Nokia Icon inadvertent bricking, please help.
I have a Nokia Icon (929) through Verizon. I thought it would be cool to upgrade to the Win 10 version. I do so previously, without any issues, but it was so buggy I reverted back to 8.1.
My phone was about 75% charged when I started. I plugged it in, let the update run and then waited while it started to do the install. This is where things went wrong - very wrong.
The whole time I had the phone plugged in, yet now the phone was giving me the low battery warning (the battery icon with the red sliver), shutting off for a few minutes until it was charged, then powering back on, it starts the install (set of gears with the empty progress bar below it) then shuts off because I get the low battery warning, rinse, repeat, and now this is has become an infinite loop.
Things I've tried so far:
1) Eh, just let it run, eventually it will work. Nope, and then the phone gets almost too hot to hold in your hand as it continues to cycle.
2) Try a soft reset (holding the volume key and display key down for 8-15 seconds when powering up) to kick out of the cycle. Nope, it just powers up (get the Nokia logo) vibrates, shuts down and does the same thing again.
3) Ah HA! Get a "rapid" charger to charge the phone quickly, then plug it back into the slow charger, so it has enough juice to complete the upgrade. Just attempted this to no avail. Phone got EVEN hotter and it still just cycles. This time, after a few power cycles, I got the battery with the question mark, then a power down, and repeat.
At this point, I have no idea how to stop this or solve the problem since the phone is clearly in the middle of updating and won't do anything until the phone is fully charged, but auto starts as soon as you plug the phone in.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!! I love this phone and will hate to throw in the trash if I can't figure this out.
L
I have a Nokia Icon (929) through Verizon. I thought it would be cool to upgrade to the Win 10 version. I do so previously, without any issues, but it was so buggy I reverted back to 8.1.
My phone was about 75% charged when I started. I plugged it in, let the update run and then waited while it started to do the install. This is where things went wrong - very wrong.
The whole time I had the phone plugged in, yet now the phone was giving me the low battery warning (the battery icon with the red sliver), shutting off for a few minutes until it was charged, then powering back on, it starts the install (set of gears with the empty progress bar below it) then shuts off because I get the low battery warning, rinse, repeat, and now this is has become an infinite loop.
Things I've tried so far:
1) Eh, just let it run, eventually it will work. Nope, and then the phone gets almost too hot to hold in your hand as it continues to cycle.
2) Try a soft reset (holding the volume key and display key down for 8-15 seconds when powering up) to kick out of the cycle. Nope, it just powers up (get the Nokia logo) vibrates, shuts down and does the same thing again.
3) Ah HA! Get a "rapid" charger to charge the phone quickly, then plug it back into the slow charger, so it has enough juice to complete the upgrade. Just attempted this to no avail. Phone got EVEN hotter and it still just cycles. This time, after a few power cycles, I got the battery with the question mark, then a power down, and repeat.
At this point, I have no idea how to stop this or solve the problem since the phone is clearly in the middle of updating and won't do anything until the phone is fully charged, but auto starts as soon as you plug the phone in.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!! I love this phone and will hate to throw in the trash if I can't figure this out.
L
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