Yeah, you read right. I want to brick my Evo.
Any surefire ways to go about it?
I already flashed some GSM radios, but it's still booting like a champ. Rawr.
I'm curious as to why? You could try flashing a rom for a different phone.
We're comin from a pure power source.
metalfan78 said:
I'm curious as to why? You could try flashing a rom for a different phone.
We're comin from a pure power source.
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I did, and it still boots into recovery.
Try running the ruu for another phone and see if it still boots. Try the inspire 4G ruu, or grab the inspires radio and flash it. Maybe even the Motorola droids radio and a rom.
~ d3rk
The catch with the radios is to update then interrupt the update process by pulling the battery. That should do the trick.
~ d3rk
dirkyd3rk said:
The catch with the radios is to update then interrupt the update process by pulling the battery. That should do the trick.
~ d3rk
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At what point though?
And you can't flash that RUU. Or the inspire's radios..
Can you attach something for me to flash or direct me to it?
I still wanna know why? Lol
We're comin from a pure power source.
dirkyd3rk said:
The catch with the radios is to update then interrupt the update process by pulling the battery. That should do the trick.
~ d3rk
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exactly correct!
flash the radio then reboot and when you see the lil android guy next to the box, pull that battery instant paperweight
Don't help this idiot try to get a new phone if has one that works
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Why on earth would you even do something like that??? Lol
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He's clearly aware of what he's doing. Why are you guys in here judging, its his phone right? Ok then stfu if you aren't trying to help.
~ d3rk
he wants an answer and asked the question, who are we to discuss what somebody should or shouldn't do with something they own
Keep flashing radio and pulling out battery while in the middle of it. Would have to so it up to 20 times
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if the battery pull doesn't work, you can do what proskaterronnie did in my sig ;p
What bout putting a sbc kernel and keep it charging and use it a lot till if over heats I'm not sure if it will. Work buy just giving ideas
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kidram said:
What bout putting a sbc kernel and keep it charging and use it a lot till if over heats I'm not sure if it will. Work buy just giving ideas
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Radio interrupt is way easier and less time 0_o
~ d3rk
I had my phone plugged in for 5 days with a sbc kernel, didn't even get warm, no smoke, battery didn't care
Why not just lose it? And then you can sell it to me for $50 when you find it again.
I don't think I want that one though.
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He's clearly aware of what he's doing. Why are you guys in here judging, its his phone right? Ok then stfu if you aren't trying to help.
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I'm not judging, I just have never seen anyone ask about deliberately bricking a phone and wanted to know what for
We're comin from a pure power source.
xHausx said:
Why not just lose it? And then you can sell it to me for $50 when you find it again.
I don't think I want that one though.
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Because that costs 50 bucks.
The problem is, when I flash a radio, it just says how it's flashing, then it says to reboot. Then it goes to the evo w/ refresh symbol, then boots back up. I have pulled at every step along the way, and I still boot. Can someone link me up to some radios or RUUs with some instructions as to what to do with whatever it is?
And I would appreciate it if people who don't have anything constructive to say would not say anything. I paid a lot of money for this device, and IT IS MINE TO DO WHATEVER I WANT WITH.
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Tried to install latest radio and bricked it.... phone will not power on, no signs of life. I was using the unrevoked forever, clockwork recovery, and damagecontrol 3.5......
Now what....
Update: Battery been sitting out for about an hour stick back in and nothin.... plug into charger and no led lights...
Bricked!!! Lol what radio were u flashing
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Tried to install latest radio and bricked it.... phone will not power on, no signs of life. I was using the unrevoked forever, clockwork recovery, and damagecontrol 3.5......
Now what....
Update: Battery been sitting out for about an hour stick back in and nothin.... plug into charger and no led lights...
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At which step did your Evo fail? Evo crashed mid flash? Evo bricks during the first reboot after flash?
I am sorry for your loss, I give my condolences
wow you know just how to make someone feel better, ha it was the latest one
Take it to T-Mobile tell them you were doing an update and your power dropped
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crashed at first boot
sherlockpwnz said:
Take it to T-Mobile tell them you were doing an update and your power dropped
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Lol. I wish I could be there to see the look on their face if the op did do that!
Same thing happened to me....i was in the middle of updating the radio....thought it crashed....pulled the battery.....put the battery back in.....so signed of life.your wool have to get a new one.
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Take it to T-Mobile tell them you were doing an update and your power dropped
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Err.... what will this do, last time i checked my newly acquired brick stated "Sprint" on the back.
Same thing happened to me flashing .28 radio
BorlaGTO said:
Err.... what will this do, last time i checked my newly acquired brick stated "Sprint" on the back.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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kris54241 said:
Same thing happened to me flashing .28 radio
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Did you have to buy a new one?
I did the same thing. I went to the Sprint store and explained that Iwas downloading the OTA 2.2 update (just didn't say which one) when it bricked and they ordered a new Evo. Apparently the very LASTthing you should do is yank the battery during the process.
It was still under warranty.
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bigmoogle said:
I did the same thing. I went to the Sprint store and explained that Iwas downloading the OTA 2.2 update (just didn't say which one) when it bricked and they ordered a new Evo. Apparently the very LASTthing you should do is yank the battery during the process.
It was still under warranty.
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Was yours rooted with custon rom and whatnot? I think i will do this but can they check?
bigmoogle said:
I did the same thing. I went to the Sprint store and explained that Iwas downloading the OTA 2.2 update (just didn't say which one) when it bricked and they ordered a new Evo. Apparently the very LASTthing you should do is yank the battery during the process.
It was still under warranty.
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Same
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BorlaGTO said:
Was yours rooted with custon rom and whatnot? I think i will do this but can they check?
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They dont check. Stick with the OTA update story though.
BorlaGTO said:
Err.... what will this do, last time i checked my newly acquired brick stated "Sprint" on the back.
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Ouch.
10char
BorlaGTO said:
Was yours rooted with custon rom and whatnot? I think i will do this but can they check?
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If the phone wont boot and is bricked, then that's it, it's dead Jim.
They cannot exactly boot it up at the store and check on it now can they.
Sucks.
I agree with the others though. Might as well take advantage of the warranty while the OTA update is still in effect. Makes for a good story anyway...
Somehow I think someone will chime in and say that this is not right or something though.... just used to forums, lol.
Luck!
Has anyone figured out how to juice up the radio? Much like overclocking the CPU, but with the radio to improve up and down signal.
Willing to run any experimental programming on my phone if anyone has something to try out.
I'm not worried about bricking my phone, as that's already happened and I've brought it back to life again, so gimme all you've got!!!
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Haven't ever seen anything like that, no.
.......and FYI if you're still using it, it wasn't "bricked"
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You could always try the other released radios. The 11.xx has been scoring some pretty "oh my goodness, how fast can I uninstall this thing" ratings, but the 9.xx may do you some good. On all radios, YMMV; and be VERY VERY careful when flashing.
When it bricked it was stuck in an infinite boot loop, then after a few tries, wouldnt go further than hboot. I got lucky and found a way to restore an old rom I saved to my PC with the sdcard. I'm just glad I could still get it to run clockwork recovery.
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Bricked actually means that you can't power it on its 100% unresponsive.
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jdmba said:
You could always try the other released radios. The 11.xx has been scoring some pretty "oh my goodness, how fast can I uninstall this thing" ratings, but the 9.xx may do you some good. On all radios, YMMV; and be VERY VERY careful when flashing.
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Interestingly, the 11.x radio increased my battery life about 20% (no major impact on my reception, if anything it seemed to have cost me a dB or two) compared to the 7.x radio. Tried the 9.x for a few days; cost me nearly half my battery life and caused the phone to run above 100F just for surfing the web.
It's DEFINITELY a YMMV situation.
6stringandy said:
When it bricked it was stuck in an infinite boot loop, then after a few tries, wouldnt go further than hboot. I got lucky and found a way to restore an old rom I saved to my PC with the sdcard. I'm just glad I could still get it to run clockwork recovery.
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Your phone wasn't even remotely close to being bricked. That would be kind of like saying a dislocated shoulder is total paralysis.
A bricked phone is one that can't do anything at all and is completely unrecoverable. A basic rule of thumb is that if you can get to the bootloader, the phone is in no way bricked.
Gahh Its Lee said:
Bricked actually means that you can't power it on its 100% unresponsive.
Ah, ok. Had no clue. Thought that was when the programming crashes. Thnx.
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When did this go from radios to bricks? I get it, I didn't brick it. (2 point for numbnuts)
Where do I go to get other radio versions, and which ones don't play nicely with Dinc?
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Search for the radio thread in the dev section.
6stringandy said:
When did this go from radios to bricks? I get it, I didn't brick it. (2 point for numbnuts)
Where do I go to get other radio versions, and which ones don't play nicely with Dinc?
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6stringandy said:
When did this go from radios to bricks? I get it, I didn't brick it. (2 point for numbnuts)
Where do I go to get other radio versions, and which ones don't play nicely with Dinc?
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Flashing radios is the number one way to brick your phone; basically, be careful and check MD5 sums.
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Grr
I wish VZW would just release an official updated radio already.
As much as it ticked me off that some guy declared his own thread to be the new official thread, I think this has the links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886129
You can also get all Radios except the 11.xx radio here:
http://adrynalyne.us/files/di_radios/
Can I downdrade prl on an unrooted evo? My mom just got one with the 1.9 prl and I wanna go to 1.7... 1.9 gets terrible battery.
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alainater said:
Can I downdrade prl on an unrooted evo? My mom just got one with the 1.9 prl and I wanna go to 1.7... 1.9 gets terrible battery.
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I'm not sure on that. If it was possible, i would think it'd have to be done with QPST or CDMA workshop. I would research those two programs, and see if they're capable of that. (I'm really not sure, and don't have time to research it. But if its possible, I'd think one of those two programs would be needed)
On second thought, just root that thing with unrevoked, and flash away!
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Can I downdrade prl on an unrooted evo? My mom just got one with the 1.9 prl and I wanna go to 1.7... 1.9 gets terrible battery.
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should be able to boot to boot loader and just flash the pc36img.zip............... just a guess
thznutz87 said:
should be able to boot to boot loader and just flash the pc36img.zip............... just a guess
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Pretty.sure you need to be S off to do that method.
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Ok I'll probably just unrevoke root flash the s off then flash a prl from clockwork mod thanks though
alainater said:
Ok I'll probably just unrevoke root flash the s off then flash a prl from clockwork mod thanks though
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That would be ya best bet........GET ROOTED
khadafeeee said:
That would be ya best bet........GET ROOTED
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Haha yeah but knowing my mom she'd screw something up haha
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I thought the issue with 1.9 PRI causing bad battery life was that certain combinations of custom ROMs or Kernels didn't play well together. Out of the box, I think a 1.9 PRI should play well with everything else that came in the stock ROM.
Not saying you shouldn't consider rooting anyway, but if it's just to downgrade PRI, I wouldn't think you would need to do that.
alainater said:
Can I downdrade prl on an unrooted evo? My mom just got one with the 1.9 prl and I wanna go to 1.7... 1.9 gets terrible battery.
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Yes, you can downgrade, but you're going to have to root her phone first. If you root it, you can download PRI 1.77_003 from the link below. You will have to flash it from recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Now, being that your mom "just got one", give her new phone time to settle. Don't rush off to downgrade her PRI. The EVO, when properly charged, can give a decent battery life depending on her usage. You may have to charge her phone until the LED turns green, wait 60 seconds, charge again until it's green and repeat the process until it stays green after 60 seconds of being unplugged. That is my routine for very good battery life. There are others. Give it a try.
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Yes, you can downgrade, but you're going to have to root her phone first. If you root it, you can download PRI 1.77_003 from the link below. You will have to flash it from recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Now, being that your mom "just got one", give her new phone time to settle. Don't rush off to downgrade her PRI. The EVO, when properly charged, can give a decent battery life depending on her usage. You may have to charge her phone until the LED turns green, wait 60 seconds, charge again until it's green and repeat the process until it stays green after 60 seconds of being unplugged. That is my routine for very good battery life. There are others. Give it a try.
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Ok ok that sounds good ill give it a try
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I recently rooted my incredible 2 successfully and got CM7 on with no problem. I was trying to install a new splash screen, but accidentally installed my existing radio (1.09.01.0722) instead. Now I can't get any wireless signal or dial *228. I've tried different radios, but none of them work now. Any ideas?
thanks
You're able to still use the phone, but you don't get any data or anything?
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It's not bricked if you can turn in on.....
Did you remove the radio file after you flashed?
Had same issue on build 109 I placed a call and it fixed it. Yes placed a call with no 3g or 1x and no baseband showing in software. 3g then showed up and baseband updated.
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kubes069 said:
It's not bricked if you can turn in on.....
Did you remove the radio file after you flashed?
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Ya that's what I was thinking too. Didn't make sense to me about what he was saying.
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Try reflashing your original stock ROM and everything... Do the Ruu if nothing else works.. you'll lose root, but your phone will most likely work again... Then if you really want to, reroot.
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faehsemc said:
reflash...stock ROM, RUU if nothing else works.. etc. etc.
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This is what I was about to say. seems like your only option and hope it fixes it.
I always thought that the flashing your Radio twice thing was just a rumor cause I can never find any answer as to why this would brick your device.
guess it doesn't care it just does!
Hope you can get an insurance replacement being rooted. Verizon wouldn't even cover my week old battery that was bad from the factory and wouldnt take a complete charge because the VZW dip behind the counter noticed the custom boot screen and started asking questions. guess I should have hidden my mods!
I really wish you guys would look up the definition of "brick" if you don't understand what a BRICK is. please refer:
Bricked
Bricked refers to ANY hardware that is unable to start up due to bad software; Usually because of a bad software flash, a modification done improperly, loss of necessary files, being overheated from overclocking or overuse if the item is a lemon, a short-circuiting, or a Trojan that deletes necessary files for a few examples.
The noob bricked his PSP because he took out the battery while running a firmware update.
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I really wish you guys would look up the definition of "brick" if you don't understand what a BRICK is. please refer:
Bricked
Bricked refers to ANY hardware that is unable to start up due to bad software; Usually because of a bad software flash, a modification done improperly, loss of necessary files, being overheated from overclocking or overuse if the item is a lemon, a short-circuiting, or a Trojan that deletes necessary files for a few examples.
The noob bricked his PSP because he took out the battery while running a firmware update.
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^ this
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Thanks for all the help. I tried switching to a different rom and that worked. I'm afraid to go back to CM7, but MIUI works just fine, so I'm sticking with it.
morenone said:
Thanks for all the help. I tried switching to a different rom and that worked. I'm afraid to go back to CM7, but MIUI works just fine, so I'm sticking with it.
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No reason to be afraid... Do a full wipe and everything.. will he just fine.. and my real advice.. stay away from radios...
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So, i think i bricked my device. Downloaded caulkin rom and tried to flash it. when i booted into rogue rootbloater i flashed the rom from my downloads. my bad. why does it matter though whether or not i flash from internal or external memory. annnd ?
It doesnt matter if the rom is in the internal or sd unless dev says something about it in op. As far as your brick, im not understanding fully what you mean
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What makes you think you're bricked? What happens when you try to power the phone on?
Rob4828 said:
It doesnt matter if the rom is in the internal or sd unless dev says something about it in op. As far as your brick, im not understanding fully what you mean
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If I would have had a sd i would not have a brick right now though :/
I think. cause the new rom switched bootloaders and the new one only recog'ed the sd i think.
undefine4 said:
So, i think i bricked my device. Downloaded caulkin rom and tried to flash it. when i booted into rogue rootbloater i flashed the rom from my downloads. my bad. why does it matter though whether or not i flash from internal or external memory. annnd ?
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what happens when you try to boot your phone?
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What makes you think you're bricked? What happens when you try to power the phone on?
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It means my phone is locked in a "permanent" state of existence.
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It means my phone is locked in a "permanent" state of existence.
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so lets say after you pull battery you press the power button....nothing happens?
Pull the battery
Put it back in
press power and see what happens
-- You can also...
Pull the battery
Put the battery back in
press vol down + power and try to get into odin mode
If you can get into Odin mode, then you're not bricked.
no phone - cake.
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no phone - cake.
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Do you speak English ? They have ask what happens when you power on the phone and you respond with idiot junk .... Congratulations throw your phone out of a moving car jack a$$
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no phone - cake.
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Do you want help or not? The E4GT is a very difficult phone to brick and 9 times out of 10 when a noob thinks their phone is bricked, it's actually easily recoverable. But if you don't help us help you, you might as well just toss the phone down the garbage disposal.
Can you get into download mode?
Hahhahhahahahaa that's all I wanna say
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Lol if you don't want to be helped then sell the phone to me. Should the bidding be started at ummm lets say $20.
$20 is a very expensive paperweight I think I'm offering more then enough lol
Epic 4G Touch perfected by Calk!
I think we're being trolled.
Great add one more thread that made me dumber for reading it. Stop it guys the last thing I need more of is dumb.
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I think we're being trolled.
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We got samsunged
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35$
10char...
Oh so you didnt want actual help, great thread OP.
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Is this sextape's way of leaking a new FC** ICS ROM?
sfhub said:
Is this sextape's way of leaking a new FC** ICS ROM?
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LMFAO ha +1 made my day. Still, I think it must be hard to drop to this level of brain capacity.