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Got galaxy Note 2 , totally bricked right now , Gave it to my friend and he returned me back with completely black screen. Could you please suggest me if anything i can try on this one.
Things i have tried so far
1) Tried with different battery no luck
2) externally charge battery with external charger no luck
3) checked all the connectors inside , all are looking intact
4) replaced charging port no luck
Seems like this device got bricked somehow, is there any way to turn it alive ??
Riffbox or jtag. Mine died last week this way it came back to life unfortunately mine have kind a issue with emmc so it will gonna die eventually again. I hope yours one is ok.
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Riffbox or jtag. Mine died last week this way it came back to life unfortunately mine have kind a issue with emmc so it will gonna die eventually again. I hope yours one is ok.
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Please consider me Novice in JTag field, Do we need different boxes for different devices, i have seen several videos on Jtag,I have sent mail to their US distributor bcoz unfortunately we do not have any in Canada. What's the success rate on these devices ?? Do we have any instructional videos or any support how to use RIFFBOX , just want to make sure if i would be able to use it before i make my order
I have just realised that you don't tell us if you have warranty... if you have it then use it. Cause the way I've told you before probably will void the warranty.
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I don't know how it works in your country but here in mexico, there are several External Service Centers (not official) they repare anything, softbrick, hardware brick, change the case cover, dialpad, etc. but it has a cost. If you buy the box just to repair your phone I think it will cost a lot of money to you since this boxes works with a lot of models of different brands (they are expensive) and you need technical knowledge about how to work with them.
In my case, the Service Center first tried with riffbox (cheaper and fast way) and it worked to turn on the phone in a couple of minutes, it was indicating there was bootloader broken so it worked when tried to rapair it but since my emmc memory was kinda buggy, it died the same day, so i left it again to warranty on the SC and they then tried with jtag this way they told me is like the "hard reset" since wipe and make again the partition system and install all the stuff, now works pretty well but they make a warning to me abut future deads because the final solution and the real one that needs my phone is to change the motherboard (they don't change just the emmc).
But if your emmc is ok, they probably just need to use riffbox maybe jtag but your phone will surely be ok again.
the cost for the reparation should be about 30-50 USD
If you don't know where is one of this external service centers on your town, try searching on google about riffbox, jtag service center in -your town-.
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I have just realised that you don't tell us if you have warranty... if you have it then use it. Cause the way I've told you before probably will void the warranty.
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I don't know how it works in your country but here in mexico, there are several External Service Centers (not official) they repare anything, softbrick, hardware brick, change the case cover, dialpad, etc. but it has a cost. If you buy the box just to repair your phone I think it will cost a lot of money to you since this boxes works with a lot of models of different brands (they are expensive) and you need technical knowledge about how to work with them.
In my case, the Service Center first tried with riffbox (cheaper and fast way) and it worked to turn on the phone in a couple of minutes, it was indicating there was bootloader broken so it worked when tried to rapair it but since my emmc memory was kinda buggy, it died the same day, so i left it again to warranty on the SC and they then tried with jtag this way they told me is like the "hard reset" since wipe and make again the partition system and install all the stuff, now works pretty well but they make a warning to me abut future deads because the final solution and the real one that needs my phone is to change the motherboard (they don't change just the emmc).
But if your emmc is ok, they probably just need to use riffbox maybe jtag but your phone will surely be ok again.
the cost for the reparation should be about 30-50 USD
If you don't know where is one of this external service centers on your town, try searching on google about riffbox, jtag service center in -your town-.
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Thanks a lot for this much knowledge about this product. I always help my friend fixing their phones and some of my good friends pay me for that. Its kind of part time job for me. I am just crazy to try something new in this field so I am not worrying about money part right now. That is why I am just seeking information how much it will cost and from where i can get information how to use this box. I guess we need lot of new things to learn before i start using it. Please let me know whatever u know about it, I am gathering knowledge from google too and other websites , Your help so far is very much appreciated. Please let me know what else you know about these riffbox or jtag ?
Hi All,
Just found that after the phone appeared to be overheating substantially, my H818N just died and wouldn't restart.
Tried everything, but nothing worked.
Took it to the local LG workshop here in Mumbai, India - where the tech pronounced the motherboard dead and that it would be impossible to recover the data.
Further, they would not give me back my motherboard (with chip/ROM), unless I paid them the full price in cash for it.
I paid up in order to secure my personal data, and researched solutions.
Apparently someone in Russia says it would be possible to recover the image.
Any feedback on this and possibilities - as I would have to spend a bomb on shipping it out with the restrictions implemented here in India? (I could mail it from a European location if I fly out on a trip, but have nothing planned)
Thanks all!
superflyboy said:
Took it to the local LG workshop here in Mumbai, India - where the tech pronounced the motherboard dead and that it would be impossible to recover the data.
Further, they would not give me back my motherboard (with chip/ROM), unless I paid them the full price in cash for it.
I paid up in order to secure my personal data, and researched solutions.
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How much did you pay and what were you paying for ?
no warranty on your device ?
No personal data on your sd card. What was left on your main storage to pay anything for.
One Twelve said:
How much did you pay and what were you paying for ?
no warranty on your device ?
No personal data on your sd card. What was left on your main storage to pay anything for.
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There was warranty on the phone - it was only 9-10 months old.
They replaced the motherboard for free.
As stated, they would not return the old motherboard if they were replacing it under warranty - as it would have to be returned into their system for inventory purposes, apparently.
And that is why I had to pay LG India INR 24,000/- = USD 363.64 to keep my old one.
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There was warranty on the phone - it was only 9-10 months old.
They replaced the motherboard for free.
As stated, they would not return the old motherboard if they were replacing it under warranty - as it would have to be returned into their system for inventory purposes, apparently.
And that is why I had to pay LG India INR 24,000/- = USD 363.64 to keep my old one.
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When you said you tried everything, to recover it what did you do ?
How many days did you try before giving it in.
If you had a second chance what you have done differently regarding data storage so as not to end up in this situation.
One Twelve said:
When you said you tried everything, to recover it what did you do ?
How many days did you try before giving it in.
If you had a second chance what you have done differently regarding data storage so as not to end up in this situation.
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Tried to turn it on using all different buttons depressed.
Tried to freeze the phone and then turn on.
Nothing worked.
I would rather ask here what software/apps we could use in order to backup *everything* in case this happened again - as apparently the backup apps appear to be quite fragmented and only do a few things.
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Hi All,
Just found that after the phone appeared to be overheating substantially, my H818N just died and wouldn't restart.
Tried everything, but nothing worked.
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Seems device is out of warranty . And yes there are solutions to recover the data but they are pretty hectic to perform. You can remove eMMC from the device and mount it another device which should be compatible with eMMC . And you are good to go. 2-3 days ago XDA published a article and told us that a guy successfully implemented 64 GB eMMC on his 16 GB nexus 5. the process is real hard and need particular skills . But if your data is that precious then you can try. And yes always backup your data ..always
rajkatiyar07 said:
Seems device is out of warranty . And yes there are solutions to recover the data but they are pretty hectic to perform. You can remove eMMC from the device and mount it another device which should be compatible with eMMC . And you are good to go. 2-3 days ago XDA published a article and told us that a guy successfully implemented 64 GB eMMC on his 16 GB nexus 5. the process is real hard and need particular skills . But if your data is that precious then you can try. And yes always backup your data ..always
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Bhaisaab, the phone *was* in warranty, note.
Thanks for mentioning the removal of the eMMC - can you provide a link?
What skills were required? Soldering?
Watched this on YouTube - was this what you meant?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYo9AcUQQI
superflyboy said:
Bhaisaab, the phone *was* in warranty, note.
Thanks for mentioning the removal of the eMMC - can you provide a link?
What skills were required? Soldering?
Watched this on YouTube - was this what you meant?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYo9AcUQQI
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Lol if the phone is in warranty then why they are asking for money to repair motherboard. i cant provide the link check that in XDA news . i thought i read that article yesterday or the before that. Link is there . Otherwise you can try in Nexus 5 forums . yeah soldering.
rajkatiyar07 said:
Lol if the phone is in warranty then why they are asking for money to repair motherboard. i cant provide the link check that in XDA news . i thought i read that article yesterday or the before that. Link is there . Otherwise you can try in Nexus 5 forums . yeah soldering.
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I paid the money to hold on to the old motherboard, as they wanted it back if they would replace it under warranty.
superflyboy said:
I would rather ask here what software/apps we could use in order to backup *everything* in case this happened again - as apparently the backup apps appear to be quite fragmented and only do a few things.
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In the days when root was possible you could image the entire storage. Without root you can't do that.
App data stays in app folders some backup programs will take them others wont.
So the ext microsd card is the place to store downloads and everything camera related. From there you can back up locally or to the cloud.
Am really surprised this had happened to you as i always champion expandable storage for just this sort of eventuality against non expandable storage phones
There is another question to be asked here. Would you say your device went into a bootloop.
Were there any signs of flaky behaviour before this.
usually if a phone is getting hot best to shut it off and try after. it seems it got hot enough to affect some solder connections inside. The weather is quite hot these days so operating for long periods under elevated temperatures isn't a good idea.
superflyboy said:
I paid the money to hold on to the old motherboard, as they wanted it back if they would replace it under warranty.
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Ohk , try the method i told you , may be you get success.
rajkatiyar07 said:
Ohk , try the method i told you , may be you get success.
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Thanks - that opened my eyes for another option - but not sure if it's possible to get done (replacing the eMMC) in India...
Also, whether this would even work with the new motherboard? What about hardware IDs/linking to the previous software/system/OS?
One Twelve said:
In the days when root was possible you could image the entire storage. Without root you can't do that.
App data stays in app folders some backup programs will take them others wont.
So the ext microsd card is the place to store downloads and everything camera related. From there you can back up locally or to the cloud.
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Exactly, I tried doing that.
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Am really surprised this had happened to you as i always champion expandable storage for just this sort of eventuality against non expandable storage phones
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I agree. I guess we have to blame Google then.
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There is another question to be asked here. Would you say your device went into a bootloop.
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I didn't notice any bootloop whatsoever.
One Twelve said:
Were there any signs of flaky behaviour before this.
usually if a phone is getting hot best to shut it off and try after. it seems it got hot enough to affect some solder connections inside. The weather is quite hot these days so operating for long periods under elevated temperatures isn't a good idea.
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Yes, it was getting quite hot.
(Was working Tinder heavy-duty - but now doing the same on my LG G3 doesn't affect that phone whatsoever! )
That was it. No other warning.
http://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-5-hardware-modded-to-64gb-internal-storage-by-replacing-emmc/
Hello everyone! This is my first thread and I know it's the right site to ask this. (sorry for my english)
I bought this "suspicious" i9190 in Budapest 2 years ago. Since then it has been impossible to use it regulary.
Constant rebooting and freezes are part of its daily routine. As well as stopped apps and processes messages in a ridiculous way.
I have tried millions of ROMs, officials and customs, all kind of wipes and restores. I have even tried the eMMC brickbug apps looking for damaged chips or internal memory: Nothing, the phone is perfectly fine.
But here are some facts that may be relevant to find the problem:
- The phone came with the IMEI number scrached in the back of the battery.
- I've been using the phone for hours and hours perfectly fine as long as no update is performed and the Sync option is off.
- Doing the above I have even downloaded and used some little apps with no problems.
- When the major apps are installed, like Facebook and Instagram the phone begins to die, popping more and more "stoppped working" errors.
- The processes that fail the most are the google type but, in general, every single existing process has failed in this 2 years.
- I have noticed that when you start the phone for the first time after a wipe or a new ROM, it is better to create a new google account than using an existing one because the existing one, I think, will start updating everything while the new one will not. Anyway, using a new google account collapses the phone sooner or later.
Sorry for the long post, fellas. But I wanted to give you all the possible info I have about this phone.
Hoping for you can help me fix this issue... Have a good day.
Galaxy S4 mini GT-I9190
I'd guess at a hardware issue in the radio and related circuitry as you seem to get the issues when apps that send/receive data frequently are in use. Though it could be anything. You probably need to get it checked by an authorised Samsung repair centre ......... if your phone is not too "suspicious!"
IronRoo said:
I'd guess at a hardware issue in the radio and related circuitry as you seem to get the issues when apps that send/receive data frequently are in use. Though it could be anything. You probably need to get it checked by an authorised Samsung repair centre ......... if your phone is not too "suspicious!"
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Thanks for your reply! Do you have an idea why they scratched the IMEI number? Maybe that could take me to where the exact problem is. Here is a photo of the back
http :// imgur. com/Sa0ptSm
Sorry for the link, my account still cannot post outside links
I was going to say they scratched the IMEI number probably because it was stolen so that it could not be tracked, but it is quite easy to see the number so that is probably not the reason. One place I used to work at the test department used to scratch the bar codes on faulty PCB's so that they cannot be scanned back into the system by mistake (if the fault tag comes off, etc) as that computer system did not prevent scrapped boards from being re-entered. So I would guess this may be the case with your phone, but of course we can't know for certain! But based on this and all tests of different ROMs etc you did I suspect it is quite likely the explanation.
What I would do is look for the same model that has a cracked screen on ebay etc so it's cheap to buy then swap the PCB's from the cracked phone to your good screen (swap everything to prevent the possibility of the boards not working due to different revision numbers, as has been reported when replacing the power boards on our phone). You can also buy a repair kit for a few dollars on ebay with screwdrivers, pry tool etc
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-In1-Repa...et-for-Mobile-Phone-iPhone-6-5s-/281869038536
If the PCB on your phone was scratched to show it was faulty then taking to a repair shop is probably a waste of money, unless then run an assessment for free before they repair it.
Hope you can fix it for a few dollars!
not sure if this helps but that I actually managed read off the IMEI code correctly and it turns out its a turkish registered phone, I can PM you IMEI code if you want, also its not reported stolen (but i am guessing its most likely is), anyways thats all I was here to say, good luck.
Hello guys,
My 5X is infected by this "bootloop" issues which I posted here https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/help-screen-freeze-stuck-lines-reboot-t3528689, well I manage to temporary fixed it but yeah sometimes it still reboot or hang by itself like once in a week.
I know it's not a big deal but I'm afraid it will lead to something worse in the future, so I think I should try to fix the hardware.
Some people says it was the EMMC thou other say it gotta be something else, then I asked one of phone repair technician in my place to help to fix the EMMC, well after I told him, he agreed that it's has problem with the EMMC. So he offer to change the EMMC with the one from Samsung, but as I look into the spreadsheet the original one is made by Toshiba, then he tell me that it will make no difference since they both are made for phone.
So I'm asking for help from anyone who knows about this technical or maybe an expert at repairing a phone is it true ?
Is there anything to notice before changing the EMMC on the phone ? like the EMMC specification ? since the Toshiba one has "5.0" on it and I'm sure it meaning something but I couldnt figure it out.
Please any advice will be appriciated.
Thanks in advanced.
please help anyone ? or someone with experienced in tearing down the phone components ?
I owned G3 before i facing screen faded,bootloop
first method i use piece of paper to push EMMC it work for few day
second method i reheat EMMC with baker for 8min 200'c it work for a week then i sell it
you should reheat you EMMC and add pressure to EMMC to make more contact in mainboard.
Duckscreen said:
I owned G3 before i facing screen faded,bootloop
first method i use piece of paper to push EMMC it work for few day
second method i reheat EMMC with baker for 8min 200'c it work for a week then i sell it
you should reheat you EMMC and add pressure to EMMC to make more contact in mainboard.
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thanks for your response
so are two of those method just works for temporary ?
do you know by a chance that it is possible to change the EMMC with another EMMC different from the original one ?
Here!
https://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-5-hardware-modded-to-64gb-internal-storage-by-replacing-emmc/
second method i reheat it but i didnt add pressure on the chip so you might try it,before change the emmc.
Heat it up and press on the chip to make more contact on mainboard
when you press try to not move to chip it might malfunctional.
Duckscreen said:
Here!
https://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-5-hardware-modded-to-64gb-internal-storage-by-replacing-emmc/
second method i reheat it but i didnt add pressure on the chip so you might try it,before change the emmc.
Heat it up and press on the chip to make more contact on mainboard
when you press try to not move to chip it might malfunctional.
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I tried to pm you but it appear I can't
So here it is....I want to try your method about heating the chip but I need to ask few questions and hope you help me on this.
How much temperature needed to heat the chip and how long it took ?
Is it the processor chip or the emmc one ?
Thanks in advance.
8min at 200 degrees Celsius.
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Hi. Probably an unusual request. The sister of my wife has died. She had cancer, was 34, and let an 1 year old daughter.
Wife and her sister were really close and my wife forgot the pattern lockscreen.
She wants the recover the photos of my nephew . =/
Is there a way?
I have found DR.FONE but that model isnt supported.
I have experience with samsung phones. Never done anything on a LG.
I can provide some sort of prove that she passed away if required.
Thanks a lot.
I doubt you can do that, but in light of situation you can contact LG support to see if they are willing to help.
I don't think you could do something via adb or fastboot.
I guess only way you have to do is disassembling emmc and mounting it to a pc through some stuff. Then all you need to do is finding photos and copying them.
I think you need something like this:
I'd like to help you if I have knowledge about what issue(s) you have.
Thanks for the reply.
I really dont know if its going to be possible to recover even if LG stepped because privacy issues.
Legally the phone is hers. Its just sad to lose all those photos.
To help, i dont know why her SD card was corrupted. Locks both PCs i tried on and when it opened, was all messed up.
Kakomanda said:
Thanks for the reply.
I really dont know if its going to be possible to recover even if LG stepped because privacy issues.
Legally the phone is hers. Its just sad to lose all those photos.
To help, i dont know why her SD card was corrupted. Locks both PCs i tried on and when it opened, was all messed up.
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Well I told you, if you can contact LG support also if you can go to LG service if there is one near you. And most importantly you should mention that you can prove she's dead and it'll be good that if you can prove that phone belong to her (some kind of bill or anything else releated to her and phone)
The method mentioned above can or can't be successful so if you don't know how to do it better don't try it.
About SD card it was probably adopted so it can't be recognised by any other device than that phone, orbit was simply encrypted.