i have bootloader unlocked with root access on a stock rom and i wanted a custom kernal so i got ktoonez kernal and installed the zip through cwm recovery and it got an error and it aborted so i tried to reboot and phone wont do anything. no led no vibration on power or off button no nothing. yes it was dumb I KNOW i just need help not someone to tell me how dumb i am... please help i didnt know it was for gs4 untill it was too late PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! btw i bought this phone 7 days ago on amazon so if i cant find a fix can i return this? ok so now i plugged it in my computer and its asking me for qshusb_dload WHAT DO I DO!!!???????????
did you try flash ftf file using flashtool to fix?
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i have bootloader unlocked with root access on a stock rom and i wanted a custom kernal so i got ktoonez kernal and installed the zip through cwm recovery and it got an error and it aborted so i tried to reboot and phone wont do anything. no led no vibration on power or off button no nothing. yes it was dumb I KNOW i just need help not someone to tell me how dumb i am... please help i didnt know it was for gs4 untill it was too late PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! btw i bought this phone 7 days ago on amazon so if i cant find a fix can i return this? ok so now i plugged it in my computer and its asking me for qshusb_dload WHAT DO I DO!!!???????????
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just re-flash with SUS (sony update service), your phone will be back on stock.
From what you are describing, your phone doesnt go into fastboot mode.
Can you confirm that?
What happens when you plug your phone to the computer while Flashtool is loaded?
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From what you are describing, your phone doesnt go into fastboot mode.
Can you confirm that?
What happens when you plug your phone to the computer while Flashtool is loaded?
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when i plug in the phone it asked for the drivers and flashtool does not recognize the phone I ONLY HAVE 2 USB PORTS AND WHEN I INSTALLED THE DRIVER THE FIRST TIME IT TOLD ME IT WASNT INSTALLED PROPERLY! now everytime i plug it in on that port it does nothing but beep on the computer but nothing shos up anywhere no flashtool no nothing! now when i plug it in in the other port it asks me for the drivers. i cant go into flashboot or fastboot no lights on phone no NOTHING! i no my phone is getting charged but i cant see any lights or hear any sound. i also can confirm the power button does turn the phone on and off but i just dont see any thing and no there is nothing wrong with my screen.
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just re-flash with SUS (sony update service), your phone will be back on stock.
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cant do that phone doesnt got into fastboot or fashmode but idc anymore im packing it up and shipping it back tomorrow because its defective.
I found this thread, exactly your problem. The guy never posted if the solution worked or not. Give it a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078848
Ive been in situation like yours a few times, nearly crapped my pants but always found a solution in the end.
Good luck!
The guy was thanked for the solution so maybe it worked!
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I found this thread, exactly your problem. The guy never posted if the solution worked or not. Give it a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078848
Ive been in situation like yours a few times, nearly crapped my pants but always found a solution in the end.
Good luck!
The guy was thanked for the solution so maybe it worked!
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thanks but my phone doesnt do anything. i know how to get it into flashboot and fastboot but it doesnt do anything. i tried every method but the only thing i found was that i need linux and im too lazy to download that on my windows computer and besides i wouldnt know what to do on linux since ive never used it before. i need a certain app on linux to get my phone working again and so far the only phone that was actually recovered using this method was a htc sensation. thanks again guys for trying to help but ill just have to return it and say it was defective....i got it 7 days ago do you think they will know i flashed the wrong kernal if the phone doesnt respond to anything not even connecting it to a usb port? it looks Perfect so do you think they'll just throw it away and refund or something? well im getting a gs4 now that i know its fast and when i say fast i mean able to play ppsspp smooth and nulldce smooth.
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thanks but my phone doesnt do anything. i know how to get it into flashboot and fastboot but it doesnt do anything. i tried every method but the only thing i found was that i need linux and im too lazy to download that on my windows computer and besides i wouldnt know what to do on linux since ive never used it before. i need a certain app on linux to get my phone working again and so far the only phone that was actually recovered using this method was a htc sensation. thanks again guys for trying to help but ill just have to return it and say it was defective....i got it 7 days ago do you think they will know i flashed the wrong kernal if the phone doesnt respond to anything not even connecting it to a usb port? it looks Perfect so do you think they'll just throw it away and refund or something? well im getting a gs4 now that i know its fast and when i say fast i mean able to play ppsspp smooth and nulldce smooth.
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I dont think Amazon would be able to tell anything especially if the phone doesn't boot or do anything. Probably later on, I'm sure they will return it to Sony. Good luck with your new phone.. I personally don't like the GS4. Love my ZL.... Besides everyone on the street has a Samsung, you don't see many people with Sony phones. It sets you apart from the crowd. They are also really easy to flash and you can pretty much do anything with them.
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I dont think Amazon would be able to tell anything especially if the phone doesn't boot or do anything. Probably later on, I'm sure they will return it to Sony. Good luck with your new phone.. I personally don't like the GS4. Love my ZL.... Besides everyone on the street has a Samsung, you don't see many people with Sony phones. It sets you apart from the crowd. They are also really easy to flash and you can pretty much do anything with them.
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dude you think just like me and the reason why i even had a zl is because of that reason. i love this phone more than the htc evo 3d i had and it was hard enough choosing between the iphone 5 htc one gs4 and the xperia z. i wanted a iphone 5 because it looked nice but that phone is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING! its the same as every other iphone and the htc only had beats and thats basically the only thing i liked. i wanted a gs4 but i knew everyone would have that plastic phone. i now had to choose between the z and zl and i chose zl over z because it had an ir sensor and i THOUGHT it had a removable back but i was wrong. i like the all glass z and the water proof but i never got a phone wet so there really was no point in me getting it unless i knew i was just clumsy. i thought the zl could go past 1.5ghz and when i saw a youtube video of another phone going past its max ghz i thought ok maybe i just need a new kernal because stock wasnt cutting it but look where that got me. well thanks again and i hope you all NEVER have to go through what i went through.
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So I recently ****ed my gnex 6 ways from sunday. Im talkin no screen no dl mode no fastboot. NOTHIN, ZILTCH. When plugged into comp i get the noise over and over again as if im removing and repluggin the cord repeatedly. sometimes after 20 minutes of that it will finally show up in device manager as unknown device or OMAP440. but thats rarely and it dont stay long. Im no noob and this seems a clear cut case of a Hard Brick. But I beg of you, PLease prove me wrong. Thanks all.
Got the jig. Yup, this thing is ****ed. Probly gna send it to the big S jus to see what they gotta say. Thanks to all those who helped.
I'm pretty sure there is a usb jig that will force odin mode. If that doesn't work I think you'd be screwed. Here's a video on how to make your own jig. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRrTZayRxU
Or you can buy one already made for $5.50 US at http://usbjig.com/
What were you flashing when this happened?
a little info on how this happened can help.
Are you unlocked and rooted?
Did you drop the phone?
If you call the phone, does it ring?
In other words, is it your screen that's broken? I recently returned a rooted HTC thunderbolt with a non functioning screen back to stock to take advantage of factory warranty.
Sorry to be vauge. to clear things up;
No, Never Dropped, still looks brand new. Definately not the screen. This things a brick. And I was running a linux installer last i'd seen the phone but i had left it unattended for probably 15 mins or so. Also, heard the jig dont work on these, can anyone elaborate? Thanks
Linux installer? No, what exactly were you doing or flashing?
Thats it. Nothing else was going when i left it
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Thats it. Nothing else was going when i left it
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I think he meant "What Linux installer?"
Send it to a service center and say "I downloadz app and it won't turn onz"
I can tell you that motorola was good about rooted phones being serviced, not sure about Samsung.
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billard412 said:
Sorry to be vauge. to clear things up;
No, Never Dropped, still looks brand new. Definately not the screen. This things a brick. And I was running a linux installer last i'd seen the phone but i had left it unattended for probably 15 mins or so. Also, heard the jig dont work on these, can anyone elaborate? Thanks
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That wasn't much better. You need to tell us step by step exactly what you did leading up to this problem. Be specific as possible.
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There's multiple reports of the Galaxy S II jig working with the Gnex. I hope this helps. There is a forum on another website I can post the link if you want with a confirmed report of the jig working.
Anyway here's the link to buy the jig $1.60 with free shipping is a pretty good deal to save a $600 phone. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/unbric...msung-t959-i9000-i897-m110s-i8700-i9100-93514
Good Luck
Other than this, w w w . androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/linux-installer_fuxq_comments.html , the phone was doing nothing else. started the setup process walked awayfor a bit, came back and BRICK.
ChongoDroid said:
Send it to a service center and say "I downloadz app and it won't turn onz"
I can tell you that motorola was good about rooted phones being serviced, not sure about Samsung.
Sent from my francoPhone
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and this is why we can't have nice things....
this is one of the reasons why phone companies are so against unlocking bootloaders. people screw up their rooted, unlocked phones and then send it back to vzw or the manufacturer to cover the bill.
if you're going to root your phone and mod it, then man up and accept the consequences when you derp it.
not saying the op isn't going to accept full responsibility, but your advice is what's wrong w/ some in this rooted community.
Since the linux installer is only using chroot then one would think that it is simply adding its distro to the system partition then chrooting to start. How this bricked you is puzzling. There's no flashing operation here...
I'm guessing hardware failure. The coincidence is hard to ignore though. However, you weren't there when it actually died so who knows what happened.
i was flashing stock ICS 4.0.4 with Odin and then half way through an error came up. so i removed closed Odin from the PC and tried redoing it. and then it was saying analyzing files.
and so i closed it again and restarted the phone. and what came on the screen was a sign, with a phone dots an exclamation mark dots and a monitor. i think thats when the phones bricked rite? any help?
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i was flashing stock ICS 4.0.4 with Odin and then half way through an error came up. so i removed closed Odin from the PC and tried redoing it. and then it was saying analyzing files.
and so i closed it again and restarted the phone. and what came on the screen was a sign, with a phone dots an exclamation mark dots and a monitor. i think thats when the phones bricked rite? any help?
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not bricked at all mine did it
happened to me do you have version 1.85 of odin and do you have a propper version of 4.0.4
odin 1.85 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394051&highlight=odin+stock
the 4.0.4 version i used here http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
i had the same thing on my screen and it all worked fine the second time round.. i tried for a total of 8 hours doing different things but this worked with the latest odin.
make sure you load via the pda Make sure in the ODIN program "Re-Partition", "Phone EFS Clear", and "Phone Bootloader Update" are NOT checked.
hope that works. im a total novice but worked a dream
billard412 said:
Sorry to be vauge. to clear things up;
No, Never Dropped, still looks brand new. Definately not the screen. This things a brick. And I was running a linux installer last i'd seen the phone but i had left it unattended for probably 15 mins or so. Also, heard the jig dont work on these, can anyone elaborate? Thanks
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The jig DOES work, it IS a brick, and YES, YOU'RE F**KED
Sorry, but I canot say this, any politer ^^
And, please. Don't take me too hard but, I think you are still a n00b ^^
This has nothing to do with you post rate, or anything, like that... But, there IS no Linux installer, for the GNex ^^
BTW, try a battery pull, and leave it for a few hours, before posting anything else... It works wanders ^^ Maybe you just fried your phone, a tiny bit...
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and this is why we can't have nice things....
this is one of the reasons why phone companies are so against unlocking bootloaders. people screw up their rooted, unlocked phones and then send it back to vzw or the manufacturer to cover the bill.
if you're going to root your phone and mod it, then man up and accept the consequences when you derp it.
not saying the op isn't going to accept full responsibility, but your advice is what's wrong w/ some in this rooted community.
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The nexus has an unlocked bootloader, it's hard bricked. Samsung can cover the bill.
Poor Samsung..
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ChongoDroid said:
The nexus has an unlocked bootloader, it's hard bricked. Samsung can cover the bill.
Poor Samsung..
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No, they can't and won't...
It's his OWN fault, for mucking round, with this delicate piece, of technology...
We ALL have to do this, on our OWN responsibility...
If he mucks up his phone, HE can pay for it...
h_10 said:
and this is why we can't have nice things....
this is one of the reasons why phone companies are so against unlocking bootloaders. people screw up their rooted, unlocked phones and then send it back to vzw or the manufacturer to cover the bill.
if you're going to root your phone and mod it, then man up and accept the consequences when you derp it.
not saying the op isn't going to accept full responsibility, but your advice is what's wrong w/ some in this rooted community.
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Sorry your post is so retarded I have to double reply.
Do you really think the tiny amount of repairs coming from botched hacks is the reason most companies are locking bootloaders? Like really..
My advice is what's wrong? Hmm..
Maybe the OP should "man up" and go buy a new handset instead of Samsung hiring some monkey for $12 an hour to hook his phone up to a jig.
...Jack wagon
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So I cannot stress how much time I've dedicated in reading and searching and have read and read. It was either the person's phone was flashed to a rom or had unlocked bootloaders. Whatever the issue, I felt I should post my issue. I have a Xperia that is only rooted. IS ALL. No flashed roms with stock kernels, no unlocked bootloaders. Nada, none of that. So recently my phone's lcd backlight started flashing on and off everytime I'd slide my phone. I figured I'd open it up which I pulled a tutorial from youtube and opened my phone up CAREFULLY. I mean I did this the most safest way ever! I finally get to putting everything back together and boom! Nothing! No logo, no vibration, no nothing! I'm freaked! So I plug the computer by usb and hear the usb connection sound and for a quick second I was relieved... then again comes the flashing red light... I'm gonna say it for the hell of it but I swear the damn thing is blinking orange but me and my lady had a debate she said it was clearly red so I think it's dark orange.. Regardless!! It blinks ruffly every three seconds and only blinks when connected WITH OR WITHOUT BATTERY. Can someone please give me any ideas? Should I open it up and make sure nothing happened or something? I'm just so worried and no longer have a phone at all... I'd greatly appreciate it and if anything else happens I'll keep ya updated. Thanks again.
**********UPDATE**********
I went ahead and tried speaking to a agent so here's the script
Please wait while we find an agent to assist you...
You are currently in position number 1 in the queue.
You have now been connected to an agent.
Hayley: Hi Michael, thank you for contacting Sony Xperia UK Chat Support. My name is Hayley, please could I take your full name and email address?
Michael: Yes
Michael: Michael *******@gmail.com
Hayley: Thank you for providing me with this information, how can I help you today?
Michael: My Xperia Play is blinking with a red light every three seconds and won't turn on.
Hayley: Have you tried charging the phone?
Michael: yes all night and it still was left blinking
Hayley: I'd suggest that you first try updating the software in your handset. This can be done using the Update Service program here: http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/Software Downloads/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.12.5.exe
Michael: well if I connect it to the computer I still get only a blinking red light... will this file fix the connection issue?
Hayley: You connect the phone whilst it is switched off so you should still be able to use it.
Michael: ok I'll try I'll let you know if anything changes
Hayley: No problem. I hope the information I have provided is okay. Is there anything else I can help you with?
Michael: well can I wait until i try this ?
Hayley: The update will take about 15 minutes to run so you will need to try this and contact us again if it doesn't resolve it.
Michael: k thanks**
I'm gonna try this update service and see if anything else works.. Please guys if you know anything let me know
****UPDATE****
Still nothing at all... I'm hoping I really didn't screw anything up... I'm going to open the phone for the third time and try again.
*Update*
Nothing ended up working I might as well just end up tossing the damn thing in the trash.
*********UPDATE!!!!***********
After getting back home from work I decided to play around with it and try a little experiment and I figured ahh the hell with it. I somehow magically got it to work!!!
Here's what I did,
I pried open the back cover of the phone and flipped the battery backwards and connected the three gold spots and pressed down counted for five seconds. I then turned it back over to the correct way and pressed and held the power button and felt a vibration and was like WTH????? Boom! Sony Ericsson logo came on so It's back up and running!! THE MOTHERBOARD IS SAFE THANK GOODNESS!!! It may have just been the battery.. Well I'm still having problems everytime I slide the keyboard up and down it automatically shuts down but I figured I can just replace the slide strip that connects the lcd. But again I appreciate the support and thank you all so much!
Open it up again and make sure everything is connected securely. Give it a good clean with one of those compressed air cans as well to blow any dust out of the ports.
The red flashing light seems to me like something is disconnected somewhere internally
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hey thanks for replying and for the help I really appreciate it. I've already tried opening it up twice but still nothing I've give it a third shot though
Have you tried connecting it in flash mode and using flashtool to flash a new ROM? If you're worried about losing what's on the phone, tell flashtool not to wipe user data.
Also, for next time, this should be posted in Q&A, not general.
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well that's the thing though my computer doesn't recognize the connection oh well I give up thanks though.
coldcrush390 said:
well that's the thing though my computer doesn't recognize the connection oh well I give up thanks though.
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That doesn't quite answer my question. Did you try with flash mode and flashtool, or only the Sony Ericsson software?
Also, are the Gordon's gate drivers that come with flashtool properly installed?
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Found the problem
Its either your battery or your motherboard.
Either get a new battery, or send it in for repair...Sorry dude
Due to the connection issue it seems like the motherboard
Edit: Try charging it ALL DAY. Blinking red lights can also mean the phone doesn't have enough charge to even activate the screen (0% battery) and just needs to be fully charged again
Sent from my Xperia Play using xda premium
Well i think its the motherboard but i appreciate all answers. I left it charging all night and by morning when i woke up the phone felt warm but still no charge. Its funny though because the phone i actually liked failed on me lol. Im just gonna save.up and buy for a new one. Would you guys consider amazon for an phone that says used but like new?
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That doesn't quite answer my question. Did you try with flash mode and flashtool, or only the Sony Ericsson software?
Also, are the Gordon's gate drivers that come with flashtool properly installed?
Sent from Asgard
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The answer for your question well it didn't recognize anything and i used the Sony software and flashtool all it says is unknown device even after installing all fresh drivers. I really have just spent way to much time in for this device important better off buying a new one and keeping the spare parts on this one.
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I had the same problem, and totally freaked out, because i had been tampering a bit with the kernel and i thought i had bricked my phone, but i searched for it and this popped up... talk.sonymobile.com/thread/28276?start=10&tstart=0
it basicly means that one or more of the pins dont get contact when trying to charge, and therefore the phone keeps flashing the low-battery-red-led
ofc im not entirely sure that you have the same problem, and it seemed as if it fixed itself or somethng
hello i have a phone in my possesion that i was told while trying to flash ruu back to stock the phone had a message saying that ruu had an error and then disconnected and now wont come on at all....i tried charging it all day and still same result....also have used 3 different batteries to no avail....
any help would be appreciated.....this person has no insurance as it was flashed to boost i believe.....i actually told him that its a very expensive paper weight but wanted to give this forum a try as i have found this place to be a wealth of information.....
thx k
Yeah sounds like a brick. Have you tried to push anything or access through ADB?
Sent from my EVE using XDA
yes i have and to no avail......phone not detected at all but just wanted to try and maybe see if someone, anyone can atleast help this poor guy.....
I'm having the same problem except the one I have had been flashed to cricket and was working and the guy let the battery run dead and now it won't turn back on! If u hold the power button it will give u the haptic but no splash or boot if i try to get into recovery it doesn't do anything!
There's gotta be someone on here that knows how to unbrick these things
after further investigation the phone does boot up the screen is just black i know its on because i can use the volume buttons and hear the ding when u use them. so if anyone can help please id really like to be able to use this phone it was given to me for free and i was gonna give it to my daughter .
oh and ive been flashing and rooting the evo for about a year now for numerous friends so i know all about the process ive just never seen this issue
ohh and when its on the charge light flashes green at a steady rate , no specific number of times
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
jojo1419 said:
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
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Did you flash any custom ROM on your phone by any chance?
What method did you use to root?
When you press the power button does the screen at least display the Samsung logo?
Can you get in to recovery/download mode via button combos?
Next time, please use the thread search bar, as the issue you have is very similar to those mentioned in other threads before. There may be several solutions to your problem.
jojo1419 said:
I recently rooted my t989d and everything was find till when i was in recovery, i press reboot phone, then now it wont turn on at all... I dont think the battery is even charging when plug into the wall? I going to bed all will try to charge the battery over night but anyone knows why it can't turn on?
Thank you
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if your phone is becoming hot then its charging, even with a bad flash your screen should show something, perhaps its out of charge
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FineTalent said:
Did you flash any custom ROM on your phone by any chance?
What method did you use to root?
When you press the power button does the screen at least display the Samsung logo?
Can you get in to recovery/download mode via button combos?
Next time, please use the thread search bar, as the issue you have is very similar to those mentioned in other threads before. There may be several solutions to your problem.
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I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
Nothing diplay when I press any boutons
And I can't get into recovery/download vio bouton combos
It's maybe hard brick.... What I exactly did is, root the phone, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install a jb rom from the galaxy s2 forum (not t-mobile galaxy 2 forum). I tried a couple of them but it could not complete the instalation. So then I did a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery and it just went blank and since then, can't do anything!
The battery was also very low, so at first I thought it was because of that, but it's been recharging over night and I still nothing.
Although when plugged into the computer, it tries to connect the driver but fails because the phone's not turned on
jojo1419 said:
I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
Nothing diplay when I press any boutons
And I can't get into recovery/download vio bouton combos
It's maybe hard brick.... What I exactly did is, root the phone, everything was working fine. Then I tried to install a jb rom from the galaxy s2 forum (not t-mobile galaxy 2 forum). I tried a couple of them but it could not complete the instalation. So then I did a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery and it just went blank and since then, can't do anything!
The battery was also very low, so at first I thought it was because of that, but it's been recharging over night and I still nothing.
Although when plugged into the computer, it tries to connect the driver but fails because the phone's not turned on
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Unfortunately if you flashed an I9100 ROM to your phone you're hard bricked. Mobo's are expensive on ebay...
jrosetto said:
Unfortunately if you flashed an I9100 ROM to your phone you're hard bricked. Mobo's are expensive on ebay...
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That's what I thought, but it didnt install completly thought. But can I unbricked it with JIG usb???? Anyway, do you think I can get a new one (at koodo canada) it's only been 4 days my friends has the phone (Yes I've bicked my friends phone, now im going to pay him a new one) but do they usualy give a brand new one or they send it to the company then they ship it back to you?
Thanks everyone for helping
jojo1419 said:
That's what I thought, but it didnt install completly thought. But can I unbricked it with JIG usb???? Anyway, do you think I can get a new one (at koodo canada) it's only been 4 days my friends has the phone (Yes I've bicked my friends phone, now im going to pay him a new one) but do they usualy give a brand new one or they send it to the company then they ship it back to you?
Thanks everyone for helping
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I have the same Koodo phone from you. In regards to returning your phone... you would have to check the return policy of the store. In the event you are able to return it, there is a possibility that they may not fix it for you. Reason being is that you have 'flashed' something on to your phone which may have changed the 'flash counter', which in that case if a technician were to see that they would not do anything as it has void your warranty.
Hopefully, you will be able to do an in-store-exchange if everything goes... just make sure to provide a legitimate excuse.
It doesn't hurt to try using a USB Jig, there is a great chance of it working. Doing so you will be able to get in to 'download mode' and this time flash the proper, I recommend stock Koodo ROM to your phone.
For future note, please, be extra-careful when doing anything that involves flashing custom ROMs/files to your phone. By making a mistake (which you have currently done) you are the one at fault here. Especially knowing that it's your first time doing so on with this particular phone.
Good luck!
FineTalent said:
I have the same Koodo phone from you. In regards to returning your phone... you would have to check the return policy of the store. In the event you are able to return it, there is a possibility that they may not fix it for you. Reason being is that you have 'flashed' something on to your phone which may have changed the 'flash counter', which in that case if a technician were to see that they would not do anything as it has void your warranty.
Hopefully, you will be able to do an in-store-exchange if everything goes... just make sure to provide a legitimate excuse.
It doesn't hurt to try using a USB Jig, there is a great chance of it working. Doing so you will be able to get in to 'download mode' and this time flash the proper, I recommend stock Koodo ROM to your phone.
For future note, please, be extra-careful when doing anything that involves flashing custom ROMs/files to your phone. By making a mistake (which you have currently done) you are the one at fault here. Especially knowing that it's your first time doing so on with this particular phone.
Good luck!
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Went to koodo, they gave us a new one We got very lucky on that one and I think the phone was hard brick
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bricked my LGOG, cant get into recovery and LGNPST wont recognize it when i plug it in when its in download mode. I've decided to just give up and take it in to bestbuy tomorrow. I have the geeksquad protection and i know i cant tell them it was rooted and unlocked. I figure ill just tell them i was doing the ZVC update and the phone died. Well, thats what i did last time so i figure it should work this time. Hopefully, they have more LGOGs in stock, if not ill be moving to an EVO 4G LTE (which isnt all bad since its getting 4.3 by the end of 2k13) or an iPhone 5C. Any recommendations on what I should tell them?
_dannyboy said:
bricked my LGOG, cant get into recovery and LGNPST wont recognize it when i plug it in when its in download mode. I've decided to just give up and take it in to bestbuy tomorrow. I have the geeksquad protection and i know i cant tell them it was rooted and unlocked. I figure ill just tell them i was doing the ZVC update and the phone died. Well, thats what i did last time so i figure it should work this time. Hopefully, they have more LGOGs in stock, if not ill be moving to an EVO 4G LTE (which isnt all bad since its getting 4.3 by the end of 2k13) or an iPhone 5C. Any recommendations on what I should tell them?
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Do you want to give up your LGOG?
1.Are you using USB 3.0 ports? Try it on other USB ports, hopefully 2.0
2.Try another cable
3. Uninstall then reinstall the drivers and LGNPST
4. Use the LGFlashtool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443185
Just some more options for you
Telling the geek squad the update hard bricked... its basicly exactly the same as zvb. I would just try to blame it on hardware...not a bug fix update....or walk tall
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engine95 said:
Do you want to give up your LGOG?
1.Are you using USB 3.0 ports? Try it on other USB ports, hopefully 2.0
2.Try another cable
3. Uninstall then reinstall the drivers and LGNPST
4. Use the LGFlashtool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443185
Just some more options for you
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yeah, sadly idk if i have a usb 2.0 port on my laptop. i tried the uninstall reinstall that didnt do it. whats the LG flashtool?
noXcape said:
Telling the geek squad the update hard bricked... its basicly exactly the same as zvb. I would just try to blame it on hardware...not a bug fix update....or walk tall
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If i blame it on hardware, what would I blame it on?
_dannyboy said:
yeah, sadly idk if i have a usb 2.0 port on my laptop. i tried the uninstall reinstall that didnt do it. whats the LG flashtool?
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Another option for us to use. It will wipe everything including SD. It's like repair shop fixer.
engine95 said:
Another option for us to use. It will wipe everything including SD. It's like repair shop fixer.
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I'll give it a shot if bestbuy tries not to play nice like they did last time. lol thank you
_dannyboy said:
bricked my LGOG, cant get into recovery and LGNPST wont recognize it when i plug it in when its in download mode. I've decided to just give up and take it in to bestbuy tomorrow. I have the geeksquad protection and i know i cant tell them it was rooted and unlocked. I figure ill just tell them i was doing the ZVC update and the phone died. Well, thats what i did last time so i figure it should work this time. Hopefully, they have more LGOGs in stock, if not ill be moving to an EVO 4G LTE (which isnt all bad since its getting 4.3 by the end of 2k13) or an iPhone 5C. Any recommendations on what I should tell them?
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How did you brick your device??
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_dannyboy said:
I'll give it a shot if bestbuy tries not to play nice like they did last time. lol thank you
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If you need help , I willing too take a crack at unbricking it. If you can get the phone into download , just pm me
I had the exact same problem and the exact same best buy protection. They didn't even ask how it happened. They saw that it wouldn't boot and just ordered me a new one. Best insurance available.
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tommyjoesanders said:
If you need help , I willing too take a crack at unbricking it. If you can get the phone into download , just pm me
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I can get into DL mode so I'll be PM'ing you shortly
iamterence said:
How did you brick your device??
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honestly, idk. I was walking home, called my mom, the call ended out of no where and i had no data. i restarted the phone, still no data. I went into freegee to try and restore an old EFS backup to see if that would fix it, it said it couldnt restore. Tried to reboot into recovery to restore my CM 10.2 backup and it wouldnt boot.
Androidawg said:
I had the exact same problem and the exact same best buy protection. They didn't even ask how it happened. They saw that it wouldn't boot and just ordered me a new one. Best insurance available.
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Thats super reassuring. thanks bro
Going to try this when I get home. Wife's phone is dead as dead, really only get LED and Capacitive lights on it so hopefully somehow this can miraculously fix my issue!
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so ive got an interesting issue that just happened...been trying to fix it all evening..so far no luck....i dont have insurance so if i cant fix it my lgog days are done,,,cant afford a new one and am going to have to reactivate my wife's old sprint s2 until i can afford an upgrade...so heres the deal..
was running pac 10.20all day no problems...senn new kernel posted...so i downloaded it..went into recovery (twrp 2.6.3)..wiped caches..flashed kernel...hit reboot...phone booted immediately to a blank/black screen no lg logo no animation just blank/black screen.....so im thinking ok bad download or something so i went back to recovery...and it is asking me for a password...now ive never setup any type of encryption or lock so this is new to me and very foreign...as in never seen it before ever and i mean never....so my options are hit cancel or enter a pw..obviously i dont know the pw so i hit cancel...well it goes intorecovery but its locked down cant mounst storage cant mount cache...have tried factory resetting fails saying cant mount storage or cache...tried formatting data...fails saying same things cant mount several things...have tried flashing another recovery,rom,kernel, nothing is working..all fails and never boots.....so i thought let me lgnpst...fails on every bin i have from zvb,zvc,teenybin,says cant rewrite partitions 512 (my number might be off..but was a number for sure)..so then in the process of unplugging phone and turning it off i guess i let it sit there trying to boot up...well finally i see boot animation...but thats as far as it goes...even fastbooot isnt being recognized... have adb pushed roms,recovry,and kernels in last few hrs trying to fix it just fine...but fastboot isnt recognized...just says waiting for devices....so pretty much my phone is a pacman boot animation paper wight right now...if anyone has any help they can offer or insight or even a damn dud yes your screwed would be phenomenal...thanks
oh btw my hangouts is [email protected] if help is more easily provided in that manner feel free.
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so ive got an interesting issue that just happened...been trying to fix it all evening..so far no luck....i dont have insurance so if i cant fix it my lgog days are done,,,cant afford a new one and am going to have to reactivate my wife's old sprint s2 until i can afford an upgrade...so heres the deal..
was running pac 10.20all day no problems...senn new kernel posted...so i downloaded it..went into recovery (twrp 2.6.3)..wiped caches..flashed kernel...hit reboot...phone booted immediately to a blank/black screen no lg logo no animation just blank/black screen.....so im thinking ok bad download or something so i went back to recovery...and it is asking me for a password...now ive never setup any type of encryption or lock so this is new to me and very foreign...as in never seen it before ever and i mean never....so my options are hit cancel or enter a pw..obviously i dont know the pw so i hit cancel...well it goes intorecovery but its locked down cant mounst storage cant mount cache...have tried factory resetting fails saying cant mount storage or cache...tried formatting data...fails saying same things cant mount several things...have tried flashing another recovery,rom,kernel, nothing is working..all fails and never boots.....so i thought let me lgnpst...fails on every bin i have from zvb,zvc,teenybin,says cant rewrite partitions 512 (my number might be off..but was a number for sure)..so then in the process of unplugging phone and turning it off i guess i let it sit there trying to boot up...well finally i see boot animation...but thats as far as it goes...even fastbooot isnt being recognized... have adb pushed roms,recovry,and kernels in last few hrs trying to fix it just fine...but fastboot isnt recognized...just says waiting for devices....so pretty much my phone is a pacman boot animation paper wight right now...if anyone has any help they can offer or insight or even a damn dud yes your screwed would be phenomenal...thanks
oh btw my hangouts is [email protected] if help is more easily provided in that manner feel free.
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as i sit here contemplating ideas because i cant stand to lose such a great asset to the community, first thing that comes to mind is trying a battery pull just to try. if i think up something ill let you know! also hop onto the irc as autobot and others very skilled in this sort of thing hang out there a lot
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What he said...man I really hope you're able to find a solution...
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