Root Bricked??

[stephejo]

Advice anyone??

I bricked my Droid yesterday. Either that or I had a sudden fatal hardware problem. I can't tell.

To make matters 1000x worse, DroidForum was down yesterday afternoon when this was happening!! Arrrgh!

Here's what happened...

Four days ago, I went from stock Moto Droid 2.1 and flashed the following (in order):
SPRecovery
Bugless Beast v1.0
Bekit 1.0GHz 7-slot LV kernel
ClockworkMod Recovery
HelixLauncher1
SetCPU (OC to 1000)

Things were 100% fine for three days. No issues at all.

SUDDENLY and without any warning yesterday, I take my Droid out of its holster and it is on the BootLauncher

I can't get it out of Bootlauncher.

Tried to flash a few Recovery versions. No luck.
Still boots to BootLauncher

Battery finally died and I can't charge it or boot it at all.

HELP!!! Can anyone help me get my phone up and running (or even back to stock to have Verizon replace/repair)??

(I finally went to Verizon and added a 2nd line and got a basic LG flip phone as a backup. I am a doctor and dozens of calls went unanswered yesterday. I'm thinking such with such a "critical need" I probably should run stock? Or get an Incredible as my main phone and play with the Droid? Not wild about having a belt full of devices!)

Thanks!!

 

[snowman9031]

try taking out battery? Can you get back into clockwork?

 

[Fadelight]

How about flashing a fresh SBF? If you aren't getting past the bootloader, then the recovery won't help you. You have to dig deeper.


Follow these directions. Post back when done.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/47349-now-you-can-live-without-fear-bricking.html

 

[Rodeojones]

For charging your battery, use the wall charger. Once completely dead plugging into the computer isn't effective. Plug it in and leave it for a while (like 8 hours or more). Worked for me when I had my phone completely die a few weeks ago.

 

[droidpcguru]

Yup.. sounds like something went corrupt with possibly the kernel.. Rare, but it does happen.

Charge it up, flash the SBF, re-root and start over. If it does it again, just reflash the SBF and call Verizon for a replacement.

 

[Soultics]

As a doctor I'd say reliability > fun, at least when a lot of your business is likely done over the phone. But I'm not you nor a doctor so I wouldn't know really, the Incredible is a good phone that is faster than the droid at stock. It still won't be able to do the "root" things, but honestly I could live with the Sense UI.

 

[gwlaw99]

Read this thread
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/47349-now-you-can-live-without-fear-bricking.html

 

[glitch32]

Wow that's kinda scary. I'm curious to see what happens.

 

[DroidSuks]

I to am a doctor.. the hospital provides me with a BB for unlimited use... or more to the point... their unlimited access to me... I shower with the damn thing.

Probably the reason I hate BB..

 

[stephejo]

I charged it for 10 hours. Still boots into Bootloader, but now its flashing "battery Low -- Cannot program" so I don;t think I will be able to flash SBF.

Verizon is sending me a replacement... of course I never told them mine was rooted/OC'd when the problem started.

Should I root the new one or bag it (unless I get a Incredible as my daily driver?)??

Thanks for all the help.

 

[ssantan2]

be weary of sending it to verizon because if they find out that you have tried to install a ROM and thats the cause of the issue you might get charged the cost of the phone.

When you say Bootloader what exactly to do mean, the M logo?

 

[stephejo]

be weary of sending it to verizon because if they find out that you have tried to install a ROM and thats the cause of the issue you might get charged the cost of the phone.

When you say Bootloader what exactly to do mean, the M logo?

The M logo appears.

Then the screen goes black and ...

_____________________________

Bootloader v???? (can't remember the number)

Battery Low
Cannot Program

______________________________


What can I do to wipe the ROM before I send it in?

 

[stephejo]

Yup.. sounds like something went corrupt with possibly the kernel.. Rare, but it does happen.

Charge it up, flash the SBF, re-root and start over. If it does it again, just reflash the SBF and call Verizon for a replacement.

It doesn't seem to be taking a charge now. I have it plugged into the wall charger.

I will try charging again and see if I can reflash the SBF using the PC Utility

This really sucks!!

Thanks all for help and input.

 

[stephejo]

try taking out battery? Can you get back into clockwork?

Before the battery drained and it wouldn't take a charge, I was able to boot into Clockwork> I tried several backups with no help.

 

[droidpcguru]

Use the new phone to charge the battery, then flash the SBF to the old one before returning it

 

[stephejo]

Use the new phone to charge the battery, then flash the SBF to the old one before returning it

Where do I download the stock SBF??

 

[droidpcguru]

Where do I download the stock SBF??

Up above in Fadelight's post is a link to the thread " Now you can live without fear".. that has all the info/links for the SBF.