[HELP!] Milestone stuck at M logo

[jason600]

Please Help!

Yesterday, my Milestone crashed while using the camera, tried to reboot and got stuck at the M logo.

I CAN NOT access recovery, it sticks at the M logo.

Tried reflashing using RSDLite using both Service and Non-Service ROMS, it appears to work OK, gets to where the phone reboots, the phone stays at the M logo and RSDLite says manually reboot phone. If I reboot to bootloader mode, RSDLite says PASS, but rebooting the phone stays at the M logo.

I was running GOT's SHOLS_U2_02.36.0, Rooted, Overclock (800mhz), Memhack.

I also tried reflashing the bootloader, both 90.73 (my original), also 90.78 (just in case the camera button was broken and was the reason I couldn't access recovery). Same result, stuck at M logo.

Also, if I plug the Milestone into the Wall charger, it sticks at the M logo, I don't get the recharging logo.

I have also tried reflashing the both the SIM card and SDCard removed, still stuck at the M logo and cant get to recovery.

Please help, if anyone has any ideas, this is driving me absolutely crazy.

 

[sunnylai01]

Hi there,

I got this problem when I flashing the milestone back to offical ROMs using RSD method. Also stuck at the M logo no matter uplung the battery or using the recovery mode.

I solved this by wipe the data and cache in the recovery mode then reboot.......everything works fine. Hope this help!!

 

[jason600]

Hi there,

I got this problem when I flashing the milestone back to offical ROMs using RSD method. Also stuck at the M logo no matter uplung the battery or using the recovery mode.

I solved this by wipe the data and cache in the recovery mode then reboot.......everything works fine. Hope this help!!

Thanks for the info, but my problem is I can not get into recovery to wipe data and cache. Everytime I try to boot into recovery, it just gets stuck at the M logo.

 

[sunnylai01]

Did you mean when you plug the battery in,it bootup automatically?

If so, press the carmera button before you plug the battery in,it will boot into recovery mode.

Hope this help.

 

[jason600]

Did you mean when you plug the battery in,it bootup automatically?

If so, press the carmera button before you plug the battery in,it will boot into recovery mode.

Hope this help.

When I put it the battery, it tries to boot automatically. I had already tried what you suggested, that's the method I can use to access the bootloader menu for flashing. Also, if you pull out the SIM card, the phone doesn't automatically start to boot, I tried that method with power and camera buttons, but didn't work either.

No matter what I try, it won't let me boot into recovery mode. I am sure that if I could access recovery mode, I could wipe data and davlik cache and this would fix my problem.

The only thing I can access is the Bootloader menu (power switch and Up on the keyboard) for flashing with RSDLite.

 

[cheerup38]

I am having this problem too. Is there a true fix for this???

 

[Yriel40k]

Did you tried starting the milestone without battery? When the great battery appears you can put the battery in and let it charge.

 

[cheerup38]

I don't have a problem with the battery as i was able to fully charge it. I've tried every thing that i can flash to try to bring it back to life to no avail. Can't get to recovery either. I keep seeing a bunch of people saying that re-flashing it back to stock would un-brick this, but i am starting to think i have a brick.

BTW i have a Telus Milestone.

 

[pippocannelunghe]

Maybe the case you have upgraded bootloader?

Have you already tried to flash only the vulnerable recovery and then try to boot in recovery mode?

 

[cheerup38]

Maybe the case you have upgraded bootloader?

Have you already tried to flash only the vulnerable recovery and then try to boot in recovery mode?

I have bootloader 90.78. And yes i have tried the vulnerable recovery. When i try to boot to recovery mode it just sits at a blank screen and reboots back to the moto logo.

 

[DannyDroid]

I believe it is next to impossible to brick a Milestone as we can't touch anything along the bootline.

 

[cheerup38]

I believe it is next to impossible to brick a Milestone as we can't touch anything along the bootline.

Everytime i flash the Telus SBF it shows that it finished sucessfully but after it reboots it goes back to the Bootloader 90.78 screen.

I've even tried flashing different sbfs and the same result.

 

[jason600]

I am having this problem too. Is there a true fix for this???

I eventually fixed this by flashing a rom with a diferent baseband. My milestone is a UK model, when I tried flasing the GOT 2.2 for telsus, it actually worked, then I reflashed a UK rom.

I don't know why that worked, maybe I had a corruption is the baseband files, but if that was the case, flashing a uk rom should of worked also.

Hope you get yours going again.

 

[cheerup38]

I eventually fixed this by flashing a rom with a diferent baseband. My milestone is a UK model, when I tried flasing the GOT 2.2 for telsus, it actually worked, then I reflashed a UK rom.

I don't know why that worked, maybe I had a corruption is the baseband files, but if that was the case, flashing a uk rom should of worked also.

Hope you get yours going again.

Yeah, i saw your solution on another forum, i tried that and no go. its getting frustrating.

 

[TheSSJ]

Hy,

This seems a little odd,but at least it's an idea:
Unplug the battery and leave it unplugged for at least one hour. In the meantime(battery still unplugged) press the power button for 5-10 secs or so...this guarantees that there will be no current left on the phone...after the hour,try to reboot and keep the fingers crossed..i know this sounds stupid,but at least give it a try
Good luck!

Sent from my Milestone

 

[jason600]

Everytime i flash the Telus SBF it shows that it finished sucessfully but after it reboots it goes back to the Bootloader 90.78 screen.

I've even tried flashing different sbfs and the same result.

Just to clarify, after you've flashed it boots straight into the bootloader? Does you get any type of error message such as code corrupt or a string of hex codes?

Are you trying to flash 2.1 or 2.2 or have you tried both?

When my was bricked, flashing 2.1 would boot to the m logo and sit there forever. Flashing 2.2 would boot to the m logo, stay there for maybe 30 seconds, then reboot and repeat. It was the diferent effects of flashing the two versions that lead me to try diferent basebands. Also, I'm pretty sure that I tried flashing diferent basebands for 2.1 without it working.

Also, what happens when you plug into the wall charger? Do you get the battery graphic or does it stick at the m logo?

 

[cheerup38]

Just to clarify, after you've flashed it boots straight into the bootloader? Does you get any type of error message such as code corrupt or a string of hex codes?

Are you trying to flash 2.1 or 2.2 or have you tried both?

When my was bricked, flashing 2.1 would boot to the m logo and sit there forever. Flashing 2.2 would boot to the m logo, stay there for maybe 30 seconds, then reboot and repeat. It was the diferent effects of flashing the two versions that lead me to try diferent basebands. Also, I'm pretty sure that I tried flashing diferent basebands for 2.1 without it working.

Also, what happens when you plug into the wall charger? Do you get the battery graphic or does it stick at the m logo?

After the flash it goes straight back to the bootloader screen and with a string of hex codes: a5,69,35,00,27

I've flashed both 2.1 & 2.2 sbfs. Same thing happens after each flash, nothing different like you mentioned. So i can't really narrow it down.

I do not get a battery graphic when i plug in the wall charger, it goes from the moto logo to the bootloader 90.78 screen and then reboots. it probably does this about 5 times and then turns off.

 

[jason600]

After the flash it goes straight back to the bootloader screen and with a string of hex codes: a5,69,35,00,27

I've flashed both 2.1 & 2.2 sbfs. Same thing happens after each flash, nothing different like you mentioned. So i can't really narrow it down.

I do not get a battery graphic when i plug in the wall charger, it goes from the moto logo to the bootloader 90.78 screen and then reboots. it probably does this about 5 times and then turns off.

That code is for a bad flash. See this link on android-hilfe.de (its german, link is with google translate), scroll down to lesson 9:
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhoVzir_DtnGt57By9kO93AsPmS8g

Try flashing with diferent versions of RSDLite. Re-install usb drivers, try flashing from a different PC, make sure your flashing NON-SERVICE sbf's.

Hope this helps

 

[cheerup38]

That code is for a bad flash. See this link on android-hilfe.de (its german, link is with google translate), scroll down to lesson 9:
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhoVzir_DtnGt57By9kO93AsPmS8g

Try flashing with diferent versions of RSDLite. Re-install usb drivers, try flashing from a different PC, make sure your flashing NON-SERVICE sbf's.

Hope this helps

Oh ok, i will try this, Thanks.

 

[jason600]

Oh ok, i will try this, Thanks.

Also, redownload your your sbf files, the one your flashing might be corrput.