The USB plug fell out of my Tour during the OS upgrade!! It was at the "Wait for device initialization" stage. And now, the BB is just hanging about mid-way through that b&w progress bar.
I was rolling at this thread...everyone knows that feeling at some point whether it be a bb or wondering if their business was flooded from all this rain when they walked in in the morning...i own a gym at the beach and my front doors face east...the way the rains coming and last time, I was here 18 hours bailing water to save my gym!
So I laughed when i saw your Whewwwwwww....I had the same Whewwww this morning!
Unless you'd fried something or given your device a bath, or your pet has made it a chew toy, there is very little that is 'terminal' on a BlackBerry. Just takes reloading the operating system. The most important thing to remember is
DON'T PANIC!
Consult your favorite "How to Recover a dead BlackBerry" thread, sit back, follow the instructions, reboot.
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