Help with Android phone repair

b/General Help publicado por u/Caleb Hansberry March 13, 2015, 10:48:54 PM

Help with Android phone repair

I have 4 android phones.
#1 - DInc - needs reflashed and new LCD
#2 - EVO - replaced the USB port with a hot air gun which worked excellently
#3 - TB - needs new mobo which I'll buy on ebay
#4 - Droid - seems to have a faulty digitizer

I'm okay with hw repair issues, but for some reason, I can't fix sw related things! So in this case I really need help with the DInc (HTC Droid Incredible), I deleted the OS without making a backup and now can't get it back. Here is a picture of it's boot screen with it's info:

I've tried connecting it to a computer and doing RUU but the computer generally won't recognize it being there. I tried using an SD card but it told me some error message I don't remember.

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u/Snektron March 13, 2015, 10:58:47 PM

Have you got a custom recovery installed?
and how do you connect to your PC, via ADB?

u/Caleb Hansberry March 13, 2015, 11:02:56 PM

Yes and yes.

u/Snektron March 13, 2015, 11:19:27 PM

And adb devices doesn't return anything?

u/Caleb Hansberry March 13, 2015, 11:34:47 PM

Right, it only says "List of devices attached". (I've pretty sure the software computerside is good cause it works with other phones).

u/Snektron March 13, 2015, 11:39:08 PM

But you can boot into recovery? If so try another sd and flashing from recovery

u/Caleb Hansberry March 13, 2015, 11:52:27 PM

Using an SD card, I get:
Loading... [PB31IMG.zip]
<screen clears>
Checking... [PB31IMG.zip]
<screen clears>
Main Version is older!
Update FAIL!
Do you want to reboot your device...?
<VOL UP> Yes
<VOL DOWN> No

u/novenary March 14, 2015, 09:57:58 PM

You might be able to install CyanogenMod on it. The wiki has extensive documentation on how to do this. Fyi running an ruu needs the phone to be booted in a special mode. Select fastboot mode then run fastboot oem rebootRUU on the computer.

u/Caleb Hansberry March 15, 2015, 01:16:47 AM

Okay, trying that - I'll post here if I get an error and we'll see if it succeeds.

u/Dream of Omnimaga March 15, 2015, 03:27:07 AM

I am hoping that you didn't brick your phone for good. >.<

u/Caleb Hansberry March 15, 2015, 06:02:50 AM

Okay, well I guess that's that! In a good way. I downloaded the ROM, chucked it onto the SD card, ran recovery and installed zip, waited about two minutes and rebooted, and to my surprise it booted into cyanogenmod 7 and ran without any issues! It's better than stock for me anyway so thanks for the suggestion, street!

u/Dream of Omnimaga March 15, 2015, 06:28:36 AM

Awesome to hear it works!

Any other issues so far, by the way? And how fast is it?

u/novenary March 15, 2015, 07:39:54 AM

Great to hear and glad I could help !

u/Caleb Hansberry March 16, 2015, 05:50:29 PM

@DJ Omnimaga Well, no, suprisingly there hasn't been a single issue, all has been sunshine and roses after I installed Cyanogen, even exemplary battery life! And I haven't had any complaints about operational speed either, it seems as snappy as a 2010 Android device can be, if you're not trying to run KitKat and then run the latest version of minecraft with maxed settings or whatever.

Here's a picture of when it first booted in all it's blueness (damaged LCD, it's replacement is in the mail):