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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 19:15    Post subject: So I think I bricked my phone
and now I can't seem to fix it. T_T
Fuuuuuu!!!! Why did I have to update to cm14.1 on it's first release?!?!

Ohh well.
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Janz




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 19:38    Post subject:
dead usb flash?
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freiwald




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 19:40    Post subject:
Karma is a bitch hehehehe
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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 19:43    Post subject:
Janz wrote:
dead usb flash?


I can still flash some roms, just that anything I flash won't boot. Just gives me a black screen and a steady led-light. As I can't enter the OS I can't even unlock the bootloader so I can't sideload custom recovery nor custom kernels.
I've now spent 2 hours on this and it's just me venting as I'll give it a shot some time later.

freiwald wrote:
Karma is a bitch hehehehe


In what way?
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Bob Barnsen




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 19:44    Post subject:
Aww Yeah



// Flashed wrong combo of ROM / Baseband ?
Like, are both based on for example Android 6.0?
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Janz




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 19:56    Post subject:
im atm not into flashing androids devices, must think a bit about it

but if it helps you a bit: if it would have been a windows phone -> there is no way to completely kill them. a dead usb flash is always possible Wink (unless you are stupid and flash a wrong engineering bootloader onto the device Razz but even then it should be still recoverable)
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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 20:05    Post subject:
Bob Barnsen wrote:
Aww Yeah



// Flashed wrong combo of ROM / Baseband ?
Like, are both based on for example Android 6.0?


Nope, tried to update to cm14.1 without using one of the custom kernels (it was just in a loop while booting) and I did a twrp recovery but that maybe did something to the baseband where the sim-card wasn't found. So I tried reverting back to older roms and then I totally fudged it. Cool Face
2 hours so far, yay....

Janz wrote:
im atm not into flashing androids devices, must think a bit about it

but if it helps you a bit: if it would have been a windows phone -> there is no way to completely kill them. a dead usb flash is always possible Wink (unless you are stupid and flash a wrong engineering bootloader onto the device Razz but even then it should be still recoverable)


It's ok, I'll figure it out eventually as I'm not in the mood of buying a new phone. Mad
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HubU
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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 20:39    Post subject:
freiwald wrote:
Karma is a bitch hehehehe

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Berthold Auerbach
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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 21:03    Post subject:
I'm starting to think you guys don't know what karma means.... Sad
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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 21:13    Post subject:
Sucks
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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 22:34    Post subject:
There must be a way to fix it if you can flash it still. You should seek help on those specialised android dev forums.
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freiwald




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PostPosted: Wed, 21st Dec 2016 22:49    Post subject:
it's just a soft brick, of course it's fixable Very Happy
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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2016 00:13    Post subject:
freiwald wrote:
it's just a soft brick, of course it's fixable Very Happy

OK, problem solved everybody! Good teamwork!
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Xenthalon




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2016 08:23    Post subject:
Yeah dude, as long as you still can get into the bootloader you are fine. And when you can still enter twrp even better. Can't you just get your original ROM and flash that? Otherwise hit the xda-developers.com forums for your device and get some help.

The closest I ever got to a hard brick was with a Samsung Galaxy device a friend had; there were apparently two variants of it out there, one easily flashable and one where you first had to reflash the bootloader (which I didn't know). After flasing it wrongly, the only way to boot it into the bootloader was to get a very specific resistor and bridge two of the micro-usb contacts. Man what an adventure to get that friends phone working again Very Happy
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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2016 10:16    Post subject:
@Xenthalon

For some reason, whatever I flash it just gives me a black screen on boot or keeps bootlooping.
It's weird as fuck and I can't figure out why it's doing that.
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Rage




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2016 16:51    Post subject:
merry bricking! Smile

Clown Fiesta
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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2016 17:16    Post subject:
HubU wrote:
freiwald wrote:
Karma is a bitch hehehehe


Most of the times, those that laugh about it, get fucked up heavily soon I'll be there to remind you guys.
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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Thu, 22nd Dec 2016 19:19    Post subject:
harry_theone wrote:
HubU wrote:
freiwald wrote:
Karma is a bitch hehehehe


Most of the times, those that laugh about it, get fucked up heavily soon I'll be there to remind you guys.


But I don't get it, what does karma have to do with me bricking my phone... o.O
I mean, they could have said "rumplestiltskin likes coffe" and it would have the same meaning as "karma is a bitch" in this context.

What would have been more appropriate would have been this;

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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Jan 2017 20:42    Post subject:
Good news everyone!
I got my phone back, turns out that something one the mainboard was kaput and to replace the whole thing.
Oneplus's customer care isn't that bad, took like 10 days all in all. ^_^
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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Jan 2017 21:32    Post subject:
Noice.
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Mr.Tinkles




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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Jan 2017 21:38    Post subject:
Thankies.
After hearing about One+'s crappy customer service I wasn't expecting anything so this was quite a surprise. Very Happy
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