TP2, Task29, lack of Sleep, Dead Battery, No Boot Loader and how to fix!

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Originally Posted by mwalt2

If you can flash a ROM to it, it wasn't bricked in the first place. The only way to brick a phone is to flash a radio made for a different device or unlock with the wrong unlocker (think GSM for CDMA phone).

Not quite true! Found here Definition of brick | The Online Slang Dictionary

A piece of electronic or computer equipment that has been rendered unusable. Especially used to describe what happens to devices like routers or PDAs during a firmware update when the firmware image is damaged or power is lost. This term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be "unbricked."
See more words meaning: broken
See more words meaning: computer slang

by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009 (Edit definition)

a large cellphone.
See more words meaning: telephone, phone

by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 21 2009 (Edit definition)



Ya I'm sure there are different definitions of "Bricked", Mine is if it isn't working and all available workarounds and fixes do not work I consider that the Phone is "Bricked" and due to the unusual way I had to get the Bootloader to run, also the Phone would not accept new input e.g.; Cooked Rom because it shuts off before installing because the RUU takes more than 3 sec to initialize.

There are posts on this forum and XDA as well as others that have this same or slightly different scenario but all have the same outcome "No Bootloader" and No Boot, I Bet those people that had to invest in a new expensive PPC thought their PPC were Toast or Bricked!

In my searches I not once came across a possible fix "No Bootloader" other than its Bricked get a new one or send it to the manufacturer, and now we have one at least for this device and this scenario!

Originally Posted by mwalt2

Bootloader on my phone (Sprint) is also accessed by holding volume down and holding the power button at the same time. Is it different for Telus phones?

Ya with Telus TP2`s it Volume Down and End Call Buttons!

Pictures self with stylus in teeth poking the reset button, holding phone fingers all distorted pushing buttons and wife asking me what the hell are you doing? every 2 days! lol

Originally Posted by mwalt2

Your 'flash dance' routine also seems a little excessive IMO.

LOL you think... so do I, I've changed my Dance.

Everyone has their own steps, I used to flash Stock Carrier then Custom then Wipe Device now it`s just Task29 then Custom then Wipe Device.

As for the Removing the sd card I don't like Garmin install loading on first boot and the wipe device prior to Task29 .... ya I stopped that to!

Originally Posted by mwalt2

All you really need to do is get the task29 with the splash screen image, run it (take 2 seconds or so), press+hold vol. down and power button (assuming that put's your phone in bootloader) when it get's to 100%, the phone then reboots into bootloader, and you can flash the a ROM.

Excerpt from my Thread:

Run Task29, and this is where I screwed up apparently... the few seconds it takes was a just enough time for me to fall asleep!``

The source of my original Problem. Hey your phone reboots to BootLoader, mine and everyone I talked to it reboots to the first splash screen and have to manually put into bootloader?

Originally Posted by mwalt2

I make my own ROMs and have flashed 100's that way and do not get any problems related to stuff left over from previous ROMs. You can skip all of the hard resets, unless you just like wasting time .

Which kitchen do you recommend?