted to hurry up because i had to leave the house. i'm wondering if since the software on there now is corrupt would that make the phone unable to charge. thats why i want to try a new battery
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Double spacing isn't necessary. We aren't going to grade your post.
You hopefully now understanding that flashing to stock isn't the way to avoid problems; it's the way to create big ones.
Try removing the battery, wait a couple of minutes, plug in USB, hold volume up+down, while holding up+down insert the battery and see if that gets you back into download mode.
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just tried what you recommended and nothing happened. tried it a few times. Thanks for helping. I really hope the SGS2 comes out in march. I am not wasting my upgrade on an old phone and i dont really want the atrix
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would a jig really help me in this situation???
I don't think a jig will help. Usually it is used when your buttons never worked.... but hey... only a couple bucks vs the cost of a new phone.
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hololight said:
I don't think a jig will help. Usually it is used when your buttons never worked.... but hey... only a couple bucks vs the cost of a new phone.
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yeah i know my buttons work, i just cant get my phone to turn on at all. also tried multiple chargers and usb cables. I think i'm screwed. im hoping someone on here heard of this problem before but ive never read anything about it on here before.
Using a POS phone till the SGS2 comes out is gonna suck
anyone know anything?
I will be trying another battery today.
Besides a jig, I have nothing else for you sorry.
But on a different spectrum, if you do get a new phone, dont get the atrix, it is the worst phone out of all the phones coming out on att. Get the inspire our the infuse if you dont want to hold a dinner plate to your head.
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JoeyGuard said:
would a jig really help me in this situation???
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There is no guarantee, but it certainly could
juts tried a new a battery and still nothing.
I'm now rocking a Nokia 2320.
SGS2 I guess but i think i'm gonna be waiting a long time.
this nokia is so bad i dont think im going to make it thru the end of the month
Try the jig. It can not make things worse for you and MAY actually work for your issue.
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phone needs to be able to power on for a jig to work.
how are you out of warranty? (besides the custom rom) the phone has a 1 year warranty and it is not been on the market that long.
if the phone *happened* to be *dammaged* in a way that they would never notice AND would NEVER be able to read the memory (with out spending thousands of dollars), THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW you flashed custom rom and voided your warranty. they would try to test it, nope, broken, NEXT...
and SGS2 expected in june
Trusselo said:
phone needs to be able to power on for a jig to work.
how are you out of warranty? (besides the custom rom) the phone has a 1 year warranty and it is not been on the market that long.
if the phone *happened* to be *dammaged* in a way that they would never notice AND would NEVER be able to read the memory (with out spending thousands of dollars), THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW you flashed custom rom and voided your warranty. they would try to test it, nope, broken, NEXT...
and SGS2 expected in june
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yeah your right i still am in warranty but 2 weeks after i got the phone i dropped it and the screen cracked but the cracks not that bad. So i cant warranty the device because the crack. I did get att to give me $180 credit on my bill. $30 of every 6 month.
Ive heard the international version of the SGS2 will be out long before the att version will be. So i might use my upgrade on an iphone 4 and then sell it and buy the international SGS2.
what do you guys think about that idea?
JoeyGuard said:
Ive heard the international version of the SGS2 will be out long before the att version will be. So i might use my upgrade on an iphone 4 and then sell it and buy the international SGS2.
what do you guys think about that idea?
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im pretty sure thats what im gonna do. Just not sure if i should use my upgrade on the 3gs for $49 or $200 on the 4g.
What do you guys think we will get me the most profit towards the int version of SGS2??
any opinions would be appreciated.
thanks guys
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My phone (model 1007) had been rooted and running Serendipity. All was well until I had trouble with phone calls. So I unrooted and reflashed to stock. I reformatted and it was like brand new, out the box. I didn't have the time to reroot so I kept it clean. I pressed on 'update' on the settings menu (was that stupid of me?) and it just shut down. So NOW,
I can't turn it on! My phone starts to turn on but just shows this little spinning circle and the screen goes black. I can get into download and recovery though, so that's good right?
The phone will only charge. The very FEW times I actually got it to turn on the phone said that the USB was connected when it wasn't!
Could someone please, please help me?
Also, this is a phone from the warranty dept. It's refurbished because my other Captivate wouldn't turn on (I'm just having some sucky luck, right?)
So am I still able to return it? It's been less than 90 days i got it and has never been in contact with water or dropped. In fact, I always cradle it in a nice case.
I'm just terrified of the horror stories I've heard about Samsung warranty dept and AT&T's warranty dept. I don't want to give it to them to have some crazy $500 charge, you know? I think I don't have anything to worry about but it just freaked me out.
I had a similar experience, but mine caught itself in a reboot loop. I wa able to get back into download mode and re-flash, fixing the issue.
Have you tried to see if it will at least go into download mode?
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My phone (model 1007) had been rooted and running Serendipity. All was well until I had trouble with phone calls. So I unrooted and reflashed to stock. I reformatted and it was like brand new, out the box. I didn't have the time to reroot so I kept it clean. I pressed on 'update' on the settings menu (was that stupid of me?) and it just shut down. So NOW,
I can't turn it on! My phone starts to turn on but just shows this little spinning circle and the screen goes black. I can get into download and recovery though, so that's good right?
The phone will only charge. The very FEW times I actually got it to turn on the phone said that the USB was connected when it wasn't!
Could someone please, please help me?
Also, this is a phone from the warranty dept. It's refurbished because my other Captivate wouldn't turn on (I'm just having some sucky luck, right?)
So am I still able to return it? It's been less than 90 days i got it and has never been in contact with water or dropped. In fact, I always cradle it in a nice case.
I'm just terrified of the horror stories I've heard about Samsung warranty dept and AT&T's warranty dept. I don't want to give it to them to have some crazy $500 charge, you know? I think I don't have anything to worry about but it just freaked me out.
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The OTA update ATT sent out has been known to cause these issues on some phones, Here are your 2 options. 1. Return it and get another referb. 2. Go down to your local Radio shack and get the parts for a jig, (directions in the forums. A search for Jig will get you there) and then not worry about much flashing roms from then as a Jig will work 99.9% of the time.
That is of course after you see if you can get into download mode without the jig.
lol I've tried jigs before. I suck at making them and it never worked for me. Clearly, I've been too sloppy in making them. I can get into download mode. But I've already reflashed with the same results. If I keep getting the same results I'm afraid someone will tell me I have a hardware issue.
Is the jig the only thing left to try?
Thanks soooo much for replying!
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lol I've tried jigs before. I suck at making them and it never worked for me. Clearly, I've been too sloppy in making them. I can get into download mode. But I've already reflashed with the same results. If I keep getting the same results I'm afraid someone will tell me I have a hardware issue.
Is the jig the only thing left to try?
Thanks soooo much for replying!
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Yes. Sure shot option. Worked like a charm for me
Restless101 said:
lol I've tried jigs before. I suck at making them and it never worked for me. Clearly, I've been too sloppy in making them. I can get into download mode. But I've already reflashed with the same results. If I keep getting the same results I'm afraid someone will tell me I have a hardware issue.
Is the jig the only thing left to try?
Thanks soooo much for replying!
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Ok you can get into download mode so you should be ok. What have you been flashing?
#1 dont need a jig - just 3 resistors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10112309&postcount=1
HINT dont touch the resistor leads with your bare fingers, it can change the resistance, especially if youre sweaty. USE TAPE on the ends
#2 if you dont think you can do that, you can buy a premade jig on ebay DELIVERED for under 10 bucks, i just ordered one for 8 just in case.
Trusselo said:
#1 dont need a jig - just 3 resistors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10112309&postcount=1
HINT dont touch the resistor leads with your bare fingers, it can change the resistance, especially if youre sweaty. USE TAPE on the ends
#2 if you dont think you can do that, you can buy a premade jig on ebay DELIVERED for under 10 bucks, i just ordered one for 8 just in case.
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use this one buddy and be patient with it. it works if you need help you can pm me cause ive been there before.
I completely killed my phone.
I was flashing with Odin 1 click, and it got stuck at the factoryfs.rfs. After I long while I had to disconnect it and now it is dead. No PC--!--Phone screen, no battery charging indicator, nothing. Not even my home made jig is working. 3 button combo not working, USB + VolUP + VolDown not working either. The Vol UP + Power HW test screen is gone too,
This happened to me once before with a failed Odin flash too. Completely unresponsive device. I did manage to get it back with the jig. But this time it seems I completely killed it.
It's weird though, because the most important step went fine (the bootloader/sbl.bin step). This sucks
Hmm idk got that yesterday check your jig. If you have a Meter to test its output is wound up having to rebuild my jig with 6 resistors to get the ohm I needed to force download. Do a search there is a guy that made a jig using a igo micro usb tip is used the same thing today but had to test out several different sets of resistors before I got dl mode
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The only way to completely brick the captivate is to have a phone that did not come with the 3-button combo and have not flashed dg's 3 button fix and to have a broken micro-usb port so that a jig will not work. So in reality no its not possible.
If I were you I would check your jig and try again
bencaptivate said:
The only way to completely brick the captivate is to have a phone that did not come with the 3-button combo and have not flashed dg's 3 button fix and to have a broken micro-usb port so that a jig will not work. So in reality no its not possible.
If I were you I would check your jig and try again
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this is false.
i bricked one with a bootloader flash from armani....i was stupid to leave it in the CWM flashable i made
and i have another one that is completely dead...unrelated to flashing, as it was stock JH7...even my jig wont bring it back
Yeah well. I'm going to buy a jig from ebay (does the Fascinate jig works with the Captivate as well?
Otherwise, I'll just get a used Captivate for cheap. Would love a new phone, but can't justify the expense of a Nexus S or something.
Another option, is it possible to just replace the motherboard? would that work? If so, I can get one for spare parts.
I'll be going back to a feature phone for the next couple of weeks though : ( . I loved my cappy. It's been a terrible week though, it's like I'm on a roll of bad news. Oh well, it's just a phone.
cumanzor said:
Yeah well. I'm going to buy a jig from ebay (does the Fascinate jig works with the Captivate as well?
Otherwise, I'll just get a used Captivate for cheap. Would love a new phone, but can't justify the expense of a Nexus S or something.
Another option, is it possible to just replace the motherboard? would that work? If so, I can get one for spare parts.
I'll be going back to a feature phone for the next couple of weeks though : ( . I loved my cappy. It's been a terrible week though, it's like I'm on a roll of bad news. Oh well, it's just a phone.
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How much are you planning on spending? I would just go to to Radio Shack massive bag of resistors is 12 bucks and the iGo micro usb connector is 10 bucks so 22 bucks and you have an easy jig and pretty much unlimited resistors for all the bricks. I say thats the best way. i have enough resistors now to unbrick everyones captivates for the next year.
Go for the new Infuse, its a faster and upgraded captivate. Or just wait for the Iphone 5
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Dupontrocks11 said:
Or just wait for the Iphone 5
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Uh oh, is gonna start another apple flame? Lol, if so I'll have something to read when bored
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the Iphone5 really? what did he ever do to you?
thats just rude...
Trusselo said:
the Iphone5 really? what did he ever do to you?
thats just rude...
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Lol its supposed to be 4 inches dual core, face regonition, aluminum back. It looks pretty good except i know apple is going to rape your wallet for it. But after 4 defective captivates, anything that works looks good
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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.
Hey guys. I've had my cappy since last august (one year, obviously) and today an act of god happened while I was trying to flash my phone to serendipity 6.4 - lightning struck my dorm building (poor college student), and the power went out.
anywho, as you know the warranty period is one year (stupid if you're locked in for 2 years, imho) and guess what? my warranty expired YESTERDAY. FML. called AT&T and they won't let me get a new one now, and I'm not eligible for an upgrade. so... i have two options - shell out a lot of cash that I don't have for an insurance replacement or new phone, or fix my phone. I've tried making a jig, and it didn't work. None of the key combos work. It always goes to the phone-warning-computer screen. I searched and searched for a miracle solution but found nothing. Does anyone have anything I can try?
If not... is there anyone out there with an HTC inspire or captivate they'd be willing to sell me? This is the only phone I have, I don't have a backup, nor a home phone line.
With the pc screen you can't hold down the volume buttons and plug in usb with Odin running? If you're on gb kf1 bootloaders I remember seeing somewhere that screen is download mode. Worth a try.
That's one of my biggest fears. Precisely why I started using my laptop for flashes.
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If ur seeing signs of some kind of life, then ur not hard bricked.
Edit: This may get u into download mode... Pull battery, insert usb into computer (with Odin already open), insert micro usb into ur phone, replace battery. If u get into download mode, put the battery cover on then proceed.
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If ur seeing signs of some kind of life, then ur not hard bricked.
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well, it gives me the phone-!-computer screen but nothing else. Jig failed, odin fails, nothing will put it in download.
Edit: for the record, I was using Serendipity 7 before, and had that horrid battery drain problem, so I was trying to flash back to 6.4... if it matters.
^ If u can't get into Recovery, I edited my post above to maybe help with download mode.
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You said JIG failed i really doubt that it will fail try with another JIG.
What bootloaders you are on ?
You try only holding volume down or only holding volume up while plugging into pc from phone off state. ( best way to make sure is pull battery and replace without pushing any buttons. )??
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rkkaranrk said:
You said JIG failed i really doubt that it will fail try with another JIG.
What bootloaders you are on ?
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I owe you a beer, sir.
didn't feel like buying another connector so I sacrificed my backup car charger and made a jig with better soldering and all that jaz, and voila, it worked!
edit: See ya got it...good deal.
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^^ Yeah, reboot ur computer and then try connecting to Odin to flash stock ecair or stock ginger i 9000 or i897 ginger...whichever way u want to go with it.
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Computer's up, flashing stock currently.
my dormmates thought I was insane when i ran down the hall to my bud's dorm yelling IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVVVVVEEEEEE! I FIXED IT!!!!!! lol
But seriously. If you ever want a free beer...
^^^Hahaha ITS ALIIIVVVVVVEEEE, Yeah i know that feeling how it feels when u fix something.
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^^^Hahaha ITS ALIIIVVVVVVEEEE, Yeah i know that feeling how it feels when u fix something.
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Yup, complete with waving my phone above my head and everything =)
Lol awesome. Glad you got it working again good to always have a jig on standby.
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This is precisely the reason why I do all my flashing from my laptop and I have a jig (or two) around me...and an entire pack of resistors on my desk somewhere. I went to the shack the other day and bought the 10 dollar super pack of resistors, and as a Computer Engineering major, I should never have to buy resistors ever again...I gives you somewhere around 500 resistors of differing resistance.
worked with another jig (a better made one)? Gratz!!
It's not rooted and doesn't have anything on it. Pretty much stock. Sent a text msg this morning and checked my email from it. Came back to it abt 20 minutes later and it won't even turn on. Tried charging it. Won't turn on. Tried swapping with my regular battery (which was fully charged when I put it away. It could be dead by now.). Nothing. Tried removing the battery, waiting, replacing the battery. Nothing. I did briefly get the M Dual Core icon and then all went blank.
Suggestions?
Back to VZW. Sounds like a faulty handset.
Good Luck,
RMD
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Back to VZW. Sounds like a faulty handset.
Good Luck,
RMD
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I second this.
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
BFirebird101 said:
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
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I second this.
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Back to VZW. Sounds like a faulty handset.
Good Luck,
RMD
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Thanks, all.. Hauled my cookies 30 minutes over to Verizon. The sales rep assumed I hadn't bothered to charge my phone. When he realized it wasn't the battery, he was extremely helpful and replaced the phone on the spot. He said he'd never seen that before and with a phone less than 1 month old, I shouldn't have those kinds of issues. Kudos to Verizon for a pleasant experience. I've had some bad experiences in the past, but this gentleman was helpful and didn't try to sell me any accessories! ;p (They always try to sell me something when I'm there.)
BFirebird101 said:
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
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This is referencing what one would do if the software had an issue, if it does this will fix it but kinda sounds like hardware. I have returned my Bionic to stock twice its fairly easy, computer does almost everything. Here is this to get you going if you wanna do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262540
Just remember, phone has to be in fastboot mode to be detected by RSD Lite and once its detected and the file starts flashing, if it seems like its not making progress while saying otherwise, dont unplug it just wait
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BFirebird101 said:
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
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One would need the ability to turn the phone on in the first place for this to be attempted. That's why no one was mentioning the FXZ.
The phone booted to the dual core M logo, which with myself that happens to be as far as mine would go when i successfully flashed my FXZ. The phone needs to boot to the fastboot screen which can be done on many occasions that the phone can get to the first logo, as long as there is battery left.
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But congrats on the new replacement i just saw that after i posted
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It hasn't happened to me but I have to pull the battery on my wifes Bionic at least once a week and twice in one day. It would just go away suddenly and act like it was dead. I may return it for a replacement.
if anyone has exchanged their Bionic for a replacement because of the BSOD defect, will you please provide feedback in this thread? thanks
hi all:
just bought a bionic off ebay for cheap ($20 + free ship) but it has problems
it was being sold as "battery with water damage but phone is not but wont power on"
he said one night he left it in his drawer and when he woke up it didn't work anymore he tried removing battery and all that.
to my understanding the battery was previously water damaged and he could still use it and then got the wont power on later on.
anyhow to my question
the phone comes today with just the phone, water damaged battery and wall charger.
should I cut the end off the charger and do the wires to the battery and insert battery into phone and plug usb cord from laptop to the phone?
isn't this the correct way for bsod and a non water damaged battery?
is there anyway to test the waterdamaged battery to see if it could still be good?
I have a multimeter