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Help required, possibly bricked?

Hi all,
Hopefully you can help me, i have just installed the latest radio and Modaco ROM (this isn't the first time i've did this).
After installation i got what looked like an image of a drive and an arrow, i assume this meant it couldnt find the boot image. I then tried a couple of times to reboot holding the home key but now i cant even switch it back on... even on charge the light isn't coming on
Any help would be gratefully appreciated
Thanks
GF

When the arrow and drive comes up, you're meant to leave your phone well alone, it means it's flashing something (usually something important!)
If your phone doesn't turn on, sounds like you've made a full hard brick, nothing you can do but see if you can get it repaired.

Gutted, cheers

Can you pull the battery and get into fastboot?

Breakthecycle2 said:
Can you pull the battery and get into fastboot?
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Not sure what that is? I've tried the various power+key sequences
Thanks

GaelForce said:
Not sure what that is? I've tried the various power+key sequences
Thanks
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Sometimes, if the Hero does not switch on, taking the battery out and reinserting it might reboot it. But if the charge light is not coming on, then it might not work. Worth a try though.
Did you get the phone through a network? If it is under warranty, you can just play dumb and return the phone. They probably won't even know that you have modded the phone. My battery stopped holding charge and would not switch on unless it was plugged in to the mains. When I returned it, they changed my battery and the main board!?! When I called them up, the service centre told me "there was some dust on the main board, so we changed it".
Not smart enough to figure out that I had rooted the phone and was running Modaco at the time.
Samsom
PS I am with T-mo BTW.

docsamsom said:
Sometimes, if the Hero does not switch on, taking the battery out and reinserting it might reboot it. But if the charge light is not coming on, then it might not work. Worth a try though.
Did you get the phone through a network? If it is under warranty, you can just play dumb and return the phone. They probably won't even know that you have modded the phone. My battery stopped holding charge and would not switch on unless it was plugged in to the mains. When I returned it, they changed my battery and the main board!?! When I called them up, the service centre told me "there was some dust on the main board, so we changed it".
Not smart enough to figure out that I had rooted the phone and was running Modaco at the time.
Samsom
PS I am with T-mo BTW.
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Worked a treat, got a doorstep exchange today
Thanks

Possibly Bricked T-Mobile T989

So I flashed the cm7 alpha that came out last night this morning. I wasn't getting calls so i turned it off and tried to reboot it into recovery. The phone never got into recovery (I told it to reboot into recovery from clockwork mod), and now it isnt powering on, at all. I've tried every key combination, recovery, download mode, letting it charge for HOURS, and still nothing.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I'm trying to gather the files I need to see if odin will recognize it and possibly be able to restore it to stock. If I can't get it to work by tomorrow, I'm just going to go to the T-Mobile store.

aaronpaws said:
So I flashed the cm7 alpha that came out last night this morning. I wasn't getting calls so i turned it off and tried to reboot it into recovery. The phone never got into recovery (I told it to reboot into recovery from clockwork mod), and now it isnt powering on, at all. I've tried every key combination, recovery, download mode, letting it charge for HOURS, and still nothing.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I'm trying to gather the files I need to see if odin will recognize it and possibly be able to restore it to stock. If I can't get it to work by tomorrow, I'm just going to go to the T-Mobile store.
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Would it be possible that you tried so many combinations that the phone's battery has died? Have you tried plugging it in and seeing what happens?

charged for four hours and nothing.
Took it to a tmobile store and they're doing a warranty exchange since they couldn't get it to do anything either, even with a different battery.
Kind of curious as to what'll happen when I send it back since it has cyanogen mod 7 on it and its rooted. Then again, the phone won't boot, go into download mode, or recovery.
edit: I'm thinking the phone won't charge because of the custom kernel in cm7. Don't know how I would flash a kernel if I couldn't get it to boot though.

Dam,, too late
But for reference try!
Take the battery out and let it sit for a few min the put it back in and see if it boots.
If it still will not boot
Take the battery back out
Plug in the USB cable connected to the computer
Hold down the volume up and down then
Put the battery back in.
You should get the option: Volume UP / Volume Down for Reboot
Hit Volume UP and go get some Odin love!

I still have the phone, I'm gonna try this now. Will update with results.

aaronpaws said:
I still have the phone, I'm gonna try this now. Will update with results.
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Cool man, keep us updated.

Well, I tried both suggestions to no avail. Anyone else have any ideas?

aaronpaws said:
Well, I tried both suggestions to no avail. Anyone else have any ideas?
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I did not see you mention it, but did you try the "10 second" power button hold? You know it works when the phone vibrates 3 times. Simply hold the power button until it vibrates. It takes about 7-10 seconds (although when you think your phone is bricked, it feels like it is taking 5 minutes). If it vibrates, you are in the clear. You can usually get to recovery or odin from there. Try doing this on battery only first.

no cigar with the hold for ten seconds method on the power button.

aaronpaws said:
no cigar with the hold for ten seconds method on the power button.
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It is really, REALLY difficult to brick a phone unless you are changing the radio (for example, flashing a wrong or corrupted radio). A kernel can hose your phone, but not brick it as you don't need a kernel to access recovery. A bad recovery could also brick your phone, but then you have download mode (Odin) to access that bypasses recovery. In other words, there are layers of protection or access points. We have not flashed any new radios for our phones yet, so you know that is not the problem. Having said all that, that does not mean you are not bricked.
To be clear on your position, you are getting no power response at all? Again, try this:
Unplug your phone;
take battery out (wait about a minute before replacing battery);
replace battery;
"10 second" hold until phone vibrates 3 times (or vibrates at all for that matter);
If you see no sign of life, then try the above process with phone plugged in (try plugged into computer and wall socket separately). Odin recognizes when you are plugged into computer and the boot process goes differently.
As for Odin bootup:
Load Odin;
Plug in your USB to computer;
try the volume/power boot up;
if that fails, try the "10 second" hold boot up with Odin running on your system and phone plugged in.
Outside of that, I can not think of any other way to get you to recovery or Odin.
I have flashed my android phones probably 150+ times in the last 2 and a half years and never made a brick. I thought I had, but was always able to get to recovery or bootloader (think Odin for HTC), and recover the phone. The only times I ever saw anyone truly brick the phone was when flashing the wrong or bad radio for their phone (radio is your 4G / cell receiver). So, walk through your processes to recover your phone in a methodical way and if that all fails, then return it. If you can't get it to go trying all these techniques, then T-mobile probably won't be able to as well and see that you rooted it.
Hope this helps.

Slightly off topic but if you send in a rooted phone for warranty (not insurance, warranty) they will charge you a full repair fee.
Sent from the Galaxy, 2 stars to the left.

What happens when you pull your battery, put it back in and attempt to turn your phone on?
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@PorchSong, I've tried everything you said to no avail. I know its extremely hard to brick an android phone. Having had over 10 devices in the past year, all running custom roms, I've never bricked one either. This is why I find this so unbelievable, I usually don't make posts on XDA, not for lack of caring about the subject matter, but rather because I'd rather learn about it on my own to further my understanding on it.
Again, this is as bricked as I've ever seen something. The phone simply is unresponsive to every method I've tried.
@btyork, how would they know if the phone doesn't boot into recovery, download mode, or into regular android? I'm not saying that they couldn't. I'm just saying, what precautions could I take against them finding out. Trust me, if i could find a way to, I'd restore it to stock before I sent it back to them. (I still have the phone and will until december 6th, when they send me my new one, so we have a little bit of time to work on this)
@ mikeyinid, Nothing at all. Nothing in this thread has made the phone give even the slightest response.
The last thing I did was try to boot into clockwork mod, rather than boot with the key combination like I normally do, i did it directly from rom manager. Except, it never booted into recovery, so I pulled the battery and tried to start it again, from there it hasn't booted, or charged. I could've sworn the phone had at least a 30 percent charge when I was doing all this as well. Not the best for restoring from a backup in clockwork mod but I was in a bind as I was about to leave somewhere for roughly two hours and needed a functioning phone (cm7 did not let me make or receive calls, for whatever reason).

Are you seeing anything on the screen?
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aaronpaws said:
@PorchSong, I've tried everything you said to no avail. I know its extremely hard to brick an android phone. Having had over 10 devices in the past year, all running custom roms, I've never bricked one either. This is why I find this so unbelievable, I usually don't make posts on XDA, not for lack of caring about the subject matter, but rather because I'd rather learn about it on my own to further my understanding on it.
Again, this is as bricked as I've ever seen something. The phone simply is unresponsive to every method I've tried.
@btyork, how would they know if the phone doesn't boot into recovery, download mode, or into regular android? I'm not saying that they couldn't. I'm just saying, what precautions could I take against them finding out. Trust me, if i could find a way to, I'd restore it to stock before I sent it back to them. (I still have the phone and will until december 6th, when they send me my new one, so we have a little bit of time to work on this)
@ mikeyinid, Nothing at all. Nothing in this thread has made the phone give even the slightest response.
The last thing I did was try to boot into clockwork mod, rather than boot with the key combination like I normally do, i did it directly from rom manager. Except, it never booted into recovery, so I pulled the battery and tried to start it again, from there it hasn't booted, or charged. I could've sworn the phone had at least a 30 percent charge when I was doing all this as well. Not the best for restoring from a backup in clockwork mod but I was in a bind as I was about to leave somewhere for roughly two hours and needed a functioning phone (cm7 did not let me make or receive calls, for whatever reason).
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Are you sure you flashed cm7 for our phone? Sounds like a boot.img flashed to the wrong partition. I only know that because I bricked my first gs2 using the wrong mount point to flash a kernel. If it doesn't do anything at all, jig might work but idk. I just got a new one
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Typically with Samsung phones, if you can get ANYTHING at all to show on the screen it is not bricked.
Do you have a G+ account? If I can see what is going on while I walk you through it it would be easier. Could possibly hold an open hangout so others can join in and help or just for informational purposes.
I have had soft bricks on my behold 2, vibrant and SGS2, over 100 times all together. Sometimes it takes a little fiddling, my SGS2 seemed a little more difficult only because of the relative simplicity of it compared to the others.
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Are you sure you flashed cm7 for our phone? Sounds like a boot.img flashed to the wrong partition. I only know that because I bricked my first gs2 using the wrong mount point to flash a kernel. If it doesn't do anything at all, jig might work but idk. I just got a new one
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Well i think he said it did boot initially, so I doubt that is the problem.
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Slightly off topic but if you send in a rooted phone for warranty (not insurance, warranty) they will charge you a full repair fee.
Sent from the Galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
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That depends if they can tell or not.

Okay, well I'm going to try and fix it in Odin one more time tomorrow on my friends computer (I use a mac), so I'll report back on what happens. I'm thinking I didn't put it into download mode the right way when I tried it the other night. I remember having to do it for rooting the phone, but hadn't done it since, and since this is my first samsung phone other than the nexus s, I wasn't all that familiar with it. The google + idea might be a good one. I'm not sure how to go about setting that up, but I should be at my friends around like 12est tomorrow, so if anyone wants to set something up we can do that, or I can just report back. Either way, I'll come back to this thread and give a conclusion on what's happened.

aaronpaws said:
Okay, well I'm going to try and fix it in Odin one more time tomorrow on my friends computer (I use a mac), so I'll report back on what happens. I'm thinking I didn't put it into download mode the right way when I tried it the other night. I remember having to do it for rooting the phone, but hadn't done it since, and since this is my first samsung phone other than the nexus s, I wasn't all that familiar with it. The google + idea might be a good one. I'm not sure how to go about setting that up, but I should be at my friends around like 12est tomorrow, so if anyone wants to set something up we can do that, or I can just report back. Either way, I'll come back to this thread and give a conclusion on what's happened.
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Let me know, G+ is easy. Im out of class at 2est.

Just FYI. I ran into this exact same issue. After charging my phone all night and using it for about 5 minutes, I set it down then picked it up like 30 minutes later and received absolutely no responsiveness from the phone. It wouldn't even recognize the charger when I plugged it in.
I tried all the battery tricks, and reset tricks and nothing worked. So I took it into the T-Mobile store, assuming it was bricked, in an attempt to get it replaced. He simply plugged the phone into the stock charger that came with the phone and it indicated that the battery was just completely dead and needed a charge.
It turns out that the phone really didn't get a full charge after being plugged in all night to my GF's MT4G charger. Apparently this phone is picky about what charger is used. I'm sure you've already attempted this, but just make sure to plug it into the stock charger to see if you can at least get the charging battery image to pop up.

more like it wasn't plugged in properly to begin with
because that happened to me, even though it said "charging"... it was stuck at 43% for like 4+ hours, so i figured something must be wrong
and indeed it was, so i unplugged it, and plugged it back in, then voila! now it starts to charge as it was supposed to.
the phone is not picky by any means, i've used my old BB charges with it, the other HTC charger, the other samsung USB, the generic cheap chargers i get from Deal Extreme, etc
they all charges the phone just fine and fast
you do have to be careful when you plug it in, and make sure it's really charging
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Just FYI. I ran into this exact same issue. After charging my phone all night and using it for about 5 minutes, I set it down then picked it up like 30 minutes later and received absolutely no responsiveness from the phone. It wouldn't even recognize the charger when I plugged it in.
I tried all the battery tricks, and reset tricks and nothing worked. So I took it into the T-Mobile store, assuming it was bricked, in an attempt to get it replaced. He simply plugged the phone into the stock charger that came with the phone and it indicated that the battery was just completely dead and needed a charge.
It turns out that the phone really didn't get a full charge after being plugged in all night to my GF's MT4G charger. Apparently this phone is picky about what charger is used. I'm sure you've already attempted this, but just make sure to plug it into the stock charger to see if you can at least get the charging battery image to pop up.
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[Q] Won't Charge or Boot?!?!

My phone is only a few months old... I did buy it used and the person before me had it rooted so I unrooted it using "SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax". It worked fine since and I never had problem except the other day when my battery showed 100% all day until it just shut off and I had to recharge but then worked fine and since the battery seemed to be accurate. Anyway... Last night I went to use my phone as always and it just shut off and never turned back on?! I tried charging and no luck, took battery out a dozen times, no luck... Tried download mode, no luck... SO, what could be wrong with my phone??!! Is it bricked or is the battery just fried??!! The screen stays black and wont turn on for nothing, and it wont even charge so theres no green battery icon on the screen! Any Ideas??
I do want to add that from searching it seems like it is bricked but I just wanna make sure before I send it back or try anything I can to get it back on that people may suggest that I havent yet... Also, when I did unroot, everything went back to stock except the bullet boot logo screen, so if I do have to send it in will Samsung still fix it if they see that its been messed with some time or another? Or will they just simply wipe or replace it without even looking? Thanks.

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My phone is only a few months old... I did buy it used and the person before me had it rooted so I unrooted it using "SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax". It worked fine since and I never had problem except the other day when my battery showed 100% all day until it just shut off and I had to recharge but then worked fine and since the battery seemed to be accurate. Anyway... Last night I went to use my phone as always and it just shut off and never turned back on?! I tried charging and no luck, took battery out a dozen times, no luck... Tried download mode, no luck... SO, what could be wrong with my phone??!! Is it bricked or is the battery just fried??!! The screen stays black and wont turn on for nothing, and it wont even charge so theres no green battery icon on the screen! Any Ideas??
I do want to add that from searching it seems like it is bricked but I just wanna make sure before I send it back or try anything I can to get it back on that people may suggest that I havent yet... Also, when I did unroot, everything went back to stock except the bullet boot logo screen, so if I do have to send it in will Samsung still fix it if they see that its been messed with some time or another? Or will they just simply wipe or replace it without even looking? Thanks.
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rooting your device voids all warranties, not sure about your issue but you need wait until some advanced members offer you there knowledge b4 returning a nonstock phone for warranty replacement.

Well I would definitely appreciate the advice on what it possibly is and what I can do as soon as possible. I have no back up so I am completely without a phone till it gets fixed.

ykman1 said:
Well I would definitely appreciate the advice on what it possibly is and what I can do as soon as possible. I have no back up so I am completely without a phone till it gets fixed.
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Drop by a tmobile store and ask to try another battery.
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Another battery wont fix it if the screen won't turn on When connected to power.
.....Clones & Drones.....

Yea... I spoke with samsung and they didnt seem to think it was a battery issue. Also, they asked me what color the strip was on the battery itself (the white strip next to the connection terminals) Im guessing if the batterys go bad it changes color cus according to them, white is what its suppose to be, no idea lol... Most likely if I dont get a response on something to try I havent yet by the end of the day Im gonna try the jig trick to try and get it into download mode so i can odin. If that dont work im hoping sammy will replace it, my only worry is the stupid bullet boot screen still being there but then again, if the phone dont turn on at all then they will most likely just reflash it, but is there still a way they can tell it was rooted some point in time? Anyone have experience with sending them devices like this and if the fixed them or not?

The colored strip is them trying to blame you for dropping it in the toilet LOL. The strips turn pink when wet. Other than that i think Odin is your only chance.
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so the phone doesn't turn on at all? LCD receives n0 power? try pulling the battery and running it without the battery

You tried holding vol. up,down and then plugging in usb with battery out?

I've noticed batteries on these juicing out and dyeing. Try a different battery, go into a local Tmobile Nd ask them to swap out your battery with a galaxy in the exchange bin
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NO..... do not do these..... look for the stock firmware .rar file and do it through ODIN. I bricked my phone too, and panicked, i called t-mobile and they got pissed that i rooted it and couldn't do anything. The .rar file fixed it. DL here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17067366/T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar.md5
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BTW it will be completely stock and not rooted, you have to flash it through odin..... it may take up to 2 hours, do not interrupt it

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NO..... do not do these..... look for the stock firmware .rar file and do it through ODIN. I bricked my phone too, and panicked, i called t-mobile and they got pissed that i rooted it and couldn't do anything. The .rar file fixed it. DL here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17067366/T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar.md5
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BTW it will be completely stock and not rooted, you have to flash it through odin..... it may take up to 2 hours, do not interrupt it
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I tried downloading this a couple of times, but I cant open them. Is there something I have to do?

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I tried downloading this a couple of times, but I cant open them. Is there something I have to do?
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You put the file in the ODIN folder and put your phone in download mode. My phone wouldn't charge or boot, but it still went into dl mode. Then you flash the .rar file.
By the way... this IS NOT a battery issue
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You put the file in the ODIN folder and put your phone in download mode. My phone wouldn't charge or boot, but it still went into dl mode. Then you flash the .rar file.
By the way... this IS NOT a battery issue
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I think he mentioned he can't even get into dl mode
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Thanks for all the replies, and yea... as I said its completely dead. Also, I did test the battery so it wasn't that, and I tried using the Jig method to get it in download mode and no go... I already sent it back to Samsung so I can get a replacement.
I just wanna add that I have found that this is pretty common when rooting this device so be careful! For some reason this device is known to do this when you mess with it, and it wont necessarily happen as soon as you do, it could be months after and then it just decides to crap out randomly! So be careful!

Months later? That sucks man, is Sammy getting wiser? Well at least its bricked so hard they can't tell what's going on.
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It actually sounds like you've been using a generic charger or a charger that isn't the oem type which leads to the forever stuck 100%... that is your problem... it is because of a faulty charge that messes up your phone. It could even be a faulty oem one. There was a thread that addresses the 100% problem.
But yeah a lot of people don't realizes what ROOTing actually does and blames it for anything bad that happens to their phone. But! it's probably better that way.. less problems and finger pointings.

Quick Q: Jedi Mind Trick Brick? Phone unresponsive;Veteran User

phone wont boot at all after install. wont even go into download mode.
phone worked perfectly when i was running beastmod 3.0 i believe. i stayed inactive ever since.. i made sure i could get into download right before i went ahead to the jedi mind trick update. like i said, everything worked perfectly. tested out all button combos for recovery and download mode (even did the pulling the battery and plugging the usb method) with success before i updated. yes phone was on 100% battery . it was on the charger the whole night.
i logged back on because i felt like updating and read about Jedi Mind Trick. installed TWRP recovery as well a few days ago. i wiped everything of course, flashed, repaired , reboot. I got a black screen for awhile and let it sit for 30min. no response, so i pulled the battery and tried to turn on. phone wouldnt turn on so i tried to get into download mode and failed. phone is completely unresponsive.
what to do? i'm just stumped now. i was inactive, but by no means am i new to this.

Are you sure your battery has a good charge?

brian_v3ntura said:
phone wont boot at all after install. wont even go into download mode.
phone worked perfectly when i was running beastmod 3.0 i believe. i stayed inactive ever since.. i made sure i could get into download right before i went ahead to the jedi mind trick update. like i said, everything worked perfectly. tested out all button combos for recovery and download mode (even did the pulling the battery and plugging the usb method) with success before i updated. yes phone was on 100% battery . it was on the charger the whole night.
i logged back on because i felt like updating and read about Jedi Mind Trick. installed TWRP recovery as well a few days ago. i wiped everything of course, flashed, repaired , reboot. I got a black screen for awhile and let it sit for 30min. no response, so i pulled the battery and tried to turn on. phone wouldnt turn on so i tried to get into download mode and failed. phone is completely unresponsive.
what to do? i'm just stumped now. i was inactive, but by no means am i new to this.
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I see by no means are you a rookie but I will ask have you tried to plug your phone in to your pc and see if it makes a noise and recognizes it. Honestly I would assume prior to posting you probably tried everything so it may be unfortunate but you may have to send to JTAG or go through insurance.
Cant see a rom doing that to your phone? Unless you had some hardware failure

Have you tried using a usb jig to force it into download mode?

davwman said:
Are you sure your battery has a good charge?
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yep. battery was just fine. never had had a problem. even popped in my spare and dad's battery to make sure it wasnt a battery related issue.
CMDann said:
Have you tried using a usb jig to force it into download mode?
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yes. i made my own actually. it was the first thing i used to make sure i could get into download mode,with success, before the flashing process.
playya said:
I see by no means are you a rookie but I will ask have you tried to plug your phone in to your pc and see if it makes a noise and recognizes it. Honestly I would assume prior to posting you probably tried everything so it may be unfortunate but you may have to send to JTAG or go through insurance.
Cant see a rom doing that to your phone? Unless you had some hardware failure
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after flashing:
1) i did plug into 2 laptops(windows 7) and a 2 desktop(vista and xp). "tries" to install the drivers and then makes the fail noise.
2) tried to use the SGS2 toolkit as well.
prior to flashing:
1) phone mounted successfully to 1 laptop and 1 desktop. thats all i tried it on. i used my laptop to transfer the flash zips and my desktop to back up my internal memory since i havent done it in awhile.
2) everything just worked. my only gripe was that my phone was still on gingerbread and decided to update to to ICS
i'm just puzzled myself. i did try everything that i could think of to at least get the phone to turn on somehow. i even went back to sleep and put the phone on the charger hoping the phone would just magically turn on itself >_<
i know i've been super inactive for awhile, but it only took me a few of days to get myself back up to speed and catch up on the new information.

Also would like to add that i used 3 samsung micro usb cords(2x sgs2 and vibrant),jig,2htc cords(hd3 and mytouch 4g) and even my old nokia micro usb. No success but at last the laptop is detecting the phone when trying to install drivers and then fail.
I know i did not download thw wrong rom either its not like i go off to other phone sub-forums to look for stuff.

Chalk this up to bad luck and move on. Its not the ROM. Period. Like pmtr3 said, 20,000 downloads plus, and your the first one to say this happened. Sorry to hear about your phone.
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Have you tried pulling the phones battery out sim and micro sdcard... then hold the two volume buttons then olug in the usb and then place the battery while still holding the volume buttons? (Open up odin before trying)
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Chalk this up to bad luck and move on. Its not the ROM. Period. Like pmtr3 said, 20,000 downloads plus, and your the first one to say this happened. Sorry to hear about your phone.
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i have no clue what happened. maybe some kind of freak hardware failure. i used to be so into flashing,but decided to use my phone as a phone instead of always flashing.
i did call TMo for a warranty replacement, but the SGS2 is supposedly on back order -____- they recommended an alternative device,but not details yet until they get back to me.
this isnt my first SGS2. i got mine during TMo's firesale on Nov. 19th. 3 days later, i exchanged under the 14day grace period it due to horrible data drops and robotic voice. The phone was stock at the time. Data drops made it impossible to download-on-the-go for whatever the professors assigned . 2nd one worked like a charm.
phreshjoker said:
Have you tried pulling the phones battery out sim and micro sdcard... then hold the two volume buttons then olug in the usb and then place the battery while still holding the volume buttons? (Open up odin before trying)
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yes....i'm cutting my loses and doing a warranty exchange. Hopefully an SGS3 due to having 2 SGS2's. Usually,they will upgrade to the next device if your current device is not available and you had 2 replacements.
i'm trying to find my Good ol' G1 that never really failed me. i used to like using it from time to time whenever i had my vibrant just for nostalgia purposes.

[Q] Possible Brick

I decided to ROOT my phone, which seemed to be sucessful, and then I attempted to install a Custom ROM (where the problem began). This ROM used the AROMA installer and all seemed to be going fine. I rebooted at the end. I wasn't watching my phone at this point because I'm used to reboots following ROM installs taking a while so I just ignored it a bit. When I looked back finally, the screen was off. I figured that it had just gone to sleep but I couldn't wake it up.
What's worse is that I cant get it to turn back on at all! I've tried pulling the batter, hard reset (Power + volume up and power + volume up + home key). Nothing. Is there any advice anyone can give me? What did I do wrong and is there a way to recover the device?

How much battery left you had before flashing?
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lazarat said:
How much battery left you had before flashing?
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I'm not 100% sure actually. was low when I started the root process but I did have the device plugged in the whole time though. Do you think that's the problem? I actually swapped my battery with my GF's battery (which was nearly fully charged) so I don't think its a "dead battery" issue. Any ideas on how I can get it back on? Doesn't even show the charging icon.

Plug it into Odin and see if anything comes up.
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Yes your battery died in the process of flashing which sucks bwcause i do not know what are the consequences of it but seems bad since you cannot even get into download mode. Never flash with battery below 50%. Good thing is though that if the phone does not turn on at all then jist go to tmobilw store say left it overnight to charge when woke up was all black screen. Idk whats wrong with it. Get a replacement.
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Pull the battery out for like 2-3 mins then let it charge for like 15 and try to get in download mode... If it does pop odin open and flash stock image. You can find it under the stickies in dev section.
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I wasn't able to resolve the issue but I was able to take it back to the TMO store and just swap it for another one. The guy didn't ask too many questions. Crisis averted but it's made me hesitant to flash on this again so soon. I've rooted and flashed dozens of Android devices for myself and others over the years but this is the first time something like this has happened to me. Being careless I suppose. When I get my nerves back up, I'll be back.
Thanks for all the help you guys offered. I appreciate it.