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bricked HD

So, lets start at the begining.
Today I was testing the new android build from 20nov.
Everything went fine until restarting my phone into windows. The phone did boot properly, exept the screen stayed off.
Touch input did work.
After a couple of restarts everything was back to normal and i picked up the testing from the android build again.
However, a later on the same problem arised. This time more persistent.
Also the led wouldn't go on anymore when charging the phone...
After 30 tries of rebooting a decided to hard-reset the phone by holding Vol down+up and power. Then waiting a while (because i couldn't see what was happening) and then pressed vol up to hard reset.
Then waited like 5 minutes and then tried to boot again by holding the power button.... Nothing
Then waited another 5 minutes, pulled out the battery and tried another boot.
No succes either.
Bottom-line now.
The phone is dead, won't react to anything, no charging no booting.
What can I do???
No stock rom, so i guess no warranty???
Really hope someone can help!!!

Ouch , you're right about the no guarantee rule but i don't know what u could do ..
Best of luck pal.

Maybe anyone got any experience with garanty+ a flashed rom.
Who brought therte phone back with a flashed rom without telling HTC and got their warranty?
Would be great if that worked (a)

Can you do anything with phone? Try taking battery out for 24hrs before re-inserting it and attempting to reboot. If you can still do nothing with device you may have bricked it and only thing which can be done is to return it, though warranty void. Have you tried asking within Android thread to see if anyone else has had similar issues?

Fallen Spartan said:
Can you do anything with phone? Try taking battery out for 24hrs before re-inserting it and attempting to reboot. If you can still do nothing with device you may have bricked it and only thing which can be done is to return it, though warranty void. Have you tried asking within Android thread to see if anyone else has had similar issues?
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Thanks for the battery tip, i'll try that!
about an hour ago i did get a little response from my phone. It vibrated after pushing the on button!
And then nothing....
This only happens when the phone is not connected to usb(charger or pc, no difference).
I did post my problem in the android thread, however no response.
I'll also PM phhusson about my problem. Would be nasty if more people would brick their phone.
Still like to hear some experiences with the garanty-service of HTC if anyone has got any

if it is so "dead" nobody can say if the ROM was original or not. let them think is a hardware problem and replace yr device!!

KukurikU said:
if it is so "dead" nobody can say if the ROM was original or not. let them think is a hardware problem and replace yr device!!
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Well that is probably what i'm gonna do/try if I can't reanimate is myself
Just hope there really is no way of telling by HTC themselves...

Maybe try to see if you can flash a ROM image on it again from the SD card - doing it blind, there are only a few keys to press to reflash, maybe the screen is not working but the device powers up occasionally ?

Ingmar89 said:
Well that is probably what i'm gonna do/try if I can't reanimate is myself
Just hope there really is no way of telling by HTC themselves...
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Try to flash a new cooked rom. Remove battery, then wait 30 secs, then put back battery and push volume down and power button simultaneously. Then you can flash a new rom.
It worked for me.
(sorry for my "english")

intresting
so, tried to flash via RUU.exe+connecting to my pc.
What I did:
-Vol down+power button
-connect phone to my pc via usb.
-run RUU.exe with a dutty rom
-then RUU says it couldn't find my phone.
However, my pc (windows 7) does!
But not how it is supossed to do it.
Check out the screen to see what i mean.
Maybe something more can be doen now? Anyone knows what is going on here?

Ingmar89 said:
so, tried to flash via RUU.exe+connecting to my pc.
What I did:
-Vol down+power button
-connect phone to my pc via usb.
-run RUU.exe with a dutty rom
-then RUU says it couldn't find my phone.
However, my pc (windows 7) does!
But not how it is supossed to do it.
Check out the screen to see what i mean.
Maybe something more can be doen now? Anyone knows what is going on here?
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Maybe you just need to change drivers??? Becouse sometimes Vista change it by itself, so I think 7 can work in the same way?!
Try it, as far as can see from your screen there are no drivers installed
""Manufacturer: Unknown
Device Status: The driver for this device are not installed.""

Go to - Windows Mobile Device Center, then select - Mobile Device Settings, Connection Settings, then uncheck - Allow USB Connections.
Normally this would be ticked to allow syncs etc but to flash a rom it needs to be unchecked.
I cant tell from your post if you have done this or not.
Hope it helps.
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Here on Vista
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Here on XP
I dont have W7 but would imagine it will be similar.

I don't really think it's compulsory to uncheck this. I have it checked and flash my roms without any problems.
But Blackstone is not a friend of Seven at first. You have to tell him to recognise the other.
I have installed the windows-mobile device center from microsoft website and then Windows 7 recognized my HD otherwise I got the same problem as you (no driver).
Hope it can help !
- Bya -

Bya said:
I don't really think it's compulsory to uncheck this. I have it checked and flash my roms without any problems.
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You may be right but mine will not work with the check mark still on.
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It does look like a driver issue. Follow this thread to get the necessary usb drivers.

Do you have the Hspl? If yes can't you try flashing from the sd card? (The connection issue you showed is when you are in active sync mode, isn't it?)

Have you tried to flash an original ROM? It should work regardless of your USB connection settings and if you manage to do that and still no life in your hd - you can return it with warranty. And one more suggestion - find a XP machine to do this. Btw - flashing through the SD card is a very, VERY good idea.

succesfull flash, no result.
First of all, a huge thanks to you guys!
The idea's and help u came up with really made my day.
Second, I got to flash my phone. With the right drivers installed everything worked like it supposed to work.
However, the same problems still persist....
So I think this problem is deeper then rom orientated (ideas?)
Anyhow, now I'm able to flash a original rom to my phone, which should help my warranty!
Great job guys, kudos to you
tkolev said:
Have you tried to flash an original ROM? It should work regardless of your USB connection settings and if you manage to do that and still no life in your hd - you can return it with warranty. And one more suggestion - find a XP machine to do this. Btw - flashing through the SD card is a very, VERY good idea.
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I already tried flashing through the SD card. Normally this is the way to go for me, but it didn't seem to do any good this time (not sure if I performed it correctly, since my screen is "dead")

I'm a bit confused... you managed to flash rom? So your sync works? (on the other side you say your screen is dead?)

Goten said:
I'm a bit confused... you managed to flash rom? So your sync works? (on the other side you say your screen is dead?)
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Sync works, screen is dead.
that's a 100% correct...

My Samsung Galaxy Ace won't turn on!!!!!

Hello, recently i've flashed my galaxy ace with rom manager (ClockworkMod) so i can make the partition thing to my sd card, so i flashed it, turn it off, and then i won't turn on. I can't even charge my phone! I tried to turn it on in reboot mode but it doesn't do anything. I even tried to turn on download mode and nothing. Not even the samsung logo shows up. Nothing! I'm desesperated, I don't know what to do now. I'm new in this forum, so I will be very very thankful if someone could help me on this. Please.

First, ROM MANAGER BRICKS SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE!
Second, YOUR PHONE IS DEAD. TRY A USB JIG OR GOTO SERVICE CENTER.
Third, WHO TOLD YOU TO USE ROM MANAGER?
Fourth, LIE TO SERVICE CENTER TELLING THAT YOU WERE CHARGING YOUR PHONE AND IT TURNED OFF AND IT NEVER TURNED ON. DO NOT MENTION WORDS LIKE "BRICK","ROOT","ROM MANAGER".
Fifth, Welcome to the world of XDA Developers. DO read the threads with a pin icon in front (A.K.A Sticky)

Xr01d_GT said:
First, ROM MANAGER BRICKS SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE!
Second, YOUR PHONE IS DEAD. TRY A USB JIG OR GOTO SERVICE CENTER.
Third, WHO TOLD YOU TO USE ROM MANAGER?
Fourth, LIE TO SERVICE CENTER TELLING THAT YOU WERE CHARGING YOUR PHONE AND IT TURNED OFF AND IT NEVER TURNED ON. DO NOT MENTION WORDS LIKE "BRICK","ROOT","ROM MANAGER".
Fifth, Welcome to the world of XDA Developers. DO read the threads with a pin icon in front (A.K.A Sticky)
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I never understand, that people who buys a new device, why don't read something about it??? Before I buy my Ace, I read a lot about it, I knew, that it's prohibited to use Rom Manager on Ace... There's a lot of info about it...

Another lost to the dark side of rom manager. Rip the poor thing.

Firstly..CWM ROM Manager?
and ROM manger for partition? all you needed was the CWM Recovery.
We have stickies here for a reason and if you dont read them, do not create new threads when you have problems..

a time try to flash my phone with new firmware, and my phone can't turn on, becouse one input of firmware wrong, and then i try to leave baterry and then, try to go download mode again and flash with new firmware, wait flashing finish and my phone can turn on again.
hopefully working with your phone.

v-ace-1 said:
a time try to flash my phone with new firmware, and my phone can't turn on, becouse one input of firmware wrong, and then i try to leave baterry and then, try to go download mode again and flash with new firmware, wait flashing finish and my phone can turn on again.
hopefully working with your phone.
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Let's give a try, but I think it won't work. Rom Manager hard bricks Ace, and even download mode won't work. Bring it to service center...

armando58 said:
Hello, recently i've flashed my galaxy ace with rom manager (ClockworkMod) so i can make the partition thing to my sd card, so i flashed it, turn it off, and then i won't turn on. I can't even charge my phone! I tried to turn it on in reboot mode but it doesn't do anything. I even tried to turn on download mode and nothing. Not even the samsung logo shows up. Nothing! I'm desesperated, I don't know what to do now. I'm new in this forum, so I will be very very thankful if someone could help me on this. Please.
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fashing your handphone via odin and you must download firmware in samfirmware.com
maybe your CWM not support or crash for yoaur handphone

armando58 said:
Hello, recently i've flashed my galaxy ace with rom manager (ClockworkMod) so i can make the partition thing to my sd card, so i flashed it, turn it off, and then i won't turn on. I can't even charge my phone! I tried to turn it on in reboot mode but it doesn't do anything. I even tried to turn on download mode and nothing. Not even the samsung logo shows up. Nothing! I'm desesperated, I don't know what to do now. I'm new in this forum, so I will be very very thankful if someone could help me on this. Please.
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You can use usb jig to force boot into download mode but there's a small chance for it to work
Google usb jig
Sent from. . . . .NOWHERE!

Have you ever heard something like "don't do something unless you know what you are doing", well this is very useful. There's a reason that none on ace developement doesn't use or recomends ROM manager. Brick.
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Xr01d_GT said:
Fourth, LIE TO SERVICE CENTER TELLING THAT YOU WERE CHARGING YOUR PHONE AND IT TURNED OFF AND IT NEVER TURNED ON.
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This actually happened to my phone. Is it a known fault? Is there a way to repair it without taking it to a service centre 30 miles away?

Your device wont turn on?
I wonder why?
Perhaps its got something to do with the fact that you have broken your device into pieces. Not literally but oh well u get the point.
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Sikorsky96 said:
Your device wont turn on?
I wonder why?
Perhaps its got something to do with the fact that you have broken your device into pieces. Not literally but oh well u get the point.
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If you're responding to me, I don't get your point. I haven't broken it into pieces, literally or otherwise. I haven't modified the OS in any way since I got it. I plugged it in to charge. It is meant to be able to charge.

You're ace is brick go to repair centre if you have the warranty just say you don't know how this happen, or buy a new phone...

gn1989 said:
If you're responding to me, I don't get your point. I haven't broken it into pieces, literally or otherwise. I haven't modified the OS in any way since I got it. I plugged it in to charge. It is meant to be able to charge.
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He isnt replying to you!

i face that problem too, after i search the entire thread in this forum then i found this method. try this, maybe it can help :
- pull out your battery
- press the vol down+home+power n in the same time then pull in your battery (if you can't do it alone, ask somebody to help you pull in the battery)
- wait (n pray maybe ) until download mode appear
hope it can help you..:fingers-crossed:

happened the same
i tried flashing stock rom froyo 2.2.1 from odin it cme up as pass but when i dsiconetted nothing happened my phone is ****ed help me anyone it wont even show the samsung logo what do u advise me to do i live in india should i go o the service center or what

Come on everyone!!
Rather than making snide comments, we SHOULD be helping him.
Here, check this out it helped my friend when he bricked his SGA.
Un-Bricking SGA
And remember, from now on use CWM Recovery, or if you want then use ODIN,
BUT NEVER, EVER USE ROM MANAGER. IT'S THE SHINIGAMI FOR OUR PHONE!!!

Another victim of ROM Manager. RIP.
Inviato dal mio GT-S5830

boot problem

hi, after installing busybox from google play and pressed install , my phone suddenly turned off. after that i couldnt turn it back on. im stuck at boot screen. i tried recovery mode and i tried the download mode, but nothing. i did factory reset and nothing. currently im trying to find a way to restore but my pc doesnt "see" the device if it cant boot. is there any way to do something to fix it ? any way. it was rooted. now after the factory reset which didnt do anything i suppose its not rooted anymore. its on jelly bean 4.1.2 . or at least it was when it could boot....

kessaras said:
hi, after installing busybox from google play and pressed install , my phone suddenly turned off. after that i couldnt turn it back on. im stuck at boot screen. i tried recovery mode and i tried the download mode, but nothing. i did factory reset and nothing. currently im trying to find a way to restore but my pc doesnt "see" the device if it cant boot. is there any way to do something to fix it ? any way. it was rooted. now after the factory reset which didnt do anything i suppose its not rooted anymore. its on jelly bean 4.1.2 . or at least it was when it could boot....
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You can get into download mode right? Flash stock rom again through a kdz flashing method. You can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723 and the stock firmware here http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=15

nmbbf said:
You can get into download mode right? Flash stock rom again through a kdz flashing method. You can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723 and the stock firmware here http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=15
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i cant step 6. to get to the s/w upgrade screen. it sais i turn off ,remove battery , hold down volume down, wait, plug in usb. ... i only get a blank screen with white/black stripes

kessaras said:
i cant step 6. to get to the s/w upgrade screen. it sais i turn off ,remove battery , hold down volume down, wait, plug in usb. ... i only get a blank screen with white/black stripes
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That used to happen with me too a lot of times... Try more than once and after the s/w upgrade screen shows up leave it pressed more about 5-10 seconds. It only worked for me that way otherwise it would geta weird screen like yours and wouldnt get into download mode.. .try it

nmbbf said:
That used to happen with me too a lot of times... Try more than once and after the s/w upgrade screen shows up leave it pressed more about 5-10 seconds. It only worked for me that way otherwise it would geta weird screen like yours and wouldnt get into download mode.. .try it
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volume down + power button + home. when screen turns off leave power button and keep holding home + volume down. this just tested and worked for 3 times in a row. if u check it, it would be nice if someone update the guide for anyone who need it in the near future. thanks. im now going to next step

kessaras said:
volume down + power button + home. when screen turns off leave power button and keep holding home + volume down. this just tested and worked for 3 times in a row. if u check it, it would be nice if someone update the guide for anyone who need it in the near future. thanks. im now going to next step
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i get an error . look
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it sais device not found. but the guide doesnt say anything. it only sais to disable the device...

kessaras said:
i get an error . look
it sais device not found. but the guide doesnt say anything. it only sais to disable the device...
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Try to run in compatibility mode with xp ... Got windows enabler on ?

i think the guide there at step 7 is a bit wrong. how can you disable the phone and flash the rom ? if the pc cant "see" the machine connected , is it even possible ? ...
it didnt work. when i installed the usb drivers the windows couldnt recognise the phone. i switched the driver from mobile to portable something. i had only 2 available choices at the manage section if i didnt check to show compatible only machines. after switching to that driver... ( curse windows and their bugs ) , automatically switched back to mobile.... and my phone was connected to my pc....after that i continued with the flash rom and now its back working. Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im new to android. i has iphone since years.

kessaras said:
i think the guide there at step 7 is a bit wrong. how can you disable the phone and flash the rom ? if the pc cant "see" the machine connected , is it even possible ? ...
it didnt work. when i installed the usb drivers the windows couldnt recognise the phone. i switched the driver from mobile to portable something. i had only 2 available choices at the manage section if i didnt check to show compatible only machines. after switching to that driver... ( curse windows and their bugs ) , automatically switched back to mobile.... and my phone was connected to my pc....after that i continued with the flash rom and now its back working. Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im new to android. i has iphone since years.
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Well man, it worked for me the way the guide is, with some workarounds due to win7 incompatibilities.
If I helped you dont forget to hit thanks button ahah
I know the feeling, I had an ipod touch which I tweaked a lot, but since I had my first android... Can't even imagine going back to IOS

nmbbf said:
Well man, it worked for me the way the guide is, with some workarounds due to win7 incompatibilities.
If I helped you dont forget to hit thanks button ahah
I know the feeling, I had an ipod touch which I tweaked a lot, but since I had my first android... Can't even imagine going back to IOS
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only thanks ? i hit the google +1 too hahaha :good:

kessaras said:
only thanks ? i hit the google +1 too hahaha :good:
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Thought about next rom or sticking to that one?

nmbbf said:
Thought about next rom or sticking to that one?
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i thought about that but i didnt want to mention it here cause its wrong section. i wanna know more 1st. maybe ill watch at youtube if there is any video of other roms. after this i ve been through today , i feel like i handle almost anything hahaha

kessaras said:
i thought about that but i didnt want to mention it here cause its wrong section. i wanna know more 1st. maybe ill watch at youtube if there is any video of other roms. after this i ve been through today , i feel like i handle almost anything hahaha
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Feel free to ask anything ahah

the phone cant read the sim card. the sim tool app which was preinstalled is missing ? i dont understand again

kessaras said:
the phone cant read the sim card. the sim tool app which was preinstalled is missing ? i dont understand again
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I didn't understand... Which country was the rom you flashed? Tell me some more info

nmbbf said:
I didn't understand... Which country was the rom you flashed? Tell me some more info
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i choosed and download the one for my country. the latest for greece

kessaras said:
i choosed and download the one for my country. the latest for greece
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And it can't read your sim card ? what error does it get?

nmbbf said:
I didn't understand... Which country was the rom you flashed? Tell me some more info
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greece 20a

nmbbf said:
And it can't read your sim card ? what error does it get?
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non. no error. it just doesnt see any sim card
can we please use some other way to talk ? arent here any private messages ? something ? after its fixed i can just write here the solution and say thanks... i wait 5 minutes for every reply and the problem here is tough. if it goes on it will take hours....

kessaras said:
non. no error. it just doesnt see any sim card
can we please use some other way to talk ? arent here any private messages ? something ? after its fixed i can just write here the solution and say thanks... i wait 5 minutes for every reply and the problem here is tough. if it goes on it will take hours....
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Sure add me on skype "nmbdbf".
I'm gonna leave for a while because I'm gonna have a soccer game now , but later on I can help, if nobody else helps with the solution

[Q] Bricked Z1.. please help

Hello all,
I recently installed Mondified (4.2.2 version) to my Z1, and then last night had a sudden urge to upgrade to a 4.3 or 4.4 based custom ROM.
I first copied the custom ROM zip file to USB, then used an OTG cable to plug into my Z1. I then did a factory wipe, so I could install the ROM, but then received an error while installing.
I then decided to go back to stock using the FlashTool provided by Sony, so installed everything (drivers, flashtool etc...), and reboot my phone. Now I cannot go into the recovery mode, and I also cannot flash my Z1, because it is caught in a boot loop.
What can I do from here? I cannot type in the ADB commands, since it's in an eternal recovery loop, and I also cannot access the custom recovery for some reason... I recently bricked my HTC One, and now I'm fearing the worst

Hello there. You said bootloop, didn't you? Fortunately, you're a bit lucky here. The device just refuse to boot, which mean you can flash kernel from fastboot. First question, do you feel a vibration after long press power + volume up button? Do see red led flashing?
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Hi, it goes from "SONY" --> reboot --> "SONY" like that over and over. I deleted the OS (factory wipe), but for some reason I cannot go into recovery mode.
When I long press power + volume up, I get 3 vibrations, but no lights or led flashing. Right now it's not even showing the "SONY" logo.
Thank you,
John
-On a side note-
I am willing to send $100 to whoever can fix my Z1, and another $100 to whoever can help fix my HTC One. If the same person helps to fix both phones, I'd be willing to pay him/her $250 USD total (all via paypal gift)
I work at a fortune 500 company so my word is my promise, plus I would be negating a lot of monetary loss if I cannot resolve the brick issue!

ca12bon said:
Hi, it goes from "SONY" --> reboot --> "SONY" like that over and over. I deleted the OS (factory wipe), but for some reason I cannot go into recovery mode.
When I long press power + volume up, I get 3 vibrations, but no lights or led flashing. Right now it's not even showing the "SONY" logo.
Thank you,
John
-On a side note-
I am willing to send $100 to whoever can fix my Z1, and another $100 to whoever can help fix my HTC One. If the same person helps to fix both phones, I'd be willing to pay him/her $250 USD total (all via paypal gift)
I work at a fortune 500 company so my word is my promise, plus I would be negating a lot of monetary loss if I cannot resolve the brick issue!
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Ok, you have flashtool don't you? Last time you flashed your phone, the flashtool recognized your device don't it?
Anyway, if you need fast conversation let me know (send me PM). I'll give my contact you. So we can communicate faster.

omegahanggara said:
Ok, you have flashtool don't you? Last time you flashed your phone, the flashtool recognized your device don't it?
Anyway, if you need fast conversation let me know (send me PM). I'll give my contact you. So we can communicate faster.
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Hi, I randomly tried something, and it worked (last time the flashtool could not recognize my phone). basically instead of Power + Volume up, I pressed the softkey "back" button, and plugged in the USB cable. The flashtool was able to recognize my phone and I fixed it !!!!
Omegahanggara, can you help fix my HTC One? I saw your PM and just wondering... if you can, I would still be willing to send you the $100
Thanks!
John

ca12bon said:
Hi, I randomly tried something, and it worked (last time the flashtool could not recognize my phone). basically instead of Power + Volume up, I pressed the softkey "back" button, and plugged in the USB cable. The flashtool was able to recognize my phone and I fixed it !!!!
Omegahanggara, can you help fix my HTC One? I saw your PM and just wondering... if you can, I would still be willing to send you the $100
Thanks!
John
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Best of luck. So tell me about your HTC... ???
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omegahanggara said:
Best of luck. So tell me about your HTC... ???
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Basically, I did a very stupid thing.
First: I had a custom ROM installed (Android version 4.3)
Second: I decided to upgrade to Kitkat 4.4 via OTA.... I used to be an Apple user, and it was much simpler with iphones... Naturally this was a big mistake.
Symptom: The phone is stuck at Google Logo. BTW, this is the HTC One Google Play Edition. The one thing that gives me hope, is when I boot the phone and press Power button + Volume Down, I'm taken to the bootloader menu. However, I have trouble getting my computer to recognize the device, when I try to push a custom recovery to my phone. (I forget how I deleted the custom recovery, but it's not there anymore)

Have you tried to another computer? Using Linux is a good choice if your PC didn't recognize your device.
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omegahanggara said:
Have you tried to another computer? Using Linux is a good choice if your PC didn't recognize your device.
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Hmm I have CentOS running on VMplayer, maybe I'll try to see if it will recognize it from there, and let you know.

Good to know you're using Linux. This will not too hard, then
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omegahanggara said:
Good to know you're using Linux. This will not too hard, then
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Actually I'm pretty new at it lol... I have the SDK tools downloaded to the desktop, and the Centos actually seems to be able to connect to my phone. Not really sure what to do next

ca12bon said:
Actually I'm pretty new at it lol... I have the SDK tools downloaded to the desktop, and the Centos actually seems to be able to connect to my phone. Not really sure what to do next
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Can you connect your phone to your PC and open a terminal on your centos, and type there "lsusb" (without quotes). Then post the results here. We'll see that your centos can really discover your phone.
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omegahanggara said:
Can you connect your phone to your PC and open a terminal on your centos, and type there "lsusb" (without quotes). Then post the results here. We'll see that your centos can really discover your phone.
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[[email protected] Desktop]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bb4:0f91 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.)
:fingers-crossed:

There you go, your device is detected (see the last line). This is a good news, at least we know that your device isn't hard brick. Can you go to fastboot mode with your phone?
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yeah I am able to go into fastboot I think. Not 100% sure so attached a pic. This is the Google Play Edition btw~
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Try to find any stock kernel with recovery mode, like CWM. Then flash it via fastboot.
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Forgot my Screen lock password and gmail account.

Hi!
I have a White Sony Z1 C6903
My friend just locked my screen locker for fun... and now he doesn't remember the right swipe to unlock it....
And i have no clue what my google account is neither..the seller was just giving me one and i don't remember it.
I have backup on everything so thats good.
But how can i access my phone again?
When i try PC companion they can't access it because it need to be unlocked.

Hackke said:
Hi!
I have a White Sony Z1 C6903
My friend just locked my screen locker for fun... and now he doesn't remember the right swipe to unlock it....
And i have no clue what my google account is neither..the seller was just giving me one and i don't remember it.
I have backup on everything so thats good.
But how can i access my phone again?
When i try PC companion they can't access it because it need to be unlocked.
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If you really don't know your Google password, then you have to factory reset it.
Just hold the Volume Up + Power until it vibrates, then use the volume buttons to select the factory reset option.

aooga said:
If you really don't know your Google password, then you have to factory reset it.
Just hold the Volume Up + Power until it vibrates, then use the volume buttons to select the factory reset option.
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Dosent work ;/?
When i do it when the phone is on. The phone turn it self off when holding powerbutton and volume up.
And when i do it when the phone is off nothing happens..

Hackke said:
Dosent work ;/?
When i do it when the phone is on. The phone turn it self off when holding powerbutton and volume up.
And when i do it when the phone is off nothing happens..
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I can't test it since I have a custom recovery. That should work though. Let go when the menu pops up.
EDIT: The phone needs to be off first.

aooga said:
I can't test it since I have a custom recovery. That should work though. Let go when the menu pops up.
EDIT: The phone needs to be off first.
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Well i m certain man nothing comes up... in anyway i press them and when the phones off :/
Is there any other way?

Hackke said:
Hi!
I have a White Sony Z1 C6903
My friend just locked my screen locker for fun... and now he doesn't remember the right swipe to unlock it....
And i have no clue what my google account is neither..the seller was just giving me one and i don't remember it.
I have backup on everything so thats good.
But how can i access my phone again?
When i try PC companion they can't access it because it need to be unlocked.
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Maybe you can try bypassing it with ADB or flash a new firmware on it

Ahki767 said:
Maybe you can try bypassing it with ADB or flash a new firmware on it
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And how do i do that?

Download flashtool and download the FTF that you need...use flashtool to flash the FTF...btw doing this will wipe the phone...if you don't know what I am talking about look for a sticky called FTF mega collection or something like that...u will find the FTF that u need and tuts on how to use flashtool etc.
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cippi21 said:
Download flashtool and download the FTF that you need...use flashtool to flash the FTF...btw doing this will wipe the phone...if you don't know what I am talking about look for a sticky called FTF mega collection or something like that...u will find the FTF that u need and tuts on how to use flashtool etc.
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I've tried downloading flashtool but when i connect the phone this comes up "Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked"
or maybe i just to stupid to get how it works..

Hackke said:
And how do i do that?
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try this and i'm pretty sure you don't need to have an unlocked bootloader to flash a firmware. google up some guides to help you

Hackke said:
I've tried downloading flashtool but when i connect the phone this comes up "Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked"
or maybe i just to stupid to get how it works..
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Let's forget flashtool for a min....what happens if u connect your phone to pc companion and try and do a repair that might work.
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cippi21 said:
Let's forget flashtool for a min....what happens if u connect your phone to pc companion and try and do a repair that might work.
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Repairing using pccompanion wipes data anyway, its the same as flashing a firmware
You do not need an unlocked bootloader or root for either.
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Hackke said:
I've tried downloading flashtool but when i connect the phone this comes up "Your phone bootloader cannot be officially unlocked"
or maybe i just to stupid to get how it works..
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Don't click the BLU button,. you don't need to, just click on the "flash" button and load your FTF you have downloaded and flash it following the instructions in the FTF mega collection thread

Hello Hackke here i show you another Advice is Use Sony Official Update Tool
SUS~Sony Update Service
Use that tool update your Z1 (current new firmware is .681 )~4.4.2 kitkat ~Bootloader unlock is available
~rooting device is available
Hope u fully unlock your Z1
If it working pls click Thank button
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gregbradley said:
Repairing using pccompanion wipes data anyway, its the same as flashing a firmware
You do not need an unlocked bootloader or root for either.
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I know that was just thinking is an easier option and also was thinking that he might not have usb debug on...now I don't know if u can flash FTF with usb debug off maybe u can?
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cippi21 said:
I know that was just thinking is an easier option and also was thinking that he might not have usb debug on...now I don't know if u can flash FTF with usb debug off maybe u can?
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No, but you can force a repair in pccompanion without it

Disclaimer
1~i not responsible your phone broke
If u didn't tick usb debug and unknown source
Follow the step below
1~open SIM Card side slot cover use pencil click the RED button (in the picture i shown you ) hold it 3~5sec until it vibrate
2~then your phone is Hard Reseted
In my experience it worked
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Alex Tan Hao Nam said:
Disclaimer
1~i not responsible your phone broke
If u didn't tick usb debug and unknown source
Follow the step below
1~open SIM Card side slot cover use pencil click the RED button (in the picture i shown you ) hold it 3~5sec until it vibrate
2~then your phone is Hard Reseted
In my experience it worked
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This will not get you past the screen lock, this just turns your phone off by powering it down, its the same as pressing the volume up and power button until you get 3 vibrations

Its working on my xperia SP
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I also tested on my Z1 actually
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Thanks guys for all the respons.
First i have to say that you can't accesses the PC Companion at all when the screen lock is on because you cant accesses the phone's memory at all then i also comes a window on PC companion telling me to unlock the phone because it can't connect to it.
So thats not working.
I've tried pushing all the buttons combination's on the phone to get into recovery mode or hard reset mode, but that docent work either.
I'm not really super bright on this cind of stuff so now i found a swedish page that do these kind of stuffs and send it to them.
When i get my phone back and if it works i'm gonna write all the info how they made it work again.
Again thanks for the effort to trying to solve this and please if you have any more solutions keep posting them.

Mate connect the phone to flashtool and see does it say that u have usb debugging on...make sure u have the drivers installed...btw u don't need to turn the phone off or anything just connect and see...if it says it's on then just flash it with flashtool and that's it
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