My 1020 got bricked while flashing through WPInternals.
In the middle of the flashing the USB got disconnected and after that I have blank screen. The power button pressing does make phone vibrate. Also soft reset combination makes vibration. However I am not getting anything on my laptop on USB connection. No connection notification. Nothing on device manager. I tried combinations to get it detected but nothing works.
So the question is, Is there any way I can blindly send force flashing to one of the USB port and make it happen ?
JTAG is the only option ?
Removed the display. Disconnect the battery. Remove the protective cover from the processor. Looking at the diagram R3209. Complete with a thin wire the resistor into the casing and at the same time connected to the computer. Defined as "Nokia Emergency Connectivity". After that, you run WPInternals, and continue from the point where the error occurred.
booker50rus said:
Removed the display. Disconnect the battery. Remove the protective cover from the processor. Looking at the diagram R3209. Complete with a thin wire the resistor into the casing and at the same time connected to the computer. Defined as "Nokia Emergency Connectivity". After that, you run WPInternals, and continue from the point where the error occurred.
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Honestly, I did not understand what to connect to what.
Remove the display
The picture 1 shows what you need to remove. CAREFULLY remove all protection, or only in the marked area.
The picture 2 shows what you'll see under the removed protection. Looking for R3209 marked in the picture 3
After it is found, connect USB cable TO THE PHONE. NOT TO THE COMPUTER. The cable should be connected ONLY by phone
For one or two seconds before doing a short circuit of the resistor R3209 on the metal area of the body (picture 4), AND THIS TIME connect it to your computer
The phone shall be determined by the computer as "Nokia Emergency Connectivity" or "CareSuite Emergency Connectivity"
Run the program WPInternals
Make or restore the bootloader or unlock the bootloader. Depending on where you broke the phone last time.
After the program sends the phone into reboot, connect a known-CHARGED battery WITHOUT DISCONNECTING the computer. The phone should start to boot.
Have you tried all the options in WP Internals first? Including instructions on how to recover from bricked phone? I haven't got the application in front of me, but I seem to remember there are different flashing modes you should probably experiment with before opening up your phone.
GeoffreyK said:
Have you tried all the options in WP Internals first? Including instructions on how to recover from bricked phone? I haven't got the application in front of me, but I seem to remember there are different flashing modes you should probably experiment with before opening up your phone.
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There are no longer any options. The phone is not defined in any way. And no the program will not see it without initializing it as a device in the system. The only option is to short out the memory, so she rebooted. What I'm suggesting. The operation is not difficult and takes no more than 10 minutes for anything.
try to charge the phone, at least 1 hour, then try to make hard reset, that works for my
GeoffreyK said:
Have you tried all the options in WP Internals first? Including instructions on how to recover from bricked phone? I haven't got the application in front of me, but I seem to remember there are different flashing modes you should probably experiment with before opening up your phone.
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Yeah, phone is not detected by USB connection. I have already changed USB flex cable of the phone so its not an issue.
jeovanyerazo said:
try to charge the phone, at least 1 hour, then try to make hard reset, that works for my
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Phone does not hard reset without OS in the memory.
booker50rus said:
Remove the display
The picture 1 shows what you need to remove. CAREFULLY remove all protection, or only in the marked area.
The picture 2 shows what you'll see under the removed protection. Looking for R3209 marked in the picture 3
After it is found, connect USB cable TO THE PHONE. NOT TO THE COMPUTER. The cable should be connected ONLY by phone
For one or two seconds before doing a short circuit of the resistor R3209 on the metal area of the body (picture 4), AND THIS TIME connect it to your computer
The phone shall be determined by the computer as "Nokia Emergency Connectivity" or "CareSuite Emergency Connectivity"
Run the program WPInternals
Make or restore the bootloader or unlock the bootloader. Depending on where you broke the phone last time.
After the program sends the phone into reboot, connect a known-CHARGED battery WITHOUT DISCONNECTING the computer. The phone should start to boot.
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I will try this, need time to open the phone again. Specially I have never opened the processor part before.
Try what I told you, it's a software problem not hardware. Try hard reset.
jeovanyerazo said:
Try what I told you, it's a software problem not hardware. Try hard reset.
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its a software problem only, but as I have described - mobile is not getting detected via USB and as the previous flash did not happen completely there is no OS in the memory. The phone only vibrates on power or reset combination.
On connecting the charger the start button blinks once in a while and thats the only response I am getting.
booker50rus said:
Remove the display
The picture 1 shows what you need to remove. CAREFULLY remove all protection, or only in the marked area.
The picture 2 shows what you'll see under the removed protection. Looking for R3209 marked in the picture 3
After it is found, connect USB cable TO THE PHONE. NOT TO THE COMPUTER. The cable should be connected ONLY by phone
For one or two seconds before doing a short circuit of the resistor R3209 on the metal area of the body (picture 4), AND THIS TIME connect it to your computer
The phone shall be determined by the computer as "Nokia Emergency Connectivity" or "CareSuite Emergency Connectivity"
Run the program WPInternals
Make or restore the bootloader or unlock the bootloader. Depending on where you broke the phone last time.
After the program sends the phone into reboot, connect a known-CHARGED battery WITHOUT DISCONNECTING the computer. The phone should start to boot.
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Super cool man, thanks. I opened only tiny window from protective cover and sorted R3209. USB was detected and restored the Bootloader. Flashing was easy after that.
booker50rus said:
Remove the display
The picture 1 shows what you need to remove. CAREFULLY remove all protection, or only in the marked area.
The picture 2 shows what you'll see under the removed protection. Looking for R3209 marked in the picture 3
After it is found, connect USB cable TO THE PHONE. NOT TO THE COMPUTER. The cable should be connected ONLY by phone
For one or two seconds before doing a short circuit of the resistor R3209 on the metal area of the body (picture 4), AND THIS TIME connect it to your computer
The phone shall be determined by the computer as "Nokia Emergency Connectivity" or "CareSuite Emergency Connectivity"
Run the program WPInternals
Make or restore the bootloader or unlock the bootloader. Depending on where you broke the phone last time.
After the program sends the phone into reboot, connect a known-CHARGED battery WITHOUT DISCONNECTING the computer. The phone should start to boot.
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Hi,
My 1020 got bricked while flashing with WPInternals and now won't switch on. No Vibrate when I push the power button either. I would like to try this method but can't figure out how to remove the protective plate on the CPU. I cannot find any help on Google nor YouTube. Can someone please enlighten me on which way the metal cover opens please?
Thanks in advance.
I've tried the same thing with a lumia 525 but accidently broken the resistor.. Can I do something with it?
Sometime you have to wait a few minutes or so for the phone to behave properly, especially with a blown firmware running.
There are many modes to a phone and each will be a different device to the PC.
There is normal mode
there is flash mode
there is emergency mode
and there is a recovery mode too.
and a couple of other modes uefiflash/bootemmc/bootmsc too.
each of these modes can be accessed by a combination of button presses that seems to change from phone to phone.
there is plug into usb port holding down volume up.
there is plug into usb port, hold down power and press volume down.
there is plug into usb port, hold down power and hold down volume up.
there is plug into usb port, hold down power, release, then press volume up
and like I mentioned before if the phone has a flat battery is will cycle from 0-5% battery charging then cycle 5-0% and reset the phone. it sometimes takes up to 5 min with the phone connected, trying multiple restarts to get the phone to appear to windows. sometimes it will appear and disappear, if you interrupt the boot process by having wpinternals running it will not disappear again and sometimes you have to do a complete reset cycle by holding down the power button until it vibrates with it still plugged into the pc, then immediately do another reset cycle.
the phone can crash on boot, so it fails to appear and in my experience it's behaviour is not consistent at all. boot one minute shows in device managed and then can take 10 minutes sometimes before it appears again. it seems to be very erratic behaviour. so keep at it.
opening up the phone and removing the metal shielding from the pcb to get access to the bypass test points should be a god damn last resort and not some first step as suggested to the op.
expect many pcb's to be damaged by this advice.
Ok, so I managed to remove the cover but a bit confused about the instructions for the resistor. Is there a special sort of wire I need to touch the resistor with while performing this "shorting" procedure or will any wire do? Intructions seem a little vague to the non electronically minded...
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Intructions seem a little vague to the non electronically minded.
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and still you've gone as far as removing the shielding?
if you think you can safely do it, the instruction state you need to short resistor R3209 as the phone boots. short means contact both sided of the resistor with something conductive and of the right shape and size to only touch those two parts of that resistor. maybe needle pointed tweezers or some tiny screwdriver?
jethro tarw said:
and still you've gone as far as removing the shielding?
if you think you can safely do it, the instruction state you need to short resistor R3209 as the phone boots. short means contact both sided of the resistor with something conductive and of the right shape and size to only touch those two parts of that resistor. maybe needle pointed tweezers or some tiny screwdriver?
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Dude, thanx for your help! I have some metal tweezers. Do I need to put plastic protective cover on the end or them? Ive got some bubble wrap!
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All I seem to get is the Windows light coming on when I try to perform this. It also come on when I press volum down or volum up button and insert the usb.
Actually, the light comes on when I put it into the electric charger (not pc charger) as well, but stays on for longer.
BeLlSiBuB said:
Dude, thanx for your help! I have some metal tweezers. Do I need to put plastic protective cover on the end or them? Ive got some bubble wrap!
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All I seem to get is the Windows light coming on when I try to perform this. It also come on when I press volum down or volum up button and insert the usb.
Actually, the light comes on when I put it into the electric charger (not pc charger) as well, but stays on for longer.
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you just need to charge the battery.
jethro tarw said:
you just need to charge the battery.
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Really?
Can WPInternals kill a battery when it "Stopped working" and crashes?
Ahh, I thought you said "Change the battery". The battery was fully charged when it got bricked. I'm not sure how to charge this battery. I left it on charge for about 4 hours before attempting shorting procedure. I don't thing it is charging while plugged in now despite that light breifly coming on.
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I've read a number of posts that deal with problems syncing, but none that matches exactly the problem I'm having.
When initially connected via USB, everything goes according to plan: the icons on the device and in Windows both show the connection, the sounds alert me to the handshake having been successful, and the device and PC sync. This state lasts a varying amount of time, usually about a half an hour or so. Then, without the device being touched, the ActiveSync icon on the PC goes grey, and the "connection dropped" sound on the PC is played. Nonetheless, power is still being transferred, and the charging light (orange then green) is still lit. If I disconnect and reconnect, the same pattern occurs every sing time. I've tried with a number of USB cables, always with the same behaviour.
Note that the device is out of warranty by now, so the lest desirable response is "send it back to HTC for repair".
[ edit ] Forgot to mention: Yes, I gently cleaned out all the pocket fluff that had connected in the mini USB connector on the device, but have not attempted a more prodigious cleaning.
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Really? No one else has experienced this problem?
pistou said:
I've read a number of posts that deal with problems syncing, but none that matches exactly the problem I'm having.
When initially connected via USB, everything goes according to plan: the icons on the device and in Windows both show the connection, the sounds alert me to the handshake having been successful, and the device and PC sync. This state lasts a varying amount of time, usually about a half an hour or so. Then, without the device being touched, the ActiveSync icon on the PC goes grey, and the "connection dropped" sound on the PC is played. Nonetheless, power is still being transferred, and the charging light (orange then green) is still lit. If I disconnect and reconnect, the same pattern occurs every sing time. I've tried with a number of USB cables, always with the same behaviour.
Note that the device is out of warranty by now, so the lest desirable response is "send it back to HTC for repair".
[ edit ] Forgot to mention: Yes, I gently cleaned out all the pocket fluff that had connected in the mini USB connector on the device, but have not attempted a more prodigious cleaning.
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I know you may not want to here this, but that sounds an awful lot like a symptom of a faulty USB port on the device. One way to test it is to flash the latest stock ROM for your carrier/device model and see if it works with that. If it doesn't, then you'll need to learn to solder to replace the USB port. If it does work, then you've got some troubleshooting to do on your current ROM to figure out what is causing the connection to drop.
Also, in the rare case that you are already on a stock ROM, you'll need to reflash it and test it from scratch without anything installed.
cajunflavoredbob said:
in the rare case that you are already on a stock ROM, you'll need to reflash it and test it from scratch without anything installed.
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Yes, Bob, I am on the stock ROM and yes, you are right, I don't want to hear anything about flashing -- even less about soldering. I, too, suspected that it might me a hardware issue with the USB port. I guess it's time to start shopping for a new device! [ sigh ]
I have had 2 tp2's, and my wife has also had one, and every single one of them has had the same issue. It will be plugged in, working fine, synced fine, and one small tap of the wire, computer, or phone will end the sync. It could just be that the mini port is ****. With that said, don't move your phone when it is synced...
my mini port has problem syncing. it's fine for TV output and headphones. but has same problem as you describe - so now I always use BT to sync/copy files instead of USB.
Ah well, have been looking around for the next great device. There's word that AT&T will get the HTC Sensation, but nothing confirmed.
Just wondering here if you tried sync with another system - same device.
At work I never had issues, but on the road with my Acer laptop I began having the same symptoms you describe, the usb ports on this (fully updated system) just won't enable proper sync (miss my Dell). Well I'm sure you thought of this but just a thought.
If hardware fault, try to change a new cable first. Usually the cable will tear out faster than the port on board.
Today get back my ion from service, but my soft is bricked always rebooting (i don't know why) and i turn off my phone with press power and volume up button, but when i try to update with SUS, my phone don't conect in flasmode or any. Although it was when i went to service first.
Please someone help me.
light19940120 said:
Today get back my ion from service, but my soft is bricked always rebooting (i don't know why) and i turn off my phone with press power and volume up button, but when i try to update with SUS, my phone don't conect in flasmode or any. Although it was when i went to service first.
Please someone help me.
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Bricked but fixable. The "easy way":
Connect to charger till you get a solid red led(could take days), then flash ftf with flashtool(look in the forums for the rubber band trick, since it is kinda hard to flash due to the bootloop).
The "hard way":
Dissasemble your ion and disconnect the battery ribbon cable(It's easier than it sounds). You need a small phillips screwdriver and a t5 screwdriver(a very small flat screwdriver works too on the T5 screws).
Remove the top and bottom covers, take off the screws and remove back cover. Remove the phillips screws and take off the middle cover. you will see the battery ribbon cable(look for the dissasembly video in the forum). What worked for me without getting bootloop: After disconnecting the ribbon cable, fire up flashtool, when it is ready to flash, connect the usb cable to the pc and the phone WITHOUT CONNECTING THE RIBBON CABLE TO THE PHONE. Your will get a blinking red led on the phone. Hold Vol down(to enter flash mode) and connect the ribbon cable. You should get the green flash led and the phone should flash.
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Bricked but fixable. The "easy way":
Connect to charger till you get a solid red led(could take days), then flash ftf with flashtool(look in the forums for the rubber band trick, since it is kinda hard to flash due to the bootloop).
The "hard way":
Dissasemble your ion and disconnect the battery ribbon cable(It's easier than it sounds). You need a small phillips screwdriver and a t5 screwdriver(a very small flat screwdriver works too on the T5 screws).
Remove the top and bottom covers, take off the screws and remove back cover. Remove the phillips screws and take off the middle cover. you will see the battery ribbon cable(look for the dissasembly video in the forum). What worked for me without getting bootloop: After disconnecting the ribbon cable, fire up flashtool, when it is ready to flash, connect the usb cable to the pc and the phone WITHOUT CONNECTING THE RIBBON CABLE TO THE PHONE. Your will get a blinking red led on the phone. Hold Vol down(to enter flash mode) and connect the ribbon cable. You should get the green flash led and the phone should flash.
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I connect for charger about 1 hour ago but the led is not light.
When i turn off the battery was 70%.
light19940120 said:
I connect for charger about 1 hour ago but the led is not light.
When i turn off the battery was 70%.
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You have to keep it on the charger until the light goes on. Some people have reported this could take days(yes you read that correctly, DAYS). I've had this problem(reseted my ion while flashing, big no no), got stuck with bootloop, then turned off the phone with vol up+ power, phone was "dead". Since I have taken apart my ion before i did what i wrote on my first post, it's way faster. give it a go.
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You have to keep it on the charger until the light goes on. Some people have reported this could take days(yes you read that correctly, DAYS). I've had this problem(reseted my ion while flashing, big no no), got stuck with bootloop, then turned off the phone with vol up+ power, phone was "dead". Since I have taken apart my ion before i did what i wrote on my first post, it's way faster. give it a go.
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And this sure to work?
Not dead the mortherboard or anything?
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And this sure to work?
Not dead the mortherboard or anything?
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Yup, i'm using my ion right now and it's fine. You can check the bricked thread for more info, several people have done this. If you manage to disconnect the ribbon cable and reconnect it you will be able to turn on the phone again(and get a bootloop), which will allow you to flash.
luisoman2000 said:
Yup, i'm using my ion right now and it's fine. You can check the bricked thread for more info, several people have done this. If you manage to disconnect the ribbon cable and reconnect it you will be able to turn on the phone again(and get a bootloop), which will allow you to flash.
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I haven't screwdriver for dissasembly my phone.
So now i connected my phone for charger and a hope to work the easy way.
light19940120 said:
I haven't screwdriver for dissasembly my phone.
So now i connected my phone for charger and a hope to work the easy way.
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Pretty much. and honestly, a small phillips and a small flat screwdriver is all you need(I have done it with both the T5 screwdriver and a flat screwdriver). Be patient, getting the red led will take a while.
luisoman2000 said:
Pretty much. and honestly, a small phillips and a small flat screwdriver is all you need(I have done it with both the T5 screwdriver and a flat screwdriver). Be patient, getting the red led will take a while.
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now the led light red but nothing do anything.
when i try to flash with flashtool and cobbect the pc just light the led red.
what i doing?
light19940120 said:
now the led light red but nothing do anything.
when i try to flash with flashtool and cobbect the pc just light the led red.
what i doing?
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When Flashtool is telling you to connect your phone in flashmode, do you connect it plugging in the cable while pressing the volume down button ?
skywalkerdroid said:
When Flashtool is telling you to connect your phone in flashmode, do you connect it plugging in the cable while pressing the volume down button ?
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Yes, but now charching and when i connected in flash mode the green led is light but the flashtool dont respond.
The sus say: you have the newest software and don' install.
How can i install?
In Flashtool, there is a folder called DRIVERS, go there and update your drivers.
skywalkerdroid said:
The led should be BLUE in flashmode. In Flashtool, there is a folder called DRIVERS, go there and update your drivers.
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I installed the drivers but the flashmode is green led. Blue led is fastboot mode.
Sorry my mistake. I will edit now.
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Try to wipe everything,dalvik's cache included and try again to flash.
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Sorry my mistake. I will edit now.
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Try to wipe everything,dalvik's cache included and try again to flash.
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When i connect in flashmode the pc begin install the Semc flash device driver but about 5 seconds say the device not connected and the phone is start boot.
How can i reflash the rom?
Well, from recovery [when phone boots and you see a pink led,tap the sony logo until it gets you in recovery] wipe dalvik's cache, wipe everything and prepare your phone for a clean install. Then open Flashtool, tap the flashing logo,choose flashmode,insert the ROM, the ftf file,let Flashtool prepare the flashing,then when prompted plug your usb cable into the phone while pressing the volume down button.
hey i will say u should go the hard way its very simple and time saving i soft bricked my phone this Sunday and then forced it to restart that got into a hard brick being my first time i searched all threads and finally came upon these two option and i choose hard way and searched a video of how to disassemble xperia ion the link is below just follow the steps on video till he unplugs the battery it on 03.48 there just remove the battery connector from motherboard and wait for two minutes in this time get the flashtool ready for flashing stock fimware and as it tells u to connect the phone (u have to be quick here or take some ones help ) connect the battery back to motherboard and immediately connect the usb by pressing the volume down button u may have to repeat the process quite a few time to get the exact timing (disconnect the battery again wait for a minute or two then connect it and again connect usb ) but when done u will just have to wait for flashtool to update the firmware and then ur phone will be brought to life again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFR6vhUEZyc
Thanks everybody.
My phone is live!
light19940120 said:
Thanks everybody.
My phone is live!
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That's great.
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That's great.
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Yes.
And THANKS!!!!!
Hello everyone. My brother has the SM-T320. It doesn't power on at all. But if I plug the tablet directly into an outlet or laptop, it turns on but immediately goes to "recovery booting" and looping and not actually turning on. I can press the Power+Volume Down buttons to go to Download mode. I have three laptops at my disposal. I installed the Samsung USB drivers on two, and just Samsung Kies on the other. I have also tried different Odin versions (3.07 and 3.09) and it still won't connect. I also bought a different battery, and even if I leave it charging (aka bootlooping), if I disconnect it, it turns off. Essentially, I think the firmware is messed up and simply doesn't recognize the battery. So that's why I wanted to flash a stock recovery. Any ideas what I can try? Thanks a lot for the help!
I should also mention that I tested battery connection (tablet plugged into an outlet with the battery removed) with a volt meter and I gut 4.45V, which I think is fine?
mark1995n said:
Hello everyone. My brother has the SM-T320. It doesn't power on at all. But if I plug the tablet directly into an outlet or laptop, it turns on but immediately goes to "recovery booting" and looping and not actually turning on. I can press the Power+Volume Down buttons to go to Download mode. I have three laptops at my disposal. I installed the Samsung USB drivers on two, and just Samsung Kies on the other. I have also tried different Odin versions (3.07 and 3.09) and it still won't connect. I also bought a different battery, and even if I leave it charging (aka bootlooping), if I disconnect it, it turns off. Essentially, I think the firmware is messed up and simply doesn't recognize the battery. So that's why I wanted to flash a stock recovery. Any ideas what I can try? Thanks a lot for the help!
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OK so it is in download mode when you connect it to Odin?
Hey everyone, I got the problem partly fixed. I was able to reset it to original firmware by using the Samsung kies3 software. It somehow was able to recognize the device even though Odin couldn't. However, turns out, the reason tablet would turn on only when plugged in is because the battery wasn't connected completely. The battery connector on the motherboard itself is separating and so the pins are not touching the board completely. My ghetto temporary fixed was to cut and stick part of a bobby pin over it to clamp it in place. However, this will probably damage the connector/board in the long term. I'm not very good with soldering parts/pins that are this small, and nor do I have special equipment besides solder and soldering iron, so I'm trying to figure another clever way of holding it strongly in place. If anyone has any idea how to go about that, it would be appreciated.
My phone's battery was almost dead, so I bought a replacement battery and installed it. Nothing weird happened during the "procedure", and the battery charges fine, but the phone won't boot. The screen lights up to show the % when I connect it, but after it's off, it won't light up again when I press the power button.
I'm guessing something happened to the cable that connects the buttons to the MB. Or could it be something else?
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My phone's battery was almost dead, so I bought a replacement battery and installed it. Nothing weird happened during the "procedure", and the battery charges fine, but the phone won't boot. The screen lights up to show the % when I connect it, but after it's off, it won't light up again when I press the power button.
I'm guessing something happened to the cable that connects the buttons to the MB. Or could it be something else?
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Impossible to know what has happened as we didn't see the repair.
Will the device boot to any partition ?
Recovery ? Download mode ?
I've seen several devices lose the OS if the battery goes completely dead....and pulling the battery would do the same thing on a susceptible device I would think.
Unless you can get into DL mode or recovery....it doesn't look good for restoring the device....g
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Impossible to know what has happened as we didn't see the repair.
Will the device boot to any partition ?
Recovery ? Download mode ?
I've seen several devices lose the OS if the battery goes completely dead....and pulling the battery would do the same thing on a susceptible device I would think.
Unless you can get into DL mode or recovery....it doesn't look good for restoring the device....g
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No, because it won't respond to any button press, so I can't boot it. Is it possible to access adb or something when the device is off? It does show and is identified on my PC when it's connected, so I don't think it's the case that its drives have been wiped.
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No, because it won't respond to any button press, so I can't boot it. Is it possible to access adb or something when the device is off? It does show and is identified on my PC when it's connected, so I don't think it's the case that its drives have been wiped.
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So the PC is seeing the device but you have no screen activity....
Is there a chance that your display is not connected ?
I'm reaching here....but with all of the connections inside of the device....you may have missed something ?
gregsarg said:
So the PC is seeing the device but you have no screen activity....
Is there a chance that your display is not connected ?
I'm reaching here....but with all of the connections inside of the device....you may have missed something ?
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The screen turn on fine when I first connect it and it starts charging, but I can't turn it on. I send to a repair shop and they diagnosed that the power button is not getting any juice, so I ordered a replacement for it, I just hope the issue on the cable and not on the connector in the MB.
I was flashing the zui with qfil and now my zuk is with a black screen and vibrate every 32 seconds
Qfil error: https://imgur.com/a/pUjb3IB
Chewbaccaun said:
I was flashing the zui with qfil and now my zuk is with a black screen and vibrate every 32 seconds
Qfil error: https://imgur.com/a/pUjb3IB
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Well use this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/lenovo-z2-plus-zuk-z2-plus-hard-brick-t3713126
JV Spartacus said:
Well use this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/lenovo-z2-plus-zuk-z2-plus-hard-brick-t3713126
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problem solved
Nothing helps..?
(I will post this also here, cos no one answered @ zukfans yet)
Hi! I think I need to ask help now.
I've managed to hard brick my Z2 with QFIL trying to update the phone from zui 2.something to 3.5. Well obviously that did not end up good.
My phone went to a stage described in some cases: White light blinking every 15 seconds or something and phone vibrating. Ok, I tried to shut the phone down by keeping and releasing after second blink. Did not work. Then I tried to hold for two or more minutes. It seemed to work first but suddenly also that didnt work (kept power pushed for ten minutes or more). Ok, the I made the cable described here. I did a jumper cable from my usb extension cord. Windows reacted to the phone but did not recognize it. Nothing showed up in device manager or QFIL or MiFlash. The phone keeped on vibrating and a left it like this for the night. I guess battery ran out and phone finally shutdown.
I continued and same results. One time windows recognized a unknown device for some seconds but it did not show up in device manager or MiFlash. After that nothing. Now the phone only blinks the light. It vibrates only when trying to charge it or plugged in PC. I don't now if it's on or not. Anyways, the same results with windows: reaction, but no recognition. I've tried to pull usb out and change to another slot etc.
Also I've installed Zuk 1.05 drivers, MiFlash and tried also with Qualcomm drivers. Uninstalled everything and tried again. Nothing seems to help.
Could this be because of Windows 7? Or bad extension cord? Or what...? Any advice would be appreciated.
edit: It was not Windows problem I guess. I installed fresh Windows 10 with no help. Actually worse. No Windows is not reacting at all. Maybe it's the jumper cable I created. I didn't want to ruin my only USB-C.
edit: Ok. Back to Win7. Now there is no reaction at all also in Win7. The phone vibrates when connected to pc. Otherwise phone seems to be off. No lights flashing. If power is held down white led flashes briefly but no vibration.
edit: Now if I connect the phone to laptop the led blinks every 0.5 seconds... I have no idea how turn the phone off. It seems to be off while not touched because nothing is happening...
@Pelepako
Try this,just a copy paste
2.0). Turn off the phone. If the phone boots up (reboots) then immediately to point 2.1
2.1). Put wire on the 2nd contact on the left
. And together with the wire insert into the PC (at the same time the phone is already connected by cable).
2.2). After 5-10 seconds, take out the usb plug with the wire. Remove the wire and insert the plug back.
2.2.1). If you do not have a bootlap, but it hangs on MI, on the boot process, etc. Hold the POWER button and insert the USB plug with the wire into the usb port. The screen goes out and you get what you want.
3.1). Your device in EDL mode.
3.2). Click REFRESH in Miflash and see your device in COM format.
3.3). Flash firmware at your discretion.
Thanks for the instructions.
Still nothing. Windows 10 does not recognize the phone in any way. The phone vibrates almost immediately when plugged in. Then nothing. Sometimes (before) I got Windows to recognize it as "unknown device".
2.0 Turning off the phone. I'm unpluggin the battery. I guess that does the job? At least nothing is flashing or vibrating.
2.1 I inserted a paper clip as in the picture.
Dunno if it's a driver thing. I've installed different Zuk driver version, Qualcomm, MiFlash, QFil, ADB.. you name it. I've turned on the Test Mode in Windows (driver signature). I've tried two different cables. One of them is the original. Tried the paper clip trick and the wire connect trick. Nothing is working. There has to be some flaw that I'm not noticing. Can't be the only one who really got his phone bricked...
About the drivers:
Ive installed zuk 1.05. Is it ok? Tried also 1.06 and 1.08.
How to install ADB. I've used ADB installer and installed system-wide. Should I also install the device driver (Google)?
Qualcomm drivers. Cannot manually install. With Miflash etc. some Qualcomm drivers get installed.
Do I need to install Fastboot and ADB "executables"? Where do I need these in my situation? Nowhere?
What abou QFIL? Is it necessary if I'm using MiFlash?
narshi shukla said:
@Pelepako
Try this,just a copy paste
2.0). Turn off the phone. If the phone boots up (reboots) then immediately to point 2.1
2.1). Put wire on the 2nd contact on the left
. And together with the wire insert into the PC (at the same time the phone is already connected by cable).
2.2). After 5-10 seconds, take out the usb plug with the wire. Remove the wire and insert the plug back.
2.2.1). If you do not have a bootlap, but it hangs on MI, on the boot process, etc. Hold the POWER button and insert the USB plug with the wire into the usb port. The screen goes out and you get what you want.
3.1). Your device in EDL mode.
3.2). Click REFRESH in Miflash and see your device in COM format.
3.3). Flash firmware at your discretion.
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Ok. Just found out that the only 2.0 port is broken. There is no second pin. At least anymore. I might have broken it in some point.
Other reason for malfunctioning could be the circuit board of the phone. The previous owner in all his wisdom had glued the battery cover with super glue. As I opened it it ripped of some of those circuit materials that conduct electricity. The broken part is near the usb port of the phone. Maybe if I put the cover back it will work cos the ripped parts are still glued to the back cover..
So back to the issue.
The broken part of the phone seems to be speaker so it should not affect the connection I guess. I also fixed with conductive silver paint. Still, no help.
Just found out that the charger and probably also the cable are not original ones. Maybe this is the reason for this is not working. I cannot come up with any other solutions. Now I would need to know which usb cable would qualify for the procedure. How can tell which is a proper cable before buying it? Also does the micro-usb cable work if I have the convertor dongle (Samsung made)?
edit:
Ok. Sometimes the led blinks every 0.5 sec. Sometimes phone vibrates every fifteen or something seconds. Only way to get the computer to react is with modded usb extension cord -> green to black. This way Windows recognizes an unknown device. That's it. I cannot install Qualcomm drivers for this or do anything else. This way Windows makes this connected sound every 0.5 seconds and the phone led blinks. After a while it stops and the phone is marked as "unknown device". Also if I connect the phone to a charger it blinks all the time (0.5s) and vibrates occasionally. Then after a while the led calms down and blinks every 15 seconds. And then back to 0.5s with vibration. All these symptoms seem unclear and I haven't found anyone suffering from same kind of problems...
Really am I the first that really bricked this one? I didn't even use the phone yet. Just checked it and tried to update the system cos it was old version.
I assume that the phone has to be off after disconnecting battery cable so that should not be the problem here.
@narshi shukla
I turned the phone off by removing battery. It does not reboot after shut down before I connect it to computer. Few seconds after connecting to pc it vibrates shortly. Nothing else happens after that. Same with and without the wire.
I've tried so many different methods that I'm giving up with this I guess. Am I the only one who got his phone permanently bricked. After all I tried to flash by following instructions. The flash failed and phone went on crazy vibration and screen on for some seconds after that it was vibrating every 15 seconds. Then suddenly it stopped doing that. Now it does only if I plug it to pc or charger.
The "black green wire trick" is strange. If I only connect those two wires nothing new happens BUT if I connect green to black and black to green by tying instead only touching the phone vibrates and led blinks every 0,5 seconds and windows also makes the connection sound even though it is not working.
narshi shukla said:
@Pelepako
Try this,just a copy paste
2.0). Turn off the phone. If the phone boots up (reboots) then immediately to point 2.1
2.1). Put wire on the 2nd contact on the left
. And together with the wire insert into the PC (at the same time the phone is already connected by cable).
2.2). After 5-10 seconds, take out the usb plug with the wire. Remove the wire and insert the plug back.
2.2.1). If you do not have a bootlap, but it hangs on MI, on the boot process, etc. Hold the POWER button and insert the USB plug with the wire into the usb port. The screen goes out and you get what you want.
3.1). Your device in EDL mode.
3.2). Click REFRESH in Miflash and see your device in COM format.
3.3). Flash firmware at your discretion.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse