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I think I hardbricked my phone?

So I got my first android phone yesterday, a droid charge. I open the box in excitement turn it on call in the activation... load up a website, and bam "please insert sim card" so I went to the verizon store and they gave me a new one and it worked for about 5 minutes then same thing, so I followed some instructions I found to unofficially update it to gingerbread which was succesful but then I couldn't do anything without a sim card. So I try to go back to stock rom and I plugged it in to my computer got it in download mode the same as before hit start odin said finished pass in .5 seconds and now my phone is 100% completely unresponsive to everything. The only sign of life was some flickering of the backlights on the buttons. Anyone ever have this happen?

mfranz said:
So I got my first android phone yesterday, a droid charge. I open the box in excitement turn it on call in the activation... load up a website, and bam "please insert sim card" so I went to the verizon store and they gave me a new one and it worked for about 5 minutes then same thing, so I followed some instructions I found to unofficially update it to gingerbread which was succesful but then I couldn't do anything without a sim card. So I try to go back to stock rom and I plugged it in to my computer got it in download mode the same as before hit start odin said finished pass in .5 seconds and now my phone is 100% completely unresponsive to everything. The only sign of life was some flickering of the backlights on the buttons. Anyone ever have this happen?
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There have been known issues with the SIM getting fried due to flashing. You have to go back and just keep getting it replaced as they are pretty good about switching them out. You might want to keep the SIM out as a rule of thumb every time you flash in the future.
When you were in download mode, did you put the battery back in before flashing in Odin?

Idk if my wording was confusing but I flashed after the sim issue but thanks for the advice on the sim card. I did put the battery in but the phone slid off a surface and fell about 1 foot the battery and usb cord remained connected. I was told it was almost impossible to brick these to the point where it can't be fixed without JTAG, turns out my first time doing anything with an android phone I ruin a phone
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Also is there a chance verizon will JTAG my phone or something and see that I flashed an unofficial update and charge me for the phone

mfranz said:
Idk if my wording was confusing but I flashed after the sim issue but thanks for the advice on the sim card. I did put the battery in but the phone slid off a surface and fell about 1 foot the battery and usb cord remained connected. I was told it was almost impossible to brick these to the point where it can't be fixed without JTAG, turns out my first time doing anything with an android phone I ruin a phone
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Also is there a chance verizon will JTAG my phone or something and see that I flashed an unofficial update and charge me for the phone
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As long as you have a stock rom on it will be fine, or if it's ACTUALLY hard bricked.
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.0

The stock rom never actually made it back on :/ I tried all sorts of stuff so I'm pretty sure its hard bricked I even tried making a usb jig to no end.

mfranz said:
The stock rom never actually made it back on :/ I tried all sorts of stuff so I'm pretty sure its hard bricked I even tried making a usb jig to no end.
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Odin it search the forum there's a link with the files out need .
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diamantericos said:
Odin it search the forum there's a link with the files out need .
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This assumes you can actually get into Download mode....
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.0

[Q] Skyrocket phone stuck onSamsung Logo

Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy phone is stuck on the Samsung boot up logo. I shut off the phone and it starts up again to the Samsung logo again. I am rooted but still had the stock rom and kernel.
I went to selections and wiped my cache and tried to format it like a new phone. The same thing still happens. I am not sure what else to do. Anyone know how to fix this?
Keep the instructions simple please, if you do know. (I'm a desperate noob)
Thanks for any help.

IF you ever did nandroid than just restore that otherwise.........
Hey first follow this steps to flash any rom. If you flash the rom properly than you can use any stock rom from dev section and use that.
OR
follow this step to go back to stock and it will unroot you.
Vman7765 said:
Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy phone is stuck on the Samsung boot up logo. I shut off the phone and it starts up again to the Samsung logo again. I am rooted but still had the stock rom and kernel.
I went to selections and wiped my cache and tried to format it like a new phone. The same thing still happens. I am not sure what else to do. Anyone know how to fix this?
Keep the instructions simple please, if you do know. (I'm a desperate noob)
Thanks for any help.
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Great, I'm downloading the drivers now. My phone was working perfectly. Do you know what may have caused this? Thanks.

I am not sure why it happened but it looks like u cleared cache so that might be the problem. IDK
Vman7765 said:
Great, I'm downloading the drivers now. My phone was working perfectly. Do you know what may have caused this? Thanks.
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Rocketing on Sky Ics¡

I'm back up and running. If I want to change my rom and kernel, what do you recommend? I midas well do everything now, while I am on work mode. Thanks for your help.

first of all to show that you appreciate my help please hit that thnx button. I am running Sky Ice Rom which is deeply themed rom with faux123's kernel.
Vman7765 said:
I'm back up and running. If I want to change my rom and kernel, what do you recommend? I midas well do everything now, while I am on work mode. Thanks for your help.
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NP thanks for your help. I spammed that button as much as I could lol.

Same Problem
My problem is that my Rogers SGSII LTE I727R, is stuck on the logo screen, which is flashing the boot screen. When I connect the USB (even after install of Kies and Odin), my PC does not see the device. I am really not sure what to do. I think I set the wrong phone ID when I installed recovery (I think I was supposed to use the T-Mobil SGSII setting), but I selected something else. I then tried to backup the existing ROM, and am now in this unending loop. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

Follow these steps it will help you go back to stock. ANd reroot your phone.
Barlaw604 said:
My problem is that my Rogers SGSII LTE I727R, is stuck on the logo screen, which is flashing the boot screen. When I connect the USB (even after install of Kies and Odin), my PC does not see the device. I am really not sure what to do. I think I set the wrong phone ID when I installed recovery (I think I was supposed to use the T-Mobil SGSII setting), but I selected something else. I then tried to backup the existing ROM, and am now in this unending loop. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
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I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.

Barlaw604 said:
I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.
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Try a different USB port. Avoid rear ports and hubs.

OK, i will try that on a different computer, as I have tried all of the available ports on my laptop. Any other thoughts?

Barlaw604 said:
I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.
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Have you uninstalled kies? If not uninstall it from your PC. Put your phone in download mode and see if Odin can see the phone.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

Barlaw604 said:
I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.
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Try another USB port or another computer. If you can get the logo you are in a boot loop, the most common form of a soft brick. If you can get into download mode you should be able to fix it.
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Barlaw604 said:
OK, i will try that on a different computer, as I have tried all of the available ports on my laptop. Any other thoughts?
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Just saw this. Have you tried to re-install the drivers?
Another thought is to try turning off firewall and antivirus when using Odin. I've never had my firewall or antivirus block Odin but I've heard it can happen...

Can you get into download mode? Hold the two volume buttons down, then plug the usb cable into your phone, then you should be in download mode.

I cannot get into download mode. I just keep getting the flashing boot screen, with the corresponding vibration.

mimart7 said:
Can you get into download mode? Hold the two volume buttons down, then plug the usb cable into your phone, then you should be in download mode.
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What he said. Pull the battery and put it back in. Hold volume up/down and plug in USB. Continue holding volume buttons until you see download mode. Careful not to press the power button during this process.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

I like how u guys are really trying to help him. Let u guys know that on my first responce I gave him all the steps on how to go back to stock. So if he followed that and nothing happened than he should try USB jig if that don't work than its hard brick!!
Rocketing on Sky Ics¡

Barlaw604 said:
I cannot get into download mode. I just keep getting the flashing boot screen, with the corresponding vibration.
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Don't panic. If you're in a boot loop it's fixable. It's when you get nothing that you need to worry about a hard brick.
Try the button combo mentioned above to get into download mode. If that doesn't work, pull the battery again and try using just the volume down button button--I've heard people say this worked for them when they had a hard time.
If this doesn't get you into download mode, I guarantee you that a jig will work. You can buy one online or make one yourself for about 75 cents and a cut-up data cable (I had a car charger that I didn't need--car charges the phone through USB port, so I cut that one up). Always good to have a jig, at any rate...

skrambled said:
Don't panic. If you're in a boot loop it's fixable. It's when you get nothing that you need to worry about a hard brick.
Try the button combo mentioned above to get into download mode. If that doesn't work, pull the battery again and try using just the volume down button button--I've heard people say this worked for them when they had a hard time.
If this doesn't get you into download mode, I guarantee you that a jig will work. You can buy one online or make one yourself for about 75 cents and a cut-up data cable (I had a car charger that I didn't need--car charges the phone through USB port, so I cut that one up). Always good to have a jig, at any rate...
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Yup, when I rooted my phone, the only way I could get it into download was volume DOWN & power.
Sent from my SGH-I727R using xda premium

Reviving my bricked P500

This is my first post at XDA. I don't know if I am in the right section. Kindly move the post if required.
Problem
1) I had my Optimus One running CM9.
2) It made my phone slow. So, I flashed it back to CM7.
3) It had some problems, so i was foolish enough to move it back to Gingerbread instead of restoring to CM9.
4) This is where my phone started acting strange. It was getting into a boot loop.
5) I then tried to fix it using some tools I don't remember, but since then it has been dead.
The phone is dead. The phone won't turn on. Not even in emergency mode. No response when charger or USB is connected. It just wont turn on.
It was about 4 months ago when I bricked my phone and had lost hope. I have now known it's hard living without an android.
Please let me know how i can fix this and revive my bricked phone.
Some of you may have a good laugh reading this. But I already have tears in my eyes.:crying:
I dont remember what all i did to my phone in order to brick it. So, please help in whatever way you can.
Thanks to everyone in advance.

rocketonp500 said:
This is my first post at XDA. I don't know if I am in the right section. Kindly move the post if required.
Problem
1) I had my Optimus One running CM9.
2) It made my phone slow. So, I flashed it back to CM7.
3) It had some problems, so i was foolish enough to move it back to Gingerbread instead of restoring to CM9.
4) This is where my phone started acting strange. It was getting into a boot loop.
5) I then tried to fix it using some tools I don't remember, but since then it has been dead.
The phone is dead. The phone won't turn on. Not even in emergency mode. No response when charger or USB is connected. It just wont turn on.
It was about 4 months ago when I bricked my phone and had lost hope. I have now known it's hard living without an android.
Please let me know how i can fix this and revive my bricked phone.
Some of you may have a good laugh reading this. But I already have tears in my eyes.:crying:
I dont remember what all i did to my phone in order to brick it. So, please help in whatever way you can.
Thanks to everyone in advance.
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Repair
Sent from a powerful Ice Creamy Device

Reviving my bricked p500
Thanks!!! I kinda guessed nothing could be done. But would have loved a fix. Would have saved bucks!!!

rocketonp500 said:
Thanks!!! I kinda guessed nothing could be done. But would have loved a fix. Would have saved bucks!!!
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The thing is, if it doesn't respond then how are you going to fix it...that's the huge problem.

Moved to General Q&A.

Have you tried another charger? With and without battery.
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities

rocketonp500 said:
This is my first post at XDA. I don't know if I am in the right section. Kindly move the post if required.
Problem
1) I had my Optimus One running CM9.
2) It made my phone slow. So, I flashed it back to CM7.
3) It had some problems, so i was foolish enough to move it back to Gingerbread instead of restoring to CM9.
4) This is where my phone started acting strange. It was getting into a boot loop.
5) I then tried to fix it using some tools I don't remember, but since then it has been dead.
The phone is dead. The phone won't turn on. Not even in emergency mode. No response when charger or USB is connected. It just wont turn on.
It was about 4 months ago when I bricked my phone and had lost hope. I have now known it's hard living without an android.
Please let me know how i can fix this and revive my bricked phone.
Some of you may have a good laugh reading this. But I already have tears in my eyes.:crying:
I dont remember what all i did to my phone in order to brick it. So, please help in whatever way you can.
Thanks to everyone in advance.
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It's an LG phone right?.. I also agree to Repair at the service center of your phone.. I recommend that because it's hard bricked.. When I was a newbie and accidentally soft bricked my galaxy pocket (bootloop) I bring it to the samsung service center I thought it will coast some bucks but it's free, they just reformat my phone for One hour and it's now fixed.. but now I use Odin for reformatting my phone using stock firmwares..

dumeds away,
I assume you searched the forum already, but maybe you didn't try this yet:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314
Hope it helps.

try putting it into download mode and connecting to the computer and checking with odin.i

Reviving P500
krishneelg3 said:
The thing is, if it doesn't respond then how are you going to fix it...that's the huge problem.
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Yes!! There is no way I guess.

post-mortem said:
Have you tried another charger? With and without battery.
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
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Yes. I tried another chager, USB and stuff. My phone wont come up.

fozzyag said:
I assume you searched the forum already, but maybe you didn't try this yet:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314
Hope it helps.
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I came across this thread. But, i cannot go into emergency mode. So, I am stuck.

aagampshah97 said:
try putting it into download mode and connecting to the computer and checking with odin.i
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How to get into download mode? I dont really know if it would go into download mode.

Hmm , hopes are less but lets go on with the basics .
Did you try changing the battery ?
I don't think the download mode would work either but try doing the following :
Plug in the USB cable and wait for the charging screen to come on.
Now Press and HOLD the following Keys in the same order: Return Button, Volume Down Button, and the Power Button.
Let go off all the buttons when you first see the LG logo.
Then install cm9 again with odin .
If none works then you either have to go with a new phone or maybe a simple part of the phone has become dead . If it's under warranty get it replaced / repaired .

[Q] Help I think i hard bricked my phone

Recently, i've been trying out a ROM for my Samsung S 4G.
i think i screwd up
wont even let me in past the Galaxy S 4G Screen...
any solutions....or should i throw away the phone?

05wuz said:
Recently, i've been trying out a ROM for my Samsung S 4G.
i think i screwd up
wont even let me in past the Galaxy S 4G Screen...
any solutions....or should i throw away the phone?
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Go to this forum and download the "heimdall" package. This will return the phone back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498

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AgainstTheFlow said:
Go to this forum and download the "heimdall" package. This will return the phone back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
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It wont even let me go into Download or Recovery Mode

05wuz said:
It wont even let me go into Download or Recovery Mode
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Pull the battery out of the phone. Plug the usb cable into the COMPUTER ONLY. replace battery, hold the vol up and vol down keys ONLY, while plugging in the usb cable to phone. This will put the phone in down load mode. Then flash the package.

Depending on what you flashed, you may have to get (worse case scenario) a download jig. They're easy to make if you got a solder iron. Google Samsung download jig or search xda for the how to make.
That's if you can't get it to go into download with the battery drop in trick.
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And btw, hard brick is a phone that does nothing.
Try a different cord to, some of the cheap phone chargers won't work (unable to transfer files, etc)

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Hey,
thanks for the hint ...downloading mode did appear for a second
but now, it's stuck in
"Downloading....
Do not turn off Target!!!"
is this a good sign?

Go to the link in second post. Read the thread (esp first couple posts) and flash away.

[Q] Can't boot to recovery or download mode, only to CM

I made the mistake of flashing a CM nightly on my tablet, because now everything's broke. I had it set up with CWM and SlimLP alphas which were running fine, but now everything's bunk.
I've tried turning off the tablet, but it just starts back up again without warning, even when unplugged. I've tried every power/volume combination at boot, but it only boots to Android.
I hopped into an root Android terminal session and typed
Code:
reboot download
and
Code:
reboot recovery
as well as
Code:
reboot bootloader
and
Code:
reboot fastboot
all of which send the tablet back to Android post-boot.
ADB recognizes it as an ADB device, but it will only show as offline, and revoking the UBS authorizations doesn't prompt them again later.
I've even tried Odin Mobile and UAMP, as well as ROM Manager, but they won't flash anything either. Rather, the things they flash don't stick after a reboot.
What do I do?

Fixed it! Had to do a battery pull, but download mode kicked in again just fine.

How you did it? Battery pull?

Beware of nightlies, only trust after getting positive feedback from other brave saps. Must have B/U before you go there.
Pp.

How did you do it!??!
what did you do to get your tab to boot to recovery mode? i've had to revert twice in the last 2 years back to 4.2.2. because anything higher causes the tab to never boot to recovery mode to apply any updates or flash anything. would really love any help here as I can almost never find anyone with the same problem so trouble-shooting has been next-to-impossible, thank you!!
DarkWolffe said:
I made the mistake of flashing a CM nightly on my tablet, because now everything's broke. I had it set up with CWM and SlimLP alphas which were running fine, but now everything's bunk.
I've tried turning off the tablet, but it just starts back up again without warning, even when unplugged. I've tried every power/volume combination at boot, but it only boots to Android.
I hopped into an root Android terminal session and typed
Code:
reboot download
and
Code:
reboot recovery
as well as
Code:
reboot bootloader
and
Code:
reboot fastboot
all of which send the tablet back to Android post-boot.
ADB recognizes it as an ADB device, but it will only show as offline, and revoking the UBS authorizations doesn't prompt them again later.
I've even tried Odin Mobile and UAMP, as well as ROM Manager, but they won't flash anything either. Rather, the things they flash don't stick after a reboot.
What do I do?
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I have a P5113 and since new I did one factory update, a couple of months after getting it. After that have only ran Cyanogenmod roms,currently on CM12 5.0.2 and have never had any issues (no nightlies).
Pp.

johnf84 said:
what did you do to get your tab to boot to recovery mode? i've had to revert twice in the last 2 years back to 4.2.2. because anything higher causes the tab to never boot to recovery mode to apply any updates or flash anything. would really love any help here as I can almost never find anyone with the same problem so trouble-shooting has been next-to-impossible, thank you!!
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shsagnik said:
How you did it? Battery pull?
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I had to do a battery pull.

johnf84 said:
what did you do to get your tab to boot to recovery mode? i've had to revert twice in the last 2 years back to 4.2.2. because anything higher causes the tab to never boot to recovery mode to apply any updates or flash anything. would really love any help here as I can almost never find anyone with the same problem so trouble-shooting has been next-to-impossible, thank you!!
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Never quote the OP
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DarkWolffe said:
I had to do a battery pull.
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I think he was asking how u did the battery pull.

AndroidMaster1909 said:
Never quote the OP
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I think he was asking how u did the battery pull.
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To pull the battery, you have to remove the front faceplate from the back. You can do this by very carefully separating the glass part of the screen from the plastic housing around it. (You need to remove the SD card, too, otherwise you'll risk bending or ripping out the port) Then, once you have that removed, there's a cable that runs out of the battery to the PCB and connects with a creamish-colored connector. Just pop it out.
I followed this video for visual aid. You can see him remove the battery cable at the three minute mark.

DarkWolffe said:
To pull the battery, you have to remove the front faceplate from the back. You can do this by very carefully separating the glass part of the screen from the plastic housing around it. (You need to remove the SD card, too, otherwise you'll risk bending or ripping out the port) Then, once you have that removed, there's a cable that runs out of the battery to the PCB and connects with a creamish-colored connector. Just pop it out.
I followed this video for visual aid. You can see him remove the battery cable at the three minute mark.
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Thanks for posting the video here but i knew what u were saying. I just wanted to tell u what he was asking.

AndroidMaster1909 said:
Thanks for posting the video here but i knew what u were saying. I just wanted to tell u what he was asking.
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I was mostly putting it here in case anyone else ever has this problem. They have a resource.