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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.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

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.

Unresponsive phone - Dead?

Bit of a strange one.....
Phone was fine last night, replied to a text, checked my phone 10 minutes later and its not working, doesn't seem to be responding to the power button so was a little confused, no captive feedback, no lights or sounds. Battery was showing 62% prior.
It hasn't worked since.
Tried:
- Holding down the power to restart the phone.
- Holding down power and vol - to get into the bootloader
- Charged it for 10 hours (doesn't even indicate the LED)
- Tried connecting to a PC (and PC doesn't recognise it at all - again no LED)
The phone is an international one x. It is rooted and has been fine since August on root. Wasn't being used excessively or any stress that you would expect to cause a failure. Wasn't dropped or anything.
I'm stumped, had a search on here and can't find anything. So before i put an insurance claim in, does anyone have any suggestions? Battery failure? Motherboard failure?
Cheers

Try connecting your phone to your pc, see what Windows recognises it as
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.

XxVcVxX said:
Try connecting your phone to your pc, see what Windows recognises it as
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.
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It doesn't recognise it as anything and the led is not appearing on the phone.
Thanks

Phone is stuck in apx mode or something, you'll have to send it back for repair. I just did it 2 days ago, It's really worring because I'm seeing a lot of these cases but nobody has reported back to say what htc has done about it. I hope I don't get charged for it.

Maximus78 said:
Phone is stuck in apx mode or something, you'll have to send it back for repair. I just did it 4 days ago, It's really worring because I'm seeing a lot of these cases but nobody has reported back to say what htc has done about it. I hope I don't get charged for it.
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Is that likely to be software related? As Im giving a HTC rep a hard time on the Chat and he has stipulated the following (which i am tasking him about as i believe he is in accurate)
'Should our engineers find any physical damage, wear and tear, illegal software, illegal repair attempts or your warranty has expired, the repair will be chargeable and we will send you a quote via email.'
Well that covers every single warranty claim does it not?

Used to have this problem with my sensation xe,connect to pc and 're boot your bootloader,can't remember the exact commands.
Worth a try ..
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Phone is dead send it to HTC ,they will repair it under warranty,HTC won't know anything because phone is DEAD

atrako1973 said:
Phone is dead send it to HTC ,they will repair it under warranty,HTC won't know anything because phone is DEAD
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How do i know its 100% dead, can they do anything i can't? Also they can tell from my IMEI its rooted and will blame that as a way to avoid a warranty claim.

markb63 said:
Used to have this problem with my sensation xe,connect to pc and 're boot your bootloader,can't remember the exact commands.
Worth a try ..
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I have tried various ABD reboot commands (to my brief knowledge) and its non existent as far as a PC is concerned

vis-tec said:
I have tried various ABD reboot commands (to my brief knowledge) and its non existent as far as a PC is concerned
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Mine wasn't non existent to my pc. When I connected it via usb my pc made a sound but not like the normal one and then windows said it couldn't install the drivers. So each time I connected it a strange exclamation mark was showing where normally it would show usb connected.
There is no wear and tear and not opened it but if they mean illegal software as in custom rom then I'm F***ed. So I'm not sure how they'll respond. Got a msg from three uk today saying they've received my device and are assessing it now. So that was two days of sending it in, not bad.
Think I might open a thread when I get it back letting everyone know the final outcome since I haven't seen anyone reporting on what similar experience they've had.

vis-tec said:
How do i know its 100% dead, can they do anything i can't? Also they can tell from my IMEI its rooted and will blame that as a way to avoid a warranty claim.
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Again HTC has no chance in hell to know whatever happened to your phone ,they will change the motherboard ,end of story,please send it to HTC ,call them ,tell them phone is not respoding to anything,don't mention root or anything like that,they will arange pick-up ,HTC one x still has 16 months warranty, send it don't be a chicken

even mines stuck in apx mode..i also have given the phone to service centre...curiously all the post about apx mode have occured after they upgraded to jb.

kartiyk said:
even mines stuck in apx mode..i also have given the phone to service centre...curiously all the post about apx mode have occured after they upgraded to jb.
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I never upgraded to JB so that debunks that myth, H3G_001 cid. I started experiencing massive lock-ups and force closures before it stopped responding (apx-mode). I have sent it in for repair now.

Maximus78 said:
I never upgraded to JB so that debunks that myth, H3G_001 cid. I started experiencing massive lock-ups and force closures before it stopped responding (apx-mode). I have sent it in for repair now.
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right then~ even i faced lot off errors just before it went dead....unfortunately i thought it to be a rom issue,but learnt my fate a few hours later !

Don't believe mine was an APX issue. Didnt get the 'APX Scfreen' that many describe or any kind of recognition from a PC either on the PC or the phone.
Phone was collected 2 hours ago. Will advise when i hear from them. If not i will put an insurance claim in through my phone insurance.

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Don't believe mine was an APX issue. Didnt get the 'APX Scfreen' that many describe or any kind of recognition from a PC either on the PC or the phone.
Phone was collected 2 hours ago. Will advise when i hear from them. If not i will put an insurance claim in through my phone insurance.
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apx screen doesnt show up in our phones. when you connect the device through usb it will show up as drivers not avaialable or so.and apx will be shown in device manager window

I have same problem with my One X. Phone is now in service and I wait to see what will be with my phone. I also have many problems with some apps, IGO stop to work, Google maps also and when I try to open quadrant standard my phone turn off display and died :crying: .
I am from Europa (Serbia) I bought brand new phone from a guy who brought it from Singapore (don´t have warranty). Phone is CID - 044 and Asia_WWE. My friend have phone service and yesterday he try everything and nothing, today will try with something what he called "BOX"

This is getting scary because the exact same thing is happening to many of us now and around the same time. I accepted a quote from three uk yesterday of £76 to repair it. The three service centre chap said due to illegal software they were not able to flash it. I am very saddened that I won't be able to flash from now on.

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This is getting scary because the exact same thing is happening to many of us now and around the same time. I accepted a quote from three uk yesterday of £76 to repair it. The three service centre chap said due to illegal software they were not able to flash it. I am very saddened that I won't be able to flash from now on.
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If Three UK supplied your phone, you shouldn't have to pay. Consumer protection laws.

BenPope said:
If Three UK supplied your phone, you shouldn't have to pay. Consumer protection laws.
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But they knew I'd put illegal software on it. I'm sure they just connected it to their pc got a nod from htc and that sorted that problem out. 76 quid please for looking at it.

[Q] "Bricked" After Overheat Auto-Shutdown - Desperate To Retrieve Data

JimBadger said:
Hi,
I'm genuinely sorry if this is an often repeated thread, but I couldn't find anyone here suffering from exactly the same symptons as me.
I've had my One X for a couple of months, it's completely unrooted and has nothing on it you can't get from Google's app market. I'm with Orange, in the UK, so the phone's running all their default stuff.
My phone's been running quite hot ever since I got it, but, today, I had it in my pocket while I drove to work (20) minutes, and it must have overheated and turned itself off.
I couldn't turn it on, and, in my panic, I held the power button for ten seconds, and saw the buttons at the bottom flash. Since then, nothing at all, no charging light (from USB or mains). I've tried all combinations of power/volume button presses and absolutely nothing has happened at all. Nothing at all since the first button flashes on the first long power button press (10 seconds). Now, it's been like that for about 8 hours and has been on and off charge all day, to no avail. (no LED at all, at any point, red nor green).
I've just got back from holiday and have a tonne of pictures and vids I have probably lost, but want to try to recover. I'd be really, really grateful for the assistance of the experienced people here. I'm, as you may have picked up, a hopeless newb.
When I connect via laptop to USB, the computer (Windows 7) detects an APX device, whatever that is, but the automated driver installation fails. Nothing shows up in Windows explorer.
Is there anything I/You/We can do?
My last resort is to send it back to Orange, and ask if they can retrieve data, but I expect they'll just send a new phone and wipe/refurbish my old one for someone else.
Is it possible to send phones back to HTC for repair, without losing data?
And finally, although I've not seen anything on the screen at all, no bootloaders, no recovery screen, nothing, might some combinatin of my button-mashing have already wiped the phone?
On a scale of One to OH DEAR...how screwed am I?
Please help me, XDA!
Edit: Ah, I can see it as a device, actually. Shows up as an "APX Device", but I can't do anything with it.
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I had the exact same issue as the above user, only change is that my phone has been rooted... is it still worth sending off to retrieve data on the SD card or will they refuse to fix it as it is rooted?

OneX94 said:
I had the exact same issue as the above user, only change is that my phone has been rooted... is it still worth sending off to retrieve data on the SD card or will they refuse to fix it as it is rooted?
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HTC would fix ur device provided u pretend not to have rooted it ... but they wouldn't retrieve the data for you, though.

[email protected] said:
HTC would fix ur device provided u pretend not to have rooted it ... but they wouldn't retrieve the data for you, though.
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There is absolutely no chance of data being retrieved, even if requested? And sure I can pretend I didn't root it but will they not find that it has been rooted? It was still on the stock rom but not stock recovery

OneX94 said:
There is absolutely no chance of data being retrieved, even if requested? And sure I can pretend I didn't root it but will they not find that it has been rooted? It was still on the stock rom but not stock recovery
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Sorry, but no chance at all, the Htc service technician would directly replace a new board on your phone and discard the old one, meaning they wouldn't even bother try repairing the old board, and all you data would be on the old board.
and since the phone doesn't turn on, as i told u previously they wouldn't take the pain of repairing the old board and finding out if ur phone was rooted or not, they would directly replace the entire board. (at-least that's what they did to me, when i tried it :laugh: )
out of curiosity, didnt u use the auto-upload dropbox feature ?
u pics would be on dropbox.com if u did. u could log in with ur id and pass
Let me know what happens :good:

[email protected] said:
Sorry, but no chance at all, the Htc service technician would directly replace a new board on your phone and discard the old one, meaning they wouldn't even bother try repairing the old board, and all you data would be on the old board.
and since the phone doesn't turn on, as i told u previously they wouldn't take the pain of repairing the old board and finding out if ur phone was rooted or not, they would directly replace the entire board. (at-least that's what they did to me, when i tried it :laugh: )
out of curiosity, didnt u use the auto-upload dropbox feature ?
u pics would be on dropbox.com if u did. u could log in with ur id and pass
Let me know what happens :good:
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Aah well what's gone is gone...
Yes I had but there was other personal data that I would've really have like to have kept :/
Edit: Will do, Thank you

http://www.modaco.com/topic/335416-nvflash-setup-instructions-drivers-links-active/
This isn't an answer but might be of interest for research. No idea if similar recovery exists for hox. If you could get back to Cwm at least you could mount sd and get your data...
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

[email protected] said:
Sorry, but no chance at all, the Htc service technician would directly replace a new board on your phone and discard the old one, meaning they wouldn't even bother try repairing the old board, and all you data would be on the old board.
and since the phone doesn't turn on, as i told u previously they wouldn't take the pain of repairing the old board and finding out if ur phone was rooted or not, they would directly replace the entire board. (at-least that's what they did to me, when i tried it :laugh: )
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I'm not sure if your information is just from personal experience but the reason why any official repair center won't retrieve data is because of the action of doing so is tangled up in many privacy laws and it's not worth the hassle.
As far as I am aware HTC will repair anything that's within their skill set which is pretty much anything, but the cost of their labour is high and given the HTC One X is currently a £350 phone, it may not be worthwhile.
@OneX94 I can completely sympathise with you – such a ball ache to lose em after a holiday!
Can I ask about some of the more particular details of your phone? You said it was rooted – did you have a custom rom and CPU frequency adjustment apps etc?

leonforthewin said:
I'm not sure if your information is just from personal experience but the reason why any official repair center won't retrieve data is because of the action of doing so is tangled up in many privacy laws and it's not worth the hassle.
As far as I am aware HTC will repair anything that's within their skill set which is pretty much anything, but the cost of their labour is high and given the HTC One X is currently a £350 phone, it may not be worthwhile.
@OneX94 I can completely sympathise with you – such a ball ache to lose em after a holiday!
Can I ask about some of the more particular details of your phone? You said it was rooted – did you have a custom rom and CPU frequency adjustment apps etc?
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Stock rom, set cpu installed and was allocated high levels of cpu frequency as i had almost full battery... why ask?

landwomble said:
This isn't an answer but might be of interest for research. No idea if similar recovery exists for hox. If you could get back to Cwm at least you could mount sd and get your data...
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I have cwm as my custom recovery but the phone won't start, go into hboot or anything :S

OneX94 said:
Stock rom, set cpu installed and was allocated high levels of cpu frequency as i had almost full battery... why ask?
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I was wondering in case you have overclocked it etc.
You insured by chance?
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Hmmmmm the mysterious APX mode a lot of developers are trying to go to..........
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.

XxVcVxX said:
Hmmmmm the mysterious APX mode a lot of developers are trying to go to..........
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.
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I haven't read back through the thread, but APX means write-off. Its dead, an ex-phone, not coming back to life. Ever.
Claim under statutory rights or HTC warranty.

leonforthewin said:
I was wondering in case you have overclocked it etc.
You insured by chance?
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not insured, and i may have overclocked a tad.... :S The courier came to pick the phone up to take to HTC this morning, have i just made a huge mistake in doing that?...

BenPope said:
I haven't read back through the thread, but APX means write-off. Its dead, an ex-phone, not coming back to life. Ever.
Claim under statutory rights or HTC warranty.
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Yeah, its most probably dead.
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[Q] My phone died

Yesterday my phone froze a few times, today it is dead. Red led is blinking but other than that I can't turn it on.
The phone is rooted and I can't fix it up before taking it to the service centre. Is there going to be a problem with my warranty, will they be able to tell?

xperiaforme said:
Yesterday my phone froze a few times, today it is dead. Red led is blinking but other than that I can't turn it on.
The phone is rooted and I can't fix it up before taking it to the service centre. Is there going to be a problem with my warranty, will they be able to tell?
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If your phone was not updated to 4.1.2 then this is called Sudden Death syndrome which happens in note 2 when it is on 4.1.1. I haven't experienced this but, i heard the only way is to replace the mother board. I think this is a hard brick and hence no one will be able to tell whether your phone was rooted or not.

prabukannappan said:
If your phone was not updated to 4.1.2 then this is called Sudden Death syndrome which happens in note 2 when it is on 4.1.1. I haven't experienced this but, i heard the only way is to replace the mother board. I think this is a hard brick and hence no one will be able to tell whether your phone was rooted or not.
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No, it was not updated. I hope they will fix it properly and I really hope they don't charge me for repair, I don't even know how much it would cost and if it would not be better to just buy a new phone if they don't acknowlege my warranty. So I really hope you are right they won't be able to tell.

xperiaforme said:
No, it was not updated. I hope they will fix it properly and I really hope they don't charge me for repair, I don't even know how much it would cost and if it would not be better to just buy a new phone if they don't acknowlege my warranty. So I really hope you are right they won't be able to tell.
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I'm sorry I couldn't help more. If you're not able to use Download,Recovery options in your phone then i believe the rooting can't be figured out.
Wither way, just check for this by posting in the below forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093599&page=91

Oh well, the phone is now on the way to the service. They better not break the screen or something. And here's hoping they don't charge me for their fault in product.

xperiaforme said:
Oh well, the phone is now on the way to the service. They better not break the screen or something. And here's hoping they don't charge me for their fault in product.
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Hi,
i just posted this query in another forum and the answer is you've the warranty you'll not be made to pay for this.
If you're not under warranty, it costs about half of the device cost.
Just let me know whats happens ok?
and also whether you were able to access download or recovery mode?

How to completely brick my M8?

Ok, this might sound weird, but I have to brick my Rooted, S offed, GPE Converted M8. There'e no RUU yet for returning to stock, so how do I completely brick the phone?

Preheat oven to 350F. Bake for 5 minutes until it becomes golden brown in colour.
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Chromium said:
Preheat oven to 350F. Bake for 5 minutes until it becomes golden brown in colour.
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Ok! I'll try that! - Sarcasm

In all seriousness, I don't understand why you want to completely brick the phone. Am I missing something?
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Just do a warranty swap, trust me when I say T-Mobile does not care for any of that (as long as you dont have an absurd splash screen or boot aniamtion)

Yeah Im trying to replace the phone with T-Mobile. I have to ship it to them, and I don't want them to find out I rooted the phone and voided the warranty.

Try a 24 volt AC power adapter... Like from an old sprinkler timer. Strip an inch or so off the leads, jam one lead in the headphone jack and the other in the SD slot. Or go between the power port and the SD slot. Or some combination thereof. It oughta brick the hell out of it! I've roasted a few pieces of electronics that way.
Being this is a metal chassis phone, I might wear gloves when you do it. Or hook it up to an outlet with a light switch so you can remote control the fireworks.

Orrr. Flash a ROM for a different phone. I bricked my S4 when I flashed a ROM for the Note 2. Wouldn't even turn on. It was hilarious man

Ark1406 said:
Orrr. Flash a ROM for a different phone. I bricked my S4 when I flashed a ROM for the Note 2. Wouldn't even turn on. It was hilarious man
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Lmao, that would totally work, as long as it will let you flash it. Hmmm, good idea
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lotzakritters said:
Lmao, that would totally work, as long as it will let you flash it. Hmmm, good idea
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It does! Just modify the updater script a bit. I accidentally flashed it and took it to a service center, they had no clue what went wrong. They ended up giving me a new phone. Or, just corrupt an M8 ROM

Ark1406 said:
It does! Just modify the updater script a bit. I accidentally flashed it and took it to a service center, they had no clue what went wrong. They ended up giving me a new phone. Or, just corrupt an M8 ROM
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How do I corrupt a ROM?

Easiest way to brick the phone would be to download a kernel from a completely different device, remove the assert check from the updater script, and flash it. Should brick the phone in no time.

XxKINGxX2580 said:
How do I corrupt a ROM?
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Don't know if it's possible since most recoveries verify the MD5. But editing the important files of the ROM may work. Or, is chrome said, download a kernel for a different phone. Or, a modem. But those will destroy your phone and there'd be no going back.

Ark1406 said:
Don't know if it's possible since most recoveries verify the MD5. But editing the important files of the ROM may work. Or, is chrome said, download a kernel for a different phone. Or, a modem. But those will destroy your phone and there'd be no going back.
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Yep, that's exactly what I want. For the phone to not even be able to get into bootloader mode.

I don't have to brick it now. I'll brick it when my replacement M8 gets here in a few days. I'll let you guys know what works/doesn't work. Please, feel free to offer any other suggestions.

XxKINGxX2580 said:
I don't have to brick it now. I'll brick it when my replacement M8 gets here in a few days. I'll let you guys know what works/doesn't work. Please, feel free to offer any other suggestions.
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Heres my other suggestion: Send the phone to me

XxKINGxX2580 said:
I don't have to brick it now. I'll brick it when my replacement M8 gets here in a few days. I'll let you guys know what works/doesn't work. Please, feel free to offer any other suggestions.
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Can you explain what you're doing? Are you bricking your phone to get a replacement through insurance, or warranty? I ask because I have some problems with my phone and may be interested in doing what you're doing

Ark1406 said:
Can you explain what you're doing? Are you bricking your phone to get a replacement through insurance, or warranty? I ask because I have some problems with my phone and may be interested in doing what you're doing
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I'm getting a replacement through warranty with T-Mobile. I called them and told them that the phone wouldn't turn on or display any LEDs, or anything, and that I already tried charging it. And they said that they would send me a replacement for $20. The $20 is to cover shipping to my house and from my house to them, so I don't mind it. But that's only if your phone isn't cracked or water damaged, exc. I do that if/when I hard brick my phones. This time it's because I ****ed up with flashing something, and now my phone doesn't get signal from T-Mobile, and since my phone is rooted, S-Offed, and on GPE RUU, I can't go back to complete stock until an RUU is available for the T-Mobile variant.

Chromium said:
Heres my other suggestion: Send the phone to me
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Sure i'll do that :laugh:

XxKINGxX2580 said:
I'm getting a replacement through warranty with T-Mobile. I called them and told them that the phone wouldn't turn on or display any LEDs, or anything, and that I already tried charging it. And they said that they would send me a replacement for $20. The $20 is to cover shipping to my house and from my house to them, so I don't mind it. But that's only if your phone isn't cracked or water damaged, exc. I do that if/when I hard brick my phones. This time it's because I ****ed up with flashing something, and now my phone doesn't get signal from T-Mobile, and since my phone is rooted, S-Offed, and on GPE RUU, I can't go back to complete stock until an RUU is available for the T-Mobile variant.
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So, $20 is all you're paying? Do you know if you're getting a new, or refurbished phone? And please do keep us updated on what happens