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Phone Bricked Unexpectedly

My G1 randomly froze during operation. So I held down the power button to bring up the power menu and hit restart. After hitting restart nothing happened, so I took out the battery and put it back in and booted the phone up but it's stuck in the first boot (T-Mobile G1). I can boot into fast boot but not recovery.
I was using CM 5.0.8 with Radio 2.22.23.02.
I had some ROMs on the SD card, but fastboot would either say "No image" or "No image or wrong image"
I've formatted my SD back to FAT32 and tried these images, but I get the same messages in fastboot:
gapps-mdpi-FRF91-3-signed.zip
spl-signed.zip
update-cm-6.0.0-DS-RC2-signed.zip (might as well try CM 6 if CM5 from before wasn't being detected)
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance for any help

If you can get into fastboot, just flash a recovery back onto your device, then you can wipe and re-flash your rom. Your phone doesn't sound bricked.

tehseano said:
If you can get into fastboot, just flash a recovery back onto your device, then you can wipe and re-flash your rom. Your phone doesn't sound bricked.
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sorry for calling it bricked. I didn't really know what to call it.
I gave that a try. I put Amon_Ra 1.7.0 recovery image on my SD card and fastboot doesn't recognize it

Don't put it on your sd card. You do it from your computer. Assuming you have your adb/fastboot drivers installed, just type this in console:
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery C:\Path-To\Your-Image\name_of_recovery.img
I would suggest using ClockworkMod for your recovery, you can find it [HERE].

tehseano said:
Don't put it on your sd card. You do it from your computer. Assuming you have your adb/fastboot drivers installed, just type this in console:
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery C:\Path-To\Your-Image\name_of_recovery.img
I would suggest using ClockworkMod for your recovery
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Thanks for the quick replies. I've never installed/used fastboot on my linux box, but I quickly got that working and erased my recovery and flashed the new recovery you recommended.
I'm currently flashing my ROM!
Thanks for everything! You guys are the best!

Captain Falafel said:
Thanks for the quick replies. I've never installed/used fastboot on my linux box, but I quickly got that working and erased my recovery and flashed the new recovery you recommended.
I'm currently flashing my ROM!
Thanks for everything! You guys are the best!
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Glad I could help.

[Q] Stuck on X screen...no recovery on SD

So, was running a sense rom through the SD card. Let my wife use the N1 for a bit.
She erased the SD card, and now I'm stuck on the X boot screen with no recovery image, no way to drop a rom image onto SD to flash. I can easily access the fastboot/hboot screen, but I have nothing to flash.
Basically, I have a working phone with no OS.
What is the best way to get the OS back on the phone?

You can take the sd card out and put a ROM file on it?

cant you flash a new recovery image from fastboot?
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
fastboot reboot recovery
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-passion.img

baseballfanz said:
You can take the sd card out and put a ROM file on it?
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Didn't even think of this...*facepalm*
THANK YOU!

adb push ROM.zip /sdcard/
then flash this ROM

ADB doesn't work in bootloader. It works only when the kernel is up and running - the initial stage of OS boot.
Previous answers were correct.

[Q] bricked htc incredible s and unable to mount sd card in clockworkMOD

my htc incredible S is bricked while updating my android ver 2.3.3 to v4.0
and is showing :
**Unlocked**
VIVO PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0000
RADIO-3822.10.08.28_M
eMMC_boot
NOV 1,2011,20:33:03
I had unlocked this phone from htcdev.com and then i had installed clockwork mod recovery 5.0.2.0 in htc incredible s.
Now i am unable to mount sd card in this.I had tried different sd cards,Even opted for formatting sd card in fat32 format from windows ,also formatted it from other htc devices.Nothing is helping me.Please try to help me.
Otherwise please tell me some another method to install superuser into my phone.
Any help will be very greatful.

DID you try mounting USB Storage from clockworkmod ? (While Connecting USB Cable to PC)

Its impossible to read the files in CWM?? Because as I recall, mounting the SD Card and just browsing files just prior to flashing process are 2 seperate things. If thats the case, just use the HTC browser and search up superuser from there. Download the file. Flash it from recovery.
Also your phone isnt bricked. Bricked means nothing, no charging LED, no boot, nothing.

still not working.
I am not a technical guy.
So Please give me step by step process after this to get my phone working again.
Thanx and Regards.
Abhishek

Will need for information
When you say bricked.. does your phone boot into your rom or does it goes to the bootloader?
How did you get clockworkmod recovery into your phone? what process did you use?

samgurung said:
Will need for information
When you say bricked.. does your phone boot into your rom or does it goes to the bootloader?
How did you get clockworkmod recovery into your phone? what process did you use?
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I was trying to update the software of my phone from android v2.3 to v4.0 from inbuilt updater meanwhile after installation of new android,
it remains stucked on initial htc welcome screen
Then i first i tried to go to boot manager,
where i unlocked my phone,then i installed clockwork mod recovery from fastboot mode.

abhishek_kalra said:
I was trying to update the software of my phone from android v2.3 to v4.0 from inbuilt updater meanwhile after installation of new android,
it remains stucked on initial htc welcome screen
Then i first i tried to go to boot manager,
where i unlocked my phone,then i installed clockwork mod recovery from fastboot mode.
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Run a ruu.
Sent from my Incredible S using xda app-developers app

Xperia Z stuck without OS installed

Hello...
Today i decided to flash new rom.
Unfortunally, i did something stupid and forgot to copy the rom to sd card before flashing CM11s boot img.
So, i am stuck with fastboot, bootloader and CWM recovery. I cant boot to OS - since it has been wiped after i flashed boot.img.
My question is, how can i copy the rom.zip from fastboot or recovery...
Please help.
Best regards, XTac.
Ah, and my situation for now:
Bootloader unlocked
Fastboot drivers set up and running
Recovery running
ADB dosent work (no android)

XTac11 said:
Hello...
Today i decided to flash new rom.
Unfortunally, i did something stupid and forgot to copy the rom to sd card before flashing CM11s boot img.
So, i am stuck with fastboot, bootloader and CWM recovery. I cant boot to OS - since it has been wiped after i flashed boot.img.
My question is, how can i copy the rom.zip from fastboot or recovery...
Please help.
Best regards, XTac.
Ah, and my situation for now:
Bootloader unlocked
Fastboot drivers set up and running
Recovery running
ADB dosent work (no android)
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Put a microSD card in a card reader connected to a PC, copy CM11 there and then reinsert into your phone. Use the recovery to flash the ROM.
Or install a ROM using flashtool (flashmode or fastboot mode).
Or install a recovery that support adb or let you mount the sdcard and connect it to PC with USB (i don't know if exist one of this xD but you can search one).
Good luck

incodnita said:
Put a microSD card in a card reader connected to a PC, copy CM11 there and then reinsert into your phone. Use the recovery to flash the ROM.
Or install a ROM using flashtool (flashmode or fastboot mode).
Or install a recovery that support adb or let you mount the sdcard and connect it to PC with USB (i don't know if exist one of this xD but you can search one).
Good luck
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Well, thanks to the fact that i didnt had any sd card, i couldnt simply copy the rom zip there.
So i flashed a stock ROM and bootloader, and i started all the way from beggining. (looked up some tutorials) Now everything works.
Thanks, the problem is solved now.

[Q] Problem Installing ROM

OK, I am apparently an idiot. I have an At&T m7 that is unlocked to T-mobile. I was running liquid smooth (lollipop) and was having issues with Pay Pal Here accepting credit cards so I attempted to down grade back to Kit Kat. Well, every time I would install a rom it would stall at the portion where it formats the system (2% or 10%). I was doing a factory reset before the install. I then got the stupid idea that I would format EVERYTHING including SD. Well, I am so used to having external SD that I forgot that my Nandroids were on that drive. Now, I still cannot install a new ROM (I have a USB OTG) It still gets stuck at 2-10%. At this point I just was anything to run on this thing. Any ideas on what I can do?
Also wanted to mention I am S-off

Flash recovery TWRP 2.6.3.3
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
then sideload this Rom to your phone
http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=Android_Revolution_HD-One_84.0.zip
TWRP / Advanced / ADB Sideload - swipe to sideload
From PC adb / fastboot folder
you use
adb sideload name-of-rom.zip
make sure the rom is in the same folder as adb / fastboot
drdean said:
OK, I am apparently an idiot. I have an At&T m7 that is unlocked to T-mobile. I was running liquid smooth (lollipop) and was having issues with Pay Pal Here accepting credit cards so I attempted to down grade back to Kit Kat. Well, every time I would install a rom it would stall at the portion where it formats the system (2% or 10%). I was doing a factory reset before the install. I then got the stupid idea that I would format EVERYTHING including SD. Well, I am so used to having external SD that I forgot that my Nandroids were on that drive. Now, I still cannot install a new ROM (I have a USB OTG) It still gets stuck at 2-10%. At this point I just was anything to run on this thing. Any ideas on what I can do?
Also wanted to mention I am S-off
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Ok, will try that. I tried sideloading with another Android rev ROM but still gets stuck at 10% saying ">>>>Formatting Partitions (system is unmounted already)
Also I cannot seem to mount system in the mount option

Thank you...Using the lower revision of TWRP did the trick...You are a life saver