Nokia Lumia 520 Error: Unable to find bootable option

Hello,

One of my friends is currently having the same issue. I will be attempting to repair the problem this coming up weekend. From what I have gathered from reading this entire thread is that if you attempted the reset procedure and the windows phone recovery tool (which are both listed in previous pages of this thread) but are still unable to get your phone to work the problem is with the hardware. You can take your phone into a repair facility but after parts and labor it will most likely cost more than the phone is worth. You may also attempt to repair it yourself but that means tearing it apart and replacing the component that went bad, in this case it means possibly replacing the motherboard. I'm sure there is plenty of DIY videos available through youtube on this repair as it seems like it was a known issue. I'm also certain you can find a motherboard through ebay that will suffice. I will look more into this through my own journey of figuring out how to repair this black screen of death, "Error: unable to find a bootable option. press any key to shut down". I will follow up with my findings.

So I looked a bit more into this and it turns out you can get a replacement motherboard through ebay for $17.95 (US Dollars) and unless you have the At&t network as your service provider you will have to unlock it to be able to use it with other providers. I was able to find an unlock company online that I have used before that is willing to provide an unlock code for $8.95 (US Dollars). There is a video on youtube that shows you how to remove the motherboard in 40 seconds along with another video that does a complete tear down of the phone in about 19 minutes. So the entire repair should only cost a total of $26.90 (US Dollars) and a few minutes of your time. Keep in mind that you can also currently find the Nokia Lumia 520 on ebay in working condition already unlocked for $49.99 (US Dollars) so is it worth to even bother repairing it? For me it is but thats because I have repaired phones in the past and know what I will be getting into.

P.s. You can't break what is already broken! ;)

Hello,

One of my friends is currently having the same issue. I will be attempting to repair the problem this coming up weekend. From what I have gathered from reading this entire thread is that if you attempted the reset procedure and the windows phone recovery tool (which are both listed in previous pages of this thread) but are still unable to get your phone to work the problem is with the hardware. You can take your phone into a repair facility but after parts and labor it will most likely cost more than the phone is worth. You may also attempt to repair it yourself but that means tearing it apart and replacing the component that went bad, in this case it means possibly replacing the motherboard. I'm sure there is plenty of DIY videos available through youtube on this repair as it seems like it was a known issue. I'm also certain you can find a motherboard through ebay that will suffice. I will look more into this through my own journey of figuring out how to repair this black screen of death, "Error: unable to find a bootable option. press any key to shut down". I will follow up with my findings.

So I looked a bit more into this and it turns out you can get a replacement motherboard through ebay for $17.95 (US Dollars) and unless you have the At&t network as your service provider you will have to unlock it to be able to use it with other providers. I was able to find an unlock company online that I have used before that is willing to provide an unlock code for $8.95 (US Dollars). There is a video on youtube that shows you how to remove the motherboard in 40 seconds along with another video that does a complete tear down of the phone in about 19 minutes. So the entire repair should only cost a total of $26.90 (US Dollars) and a few minutes of your time. Keep in mind that you can also currently find the Nokia Lumia 520 on ebay in working condition already unlocked for $49.99 (US Dollars) so is it worth to even bother repairing it? For me it is but thats because I have repaired phones in the past and know what I will be getting into.

P.s. You can't break what is already broken! ;)

i want to no how should i fix the problem that i have no because just now that i finish the update and insalt it next i see error unable to to fined a bootable.press any key to shut down

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