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[Q] Need to return phone for service

Hey guys I've been searching google.com and xda forums for the last 3 hours trying to find a way to unroot my phone so I can bring it in for service. My phone's speaker broke and I get no sound so I have to bring it into the store. What would you guys suggest to do? I don't want to use Odin cause it's not recognizing my phone and I don't want to trip the counter using the .tar Any help please!

Got to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Follow all instructions exctly and your phone will be 100 percent stock no root

Well first thank you for your reply. Ive been trying this method but I can't get Odin to detect my phone in download mode. It detects it when the phone is booted. I've reinstalled drivers and rebooted computer nothing has worked. Any suggestions?
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Did you flash cwm? If not and all you want to do is unroot that's simple..install a root file explorer and delete superuser.apk. now they can't tell you rooted the phone.
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evocalante said:
Hey guys I've been searching google.com and xda forums for the last 3 hours trying to find a way to unroot my phone so I can bring it in for service. My phone's speaker broke and I get no sound so I have to bring it into the store. What would you guys suggest to do? I don't want to use Odin cause it's not recognizing my phone and I don't want to trip the counter using the .tar Any help please!
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Why don't you brick it instead?
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if its just a speaker, they most likely will just replace the speaker.
Make sure you backup anything you dont want to loose, they may wipe the phone ,
I got a laptop back one time, that just needed a new keyboard, they wiped the damn thing, retards. ( this was way back before i was smart enough to do all that myself lol )

kr3w1337 said:
Why don't you brick it instead?
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Well if I brick it then ill probably have to pay $200 dollars for a new one.
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jamesd86 said:
Did you flash cwm? If not and all you want to do is unroot that's simple..install a root file explorer and delete superuser.apk. now they can't tell you rooted the phone.
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Yes I have cwm.
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evocalante said:
Well if I brick it then ill probably have to pay $200 dollars for a new one.
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Weird, my warranty replaces my phone for free if it won't even turn on. Plus, there isn't physical damage.
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There is a 1 year manufacturer warranty. Against hardware defects.. excluding water damage

Skyrocket can't boot into anything

So my friend wants to restore to default his skyrocket. So he went to cwm, factory reset the times, wiped dalvik and cache. When he tried to boot it soups just hang at the Samsung logo. So I had him format system and now he can't get into download mode,cwm, or boot. It will vibrate in 2 second intervals, but then hang when he releases his fingers. What can he do?
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ummmm try an LG cable? Those are practically jigs.
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Sorry I am a noob. What's an Lg cable and what's a jig?
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Willanhanyard said:
Sorry I am a noob. What's an Lg cable and what's a jig?
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A mini usb cable for lg phones. USB jigs are used for soft bricks. Which is why I'm thinking getting an lg cable will get you into download mode since those cables are like jigs for the gs2
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and if he has bricked it, send it out for JTAG Repair:
http://www.cell-dr.com
XDA members get a discount...

Willanhanyard said:
So my friend wants to restore to default his skyrocket. So he went to cwm, factory reset the times, wiped dalvik and cache. When he tried to boot it soups just hang at the Samsung logo. So I had him format system and now he can't get into download mode,cwm, or boot. It will vibrate in 2 second intervals, but then hang when he releases his fingers. What can he do?
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If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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nrm5110 said:
If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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Haha
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nrm5110 said:
If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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Really. Poking around where u don't need too
AOKP Android 4.0.4

Pull the battery reinstall plug in the USB while you hold volume up and down should allow you in download mode. Works for me when I formatt system.
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I'm pretty sure your out of luck, you said you had him "format system" then reboot? That's a no no..
Sorry. I agree with the JTAG service.
*Rollin on CM9 Alpha 4*

Yeah sounds like you definitely flashed something into the wrong place. Give these people a try. I just got my skyrocket back from them after hardbricking it like this. It takes like a week then they send it back fully functional
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/

Just wondering what an outfit like them does to a bricked phone that all the gurus on xda can't? They must have access to factory software or something?
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stoopendis said:
Just wondering what an outfit like them does to a bricked phone that all the gurus on xda can't? They must have access to factory software or something?
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They have access to hardware and have crazy soldering skills and know where to solder. You have to literally dig in to repair a hard brick..
As for the OP, follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
If you can't get download mode from the instructions in that thread you are probably out of luck and will have to send it for jtag
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If I can figure out how they do it, I'll unbrick phones for free.
But seriously, wtf. Format system? Do you even know what that does? You've got yourself a soft brick. Go into download mode and restore the stock tar.

Lol flash a different rom through cwm
CM9 Skyrocket

try externally charging the battery, then going into download mode

Hard bricked my phone help!

Hello
I was flashing my phone via Odin and Odin got hanged and I put off my data cable and now my phone is not starting neither download mode nor recovery . What to do plz help!
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xactor said:
Hello
I was flashing my phone via Odin and Odin got hanged and I put off my data cable and now my phone is not starting neither download mode nor recovery . What to do plz help!
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Which ROM did you flash
If it is stock Samsung ROM then you must have hardbricked your phone. If it is the case you needJTAG to unbrick your phone
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No I was flashing ics build v4 and then stuck on flashing bootlogo.png
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xactor said:
No I was flashing ics build v4 and then stuck on flashing bootlogo.png
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Pull the battery out, and put it back in, hold the volume down, and home button and power button at the same time and see if you can boot into download mode because since you didn't flash a bootloader there is no chance that you bricked your phone. Then flash a ROM. To be on the safe side flash a froyo ROM such as purumod
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yup always check do the .tar file has boot.bin and sbl.bin ..if yes then there is bootloader and if something went wrong then u may hardbrick the phone...and remember never pull out the usb, or remove battery or try to interrupt the Odin while falshing..if at all anything went wront just reflash the ROM

give a try to force upload while flashing rom
hold home button+vol up+ power
connect usb only when you see the force upload screen
flash the rom.

If you are not able to see boot logo of i5800 then I think you might have burnt out something in your phone and in that case it is not a hard brick
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Yaa there was boot.bin file exist.
I give my phone to Sam care they refuse to repairs and they are saying to change board.
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xactor said:
Yaa there was boot.bin file exist.
I give my phone to Sam care they refuse to repairs and they are saying to change board.
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As far as I know it is impossible to hard brick a phone by using CM9 firmware
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xactor said:
Yaa there was boot.bin file exist.
I give my phone to Sam care they refuse to repairs and they are saying to change board.
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Just try repairing it yourself or throw it away. Samsung will just charge you loads of money for no reason.
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MicroGeek said:
Just try repairing it yourself or throw it away. Samsung will just charge you loads of money for no reason.
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It its not samsung fault
As all the components are soldered together on the motherboard even failure of a small part in it needs complete replacement of motherboard
Burning out some component in a scenario like this may need complete replacement of the motherboard

[Q] does anyone send their bricked tab for repair?

hi guys! was wondering what to do before sending it to Samsung for repair, would u need to cook a story up ? flash back original firmware etc. ?:angel:

I had mine unrooted by adix_82 bro at his shop opposite SLS before I send in mine to service centre. When I called to ask what they did to revive my bricked tablet, they claimed to unbrick mine tab, reflash firmware and replaced the faulty mainboard, it is still under warranty so it's free of charge.

How long they took ?
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They took just 5 days.
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i just send it and acting blur saying it suddenly cant boot in the morning...

Gonna send tmr since I got my nexus to play
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I performe JTAG service o Samsung, HTC and many other device models. If anybody is in need just let me know in case the "suddenly it does not boot story" does not work......

[Q] Infuse SGH I997 AT&T brick [HELP!!!!!!!!]

Hello all. I've seen a few similar cases, but I still don't know how to go about it. I bricked my cousin's Infuse 4G when I tried upgrading to 4.2.2 using rootbox rom. Now its stuck at samsung logo. CANT enter recovery or download mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

List the steps you used to try and upgrade and will be easier to help fix the issue.
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Prometh1216 said:
List the steps you used to try and upgrade and will be easier to help fix the issue.
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Thanks, I followed the guide on this page teamandroid. com/2013/02/17/update-att-samsung-infuse-4g-sgh-i997-android-422-carbonrom-jelly-bean-custom-rom/2/ (can't post links. Yet ) that's how it got bricked. I've been finally able to go into download mode and Odin sees it on my pc but it reboots after 10 seconds or so. any idea about this?

Okay its gonna sound dumb but give your phone some time to charge. Next look in the infuse xda thread and get the heimdall one click back remedy .... For some reason Odin is great but the heimdall is more stable. Go to download mode and just flash back to stock.
Look for qkster thread for the heimdall and instruction.
Good info on getting to 4.2 or three is go to scott.harts thread and read the op for the proper instructions on working up because u have to go to rooted froyo the flash to GB then flash to ICS then finally to the jellybean ... I know there are short cuts but u can end up with headaches I prolly seen them all
PS. Make sure u turn off all antivirus software on PC it can screw up flashing process
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Prometh1216 said:
Okay its gonna sound dumb but give your phone some time to charge. Next look in the infuse xda thread and get the heimdall one click back remedy .... For some reason Odin is great but the heimdall is more stable. Go to download mode and just flash back to stock.
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Oh. Will do. Don't know if its ok but when I connect device to charger it doesn't show the battery bar like it normally does, it shows a loading symbol. Hopefully its still charging. And it keeps restarting every 5 seconds

Did u pull battery and leave out for bout 5 mins
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Prometh1216 said:
Did u pull battery and leave out for bout 5 mins
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Did that and it's still rebooting when I connect charger or usb

goldfinv said:
Did that and it's still rebooting when I connect charger or usb
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Hit the power button a few times and see if they phone reacts
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Well at that point u may have a dirty contact on the power button
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Thanks for your replies. I'll try a few options and let you know how it goes. I think it's the battery cus I could turn it on without connecting it to power and it doesn't turn on by itself when I insert the battery. But now I cant turn it on. And the rebooting process stops when I takeout the usb cable

Okay, decided nit to leave this thread hanging (irrelevant I know). I got a fully charged battery and was able to flash desired custom rom to device and now running smooth on 4.2.2 rootbox rom. thanks xda

Cool glad to hear your running.
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