Phone "dead" after failed flash?

[evilwise]

Okay I just bought this Wizard used. It had a dead battery when I got it so I charged it completely before I started messing with it. I was having a lot of problems upgrading it. First the loader wouldn't work at all but I started using the noID version and got it to upgrade to 99% but it kept giving a communication error at that point. From what I've read so far I guess it's probably because this is a G4 Wizard and it has the CID-Lock that's preventing it from taking these roms. Anyway, I put wizard_love on it and it did boot up which made me pretty happy but then I started a flash of XDA WM6 v5 on it and went to sleep while it was upgrading. I guess it again failed at 99% but then when I woke up the phone was completely unresponsive. I tried removing the battery and reinserting, including holding the camera button while pressing the power button. No response. I reinstalled Activesync on my laptop and then the VERY first time I plugged the phone in, it went to the bootloader screen and I was a little bit relieved but then just a second later it went black again before I had a chance to begin the wizard_love flash again. What happened? Did the battery die and now it doesn't want to charge? What's the fix for this? I feel like it's not completely bricked since I did see the bootloader screen for a second but I can't figure it out for the life of me. I searched and read the whole flashing thread. Can someone point me in the right direction? There's SO much about this device here. Not like my old Wallaby. Oh, also this Wizard is a Cingular 8125 if that matters.

[evilwise]

Ugggghh... I think I have some strange USB cable action going on.... I have one USB cable that I originally used to charge the phone but it wouldn't sync correctly... Just to be having something to do I tried pugging that cable back into the phone and it did go into the bootloader screen with THAT cable but no USB connection indicator. I unplugged that cable and plugged the cable I'd used to sync it in and did get the USB indicator on the bootloader screen so I started flashing wizard_love and it got about half way through and went black again. Now I'm pretty positive that this IS a battery issue being exacerbated by my apparently shoddy USB cables. I'm going to leave the cable that it charged off of plugged in for a couple hours and then try to flash with the other cable again. The phone should be able to take a charge while sitting at the bootloader screen right?

[zabardast_1]

Ugggghh... I think I have some strange USB cable action going on.... I have one USB cable that I originally used to charge the phone but it wouldn't sync correctly... Just to be having something to do I tried pugging that cable back into the phone and it did go into the bootloader screen with THAT cable but no USB connection indicator. I unplugged that cable and plugged the cable I'd used to sync it in and did get the USB indicator on the bootloader screen so I started flashing wizard_love and it got about half way through and went black again. Now I'm pretty positive that this IS a battery issue being exacerbated by my apparently shoddy USB cables. I'm going to leave the cable that it charged off of plugged in for a couple hours and then try to flash with the other cable again. The phone should be able to take a charge while sitting at the bootloader screen right?
NOPES ! battery cannot be charged via usb cable in bootloaders,charging a battery via usb cable is only possible if you gave a working phone and it loads up into working OS.So to get it charged you need to have a 'wall charger' capable of an charge output of 1.00 amps,only then it'll get fully charged and work or get it charged through a friends phone,ok

[evilwise]

Actually it did charge while in bootloader mode but only with one out of many USB cables I have. It was a thick clear cable with a metal weave visible inside. Interestingly, this same cable won't let the phone sync. Signs and wonders.

I recovered it with wizard_love but I want to put a WM6 rom on it. I'm trying to load xm6r5 right now but it still will only get to 99% and then craps out. Is this because it's a G4 and has this CID lock thing going on? I installed the lokiwiz utility that supposedly removes the CID lock but it still failed at 99% loading xm6r5. What is currently the best method for loading these type of flashes onto G4 Wizards? I've read so many 50 page threads that I'm getting a headache and it's hard to figure out which one is the most reliable/current.

[evilwise]

Okay now I tried to downgrade to Button's ROM CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe in order to get the lokiwiz program to unlock the cid but after it installed, when it started it stayed on Button's splash screen with the beer for like five minutes so I tried to hard boot it and now it once again won't come on, even with the silver usb cable. Whats up with that?

[evilwise]

Man I have this terrible fear that even though I read about this rom in threads about how to remove CID locks from G4 phones that I've bricked it by putting something on it that has the G4 killing data in it. Can someone tell me what happened?

[evilwise]

Alright... I guess that rom WAS intended only for G3 phones and I made a big mistake. It's time to start shopping for a replacement motherboard I guess. I think I'll try to get a G3 one this time.

[zabardast_1]

OMG !
This has been at least more than 1000 times posted...WARNED...SCREAMED...YELLED...BEGGED..PLz PLZ never flash a Rom with IPL/SPL in it to a G4 device, it'll "BRICK" it :mad::mad:

HURRAH ! man congratulations ! you have a shiny expensive paper weight decorating your table :p

[morshwa]

hi, please! need help... after I've flash the Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2 on my G3 device the rom is very slowly and my PC doesn't recognized my wizard when it connected with the USB cable.
any solution how can I change this rom?
many thanks
moran

[morshwa]

maybe i need a driver?

[Myrddin Wyllt]

Wrong version of ActiveSync?

[morshwa]

No, i was try with 3 different PC...
:confused:

[Myrddin Wyllt]

I'm not talking about the PC version, I'm talking about the version of ACTIVESYNC. You should be using either 4.1 or 4.5. Make sure you are. Let us know...