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In my haste to crack on with playing with my diamond - i flashed my diamond with a multitude of roms, before backing up my original! I think that my diamond is faulty - so i want to exchange it back at phones4u - i cant give them a phone with Dutty's rom on it - they might actually know what they are doing!
So has anyone got a backup of the rom that comes stock on the htc diamond from orange they can upload for me - i have searched - cant find anything, other than a french one! Or do you guys reckon it would be fine to pack it off with a stock htc rom?
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In my haste to crack on with playing with my diamond - i flashed my diamond with a multitude of roms, before backing up my original! I think that my diamond is faulty - so i want to exchange it back at phones4u - i cant give them a phone with Dutty's rom on it - they might actually know what they are doing!
So has anyone got a backup of the rom that comes stock on the htc diamond from orange they can upload for me - i have searched - cant find anything, other than a french one! Or do you guys reckon it would be fine to pack it off with a stock htc rom?
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what is the fault??????
if you install back the same stock rom you "should" be ok
everyone agree with this? well i know that these are common problems - but my reception is UBER pants and my battery is UBER UBER pants. to the point that its unusable almost - i just wanna swap over the unit see if its any better - you cant blame me - i'm charging the damn from from empty to full twice a day - im not a massively heavy user! and when im in my bedroom - i cant receive calls at times - and it says i have reception - so im just gonna play the faulty handset card and get a new one?
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everyone agree with this? well i know that these are common problems - but my reception is UBER pants and my battery is UBER UBER pants. to the point that its unusable almost - i just wanna swap over the unit see if its any better - you cant blame me - i'm charging the damn from from empty to full twice a day - im not a massively heavy user! and when im in my bedroom - i cant receive calls at times - and it says i have reception - so im just gonna play the faulty handset card and get a new one?
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what rom and radio are you using?
mine last about 3 days now
im like you...i don't bash the phone
try what i am using, look below and see how you get on.
im using duttys 1.5 rom - 3 days is a dream for me. 1.00.25.05 is my radio. literally - its on charge at work - i finish at say 7.30 sometimes- if i go to bed at 11 - it needs charging otherwise i will have a dead battery in the morning - it would be more practical to carry a petrol generator around with me at all times charging my phone!
Do you have 3G enabled? If I keep that on "auto" my battery runs out v quickly, if I disbale it I can go 3 days + with moderate usage
yea - That is my only real power drain - push email, but i do need that, and the thing is, i have had my email and 3g turned completely off for a few days and it doesnt effect the battery life at all.
I dont currently have a backup of it, but I do still have a 'virgin' phone.. I've not yet flashed it. Not sure if I am going to until the warranty runs out.
Let me know if you need it, and I will send it over
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I dont currently have a backup of it, but I do still have a 'virgin' phone.. I've not yet flashed it. Not sure if I am going to until the warranty runs out.
Let me know if you need it, and I will send it over
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i appreciate it - but i dunno if a virgin rom on an orange phone thats faulty will sit quite right with them . lol still appreciate though. Anyone think i shouldnt be taking it back though? atm im just gonna put the stock rom on!
By virgin I meant it had never been touched, not from the virgin network lol
It is an orange rom. It's stock, as you call it..
ahhhhh - oops .my bad, in that case - if you wouldnt mind - it wouldnt hurt to have the rom that was on the phone on there? what rom is it?
I had problems with my speaker. Phoned up orange got a fault code took it back to phones4u they gave me a new diamond and didnt even look in the box. Good job to i forgot the mains charger lol.
orange rom
I have the original orange UK rom on my phone
How do I backit up?
Check my website
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i appreciate it - but i dunno if a virgin rom on an orange phone thats faulty will sit quite right with them . lol still appreciate though. Anyone think i shouldnt be taking it back though? atm im just gonna put the stock rom on!
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If this is a new contract and as long as you are within the 14 days phones4u will replace it even without looking at the software of the phone (in my experiance) all they will check is the contents are correct. I dont think they do this for upgrades.
if you using Push mail you really dont need 3g on all the time. with just (G) my push mail is active 18 hours a day and the battery goes for at 36-48 hours - fine for my use.
OK, So here's my story. I plugged in my charger and I went downstairs. About 3o mins later I came back and the phone was still on, and it was super hot. Im running mexdroid V2fast and i've noticed that its been getting hot every once in awhile during charges and use.
THe phone was working and I rmoved the batt and let it cool down. I turned it on later and it was still working. I saw a movie and put it on silence and after the movie my screen went black. (six hours had past since the charge.)
I've removed batt and restarted the phone numerous times but it still wont work. SO I'm taking it into TMo.
Question, should I unroot the phone so they can replace it and if so, how can I unroot it without my screen working?
Or, should I just update the radio and pull the battery out, mid update? I've read this can cause hboot failure and the phone wont even turn on.
I'd prefer to keep my phone, I don't want a newer phone that isn't rootable. What should I do?
Can you get into recovery at all? You are supposed to to use setcpu for that rom because its overclocked to the max
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I still get the black screen. I do believe I have it but I didn't have it set to be overclocked all the way. I had it at 1170, something around there. I've never clocked this phone over 2k.
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I still get the black screen. I do believe I have it but I didn't have it set to be overclocked all the way. I had it at 1170, something around there. I've never clocked this phone over 2k.
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Okay. I made my previous statement because the first time I used the mex fast version my battery got crazy hot and freaked me out.
So black screen no matter what? If so how would you be able to see where the update process is in hboot?
Brick it dude lol..
Honestly I have no idea. Bricking it is up to you man
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updating the radio is easy enough without havion to look at the screen. I just have to time it and it's not that hard.
Any other suggestions from other users?
What did you decide to do? I fell on my phone and it still works but the screen is jacked up, blacked out. I'm debating on going through the hassle of unrooting or bricking. Has anyone ever had a problem just sending it in and getting a replacement? What is the worst thing that could happen?
BillY
so the title says it all i was on calkulins fb17, fb15 modem and an old version of rogue witch had the RECOVERY ONLY!!! my mistake was i accidently flashed cm9.... i know i was supposed to use stock CWM only to flash that but i didnt notice as i was playing CoDMW3 -_- yeah video games n flashing dont mix very well lol!! anyways i noticed it took too long, longer than usal to flash then i noticed i was flashing cm9 so i panicked and pulled the battery now nothing shows up not even the galaxy s screen!! im hard bricked right!!??? any fix for this if any???
oh i do have insurance wiil go to sprint first thing in the morning but question is will they replace it free of charge???
Can you get into download mode? Generally if you can get into download mode you are not bricked.
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shultz11588 said:
Can you get into download mode? Generally if you can get into download mode you are not bricked.
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no i cant nothing not even recovery! just blue led my computer wont even see it!! i do have insurance will they charge me to replace it??
i just had the same thing happen a few days ago (tried to flash cm9 with temp CWM touch recovery and got black screen with blue led) so i took it into the sprint repair center to see if they would fix it and told them that "i tried to install an official update, but it crashed and broke my phone".
They were unable to fix it, so they charged me the $35 service fee (i dont have insurance) and gave me a new E4GT. Just dont tell them what you were actually doing to your phone or they most likely wont replace it. hope this helps
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i just had the same thing happen a few days ago (tried to flash cm9 with temp CWM touch recovery and got black screen with blue led) so i took it into the sprint repair center to see if they would fix it and told them that "i tried to install an official update, but it crashed and broke my phone".
They were unable to fix it, so they charged me the $35 service fee (i dont have insurance) and gave me a new E4GT. Just dont tell them what you were actually doing to your phone or they most likely wont replace it. hope this helps
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yeahhh i never tell them the truth about messing up my phone actually (my first time bricking a device) im just mad im going to be without a phone for like about a week hopefully ill get mines in latest friday ill be going to sprint in the morning asap.... btw fyi DONT USE ANY TOUCH RECOVERY u might have seen post about that but just a friendly reminder and thank for your reply hopefully i be back in the game on friday til then ill stay away from xda and HOPE to see some new things for us wen im back lol
krazy_smokezalot said:
yeahhh i never tell them the truth about messing up my phone actually (my first time bricking a device) im just mad im going to be without a phone for like about a week hopefully ill get mines in latest friday ill be going to sprint in the morning asap.... btw fyi DONT USE ANY TOUCH RECOVERY u might have seen post about that but just a friendly reminder and thank for your reply hopefully i be back in the game on friday til then ill stay away from xda and HOPE to see some new things for us wen im back lol
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I had a new phone within 24 hours. Shouldn't take more than one to two days...
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zzelinka said:
I had a new phone within 24 hours. Shouldn't take more than one to two days...
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cool ill keep my fingers crossed ill be heading to sprint in an hour or 2....
u think they will say something about a little bit chipped off of the bottom right corner... i kinda dropped it but u cant really see it unless your looking for it...
krazy_smokezalot said:
cool ill keep my fingers crossed ill be heading to sprint in an hour or 2....
u think they will say something about a little bit chipped off of the bottom right corner... i kinda dropped it but u cant really see it unless your looking for it...
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You better get there in time to triage and place the order before ~3pm Eastern. That's the latest a phone can get shipped from the ware house for next day delivery. Otherwise, you'll get it Monday.
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You better get there in time to triage and place the order before ~3pm Eastern. That's the latest a phone can get shipped from the ware house for next day delivery. Otherwise, you'll get it Monday.
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I had something similar happen to me and with sprint they will ask you to leave the phone with them for 1.5 hours and if they cant fix it they will give you a new one right there if they have it in stock. Go to a sprint with a repair center otherwise they will probably have to send it out somewhere which will take a couple days at least.
krazy_smokezalot said:
cool ill keep my fingers crossed ill be heading to sprint in an hour or 2....
u think they will say something about a little bit chipped off of the bottom right corner... i kinda dropped it but u cant really see it unless your looking for it...
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lay off the ganja bro, and maybe you won't be messing it up so much..
ok guys im back with a funny story!!! lol So i took it to sprint he said whats wrong with it i said i got this blue led light showing up.... he looked at me like he knew what was up... he told me were you trying to flash ICS on here (he said that while he was giggling) lol.... i said yes... he said look at mines!!!! My mouth dropped he had CM9 Alpha 3.1 lmfao.... but after he showed me he gave me his business card and said ill help anyone that into these type of things only if they know what they was doing to wrap this story up ill be getting my phone tomorrow at 3pm & i didnt even have to leave my phone over there! ahhhh a whole 24hr with out my love!! what to do know!!! ill be sure not to be so cocky when im flashing stuff and smoking some herb lol they dont mix!!!
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lay off the ganja bro, and maybe you won't be messing it up so much..
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lol r u a jedi???? how did u know!!?? lol
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lol r u a jedi???? how did u know!!?? lol
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lmao!
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krazy_smokezalot said:
lol r u a jedi???? how did u know!!?? lol
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the force is strong in you, young padawon...
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lay off the ganja bro, and maybe you won't be messing it up so much..
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Haha I was thinking the same thing... Listening to Dre and Snoop while playing video games and recording Cool Runnings is what got him into trouble.....LOL
Happy early 4/20
suckin on gin and juice probably didn't help either..
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lol r u a jedi???? how did u know!!?? lol
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Your UN maybe? Lol
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I went to the store and acted real dumb and they have me a new one on the spot. But my radio was broken so im unsure if the outcome would be the same
So I just got my replacement phone... This thing is all ****ed. Im pissed off its stock Ek02 build dont know if I should just root it and hope it fixes or return it
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i was already on cm9 alpha 4 and i was going to flash a new modem and i wasnt paying attention and flash the cm9 zip instead -_- Blue light of death now
im going to go to a sprint shop and try the same as what you guys did and if it doesnt work for me im going to be furious!!
I got an appt with sprint tech support or repair center whatever its called . I got to walk into one those stores in my area today in about 4 hours . Ive called sprint to many times about getting to many phantom voicemails, calls not going through, my phone not ringing when someone else calls me etc.. so they said to take it in . Im currently running Calks 3.0 GB rom EL29 and when you turn on the phone i have the yellow triangle show up..
Do i need to revert back to completely stock ?
or can i just take in like that and will they service it that way?
TIA to anyone that responds back with help....
MODS i know this has been asked before but i searched and didnt find the answer ..
Yes flash any stock rom before going.
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do i have to unroot as well?
also whats the best way to back up sms, mms ive tried TB but didnt work for some reason gonna give another try but wondering if there might be something else?
EDIT: so i odin'ed stock rooted EL29 rom that i had on my pc .. will that work or should i also unroot?
dont want to drive all the way to the sprint store for them to tell "OH your device is rooted and we wont work on a device that is rooted". or tell me oh the reason your device is not working could be cause its rooted....
EDIT 2 : installed stock rooted EL 29 and when phone booted it notified me of the update available "ICS" gonna actually let it install since i know stock ICS sucks. .
Ma$etas said:
do i have to unroot as well?
also whats the best way to back up sms, mms ive tried TB but didnt work for some reason gonna give another try but wondering if there might be something else?
EDIT: so i odin'ed stock rooted EL29 rom that i had on my pc .. will that work or should i also unroot?
dont want to drive all the way to the sprint store for them to tell "OH your device is rooted and we wont work on a device that is rooted". or tell me oh the reason your device is not working could be cause its rooted....
EDIT 2 : installed stock rooted EL 29 and when phone booted it notified me of the update available "ICS" gonna actually let it install since i know stock ICS sucks. .
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Just go with fi27 unrooted. Shoul have no issues.
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garwynn said:
Just go with fi27 unrooted. Shoul have no issues.
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Well i had odined back to stock rooted EL29 and then after reboot a minute later i got the notification to update so i did then that happen about 3 times till finally got to Fi27 and i dont have root...
I went into the Sprint repair center so they could look at it . THE Rep asked me "so whats wrong with your phone?" so i start telling her that i my phone wont ring some times and that some times it will ring till the callers phone has rang about 4 times and then she says" Oh thats normal the phone is set up that way its set up to have that delay" i was like WROOOOONNGGG no way any phone is set up to have a delay .. well we went back and forth and they didnt even touch my phone i could have been on any custom rom and they wouldnt have cared . she just put some notes in my acct for the next rep to help me....
I also to prove to her the problem grabbed one of the phones on display that is active it was a EVO 4g LTE and called my phone from it and my phone didnt ring till the 4th ring hanged up and then called the EVO phone back and the evo rang on first ring.. All she said was oh its our network theres a tower down went back and forth and figured she dont know what she's talking about....
Then called sprint and the rep did a RTN or something like that which included a full wipe and restore of factory settings and now during the day i have to see if it works or not.
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Well i had odined back to stock rooted EL29 and then after reboot a minute later i got the notification to update so i did then that happen about 3 times till finally got to Fi27 and i dont have root...
I went into the Sprint repair center so they could look at it . THE Rep asked me "so whats wrong with your phone?" so i start telling her that i my phone wont ring some times and that some times it will ring till the callers phone has rang about 4 times and then she says" Oh thats normal the phone is set up that way its set up to have that delay" i was like WROOOOONNGGG no way any phone is set up to have a delay .. well we went back and forth and they didnt even touch my phone i could have been on any custom rom and they wouldnt have cared . she just put some notes in my acct for the next rep to help me....
I also to prove to her the problem grabbed one of the phones on display that is active it was a EVO 4g LTE and called my phone from it and my phone didnt ring till the 4th ring hanged up and then called the EVO phone back and the evo rang on first ring.. All she said was oh its our network theres a tower down went back and forth and figured she dont know what she's talking about....
Then called sprint and the rep did a RTN or something like that which included a full wipe and restore of factory settings and now during the day i have to see if it works or not.
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We had this happen to us during NV updates in the area. Not sure if that was it or another issue so I'll throw this out as well: Did you upgrade from an older phone and keep the phone? If so, make sure it's turned off. If it's still happening you'll probably want to see if they're doing NV upgrades in the area as we had all sorts of funky stuff happening. (Towers reporting wrong times, etc.)
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We had this happen to us during NV updates in the area. Not sure if that was it or another issue so I'll throw this out as well: Did you upgrade from an older phone and keep the phone? If so, make sure it's turned off. If it's still happening you'll probably want to see if they're doing NV upgrades in the area as we had all sorts of funky stuff happening. (Towers reporting wrong times, etc.)
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This is the phone i started sprint service with.. I have had this issue since i got the phone....Now that my contract with sprint is over and finally fed up with this issue and have the time to deal with it im trying to get this fixed by sprint....
Also i have three Business lines and on one (after that person lost, then broker the 2nd phone both Epic 4g ) i have a htc touch pro 2 . we were in a bad reception area and that phone was able to stream a movie on youtube and this phone couldnt even stream pandora .....
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This is the phone i started sprint service with.. I have had this issue since i got the phone....Now that my contract with sprint is over and finally fed up with this issue and have the time to deal with it im trying to get this fixed by sprint....
Also i have three Business lines and on one (after that person lost, then broker the 2nd phone both Epic 4g ) i have a htc touch pro 2 . we were in a bad reception area and that phone was able to stream a movie on youtube and this phone couldnt even stream pandora .....
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Unfortunately the antenna for this phone seems to be a big sticking point for a lot of folks. Now that NV is almost done around here I am doing better; the recent modem updates helped as well. But there are still some problems.... like a certain location I know I have to get off the phone because the tower handoff fails every time.
the radio on this phone sucks thats why im undecided on what phone to upgrade too.. I need to change phone cause of this problem but what phone should i get is the problem
SGS3 almost the same as this phone yeah i know it has some new features but i feel like since its a samsung it most likely will have the same issue : weak radio...
HTC EVO 4g LTE very low on memory . many complain about it having issues connecting to LTE (where LTE is available) but HTC does make good Radio's ..
Galaxy note 2 has many new features it is big in size but ill get used to it and ill use a bluetooth so i wont look crazy holding up to my ear but since theres no LTE in my area i cant be able to talk and surf the web (the evo and sgs3 could) its still a samsung and samsung makes weak radios ....
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the radio on this phone sucks thats why im undecided on what phone to upgrade too.. I need to change phone cause of this problem but what phone should i get is the problem
SGS3 almost the same as this phone yeah i know it has some new features but i feel like since its a samsung it most likely will have the same issue : weak radio...
HTC EVO 4g LTE very low on memory . many complain about it having issues connecting to LTE (where LTE is available) but HTC does make good Radio's ..
Galaxy note 2 has many new features it is big in size but ill get used to it and ill use a bluetooth so i wont look crazy holding up to my ear but since theres no LTE in my area i cant be able to talk and surf the web (the evo and sgs3 could) its still a samsung and samsung makes weak radios ....
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If you can convince them - honestly, whittle it down to 3-4 and then take them out to your regular work sites and test them.
Then based on how they perform where you need it to you can make a call.
Not sure how it works with Sprint but would think they should allow this kind of testing before you purchase - or upgrade in your case. (MVNO we use does this...)
what i know of sprint is they let you use the device for 14 days and you have to decide if you want it or not....
also i was thinking of trying tmobile out cause im tired of sprints slow 3g data.. I dont have Sprints 4g service everywhere i go... just want to see if anyone who lives in the inland empire California can tell me there experience with it...
So yesterday I was going to switch from PA to BeanStalk and ran into some problems, i restored back to PA.
Last night I went and downloaded LiquidSmooth I believe it is, went into recovery *cwm 6.0.2.7.* wiped data, cache, dalvik and formated system.. Installing the zip I ran into a status 7 error. I went to restore my nandroid from earlier in the day, my stable PA setup. No restore files could be found, internal, or external.
At this point I powered my phone off so take my micro sdcard out so I could download a rom through my laptop. While the rom was downloading I decided to go back to recovery to see if there was anything I was doing wrong there..I couldnt get to recovery. I couldnt get into download mode.. Plugging it in to the wall charger I wasnt even getting a charging light. I let it sit overnight on the charger and decided to start on it this morning..
Any button combo I do yields no result.. So I'm fearing this may be a toasted device.. If anyone has insight please let me know.. Much thanks..
plugging my phone into usb cable to laptop, driver goes to install: 'qhsusb_dload no driver found
looking this up in google just re-enforces my suspicions..
yeah dude your phone is now a doorstop. this happened to me once as a noob android "modder" as i was trying to install an rom made for the international version of the gs3 (i9300) onto my north american at&t gs3
(SGH-I747). luckily i was on warranty and got a new one for free. hopefully you are on warranty as well.
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So yesterday I was going to switch from PA to BeanStalk and ran into some problems, i restored back to PA.
Last night I went and downloaded LiquidSmooth I believe it is, went into recovery *cwm 6.0.2.7.* wiped data, cache, dalvik and formated system.. Installing the zip I ran into a status 7 error. I went to restore my nandroid from earlier in the day, my stable PA setup. No restore files could be found, internal, or external.
At this point I powered my phone off so take my micro sdcard out so I could download a rom through my laptop. While the rom was downloading I decided to go back to recovery to see if there was anything I was doing wrong there..I couldnt get to recovery. I couldnt get into download mode.. Plugging it in to the wall charger I wasnt even getting a charging light. I let it sit overnight on the charger and decided to start on it this morning..
Any button combo I do yields no result.. So I'm fearing this may be a toasted device.. If anyone has insight please let me know.. Much thanks..
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Beanstalk 4.3??? Cause team chopsticks are saying there's a bug that can brick a phone maybe. So they suggest everyone wait before building or flashing cm based 4.3 roms.
****edit**** sorry ignore. Misread the first bit. You were on Beanstalk, nandroided back to pa, then tried liquid smooth. I got it now. Hope you figure it out!
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Beanstalk 4.3??? Cause team chopsticks are saying there's a bug that can brick a phone maybe. So they suggest everyone wait before building or flashing cm based 4.3 roms.
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BeanStalk 4.3 was yesterday morning. I had a hard time getting it to boot back up after wiping cache n dalvik. It was really unresponsive, holding buttons and releasing took forever to yield a result. So there was alot of battery pulling and buttons. I got pissed and just said **** it and left it alone and it booted up, I booted to recovery and switch back the Paranoid Android. There was a small handful of people in the thread all kinda saying the same thing, long delays and unresponsive..
My PA setup was stable, I've had it on for months.. I was in a flash kinda mood so I decided to try a different rom, something not 4.3 based.. So I downloaded the LiquidSmooth rom but it error'd during installing.. I wasnt able to restore, And when I shut it down it just seems I couldnt get it back up to do anything..
It could be a combination of events.. Just a minor bump in the road.. Not the first phone I had brick..
Eh.. Guess I get a new phone..
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BeanStalk 4.3 was yesterday morning. I had a hard time getting it to boot back up after wiping cache n dalvik. It was really unresponsive, holding buttons and releasing took forever to yield a result. So there was alot of battery pulling and buttons. I got pissed and just said **** it and left it alone and it booted up, I booted to recovery and switch back the Paranoid Android. There was a small handful of people in the thread all kinda saying the same thing, long delays and unresponsive..
My PA setup was stable, I've had it on for months.. I was in a flash kinda mood so I decided to try a different rom, something not 4.3 based.. So I downloaded the LiquidSmooth rom but it error'd during installing.. I wasnt able to restore, And when I shut it down it just seems I couldnt get it back up to do anything..
It could be a combination of events.. Just a minor bump in the road.. Not the first phone I had brick..
Eh.. Guess I get a new phone..
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Insurance wont cover it, TMobile is shipping one out under warranty protection.. Do they go back into the phones that are sent back and look at them or what??
Nah your good all they do is connect it to there program and restore it they have capabilities we dont lol
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20twins10 said:
So yesterday I was going to switch from PA to BeanStalk and ran into some problems, i restored back to PA.
Last night I went and downloaded LiquidSmooth I believe it is, went into recovery *cwm 6.0.2.7.* wiped data, cache, dalvik and formated system.. Installing the zip I ran into a status 7 error. I went to restore my nandroid from earlier in the day, my stable PA setup. No restore files could be found, internal, or external.
At this point I powered my phone off so take my micro sdcard out so I could download a rom through my laptop. While the rom was downloading I decided to go back to recovery to see if there was anything I was doing wrong there..I couldnt get to recovery. I couldnt get into download mode.. Plugging it in to the wall charger I wasnt even getting a charging light. I let it sit overnight on the charger and decided to start on it this morning..
Any button combo I do yields no result.. So I'm fearing this may be a toasted device.. If anyone has insight please let me know.. Much thanks..
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Yeah dude that's a brick...sucks but no T-Mobile doesn't look into the device just basically do a higher form of JTAG an completely wipe the hardware to start over, or if it's real bad they just junk for parts and build somebody else a "refurbished" phone, there system makes the best dev look like a noob lol
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soupysoup said:
Yeah dude that's a brick...sucks but no T-Mobile doesn't look into the device just basically do a higher form of JTAG an completely wipe the hardware to start over, or if it's real bad they just junk for parts and build somebody else a "refurbished" phone, there system makes the best dev look like a noob lol
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I got a laugh out of that, but I'm sure its true. With the amount of phones on the market, I'd love to know the percentage they take back in and replace.. It's gotta be astounding.. It's a small thorn in my side for a day and a half, but my phone should be here before noon. I just gotta go and find my rootkit folder and get it all ready
This is the 2nd phone I've wound up bricking. I didnt get my first true smart phone till October 3yrs ago. HTC droid incredible.. that phone was seriously tuffer then nails.. It was dropped so many times, i just stopped caring if it fell cause i knew it would be ok.. Went down a flight of wood steps into my basement during a call and didnt blink.. I wound up melting the back cover to the battery once, my daughters * i have twins* were destroying something and I had torch on looking for something. I wound up putting the phone down on a towel w/ torch on facedown.. I got busy cleaning what they messed up and by the time I remembered my phone I went to get it and it shut down as I picked it up.. It was extremely hot and around the LED you could see a ripple from where it melted. I pulled everything apart, let it cool off for like 10minutes and it booted right back up.. It bricked way later on, I was way more flash happy back then, then I am now. I'm pickier now, back then I was just trying anything..
This sII was bought in October of last year. But it's seen its number or battery pulls and restores.. Tomorrow we will follow up the same..
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I got a laugh out of that, but I'm sure its true. With the amount of phones on the market, I'd love to know the percentage they take back in and replace.. It's gotta be astounding.. It's a small thorn in my side for a day and a half, but my phone should be here before noon. I just gotta go and find my rootkit folder and get it all ready
This is the 2nd phone I've wound up bricking. I didnt get my first true smart phone till October 3yrs ago. HTC droid incredible.. that phone was seriously tuffer then nails.. It was dropped so many times, i just stopped caring if it fell cause i knew it would be ok.. Went down a flight of wood steps into my basement during a call and didnt blink.. I wound up melting the back cover to the battery once, my daughters * i have twins* were destroying something and I had torch on looking for something. I wound up putting the phone down on a towel w/ torch on facedown.. I got busy cleaning what they messed up and by the time I remembered my phone I went to get it and it shut down as I picked it up.. It was extremely hot and around the LED you could see a ripple from where it melted. I pulled everything apart, let it cool off for like 10minutes and it booted right back up.. It bricked way later on, I was way more flash happy back then, then I am now. I'm pickier now, back then I was just trying anything..
This sII was bought in October of last year. But it's seen its number or battery pulls and restores.. Tomorrow we will follow up the same..
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Yeah we've all bricked a device lol, I had a Samsung galaxy precedent that I beat to sh*t, threw, dropped, whatever n it always booted, still to this day actually lol its sitting in a draw somewhere, my daughter plays games on it lol, but yes honestly the amount of s2s that have been refurbished is astounding my buddy is a tech for T-Mobile which is how I know all this but they hardly ever even send u back the same device when u send for repair, just junk it for a new refurb, wipe and restore the broken one and someone else gets it lol, there tough and almost unbrickable but almost is the key word, how u bricked urs though is strange, I've never had it happen like that before, good luck with the new one and switch to twrp, much better recovery for all the new roms out there
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I got this phone under the "free" section of craigslist.(lucky me)
this phone was perfect, no cracked screen, no scratches, just a bump in the side. The only major problem was that this phone was hard bricked.
What I did was that I went to ebay, and found a random seller with decent reviews for JTAG service. The whole thing cost about 40 dollars. (since I got the phone free, I would only lose $40 if this was a scam)
This dude was really nice! I got my GS2 back within a week completely fixed. with stock touchwiz loaded and prerooted alerady
new phone arrived a few hours ago. been running some errands and such.. now to root this one.. tmobile picked the tab up on this one..
so i threw cwm recovery on via odin, flashed my superuser zip. it failed a couple times, 3rd time it took.. booted up and titanium couldnt get access.. in the su update fixer its also failing at "gaining root access"..
any idea's?