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Bricked :(

I tired flashing back to stock using odin and now my phone won't even turn on let alone go to download mode. Can somebody help me?

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SGH-T989

Get a USB jig.

make sure your battery is fully charged
boot it into download mode
if you can get it to show download mode, then you can use Odin again
what did you try to flash with Odin earlier?

my phone won't go into download mode or turn on.
I tried flashing a stock recovery file

does the screen light up at all?

When you flashed the recovery file did it finish or fail during the flash? If the cable is plugged in does the battery charge indicator pop up?

No the screen doesnt light up at all, and the flashing failed.

If you plug it into the computer and it says qhd-usb or something along those lines in device manager, it is shot. It will also make a noise (from the computer speakers) like you plugged it in twice.
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So I'm screwed?

if flash failed and you turned off your phone(in download mode), you're screwed.
then again, i heard jtag method works..it'll cost ya but it'll work

Anyone know someone here reliable that does jtag??
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Do you have what I wrote listed in device manager? If you do I don't think jtag even works.
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Sounds exactly like what happened to me. I bought a USB jig off of ebay and it went striaght into download mode on first try. Even if it doesn't work for you, and it's possible it will, it's cheap to give it a shot.
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xsteven77x said:
Do you have what I wrote listed in device manager? If you do I don't think jtag even works.
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*#@(*#( i keep misclicking thanks for quote
anyway, if his flash failed it's likely turned into qualcomm high speed usb downloadmode

Man well this sucks. I have a useless gs2 that I can't ever fix. What a shame.
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Is my best bet just moving on and hoping the unbrickable mod happens?
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Just send it to samsung, they'll fix it fast. No charge either. The device has a one year manufacturer warranty. That's what i did when i bricked mine. Free shipping too.
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I can't because I tried and while trying it turns out my phone is a prototype sgs2 T-Mobile. :-(
It looks awesome but no Warranty.
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[Q] Carrying dead T-mobile SII (T989) :(

Hi People,
I just murdered my T-Mobile SII (T989) :crying:
It was bright Saturday morning, was browsing through web, saw update on forums about official ICS update available for T-Mobile devices.
I have immediately and successfully updated my device to ICS, everything went well and was enjoyinh ICS. But, then the worm inside me yapped and from nowhere I started rooting the phone.
This is the moment it got killed and now I've dead device in my hand.
1. Buttons combo doesn't work.
2. Unable to get the device in download mode.
3. Phone is no longer getting detected on Laptop and throws (qhsusb_load / drivers not successfully installed.) error message.
4. Phone doesn't turn on at all.
I know it’s hard-bricked, but please tell me if there is any way to solve this?
Will JIG option work; if the device is hard-bricked?
I am based in India and sending phone for JTAG would be bit difficult, so kindly suggest if there is any way?
Nikhil

The jig is supposed to work in these type of situations.
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I went through this and as far as I know the only way to fix is a jtag service. Or if you can jtag it yourself. I made a 301k USB jig and it doesn't work so jtag is the only option I know unless you warranty it.
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You Murderer! I just reported you to the police
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OP, you had to of selected re-partion hard drive while flashing the custom recovery through Odin. If this is true there is no fix. Sorry. This destroys the boot partion and recovery nor download mode will work. Did you get a failed message through Odin?

Jamison904 said:
OP, you had to of selected re-partion hard drive while flashing the custom recovery through Odin. If this is true there is no fix. Sorry. This destroys the boot partion and recovery nor download mode will work. Did you get a failed message through Odin?
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I could have sworn that rooting this phone was easier than rooting my att sgs 2. You must have done something wrong
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AMAZINGGGGGGG GRACEEEEEEEE HOW SWEEEETTTT THE SOUNDDDDDD
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lawalty said:
The jig is supposed to work in these type of situations.
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JIG will work in this situation?

send it to mobiletechvideos, they ship international.

Check out mobiletechvideos
Today, my friend, is great as I just got my previously hard bricked phone back from mobiletechvideos! They unbricked mine after I accidentally tried installing a different model gs2 rom to my phone (price is right fail music). If using the jig everyone recommended isn't working, definitely send it to them and they'll try to get your phone back to life!:laugh::good:

Good to here. I've heard a lot of good reviews for them. Glad your back up and running. NOW GET TO FLASHING!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_iz8z2AGw
Sorry I had to!! Seriously though, good luck unbricking your phone I hope you get it fixed!

flashy flashy
Tnallen said:
Good to here. I've heard a lot of good reviews for them. Glad your back up and running. NOW GET TO FLASHING!
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I'm still a pretty big noob when it comes to flashing stuff! I'm on gingerbread right now and am a little scared to death to flash anything :S then again the main reason I bricked out was because I attempted to flash a rom that was for a different galaxy s2. I'm still researching on how to safetly flash different roms and which ones work the best

Can someone explain to me what JIG is?
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a93hunt said:
Can someone explain to me what JIG is?
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A jig is a USB chord that you take the chord off and attach certain resistors(usually total 301k) to the micro USB connector. Then when u plug it into a phone it should force it into download mode. It however does not work for this phone.
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Anyone else having issue with apps2sd?

captain134 said:
A jig is a USB chord that you take the chord off and attach certain resistors(usually total 301k) to the micro USB connector. Then when u plug it into a phone it should force it into download mode. It however does not work for this phone.
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I have a jig and it puts it into download mode every time got it for 5 bucks off ebay
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USB dongle download mode is what he's talking about I think
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Never heard of that mode what's that used for??
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I bricked my phone....

So i was messing around on rom tool box and tried to install some fonts and bricked my phone! Now it wont power on! Im so mad at myself... i tried everything, battery pull, battery out for 2 hours, left it charging all night and nothing. Any body got any ideas as to what happened? And also i only had it for 5 months so its still under warranty, do you think tmobile will know it was rooted? There was no custom rom installed just a kernal. Any thoughts?
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Are you able to get it into download mode?
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Hi there u should try some reset methods simply search on google
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Download Odin 1.85. Pull the battery out then plug the USB cable in to the phone and computer. While holding both volume keys put the battery back in. Should get you to download mode. But before that try to get to recovery and restore a nand. Anymore questions feel free to pm me
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The phone does nothing, no download mode, no recovery, does not power on, does not even charge. I have tried all methods to get the darn thing to boot. Thanks guys for the input. I called tmobile and they can replace/exchange for me. Just hoping they dont find that i rooted it.
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rvdangel630 said:
The phone does nothing, no download mode, no recovery, does not power on, does not even charge. I have tried all methods to get the darn thing to boot. Thanks guys for the input. I called tmobile and they can replace/exchange for me. Just hoping they dont find that i rooted it.
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If you tried all those methods and couldn't get it to turn on then chances are that won't be able to get it to turn on either..
Sent and most importantly they won't be able to see that it was rooted
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Lol i hope so. I miss my phone already. Im using my galaxy tab 2 in the mean time. Im in utah and i wont home for atleast a week! I live in PA! Im a truck driver btw. This week will surely suck....
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would they take the old phone back ? if they dont would you be of help to send the defective piece ?

Sorry tmobile wants it back
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same thing happened to me when i tried to install a font, no custom room, just a kernel but i can boot into recovery and hboot and phone wont boot past the at&t screen

[Q] Hard Bricked Tmobile Galaxy S3?

Yes, I too hard bricked my t999 but funny thing is I've didn't flash any roms. Here's what happened, I was already on Wicked V5 rom, I went to the galaxys3root.com and downloaded MIUI for Tmobile gs3. When I tried to restart my phone to recovery mode the phone just turned off and never turn on again. Someone please help me. I don't really have time to send my phone to Texas, does anyone know any other ways to fix this? Is there service around NJ or Philly area?

Have you done all the usual? Pull battery wait a few put it back in and try to get into recovery or download mode?
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funziebear said:
Have you done all the usual? Pull battery wait a few put it back in and try to get into recovery or download mode?
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Yes, no luck..

Arent u able to get into download mode? Seems like you havent flash another s 3 rom so you should be able to get into download mode.
I had dome several stupid thing on phone and thought it bricked but I was able to get working.
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bikrame said:
Arent u able to get into download mode? Seems like you havent flash another s 3 rom so you should be able to get into download mode.
I had dome several stupid thing on phone and thought it bricked but I was able to get working.
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Yes, I didn't flash any roms, at least any wrong ones, I've only downloaded the miui for tmobile version but phone turned off when I tried to reboot into recovery, I've tried to boot into download by taking out battery and pressing volume down+home+power and plugging battery but nothing happens..

lampardd said:
Yes, I didn't flash any roms, at least any wrong ones, I've only downloaded the miui for tmobile version but phone turned off when I tried to reboot into recovery, I've tried to boot into download by taking out battery and pressing volume down+home+power and plugging battery but nothing happens..
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Have you tried recovery?
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chrisram88 said:
Have you tried recovery?
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Yes I've, all I'm getting is qhsusb_dload error in my device manager when I plug the phone to my pc.

Send it for JTAG repair or use a jig. Your phone might not be bricked, but there is something wrong with it.
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Is it plugged in when you try to power on? Try it both unplugged and plugged if you havent already.
Also try holding power for about 10-20 seconds.
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Does it vibrate
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DocHoliday77 said:
Is it plugged in when you try to power on? Try it both unplugged and plugged if you havent already.
Also try holding power for about 10-20 seconds.
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I've tried everything, the phone doesn't vibrate either.

lampardd said:
Yes I've, all I'm getting is qhsusb_dload error in my device manager when I plug the phone to my pc.
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Yup that's a brick... Search qhsusb and see all the threads related. They are all bricks. Nothing you can do but jtag. Jig won't fix it.
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chrisram88 said:
Yup that's a brick... Search qhsusb and see all the threads related. They are all bricks. Nothing you can do but jtag. Jig won't fix it.
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Okay, but is Texas the only place to get the phone fixed, no one else in US knows how to do this jtag thing besides mobiletech who's 2000 miles away from me?

lampardd said:
Okay, but is Texas the only place to get the phone fixed, no one else in US knows how to do this jtag thing besides mobiletech who's 2000 miles away from me?
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Best and only place I know.
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lampardd said:
Yes, I too hard bricked my t999 but funny thing is I've didn't flash any roms. Here's what happened, I was already on Wicked V5 rom, I went to the galaxys3root.com and downloaded MIUI for Tmobile gs3. When I tried to restart my phone to recovery mode the phone just turned off and never turn on again. Someone please help me. I don't really have time to send my phone to Texas, does anyone know any other ways to fix this? Is there service around NJ or Philly area?
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Same issue here! Any help?

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Same issue here! Any help?
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so it seems that the common issue here is that u both downloaded MIUI from the same wepage... I would think a malicious download... and in all Honesty I had bad experiences the guy's tut.... (with the guy running the site) I dunno I dont want to point finger or nothing but 2 people with same problem?? I suspect treachery afoot... lol
scratch that... I scanned MIUI Zip file and it contained no threats... so I'm guessing a hardware mulfuction?? or simply u got a bad phone.

Try Samsung warranty since you can't get into download mode they shouldn't know it's rooted. I wouldn't say this is a user error since you didn't even flash a rom
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md1008 said:
Try Samsung warranty since you can't get into download mode they shouldn't know it's rooted. I wouldn't say this is a user error since you didn't even flash a rom
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And you think Samsung won't have a way to enter download mode and see the counter? it's there hardware they know it better than we do.
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I gaved up on trying to fix it myself. Send your phone to mobile tech videos, guy did a great job. However I found another person on eBay the other day with high ratings who also does the jtag for only $30. (mobiletech was 60). Good luck
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razielpr said:
And you think Samsung won't have a way to enter download mode and see the counter? it's there hardware they know it better than we do.
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Dont you have regular tmobile warranty? the phone wont power on, no water damage, sounds like a clear cut case of getting your phone swapped out for you.

Possible brick

I was flashing stock through odin ......everything passed and everything seemed fine and now it just sits with a black screen wont do anything. Tried every key combo wont power up no lights no nothing. Anyone else see this happen? Thanks
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so, can it still boot up in recovery or download mode?
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Nope......although I didn't try the hold and plug into the computer for download. This sucks ass. This is why I kept old faithful. Vibrant
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Show us the tar file you flashed.

I will post it when I get home from work. Thanks
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I will post it when I get home from work. Thanks
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all i am getting is a QHS_USB dload driver not found. if i pull the battery and plug into the laptop i get a red light on and thats it. I used the stock rom tmobile .tar using odin. it passed and thats the last life i saw from my s3. any help is welcome thanks...T999UVALEM.TAR that is correct yes?

This is very odd. You say the flash finished and said pass. You have the correct tar file and even if you didnt, the phone/odin checks to make sure your using the correct file to flash. So I don't believe it would even let you flash the wrong image and if you tried the odin flash would fail and the phone wouldn't have rebooted itself. However QHSUSB_DLOAD is the kiss of death so you are definitely hard bricked. This is a real head scratcher.
Personally I would send it to Samsung and get it repaired under warranty. Apparently they are fixing these regardless of flash count due to the sudden death issue the gs3's are having. I would have to say thats what happened to you and the fact that you were flashing is a coincidence. Only because with the info you provided and the fact the phone has its own checks I cant see anyway this was caused by you flashing.

Thanks......I've been flashing for quite a while. My only concern is sending it modified with all my stuff still on or should I say in the phone.
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