So i bricked my s3 and i sent it to Samsung but it was rooted and it can't be fixed..but the thing is that i plug it to to a AC oulet and the battery animation comes does it mean that it still works or can anyone tell me if i can get it fixed? thanks in advance
If the battery animation comes up when you plug it in means that it isn't bricked. If it were bricked, the most you would get out of it is a red led when plugged in.
You're going to have to give a lot more information if you want anyone to help you out. Did you flash something? Does it turn on? What was the last thing you did to it before this happened?
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If the battery animation comes up when you plug it in means that it isn't bricked. If it were bricked, the most you would get out of it is a red led when plugged in.
You're going to have to give a lot more information if you want anyone to help you out. Did you flash something? Does it turn on? What was the last thing you did to it before this happened?
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That is the usual symptom when testing for a brick, but it's not limited to it. In the end, if you cannot boot system, recovery, or download mode, then you're pretty much either hard bricked or suffering a major hardware failure, regardless of what any other tests may suggest.
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I'm not sure if I'm posting in the correct place as this is my first time, so I apologize in advance if not. As my the title states I currently have a samsung epic 4g that will not boot past the samsung screen. The phone is not rooted and was running stock software. This phone also will not load a recovery menu as it will not boot past the samsung screen (and yes I'm aware of the redundancy). I have tried flashing older stock files using odin and I get a successful read with no errors, however when the phone resets post flash it will still not boot past the samsung screen.......PLEASE HELP I am at my wits end and open to suggestions. Thanks
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I'm not sure if I'm posting in the correct place as this is my first time, so I apologize in advance if not. As my the title states I currently have a samsung epic 4g that will not boot past the samsung screen. The phone is not rooted and was running stock software. This phone also will not load a recovery menu as it will not boot past the samsung screen (and yes I'm aware of the redundancy). I have tried flashing older stock files using odin and I get a successful read with no errors, however when the phone resets post flash it will still not boot past the samsung screen.......PLEASE HELP I am at my wits end and open to suggestions. Thanks
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+1 here too! Girlfriends phone has the exact same problem since last night. It also is not showing that it is charging...??
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Jbb3393 said:
+1 here too! Girlfriends phone has the exact same problem since last night. It also is not showing that it is charging...??
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Best I can say to you both is get a stronger cable if your not already using one and if you do have a cable other than the oem one then try leaving the battery out of the phone and hold the power button for about a minute to let the capacitors discharge then let it sit with the battery still out for about an hour :/ if you don't mind me asking, what happened to the phone before the issue started?
Try to Odin with the battery out.
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Try to Odin with the battery out.
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And with sd card out too
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Its possible to odin without the battery in? How does it populate the com and do you put it in download mode first then pull battery or just plug it and let it fly?
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Thanks for the replies. I am trying "the duce's" advice first, no luck yet. She had went to take a picture of the "beautiful sky" last night in the hot tub and dropped it. I immediately took the battery out and when we got to our apartment took the hair dryer (on medium heat of course) to it. I then put the battery in and turned it on and it worked! Until she decided it needed a restart and it hasn't came on since...
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Huge thanks for the replies here as well and to address duces question, in my case nothing outside of normal use on the phone. I powered it off and when I powered it back on I was stuck on samsung
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Ok so I just tried to flash with odin with battery out I did put it in dowload mode after plugging it up....I removed the sd card as well. Now it boots to the samsung screen but the difference is that now the red led stays lit and the capacitive keys on the bottom row do as well. Any suggestions?
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I am stuck while odin right now with battery in... Suppose I will pull battery and try without next...
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Thanks for the replies. I am trying "the duce's" advice first, no luck yet. She had went to take a picture of the "beautiful sky" last night in the hot tub and dropped it. I immediately took the battery out and when we got to our apartment took the hair dryer (on medium heat of course) to it. I then put the battery in and turned it on and it worked! Until she decided it needed a restart and it hasn't came on since...
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In that case, I would make sure every last bit of moisture is out of the casing by leaving it covered by rice over night.... it might be short circuiting :/
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Huge thanks for the replies here as well and to address duces question, in my case nothing outside of normal use on the phone. I powered it off and when I powered it back on I was stuck on samsung
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That's just odd :/ I honestly haven't a clue as to what may be going wrong.... at least you made some progress with the capacitive buttons lighting up and your notification led is lighting, usually that's a sign it'll boot
Get this....never got it to boot using odin or by completely discharging the capacitors but on a hunch changed out the lcd this morning and boots right up. What the heck, does anyone know why this worked? Haha very confused now even though the issue is resolved.
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Get this....never got it to boot using odin or by completely discharging the capacitors but on a hunch changed out the lcd this morning and boots right up. What the heck, does anyone know why this worked? Haha very confused now even though the issue is resolved.
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I guess you are the phone whisperer lol
Thephonewhisperer85 said:
Get this....never got it to boot using odin or by completely discharging the capacitors but on a hunch changed out the lcd this morning and boots right up. What the heck, does anyone know why this worked? Haha very confused now even though the issue is resolved.
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Must have been some kind of failure mode for hardware check then. I had the same thing with my airbag switch in my truck. Airbag light came on because the stupid bulb in the switch was blown. Almost cost me $35 for a switch instead of $1.50 at Radio Shack.
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Must have been some kind of failure mode for hardware check then. I had the same thing with my airbag switch in my truck. Airbag light came on because the stupid bulb in the switch was blown. Almost cost me $35 for a switch instead of $1.50 at Radio Shack.
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Has anyone been able to boot into safe mode(hold power button and capacitive menu button) after the phone not booting normally?
im rooted and finished flashing one of the roms, now it seems like its stuck on boot screen.... do i just leave it on? or do the whole flashing process over again?
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im rooted and finished flashing one of the roms, now it seems like its stuck on boot screen.... do i just leave it on? or do the whole flashing process over again?
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You can try a reflash, restore your previous nand backup and try again, or Odin in a prerooted ROM and start from there. But if it goes more than a minute on SAMSUNG you are done. After flashing the S will take a few minutes (or whatever boot screen the ROM has) while it rewrites Dalvik cache.
My epic is doing the same thing. It was stuck in recovery menu when I pulled it out of my pocket. Rebooted and stuck on sanding screen.
I figured out what I did. I installed wrong kernal... noob for me lol
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I tired flashing back to stock using odin and now my phone won't even turn on let alone go to download mode. Can somebody help me?
letting us know the model number of your phone might help
SGH-T989
Get a USB jig.
make sure your battery is fully charged
boot it into download mode
if you can get it to show download mode, then you can use Odin again
what did you try to flash with Odin earlier?
my phone won't go into download mode or turn on.
I tried flashing a stock recovery file
does the screen light up at all?
When you flashed the recovery file did it finish or fail during the flash? If the cable is plugged in does the battery charge indicator pop up?
No the screen doesnt light up at all, and the flashing failed.
If you plug it into the computer and it says qhd-usb or something along those lines in device manager, it is shot. It will also make a noise (from the computer speakers) like you plugged it in twice.
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So I'm screwed?
if flash failed and you turned off your phone(in download mode), you're screwed.
then again, i heard jtag method works..it'll cost ya but it'll work
Anyone know someone here reliable that does jtag??
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Do you have what I wrote listed in device manager? If you do I don't think jtag even works.
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Sounds exactly like what happened to me. I bought a USB jig off of ebay and it went striaght into download mode on first try. Even if it doesn't work for you, and it's possible it will, it's cheap to give it a shot.
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Do you have what I wrote listed in device manager? If you do I don't think jtag even works.
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*#@(*#( i keep misclicking thanks for quote
anyway, if his flash failed it's likely turned into qualcomm high speed usb downloadmode
Man well this sucks. I have a useless gs2 that I can't ever fix. What a shame.
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Is my best bet just moving on and hoping the unbrickable mod happens?
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Just send it to samsung, they'll fix it fast. No charge either. The device has a one year manufacturer warranty. That's what i did when i bricked mine. Free shipping too.
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I can't because I tried and while trying it turns out my phone is a prototype sgs2 T-Mobile. :-(
It looks awesome but no Warranty.
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Hello all...
I typically charge my phone while I sleep and it has never been a problem. I was running the stock deodexed ICS rom on my phone at the time. i unplugged it and all was well as usual. i grabbed my phone to come put a JB rom on it this morning and i left it on my desk, not plugged in. I came back to it and it was HOT, the entire phone, and wouldn't do anything. I took out the battery and let it cool (phone and battery) and now I got nothing.
Is there anything I can do??? I tried to search but couldn't find anything on this...
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Hello all...
I typically charge my phone while I sleep and it has never been a problem. I was running the stock deodexed ICS rom on my phone at the time. i unplugged it and all was well as usual. i grabbed my phone to come put a JB rom on it this morning and i left it on my desk, not plugged in. I came back to it and it was HOT, the entire phone, and wouldn't do anything. I took out the battery and let it cool (phone and battery) and now I got nothing.
Is there anything I can do??? I tried to search but couldn't find anything on this...
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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See if you can get into download mode or recovery. But let it cool for awhile.
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See if you can get into download mode or recovery. But let it cool for awhile.
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so far nothing, I am trying to charge the battery externally to see if that will help as well....
phone is completely cooled and still no nothing, not responding to any button combos or DL mode... i hope it didn't hose itself... :'(
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phone is completely cooled and still no nothing, not responding to any button combos or DL mode... i hope it didn't hose itself... :'(
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sounds like a hard brick. check out mobiletechvideos.com on youtube they will fix it for $50
Question how would it be a hard brick if he didn't flash any ROMs on it yet..said he was running stock ROM and the phone got hot and wouldn't respond...sounds like the mother board is fried
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Question how would it be a hard brick if he didn't flash any ROMs on it yet..said he was running stock ROM and the phone got hot and wouldn't respond...sounds like the mother board is fried
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agreed, hardware issue
Thanks for the replies guys. I am looking for a bit of advice from the mobile tech guys for a concern I have...
I was wondering if Samsung has the same stuff they do.... T-mobile is sending me a warranty swap.... I don't want to get a bill about the phone....
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If it won't turn on you should be fine....
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my phone once was doing that same thing when it was just sitting there on the table. I picked it up though and felt it was very hot and pulled the battery before it could fry itself. It probably was some code that was looping or something because my phone never did it again
I got a sgs4 and was selling my s3 on craigslist. And was puting it back to stock. Well my son decided to unplug the usb as it was odining.
Well now, it wont go into download, recovery, wont turn on, and wont even show an led while plugged into charger.
Im guessing this phone is hardbricked. But is there any way of fixing it?
Iv heard of the jtags, but have never known how they worked or what they do.
Can my phone be fixed at all? Or is it done for?
Thanks in advanced if anyone is able to help
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I got a sgs4 and was selling my s3 on craigslist. And was puting it back to stock. Well my son decided to unplug the usb as it was odining.
Well now, it wont go into download, recovery, wont turn on, and wont even show an led while plugged into charger.
Im guessing this phone is hardbricked. But is there any way of fixing it?
Iv heard of the jtags, but have never known how they worked or what they do.
Can my phone be fixed at all? Or is it done for?
Thanks in advanced if anyone is able to help
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Sure sounds like a paperweight..
Go to mobiletechvideos.com and read up on how to use their Jtag service. It's very easy and they are very reliable.
Before doing so I suggest double checking that the phone is indeed hard bricked.
1) Remove the battery, reinsert it, and try entering recovery or download mode once more
2) plug the pbone into the pc and see if you can see a red led light. If so try entering download mode from that point on. If ODIN can recognize the phone try flashing back to stock even though you may not see anything on the phone.
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like the guy above me said I believe the service is about $60 which pretty sure your getting that and more when you sell it
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I rooted my s3 some time back and flashed cyanogenmod 10.1 and was working fine...then a nightly stable update came around so i tried an its update just for ****s n giggles then my s3 started doing funky crap...so thinking i had a bad update i reverted back to what i had and after a second reboot the dam thing just died......i mean roadkill dead...wont even turn on in recovery..nothing...no matter how long i press buttons......... Can someone shed light on this topic please!
Samething with my s2..only difference with that one is that it was not rooted....please help.....thanks
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Remove battery (and leave it out) and plug into computer - anything turn on?
Could be the cable your using.... maybe it isn't charging therefore dead battery in both cases. Could be the battery just died on the s3 before it finished booting.... the fact the the s2 is in the same boat is suspect.
I will try that and get back to you when i get the chance......thanks
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The battery was fully charged...so i don't see it being that....but what do i know...lol
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Nope....tried plugging into computer without battery and nothing......at all...no little faint red light in the sensor area..no vibration..no screen, nothing.....?????
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Can you 3 finger boot into download mode? If so Odin flash the stock firmware.
Seems extremely odd, do you have access to another cable? what happens if you plug the stock s2 into the cable same thing? Still sounds like there is no power being supplied, if you have a car charger maybe try that if you can't borrow another cable. The reason I suspect this is you have your stock s2 that is in the same trouble which is weird.....