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Help Another Nexus S Brick !

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draotic

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my first post here
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i had android gingerbread on my phone and wanted the ICS . .
i downloaded the ICS update file , switched off my phone
then switched it on with (Power + vol. up) combination and chose install update from sd card
it installed and i chose 'reboot system now' .. . .but now it wont reboot and phone is like it doesnt have a battery
this is/WAS(unless you help) my first android phone and i messed it up on 2nd day , so please help considering me as a complete noob
thanks in advance
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P.S
it might have happened because i unplugged its USB from comp. while it was updating , not sure though
 
or perhaps the battery is too dead ?

what level do you have on the batt when you plug the phone [OFF] and let it charge ?
 
razvan06 said:
So the battery is charging normally under "power off" ?
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nah , icant see a thing on the screen
i looked aroung , used a tool ' unbrickable ' and managed to lit 2 buttons on the phone but i get stuck when i am supposed to flash the image
how do i do that ??
help out a noob please ! :confused:
 
You could try to get it fixed if you are still under warranty ,it can't be opened ,so they will not notice the "unlocked" part ,IF you are rooted ...i don't know what to say about this ,it's very strange .

Also ,if you say that you are getting stuck when you try to flash the image ,you are in FASTBOOT or in recovery ?
-if you are in recovery ,flash a custom recovery from HERE >> Search Nexus S/4G [what ever you have] ,put the downloaded file under /Android/SDK/Platform-tools/ folder and remane it to "recovery" so it will be "recovery.img" and flash it from CMD with this line : " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img " in the FASTBOOT menu of the phone.

In case this works and you can enter recovery >> WITHOUT RESTARTING YOUR PHONE !! << and try not to disconnect it this time :) ...go to "mounts & storage" and search for "mount" ,select it and leave it like that ...download a ROM from HERE [fastest 4.0.4 ICS ROM available] put it on your SD partition and install it from recovery !

If you are NOT rooted ,i wrote this for nothing and will need to walk you through some steps... but only if you can get in fastboot on your phone :)
 
razvan06 said:
You could try to get it fixed if you are still under warranty ,it can't be opened ,so they will not notice the "unlocked" part ,IF you are rooted ...i don't know what to say about this ,it's very strange .

Also ,if you say that you are getting stuck when you try to flash the image ,you are in FASTBOOT or in recovery ?
-if you are in recovery ,flash a custom recovery from HERE >> Search Nexus S/4G [what ever you have] ,put the downloaded file under /Android/SDK/Platform-tools/ folder and remane it to "recovery" so it will be "recovery.img" and flash it from CMD with this line : " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img " in the FASTBOOT menu of the phone.

In case this works and you can enter recovery >> WITHOUT RESTARTING YOUR PHONE !! << and try not to disconnect it this time :) ...go to "mounts & storage" and search for "mount" ,select it and leave it like that ...download a ROM from HERE [fastest 4.0.4 ICS ROM available] put it on your SD partition and install it from recovery !

If you are NOT rooted ,i wrote this for nothing and will need to walk you through some steps... but only if you can get in fastboot on your phone :)
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thanks man , dont really know if it was rooted , got it from someone else.....
i got to a stage when the 2 right buttons were lit , i guess thats recovery mode...
will try and update you soon !
thanks
 
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