I have a Rogers Skyrocket and I was trying to update CWMR touch.
I tried several times through the terminal emulator and it failed. I must confess, I wasn't being careful this time. My attention was divided as I thought it was business as usual. I tried searching for apps on the Play Store to flash them, but Rom Manager cost a few bucks and Recovery Manager didn't work.
I was going to reboot into download mode to use odin and my attention drifted away. When I looked back at my phone, it was off. I tried turning it on, but no response. I know it had at least half the battery left. I tried a battery pull, but nothing. Plugging into the computer or wall to charge does not initiate the charge.
Is there anyway to fix this?
I'm gonna be honest, it really does sound like a hard brick. Try another battery pull and hold the power button while u reinsert. Any vibration at all means u have hope
Damn. Will Rogers replace it? Or am I going to have to pay for it?
yingjai said:
I have a Rogers Skyrocket and I was trying to update CWMR touch.
I tried several times through the terminal emulator and it failed. I must confess, I wasn't being careful this time. My attention was divided as I thought it was business as usual. I tried searching for apps on the Play Store to flash them, but Rom Manager cost a few bucks and Recovery Manager didn't work.
I was going to reboot into download mode to use odin and my attention drifted away. When I looked back at my phone, it was off. I tried turning it on, but no response. I know it had at least half the battery left. I tried a battery pull, but nothing. Plugging into the computer or wall to charge does not initiate the charge.
Is there anyway to fix this?
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can you get the download mode or the recovery?
if not the i'm pretty sure its hard bricked.
but you might try a jig to force it into download mode.
you can tell rogers it was a failed update by kies, and the will send out a refurb but they will want the broke phone sent back to them oh and i hope that's brand new(less than 30 days)or they might say no.
i got two refurbs out of them this way.
yingjai said:
Damn. Will Rogers replace it? Or am I going to have to pay for it?
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try it and see, if you bought it directly from them i think they just give you a refurbed one on the spot, ok just read previous post, so maybe not on the spot.
or keep it charging for awhile to make sure the battery wasnt dead. once you know the battery has a good charge and still wont boot, do a battery pull for like 10mins, then try, if still nothing then it looks like a hardbrick
vincom said:
try it and see, if you bought it directly from them i think they just give you a refurbed one on the spot, ok just read previous post, so maybe not on the spot.
or keep it charging for awhile to make sure the battery wasnt dead. once you know the battery has a good charge and still wont boot, do a battery pull for like 10mins, then try, if still nothing then it looks like a hardbrick
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he stated that it would not initiate a charge when plugged into wall charger or comp also if it were a dead battery it will still vibrate when you try to turn it on.
i' certain the boot img is corrupt which means a jtag revival.
popcorn900 said:
he stated that it would not initiate a charge when plugged into wall charger or comp also if it were a dead battery it will still vibrate when you try to turn it on.
i' certain the boot img is corrupt which means a jtag revival.
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true, but when my bat was dead it did not do anything for a few minutes, not even show the charging screen, i thought then the i mucked something up, but after awhile it started showing the charge screen...........it cant hurt for him to try even though i think its bricked, but he should be able to get a replacement
vincom said:
true, but when my bat was dead it did not do anything for a few minutes, not even show the charging screen, i thought then the i mucked something up, but after awhile it started showing the charge screen...........it cant hurt for him to try even though i think its bricked, but he should be able to get a replacement
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yes rogers will replace it but they may charge him a little if the phone is more than 30 days old. he can try to charge that battery as you stated and hope for the best.
i can give him link to a good jtageer 50.00 is what he charges, if indeed the phone be bricked.
i bricked mine and it would vibrate but nothing would happen.
your only hope is to try download mode.
i thought i bricked the other day it would show the i727 screen then turn off. but i could get into download mode.
Unless battery meter was wrong or there was a massive drain in power within a few minutes, then the battery shouldn't be dead. I did flash CM9 nightly last night coming from official Rogers ICS if that has anything to do with messing up battery stats.
In regards to the 30 day thing, my wife bought me the phone several months ago. I don't think I bought an extended warranty either.
What is this jig/jtag thing? I remember reading something about it a while back when I was using the HTC Dream.
OFWGKTADGAF said:
i bricked mine and it would vibrate but nothing would happen.
your only hope is to try download mode.
i thought i bricked the other day it would show the i727 screen then turn off. but i could get into download mode.
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ya your only soft bricked your lucky.
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yingjai said:
Unless battery meter was wrong or there was a massive drain in power within a few minutes, then the battery shouldn't be dead. I did flash CM9 nightly last night coming from official Rogers ICS if that has anything to do with messing up battery stats.
In regards to the 30 day thing, my wife bought me the phone several months ago. I don't think I bought an extended warranty either.
What is this jig/jtag thing? I remember reading something about it a while back when I was using the HTC Dream.
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a jtag is needed if there is no bootloader on the phone. no bootloader means a dead mobo black screen no recovery or download mode also jig wont work = dead mobo and jtag is required.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
if you are interested in getting it jtaged.
also rogers will charge you a little to replace the phone but not much.
ohh forgot, a jig is a loop used to short 2 pins in the usb port to force the download mode.
popcorn900 said:
ya your only soft bricked your lucky.
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a jtag is needed if there is no bootloader on the phone. no bootloader means a dead mobo black screen no recovery or download mode also jig wont work = dead mobo and jtag is required.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
if you are interested in getting it jtaged.
also rogers will charge you a little to replace the phone but not much.
ohh forgot, a jig is a loop used to short 2 pins in the usb port to force the download mode.
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its under warranty, it shouldnt him cost anything, he just has to play stupid and say "i dont know what happened, it wont turn on"
i replaced my bricked no problem. warranties a year.
vincom said:
its under warranty, it shouldnt him cost anything, he just has to play stupid and say "i dont know what happened, it wont turn on"
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full replacement if under 30 days otherwise a nominal fee will be required because it is software related not a hardware fail.
they will send him the phone but when they get the old one back and run ther tests thats when the fee will come in.
also the playing stupid trick might work as they will not even bother to check the phone but they might and he will get dinged.
i'm sure if he sends the phone in rogers will just send him a refurb rogers is pretty relaxed when it comes to customer service as i stated before i got two refurbs easy enough.
i sent my hard brick in 3 months after and they fixed it for free and checked it off as a faulty pcb. they just replaced the pcb and sent it back
OFWGKTADGAF said:
i sent my hard brick in 3 months after and they fixed it for free and checked it off as a faulty pcb. they just replaced the pcb and sent it back
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lol when i got mine back i was expecting new phone but what a surprise when it booted and the previous owners contacts and emails were still there, the other one had pic's and mms's lol.
popcorn900 said:
lol when i got mine back i was expecting new phone but what a surprise when it booted and the previous owners contacts and emails were still there, the other one had pic's and mms's lol.
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So are the passwords saved on the phone secure? For instance, Twitter and Facebook logins...
yingjai said:
So are the passwords saved on the phone secure? For instance, Twitter and Facebook logins...
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well im sure with you phone it would be because the mobo is dead but if it were a smashed screen or something like that i don't know as i stated my two refurbs had previous owners **** on it.
Should I even bother trying to get my phone fixed with a jtagger? I prefer to keep my phone than swap for a refurb.
And do you guys know anyone who can do it locally? I live in Vancouver.
OFWGKTADGAF said:
i bricked mine and it would vibrate but nothing would happen.
your only hope is to try download mode.
i thought i bricked the other day it would show the i727 screen then turn off. but i could get into download mode.
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true, but when my bat was dead it did not do anything for a few minutes, not even show the charging screen, i thought then the i mucked something up, but after awhile it started showing the charge screen...........it cant hurt for him to try even though i think its bricked, but he should be able to get a replacement
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lol that happened to me, can't remember if it vibrated or not but i thought i bricked it being as i am new to all this stuff.
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i bricked my captivate. fully bricked.dead. gone. haha it was all my fault though. i flashed back to stock and wanted to see if there was an update OTA. there was so i downloaded it. forgetting that i always have the update.zip form clockworkmod (so i dont have to keep rooting to flash a rom) on the root of my sd card, the update.zip from the download went somewhere. i dont know where it went. so the message popped up saying do i want to update now so i did. it booted into this software update screen. halfway through the process it said 'installation aborted. going to reboot . so the phone shut off and never came on again because it was installing the clockworkmod file. not to mad tho. haha did it right on the day my contract expired. now im getting the inspire
post you stories here!
I doubt its bricked, make a usb jig to bring it back to life.
nah just gone. tried putting it on the charger. battery gets hot. tried jig. nothing. not even the capacitive buttons light up
i'll buy it off you for 10 dollars
I had infinite loop for an hour, so my battery died pretty much and i didnt notice that...I was using one click odin to flash to stock..and it turned green...i pulled everything out....again tried in download mode and now it turned pink...so again I pulled everything and tried to put it in download mode....Dead...complete dead...tried everything I could....
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I had infinite loop for an hour, so my battery died pretty much and i didnt notice that...I was using one click odin to flash to stock..and it turned green...i pulled everything out....again tried in download mode and now it turned pink...so again I pulled everything and tried to put it in download mode....Dead...complete dead...tried everything I could....
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ugh thats a day killer! once my battery died right before starting odin. i just popped in my dads battery and finished it. scary though
I too received the green screen when flashing...Fortunately I can get to the download mode use a jig, although I cannot do anything from there. My computer recognizes the phone but I get no response when trying to flash the firmware.
peachpuff said:
I doubt its bricked, make a usb jig to bring it back to life.
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I second that idea.
Somehow I've managed to fully brick my phone more than ten times!! Always came back to life with dl mode or jig but mostly persistence, gotta keep trying the jig and volume up down buttons followed by endless connecting and disconnecting USB cables to get it to take.
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If I have helped press thanks.
Hello,
Anyone with bricked or broken captivate wants to sell it?? I am looking for a captivate for parts. PM me
Thanks
aguila88psi said:
Somehow I've managed to fully brick my phone more than ten times!! Always came back to life with dl mode or jig but mostly persistence, gotta keep trying the jig and volume up down buttons followed by endless connecting and disconnecting USB cables to get it to take.
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Are you sure???
That's not full brick... Full brick won't go into download mode. It will just sit therea dn do nothing. Not even get hot when you put it on the charger.
Listen guys... I need a for-real bricked captivate. Black screen, won't do anything at all for testing... This is why.. If you have a brick, please PM me. I'll return it after testing, hopefully in a working condition.
That "brick" in the video, that's a soft brick. it's not a full, hard brick.
I'm trying to NOT black-screen hard-brick my own phone... If you have one around which is bricked, please let me know and I'll try to fix it. I need one for testing before I go bricking my extra phone for real
trell959 said:
ugh thats a day killer! once my battery died right before starting odin. i just popped in my dads battery and finished it. scary though
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This happend to me as well. Battery died during Odin. Completely black screen. Wouldn't charge and would get hot while plugged in.
****, i guess i just fully bricked mine >_> was updating to 2.2 via kies mini and it froze on 46% of installation because it doesn't work on win x64. Went to download mode through 3 button, tried Odin and it ****ing failed on me. Now this piece of **** won't even turn on. Gonna try a jig, but i read multiple times on multiple places that it won't work if the phone doesn't even turn the screen on, so i guess i'm ****ed.
Language. Please watch your language. One every so often is not too bad, but that's WAY 2 much for one post. Just letting you know before a mod sees it.
mrhaley30705 said:
Language. Please watch your language. One every so often is not too bad, but that's WAY 2 much for one post. Just letting you know before a mod sees it.
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Sorry about that! I was really frustrated at that time, my bad!!! well, after 2 hours trying to revive it i was able to launch download mode, and this time Odin didn't fail, feeling soooo much better now hehe
Toddyn said:
Sorry about that! I was really frustrated at that time, my bad!!! well, after 2 hours trying to revive it i was able to launch download mode, and this time Odin didn't fail, feeling soooo much better now hehe
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Well, I'm glad to f*¢king hear it
Glad you got it going.
I tried to flash
{Stock Rom} Odin JF6 with 3 button fix
with odin because my 3 button wasn't working.
Everything seems like it was going fine Odin says successful, but when it was supposed to restart. It never turned back on. Now the screen never turns on when I try to power on, charge, or use my JIG.
Hello guys I'm here because my Atrix 2 will not turn on.
The only thing is the white LED lights ...
What should I do?!
thank you!
Hmmm... What were you doing prior to it not working? Dropped? Something minor occur resulting a reboot? When did you buy it? Finally... Any physical damage on the castor screen from impact damage?
I've rooted the phone, and before when I've reboot the battery appear on the screen...
I know with my captivate I used to be able to take the battery out, plug it in and it would boot. Try that... Yank tha battery, plug it in, and try to boot it
hi i have the same problem, i tried what you said but it still wont open.
i think its like a bug cause when i woke up it just stoped working with no reason!!!
p.s. sorry for my english
Try using the fxz file. My phone used to be glichy and do weird things. I flashed it and now it works fine.
Can u boot into AP fastboot mode?
no the phone is like totaly dead i cant even do a hard reset nothing at all....
could it be just a bad cable and it wont charge?
Do u still have the warranty? If so I'd just get a new one. It sounds to me like u have a bad phone! Did u get it from best buy?
no i just bought it from e-bay this phone is not yet released in europe
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"BOOM" the phone just opened by it self WTF is going on with motorolas? lol i am just happy for not losing my money.
Oh in Europe? I assumed u were in the states! My bad im sure u mentioned it. I just wasn't paying attention.... lol. So u see nothing at boot ? Not even the M in the start? Nothing at all?
Well the only thing I can think of at the moment is:
Press the volume buttons at the same time and hold them down.
Then press the power button.
In the menus look for AP fastboot.
If u can see that u can flash the fxz. Im sorry. Its 1:30 a.m. here in California! Im so tired. Im sorry if I couldn't help u! :-/
it was doing nothing at all it was totaly dead but some minutes later it just opened by it self and works great again what to say......those phones are going to get me crazy. lol
biupil said:
it was doing nothing at all it was totaly dead but some minutes later it just opened by it self and works great again what to say......those phones are going to get me crazy. lol
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Now that its working, flash it and root. Get rid of all the bugs.
Upgrade to supercharged V5
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Yes flash the SuperCharged V5 Rom its awesome and battery life is great seems to have fixed a few glitches and now everything runs smooth and fast.
Glad you got your phone back on, now hope it stays on.
same here :c
biupil said:
hi i have the same problem, i tried what you said but it still wont open.
i think its like a bug cause when i woke up it just stoped working with no reason!!!
p.s. sorry for my english
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the same thing happent to me, don't know what to do please help!
Same here with Romulus
biupil said:
no i just bought it from e-bay this phone is not yet released in europe
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"BOOM" the phone just opened by it self WTF is going on with motorolas? lol i am just happy for not losing my money.
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The same thing happened to me after rooting and flashing Romulus. Used the phone a week or two, never rebooted it. Battery ran dead one night and wouldn't boot the next day. It seemed to not want to take the power from a usb hook up(pc), white lcd light and even self booted like in the quote here. Finally, during a self boot, plugged it in to a wall charger and it recharged no problem.
I definitely think there's a glitch with NO POWER AVAIL in this model's bootloader somewhere, and I'm in the US! Kinda afraid to turn the damn thing off again though...
Any delving would be nice!!!
Help us Obi Wan, You're our only hope!
buxtor said:
The same thing happened to me after rooting and flashing Romulus. Used the phone a week or two, never rebooted it.
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It's not ROM related, it's dead battery and charge-mode related. I think that there is not enough battery to boot into charge mode. Power cycling can help if you catch it and plug in at the right time.. or you could always go MacGyver on it... see HERE for some previous discussion on this subject. Glad you got it to work, though.
Also, you need to reboot your phone more often than once a week (try like once every day or two) - or it can start to slow down and lag.
white led means insufficient power..
you need to use your wall charger...
what if there is no Led what so ever?
tried charging the battery and it seems it did, because it got a little hot
but stiLL didnt turn on a bit, its Like compLeteLy dead now.
i was trying to fLash the stock rom 4.0 with rsd Lite and when it 'reboot' to start doing its stuff, it never booted again
and after that im not able to see any lights on my phone, (tried aLL key combination)
(ceLLphone has no guarantee, bought it on ebay)
do i need to send it to a repair shop, or change the circuit board?
or just get another one?
Kurisoft said:
what if there is no Led what so ever?
tried charging the battery and it seems it did, because it got a little hot
but stiLL didnt turn on a bit, its Like compLeteLy dead now.
i was trying to fLash the stock rom 4.0 with rsd Lite and when it 'reboot' to start doing its stuff, it never booted again
and after that im not able to see any lights on my phone, (tried aLL key combination)
(ceLLphone has no guarantee, bought it on ebay)
do i need to send it to a repair shop, or change the circuit board?
or just get another one?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937112
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.
i saw that thread before and i couLdn't find it, thanx for the Link.
I got it rooted, I got a custom rom, didn't realize I needed to mount the system (never had that step before), then it got stuck at "Samsung" so tried going back to stock, and apparently flashed the wrong md5 file, or didn't flash all of them? I wasn't sure why four downloaded, and then bricked it. I've tried every trick I can find, battery, sd card & sim card out, plug into computer, hold down volume buttons, plug battery back in, nothing. It's simply not responding to anything. I did contact Samsung, since I read somewhere here someone else did a serious hard brick and Samsung replaced it for them, but also I was wondering about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242466
Has anyone tried it? How did it go? Would you recommend sending in my phone for replacement or would you recommend trying to make it unbrickable. I would ask the help of someone I know that does a lot of tiny computer work like this.
Thanks!
tspace75 said:
I got it rooted, I got a custom rom, didn't realize I needed to mount the system (never had that step before), then it got stuck at "Samsung" so tried going back to stock, and apparently flashed the wrong md5 file, or didn't flash all of them? I wasn't sure why four downloaded, and then bricked it. I've tried every trick I can find, battery, sd card & sim card out, plug into computer, hold down volume buttons, plug battery back in, nothing. It's simply not responding to anything. I did contact Samsung, since I read somewhere here someone else did a serious hard brick and Samsung replaced it for them, but also I was wondering about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245391
Has anyone tried it? How did it go? Would you recommend sending in my phone for replacement or would you recommend trying to make it unbrickable. I would ask the help of someone I know that does a lot of tiny computer work like this.
Thanks!
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when plugging your phone into your PC, does the PC recognize it? how about ODIN? If not (for either), try re-booting your PC and try again.
If so, then use the "return back to stock" MD5 file with PIT file via ODIN
jco23 said:
when plugging your phone into your PC, does the PC recognize it? how about ODIN? If not (for either), try re-booting your PC and try again.
If so, then use the "return back to stock" MD5 file with PIT file via ODIN
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No go.
Did you pull your battery
Plug into PC and use volume down to get into download mode
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cujo6801 said:
Did you pull your battery
Plug into PC and use volume down to get into download mode
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Yup. Tried that too. Tried volume up, tried everything about 10x over. :/ Thanks though.
I don't mind doing warranty exchanges for legitimate hardware issues, but if it's something I caused, I don't want to abuse the system. Honestly, if you can't get to download mode, suck it up and pay for this service: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-droid-charge-jtag-brick-repair/
I'm not sure if unbrickable mod was every fully finished on this phone, and even if it was, it isn't exactly a beginner's mod.
shrike1978 said:
I don't mind doing warranty exchanges for legitimate hardware issues, but if it's something I caused, I don't want to abuse the system. Honestly, if you can't get to download mode, suck it up and pay for this service: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-droid-charge-jtag-brick-repair/
I'm not sure if unbrickable mod was every fully finished on this phone, and even if it was, it isn't exactly a beginner's mod.
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Yeah, I saw their service. And if I could afford them I would! One income family of 6, got my Droid Charge on CL for $65... I'll think it over though. I certainly understand what your saying!
I thought I read somewhere where you buy a Jig that you connect your phone that forces it into download mode
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Are something like that
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I thought I read somewhere where you buy a Jig that you connect your phone that forces it into download mode
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Are something like that
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As far as I understand it, the Jig only works on soft bricks, not hard bricks.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/
I don't know but maybe..
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Read up you might get lucky
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No go.
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with the battery in (or plugged in) and pressing the power button, do you at least get the Samsung logo or nothing?
if nothing, the battery could be completely drained. plug it in (to a wall, not PC) and leave it alone for a good 30 minutes - then check back to make sure that it has power (you might see the battery charging icon). after then, I would let the phone fully charge up and then try the ODIN process again.
cujo6801 said:
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/
I don't know but maybe..
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Read up you might get lucky
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I'll give it a shot! Thanks!
jco23 said:
with the battery in (or plugged in) and pressing the power button, do you at least get the Samsung logo or nothing?
if nothing, the battery could be completely drained. plug it in (to a wall, not PC) and leave it alone for a good 30 minutes - then check back to make sure that it has power (you might see the battery charging icon). after then, I would let the phone fully charge up and then try the ODIN process again.
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My battery was at a pretty good charge when I flashed the wrong thing. And after that it would never come on or do anything again. But it's worth a shot and I'll try it!
tspace75 said:
I'll give it a shot! Thanks!
My battery was at a pretty good charge when I flashed the wrong thing. And after that it would never come on or do anything again. But it's worth a shot and I'll try it!
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then I'm pretty sure that could be the issue. that has happened to me once before where the battery just completely died on me, and not even plugging it in would cause it to boot up. give it some time...
Ok, I ordered a Jig from the guy on ebay, he makes them in the US, $5.50, free shipping, He even waterproofs them he says. I'm :fingers-crossed: it works before I try sending it off anywhere.
Charging the battery didn't produce anything :crying:
I suck!!!
I just saw (this morning) a vid of a captivate (or fascinate?) user who bricked his phone and couldn't get a response out of it. He then proceeded to rig an old charging head to run roughly 300 kilo ohms to the 4th and 5th pin. Once he plugged it in, the phone was forced into download mode immediately.
I won't be liable for anything I'm saying in this post, but I would suggest you take a look at that vid and see what you can come up with.
tspace75 said:
Ok, I ordered a Jig from the guy on ebay, he makes them in the US, $5.50, free shipping, He even waterproofs them he says. I'm :fingers-crossed: it works before I try sending it off anywhere.
Charging the battery didn't produce anything :crying:
I suck!!!
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how long did you leave it in for? since you're not doing anything with the phone anyway, might as well leave it plugged in for a few hours...
jco23 said:
how long did you leave it in for? since you're not doing anything with the phone anyway, might as well leave it plugged in for a few hours...
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Wrong. If the kernel is corrupted it won't charge. (at least that's what I've noticed) If you have a battery charger (I do since I keep spare batteries) that may work if it really is a dead battery.
If a USB jig doesn't work (it did for my friends Infuse, but I've never tried one on the Charge) then I'd go in and get it replaced.
Feign ignorance and tell them it won't turn on after you took the OTA.
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Wrong. If the kernel is corrupted it won't charge. (at least that's what I've noticed) If you have a battery charger (I do since I keep spare batteries) that may work if it really is a dead battery.
If a USB jig doesn't work (it did for my friends Infuse, but I've never tried one on the Charge) then I'd go in and get it replaced.
Feign ignorance and tell them it won't turn on after you took the OTA.
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still doesn't hurt to leave it plugged in overnight or for a few hours - you can't re-fry it....
but agreed on the last part - tell them that the OTA bricked/fried your device
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still doesn't hurt to leave it plugged in overnight or for a few hours - you can't re-fry it....
but agreed on the last part - tell them that the OTA bricked/fried your device
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Leave it plugged in overnight, then try the jig. Doesn't work, get it replaced.
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Thanks for the responses everybody. I tried leaving it plugged in to just the wall charger, but seemed like the phone was heating up and nothing else was happening after an hour so I unplugged it. I don't think anything is physically fried, just really need to get the programming worked out.
They shipped the Jig already, and it's coming from the US, so it probably won't take but a couple of days to get here. I'll let you know as soon as it does and I get to try it!
Dog gone it though, I don't have a battery charger. I've got 4 batteries, and a battery charging station for my original Droid Inc, DH is using. I wish I wasn't so low on money! I would order the battery charger today too, just in case.
Phone was working fine this morning, screen flashed and phone vibrated, I went to unlock it, nothing. Tried to power it on, thinking it had powered off, nothing. No response at all. I had just plugged in a MicroUSB to USB adapter with a USB flash drive plugged in when this happened.
No boot to recovery, no boot to download mode. No charging light when plugged into wall or laptop.
Any help?
If I return it to my local store, and ask for a replacement exchange, what are the chances of them finding out it's rooted? If I can't turn it on, can they?
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If I return it to my local store, and ask for a replacement exchange, what are the chances of them finding out it's rooted? If I can't turn it on, can they?
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Verizon doesnt give replacement phones in store unless its under 14 days old. You just need to call them and they will next day air a replacement. As for the phone when you plug it in does it show a led light or the battery icon on the screen? Also was the battery extremely low when it went off?
Wasn't aware of that, thanks. This was my first phone to have an issue...
When I plug it in, there is no light. No reaction of any kind. The battery was ~90%, I had taken it off the charger and made a call or two.
P.S. Any chance a USB Jig would be able to get my phone into download mode? Once there, I would have no problem getting to stock and starting from scratch...
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Wasn't aware of that, thanks. This was my first phone to have an issue...
When I plug it in, there is no light. No reaction of any kind. The battery was ~90%, I had taken it off the charger and made a call or two.
P.S. Any chance a USB Jig would be able to get my phone into download mode? Once there, I would have no problem getting to stock and starting from scratch...
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What recovery do you use?
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TWRP, but I can't get it to boot at all.
does it vibrate?
Last resort would be something called heimdall or something like that. I don't know if it will work but supposedly on older samsung phones it is the ultimate last resort even when odin doesn't work. Just google it and try to find some info.
Doesn't vibrate. Isn't heimdall for Mac?
Just downloaded and ran Heimdall, no recognition of my phone with stock cord or after market cord.
Edit: I guess at this point I just want to make know if there is any way for Verizon to find out my phone is rooted, and the exact process of getting it replaced?
Heimdall wont do anything for you since it connects to the phone the same way odin does, and you still have to be in download mode. If it doesnt vibrate or react in anyway when pluggin it in then its safe to say its dead. You should be safe switching it out as a dead phone with verizon too. You should call them early in the day so the phone will get sent out that day too, if they dont offer to next day air it then tell them you need the phone asap and they will free of charge (you may just need to tell them you need it and you lost all ur data, ect and they will help you out). Sometimes they will say you will receive it in 2-3 days free of charge, which is unacceptable.
Alright, I'm guessing I just ship mine back to them in the same box or...?
Thanks for the help, too.
Caustyk said:
Alright, I'm guessing I just ship mine back to them in the same box or...?
Thanks for the help, too.
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Ya you will get a replacement phone with no back cover, you keep your sim card and back cover. There will be a shipping label for the return shipping which you can either drop off at a fedex or usps location. You have 5 days to return the bad phone from the day you get the replacement. They will explain everything to you on the phone.
Alright, so I'm really nervous about making this call. If I send it in, and they get it working enough to run their tests, and it comes up rooted, I don't have the money to pay for the phone at full retail price. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do? I know a lot of people brick their phones by misfollowing instructions, or flashing things they shouldn't be, but I did neither of which. The phone just shut down, and won't turn back on.
Sending the phone to a 3rd party service is also not possible for me, at this time.
Edit: Just found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1981582), which sounds almost exactly like what happened to mine. So I guess my chances should be good of getting a replacement, without any troubles. I tried to find other threads involving people who sent in bricked phone to find their experiences, but I didn't know quite what to search for..
Hi all experts.
I have one inquiry about my Samsung galaxy S II lte (SGH-1727) Issue.
at the beginning I read too much here but I couldn't find any answer for my phone problem.
the problem happened yesterday, when I was using my phone as usual then suddenly restarted, this issue happen many times before and its ok for me, it tried to restart but suddenly stopped( black screen), I removed the battery then I tried to restart it again, I felt the vibrating start, then stopped, without any respond at all till now, I tried many times to remove the battery and restart it but without any respond, I connected it by using the usb cable, but nothing, ( no vibration, no battery charging) the only thing is my computer can`t recognize the hardware.
I tried to do hard reset or anything, but without any respond.
Kindly, I want to know weather if this phone is totally spoiled or there is something I can do for it to make it usable again, I have a good knowledge about WM5,6,6.1,6.5. but a little bit about android.
thanks
What operating system are you on? Rooted? Do have have a nandroid backup?
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alanjames01 said:
What operating system are you on? Rooted? Do have have a nandroid backup?
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thanks for the fast respond.
its the last update of android JB official rom of Samsung rogers Canada.
homam_france said:
thanks for the fast respond.
its the last update of android JB official rom of Samsung rogers Canada.
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Did u read about the sticky power button from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176593.
if you tried resetting then where you able to get it in to recovery mode
could be bad battery and/or battery contacts.
need more info
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Did u read about the sticky power button from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176593
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I have been read the button problems for sure, but I think it is not related to the button, there is no respond at all, even not charging, usually if I use the charger, it should start charging, correct me if I`m wrong.
the battery was full and working fine, I tried to clean the connectors too, nothing changed.
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I have been read the button problems for sure, but I think it is not related to the button, there is no respond at all, even not charging, usually if I use the charger, it should start charging, correct me if I`m wrong.
the battery was full and working fine, I tried to clean the connectors too, nothing changed.
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could be a bad cable, bad battery, bad phone port, or hw failure.
id keep trying to revive it by either changing cable/charger and/or battery and keeping it plugged in for a long time, if all else fails then it probably a bad mobo or memory, happened to my sons s2 where his was getting hot while recharging and his phone died, no response of any kind, under warranty i think they replaced his mobo
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could be a bad cable, bad battery, bad phone port, or hw failure
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maybe the main board too.
thanks.
homam_france said:
maybe the main board too.
thanks.
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yup, i added more info in my previous post
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yup, i added more info in my previous post
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so it means there is a possibility that the battery can spoil suddenly, without any previous indication.
nothing with USB cable.
anyway, thanks for your good information, appreciated.
homam_france said:
so it means there is a possibility that the battery can spoil suddenly, without any previous indication.
nothing with USB cable.
anyway, thanks for your good information, appreciated.
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if battery is removed and phone is plugged in it should vibrate, mine does, seems as if yours does not have any life so mobo would be my first guess.
and yes battery could just up and die, but would give some symptoms b4 hand
vincom said:
if battery is removed and phone is plugged in it should vibrate, mine does, seems as if yours does not have any life so mobo would be my first guess.
and yes battery could just up and die, but would give some symptoms b4 hand
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no, it is not vibrate when I plug in the USB cable, I believe it has major problem, in all cases, thanks.
Trullty Dead?
so i have spent lots of time looking for this issue with my Hercules. i had beeb trying some roms and i think i bricked it, bad,
so odin can see it (gets a yellow) but;
i can not power on the device, get it into recovery OR download mode,
my pc cant get to the information on the phone (i have tried with SD in/ out SIM in /out)
the pc makes the noise when i cycle thru power, but the screen shows nothing,
i have installed Kies but it dosent see the device,
there hasnt been a good post that comfirms that my phone is now a paper weight,
but there has to be a way other than spending $40 to have it repaired (not including shipping)
USB JIG looks interesting but i cant see how that will help in this case...
to be honest this is my first time at ROMing around with a Galaxy,
previously i had an Gooapple 3G and was able to ROM around quite abit no issues with a bad brick like this i was able to save it before
but if anyone has any ideas or can confirm its a hardbrick let me know i only have a few hours between jobs to fix it and cant at night gf takes laptop to night shifts.
thanks for your time reading over if you have questions about anything please ask, i payed for the phone outright to put on Rogers so there is no warrenty anymore and Rogers wont cover repair.
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so i have spent lots of time looking for this issue with my Hercules. i had beeb trying some roms and i think i bricked it, bad,
so odin can see it (gets a yellow) but;
i can not power on the device, get it into recovery OR download mode,
my pc cant get to the information on the phone (i have tried with SD in/ out SIM in /out)
the pc makes the noise when i cycle thru power, but the screen shows nothing,
i have installed Kies but it dosent see the device,
there hasnt been a good post that comfirms that my phone is now a paper weight,
but there has to be a way other than spending $40 to have it repaired (not including shipping)
USB JIG looks interesting but i cant see how that will help in this case...
to be honest this is my first time at ROMing around with a Galaxy,
previously i had an Gooapple 3G and was able to ROM around quite abit no issues with a bad brick like this i was able to save it before
but if anyone has any ideas or can confirm its a hardbrick let me know i only have a few hours between jobs to fix it and cant at night gf takes laptop to night shifts.
thanks for your time reading over if you have questions about anything please ask, i payed for the phone outright to put on Rogers so there is no warrenty anymore and Rogers wont cover repair.
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If Odin sees it there's hope. Keep trying to get into download mode. This should be helpful, read it all http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
moneymilitia416 said:
so i have spent lots of time looking for this issue with my Hercules. i had beeb trying some roms and i think i bricked it, bad,
so odin can see it (gets a yellow) but;
i can not power on the device, get it into recovery OR download mode,
my pc cant get to the information on the phone (i have tried with SD in/ out SIM in /out)
the pc makes the noise when i cycle thru power, but the screen shows nothing,
i have installed Kies but it dosent see the device,
there hasnt been a good post that comfirms that my phone is now a paper weight,
but there has to be a way other than spending $40 to have it repaired (not including shipping)
USB JIG looks interesting but i cant see how that will help in this case...
to be honest this is my first time at ROMing around with a Galaxy,
previously i had an Gooapple 3G and was able to ROM around quite abit no issues with a bad brick like this i was able to save it before
but if anyone has any ideas or can confirm its a hardbrick let me know i only have a few hours between jobs to fix it and cant at night gf takes laptop to night shifts.
thanks for your time reading over if you have questions about anything please ask, i payed for the phone outright to put on Rogers so there is no warrenty anymore and Rogers wont cover repair.
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Oh thanks, I just noticed your comment because I thought there is no chance to get my phone alive again, I think I should try this, I have one question regarding the usb jig, is there a specific JIG for every samsung galaxy model? or it is all the same for the micro USB Samsung galaxy phones? and in this case, what is the indication that will make the device run again, is there a special software to install? or after plug this JIG I can be in the bootloader? and is there any possibility to get some of my data or contacts again? thanks for your respond regarding my phone issue.
Jigs don't with on this device. Don't waste your time.
You need to try to odin the stock firmware.
jd1639 said:
Jigs don't with on this device. Don't waste your time.
You need to try to odin the stock firmware.
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This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
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toyes said:
This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
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I'm still skeptical about that, I think something was amis with your situation lol.
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toyes said:
This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
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so to confirm, phone had no signs of life, if yes then this is cool, is ur homemade jig the same as the ones on ebay as users did try those w/no luck.
any instructions on making one
toyes said:
This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
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hi toyes
just a question regarding your experience regarding this issue, do you mean it was totally unresponsive? not even yellow sign? not even vibrate by connecting the USB cable? and regarding USB JIG, is it the same with 301k resistance? or there is some modifications?
thanks a lot.
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I'm still skeptical about that, I think something was amis with your situation lol.
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so to confirm, phone had no signs of life, if yes then this is cool, is ur homemade jig the same as the ones on ebay as users did try those w/no luck.
any instructions on making one
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homam_france said:
hi toyes
just a question regarding your experience regarding this issue, do you mean it was totally unresponsive? not even yellow sign? not even vibrate by connecting the USB cable? and regarding USB JIG, is it the same with 301k resistance? or there is some modifications?
thanks a lot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731818&page=644
Read starting at post 6435 for the next page or so...
Basically I had zero response from the phone. Was playing around with the jig and buttons, put the phone down with the jig in it. Looked back 5 mins later and it was in download mode.
I do think there is something different with my device though. Ever since I got it back from JTAG it has never wanted to reboot. Selecting reboot just shuts the phone down. Every once in awhile it reboots from recovery ok, but that is about 1 in every 10 attempts. When it doesn't reboot I need to long-press the power for about 30s - 1m to get it to fire back up. I am thinking it is some type of hardware issue but not too concerned because at this point it is still 'working'.
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