Help Help: lg optiums elite, Is it broken?

[Slick]

i rooted my phone with poot and downloaded (rom manager) i know i should not have done it but i did not know at the time, i selected the lg optumis m+ as my phone( witch it was not ) and selected back up current rom. the screen went black then said " download in progress do not disconnect cable"
and is stuck like that i tried to take out the battery and still dose the same thing. is my phone bricked?

 

[kwknott]

It's pretty screwed.. The problem with using Rom Manager to flash recovery meant for another phone is partitions vary from phone to phone. You probably overwrote an important partition which is why you are getting Download Mode only. You can try to restore by following the jcase root procedure which flashes an entire rooted firmware but in the past this has caused people's phones to lose their nvram info so even if it fixes phone you won't be able to make calls, texts or data.

 

[Slick]

thanks for your help. i just called virgin mobile and played dumb, and i will get a new phone

 

[kwknott]

There is a new method to unbrick the Elite without losing nvram data. It is supposed to fix phones like yours. I havnlen't tried it but you can look into it if you want

http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=5050955

 

[Slick]

There is a new method to unbrick the Elite without losing nvram data. It is supposed to fix phones like yours. I havnlen't tried it but you can look into it if you want

Unbricking your Sprint or Virgin Mobile USA phone using official tools and dll and bin files - Android Forums

thanks for the link im alredy getting a new one but if i brick that one ill try this.

 

[kwknott]

You could try it out on the messed up one and let us know how it works

 

[DroidMello]

I would be careful with your new phone. Rooting voids the manufacturer warranty. Most likely VM will not catch it this time but if you try to send back another phone that just "stopped working" they may do a closer inspection and charge you for the replacement phones.

I wouldn't feel 100% safe that you won't get charged (Or get disconnected if you don't pay) sending back a phone that has a ROM for another phone on it. When a phone fails for unknown reasons they do often have a technician look at it to try to figure out what went wrong. You might want to try to restore it as much as possible even if you still send it back.

 

[Slick]

I would be careful with your new phone. Rooting voids the manufacturer warranty. Most likely VM will not catch it this time but if you try to send back another phone that just "stopped working" they may do a closer inspection and charge you for the replacement phones.

I wouldn't feel 100% safe that you won't get charged (Or get disconnected if you don't pay) sending back a phone that has a ROM for another phone on it. When a phone fails for unknown reasons they do often have a technician look at it to try to figure out what went wrong. You might want to try to restore it as much as possible even if you still send it back.

in that case i might try it, thanks