please help on a bricked/dead i780 - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

Hi all experts,
I am a newbie on this. I am in Canada, since here we dont have i780, so I brought it on ebay and didn't realize its not really an unlock phone.(been cheated) although is sim free but GPS and many other 3rd party app don't work. so i was looking for solutions and found your thread here.
I followed the flashing guide and everything seems to be ok until the russians rom is flashed. The phone turned off itself and cannot turn on anymore. I have tried holding ENTER and FUNCTION button, solf reset hole, and Start + End buttons to turn it on but it doesn't response at all.
I have spent my hard earned $500 on this phone and i am so depressed now... Please kindly help me on fixing my "not just bricked, but dead phone" or i have to save up for months for a new one... sigh..
your response is highly appreciated
Jack

I feel your pain and I had the same issue as you before.
Phone won't turn on after flashing and the mirage reported the flash was 100% done.
I suspect this is due to the samsung modem driver was not installed properly. I had forgotten to do a reboot after the driver install or it might be due to something else.
The way I fixed it was to send to ther service center as it is still under warranty. They had to replace some chips to make it work again and I think that might be your last hope.

thanks for your advise. I did install the samsung modem driver and did reboot the PC before starting mirage updater..... but somehow turn that way.
I brought it from ebay, do you think it can still be warranty? anyways.. gotta try my luck.
thanks tho

I just contacted Canada's samsung service centre. They said They dont have this model here in Canada, so cannot fix my phone.
Please, anyone can give me a hand?

What about a hard reset? have you try it?

try to re load the rom.. i am using HH1 for phone and HH5 for the PDA... works good... with the russian ROM PU (if i am not wrong) i had to load few times as the process stopped at 80% or so... and u can load the ROM from this thread without loading the PU rom..

i have the same troubled too~~

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help needed / auto restarting

hello!
Can anyone help me with this:
after 5 or 10 minutes, or even at the splash screen, my device automatically restarts and does it for several times.
When i try to put it into bootloader mode i see usb,..... but only for a minute. after that it goes out of bootloader mode and starts the OS again...
So i'm a bit worried that when i flash it, the bootloader mode will go out and the device will try to restart.
Any known sollutions to this problem? Any help would be appreciated!!
ps: no answers in the wiki nor in the forum.
thanks in advance to your replies!!!!!
I think your battery is given up or you have bad connection so that you dont get enough power.
Try first to clean the battery and device connections(best to use contact spray for PCB boards) if doesnt help then you need to have new battery
Thanks for your reply.
I just got it back 2 weeks ago and they installed a new board in it... i made them send it back and fix it (i blamed them)
they also putted french rom and AZERTY keyboard in it so they can fix that to (i had englis OS and Qwerty).
Thx for your post, i appreciate it!
Restarting Problem - PLEASE HELP!!!
Hi
I have an Orange SPV m5000 that I rely on for to carry my contact address book and send text messages (I know other phones would do it but I really like my Uni).
Recently mine has decided that it's going restart itself every few seconds. I have no idea why it's doing this, but the shop I bought it from are not helping me at all.
I've hard reset the device and that hasn't worked so if anyone has any ideas then please let me know, or if you know of anywhere I can send it to be repaired (I'm in the UK).
Thanks in advance
Nick

Cash via PAYPAL if you help fix hp6815 deadboot with jtag !! uk.

Hi all,
I have a hp 6815 and i am desperate to fix it.
I had upgraded ROM a few times with sd card fine, then i went to change the rom again and i think i didn't wait long enough and messed up the booting. But problem now is it won't go into to boot loader mode at all, it is totally black with no power.
It has an orange light when charging, so i think the battery is ok.
But i am sure the boot loader is corrupted and it needs restoring with jtag.
I have connected it up with some make shift wires and entered the jflashmm what i have heard other people fix their dead boots. It would ask me first question what i answer then it goes to next question. What is binfile name, i think ! I put in the EBO etc and have tried various ways but it won't register any. I just need help with the commands. I have already copy and renamed file for EBO_a.nb0. I just need a little help, if i fix this with help i swear i will send the person who helps at least 20 uk pounds through paypal, I would be overjoyed !!
So someone with good jtag knowledge and ipaqs would be great.
Also another thing is i'm not sure what the ntrst connection is to on jtag. Is it connected to anything at all ? As the diagram on dead boots shows this but not seeming connected, am i right ?
Thankyou in advance
Please someone give a little help.
Hello,
Please someone help with this. Just need to know about jtag[ntrst] and all the commands i need to input to fix boatloader from the 1st to last.
If i get this info and fix it i will either pay some money or give my TUROK game to you what is boxed with key and manual ready for multiplayer action, atm i'm into gta4 so don't play turok anymore. But this is a solid unreal engine 3 game.
FRAGEYE said:
give my TUROK game to you
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SWEET!!!!
I guess ill try to help you,
Im going to ask you to try to "hard reset" your device...
I already googled it, and i found this Youtube Video
Tell me if that does anything....
If you still need assistance, then Private message me.
Thankyou, believe me though i have tried everything, no power only when charging. I have to fix this with jtag. Really all i need is commands from 1st to last.
Whoever can help with the right commands gets a game. Remember it is a ipaq 6815.
Does anyone know anyone with the knowledge.
I had before upgraded rom a few times with no worries and bricked it before but not where it has no boatloader.
I am pretty handy with flashing but need help with this.
Please people help a kind soul.
Thankyou
Someone must know about jtag.

*UPDATE* Help - Phone won't boot after attempting Sim Unlock

Hi Guys,
I am aware of how to upgrade a ROM, how to Use HardSPL and how modifying in general works, although I think I may have really broken the phone now.
I had OliNex 1.40 installed since forever. I have used several Roms in the past including EnergyROM, Ahen's Roms and I have currently been using Makeveral's BSB6.5O Rom, and it was working great.
The last time I tried to use the unlock, i tried to flash it with the 'Subrata' unlock package (the one with Step 1,2 and 3' folders. It didnt work both times I tried so I gave up. It said it was unable to write to the phone. I reflashed with BSB Rom and all was well.
Today, I found a seperate unlocker. It was a simple .exe file that opened up what appeared to be the 'CustomRUU' application. The screen initially went black and then the program said that it lost connectivity. I did read that it used Cmonex HardSPL but I did it anyway (I take responsability for this error) and from then on, the phone will not boot. No matter what combination of Hard reset button combinations I use, nothing happens. No vibration, no light around the centre button that I can see, nothing.
So is there anything, anything at all that I can do? Or have i totally F**ked it?
I have also done alot of searching both on here, PPCgeaks, all the forums.
Let me know, cheers guys.
I had a similar problem: Screen was black, no reaction from the phone. But i was able to connect it to my computer, it was not really detected, even though
i was able to flash a new Rom with a Custom RUU. Perhaps you could try that?
Try to change the rom . Pull out the stylus , Press the reset button and hold the VOLUME DOWN and the right down button . After connect to pc
The phone is in an Off state - I recharged the battery in it overnight - no white glowing ring around the centre button. No combination of buttons work - nothing happens and the device is off still.
OK, regardless of what has happened, Ive sent the phone to Victoria (Australia) to be repaired or replaced under warranty.
I just hope that it is so scrambled that they cant figure out that the device has been toyed with - will keep everyone updated!
btw - does anyone understand what technicians with more advanced tools would be able to determine (if anything)? Do they use special hardware to view the contents of the ROM or how does it all work?
thanks friends
Well..not exactly, but they have probably tools to examine the flash/memory/parts of the phone. interesting question
Update!
I sent the phone away to the Three mobile repair centre - the phone is back, fully repaired and Running BsB again.... just awesome.
it seem they replaced all the components of the phone except for the shell itself, I dont really know why they didnt just replace the phone? lol
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I told them the phone wouldn't boot after an overnight charge - thanks 3!
Sorry for bumping.
I have the same problem! I used the same program; 'DiamonCustomRUU.exe'
The screen became black. I can't open the bootmenu, soft- and hardreset doesn't work
It's a Dutch branded Vodafone TD.
I have to send it to Vodafone for repairing?

BEFORE FLASHING i780 read here to avoid a BRICK

Please post here if your i780 was bricked.
1)Symptoms before brick
2)Name of firmware (PDA/Phone)
3)Kind of repair after.
Thank you for helping community to figure out how to avoid this future
28/01/2010 SOLUTION:
If you have suddenly (or) after flashing of new ROM strange things:
read this post.
i have one bricked i780
hi heniken78,my bricked i780 as follow
1.when flash your 28008 rom dated 13.12.09,it cann't get into desktop suceesefully,and system goes very slow
2.firmware is PDXIB1
3.noway,because i cann't get in bootloader.even plug in charge cable,the led couldn't light on.
sunnyjiang said:
hi heniken78,my bricked i780 as follow
1.when flash your 28008 rom dated 13.12.09,it cann't get into desktop suceesefully,and system goes very slow
2.firmware is PDXIB1
3.noway,because i cann't get in bootloader.even plug in charge cable,the led couldn't light on.
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have you tried hardreset(red+green+power) or emergency(b/w+enter)mode?
might you can solve this way =)
hashtowent said:
have you tried hardreset(red+green+power) or emergency(b/w+enter)mode?
might you can solve this way =)
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No when led is not on anymore- you cant get in bootloader.
heineken78 said:
Please post here if your i780 was bricked.
1)Symptoms before brick
2)Name of firmware (PDA/Phone)
3)Kind of repair after.
Thank you for helping community to figure out this BLACK future.
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My phone was bricked two times
1) The phone rest stuck to Samsung screen when I open it
2) PDXIB1
3) Samsung Center changed the motherboard of the phone
Symptoms:
Every application will respond with message: Application is not signed or missing components (or something else). Only soft reset worked - but phone did a hard reset every time. Sometimes after hard reset contacts stayed as it was (everything else was deleted). These troubles last for 3 days for me until my phone died. Board is damaged and repair will cost 310,- €.
ROM version:
28205 @96 DPI made by ironeagle
Repair:
To buy a new board and a new battery (cause the old one has been damaged too - or just use a second battery instead).
how to execute emergency mode
hashtowent said:
have you tried hardreset(red+green+power) or emergency(b/w+enter)mode?
might you can solve this way =)
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i donn't know how to getin emergency mode,can you explain what i should to do
emergency mode is the mode u use when u flash a new rom
fn+enter+power(5 seconds).
Anyway, when my device bricked...it was almost 6 months back.
I used quite a bit of wifi, and left my device on the charger with wifi on accidentally. When i woke up a couple hrs later...the device seemed like it was in standby charging. Pulled off the charger, but the charging LED was still glowing! Device didnt respond to anything, pulled the battery out and put it back in....and boom! went totally dead...tried different batteries, tried soft reset, format mode, emergency mode...nothing. no sign of life!
mobo had to be replaced....got it done free as it was just abt 15 days old when this happened
I think its more of a hardware fault....some units being faulty waiting to blow in your face!
Just spoke to Samsung service about bricked phones: From their experience they have changed mobo only once, when 780 wasnt charging, but was working.
But they told that in case of fault of bootloader - thay DONT restore it, just replacing motherboard!
So there is chance to repair you phone by JTAG tool.
I hope trizzio that helps.
heineken78 said:
Just spoke to Samsung service about bricked phones: From their experience they have changed mobo only once, when 780 wasnt charging, but was working.
But they told that in case of fault of bootloader - thay DONT restore it, just replacing motherboard!
So there is chance to repair you phone by JTAG tool.
I hope trizzio that helps.
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hey dude - where could I get that JTAG tool?
trizzo said:
hey dude - where could I get that JTAG tool?
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Dude I advise you to visit http://www.omnia-repair.com/ and ask on forum if someone can do this for you. Tool is about 300 EUR and Omnia is top brick phone, so you should find services that already have it, it does support i780.
tip: use google search for more options.
Hey guys,
my phone was bricked: I'd flashed heineken's "i780 WM 6.5.3 ver.28205 DPI 96" rom. After two days some errors appeared and I flashed (&hardreset) the rom again. While connecting to ActiveSync the connection was broken after some minutes. Then I have disconnected the USB-Cable and the phone was frozen. No reaction. No hard-reset keys, no LED reaction while power-connector.
So... I'm not shure whether this problem is because of heineken's rom. But the good news are: Samsung support switched the motherboard because of 24month guarantee
SAM-123 said:
Hey guys,
my phone was bricked: I'd flashed heineken's "i780 WM 6.5.3 ver.28205 DPI 96" rom. After two days some errors appeared and I flashed (&hardreset) the rom again. While connecting to ActiveSync the connection was broken after some minutes. Then I have disconnected the USB-Cable and the phone was frozen. No reaction. No hard-reset keys, no LED reaction while power-connector.
So... I'm not shure whether this problem is because of heineken's rom. But the good news are: Samsung support switched the motherboard because of 24month guarantee
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Im sorry SAM.
This first version was really weird, I have changed algorythms of compile again in version 2.
But there is always way when you get starnge glitches before you get brick - to flash offical rom to avoid a brick.
As for me I never had any of symptoms..flashed 1001 time.
About bricks...
I have experienced described situations (sudden out of memory, unable to run any app becouse of errors, dissapearing data and so on) around ten times during my cooking/flashing adventures, with different ROMs from different developers. Sometimes at the begining, when weird behaviors of my i780 started, I tried flashing device with other unoficial images, but problems remained. I think I even posted about my problem somewhere...
And I could always recover my device doing one simple thing.
Flashing official PDXIB1.
But important thing is that YOU SHOULD USE OFFICIAL UPDATER from Samsung site (in my case Vista version), not a .bin under Mirage!!
I know it is stupid, but it works better (and if something looks stupid and works better, then it is not stupid any more; Murphy`s law)
In my case Mirage not always proved to be a sollution.
SO every time when that situation emerge, thats what I would do very quick:
1. Hard reset.
2. Flashing oficial Samsung Updater (tutorial on Samsung site)
About reasons bricks happens; I have found no pattern. It happens with WM6, WM6.1 and WM6.5 or WM6.5.x. Sometimes one and the same ROM works perfect two weeks and flashed next time generates bricks.
As someone noticed previously, it is probobly a hardware-software problem, some kind of memory /filesystem/ FAT? damage and it is possible to revert that by flashing official ROM..
I am not a computer scientist, but thats only pattern/mark I can see..

Help or explain plssssss.

Hello Everyone,
I have HTC SPRINT TOUCH PRO 2 PHONE.
I was updating the RADIO version on my phone and after it installed the device went to REBOOT and it never opened again and it doesn't goto the boot loader. The only reaction that the phone does is when i put it to charge the red light turn on.
I have tried hard/soft Reset, and nothing have worked.
PLEASE, DOES ANYONE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED ?? OR What can I do ??
Thank you for your answer in advance.
could be a battery issue, seems like its not holding a charge. Go to a store and try a new battery?
Sorry, but it sounds like you bricked your device. I'm guessing you flashed a radio not made for your device, like a GSM radio. If you can't access the bootloader, then I'd say you probably need to get your device replaced under warranty (by going to the store you bought it from and playing dumb about why it won't work so they'll replace it) or send it to HTC and pay to get it replaced.
try to reflash back to the stock rom...download and use the sprint exe on this page to do so...http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=91940
ive had this happen and this was the only way to get it working again
Thank you everyone for trying to help, I will try to reflash the stock ROM and hopefully it works otherwise I will send it to HTC since i dont have warranty.

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