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Guys, sorry to bother all of you. I just want to ask about my HARDBRICK Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150.
All this happen because I try to apply swap partition on my device, and hope it would give extra RAM. Used my 16Gb class 10 sdcard and give about 1Gb for linux swap partition using Minitool Partition, and then install "swapper2" to activated it just like tutorial. Test it with "terminal emulator" and nothing happen, seems my swap partition wont loaded or whatever. In swapper2 menu there is option like "apply on boot" and I choose it (hopefully it need to be restarted and apply on boot to make it work).
I turned off my phone, let it for a while........turn it on again and booyyaaahhh. Suddenly wont turn on, put it on wall charger and wont even charged..... I tried "3 button combos-one click unbrick for several times and nothing can help. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks Guys
PS : Sorry for my bad english.
kasarung21 said:
Guys, sorry to bother all of you. I just want to ask about my HARDBRICK Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150.
All this happen because I try to apply swap partition on my device, and hope it would give extra RAM. Used my 16Gb class 10 sdcard and give about 1Gb for linux swap partition using Minitool Partition, and then install "swapper2" to activated it just like tutorial. Test it with "terminal emulator" and nothing happen, seems my swap partition wont loaded or whatever. In swapper2 menu there is option like "apply on boot" and I choose it (hopefully it need to be restarted and apply on boot to make it work).
I turned off my phone, let it for a while........turn it on again and booyyaaahhh. Suddenly wont turn on, put it on wall charger and wont even charged..... I tried "3 button combos-one click unbrick for several times and nothing can help. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks Guys
PS : Sorry for my bad english.
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go to samsung services.
kasarung21 said:
Guys, sorry to bother all of you. I just want to ask about my HARDBRICK Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150.
All this happen because I try to apply swap partition on my device, and hope it would give extra RAM. Used my 16Gb class 10 sdcard and give about 1Gb for linux swap partition using Minitool Partition, and then install "swapper2" to activated it just like tutorial. Test it with "terminal emulator" and nothing happen, seems my swap partition wont loaded or whatever. In swapper2 menu there is option like "apply on boot" and I choose it (hopefully it need to be restarted and apply on boot to make it work).
I turned off my phone, let it for a while........turn it on again and booyyaaahhh. Suddenly wont turn on, put it on wall charger and wont even charged..... I tried "3 button combos-one click unbrick for several times and nothing can help. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks Guys
PS : Sorry for my bad english.
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seems like a hard-bricked case.
Qhsusb_dload
doles said:
go to samsung services.
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no offense, but I prefer to use this option at the last.
yewsiong said:
seems like a hard-bricked case.
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Yeah, it seems hard-bricked case. But lately when I used one click-unbricked I was able to install my devices as "QHSUSB_DLOAD", and now I tried to make my PC recognize my device through QPST....hopefully will detect as COM PORT and can flash it with Odin.
wow even applying swap can hard brick a device, well swap is kernel dependant, only kernel in our device whom support swap partition is cow's kernel.
Support Kernel
-storm- said:
wow even applying swap can hard brick a device, well swap is kernel dependant, only kernel in our device whom support swap partition is cow's kernel.
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Hahaha............ the funny part is, I was plan to push Cow kernel to my kedai.XXLM8 (deodexed ROM) after swap partition. **** happen, . Better use customrom just like I ever done.
Still no one could help me here I think??? Maybe this weekend I'll go to SSC (Samsung Service Center). Thx All
Same experiment. I think someone in this forum can back up xml files using QPST and upload it so we can recover. If u had any solution please note me..
hakanbilir said:
Same experiment. I think someone in this forum can back up xml files using QPST and upload it so we can recover. If u had any solution please note me..
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Can you give the link how to backup xml file using QPST? Maybe another user can uploaded to you. Sorry i can't help. Coz i'm newbie
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watch this video, how to unbrick ur phone....may help u.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
once activated download mode, use odin n flash stock rom.
goodluck.
kyoshiro67 said:
Can you give the link how to backup xml file using QPST? Maybe another user can uploaded to you. Sorry i can't help. Coz i'm newbie
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Checkout this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
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hakanbilir said:
Checkout this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
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Thank you for your reply.
I have my phone bricked. Swapper2 wiped my system partitions. I can't effort to buy jig or jtag here. They are expensive in Turkey.
With Quallcomm Product Support Tool required partitions can be reprogrammed.
There are some projects on this issue but for other phones.
We could do the same. But i dont know enough information. I just have a dead phone.
We can create a debricking tutorial for all i8150 users. In this approach no jig cable needed. Just plug your device to computer. With quallcomm hs driver it connects to com port. Quallcomm Support Tool and Odin detects your phone. You can reprogram required partitions with some knowledge and required files.
Solved.
Fixed motherboard with memory replacement. 40$
hakanbilir said:
Solved.
Fixed motherboard with memory replacement. 40$
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where did you buy this component?
Redwraith96 said:
where did you buy this component?
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I dont know. An unoffical samsung service fixed my phone. He didnt replace the motherboard. But it works right know. The ones before tryed jtag but they couldt.
thanks for the answer
Hi Everyone,
I would just like to share with you what happened to my phone Galaxy W GT-I8150 (stock rom/rooted).
I was experimenting with Swapper2 app from the Playstore, installed it and enabled the option to use the physical swap partition. My intention was to use the swap partition in my external_sdcard. However, when I rebooted the phone it never came back. No recovery, no download mode, Odin could not detect it, in short it was a HARD BRICK my friend! Totally unusable.
I didn't really know what happened, but after some research I learned that the app might have wiped the wrong partition, the bootloader partition!
So guys, if you are rooted, be very careful with this app or any app that touches your system in the partition level.
Now I'm still on the process of reviving my phone, if anyone has any idea how please post here or pm me.
I'm following a thread just in case you're interested, this guy darkspr1te found a way to resurrect a hard bricked Galaxy Note.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359
Thank you.
EDIT:
Thanks Mod for stucking this. Just to give an update. I managed to recover my phone a week after it was bricked.
I happen to have a friend who is a cellphone technician. He used a BOX (same as Jtag) to reinstall the original SGW bootloader and OS.
You will be needing a JTAG/Jig equipment, that will trigger the Qualcomm chipset within to enter JTAG mode.
Afterwards... I'm not sure...
But I wish you good luck in reviving your Ancora...
-- Sent from a GT-I8150 running ICS perfectly well. F'U, Sams#!t --
Is the same thing happened to me too! It would be good to make this thread sticky to alert all of the possible disaster! My phone is still bricked...
wishing you good luck bro,,,
and yes,, thanks for alerting us,,
the truth is,, im planning to download that app too....
santiagoruel13 said:
wishing you good luck bro,,,
and yes,, thanks for alerting us,,
the truth is,, im planning to download that app too....
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maybe out of topic but im using the ram expander app for the swap.swapped my externl sd.but didnt know how big is the risk for bricking the phone
afif_7070 said:
maybe out of topic but im using the ram expander app for the swap.swapped my externl sd.but didnt know how big is the risk for bricking the phone
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double check compaitbility first, if you are not sure, don't do it!
klacenas said:
double check compaitbility first, if you are not sure, don't do it!
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already checked.compatible for my w. already did the swapping for 128mb.pepoluan post method of swapping using terminal in one of the post in general thread.so mayb if others want to swap memory for ram can use that method instead of using apps.
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forgot to ask.how did it go for reviving your w?
afif_7070 said:
already checked.compatible for my w. already did the swapping for 128mb.pepoluan post method of swapping using terminal in one of the post in general thread.so mayb if others want to swap memory for ram can use that method instead of using apps.
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forgot to ask.how did it go for reviving your w?
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Within days I'm going to post an automated flashable way. Stay tuned
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I also had this problem.
I done the same things as you, but I send my Galaxy W to Samsung and I got a new Mainboard.
Sadly I needed to install all my apps again, but it's now working again!
GiantTreeLP said:
I also had this problem.
I done the same things as you, but I send my Galaxy W to Samsung and I got a new Mainboard.
Sadly I needed to install all my apps again, but it's now working again!
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What did you say to them? And how long you get your new MB? FYI, I've bricked my phone after installing this ****ing app.
omegahanggara said:
What did you say to them? And how long you get your new MB? FYI, I've bricked my phone after installing this ****ing app.
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I said i wanted to turn on my phone but it didn't started and i didn't see the samsung splash screen.
they said i should send them my phone.
after two weeks they said they repair my phone as a warranty case.
then i got my phone with a new motherboard.
i know that they wouldn't find anything because the partitions on my phone were broken so it couldn't boot up.
hopefully i could help you.
Hey.,,, I'd like to swap my memory card, is there any chance in CM10 for that? since this thread says that swapping is literally Dangerous, so... can anyone tell me the saver one?
azhiekurosaki said:
Hey.,,, I'd like to swap my memory card, is there any chance in CM10 for that? since this thread says that swapping is literally Dangerous, so... can anyone tell me the saver one?
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You misunderstand.
This thread is about creating a 'swap memory', not about swapping SD Cards.
Specifically, this thread is about creating a 'swap memory' using an app called Swapper2, which has been proven to be *fatally incompatible* with the W.
There are more than one way to swap SD Cards in CM10; IIRC someone shared a flashable method in the Dev subforum.
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Perhaps a solution!
User Daskspr1te from XDA AT&T Galaxy Note forum has devised a way to repair the hardbricked Sammy SVH-E160L. His method and his developed software can also repair other phones and most likely also the model i8150. It is necessary that an user with a i8150 running, with the help of Daskspr1te's tool, extract certain files from his phone necessary to repair the hardbricked i8150 phone (mainly the bootloader and so on). If the bricked i8150 can be seen by a pc thru an usb port (as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008) I think we can repair it, what we need are some files extracted from a running i8150 and some luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136738
If this system will work for our i8150 will be an extremely useful resource for us!
Mod, please make this thread to sticky, 1 people just PM me for using Swapper2 and hard bricked
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ipromeh said:
Mod, please make this thread to sticky, 1 people just PM me for using Swapper2 and hard bricked
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yeah i also Hard Bricked my phone with this..
I've temporarily stuck this thread to hopefully prevent others from being bricked. After a little while it may be unstuck though. But hopefully not as many will be bricked. Good job warning!
To swap, I formatted a swap partition on external sdcard and mounted it with
Code:
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk1p3
Much easier and safer.
TheGatorade said:
To swap, I formatted a swap partition on external sdcard and mounted it with
Code:
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk1p3
Much easier and safer.
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Is there any tutors about this..?
Might be a good idea to point to one..??
Thank you for warning us.:good:
Hi Guys,
Screwed this really bad....
Dropped My Note 2 GT-N7100
Display Broken.
After Replacement.
Menu key is operating whenever i do press the home key.
So cant directly enter download or recovery.
I do it with terminal emulator.
BTW i was on Android Revolution 19.0 ROM ...
There Just i Had the Home Key and No SIM Probelm.
Frankly Didnt Checked For IMEI .
After Updating to Wanamlite v 4.1 ROM with Android 4.3.
Wifi also stopped working.
and later on i spotted that IMEI IS NULL.
Dont Have EFS Backup.
Help Me Guys.
Totally Screwed Up.
mgvishal said:
Hi Guys,
Screwed this really bad....
Dropped My Note 2 GT-N7100
Display Broken.
After Replacement.
Menu key is operating whenever i do press the home key.
So cant directly enter download or recovery.
I do it with terminal emulator.
BTW i was on Android Revolution 19.0 ROM ...
There Just i Had the Home Key and No SIM Probelm.
Frankly Didnt Checked For IMEI .
After Updating to Wanamlite v 4.1 ROM with Android 4.3.
Wifi also stopped working.
and later on i spotted that IMEI IS NULL.
Dont Have EFS Backup.
Help Me Guys.
Totally Screwed Up.
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have you ever try FLASHING MJ5 BOOTLOADER after flash the rom android 4.3?. or maybe use this method from dr.ketan http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=47372682 usually 4.3 will need fix wifi and reroot after flashing them,
sil3nt.m3 said:
have you ever try FLASHING MJ5 BOOTLOADER after flash the rom android 4.3?. or maybe use this method from dr.ketan http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=47372682 usually 4.3 will need fix wifi and reroot after flashing them,
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Thanks Bro ....
Flashed Up MJ5 Bootloader ....
Wifi Now Working ...
Imei till NULL ...
Baseband Is Unknown ....
& Home Key is Still Malfunctioning .....
mgvishal said:
Thanks Bro ....
Flashed Up MJ5 Bootloader ....
Wifi Now Working ...
Imei till NULL ...
Baseband Is Unknown ....
& Home Key is Still Malfunctioning .....
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Without any form of backup of your efs (are you sure you don't have a Twrp or CWM backup with it?) Then you basically will have to either inject a working, non-GN2 imei from a phone that isn't blacklisted from your carrier. Or figure out if there is a newer way (maybe someone came out with a fix that I'm unaware of) to restore your imei (printed behind the battery of your phone) either way if you want your phone to connect cellularly than you'll need to freshin up on QPST and NV Writer
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bTW... Can I ask what the heck happened (no imei, no working SIM, no home key, etc)
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PhxDroid86 said:
Without any form of backup of your efs (are you sure you don't have a Twrp or CWM backup with it?) Then you basically will have to either inject a working, non-GN2 imei from a phone that isn't blacklisted from your carrier. Or figure out if there is a newer way (maybe someone came out with a fix that I'm unaware of) to restore your imei (printed behind the battery of your phone) either way if you want your phone to connect cellularly than you'll need to freshin up on QPST and NV Writer
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bTW... Can I ask what the heck happened (no imei, no working SIM, no home key, etc)
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May i Need a Anger Management Therapy Too ...
That Will Enlighten you ..
& Im Sure I Dont Any Backup ...
Can You Link Me the Procedures Mentioned ..
Will These Help ??
mgvishal said:
May i Need a Anger Management Therapy Too ...
That Will Enlighten you ..
& Im Sure I Dont Any Backup ...
Can You Link Me the Procedures Mentioned ..
Will These Help ??
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Who is your carrier... Basically in the TMO GN2 Q&A thread there are several post referring to solutions but obviously you will need to replace their modems with that of your own carrier and I also suggest once you find the threads that I'm referring to that you make sure there isn't an updated option available... I would link the threads myself but my XDA app is acting all kinds of stupid right now and won't let me access my participated threads
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PhxDroid86 said:
Who is your carrier... Basically in the TMO GN2 Q&A thread there are several post referring to solutions but obviously you will need to replace their modems with that of your own carrier and I also suggest once you find the threads that I'm referring to that you make sure there isn't an updated option available... I would link the threads myself but my XDA app is acting all kinds of stupid right now and won't let me access my participated threads
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Carrier Free Phone ....
Flashing Modem Can help ...
But please tell me a One Time Solution ..
Coz No Home Key ...
Its Just a One Time Job ...
Coz Flash Stock ROM + Modem --> No Root ---> No SU ---> Cant Enter in Download or Recovery Without SU from Terminal Emulator --> NO HOME KEY
mgvishal said:
Carrier Free Phone ....
Flashing Modem Can help ...
But please tell me a One Time Solution ..
Coz No Home Key ...
Its Just a One Time Job ...
Coz Flash Stock ROM + Modem --> No Root ---> No SU ---> Cant Enter in Download or Recovery Without SU from Terminal Emulator --> NO HOME KEY
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I'm simply referring to getting your phone working on a carrier again... Not really flashing stock (unrooted) Roms... From your original post you seem to have had 4 problems (WiFi has already been solves). My post is referring to the null imei... As far as your home button only pulling up your menu key (which I interpret based on your original post) than I would ask if you have a recovery installed at all... If not I think it might be a cache partition error which chainfire solved on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932327 but that is a whole different bag of worms... Really I need to know more on how you got into this situation in the first place ( your original post said something about dropping the phone but when on to say you received a replacement) How did the home button get messed up?
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i think what u gotta do now is maybe unroot back your phone, get the stock firmware and rom, and then root it again if you want.. you can try using this method. http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...ootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
sil3nt.m3 said:
i think what u gotta do now is maybe unroot back your phone, get the stock firmware and rom, and then root it again if you want.. you can try using this method. http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...ootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
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should i flash any stock firmware or suggest me any known stable stock firmware ???
mgvishal said:
should i flash any stock firmware or suggest me any known stable stock firmware ???
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follow the instruction in my link given, it will give your stock according to your country.. its the official from samsung..
PhxDroid86 said:
I'm simply referring to getting your phone working on a carrier again... Not really flashing stock (unrooted) Roms... From your original post you seem to have had 4 problems (WiFi has already been solves). My post is referring to the null imei... As far as your home button only pulling up your menu key (which I interpret based on your original post) than I would ask if you have a recovery installed at all... If not I think it might be a cache partition error which chainfire solved on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932327 but that is a whole different bag of worms... Really I need to know more on how you got into this situation in the first place ( your original post said something about dropping the phone but when on to say you received a replacement) How did the home button get messed up?
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hi sorry for a late reply ...
i got in this situation by the banging the phone on the floor ...
when i ws in a otterbox commuter case ... lol
and display got cracked ...
so i fetched a new display panel with the metal frame from my friends note 2 ....
to simply backup my personal data ...
then i figured out the sim is not working ...
so replaced i new sim flex ...( sim slot + microsd slot + nfc pins)
nfc n micro sd works ... probelm is with the some other part ...
and also i tested on the home key problem by attaching a new home key flex .. still no luck ....
new flex also malfunctions ...
menu key instead of home key ...
so i have come to the conclusion that my mainboard has messed up in some way ...
i need to fix it up ....
find any alternate solution ...
please lemmme know ...
n yes wifi solved ...
imei null
no carrier ..
flashed a stock rom via odin ...
now stuck in a boot loop ...
cant get out of it because of no home key ...
mgvishal said:
hi sorry for a late reply ...
i got in this situation by the banging the phone on the floor ...
when i ws in a otterbox commuter case ... lol
and display got cracked ...
so i fetched a new display panel with the metal frame from my friends note 2 ....
to simply backup my personal data ...
then i figured out the sim is not working ...
so replaced i new sim flex ...( sim slot + microsd slot + nfc pins)
nfc n micro sd works ... probelm is with the some other part ...
and also i tested on the home key problem by attaching a new home key flex .. still no luck ....
new flex also malfunctions ...
menu key instead of home key ...
so i have come to the conclusion that my mainboard has messed up in some way ...
i need to fix it up ....
find any alternate solution ...
please lemmme know ...
n yes wifi solved ...
imei null
no carrier ..
flashed a stock rom via odin ...
now stuck in a boot loop ...
cant get out of it because of no home key ...
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I would think you should be able to hook your phone up to the PC and then within terminal (once you get ADB Shell and your phone is reading properly with the appropriate drivers) and use codes to launch Download mode or Recovery.. You could also (using this method) potential make a copy of your phone so at least you have a copy of it all on the PC...
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PhxDroid86 said:
I would think you should be able to hook your phone up to the PC and then within terminal (once you get ADB Shell and your phone is reading properly with the appropriate drivers) and use codes to launch Download mode or Recovery.. You could also (using this method) potential make a copy of your phone so at least you have a copy of it all on the PC...
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will give it a try and keep u updated about this ..
can we enter to recovery from download .... ???
coz i can enter download with a USB jig
mgvishal said:
will give it a try and keep u updated about this ..
can we enter to recovery from download .... ???
coz i can enter download with a USB jig
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I doubt it but not 100 percent but I think its 1 or the other... Ultimately I am new to using jdk/SDK etc and don't have the slightest clue as to what steps are needed to even get the GN2 to communicate with windows properly... With that being said I have been able to follow directions enough to unbrick an archos (had to install jdk/sdk etc, a virtualbox with Ubuntu, setup drivers to commincate the device thoroughly with the PC and then thru the virtual machine via USB, and then using terminal via Ubuntu flash codes and through Sudo fix files on the device to unbrick it... Took me like 3-4 days as I was so noon to it all but it was that experience that got me in to flashing phones in the first place
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PhxDroid86 said:
I doubt it but not 100 percent but I think its 1 or the other... Ultimately I am new to using jdk/SDK etc and don't have the slightest clue as to what steps are needed to even get the GN2 to communicate with windows properly... With that being said I have been able to follow directions enough to unbrick an archos (had to install jdk/sdk etc, a virtualbox with Ubuntu, setup drivers to commincate the device thoroughly with the PC and then thru the virtual machine via USB, and then using terminal via Ubuntu flash codes and through Sudo fix files on the device to unbrick it... Took me like 3-4 days as I was so noon to it all but it was that experience that got me in to flashing phones in the first place
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Yeah similar process is being described to me by a repair guy ....
actually repair guru to be precise ...
his gonna backup and reprogram the baseband IC chip on the motherboard by connecting to it via a JTAG Box ...
Nywys tmrw his gonna fix it for me in a couple of hours ...
But his not sure about the Home Key Fixture ...
Still his gonna give a try ...
Hope for the best ...
mgvishal said:
Yeah similar process is being described to me by a repair guy ....
actually repair guru to be precise ...
his gonna backup and reprogram the baseband IC chip on the motherboard by connecting to it via a JTAG Box ...
Nywys tmrw his gonna fix it for me in a couple of hours ...
But his not sure about the Home Key Fixture ...
Still his gonna give a try ...
Hope for the best ...
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To Keep U guys Updated ....
Handset given in Samsung Service Center ....
Will get a Replaced Motherboard by 20 th of this month ...
mgvishal said:
To Keep U guys Updated ....
Handset given in Samsung Service Center ....
Will get a Replaced Motherboard by 20 th of this month ...
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Replaced? Whats word?
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PhxDroid86 said:
Replaced? Whats word?
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Yes ....
Replaced motherboard with a new one ...
Free of Cost ...
With Android 4.3 and Bloody Knox Security Loaded ...
That's not fair ...
Hi fellows S4 mini owners and the Android developers,
I just bought S4 Mini GT-I9195 LTE as present for my daughter and it came with the latest firmware XXUBMJ7 and with KNOX and I rooted it following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980 and everything went well.
So, I got rooted S4 mini with CWM Recovery on stock kernel and in Knox everything was changed to Custom and Knox was showing 0x1.
I have partitioned 16 Gb SDHC class 10 micro card with MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition with next partitions:
First partition: 12 Gb FAT32 (unchanged) Primary
Second partition: 2 GB Ext4 Primary
Third partition: 512 mb Swap Primary
I have installed Link2SD to try if it should work with second Ext4 partition and it wiould work for the moment and it would link all removable apps to the second partition but with next boot it would get all force closed (FC's) messages about this moved apps.
I did a factory reset from CWM Recovery and I tried all again but now I changed in Link2SD options to link apps but without automatic linking apps to second partition and it seemed to work and It only moved one part of installed apps to second partition with no more FC's after the reboot.
Now after that I wanted to get SWAP partition working and I have installed "Swapper2 for root" and I have choose in options to use Swap partition and it took third partition mmcbklp03 as Swap partition (and I think that here went wrong but I'm not sure) and I remember that there was option in Swapper2 to always format SWAP partition on the boot.and it was chacked.
I have swiched on Swapper2 and at first instance it faild to find SWAP partition, then I tried once again and it succeed to swich on swap, to format swap partition and to make swap.
I have restarted a phone several times after installing few other applications and it all went good. After few hours of installing of the new apps and testing them the battery draind out to one percent (1%) and I just wanted to leave it to charge with phone swiched off, because it's better for the battery. I didnt use the original Samsung charger but I have used USB 3.0 on my laptop and what I have noticed that it took to long to charge more then six hours to charge it to 100%. The next time when I tried to swich on the phone it was impossible. It wouldn't go to any mode, just black screen but if it is connected to the PC it gives a sound that there is a divece on that USB port.
With or without battery it just give a sound that it means that PC can see "something" but if I try with Odin it doesn't show at all on any com to be seen.
I took the phone to the friend of mine (he is a phone reseller and he has many different software to revive a lot of different phones and only Riff Box can see my phone on "com 163" ) but I didn't want to soldier it and to flash it because I still have the warrenty as the phone is only few weeks old.
My question is: What could be a reason of the hard brick ?
Was it Swapper2, maybe, because it has formated the wrong partition ? Or something else ?
And should I use the swap partition at all, next time, knowing that this phone has 1.5 Gb of working RAM ?
What is your expiriance and conclusions ?
Edit: I just plugged the phone on the other laptop with Windows 7 and it showed to install new drivers. As first it could not recognize a device, after that it has installed HID drivers and at least it didn't succeed to install QHSUSB_DLOAD drivers.
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance !
In case you end up needing a last resort, these guys are great!
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-jtag-brick-repair/
(fixed my hard brick)
You can read this links also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49357496&postcount=38
Thanks to both of you, but I don't get it where can I get debrick.img for Samsung S4 mini and if can I use a kind of "T999_Partial_Sys_Dump_for_debrick.zip" but then for S4 mini and is there something like this at all at the moment ?
Greetz !
Boombastical said:
Thanks to both of you, but I don't get it where can I get debrick.img for Samsung S4 mini and if can I use a kind of "T999_Partial_Sys_Dump_for_debrick.zip" but then for S4 mini and is there something like this at all at the moment ?
Greetz !
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I will make it to You. The .zip file work well because it work only whit the pit.file that is on partition mmcblk0, same on both devices.
Like for Mega I9205 I rename it to "I9195_Partial_Sys_Dump_for_debrick.zip". Wait.
You have here the debrick.img.tar whit debrick.img. I hope this help You:
https://meocloud.pt/link/5c9646e0-1ff8-41a8-b785-d85a0acd7f8b/debrick.img.tar/
Good luck
ValenteL said:
You have here the debrick.img.tar whit debrick.img. I hope this help You:
https://meocloud.pt/link/5c9646e0-1ff8-41a8-b785-d85a0acd7f8b/debrick.img.tar/
Good luck
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Anyway you or anyone can can help with the i435 vzw s4mini?
I have a few .img files like boot and recovery i think system too
I need a debrick file and whatever else.. Not really sure
Stuck in qhsusb mode
www.sammobile.com/firmwares. Download you appropriate firmware. Download Odin. Click PDA on Odin . click downloaded firmware. Flash it
Done
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balarishinoob said:
www.sammobile.com/firmwares. Download you appropriate firmware. Download Odin. Click PDA on Odin . click downloaded firmware. Flash it
Done
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do you see sch-i435 there? I dont. Not trying to be all smart but i wish it were so simple.. lol pls anyone?
justlovejoy said:
do you see sch-i435 there? I dont. Not trying to be all smart but i wish it were so simple.. lol pls anyone?
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Then cyanogen will do the job. that's the only option. U have
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balarishinoob said:
Then cyanogen will do the job. that's the only option. U have
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To get UN bricked?
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justlovejoy said:
To get UN bricked?
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Any new ROM will unbrick (common sense)
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Lmao.. Common sense will say, I'm not arguing. Great idea but hard bricks aren't treated the same as soft bricks. Thank you tho
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justlovejoy said:
Lmao.. Common sense will say, I'm not arguing. Great idea but hard bricks aren't treated the same as soft bricks. Thank you tho
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Hi to all !!!
The phone is back from the repair service and it's "fixed", acctually they changed the whole motherboard and they didn't want even to examine what the problem was, what I think is a bit sad.
It was probably just the few partitions that were messed up and they just could reflash it with a JTAG or thier other advanced hardware, but it was "easyer" to just swich a motherboard and now I get again new 4.2.2 with KNOX loader and december update...
So here we go again, I will root it again but I we'll avoid this time Swapper2, or if somone know's the right adress from where bigins the swap partition if I use 32 Gb SD micro partitioned to 26 Gb FAT 32 and 4 Gb Ext4 and 512 mb swap. Which mmcblk will be swap then ?
Or should I even use swap partition with S4 mini if we know that 1.5 Gb RAM should be enough for 4.2.2 ?
Thanks in advance !
Greetings !
Hi ValenteL,
Sorry that I wasn't here for a long time but I was busy with my study and I see that you made the .img file but I already send it to repair center and if read my last post you can see what happened.
I'm really sorry that I didn't test it before I send it to them because they where brute as always and they even didn't look what was the problem.
I mean, it's good for me but it wasn't neccesery to waste a hardware which was good but is much quicker to replce it then to flash it again...
I hope that your file can help to someone else who has a same problem as I had.
I'll take your file for the future experiments, or can you explain how can I make my own .img file if I'm not rooted yet ?
Thanks in advance.
Greetz !
Is this .img file still available?
ValenteL said:
You have here the debrick.img.tar whit debrick.img. I hope this help You:
https://meocloud.pt/link/5c9646e0-1ff8-41a8-b785-d85a0acd7f8b/debrick.img.tar/
Good luck
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Is this .img file still available? The download link above no longer works. Actually, I'm not really sure it's what I need, but I'm willing to take a chance. I'm searching for a bin dump of mmcblk0 of an I9195T (Australian model), but at this point I'd take a I9195 on the outside chance it might work. Please see my original post in the troubleshooting area: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/help/i9195t-dump-200mb-replaced-emmc-t2880434.
Thanks in advance!
ValenteL said:
You have here the debrick.img.tar whit debrick.img. I hope this help You:
https://meocloud.pt/link/5c9646e0-1ff8-41a8-b785-d85a0acd7f8b/debrick.img.tar/
Good luck
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Hi, Do you happen to have a new link for the I9195 debrick.img.tar as your download link has expired?
Thanks
Can you make for me an image of sph l520 ? Thanks.
ValenteL said:
You have here the debrick.img.tar whit debrick.img. I hope this help You:
https://meocloud.pt/link/5c9646e0-1ff8-41a8-b785-d85a0acd7f8b/debrick.img.tar/
Good luck
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Hello, do you have a GT-I9195 4.4.2 PIT file that i could have to fix my phone. Thanks in advance
I need debrick.img for i9195 please.
My grand Duos hangs on the GT-19082 startup screen and when i tried recovery i gives me red lines of E: Can't mount and when i try wiping or resetting it displays the same can't mount messages, and after trying to flash a new official rom it goes okay and after flashing when it is trying to boot it gives the same message, So i think the internal storage is dead cause i had the same problem before with Gt-i9000 and i solved it by removing the internal memory ic and flashing a 3 files rom on external Sd . Will this also work for grand duos or no please any help to save my phone and thanks in advance
And a screenshot is here but i'm not allowed to post a link
dropbox.co m/s/vbwn80x0a9pbkpm/2014-03-19%2003.18%20copy.jpg
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My grand Duos hangs on the GT-19082 startup screen and when i tried recovery i gives me red lines of E: Can't mount and when i try wiping or resetting it displays the same can't mount messages, and after trying to flash a new official rom it goes okay and after flashing when it is trying to boot it gives the same message, So i think the internal storage is dead cause i had the same problem before with Gt-i9000 and i solved it by removing the internal memory ic and flashing a 3 files rom on external Sd . Will this also work for grand duos or no please any help to save my phone and thanks in advance
And a screenshot is here but i'm not allowed to post a link
dropbox.co m/s/vbwn80x0a9pbkpm/2014-03-19%2003.18%20copy.jpg
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I guess u messed up with the internal partitions of internal memory..What exactly error u r getting can u say correctly plz???
jackeagle said:
I guess u messed up with the internal partitions of internal memory..What exactly error u r getting can u say correctly plz???
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Thanx for replying here is a screenshot of what is displayed
And i haven't made anything before this problem , the device fell down and then this problem started, and when it happened the device was on it's stock firm ware with no modifications
drlifewhy said:
Thanx for replying here is a screenshot of what is displayed
And i haven't made anything before this problem , the device fell down and then this problem started, and when it happened the device was on it's stock firm ware with no modifications
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Its better if u give u r mobile to Samsung Officials for the repair since u said that it had fallen down it might have damaged ur mother board or any part...!! And I9000 method will not work in Grand Duos since these to r different devices and parameters r different...
jackeagle said:
Its better if u give u r mobile to Samsung Officials for the repair since u said that it had fallen down it might have damaged ur mother board or any part...!! And I9000 method will not work in Grand Duos since these to r different devices and parameters r different...
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I may consider doing this soon, i hoped i could do it by my self anyway thnx for helping out
drlifewhy said:
Thanx for replying here is a screenshot of what is displayed
And i haven't made anything before this problem , the device fell down and then this problem started, and when it happened the device was on it's stock firm ware with no modifications
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I think you should try to flash stock rom with PIT files.
Cz it may be possible that u messed up with the system partition while rooting or something else. So might give a try.
Bt at last..its ur own responsibility.
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