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Bricked captivate fixed

Well my captivate is repaired. I didn't think it was possible but Josh Groce of the famed rom in a flash review videos was able to fix it for me.
Price is great and turn around time, atleast for my phone was awesome.
You can find more info at mobiletechreview.com
It is well worth the time it takes to contact him. Chances are if you have bricked your phone he will be able to fix it for you and it's a lot cheaper than buying a new phone.
I can't say enough good things about him and his work, he is a brilliant young man and we should all be thankful that he is a part of the xda community and wants to help people. I don't believe he does it for the money, off he did he would charge alot more than he does.
I hope this helps some of you that are in a bind with your phone, he certainly helped me.
Thanks Josh, for saving my phone.
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How did you brick it?

Your phone wasn't bricked if a jig fixed your problem.
P.s. you can't make jigs yourself for $5. That's not buying the supplies at a bulk discount. Takes approximately 1 minute to make when you have everything you need in front of you. So charging 8-10$ is actually a huge profit. Say 3$ Evey minute you work times 60 minutes in an hour. $180 an hour for what equates to monkey work. Not to shabby.
Edit: yes I oversimplified the process and math to exaggerate my opinion. Point remains the same.

I don't think he was talking about a jig. Probably he had to have his flashed.

His videos r helpful. But I would like to know how u bricked it and what he did to unbrick it...did he just gave u a jig? or changed something in the hardware? I am bricking a lot lately...would be great to take his help...

Don't quote me. But I think be is talking about a jtag type flash
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viny2cool said:
His videos r helpful. But I would like to know how u bricked it and what he did to unbrick it...did he just gave u a jig? or changed something in the hardware? I am bricking a lot lately...would be great to take his help...
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Pretty sure it involved a riff box and removing the motherboard. That's the only way to recover a completely bricked phone.

How long did shipping take? I ask because I ordered a jig from him a while ago to have just in case and I ail don't have it...

I was able to get into d/l mode with a jig but it would just shut itself off basically. Josh worked some magic on it for me.
I bricked it going back to stock from cm7. Like a dummy I didn't follow the directions.
It was truly fubared, before it started shutting off I was getting different colored screens. Green, blue, purple, then all black. This happened each time I tried to use odin to flash stock again.
To me his work was well worth it, now I can take this p.o.s atrix back and wait for the sgs2 or infuse to come out.
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bobapunk said:
How long did shipping take? I ask because I ordered a jig from him a while ago to have just in case and I ail don't have it...
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I shipped it out last fri, he got it yesterday and is shipping it out today. How long ago did you order the jig? I would just ask him about it, he seems like a very nice person. Ill let you know more when I get the phone back, shouldn't take long.
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To be honest I'm not 100% sure how he fixed it, I dont really care about that. Just glad I will have it back. Ive tried 3 inspires and then bought an atrix. They may be slightly faster than the captivate but screen quality doesn't come close to me. Maybe my eyes are getting old.
I am pretty sure though that he had to use his jtag box on it, I could be wrong. All I know for sure is that he fixed it and I can't wait to get it back.
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donharden2002 said:
I was able to get into d/l mode with a jig but it would just shut itself off basically. Josh worked some magic on it for me.
I bricked it going back to stock from cm7. Like a dummy I didn't follow the directions.
It was truly fubared, before it started shutting off I was getting different colored screens. Green, blue, purple, then all black. This happened each time I tried to use odin to flash stock again.
To me his work was well worth it, now I can take this p.o.s atrix back and wait for the sgs2 or infuse to come out.
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i actually had this same brick last night (funny colors mid way through odin and everything). i bricked doing the EXACT same thing that you did, however, i was able to repair it by going into download mode (mine i can hold the volume rockers and put in usb to go to d/l mode, so no need for a jig) downloaded odin 1-click that DG put out (worst 40 minute wait of my life, felt like an eternity) and flashed it back to stock with odin 1-click.

ballz0iron said:
i actually had this same brick last night (funny colors mid way through odin and everything). i bricked doing the EXACT same thing that you did, however, i was able to repair it by going into download mode (mine i can hold the volume rockers and put in usb to go to d/l mode, so no need for a jig) downloaded odin 1-click that DG put out (worst 40 minute wait of my life, felt like an eternity) and flashed it back to stock with odin 1-click.
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I did try the odin version that dg put out but for some reason no matter what I tried my phone would just shut down. I'm not very tech savvy. I know just enough to get into trouble.
I'm glad you were able to fix yours, I just thought I'd post this for dummies like myself that tinker too much and beak things. Hopefully it will hellp someone.
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Got my phone back today and it works like new.
My thanks goes out to Josh
Now just have to wait for the infuse to come out so I can screw it up too.
Wife will someday kill me.
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[Q] Please Help! Where do I start?

I'm very new to this whole root thing. I just got my SCH - I500 like 2 weeks ago.
I have figured out how to root my phone getting SU intact, but I don't know what Im suppose to do from there.
I tried getting CwM to work, but I have failed to figure out how to do it. I spent around 3-5 hours just reading forums trying out new things.
And, do you need a recovery? Cause I seem to have a problem getting it to work. What do you need to do once you've rooted your phone? What are the potential possibilities I can do with a rooted phone? What do you do once your phone is rooted and recovered properly? There's just so much I dont know.
I just need a little guiding as to how to begin. I'm a fast learner, I'm just looking for a little bit of guidance, that's all.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931169
cant say it much easier than that. This is for Mes though and you did not specify.

Thanks! I'll take a look through this.
And yeah I meant for my Mes.

Sooo I tried using the .tar file and then i finally just was like idk wtf im doing anymore I quit...
I went to factory reset my phone and now im stuck at the SAMSUNG loading screen and it was making robot commands through the speaker and now it wont do anything.
how do i just fix my phone back to normal
i learned my lesson and am no longer ever going to try this ****

Robot sounds. Was it a lady voice. dui you have a voodoo kernal on your phone? What have you all done to your phone? Did you try pulling battery and restarting? Some things you do can take up to 20 minutes on reboot.
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I started with the base model and then went through step six. I got the .tar file onto my phone and then I didn't know if I had done it correctly so I factory reset my phone.
And yes it was some droid sounding lady. I almost thought it was my computer for a second cause I was sitting at my desktop haha. Kinda freaked me out.
And no I dont even know what voodoo is and I hardly know what a kernel is.. :-/ I really should of done my research before I started doing this stuff.

As long as your reset all is good. It does take some time to learn everything. It helps to read through all pages of posts as well not just first one. Just read read read and read again. : D
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Haha yeah I'll remember that for the next time. I did a little reading, but I started getting really impatient with the recovery **** aka CwM or whatever. Thats when I just started trying ****. I had no problem with rooting the phone and I even figured out how to use some AndroidSDK/tools commands or some **** like that lol idk how to explain it. Any place you would recommend me to go just read endless hours about stuff?

ketchkev000 said:
Haha yeah I'll remember that for the next time. I did a little reading, but I started getting really impatient with the recovery **** aka CwM or whatever. Thats when I just started trying ****. I had no problem with rooting the phone and I even figured out how to use some AndroidSDK/tools commands or some **** like that lol idk how to explain it. Any place you would recommend me to go just read endless hours about stuff?
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Look no further, you seem to be in the right place, also try teamuscellular

ketchkev000 said:
I started with the base model and then went through step six. I got the .tar file onto my phone and then I didn't know if I had done it correctly so I factory reset my phone.
And yes it was some droid sounding lady. I almost thought it was my computer for a second cause I was sitting at my desktop haha. Kinda freaked me out.
And no I dont even know what voodoo is and I hardly know what a kernel is.. :-/ I really should of done my research before I started doing this stuff.
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The .tar is never meant to be on your phone - it's installed via ODIN (which runs on a PC) And yes it's best to do a lot of reading before even ATTEMPTING any of it - so that you don't get stuck in a situation like you are . If you need one on one help, come join us in the IRC chat.
http://webchat.freenode.net/
channel:
#samsung-mesmerize

Expermental (odin) gb loaders with recovery access

These were origonally from the vibrant fourms a little tweaked they should work with our phones looking for someone to test to see if it actually works
You flash via odin
THESE ARE EXPERMENTAL IF IT DOESNT WORK IT WILL 100 PERCENT IN FACT BRICK YOUR DEVICE NO ODIN WILL FIX IT YOU WOULD NEED TO JTAG OR RIFFBOX YOUR DEVICE TO GET IT BACK
LOOKING FOR A TESTER
IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS DO NOT BE A NUB AND FLASH HENCE THEY WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE IF THEY DO NOT WORK LOOKING FOR A TESTER TO TEST THEM
I am not responsable for any damages these may cause they are expeermental at best they are based however off the i9000 boot loader and sbl that came with kf 1
if these work
For Recovery - Lower Volume Key + Power Button
For Download - Upper Volume Key + Power Button
that will be your new commands

lol seems like everyone is afraid of this one
RaverX3X said:
These were origonally from the vibrant fourms a little tweaked they should work with our phones looking for someone to test to see if it actually works
You flash via odin
THESE ARE EXPERMENTAL IF IT DOESNT WORK IT WILL 100 PERCENT IN FACT BRICK YOUR DEVICE NO ODIN WILL FIX IT YOU WOULD NEED TO JTAG OR RIFFBOX YOUR DEVICE TO GET IT BACK
LOOKING FOR A TESTER
IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS DO NOT BE A NUB AND FLASH HENCE THEY WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE IF THEY DO NOT WORK LOOKING FOR A TESTER TO TEST THEM
I am not responsable for any damages these may cause they are expeermental at best they are based however off the i9000 boot loader and sbl that came with kf 1
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yep untell someone has the kahonas to test it were dead in the water

dam where's krylon when you need him lol
RaverX3X said:
yep untell someone has the kahonas to test it were dead in the water
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He's on vacation right now .
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dam where's krylon when you need him lol
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krylon doesnt have a sgs4g so ummm he wouldnt be able to test it

An unbricker gizmo?
I heard that for the captivate and i9000, there is a little USB tricking jig that touches 2 points in the usb port area using 3 resistors. This forces the phone into download mode. Isn't there something like that, that could be used incase we hard bricked our phones incase we wanted to test this and it bricked us?
I AM WAY TO SCARED TO TEST THIS AS DAD BOUGHT ME THIS PHONE AFTER I BROKE MY HTC DREAM(G1), AND I AM TOO SCARED TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD HARDBRICK OR PHYSICALBRICK MY PHONE.
(I would have been happier with an android device that is easier to DEV for though. Maybe an MT4G or even a G2 or a Nexus S. Samsung has completely screwed android to the point that we can't even install cm7 YET)

that's to get your phone into download mode .
airfluip1 said:
I heard that for the captivate and i9000, there is a little USB tricking jig that touches 2 points in the usb port area using 3 resistors. This forces the phone into download mode. Isn't there something like that, that could be used incase we hard bricked our phones incase we wanted to test this and it bricked us?
I AM WAY TO SCARED TO TEST THIS AS DAD BOUGHT ME THIS PHONE AFTER I BROKE MY HTC DREAM(G1), AND I AM TOO SCARED TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD HARDBRICK OR PHYSICALBRICK MY PHONE.
(I would have been happier with an android device that is easier to DEV for though. Maybe an MT4G or even a G2 or a Nexus S. Samsung has completely screwed android to the point that we can't even install cm7 YET)
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Yeah, of course I know, I said it in my post.
I was asking if there is one of those jigs for SGS4G incase we wanted to test this bootloader.

wiat he flashed them it sent him to download mode to flash a new rom but it did not brick the device were now going to test on gingerbread to see if recovery works ladies and gents we may have cwm support as of tonight
yea boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

RaverX3X said:
wiat he flashed them it sent him to download mode to flash a new rom but it did not brick the device were now going to test on gingerbread to see if recovery works ladies and gents we may have cwm support as of tonight
yea boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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This forum is moving fast. Awesomness
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let me kno how it goes..lookin for some awesomeness

another 500 doller paper weight but now i think i know 100 percent what the rest of the changes need to be will remove the downlaod for now give me a few days to get a new one working with the mods

RaverX3X said:
another 500 doller paper weight but now i think i know 100 percent what the rest of the changes need to be will remove the downlaod for now give me a few days to get a new one working with the mods
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thank for all u do raver sorry sgs4g turned into paper weight

Sorry bout the phone. But you guys are mad scientists. You'll have that **** working in no time!!!
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ya give me a few days if not a week ill have it done sorry so long but i got real life issues to tend to and prey i dont get locked the **** up over my stupid ex

RaverX3X said:
ya give me a few days if not a week ill have it done sorry so long but i got real life issues to tend to and prey i dont get locked the **** up over my stupid ex
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I wish you luck with your REAL issues. Those are much more important then stupid phones, lol.

RaverX3X said:
ya give me a few days if not a week ill have it done sorry so long but i got real life issues to tend to and prey i dont get locked the **** up over my stupid ex
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Been there too.....hope everything works out

Thank you for all you do Raver. Good Luck with your issues.

ok i got another one to test if i got any umm victiums only step up if u can loose a phone ill send u the file with directions and we will go though it on gtalk Im not going to post for fear sum one that shouldnt be flashing these flash them i am n no way responsable for stupid things that happen to yuor phone demonic possession loss of gf or spose phone envy or any other acts of god or other nature. I emply no warentee expressed or written all my work is as is basis.. If u dont like it dont flash it

It has finally happened...

I finally managed to do it. I officially bricked my Infuse. No clue how I did it but it's finally borked for good. Cant access download mode when I try nothing happens. Used 4 different computers, 5 different cords and approx 23 different USB slots. 3 different batteries(just incase it was a bad battery) Nothing haha. Infuse is completely dead!.... My backup infuse is pretty messed up as well (screen is cracked all to hell) This happened after I Heimdall'd my phone phone to clean the slate. It booted up, then bootlopped once then just didnt turn on again.

i would try letting it sit with the battery out overnight then giving it a shot again, also try differnt tools like gtg unbrick
also try using a usb jig
(i once messed mine up badly enough that when you put in in download mode it was a black screen with red green and blue dots on it, using gtg unbrick fixed it for me !
fingers crossed that itll come back to life for ya.

if you didnt open it, crack the screen, or drop it in water, att will replace it under warranty. give em a call tomorrow at 18008011101. have your iemi ready.

The Jack of Clubs said:
if you didnt open it, crack the screen, or drop it in water, att will replace it under warranty. give em a call tomorrow at 18008011101. have your iemi ready.
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also try you could always send it in under warranty

The_Zodiac said:
i would try letting it sit with the battery out overnight then giving it a shot again, also try differnt tools like gtg unbrick
also try using a usb jig
fingers crossed that itll come back to life for ya.
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The batteries been out for a bit now gonna leave it out and put it in tomorrow see if maybe that does something. If anything theres a couple Infuse 4G's on Craigslist for pretty cheap. And if this one doesnt end up working, I'll throw it up on there for parts, might be useful to someone.
Also I dont have an actuall plan with AT&T so thats a no go haha

The Jack of Clubs said:
if you didnt open it, crack the screen, or drop it in water, att will replace it under warranty. give em a call tomorrow at 18008011101. have your iemi ready.
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Yeah, after paying a $200 deductable. That's how much it would have been to replace my stolen infuse even under warranty.
Try a pizza taco sometime, if you don't know what it is, look it up then

Dont give up hope... if you didnt flash any bootloaders i dont think its bricked
this looks almost like what happened to me last night..
Odined to stock only to find phone booting up to nothing just a black
screen... i thought i was done for good but i kept trying and one of the times
odin managed to see the device...
even with a completaly black screen it still booted up to "download mode"
even tho i couldnt see that particular screen
i ran odin and it booted up fine
keep trying buddy dont lose hope

jayRokk said:
Dont give up hope... if you didnt flash any bootloaders i dont think its bricked
this looks almost like what happened to me last night..
Odined to stock only to find phone booting up to nothing just a black
screen... i thought i was done for good but i kept trying and one of the times
odin managed to see the device...
even with a completaly black screen it still booted up to "download mode"
even tho i couldnt see that particular screen
i ran odin and it booted up fine
keep trying buddy dont lose hope
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Hehe I wont give up just yet. Honestly I think it's something wrong in the Hardware of the phone. I'm gonna take it apart later and have a look see. Might be able to replace the problem with a part from my old Infuse

MaliciousIntent69 said:
Hehe I wont give up just yet. Honestly I think it's something wrong in the Hardware of the phone. I'm gonna take it apart later and have a look see. Might be able to replace the problem with a part from my old Infuse
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if it is that might as well take the whole motherboard and switch it out right??
if you know how to do all that of course
but good luck to you and hopefully its nothing major

warranty is different than insurance. even if you buy it off contract or from someone else, you should still have the warranty. they provide 1 year for all branded phones. its only been on sale for 11 months so everyone should be under warranty.

jayRokk said:
if it is that might as well take the whole motherboard and switch it out right??
if you know how to do all that of course
but good luck to you and hopefully its nothing major
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Yeah thats pretty much what I was gonna do if there is something wrong with this ones motherboard xD Plus I wouldn't mind the camera off my old one cause on this one the lens is scratched

MaliciousIntent69 said:
Yeah thats pretty much what I was gonna do if there is something wrong with this ones motherboard xD Plus I wouldn't mind the camera off my old one cause on this one the lens is scratched
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Nice!!
Win win situation!!

Got impatient so I switched out motherboards.... haha. got it up and running now. Weird as hell though I don't see how Using Heimdall would damage my motherboard? I highly doubt it was heimdall. but... who knows
But now I finally have a camera that doesn't take ****ty pics haha

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Got impatient so I switched out motherboards.... haha. got it up and running now. Weird as hell though I don't see how Using Heimdall would damage my motherboard? I highly doubt it was heimdall. but... who knows
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glad its up and running

jayRokk said:
glad its up and running
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Mee too now time to test the new build of ICS that jt released Working camera equalls DD for me

MaliciousIntent69 said:
Mee too now time to test the new build of ICS that jt released Working camera equalls DD for me
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its running great!! Switched from Trebuchet Launcher to Nova (found in Google Play) and its buttery smooth
camera works flawlessly..
front facing camera is zoomed in for some reason but i dont really use it so
who cares lol
but i think for a DD is good
at least for me haha

If your cracked screen infuse still works then I would just swap out the internals. Should be easy enough. I did it to my wife's phone.. screen cracked and we had an identical backup phone that my daughter played with. Swapped out the boards and all was well.
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I thought I did something similar but then tried a different method of reverting back to stock & it worked.
It wasn't going into download mode either and the screen was all pixilated but it worked. Maybe try a different method of reverting back to stock (gtg unbrick)
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The Jack of Clubs said:
warranty is different than insurance. even if you buy it off contract or from someone else, you should still have the warranty. they provide 1 year for all branded phones. its only been on sale for 11 months so everyone should be under warranty.
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Yup..what jack said. Someone else went that route too
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Help (if possible)! think my phone is done :(

This is going to be long!
If anyone has insight to this would be appreciated
Precursor: I am on CM9 nightly (7-27-12) with 6.0.1.0 non touch recovery (NS4G)
So last night I go to open my opera web browser and it would flash like it would open and instant close (no error message). I say OK thats weird and decide to reboot. Upon rebooted I am greeted with never ending amount of FC's from every app and service imaginable. I again say OK EXTREMELY weird and decide its time to restore my backup from yesterday.
I reboot in recovery and what do I get greeted with? Unable to mount /sdcard! Long story short after scouring google for about an hour I find that if I do a fastboot oem lock/unlock I should get back up and running. Thankfully that works and I install the newest 7/31 CM9 nightly.
I wake up today without my phone alarm going off when it should. Weird huh? I go to open the clock and get a FC from the clock application. Reboot and it works just fine. OK weird again.
Go to work and leave my phone on the counter to help a customer. I come back to the desk and my phone is in recovery mode? Uhhh what? I reboot the phone and it says "encryption unsuccessful" and the phone needs to wipe data and reboot to continue use...
I decide WTF why not, not like I can use it. At this point I'm worried though. The phone reboots to recovery and I guess does a data wipe (takes 3-5 mins) and reboots. Now I am stuck on the CM9 bootscreen and won't go past.
I have some ideas as to get the phone (hopefully) back up and running. Just curious what this sounds like to anyone more knowledgeable then me (especially the part where it tried to encrypt my phone without me touching it!)
Any thoughts or help is appreciated!
Edit: I tried copying files to sdcard from recovery using mount usb storage. The files copy over and as soon as I leave the mount menu and go to install the zip files WHICH I SAW ON THE SDCARD they ARE NOT THERE anymore.
Edit2: It still lets me install the CM9 7/31 nightly which I had saved on the phone yesterday. Even after wiping everything and reinstalling the ROM I can't get past the CM9 bootscreen
Edit3: Tried fastboot, odin, nothing works. Even after odin I still get the CM9 boot screen. Pretty sure something is messed up to the point of I need a new phone. FML!

YESS!!!
YES I WANT ATTENTION.
I Have exactly the same. Mother of smartphones Somebody help us!
Its the internal Memory thats messed up yes, But Please somebody fix this Bullcrap. We don't have the knowledge but I will gladly donate to you who fixes it!
I just bought a brand new screen for my phone and I don't freaking want to buy a new Phone At the moment, So if you find a way to help us then let us know since that could be lifesaving right now.

Pretty sure I've given up. Everything I've tried has failed... looks like it might be gnex time.

NYYFan325 said:
Pretty sure I've given up. Everything I've tried has failed... looks like it might be gnex time.
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Have you tried just going back to the stock rom/recovery/bootloader with the samsung application?

ronnygunz said:
Have you tried just going back to the stock rom/recovery/bootloader with the samsung application?
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I would Love to get an link to that. if it helps us out i'd sh1t goldbricks. seriously.

Moonystorm said:
I would Love to get an link to that. if it helps us out i'd sh1t goldbricks. seriously.
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I couldn't post the link because I have less than 10 posts here so I pm'd you. At least I hope I did. Let me know if you didn't get it.

Can you send me the PM as well. I know of the tool you are referring to but can't seem to find it anymore

NYYFan325 said:
Can you send me the PM as well. I know of the tool you are referring to but can't seem to find it anymore
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I tried to send it, I hope it worked but it doesn't show up in my sent messages so I am in the dark.

Stock ROM. All the way back to Gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307

Well nothing officially works
The samsung simple dl tool just says "error" when I hit "start download" nearly immediately. Now I have no recovery or anything. Going to sprint right after I get out of work to get a gnex

NYYFan325 said:
Well nothing officially works
The samsung simple dl tool just says "error" when I hit "start download" nearly immediately. Now I have no recovery or anything. Going to sprint right after I get out of work to get a gnex
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Ugh... I'm sorry people Who will get to our problem. Paid samsung services can Help. Nothing else. I be a smart guy and do like NYYFan here and get a galaxy nexus. thank You everyone for help. i set up 48hours for anybody to help me or i get a new device. Might sound rude but its a choice i made.
-Moon

I HAD THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM
Temporary solution: heat the phone up with a hair blow dryer. get it hot but not so hot that it melts things. it will be able to boot up and work. I used this method so i could copy my sd card to my computer and wipe everything off
Permanent solution: turn your phone in for repair. there is no remedy to fixing this. apparently the circuit board or chip is bad and you can't fix it.
Luckily I had best buy black tie protection and I am waiting on my new replacement phone.

NicholasQ said:
I HAD THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM
Temporary solution: heat the phone up with a hair blow dryer. get it hot but not so hot that it melts things. it will be able to boot up and work. I used this method so i could copy my sd card to my computer and wipe everything off
Permanent solution: turn your phone in for repair. there is no remedy to fixing this. apparently the circuit board or chip is bad and you can't fix it.
Luckily I had best buy black tie protection and I am waiting on my new replacement phone.
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I work in a computer repair shop and going by that solution...sounds like a problem I may be able to repair using a similar method as some of the board-level repairs I do pretty often...anyone want to send me a dead lab rat? Lol
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Xaelius said:
I work in a computer repair shop and going by that solution...sounds like a problem I may be able to repair using a similar method as some of the board-level repairs I do pretty often...anyone want to send me a dead lab rat? Lol
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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You can have mine lol x) And Yep i fix computers for friends and so on their friends and this sounds like Nvidia was behind the chip... xD

It wouldn't matter who actually makes a chip if the heating it up is a temporary fix. That is a OEM issue. Basically think xbox360 rrod with the warped boards the solder melting/failing and the chips get loose etc.
Unless heating up failed flash storage temporarily makes it work. Which I doubt is the case but don't actually know. Brings back memories of putting failing HDD drives in the freezer though.

Well this is my official goodbye to the Nexus S forums (not like anyone cares haha). Just got my shiny new Galaxy Nexus. Have a great night everyone and happy modding!

NYYFan325 said:
Well this is my official goodbye to the Nexus S forums (not like anyone cares haha). Just got my shiny new Galaxy Nexus. Have a great night everyone and happy modding!
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Ugh. Congraz. xD

Try Adam outler unbrickable mod for nexus s
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

Unfortunately that is good only if software screwed up your phone. In my case and I'm sure others when it is hardware failure, that won't work :\