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After updating radio, phone won't turn on anymore

I updated my radio using recovery mode in clockworkmod, and after flashing, the phone rebooted. Upon reboot, it just showed the android coming out of a box icon. I pulled the battery out to reboot, and after that, the phone won't turn on anymore. Is it dead forever?
The battery was fully charged when I did this, so I don't think it's that, however I don't have another battery to test it with currently. Any help would be much appreciated.

torptube said:
I updated my radio using recovery mode in clockworkmod, and after flashing, the phone rebooted. Upon reboot, it just showed the android coming out of a box icon. I pulled the battery out to reboot, and after that, the phone won't turn on anymore. Is it dead forever?
The battery was fully charged when I did this, so I don't think it's that, however I don't have another battery to test it with currently. Any help would be much appreciated.
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You should not have pulled out the battery, it was installing the radio upgrade. Flashing radios is one of very few ways you can actually brick your device.
Can you still access Recovery?

As above, pulling the battery mid radio flash is a sure way to totally brick your device.
Installing a radio goes through 2 reboots, and you should never ever interrupt the process. Unless you can access recovery it looks like you have brick.

torptube said:
I updated my radio using recovery mode in clockworkmod, and after flashing, the phone rebooted. Upon reboot, it just showed the android coming out of a box icon. I pulled the battery out to reboot, and after that, the phone won't turn on anymore. Is it dead forever?
The battery was fully charged when I did this, so I don't think it's that, however I don't have another battery to test it with currently. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Don't know where you heard about pulling the battery out while flashing but that desire is no more than dust now.
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If you can't access Recovery by holding volume down and power button when the phone is off, you have bricked it. The only way you can recover it now is to find someone with a RIFF box & JTAG or to send it back to HTC and pay an extortionate amount for them to do it for you.

Hmmm bad luck buddy... seems that its bricked indefinitely... is it still under warranty? I know its unethical, but maybe try sending it back and mention that you dropped it or something, you might get lucky.
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Thanks for the reply guys, I guess I truly did brick it, as it won't even power on anymore.
Does anyone have an idea how much HTC would charge for the repair? Am I better off buying a new phone?

torptube said:
Thanks for the reply guys, I guess I truly did brick it, as it won't even power on anymore.
Does anyone have an idea how much HTC would charge for the repair? Am I better off buying a new phone?
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This is why you should always read up on what you are doing before you drive right in, your best bet now is to claim on the insurance or to contact HTC and see what they can do for you. They will without doubt be able to repair it for you, the question is, how much will they charge?

Lesson learned. Unfortunately, I was following the instructions at the cyanogenmod wiki for the Desire.
I thought the radio update was required to update the ROM, but it seems that that is not the case. Hopefully HTC will be willing to repair it.
As a long shot, is anyone here able to do the riff box/jtag repair?

torptube said:
Lesson learned. Unfortunately, I was following the instructions at the cyanogenmod wiki for the Desire.
I thought the radio update was required to update the ROM, but it seems that that is not the case. Hopefully HTC will be willing to repair it.
As a long shot, is anyone here able to do the riff box/jtag repair?
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I would think they will charge you somewhere in the region of $200+ to repair it, at least. Try looking here I had a little search for people with RIFF Boxes, at the bottom of the page are a list of people who can repair phones, shoot off a few e-mails and see how much they charge to save your Desire, it might work out substantially cheaper than sending it off to HTC.

Thanks! There's even a guy in San Jose. Hopefully he can work on short notice.
Was the $200+ HTC's potential repair fee, or the riff-boxers?

torptube said:
Thanks! There's even a guy in San Jose. Hopefully he can work on short notice.
Was the $200+ HTC's potential repair fee, or the riff-boxers?
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The potential repair fee. RIF Boxes aren't actually that expensive, ~$150 or so, but it's all about having the know-how to use the damned thing.

[Q][Urgent] Wildfire Died?

Well I rooted my htc wildfire and overclocked it.
Everything seemed to work fine for a few months
and then...
I got a text message, and I responded to it, but I did also see that my battery was almost empty, then after responding, I putted my phone in my pocket, Then like 15 minutes later, I looked at my phone and it didn't do anything anymore, so I thought, my battery ran out, nothing to worry about then I got home, plugged in my phone... led didn't turn on... phone didn't charge. I was like damn, maybe my battery died? So I went outside to someone who also has a Wildfire and asked if I could try his battery, We switched batteries and my phone still didn't work
Does anyone know how i can fix this? my phone doesn't respond to ANYTHING I've tried

These symptoms are a bad omen.

Does it pick anything up plugging it into a computer?
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Scratch0805 said:
Does it pick anything up plugging it into a computer?
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nope, nothing at all :s

Remove battery and plug mobile to ur laptop or desktop and press power plus volume down button together....u see hboot?
First remove ur battery and then try to get hboot screen after u plugged ur phone to ur laptop or desktop via usb...
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Ankurcul said:
Remove battery and plug mobile to ur laptop or desktop and press power plus volume down button together....u see hboot?
First remove ur battery and then try to get hboot screen after u plugged ur phone to ur laptop or desktop via usb...
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No response from the device at all :s

Bro ur phone is bricked....
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Ankurcul said:
Bro ur phone is bricked....
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Than that would be the first wildfire thats been bricked AFAIK
Maybe it's a hardware issue, something as motherboard or CPU or maybe the connector for the lcd screen has become loose
EDIT: Did your phoneshowany sign of intability before you put it in your pocket; was it hot?

Ankurcul said:
Bro ur phone is bricked....
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lol, how can it be bricked if I used the root for a few months and didn't change anything to it for a while?
also @lcd poster
if it was my lcd, my led should still turn on when inserting the phone to a power connection
also I do also think it is something with my mainboard/cpu, i've read on the internet that i'm not the only one with a phone that just doesn't respond to anything anymore (wildfire) even others who hadn't rooted their phone got this issue, although they have garrantuee :s
sorry for my bad english

Anyhow its great u r not bricked bt if u have damaged CPU so do u have warranty/guarantee?
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Ankurcul said:
Anyhow its great u r not bricked bt if u have damaged CPU so do u have warranty/guarantee?
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Rooted and overclocked, I don't think my warranty is still valid?

Yes your warranty is void. But, if you were on a Stock / Sense based ROM, you *may* be lucky and the service guys may not notice.

3xeno said:
Yes your warranty is void. But, if you were on a Stock / Sense based ROM, you *may* be lucky and the service guys may not notice.
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But maybe they won't start repairing it and give me just a new one, (since it's more expensive to repair the phone then to give me a new one i guess) and then they'll won't notice either?
also, if I do bring back my phone and they find out about it, will they charge me for the repairing costs? even if I don't want it to be repaired if it will cost me? (I already bought an iphone now, but sometimes i just want to experiment back with my android xd)

I really can't answer that mate. Policies vary widely across stores and nations. But, don't hold your breath for a new one, I think that case is extremely unlikely. I guess your best bet is to give them the phone, and have them contact yo regarding it's situation, repairs, and costs (if any) after their preliminary inspection / assessment. Only after their assessment, you give the go ahead to repair / replace (If free ).

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I really can't answer that mate. Policies vary widely across stores and nations. But, don't hold your breath for a new one, I think that case is extremely unlikely. I guess your best bet is to give them the phone, and have them contact yo regarding it's situation, repairs, and costs (if any) after their preliminary inspection / assessment. Only after their assessment, you give the go ahead to repair / replace (If free ).
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thanks, i'll probably go to the store tommorow, but my bro got a new ipod nana (6g) because his lock button was stuck

ex4life6pro said:
thanks, i'll probably go to the store tommorow, but my bro got a new ipod nana (6g) because his lock button was stuck
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HTC and Apple don't roll the same way.
Apple's products aren't even worth repairing, thus they don't bother doing that.

it might be an lcd problem this thing also happened to me...

I know quite a few friends of mine who had similar issues with other HTC devices and they just went to the shop and they were given new ones in a short time. usually guys at the customer service are ignorant and don't check for anything, even if in your situation it should be impossbile to know which rom you're mounting.
my advice is go there and have a brand new wildfire, nobody will discover it's without warranty

Mabye its static?
Once my brothers netbook had a static build up causing a problem i dunno if the same rules apply but try: take out battery -> hold power on for around 30secs, If that didnt work try getting into bootloader holding vol down and power on when your phones off
Hope my ideas worked and that your wildfires better

I have same problems
When i trying root my HTC device ... there are something wrong... so it can't boot after rooting.
I think that it was bricked.
How to unbrick HTC Wildfire? Pls, help me resolv this problem

just took apart HOX, what can I do/test?

My HOX has been declared DOA (Slight screen flicker) so I am waiting on my new 1 coming then I have to send this one back, sooooo temptation got the better of me and I decided to pop it open for a nosey....
So... does anybody want me to test anything? Seen as it’s a write off anyway?

You do realise HTC *might* see if the device has been opened and if they're feeling nasty they can bill you for the new device?

abc27 said:
You do realise HTC *might* see if the device has been opened and if they're feeling nasty they can bill you for the new device?
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Might? Oh well, while you have it open, see if you can came the brands and/or model numbers off some of the chips like GPS and Wi-Fi.

drop the battery, hold vol+ and vol-, connect usb cable.
see if an apx device appears in windows.

f4flake said:
drop the battery, hold vol+ and vol-, connect usb cable.
see if an apx device appears in windows.
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This would be a huge help. Possibly a big step in gaining S-OFF
M.

NO apx

may be other ways.
so long as the battery is unconnected.
vol+ and power then connect usb
vol + and vol- and power and connect usb.
Even if you get to a point where it just isn't causing anything to pop up in device manager then we can at least stop pursuing it and focus on the pogo pins as a way to apx mode.

battery no where in sight or reconnect bat when usb is plugged in etc?

Not might, will. They would be perfectly within their rights to do so, as well. Once you agree a return, it's no longer your property to open, not to mention that there's no way for HTC to know you didn't open the phone before your problem occurred.
You'd better hope they don't notice...
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

shouldn't have opened the phone dude, they will check for this, I used to work for O2 and this was the procedure, they might turn around and say you did it you opened it up,
hope you got insurance or something

mox123 said:
shouldn't have opened the phone dude, they will check for this, I used to work for O2 and this was the procedure, they might turn around and say you did it you opened it up,
hope you got insurance or something
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There's no "void" stickers until you start pulling the mainboards out. The only way they would notice is if the phone was somehow damaged in the process.
Re the APX mode - battery needs to be totally disconnected to start. Just try different combos with volume/power buttons and the usb connection. We're all just guessing atm.
M.

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There's no "void" stickers until you start pulling the mainboards out. The only way they would notice is if the phone was somehow damaged in the process.
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Void stickers are not the only way to tell if a phone has been opened. (I know. I used to work for a major consumer / business electronics manufacturer, and one of my duties was inspecting returns and approving or denying warranty and refund claims.)

I wouldn't have taken it apart. There may be a small pin on the motherboard that will identify a case breach and log it. Wouldn't be hard for them to see it. And charge you for the phone.
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Yes, I wouldn't do that either.
BUT HE DID IT and now wants to help. Now, let's focus on to get something out of this and cut the crap!
nickhuk: How about some pics? And how do you open HOX without damaging it?

jsntrenkler said:
I wouldn't have taken it apart. There may be a small pin on the motherboard that will identify a case breach and log it. Wouldn't be hard for them to see it. And charge you for the phone.
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He could always say it's how it was bought. Hence screen issues..
That's what I'd be saying.
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AliceXES said:
Yes, I wouldn't do that either.
BUT HE DID IT and now wants to help. Now, let's focus on to get something out of this and cut the crap!
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Yes, let's throw him under the bus. There's every chance that he's not done anything HTC will detect *yet*, but that he will do so in trying to help out. Let's make sure he's aware of the chance that continuing may cost him the entire phone, if he hasn't already done so. Then he can decide if he wants to take that risk.
Or we can just open our own phones... and if we don't want to, why should we not try to help somebody else have a bit of common sense too?
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nickhuk: How about some pics? And how do you open HOX without damaging it?
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There have already been multiple product teardowns of the One X posted, including detailed photos. Getting him to take photos and describe the experience won't tell you anything that 20 seconds with forum search couldn't have done.
Hint: It comes apart with a spudger.

AliceXES said:
Yes, I wouldn't do that either.
BUT HE DID IT and now wants to help. Now, let's focus on to get something out of this and cut the crap!
nickhuk: How about some pics? And how do you open HOX without damaging it?
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Right, its already open now, cant take that back so it wont never go back to being un-opened, so get all these guys all the info you can that may be able to help move development forward.

drvsbsm said:
Right, its already open now, cant take that back so it wont never go back to being un-opened, so get all these guys all the info you can that may be able to help move development forward.
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Wrong. It snaps back together just fine, presuming he didn't break anything in opening it. (How do you think HTC puts it together in the first place?)
It's possible he hasn't yet done anything that will land him in hot water with his warranty, and that he will do so if he continues fiddling. It's equally possible he's already shot his warranty. Nobody knows, but if it's the latter he can always tear things back apart and fiddle when he gets his unwarranted phone back from HTC.

I respect the fact the OP wants to help, and the last time i checked that was the ethos of this forum. All i'm seeing is the poor guy being flamed for opening a phone. I'm sure he/she knew the risks. Time being a factor i noted that it was wasted with people assuming control based on previous experience.
"used to work in a *fill in the blanks*" is all very well but wins no respect if it's not followed up with a "so here's how to find out"

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I respect the fact the OP wants to help, and the last time i checked that was the ethos of this forum. All i'm seeing is the poor guy being flamed for opening a phone. I'm sure he/she knew the risks. Time being a factor i noted that it was wasted with people assuming control based on previous experience.
"used to work in a *fill in the blanks*" is all very well but wins no respect if it's not followed up with a "so here's how to find out"
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Ok so rather than criticising, lets give him a list of procedures to try to enter apx
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[Q] Is my Galaxy S3 i747 seriously hard bricked?

(NOTE THAT I AM ONLY EXPLAINING IN *DETAIL SO THAT SOMEONE MAY BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY ANALYZE THE PROBLEM)
Okay, so I got my new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III less than a month ago.
My friend helped me in the past few days to root and install cyanogenmod 10. Everything was still fine, until I did something in some kind of pixel density changing app. When rebooting, it only showed the Samsung and Samsung Galaxy S III screens when booting up, but went no further. I wiped everything and restored the last backup I made (advanced restore). Everything ran fine again, with all the original factory stuff. I decided to try and see if I could reinstall cm10 (wiped everything, installed zip, rebooted), and it was successful. Then I decided I wanted to wipe that and try out Energy HD 2.0. Once trying to install the zip, it returned an error message and aborted. I then decided to scrap that idea and just go back to the original factory rom and everything. So I once again wiped and restored my last backup. Upon hitting Reboot, it just went black and didn't turn on again. Now I am completely unable to turn it on, charge it, go into cwm recovery, or download mode. Plugging into the computer just pops a driver install message for QHSUSB_LOAD. Never has anything, even the LED, so much as blinked.
Can somebody please help me? I just would like to know if there is a way to get it working. I'd be very grateful, thanks!
*detail, meaning just what I was doing, as I do not remember exact error codes and such.

Try reflashing. What stock image are you using?
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kinghorsey said:
Try reflashing. What stock image are you using?
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Is it even possible to re-flash a recovery image (from Odin3) when the device cannot enter download mode?
I think it may have been CWM Recovery v5.0.4.2 or something that I originally installed/flashed (can't check right now though, because I was kicked off my computer). Then it had upgraded to v6.something later on my phone.
((Sent from my stupid old iPhone 3Gs))

Look into jtag service
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twanskys204 said:
Look into jtag service
sent from outside ur window
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Haha, okay. I just don't want to spend $60 at this very moment.
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stupid iPhone

Ascyndaeon said:
Haha, okay. I just don't want to spend $60 at this very moment.
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Yeah I would say your bootloader is messed up and the only way to breath life back into your phone is jtag repairs. I had a problem identicle to yours and I searched the net for a week solid trying to figure out how to fix it without having to fork over the money.. but alas had to send it. Luckily the guy who provides the repairs is amazing at what he does. Phone will be back in your hands within a few days if you're from the states.

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Yeah I would say your bootloader is messed up and the only way to breath life back into your phone is jtag repairs. I had a problem identicle to yours and I searched the net for a week solid trying to figure out how to fix it without having to fork over the money.. but alas had to send it. Luckily the guy who provides the repairs is amazing at what he does. Phone will be back in your hands within a few days if you're from the states.
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Hmm, okay. I wonder then why only JTAG Repairs knows how to fix this stuff, and the information isn't widely available.
And so if I do send it to jtag, then I guess I'll be getting it back within a few days, 'cause I live in the US.
Thanks for your input.

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Hmm, okay. I wonder then why only JTAG Repairs knows how to fix this stuff, and the information isn't widely available.
And so if I do send it to jtag, then I guess I'll be getting it back within a few days, 'cause I live in the US.
Thanks for your input.
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Well there is a way for you to do the jtag repairs yourself... but i wouldn't touch the process with a 10 foot pole lol... I would rather let a pro do things like that... just youtube jtag repair and take a look at some of the process.... way beyond my comprehension atleast..

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Well there is a way for you to do the jtag repairs yourself... but i wouldn't touch the process with a 10 foot pole lol... I would rather let a pro do things like that... just youtube jtag repair and take a look at some of the process.... way beyond my comprehension atleast..
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Ah, I suppose you're right. Not to mention expensive. That equipment probably costs more than having them fix it. Though it would probably be worth it of you bricked it on a regular basis.

HTC One M8 bricked

My HTC One M8 got bricked while updating to android 4.4.4 (eye experience). According to futuretel, the warranty is only active for three months without a receipt. I tried locating a reliable phone repair shop in Toronto and its been a nightmare. HTC has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. The phone still contains my data. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
please note: the power button is broken

khanvict786 said:
My HTC One M8 got bricked while updating to android 4.4.4 (eye experience). According to futuretel, the warranty is only active for three months without a receipt. I tried locating a reliable phone repair shop in Toronto and its been a nightmare. HTC has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. The phone still contains my data. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
please note: the power button is broken
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Well I guessed you bought an old phone
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danger12345 said:
Well I guessed you bought an old phone
the phone was sealed but I misplaced the receipt while moving
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khanvict786 said:
danger12345 said:
Well I guessed you bought an old phone
the phone was sealed but I misplaced the receipt while moving
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Bricked how? Like, it won't turn on at all? I've seen a lot of people on this site say "hard bricked" when it is something that can be fixed with some guidance.
Does it turn on?
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There's a lesson here, always keep your receipts. Also if it was broken already then you should have had it replaced. Unless you caused the damage then they won't replace it regardless because you could be the reason why it bricked

superchilpil said:
There's a lesson here, always keep your receipts. Also if it was broken already then you should have had it replaced. Unless you caused the damage then they won't replace it regardless because you could be the reason why it bricked
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He has two posts, which doesn't really tell his experience with rooting and "bricks", but is usually a good indication. I have a feeling he can fix it with some help.
I could be wrong though. No answer on the "will your phone turn on?" yet.
EDIT: no power button. not bricked. hardware issue. should read the whole post instead of having another sip of beer.

xunholyx said:
khanvict786 said:
Bricked how? Like, it won't turn on at all? I've seen a lot of people on this site say "hard bricked" when it is something that can be fixed with some guidance.
Does it turn on?
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No, the phone won't turn on. However, my computer picks up the device (connects then disconnects). I'm heading to a repair shop just now.
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xunholyx said:
No, the phone won't turn on. However, my computer picks up the device (connects then disconnects). I'm heading to a repair shop just now.
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I bet it's not bricked. Did you try to boot into recovery using the toolkit?
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There's a lesson here, always keep your receipts. Also if it was broken already then you should have had it replaced. Unless you caused the damage then they won't replace it regardless because you could be the reason why it bricked
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Learnt the hard way. The phone was working perfectly fine except for the power button. After the update, the phone was stuck in a boot loop between update symbol and low battery. I pulled out the sd card and now its just showing a flashing red light. I am going to get the power button fixed just now and get the technician to diagnose any other issues.

Did you happen to buy the device with a credit card? This almost always will suffice as a proof of purchase or receipt.
If your phone was in a loop when the battery died, its not bricked.

update
The phone shows up as QUALCOMM HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (com 3)
I'm planning on buying another phone (not HTC)

khanvict786 said:
The phone shows up as QUALCOMM HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (com 3)
I'm planning on buying another phone (not HTC)
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Its technically bricked but there are tools that you could use to fix it, but I doubt you want to take that much effort in fixing it.
So what was the point of this thread? You obviously don't want to fix it. So you just wanted to whine about it? Good luck on your next phone, don't brick that one too.

Pretty sure my m8 is bricked
Hey i sort of hi-jacked this thread , however it relates to my matter. I tried to convert my HTC into google play edition, I s -off, unlocked the boot loader and rooted it. Now for the fun part I went to flash a google m8 rom and BAM boot loaader came up with tampered and not only that the rom didn't work and now the htc boot screen (the white one) has a lock on the bottom and i can't do anything. I can access TWRP and have flashed other roms to it but it keeps denying them and going to the same htc boot screen with that lock symbol. Anyone please help I just got this phone and feel like I should never gotten myself mixed in this modding business lol . Thanks for anyone that can help me resolve this.

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Its technically bricked but there are tools that you could use to fix it, but I doubt you want to take that much effort in fixing it.
So what was the point of this thread? You obviously don't want to fix it. So you just wanted to whine about it? Good luck on your next phone, don't brick that one too.
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The only viable solution I came across is JTAG. Can you please share those tools? Phones shouldn't be bricking when updating on stock