What should I tell the guys at verizon?

[greenday]

I got my Droid 2 stuck in bootloader mode trying to sbf it to gingerbread.

What should I tell the verizon people so I can get a replacement? (If they find out i'm rooted I won't get a replacement.

 

[Snow02]

You can still sbf. No need to return it.

 

[greenday]

You can still sbf. No need to return it.

I tryed. No matter what I sbf my phone won't get out of bootloader mode.

 

[Snow02]

What's it say on the screen, verbatim?

 

[greenday]

Bootloader Err:A5,70,70,00,1F

And then the usual stuff like
Battery ok, usb, etc

 

[ilikemoneygreen]

Dont jump the gun and return if you dont have to. Id try a reliable sbf to the bootloader. And to be honest the VZ guy will just steer you to a new phone, warrenty is blown if you are rooting and such.

 

[Snow02]

Bootloader Err:A5,70,70,00,1F

And then the usual stuff like
Battery ok, usb, etc

Right. Which means your sbf didn't completely flash. That phone is fine. Which sbf file are you using and what operating system is on your computer?

 

[greenday]

Dont jump the gun and return if you dont have to. Id try a reliable sbf to the bootloader. And to be honest the VZ guy will just steer you to a new phone, warrenty is blown if you are rooting and such.

How will he know i'm rooted?

 

[TheSwaggeR]

Your phone isn't even anywhere close to beyond repair. Tell us the steps you took, phone you have, which rsdlite you have and which SBF file you have. We will help you out but let us know these questions first and we will work with you to get your phone back on track.

We need to stop people from taking advantage of Verizon and returning their phone that isn't even damaged. Your phone is fine. You just probably missed a step or did something wrong.

Sent from a different galaxy in space...

 

[TheSwaggeR]

Dont jump the gun and return if you dont have to. Id try a reliable sbf to the bootloader. And to be honest the VZ guy will just steer you to a new phone, warrenty is blown if you are rooting and such.

How will he know i'm rooted?

Its not a matter of being rooted or not. Its a form of being dishonest and stealing. These are the type of things we try to teach new people how to do sbf, wipe data and cache, adb command lines, etc. Please don't return your phone just because you bricked it. You need to read and research and become familiar with rooting and unrooting and everything between and associated with it. Doing it blindly and returning the phone to VZW is frowned upon.

Sent from a different galaxy in space...

 

[dezymond]

try sbf again and find the section how to root in this forum.

I just helped a friend root his D1 yesterday, read the instructions carefully and make sure you understand them before proceeding.

This forum never steered me wrong, I'm sure if you find the bootloader provided by a thread from here, you'll be fine. It's pretty much impossible to brick these phones, you'd have to try really hard to do that i think...

 

[ilikemoneygreen]

Dont jump the gun and return if you dont have to. Id try a reliable sbf to the bootloader. And to be honest the VZ guy will just steer you to a new phone, warrenty is blown if you are rooting and such.

How will he know i'm rooted?

Haha, well its kinda obvious. What else makes it so the bootloader will work but nothing else will? While im not sure they are all smarties, the phone usually dont just act like that. Im not even sure that symptom has any other cause.

 

[Suuperflie]

A different question that is somewhat related to this thread....

I bought a d1 on ebay, haven't received it yet but the esn is clean. However, the phone is already rooted. Will that be a problem when I take it in to activate it or not? Should I flash it back to factory settings first? Honestly, I'd like to start from scratch with it and personalize it for myself after I'm ready to undertake a rooting procedure(trying to learn adb and all).

 

[Vulcan1600]

A different question that is somewhat related to this thread....

I bought a d1 on ebay, haven't received it yet but the esn is clean. However, the phone is already rooted. Will that be a problem when I take it in to activate it or not? Should I flash it back to factory settings first? Honestly, I'd like to start from scratch with it and personalize it for myself after I'm ready to undertake a rooting procedure(trying to learn adb and all).

Why would it matter to VZW if it's rooted or not? You aren't covered under warranty with the phone you purchased on eBay anyway since you weren't the original owner.

 

[Suuperflie]

A different question that is somewhat related to this thread....

I bought a d1 on ebay, haven't received it yet but the esn is clean. However, the phone is already rooted. Will that be a problem when I take it in to activate it or not? Should I flash it back to factory settings first? Honestly, I'd like to start from scratch with it and personalize it for myself after I'm ready to undertake a rooting procedure(trying to learn adb and all).

Why would it matter to VZW if it's rooted or not? You aren't covered under warranty with the phone you purchased on eBay anyway since you weren't the original owner.

Just checking.