Pretty sure I bricked my phone. Been digging through the forums all night and can't find anything.
When I plug it into USB I can get the White LED indicator. Only sign of life tho.
Can't boot the phone at all though. Always just a black screen; no backlight.
No motorola logo..
RSDLite won't recognize because I can't get into bootloader mode.
Battery is fine, checked it with a multimeter and I'm at 3.3V
Tried a friend's Defy battery.. no dice.
Any suggestions?
does your friend battery have a full charge on it?
it happens to me before, i turn the defy off, plug the charger, and left it for 30 to 45 minutes and i can boot afterwards. try it, might work for you too.
thanks been trying that out. his has full charge. I also mcgyvered mine and it's fully charged as well.. hmmm
what did you do that caused the bricked phone? did you try to downgrade it from 2.2 to 2.1? because that caused me the same thing, white led, rsd wont recognize it (windows error sound when plugged into usb), and i couldnt solve it, had to bring it back to motorola...
sent from my cm7 defy...
i have read somewhere in the devs forum about a corrupt bootloader experienced by one of our friend there. try to look into that and possibly get you some clues. Another possibility is to remove your sdcard, my crappy class 6 gives me a white lights only boot when im still in froyo, although it happens only once or twice. at this point, might as well try it out eh?
you need to flash with rsd it will read the phone is stuck in bootloader mode download your stock sbf and flash with rsd it will bring your phone back to life!!
make sure you remove battery plug in usb cable then replace battery while holding the vol + key
zakoo2 said:
what did you do that caused the bricked phone? did you try to downgrade it from 2.2 to 2.1? because that caused me the same thing, white led, rsd wont recognize it (windows error sound when plugged into usb), and i couldnt solve it, had to bring it back to motorola...
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I actually purchased it from someone who said that it was bricked. I am trying to get back in touch with them to find out what happened but no info yet. I've been trying to deduce what could of happened. But one thing I'm almost certain of is it wasn't water damaged. As I said the battery is still intact and I've never seen a phone go without taking the battery with it. Moisture indicators look fine as well.
I don't get any sounds when plugging the phone into USB. Device manager doesn't even blink. Can you return to Motorola if you are off contract? Any info on how that works? Not giving up yet, just wondering.
cengiran said:
i have read somewhere in the devs forum about a corrupt bootloader experienced by one of our friend there. try to look into that and possibly get you some clues. Another possibility is to remove your sdcard, my crappy class 6 gives me a white lights only boot when im still in froyo, although it happens only once or twice. at this point, might as well try it out eh?
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Thanks, I will definitely look into that corrupt bootloader situation. I pulled the sd card (been in there the whole time) but it didn't make a difference. There wasn't really much on the SD Card except for a few empty (autopopulated) directories: LOST.DIR, .android_secure, etc.. and the stock froyo SBF file for the phone: p3_jordan_umts_2.2.1..(blahblah).sbf it's a US T-Mobile Defy.
So it likes like maybe the previous owner was trying to flash. Although I don't know why they would put SBF on the SD.
pmp326 said:
you need to flash with rsd it will read the phone is stuck in bootloader mode download your stock sbf and flash with rsd it will bring your phone back to life!!
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pmp326 said:
make sure you remove battery plug in usb cable then replace battery while holding the vol + key
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RSD doesn't ever see the phone at all. Thanks for the suggestion. Tried to insert battery after plugged in and while holding vol + key but no difference. Been trying all sorts of key combinations from the forums but no luck there either. The drivers are completely up to date.
All suggestions appreciated! Thanks guys!
any more ideas by chance ?
It's a silly thing, but have you tried pressing the power button AFTER connected USB? Anyway try switching Config-->DeviceID options in RDS.
I was stuck at your point, only white led, hacked the battery and it has been recognised by RDS after some unistall/reinstall... try, try and try again
This happend to me too (black screen, only white led) when i tried to flash some korean froyo. I just removed the battery, connected usb, put battery back, power + vol [+] and RSD recognised it (even if screen was black)
I confirm (I had the same problem...) that your Defy is not bricked :
- don't connect the phone to the PC
- launch RSDLite and choose your SBF
- remove the battery cover (of your phone of course, not your PC ! )
- remove the battery
- plug the USB cable only in the phone
- your phone in left hand, press power + vol.up with 2 fingers of the same left hand
- put the battery into the phone with your free hand, so the right !
- when the white led appears, you can remove your 2 fingers from buttons
- then plug the USB cable in the PC
- RSDLite recognize your Defy !!!
- you can flash...
Sorry for my bad english !
If all above suggestions still fail on you. I would think it might possibly the USB port is broken or some hardware issue which is why it was sold to you as bricked Defy in the first place.
one2wan said:
I confirm (I had the same problem...) that your Defy is not bricked :
- don't connect the phone to the PC
- launch RSDLite and choose your SBF
- remove the battery cover (of your phone of course, not your PC ! )
- remove the battery
- plug the USB cable only in the phone
- your phone in left hand, press power + vol.up with 2 fingers of the same left hand
- put the battery into the phone with your free hand, so the right !
- when the white led appears, you can remove your 2 fingers from buttons
- then plug the USB cable in the PC
- RSDLite recognize your Defy !!!
- you can flash...
Sorry for my bad english !
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Thank you, my phone is alive
Hi,
got a new branded desire hd and i think i bricked it already.
did the tutorial from
hxxtp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Ace:_Rooting_%26_CyanogenMod
(cant post link newbie obv)
and downgraded the phone
hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_HD:_Firmware_Downgrade_(Gingerbread)
after a succesfull downgrade the desire couldnt get turned on. Not even the bootloader will show up after pressing vol - + power
i tried to put the battery away and waited from some minutes. I also tried if adb recognize the device. No chance :/
After putting the battery several times in the desire a red/orange dot led apeared and i think it was charging. After 10 or more minutes windows recognized something but after looking in adb and put the usb away the red dot was away..
Is there any other method to get the phone back working?
i got to a point where i can get the phone recognized by the pc. Adb shows the device and says recovery .. if i try get-state state = unkown
if i try to boot in bootrom there is the same problem and i have to put the battery out start it (red light) wait 5-10 minutes and have acess again .. oh an fastboot isnt possible
hxxp://paste.pocoo.org/show/495273/ solved the problem .. newer version need this hboot
flash new hboot
Hey guys i hope someone can help me out : )
Problem:
I froze some system apps on my xperia pro including mtp (the one that you need for the usb to connect to the computer)?!
well then i was using the phone like regularly and it suddenly froze.
Rebooted the phone ..black screen , the phone is booting normally but i cant see a thing of course.
Fastboot / Flash mode
With flashtool It says its connecting but then i get an error
With the cmd fastboot method its just stating "waiting for device" and when i connect it in fastboot mode nothing is happening just windows telling me thats something wrong with the usb connection and it wont work.
When the phone is turned on and connected to the computer i can see it listed in the device manager as mk16i
if that is relevant
Thanks for reading.
problem 1 : is your phone hardware qwerty button light up when you turn it on and dim when wait a few second? if similiar like that maybe you need to replace the flex cable
problem 2 : try reinstall your phone's driver and make sure you connect the phone in fastboot mode with blue notification led light up.
Hey Guys ,
am new in the forum but i am so confused for 2 weeks ago as my xperia ION was bricked after installing a wrong rom
- no response from Power button or Power Button plus Vol+/Vol- buttons
-when connected to wall charger only red constant led ( no changes )
-i left the phone for couple days and after connecting to wall charged , a red led again and then sony logo appeared for couple of mins then constant red led again
i have tried all troubleshooting in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
-note : one of my attempts of rubber band trick , a green light appeared but flash was unsuccessful coz device has been disconnected although i kept the phone connected
-i left the battery drained for more than 24 hrs
-charged the battery for more than 24 hrs again
-tried to flash *.tft rom many times with rubber band trick and wizout it ,,, but still red led consant
-i decided to try to disconnect the ribbon cable from motherboard .. and i did for 3 mins and then connected again , that suppose the mobile was reset and it is ready to be flashed , but after connecting to USB and holding vol down , still nothing , only red led
- now i am trying connect and disconnect ribbon cable , flashing once i connect it to motherboard and sometimes trying to charge again
-tried SONY pc companion and choose repair my phone and have downloaded all drivers even on PC Companion and Flashtool
-6 days of trying and nothing till now read all threads about xperia bricking and all steps done
Am really so frustrated and dont know what to do , is it dead ?
i ask for ur help to solve this problem and i hope i will find any solution !
At first I have no idea if this works, but switch of your phone. Then press the volume up button at the same time as you connect It to the pc. Then the blue light should appear. Then open a terminal and wipe your complete phone. Then download the original version from Android (I mean the one you saw as you got it for the first time) and the try to install this one.
I use Ubuntu. I really hope this helps you. But I am not sure if it will work. For more damage I am not responsible
Good luck
i got my acro s hard bricked
I used twrp for making a backup for the the stock firmware.
and then i installed the 5.0.1 the lollipop custom firmware
the link :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799765
, but it was not rooted but somehow the recovery was working good .. i decided to restore the stock using the backup version which i made in the beginning coz the ROM was sucks. after finishing the loading it asked for restart and after that i got a blank screen and the following
-no response for charging
-no LED lights at all
-non of any combinations working (volume+ and power on , hard reset or volume+up+power on)
-access to fastboot or flashtool is denied
-no power on no vibrations
but after a day of charging an Orange LED appears but i waited for two more days till the LED disappeared
and tried the flashtool but all i got is "device connected but with debugging off"
i think the problem was using recovery with unrooted device but can't find a solution for that
any suggestions ??!!
Notes:
am too calm
am not panic ..
am not in hurry too
and it's not a big deal
i just want the device back in order to get my stuff from it that's why going to Sony service center is not an option coz they format the whole device
Similar here on st26i
On 4.4 Paranoidandroid I've got after a five days of use in one second a lot of force closes. From every app from the system. It was impossible to stop it, or make normal reboot, so I've hold Power + VolUp and waited till three vibrations. Then turn on the phone, normal vibration and SONY logo.
After that black screen. First with some backlight, after minutes phone backlight turn off.
Now:
- No response for Power button
- No response for Power+VolUp combination
- No charging LED
- System find only SEMC Flash Device
- Flashtool says Device Connected with USB Debugging off
- Combination Power+VolUp make connected device to disconnect and connect again as SEMC Flash Device
- Cant acces fastboot, dwonload mode.
smogf said:
Similar here on st26i
On 4.4 Paranoidandroid I've got after a five days of use in one second a lot of force closes. From every app from the system. It was impossible to stop it, or make normal reboot, so I've hold Power + VolUp and waited till three vibrations. Then turn on the phone, normal vibration and SONY logo.
After that black screen. First with some backlight, after minutes phone backlight turn off.
Now:
- No response for Power button
- No response for Power+VolUp combination
- No charging LED
- System find only SEMC Flash Device
- Flashtool says Device Connected with USB Debugging off
- Combination Power+VolUp make connected device to disconnect and connect again as SEMC Flash Device
- Cant acces fastboot, dwonload mode.
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it seems like we stuck here
Yup.
Is there any windows/linux software for SONY devices like KDZ for LG phones? Which have an emergency flash option and, etc.???
/EDIT
So... I have read a little and I think (wchich I supposed before witout reading) boot is "dead".
I think it will be possibly to flash new boot with s1boot, but. I cannot find service manual for lt26i. Can anyone have it? Or can say where is the Test Point in this device?
makaom said:
i got my acro s hard bricked
I used twrp for making a backup for the the stock firmware.
and then i installed the 5.0.1 the lollipop custom firmware
the link :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799765
, but it was not rooted but somehow the recovery was working good .. i decided to restore the stock using the backup version which i made in the beginning coz the ROM was sucks. after finishing the loading it asked for restart and after that i got a blank screen and the following
-no response for charging
-no LED lights at all
-non of any combinations working (volume+ and power on , hard reset or volume+up+power on)
-access to fastboot or flashtool is denied
-no power on no vibrations
but after a day of charging an Orange LED appears but i waited for two more days till the LED disappeared
and tried the flashtool but all i got is "device connected but with debugging off"
i think the problem was using recovery with unrooted device but can't find a solution for that
any suggestions ??!!
Notes:
am too calm
am not panic ..
am not in hurry too
and it's not a big deal
i just want the device back in order to get my stuff from it that's why going to Sony service center is not an option coz they format the whole device
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Same situation, really need help from someone because its my only android phone right now.