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Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy S 4G...Please help..

Hi, everyone, I've recently HARD BRICKED my Samsung Galaxy MODEL: T959V with T-mobile.
First off, I got pattern locked on my phone, yea I know I'm an idiot, LOL. Next I totally forgot my gmail password so I could not log back into my phone.
So then I next decided to flash back to stock with odin 1.7 and T959UVJFD. tar file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1047087.
As a result, my phone would boot to the loading screen with the dashed circle and a battery display in the background and thus would not finish booting all the way.
So I figured I would do more research and found that people would try flashing with the Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...833024&page=49 and after flash back to stock.
After I flashed with the Eugene rom this was when the phone completely died and would not turn on. I tried the take out the battery, holding down and up volume button and plugging into computer method but the computer would not detect it anymore.
Now I don't know what to do. I realized I was flashing with the Galaxy Vibrant kernels with Odin and now, it won't turn on anymore and can't boot into download mode. It is also not being detected my computer when I plug it in. I'ts a blank screen.
Please help.. Thanks, and appreciate it.

Unfortunately, you won't get much sympathy for that. Here's some info for you though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333423
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
If you can't do the first thread, try to look for someone who can help you with it.
Other than that, you're SoL.
Good luck.

Wow... all kinds of fail.
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op, lol. You are lucky bkoon posted first. Normally people would flame you for something like this. If ths above methods don't work, post in this thread again. Don't worry, you're not the first one to do this...pm me if you are still having problems.
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jager555 said:
op, lol. You are lucky bkoon posted first. Normally people would flame you for something like this. If ths above methods don't work, post in this thread again. Don't worry, you're not the first one to do this...pm me if you are still having problems.
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Normally wouldn't have posted anything, but seeing that no one did and started flaming him, I decided to help.
There's a good handful of people on XDA (maybe more) who are capable of doing what I mentioned to you. You'll have to look for them though. I'm sure they charge a decent fee as well.

There was a thread by raver i think that stated how to unbrick a hard brick
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If you can unbrick it.... it was never bricked to begin with.
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camalus said:
If you can unbrick it.... it was never bricked to begin with.
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What? the op is definitely bricked...
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UnBrickable mod is your best option. Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333424
I'd you don't feel comfortable or don't have the tools, I can do it for $30 + shipping (usually $6) send me a PM.

I am having the same problem right now.... did you ever fix yours?

Mylilacs said:
I am having the same problem right now.... did you ever fix yours?
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What did you do? Listing the steps you took will help.

hechoen said:
What did you do? Listing the steps you took will help.
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...Will help you get scorned and ridiculed mercilessly! hahah

Mylilacs said:
I am having the same problem right now.... did you ever fix yours?
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Hello!! I bricked my gs4g, couldn't put it in download mode with the regular bottoms combo, so what I did was:with the phone off push volume bottoms, both in the same time nothing else, then connect your phone with the computer(usb), that gave me download mode

AdamOutler said:
UnBrickable mod is your best option. Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333424
I'd you don't feel comfortable or don't have the tools, I can do it for $30 + shipping (usually $6) send me a PM.
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I have the same problem and I need you help me, I can pay you the price o more, but I'm from dominican republic and is to dificult send you the phone, so can you tell me whish is the best option to recover my phone.
thanks

hackeadorazo said:
I have the same problem and I need you help me, I can pay you the price o more, but I'm from dominican republic and is to dificult send you the phone, so can you tell me whish is the best option to recover my phone.
thanks
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Can you get your phone to boot to download mode?
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Cooptx said:
Can you get your phone to boot to download mode?
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no, the phone is totaly dead

hackeadorazo said:
no, the phone is totaly dead
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Does your phone light up at all?
If not, could your battery be completely dead and broke?
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Cooptx said:
Does your phone light up at all?
If not, could your battery be completely dead and broke?
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the battery is good, it measure is 4.1 and 3.7 is enough

[SOLVED!] Softbrick need help

I softbricked my phone trying to flash back to stock since i just sold it to someone. My phone softbricked while flashing so i was like "No big deal ill just use heimdall one click" which did not work for me. i then used heimdall one click unbrick which didnt work. and now neither of them are detecting my phone. I tried using gremlin remover but no luck. Please help i need to ship this phone out today.
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Used a different USB cable and it worked

jalaldaniel said:
I softbricked my phone trying to flash back to stock since i just sold it to someone. My phone softbricked while flashing so i was like "No big deal ill just use heimdall one click" which did not work for me. i then used heimdall one click unbrick which didnt work. and now neither of them are detecting my phone. I tried using gremlin remover but no luck. Please help i need to ship this phone out today.
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You sound too eager... You used Heimdall One-Click which didn't work... so you did this... then that....
Just use Heimdall One-Click and figure out why it didn't work. What were you previously on when it say you soft bricked and what were you trying to flash to?
Great... Another pointless thread for somebody who wanted to post something then actually read.

lumin30 said:
You sound too eager... You used Heimdall One-Click which didn't work... so you did this... then that....
Just use Heimdall One-Click and figure out why it didn't work. What were you previously on when it say you soft bricked and what were you trying to flash to?
Great... Another pointless thread for somebody who wanted to post something then actually read.
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Great... another **** out there who thinks they can treat other people that dont know as much about phones about them like ****.

jalaldaniel said:
Great... another **** out there who thinks they can treat other people that dont know as much about phones about them like ****.
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Hurry flash and mail your phone. We'll be seeing ya!

lumin30 said:
Hurry flash and mail your phone. We'll be seeing ya!
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LOL you mad?

lumin30 said:
Hurry flash and mail your phone. We'll be seeing ya!
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remember, he traded it for a vibrant. :screwy:
sent from within pure darkness

droidmyst said:
remember, he traded it for a vibrant. :screwy:
sent from within pure darkness
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I don't have a Vibrant So I won't be searching that forum trying to weed through all the unnecessary posts to find things to help people.

[Q] How to brick my Phone

What up guys!! I Have a serious problem. I need to brick my SR but i cant do it through ODIN because my computer will not recognize the phone. i have the drivers installed. i tried flashing a different phone ROM but no luck there. please help me out guys.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24491135&postcount=4

Oh the irony. We spend countless hours trying to keep people from bricking their devices. Not countless hours trying to help actually brick. Just outta curiosity......why?
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cdshepherd said:
Oh the irony. We spend countless hours trying to keep people from bricking their devices. Not countless hours trying to help actually brick. Just outta curiosity......why?
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LOL my old SR was giving me problems and i never could go back to stock because of the comp not recognizing the the phone. It's under warranty so i got a new 1 and i have to send the old 1 back. i just dont want them to see it had been rooted, which voids out the warranty.

heh, nice.

kishke said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24491135&postcount=4
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When i tried to flash the ROM it keeps aborting it.... any other way?

Please don't come here asking how to brick your device.

All the hard bricks I read about were from flashing roms that aren't meant for our device you can also try flashing another device's kernel I guess, could do the trick.

kishke said:
All the hard bricks I read about were from flashing roms that aren't meant for our device you can also try flashing another device's kernel I guess, could do the trick.
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I haven't tried the kernel yet, but every time i try a different phone ROM it get like 75% through then it aborts. but i will definitely try the kernel.

Thanks man the kernel did the trick!!

deeman4real said:
Thanks man the kernel did the trick!!
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cdshepherd said:
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Don't be sad cd... The good news is, the skyrocket is not as easy to brick... As some might think... That's AWESOME news for people like me
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Not being able to brick your phone..... fail. Delete some system files then reset, you should have brick
[ ICS-Leak 4.0.3] SkYrOcKeT

I was thinking the same thing yo.
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[Q] Accidentally Flashed I777 Rom

I accidentally flashed a rom from the SGH-I777 forum. I realize how dumb this is. I just assumed...
Anyways I'm going to try the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Has a mistake this dumb ever been recovered from?
Thanks!

Good luck
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That would almost certainly end up in a hard brick.

Man, I've been flashing roms on my Atrix for the last 7 months without problems. Had this thing for an hour. Guess I better check model numbers in the future.

It's toast.
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USB Jig?

jluke86 said:
I accidentally flashed a rom from the SGH-I777 forum. I realize how dumb this is. I just assumed...
Anyways I'm going to try the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Has a mistake this dumb ever been recovered from?
Thanks!
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Use jig to force phone to go download mode and use Return to stock, fix soft brick, remember to not check repartition or it really going to brick your phone. Hope you still have a chance to recover it.

jluke86 said:
USB Jig?
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That's the only chance, but it's slim to none
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Thanks, guys.

Flashed i777 kernel to i727

And now my Galaxy S2 i727 won't turn on or boot into download mode. I was told getting a jig may fix it but if my phone won't turn on would I be able to use a jig?
Is there any way to make my phone functional again or am I out of luck?

well that was stupid lol. sorry bud you might be able to jtag it but idk good luck

Yeah, you're hard-bricked. A jig would almost certainly be a waste of time and money. Send it to the jtag guy for $50 or buy a new one, maybe try to warranty it out through Sammy if you want to risk them finding out that you'd been flashing and broken the warranty.
Not to rub salt in the wound or anything, but had you paid close attention and read before flashing, you'd have noticed that you were about to flash an SGS2 kernel onto a SR, and riding full-speed on the train to Bricksville.

kinghaf said:
And now my Galaxy S2 i727 won't turn on or boot into download mode. I was told getting a jig may fix it but if my phone won't turn on would I be able to use a jig?
Is there any way to make my phone functional again or am I out of luck?
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thats why the last part of my sig says what it says.
the 1st link in my sig has a link for brick repair, but first try to get it fixed under warranty, just say that it wont turn on anymore and act dumb about flashing...which is not to far from the truth

Smh.....another one bites the dust this is why I get so angry nobody takes time to learn about their $400+ device but then we are supposed to help them fix it..... my faith in the ability of our society to learn is dead I can't wait to see what happens when these generations get older
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Least people are predictable...? I swear even the posts are almost the same word for word each time this happens... :cyclops:

vincom said:
act dumb about flashing...which is not to far from the truth
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Hahaha...good one vincom

Alright thanks for the help. I'll try getting it replaced first. Is mobiletechvids a reputable place? I don't want to get scammed.

kinghaf said:
Alright thanks for the help. I'll try getting it replaced first. Is mobiletechvids a reputable place? I don't want to get scammed.
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Yes, and just leave your phone alone from now on if you don't wanna read and understand what your're doing first.

s2-i777 JB rom
Can i use s2-i727 i.e. sky rocket's rom for flashing my Galaxy S2-i777 (AT&T)..??? If not then can ny1 pls send me the link for correct rom..

kaymaddy said:
Can i use s2-i727 i.e. sky rocket's rom for flashing my Galaxy S2-i777 (AT&T)..??? If not then can ny1 pls send me the link for correct rom..
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Seriously? You are asking this?

kaymaddy said:
Can i use s2-i727 i.e. sky rocket's rom for flashing my Galaxy S2-i777 (AT&T)..??? If not then can ny1 pls send me the link for correct rom..
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No. Look in the correct section of this forum
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Unless you wanna hardbrick it then u gotta jtagg it not funny
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intelxtreme said:
Unless you wanna hardbrick it then u gotta jtagg it not funny
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Little slow on the response time there wouldn't you say?…
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Not to be an advocate of noobs... i was kinda confused at first too. BUT never took rooting and flashing as a joke so I read and read... took me a week or so before rooting (already reading up on skyrocket and S2 prior to purchase though) and more than 6 months of reading before flashing Embryo 6.
Rooting is the new cool aid... wish some people will quit trying to be cool and really understand what they are doing. Most noobs just wants to brag that they have a custom rom as though it elevates their standing in life. Geeez.

Illnevertell said:
Smh.....another one bites the dust this is why I get so angry nobody takes time to learn about their $400+ device but then we are supposed to help them fix it..... my faith in the ability of our society to learn is dead I can't wait to see what happens when these generations get older
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Biggs u just mad and not everyone is at the same level u think you
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don728871 said:
Biggs u just mad and not everyone is at the same level u think you
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You quoted a dude who left. Second he is right so many of these new guys don't research and just jump in the shiz thinking they are [email protected] . Third sentence structure son let's learn English please I almost didn't understand that at all.
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kinghaf said:
And now my Galaxy S2 i727 won't turn on or boot into download mode. I was told getting a jig may fix it but if my phone won't turn on would I be able to use a jig?
Is there any way to make my phone functional again or am I out of luck?
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JTAG repair will fix your phone...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160955490053?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Racing19969 said:
JTAG repair will fix your phone...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160955490053?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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Way to respond to something from 5 months ago when he received the exact same answer in the very first response.
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