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Was using Odin , got stuck forever. The phone won't do anything now, won't reboot normally won't boot into recovery , won't boot into download mode. Totally non reponsive , nothing ever on screen , no charging icon . Battery out then back in , plugged into usb then put in battery.. tried it all.
looking for suggestions, phone is going back to t-mobile if I cant fix this
Try entering download mode again and reflash your phone. Download the tar again in case the previous was corrupt.
Pull out the battery and put it back in. hold vol up and down at the same time and then connect the USB cable. This will get you back into download mode.
Good luck!
Also, I believe this is in the wrong forum. I'm not a mod but I believe it belongs in the general section.
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I have tried for an hour straight to enter DL mode , no soap
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I have tried for an hour straight to enter DL mode , no soap
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It's a common misconception (I did it myself) that the power button is also used in the sequence to enter download mode, this isn't the case. Just hold down vol up & down and connect the usb cable, do not press the power button.
Just trying to rule everything out
If this doesn't work for you then I'm out of ideas. Are you still able to get into recovery? If you are, try flashing a ROM and see what happens.
Just to clarify, what does your phone do when you turn it on? Does it boot loop or get stuck somewhere?
EDIT:NVM reread original post (selfn00b'd myself). Totally unresponsive? I believe you should still be able to get into d/l mode since I think they set that up as failsafe. If you can't then it probably will have to go back. Bummer
I'v herd that it somtimes helps to take the battery out and let it sit for 30 min
But thankfully I can not confirm!
May also want to try different computer and cable
Try ADB
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Try ADB
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Can You ADB if your phone won't power up?
You need your PC to recognize it. Is it seeing your phone or is it completely dead?
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DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
movieaddict said:
DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
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You did not read the OP , The phone died after using Odin(which DL mode is required) , obviously the phone is easy to get into DL mode. The phone is stone dead and won't power into anything
its funny when people suggest you try something to power on your phone even after youve just told them you have tried it all. kind of annoying actually.
but same thing happen to me man. i finally gave up and sent it to samsung today, that would probably be your best option. either that or tmobile
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its funny when people suggest you try something to power on your phone even after youve just told them you have tried it all. kind of annoying actually.
but same thing happen to me man. i finally gave up and sent it to samsung today, that would probably be your best option. either that or tmobile
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Thats what I ended up doing , they are sending out a new phone. It is disturbing that you can actually KILL your phone using Odin. I have flashed a ton of phones a million times and never ended up with a door stop.
Im surprised the GS2 is brickable. I came from a Vibrant (Galaxy S) and that phone was impossible to brick. I was always able to bring it back to download mode but sometimes i had to try different combinations of things to get it into DL mode like remove sim or battery etc. What I'm saying is your phone can be fussy.
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I bricked mine flashing a boot.img to the wrong partition in recovery. This phone is very brickable. T-Mobile gave me a new one but the first thing they asked me was if I rooted it. I said what's that mean
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My brother, myself, and my fiancee all got s2's. Day of, I odin'd recovery to both mine and my brother's and rooted with no problem. tried it on my fiance's, dead in the water. did the same exact thing to all 3, didn't change any procedures. If you keep trying to turn it on, sometimes the led flashlight from the camera will flash for a second, other times it actually turns on and continues to work as normal but once you turn it off again, it may not turn on again. i got it to turn on again and actually odin'd back to stock recovery. problem was NOT fixed even after this, and after i turned it off again, it turned on again once, but never again after that. filed for warranty exchange. i used to think as long as you can odin back to stock you're fine, but it clearly wasn't the case. looks like we just got unlucky. if you bought the phone from a corporate tmobile store, bring your receipt and trade it in at the store because they give you a new phone. if you do a warranty exchange, they send you a refurbished phone (although the s2 is new enough that they might send you a new one anyway if you're lucky).
Hello all, my name is Matt.
I bricked my Epic 4G Galaxy S installing the EL13 firmware.
I had it rooted with CWM 5.0.2.7 (or whatever) with CleanGB 1.03 and the Samurai kernal (think it's 1.06, whichever is the latest). I was flashing it through Odin3 and it abruptly aborted and failed the transfer. I'm thinking it may have been a bad USB cable. I pulled the battery since it didn't reboot or take any button commands.
I does not show the Samsung logo, and when i plug in power/usb cable it does not show a red light. Do i have to do the Unbrickable MOD or is there anything I can do through a PC?
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Hello all, my name is Matt.
I bricked my Epic 4G Galaxy S installing the EL13 firmware.
I had it rooted with CWM 5.0.2.7 (or whatever) with CleanGB 1.03 and the Samurai kernal (think it's 1.06, whichever is the latest). I was flashing it through Odin3 and it abruptly aborted and failed the transfer. I'm thinking it may have been a bad USB cable. I pulled the battery since it didn't reboot or take any button commands.
I does not show the Samsung logo, and when i plug in power/usb cable it does not show a red light. Do i have to do the Unbrickable MOD or is there anything I can do through a PC?
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EL13? Could you link what you were trying to flash? I don't think its for our phone buddy
But either way have you tried taking out the battery and sdcard only plugging it in?
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It's the firmware/2.3.6 leaked from samsung I found here.
Is it for the S2?
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Effin crap. Rookie mistake I'm taking it. I didn't pay attention to the 'Touch' in the column for phone. Can I use the Unbrickable MOD to put in the files I need back in it after flashing it in the wrong firmware???
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It's the firmware/2.3.6 leaked from samsung I found here.
Is it for the S2?
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Yes it is. Check the forum you are on...
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sonuvabitch
I'm not a forum newbie (I do a lot of audio engineering), so I feel like a BIG idiot for not double checking my info. I spent 2 week researching rooting before I did it.
I guess I had to much confidence...
I'll make a vid of me doing the Unbrickable MOD for ya guys when I get around to doing it. If I don't mess that up...
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sonuvabitch
I'm not a forum newbie (I do a lot of audio engineering), so I feel like a BIG idiot for not double checking my info. I spent 2 week researching rooting before I did it.
I guess I had to much confidence...
I'll make a vid of me doing the Unbrickable MOD for ya guys when I get around to doing it. If I don't mess that up...
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Sorry man id try using odin, iirc the unbrickable mod didn't end up working for us?
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emtee40 said:
sonuvabitch
I'm not a forum newbie (I do a lot of audio engineering), so I feel like a BIG idiot for not double checking my info. I spent 2 week researching rooting before I did it.
I guess I had to much confidence...
I'll make a vid of me doing the Unbrickable MOD for ya guys when I get around to doing it. If I don't mess that up...
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Audio engineering ? How is it? I want to pursue that career after highschool
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don't do an unbrickable mod, just download the right file from the sticky in the android dev. section and odin it from download mode. make sure you have the right file!!! it's "EC05" ... good luck!
So if the Unbrickable mod don't work, how am i supposed to get odin to work? it doesn't show up in the COM list when i plug the phone in. I tried the no sdcard/battery trick, and it doesn't do anything.
Am I up the creek then?
*EDIT*
I can't get into download mode. No buttons re-act. It's a hard brick, not a soft brick. I've search everywhere. If it can't be fixed, anybody need parts???
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So if the Unbrickable mod don't work, how am i supposed to get odin to work? it doesn't show up in the COM list when i plug the phone in. I tried the no sdcard/battery trick, and it doesn't do anything.
Am I up the creek then?
*EDIT*
I can't get into download mode. No buttons re-act. It's a hard brick, not a soft brick. I've search everywhere. If it can't be fixed, anybody need parts???
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Try popping the battery in and out repeatedly while attempting to go into download mode. It will eventually reset the phone and work. Then try all USB ports until Odin reacts. You will have to pull the battery and reset for Odin to successfully repeat after that. If no ports show the phone, try a Blackberry cable or any other one but stock. Also reinstall the drivers.
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So if the Unbrickable mod don't work, how am i supposed to get odin to work? it doesn't show up in the COM list when i plug the phone in. I tried the no sdcard/battery trick, and it doesn't do anything.
Am I up the creek then?
*EDIT*
I can't get into download mode. No buttons re-act. It's a hard brick, not a soft brick. I've search everywhere. If it can't be fixed, anybody need parts???
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Try holding power and 1 with the battery and sd card out and plug in the cable at the same time.
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I'll try the download mode W/USB when I get home. I'll try the battery removal tip to. I let it sit for 1 hr then put in the battery and nothing happened. Like I said, even when I plug in the charger the LED don't come on.
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I'll try the download mode W/USB when I get home. I'll try the battery removal tip to. I let it sit for 1 hr then put in the battery and nothing happened. Like I said, even when I plug in the charger the LED don't come on.
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Try plugging it in with no battery
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Don't Panick Yet
I had a problem flashing ACS recovery with a corrupt zip that effectively bricked my phone to the point Sprint Techs declared it dead and ordered me a replacement. Let me tell you something that worked to revive that phone. Pull off the battery cover. Look just down and to the left of the camera lens for a small button that you press with a pin/paper clip/etc. If I recall, press and hold it for about 5 - 10 seconds, and when you go to boot up, it will immediately boot into download mode. That let me revive my completely non responsive (No charging LED, battery ICON, boot, etc) Epic 4G
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Try popping the battery in and out repeatedly while attempting to go into download mode. It will eventually reset the phone and work. Then try all USB ports until Odin reacts. You will have to pull the battery and reset for Odin to successfully repeat after that. If no ports show the phone, try a Blackberry cable or any other one but stock. Also reinstall the drivers.
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What kenny said... my neice has flashed the wrong roms on numerous occasions and not once was I not able to get her back into download mode with the slipping the battery in and out while holding 1 and power button while doing it... keep trying it will go... these phones are very hard to brick...
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emtee40 said:
So if the Unbrickable mod don't work, how am i supposed to get odin to work? it doesn't show up in the COM list when i plug the phone in. I tried the no sdcard/battery trick, and it doesn't do anything.
Am I up the creek then?
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I can't get into download mode. No buttons re-act. It's a hard brick, not a soft brick. I've search everywhere. If it can't be fixed, anybody need parts???
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Buttons don't work in download mode, nothing works in download mode. It's not standard user mode. Get a better USB cord, and/or plug the cord into the BACK of your computer (ie USB port directly on the motherboard). If that doesn't work, try a newer computer. Also make sure ALL the drivers are installed and fully updated. Also, have Odin open and set up before plugging your phone in (obviously, while in download mode). You're not bricked yet! Just sponged...
BEER!
HODriver said:
I had a problem flashing ACS recovery with a corrupt zip that effectively bricked my phone to the point Sprint Techs declared it dead and ordered me a replacement. Let me tell you something that worked to revive that phone. Pull off the battery cover. Look just down and to the left of the camera lens for a small button that you press with a pin/paper clip/etc. If I recall, press and hold it for about 5 - 10 seconds, and when you go to boot up, it will immediately boot into download mode. That let me revive my completely non responsive (No charging LED, battery ICON, boot, etc) Epic 4G
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Non exsistent button. I use to believe it, but it's fake.
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Originally Posted by emtee40 View Post
So if the Unbrickable mod don't work, how am i supposed to get odin to work? it doesn't show up in the COM list when i plug the phone in. I tried the no sdcard/battery trick, and it doesn't do anything.
Am I up the creek then?
*EDIT*
I can't get into download mode. No buttons re-act. It's a hard brick, not a soft brick. I've search everywhere. If it can't be fixed, anybody need parts???
bender beerman said:
Buttons don't work in download mode, nothing works in download mode. It's not standard user mode. Get a better USB cord, and/or plug the cord into the BACK of your computer (ie USB port directly on the motherboard). If that doesn't work, try a newer computer. Also make sure ALL the drivers are installed and fully updated. Also, have Odin open and set up before plugging your phone in (obviously, while in download mode). You're not bricked yet! Just sponged...
BEER!
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he said he can't get into download mode. but you could always take it to sprint if you have insurance. just play dumb say the phone wanted to update and the batttery fell out or something like that. before you do that if you have a stand alone battery charger charge your battery on that and retry. I have 2 batterys and when i tried to get my phone UN-bricked both of the batterys had no juice in them. hope you can get it working again.
The hardware reset button its there, I'm looking at it on my phone now. Don't try if you don't want to, I don't really care.
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HODriver said:
The hardware reset button its there, I'm looking at it on my phone now. Don't try if you don't want to, I don't really care.
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Take your phone apart and take a picture of the "button" then... 50 dollars says there is no button there... and no I'm not talking about the hole I want a pic of the actual button... 50 bucks to anybody that can take a pic of this so called resurection button!!.!!!
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Phone won't boot into anything. When trying to boot into download mode windows does make noise but that's it. Tried a jig but still nothing. Suggestions?
any possibility the battery is dead? other then that not sure *bump* to the top maybe someone else has a better idea
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any possibility the battery is dead? other then that not sure *bump* to the top maybe someone else has a better idea
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Try a battery? How would we know if it was dead?
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if it was just a bad battery the phone would power on when plugged into an outlet
Tried a good battery from another phone, forgot to mention thst
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what did you do before it died custom rom? flash a new recovery?
You sure its bricked fully? Cuz i had a brick a few weeks ago flashing something and testing it. My phone would not do anything with any of the button combos, no dl mode no recovery and when i plugged it into computer via usb i didnt get any sound or nothing. Thats a brick! Do u get any sound when connecting to comp? Idk if u cant figure it out call jtag but not sure if the debrick our device yet that will take around ten days u can google them i think its mobile tech. And what they do is take the board out of the phone sodder some wires on to it then run there software to debrick it then put phone back together. Now an easier option is ro just tell tmobile your phone died on charger and wont turn on tell them it was hot. They will never know especiallt if the phone wont turn on they will overnite one and it should only be 5bucks for a warranty exchange thats all it cost for me since our phones do have a warranty for year that is your best option u will get it the next day and it will be a refurb but mine is beautiful and looks brand new and the scree has like no lines actually nice. Now if u lost it or have damage that what insurance is for. That if u got it but like i said do the warranty exchange
yep that phone thejron is talking about, it became silent after trying to install a zip via rom manager. immediately after running the manager, reboot phone now, it flashed a small white light in the middle of the screen like a old tube tv turning off and that was it. no button light up. no dl mode no recovery. we tried everything. when hooked up to a pc via usb, the pc makes a usb connected sound but doesn't recognize anything or show up anywhere. if i hold the power button down, the pc actually makes the usb disconnected sound and does the usb connected sound when released. makes no sense really.
i have had something like this happen before...even though obviously from screen phone is not on , have you tryed opening odin the plugging phone up to see if odin recognizes? also since when in dl mode you first have to hit vol up to get there, you should try doing that too
just because phone is black and non responsive does not mean that it will not work.
odin doesnt recognize it at all. and when the jig was hoked up to it on and identical phone, it immediately went to dl mode. on this phone, we got nothing. jig in or out, volume up or down. nothing
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yep that phone thejron is talking about, it became silent after trying to install a zip via rom manager. immediately after running the manager, reboot phone now, it flashed a small white light in the middle of the screen like a old tube tv turning off and that was it. no button light up. no dl mode no recovery. we tried everything. when hooked up to a pc via usb, the pc makes a usb connected sound but doesn't recognize anything or show up anywhere. if i hold the power button down, the pc actually makes the usb disconnected sound and does the usb connected sound when released. makes no sense really.
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Can you tell us what zip you flashed?
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I tried to flash the aokp m5 rom but didn't flash the el26 cwm file. Now when i try to boot the phone, it doesn't start. the blue light just lights up and stays light untill i pull the battery. I also tried to get into recovery and it just does the same thing. I downloaded odin, but im not sure what im supposed to do with it. if anyone knows how to help, i would be extremely grateful. Thank you
Pull battery, put back in, hold volume down to get in download mode, start Odin on pc , plug in phone, press volume up, Odin should respond with COM# click the phone button and select your stock from such as the cwm el26. Just read the forums. Don't feel bad it happens to all of us once in awhile. Thankfully I have managed to fix most of my screw ups. Next time just read everything and save yourself hours......experience
But then again that could make it worse. So for ya sake use the search button
My phone doesn't allow me to get into download mode mode... Does that mean it is bricked?
Well I have more than once brought my device that I though would never come back. I know I have got ton my phone and my friends att infuse to connect to Odin without actually getting a screen on the phone and was able to get a recovery to restore the phone back to normal. From my experience though its been hard to brick these things... I sometimes wonder if people bricking is just user error.... knock on wood....
OmarEvo said:
My phone doesn't allow me to get into download mode mode... Does that mean it is bricked?
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I don't know what that other guy was saying but you have to hold the volume down Button and the power button until it shows the custom OS menu the press volume up and then download sfhubs one-click EL29 and then open it, its in development fyi, connect your cable to your PC and your phone and the program will have a yellow box light up that will say COM#, don't worry about the number next to COM, then press start and wait until it reboots. Do not unplug the phone or close the program. If it works for you please respond back here so others can hear the results.
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Is your phone recognized by adb? Maybe try "adb reboot download"?
Also if you read up about a jigg for the epic touch, in case this doesn't work, them that could also fix it. You might need to spend something though but I can't clarify this because i've never bricked before.
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Nabbu said:
I don't know what that other guy was saying but you have to hold the volume down Button and the power button until it shows the custom OS menu the press volume up and then download sfhubs one-click EL29 and then open it, its in development fyi, connect your cable to your PC and your phone and the program will have a yellow box light up that will say COM#, don't worry about the number next to COM, then press start and wait until it reboots. Do not unplug the phone or close the program. If it works for you please respond back here so others can hear the results.
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Yea he's explained it better than be. I'll just be posting from my laptop here on out. On screen keyboards kill me. I miss my g1s QWERTY. Ah well.
I press volume down and power but the custom os screen doesn't show up, all the phone does flash the blue notification light and the screen looks as if it is off.
This isnt something that a jig can help and for everyone else trying to help he cant access download mode or recovery.
You're most likely hard bricked and the only thing you could try is to leave the battery out overnight then try to turn the phone on again. If you still have black screen with just the notification LED on then the last resort would be a jtag service which isnt guaranteed to work either.
This is a known issue from wiping any partitions on an ics kernel.
What would a jtag service be?
You're going to need a USB jig to get your computer to recognize your phone to download the firmware over the current one. Wait till tomorrow if someone doesn't respond because i'm assuming all the devs and admins are knocked out and they are the ones who can help.
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Geez a lot got posted while I was typing.
Seeing as how you can't get into download mode or recovery I'm afraid you're out of luck. (unless the jigg thing works, which I don't think will at this point)
This is a hard lesson to learn but exactly why you don't take any shortcuts when flashing custom ROMs.
What is a jtag service, and how would I go about it if I tried to get it done?
Thanks for helping them out! Its late and I forgot about the overnight battery pull and jtag.
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What is a jtag service, and how would I go about it if I tried to get it done?
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Do a search in this forum, since there's been a lot of bricking I'm sure you'll find a ton of threads concerning this.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
Thats one of the companies offering jtag services. I believe some people have used it before but im not sure of their results.
Yeah, I'm only sixteen, so I'm trying to grasp all these different things. I'm used to htc because i had an evo, then i got an evo 3d. I use the e4gt as a second phone, but all the things for a rooted samsung are completely different compared to an htc. Thank you for all your help guys. I have learned my lesson now
Good luck. I hope the overnight battery pull helps or that the jtag folks can get you up and running.
For the overnight battery pull, when I try to boot it, should I try to put it into download mode? Or just plain boot? Thanks again
So I bought 2 sgh-t989 at the same time... one for me and the other for my sister
she lives in another city but whenever we see each other, I've always tried to make sure that her phone is running the exact same setup as mine just so I can always provide "tech support" for her phone
anyway, she went on some trip and afterwards, she said her phone wouldn't boot up anymore
since she couldn't get a hold of me, she brought her phone to a store to try and get it fixed (bad bad mistake)
she left the phone at the store for a day to determine how much it would cost to fix it
after being quoted $100 for the fix, she decided it was too much to pay and just took her phone back
long story short... a week later, I finally have the phone in my hand... and this phone won't boots up, i've put in fully charged batteries and when I press (and hold) the power button, it does absolutely NOTHING... not even that initial vibration when it boots up
i've tried to plug it to the computer and it doesn't get recognize
its permanently off and i can't, for the life of me, figure out just how to even boot this thing into TWRP... just so I can attempt to recover her files
SO.... my question... is this truly bricked?
do I have to break the news to her that all the pictures she took on the trip is now unrecoverable?
plug it into the computer and see what it gets recognized as. if its qualcomm823830283203 some like that its hardbricked
JesusWazBlack said:
plug it into the computer and see what it gets recognized as. if its qualcomm823830283203 some like that its hardbricked
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it doesn't get recognized at all... cuz there's no way for me to power it up
chan1628 said:
it doesn't get recognized at all... cuz there's no way for me to power it up
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Definite hard brick and if you do hook it to the computer and it says qhs usb download that means brick as well.
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Definite hard brick and if you do hook it to the computer and it says qhs usb download that means brick as well.
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.... it is as i expected
thx for the help though
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.... it is as i expected
thx for the help though
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Had three myself in the past few years but none recently so don't feel bad happens to the best of us.
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Had three myself in the past few years but none recently so don't feel bad happens to the best of us.
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oh man... i hate giving the "i'm sorry, but I can't recover your pictures" speech
esp. to women... sometimes they cry and its so....
wish me luck:good:
JTAG for 50 bucks and your golden
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jtag
holeindalip said:
JTAG for 50 bucks and your golden
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I am hard bricked as well tried updating to new cm10.2 nightly with AJK kernel accidently installed AJK kernel for wrong version oops and now hard bricked wont turn on what so ever. Looked into what phones can be fixed with JIFFY box and JTAG and noticed SGH-t989 not in the list so i am just wondering if this list is wrong and SGH-t989 can actually be saved!?!? any help is appreciated.
Mobile tech videos can fix ya up for 50 if is indeed hard bricked
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I bricked my S2 last Saturday night, just got it back form Jtag service. Took a week and 28 bucks from the ebay vendor that performed the service.
Now that my phone is back to stock, can anyone help me to load TWRP again. I have odin, latest USB drivers, and TWRP for my phone...but cant seem to get to the ODIN restore screen on the phone.
Volume Up, down, left right, left right, A, B Start. Oh wait I think that was for contra.....
Please help to get me to the Odin load on phone.
I can then flash TWRP thru odin, get to TWRP and load my favorite ROM.
Any GURUS, Please confirm that this is right. I remember a complicated process when rooting initially, loading root file on SD card, similar process up down ect....
But since the rom I am flashing is already rooted, is it required to go thru the gyrations. cant I just flash TWRP and flash a rooted rom?
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But since the rom I am flashing is already rooted, is it required to go thru the gyrations. cant I just flash TWRP and flash a rooted rom?
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Just Odin flash TWRP and then flash your rooted ROM.
Download mode= Volume up + volume down + plug USB into computer.
Wont boot up, just keeps vibrating, bricked?
JesusWazBlack said:
plug it into the computer and see what it gets recognized as. if its qualcomm823830283203 some like that its hardbricked
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I want to know if my phone is bricked, its a Samsung glaxy sgh-T898 (but from telus) i am using a cynagenmod custom rom 10
i was using it then it went idle then when i went to unlock it back, it shut off and started to repeatedly vibrate like a pulse
so i then did a battery pull and then it vibrate and the "Samsung sgh-t898 logo appeared" for a sec or 2 and the phone shut back off and did the pulsing vibrating thing
i got the same result when i plug it into the charger and computer, even plug it in without the battery in it and pulsing vibrating happen again.
ps this had happen in the past but the phone came on like after 5 mins of, its now been hours it wont come on just keep vibrating
omari3 said:
I want to know if my phone is bricked, its a Samsung glaxy sgh-T898 (but from telus) i am using a cynagenmod custom rom 10
i was using it then it went idle then when i went to unlock it back, it shut off and started to repeatedly vibrate like a pulse
so i then did a battery pull and then it vibrate and the "Samsung sgh-t898 logo appeared" for a sec or 2 and the phone shut back off and did the pulsing vibrating thing
i got the same result when i plug it into the charger and computer, even plug it in without the battery in it and pulsing vibrating happen again.
ps this had happen in the past but the phone came on like after 5 mins of, its now been hours it wont come on just keep vibrating
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looks like the sticky power button. First try putting compressed air on your power button. then resort to this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
JesusWazBlack said:
looks like the sticky power button. First try putting compressed air on your power button. then resort to this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
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Thanks for replying so quickly , i think you might be right about sticky power button, because when put in the battery the vibrates begins
automatically and then i try turn on then hold the power and volume keys it entered into download menu but for 2 secs then shut off again and begin to start vibrating(pulsing again)
so i guess the download menu means its not brick, will try suggestion once i get a proper torque screw driver