Hey guys,
I flashed arco's ICS alpha 3 using CWM and everything was working fine for a few hours. Installed some apps and rebooted the phone. But suddenly the phone didn't reboot and now isn't turning on anymore. I can't even get it to the recovery or download mode. It's totally bricked. When I connect it to the PC, it trys to install QHSUSB_DLOAD driver.
Is there a way that I can unbrick the son of a *****?
Any help will be appreciated.
KunX said:
Hey guys,
I flashed arco's ICS alpha 3 using CWM and everything was working fine for a few hours. Installed some apps and rebooted the phone. But suddenly the phone didn't reboot and now isn't turning on anymore. I can't even get it to the recovery or download mode. It's totally bricked. When I connect it to the PC, it trys to install QHSUSB_DLOAD driver.
Is there a way that I can unbrick the son of a *****?
Any help will be appreciated.
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In my opinion it is a full brick. To "unbrick" the minimum is to be able to get into download mode.
greets
THE-E
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Oh my what apps did you install ?
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THE-E said:
In my opinion it is a full brick. To "unbrick" the minimum is to be able to get into download mode.
greets
THE-E
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I was affraid of that. But ok. Thanks for the response. I'll try to go to samsung costumer center and see if they will help me.
I installed Winamp Pro, XDA and Swiftkey X for testing.
I was able to reboot the phone with no problems even after I installed the apps. Rebooted it a few times. But on the last time I tried it bricked, for no apparent reason.
KunX said:
I was affraid of that. But ok. Thanks for the response. I'll try to go to samsung costumer center and see if they will help me.
I installed Winamp Pro, XDA and Swiftkey X for testing.
I was able to reboot the phone with no problems even after I installed the apps. Rebooted it a few times. But on the last time I tried it bricked, for no apparent reason.
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is the charger animation visible?
put your phone for a half hour on the charger and then try to enter downloadmode.
or pull out the battery för ten minutes and then try to enter downloadmode
No. It's completely dead. Won't show up anything.
KunX said:
No. It's completely dead. Won't show up anything.
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the only way is bring back your phone to SSC and let the warranty do its magic goodluck though
hotheabilly said:
the only way is bring back your phone to SSC and let the warranty do its magic goodluck though
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By rooting his phone and flashing CM9 he voided his waranty ...
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i recently got tmobile galaxy s2 with cracked scree. so i replaced the screen and when i turn it on. it reboots then after 1 min it does the same thing over and over. idk why that's happening. any idea how to fix the problem. help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
I would recommend you call and get another if you just got our. I really don't suggest the following return it! I am not responsible for what you do with your phone. If it is bad hardware you want a new one.
You just need download mode hold Vol buttons on boot and plug in USB as it boots but before samsung logo goes away (may take a few good tries there is a real trick to it sometimes).
If that works follow Odin flash directions for rooting the phone. I used theunlckr guide myself (easy find via Google).
If you can get download mode and flash a recovery package to it you may get it running. may just be really bad flash on their end.
I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU REALLY TRY RETURNING IT AGAIN IF YOU JUST GOT IT. USE THIS ONLY AS A LAST RESORT. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS WITH YOUR PHONE.
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RealPariah said:
I would recommend you call and get another if you just got our. I really don't suggest the following return it! I am not responsible for what you do with your phone. If it is bad hardware you want a new one.
You just need download mode hold Vol buttons on boot and plug in USB as it boots but before samsung logo goes away (may take a few good tries there is a real trick to it sometimes).
If that works follow Odin flash directions for rooting the phone. I used theunlckr guide myself (easy find via Google).
If you can get download mode and flash a recovery package to it you may get it running. may just be really bad flash on their end.
I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU REALLY TRY RETURNING IT AGAIN IF YOU JUST GOT IT. USE THIS ONLY AS A LAST RESORT. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS WITH YOUR PHONE.
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Agreed. You could flash a different ROM entirely
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is that possible for my phone because my phone isnt rooted. and is it possible to get a diffrent rom
btw can you please put a link on how to root a rom with the download mode vol up and plug the usb
josephgalaxy said:
btw can you please put a link on how to root a rom with the download mode vol up and plug the usb
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Here's a link
tcboo said:
Here's a link
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AAAAAH hahahaha ! thats classic Loving that good job tc!
tcboo said:
Here's a link
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Lol.
Did the phone work fine before you swapped the screen?
Either, you shorted something during the screen swap.
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or this also happens with non oem parts. Where did you get the screen? Either way I'd take it to a cell phone repair store.
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Thanks guys. I got my screen at eBay . And ya it was working fine before the screen cracked and nothin would turn on exept for the keypad.
Hi all,
i just bricked my Galaxy Gio... i installed Rom Manager, downloaded CWM Recovery 4.0.1.5 which according to this:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
page is the version to use with the Gio. After flashing CWM Recovery I turned the phone off.
Now my phone is _completely_ bricked... it doesn't respond to any input at all, it doesn't respond to my pushings of the on/off button.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
Flash stock with odin, plus there was a thread to not to flash cwm from rom manager.
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Odin won't detect it... I guess I'll have to turn it in to my operator.
be_born said:
Odin won't detect it... I guess I'll have to turn it in to my operator.
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They will charge you for money, i think you need peteragent5s guide to unbrick your gio....
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I found this:
http://androidflip.com/unbrick-samsung-android-phones-click-guide/
in a thread here... trying it now...
It seems that the phone is bricked permanently... it won't even go into download mode... :'(
Look for unbricking tutorial thread in
The Android Development section here by Peteragent5. There is a soultion to unbrick gio. And if you ever want to flash CWM, flash it from stock recovery (press home and power button at the same time when phone is off)
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everyone! Its no use, you have to bring it back, say that you dropped it or something, they repaired mine for free
Sent from my good ol’ Gio
Give it to the service guarantees if you have
Say that when you update your phone software Kies is disabled and will not turn on
The program you probably burned RomManager Memory Storage Capacity
So for anything they should not come
A Kies as it gets updated Boot can load anything so as to disconnect the phone is dead
Perhaps exchange the motherboard and that's all
usedusername said:
Look for unbricking tutorial thread in
The Android Development section here by Peteragent5. There is a soultion to unbrick gio. And if you ever want to flash CWM, flash it from stock recovery (press home and power button at the same time when phone is off)
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You are a noob
He say i cant enter in downloading mode
Think you're smart but dumb as a bat
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Dont offend on XDA
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Thanks...
...for your commitment folks, i really appreciate it.
I turned the phone in to 3 today, they will probably have to replace the motherboard as Rom Manager seems to have... messed it up bigtime.
Hopefully they won't charge me much for this though in the reparation log it says:
Warranty: None
Insurance: None
I got the phone just a few months ago when changing mobile operator to 3... i'm really happy with the phone, just have to fully understand that in the Android world your not quite as protected as in the realm of iOS – for better and worse.
Msulviu said:
You are a noob
He say i cant enter in downloading mode
Think you're smart but dumb as a bat
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smart but dumb
true story bro
Ah...
...my dear Gio is back from the repairman... 3 repaired it for me without charging me a nickle for it, _and_ i got to borrow a phone during the repairing.
Lovely .
be_born said:
...my dear Gio is back from the repairman... 3 repaired it for me without charging me a nickle for it, _and_ i got to borrow a phone during the repairing.
Lovely .
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Wow thats great service
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Man, try to send it for service. A friend of mine melted his cellphone motherboard just by installing a ROM with RomManager. Don't use RM anymore, it doesn't always work properly and sometimes may cause really BIG problems..
be_born said:
Hi all,
i just bricked my Galaxy Gio... i installed Rom Manager, downloaded CWM Recovery 4.0.1.5 which according to this:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
page is the version to use with the Gio. After flashing CWM Recovery I turned the phone off.
Now my phone is _completely_ bricked... it doesn't respond to any input at all, it doesn't respond to my pushings of the on/off button.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
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Have you fixed your Gio?
So I flashed the latest Slimbean last night and it instabricked my phone. Total failure. After I rebooted the phone would turn on, wont charge, wont go into recovery or download mode. Yes I flashed correctly and yes the battery was charged. This is probably the 10th rom i've tried with this phone. Any help out there?
Make sure you're trying to boot into download using the correct combo (Vol down + power + home buttons) use Vol up for recovery.
Make sure the file you downloaded is for US GS3 codename "d2att,d2tmo, or d2ca" and not anything international.
If you didn't flash anything international or from another phone you shouldn't be bricked.
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Hmm, maybe I did flash the I9300 one, but even so. Why would that mess with my recovery/download?
The I9300 flash contains a kernel specific to I9300, not I747 or I747M...
blaze0303 said:
Hmm, maybe I did flash the I9300 one, but even so. Why would that mess with my recovery/download?
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Because the international versions hardware is COMPLETELY different than US version.
If you did flash international version you're completely out of luck, you're bricked and your phone is now a paperweight. Sorry bud.
Only thing that can bring it back to life is JTAG service.
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Not good, when I get off of work i'll look more into it. Thanks guys.
Edit: When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download. Can I flash from Odin with this or does that mean it needs jtag?
blaze0303 said:
Not good, when I get off of work i'll look more into it. Thanks guys.
Edit: When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download. Can I flash from Odin with this or does that mean it needs jtag?
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Download Kies to get drivers then disable or uninstall kies so it doesn't disturb Odin. Flash stock ROM with Odin and you should be good to go. You'd need to get into download mode though on the phone. If you can't, I'd say you can only JTAG.
Course, I've never bricked my device. That's just what I gathered based on the little bit I just read up on. Good luck. :thumbup:
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busarov said:
Download Kies to get drivers then disable or uninstall kies so it doesn't disturb Odin. Flash stock ROM with Odin and you should be good to go. You'd need to get into download mode though on the phone. If you can't, I'd say you can only JTAG.
Course, I've never bricked my device. That's just what I gathered based on the little bit I just read up on. Good luck. :thumbup:
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As stated by busarov, if your device is seen by your PC there is still hope!
Try Odin as many times as you can as long as your device is visible.
I've read its taken up to 5 times times for some users to get it to work after flashing international firmware.
Just don't use Kies. Since your device is rooted it will have problems. Stick to Odin.
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Thanks to both of you.
Slimbean didn't brick your phone u flashed wrong file should clear that up.....good luck on repair
jayRokk said:
As stated by busarov, if your device is seen by your PC there is still hope!
Try Odin as many times as you can as long as your device is visible.
I've read its taken up to 5 times times for some users to get it to work after flashing international firmware.
Just don't use Kies. Since your device is rooted it will have problems. Stick to Odin.
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There is not necessarily hope. The PC can still register a generic USB device on a hard brick. Unless the phone can be put into download mode, either by Volume Down + Home + Power or by homemade/purchased USB JIG, I'm afraid a JTAG is your only recourse.
Keep in mind if the device does not turn on at all, no vibrations, no flicker of light, even after a battery pull, and the only sign is a red LED turns on when plugged into the charger, the phone is hard bricked and will require a JIG (not guaranteed) or a JTAG.
Brooklynsour said:
Slimbean didn't brick your phone u flashed wrong file should clear that up.....good luck on repair
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Agreed, even though you flashed a Slimbean ROM, it was for the incorrect variant. Your thread title should be changed to reflect that, as it may cause new users to be fearful when flashing that ROM.
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It's going to require jtag service. I can't change the title of the thread, but if a mod wants to, please go ahead.
blaze0303 said:
It's going to require jtag service. I can't change the title of the thread, but if a mod wants to, please go ahead.
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That stinks. At least it an option for us on Samsung devices. Mobiletechvideos.com for jtag is fairly quick from what I have heard. Good luck to you
blaze0303 said:
When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download.
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Yep, that's a hard brick alright.
I used this JTAG service for my D2att S3 and it worked out great.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JTAG-Brick-...765?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab7c66a45
Hello everyone,
My GN2 GT-N7100 just got hard bricked. I don't find, so far, any affordable solution to recover it. I have connected it to recharger but the battery logo shows up empty all the time. I've tried HOME+VOLDOWN+POW, but no access to download recovery mode. I've also tried "adb reboot recovery" hopelessly.
It got bricked out of no apparent reason. The phone has been working nicely for 6 months.
Any clue about an affordable solution?
Thanks.
Andrés
morxa said:
Hello everyone,
My GN2 GT-N7100 just got hard bricked. I don't find, so far, any affordable solution to recover it. I have connected it to recharger but the battery logo shows up empty all the time. I've tried HOME+VOLDOWN+POW, but no access to download recovery mode. I've also tried "adb reboot recovery" hopelessly.
It got bricked out of no apparent reason. The phone has been working nicely for 6 months.
Any clue about an affordable solution?
Thanks.
Andrés
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If you can't get into recovery mode, there's nothing to be done short of taking it for repair.
may be...
muppetmania said:
If you can't get into recovery mode, there's nothing to be done short of taking it for repair.
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I would like to mention that, before getting hard-bricked, it was entering to recovery mode. I tried couple of times to copy the original ROM through ODIN, but it did ask for a PIT file. This procedure of uploading (an executing) the PIT file didn't work.
Just remembering another discussion thread, I presume that the problem might be that the battery has run out. And that is why it does not enter in recovery mode. However, I've also tried HOME+VOLDW+PW with the phone connected to a USB source, and nothing happens (although yesterday the procedure was working).
Do you think that if I manage to recharge the battery it will work? (i.e. it will enter in the rec mode?)
Thanks for your help,
Andrés
:good:
Plug to the charger using the original cable provided by Samsung, allow to charge for a while, then w/o unplug hold power and home button by 15 sec, then if don't back in order try to get in adb recovery, then flash last stock rom image, discard rooted ones, this worked to me few days ago, seems some bug related to the last patch from samsung.
Sent From my Un-Rooted GT-N7100
morxa said:
Hello everyone,
My GN2 GT-N7100 just got hard bricked. I don't find, so far, any affordable solution to recover it. I have connected it to recharger but the battery logo shows up empty all the time. I've tried HOME+VOLDOWN+POW, but no access to download recovery mode. I've also tried "adb reboot recovery" hopelessly.
It got bricked out of no apparent reason. The phone has been working nicely for 6 months.
Any clue about an affordable solution?
Thanks.
Andrés
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I doubt that that your SUPERPHONE 'got bricked out of no apparent reason'. You are hiding something......
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RE: got bricked out of no apparent reason
artorelis said:
I doubt that that your SUPERPHONE 'got bricked out of no apparent reason'. You are hiding something......
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
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I wish I had done something just to describe the procedure.
The exact experience was that couple of days ago, my GT-N7100 rooted and running CIS80 (since Feb), started to hang. I rebooted it a couple of times during the morning. In the afternoon got bricked 'out of no apparent reason'.
Do you have any useful suggestion appart from that ?
Thanks,
Andrés
Weird, did you check the battery? Maybe is not charged
It could be SDS.
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My phone started working....
morxa said:
Hello everyone,
My GN2 GT-N7100 just got hard bricked. I don't find, so far, any affordable solution to recover it. I have connected it to recharger but the battery logo shows up empty all the time. I've tried HOME+VOLDOWN+POW, but no access to download recovery mode. I've also tried "adb reboot recovery" hopelessly.
It got bricked out of no apparent reason. The phone has been working nicely for 6 months.
Any clue about an affordable solution?
Thanks.
Andrés
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I just flashed philz recovery for my phone via odin and it started working....
Hi all
I got a notification of the latest software upgrade available for my device. I downloaded it and installed it. The installation process was shown to have reached 100% and then the phone screen went black and then did not turn back up. When I connect the phone to charger, I do not see any battery charging icon
I had my phone connected to the power outlet while I was upgrading? Is my phone bricked? Any way I can resolve this issue? My phone is out of warranty.
I have never ever rooted the phone. Not sure why would this happen with an official software upgrade.
Any help will be immensely appreciated
Are u able to enter recovery mode!
nick2408 said:
Hi all
I got a notification of the latest software upgrade available for my device. I downloaded it and installed it. The installation process was shown to have reached 100% and then the phone screen went black and then did not turn back up. When I connect the phone to charger, I do not see any battery charging icon
I had my phone connected to the power outlet while I was upgrading? Is my phone bricked? Any way I can resolve this issue? My phone is out of warranty.
I have never ever rooted the phone. Not sure why would this happen with an official software upgrade.
Any help will be immensely appreciated
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Bro, hava read here....hopefully this will fix for u, FULL UNBRICKING TUT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725706
bodmar said:
Bro, hava read here....hopefully this will fix for u, FULL UNBRICKING TUT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725706
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I was unable to go to recovery or download mode..
I took my phone to samsung service center and they told my motherboard has problems and it needs to be replaced.. huh
nick2408 said:
I was unable to go to recovery or download mode..
I took my phone to samsung service center and they told my motherboard has problems and it needs to be replaced.. huh
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So its under warranty? Right? Or do u have to pay for the mess samsung created
doctor_droid said:
So its under warranty? Right? Or do u have to pay for the mess samsung created
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I had to pay for it. It was out of warranty
nick2408 said:
I had to pay for it. It was out of warranty
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Thats a really bad consumer behavior from an intl oem...
doctor_droid said:
Thats a really bad consumer behavior from an intl oem...
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Why do you think so. I am quite sure my phone was hard bricked
nick2408 said:
Why do you think so. I am quite sure my phone was hard bricked
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I meant behavior towards consumer... not ur fault mate...i knw how pathetic it can be to give away hard earned money when its nt our fault
Ridiculous move from Samsung IMO.
nick2408 said:
Hi all
I got a notification of the latest software upgrade available for my device. I downloaded it and installed it. The installation process was shown to have reached 100% and then the phone screen went black and then did not turn back up. When I connect the phone to charger, I do not see any battery charging icon
I had my phone connected to the power outlet while I was upgrading? Is my phone bricked? Any way I can resolve this issue? My phone is out of warranty.
I have never ever rooted the phone. Not sure why would this happen with an official software upgrade.
Any help will be immensely appreciated
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Dear friend, Did you repair your phone my case is similar to yours.
agsao said:
Dear friend, Did you repair your phone my case is similar to yours.
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Dear friend, just download your latest firmware at sammobile and flash it thru odin. Its the easiest and safest way to upgrade in my experience.
kaiserlourdes said:
Dear friend, just download your latest firmware at sammobile and flash it thru odin. Its the easiest and safest way to upgrade in my experience.
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I could not open my phone and PC recognized it as unknown device.
agsao said:
I could not open my phone and PC recognized it as unknown device.
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Search the forum on how to root and u can find there the Samsung USB drivers link. Download that
kaiserlourdes said:
Search the forum on how to root and u can find there the Samsung USB drivers link. Download that
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Previously the PC was able to detect the phone (that mean the driver is installed successfully) but after this problem I can't turn on my phone ,and the screen is always blank.
agsao said:
Previously the PC was able to detect the phone (that mean the driver is installed successfully) but after this problem I can't turn on my phone ,and the screen is always blank.
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can u explain how did you end up with blank screen when plug into PC?
did u go to download mode?
because mine was perfectly fine when plug into the PC.
kaiserlourdes said:
can u explain how did you end up with blank screen when plug into PC?
did u go to download mode?
because mine was perfectly fine when plug into the PC.
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Dear friend,
My phone was stuck on logo screen.
I tried to full flash it using Odin I chooses all files except PDA files.
The phone accepted the flashing successfully
Phone restated and showing the android robot for updating
During this screen became black.
The result:
No response from phone it cann' be charged nor be turned on
I can't open the phone in any mode even download mode
When I plug my phone to the PC it's recognized as unknown device not as previous.
Thanks
agsao said:
Dear friend,
My phone was stuck on logo screen.
I tried to full flash it using Odin I chooses all files except PDA files.
The phone accepted the flashing successfully
Phone restated and showing the android robot for updating
During this screen became black.
The result:
No response from phone it cann' be charged nor be turned on
I can't open the phone in any mode even download mode
When I plug my phone to the PC it's recognized as unknown device not as previous.
Thanks
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After successful flash the phone will reboot automatically and will stay on bootloop, while rebooting press and hols home+vol.up+power button. Then factory reset, wipe dalvik, wipe cache. Then reboot system..
Why not PDA? When i flashed stock rom i choose PDA and choose the file.
Auto reboot and f.reset time are the only checked boxes
kaiserlourdes said:
After successful flash the phone will reboot automatically and will stay on bootloop, while rebooting press and hols home+vol.up+power button. Then factory reset, wipe dalvik, wipe cache. Then reboot system..
Why not PDA? When i flashed stock rom i choose PDA and choose the file.
Auto reboot and f.reset time are the only checked boxes
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Now I cannot flash it any more because the phone can't start in any mode neither download download mode nor recovery mode. ( may be hard bricked)
agsao said:
Now I cannot flash it any more because the phone can't start in any mode neither download download mode nor recovery mode. ( may be hard bricked)
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one cannot hard bricked thru OTA update of official samsung. because i once update thru OTA and it updated successfully.
maybe it hard bricked when you flashed thru odin, maybe a wrong step.
i cant help you anymore brother, you can search this forum on how to unbricked device, u can try it. goodluck!