hey look, this noob bricked his tb

Mar 26, 2011
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Hey all, my phone wont start up past the thunderbolt intro.

(short explanation -I rooted my phone successfully and then failed to back up my stock form. The rom i tried booted up ok but had numerous force quit errors and wouldnt let me talk or use apps so i went back to the bootloader and tried to factory reset. my phones been a brick ever since)

I rooted my phone through corys thread (worked great)
Downloaded
superuser
busybox
clockwork rom manager
shootme
rootme (to check that i was rooted)
titanium backup
restarted the phone a couple times and then everything was able to work fine.

then i followed a youtube vids instructions on how to even use titaniumbackup and i went to batch and back up all. thought it worked fine.

then i tried to use this (Das BAMF 1.3.2)
i went into boot and clockworkmod and told it to install from the zip i placed in my sd card. it worked and rebooted and then once i unlocked the phone i was hit with many errors only allowing me to forcequit things and it was terrible so then i realized i put and older das bamf on there so i tried the link at the top and it remained to be terrible. (my fault i know)

anyways i went back to factory reset and it's been bricked for over 12 hours.

i tried redoing the root attempt by using the last PG05IMG.zip and it wouldnt recognize and then i tried completely starting the entire root process again but when i get into fastboot it says that bad image **** and doesnt ask to upgrade.



my very last option without non-noob help is to try and fool verizon but the clockwork mod shows up in the boot screen if you choose recover and that's a big red flag to mr verizon tech i bet lol

Really enjoyed reading and learning a lot of things you guys have contributed, at least i rooted my phone ok. HUGE THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR TRYING TO SAVE ME
 
Also forgot to mention that my 32g sd stopped working so i've been using my old sd from my blackberry to put the zips on i've been trying to load. Is that a problem? it has no android files on it. But when i was troubleshooting when this originally happened the original sd was working then.
 
your phone isnt bricked!!!! brick means that it wont even turn on as long as your phone turns on then u aint bricked!!!....

turn off your phone and plug it to the wall right after it shuts down. this should open recovery
 
hey thanks for trying to help!

Well i know my card is ****ed cause i put it other devices (usb card reader and my old storm) and when i try and put roms on it to try and load it wont even allow me to put the zips on anymore. and now it says i plugged in a bad device and wont even open up.

i am able to wipe cache and factory reset but i dont think i know how to load a rom. i think i failed there in the first place. my skype name is the same as this so if you wanna talk me through anything thatd be amazing
 
ok after u wipe all that stuff in recovery click on install from sdcard then click choose from sdcard locate where the rom is and thats it
 
i put this zip in the root of my sd card and when i go to select a rom to load from sd it doesnt appear on the list. am i sposed to rename it or put a .zip behind it or something?

also i'm going to reformat 32g sd card and then try andf load it on there and see if it recognizes
 
nevermind**

thanks so much. i'm so glad it isn't bricked lol

learned too much info too fast for my own good i think, perfect storm is installing as we speak =D