Thread: Bad Reboot Loop
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2010-09-16 , 11:31
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Originally Posted by cashclientel View Post
Background
• Installed power kernel at some point in the past few months.
• Over the last weekend the touch screen mysterously stopped working (literally put it down, picked it up and it wasn't working).
• The touch screen became sparodic so I decided I best send it back while it was still under warranty.
You do realise overclocking the device is ill-advised, done solely at your own risk and any damage caused by it isn't covered by the warranty, right?

• Prior to the send back I decided I should uninstall the custom kernel.
Right, you do. Note that even if you install the original kernel or even reflash there will probably still be traces of running the "power" kernel left in the log partition. You can still get it repaired for a fee.

• Tried to do this from the App Manager (which I now know you shouldn't!) and got an error.
• Some point later in the day I turned off the phone
• When I turned it back on it was in a reboot loop.

Now... I can't seem to get the thing to come out of this reboot loop - it doesn't even seem to charge, just keeps booting over and over flashing up the blue on white Nokia screen and vibrating.
Sounds like you may have removed the kernel modules, in which case the only way out is reflashing the kernel and rootfs at least.

I'm thinking that maybe because it can't/isn't charged the battery is too low and it won't go into update mode? Is this correct?
Yes, IIRC it won't work unless the battery is at least 50% full. Can you charge it on another device or external charger?