Most Terrifying expierence!

J017373 · Jul 15, 2011

So i was odin-ing back to stock when for some reason Odin stopped. I start freaking out cause what else am i gonna do. My wife hates that i play with my phone.

Back in the early days of vibrant i effed up a voodoo lagfix (was able to fix it), but it cost me $50 buck when i had to send the replacment phone back after fixing mine.

So (like a noob) i unplug my phone and leave it in download mode. Nothings working.

I turn the phone off (again LIKE A NOOB), and it give me this angry picture of a cell connected to a PC...

Lost my Sh*t!!!!

However, was able to get into download mode, retore stock, and avoid a sexless month.

So, who has a good OMGZ-BRICKED-MY-PONE-OH-WAIT-NO-I-DIDNT moment...

jneal9 · Jul 15, 2011

I'd be willing to bet 99% of people on this forum have had this go down and freaked out the first time. It's one of those things that's inevitable when messing with this stuff.

GreggoryD502 · Jul 15, 2011

i feel ya bro. I once spent 3.5 hours trying to odin before it went thru. I was sick to my stomach. Thought my phone was done!!

}{Alienz}{ · Jul 15, 2011

I once used a broken USB cable that I broke earlier (but forgot). It made very VERY poor contact with the phone so it disconnected if the phone was touched.
I used that cable with ODIN. Needless to say, it disconnected MANY times and I kept thinking I'm done. Finally I remembered the cable is broken and then I TOOK IT AND HELD IT AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE with the USB contact.
Scarriest hour of my life.

Dan_Brutal · Jul 15, 2011

I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.

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Deleted member 3572053 · Jul 15, 2011

I know a sexless month is terrifying but its okay bro.

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ipetloudog · Jul 15, 2011

dunkerya said:
I know a sexless month is terrifying but its okay bro.

No its not. Try dating for only 2 yrs and having them often.

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helikido · Jul 15, 2011

Lol, i tried flashing the gb bootloader, then my phone didnt boot up cuz odin failed and then it magicaly went to the computer phone screen, and i just flashed back the stock froyo bootloader.. o thought i was done for lol

Shortbus-Driver · Jul 16, 2011

Try being married for 20 yrs.....you get them often :-/

Project-V 6/11/11

grose65 · Jul 17, 2011

Been there atleast 6 times, just kept trying and I get there

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grose65 · Jul 17, 2011

Jose Quervo and Android don't blend well LOL

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kwes1020 · Jul 17, 2011

Dan_Brutal said:
I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.

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Haha I did this too outdated odin and bootloaders dont mix. I had to flash it at least 5 times to get it to take. Odin wouldnt recognize on the com after every bad flash unless I reboted. The last time I couldnt get back to download so I flashed it in the phone!pc screen with a different odin and it worked like a charm. Stomach was churning like it was trying to make butter lol.

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Oxirane · Jul 17, 2011

First time I used ODIN my roomate accidentally unplugged my phone (cable was crazy loose)... wound up on the phone---!---PC screen and that was scary as crap. Took a little while, but I figured it out

Basically, unless you're in the realm of bootloaders, this phone is difficult enough to brick (which I'm very thankful for!)

Haxel · Jul 18, 2011

grose65 said:
Been there atleast 6 times, just kept trying and I get there

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The burning question in my mind is, do you mean the failed upload attempts?

...or the month your kick-banned from hanky panky... because of course you keep trying, and eventually you get there. waka waka waka

chichu_9 · Jul 18, 2011

Tried to flash my phone while driving, I hit a road bump and next thing, I know ODIN stopped working and my phone had a bunch of garbage display on the screen.

C*0000000*** something like that.

used Jig back to download mode. But the remaining 30 minutes drive back to my desk was horrifying.

Steprock · Jul 18, 2011

Been there, done that

You tried to flash your phone while driving??

I used Clockwork mod to flash back to a Rom I liked better with a nandroid backup and it just got into a bootloop. I kept trying, but the only thing I could get to work was to Odin back to a stable Eclair build I had on hand.

BUT it gave me a red FAIL and just stopped mid-way through. However, when I unplugged and started my phone it came up just fine. PHEW!

Hours of fiddling and my wife was also all like "What the heck are you doing??? Can't you leave well enough alone???"

No. Of course not.

Jasonhunterx · Jul 19, 2011

First time I got a soft brick I was scared as **** but then I learned about Odin I was so happy

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lotherius · Jul 21, 2011

Dan_Brutal said:
I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.

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I never pull out early.... it's better if you let it finish.

playonline53tms · Jul 21, 2011

Yea same problem lol

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xriderx66 · Jul 21, 2011

lotherius said:
I never pull out early.... it's better if you let it finish.

But if you finish your have a higher chance of your phone producing more phones.

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