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Nexus 4 bricked, totally i guess

Bricked my Nexus 4 flashing a wrong ROM. Since i'm in EU and the phone USA probably will not get warrantly either
Now it won't even go to recovery, is there anything i can try?

Razer(x) said:
Bricked my Nexus 4 flashing a wrong ROM. Since i'm in EU and the phone USA probably will not get warrantly either
Now it won't even go to recovery, is there anything i can try?
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Is it going into fastboot?
(with phone off, press power and volume down)
EDIT: This is in wrong section. Should be in Q&A / Troubleshooting

Tought i was in Q/A, yes should be moved/closed
Unfortunately no fastboot

OK is anything happenning when you plug into computer?
Is USB recognising anything? What did you try to flash?

N10AP said:
OK is anything happenning when you plug into computer?
Is USB recognising anything? What did you try to flash?
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When i connect it to the pc it tries to install drivers, but then nothing happens

try getting into fastboot..
or try connecting it to the pc n install the toolkit n then use the option 16

OK you can try to install the qualcomm drivers as the phone must be in download mode. That`s why its recognising it.
Then I think you need to flash a hex image or something.
Take a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2108247
Maybe one of the kind members here (a regular) may let you send it to them in the states and you could RMA it from there?

N10AP said:
OK you can try to install the qualcomm drivers as the phone must be in download mode. That`s why its recognising it.
Then I think you need to flash a hex image or something.
Take a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2108247
Maybe one of the kind members here (a regular) may let you send it to them in the states and you could RMA it from there?
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Not sure what should i do

What rom did you flash?

Seroiusly mate. IMHO if you don`t have the qualcomm hex images (or whatever they are) or a means of JTAGing your phone, then only option is to send it to someone in the US who can RMA it. For the cost of postage and maybe a beer for the kind person, they could do it for you.
Assuming you ordered it from your Google account when you was in the US...
1) Find someone trustworthy in US
2) Ask if you can send your Nexus 4 to them
3) They RMA it using your account details
4) They send the new device to you in Europe when google drop it off.
Everyones happy.

sandy-achar said:
What rom did you flash?
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An AOSP rom for Note
N10AP said:
Seroiusly mate. IMHO if you don`t have the qualcomm hex images (or whatever they are) or a means of JTAGing your phone, then only option is to send it to someone in the US who can RMA it. For the cost of postage and maybe a beer for the kind person, they could do it for you.
Assuming you ordered it from your Google account when you was in the US...
1) Find someone trustworthy in US
2) Ask if you can send your Nexus 4 to them
3) They RMA it using your account details
4) They send the new device to you in Europe when google drop it off.
Everyones happy.
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Yeah, but shipping to US takes weeks, RMA takes weeks too
Might ask in Italy before

Razer(x) said:
An AOSP rom for Note
Yeah, but shipping to US takes weeks, RMA takes weeks too
Might ask in Italy before
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as i seem to recall, even an unlocked bootloader wont give u access to boatloader partition and other important partitions..
which makes it still recoverable..
if u ask me, get a different pc with windows vista/7 *not windows 8*, download the nexus drivers from xda and install and then try flashing via fastboot..
and if i seem to recall, the installation scripts in the rom.zip dont format partitions numbers but use tags such as system or data which is predefined so you cant flash system in bootloader by mistake..
ofcourse, i can be wrong

Can't go in fastboot mode, that's the problem

I think the only option is to send it to a JTAG service, if sending to google aint possible. I remember reading it was around 60 USD to revive a nexus 4.

maybe its the charge?
leave it for charging for 30 min-ish
then try fastboot
or try holding power for 20 second-ish to make sure the phone's restarted
as in, maybe its semi-booted

Charging doesn't work, will need a JTAG service or ask LG support
Just noticed this on W8

Razer(x) said:
An AOSP rom for Note
Yeah, but shipping to US takes weeks, RMA takes weeks too
Might ask in Italy before
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I know it may take a while, but it`s a means to an end. A bricked Nexus 4 is no good to anyone, unless you want to sell it for a pittance for parts...
Personally I wouldn`t care if it took weeks. You would be getting a brand new phone eventually.

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/lg-nexus-4-jtag-brick-repair/
DOOOO ITTTTTTTTT !!!!
On a serious note, i bricked my nexus somehow a while back and these guys were able to fix my phone , they are very trustworthy.
BTW they do have international shipping too
EDIT: just checked , its 105 dollars in total for a repair, you have a couple choices: you can sell your phone for pieces (there is high demand for screens since everyone is cracking theirs, and as you know it doesnt work after being cracked), you can find someone local to repair, and your last choice is to just take the bullet and pay 105 dollars (+ shipping from your area to them) to send and repair your phone.

I'm sure there's another way to fix it bro.. It can't be that hard. Just search around

SneakyGuyDavid said:
there is high demand for screens since everyone is cracking theirs, and as you know it doesnt work after being cracked
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Yeah, don't remind me.... (been there, done that)
But on a related note, sounds like a JTAG is definitely in order. If you're comfortable learning how to use a JTAG yourself, I believe they're about $150-200. You can fix your phone, and keep the JTAG to start fixing other phones in your spare time. After a few repairs, it would pay for itself! I've often considered going this route. Something I've thought of doing is buying bricked phones for cheap, fix them with a JTAG, and resell them for profit. Could be a fun little business and you'd learn a lot about several different devices. Look up the RIFF Box or Medusa Box - definitely do some research first, if you decide to go through with this. Just a suggestion at the very least...

[HOWTO] Hard Bricking E975

Yesterday I manage to hard-brick my Optimus G (intl) E975. :crying:
The process was quite simple, root, unlock bootloader, flash CyanogenMod, flash custom kernel F93, install FauxClock (paid version on Google Play). In this app (FauxClock), in the screen gamma settings you have an option to download a kernel enhancer. I downloaded the kernel enhancer provided in the app and its name was something like "all_kernels_enhancements_mako.zip". After download, I booted in recovery and flashed that "all kernels enhancement" .... and hard bricked it was!
The phone now won't start and all it does is to blink an Red Led (of death). I can't go intro recovery with any button combination. Only the red led. I hopped that it lacks battery juice and I put it overnight for charging but no change.
It looks like the zip was meant for the Mako (Nexus 4) kernels, not for L975
I searched on the web how to re-write phone's boot images and I found that there is a JTAG method for that using a device called RIFF. It implies that you open your phone and connect some plugs and re-write the nand flash. I searched some more and I found a guy in my town that does this kind of things. I met that guy and, for now, it seems that the re-write process is available only for the e970, e971, e973 variants of the phone, but he will try it on e975 anyways.
Right now I'm waiting some news for this guy. Keep my fingers crossed.
Update 1:
That guy with the JTAG has a hard time making my phone to boot.
Meanwhile I contacted LG service and they told me that they can try to fix it but there is a chance that the mainboard has to be replaced(?) as the phone is not recognized by the computer. They also told me that hard-bricking can appear even when flashing official firmwares.
As I am in a big hurry with this repairing stuff I don't know what to do.
Update 2:
In the end, after 8 hours of hard working, that guy made the best finding the right file to flash with some international help, made the right JTAG shouldering and finally, IT'S ALIVE!
My dear phone is now up and running. I just rooted it, unlocked it and flashed CM 10.1 again with the F93 kernel. Fortunately I made a backup 5 days ago so I lost almost nothing.
It was a good lesson and a first in Romania

goodmamba said:
Yesterday I manage to hard-brick my Optimus G (intl) E975. :crying:
The process was quite simple, root, unlock bootloader, flash CyanogenMod, flash custom kernel F93, install FauxClock (paid version on Google Play). In this app (FauxClock), in the screen gamma settings you have an option to download a kernel enhancer. I downloaded the kernel enhancer provided in the app and its name was something like "all_kernels_enhancements_mako.zip". After download, I booted in recovery and flashed that "all kernels enhancement" .... and hard bricked it was!
The phone now won't start and all it does is to blink an Red Led (of death). I can't go intro recovery with any button combination. Only the red led. I hopped that it lacks battery juice and I put it overnight for charging but no change.
It looks like the zip was meant for the Mako (Nexus 4) kernels, not for L975
I searched on the web how to re-write phone's boot images and I found that there is a JTAG method for that using a device called RIFF. It implies that you open your phone and connect some plugs and re-write the nand flash. I searched some more and I found a guy in my town that does this kind of things. I met that guy and, for now, it seems that the re-write process is available only for the e970, e971, e973 variants of the phone, but he will try it on e975 anyways.
Right now I'm waiting some news for this guy. Keep my fingers crossed.
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I don't have much experience but i have understood that JTAG is compatible with all the android smartphones, even there's a video in youtube explaining the process. I hope that works for you mate, I have my E977 hard bricked too but I'll take to SAT in a few hours. Good luck :highfive:
This is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRXhJxbtYY

Unreal_Shogo said:
I don't have much experience but i have understood that JTAG is compatible with all the android smartphones, even there's a video in youtube explaining the process. I hope that works for you mate, I have my E977 hard bricked too but I'll take to SAT in a few hours. Good luck :highfive:
This is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRXhJxbtYY
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Thanks Unreal_Shogo,
I saw that movie yesterday and this is how I found out that there is a solution for my problem.

A few notes on hard bricked LG E975 in general:
- after a phone is bricked, don't try anymore to charge it, because it will only consume the rest of the battery. The phone after that many hours of charging it had only 3 volts instead of 3.7 minimum. Android phones control the charging process by software, not hardware. And if you push the power or you will connect the phone to the charger it will consume completely the battery and you can't stop it if you can't disassembly the phone and disconnect the battery
- this model, compared with e970, e971, e973, it is different and harder to solder the wires, because the JTAG connections are on the other said of the board, not like the one from the video.
- the boot it is not compatible with the other models and it is very hard to find the correct files. But with some stubbornness there is nothing you can't do
Not all the androids can be repaired with JTAG because the manufacturer sometimes disable it. So never be so confident, that you can repaire the phone with a few bucks and no need to replace the mainboard. For example Motorola had only 2 or 3 models witch can be repaired.
And finally I am glad that you already customized your phone like before you bricked the phone and you came to me.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Thank you ZiDanRO, you made the impossible, possible

Unbrick Optimus G E975 - restore backup files possible?
goodmamba said:
Thank you ZiDanRO, you made the impossible, possible
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Hello all,
I bicked my E975 using FreeGee app. I tried to unlock it and it gave me a error message. Than I tried to restore backup and I get error message, again. The next thing I did, reboot the phone. After reboot, phone did not power on.
I have all backup files (.img files includes m9kefs, aboot, boot, recovery, sbl... etc) and I need to find a way to restore it.
When I connect phone to PC, it detect it as QDLoader device.
When I plug-in USB, charging led powers up for 3 seconds and goes off. At the same time I can hear windows sound (plug-in and plug-out USB sound). I have downloaded KDZ image and KDZ updater but it did not detect my phone.
I gave phone to friend of mine, he have riff box. He tried to resurect it but riff did not detect (as he said) the phone. sound like a impossible. What do you think?
Can someone help me with this, please.
Sorry for my bad english :/

Zidan made it clear,not everybody knows how to fix it. yeah,your phone is hard bricked.
You have 2 choices : send it to zidanro or to warranty.but i'm sure the warranty is void.

kimitza said:
Zidan made it clear,not everybody knows how to fix it. yeah,your phone is hard bricked.
You have 2 choices : send it to zidanro or to warranty.but i'm sure the warranty is void.
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Quoting my private message to marko_s for everyone's benefit:
Take it to a cell/mobile service shop and JTAG the phone. It means that your phone will be open, some wires soldered on the chipset and the propper files re-flashed on the phone using a special software.

JTAG soldering
Hello,
thank You for respond. I send it to ONE service guy, friend of mine, and he connected it to riff box. Riff did not detect the phone.
I'm only asking if there is another schematics/a tip to connect it to riff in proper way to get it work.
Also, what is possibility that there is something wrong with riff and or way that connects to phone and can not detect it?
I think can phone be bricked so hard that riff can not help in this situation. ?
It is not burned in fire. PC detect it. So I think that there is something wrong with procedure he used to connect it and "flash" NAND chip.
Let me know if you have any suggestions. Phone is out of warranty, it's opened and soldered.
Thank you guys!

Hi, youre a lucky boy
Haha, you can install a mako rom, without brick, it will boot!
belive me!
(issues are no radio (2g, 3g etc..) , invent volume button, camera (not testet
i think combination e975 kernel and mako patch was bad idea

Nice joke
Hehehe, nice joke.
I must fix it or throw it in the trash. I do not have to buy Monalisa, I can hang it on the wall instead.
Can you tell me where JTAG pins are located? Under the board or on the top? I'm not asking for schematic.
I removed the cover and battery connector. I can not see any soldering pins and solder traces. I did not remove the board.
Help is really needed and appreciated
Thanks!

Wow.so you really wanna make a decorative object).look on youtube,there is a guy jtaging an e970. As zidan said,on e975 the jtag pins are located on the oposite side.
Sent from Asylum via LG E975/smart phones,dumb people.

LG optimus G e975
Hey guys i was wondering does the Jig method work? ive been trying to use it but so far no luck, and also i think my battery is completely dead its been sitting for 2 weeks while waiting to get money to repair the thing.I am in ro as well but in TM and ive checked every were non of the shops around here have any equipment to fix a hard bricked phone. got any advice? if i send it out to Bucharest how much would it cost me to get it un bricked.

Unbricked using JTAG
DanROBO said:
Hey guys i was wondering does the Jig method work? ive been trying to use it but so far no luck, and also i think my battery is completely dead its been sitting for 2 weeks while waiting to get money to repair the thing.I am in ro as well but in TM and ive checked every were non of the shops around here have any equipment to fix a hard bricked phone. got any advice? if i send it out to Bucharest how much would it cost me to get it un bricked.
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I sent my to one service technician and he repaired my phone using RIFF. He had to remove JTAG connector. It is well done. I can not notice that it was there at all . I pay 25 EU for repair. It's not big money for that kind of repair.
What I will do, when I find a time to do so,. I will backup my phone using QPST and post files here on forum.
I have to put my phone in some kind of recovery mode and so on. I have no time for that, at the moment. I think it should work/help to repair your device(s).
Regards!

u sayed battery is dead?! try to open the phone and disconnect the battery (2 screws) and connect agayn and try.... for me it worked after my phone got very hot.. (nothing helped...)

marko_s said:
I sent my to one service technician and he repaired my phone using RIFF. He had to remove JTAG connector. It is well done. I can not notice that it was there at all . I pay 25 EU for repair. It's not big money for that kind of repair.
What I will do, when I find a time to do so,. I will backup my phone using QPST and post files here on forum.
I have to put my phone in some kind of recovery mode and so on. I have no time for that, at the moment. I think it should work/help to repair your device(s).
Regards!
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Can i have te information for the technician you used? And was it in romania?
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2nd Sky said:
u sayed battery is dead?! try to open the phone and disconnect the battery (2 screws) and connect agayn and try.... for me it worked after my phone got very hot.. (nothing helped...)
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I tried that no luck :'(

DanROBO said:
Can i have te information for the technician you used? And was it in romania?
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I tried that no luck :'(
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Technician is from Bosnia And Herzegovina, city Zenica. He is precise in his work, as I saw.
I'm electronic engineer, but he is more than that . Last option would be to send your phone to him to repair it. :/
Contact me over pm for details. I could manage that for you.

Maybe i can help you
goodmamba said:
Yesterday I manage to hard-brick my Optimus G (intl) E975. :crying:
The process was quite simple, root, unlock bootloader, flash CyanogenMod, flash custom kernel F93, install FauxClock (paid version on Google Play). In this app (FauxClock), in the screen gamma settings you have an option to download a kernel enhancer. I downloaded the kernel enhancer provided in the app and its name was something like "all_kernels_enhancements_mako.zip". After download, I booted in recovery and flashed that "all kernels enhancement" .... and hard bricked it was!
The phone now won't start and all it does is to blink an Red Led (of death). I can't go intro recovery with any button combination. Only the red led. I hopped that it lacks battery juice and I put it overnight for charging but no change.
It looks like the zip was meant for the Mako (Nexus 4) kernels, not for L975
I searched on the web how to re-write phone's boot images and I found that there is a JTAG method for that using a device called RIFF. It implies that you open your phone and connect some plugs and re-write the nand flash. I searched some more and I found a guy in my town that does this kind of things. I met that guy and, for now, it seems that the re-write process is available only for the e970, e971, e973 variants of the phone, but he will try it on e975 anyways.
Right now I'm waiting some news for this guy. Keep my fingers crossed.
Update 1:
That guy with the JTAG has a hard time making my phone to boot.
Meanwhile I contacted LG service and they told me that they can try to fix it but there is a chance that the mainboard has to be replaced(?) as the phone is not recognized by the computer. They also told me that hard-bricking can appear even when flashing official firmwares.
As I am in a big hurry with this repairing stuff I don't know what to do.
Update 2:
In the end, after 8 hours of hard working, that guy made the best finding the right file to flash with some international help, made the right JTAG shouldering and finally, IT'S ALIVE!
My dear phone is now up and running. I just rooted it, unlocked it and flashed CM 10.1 again with the F93 kernel. Fortunately I made a backup 5 days ago so I lost almost nothing.
It was a good lesson and a first in Romania
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Today i also managed to hard brick my phone. There was not a single notification that my phone is alive. I too found that QHSUSB at device manager.
But try one thing - 1) Plug it to wall charger for near about 15 mins. 2) Then Press Both vol buttons And then the power button too
( I tried Vol+ then Vol- and lastly power button ) Hold them all.
3) and when it shows charging screen keep pressing vol up button 1 time / sec.
You may not get succed for the very first time.
Try at least 4-5 Times.
Hit thanks If it Works :laugh: :good:

marko_s said:
Technician is from Bosnia And Herzegovina, city Zenica. He is precise in his work, as I saw.
I'm electronic engineer, but he is more than that . Last option would be to send your phone to him to repair it. :/
Contact me over pm for details. I could manage that for you.
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Saw posts something like that in other forums. Some never saw their phones back. Hope this is not the case here and there is no attention to do so

I bricked my phone too, and jtag helped

Help with Hard Brick Sprint SPH-L710 GS3 please.

Hey guys, so running 4.3 MK3 on the GS3 (OTA) I made an idiotic mistake and ran EZ-Unlock and believe it has corrupted the boot loader. I've poked around for about 3 days and haven't found anything that shows a sign of life for this phone. It does get a Red LED when you pull the battery and plug it in and dissipates after about 30 seconds. Cannot get into Download/Recovery. Odin will not recognize the phone. I would like to avoid a visit to Sprint so thus said.. I reach out to you all for some help. Any ideas? I have yet to go purchase a Class 10 SD Card and try that method.. Do you guys think this would work?

Saafir said:
Hey guys, so running 4.3 MK3 on the GS3 (OTA) I made an idiotic mistake and ran EZ-Unlock and believe it has corrupted the boot loader. I've poked around for about 3 days and haven't found anything that shows a sign of life for this phone. It does get a Red LED when you pull the battery and plug it in and dissipates after about 30 seconds. Cannot get into Download/Recovery. Odin will not recognize the phone. I would like to avoid a visit to Sprint so thus said.. I reach out to you all for some help. Any ideas? I have yet to go purchase a Class 10 SD Card and try that method.. Do you guys think this would work?
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May or may not work, only other option is JTAG service. You may have a repair shop around your area or you can search for JTAG repair on ebay.

joeyhdownsouth said:
May or may not work, only other option is JTAG service. You may have a repair shop around your area or you can search for JTAG repair on ebay.
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I'm going to get the SD card most likely in the morning. I did see a thread of other people successfully recovering from the same thing I did, so I am hoping this will work for me. I can verify a Class 2 won't work, lol. Worst comes to worst I will JTag it. I just don't want to take it to Sprint and have them work me over for it being Rooted and so forth.. If they would even be able to get it to Recovery or Download Siggghhhh

Saafir said:
I'm going to get the SD card most likely in the morning. I did see a thread of other people successfully recovering from the same thing I did, so I am hoping this will work for me. I can verify a Class 2 won't work, lol. Worst comes to worst I will JTag it. I just don't want to take it to Sprint and have them work me over for it being Rooted and so forth.. If they would even be able to get it to Recovery or Download Siggghhhh
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I have successfully unbricked 2 phones with the sd method, but that was before the whole KNOX thing came about. JTAG is your best bet. Do you have any local repair shops around? They may have the capability of doing this, as it requires soldering wires to the motherboard, and reflashing the bootloader.

joeyhdownsouth said:
I have successfully unbricked 2 phones with the sd method, but that was before the whole KNOX thing came about. JTAG is your best bet. Do you have any local repair shops around? They may have the capability of doing this, as it requires soldering wires to the motherboard, and reflashing the bootloader.
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I am not sure about Repair shops capable of doing such around here.. I'm sure they will want a hefty chunk of change. Yeah, this KNOX junk is really funky. I know I made a boob of a mistake and all, but sheesh. I'm crossing my fingers the SD Method will work. I did find a guy fairly cheap on EBay I sent a message to and he seems confident JTag is the way to go... $28.00 usd. I am so iffy about sending it out to a random third party tho, but I guess at this point what do I have to lose?

Saafir said:
I am not sure about Repair shops capable of doing such around here.. I'm sure they will want a hefty chunk of change. Yeah, this KNOX junk is really funky. I know I made a boob of a mistake and all, but sheesh. I'm crossing my fingers the SD Method will work. I did find a guy fairly cheap on EBay I sent a message to and he seems confident JTag is the way to go... $28.00 usd. I am so iffy about sending it out to a random third party tho, but I guess at this point what do I have to lose?
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I forgot about the USB jig way, but then again its like the sd method, may or may not work. Read about it HERE.

joeyhdownsouth said:
I forgot about the USB jig way, but then again its like the sd method, may or may not work. Read about it HERE.
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I attempted to make a USB Jig, hacked up 2 cords to no avail. Just ordered a Jig off EBay. Should be here by the 4th or before. Still going to try the SD method whenever I drag my dead arse to WallyWorld. It's kind of some nasty weather here in Ohio so I hate to be out on the roads without a life line! lol

Bricked & Frustrated
I have fixed my hard-bricked Sprint SGS3 without J-Tag and I have recently flashed using the same updated file and hard-bricked again! I cannot for the life of me figure out why the drivers are not installing correctly, therefore, ODIN dos not recognize my phone. WHY? Please don't bother replying with J-Tag as my only option. I am using Windows Vista and Windows 8 on another pc....In response, I flashed the MK3 updated sprint firmware via CWM from 4.2 Rom (cannot remember which one at the moment) and the battery was dying, I plugged in the battery and at the same moment the phone went black. The only indication of life is a red light comes on when I plug the phone in wihtout the battery.... Not a great explanation but it's the best I can do

FascinatedBot said:
I have fixed my hard-bricked Sprint SGS3 without J-Tag and I have recently flashed using the same updated file and hard-bricked again! I cannot for the life of me figure out why the drivers are not installing correctly, therefore, ODIN dos not recognize my phone. WHY? Please don't bother replying with J-Tag as my only option. I am using Windows Vista and Windows 8 on another pc....
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Could you be a bit more specific as to what happened?

Saafir said:
I attempted to make a USB Jig, hacked up 2 cords to no avail. Just ordered a Jig off EBay. Should be here by the 4th or before. Still going to try the SD method whenever I drag my dead arse to WallyWorld. It's kind of some nasty weather here in Ohio so I hate to be out on the roads without a life line! lol
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The phone is being recognized by Odin 1.85 as Com 3.. But I am still not able to get to Download Mode.. Might anyone have any ideas as to what to do from here? </3
(side note) Still no success with Odin. Am off to get the SD Card now. Will report back with (Hopefully) positive results later tonight.

In Response...
In response, I flashed the MK3 updated sprint firmware via CWM from 4.2 Rom (cannot remember which one at the moment) and the battery was dying, I plugged in the battery and at the same moment the phone went black. The only indication of life is a red light comes on when I plug the phone in wihtout the battery.... Not a great explanation but it's the best I can do
Saafir said:
Could you be a bit more specific as to what happened?
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At the moment, I have tried; re-downloading, uninstalling, and re-installing the Samsung Drivers with no avail. The drivers start to download when I plug phone into pc via usb and the message reads, 'please insert disc or cancel to finish driver install'. I have read many posts and have come to my end. I need a brain not a shop to take it to.

FascinatedBot said:
In response, I flashed the MK3 updated sprint firmware via CWM from 4.2 Rom (cannot remember which one at the moment) and the battery was dying, I plugged in the battery and at the same moment the phone went black. The only indication of life is a red light comes on when I plug the phone in wihtout the battery.... Not a great explanation but it's the best I can do
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At the moment, I have tried; re-downloading, uninstalling, and re-installing the Samsung Drivers with no avail. The drivers start to download when I plug phone into pc via usb and the message reads, 'please insert disc or cancel to finish driver install'. I have read many posts and have come to my end. I need a brain not a shop to take it to.
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Well it sounds you are in my boat so grab an oar buddy, lol.. I am leaving to get a Class 10 SD Card now to try that method. Look in your Device Manager and report back what it is recognizing the device as. I have done alotttt of reading myself and am at my wits end. Patience is the key as of now. Was the 4.3 you was flashing KNOX loaded?

Grabbed my oar...
The device manager does not recognize the Official samsung drivers and I am stuck at that end. However, good news is; when we do fix this, and we will, we might want to copy everything we have done on paper so we get the prize.
Saafir said:
Well it sounds you are in my boat so grab an oar buddy, lol.. I am leaving to get a Class 10 SD Card now to try that method. Look in your Device Manager and report back what it is recognizing the device as. I have done alotttt of reading myself and am at my wits end. Patience is the key as of now. Was the 4.3 you was flashing KNOX loaded?
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Jessooca said:
Fbot....
What operating system is your PC/Mac?
Uninstall any Samsung drivers you have for the moment.... Let me know what Operating System you're on as windows 8 is picky
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Saafir- are you saying if you pull your battery put it back in.... While holding volume down and home then press power (don't let go of home or volume down) until you have the screen pop up saying press Volume Up to continue, you never get that screen???
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Correct, I don't get anything lol. I can get the Red LED when I pull the battery, plug it in.. put the battery in, LED stay on about 30 secs, and poof... Never leaves the black screen, not even a vibe..

Jessooca said:
I fixed an lg optimus with nearly the exact red light but nothing else....
What firmware and/or ROM was this phone on?
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I know you said stock 4.3 were you rooted? Any custom recovery installed?
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Yes, was Stock Rooted 4.3 MK3 (Yep KNOX) with TWRP Recovery.. And as of right now the SD method has been a fail. Hard to make heads or tails out of which friggin image to even use with all the confusion going on in some of these threads

Saafir said:
Yes, was Stock Rooted 4.3 MK3 (Yep KNOX) with TWRP Recovery.. And as of right now the SD method has been a fail. Hard to make heads or tails out of which friggin image to even use with all the confusion going on in some of these threads
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same boat as you, let me know what works for you. There is a guy who does JTAG for $20 on ebay.

pointystar said:
same boat as you, let me know what works for you. There is a guy who does JTAG for $20 on ebay.
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This is obsurd

Well all the stuff I tried.. Ordered a Jig, Made a Jig, Bought a Class 10 SD Card, Odin methods, all the yadadada stuff, and nothing worked. So before J-Tagging I decided to douche my way over to Sprint and wala, a sexy new Purple S3. I didn't say anything out of line other than "It Died" They asked no further questions, sent it back to the Tech, 30 mins later the Tech comes back and rules it a SDS. Thanks for all the help and suggestions around here. You guys rock. (And a uber WOOT WOOT is its only loaded with 4.1.2, lol.) Guess I am safe again </3 Stupid Knox.

Saafir said:
Well all the stuff I tried.. Ordered a Jig, Made a Jig, Bought a Class 10 SD Card, Odin methods, all the yadadada stuff, and nothing worked. So before J-Tagging I decided to douche my way over to Sprint and wala, a sexy new Purple S3. I didn't say anything out of line other than "It Died" They asked no further questions, sent it back to the Tech, 30 mins later the Tech comes back and rules it a SDS. Thanks for all the help and suggestions around here. You guys rock. (And a uber WOOT WOOT is its only loaded with 4.1.2, lol.) Guess I am safe again </3 Stupid Knox.
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Did you have warranty? What is an SDS?

pointystar said:
Did you have warranty? What is an SDS?
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Sudden Death Syndrome and no just have insurance, lol

Please help!!! My G4 H815 hard bricked without any custom software or rooting

The decive is only recognized as qhsusb_bulk. And I never messed around with any custom roms or rooting. The power went off suddenly and couldn't turn it back on. Please help!!!!

If you were not doing any sort of modification, it sounds like a hardware failure. Get a warranty replacement if you can.

Thihan Cho Oo said:
The power went off suddenly and couldn't turn it back on. Please help!!!!
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Not clear what you mean here ?
- the battery ran out
- something was updating when the battery ran out

One Twelve said:
Not clear what you mean here ?
- the battery ran out
- something was updating when the battery ran out
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Nope the battery didn't run out. It was about 80% left. And above of all, I was in the meeting at that morning and i put down the phone in silent. After that, i couldn't be able to double tap anymore then I tried power button at the back. I even try plugging the charger in and pressed the power button. Tried to factory reset it. And tried using different adapter and cable. The led light didn't even turn on. But when i plugged in to my laptop, i hear the noti sound and it shows qshusb_bulk in the device manager. I think it's on qualcomm mode. I saw some posts about unbricking g3 which is on qualcomm mode but no luck for G4.

waylo said:
If you were not doing any sort of modification, it sounds like a hardware failure. Get a warranty replacement if you can.
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It must be hardware failure but I don't have warranty. See the thing is I'm in Myanmar. The authorized distributor only sells dual sims model. But i never planned to use dual sims ones. So i tried to get the single sim version from singapore and the warranty from that country doesn't really seem to be able help.

Thihan Cho Oo said:
It must be hardware failure but I don't have warranty. See the thing is I'm in Myanmar. The authorized distributor only sells dual sims model. But i never planned to use dual sims ones. So i tried to get the single sim version from singapore and the warranty from that country doesn't really seem to be able help.
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That error means the bootloader is corrupted. No way to fix it currently without the right software and LG proprietary firmware. Not available anywhere I looked for the G4 (for the lay person at least). Since you weren't tinkering with it, could also mean the memory is bad.

Call LG.

Ask on lgviet.com there are guys that can repair a dead boot. One even wrote here I dunno if it was Manhit or else. They are in Vietnam, not too distant for you maybe
Edit it's @vn_mobile

I had one do the same thing. Warrantied it.

Thihan Cho Oo said:
Nope the battery didn't run out. It was about 80% left. And above of all, I was in the meeting at that morning and i put down the phone in silent. After that, i couldn't be able to double tap anymore then I tried power button at the back. I even try plugging the charger in and pressed the power button. Tried to factory reset it. And tried using different adapter and cable. The led light didn't even turn on. But when i plugged in to my laptop, i hear the noti sound and it shows qshusb_bulk in the device manager. I think it's on qualcomm mode. I saw some posts about unbricking g3 which is on qualcomm mode but no luck for G4.
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When did you get the last update. must be about two weeks ago for the H815. Did it go ok ?
any weird behaviour before this happened.
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Thihan Cho Oo said:
See the thing is I'm in Myanmar. The authorized distributor only sells dual sims model. But i never planned to use dual sims ones. So i tried to get the single sim version from singapore and the warranty from that country doesn't really seem to be able help.
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Contact the seller and ask if they can help. it would mean you send it to them, they sent it over to the service center and when its fixed return it back to you. you will be spending for postage. there is a warranty but its in singapore.
unless you can figure out a way to repair it locally.
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waylo said:
That error means the bootloader is corrupted.
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looks like it but how did this happen. i've had ota updates on other devices and without rooting them never had something like this happen (yet)
Since you weren't tinkering with it, could also mean the memory is bad.
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that's the other thing, how often have you found memory to go bad.
am sceptical about hardware failure.

One Twelve said:
looks like it but how did this happen. i've had ota updates on other devices and without rooting them never had something like this happen (yet)
that's the other thing, how often have you found memory to go bad.
am sceptical about hardware failure.
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Agree, quite rare, but it does happen. On my original Galaxy Nexus, the CPU just crapped out and died one day. That was the repair facility's assessment.
Flash memory specifically, not so much.

Nexus 5X unable to power on (red notification light)

Hi, my nexus 5x is unable to be powered on, with a red notification light flashing when i hold power button more than 10s.
Tried combinations of all buttons for more than 10 seconds each, to no avail.
Charged for more than 4 hours, swapped chargers, swapped cables, to no avail.
I am unable to boot, therefore unable to go into recovery or bootloader to flash anything at all.
please advice!

Have you tried turning it on while connected to the charger after an hour or so?
You may need to return it, is it still under warranty?

What did you do?
Did you root? Custom roms? Battery dead? Flashed wrong image?

Just got mine back from LG for this same BS after only 2months new. They wiped everything and said it was faulty screen cable/ribbon. Came back with no screen protector so I guess the replaced the screen as well. Warranty it. There's nothing you can do. I tried every fix, combo, cables.
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lagista said:
Hi, my nexus 5x is unable to be powered on, with a red notification light flashing when i hold power button more than 10s.
Tried combinations of all buttons for more than 10 seconds each, to no avail.
Charged for more than 4 hours, swapped chargers, swapped cables, to no avail.
I am unable to boot, therefore unable to go into recovery or bootloader to flash anything at all.
please advice!
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plug into your pc

Darke5tShad0w said:
Have you tried turning it on while connected to the charger after an hour or so?
You may need to return it, is it still under warranty?
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I have tried that and it still doesnt work
freq_ency said:
What did you do?
Did you root? Custom roms? Battery dead? Flashed wrong image?
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I did flash TWRP, custom rom and kernel but the devs over at the threads said it might more possibly be a battery issue...
Apayah said:
plug into your pc
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I have tried that and it also does not work...

lagista said:
I have tried that and it still doesnt work
I did flash TWRP, custom rom and kernel but the devs over at the threads said it might more possibly be a battery issue...
I have tried that and it also does not work...
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check your device manager . not appears anything ?

lagista said:
I have tried that and it still doesnt work
I did flash TWRP, custom rom and kernel but the devs over at the threads said it might more possibly be a battery issue...
I have tried that and it also does not work...
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Return under warranty looks to be your only option.

Apayah said:
check your device manager . not appears anything ?
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It says "Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 (COM4)"
after meddling with power buttons, it'll randomly register and unregister in my PC
Darke5tShad0w said:
Return under warranty looks to be your only option.
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aw shucks, i shipped this phone from a thousand miles away haha

lagista said:
It says "Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 (COM4)"
after meddling with power buttons, it'll randomly register and unregister in my PC
aw shucks, i shipped this phone from a thousand miles away haha
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same , mine was a week , i think nothing can help , call LG mate

Apayah said:
same , mine was a week , i think nothing can help , call LG mate
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the sad part is that my country doesn't sell nexus 5x, i imported using ebay, hope he's nice to help me do a warranty!

lagista said:
It says "Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 (COM4)"
after meddling with power buttons, it'll randomly register and unregister in my PC
aw shucks, i shipped this phone from a thousand miles away haha
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Can you getit to stay connected? there is a thread here about using lg software and a file as a last resort that can bring back a phone.
Search for it here and if no one beats me to it ill post a link when i jump on my comp soon.

lagista said:
the sad part is that my country doesn't sell nexus 5x, i imported using ebay, hope he's nice to help me do a warranty!
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where did you live ? im on indonesia ,LG refuse my 5x to
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Darke5tShad0w said:
Can you getit to stay connected? there is a thread here about using lg software and a file as a last resort that can bring back a phone.
Search for it here and if no one beats me to it ill post a link when i jump on my comp soon.
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you mean this ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/req-help-to-unbrick-t3251740

Apayah said:
you mean this ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/req-help-to-unbrick-t3251740
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Yes, thanks

Darke5tShad0w said:
Can you getit to stay connected? there is a thread here about using lg software and a file as a last resort that can bring back a phone.
Search for it here and if no one beats me to it ill post a link when i jump on my comp soon.
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Thank you! i will try this if the ebay seller rejects the warranty issue
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where did you live ? im on indonesia ,LG refuse my 5x to
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you mean this ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/req-help-to-unbrick-t3251740
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i live in singapore! they sell the 6P here but not the 5X...

lagista said:
It says "Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 (COM4)"
after meddling with power buttons, it'll randomly register and unregister in my PC
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I believe you bricked your device. Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/req-help-to-unbrick-t3251740

lagista said:
Thank you! i will try this if the ebay seller rejects the warranty issue
i live in singapore! they sell the 6P here but not the 5X...
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you fix it?

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you fix it?
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Thanks for following up!
I've contacted my seller on ebay and he is checking with LG for me!
I tried those methods and they also don't work, mostly because of compatibility issues.
It's a real vexing situation for me.

lagista said:
Thanks for following up!
I've contacted my seller on ebay and he is checking with LG for me!
I tried those methods and they also don't work, mostly because of compatibility issues.
It's a real vexing situation for me.
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I've been calling LG to and i must go to LG to check the phone , it's far from my home .
yeah i know , it's very vexing me to . i have nexus 5 it's been 1 year without any problem .

Where I live there's no support for the 5x yet. So I send it with a friend to USA and contacted LG to send it as RMA. They say they fixed it.. replacing some board.. I don't know, I still didn't get it back. hahaha.
LG is your friend =)