manni
15th October 2008, 01:31 PM
Hi Guys,
A while ago i managed to brick my atom. I was doing a ROM upgrade when it seemed to stall midway. I removed the cable and it was dead after that, nothing happened when i pushed the soft reset or power buttons or bootloader buttons.
I've read all of the posts on this board and tried all of the methods but nothing works. Here are the symptoms.
If i insert or remove the battery, the orange LED and sometimes the annswer and hangup buttons flash briefly.
If i plug in the charger the orange LED lights up
If i hold and release camera and soft reset while inserting battery, the orange led flashes but nothing happens.
Now here's the weird one, if i unplug the battery for a few minutes and then insert it while holding the camera button down, the screen flashes white on and off a few times and then nothing happens. This is the only time i see any response from the screen.
i've tried holding down various buttons while putting the battery in, the only one that did anything was the camera button as above.
I tried the JTAG method but that didnt work as the software just wouldnt work for me. Now i've gone and stupidly lifted one of the JTAG pads off the pcb as i had soldered directly to them so JTAG is ruled out.
Can you guys give any advice on what to try? i've read the WIKI and the JTAG guides and searched the forums but no luck so thought i'd ask for advice as a final option?
Thanks
A while ago i managed to brick my atom. I was doing a ROM upgrade when it seemed to stall midway. I removed the cable and it was dead after that, nothing happened when i pushed the soft reset or power buttons or bootloader buttons.
I've read all of the posts on this board and tried all of the methods but nothing works. Here are the symptoms.
If i insert or remove the battery, the orange LED and sometimes the annswer and hangup buttons flash briefly.
If i plug in the charger the orange LED lights up
If i hold and release camera and soft reset while inserting battery, the orange led flashes but nothing happens.
Now here's the weird one, if i unplug the battery for a few minutes and then insert it while holding the camera button down, the screen flashes white on and off a few times and then nothing happens. This is the only time i see any response from the screen.
i've tried holding down various buttons while putting the battery in, the only one that did anything was the camera button as above.
I tried the JTAG method but that didnt work as the software just wouldnt work for me. Now i've gone and stupidly lifted one of the JTAG pads off the pcb as i had soldered directly to them so JTAG is ruled out.
Can you guys give any advice on what to try? i've read the WIKI and the JTAG guides and searched the forums but no luck so thought i'd ask for advice as a final option?
Thanks