Hard Bricked Skyrocket? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

I have been running the ICS leak on my sky rocket since it came out, with no real problems making the phone un-useable.
Starting yesterday, my phone would randomly restart and would reboot to the samsung logo. Once it hits the at&t splash screen it will vibrate and reboot all over again until I pull the battery and restart the phone.
Now today the same incident occurred, and pulling the battery is not fixing the issue. When I put the battery in, it will just continue the loop of the samsung logo.
No flashing since I installed ICS months ago, only change would be installing random apps in the play store.
I'm unable to enter recovery, and when I get to the download screen it just reboots after showing a blue screen.
Pretty lost on what else to try with this phone.

Vol+ and vol- and power hold them down
Or vol- plug in usb
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Phone will get to the download screen, and the CWM screen then restart before anything can be done.

jmcgarrell said:
Phone will get to the download screen, and the CWM screen then restart before anything can be done.
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Battery needs charged plug it in for 2+ hrs try again
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Will do, thanks for the assistance.

Originally Posted by jmcgarrell
Phone will get to the download screen, and the CWM screen then restart before anything can be done.
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Battery needs charged plug it in for 2+ hrs try again
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No dice, even tried a backup battery that was fully charged in a external charger.
Same result
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Have you tried forcing DL mode when it's already plugged into a computer? Pull battery, plug usb into computer and phone, hold vol + and -, put battery back in. That might keep you in DL mode. Good luck

hechoen said:
Have you tried forcing DL mode when it's already plugged into a computer? Pull battery, plug usb into computer and phone, hold vol + and -, put battery back in. That might keep you in DL mode. Good luck
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Restarts getting into DL mode as well.
Im actually thinking the power button might be stuck internally. Since the button itself does click when i push it
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Then I would say pull her apart and clean the button
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nrm5110 said:
Then I would say pull her apart and clean the button
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Popped off the frame, but had to run out before actually doing any tinkering.
So screwed it back together before I left, and now the phone works perfectly fine.
*shrug*
Thanks for the assistance guys

Well glad that worked for u
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Wow, never seen this! Help?

Well I have a sgs2, used to have a infuse, picked up another infuse last week for 200 to mess with, very comfortable with routing, roms ect....on the infuse and the sgs2,BUT there was something weird with the infuse, got a rom on it rooted and going, formatted sdcard by accident, went into dl to go back to stock rooted, power went out because if storm outside...;( now all I greet is a white screen....plug in USB white screen, put battery and white screen, constant on both, not sure if it's ducked for good or maybe someone had a few ideas I can try...but I can't even get into dl mode, pushing both volume down and plug USB in....white screen,any time there is power to it, white screen, any help would be greatly appreciated...
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Anyone, I'm thinking that maybe b ootloaders got screwed, any way to flash them through USB connection.....jeez I hope the phone is not shot....
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Does oden see the phone when you hook it to computer I have seen the white screen try putting it in download mode even if you can't see it it might go into download mode you can tell if the yellow com comes up in oden
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try goggling "xda white screen" or xda infuse white screen"
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here is one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431974
here is another:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1496453
it may be hardware.
you may try to use the jig as a first option.
if that doesn't work, you may have to warranty the phone thru samsung as hw failure or send it to one of those guys in the yt vid
gl
edit: if you are technical:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336359
Wow Qkster! That's what I call a very helpful answer!
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Thanks so much man, finally got Odin to recognize with white screen, still wouldn'tflash, would fail 1/2 way through, them ran heimdall jar and it worked, got stock back on at least, seems I might have a bootloader issue, as it won't turn on now unless it's plunged into power (wall or USB) can I just click flash bootloaders in heimdall? Thank you so much for the help! Almost got it!
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blaker13 said:
Thanks so much man, finally got Odin to recognize with white screen, still wouldn'tflash, would fail 1/2 way through, them ran heimdall jar and it worked, got stock back on at least, seems I might have a bootloader issue, as it won't turn on now unless it's plunged into power (wall or USB) can I just click flash bootloaders in heimdall? Thank you so much for the help! Almost got it!
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You're thank button don't work?
Make sure your battery is good or charged past half.
Either heimdall package will work...follow op's. Flash twice for BL's
I have the exact same problem! How did you get Oden to recognize? I will happily give you $20 if you can help. Please help out a mate! Thanks!
Sorry qkster, been on my phone all day not near a computer, don't think I can thank from my xda app
Put it in dl mode even with the white screen, then reinstall kies on your computer for the drivers, then open Odin and it should recognize,I actually used heimdall and a jar file to flash it, works good now, but I can't seem to root, and I can't turn my phone on from power of unless it's plugged in...pm me if any issues
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blaker13 said:
Sorry qkster, been on my phone all day not near a computer, don't think I can thank from my xda app
Put it in dl mode even with the white screen, then reinstall kies on your computer for the drivers, then open Odin and it should recognize,I actually used heimdall and a jar file to flash it, works good now, but I can't seem to root, and I can't turn my phone on from power of unless it's plugged in...pm me if any issues
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np..maybe it's your battery that's bad.
try a different 1.
if you use heimdall frontend, you need pit and repartition unless you also use the 1 click packages
i'm wondering if it's your battery...
I was thinking too...but my battery even at 100% and I power off I can't turn it on unless it has pee to it... No power hooked up I have to hold power Burton for about 10 seconds then the picture of the 0 battery appears with the little charging star, then dies.... Pee plugged in,I hold power for about 10 seconds and I get the same thing but it goes from 0% battery pic to green charging battery, then I have to hold power again and it will bout up fine...very strange, wish I has another battery kicking around, but I just gave my star...lol
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blaker13 said:
I was thinking too...but my battery even at 100% and I power off I can't turn it on unless it has pee to it... No power hooked up I have to hold power Burton for about 10 seconds then the picture of the 0 battery appears with the little charging star, then dies.... Pee plugged in,I hold power for about 10 seconds and I get the same thing but it goes from 0% battery pic to green charging battery, then I have to hold power again and it will bout up fine...very strange, wish I has another battery kicking around, but I just gave my star...lol
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Sounded like you were fortunate to get it running again.
I couldn't tell if it's your charging port or the battery is bad. I have read of corrosion issues as well.
If you have a captivate battery sitting around, it may loosely fit to test out the battery theory.
You can also try a att kiosk or store..they can test it for you.
here is another option I found pretty good:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Li-ion-...ccessories&hash=item415b6f4601#ht_1440wt_1139
blaker13 said:
Thanks so much man, finally got Odin to recognize with white screen, still wouldn'tflash, would fail 1/2 way through, them ran heimdall jar and it worked, got stock back on at least, seems I might have a bootloader issue, as it won't turn on now unless it's plunged into power (wall or USB) can I just click flash bootloaders in heimdall? Thank you so much for the help! Almost got it!
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how did you get odin to recognize it?

[Q] I can't shut my phone down! just restarts!! PLEASE HELP

running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
To simulate battery pull hold power button it will blink a few times then turn off. Also disable fast boot in power options.
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kleeman7 said:
To simulate battery pull hold power button it will blink a few times then turn off. Also disable fast boot in power options.
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does this work on custom roms also?
Its hardware coded. Works all the time
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fluxgfx said:
Its hardware coded. Works all the time
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Yup. Its meant to work all the time, in place of a battery pull.
theartialmartist said:
running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
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I had this same problem today.
But the advice given above didn't work for me?
I had to do a factory reset on the phone.
Then the trick to shutting down the phone is to do it BEFORE you set up the phone, immediately after the first bootup.
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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fluxgfx said:
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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You sir are brave.
fluxgfx said:
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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Not much of a "brick" if you can just recover from a backup.
Shoot, then i probably brick 4 or 5 times a week
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theartialmartist said:
running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
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I also experienced this issue yesterday and was able to resolve the issue. Although I am running sick-sense, this might work for you to because I think the issue is kernel related. Try plugging your phone using the charger, and unplug it. see if it resolves your problem. Let us know if this helps so other who might encounter this issue have a fix.

[Q] No power One X - Wrong ROM install

I've did some searching on this and tried everything listed but I may have a unique case here. I had a buddy call me a couple days ago and tell me about his issue with his One X. I started digging on here and found a couple of tips and tried them all for him and no go.
I asked him what he was doing when this happened. It is a Rogers One X and he attempted to install a CM9 ROM for the international One X. He assumed a One X was a One X. I've only dabbled with my Galaxy Nexus and Transformer Prime, but I'm assuming this is the issue with his phone. Am I wrong?
Is there a way to fix it? I've had the phone for a couple of days and I can not get it to power up. The LED doesn't come on either when the usb cable is plugged in. I've tried a couple different chargers and cables and same result.
Hoping I can some how save this for him.
scrolanky said:
I've did some searching on this and tried everything listed but I may have a unique case here. I had a buddy call me a couple days ago and tell me about his issue with his One X. I started digging on here and found a couple of tips and tried them all for him and no go.
I asked him what he was doing when this happened. It is a Rogers One X and he attempted to install a CM9 ROM for the international One X. He assumed a One X was a One X. I've only dabbled with my Galaxy Nexus and Transformer Prime, but I'm assuming this is the issue with his phone. Am I wrong?
Is there a way to fix it? I've had the phone for a couple of days and I can not get it to power up. The LED doesn't come on either when the usb cable is plugged in. I've tried a couple different chargers and cables and same result.
Hoping I can some how save this for him.
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Damn bro. Thats messed up. U tried plugging it in to the pc? See if the pc recognizes it.
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Try that, and maybe open a cmd window and try some commands?
Fastboot reboot
Thats what i would try.
Edit....assuming u have a "fastboot" folder set up.
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try holding power for 10 seconds. do the capacitive lights flash?
Try holding vol down and pressing power for 3 seconds. Keep holding vol down... does it boot into hboot?
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ptesmoke said:
try holding power for 10 seconds. do the capacitive lights flash?
Try holding vol down and pressing power for 3 seconds. Keep holding vol down... does it boot into hboot?
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Tried this...dead. No response from it at all. Would the CM9 ROM push out a different boot.img file and that be the problem?
scrolanky said:
Tried this...dead. No response from it at all. Would the CM9 ROM push out a different boot.img file and that be the problem?
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yeah that's part of it.
does the phone show a light when it's charging? If NOT it's a brick.
If so, there might be a way to save it.
charge it fully
power it up holding the volume button DOWN. If you can get to the bootloader you're not bricked and can re-install the rogers firmware.
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Tried this...dead. No response from it at all. Would the CM9 ROM push out a different boot.img file and that be the problem?
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yes...but it should still hit the bootloader, hell even recovery. try the same method with vol up instead... then plug into pc... see if there's any connection.
This thing takes forever to boot compared to me older devices. I'm thinking it's not totally off... try holding the power button for a long time... like 15 seconds +. see if any lights flash..
The trick is we need it in a full off state and power it up with vol down and power.
It could be in a kernel boot loop that you can't see anything.
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zounduser said:
Damn bro. Thats messed up. U tried plugging it in to the pc? See if the pc recognizes it.
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zounduser said:
Try that, and maybe open a cmd window and try some commands?
Fastboot reboot
Thats what i would try.
Edit....assuming u have a "fastboot" folder set up.
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Will try this right after work. Don't why I didn't think of this. I just kept trying to charge it. Leave it off for extended periods of time and hook it back up for extended periods. Will connect it tonight.
Thanks guys
gunnyman said:
yeah that's part of it.
does the phone show a light when it's charging? If NOT it's a brick.
If so, there might be a way to save it.
charge it fully
power it up holding the volume button DOWN. If you can get to the bootloader you're not bricked and can re-install the rogers firmware.
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no light at all right now when on the charger.
Does it power up? Hold down power and volume down.
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Does it power up? Hold down power and volume down.
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Nope not at all. Other then voiding the warranty, which with the bootloader unlocked is probably voided already, I'm debating cracking into the case and unhooking the battery and rehooking it up.
If it's dead it has warranty
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If it's dead it has warranty
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Yeah if they can't boot it they can't prove it's unlocked.
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alright so its hooked up to the comp, it detects it. It comes up with needing a QHSUSB_DLOAD driver. Did some Googing and tried some drivers, but it won't install. Any ideas? I'm hoping I can save this.
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alright so its hooked up to the comp, it detects it. It comes up with needing a QHSUSB_DLOAD driver. Did some Googing and tried some drivers, but it won't install. Any ideas? I'm hoping I can save this.
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that's a brick.
Damn. Thanks for the info.
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Damn. Thanks for the info.
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It actually might be recoverable, but it's a lot of work.
Do this.
On a linux machine, while plugged into usb - push and hold the power button for 10 seconds. Release it. IMMEDIATELY and REPEATEDLY do ls /dev/sd*
Do the ls over and over again (for around 20 seconds or so) and see if a bunch of new devices show up and subsequently disappear.
If they don't, push and hold power for another 10 seconds, release, repeat.
If you get devices to show up, it's recoverable.
He bricked, is a shame but that's the risk you take when you flash a ROM meant for another phone...

samsung infuse download mode help

So, my sister infuse recently got into boot loop. I couldn't get into download mode with all the 3 buttons method, so I decided to get a usb jig. It arrived today but once it enters download mode it leaves it after a couple seconds so I can't even plug the usb cable into it. I tried charging the phone for 6 hours but when I plug it in, it goes in a charge loop where it resets and shows the charging circle every couple of second. Anybody know any other tips that made help? I'm thinking it turning to a hardware brick instead of a software brick.
It's possible your power button is messed up...
Also you tried download mode wrong...three fingers is for recovery...
Download mode:
Pull battery
Put battery back in
Hold volume up+down
Plug USB cord with heimdal or Odin running on pc
You should now be in download mode
Here's a thread about the possible power button prob...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764079
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Everytime i plug the battery, the phone turns on by itself already. I tried you method thou and it just keeps in bootloop.
Hmm, I gotta go about dissembling it..that sucks.
mg2195 said:
It's possible your power button is messed up...
Also you tried download mode wrong...three fingers is for recovery...
Download mode:
Pull battery
Put battery back in
Hold volume up+down
Plug USB cord with heimdal or Odin running on pc
You should now be in download mode
Here's a thread about the possible power button prob...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764079
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deathsycthehe11 said:
Everytime i plug the battery, the phone turns on by itself already. I tried you method thou and it just keeps in bootloop.
Hmm, I gotta go about dissembling it..that sucks.
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And according to enelyam you nay need a brand new button to replace the old one...but If your comfortable with opening it up then is try cleaning the button
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woot finally got it to stay in download mode. Smashed the power button a bit lol... thanks!
mg2195 said:
And according to enelyam you nay need a brand new button to replace the old one...but If your comfortable with opening it up then is try cleaning the button
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Let's hope that heimdal/odin will go through...good luck!
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mg2195 said:
Let's hope that heimdal/odin will go through...good luck!
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Yes it turned back on! But the screens turns fuzzy from time to time. I'm gonna do a full wipe and see what happens.
If nothing else does the trick, I sent mine to Samsung and they fixed it for free no shipping or nothing just FREE
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Firmware upgrade encountered an issue!!!!!!!
ive been tring to get this phone into download mode forever, im even using an iphone until i can get this phone back up!
thelandis said:
ive been tring to get this phone into download mode forever, im even using an iphone until i can get this phone back up!
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did you try volume up +down and plugging in usb while your desktop/laptop is turned on?
Download Mode Easy Way
deathsycthehe11 said:
So, my sister infuse recently got into boot loop. I couldn't get into download mode with all the 3 buttons method, so I decided to get a usb jig. It arrived today but once it enters download mode it leaves it after a couple seconds so I can't even plug the usb cable into it. I tried charging the phone for 6 hours but when I plug it in, it goes in a charge loop where it resets and shows the charging circle every couple of second. Anybody know any other tips that made help? I'm thinking it turning to a hardware brick instead of a software brick.
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I found and easy way to get in download mode and it worked for me!
steps:
Take battery out
Plug in usb cable to phone and pc
Hold both vol up and down only no power button.
Put battery in
source
Samsung infuse into download model

[Q] Need help :(

Hi to all,
I'm actually posting this for a friend, so the device randomly restarts and showing Samsung logo twice then it would turn blank and vibrate endlessly. I've tried putting it into odin mode or recovery mode but it gives me this message,
"verifying internal mmc block... checksum confirmation not need checksum confirmation already executed"
after that it will turn blank and it'll start vibrating again.
Any help would be greatly appreaciated.
Thanks in advance!!
Remove the battery and plug the phone cord in then replace the battery while holding the both volume rockers.
what happen initially in order for this to happen
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Remove the battery and plug the phone cord in then replace the battery while holding the both volume rockers.
what happen initially in order for this to happen
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My friend says, while he was texting the device just restarted then turned blank. Tried your instructions but when the screen warning about installing a rom w/a yellow triangle appears, i followed to press the volume up and after that, the device shuts off and vibrates again.
Stuck power button
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Stuck power button
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+1 im calling it that
tell your friend with a needle go along the edges of the button to help it remove and crap thats in there
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sounds like power button
Will do. Thanks!
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