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[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PCLiteratesJax:
I bought two used MyTouch 4G's from a seller on Craigslist for very little money, the phones are cosmetically both a 9.5 out of 10 and only one of the two had issues so I thought I got a good deal. One phone was stuck at the Boot Screen and I had to flash the latest stock ROM in recovery to get it to even boot normally. I had no problems whatsoever with the other phone. I successfully downgraded both from 2.3.4 to 2.2.1 so I could root and flash Virtuous Unity 2.39.0 on them. I tried to temporarily root the "problem phone" with Visionary r14 which did not work right away, the phone kept freezing and rebooting. Eventually it worked and I used gfree to permanently root it. I have S-OFF and boot loader 0.86.0000. After attempting to flash VU 2.39.0 on the phone and some error messages about E: and logs, I tried to restore the PD15IMG.zip for 2.2.1 and I didn't get FAIL-PU error messages, it asked me if I wanted to update and it said "OK" after the steps. The phone worked for a minute or two and then shut itself off. It did it about 5 times.

Now the phone will not even turn on. It doesn't show the orange LED when it is plugged in. When I press Power and Volume down, NADA. The same when I press Power and Volume Up. Nothing. There is no vibration, no attempt to boot up at all. When I plug it into my laptop, it gives me some weird tones, not like when I plug in any other MyTouch 4G and adb doesn't recognize it either. I have tried two different chargers that I know are working and two different batteries that I know are fully charged. The phone is DEAD I think :( I think I might have bricked it :(

The working phone has the inferior screen and the bricked phone has the superior screen, I wish it was the other way around :) If this phone is truly bricked, I'm just going to swap out motherboards, I bought one for $ 25.50 with a broken power button on eBay the other day :)

Is there anything I can do to "revive" that phone? Any input is greatly appreciated !!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justin lamantia:
Looks to me u borked the motherboard , I've would sell it the same way you bought it
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Flashing PD15IMG, if the phone screws up mid-flash while doing bootloader or radio, will leave your phone dead, as in completely dead, requiring primary (JTAG or other supported) boot to reload SW, at least bootloader and baseband. There are special tools for the task. But I'm not sure you can get a hand on these tools, you'd need to be working for HTC or Qualcomm for that. Never did it and never heard of anyone doing it, so I can't point you further.

Basically, when you power up the phone, your CPU doesn't have anything to load.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PCLiteratesJax:
When I flashed PD15IMG.zip the last time, everything seemingly went well, all OK's instead of the dreaded "FAIL-PU" all the way up to "Update Complete, Power to Reboot". I believe that this phone has the bad eMMc chip in it, it started screwing up after the 2.3.4 OTA update according to the person who sold me the phones. It was stuck at the MyTouch 4G screen. As much as I really want to get this phone back to life, I believe that the motherboard is truly dead and that there is no way to get it back to life. Unless someone has a magic tool (or wand LOL) to revive it :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luizmo680:
i have the same problem but mine turn on the orange light when connected to charger also a little one in the action button. it happened after unlocking with xtc clip
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cdfjr1975:
Moderators please move where necessary....

I was reading the thread for the reboot problem TFP rebooted so lost where I was. Seemed like a good time to experiment. I noticed maps was always loading so I went to market and uninstalled, aka, removed last update. I opted to use the web and see if I could get a crash. Two hours later still good.

Please try this if you are having this very annoying problem and let us know.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaiKroll:
Simple as that. I am trying to flash an HD7 custom rom and BAM! Error 270. Does anyone have a fix that works with Windows Phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nondem:
The Problem: No matter what custom rom I load...it boots into an apparently endless display of the colorful boot animation that comes stock on the Nexus. I have to battery pull to get out of it. I've got an Unlocked/Rooted phone w/clockwork recovery working. I can backup and successfully restore the OEM rom I backed up after each failed custom rom install attempt.

I've been working through issue after issue all evening and have continued to hit the same problem no matter what my approach.

I've got Rom Manager and can download and load ROMS via it's GUI - or by booting into clockwork recovery and doing it manually by choosing the zip I previously downloaded. I've renamed the oem recovery file in system etc... still no joy getting anything to boot successfully except the OEM image I backed up.

Could someone point me in the right direction?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cancerouspete:
How long exactly are you waiting on the boot animation? when you first flash a new rom, it can often take a long time on this screen first boot up. be patient. dont pull the battery unless its been like 15 minutes

can you give us any info on what phone you are using, and which roms you tried?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
When you flash a completely different ROM, you HAVE to do a full data wipe in CWM.

When you update the current ROM, you have to do a wipe cache and dalvik cache.

And like the guy above said, it can take a while on first boot.

Sent from Galaxy Nexus (GSM)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nondem:
Progress

First - Thanks for the help. I did a full data/cache wipe right before attempting to flash a ROM and it worked. Didn't even take longer than usual to boot into the OS.

I had done that earlier but I think it must have been the order I had followed or something. Regardless - I got a ROM up and running and can repeat the process reliably :)

Of course - there is another hurdle that I don't find anything on so far...if I add the google apps to the ROM I get stuck in a crashing Verizon login wizard. "Touch here" results in a crash message and the wizard restarts.

I can access settings and use the phone - but "Home" is the wizard.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jumbojetdreams:
The touch screen on my hero died after two years of use. I'm trying to hold out for the Galaxy Nexus but it's real hard without a functioning phone.

I have insurance, but my water sticker is tripped (phone has never gotten wet) so the sprint store wouldn't replace it. One of my friends got his Hero replaced even though his sticker was also tripped. The lady working at the store he went to said it was a known problem with the phone (the sticker being faulty) and just scratched it off. Does anyone know of anything that I can reference to get it replaced or a rom that I can run purely with the track ball?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GeorgesAbitbol:
Hi,

I have a problem with Google Talk since I've modified an option related to video stabilization.

The option is this one (it's not from my phone because I'm unable to reach this screen...):

If someone could post the english version of this screen it would be nice, thanks (it's in parameters/your account/video effect or stabilization)

Now, every time I go in parameters the app crash when I select my account:

I've tried to delete data of google talk app but it doesn't change anything.

Any idea on how to solve this problem?

Thanks for your help,

Max
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pingoooo:
Hello, exactly same problem for me. Reboot, kill gtalk, but nothing better, impossible to change params, just crash.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] D3f3kt:
Hardreset was the only option hat worked for me.

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pingoooo:
Whats worked for me:

Precision: i have many accounts on my phone

1. Delete account who crash in google talk in phone parameters

2. restart phone

3. Add previously deleted account
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GeorgesAbitbol:
Hi,

You're right pingoooo, I've deleted/added my second account and I'm now able to go in its parameters but is it possible to do the same thing on a primary account without hard resetting the phone (before ICS it was impossible)?

If it's not possible I'll be waiting for at least an update before hard resetting my phone ;)

Thanks for your help!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
hi all ..i just got back my phone and i installed GDX and GX on it..and both roms i cant conenct usb storage..it just hangs and when screen timeout it shutdowns...same for both roms after full wipe no diff help pls
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsaklein:
Which kerenl do you use? Try to format your sd card it might help( before you do a backup of it:D )
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pesky_89:
what's your kernel? if it's alfs you have to install an aditional zip file that is on alfs kernel first page : update-rom-chargemon+vold-AlfsKernel.zip
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
its stock ...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hixvolnutt:
Did you partition your sd card? Try to reformat it, not just quick reformat, its better if you can reformat it in your phone, but if you cannot reformat it on your phone try to use HDD low level formatter. If all things fail, its either on Custom ROM or your SD card. :confused:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athulele:
hey man i've got the same problem.........i reverted back to stock from froyobread and i partitioned it for link2sd.......and then it wasnt mounting............i also tried reformating but it did not help....:mad:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrick_1:
**I've attached the APK's @ bottom of post**

Is there a way to "fix" the parsing error when attempting to install ICS live wallpapers? I know they're specific to ICS, but is there a way to make them compatible with gingerbread? Found a thread in the "Android Apps" section of the Android hacking & development forum posting the apk's..good stuff there! Cant remember the op who originally attached them but thank you!

Thanks to all who share their genius & fresh ideas on XDA!

Sent from this phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrick_1:
Has anyone had any success with these on our device?

Sent from this phone
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Current version: MetrofaceLIFT v1.4 (Marketplace link)

Description: MetrofaceLIFT lets you browse and download high quality photographic wallpapers from InterfaceLIFT.com. It has a clean, Metro style interface and saves images at Windows Phone's native resolution of 480x800. New wallpapers are added daily and I have quite a few cool features planned. Enjoy!

Screenshots:

Future features:

v1.5 - Live tile - (displays most recent wallpaper and the number of new wallpapers since you last opened the app)

v1.5 - Ads (hey, there was a donation option, but no one used it, but I will throw up a pro version for $.99 that removes the ads and possibly adds one of the features below a little early)

v2.0 - View comments

v2.0 - Apply filters to wallpapers before saving them (black and white, etc.)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] speedfreak228:
gtg i had one of your roms on my samsung infuse before i switched also. glad to see you!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] prjkthack:
Very nicely done. Simple and straight to the point.

At first glance, I thought the button in the app bar was to "download" rather than "load more" photos. I expected the app to automatically load photos as I reached the bottom of the list.

Still, very well done, and its awesome that it automatically grabs a proper sized wallpaper from interfacelift, which is a great site too btw.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dreamcaster012:
Oh my god I love you.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] geekaren:
This app is fantastic, thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
The next version is coming along nicely. I added auto loading so you don't have to keep pressing the button as well as the ability to map photos that have location information.

Teaser shots:
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
The app is now available in the Marketplace. I updated the information in the first post so you can see the current status of updates and what I'm working on.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] prjkthack:
Was totally gonna suggest a method to save favorite images. Great work!

Live tiles would be awesome too. Maybe have it pull random or newly added images. Something like that.

Also, not a big fan of the app tile. The app is so Metro-focused, and the tile for the app itself is so completely un-Metro, it just doesn't fit.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
v1.1 is in the Marketplace now and I just submitted the final version of v1.2.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Have a mockup to show me what you're thinking?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] prjkthack:
Haha. No idea, but when I think of one I'll let you know.

I figure something simple and clear, that conforms with the user's accent color.

Edit: Just threw together something real quick. Simple and to the point, matches the user's accent tile, has both the ApplicationIcon.png and Background.png. Just a phone with a paintbrush in it. Something like that.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Thanks for the idea prjkthack. I went with something very similar to your suggestion.

v1.3 is posted in the first post with a few new screenshots. Get it while it's hot. Give feedback!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] J101:
Nice to see you're enjoying some WP7 dev work gtg. I'm still enjoying one of your ROMs on my Infuse and picked up an HTC Titan to play around with. Nice work on this app.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] prjkthack:
Haha. I was totally thinking about that one too, with the brush actually painting something, but I felt a simpler image would have sufficed and was more Metro without getting too complicated or busy.

Looks great! Great work! =]
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Just uploaded a slightly newer build of v1.3. Shifted the large tile icon up a couple pixels, changed wording in one place, and fixed the scroll bars that went missing in the previously uploaded version.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Just submitted v1.4 to the Marketplace.

Changes:

App redesigned to incorporate a panorama view with a dynamic background showcasing the latest wallpaper

New Popular page that features the most downloaded wallpapers from the past two weeks

Removed the donation option (no one used it)

Minor bug fix

Screenshots:

As usual, a xap is available for those who are developer unlocked.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
v1.4 just dropped in the Marketplace. A couple small changes since the last beta xap was posted. Get it while it's hot.

Also, check out the app after setting your phone theme to light. I don't see many apps with both dark and light themed panorama views (usually they remain the same regardless of your theme), so I took it upon myself to do so.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Leapo:
App doesn't seem to work, it throws a "Can't reach InterfaceLIFT" error every time I open it.

I'm connected to 3G and Wifi, and InterfaceLIFT is up, so what's the deal? :(

Edit: Apparently, the app stops working entirely if you're connected to a PC when you try to use it (even if Zune isn't running on the PC). Works now, but the background image on the panorama has terrible banding. I believe there's a setting for bit-depth in Visual Studio that fixes this (it's 16-bit by default, needs to be 32bit).
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Odd. The app works fine on my Titan and Lumia 800 when they're connected to my computer. What phone do you use?

Also, I don't see any way to set the bit depth of a panorama background. I've only noticed very slight banding on a couple backgrounds, but most don't show any on my Titan or 800.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] MaksMod:
thanks for your post
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Well, time to see if I can make a little money. This takes a lot of time ya know! I added a single unobtrusive advertisement box to the next update. A Pro version will be released at the same time for those who want to pay $.99 and stay ad-free. To add a bit more value, I'll probably release new features to the Pro version a few days before the free version as well.

The update also includes a unique new feature that no other wallpaper apps have offered before (as far as I'm aware)... Dropbox integration. It allows you to send high resolution versions of the wallpapers directly to your computer. This way, if you find an awesome wallpaper in the app, you won't have to hunt it down on interfacelift.com in order to use it as your computer background.

Finally, I fixed a minor bug that could cause a crash.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Leapo:
It's a Samsung Focus (v1.3) running Mango + 8107 update
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] gtg465x:
Hey guys,

If you enjoy this app, I have a small favor to ask.

It's a semifinalist in Microsoft's BAoC app development contest and I need your help to advance to the next round! It would be awesome if you guys could go to the Facebook page below and vote for my app.

Microsoft BAOC Vote on Facebook | Facebook

Thanks a bunch,

gtg
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jlallman:
So, My beloved Evo has started having some issues so i flashed it to stock and brought it to sprint, the nice retail guy there was telling me how i'd have to wait quite a while to get a replacement Evo so he ordered me a nexus s 4g as a replacement, now im curious, does anyone know when i go to pick up my nexus on Tuesday if i get to keep my evo or do they take it? I'd really like to know if i have to give it up, because i'd rather keep it and see if i can fix it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
No they won't take it,unless you have'nt paid for it yet.If you bought it,then its yours forever.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Febby:
Yes, you will have to turn in the Evo because the Nexus is being issued as a replacement exchange. I would honestly take the Nexus 4G over an Evo since I'm not a sense fan; Pure android lover right here.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riz3n:
He is correct you will have to turn in your Evo so it can be sent back. You'll pretty much be swapping phones. You will get the Nexus and they will get the Evo. There is no way around it. The only way to keep the Evo is to not turn it in, in turn not get the Nexus. Unless you have another Evo laying around that they can use to send back lol. Oh and yes you would have been waiting a while for a Evo to come in as the Evo is on back order in the warehouse and its been taking about 5-7 business days easily for us to get any in as replacements. Compared to the normal 2-3 business days.

p.s. I work for Sprint so I have to explain this a few times a day normally lol. I hope i was a little bit helpful though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Febby:
Psst, you being a lead/manger tech from what I've read so far; how would I go along to trying to get a my local store to ordering a Nexus 4G or similar device as they are real slackers there and always take their sweet 2/4 hours "analyzing" a phone stuck on 1x or a bad prl lol! so, they simply order a replacement. :confused: I'm sure at the end of the day it comes down to knowing someone in store.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ditamae:
Are you saying you don't have a nandroid at all? You can always flash a new recovery image via fastboot using the command:

fastboot flash recovery <path to recovery image>recovery.img

From there you can reboot into recovery via fastboot (fastboot reboot recovery) and then you should be able to flash a ROM or restore a backup (if you've got one).

I would recommend trying 4EXT Recovery by Madmaxx82. It's based on CWM, but has more options and great support. Here's the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1377754
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
i already tried to flash a new recovery image but it was just a reflash of CWM which seems to be unable to mount anything on the device including the sd card which will mount in fastboot. I didnt however know that there was an alternative recovery image i will give that a try see if i have any better luck.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
this is what i keep getting i tried to install the img file in the zip and the zip itself neither seemed to work

Julies-MacBook-Pro:~ Julie$ /Users/Julie/Desktop/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/fastboot flash recovery /Users/Julie/Downloads/vision_pre_rc1_testing/recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (5158 KB)...

FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))

finished. total time: 0.000s

Julies-MacBook-Pro:~ Julie$ /Users/Julie/Desktop/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/fastboot flash recovery /Users/Julie/Downloads/vision_pre_rc1_testing.zipsending 'recovery' (5305 KB)...

FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))

finished. total time: 0.000s

Julies-MacBook-Pro:~ Julie$
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoffmas:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD

download the cwm recovery.img from the link and try again (3.0.2.4 is very stable)...

did you try to insert a different sdcard? maybe your sdcard is broken and it has nothing to do with recovery...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ditamae:
Have you read this particular thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1039504&page=2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
i run into this error

md5sum: can't open '/dev/block/mmcblk0p27': No such file or director

~ # cd /dev/block/

/dev/block # ls

loop0 loop2 loop4 loop6 mmcblk0 platform

loop1 loop3 loop5 loop7 mmcblk0p1
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoffmas:
"adb shell ls /dev/block" whats your output? are the partitions listed?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13895268&;postcount=48

to check your emmc
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
Julies-MacBook-Pro:platform-tools Julie$ /Users/Julie/Desktop/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools/adb shell ls /dev/block

loop0 loop2 loop4 loop6 mmcblk0 platform

loop1 loop3 loop5 loop7 mmcblk0p1

~ # cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name

cat: can't open '/sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name': No such file or directory

~ # cat /proc/kmsg | grep mmc0

<3>[ 4.155456] mmc0: No card detect facilities available

<6>[ 4.156005] mmc0: Qualcomm MSM SDCC at 0x00000000a0500000 irq 98,0 dma 7

<6>[ 4.156280] mmc0: Platform slot type: MMC

<6>[ 4.156402] mmc0: 4 bit data mode disabled

<6>[ 4.156646] mmc0: 8 bit data mode enabled

<6>[ 4.156799] mmc0: MMC clock 144000 -> 50000000 Hz, PCLK 96000000 Hz

<6>[ 4.157043] mmc0: Slot eject status = 0

<6>[ 4.157165] mmc0: Power save feature enable = 1

<6>[ 4.157318] mmc0: DM non-cached buffer at ffa0c000, dma_addr 0x2ae95000

<6>[ 4.157562] mmc0: DM cmd busaddr 0x2ae95000, cmdptr busaddr 0x2ae95300

<3>[ 4.279235] mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising MMC card
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoffmas:
hm doesn´t look good... but to be sure i would swap to http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=g2root and post is there again...

my knowledge is not good enough to go further :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
i think the issue has something to do with the missing block partitions is there anyway to recreate them?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
Brick phone fix

I found a fix/workaround using an SD Card as an eMMC replacement i posted the information in the first post i hope this helps some of you peoples out there with bricked phones
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captainreynolds:
That's incredible work there. Too bad about the sd but at least you didn't have to buy a new phone!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollegeBound1987:
i figure that i could make one of the user partitions larger so that the phone can utilize the 8gb card it will just think its internal storage