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Tmobile G1 stuck at Tri color screen

I posted this in another section by accident, hopefully this is the correct place...
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 upgraded 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)
Essentially, I just need a working phone!!
At this point Im almost certain it is bricked, unless one of you highly intelligent guys can help me out!
Any help is appreciated!

Is there any text on this screen? If so, please let us know what it says, like I said in the previous thread, I believe you could be seeing the bootloader screen.

That is the bootloader screen you should still be able to flash a rom thru fastboot.

Does it look like the one on the left?
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Your camera button is stuck, try to clean it with compressed air and rubbing alcohol.

Yes it is the screen on the left BUT ---!!!!
I have no idea why it did work, but I just tried:
REMOVING (never tried this) the SD card, booting into the recovery console, pressing ALT+L (load menu), then Alt+W (wipe), then reboot. Given I did try already installing the original dreaimg.nbh
I am now into the initial set up for Android. I will keep you posted on what happens next, as this phone seems to go FUBAR after rebooting.

prezzor said:
Yes it is the screen on the left BUT ---!!!!
I have no idea why it did work, but I just tried:
REMOVING (never tried this) the SD card, booting into the recovery console, pressing ALT+L (load menu), then Alt+W (wipe), then reboot. Given I did try already installing the original dreaimg.nbh
I am now into the initial set up for Android. I will keep you posted on what happens next, as this phone seems to go FUBAR after rebooting.
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Yeah, if you're getting that screen every time you reboot, your camera button is jammed (this is the most probable issue).
See, to get to that screen on a G1 you simply hold down the camera button while powering on the device (much like holding the home key to get into recovery mode). So it's VERY likely you've jammed down your camera button somehow, and just need to pry it up and clean the area.

well Im back again. Yes its does seem as though the camera button is being held down although it doesnt look like its jammed down at all. I can press like normal; would I perhaps have to pop the button open and clean with alcohol??

I got the button pried off and cleaned the area underneath. The internal button does not appear to be be pressed down, I can press/depress the button with no problem. Could this be an issue with the radio firmware? Known issue with Cyanogen perhaps?
--And Yes, I still see the Tri-colored screen as seen in the above picture on the left--

This has nothing to do with your ROM... might have a little to do with the Radio/SPL, but not likely. At most, maybe try flashing the newest radio, then the danger spl. Remember, radio first, then danger spl. (if you do it the other way, you have a brick).
But it is probably the button. The soft rubber that doesn't seemed pressed down isn't the actual button either, it is under that and should be a copper like bubble button. Don't think you can get all the way to that without taking the whole damn thing apart.

I believe I have tried flashing the radio firm, but not the danger spl. Where would you recommend I DL these from? Would it matter that I am running the original ROM (dreaimg.nbh)??

http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
I got both files from here. Just to be double sure, flash the radio first anyways, no need to risk your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517593
This is the how too, note you will need either 2 SD cards(flash SPL, then pull SD and flash ROM from 2nd SD), or you will have to flash the SPL, pull the SD card and load the ROM on it, then the ROM... do not power down your device before flashing the ROM.
As well, you need to have a custom recovery flashed, not sure if you have that yet or not (assuming you have a custom ROM you have one already).
If you are nervous at all about doing it, re-read the instructions a couple times until you get the comfy feeling... nothing to worry about as long as you flash the newest radio, then the SPL, then your ROM of choice. Now might be a good time to check out someone else's ROM as well, I like dwangs personally. But if you do 3D games, ie teeter, you will hate it because it doesn't support 3D games.

I have my phone back to working condition now. First off, I want to thank all of you who have helped me out. I really appreciate this community! You guys are great!
All in all, being that pjcforpres told me to have the custom ROM installed, I first had to exploit the phone to get cyanogenMOD on. During this process, I believe it re-flashed the radio firmware and possibly fixed my problem. I could be wrong, but its what I like to believe.
I am a happy camper now!!
P.S. I did NOT end up flashing Danger SPL, I did not want to risk it now that I have a working G1....

Welp, spoke too soon... I am back to the Tri color screen again.
Is there a good tutorial on how to carefully take this phone apart? I want to do some deep cleaning on the camera button area.

Tri Colour screen
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Does it look like the one on the left?
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I have been hunting around trying to find what to do about this, I have the screen on the Left when I hold the Camera button down and turn on the power.
Holding the Home key down and the power the phone appears to boot up the the Splash Screen in this case Rogers, and there it sits nothing happens.
Does anyone have a idea how to recover at this point. I don't believe its a stuck camera button because if I don't push the camera button and boot up I get the carrier splash screen and nothing more.
I believe since it says Serial0 it must be in some sort of console recover mode, question is how to get there and what to do. The USB no longer shows up when plugged into the PC, I've checked on linux and it does not even see the usb being plugged in so there must be some trick to connect to it.
Zarf
My phone is a HTC Dream from Rogers.

Same problem
Stuck at the tricolor screen..i popped the button out doesnt look like anything is wrong..i scraped at it a little..what else is it? or am i not doing it right?

Check the USB port/inside
I successfully cleaned out my phone by completely tearing it apart. There are a few manuals on how to do this , however I cannot remember or have any links to provide.
My USB port cover was broken off (I no longer have a G1), this may have caused dust and debris to enter the phone and cause havoc. I did find a long hair in the phone (?!?!?) which after removal helped remedy the issue.

[Q] Def Bricked!!! Prove me wrong pls.

Okay I used Unleash the Beast to root, etc. And stupidly I thought that I didn't have to Go back to stock w/ odin because I hadn't flashed any roms yet.
I flashed SRE 1.3 and I got a boot loop about installing files. I pulled the battery and now ALL that I can get is White AT&T screen (unplugged) or a loading icon that doesn't move(usb plugged in). I have tried Adb, every combination of vol up/down + power, or without power, and the buttons by themselves. Can't get to Download mode or Recovery.... Any suggestions?

You try vol-up+down while off, hold it down, and plug it in while down?

try plugging in the usb when trying to get it into download mode. I was having some issues till I did that.

I appreciate the ideas guys but yeah I've tried both of those. What I'm really looking for is a way to force the phone into download through usb. Neither Adb or Fastboot work.

the pull SIM card and SD card trick always seems to work for me. My phone is a PITA to get into download mode. Just have to keep at it.

Yea, from reading these threads I'm beginning to think that these phones aren't brickable. Everyone who's been unable to get odin to work, it seems, wasn't doing the dl-mode properly. It seems it's primarily because of two issues
(1). (I gathered this from reading threads)--it seems there are different methods for getting into dl-mode for different phone models. I have no idea what kind of phone you have, but there are apparently several ways to get to dl mode (i'm talking strictly about pushing hard key methods). Something common to all of them, however, is that it's a good idea to remove your battery for a minute prior to attempting to get into dl mode.
(2). (may have made this up)--getting drivers installed for this phone is a pain in the butt. It seems there are different drivers for adb/usb debugging, mass storage mode, kies, each of the memory cards, and dl-mode. It took me forever to get the drivers working properly. What I did was just manually install the driver for each device in device manager. I downloaded a folder of drivers from somewhere, and it contained every driver i needed (i think).
Hope this info helps man, i'm sure you'll get it figured out

Pulled the sim(had to use it a dif phone) and don't have an sd card installed. No dice.
I've followed the standard procedures. Did SOME searching, still haven't found anything.

Hmmm. I got ADB to work before the brick.(Adb reboot recovery)
What are Kies? Any idea about those drivers.
I may just have to send it back to AT&T and get another.
Ps. you can get the Captivate for $99 w/ an upgrade on Amazon(w/ family plan) Cheaper on individual.

This is the method that works for me, always. Like, always always. Never failed.
If you have problems getting into Download Mode try this method:
1. Take out your sim card, sd card, battery and open Odin3.
2. Put the battery in.
3. Plug in USB. (the phone will power on to that screen)
4. Hold down both Volume keys, and then push power. Hold it and dont let go.
5. Wait for it to go black.
6. When it goes black the 2nd time release power and keep holding the Vol Down and Vol Up.
This is from the HOW TO Galaxy S ROms thread over in development.

belyle said:
This is the method that works for me, always. Like, always always. Never failed.
If you have problems getting into Download Mode try this method:
1. Take out your sim card, sd card, battery and open Odin3.
2. Put the battery in.
3. Plug in USB. (the phone will power on to that screen)
4. Hold down both Volume keys, and then push power. Hold it and dont let go.
5. Wait for it to go black.
6. When it goes black the 2nd time release power and keep holding the Vol Down and Vol Up.
This is from the HOW TO Galaxy S ROms thread over in development.
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Stuck at this screen when plugged in. Whether it's this screen or the white AT&T World phone screen if I hold at minimum Power+Up volume the screen will go black and then come right back.
And I have tried all other button combos

kylelipp said:
Appreciate it but it's not working.Stuck at this screen when plugged in. Whether it's this screen or the white AT&T World phone screen if I hold at minimum Power+Up volume the screen will go black and then come right back.
And I have tried all other button combos
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If it plugged into USB it will show the battery icon. Hold vol down and up plus power...black screen....at&t logo...black screen and release the power button. key being the black screen

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If it plugged into USB it will show the battery icon. Hold vol down and up plus power...black screen....at&t logo...black screen and release the power button. key being the black screen
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That's what I'm saying I doesn't even get the battery it's just that freakin circle(if powered off and then plugged in. Doesn't matter what buttons I'm holding). It doesn't move it just sits there. If I do the button combos it'll go black. and come back. I'll release power on 2nd black screen and no dice. If I don't have it plugged into usb I get the White AT&T screen. Holding Up/Down+Pwr or UP+Power will make the screen flash back, wait til 2nd black screen release power, still AT&T screen. hold power+up, release on second black screen and just hold down, nothing. I'm going to try iceczar1's suggestion(posted below) and see what happens.
@iceczar1
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Nope adb doesn't work because at the "Phone..!..Computer" screen it can't find the device. Looks like I might be screwed on this one.
Read First! (useless phrase): I am not responsible for any damage you will cause to your phone. No matter if is just bricking or throwing with it out of the window. Is not my fault
Step 0: Make sure you have Samsung Drivers intalled!!!!
No drivers, no way to get your phone back on its feet.
1. Just Take out the battery, SIM and SD Card. Make sure USB is not plugged.
2. Wait a bit ... lets say 1 minute (not really important but whatever).
3. Plug in the battery
4. Push the power button
5. Open Odin
6. No matter what message appears, plug in the USB.
Situation 1: Odin recognizes it: apply the patches that last time worked.
Situation 2: -Recommended- If you dont know what to apply or what to do take a look a this post . It will revert your phone to stock ROM (like it was when you got it)
Situation 3: Odin does not recognize it and you cannot see it in Device manager as Samsung Android Composite ADB Interface (and not even as a device with a question mark) then try booting like this:
1a: Take all out (SIM, SD, Battery, USB cable)
2a: plug in battery
3a: hold volume down + up (or up + down, doesn't matter) and insert USB
If you get the battery, then try again step 1a, 2a and the following:
4a: Hold volume down only + insert the USB.
If still no go then I dont know what to tell you my friend. Your phone is defect, because a normal Galaxy S cannot be bricked unless you find a way to flash the "BIOS" on the motherboard (on a separate chip), which, if I know correctly, is not writable (if someone knows better, please correct me and dont tell me Clockwork Recovery does that and flashes over the stock recovery, coz it doesn't. If it would, we would have it as an option when entering recovery mode for ever and we would have no way to see the stock recovery mode anymore)
PLEASE, WHILE YOU ARE DOING ALL THESE STEPS KEEP AN EYE ON WINDOWS DEVICE MANAGER AND ODIN!! IF ANY CHANGE APPEARS, MAKE A NOTE AND TRY TO REPEAT THE ACTION YOU TOOK TO MAKE THAT CHANGE APPEAR! You can even post it here, we might find it useful.
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I'll try this when I get home. I'm not holding out hope though.

oooooo just the little circle dealy you get just before the battery shows up. If you are able try this.
Unplug usb
vol up and down + power
When the first at&t logo pops up..plug in the usb (while still holding buttons, and wait for second black screen (if it will get that far) then let off the power button.
Kind of what the above poster said. Power then plug

@Belaflek
If I power on to AT&T then plug in and try the Pwr+Up(or Up&down) it will go black and then back to the circle.

You're having the same problem I had.. My phone the day I recieved it would not go into recovery or downlode mode via the button combinations. There is a thread that some others are having the same problem.
Out of curiousity were the button combinations working for you before?
If they weren't then you're going to have to send the phone back.. Despite people saying "well this combination works for me" Something happened with a batch of these phones and for some reason the button combination doesn't work.
If you can't get the button combinations to work, then you are stuck.. send it back so you can get a new one..

No the button combos didn't work before. Yeah I think I'll have to send it back Means I'll be w/o for about a week... I'm gonna be going through some serious withdrawal.

Okay I've tried everything! I'm done with trying I'm just going to send it back. I'll just have to be more careful next time.
As an aside: Basically you always have to use Odin to Flash back to stock before Flashing a new rom is that about right? Or does the Recovery mode have a wipe data, or other way to get back to Stock?

kylelipp said:
Okay I've tried everything! I'm done with trying I'm just going to send it back. I'll just have to be more careful next time.
As an aside: Basically you always have to use Odin to Flash back to stock before Flashing a new rom is that about right? Or does the Recovery mode have a wipe data, or other way to get back to Stock?
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You always have to use Odin to flash back to stock unless you have bone stock, just rooted, installed ROM Manager, flash ClockworkMod and back up that setup, then you could use Rom Manager to revert back to stock with root. I think Odin is quicker though. Before you do anything with your replacement phone make sure the button combo works that way you don't get bricked.

Thanks Rhiannon224, for that info.

[Q] HTC HD2 will not Boot at all

Hello... My HTC HD2 refuse to come back on (Boot) . It happened when i was charging the phone the thunder storm strike and the light (power) in my house went off .....
When i woke up that morning the screen was frozen i tried reset and it refuse to boot at all... I have sent it to repairs and they tried flashing ..it wouldn't work ..
Help me please .. I beg you..
what might be the problem ???
Thank you

The problem is probably due to several thousand volts being applied when the phone was only expecting 4.2v, it is best to unplug any electronics during an electrical storm.

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The problem is probably due to several thousand volts being applied when the phone was only expecting 4.2v, it is best to unplug any electronics during an electrical storm.
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I know .. but now my HTC HD2 will not boot up and i don't know what to do

Why is this in accessories?
Basically, I'd say your battery is dead due to the high voltage going in to. Try get a replacement battery and see if that works.

boomboomer said:
The problem is probably due to several thousand volts being applied when the phone was only expecting 4.2v, it is best to unplug any electronics during an electrical storm.
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I did try the Battery on my other HTC HD2 phone and it worked perfectly .....
I don't know why this is doing that .. I will try buying a new battery to see ... but if there is more options to try .. I would be very Glad ..
I put this info in accessories because i have a feeling it is not a software problem but a hardware problem ...
thank you for your help

Oh.The phone might just be burnt inside. You could try putting it in a fridge for a few minutes and see if that helps. If you're going to do that, make sure you put it in a plastic bag to keep all moisture out and affecting the phone.

Posting this in GENERAL might get you more help.
Posting this in Accessories is like going to a Toyota Forum and asking about engine problems in the Audio section.

filinawa said:
I did try the Battery on my other HTC HD2 phone and it worked perfectly .....
I don't know why this is doing that .. I will try buying a new battery to see ... but if there is more options to try .. I would be very Glad ..
I put this info in accessories because i have a feeling it is not a software problem but a hardware problem ...
thank you for your help
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I put it in the firdge and it is on now ....
it say " The divice is unable to boot because either you have turned off the device incorrectly or tired to install an application from Untrusted Source...Press Volume Up to reset your device or Press cancel"
I have been holding volume up for more than 5 mins and still that black screen with this writing is still not resetting
HELP ME ONCE MORE
thank you

Turn off phone, Hold Volume Up and press Boot while keep holding.
Then follow the instruction .

You're going to have to get a new one. There is no trick or button combination to unfry a circuit board, battery or screen. When an intricate electronic device takes a surge, it generally produces enough heat to destroy all the things that make the phone a phone instead of a shiny plastic box. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm pretty sure that's what boomboomer was telling you.

vapidr1 said:
You're going to have to get a new one. There is no trick or button combination to unfry a circuit board, battery or screen. When an intricate electronic device takes a surge, it generally produces enough heat to destroy all the things that make the phone a phone instead of a shiny plastic box. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm pretty sure that's what boomboomer was telling you.
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I know what you mean but any condemn phone will not boot up at all.. this one boots and states " The divice is unable to boot because either you have turned off the device incorrectly or tired to install an application from Untrusted Source...Press Volume Up to reset your device or Press cancel"
reconsider you advice

Can you put the phone in bootloader? If the bootloader works you can try to flash a rom from sd card (if you have hspl as well). Maybe it'll work.

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This what shows on my screen.(see attached) What might be the problem?
Please help me.
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I have not been able to boot load .. I have been holding the volume up for one hour .. no result..
Please help me.
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Well if you get that on the screen why not pull out the battery or better still press the reset button behind the cover. Quickly hold down the volume down key and release when you see the red blue green screen (if you can get to this screen).
Tells us what happens.
You can also try holding both volume up and down keys down and at the same time push the power button. See if you get a reset screen.

ez2remember said:
Well if you get that on the screen why not pull out the battery or better still press the reset button behind the cover. Quickly hold down the volume down key and release when you see the red blue green screen (if you can get to this screen).
Tells us what happens.
You can also try holding both volume up and down keys down and at the same time push the power button. See if you get a reset screen.
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Hello Mate..
after months of repairs .. i realized it was the volume up and down which was not functioning ..... is there any way i can get it working ??
thanks

filinawa said:
Hello Mate..
after months of repairs .. i realized it was the volume up and down which was not functioning ..... is there any way i can get it working ??
thanks
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Send it to HTC for repair, or claim on insurance.
The phone is fried, it is damaged, it is physically kaput.

like xaccers said, send it 2 htc. as long as the phone is under a year old they should repair it for free. I have sent my phone into htc for repair and was very pleased bc it didnt cost anything & they shipped it back free. i only had to cover shipping there. when you call they'll ask for the imei # to see about any remaining warranty and they will not do any repairs on the phone if it does cost $ without contacting you to talk about what the repairs will cost if any.
http://www.htc.com/us/support/service-and-repair

Oden root brick

I was using the Oden one click gingerbread method and I did the first part and it flashed fine but when it rebooted it went to a charging icon, not the fugumod icon. So, like a moron I pulled the cord since I could not restart it like the tut said. I then booted it up and it went into the fugumod screen. So I tried the 3 button technique and it did not work, it goes to a charging screen. Now I can't get to recovery or Oden to recognize it, so I can't flash it back to stock. Am I really bricked? I can get to the Fugumod screen like the Oden tut said, so is there any way to get Oden to recognize it without the 3 button to get it to download mode? Please help, this is my Mom's phone, I flashed it due to her wifi not working and she needs it soon. Much appreciated.
I forgot to mention, the phone is not detected by my PC. I've used 3 different wires, oem, htc, and a blackberry and it doesn't show up in adb at all.

Looks like you have the button combination locked, try to build a jig, here is how u can do it (worked for me) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512.
Did u try with vol - and power or vol+ and power? Also u can try removing the battery, plug the usb connected to the pc with odin open, hold vol - and vol + and insert the battery.

Yeah, I tried every way I saw on here, Up+Power, Down+Power, Up+Down+Power, plug battery in while holding up+down, plug battery while holding up, down, and power, plug in wire while holding up, down, and only press power, etc. I'll give the jig a shot, hopefully that will work.

Dacian said:
Yeah, I tried every way I saw on here, Up+Power, Down+Power, Up+Down+Power, plug battery in while holding up+down, plug battery while holding up, down, and power, plug in wire while holding up, down, and only press power, etc. I'll give the jig a shot, hopefully that will work.
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Should works, if you see signals of life jig must send you into download mode. Try to search how you can fix it just to be sure what are the steps that you must follow.

I tried making one from the instructions on here but the only response I got out of it was a charging screen for 2 seconds that disappeared, so I ended up buying one off of Amazon, it'll be here tomorrow and I'll let everyone know if it works or not. BTW, the title is sort of misleading, I am not blaming anyone for the brick, these things happen, I've been rooting phones since the G1, I know how it is.

Don't propagate ignorance... This is a "JIG"..
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It has every JIG mode available..
What you're talking about is a 301kohm jig. Technically refered to as a 301kohm Factory Mode Boot JIG Boot On.

I just tried to help, sorry if i dont have the same technical experience than you.

Darkuso said:
I just tried to help, sorry if i dont have the same technical experience than you.
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We've been calling the 3 resistor tool a jig since day one, seems perfectly fine to me.
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bobbylx said:
We've been calling the 3 resistor tool a jig since day one, seems perfectly fine to me.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Since there are 6 it should be distinguished. We've worked hard to gain knowledge and talking ignorant once you are in the know is not acceptable. You can also use the 619kohm jig to access download mode via UART.

A bit more on the "jig". JIG is a signal name. It is an "Output control signal driven by the FSA9280A/FSA9288A and used by the processor for factory test modes". There's several JIG modes.
Grab the "GalaxyS Hack Pack" and see the FSA9280 manual for more.

It's not really big issue for me, I'll call whatever the proper name is. It's just that 95% of the users here have called the 301kohm version a "Jig" since it was introduced months ago. Until everyone has adopted the new terms, maybe cut them some slack.
By the way, I haven't been following your work since I've no dev, but just read through some of it. Very nice.

Ok, so the Jig didn't work. It just showed a charging icon like when I used my own Jig. It doesn't boot to anything, it pops up with the battery and then dies. Is this a hard brick then?
EDIT: I unplugged the battery for 20 seconds and replugged the jig, and it sent to download mode. Thanks for the help everyone, and I hope this helps someone else if it happens to them.

Dacian said:
Ok, so the Jig didn't work. It just showed a charging icon like when I used my own Jig. It doesn't boot to anything, it pops up with the battery and then dies. Is this a hard brick then?
EDIT: I unplugged the battery for 20 seconds and replugged the jig, and it sent to download mode. Thanks for the help everyone, and I hope this helps someone else if it happens to them.
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had the same problem , i was trying to root my devise , and after flashing fuguMod root , devise reboots and all i see is at&t logo--> fish -->at&t logo ---> fish (loop)
i connect usb .... i see battery loop
so i tried:
1. pull battery
2. hold up+down bottoms
3. plug in usb (while holding up+down)
4. plug in battery (continue holding )
and it brings me in download mood

HELP! I've hardbricked my mi 5 :(

Hi all
I have managed to hardbrick my phone without even trying to flash it.
I have a white 128gb Mi 5 with an unlocked bootloader and (i think) running Cyanogenmod13 (but it was such a long time ago that i installed it - before global stable was out) I've always been happy with it but kept meaning to sit down and put global on it, but havent gotten around to it.
Yesterday i was using my phone, put it in my handbag, took it out ten mins later and it was completely dead. But it was definitely at 100% charge at the time as i had it plugged in on the train. No leds, no response, no screen, not recognised by computer or anything.
There have been a few instances when i pulled my phone out of my bag and the fastboot screen has been up and luckily i've cancelled it. I've been doing a bit of research and i'm pretty sure that i somehow managed to enter fastboot mode in my bag by accident and then corrupt it somehow?
I've been playing about a bit with it. (it's still under warranty, but I can't send it back, because it's got an unofficial rom on it)
I've managed to get it to be recognised on my laptop now by following a video tutorial which i'm not able to post because this is my first post, but it's from choimobile,vn and just in case anyone wants to know which steps i've made it to, this is the rest of the address, /threads/unbrick-xiaomi-mi5-repair-boot-xiaomi-mi5-hardbrick-pc-not-detected.
But i've reached a point that i can't go any further. In all the guides i've read, people talk about the pc recognising the phone as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 but mine doesn't. It just recognises it as "android" so then flashing with miflash doesn't work.
Does anyone know what else i can do? I'm a noob at this so if you could keep the explanations simple, that would be great!
Thanks
Angelina

Forgot to add... phone still connects to my computer fine, i can still see everything and can access the internal memory.
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I'm pretty sure you can't actually do any damage in fastboot without being connected to a PC.
You say your pc detects your phone storage fine so that means it's either booted or in recovery. Either way, you should have some kind of display being shown so it sounds like your screen is broken.
Do you know what recovery you have installed? I'd advise you try to reboot into it (power off -> hold power and volume up) or boot into fastboot and flash twrp recovery.
If your screen never changes from off after restarting, it's likely the screen that's the issue.
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andythedev said:
I'm pretty sure you can't actually do any damage in fastboot without being connected to a PC.
You say your pc detects your phone storage fine so that means it's either booted or in recovery. Either way, you should have some kind of display being shown so it sounds like your screen is broken.
Do you know what recovery you have installed? I'd advise you try to reboot into it (power off -> hold power and volume up) or boot into fastboot and flash twrp recovery.
If your screen never changes from off after restarting, it's likely the screen that's the issue.
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Hmm, OK that's strange, i've not done anything that would break it, especially in that short period of time. But I guess it could be a loose connection or something. Although that wouldn't explain why there are no leds or why it doesn't respond to being charged? if it was a broken screen, everything else would work fine.
I could only see it on my pc after taking it apart, disconnecting the battery and using tweezers to connect 2 points on the internal board like in the video above. If i disconnect it, then plug it in again, it's not recognised until i use the tweezers on the two points again.
I've tried to reboot it and get into fastboot again, but it definitely isn't responding.
Thanks

hmm have you tried plugging it to power source then hold power button like one min..?
because last week my phone was just dead, and doesn't respond to anything, though it's slightly different because mine stuck forever at 9008 mode, yet still stuck there even though i flashed new rom
the only cure to wake it up was to attach to charger then holding power button for one minute
or you can try using DFC cable to force into EDL mode

Hiya!
Yes i've tried various combinations of holding different buttons whilst fully charged/discharging/connecting to computer via the test point etc
Thanks for the suggestion though.

Unfortunately, the DFC cable won't work, as that is what i've done with the test point method. It will allow me to connect the phone to the computer but that's as far as it gets.
Bumping this in the hope that someone may have an answer.

Your phone was dead because your power button kept pressing accidentally for a long time as you kept it in your bag, i too have the same problem and I showed it in service center but no luck they suggested me to change the motherboard...