[Q] Bricked Phone

[jamesabennett]

Hi,

I recently got asked by a friend to flash his google nexus one phone. like a mug i said yes and now i have a issue where it turns on, vibrates 7 times and stays at the splash screen with the x on it. I can boot into the fast boot / recovery mode but nothing works.

this happened after i tried to root the phone, it said waiting for device and didnt do anything so i killed the app (Superoneclick) the phone disappeared from device manager and now wont go past the splash screen.

Does anyone have any idea how i can get it back? .. thanks in advance for any help.

James

 

[wdfowty]

I'm guessing, since you used S-O-C, the bootloader is not unlocked. The only way I know how to fix it is if you OEM unlock it. You'll need fastboot and your Android SDK setup correctly.

Once you have the setup done, change directories to the tools folder, wherever you put your sdk. Boot your phone into fastboot by holding the trackball while powering it on.

cd C:\asdk\tools\

Plug your phone into USB, and check if the computer sees it

fastboot devices

Unlock the bootloader (THERE IS NO GOING BACK! You can never re-lock a Nexus)

fastboot oem unlock

Now you can flash a boot.img and system.img (preferably pre-rooted) from fastboot, and it should boot normally. If the phone boots, the phone is perma-rooted, and won't need any other rooting procedure (you just need to flash a rooted rom). Next time, be a little more careful

 

[jamesabennett]

Hi wdfowty

at running the risk of asking for more help and making you cross could you post some links to these downloads?

I am a total newbie to these phones and want to make sure i have the right apps.

thanks again for the help and the quick response... and if i manage to get this phone back believe me it will be the last one i try to flash !!

cheers

James

 

[wdfowty]

Nah, you've got me wrong. I'm all about helping people that are willing and able to be helped.

Follow this guide, it'll walk you through the steps to set up your sdk and unlock the bootloader. The guide is a little dated, so the info might not be 100%, but it's generally everything you'll need to know. If you get stuck, feel free to ask.

 

[jamesabennett]

Hi again,
when i run the command fastboot devices i get an error AdbWinApi.dll is missing.

it tells me to reinstall the app but i have done that and also run all the updates and i still get the same error?

Interstingly i also get the phone to fastboot and it says in red text on the phone fastboot.usb but i cant see anything in device manager that says Nexus one etc?

any more help appreciated.... worst case you dont fancy a christmas break over in England do you?

cheers

james

 

[tehgeekguy]

Hi again,
when i run the command fastboot devices i get an error AdbWinApi.dll is missing.

it tells me to reinstall the app but i have done that and also run all the updates and i still get the same error?

Interstingly i also get the phone to fastboot and it says in red text on the phone fastboot.usb but i cant see anything in device manager that says Nexus one etc?

any more help appreciated.... worst case you dont fancy a christmas break over in England do you?

cheers

james

With the latest version of the SDK tools, they changed the directory for adb and fastboot. Unfortunately I'm not on my Windows machine... but check in the directory where you have the SDK extracted to and look for a platform-tools directory (iirc). From there, you should see fastboot.

So basically where it says this "Type: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" change it to "C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools". Keep in mind that directory name may change... again, I'm not on my Windows machine right now.

 

[jamesabennett]

Hi again,

thanks for the continued help. I have managed to get past that, i have OEM unlocked the phone and managed to copy the flash image to the device using the commands in the link you sent me.

problem i have now is when i go into recovery the phone again just pulls up the splash screen and vibrates 7 times.

i believe what should happen according to the link is to follow the 6 steps below.. even i can do that, but the phone doesnt get that far

//Turn phone off -> Hold Volume Down, hold Power button
//Press Volume Down to highlight Recovery -> press Power to select Recovery
//Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
//Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
//Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
//Flash zip from sdcard -> alpha-r##-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-signed.zip (Or whatever other ROM you're using.)

another point is it runs a couple of lines of blue txt relating to the sd card, but it flashes up and dissapears too quickly for me to be able to read it and send across to you.

thanks again and if you can work this out i owe you a beer !!

James

 

[tehgeekguy]

Hi again,

thanks for the continued help. I have managed to get past that, i have OEM unlocked the phone and managed to copy the flash image to the device using the commands in the link you sent me.

problem i have now is when i go into recovery the phone again just pulls up the splash screen and vibrates 7 times.

i believe what should happen according to the link is to follow the 6 steps below.. even i can do that, but the phone doesnt get that far

//Turn phone off -> Hold Volume Down, hold Power button
//Press Volume Down to highlight Recovery -> press Power to select Recovery
//Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
//Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
//Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
//Flash zip from sdcard -> alpha-r##-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-signed.zip (Or whatever other ROM you're using.)

another point is it runs a couple of lines of blue txt relating to the sd card, but it flashes up and dissapears too quickly for me to be able to read it and send across to you.

thanks again and if you can work this out i owe you a beer !!

James

Have you flashed the recovery image using fastboot, or did you only copy the recover image to the sdcard? Step IV in that guide.

 

[wdfowty]

It sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery.

Download the recovery found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829

Rename that file to recovery.img and place it somewhere you can remember

Boot the phone into fastboot by holding down the trackball and pressing power button.

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img

If all went well, there should be no errors. On the phone, use the volume keys to select "Bootloader". It will take you to a white screen with the blue text (ignore it, it's looking for update files like "PASSIMG.zip"). Select recovery, and it'll boot into recovery. If you see menu items, you are good!

 

[jamesabennett]

I ran the fastboot command and used the flash image ending 2.0.0

this is driving me round the bend !!

 

[wdfowty]

What happened when you used the fastboot flash command? Did you see a bar on the top right of the phone?

 

[jamesabennett]

It sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery.

Download the recovery found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829

Rename that file to recovery.img and place it somewhere you can remember

Boot the phone into fastboot by holding down the trackball and pressing power button.

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img

If all went well, there should be no errors. On the phone, use the volume keys to select "Bootloader". It will take you to a white screen with the blue text (ignore it, it's looking for update files like "PASSIMG.zip"). Select recovery, and it'll boot into recovery. If you see menu items, you are good!

i do that and it accepts the recovery file and the progress bar goes up on the right hand side and the cmd prompt says its all good. then when i select recovery the phone goes to the black background with the four coloured cross and the unlocked padlock, vibrates 7 times and just hangs on that screen

beleive it or not it booted up a moment ago and the phone worked like it did before with v2.2 on it. so i am happy now it can be recovered... i just dont know what to do to straighten it out!

 

[jamesabennett]

yes. the bar goes up on the right hand side of the phone. and i have definitely unlocked it as it now says unlocked at the top of the menu.

 

[danger-rat]

Have you tried to reimage the phone with the passimg method? Directions are provided in the wiki, under the unlock/restore heading:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...des_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus

Follow PASSIMG method (filename is case sensitive).
The link to the files is on the word "here" on step 2.
Use FRG33.


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