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[Q] Bricked Gio... any ideas?

Hi all,
i just bricked my Galaxy Gio... i installed Rom Manager, downloaded CWM Recovery 4.0.1.5 which according to this:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
page is the version to use with the Gio. After flashing CWM Recovery I turned the phone off.
Now my phone is _completely_ bricked... it doesn't respond to any input at all, it doesn't respond to my pushings of the on/off button.
Any ideas on how to solve this?

Flash stock with odin, plus there was a thread to not to flash cwm from rom manager.
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Odin won't detect it... I guess I'll have to turn it in to my operator.

be_born said:
Odin won't detect it... I guess I'll have to turn it in to my operator.
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They will charge you for money, i think you need peteragent5s guide to unbrick your gio....
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I found this:
http://androidflip.com/unbrick-samsung-android-phones-click-guide/
in a thread here... trying it now...

It seems that the phone is bricked permanently... it won't even go into download mode... :'(

Look for unbricking tutorial thread in
The Android Development section here by Peteragent5. There is a soultion to unbrick gio. And if you ever want to flash CWM, flash it from stock recovery (press home and power button at the same time when phone is off)
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everyone! Its no use, you have to bring it back, say that you dropped it or something, they repaired mine for free
Sent from my good ol’ Gio

Give it to the service guarantees if you have
Say that when you update your phone software Kies is disabled and will not turn on
The program you probably burned RomManager Memory Storage Capacity
So for anything they should not come
A Kies as it gets updated Boot can load anything so as to disconnect the phone is dead
Perhaps exchange the motherboard and that's all

usedusername said:
Look for unbricking tutorial thread in
The Android Development section here by Peteragent5. There is a soultion to unbrick gio. And if you ever want to flash CWM, flash it from stock recovery (press home and power button at the same time when phone is off)
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You are a noob
He say i cant enter in downloading mode
Think you're smart but dumb as a bat
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Dont offend on XDA
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Thanks...
...for your commitment folks, i really appreciate it.
I turned the phone in to 3 today, they will probably have to replace the motherboard as Rom Manager seems to have... messed it up bigtime.
Hopefully they won't charge me much for this though in the reparation log it says:
Warranty: None
Insurance: None
I got the phone just a few months ago when changing mobile operator to 3... i'm really happy with the phone, just have to fully understand that in the Android world your not quite as protected as in the realm of iOS – for better and worse.

Msulviu said:
You are a noob
He say i cant enter in downloading mode
Think you're smart but dumb as a bat
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smart but dumb
true story bro

Ah...
...my dear Gio is back from the repairman... 3 repaired it for me without charging me a nickle for it, _and_ i got to borrow a phone during the repairing.
Lovely .

be_born said:
...my dear Gio is back from the repairman... 3 repaired it for me without charging me a nickle for it, _and_ i got to borrow a phone during the repairing.
Lovely .
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Wow thats great service
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Man, try to send it for service. A friend of mine melted his cellphone motherboard just by installing a ROM with RomManager. Don't use RM anymore, it doesn't always work properly and sometimes may cause really BIG problems..

be_born said:
Hi all,
i just bricked my Galaxy Gio... i installed Rom Manager, downloaded CWM Recovery 4.0.1.5 which according to this:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
page is the version to use with the Gio. After flashing CWM Recovery I turned the phone off.
Now my phone is _completely_ bricked... it doesn't respond to any input at all, it doesn't respond to my pushings of the on/off button.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
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Have you fixed your Gio?

Plz help ;( BRICKED PHONE

Ok, so I had my Samsung Galaxy Gio rooted for a loong time, no problems at all...I decided to download the app called "ROM manager"...that was the most stupid idea ever... I chose a model, the first one on the list, wich I cant remember the name, and I selected, after it downloaded the Clockworkmod, I pressed To "Fix" something, auto app shuts, etc... Then it asked me to restart my device, as soon as I did that, my phone "died/bricked"
I CANT START IT IN RECOVERY/DOWNLOAD MODE
I already tried takinf out the battery and replacing it, I kinda tried the Odin process, but imma noob at these things...
I guess my phone is hard-bricked...
If there is no solution but sending it to Samsung, will they charge anything for the repair (im on portugal...)
PLEASE, SOMEONE SAVE MY PHONE'S SOUL!

too bad, theres nothing you can do..
you just need a bit of luck that samsung will fix it for free, I think they need to replace the motherboard

It happened to me this....they fixed it for free to me.Good luck with u too

There is a tutorial on how to make a samsung usb jig somewhere here on xda...
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ROM Manager is not compatible with galaxy Gio,
Once I experienced this problem too.
Samsung Service Center is the solution,

masbayu said:
ROM Manager is not compatible with galaxy Gio,
Once I experienced this problem too.
Samsung Service Center is the solution,
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it sure is compitable, if you use it on the right way. but if you dont know that, it will result in an hard brick.
just tell samsung it happened after upgrading to gingerbread with kies, nothing about rooting or else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706999
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oh okay
thank you for answering, I was just reading about how to do it right,

Maybe you can try this :
1.take off your battery,press volume down+power button.. (make sure your battery are not empty)
2.While you keep press the two button,insert the battery and press your home button..
3.Hope that it will enter download mode,then flash it through odin..
I've test it yesterday,i fix my friend's phone that have the same problem (his phone bricked by rom manager too) and it was success..
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Pancakes_Gio said:
There is a tutorial on how to make a samsung usb jig somewhere here on xda...
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I have the same problem. Tryed to install a custom rom, now my phone is dead and just good enough to build walls with.
Cant get into download mode, cant turn it on, completely dead.
Does those usb jig's work, or are they worth trying?

Once i had this problem. I tried flash using odin and it solved my problem.
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Wait a day and try to do the downloadmode combination so take out ur battery (voldown,home,power,) and hold it when your holding it insert the battery .. try some couple times and magic will hapen
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[Q] Slimbean Brick

So I flashed the latest Slimbean last night and it instabricked my phone. Total failure. After I rebooted the phone would turn on, wont charge, wont go into recovery or download mode. Yes I flashed correctly and yes the battery was charged. This is probably the 10th rom i've tried with this phone. Any help out there?

Make sure you're trying to boot into download using the correct combo (Vol down + power + home buttons) use Vol up for recovery.
Make sure the file you downloaded is for US GS3 codename "d2att,d2tmo, or d2ca" and not anything international.
If you didn't flash anything international or from another phone you shouldn't be bricked.
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Hmm, maybe I did flash the I9300 one, but even so. Why would that mess with my recovery/download?

The I9300 flash contains a kernel specific to I9300, not I747 or I747M...

blaze0303 said:
Hmm, maybe I did flash the I9300 one, but even so. Why would that mess with my recovery/download?
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Because the international versions hardware is COMPLETELY different than US version.
If you did flash international version you're completely out of luck, you're bricked and your phone is now a paperweight. Sorry bud.
Only thing that can bring it back to life is JTAG service.
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Not good, when I get off of work i'll look more into it. Thanks guys.
Edit: When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download. Can I flash from Odin with this or does that mean it needs jtag?

blaze0303 said:
Not good, when I get off of work i'll look more into it. Thanks guys.
Edit: When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download. Can I flash from Odin with this or does that mean it needs jtag?
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Download Kies to get drivers then disable or uninstall kies so it doesn't disturb Odin. Flash stock ROM with Odin and you should be good to go. You'd need to get into download mode though on the phone. If you can't, I'd say you can only JTAG.
Course, I've never bricked my device. That's just what I gathered based on the little bit I just read up on. Good luck. :thumbup:
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busarov said:
Download Kies to get drivers then disable or uninstall kies so it doesn't disturb Odin. Flash stock ROM with Odin and you should be good to go. You'd need to get into download mode though on the phone. If you can't, I'd say you can only JTAG.
Course, I've never bricked my device. That's just what I gathered based on the little bit I just read up on. Good luck. :thumbup:
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As stated by busarov, if your device is seen by your PC there is still hope!
Try Odin as many times as you can as long as your device is visible.
I've read its taken up to 5 times times for some users to get it to work after flashing international firmware.
Just don't use Kies. Since your device is rooted it will have problems. Stick to Odin.
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Thanks to both of you.

Slimbean didn't brick your phone u flashed wrong file should clear that up.....good luck on repair

jayRokk said:
As stated by busarov, if your device is seen by your PC there is still hope!
Try Odin as many times as you can as long as your device is visible.
I've read its taken up to 5 times times for some users to get it to work after flashing international firmware.
Just don't use Kies. Since your device is rooted it will have problems. Stick to Odin.
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There is not necessarily hope. The PC can still register a generic USB device on a hard brick. Unless the phone can be put into download mode, either by Volume Down + Home + Power or by homemade/purchased USB JIG, I'm afraid a JTAG is your only recourse.
Keep in mind if the device does not turn on at all, no vibrations, no flicker of light, even after a battery pull, and the only sign is a red LED turns on when plugged into the charger, the phone is hard bricked and will require a JIG (not guaranteed) or a JTAG.
Brooklynsour said:
Slimbean didn't brick your phone u flashed wrong file should clear that up.....good luck on repair
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Agreed, even though you flashed a Slimbean ROM, it was for the incorrect variant. Your thread title should be changed to reflect that, as it may cause new users to be fearful when flashing that ROM.
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It's going to require jtag service. I can't change the title of the thread, but if a mod wants to, please go ahead.

blaze0303 said:
It's going to require jtag service. I can't change the title of the thread, but if a mod wants to, please go ahead.
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That stinks. At least it an option for us on Samsung devices. Mobiletechvideos.com for jtag is fairly quick from what I have heard. Good luck to you

blaze0303 said:
When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download.
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Yep, that's a hard brick alright.
I used this JTAG service for my D2att S3 and it worked out great.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JTAG-Brick-...765?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab7c66a45

how to fix hard brick samsung w

my phone can't be on..
i already try many way such as remove the ext card, remove the battery for 30 minute..
but, it is still the same..
the phone is shown nothing..
can someone help me..
my phone was rooted..
for sure there is no warranty if im sent it to samsung centre..

Why you so confused?
Just go to SSC and said "I don't know why after I update this phone using Samsung Kies (of course I follow the steps) but my phone suddenly dead! *for more reason make it by your self*
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tomCAD77 said:
my phone can't be on..
i already try many way such as remove the ext card, remove the battery for 30 minute..
but, it is still the same..
the phone is shown nothing..
can someone help me..
my phone was rooted..
for sure there is no warranty if im sent it to samsung centre..
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You need usb jig for flash maybe you can search from youtube for unbrick

gwonder said:
You need usb jig for flash maybe you can search from youtube for unbrick
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I think USB jig just for clear counter *I'm forget it*.
Best solution is RIFF Jtag :banghead:
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hard brick?means cant enter into download or recovery mode?

using riff jtag.
because the boot loader dies,,

Bricked GT-N7100 Galaxy Note II, need help

I have an international Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100, no modifications, no root, everything standard. It stopped working yesterday (see images), it won't boot past the 'Galaxy Note II' screen or charge properly. When I plug it in, it shows the battery image with a circle in it but no green filling.
What I've tried so far:
Taking it into recovery mode (Vol Up + Home + Power buttons), doesn't work and if I keep the buttons pressed it keeps boot-looping
Taking it into download mode works but if I restart from there it still doesn't boot
Using Odin to unbrick
Odin v18.5, v3.04 and v3.07
Multiple computers / USB ports / USB cables
Uninstalling / restarting / re-installing USB drivers
It either gets stuck on Setup connection
Or it fails and gives a 'there is no PIT partition' error
Or it fails and gives a 'can't open com serial port' error​Is there anything else I can try? Please help!

Seems like a sds case. If it wasn't rooted and completely stock then its must be a sds.
You need to get it to service center.
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Well you could try to flash a stock rom. ..I think they'll do the same even at the service center

Yea if its still in warranty period Better give it to service centre.
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sadeshmagic said:
Well you could try to flash a stock rom. ..I think they'll do the same even at the service center
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Is there a way to flash a stock rom without Odin or recovery mode?

malikhassaan said:
Is there a way to flash a stock rom without Odin or recovery mode?
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Well if your phone boots into download mode...its a matter of flashing a rom....If it doesn't work on your PC...you could try on someone else's

sadeshmagic said:
Well if your phone boots into download mode...its a matter of flashing a rom....If it doesn't work on your PC...you could try on someone else's
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I get that but is there any software other than Odin for the job? I've tried multiple versions of Odin on multiple PCs using multiple USB cables all to no avail

At download mode it writes the model of the phone?
If it's not writing the model sorry is sds.
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If flashing from odin works then good,also try it from different PCs.But if all fails then it may be bricked/sds.
If you have warranty remaining,then just take it to the service center and claim your warranty even if it is rooted/modified.If the phone is hardbricked/sds they wont know that you have modified it .

akp.ajinkya said:
If flashing from odin works then good,also try it from different PCs.But if all fails then it may be bricked/sds.
If you have warranty remaining,then just take it to the service center and claim your warranty even if it is rooted/modified.If the phone is hardbricked/sds they wont know that you have modified it .
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Sadly, flashing from odin doesn't work - I've tried from several PCs. To top it all off, my warranty has expired. Looks like I'm stuck with a really expensive paper weight :'(

malikhassaan said:
Sadly, flashing from odin doesn't work - I've tried from several PCs. To top it all off, my warranty has expired. Looks like I'm stuck with a really expensive paper weight :'(
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It also may be a case of sudden death syndrome i.e your emmc got broken...so you can try to get a repair from a third party service center to get a new emmc.
Good luck.

malikhassaan said:
Sadly, flashing from odin doesn't work - I've tried from several PCs. To top it all off, my warranty has expired. Looks like I'm stuck with a really expensive paper weight :'(
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Which Android OS version were you running? 4.0.x? or 4.1.x?

malikhassaan said:
Sadly, flashing from odin doesn't work - I've tried from several PCs. To top it all off, my warranty has expired. Looks like I'm stuck with a really expensive paper weight :'(
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I'd still return it to the service centre. There's enough evidence of SDS being a design fault that you could argue that the device wasn't fit for sale in the first place and the expired warranty is irrelevant. Don't get angry just be firm and logical in your argument.

If you can't find a fix for it on xda take it to a service centre. If it's not under warranty but fixable they will just charge you for fixing it. That's better than having an expensive paper weight.
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Same problem of not going further After showing battery with cirlce
Hey guyz, i am having the same prob stated at the start of this thread, i did a factory wipe/ reset through recovery mode but still not rebooting
What do you think exactly is the problem?
My phone is still under waranty and never been rooted but is there a cure at home or shud it be carried to service center?

ADB or Heimdall
malikhassaan said:
Is there a way to flash a stock rom without Odin or recovery mode?
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You could try with AdB or Heimdall

Wasiq01 said:
Hey guyz, i am having the same prob stated at the start of this thread, i did a factory wipe/ reset through recovery mode but still not rebooting
What do you think exactly is the problem?
My phone is still under waranty and never been rooted but is there a cure at home or shud it be carried to service center?
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I tried all the home remedies I could think of and then I tried what people had suggested in this thread, all to no avail. Since you've already done a factory wipe/reset, there isn't much of a data recovery issue in your case. I would recommend taking it to the service center and claiming your warranty