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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
Hey guys. These posts are all too common but I really am distressed here (I'm worried I bricked my phone and don't have technical skill to bring it back to life), and please, any help would be really appreciated. :(

Here's the last thing that happened before I acted stupidly:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15708254&postcount=394

long story short: tried to update to new cwm but couldn't do the step to delete a file in system/etc called install-recovery

I could not find a way to delete the file I needed to delete, install-recovery, I just gave up and thought "well, whatever. I have tenfar's older CWM on my phone anyway, and I never end up NEEDING it because everything goes fine if I follow the directions (ironic thing to think when not following directions). :(

So I continued following kennethpenn's guide on brief mobile, doing all steps except for #2:

I was definitely rooted, and am pretty confident that I unlocked the bootloader, because it took me a long time but I followed all the steps and got all the right responses on the phone and it said (and still says) Unlocked in the upper left corner during bootup, and I learned a lot this morning and was feeling good...

Flashing went fine, until after I rebooted in the recovery menu, and.... boot loops; the M would swirl around, turn dead, come back 3 seconds later, go dead again, on and on, until I did a battery pull :(

One last thing that I didn't think about now but may be a huge reason for the problem: I was on 1.8.3 but deodxed and running the latest "P-ROM" Ginger Blur.

So I can get into the fastboot, stock android recovery, and like ten other options during bootup. What I want to do is just start fresh because it'll set me back a lot, but right now I just want a functional phone. So can I do a factory reset in the boot menu, or would that just permanently brick it forever considering I unlocked the boot-loader, was themed, etc etc?

Thanks - any suggestions greatly appreciated.

To all the other newbs that love this stuff, but don't really know wtf you're doing, the moral of my story is "follow the directions EXACTLY and if you're unsure that you can do that, then don't proceed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foka002:
Delete this post please

Sent from Motorola Atrix
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
did you fix it? I can help..
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
Are you asking me or a mod? Either way, why?

I'm seriously in a bad spot without my phone, I use it for everything, even just the GPS I need for work, so my life will be really ****ty rather quickly if I don't get it working soon.

No, no updates. After posting my question I put all my atrix stuff to the side and slipped my sim card into one of those ugly Nokia bar phones everyone had in the late '90s - early '00s. I was so frustrated that I had to walk away from it for a while.

Thanks for the offer mramirezusa, if you or anyone else could please give me some help, I'd really really appreciate it :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
Don't worry yours seem fixable I writing instructions in a second post
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
What do you have pc, mac or linux?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
I have a mac, 32 bit OSX 10.6, and I have access to my roommate's little windows netbook thing, but the netbook is kinda unreliable so mac is preferred.. but any help would be GREAT!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
Ok right now I just have a PC so I made an automatic script to fix it

So follow this steps:

1. Turn off the phone

2. Press and hold vol down and turn on the phone

3. Check and confirm if the tag unlock show up in the upper left corner?

4. The tag "fastboot" will show up now press vol up to enter to fastboot

5. Now connect the phone to the netbook PC and wait until be recognize

Last part I am uploading a zip file with the repair file I will post in few minutes...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
Wow, thanks SO MUCH! No worries about the PC, I'm happy with whatever works!

I can definitely do that, and yeah the unlock tag is still there. I know I'm just saying "thanks" but I really mean it, I don't know what I was going to do. I owe ya one!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
8 minutes more to finish uploading the file!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
:D:D:D:D

I can't wait to have my phone again! It's only been two days but there have been so many times I needed to use it, I never realized how dependent I am on my phone. It's going to be so great, like when you go to a bad camp for summer, and you're hot and covered in bugs the whole time, and when you finally ge back home to all the creature comforts, like air conditioning, TV, computers, video games, microwaves, etc, and you feel like "this is absolutely amazing!!" and appreciate everything anew :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
Ok last part:

download and unzip in a new folder the file in the following link:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MTXAXY3T

6. Phone ready in fastboot

7. Run repair.bat

8. Press on each step "any key to continue" until the phone reboot
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
Should I have any particular program running on the PC? Just finished downloading :) I'm a happy man either way, but what is this anyway, back to factory stock or updated?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
No you dont need any additional program. Stock 1.83 so then you can proceed according to GB.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
Oooh right right, I see, the program is repair.bat, thanks

Running right now...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
DONE!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

If you're ever around Hershey or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA, let me know :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
Your Welcome! I just saw this:

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html

THE REAL CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, if you really need it I can do a script like the one that I just send you, just ask! ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] funkencool:
Personally I love shapewriter way more than swype, idk personal preference i guess, and because of that I decided to make my own personal theme. Since then its just been laying around and i haven't really shared it.

So here it is for anyone who wants it.

UPDATE: Well I actually made this update a long time ago now, but better late than never here you go. I'll put up a new screen later.
[Motorola Droid X2] superbeastie:
Hey Funkencool, thanks for the GingerThemed Shapewriter, fantastic looks, much more pleasant to look at than the standard Shapewriter keypad. and agree, I like it much better than Swype
[Motorola Droid X2] rp076:
Yo funkbrudda long time no see ;) thanks for da app. And just curious, u still theming? Sure would like to some funky love put on a liberty theme! :D
[Motorola Droid X2] LaserChicken:
Very cool, thanks!
[Motorola Droid X2] phillysdon04:
Could someone repost it? Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid X2] funkencool:
Updated OP with update and now it's a good link. This one should be a lot prettier.
[Motorola Droid X2] BreatheALittle:
Not to sound like an idiot, but what program does my computer need to open this file? It currently will not let me open a .apk file.
[Motorola Droid X2] funkencool:
If mean to theme it? 7-zip works wonders just right click after installing and there's a specific 7zip menu in there lies your answer
[Motorola Droid X2] BreatheALittle:
Ok, not sure what I'm doing wrong. Downloaded, opened in Root Explorer, found on the sd card, hit install. I get a green checkmark, but it says "Application not installed."

I've removed the app from my sd card and tried downloading it again 3 times. Each time is the same thing. I even checked my setting to see if the app showed up under language&keyboard (cause of the green check mark i am getting), but still, nothing.

Can someone please tell me why this isn't working for me? Or, am I missing a step?
[Motorola Droid X2] funkencool:
Alright one sec. I'll check it out. I may have posted the wrong one I'll test it out, Otherwise sounds like you got it.

EDIT: Seems to have been corrupted somehow so I'll reupload a working version shortly. GOT it, should work now :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blizzard1017:
My buddy upgraded to the 3D but didn't trade in his Evo. I am relatively new to Sprint and CDMA as I have been with T-Mobile for almost 8 years I think. He said I could just have it since I liked flashing and tinkering so much.

Now with T-Mobile it was as simple as a sim card switch. Do I have to call into sprint every time if I want to flash a Rom I tinkered with and test out all it's functions?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubarican84:
Is anyone using dark tremor app2sd? I'm on BAMF RC 4.9 and curious of its compatibility. Thanks

Sent from my Thunder Bolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
id like to do this too as id love to move dalvik to the sd partition.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubarican84:
Bump

Sent from my ADR6400L
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
i think dark tremor a2sd support has to be cooked into the roms. im not sure if the app supports the tbolt but it should considering the evo4g is it's big brother.

can anyone confirm?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patricks_book:
This is easier then you think to do even if your all thumbs, link below.

I'm trying to find some good parts outlets i will get back to that in the days to come and post links.

Also I/you will be putting more links/info in this forum for fixing these Related problems.

If you know of Good links for parts,manuals,videos an How to's this will help. But Please only links relative to this forum thank you.

If your out of warranty or you did something like rooting an they know then this is your only option and it's FREE except for the parts "if any" an tools.

If you rooted your phone and they don't know then there are solutions in the forums to get it back to lets say "warranty mode" and then just send it back too Sony.

Try going back to Stock thought PC Companion/Factory reset

To do a factory reset start with your phone go to menu/settings/privacy/factory data reset then reboot all should be back to stock. Then on your Pc go to Sony Ericsson program/Update Service and follow the instructions and do a software repair. Be sure that your Sony software (PC Companion and Update Service) is up to date. Or try these links below.

Sony Ericsson X10 Support

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/mobilephones/downloads/xperiax10us?cc=us&lc=en

Get Back to Stock Even With Broken / Damaged USB Port By DoomLord Thank you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054818

Xperia X10 Dis-assembly

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6368979#post6368979

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6258485#poststop

And a good picture of the port is here. Thanks McKebapp

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8054388#poststop

Youtube Dis-assembly Videos

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Xperia+X10+Disassembly+Guide&aq=f

Soldering a printed circuit board

Preparing To Solder

http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/solder.htm Video at bottom of his page. :cool:

Parts an Service links

I'm NOT Endorsing these Services/Sites So Use At Your Own Risk

When i checked the price of fixing the X10 charging port on this site it said 35.00$ + parts BUT be-sure and check your self.

http://www.outofwarranty.com/order.php

Update I have emailed this company for address/Phone number/Country with NO REPLY SO BEWARE :mad:

More parts

http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/cell-phone-touch-screens-digitizers/c105004004.html

http://www.oemcellphoneparts.com/

http://www.cellphoneshop.net/displaylcd.html

http://www.cellulardr.com/cell-phone-parts-listed-by-manufacturer.html

http://cnn.cn/shop/sonyericsson-xperia-c-28_946.html

http://www.digikey.com/

http://www.mouser.com/

PLEASE PEOPLE USE THE THREAD SEARCH

It's easier then posting AND keeps the forums lite and clean. Thanks goes to the Members that help. Subscribe to that post so you can find it later and/or copy the link and past it in Notepad/Wordpad on your Desktop/Documents.

LOL I still have links from 2008 in my XDA Notes

Please remember to Thank all with the Thanks Button in Threads an Videos
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Thanks for your efforts and thanks for starting this thread. Your comments confused me. First, you have to know that the search function only works if you know the exact phrase or thread you are looking for. Second, who would know to look in the disassembly thread for this specific problem? Not the average member.

My advice to you, since you opened this thread, is to support the members who found this solution through your thread. Obviously the disassembly thread is going to confuse or go outside the skill set of most of us. It's kinda your responsibly for starting this topic and being the OP.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patricks_book:
Your right so as you can see all keep updating and we will see if it helps. Some of the forums are quite old. But I've saved my links to the forums in my XDA notes on my PC from way before I became a member.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacDrunk:
thanks for your help i try tonite to make a video or take picks of me changing the micro usb port...

best regards
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patricks_book:
If and when you do that please post them in this thread and when i can i'll Incorporate it in this thread Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris_knows:
I don't think most people are going to be able to replace it without some specific soldering/de-soldering tools...I got quoted $85 at a cell repair shop for parts and labour (I asked about just replacing the USB port, but last time I was on these forums, I think some people were saying it was something else causing the problem, so there's no guarantee that's gonna fix it). If you don't have access to the tools already, it's probably going to be cheaper to just take it to a repair shop.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patricks_book:
The tools are cheap just remember to get a good soldering iron for electronics (low wattage) and some good solder.

I will be updating my tread with some how to's
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardic:
Xperia X10a teardown

What about this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmVlmftCZU
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadsnobest:
The Sony guide with videos and some of the part numbers is in my signature.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris_knows:
I'm gonna try to do a solder reflow, but it seems too dangerous to do in an oven, will buy a heat gun over the weekend and report back.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadsnobest:
I watched that video too. I have an X10 with the same problem and have been wanting to do a reflow. Let us know how it turns out, with temps and times please.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris_knows:
Tried using a heat gun because it seemed like a bad idea to put inside a normal oven,and it didn't fix anything

I got a new phone though, so if anyone can give suggestions on what to try to fix it, I'll try it. I don't really care if I break the phone since I'm not using it anymore. I figure I should help you guys out however I can cuz everyone on this board helped me so much with my X10.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matthaeus:
Thanks, this is very useful!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jai554:
Try this... Faster and easier way for people cannot solder tiny parts ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35993592#post35993592
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] sLiKK:
Does any one have Total Recall working on their Vibrant. Its not working on mine. I can record the calls..but when I play them..I hear a loud sound and nothing else.

If anyone of you has any other app working on vibrant for recording both incoming and outgoing calls...please share your experience as well.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] drmsnkys:
I am able to record calls using tapeatalk. I've only been able to do this on a 2.2.1 ROM though. Vibrace and Bi-Winning both worked with tapeatalk. Hope that helps
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] sLiKK:
hmmm...im currently running team whiskey's bionix 1.3.1 on 2.2.

I guess I may have to flash another rom which I really dont wanna do.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] tvargas5248:
I read somewhere that recording calls only works on some vibrants and not others. Have no idea y. I tried total recall on my phone and nothing but on a friends from work it works fine so who knows
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] sLiKK:
Can you record calls without having speaker on during calls?
[Galaxy 3 General] chsarbajit1:
Anytime i download apps from the market, my phone memory fills up. Although from Manage Applications, it shows that the apps are saved in the SD card. Can someone please help me out?
[Galaxy 3 General] Rapier07:
Only a part of the app gets stored in sdcard, the executable files are still in the internal memory.. You can partition your sdcard and have more space for apps.. Search the forum about how to do that
[G2 and Desire Z General] snowman211:
I hope that this is in the right place, but I've run into a strange problem with my Desire Z.

I have rooted and achieved S-Off by following the process at Cyanogen's Wiki.

I had Cyanogen 7.0.3 working just fine for a few months. Last night, I was trying to install some apps (Zenonia 2 and 3 to be precise), and the system hung during the install. So, I set it down for a few mins, then pulled the battery after I figured it wasn't coming back.

In trying boot after the hang, the system stuck on the Cyanogen mod load screen, left for 5+ mins and still no progress.

Rebooting again stuck it on the HTC screen.

I can still get into Hboot and ClockworkMod, but when trying to flash the CM7 boot.img through fastboot I receive the following error

writing 'boot' ... FAILED (remote:not allowed)

which is the same result when trying to flash the stock rom boot

CWM 3.0.2.4 generates errors as well.

E:\Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:\Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:\Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:\Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:\Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

When I try and flash CM7 back through "install zip from sdcard", I get the following

Finding update package...
Opening updae package...
Installing update...
E:Error in /sdcard/update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed.zip (Status 1)
Installation aborted.

Now I'm pretty (ie 99%) sure that this is the same CM that I installed before without a hitch.

I am pretty new to android, and any help you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated!
[G2 and Desire Z General] bahmanxda:
Sounds like you don't have eng hboot installed. that's why you can't flash anything from the bootloader. I am pretty sure you have already done that .but have you done a full wipe from recovery?
[G2 and Desire Z General] snowman211:
I have wiped both the data and cache in CWM. And the bootloader that shows up is the engboot (three boarding droids, hboot command, etc)
[G2 and Desire Z General] bahmanxda:
Connect your phone to your pc, put your phone on fastboot and try this command: fastboot erase system -w

That should solve the problem .I am assuming you have the fastboot binary in your adb folder as well.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bahmanxda:
You can also try to flash another rom just to make sure the cm7 zip that you have is not the problem
[G2 and Desire Z General] snowman211:
Tried fastboot erase system -w

threw the following message

erasing 'system'... FAILED (remote:not allowed)

Just to confirm, the header in hboot is

VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0005
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010,20:10:38
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kevin001111:
I had this exact problem, I'm afraid to say it seems your emmc chip went bad... This happened to my previous G2 and left it a brick. What you need to do is hop on the IRC channel #g2root on a IRC client (on irc.freenode.com) and talk to a guy named Guhl. He can help you determine if your eemc chip is truly broken or fixable!
[G2 and Desire Z General] snowman211:
Thanks Kevin. I'll try that when I get a chance.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bahmanxda:
Well that's what I though ,you havnt got eng hboot installed what's is why you can't use fastboot commands . I don't think it is anything hardware related though. Youmight be Able to fix it by flashing a pc10img
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Emmc is shot. Nothing to do if that's the case :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] snowman211:
Emmc being shot a common problem? Or just really bad luck on my part? I loved the phone thus far.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Its weird cause I never used to see anything about it. Now all of a sudden over the past few months it seems to be happening to someone every other day. Either way its not your fault. Bad luck. :( I read a real good explanation of why/what happens but not sure where its at now :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] snowman211:
Oh well. Time for a new phone I guess. Thanks all for your help.
[HTC EVO 3D] ReFLeX135:
So my first problem is with advanced task killer. Let's not get into if I should or shouldn't use a task killer. Anyway, I use it manually to close apps like spiderman and crap I don't want to ever use. After I open the app and hit kill the phone freezes and no buttons get it back, so I have to pull the battery. This happens about every other day, maybe every 15th time ish. Any ideas on what's going on it is anyone else having this issue?

Second issue is that I'll turn on mobile data, open browser, go to Google and it acts like I have no internet connection. I open a new tab, same thing. Load a different website and it loads, try Google again and nothing. Google's website is an example, it could be any site. This is only with the first or second site opened after data is turned on. I'll kill the browser and it'll load after. Sometimes I'll disconnect and reconnect 3g and it'll fix it too, but not every time.

Should I get a replacement or are these issues software related only?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] Arnezie:
uninstall ATK and see if you still have the issues. I am betting it is somthing with ATK that is causing your problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] aalopez10:
No need for task killer app, the PHONE includes its own go to the app drawer n click on task manager let's u kill some of the apps running on the background without messing with Ur data etc
[HTC EVO 3D] life64x:
First one,,,if you know task killer freezes when you use it...does it not make sense NOT. In other words...if I knew say for instance calendar would freeze every time it hit a day...logic and common sence tells me not to use the damn thing..duh..

2. A. Try a factory reset....b..try with background sync off. C... Try a different browser..

D....go into browser...clear out cashe..clear out history...etc..
[HTC EVO 3D] ReFLeX135:
Hey now, I'm not retarded... yes ofc I did quit using it (meant was happening about every other day not is happening) - doesn't mean I can't ask about it also :p I simply, after a few freezes, assumed it was the killer, but hoped there was a way around it and not something hardware related. I like to understand why things happen rather than find a temp fix and forget. This could be a sense 3.0 conflict with the app that I was unaware of, Idk. If everyone has the issue cool, if not I'm curious why only I do.

Also, the built-in task manager isn't exactly as easy to manually kill apps.

The browser also doesn't always load desktop view despite it being set as such. I'll try clearing or another browser and see what happens with these issues.

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] life64x:
I hope it works for the browser...I used to think it was my browser also...it was my connection on 3G...this happens for both OG EVO and current...I did not mean to imply you where a iPhone owner...(retarded..).... Hehe....:D..... Any iPhone owners....it's a joke dammit...