Task29 didn't complete; can't enter bootloader.

[razorloves]

have you tried post #2?

[Matthew1034]

Originally Posted by razorloves

try takin out the mem card and sim card and leave the battery out for a few minutes.

That helped keep the bootloader screen on a little bit longer. I'm going to leave it apart and try again when I wake up.

Originally Posted by razorloves

have you tried post #2?

Yes, I tried that combo to no avail. Tried it every way I could imagine -- battery out then in, on/off wall charger/USB PC cable, etc etc.

I'll update this post when something new comes up.

Also, when I successfully flashed the task29 .nbh, I didn't get the garbled text on the bootloader screen, but then when I tried to flash a rom via the SD card, it turned off again in the middle of it and I'm back to square one.

I'm kind of thinking it's a hardware problem or a battery problem, but I'm not entirely sure yet. I need to rule out the ROM flash failure.

[Matthew1034]

Ok, I managed to successfully flash Energy's ROM after trying everything I've posted thus far. The key was to:

1) Extract the RHODIMG.nbh from task29.exe (7-zip), slap it on an SD card, and then flash task29 via SD card in the short window the faulty bootloader left open. The bootloader came on either a) spontaneously while plugged in or b) when I would remove and then replace the battery while the phone was plugged into the computer via USB.

1a) Note that the bootloader recognized the .nbh on the SD card even though it wouldn't connect via USB to the Custom_RUU on the PC.
1b) Also note that task29 is a perfect fix for these types of bootloader errors resulting from faulty flashes as task29 will flash from the SD card in about 15-20 seconds, which is barely enough time when the thing is cycling spontaneously and there isn't enough time to flash anything else.

2) Then I left the phone unplugged with the battery, sim card, and memory card out (though I didn't have a sim card to begin with) for about 3 hours.

3) Then I put the RHODIMG.nbh from Energy's ROM (any ROM would work, I'm sure) on the SD card (after formatting to erase the task29 .nbh), assembled the phone w/battery and SD card installed and then performed vol,d+pwr to enter bootloader and from there it was like normal.

Thanks for the tips guys; case is closed as far as I'm concerned!

[Wesley762]

Originally Posted by Matthew1034

Ok, I managed to successfully flash Energy's ROM after trying everything I've posted thus far. The key was to:

1) Extract the RHODIMG.nbh from task29.exe (7-zip), slap it on an SD card, and then flash task29 via SD card in the short window the faulty bootloader left open. The bootloader came on either a) spontaneously while plugged in or b) when I would remove and then replace the battery while the phone was plugged into the computer via USB.

2) Then I left the phone unplugged with the battery, sim card, and memory card out (though I didn't have a sim card to begin with) for about 3 hours.

3) Then I put the RHODIMG.nbh from Energy's ROM (any ROM would work, I'm sure) on the SD card (after formatting to erase the task29 .nbh), assembled the phone w/battery and SD card installed and then performed vol,d+pwr to enter bootloader and from there it was like normal.

Thanks for the tips guys; case is closed as far as I'm concerned!

Good to hear you got it fixed.

[thewhitenoise]

So the exact same thing happened to me. female side of usb port was faulty and created instability. Glad I found this post! phone is up and running

[Matthew1034]

Originally Posted by thewhitenoise

So the exact same thing happened to me. female side of usb port was faulty and created instability. Glad I found this post! phone is up and running

Did you put Task29 on the SD card and go that route?