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[Q] Need help, I have a brick

Hi there...
So I have a slight issue. I've been away from the XDA community for a while now, and anyways, I came back and wanted to upgrade into the latest Fresh 3.5.0.1 Rom. So I downloaded it, new radios, and new pri pack, and put it on and went to work. Now that I'm here at work, I flashed 3.5, the new radios, and the new pri. Rebooted (I think I probably should have rebooted after flashing the rom, before loading up the others :-\). I got the wonderful green error arrow thing. I've had this happen before when flashing roms, so I pulled the battery, waited a few minutes, then put it back in. Pushed the power button, and now I have a brick. It won't power up at all.
So I need help, as I've never had a brick before and I'm stuck here at work, working on my mac laptop. Any advice on how to get the phone to start into recovery so I can nandroid backup would be wonderful.
Edit: I was upgrading from Fresh Evo 3.3.0.1. According to Fresh, I should have been able to flash this rom over my old version. :-\

Does anything happen when you try and power on? Ie does the phone vibrate and do anything at all? Also when you plug the phone on does the charging lite come on? I hate to say this but if you answer no to everything it looks like you may have a brick. But there is always hope.
I could be wrong but I think toy were suppose to boot the rom then flash the radios.

wrapkgb said:
Does anything happen when you try and power on? Ie does the phone vibrate and do anything at all? Also when you plug the phone on does the charging lite come on? I hate to say this but if you answer no to everything it looks like you may have a brick. But there is always hope.
I could be wrong but I think toy were suppose to boot the rom then flash the radios.
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No light with charging, not even the most faint bit of vibrating other than my own pulse I do have insurance on the phone however through Asurion or however you spell it.
Also, I was going to delete this thread before you posted here, as I realized too late that this isn't the question forum

Wrong forum maybe, but its already here so its all good. With what you said I would have to say you in fact have a brick unfortunately. I would work on trying to get a replacement from asuron. Sucks man, radios can be dangerous if something goes wrong in the process of flashing them.

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Wrong forum maybe, but its already here so its all good. With what you said I would have to say you in fact have a brick unfortunately. I would work on trying to get a replacement from asuron. Sucks man, radios can be dangerous if something goes wrong in the process of flashing them.
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I guess that's what I get for not being more active in the community >.>
Gonna check with Sprint during my lunch to see if they'll replace it for free as a defect ^.^
Sure would be nice not to have to pay that 100 dollar deductible.

Ya, unfortunately you probably pulled the battery while the radios were updating. Good thing you have insurance, because that Evo is done.

Why not take it to Sprint? Just say it stopped working. Make sure to delete any suspicious files from the SD card.

jxr94 said:
Ya, unfortunately you probably pulled the battery while the radios were updating. Good thing you have insurance, because that Evo is done.
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I pulled the battery after I rebooted and it went to the green ! screen. :-\.

Wish the outcome was a little better!

[Q] How do I brick my phone

I kinda of want to intentionally brick my phone just so sprint would replace it. I have been having some trouble with my evo lately, it just started to reboot so frequently lately. I was running decks 1.2.1 and just thought it was the rom, so i completely wipe everything, reflash and same thing. I noticed when my phone rebooted it would get hot or warm, and gps did not work after flashing decks 1.2.1, trying to use gps would automatically cause the phone to reboot. Any rom with the vision gps drivers would cause phone to reboot when trying to use gps, only gps driver that would work was the cm7 drivers, mainly used the N39 one and that would work and I could use gps, but phone kept rebooting. So then i tried to flash the latest stock rom, but had same problem. Also tried to use myn's warm rom release 5, which was always so stable in the past and never had any problems with when i was using it in the past, but yea phone just would reboot at random when phone would get warm or just doing stuff. Then i flashed the latest radio, pri, nv, and hboot. Went back to decks but its very frustrating, i can not use my phone for a long time or it warms up and goes into a bootloop, then have to pull the battery and give it a couple minutes to cool down before i can pop the battery back in and have it not reboot immediately afterwards. So after all this i was just gonna try and brick it to see if i could get another evo, but yea i tried to flash a radio and battery pull but that did not work. Did i screw myself by flashing the latest hboot?

Why don't you flash a stock rom. See if it still does it and then go to sprint and tell them all the problems you're having
We're comin from a pure power source.

That's insurance fraud dude, cause everyone's prices to go up. Don't be that guy.
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I did try a stock rom and it kept happening. That is why I was trying to brick it so they would just exchange it. If I take it to sprint I would need to flash a RUU right? Then deal with sprints b.s. until they exchange it.

I've never had a problem getting my phone replaced. You have problems with your phone. They will replace it. And yes, the ruu will return it to stock.
We're comin from a pure power source.

alaman68 said:
That's insurance fraud dude, cause everyone's prices to go up. Don't be that guy.
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How is it insurance fraud? My phone is not working properly, I have been paying an insurance charge on my plan since the launch of the evo. Don't want to deal with their very annoying employees and just want a replacement, is that too much to ask for?
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I've never had a problem getting my phone replaced. You have problems with your phone. They will replace it. And yes, the ruu will return it to stock.
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Well it seems like that is what I am gonna need to do. Must have bad luck then, because I have had a horrible experience getting a phone replaced but thanks.

Pull your battery while flashing a radio update should def brick you but you should just unroot if your worried.
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ellshock said:
How is it insurance fraud? My phone is not working properly, I have been paying an insurance charge on my plan since the launch of the evo. Don't want to deal with their very annoying employees and just want a replacement, is that too much to ask for?
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Return to stock and deal with the bs
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Just tell them you lost it, and they'll overnight you one.

linsalata28 said:
Pull your battery while flashing a radio update should def brick you but you should just unroot if your worried.
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That will definitely brick it.

It sounds like a hardware issue. Sprint will replace it. Don't brick your phone, not worth it.
RUU to the latest update. Get S-On (there are a few threads with tutorials). Try to document your phone acting up if you can (I had an overheating issue with my old phone so I took screenshots of an app showing my phone 135+ degrees. Reboots, maybe video it, I don't know.)
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Please help!! No Service!

Droid inc 2 was hboot 0.98 downgraded, rooted s-off revolutionary.
Flashed Sabatoge Stock V1 ROM and now I have no service. Please help!!

Try *228 to reprogram.

He can't do that without any service. Try flashing a different ROM, one time I flashed GB Sense by nitsuj. I reflashed and it was fine. If neither of those things work, your back cover might be fubar.

It's happened to me at least once or twice before. Go back into Recovery, do a full data wipe, and re-flash the Rom. If it still happens, wipe it clean again and try a different Rom.

AgalychnisCallidryas said:
He can't do that without any service. Try flashing a different ROM, one time I flashed GB Sense by nitsuj. I reflashed and it was fine. If neither of those things work, your back cover might be fubar.
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Ok, so put the back cover on, because had to do a battery pull, service is back.
Alright, wicked sorry about the total noobness why is the back cover so important? I'm used to the Evo and Evo 3D back cover or not, service is always available.

JJsax said:
Ok, so put the back cover on, because had to do a battery pull, service is back.
Alright, wicked sorry about the total noobness why is the back cover so important? I'm used to the Evo and Evo 3D back cover or not, service is always available.
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The antenna is in there lol
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jeremytn86 said:
The antenna is in there lol
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HAHA, got it thanks!
I will have to always remember now - never leave the back cover off the phone EVER!

I think many of us have made this mistake somewhere along the way. It's easy to forget when your mind is on flashing ROMs and (maybe) worried about bricking your phone.

Yeah, it's my first time playing with a DINC2 and it's my brothers. So when he had no service he was getting pretty peeved. He almost gave up and wanted me to unroot.

WTH
OMG I don't think I have ever seen that before. Been D$cking with mine for 2 days trying to get it working and all I needed to do was put the back on LOL
Thanks for the infomation

No Signal or takes forever to get one

Ok i am not new at flashing and android, but i am stumped. Here lately I have been getting the dreaded circle with the line through it.. I have flashed radios through Odin and recovery, reflashed roms in both methods and even Kies... and also done a nandroid restore of a rom before this happened. When it finally gets connected (after 10 minutes, sometimes longer) i have not problems until i reboot and it and i have to go through the same process of trying to get signal.... any help would be appreciated. or point me in the right direction... i am currently running stock unrooted 2.3.6...
I have also tried my sim in another phone and my daughters sim in mine same thing with my daughters sim.. just throwing that out there..

*bump* no one have this problem?
hmm. flashed Darkside and it seemed to have an effect on it... took only 3 min to get signal... weird!!!!
going to reboot in a sec to see what happens
NVM did it again...

Which radio are you using?
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UVKL1

been dealing with this for awhile now. Its unbearable. Stock everything.

web_ninja said:
UVKL1
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Strange... Just for fun, have you tried the blaze radio?
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well not since i have odin'd i will give it a shot...

web_ninja said:
well not since i have odin'd i will give it a shot...
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No go for me. Going to have to dump T-Mobile

nope still same problem.. i guess i will give them a call tonight...

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nope still same problem.. i guess i will give them a call tonight...
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I have spoken to top tier support multiple times. The Field Engineering teams are involved now. Its unique here because on their coverage map I am in Excellent area. I'll have 3-4 bars show 4G yet I do not get a data connection. I called back and should be hearing back by the 17th. My ticket has been open for months... Afraid my device is defective or only works half the time. I am very low on apps and never install much. This is a bad situation for me. House phone and work device.

yes that does suck bad!!! but it is weird, in my case... just one day stopped after a reboot... my other devices work fine...

web_ninja said:
yes that does suck bad!!! but it is weird, in my case... just one day stopped after a reboot... my other devices work fine...
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Exact same thing here. Stopped randomly first day... totally intermittent after! It was ironic because I had held off grabbing the GS2 because of Samsungs GPS issues with the Vibrant and first week I had my GS2 I was extremely happy. Rest is history I guess. Hope yours starts working again.

[Q] Epic in SUPER SLOW SLOW MODE. (kinda bricked)

Ok so a little after midnight i rebooted my phone cuz it was being flaky.
Then it got stuck on the Cyanogen SGS boot screen from PAC 20.1 I tryed to ODIN cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5. I got that to stick but every time i would flash a rom it would get stuck and end up and the samsung boot screen again. i tryed to flach cm9.1 and it hang at the BLM MTD part for a very long long time. then it went to the gray screen(the backgound of cwm 6) so that didn't work. So i tryed to ODIN stock EL30 EC05 just like hear http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Well that ended with the phone booting up after about 40 minues. But i could not unlock the dam thing. So i did it again & left it for an hour & now its just siting there 12:19 on the clock but i cant unlock the phone. the sprint 4G boot aniy was/is all chopy and the sound cuts in and out. IDK i think my Epic is Epicing F(ced
(i'v been ODINing & reading xda all night:crying: )
Any ideas?

How about just going back to 100% stock FC09? Use re-partition, and you may even want to consider EFS clear (unless not on Sprint). Try that and let it run on that for a day. Note any issues that appear.
If no issues, then try to flash another rom.
Worst case scenario, your flash memory is on it's last leg and heading to become kaput. Flash memory only has so many reads & writes before it kicks the bucket. Constant flashing of roms over the lifetime of this phone diminishes the lifespan faster than a regular user.
A regular user wouldn't even come close to the read/write red zone for this flash memory, but a custom rom user/tester could (especially given the age of our phone).

Which is precisely why I find a somewhat stable ROM and stick with it for about 3 months, then i update/switch ROMs
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I typically only flash stable roms and stick with one for 4-8 months before doing a fresh Odin, re-root and new rom flash. I'm your normal user here; I stick with what I know works.

jeffreyjicha said:
Which is precisely why I find a somewhat stable ROM and stick with it for about 3 months, then i update/switch ROMs
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Yes that kinda what i have done.
@nikon120 i tryed FC09 100% stock. i didn't try clearing EFS & yes i'm still on Sprint.
IDK i'm guna call sprint and see what they will give me to keep me?

zman519 said:
IDK i'm guna call sprint and see what they will give me to keep me?
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A big ole nothing. I've tried to get discounts and upgrade fees waived before, and they have given nothing. I'm a 10+ year customer.
Once a nicer than Nexus 4--Nexus device comes out, or if Sprint's suck-tacular service becomes even more sucky, I'm jumping to T-mobile.

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A big ole nothing. I've tried to get discounts and upgrade fees waived before, and they have given nothing. I'm a 10+ year customer.
Once a nicer than Nexus 4--Nexus device comes out, or if Sprint's suck-tacular service becomes even more sucky, I'm jumping to T-mobile.
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SGS III Purple for $0.99 FTW
I really loved my Epic & i'l be back around the forums, my buddy has a busted Epic so maybe i can make one working phone out of the two.:good:

zman I have the EXACT problem with my Epic 4g, it's brand new I have only had it a handful of days and I haven't a clue as to what caused this error, my clock also reads 12:19 and the screen is unresponsive, so I can't slide unlock the screen to get usb debugging checked either. I am by no means new to android, flashing roms or anything else so this wasn't some noob error on my part.
I have messaged QBKing77 and he is as perplexed as I am, and well I figure if he can't figure it out, we might just be screwed.
Did you get yours fixed? If so could you please share what you did.

If i get it fixed I'll be sure to let you all know how i did it.
I have been playing with my new Purpal SGS III
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nerdygadgetguy said:
zman I have the EXACT problem with my Epic 4g, it's brand new I have only had it a handful of days and I haven't a clue as to what caused this error, my clock also reads 12:19 and the screen is unresponsive, so I can't slide unlock the screen to get usb debugging checked either. I am by no means new to android, flashing roms or anything else so this wasn't some noob error on my part.
I have messaged QBKing77 and he is as perplexed as I am, and well I figure if he can't figure it out, we might just be screwed.
Did you get yours fixed? If so could you please share what you did.
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Did you ever get your Epic back to life?
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Nope. I had it fixed then it went back to the same old issue. I've tried every version of odin, Heimdall and using every possible pit, .tar and md5 file combination I can come up with and I cannot remember what I used the first time to fix it. blah
Did you get yours fixed or figure out what the problem was? If I ca
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Did you ever get your Epic back to life?
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