Hi,
About 1,5 months ago I received my first Android phone, a Galaxy Nexus.
I have unlocked the bootloader, rooted it en eventually installed Clockwork Mod Recovery following guides on this excellent forum! Everything went perfectly and it ran very smoothly in that state for about half a month up until yesterday.
I didn't have any custom roms installed, so I received the notification for the Android 4.0.2 update, it failed because of Clockwork Mod which I later found out. So I set about to manually install it, I downloaded the image from the google site and placed it in my home directory on my Phone, when I then wanted to restart to start in recovery mode it didn't do anything.
I tried getting the battery out and in, sim card out and in, recharging it,...
It does nothing, not even a small vibration signaling the phone is trying to start.
Anyone has any ideas to fix it, or might it be possible to send it back to the shop ( even though it is rooted etc. ?)
Thanks in advance,
Exatto
You need to get the stock images and flash using Odin or the ADB/Fastboot method. After which the phone will return to stock. Then you can root and do what you like. Lots of guieds on here on how to do it. Good luck.
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By the way if you send back a rooted phone they will tell you to take a jump. Rooting voids the warranty.
No response at all? A real brick?
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Can you get into download mode? If you can you can use any of the methods above to sort it.
I don't think there is a real brick. There are restore images. Extremely hard to brick a nexus...borderline impossible.
Yeah I have never heard of a "real" bricked Nexus.
jd1001 said:
Can you get into download mode? If you can you can use any of the methods above to sort it.
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No, that's the point. I can't get in any modes. It does't react at all. I think it might be a hardware fault, a friend suggested it might be due to a short circuit battery.
I just followed this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170) to update, using method 1, having clockwork mod installed. And when I shut it down to restart in recovery mode it suddenly stopped reacting. I have had this before, but then taking the battery in and out fixed everything. Now it doesn't anymore.
Cool, well if removing the battery for a few minutes doesnt sort it then you should be able to return it because the carrier won't be able to tell if it is rooted if they can't turn it on.
When you charge it do you get the charging battery icon when you press the power button?
stkiswr said:
I don't think there is a real brick. There are restore images. Extremely hard to brick a nexus...borderline impossible.
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But I can't do anything with a restore image when I can't even get it started, let alone be recognized by my computer?
P.S.: Sorry for the late reply, but apparently I still have to wait 5 minutes in between posts.
Can you see the charging battery icon when the phone is off and plugged into the wall?
jd1001 said:
Cool, well if removing the battery for a few minutes doesnt sort it then you should be able to return it because the carrier won't be able to tell if it is rooted if they can't turn it on.
When you charge it do you get the charging battery icon when you press the power button?
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No, not a charging sign. I hope I can return it, but what if the battery is faulty and they just pop a new one in and then see that it is rooted?
Thanks for the help.
Could well be a dead battery dude, if you have a mate with a Nexus you could try yourself first. I know what you mean about the guy in the shop seeing the unlocked bootloader if he tried a different battery but you may be lucky in that he might not know what it is or you could just grab the phone and leg it ha ha
I hope it gets sorted and be sure to post here what happens. Take it easy.
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Could well be a dead battery dude, if you have a mate with a Nexus you could try yourself first. I know what you mean about the guy in the shop seeing the unlocked bootloader if he tried a different battery but you may be lucky in that he might not know what it is or you could just grab the phone and leg it ha ha
I hope it gets sorted and be sure to post here what happens. Take it easy.
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Thanks, hope it get's sorted out. Have to send the phone back, because it was imported, so no chance of legging it
Will post the outcome.
As promised the followup:
Luckily they didn't notice my GN was rooted etc. as today I received a brand new one after I sent the broken one in to an official Samsung repair center
I did test some things before I sent it in though, a friend just bought a new one and we tested if my battery worked in his phone (it didn't) and we tested his working battery in my phone (it didn't work either), so something was definitely very screwed up.
Haven't got any idea of what went wrong eventually as the repair service didn't offer any details, although I am off course glad I got a brand new one.
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My phone is only a few months old... I did buy it used and the person before me had it rooted so I unrooted it using "SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax". It worked fine since and I never had problem except the other day when my battery showed 100% all day until it just shut off and I had to recharge but then worked fine and since the battery seemed to be accurate. Anyway... Last night I went to use my phone as always and it just shut off and never turned back on?! I tried charging and no luck, took battery out a dozen times, no luck... Tried download mode, no luck... SO, what could be wrong with my phone??!! Is it bricked or is the battery just fried??!! The screen stays black and wont turn on for nothing, and it wont even charge so theres no green battery icon on the screen! Any Ideas??
I do want to add that from searching it seems like it is bricked but I just wanna make sure before I send it back or try anything I can to get it back on that people may suggest that I havent yet... Also, when I did unroot, everything went back to stock except the bullet boot logo screen, so if I do have to send it in will Samsung still fix it if they see that its been messed with some time or another? Or will they just simply wipe or replace it without even looking? Thanks.
ykman1 said:
My phone is only a few months old... I did buy it used and the person before me had it rooted so I unrooted it using "SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax". It worked fine since and I never had problem except the other day when my battery showed 100% all day until it just shut off and I had to recharge but then worked fine and since the battery seemed to be accurate. Anyway... Last night I went to use my phone as always and it just shut off and never turned back on?! I tried charging and no luck, took battery out a dozen times, no luck... Tried download mode, no luck... SO, what could be wrong with my phone??!! Is it bricked or is the battery just fried??!! The screen stays black and wont turn on for nothing, and it wont even charge so theres no green battery icon on the screen! Any Ideas??
I do want to add that from searching it seems like it is bricked but I just wanna make sure before I send it back or try anything I can to get it back on that people may suggest that I havent yet... Also, when I did unroot, everything went back to stock except the bullet boot logo screen, so if I do have to send it in will Samsung still fix it if they see that its been messed with some time or another? Or will they just simply wipe or replace it without even looking? Thanks.
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rooting your device voids all warranties, not sure about your issue but you need wait until some advanced members offer you there knowledge b4 returning a nonstock phone for warranty replacement.
Well I would definitely appreciate the advice on what it possibly is and what I can do as soon as possible. I have no back up so I am completely without a phone till it gets fixed.
ykman1 said:
Well I would definitely appreciate the advice on what it possibly is and what I can do as soon as possible. I have no back up so I am completely without a phone till it gets fixed.
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Drop by a tmobile store and ask to try another battery.
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Another battery wont fix it if the screen won't turn on When connected to power.
.....Clones & Drones.....
Yea... I spoke with samsung and they didnt seem to think it was a battery issue. Also, they asked me what color the strip was on the battery itself (the white strip next to the connection terminals) Im guessing if the batterys go bad it changes color cus according to them, white is what its suppose to be, no idea lol... Most likely if I dont get a response on something to try I havent yet by the end of the day Im gonna try the jig trick to try and get it into download mode so i can odin. If that dont work im hoping sammy will replace it, my only worry is the stupid bullet boot screen still being there but then again, if the phone dont turn on at all then they will most likely just reflash it, but is there still a way they can tell it was rooted some point in time? Anyone have experience with sending them devices like this and if the fixed them or not?
The colored strip is them trying to blame you for dropping it in the toilet LOL. The strips turn pink when wet. Other than that i think Odin is your only chance.
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so the phone doesn't turn on at all? LCD receives n0 power? try pulling the battery and running it without the battery
You tried holding vol. up,down and then plugging in usb with battery out?
I've noticed batteries on these juicing out and dyeing. Try a different battery, go into a local Tmobile Nd ask them to swap out your battery with a galaxy in the exchange bin
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NO..... do not do these..... look for the stock firmware .rar file and do it through ODIN. I bricked my phone too, and panicked, i called t-mobile and they got pissed that i rooted it and couldn't do anything. The .rar file fixed it. DL here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17067366/T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar.md5
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BTW it will be completely stock and not rooted, you have to flash it through odin..... it may take up to 2 hours, do not interrupt it
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NO..... do not do these..... look for the stock firmware .rar file and do it through ODIN. I bricked my phone too, and panicked, i called t-mobile and they got pissed that i rooted it and couldn't do anything. The .rar file fixed it. DL here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17067366/T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar.md5
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BTW it will be completely stock and not rooted, you have to flash it through odin..... it may take up to 2 hours, do not interrupt it
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I tried downloading this a couple of times, but I cant open them. Is there something I have to do?
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I tried downloading this a couple of times, but I cant open them. Is there something I have to do?
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You put the file in the ODIN folder and put your phone in download mode. My phone wouldn't charge or boot, but it still went into dl mode. Then you flash the .rar file.
By the way... this IS NOT a battery issue
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CyanModICS said:
You put the file in the ODIN folder and put your phone in download mode. My phone wouldn't charge or boot, but it still went into dl mode. Then you flash the .rar file.
By the way... this IS NOT a battery issue
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I think he mentioned he can't even get into dl mode
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Thanks for all the replies, and yea... as I said its completely dead. Also, I did test the battery so it wasn't that, and I tried using the Jig method to get it in download mode and no go... I already sent it back to Samsung so I can get a replacement.
I just wanna add that I have found that this is pretty common when rooting this device so be careful! For some reason this device is known to do this when you mess with it, and it wont necessarily happen as soon as you do, it could be months after and then it just decides to crap out randomly! So be careful!
Months later? That sucks man, is Sammy getting wiser? Well at least its bricked so hard they can't tell what's going on.
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It actually sounds like you've been using a generic charger or a charger that isn't the oem type which leads to the forever stuck 100%... that is your problem... it is because of a faulty charge that messes up your phone. It could even be a faulty oem one. There was a thread that addresses the 100% problem.
But yeah a lot of people don't realizes what ROOTing actually does and blames it for anything bad that happens to their phone. But! it's probably better that way.. less problems and finger pointings.
My phone is stuck in bootloop, and My Volume down button does not work, so im unable to remove the battery and boot it into CWM for a restore..
is there anyway to get into cwm without volume down or booting into the os as im stuck in bootloop?
Using adb maybe although I don't know if you would be able to.
Try adb devices in command prompt with the phone connected to the computer.
If it shows up then type adb reboot recovery and it'll boot into recovery but since you are in a bootloop that may not work.
yeah it doesn't boot into the os so my pc won't recognize it
i could fix this if my freaking volume down button would work?? does anyone thing this will be covered under my samsung 1 yr manufacturers warranty??? has anyone delt with them on something like this??
Any way you can persuade the volume button to work?
Well I have never had dealings with them so really can answer that question bit you could tell them you had a defective volume button and corrupted memory.
I think that is kinda common for these, it would be a good excuse for the bootloop.
thing is it's sporting the Franco kernel boot animation
any tricks for making this button work????
i've tried to poke inside with a screw driver, it's not obstructed at all it's just not responding..
I had the same problem. You need to put your phone into stock and start over again. It's pain and time consuming but it's better than having a paper weight. Remember our phone is hard to brick so have that positive note and for the future reference what not to do. Cheers!
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Ah I see...
Hmmmm, the only way is to play around with it, press it down and move it around. Push it left and right" that kinda thing. Trial and error.
Maybe before you bring it to the shop let the battery go completely dead so they don't see the boot animation.
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woostar88 said:
I had the same problem. You need to put your phone into stock and start over again. It's pain and time consuming but it's better than having a paper weight. Remember our phone is hard to brick so have that positive note and for the future reference what not to do. Cheers!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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His volume down button doesn't work. Read the op.
woostar88 said:
I had the same problem. You need to put your phone into stock and start over again. It's pain and time consuming but it's better than having a paper weight. Remember our phone is hard to brick so have that positive note and for the future reference what not to do. Cheers!
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How did you return your device to stock if you couldn't boot into recover or the os?
If it is boot looping then your ok because they can't see anything. IMHO your good to go.
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herbzilla said:
If it is boot looping then your ok because they can't see anything. IMHO your good to go.
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They can see his non-stock boot animation though
hmm but the thing is it's rocking the franco kernel boot animation
arguably, it really is a hardware issue thats preventing me from repairing my phone..
im hoping they won't just up and say that it's rooted so we dont' cover phsyical issues..
i've only had this phone 2.5 months
This is tough... So your vol buttons are broken? Hmm only solution would be adb or warranty... Sorry bud I'm out of options
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arg.. well a warranty replacement is gonna take a while if they will take it.. i will call them tommorow but i don't have very high expectations..
looks like i will be buying a use iphone 4 tommorow
collindubya said:
arg.. well a warranty replacement is gonna take a while if they will take it.. i will call them tommorow but i don't have very high expectations..
looks like i will be buying a use iphone 4 tommorow
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actually, a replacement unit ship out really fast.
Well i will have to get up early tommorow and find a way to call them and see what they have to say, any tips, should i tell them yes it's rooted but my issue is with the volume rocker?
collindubya said:
Well i will have to get up early tommorow and find a way to call them and see what they have to say, any tips, should i tell them yes it's rooted but my issue is with the volume rocker?
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No!!!!
Tell them nothing of the sort!! Say broken volume rocker or corrupted eMMC.
So basically because i can't reset the flash counter on the phone there's no way i can send it in the state that it's in as i've flashed several roms on it, i ordered one of those usb jigs off of ebay to hopefully put it into odin mode so i can restore it..
If there's anyone reading this that's in Vancouver BC that has a jig that might want to help a guy out i'd be forever greatful
as far as I know there is no flash counter in the gnex.
I've searched & searched thru XDA without any luck or finding someone with a similar situation.
My GNEX is unlocked, rooted & running AOKP 36.
I hung up the phone after a call...locked it...put it in my pocket...took it out a few minutes later and the phone would not turn on. My battery was over 50%, so i thought i pocket-powered the phone down.
The phone does not boot into any mode. I've tried them all. It is not recognized by my Mac or PC. Here are the things i've done so far: Battery pull. Charge overnight. Removed battery overnight. I bought a new battery & i'm still having the same problem.
Any ideas before i call Verizon and take the loss? I would really like to recover my pictures & videos.
Thanks in advance.
So you have tried to boot into recovery by holding down power and the volume buttons?
If not try this to get to recovery to do a restore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SDd1DZUs-M
If you tried this, then you might need to send it in.
Thanks for the reply, but i've tried that already. I'm out of ideas...it's unresponsive.
falotm said:
Thanks for the reply, but i've tried that already. I'm out of ideas...it's unresponsive.
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Do you have another battery or friend with a gnex? My girls died completely while plugged in over night. I got another battery and it fired up.
Needless to say a clean install was the next step.
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Also hold down power button for awhile. And also try.with a different battery.
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I bought a new battery from Verizon and tried it, but its still unresponsive. I charged both batteries overnight and nothing happens.
I've held all buttons for several minutes with both batteries, but nothing happens. It wont boot and it won't boot into recovery/bootloader/hard reset menu, etc (android with stomach open LOL)
On a few occasions, when i connect to my PC, it says new hardware detected OMAP 4440 (or something like that) & asks to install drivers. I have the Gnex toolkit, but the program does NOT detect my phone.
Thanks for the replies.
This happened to my fiance's vzw gnex. She was on stock though. Just surfing the web and it turned off. Dead as can be. She took it back and they gave her a new one.
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Oh.. Man you lost the bootloader.... If you have warranty go ask for a replacement, it's a pain trying to get the phone back up..
They won't know the phone its unlocked since it won't turn on
Nexus Cm9 + Franco
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...b-prime-via-usb-cable-freeeeeeeeeeee-1465412/
Try this?
Can't hurt...
My Nexus is from Verizon & the tutorial you linked is for the GSM version. Do you think it matters?
I will still give it a shot. Thanks!
Did you check the pin area where the battery connects? Are the pins in good condition or any small foreign object around them?
If you're careful you can *maybe* odin it back to stock (you've already lost the pics tho).
Look in the dev area for any odin threads.....links to files and stuff are in there.
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Try this?
Can't hurt...
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Thanks for the link. I installed the drivers, phone was detected, ran thru the program, but it failed at the very end. I think its because my phone is i515 & not GSM version.
I've given up hope. Time to get a replacement. I hope it never boots and they don't find out its unlocked & rooted.
I appreciate everyone's input.
Thanks!
a friend mine has a similar problem..
phone died without reason
where i can download the drives that you made mention?
i'll suggest him to try that .bat file
well.. i guess from what I've been reading once in hard brick its toast... last night i tried to install the 1% bat mod, and failed. causing my phone to not power back up. at all... I've tried to boot into download mode, and recovery mode, the screen doesn't even turn on. nothing happens. from what I've read on here it sounds like its done. any suggestions? today after work I'm going to best buy and try and play stupid and see if by chance they will set me up with a new phone. I've only had it for 3 months, and I'm hoping since it cant boot at all they will just swap me out. otherwise ill have to pick one up from eBay...
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well.. i guess from what I've been reading once in hard brick its toast... last night i tried to install the 1% bat mod, and failed. causing my phone to not power back up. at all... I've tried to boot into download mode, and recovery mode, the screen doesn't even turn on. nothing happens. from what I've read on here it sounds like its done. any suggestions? today after work I'm going to best buy and try and play stupid and see if by chance they will set me up with a new phone. I've only had it for 3 months, and I'm hoping since it cant boot at all they will just swap me out. otherwise ill have to pick one up from eBay...
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You have to send your device, but it's 60$, i take the link on the forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35367136&postcount=7
If it dosent boot at all samsung will fix it for free
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If it dosent boot at all samsung will fix it for free
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Even if i was screwing with the ROM files...? i thought that voided warranty. i mean it cant boot at all... but im sure they have ways of knowing what i did...
If they cant turn on they dont know what happend
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They will reset and send it back....the only way they wont honor ur warranty is if they see your flash counter..... and or system modifeid status whitch they wont
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thanks for the help!. i did the live chat.. played dumb. and they told me i have to call and get further assistance. so i will have to wait till monday to call.
Kies did this while updating to JB, right?
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Kies did this while updating to JB, right?
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Yes, gt.. It was definitely Kies while updating.
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haha... i can give it a try... i have to call samsung in the morning... once i get off the phone ill post here and tell yall what my verdict is.
Ok i called and talked to Samsung. told them my "problem" and they emailed me a shipping label, i need to send them the phone and the battery, and they will look into my problem and send the phone back once they fix it. i also told them my battery felt warmer than normal. on a side not, this is a real problem. my phone had been off for 2 days, while on the phone with Samsung they asked me to take out the battery, and i noticed the battery was actually quite warm, struck me as odd considering the phone has been off for days... i told them that too.. anyone else have that problem?
Ok so ur gonna get u phone fixed then :good
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Ok i called and talked to Samsung. told them my "problem" and they emailed me a shipping label, i need to send them the phone and the battery, and they will look into my problem and send the phone back once they fix it. i also told them my battery felt warmer than normal. on a side not, this is a real problem. my phone had been off for 2 days, while on the phone with Samsung they asked me to take out the battery, and i noticed the battery was actually quite warm, struck me as odd considering the phone has been off for days... i told them that too.. anyone else have that problem?
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It's obviously doing something... Try to force download mode like this:
Hook up the phone with no battery inserted
Hold Vol Down + Home only
Insert battery
Ya if the battery is still warm, it is doing something. I'd try every absolute way to boot to download or recovery before sending it in.
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i double and triple checked it... its fried no start no matter what. no magic tricks to get this thing started.... so i just hope they fix it, it will reset the flash count.
Let us know how it goes
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i mailed it off a day ago, they are supposed to get getting it sometime today. the rep said it could take up to 8 days for them to process it, then 2 days for them to mail it back. ill keep y'all posted
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i double and triple checked it... its fried no start no matter what. no magic tricks to get this thing started.... so i just hope they fix it, it will reset the flash count.
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Why are you worried about the flash count? I thought that Triangle Away worked on the GS3.
gt8684 said:
well.. i guess from what I've been reading once in hard brick its toast... last night i tried to install the 1% bat mod, and failed. causing my phone to not power back up. at all... I've tried to boot into download mode, and recovery mode, the screen doesn't even turn on. nothing happens. from what I've read on here it sounds like its done. any suggestions? today after work I'm going to best buy and try and play stupid and see if by chance they will set me up with a new phone. I've only had it for 3 months, and I'm hoping since it cant boot at all they will just swap me out. otherwise ill have to pick one up from eBay...
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The same thing happened to me. I tried to install the insert coin revolution rom with muti window support. (unable to resist) and then my phone suddenly turned off. I got happy and thought it worked then a couple minutes later I tried everything but it won't turn on. So I gave it to Telus and said that I did a factory reset and then suddenly it turned off and won't turn back on. so they sent it for repair and said it would take 2-3 weeks. Right now is week 2 of 3. good luck.
well my phone was completely dead so I could use triangle away...I'm not worried about it. if they find out it just means they wont fix it for free...
thanks I need the luck, I'm completely phone free... its a funny feeling not having one... no worries though...
Crazy how dependent we are on these things. Too bad a jig doesn't work like on the GS2. That thing saved me when I had to send it in for warranty repair.
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
jojo1419 said:
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
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Did you flash any custom ROM on your phone by any chance?
What method did you use to root?
When you press the power button does the screen at least display the Samsung logo?
Can you get in to recovery/download mode via button combos?
Next time, please use the thread search bar, as the issue you have is very similar to those mentioned in other threads before. There may be several solutions to your problem.
jojo1419 said:
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
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if your phone is becoming hot then its charging, even with a bad flash your screen should show something, perhaps its out of charge
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FineTalent said:
Did you flash any custom ROM on your phone by any chance?
What method did you use to root?
When you press the power button does the screen at least display the Samsung logo?
Can you get in to recovery/download mode via button combos?
Next time, please use the thread search bar, as the issue you have is very similar to those mentioned in other threads before. There may be several solutions to your problem.
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I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
Nothing diplay when I press any boutons
And I can't get into recovery/download vio bouton combos
It's maybe hard brick.... What I exactly did is, root the phone, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install a jb rom from the galaxy s2 forum (not t-mobile galaxy 2 forum). I tried a couple of them but it could not complete the instalation. So then I did a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery and it just went blank and since then, can't do anything!
The battery was also very low, so at first I thought it was because of that, but it's been recharging over night and I still nothing.
Although when plugged into the computer, it tries to connect the driver but fails because the phone's not turned on
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I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
Nothing diplay when I press any boutons
And I can't get into recovery/download vio bouton combos
It's maybe hard brick.... What I exactly did is, root the phone, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install a jb rom from the galaxy s2 forum (not t-mobile galaxy 2 forum). I tried a couple of them but it could not complete the instalation. So then I did a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery and it just went blank and since then, can't do anything!
The battery was also very low, so at first I thought it was because of that, but it's been recharging over night and I still nothing.
Although when plugged into the computer, it tries to connect the driver but fails because the phone's not turned on
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Unfortunately if you flashed an I9100 ROM to your phone you're hard bricked. Mobo's are expensive on ebay...
jrosetto said:
Unfortunately if you flashed an I9100 ROM to your phone you're hard bricked. Mobo's are expensive on ebay...
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That's what I thought, but it didnt install completly thought. But can I unbricked it with JIG usb???? Anyway, do you think I can get a new one (at koodo canada) it's only been 4 days my friends has the phone (Yes I've bicked my friends phone, now im going to pay him a new one) but do they usualy give a brand new one or they send it to the company then they ship it back to you?
Thanks everyone for helping
jojo1419 said:
That's what I thought, but it didnt install completly thought. But can I unbricked it with JIG usb???? Anyway, do you think I can get a new one (at koodo canada) it's only been 4 days my friends has the phone (Yes I've bicked my friends phone, now im going to pay him a new one) but do they usualy give a brand new one or they send it to the company then they ship it back to you?
Thanks everyone for helping
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I have the same Koodo phone from you. In regards to returning your phone... you would have to check the return policy of the store. In the event you are able to return it, there is a possibility that they may not fix it for you. Reason being is that you have 'flashed' something on to your phone which may have changed the 'flash counter', which in that case if a technician were to see that they would not do anything as it has void your warranty.
Hopefully, you will be able to do an in-store-exchange if everything goes... just make sure to provide a legitimate excuse.
It doesn't hurt to try using a USB Jig, there is a great chance of it working. Doing so you will be able to get in to 'download mode' and this time flash the proper, I recommend stock Koodo ROM to your phone.
For future note, please, be extra-careful when doing anything that involves flashing custom ROMs/files to your phone. By making a mistake (which you have currently done) you are the one at fault here. Especially knowing that it's your first time doing so on with this particular phone.
Good luck!
FineTalent said:
I have the same Koodo phone from you. In regards to returning your phone... you would have to check the return policy of the store. In the event you are able to return it, there is a possibility that they may not fix it for you. Reason being is that you have 'flashed' something on to your phone which may have changed the 'flash counter', which in that case if a technician were to see that they would not do anything as it has void your warranty.
Hopefully, you will be able to do an in-store-exchange if everything goes... just make sure to provide a legitimate excuse.
It doesn't hurt to try using a USB Jig, there is a great chance of it working. Doing so you will be able to get in to 'download mode' and this time flash the proper, I recommend stock Koodo ROM to your phone.
For future note, please, be extra-careful when doing anything that involves flashing custom ROMs/files to your phone. By making a mistake (which you have currently done) you are the one at fault here. Especially knowing that it's your first time doing so on with this particular phone.
Good luck!
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Went to koodo, they gave us a new one We got very lucky on that one and I think the phone was hard brick
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