[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] licensedtoquill:
I figured as much: In fact I was going to repost with the heading "Help. My phone isn't bricked, What can I do next?"

[/QUOTE]Secondly until and unless you have working OS on your phone,it'll not be recognized by the computer,as it cannot establish connectivity through Activesync.[/QUOTE]

Absolutely correct: The phone isnt seen by the computer. The only way I can transfer a ROM onto it is to get to bootloader screen by pressing the LASSOO (not the camera button) while powering on and then putting the USB cable in.

[/QUOTE]Activesync will only detect your phone in a normal working status,so in present status,your phone doesn't bootup normally into working OS and it only goes into bootloaders,it will never be detected by the Activesync and thus your computer.

The only test to verify the connectivity of your phone with computer at present is that when you attach your phone with the USB cable to the PC and there appears small usb at the bottom of the bootloader screen,that means your phone has established connectivity with PC. [/QUOTE]

Yes, it does. And I know I shouldnt be able to, but I CAN flash a ROM from there! Not only flash it but also change the SPL/IPL! (which then appears both on the tricolour screen as well as on the frozen screen)

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It's a 'catch 22' situation,where your bootloaders are not accepting any Rom flash and the only way is to get your phone start working normal and unlock it[/QUOTE]

Now I am confused all over again: When it is unlocked, if I downgrade the IPL from 2.26 to 1.01, do I need to CID Unlock it all over again? I have successfully flashed Button and it showed 1/.01 on the frozen screen and I then successfully flashed Manufacturer's ROM and now it shows 2.26 again on the bootloader AND the frozen T-Mobile screen.

[/QUOTE] ,for that it's required to downgrade to ipl/spl 1.xx,or the other option is to flash the official rom to bring it back to it's default status and then try to downgrade to ipl/spl 1.xx and unlock it.

Well,as you say it's not charging that cud be a major hindrance in flashing,cuz it's recommended to have atleast 70% charged battery before starting any flash,[/QUOTE]

in practice I always flash on a full charge

[/QUOTE]if it does not retain charge during a flash and does not have enough juice left to complete the flash then the flash will not complete,it's a bad flash and phone usually stuck up at the bootloader screen,this cud also be the problem ,you are not getting a full proper flash.[/QUOTE]

Almost all of my flashed end successfully. On the one occasion they didnt, I was trying ot be a wiseguy when no ROM woudl work and tried flashing from the manufacturer's to Molski!! That didnt complete successfully and gave me instructions on how to unbrick. But after that I have now successfully flashed to the T-Mobile one.

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Try to fully charge your battery and then try to flash,if it's not charging,than check your charger or the usb plug of the charger,it might not be having a good connection with the mini usb port of your phone,wiggle it a bit and see if it starts to charge,[/QUOTE]

You have correctly identified another problem here: It does sometimes need wiggling to get it to charge. But it never seems to need wiggling to get the USB letters to appear on the bootloader screen???

[/QUOTE]secondly,it cud also be the mini usb port of your phone which might be malfunctioning,anyway verify and rectify the problem.if it's the usb plug of the charger,get a new charger,but if it's the mini usb port,than I'm afraid you'll have to get it repaired or replaced,

good luck :)[/QUOTE]

Is it likely to need this repair if USB always comes up on the tricolour screen without problems as soon as I plug the cable in to the port?