Let the Flaming Begin!! But It is bad.

[tom.etc]

Originally Posted by midiology

You know whats really cool in a situation like this?
if you cut a usb cable and plug it into your phone, then touch 2 of the wires to a 12 volt battery,,
then put the phone in the microwave for 3 seconds....

this successfully pops the rectifying diode that protects the phone from voltage spikes and reverse polarity,,, thus killing any abillity to connect to the phone ever again,,
and the microwave causes enough electromagnetic fluctuations to fry/garble the eeprom/nvram thus getting rid of any option to jtag to the phone through service solder pads
to read memory...

tada

i am pretty sure the soda that just shot out of my mouth and onto my desktop has i laughed uncontrollably at this excellent post, has ruined my mouse. off to the store. lol. very funny though.

[puff]

Originally Posted by midiology

You know whats really cool in a situation like this?
if you cut a usb cable and plug it into your phone, then touch 2 of the wires to a 12 volt battery,,
then put the phone in the microwave for 3 seconds....

this successfully pops the rectifying diode that protects the phone from voltage spikes and reverse polarity,,, thus killing any abillity to connect to the phone ever again,,
and the microwave causes enough electromagnetic fluctuations to fry/garble the eeprom/nvram thus getting rid of any option to jtag to the phone through service solder pads
to read memory...

tada

thankfully i wasn't drinking a soda

[midiology]

Originally Posted by Osteo

This info should probably be stickied for those who need to return a bricked / semibricked phone. I've already copied and saved to my desktop. Thanks Midiology. I hope I never have to use it but you never know....

LoL...
it worked great for me... I wanted to be sure there was no way for them to tell...

by the way for those who do use this method to kill their phone for return,,
when you hook it up to the battery or power supply to kill the usb connection,, make sure you only tap the wires real quick,, do not touch them together for more than just a quick tap.. listen for a pop to come from the phone,, this is the diode popping,,if you dont hear it,, try switching wires... the reason you only want to tap,, is if you touch them too long,, you can overheat/burn the etching on the mainboard and this will deffinitely throw up a red flag...

after your done with this before you put it in the microwave make sure and plug in your phone to your charger and see if the light doesnt come on,, this will ensure you killed the connection path..

now brick away,,, lol

[Rgamer84]

I would like to make note of my experience with trying to brick an old mogul i had laying around. I figured i would try just throwing the phone in the microwave to see if what people are saying is true about being able to brick it. There are a few red flags that come to light after doing this...

First - The smell... mmmmm, the smell of burning components. Very unmistakable and very easy to pick up on.

Second - The camera flash pops. Another sign that the phone was just thrown in a microwave to be replaced.

Third - Ripples on the screen. Putting the phone in the microwave for a longer time than 3 seconds will make ripples on the screen from it tightening.

Fourth - IT DIDN'T BRICK THE PHONE!!!! The phone is still working somehow but it destroyed the flash. I put the thing in there for 10 seconds but it still didn't kill the eeprom. I am not sure if i just have a hardcore phone or what the deal is but this thing doesn't break!!!! It only left me with a phone that smells bad and can't use a camera flash.

Just wanted to put in my tests for other people to see, this definitely is NOT the way to go.

[hogan]

You said I have tried the sd card method.. and yes i did name it TITAIMG.nbh
What size card are you using?
NOTE: It must be 2 GB or smaller.

I, myself, found this out the "stupid" way after "upgrading" to a nice big spacious 8 Gb card. I installed the TITAIMG.nbh on the root of the drive and kept scratching my head , wondering why it simply would not load.

Hopefully this all that is standing in the way for you too .

If this helps, please click the "Thanks" button. Since I have been "Thanked" zero times, I desperately need all the "Thanks" I can get (LOL).

[drewcam888]

Originally Posted by hogan

You said I have tried the sd card method.. and yes i did name it TITAIMG.nbh
What size card are you using?
NOTE: It must be 2 GB or smaller.

I, myself, found this out the "stupid" way after "upgrading" to a nice big spacious 8 Gb card. I installed the TITAIMG.nbh on the root of the drive and kept scratching my head , wondering why it simply would not load.

Hopefully this all that is standing in the way for you too .

If this helps, please click the "Thanks" button. Since I have been "Thanked" zero times, I desperately need all the "Thanks" I can get (LOL).

Just so you know you were commenting on a threads that is months old.

[hogan]

OK, that was embarrassing?!
Next time, I will look at the date of the original post (instead of the latest response).

Hey, better late than never, LOL