Re[2]: BRICKED IPAQ. HELP!!!

Good day, Corey.

CS> There was a thread back in feb that looks similar, have you tried the
CS> following:


CS> On 2/24/06, bman-pZEsI94PCoA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
<bman-pZEsI94PCoA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>>  today a bought H2215 and tested this build
>>
>> http://handhelds.org/~mreimer/gpe-image-v0.8.3-h2200.rootfs-CF.tar.bz2
>>
>>  I am using SD card with haret + zImage from /boot directory from that
>> archive.
>>
>> gpe booted, all worked great, but at the and I wanted to reboot back to
CS> WinCE
>> with "reboot" command. but lcd goes to white and after reset with button,
>> both LEDs (yellow&blue) are always ON, but LCD is always off.
>>
>> what does it mean? I didn't flash anything , only booted from haret...
>>
>> pda seems to be dead :-(((
>>
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CS> Have no fear, it is not dead. Try this:

CS> 1. Remove the battery.
CS> 2. Plug it back into the cradle momentarily, then remove from the cradle.
CS> 3. Replace the battery, and plug back into the cradle. It should
CS> restart. If not, try pressing reset.

CS> If the above procedure doesn't work, try leaving the battery out for a
CS> few minutes (10-15 minutes).

CS> Matt
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CS> On Thursday 17 August 2006 4:01 pm, Icebird wrote:
>> Greetz all.
>> My HP Ipaq h2200 has been bricked, yet I can't get why: I haven't
>> modified rom, tryed to use lab or anything else. I've been working
>> with WiCE to find yesterday morning that it just won't turn on.
>> I thought it was the battery and I plugged it into the charger. Well I
>> just got a blink of screen for a second and then it went blank
>> (without backlight) again. When the charger is plugged and for some
>> time when you unplug it all three leds are on. They are not flashing,
>> just on. When I unplugged the charger they were on for some time and
>> then turned off. The pda doesn't turn on, hard and soft reset don't do
>> anything. It's as good as a brick =(
>> Anyone can help sort out what happened? Or maybe that meens that WinCE
>> is itself dangerous for hardware =) ?
Thanks for advice, I've tried that.

I've tried the above procedure in all diffent variants possible.
Nothing seems to be working. The only thing I get is that the LCD
flashes white for a millisecond (with baclight) and then the screen is
blank, with no backlight again =(
Some more details about the problem.
I've noticed that all THREE leds are on (the light isn't actually
yellow).
The leds are only on, when the charger is plugged. The battery is ok:
the trouble happened when it was about 30-40%. I've also tested it
with a voltege meter and my own tongue (seems ok =) ) I've tried charging it
in the cradle as well. The result is the same.
The part of the pda near the contacts to which the battery attaches
becomes warm rather soon(5-7 mins), when the charger is connected. I don't 
know, if that's ok for h2200, since
I've never made notice of such facts.
I wasn't rebooting afteer linux, when that happened. The device was
suspended in winCE.
The really weird thing is, that
none of emergency eycombos work =(.
softreset - no
hard reset - no
(Don't now its name. The combo, that gets seril console for reflash
and other stuff) -  no result.
The strange combo that usually showed an emergency truck on a red
screen - no result.
heh... Anyone knows if they charge much for pda
repairs at the service centre? (the warranty already expired).
And is there a way to get at least the files from iPAQ file store?


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Thanks,
 Andrew aka Icebird                          
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