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Phone bricked after update. Won't boot - mando - 02-02-2022
Hello all, after running the pinephonepro-post install script, I was able to update the phone with the latest repositories. After the upgrade, i restarted my phone to make sure everything was good to go, and the phone never turned back on. It has been completely dead since, and I have tried several of the tricks on the forum to see if I could get it to boot up. It had about 50% power when it went down. It was completely done with the update as well. Not sure why a simple reboot would brick the phone. Anyways, Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
RE: Phone bricked after update. Won't boot - bcnaz - 02-03-2022
Try to charge the phone, maybe try a sd card with an OS flashed to it..?
RE: Phone bricked after update. Won't boot - ojimek - 02-03-2022
Have you tried to boot on a SD card holding the RE button to bypass the eMMC? As explained here: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro#Bypassing_the_eMMC
RE: Phone bricked after update. Won't boot - Ulfnic - 02-04-2022
(02-02-2022, 05:59 PM)mando Wrote: Hello all, after running the pinephonepro-post install script, I was able to update the phone with the latest repositories. After the upgrade, i restarted my phone to make sure everything was good to go, and the phone never turned back on. It has been completely dead since, and I have tried several of the tricks on the forum to see if I could get it to boot up. It had about 50% power when it went down. It was completely done with the update as well. Not sure why a simple reboot would brick the phone. Anyways, Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
In particular which tricks have you tried? It'll help narrow things down.
RE: Phone bricked after update. Won't boot - bcnaz - 02-04-2022
AH !
I have the same symptoms ===> however my Explorer phone IS booting.
The boot indicator LED is not activating... I posted this on the Bookworm thread.
Start with a normal 2 second power button press, then just wait, maybe up to 2+ minutes,
IT is Hard to just wait when you are looking at a black screen. ===> Eventually the lock screen shows up.
IF the phone is on --- but froze from a suspend fault --- a 12 second press on power button --- then wait about 60 seconds for the lock screen.
A Few bugs, but over-all, the new Explorer with Bookworm on sd card is running fairly well,
I used it to surf the forum and write a few posts a day or so back, -- I even used the cell data.
IT DOES SUCK ===> THAT BOOT INDICATOR LIGHT IS NOT WORKING
RE: Phone bricked after update. Won't boot - bcnaz - 02-13-2022
(02-02-2022, 05:59 PM)mando Wrote: Hello all, after running the pinephonepro-post install script, I was able to update the phone with the latest repositories. After the upgrade, i restarted my phone to make sure everything was good to go, and the phone never turned back on. It has been completely dead since, and I have tried several of the tricks on the forum to see if I could get it to boot up. It had about 50% power when it went down. It was completely done with the update as well. Not sure why a simple reboot would brick the phone. Anyways, Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
Hi @mando
Did you ever resolve this problem ?
Which operating system are you using ?
( could it be your boot indicator light is not functioning ? )
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