Virgin Mobile Oyster malfunction

Hi, all-

I've had this VM Oyster for about nine months without problems. Now,
when I power on, it takes me to a plain screen with a black and white
graphic of what look like a cell phone and a server, with arrows
pointng to each other. Can't get to anything else. I've tried taking
out the battery and putting it back in. Any ideas?

Cynthia <cynthia.boston@gmail.com> wrote in news:1191535004.817480.103760
@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> Hi, all-
>
> I've had this VM Oyster for about nine months without problems. Now,
> when I power on, it takes me to a plain screen with a black and white
> graphic of what look like a cell phone and a server, with arrows
> pointng to each other. Can't get to anything else. I've tried taking
> out the battery and putting it back in. Any ideas?
>
>

Basic OS of the phone is trashed. I've lost TWO Motorola E815s that way
since last April. I think it was caused by a bug in Alltel's version of
MobiTV running on it. Who can tell when it comes on to:

BOOTLOADER USB INIT

and all the operating system is GONE!



Larry