Root Sorry.. Maybe bricked phone?

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

Hey guys..

Ive commented on this forum a fair few times, and its always impressed me how quickly everyone has got back to me and how helpful everyone is!
im sorry for coming to you with another bootloop problem!!

however my phone wont go past the first phase!
im not quite sure what i did.. im used to switching between roms fairly often..
factory reset before each one.. but this time it just never turned on
i cant get onto anything by pressing volume buttons whilst turning on..

not quite sure what to do.
any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Tom

Mobstergunz · May 21, 2012

Can you go into download mode?

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

if that is holding volume up and the power button..
im afraid not.

thanks for the speedy response

amzer81 · May 21, 2012

I think its volume down + Power

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

amzer81 said:
I think its volume down + Power

That still gives me nothing..
not looking good is it!

agentc13 · May 21, 2012

1. What exactly were you doing when this happened? (the more details the better).

2. Have you taken out the battery and help the power down for about 20 seconds, then put the battery back in before trying to get to recovery or download mode?

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

agentc13 said:
1. What exactly were you doing when this happened? (the more details the better).

2. Have you taken out the battery and help the power down for about 20 seconds, then put the battery back in before trying to get to recovery or download mode?

I havent used my phone for about 2 weeks, it was on the open kang rom.. I decided to change it to bkernel v2.2.. downloaded it wiped the phone and installed zip.
tried to turn it on been stuck on the opening google sign since.

The battery was only 25% when i tried this so that could have been the problem, i am currently trying to charge it up to see if that will push it over.
the only way i can get it to turn off is via battery out, so i have tried that many times...

agentc13 · May 21, 2012

tommywiggles said:
I havent used my phone for about 2 weeks, it was on the open kang rom.. I decided to change it to bkernel v2.2.. downloaded it wiped the phone and installed zip.
tried to turn it on been stuck on the opening google sign since.

The battery was only 25% when i tried this so that could have been the problem, i am currently trying to charge it up to see if that will push it over.
the only way i can get it to turn off is via battery out, so i have tried that many times...

1. I don't believe bkernel 2.2 supports AOKP (it's for the stock based ROMs). So if you didin't change to a stock ROM that's why the boot loop.

2. When you pull the battery are you leaving it out and holding power down for 20-30 seconds? Or just pulling it?

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

agentc13 said:
1. I don't believe bkernel 2.2 supports AOKP (it's for the stock based ROMs). So if you didin't change to a stock ROM that's why the boot loop.

2. When you pull the battery are you leaving it out and holding power down for 20-30 seconds? Or just pulling it?

wow im stupid.. i had no idea i just figured the roms all ran standalone..
you want me to pull the battery and then hold the power button whilst its out?

im sorry if i seem stupid..
its possibly cause i am

agentc13 · May 21, 2012

Yes, pull the battery and hold the power button while it is out for a good 30 seconds. Then put the battery back in and try to boot into recovery (power and both volume buttons).

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

agentc13 said:
Yes, pull the battery and hold the power button while it is out for a good 30 seconds. Then put the battery back in and try to boot into recovery (power and both volume buttons).

so thankful right now..
that did the trick.
thank you so so much.

which rom is safe to load bkernal off?
just so i dont make that mistake again..

again all my thanks to you guys youve been a great help

agentc13 · May 21, 2012

tommywiggles said:
so thankful right now..
that did the trick.
thank you so so much.

which rom is safe to load bkernal off?
just so i dont make that mistake again..

again all my thanks to you guys youve been a great help

well, bkernel is just a kernel, not a complete ROM. If you want to use that kernel, you need to use a stock based ROM. He also has a CM7 kernel. but that is like 1.7 or something. Check out the ROM list here: http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/385385-guide-motorola-triumph-all-things-root-guide-updated-04-22-2012-a.html (they are all under the heading ROMs, and have instructions on how to flash them in the ROM thread itself).

I would just stick with flashing a ROM and using the kernel it comes with until you are more comfortable about how it all works.

b_randon14 · May 21, 2012

Yeah even though my froyo is at 2.2 and cm7 is at 1.4 they are pretty much identical aside from cm7 specific changes!

But yeah kernels are only made for certain roms mainly because of the ramdisk a.k.a the initram which is a aeperate part of the kernel that loads the rom up at boot. So a froyo ramdisk is going to be different from a ics or gingerbread ramdisk. Hope that helps clear it up!

tommywiggles · May 21, 2012

agentc13 said:
well, bkernel is just a kernel, not a complete ROM. If you want to use that kernel, you need to use a stock based ROM. He also has a CM7 kernel. but that is like 1.7 or something. Check out the ROM list here: http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/385385-guide-motorola-triumph-all-things-root-guide-updated-04-22-2012-a.html (they are all under the heading ROMs, and have instructions on how to flash them in the ROM thread itself).

I would just stick with flashing a ROM and using the kernel it comes with until you are more comfortable about how it all works.

yeah i shall do that! i wont make the mistake again...
one last thing.. is there anyway to put things on my sd card whilst the phone is like this?

Prinny · May 21, 2012

Go to Mounts and Storage > Mount Storage, I believe. If you're using CWM, it says something along those lines.

Deleted User · May 21, 2012

I don't think you can mount the SD card in cwm

b_randon14 · May 21, 2012

Yeah USB mounting doesn't work in our cwm port.

FroyoShark · May 23, 2012

Sorry I'm late :/
You can pull out the SD card and use an adapter to connected it to your computer.

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