Bold 9900 / 9930 bricked? Check these threads ....

**Chrisy** · 11-08-2011, 05:09 PM

Start here if your 9900/9930 has bricked/nuked/won't boot
How To Reload The Operating System On A Nuked Or Bricked Berry
How do I Recover a Dead BlackBerry?
Unbrick the Seemingly Completely Bricked BlackBerry
OS 7.0.0.540 fixed my Bricked 9900
Avoiding another Bricked Bold 9900
Ive Found A Fix For Nuked/Bricked Bold 9900

Statement From RIM about 9900/9930 bricking issue
RIM confirms issue with BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930, working on a fix via software update

More information and advice on the Bold 9900/9930 bricking issue
Constantly Rebooting
Rogers Blackberry 9900 Software Help!
stuck at reconnecting jvm help me!
2 Month old 9900 bricked itself (slow red blink, blank screen)
HELP PLEASE Bold 9900 does not Starts
9900 doesn't switch on
Add another brick to the pile...
9930 Dead !! Help
9900 reboots and shuts down?
Bold 9900 randomly reboots on its own
Blackberry Bold 9900 big problem!!! Please help if anyone knows the fix!!
Bold 9900 - Red Light,No Notifications
Wont Turn on (Flashing LED)
Are the JVM/"Bricking" errors enough to warrant waiting on the 9930?
9930 Keeps booting, red light, Reconnecting JVM fails
9930 Stuck on loading screen but...
Two 9900's DOA...Bricked!
Whats up with everyones 9900 bricking...
Bricked 9900 slow red blink - problem
Bricked 9900
9900 stuck on loading screen
Second Bricked 9900 in only 2 weeks
Why the blackberry bold 9900 bricks itself in the night?
I am going to call blackberry tomorrow
Heavy texters... beware of the JVM 517 monster
Nuked or Bricked....doesn't matter.
Woke up to a Nuked 9900 this morning, fixed it, and it re-nuked itself..
RIM Confirms Dead Bold 9900
9900 stuck in infinite reboot loop
A sad day for our last 9900.
Jvm error 517!!!!
Nuked Blackberry 9900 Problems!
9900 turned off during charging
Woke up to a dead 9850

Analysis, Theory & Bold Comparsion Threads
Has your 9900/9930 Bricked itself?
Report Your Bricked Phones Here.
Root Cause Analysis: The Bricking Issue
Comparison image -old bricked 9930 vs. replacement

**Kat0908** · 11-08-2011, 05:14 PM

You mean Bold 9900?

**kbz1960** · 11-08-2011, 05:16 PM

Wow. Sure makes the phone look bad. Too bad.

**Chrisy** · 11-08-2011, 05:18 PM

Yes, thanks. I'll get title changed. I feel bad for the 9900 bricked folks.

I hope it is fixed very soon.

**kbz1960** · 11-08-2011, 05:19 PM

Me too. If my carrier has it at some point I was thinking about it. Would be the 9930 though.

**Kat0908** · 11-08-2011, 05:20 PM

Yeah I feel bad for everyone too, and right now that's the only thing holding me back from getting one! I've been waiting for this to finally come to AT&T and now im hesitating to get it out of fear it'll brick.

**Chrisy** · 11-08-2011, 05:23 PM

I haven't seen any AT&T 9900 brick reports yet. I hope they're ok.

**salexs11** · 11-08-2011, 05:23 PM

great job at consolidating the threads! it says "Bold 9000" in the body as well.

**Chrisy** · 11-08-2011, 05:27 PM

That's not even all the threads. I'm hoping it will help folks.

**UrbanGlowCam** · 11-08-2011, 05:31 PM

Thanks Chrisy. As someone who just had their 9930 brick on them, this has been helpful.

**Chrisy** · 11-08-2011, 05:33 PM

9930!? I thought it was the 9900s mostly. Bummer. Did you get it back up and running?

**salexs11** · 11-08-2011, 05:52 PM

hey all... so we're not alone. the 9860/9850 torches seem to be affected too.,. I posted this in the root cause thread.

Woke up to a dead 9850

**Phill_UK** · 11-08-2011, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by chrisy520

9930!? I thought it was the 9900s mostly. Bummer. Did you get it back up and running?

You've been told before why there are more reported 9900 bricked cases... because there are far more 9900's on the global market than there are 9930's.

Other than the radios they are identical devices, so it's just as likely to happen to a 9930. It's just that there are far fewer of them out there.

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**donnation** · 11-08-2011, 05:57 PM

This is definitely discouraging. Even Kevin M's has bricked twice. Really makes me kind of mad, there is no excuse for this happening to RIM's top of the line device.

**Chrisy** · 11-08-2011, 06:16 PM

Is My 9860 Dead?

**calicocat2010** · 11-08-2011, 06:51 PM

I went and played with it today. Amazing keyboard! That's why I am going to wait until this bricking issue gets solved for whatever is causing it, the price to lower and all apps to be compatible on 0S 7. Oh and I didn't see the Torch 9860 at all.

I hope this gets solved and I'm sorry for those who are having problems.

P.S....the title still isn't fixed.

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**rdef** · 11-08-2011, 10:25 PM

But, it's a "good" phone...

**mhw100** · 11-08-2011, 10:57 PM

I feel bad for those that have experienced this issue and it really is maddening that RIM has such deplorable quality standards. I mean really, they've had trackpad implementation for the last 2-3 years and they still send out units with them twisted counterclockwise and misaligned. Truly an embarrassment by any measure for a $600 device.

However, looking at the bricking problem from the 30,000 foot view, if the problem was pervasive and systemic then I think there would be more of a groundswell of criticism. Granted there are a lot of threads listed by the OP but I don't think it is at the level of the stuttering 9780s as an example but it will be interesting if a lot more of these issues start cropping up now that AT&T is shipping tons of them.

**BlazorBoy** · 11-09-2011, 02:11 AM

I do not recall any recent berry with these many reports of auto-bricking. I too am holding off a free "upgrade" for I travel frequently and cannot risk a dead phone. Maybe the 9700 was RIM's high water mark. Anyway all are hibernating in Canada now.

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**rdef** · 11-09-2011, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by BlazorBoy

I too am holding off a free "upgrade" for I travel frequently and cannot risk a dead phone.

Exactly. I can see myself getting into my rental car in a city I don't know well and my device going dead--no GPS, no phone, etc.

As much as I want to try the 9900, I just can't trust that it will be there when I need it.

**GG1** · 11-09-2011, 07:47 AM

Sorry: for those who have bricked phones.
Scared: for those who haven't bricked (yet?)
Sad: for RIM

Hopefully there will be an easy solution to all this.
Good luck people.

**MLE724** · 11-09-2011, 07:56 AM

I upgraded from the BB9700 to the BB9900 yesterday with AT&T. Successful transition and no problems thus far, but I'm following the bricked threads closely.

Will report back here if I have any similar problems.

**Chrisy** · 11-11-2011, 09:21 AM

Added more threads to the main list.

**larby** · 11-11-2011, 10:09 AM

My ATT Bold 9900 is completely bricked today after just 2 days. Completely shocked. Had it on medium battery in the middle of the night, when I woke up to get some water around 6am I noticed it died. Went to the other room, put it on the charger and went to bed not thinking twice. When I got up, I noticed it was still completely dead and if I pressed any buttons I would get the red light. Went to my computer trying to plug it in that way and it's doing the same thing. I get the blackberry cannot communicate with the device error every 10 seconds.

**Najo** · 11-11-2011, 10:12 AM

Nice work Chrisy!, I vote for a sticky with continued consolidation and new thread locking, so we can keep track of the bricking issue! I have been delaying purchase while trying out the SGS2 and waiting to see what happens with this!