Hi Experts,
This month, I updated my galaxy s 4g to Onecosmic's ICS rom from Gb KI1(rooted) by using installation mod from sd card. Couple of min later, my phone was go into boot loop. Only display googl and samsung logo togglely. So, I tried to recover a phone from this sitution but phone does not go into recovery mod anymore. Only can go into download mod. So I want to return GB again by using Odin with GB rom.
This is stupid thing what I've done. After this my phone is totally dead. Current situtions are like these.
1. USB bricked. My computer does not recognize phone anymore.
2. Power button does not work - This means, I can't power on anymore.
3. Impossible to caharge battery. I was using both of the wall charger and via usb cable but not charging-battery charge indicator not appear.
I thing I messed up rom software. Is there any expert can help me out of this situation?
I would highly appreciate if someone could help me.
There is no ics for the sgs4g. I believe what you flashed is a vibrant rom. Completely different phone. This is why you're bricked, or at least semi bricked right now.
As for fixing it, it's going to be quite hard, if possible at all, from the sounds of it...
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If you flashed from your device it is recoverable. Before proceeding Please pull your battery, locate your model number and post it.
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This is a haven's sound!!! Thank you Bassmanjames.
my phone's carrier is t-mobile. Model is SGS 4g t959v. From the back of phone is SGH T959V. I wish you save me.
For next time(and for the benefit of all new users that will read this while searching for other things) - Please read This phone is NOT the Vibrant or any other Galaxy- it's the Galaxy S 4G.
Try to get into download mode - here is a guide.
if you succeed - there is hope.
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Thanks Alon2. Now I fully understand about my phone. This is different with any other Galaxy. O.K, but you are not fully understand my situation. My phone is dead. This means I can't get a active screen. So, I don't know my phone is go into download mode or not. Only I do know is, if I connect usb cable to my phone, my computer makes a error sound. This means, usb connection is bricked. if a computer recognize a phone, I can use odin or other program to reinstall the os.
Thank you.
snapper1 said:
Thanks Alon2. Now I fully understand about my phone. This is different with any other Galaxy. O.K, but you are not fully understand my situation. My phone is dead. This means I can't get a active screen. So, I don't know my phone is go into download mode or not. Only I do know is, if I connect usb cable to my phone, my computer makes a error sound. This means, usb connection is bricked. if a computer recognize a phone, I can use odin or other program to reinstall the os.
Thank you.
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I don't understand - did you try to get into download mode or not?
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I don't understand - did you try to get into download mode or not?
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He's said that he can't get any screen, not recovery, or dl.. Anything
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He's said that he can't get any screen, not recovery, or dl.. Anything
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I thought he didn't event try...well if that's not working I have no other recommendations
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I thought he didn't event try...well if that's not working I have no other recommendations
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Ooh wait just re read op, he said he can't get into recovery but can get into dl mode.
If you can get into dl mode try to odin something else. If your computer won't sense the phone try using different usb ports. If you absolutely can't get it to read, try to odin or heimdall anyway without. I've gotten it to work before.
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Thank guys,
There's a little bit confusion with the situation what I have. So I need to re-describe it.
1. Phone dead means I can't make power the phone on. Even I press power button several times, phone does not response. I don't know why. I read some articles, that said phone met certain situation, it drains battery power very quickly-even not at all.
2.So I replace the battery which is good working with other phone, still I can not power the phone on. ---screen is black.
3. Connect the usb cable to phone, My computer does not recognize a phone. Computer said, usb device error. I re-installed samsung usb driver to computer, same thing happen. IF phone is able to connect computer, I can use odin and do some thing. This means internal USB connection driver(may be) is damaged, I think.
4. SO, WITHOUT POWER & SCREEN & NO CONNECTION TO COMPUTER, I can not do any thing.
There is some article which describer how to recover bricked phone's usb connection, but that's for the HTC desire not for SGS.
snapper1 said:
Thank guys,
There's a little bit confusion with the situation what I have. So I need to re-describe it.
1. Phone dead means I can't make power the phone on. Even I press power button several times, phone does not response. I don't know why. I read some articles, that said phone met certain situation, it drains battery power very quickly-even not at all.
2.So I replace the battery which is good working with other phone, still I can not power the phone on. ---screen is black.
3. Connect the usb cable to phone, My computer does not recognize a phone. Computer said, usb device error. I re-installed samsung usb driver to computer, same thing happen. IF phone is able to connect computer, I can use odin and do some thing. This means internal USB connection driver(may be) is damaged, I think.
4. SO, WITHOUT POWER & SCREEN & NO CONNECTION TO COMPUTER, I can not do any thing.
There is some article which describer how to recover bricked phone's usb connection, but that's for the HTC desire not for SGS.
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Like i said the issue is that you flashed a rom for the wrong phone, is not a battery issue. We need to find a way to hook your phone to the computer, or to perform the unbrickable mod, search it.
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Screw Odin, uninstall that crap and use heimdall.
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well i was using odin to flash and it said failed in red, then i tried again and odin acted like it started then no status bar on either my phone nor odin i waited... nothing so i waited more with no luck so i decided to try to reboot the phone and see where it left me. and it left me with phone..!..computer i tried to look around i saw something about a jig but im lost and scared is there anything i can do to fix it?
The good thing is, it's incredibly hard to truly brick the Captivate.
The bad thing is, I don't really have much of a solution for you at this time other than to try to 3-button it into Download Mode and THEN plug it into Odin. Beyond that, I don't know.
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Which Odin
Can you still get into download mode?
What build is your phone
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Pull battery, then put it back in. Hold down just the two volume buttons and connect the phone via USB to computer. The phone should automatically reboot into download mode.
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This doesn't belong in the Dev section.
What you have a is a soft brick. Try Odin again following theses steps.
1. Right-click on the Odin exe in Windows Explorer on your computer and select "Run as administrator" and then click OK to any prompts.
2. Hold both volume buttons in while connecting the phone to your computer's USB port.
3. When Odin recognizes the phone it will show Download mode on the phone.
4. Click Start in Odin.
Or, ignore all this help, and build the 301k USB do-hicky. See a post by me about bricking my phone. I've been building and selling these things. It's the only thing that works 100% of the time.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com buy a jig, problem solved.
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timmy22 said:
Or, ignore all this help, and build the 301k USB do-hicky. See a post by me about bricking my phone. I've been building and selling these things. It's the only thing that works 100% of the time.
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You don't need a jig for a soft brick.
I had baseband firmware & imei Unkown issue, after loading the rom (Gingerbread 2.3.4 T959VUVKG4 ) via ODIN,
Then I guessed there should be a issue with the modem, then flashed different different modems via ODIN (ki1.tar.md5 / kh2.tar.md5 & etc) nothing worked for me...
then after reading a thread I tried above modem (kh2.tar.md5) + "T959VUVKG4" pit file combined via ODIN. phone went off never turned back...but now i could connect the device using following method:-
1. removing battery
2. plug cable + volup + down
3. plug battery
then it shows to DOWNLOADING MODE
however my PC doesnt recognize the USB driver it shows as UNKNOWN DEVICE in under Device Manager in my PC. I tried even reinstalling the Samsung USB driver no luck
any chance that i could get my phones life back ?
good news, i changed the cable then changed to another PC. then USB recognized via ODIN, I culd flash everything sucessfully
but the hard part is,,, i still have the UNKNOWN baseband & Imie issues, can someone instruct me what to do ?
read this may help.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
I too have the same problem since this morning. I have Tmobile Samsung Galaxt 4G SGT959V and after rooting and downloading kernel files, it was only going to the T Mobile logo. Last night I was bale to get into the download mode and then I started downloading Gingerbread. Now my phone is not powering up. I called up samsung and as it under warranty, they are ready to fix. My problem is they will find out what I was doing and this might breach some samsung regulation. not sure???
I would like to know what should I do for getting my phone power on or in download mode. I have tried all the above mentioned steps, but it just not works. Duh!!
Please someone help!!
Rooting phone voids warrenty. Turn Odin on and then hold volume up and volume down at the same time and while doing that plug in your USB cable to get into download mode. Even if nothing shows on the phone Odin may still recognize it. Try it a few times if the first attempt don't work.
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I tried doing this several times. But Odin dont recognize nor does my phone powers on. Do you think it drain the battery while rooting and downloading?
Try removing the battery first then, hold volume button up and down simultaneously then plug your USB cable its recommended you have Odin up and ready while your doing this. Make sure your battery is charged before you for any of this! Good luck ;-)
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Phone isnt powering on... I dont even see battery icon when hooked to charger.
Your phone may be hard bricked as in dead and lifeless. Im not sure if Samsung will be able to tell if your phone was flashed because its dead.Samsung slaves usually use different battery and usb to see if phone turns on,if it doesn't they then inspect phone for physical damage and then they send you a refurbished one. T-mobile are a bunch of noobs they wouldn't know anything so push for a new phone with them. Could you please explain exactly what you did? My guess is odin flashing with wrong firmwares or kernels.
hi
i had the same hard brick problem as above but for me it was weird. all i wanted at the time was to get rid of the bloat where and i did after which i unrooted and the phone worked fine. the weird thing is later i went in to download mode by accident and before i could do anything the phone was bricked. tmobile replaced My phone but if this has happened to anyone else please reply
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i had the same hard brick problem as above but for me it was weird. all i wanted at the time was to get rid of the bloat where and i did after which i unrooted and the phone worked fine. the weird thing is later i went in to download mode by accident and before i could do anything the phone was bricked. tmobile replaced My phone but if this has happened to anyone else please reply
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you literally copied and pasted from one thread to another....
Sorry I had no idea if anyone would answer
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ok so cant even get into dl mode its stuck at the screen with the phone exclamation point and computer ...... its is still read in odin on com port but it hangs at factoryrfs ...any help will be greatly appreciated i just bought this phone today thanks
Happens, that screen is another version of download mode. Just keep trying to odin it back to stock. It will work.
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Alright here you go. Pull battery insert USB cable and battery while holding both volume buttons will bring up download mode then do your thing.
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I had this same problem yesterday. If your computer detects your phone but not ODIN go to your device manager, click on samsung composite USB device and go to driver details and click update driver(via internet) it should update them and ODIN SHOULD detect it. Good luck
I had this problem yesterday trying to flash to stock. The first time I tried it said FAILED in odin. When I rebooted phone got the cartoon phone and computer icon. I just tried the same thing again and it worked. I don't know what happened either.
In my experience using a different USB cable than what Samsung supplies or having a flaky USB port can cause hit or miss Odin flashes.
I don't think it is possible to brick this phone from flashing. I've done pretty much everything you can possibly do wrong and both of mine still work fine and dandy.
It is possible to be in Download mode and never have anything even come up on the screen. If you are uncertain, listen for the sound your computer makes when you plug in a USB device or watch your device manager. Even if you don't have the driver installed something will most likely show up.
Ok so made a big mistake and tried flashing back to a Gingerbread Rom after being on a Jellybean Rom. I know dumb. Now my phone is stuck on the samsung logo. I can't reach download mode or Recovery. On top of that my computer will not recognize my device. I'm hoping to fix this soon as possibe! Any help would be much appreciated!
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Ok so made a big mistake and tried flashing back to a Gingerbread Rom after being on a Jellybean Rom. I know dumb. Now my phone is stuck on the samsung logo. I can't reach download mode or Recovery. On top of that my computer will not recognize my device. I'm hoping to fix this soon as possibe! Any help would be much appreciated!
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Look for Heimdall suite and follow the instructions in the read me to reinstall the driver. Then use a heimdall one-click restore image. That should fix it.
You should be able to enter download mode no matter how messed up your phone may be..
Remove battery and place back in.
Hold both vol+ & vol- and plug in the usb already inserted to the pc.
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Look for Heimdall suite and follow the instructions in the read me to reinstall the driver. Then use a heimdall one-click restore image. That should fix it.
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You should be able to enter download mode no matter how messed up your phone may be..
Remove battery and place back in.
Hold both vol+ & vol- and plug in the usb already inserted to the pc.
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Any ideas where to find those reinstall driver instructions? The main heimdall post in the infuse community does not have any instructions regarding re downloading drivers I believe. And no there is no download mode. I don't know how that is possible but it is. Download mode is not working on my phone.
I would also like to know the outcome of this, my phone also lost download mode. I'm not sure what happened, I was on the web and it just shut itself off and decided to bootloop itself.
I am almost 100% sure you can't lose download mode.
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If your battery super dies it can be hard to get into download mode.
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I had the same prob thought it was no download mode also but what fixed my problem was a restart of computer for the driver installation to complete .did you do that after installing the drivers?
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My friend is unable to get his phone into download mode. His phone loops constantly from the Samsung screen to the CM screen and then back to the Samsung screen.
Pulling the battery and holding down the volume buttons does nothing. Connecting it via USB just brings up the battery screen, but that loops as well (shows the 'thinking' icon then the battery screen). Odin does not recognize it, not sure if he's tried Heimdall yet. But even if he can get that to recognize it, will it do him any good if the phone is constantly cycling power?
As others above have stated, it is not likely you have lost download mode, most likely not performing all of the correct steps. If you do the steps properly and there is no download mode you will need to buy a jig ($2.) , can be found on Amazon.
Once you can achieve download mode, follow qkster's Heimdall instructions, post 1 will get you back to stock GB, and post 2 will get root access again. If you have Kies installed, uninstall it before doing anything else as it is a source of issues.
Note that you must have the latest version of Java. Also, use the same usb port on your computer each time you run Heimdall, be sure that it is a properly operating usb port as well.
Many thanks to qkster for the guide and Entropy for the kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
as Pony stated. The other reason we've been seeing the constant power loop is due to a stuck power button. You may need to take it apart and clean the power button.
Look thru the q/a threads...lately, the power button thing has been pretty common
andros11 said:
You should be able to enter download mode no matter how messed up your phone may be..
Remove battery and place back in.
Hold both vol+ & vol- and plug in the usb already inserted to the pc.
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Agreed! I've borked mine something awful before (namely, being careless and trying to go back to GB from JB) and losing IMEI, no recovery, etc. and could still get DL mode. I too had issues with Heimdall, albeit different, but if you use the same usb port (pull batt, plug usb in, hold vol. up/down....then put batt. in and continue to hold until DL mode)....go to control panel/system/device manager and find USB/samsung composite device, right click and update drivers. This is if Heimdall isn't working for you, use Odin v3 and flash GTG's back to stock. It will take you back to froyo unrooted. If Heimdall is working, like others have stated....be sure to have the latest java installed.
edit: If you can use Heimdall, it will prompt you to install correct drivers once you start the program.
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as Pony stated. The other reason we've been seeing the constant power loop is due to a stuck power button. You may need to take it apart and clean the power button.
Look thru the q/a threads...lately, the power button thing has been pretty common
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Thanks guys for the quick replies (that I just now saw, lol... whoops!). His power button is actually broken on the board itself. He's made his own jig and gets it to boot up, but the phone itself is pretty much done as he's not able to do anything without the power button. He's looking at picking up a SII probably. Appreciate all the help though! :good:
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Thanks guys for the quick replies (that I just now saw, lol... whoops!). His power button is actually broken on the board itself. He's made his own jig and gets it to boot up, but the phone itself is pretty much done as he's not able to do anything without the power button. He's looking at picking up a SII probably. Appreciate all the help though! :good:
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Even with the pwer button broken, if the screen is still intact, a new replacement screen is closer to $135+.
He may be able to sell that screen pretty quickly for $75-$100.
His screen is trashed too, so he's pretty far up the creek without a paddle.
He's trying to sell it on eBay for parts currently. We'll see how that pans out.
Hi!
I'm new to flashing and tried to install clearRom in my P3115. The problem is that after reboot, the tablet wont start!
If I tried to connect it to the pc, drivers is nos installed / recognized and the batery logo appears but never charges. It show as is it is empty.
I can´t start it neither or access download mode or CWR mode. Odin does not recognize it neither!
Please, help! It's like dead!
Thanks a lot! :good:
Explain exactly what you did, and maybe someone can help you further. Good luck.
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Explain exactly what you did, and maybe someone can help you further. Good luck.
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Thanks for the tip.
I just used Odin to flash clear Rom like explained here:
theandroidsoul cleanrom-custom-rom-for-galaxy-tab-2-10-1-guide/
Everything seems to be fine, but after restart nothing happened. I noted that if you plug the tablet to the usb port, it keeps looping the sound as when any usb is connected. Over and Over again.
It never starts, not even the Samsung logo. The only thing it does is, once plugged in, I can see the battery charge logo, but always empty.
Please, help!!
Thanks!
What kind of message do you get from Odin if you try to connect it and load a ROM? My tab was stuck also but I was able to get Odin load even when it looked like it was connecting.
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What kind of message do you get from Odin if you try to connect it and load a ROM? My tab was stuck also but I was able to get Odin load even when it looked like it was connecting.
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Hi jgfan!
It just worn´t work, I cant flash anything because i's like it never connects as the usb makes his connect / disconnect loop sound.
Odin never shows the ID:COM PORT rectangle as connected or colored!
Thanks for any tip.
Have you install the driver in your computer?
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Have you install the driver in your computer?
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Hi Michaelzzz, I did!
I also installed Kies, but it's like a usb loop and never ends recognizin it!
I keep hearing the sound when you connect the usb over and over...
Not sure, what problem you face exactly.
This is what i understand, you get a battery logo while your device starts and wont boot up right? If yes, try these steps, might help you.
1. battery logo you get in the boot thats because, you have connected USB Cable to computer/Charger.
2. Make sure you have charge in battery so that while doing below steps, would be a problem.
3. Once you find, it has a enough battery charge you can disconnect the cable safely (If not place it for a wallcharger, untill the battery logo fills up the juice and you find it as charged completly)
4. While booting Press the POWER+VOLUME DOWN for Download mode.
5. Now connect your tablet to PC which has ODIN and sufficient drivers installed,
6. ODIN should detect to flash the ROM.
7. Download extact Firmwares from Sammobile site / from XDA links, which is suitable.
Hopefully it should bootup with no issues.
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Not sure, what problem you face exactly.
This is what i understand, you get a battery logo while your device starts and wont boot up right? If yes, try these steps, might help you.
1. battery logo you get in the boot thats because, you have connected USB Cable to computer/Charger.
2. Make sure you have charge in battery so that while doing below steps, would be a problem.
3. Once you find, it has a enough battery charge you can disconnect the cable safely (If not place it for a wallcharger, untill the battery logo fills up the juice and you find it as charged completly)
4. While booting Press the POWER+VOLUME DOWN for Download mode.
5. Now connect your tablet to PC which has ODIN and sufficient drivers installed,
6. ODIN should detect to flash the ROM.
7. Download extact Firmwares from Sammobile site / from XDA links, which is suitable.
Hopefully it should bootup with no issues.
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Dear nagabushan, thanks for your help!
I think the problem is battery related, cause the icon never fills up. It's like it cant charge batteries! The juice never even apears!
I'll leave it plugged in to the wall for a few our, and see what is going on.
I'll be back in a few hours!
Bootloader messed up. Sorry, only JTAG works with this.
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Bootloader messed up. Sorry, only JTAG works with this.
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Thanks jonttuv. Actually, after 6 hours, the battery juice is the same.
I'll check in the forum about this procedure.
If you already know anything, Can you please provide a good step by step to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance to all.
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Thanks jonttuv. Actually, after 6 hours, the battery juice is the same.
I'll check in the forum about this procedure.
If you already know anything, Can you please provide a good step by step to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance to all.
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This is just a guess, but i think that there is no JTAG unit(that is just plugged to the tablet and DOWNLOAD MODE ) There is a method that can be extremely dangerous.
This method is to open the tab, take the motherboard, find the correct pins and flash JTAG. I DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS METHOD NEITHER DO I SUPPORT IT!
The second method is to take it to the warranty. Download mode is not accessible so they can't tell if it's rooted, custom rom or anything like that. They will either send you a new device and voilá. That's it. Or they try to fix it. Google samsung galaxy tab 2 jtag. It will help you if you prefer the first option.