One of the most stupidist decisions in my life... Hard Brick - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

So i think i have managed to brick myself today
i didnt know what a hard brick or soft brick was
but in a soft brick it seems the phone like to play with you giveing you a little hope...
the hard brick is when you hit power and it doesnt turn on...
So how i managed to ahrd brick my self...
I connected to odin via 3 button method
then i hit up to get to download mode
for some reason i was thinking.. i was going to put in cmw... but i was slipping today and did something stupid
In my odin folder i have three files ...
odin v1.85,
odin3
and u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit
i saw the pit button on odin and selected the u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit file
the only boxes selected were auto reboot and f.resettime.
and i hit start...
boom instantly it did it.
and now my phone does not turn on what so ever! and iv taken out battey tired to plud it upto pc via usb but it makes a connected sound but still no decive or anything kies doesnt even pick it up...
anyway to fix this guys?

When you plug it into the computer and go to device manager, does it say qhusb_load ? If so then yes its bricked and you could research JTAG repair service as your only fix.
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Also by the way that .pit file that you flashed is most likely not for this phone and tried to format your phone wrong which wiped everything it needs to operate.
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Agreed, probably wiped the inner memory. If you can't get any computer connection you are done. If you could and had an img file then maybe.

If your in the UK you can get the Jtag
here
or ebay for a GS2 jig which might help and its cheaper here

A jig will not work for our phone or at least it didn't for me.
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[q] bricked phone help

I'm screwed! I was installing
MODEM_I9100XXKE4_REV_02_CL1009835.tar.md5
CODE_I9100XWKE7_CL215725_REV02_user_low.tar.md5
GT-I9100-CSC-XEUKD1.tar
and something happened in Odin3 and it froze, so I took the battery out and tried to restart it and now all I get is a blue and yellow screen that says Android System Recovery. I don't have anything backed up on the device, it didn't come with a microSD card, and it now says
Deleting Cryption Meta Data
-Copying media files....
#manual mode#
updating application....
applying multi-CSC
and that's it. When I hit reboot phone all I get is a screen with a triangle and an android symbol and when I hit apply update from sd card, same symbol, even when I tried to put a .TAR file on my dad's EVO microSD card and put it into the galaxy.
Also, now the USB cable doesn't recognize my phone for some reason so when I go back to ODIN mode it says
Product name - GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download - Yes (1 count)
Current Binary Samsung Official
When I try to restart the phone, it goes straight to the android recovery screen mentioned above, where I can't do anything, and then when I get into the Odin mode, it won't recognize the usb cable so I can link up to Odin3 V1.83 on the computer. Also tried the usb cable on other computers didn't find my phone. Also, as of right now it's not rooted, but I was in the process of rooting, when I realized I missed the Over the Air step so when I Odin3 an insecure.TAR file the WIFI was broke so S2 Root kept saying can't find usb connection even though it was connected, and somewhere along the line when I was trying to restore the radio's by installing the 3 files above, when it crashed something messed up? Now I can't do anything. PLEASE HELP
SO I AM STUCK! Please help????????
Buy a usb jig from ebay or amazon then flash your phone
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The usb connection doesn't work between the phone and the computer anymore, so how can I flash something on the phone, when there is no way of getting a spk to the device, let alone the device recognizing it. If someone can't give me a solution, i'm just gonna take it back to sprint, and be like hey, I searched for a firmware update, and then this happened. it's still in my 30 days exchange on the receipt.
What were u trying to flash?
The Evo3D Killer!!!
Where did you get that stuff? from the SGII forum?
Why were you trying to flash a GSM modem?
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SAShady said:
Why were you trying to flash a GSM modem?
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Lol thats what I was wondering. What do people think? Samsung is gonna lock down phones after all these bricked phones keep coming back. U obviously should not be flashing right now.
The Evo3D Killer!!!

Phone won't turn on anymore

i was trying to update the ROM of my phone to 2.3.6 manually using ODIN3, but it didn't work because i didnt have the correct PIT file, it said write operation fail in ODIN. I made a thread about getting the PIT file but now my phone won't turn back on!
what do i do?
DeathBlimp said:
i was trying to update the ROM of my phone to 2.3.6 manually using ODIN3, but it didn't work because i didnt have the correct PIT file, it said write operation fail in ODIN. I made a thread about getting the PIT file but now my phone won't turn back on!
what do i do?
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Pull the battery out and let it sit for awhile. Try to get into download mode and Odin to recognize it. No pit file is needed to flash this phone only the PDA file which is a tar.md5 file. Should have searched and followed thisguide. hope you can get it working.
I did that, the phone still didnt turn on. but when i plug my phone into the computer, device loaded up (without drivers), it is QHSUSB_DLOAD.
I found the QHSUSB_DLOAD driver, but it's stuck installing the driver, what's going on?
DeathBlimp said:
I did that, the phone still didnt turn on. but when i plug my phone into the computer, device loaded up (without drivers), it is QHSUSB_DLOAD.
I found the QHSUSB_DLOAD driver, but it's stuck installing the driver, what's going on?
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Hard Brick.
DeathBlimp said:
I did that, the phone still didnt turn on. but when i plug my phone into the computer, device loaded up (without drivers), it is QHSUSB_DLOAD.
I found the QHSUSB_DLOAD driver, but it's stuck installing the driver, what's going on?
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Try to find and install that driver yourself.
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Do you have a G2x data cable? Hold volume keys and plug in. Or buy a jig cable that's a life saver.
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found this post.
i found a driver and installed it on windows, i managed to get my phone detected in ODIN, so i tried to flash the 2.3.6 rom into it, now it's on doing "setupconnection.." in the message but wont do anything. It doesn't seem to be sending the rom either.
should i be sending something else at this point?
DeathBlimp said:
i found a driver and installed it on windows, i managed to get my phone detected in ODIN, so i tried to flash the 2.3.6 rom into it, now it's on doing "setupconnection.." in the message but wont do anything. It doesn't seem to be sending the rom either.
should i be sending something else at this point?
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Which ROM are you using? You should just try a stock ROM and stock kernel first.
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i used the 2.3.6 that is the update of the default 2.3.5 stock ROM. I can't find the 2.3.5 stock ROM in the other forum.
DeathBlimp said:
i used the 2.3.6 that is the update of the default 2.3.5 stock ROM. I can't find the 2.3.5 stock ROM in the other forum.
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Are you using the one from this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
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I don't see anything on the screen even when i hold the 3 button combo. But i am trying to flash it with the 2.3.6 ROM. so far it's just sitting there on setupconnection... in ODIN
the USBJig site said as long as there's something on the screen it should work. but i don't see anything on screen.
Have Odin running before connecting your phone. Pull the battery off the phone and connect the USB cable to computer and phone. Hold Vol+ and Vol- and plug the battery back in. Keep holding the volume keys until you see something on the phone screen or if Odin changes.
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i plugged the phone in without a battery and odin detects the phone (at least COM9). i put the battery in while holding the 2 volume buttons but phone nor ODIN changed.
if i hold the power button for 5 seconds COM port disappears but reappears when i release the button.
do i need a PIT file? because when it first screwed up i used a PIT file along with the 2.3.6, and it gave me a write error, and this is when the phone died.
the pit file i used is something called u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit (i probably shouldnt have used this)
I'm out of ideas........sorry.
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i think i can use samsung warranty to get another phone, but i would really like to fix this so if i screw up again i can fix what's wrong here... that and it will be a solution others can try
could i have messed up something when it loaded the PIT file? maybe i can get the correct pit file? or a bootloader?
I can tell you for a fact from experience that is a hard brick and nothing is going to fix it sorry
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sigh i guess i am going to send it in, i personally didnt expect to hard break it so bad so easily
alright samsung send me back the phone with PBA replaced (main board i guess)
it has 2.3.6 in it but i have a CWR backup of my old 2.3.5 from before all this trouble.
Hopefully i can restore that no problem!

Is it dead?

Hi all,
I tried updating my galaxy s2 with ICS with Odin, but it failed. Now i get nothing but this message: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
The problem is that neither Kies or Odin will recognize the phone. It will not go into download mode using the traditional method of holding volume down + power. My PC also does not detect the phone.
Is it dead?! I've tried reading, but no one seems to have absolutely no access to their phone. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
As always, uninstall kies then install it again.If you did flash stock ics and you have sd card, put siyah kernel ( as I think it is signed) and almost any rom there, put sd card to phone and try to boot into recovery ( power+home+ vol up) then install siyah, reboot and hold same keys and install the rom you downloaded
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Mak: Thanks for the suggestions.
I uninstalled and then installed Kies. Neither Kies nor my PC detects the phone. I tried another computer and do not get detection there either.
I cannot get into recovery (volume up + power + home) or into download (vol down + pwr).
I do not have an SD card, unfortunately.
What else can I try?!
Then you need jig to get your phone working again.
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baktash said:
Hi all,
I tried updating my galaxy s2 with ICS with Odin, but it failed. Now i get nothing but this message: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
The problem is that neither Kies or Odin will recognize the phone. It will not go into download mode using the traditional method of holding volume down + power. My PC also does not detect the phone.
Is it dead?! I've tried reading, but no one seems to have absolutely no access to their phone. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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hi
do you used intratech firmwares or from other sources?
so i realized that I tried to flash the wrong fw. my phone is the epic 4g touch for sprint. i tried to put ics on there.
how likely is it that the jig will work? i will order it if it is meant to address the problem i'm having. even with the jig putting my phone into download mode, how can i load anything if my computer will not recognize the phone?
i might have just bricked the phone. how likely is it that the sprint store will try to fix it for me?
Wrong forum. Ask here.
If they notice what you did to it, you'll be paying for it to be fixed. Maybe. You might also be lucky. Jig won't work, nand is borked. Return to service center or JTAG repair.
I think you're right. I'll try to get lucky at the sprint store tomorrow. If no luck, then on to a JTAG'er (any recommendations?).
The link you posted is for epic 4g, not epic 4g touch. I know, confusing. Probably why I'm having this issue to begin with.
Thanks again for the help!
Odia does jtag's and he seems to be pretty good at it
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Yep Makrilli is right, Odia is a good choice. Or these guys. Haven't used them, but people on XDA have.
I got this message before, too. It happened when I plugged in to the bad cord I had. Odin recognized it until it was in the middle of flashing. Are you sure it won't go back to Odin? Mine did. I'm using it now. I don't think a jtag is what you need, unless you want to give them a really easy one? Good luck!
I had a similar issue, but kernel(rogue touch kernel) had a bad flash. It would play the boot animation and shut off. I couldn't get into CWM or download mode(they both did boot animation and shut off). I let it sit for two hours(at work and could only try on break). On my second break I repeatedly try download mode and after about 20 tries it opened up download mode. Good luck
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Thanks for the suggestions on Jtag'ers.
Kill and Atticus: I tried repeatedly to put it into download or recovery mode. It just won't do it. And even if it did, my PC doesn't detect the phone at all. So it would be useless to have the phone in download or recovery modes anyways. The phone won't even charge while connect to the PC.
I haven't made my way out to Sprint yet, but will be doing so in a few hours. I'm betting they're going to send me home with my tail between my legs. I'll then check with Amazon to see if there's some kind of manufacturer's warranty I can take advantage of. Then, Jtag as a last resort.
If anyone has any suggestions, please share. Thanks!
OK. I talked with a Samsung technician (my phone is still in warranty) who said that the phone is acting up. He sent me a UPS label to ship it to Samsung for free repair or replacement. They said it'll take about a week. Hopefully they don't say it's my fault and refuse to repair it. Hope I get lucky.

[Q] [Help] Bricked Sprint Epic 4g!!

I tried to use Odin to flash Clockworkmod Recovery and it soft bricked, no worries dl mode worked, so I went to the rescue thread and tried to odin back. Got stuck on modem.bin, so I pulled the battery. Now it wont turn on, at all. Not with cable or battery, just blank. Help!
Okay, I managed to get back into download mode. Can anyone direct me to the proper odin flash? Stock is fine, stock rooted even better. I don't want to go through that again Dx Thank you
Follow the instructions posted in this thread a day or so ago:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625054
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broken link, Thanks though
Thing O Doom said:
broken link, Thanks though
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I think he meant this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625054
Please post all questions in Q&A.
AND only post one thread asking for help.
Thanks
FNM
This is the thread you are looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Sorry about the general post, I hardcore freaked out. Should be able to fix now.
It's ok. We got great helpful users here that read all the forums. Post your question here and it usually will be answered quickly. Also google has lots of links to relevant XDA threads like the restore a semi-brick thread. I prefer that to the forum search most times.
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As someone else recommended to me, pull the battery from the phone and leave it out for a while. Then, hold down the 1 and power button (a little tricky) and slide in the battery. If the phone still doesn't turn on, try the procedure again.
I thought I had bricked mine and did this -- it worked after a few tries.
Also, another thought -- sometimes leaving the battery OUT of the phone for a while (like overnight) and trying it again works.
Thanks for the suggestion but I have already try that.
Actually I have been reading every possible solution during the past 2 and today I build my own USB JIG that has a 300kohm resistor between pin 4-5 and still not able to get into download mode.
Have left the battery out of the cell-phone for a complete day.
Have try keep push button 1 and power and sliding the battery in, wait for a couple of seconds, slide it out and repeat the process for a while.
Done the same using the USB
Running out of ideas
So your initial flash of CWM via ODIN failed. You then tried to do what? Flash a complete stock .tar file via ODIN and it failed on the modem.bin process?
It kind of sounds like a few things could be the culprit.
Did not use the .PIT file when flashing the CWM.tar
Bad or cheap USB cable
Bad download of CWM.tar and/or whatever you flashed 2nd
Moving of the device while using ODIN, which could have jostled the cable
nikon120 said:
So your initial flash of CWM via ODIN failed. You then tried to do what? Flash a complete stock .tar file via ODIN and it failed on the modem.bin process?
It kind of sounds like a few things could be the culprit.
Did not use the .PIT file when flashing the CWM.tar
Bad or cheap USB cable
Bad download of CWM.tar and/or whatever you flashed 2nd
Moving of the device while using ODIN, which could have jostled the cable
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Well, not sure what the problem was, I have been using ODIN since last year when I got my EPIC and I never had problems. This time ODIN hang in the middle of the factory.rfs flashing (I waited for 20 minutes and it did not went through) so I turned everything OFF and :O surprise, phone was dead
I try battery CPR, build my own USB JIG (that works like a charm in a couple of frined's SAMSUNG phones ) but my phone still nothing.
The battery is at 4.045V, today I will use a charger to see if having the battery at maximum helps.
This is my last thing to try, if this do not work I will take the phone to SPRINT and see what they can do.
If they can fix it, cool, if not at least I hope they replace it
Thanks for the help and support
If your repartition was checked flashing a modem then you bricked it. Try connecting to odin with no battery or sd card BUT have your usb connected and see if that does anything.
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b16flybye said:
If your repartition was checked flashing a modem then you bricked it. Try connecting to odin with no battery or sd card BUT have your usb connected and see if that does anything.
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So if your phone is completely bricked, aka, ()$)(# windows update in the middle for a reboot.
The power button does nothing, can't get into download mode, no response to plugging it in with no battery etc etc.
Anything to be done with the phone besides throwing it at a wall?
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If your repartition was checked flashing a modem then you bricked it. Try connecting to odin with no battery or sd card BUT have your usb connected and see if that does anything.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
I have already charged my batery till 100%, in a friend's cellphone the battery works like a charm and we are able to turn on the cell and go into download mode with my JIG and everything.
My phone does not do anything
Probably something went really bad during the update process that harm something else.
Will have to take it to SPRINT
Thanks all for the help and support
Yikes. Yeah, if your jig wont revive the phone then just get it to sprint. Don't forget to take the sd card out or they'll see your clockwork folder.
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b16flybye said:
Yikes. Yeah, if your jig wont revive the phone then just get it to sprint. Don't forget to take the sd card out or they'll see your clockwork folder.
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Yes I already made sure I erased all unneeded stuff from my SD CARD and will keep it in my house.
Will take my cell tomorrow to SPRINT, hopefully it will get fixed/replaced fast
b16flybye said:
Yikes. Yeah, if your jig wont revive the phone then just get it to sprint. Don't forget to take the sd card out or they'll see your clockwork folder.
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I've brought my phone in on MTD. Why would they look in your SD card (personal files) or know what clockwork mod is? They also have a new policy allowing root and jailbreak.
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marcusant said:
I've brought my phone in on MTD. Why would they look in your SD card (personal files) or know what clockwork mod is? They also have a new policy allowing root and jailbreak.
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It is still at the Tech's discretion. The last thing someone wants to do is fight corporate after a tech blacklists your phone. And most techs are sporting rooted phones and kn.ow what clockworknod is.
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Btw, I finally fixed it, and determined it was the evil stock cable. Note to self and all future odin-flashers NEVER USE THE DAMNED STOCK CABLE, I did and it took 3hrs of my life unbricking.

dead i747m

hi, i was reading about bootloader that it has to be unlocked in order to flash custom roms
i did download ez unlock from play store and did unlocked the boot loader but it was not recognizing at status even after the operation (status unknown)
i have i747M rooted
now i powered off the phone wanting to save the rom(again) thru CWM but it wont boot for nothing even pluged charger is not recognized
i have saved once the image so i have it on my sd
what can i do to get my phone back to life?
thanks for your help
Well, if you would have read anything, ez unlock is for verizon only. So, unless your phone shows any sign of life, you need to jtag.
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i realized after read some more but never thought it will die after reboot
anywaw phone is totally dead no sign at all
were do i find some step by step to debrick
i found some info but not for i747m
i wanna do it right this time
thanks
JTAG is best left to the pros unless you are familar with it. I believe user AdamOutler does it as well as mobiletechvideos.com
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my friends anybody can tell me i can flash the bootloader with odin ?
i have a copy of the bootloader i guess i did before installing CWM only thing is on the phone internal storage that i cant acces
is there a way of accesing the internal storage of my phone as bricked?
if i plug the phone thru usb it gives me the qhusb dload driver missing
can i use odin to flash the bootloader if i can retreive it from my internal storage?
or is there a file i can download for i747m?
or if the only way is jtag i can do it myself just cant find my way to info
thanks for any info
adika9 said:
my friends anybody can tell me i can flash the bootloader with odin ?
i have a copy of the bootloader i guess i did before installing CWM only thing is on the phone internal storage that i cant acces
is there a way of accesing the internal storage of my phone as bricked?
if i plug the phone thru usb it gives me the qhusb dload driver missing
can i use odin to flash the bootloader if i can retreive it from my internal storage?
or is there a file i can download for i747m?
or if the only way is jtag i can do it myself just cant find my way to info
thanks for any info
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If you can't boot into download or restore, and if odin doesn't recognize, I can almost guarantee you that you have hard-bricked your s3. Your bootloader is messed up, and can only be restored through JTAG. For you to de-brick it yourself, you'll need to shell out a couple hundred dollars to buy the equipment, or you can send it to someone who offers the service for a smaller fee. If you need some suggestions, pm me.
i found driver for the phone so i guess it communicates with odin 1.85
i would like to try flashing a boot image for my phone I747MVLALH1 i think this is for virgin(bell)
anybody have one ?or know were i can download one?
i really have to try anything to get my phone back to life as i have some important data that i need asap
thanks
seriossly nobody have a solution for my problem other than buyng a riff box or sending it for repair?
im really interested to try things
thanks
adika9 said:
i found driver for the phone so i guess it communicates with odin 1.85
i would like to try flashing a boot image for my phone I747MVLALH1 i think this is for virgin(bell)
anybody have one ?or know were i can download one?
i really have to try anything to get my phone back to life as i have some important data that i need asap
thanks
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So your phone shows up in odin?
adika9 said:
seriossly nobody have a solution for my problem other than buyng a riff box or sending it for repair?
im really interested to try things
thanks
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Can you put your phone in download mode or in Clockwork mode? If yes you can download firmware HERE. Good luck
adika9 said:
seriossly nobody have a solution for my problem other than buyng a riff box or sending it for repair?
im really interested to try things
thanks
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I don't see how you don't understand after all the replies... If your phone shows NO sign of life, (I.e. no download mode) You MUST either JTAG or wait for the SD/Hardware hack one of the Devs is working on.
That's it. End of story.
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im not sure if having the qualcomm driver installed will communicate with odin
only odin that recognizez the phone is version 1.85 and the port is with yellow but it wont go past msg "setup connection" when trying to flash
so i know that jtag is the sollution but im wondering if there is other solution than jtag
i found a post in the i9300 section that it could be unbricked with a procedure but im not sure its aplicable to i747m
anybody tryed to unbrick a hardbrick i747m other than jtag with riffbox ?
thanks
RPelham said:
I don't see how you don't understand after all the replies... If your phone shows NO sign of life, (I.e. no download mode) You MUST either JTAG or wait for the SD/Hardware hack one of the Devs is working on.
That's it. End of story.
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well i do understand a lot of things but if the replyes were :"u cannot solve it without JTAG or there is a fix in the works but not done yet" it would be better understood
the fact is i really wanted to try things that maybe other members dont even wanna touch
I'm assuming you have but doesn't get explicitly stated. But you have tried pulling batter. Putting back in then hold down the volume down key, home button and power but then after 2 seconds phone should vibrate so u let go of power button but continue holding the other 2.
Or the same method but holding power up.
To get you into either download or recovery mode.
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zerogood said:
I'm assuming you have but doesn't get explicitly stated. But you have tried pulling batter. Putting back in then hold down the volume down key, home button and power but then after 2 seconds phone should vibrate so u let go of power button but continue holding the other 2.
Or the same method but holding power up.
To get you into either download or recovery mode.
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thanks for this info but my phone got hardbricked because i unlocked the bootloader by mistake and it got corrupt i guess, and none of those actions work
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068

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