I was trying to install darky 10.2 resurrection from the 2.3.5 modaco rom, and it appeared to have hung at the "Set PIT file.." section. I gave it about 40mins, then unplugged it. Now it doesn't turn on, it doesn't give any response at all to anything I can do to it. Is it a goner?
I was previously using a san francisco and it seemed any stupid thing I could do to that was fixable somehow, perhaps I should have been more careful (although I was just following the instructions to get to the point where it stopped responding in odin)
hmm, some further searching reveals i have almost certainly bricked my phone permanently
and that ive put on a galaxy s rom onto my galaxy s2 what a dumbass
sorry to bother you
Lol. Anyways it's hard to brick a phone with Odin. Even so, you can resurrect it by using a USB jig.
i dont know, it seems ive made a fairly good job of it by trying to flash a rom for another phone onto it
Its very difficult to brick your phone WITHOUT ODIN. generally devices get bricked because of people playing with bootloaders and doing a mistake with some bootloader and you can't play with bootloaders from CWM you have to use Odin for that.
ahh yes, this is the difference between my experiences with the san fran and the galaxy, i was only using CWM on my san fran.
ronaldkh said:
Lol. Anyways it's hard to brick a phone with Odin. Even so, you can resurrect it by using a USB jig.
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A good place to look for information about a JIG USB cable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551&highlight=jig
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so I was installing a new boatloader through odin and it failed to install; so I disconnected it. Ever since then, my computer simply will NOT recognize my phone. I have tried every possible method (using different slots and cable). Still, it will not recognize my phone at all.
Has anyone here ever encountered a similar situation and have found a solution?
I would highly appreciate any help. Thanks
What does the phone boot to?
Have you tried a USB jig?
The bootloader takes seconds to flash. Did you really press start and immediatly pull the USB cord? or did it not complete then you pulled the cord? If the latter, what did ODIN say in the logs?
I can get into odin or recovery mode with no problem, I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
I am waiting for my usb jig to come in the mail.
It installed like 80% and then said failed, then I removed it because it said it failed.
I know all my drivers are good because my sister has the same phone and it is unrooted and odin recognizes it fine.
sabatheman said:
I can get into odin or recovery mode with no problem, I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
I am waiting for my usb jig to come in the mail.
It installed like 80% and then said failed, then I removed it because it said it failed.
I know all my drivers are good because my sister has the same phone and it is unrooted and odin recognizes it fine.
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If you can get into Odin mode then Odin should be able to recognize your phone. Are you sure that Odin on your PC is not recognizing your phone?
Also, try flashing the el26 stock rooted update through cwm. Calk has the appropriate zip over in the dev section.
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sabatheman said:
so I was installing a new boatloader through odin and it failed to install; so I disconnected it. Ever since then, my computer simply will NOT recognize my phone. I have tried every possible method (using different slots and cable). Still, it will not recognize my phone at all.
Has anyone here ever encountered a similar situation and have found a solution?
I would highly appreciate any help. Thanks
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Where did you find a boatloader for our phones?!?!?!? That would be a truly Epic accessory for all boatloading enthusiasts! Think of the activities!
Haha, in all seriousness though, I hope you can get it figured out man, bricked phones are no fun!
yes, im 100% sure, Ive read of a few cases of people having similar problem. Problem that come from disconnecting a phone while loading a new boatloader. Once that happens, odin will not recognize a phone even if it is in Odin mode. Ive spent atleast 15 hours in total trying to get it to work
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sabatheman said:
I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
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Is this one made for E4GT or one for the european GS2?
If you can get into recovery just take the sd card out and put it in a sd reader and put a rom on there and flash it. I would use the stock rom. Something simillar happened to me and this is how I fixed it. I didnt have a card reader so I just used my digital camera, Thank god for that!!! Hope it all works out.
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Is this one made for E4GT or one for the european GS2?
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Good question! I almost bricked my phone by putting a rom on there that was for the international version! You need to triple check to make sure what you are putting on is actually for your phone!
sabatheman said:
I can get into odin or recovery mode with no problem, I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
I am waiting for my usb jig to come in the mail.
It installed like 80% and then said failed, then I removed it because it said it failed.
I know all my drivers are good because my sister has the same phone and it is unrooted and odin recognizes it fine.
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Omg again people don't read. We don't have ics from for our phone! Gosh try to download the international gs2 drivers of get your phone jtaged. If not you got a paperweight
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I installed the one for the european s2 version,
rbtrucking, Ive tried doing that, but it says unable to mount the sd card when i go into recovery mode and applying update from external storage? any idea why?
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I installed the one for the european s2 version,
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Your problem isn't that you disconnected the phone while flashing a new bootloader.
Your problem is you flashed the european GS2 version of the bootloader. After doing that the USB port is pretty much disabled and nobody has found how to enable it.
interesting... any theoretical methods to get it to work? do you think there will be a solution to fix it?
sfhub said:
Your problem isn't that you disconnected the phone while flashing a new bootloader.
Your problem is you flashed the european GS2 version of the bootloader. After doing that the USB port is pretty much disabled and nobody has found how to enable it.
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Nothing should be flashed to the Epic Touch unless its in the development section for the Epic Touch. Even then you should read up and know the pros and cons of flashing it. I don't recall anyone getting their phone back after doing this.
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Well Mobile ODIN won't flash the bootloader AFAIK, so if you have no way to flash the bootloader, the only other possibility will probably be JTAG, which is basically opening up the phone connecting to some pins/leads on the board and using some software to flash. I haven't seem anyone posting about this but probably there are techs who have the proper setup to do it.
damn, do you think if I go to a sprint corporate store and just say I was trying to update the phone via samsung kies OTA or something, will they be able to fix it? I am waiting for my jig to come in the mail to clear the download count, any opinions what I should tell sprint to avoid getting my warrenty voided?
sabatheman said:
I installed the one for the european s2 version,
rbtrucking, Ive tried doing that, but it says unable to mount the sd card when i go into recovery mode and applying update from external storage? any idea why?
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Ya because like everyone else said flashing that file that wasnt for your phone messed up the sd reader. Same thing happened to me once but I was still able to acess the internal storage that the phone has built in but i didnt have any roms on there. I was however able to flash through odin and dowload mode. Thank god that worked for me! If that isnt working for you I gotta be honest I really dont see a way to get the phone back up and running but I am by no means a pro. I would keep at it. When I almost bricked my phone I was going to give up too but I stuck with it and the fine people on this site pulled me through! You are at the right place trust me very smart people here!
thanks, this phone has been bricked for a week, Im still waiting on my usb jig to come in the mail so i can hopefully clear the binary download count because I want to take it to sprint? since my usb and sd reader isnt working, will the usb clear the odin thing? if it doesnt, im completely screwed. im willing to short out my phone worst case scenario... I need it a replacement (i dont have insurance but i have warrenty)... any ideas? should i short it out or take it to sprint... what excuse should I make up if I decide to take it?
Will the usb jig clear the download count even though my usb and sd reader doesnt work. (the phone still charges through usb)
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thanks, this phone has been bricked for a week, Im still waiting on my usb jig to come in the mail so i can hopefully clear the binary download count because I want to take it to sprint? since my usb and sd reader isnt working, will the usb clear the odin thing? if it doesnt, im completely screwed. im willing to short out my phone worst case scenario... I need it a replacement (i dont have insurance but i have warrenty)... any ideas? should i short it out or take it to sprint... what excuse should I make up if I decide to take it?
Will the usb jig clear the download count even though my usb and sd reader doesnt work. (the phone still charges through usb)
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Ya if you have warranty i would actually just short it out! I had a friend that had an iPhone and he hooked it up to a computer with a messed up usb. It shorted it out, he took it back with his warranty info and walked out with a brand new iPhone no questions asked. If you dont and they see that it was routed you are going to be **** out of luck I can tell ya that. They definitely will inspect it to make sure there was no foul play with it trust me, best bet if you cant get it running is to short it out, and use the warranty. When you take it in just say it went off and you couldn't get it to go back on.
Honestly breaking the phone is your best option since the insurance will cover that. If you short it out or make the batter overload while it's in the phone then it's covered by the warranty. Also, clearing the download counter is pointless - if Sprint does manage to fix your phone it'll be pretty obvious you did something that made it FUBAR - mostly the international GS2 bootloader. Also, isn't the international GS2 GSM? Which means you can't reset it using a JIG, GSM versions don't support it.
Either way when you get a new one - make sure you read EVERYTHINGlet me say this again since people seem to take this stuff lightly: READ EVERYTHING BEFORE FLASHING if we had ICS for this phone don't you think the Dev section would be blowing up with ICS ROMs? Common sense seems to be the one thing that isn't common anymore....
Hope you figure something out though but I wouldn't hold my breath.
I updated to the new official 4.04 on my 4g touch and really disliked it. I was going to root it so I could try out some of the new 4.1 builds I seen around here but when running odin and trying to install cwm It just kept failing over and over so I tried to flash it back to stock and odin froze during the installation. Now my phone wouldnt even boot on its own into download mode so i bought a usb jig and had it rushed to me. It puts it into download mode just fine but now my pc/odin wont recognize that its plugged in so I cant flash it back to stock. I tried a different pc and I have the same problem.
when I power it on normally it just tells me to boot into recovery mode using kies. It charges normally. I dont have insurance on the phone and I really cant do without it. So does anybody have any ideas that could help save my phone?
I have kies installed so i dont think it is the drivers, and it was connecting a few days ago but it just wont anymore. But if it could then I could reflash and everything would be okay
Take it to a sprint store and tell them the update borked your phone. Software problems are usually an easy fix. If they can't do it, 35 bucks and they'll exchange it.
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yeah i did, didnt think they were just gonna give me another one but they did so all is well now thanks
djiskascribble said:
yeah i did, didnt think they were just gonna give me another one but they did so all is well now thanks
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No problem. I work for sprint... so yeah. i know what flies and what doesn't
Hello I need help... I think Ive bricked my S3 I was running Synergy rom and installed google talk by extracting it from intergalactic rom and running the apk from the system folder. shortly after i hit reboot to recovery and now my phone just shows the TWRP logo screen and never boots or does anything. I am able to get it into download mode but my pc won't recognize the device in order to flash back to stock in ODIN... does anyone know how i can get my device to turn back on again... I've flashed several roms to the S3 never had a problem before any help is appreciated... BTW I've trolled the forums and I cant find any threads that address bricked devices.
HeadCracc said:
Hello I need help... I think Ive bricked my S3 I was running Synergy rom and installed google talk by extracting it from intergalactic rom and running the apk from the system folder. shortly after i hit reboot to recovery and now my phone just shows the TWRP logo screen and never boots or does anything. I am able to get it into download mode but my pc won't recognize the device in order to flash back to stock in ODIN... does anyone know how i can get my device to turn back on again... I've flashed several roms to the S3 never had a problem before any help is appreciated... BTW I've trolled the forums and I cant find any threads that address bricked devices.
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I know this thread has been made for the captivate but most of the connection issues applies here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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I know this thread has been made for the captivate but most of the connection issues applies here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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Oh I remember reading thread like that back in my cappy days... I hate trying to get that dumb thing into download mode. Good find
You might need to try another microUSB cord as well...Samsung phones are sure picky and not all Samsung cords have data capability. I use a mediabridge one
hednik said:
Oh I remember reading thread like that back in my cappy days... I hate trying to get that dumb thing into download mode. Good find
You might need to try another microUSB cord as well...Samsung phones are sure picky and not all Samsung cords have data capability. I use a mediabridge one
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Thanks guys it was the cord but that guide helped out too got it back to stock.... now to root and mod some more!!!!!
Awesome. Glad it worked
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well bout 3 or 4 months ago i got this phone from my friend and within the two weeks i bricked it by "ax" flashing a different phones rom (got it from the android development section idk why it was for a different phone) and hard bricked it. but i see you can fix it with a usb jig. tried making one and endded up not sodering wires right so im going to buy one off amazon. now the problem is once your in odin mode what do i do from there? i dont know how to get back to stock from odin. i plan on rooting again once im back to stock,
Trozzul said:
well bout 3 or 4 months ago i got this phone from my friend and within the two weeks i bricked it by "ax" flashing a different phones rom (got it from the android development section idk why it was for a different phone) and hard bricked it. but i see you can fix it with a usb jig. tried making one and endded up not sodering wires right so im going to buy one off amazon. now the problem is once your in odin mode what do i do from there? i dont know how to get back to stock from odin. i plan on rooting again once im back to stock,
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Most likely a USB jig isn't going to work for a hard brick.
If it does happen to work you can Google "Odin back to stock t989 xda" and find instructions there.
Otherwise you are going to have to send it for JTAG repair.
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Most likely a USB jig isn't going to work for a hard brick.
If it does happen to work you can Google "Odin back to stock t989 xda" and find instructions there.
Otherwise you are going to have to send it for JTAG repair.
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I'm not sure if its hard bricked (i guess thats what its called when you flash a rom from a different phone)but I'm unable to turn it on and the only way I can fix it looks like Odin USB jig or JTAG. Can you recommend any USB jigs?