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My android is dead!

  • 10-08-2011 8:39am
    #1
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭


    I have an LG Optimus GT540 for the last year. I got it free through work at the time.

    Truth be told, I'm not wildly into touch phones.

    Anyway, it was running Android 1.6 and was painfully slow. I plan on buying a new phone and giving the LG to my brother.

    Last night I tried to update 1.6 to 2.1 in an attempt to possibly make me love the phone again. 1.6 was very slow and buggy for me. It screwed me over manys a time :p

    Anyway, the update was going successfully until 91% when it stopped, phone went black, wont turn on, wont charge, wont do anything. None of the fastboot techniques work. Its bricked.

    Is there a way to get it back running?

    LG want me to give it to one of their technical engineers to fix (which will no doubt cost me).

    I'm gonna go find a new phone this week but would like to have this running to give to my brother.

    Any advice appreciated!

    :)


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  • #2
    Ste-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,751 ✭✭✭Ste-


    W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »
    I have an LG Optimus GT540 for the last year. I got it free through work at the time.

    Truth be told, I'm not wildly into touch phones.

    Anyway, it was running Android 1.6 and was painfully slow. I plan on buying a new phone and giving the LG to my brother.

    Last night I tried to update 1.6 to 2.1 in an attempt to possibly make me love the phone again. 1.6 was very slow and buggy for me. It screwed me over manys a time :p

    Anyway, the update was going successfully until 91% when it stopped, phone went black, wont turn on, wont charge, wont do anything. None of the fastboot techniques work. Its bricked.

    Is there a way to get it back running?

    LG want me to give it to one of their technical engineers to fix (which will no doubt cost me).

    I'm gonna go find a new phone this week but would like to have this running to give to my brother.

    Any advice appreciated!

    :)

    Same happened me while upgrading before. It's a brick imo. I left mine into O2 to be serviced took a week, is yours still in warranty ?
    If it doesn't reposnd to fastbook which it won't unless you isntalled one of the KDZ builds with fastboot and I don't think 1.6 had anything like that.

    Best bet imo let it get repaired. I have mine one upgraded to teh latest cyanogenmod 2.3.5 and OC to 806 Mhz and it's not that bad of a phone. FOr entry into Android anyway. If it costs you to get repaired maybe the new Android Smart on vodafone or there's a samung galaxy europa on BA for 40 quid too.
    Linky.


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