Evo died after applying 6/28 OTA update for the second time.

[lucasjohnson]

I only updated once and have a bricked phone. Sprint was helfpul on the phone and said that Radio Shack can order a replacement and swap it out.

That's not very helpful if you need a phone today though.
I know that radio shack will replace it but I don't have a back up sprint phone to use because I just switched to sprint. So it sucks pretty bad.

 

[Chorizoman]

man this really sucks

i am on vacation in South Bend Indiana and i updated my HTC Evo, Recheck if and made sure that there wasnt another update and everything was clear But another update i received So i download it. now my phone will not also turn on. i when to a sprint store and let me say they said they havent seen one of these phoned in this area. hahaha so im stuck in till i got back to california next monday.

 

[crusty]

Help please

I received a notification for the OTA update, tapped the Home button by mistake, then wasn't able to get the notification back for me to click on. Does anyone know how to get the notification back so I can download the update? Sprint was no help at all, of course.

 

[joek1971]

Go to Settings --> System Updates --> HTC Software Update

 

[joek1971]

If you are having issues, pull battery. Also try to go back to factory defaults and then do the update again.

 

[sqeet]

Do NOT update twice

If you know you've installed the update once, if it re-offers, ignore the request.

It seems this is the consistent way to brick your phone during the update. It happened to mine. I downloaded the update once and installed it. Then after a battery pull later on (the phone had been fully updated and restarted), I got another notification to install the update. Thinking something went wrong the first time, I said Ok...and BRICKed.

I didn't want to post this in the update thread and have it get lost in 30 pages of comments.

 

[dougeetx]

Ouch! Did you get it back or do you have to take it back to the store? I'm sooo scared to update this phone. I'll wait until froyo comes out instead.

 

[trini4040]

Ogm..this new update killed my phone..am taking dead..like a brick..after the update..my phone turned off and i've not been able to turn it back on..even when i plug the charger in i get nothing..not even the charge light...what is this about ?..am calling sprint now..anyone else having problems with this new update ? THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME I DID THE UPDATE TWICE BY MISTAKE..NOW MY PHONE IS DEAD

 

[sqeet]

Yeah, I took it into the Sprint store. I'm getting a replacement tomorrow. It's definitely not fun.

Makes me wonder what kind of software update will keep the phone from even powering on, though.

 

[amc_oldsarge]

This happened to a fellow employee at our office. Bricked his phone, luckily he got a replacement the same day (his star's aligned, I guess).

Update it and leave it alone.

 

[dfine1966]

I got lucky and read about the offering twice. I know I updated the phone, but I see when you check for the HTC update, it says it is still there. Hopefully HTC will fix the problem. I keep telling it not to update again. Once is enough. I really don't want to brick the phone. But it will be annoying if it keeps offering the update.

 

[rem_kujawa]

WTF is there anyway to get it back on?

 

[crxssi]

Are you people that are getting the update offer again using rooted phones or something?

 

[Chorizoman]

i have gone to 4 sprint stores 2 best buys and no one has this HTC EVO in stock. I Am on the phone with sprint and they said they are out of stock... man This Suck... Will Never Double Update Again

 

[MirrorMMO]

Hmm... mine doesn't seem to have an update available?

 

[amc_oldsarge]

My buddies phone was a stock phone, never been rooted (he's a big chicken).

 

[Nostromo]

I tried it for a 2nd time and said no update available.I did it before hard reset and after, same response.

 

[rem_kujawa]

Mine was bone stock with about three apps that were installed.

 

[sqeet]

Unrooted, as well. Stock phone w/ a handful of apps installed. Just bad juju, I guess.

 

[bluediablito]

i just got out of work and i hit update but no update available. i am in new york and since this morning i have check my phone for update but nothing.................i guess sprint or htc don't love me lol
on my way home i pass by a sprint store and there was a women being escorted out the spring store. she was furious... and i wonder why lol. i guess now i know.


has any one successfully updated the phone? and is this a great time for people without rooting there phone to start reading the tutorial on how to root. (just wondering if you rooted your phone like i did and installed a stock rom can i unbrick the phone after a double update ?)