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[Q] This means I'm bricked, don't it?

--Backstory--
I have the Epic 4G touch, not the Galaxy S2 Int. So I'm on CDMA. Anyways, I was installing the Samsung Official Update since I didn't have a ROM on my phone. -_-
It got stuck at "Modem.bin". It was stating "Please wait 2 minutes" but it was like 10 min later. So Like all the other ROMs, I just pulled the plug and did a battery pull. It gave me the option for Odin again, or the recovery mode. I had to flash Clockwork using Odin since I always end up having the Stock Recovery.
--The problem...--
Now... I have the stock recovery. The only buttons that work is Vol up and Vol Down, and the search capacitive just makes the screen blank. My home, menu, and back buttons don't work.
I can go to the Odin mode on my phone, but my phone doesn't connect to a computer. If I plug it while it's off, it'll show the battery symbol then go to stock recovery.
While in Odin, it's just that basic screen that you see. The one about how many flashes you have and stuff. It's just that Odin doesn't recognize my device. My computer doesn't recognize my device. No computer does, but plugging it in turns it on.
I don't think there's anything else I can do from this point.
I'm also thinking about a Jtag service instead of a $100 replacement, since a Jtag service would be $50. Will a Jtag service work even though my computer doesn't read the USB from the phone? And what about a USB Jig? I can get to Download Mode, it just doesn't work.

ADB reboot
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strongsteve said:
ADB reboot
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Remember when I said my phone won't connect to my computer? ADB doesn't see the device. Kies doesn't even see it. Nothing happens when I connect it with a USB with my computer.

No_Nickname90 said:
Remember when I said my phone won't connect to my computer? ADB doesn't see the device. Kies doesn't even see it. Nothing happens when I connect it with a USB with my computer.
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Same thing is happening to me. Phone not connecting to pc in download mode. Seems hopeless at the moment
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did you install the samsung drivers?

I agree
You are probly missing the samsung drivers

Hmm... Check the --backstory-- for those telling me to get the drivers. Or maybe I should get the Int. drivers since I think my phone has the Int. Stock Rom and not the Epic 4G Touch.
I WAS able to connect to my computer. I was downloading and installing the STOCK ROM and it got stuck on "Modem.bin". The very last setting it says before it resets and restarts the phone and then it should say "pass" or "fail". (While in Odin, if you pay attention to the box) That's when I did the battery pull to try something else.
I used to do that for all the other ROMs I tried flashing using Odin, so I expected similar results.
So the drivers aren't an issue. It doesn't work on any other computer I plug it in. There isn't any data traveling, just current. I'll look for my original charger since I was using my HTC charger cable. I'm hoping the only thing is that the Samsung want's the Samsung charger.
If this doesn't work, I'm guessing that Jtag service is what I need. Saves $50. (checked, they charge $50 and Sprint Insurance Replacement is $100).
What is this 3-button thing I'm hearing about? Holding Vol-up, Vol-Down, and Power button I'm hearing about? That just takes me to stock recovery.
I'm thinking I was installing the Int. Version and the reason why the Stock Recovery isn't working is because it's looking for the physical home button instead of capacitive. Which is why I'm stuck like I am. I can navigate, I just can't select in recovery.
Ironic that the Stock ROM bricked my phone like this. -_-

which stock rom did you try to install because we only have a dump as far as i know

No its not ironic if you flashed the GSM international rom you had better pray for your phone .....
We have cdma radio sgs2 is gsm .... You never want to flash a gsm rom with radio instabrick
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If you can still get into download mode ... One of the devs on irc may still be able to fix it for you ..... Freenode.net #samsung-epic-touch
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Flashing int. Version was a very bad idea. You should research more before doing this possible risky ( as u know ) procedures.

Epix4G said:
No its not ironic if you flashed the GSM international rom you had better pray for your phone .....
We have cdma radio sgs2 is gsm .... You never want to flash a gsm rom with radio instabrick
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That's what I'm thinking I did. The recovery mode, I can navigate up and down, but I can't select. I think it's the International version and it's looking for the physical home button. That's probably what's going on.
I just came from the G2, which was very close to the Desire Z, that they could use the same ROMs. So that's why I was just searching Galaxy S2 ROMs instead of Epic 4G Touch. That's what I get. -_-

Going for the JTag
If anybody has anything else to say go for it. I'm going with the Jtag service. My phone will be gone for a few days. Like 3 since I'm in TX. and it's only $50 compared to a replacement of $100.
*sigh* This is a lesson well learned.
My scenario once again.
Recovery Mode: I can only move up and down. I can't select anything.
Download Mode: I can go there, but the phone doesn't connect to the computer. I'm not trying to sound like a prick, but obviously I have the drivers if my phone is bricked. It's not like turned my phone on and bammed it's flashing.
Thanks for any help, but I don't think this could be solved. I think I'm soft brick + hard bricked.

Did you go on irc its easier to help someone like that .....just go on and ask some of the devs may be able to point you in the right direction
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There is a flashable modem. bin in the development section. If you ever get to CW
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HELP! i think i bricked my new galasy s 2

i just bought the tmobile galaxy s 2 and was trying to root it. obviously i did something wrong and now its stuck on a black screen. it will not power on AT ALL and when i plug it into the usb it looks for driver QHSYSB_DLOAD. ive tried everything someone please help. i will pay someone to fix my phone if i have to

You need to get in download mode and odin back to stock. Pull battery and put back in. Go to different computer, win XP works best, download/install drivers on PC then plug phone in to PC and download mode should come up.
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Also you may have to hold both volume buttons down. It works both ways with and without volume buttons. Search threads how to get in download mode.
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k2worldwweapon said:
i just bought the tmobile galaxy s 2 and was trying to root it. obviously i did something wrong and now its stuck on a black screen. it will not power on AT ALL and when i plug it into the usb it looks for driver QHSYSB_DLOAD. ive tried everything someone please help. i will pay someone to fix my phone if i have to
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It's bricked. I had the same thing happen a few days ago. Just take it back to the T-mobile you bought it from (assuming you bought in-store) and they'll replace it. Seeing your phone recognized as that "QHSYSB_DLOAD" device seems to be an issue with Qualcomm CPUs and happens mainly to HTC phones for obvious reasons. From the hours of research that I did before returning my phone, no one has ever successfully recovered from that kind of brick.

i bought it used so tmobile wont replace it. BUT i registered the phone on samsungs website and it says its still in warranty with them. do you think samsung could replace it?

Yeah I'd do that. They should be able to help you out as long as you don't say you were trying to root it lol. Yours won't vibrate or anything when you press the power button right?

nope it doesnt vibrate. what do you think of this?
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-jtag-brick-repair/

i dont understand how you can screw up such an easy process...

i obviously didnt know what i was doing.. thats how

G1_enthusiast said:
i dont understand how you can screw up such an easy process...
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hey chill out bro, if he bricked it that was a mistake. dont make him feel worse than he is now...
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here try this!
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

yea my bad man, i was being mean, hope it work out for you.

movieaddict said:
here try this!
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
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yea i tired that but it didnt work

k2worldwweapon said:
nope it doesnt vibrate. what do you think of this?
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-jtag-brick-repair/
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Yup, mine wouldn't vibrate either. The only sign of life was when it was plugged into the PC in an attempt to get into download mode. I read that when you get to the point where the phone can't even get into download mode properly(showing the usual warning about custom OSes, that the jig device won't work, unfortunately. It may be worth a shot though if the price is right.

just shipped out to samsung. hopefully they dont realize why its broken and try to charge me for it

I think this phone is a goner..

I have researched with no help what so ever. A buddy of mine got a Epic Touch 4G and accidentally flashed gti9100 rom on there.
I told him I will try to help him out.
The battery that is in the phone is gone. It flashes blue when it's plugged to a power source and you cannot start the phone to "download Mode" with the battery.
As soon as you insert that battery and plug in power source, the phone attempts to turn on and at the bottom you get " 3 icons "Phone, triangle, computer" and underneath the icons it says "Firmware Encountered" and the rest I cannot read.
I have a Epic Touch 4g myself and no stranger to flashing and roms.(currently running codname). I can use m y battery in the other phone and it will allow me to turn it on and get to download mode. Problem is, I cannot get USB connection.
Tried different cable, computer, front ports, back ports, downloaded the gti9100 drivers instead on a different computer and still no connection. Really I do not think there is a fix, but giving one my try in the forums.
thanks

Best bet send in the phone was a manufacturer warrenty every phone was one I think. And tell them it wont turn on and u charged it for along time and call samsung and say tht
...or get a jtag repair for like 80bucks
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Do the responsible thing and pay the 80 for the jtag
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One other possible thing that worked on old epics. Try taking the battery and external sd out for a day to let the internal ram clear. Then try going into dl mode with the phone plugged in but the battery removed.

The Root said:
One other possible thing that worked on old epics. Try taking the battery and external sd out for a day to let the internal ram clear. Then try going into dl mode with the phone plugged in but the battery removed.
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Jtag is only thing that will work when he flashed the international ROM it disables the USB by flashing the bootloader from international.... Jtag , sprint , or Samsung is the only fixes nothing u can do
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Epix4G said:
Jtag is only thing that will work when he flashed the international ROM it disables the USB by flashing the bootloader from international.... Jtag , sprint , or Samsung is the only fixes nothing u can do
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This is not always true. When I first got my E4GT I flashed an international ROM too and it actually let me boot into it but it was really messed up everything was stuck in landscape mode and none of the capacitive keys would work. I could not connect to the PC while booted into the ROM but in download mode I was actually able to. I would give the idea of taking the battery and SD card out for a day a try. What can ya lose?

rbtrucking said:
This is not always true. When I first got my E4GT I flashed an international ROM too and it actually let me boot into it but it was really messed up everything was stuck in landscape mode and none of the capacitive keys would work. I could not connect to the PC while booted into the ROM but in download mode I was actually able to. I would give the idea of taking the battery and SD card out for a day a try. What can ya lose?
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With USB not working it had a bootloader in the tar ..... there is no using Odin it will never connect......
Look back on the older pages and maybe there is some help when this phone first came out there were people everyday flashing international roms....but they were only fixed by jtag if my memory is right
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
JTAG it for $50

Alrighty...Jtag it is..Thanks guys. Hopefully they are able to fix it.

don728871 said:
Best bet send in the phone was a manufacturer warrenty every phone was one I think. And tell them it wont turn on and u charged it for along time and call samsung and say tht
...or get a jtag repair for like 80bucks
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You are a horrible person and the reason we get stuck with locked bootloaders.
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[Q] My friend rooted his phone, its bricked.

He said I can have it if I fix it, I have no idea what he has done to it.
It wont boot up at all. Just a constant black screen. I've installed some samsung USB drivers. And when I plug it in under my devices and printers there are 3 things listed when ever I unplug it they all disapear.
under unspecified it lists "SAMSUNG CDMA Technologys" "Samsung Mobile Modem" and "SAMSUNG Mobile Modem Diagnostic Serial Port (WDM) (COM4)"
So the computer does seem to recognize it when im plugging it in. but the phone does seem really dead.
What should the next steps be that I should take, any tips?

1. Take out battery. And put in after 10sec
2. Power on by holding volume DOWN, home and power all at the same time.
3. Once in download menu, press volume up to continue.
4. Flash any firmware using Odin. I believe the gio version is 4.4.2
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"Power on by holding volume DOWN, home and power all at the same time. "
I have tried this like 50 times taking the battery in and out to, but the phone will not power on at all

Sounds like a hard brick...
...my guess is that something went wrong when flashing - he might have tried to flash something with Rom Manager for example, all Gio owners must avoid doing that since it crashes the phone.
My phone is turned in to the repairman for the above reason wit the exact same symtoms as yours, i'll get a cost proposal (sorry for poor wording, i'm not proposing to you ) any day now. Hopefully it'll be cheaper than buying a new Gio...

Does anyone think I will have any luck with a USB jig?

sagreen2812 said:
Does anyone think I will have any luck with a USB jig?
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Just return it back to samsung i've had that on my mini and it was unrepairable so i bought the gio just return it back to samsung

As i've said, the phone was given to me, no warranty or anything, just wanted to see if I could fix it, don't really want to have to pay for someone to do it

Usb jigs may work, but I had this tooo, a long time ago when I flashed a rom...
Put it on the charger, and you"ll feel the battery gets warm, but dont see anything...
It may be that the battery was almost empty and thus the phone shut off...
Mine was gone for 2 weeks, and I nearly throwed it away...
But then I charged it, maybe it could help, and tried gettin into download mode while on the wall charging, and it worked!!!
My phone was alive after 2 weeks of beiing dead, but I was too noobish at that time to know what excactly I did..
But I did had the same when connecting to pc, it says its a modem
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"SAMSUNG CDMA Technologys" "
that doesnt seem like it was a gio
it seems like it was a samsung dart

HOW did he rooted it?

USB not recognized?

So all of a sudden the phone will not mount as USB on my computer. Drivers and everything is fine on the computer. Even got a new cable. Still same problem.
Took the battery out and then put the USB in and the phone just keeps rebooting. Doesnt show the triangle or anything. Phone works fine with the current rom. Dont know what else to do.

Maybe USB plug - not cord- , is faulty. If u have anything else u can connect thru same plug in. If phone still works its the only thing I can think off
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hooked up my old HTC inspire and worked just fine. I think its the phone.
Its not supposed to keep vibrating and restarting while the usb is connected and no battery is inserted. I'm puzzled here. Tried flashing a diff rom as well. Complete wipe and what not.

OK best thing I can say its send for replacement phone. Mine was water damaged as I bought my sgs2 for $100 in craigslist. Called tmo and they charged me $20 for the replacement. Other than what I suggested I don't know what else u can do
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I just remembered someone has mentioned something about a jig. I never done that but I'll look for that tread and I'll repost it here once I find it. They have said the jig is not 100% sure but can't hurt to try it
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so i got the phone in download mode through the reg reboot screen from the rom but now what. Dam i sound like a noob....

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19639321
Try that. Its the best I can think off. In case your replacement cost is higher than 20 or even 40$ .
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So press volume up. And make sure you get the tar file that works for your phone. Put it on PDA and press start. Don't touch nothing. It will do it all for u. And then after that just follow rom open instructions
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19639321
Follow exactly what he says to do... not shortcuts no changes and u will be back on track
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ok so i got it in download mode but after that i figured out even if it is in download mode the comp still wont recognize it so download mode is pointless? I'm ordering the jig and seeing what happens next.
Funny thing is i have no clue once so ever how this all happened. Randomly started happening.

Maybe a bad download. Its a well known issue once in a while.. its the chances we take for experimenting bro. Can't be mad, its the flash itch, yanno. Its like a drug
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ok so after getting my jig through the mail i tried to make it work and not sure if i am doing it right but my custom bonary says "no". usb device not recognized! This is getting real frustrating now!

Sounds like your uSB port on your phone has gone bad, which is a known issue. Had to replace my wifes phone in order to upgrade to ICS.
I called up TMO and the rushed out a replacement unit. They charged me $20, but I called and complained so they removed it.

I doubt its the usb port. It goes into download mode and charges but the computer wont recognize it. I've already claimed insurance also cause i needed a phone to use. Id like my original s2 that i rooted back to normal! I dont think they will honor it either being that the phones been rooted and the custom binary says "no".

i just changed the digitizer as well for $170 my self being that the old one cracked thinking i can revive this phone now im stuck with this $500+ paper weight. It works and i can switch between roms only if i load the rom on the sd card through my other phone then put it in the bricked one (this one)
Is there a way i can flash the firmware through SD?

Can you go into recovery? If so which one are you using, CMW or TeamWin? If that's the case you should be able to
"feeding this unicorn carrots til the finish line"

i can go in both. CWM and factory mode, the one with the android on the screen and says downloading at the bottom.

So issue being its that its not recognized unto your PC? That being so you can download zips thru your phone and install that way. All I can think off is that your USB is fried somehow. Still capable of function.
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yes the computer wont recognize and no i cant download zips through it. I have to download on another phone then transfer the sd card to this phone (unrecognizable one)
Anyone else have any more ideas please

You do know that you can download zips from within your phone?