My TB is dead

[ZBoater]

My wife and I both have non-rooted TBs which started experiencing random reboots after the OTA. We went to the store and they ordered us two new ones. They'll be here Tuesday.

Yesterday my wife's TB rebooted, and got stuck at the HTC logo. She was unable to turn it off. I did a battery pull, and again, stuck at the HTC logo. I swapped my battery since hers was low, nothing. It's dead, Jim.

We called the store and they wouldn't swap it since one is already on order. My wife is a doctor, and being without a phone until Tuesday is not an option. So I loaned her mine. (Sigh).

I tried reflashing the latest signed ruu I got from another thread. I downloaded it onto my SD card, swapped cards, and I was able to hboot and the install seemed to go fine. However, it had no effect. It still gets stuck in the same spot.

Tried factory reset, recovery, nothing. Every time I reboot I get stuck at the logo and I need to pull the battery.

Out of curiosity more than anything else, any other things I can try?

Thanks.

 

[Forgetful]

hum might want to pop over to xda for this one.

 

[Chance]

That happened to my t-bolt, Verizon store said they have never seen it before and sent me one in the mail.

I read another thread where a guy got an emergency replacement st the store. What they did was opened a brand new one and gave it to him right there.

Try going to Verizon explain she works at hospital and can not go without phone. Basically tell them you need emergency replacement.

 

[ZBoater]

hum might want to pop over to xda for this one.

I did. 127 views and no replies. Must be everyone is at a Rapture party...

 

[nerdydesi]

I just killed mine yesterday here working at VZW in tech support. I took out the sim card from a Droid Charge to put into my TB to test the automatic SIM OTA activation. I broke the slide out sim card tray
and then tried to jam my sd card in the slot without the tray, and now cannot take it out. My TB will also not recognize the card. I have insurance but do not want to get another TB, already had issues with poor battery life, GPS not locking, etc. I don't think I qualify for a warranty replacement either.

The OTA update did not do anything negative to my phone. The only thing I noticed is that when I used mobile hotspot or internet connection mode, there'd be a pop-up mentioning its a free, limited time promotion. I have had a call yesterday about the OTA messing up a customer's phone and had to send the cust another unit. I just bought a Droid Charge and waiting for that to come in, I love Samsung's Super AMOLED screens (loved it on my Samsung Epic 4G), will like the superior battery life (1600mah vs 1400mah in the TB), HDMI out, etc.

 

[jkyu99]

Too late now but for future, I am a doctor too and use google voice and hand out that number to my colleagues. If a phone dies, i can sub another phone number into gvoice and no one at work is the wiser. Got rid of my pager at that point.

 

[FrankXS]

Too late now but for future, I am a doctor too and use google voice and hand out that number to my colleagues. If a phone dies, i can sub another phone number into gvoice and no one at work is the wiser. Got rid of my pager at that point.

OT, but, I just have to say that this is about the best use of Google Voice that there is.

-Frank

 

[FrankXS]

One thing that you should know about firmware updates (like the OTA for the TBolt, the firmware in your router, the firmware in your PC - called BIOS update, etc.) is this: every firmware update stands a chance of failing because it literally permanently changes the IC chip itself by electronically writing new information to it. These chips cannot be manufactured perfectly. They are about 99 percent reliable. But, occasionally, an update "write" will fail due to a bad chip (analogous to a bad sector on a hard disk). If that happens, you're, well, screwed. You'll need a new phone. Sounds like that may have been what happened to you.

-Frank