[Q] Top Reasons Why People Brick The Z1?

[Gnubaver]

I have been reading alot in this forum and i get the feeling its about 50/50 that you will break the Z1, Obviously it's not 50/50. But i get that feeling. I have been rooting and doing stuff on Samsung phones and i never ever bricked any phone. But with this phone it feels like dark territory.

Can someone enlighten me what people are doing wrong that bricks the phone so easily?

 

[schickel]

I have been reading alot in this forum and i get the feeling its about 50/50 that you will break the Z1, Obviously it's not 50/50. But i get that feeling. I have been rooting and doing stuff on Samsung phones and i never ever bricked any phone. But with this phone it feels like dark territory.

Can someone enlighten me what people are doing wrong that bricks the phone so easily?

Flash wrong kernel
Restore TA-partition from some other device

 

[Gnubaver]

Flash wrong kernel
Restore TA-partition from some other device

Flashing wrong kernel only softbricks your phone right?

And restoring another TA-Partition hardbricks?

 

[krabappel2548]

Hard brick:
- Flash other phones TA
- Flash other phones bootloader

All other things shouldn't cause a hard brick unless you really screw it

Sent from my C6903 using xda app-developers app

 

[Gnubaver]

Double Post

 

[Gnubaver]

Hard brick:
- Flash other phones TA
- Flash other phones bootloader

All other things shouldn't cause a hard brick unless you really screw it

Sent from my C6903 using xda app-developers app

So as long as i double check everything and have common sense it should be alright at all times?

And how do i check exactly what model i have? I have seen a few models Z1F Z1, 6903, 6907.

 

[omar300]

Its all Rookie mistakes.
as long as you know what your are doing and not rushing, your phone should never brick.
Plus most of the bricks you hear about happened because people were installing Stock rom. if you are interested in AOSP roms then you dont have to worry.
is only happened when people used the flashtool to reinstall the kernel and baseband.

Back up the TA and Use flashtool carefully. thats all.

 

[Gnubaver]

Its all Rookie mistakes.
as long as you know what your are doing and not rushing, your phone should never brick.
Plus most of the bricks you hear about happened because people were installing Stock rom. if you are interested in AOSP roms then you dont have to worry.
is only happened when people used the flashtool to reinstall the kernel and baseband.

Back up the TA and Use flashtool carefully. thats all.

I'm not sure i follow you, installing stock rom? Why would that brick?

And i'm mostly interested in kernels

 

[omar300]

I'm not sure i follow you, installing stock rom? Why would that brick?

And i'm mostly interested in kernels

btw stock i mean rom based on sony roms. many poeple are interested in those. including myself
the sony roms are built around different versions of phone means different baseband and if your are using lte and install european phone version rom your lte can stop working thus u install baseband for your phone from flashtool.
if you interested in kernel you should be good. install any kernel for z1. they all are same.
but confirm that though. it never cause issue for me

 

[Gnubaver]

btw stock i mean rom based on sony roms. many poeple are interested in those. including myself
the sony roms are built around different versions of phone means different baseband and if your are using lte and install european phone version rom your lte can stop working thus u install baseband for your phone from flashtool.
if you interested in kernel you should be good. install any kernel for z1. they all are same.
but confirm that though. it never cause issue for me

So what you are saying is, people tend to brick the phone by flashing a stock rom not meant for the specific model?

And by doing this and the lte stops working, this is only a semi brick right? Redoing the right FW restores the phone and LTE support in this case without any real harm done?

I think i have a 6903 model.

 

[Lord Takyon]

99% of bricking is because of user mistakes.

Double read everything and make sure you understand what you can flash depending on bootloader status.

Sent from my Z1 via transwarp conduit.

 

[omar300]

So what you are saying is, people tend to brick the phone by flashing a stock rom not meant for the specific model?

And by doing this and the lte stops working, this is only a semi brick right? Redoing the right FW restores the phone and LTE support in this case without any real harm done?

I think i have a 6903 model.

thats not bricking. thats just losing lte or 4g feature. easily can be fixed by installing right baseband from ftf file.
read the developers note in first post. most roms come with 6903/6902 baseband version. in middle of installation you can pick your phone.
so you wont run into that trouble anyways.
Always read the instructions in first post by developer of rom.
same goes for any device even if its a nexus and unbrickable.
what you read about is when sony made some deep changes and people didnt know about it.
now its clearly mentioned in instructions.
i was one of those who bricked the phone. sony replaced the motherboard for my phone no charges.

 

[Gnubaver]

thats not bricking. thats just losing lte or 4g feature. easily can be fixed by installing right baseband from ftf file.
read the developers note in first post. most roms come with 6903/6902 baseband version. in middle of installation you can pick your phone.
so you wont run into that trouble anyways.
Always read the instructions in first post by developer of rom.
same goes for any device even if its a nexus and unbrickable.
what you read about is when sony made some deep changes and people didnt know about it.
now its clearly mentioned in instructions.
i was one of those who bricked the phone. sony replaced the motherboard for my phone no charges.

And you just told them that it wouldn't boot up and you had no idea what could have caused it?

 

[omar300]

And you just told them that it wouldn't boot up and you had no idea what could have caused it?

Yes. Be creative with excuses. Lol