Help Battery Died durring flash back to 2.1

[nadabomber]

died about 60% through. now it wont charge on charger or computer but will stay powered up when plugged into either, sometimes. but only thing on the screen is Bootloader 30.1 in the top left.. code corrupt down the left a few lines below that, then below that it just flashes battery low cannot program. I try to power+camera+volume down and nothing i also try to home+power and nothing....wtf do i do here???

 

[quietguy]

I think you need to recharge your battery on someone else's phone or borrow a charged battery and flash it again.

 

[ECFfighter7232]

died about 60% through. now it wont charge on charger or computer but will stay powered up when plugged into either, sometimes. but only thing on the screen is Bootloader 30.1 in the top left.. code corrupt down the left a few lines below that, then below that it just flashes battery low cannot program. I try to power+camera+volume down and nothing i also try to home+power and nothing....wtf do i do here???

I think I remember seeing another thread with something similar to this happening... the person had to rig up an old usb cable he cut to get the wires then basically held them to the contacts on the battery (+ to + and - to - obviously) while putting the battery back into the phone to get the phone to have a constant power and charge the battery so he could finish the flash.... sounded sketchy to me though...

 

[nadabomber]

I think you need to recharge your battery on someone else's phone or borrow a charged battery and flash it again.

Are we even sure that with a charged battery it will stop flashing that message and i will be able to boot back into regular bootloader?

 

[Exiled]

Hope this helps. I posted this for someone else with the same problem, and they said it worked.

Unbricking Your Droid X - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

"Code Corrupt" Error
Some Info
Chances are that if you are getting this error, you probably tried to reflash the .sbf and something went awry (for me it was that I only waited to charge the battery for 10% ).
Symptoms
You'll know your at this screen because, well, you'll be scared to death for your phone. This screen looks like the bootloader screen but it says "Code Corrupt" on it. If the screen says that your battery is okay and RSD Lite can still see it when you connect it to your computer, scroll up to The Infinite Boot Loop and go to the section How to Fix in order to fix the error.
How to Fix
One thing that you may notice is that when you have this error, your phone will not charge the battery and you'll only be able to see the screen turn on if its plugged into the wall. Somewhere on the screen it will say "Your Battery is Low" and "Cannot Reprogram" or something like that. The easiest way to get through this is to find a friend with a charged battery or go to your local Verizon store and see if they have a demo phone they can use to charge your battery. If you're like me though you will not be lucky in any sense like this so you will have to find the MacGyver inside of you and get a little creative. What you need for this is an old USB cord. One end must be a standard USB cable head and the other can pretty much be anything. Once you have that, follow these steps:

NOTE: I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE DONE TO ANY PHONE, BATTERY, ETC. FOLLOW THESE STEPS WITH CAUTION TO AVOID RISK OF DAMAGE.

1. Take your cable and cut off one of the ends, leaving a standard USB plug at the opposite end to plug into your computer.

2. Now you need to strip about and inch of the wire off until you get to the core where you should see 4 colored wires (red, black, white, and green). The colors don't really matter and they may vary, just as long as you can see a red wire and a black wire.

3. Strip off about a quarter inch of the rubber sleeving on the red and black cables, exposing the actual metal wire.

4. Twist the metal strands of each of the wires a couple of times so that all of the wires from the black cable are together and all of the wires from the red cable are together. This is just to make sure that you don't create a short circuit.

5. Here's where it gets a little tricky. You are going to use this cable to make the phone think the battery is fully charged, when in fact you will just be powering the phone using the power from the USB port. Pull out the battery on your phone and find the 4 exposed metal slots (the battery terminals).

6. Each of the far terminals should be labeled with a plus (+) or a minus (-). What you need to do is put exposed leads on the red wire up to the positive terminal and the leads of the black wire up to the negative terminal.

7. While still holding the leads on their respective terminals, slide the battery back into place in the phone. MAKE SURE THE WIRES ARE NOT TOUCHING WHEN YOU PUT THE BATTERY INTO THE PHONE! BAD THINGS COULD HAPPEN ONCE YOU PLUG THE CORD INTO THE COMPUTER!

Note: As tested by parm289, you can skip step 7 and just use the cable to charge the battery if you'd like. He recommends allowing it to charge for 6-7 minutes before placing it back into the phone. Thanks parm!

8. Once the battery is in place and the wires are on the correct terminals but not touching each other, plug the USB cord into the computer. If all has gone as it should, the screen on your phone should come on (may have to press the power button) and the phone should be telling you that the battery charge is okay and that it is okay to program. YAY! Your phone is almost back to normal!

9. Go back up to the previous section in this post that tells you how to reflash the .sbf and follow all of the instructions there. Once that has finished flashing the .sbf to your phone, your phone should be back to working order! You will most likely have to redo the entire setup on your phone but at least your phone is no longer a fancy paperweight

 

[nadabomber]

Hope this helps. I posted this for someone else with the same problem, and they said it worked.

Unbricking Your Droid X - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

you sir are a damn genius, luckily i had an extra usb cord laying around and this worked like a charm, someone should sticky this guys fix it was great

 

[nadabomber]

only one problem now is the battery icon is black with a question mark. and in the middle of the screen when i plug into charge it sais "Invalid Battery" Your device battery is invalid and cannot be charged. Replace the battery with an original Motorola Battery. How do i fix this lol.

edit: when i plug it into the wall charger the Motorola logo comes up and then when the 3d battery with the juice in the iddle is suppose to come up a silver outlined battery with a silver question mark in the middle comes up... so basically wont charge like that either, any ideas?

Verizon is sending me out a new one and asked me if i installed anything called froyo or rooted as when the tech people inspect the phone if they find any sighn of that it would void my warranty and i would have to pay the full retail of the phone they are sending me. I played dumb said i didn't know what the hell they were talking about. With the phone pushed back to 2.1 and i formatted my sd card is there anyway for them to know i was rooted and at 2.2??

I guess this is a 2 part question about the battery and the phone itself, sorry for being so long

 

[nadabomber]

anyone have a thought on this problem now

 

[spb21]

I don't know that I would be admitting to theft by deception on a public forum. But that's just me... Nervous Nelly.

 

[Martimus]

Verizon is sending me out a new one and asked me if i installed anything called froyo or rooted as when the tech people inspect the phone if they find any sighn of that it would void my warranty and i would have to pay the full retail of the phone they are sending me. I played dumb said i didn't know what the hell they were talking about. With the phone pushed back to 2.1 and i formatted my sd card is there anyway for them to know i was rooted and at 2.2??

My guess is yes... there may be a way for them to figure out if you installed the leaked Froyo. It'll depend on a lot of factors... whether or not the SBF flash completed successfully... what secret commands are still hidden in Android that people haven't discovered yet... and how much information the encrypted bootloader holds. To name a few...

Sending the phone back in that state is risky! And I certainly don't recommend fiddling with the firmware on the phone and then sending it back to Verizon when it does not work out. If luck is with you, they won't spend that much time troubleshooting the phone before tossing it on the RTV pile.

And I'm with spb21... publically announcing that you're defrauding Verizon Wireless is not a good idea. Are you aware that Verizon employees frequent this forum?