Bricked??? - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

I have been around xda for some time, and today i made the most bonehead move. I accidentally flashed a Vibrant image through ODIN on the Galaxy S 4g. Dont know why i even thought of going into the Vibrant forum instead of the s 4g fourm. Needless to say, the phone is not working now. I assume it is Hard Bricked with no recovery in sight.
Is there ANYTHING you guys can recommend?

Does it do anything when you turn it on?
Can you get into download mode?
does the pc recognize it if you try the download mode button combo, even without the screen working?
Did you flash a bootloader or just a ROM?

getochkn said:
Does it do anything when you turn it on?
Can you get into download mode?
does the pc recognize it if you try the download mode button combo, even without the screen working?
Did you flash a bootloader or just a ROM?
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Thanks.
It does nothing when turning on, doesnt seem to turn on
Cannot get into download mode
Does not recognize anything when plugging it into the PC
I flashed the PIT and PDA through ODIN with success
...then nothing

Will a jig get me going?
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[Q] wrong flash!!!!mesmerize

I need HELP!!! noob here and i tried to flash froyo 2.2 onto my mesmerize like an idiot! had no idea what i was doing, so if the phone is unrepairable , its my own fault. please save the bashing on me, trust me i know im an idiot!! ok what i did was try to flash froyo 2.2 to my phone with odin 3 v1.0. I put my phone into download mode and it started to flash. about 2 minutes into it it powered off and now when i start it up it reads at&t world phone!! I flashed froyo 2.2 from a captivate onto my phone??? like i said total noob and i guess i deserved it. now when i start up the phone it thinks it is an at&t captivate. when i try to hook the usb up, it will connect for about 5 seconds and then power off. is there anyone out there that can help me? i will be eternally grateful to anyone that can help!
mooskafooska said:
I need HELP!!! noob here and i tried to flash froyo 2.2 onto my mesmerize like an idiot! had no idea what i was doing, so if the phone is unrepairable , its my own fault. please save the bashing on me, trust me i know im an idiot!! ok what i did was try to flash froyo 2.2 to my phone with odin 3 v1.0. I put my phone into download mode and it started to flash. about 2 minutes into it it powered off and now when i start it up it reads at&t world phone!! I flashed froyo 2.2 from a captivate onto my phone??? like i said total noob and i guess i deserved it. now when i start up the phone it thinks it is an at&t captivate. when i try to hook the usb up, it will connect for about 5 seconds and then power off. is there anyone out there that can help me? i will be eternally grateful to anyone that can help!
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If you didn't flash anything to the phone part, you might still be ok. Go here http://ge.tt/2jDX1li and download the Mesmerize files then unzip them. Using Odin again put the pit file in the pit line and the tar.md5 file in the pda line, then put your phone into download mode and push start. If all goes well, you will just be back to stock.
i cant get into download mode the regular way. the only way i have found to get into download mode is to use adb download. when i do that, my PC will not recognize the phone. i get the usual connection sound from computer but that's it. oh and thank you for the files. now just gotta get the phone to stop powering off. like i said 5 seconds max then it powers off, arghhhhhh!!!!!! oh, and also for some reason after the disastrous flash, the volume up button doesn't work. if the phone thinks its a captivate, do i have to get into download mode how the captivate does with both volume up/down? thank you millions!!
mooskafooska said:
i cant get into download mode the regular way. the only way i have found to get into download mode is to use adb download. when i do that, my PC will not recognize the phone. i get the usual connection sound from computer but that's it. oh and thank you for the files. now just gotta get the phone to stop powering off. like i said 5 seconds max then it powers off, arghhhhhh!!!!!! oh, and also for some reason after the disastrous flash, the volume up button doesn't work. if the phone thinks its a captivate, do i have to get into download mode how the captivate does with both volume up/down? thank you millions!!
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You can try the volume up/down. If it is taking adb commands and still powering off, you may have a problem. Did you flash anything to the "phone" part or just the PDA part when you were flashing the captivate files? If you did, or you can't get these files to work, the only thing I can suggest is to use the free phone replacement. Just don't offer any explanation as to what happened.
ok i guess i flashed to the phone. tried all the download modes, phone dosent react. i can get to android system recovery, is there a way to load the stock mesmerize from the file you mentioned before in recovery? as far as the phone replacement goes, are you refering to the deal us cell has if you get it in your plan, or is there some other replacement yo are referring to?
mooskafooska said:
ok i guess i flashed to the phone. tried all the download modes, phone dosent react. i can get to android system recovery, is there a way to load the stock mesmerize from the file you mentioned before in recovery? as far as the phone replacement goes, are you refering to the deal us cell has if you get it in your plan, or is there some other replacement yo are referring to?
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Yeah I'm referring to the deal you get with the plans, hopefully you have the replacement plan or insurance. Either one should work.
If you are getting to stock recovery, and you can still run adb commands, there may be hope. You might be able to get Clockworkmod working, then you could flash the update.zip from recovery. After that, you might be able to flash a ROM and a kernel and possibly get back to normal.
You would have to push the files to root, then for CWM, then get the update.zip file from another person that already has it if you hadn't already gotten CWM working and still had it on your sdcard. Flash it, then flash a ROM and kernel.
That's a little over my paygrade at the moment, but I think that's what you would have to do. Hopefully someone else out there can help you a little more. I really hope you get it fixed.
ok i understand what you're saying. ill give it a try and see what happens. thanks again
mooskafooska said:
ok i understand what you're saying. ill give it a try and see what happens. thanks again
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Cool. I really hope you get it fixed. If so, write it up and post exactly how you got back. It would be a huge deal.
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mooskafooska said:
ok i understand what you're saying. ill give it a try and see what happens. thanks again
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Did you ever get this fixed?
not yet. i could fix easy if i could figure out how to keep my phone from shutting down after connecting to usb. it lasts about 5 seconds and then powers off. when i flashed it, i only got about 23% of the way done and the phone disconnected. i guess i has some sort of error or fail safe and shuts down? if i could figure this part out, i could use odin 1.3 to put it back to stock
Try talking out battery hold down volume down and plug in usb while odin is open it will go into download mode then use the mez odin files it should work merry christmas
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mesmerbelly said:
Try talking out battery hold down volume down and plug in usb while odin is open it will go into download mode then use the mez odin files it should work merry christmas
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I don't think talking to the battery will work. They are pretty stubborn. lol... damn phones and their predictive text.
That is correct that "TAKING" the battery out and hold only down volume button then plug in to usb and have ODIN already open and running, should work and also very important that you use PDA BUTTON ONLY....even thought you used PHONE EARLIER ....THE REPLACEMENT FILES FOR STOCK ONLY GO IN PDA....Dont want to make the same mistake twice....as it may seem that phone is the area that you messed up...the fix doesn't go there...PDA ONLY WITH PIT FILE TO MAP FILE LOCATIONS.....hope your Xmas present is a fixed mesmerize....
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ok i finally got the captivate os off of it. i can get into download mode and i tried to flash back to stock using the file above in the post. i keeps failing on me. im using odin 1.3 and using both the pit file and tar. putting the .tar in the pda area of odin. please help?
OMFG!!!!!!!!!! i got it! i love u guys for all the help!!!!!!!found odin ver 1.7 on this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=428348&d=1288241246
used it got no errors and im on the phone with uscc right now to reactivate the phone! and of course running titanium backup to get all my files back. best xmas ever!!!!!
thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so lucky! I'm so have you got it fixed. You have to write this up in another thread as a tutorial.
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Not sure if my phone is bricked or not

Basically when I boot my phone up, all it shows is an image of a phone, a sign with a ! in the middle, and the pic of a pc. Is there any possible way to fix this or do I have to send it back to tmobile? If it helps I dont think my phone is usb debugging mode either
You should be able to fix . try this.
I'm nit able to get my phone into download mode or recovery. Everytime I boot it up it shows the same screen I mentioned in the OP
A_Kuma said:
I'm nit able to get my phone into download mode or recovery. Everytime I boot it up it shows the same screen I mentioned in the OP
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try turning fone off and taking out the battery.... then ensure your holding down volume up n down buttons while pluggin in usb.... and you get the fone into download mode.... hope that helps
A_Kuma said:
Basically when I boot my phone up, all it shows is an image of a phone, a sign with a ! in the middle, and the pic of a pc. Is there any possible way to fix this or do I have to send it back to tmobile? If it helps I dont think my phone is usb debugging mode either
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Open Odin 1.7 on your computer and plug your USB into your PC. Now take out the battery and hold down volume keys while plugging in USB and putting battery in. Should bring you to download mode. Once in download mode download kd1 put it into PDA and go for it.
Note:it dosent have to show up in download mode to actually be in download mode. If it shows up a little yellow box means in your in download mode.
Best of Luck
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At the moment Odin doesn't recognize my device, nor does Heimdall. I do have the drivers installed though
A_Kuma said:
At the moment Odin doesn't recognize my device, nor does Heimdall. I do have the drivers installed though
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where did u get ur drivers n did u run odin b4 u plugged in fone?
A_Kuma said:
At the moment Odin doesn't recognize my device, nor does Heimdall. I do have the drivers installed though
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To be honest I think you might of needed USB debugging
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I believe I have a similar issue, from Krylon's KD1 CWM, i Rezipped correctly, flashed, this this happened..
However, phone sits on Galaxy s4g boot up screen forever.. left it for 15 minutes now.
Also phone will no longer boot into CWM, looks like this may have bricked me.
Yes I did wipes, yes i followed the re-zip instructions correctly, yes I've flashed roms I know the drill.
Anyone know how to fix this? Or does this rom take forever on the first boot? 20+ minutes? doubt it...
And I cant boot back into CWM, Or stock recovery so i'm not sure how to fix this.
It literally either sits on the first Galaxy S 4g screen, or if i hold three button salute, it acts like it would normally boot into recovery, and cycles over and over with no recovery boot.
**UPDATE** Got mine fixed, odin+download mode
I got the drivers from this site and I had Odin running before I tried to put my phone into Download mode, Odin didn't not pick it up
So I got it figured out. You were right about using running Odin before hand, I just had to use a different usb cable. I brought my phone back. Thanks for all your help

[Q] Stuck phone in CWM based recovery mode

Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
atrix4nag said:
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
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You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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nash2000 said:
You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
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When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
atrix4nag said:
When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
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First... what where you doing to get it on blue cmw in the first place?
Also im not saying you are doing it wrong... and im SURE you have tried like 1000 times but lets check:
1.-pull battery out
2.-connect cable to PC and to phone
3.- while connected to PC and battery OUT press BOTH volume keys at same time
4.-while pressing both volume keys and conected to pc trough micro usb introduce the battery
Thats how you go into DL mode... if it DOESNT.... damn... you messed up your bootloader? at the VERY least you should get a:
"Phone-----!-----Computer"
sign....
Not working still? hmm get an usb jig on ebay/amazing or anyplace you like to FORCE the DL mode... still try the steps i provided before... when entering DL mode only 2 buttons nedded not 3 like on CMW recovery read the steps... then try... try.... and try.
If nothing yet:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Accessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2419wt_905
or something similar... yet im 99% sure doing the correct steps should work.
And i repeat... im not saying your doing it wrong... electronic devices may fail anytime still... put the human part to work and read well the instructions and do them as said before we can blame a piece of metal/plastic xD
I really hope you can get it fixed.
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
2 finger/usb...that dude's phone would have been easily fixed but you told him how to get into something he was already stuck in haha
Sent from my B.A. Infuse 4G
atrix4nag said:
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
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Bah =) well you got a working phone now... remember cwm its 3 button, dl mode its 2 and usb connected for next time

Someone please help!!!

ok so I flashed the i9100 firmware 2.3.5 to my sph-d710. Now I cant odin to recognize my phone to fix the mistake. It will boot up in download mode, and the screen to do a factory reset, but it wont let me select the factory reset because I dont have a keypad to hit the OK button... Any help would be greatly appreciated, I also tried klies but it wont recognize the phone in download mode or in recovery mode.
jtashcraft said:
ok so I flashed the i9100 firmware 2.3.5 to my sph-d710. Now I cant odin to recognize my phone to fix the mistake. It will boot up in download mode, and the screen to do a factory reset, but it wont let me select the factory reset because I dont have a keypad to hit the OK button... Any help would be greatly appreciated, I also tried klies but it wont recognize the phone in download mode or in recovery mode.
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The ok button is the power button.
And for odin or kies, try redownloading the drivers. Then turn on odin and/or kies while keeping the phone off. Once its on, connect usb to computer and phone and go into download mode. If it doesnt work, try different usb ports. .
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Light-라이트 said:
The ok button is the power button.
And for odin or kies, try redownloading the drivers. Then turn on odin and/or kies while keeping the phone off. Once its on, connect usb to computer and phone and go into download mode. If it doesnt work, try different usb ports. .
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The power button is having no effect. I have re-installed the drivers already and klies and odin neither one are recognizing the device. actually when I plug in the USB the computer doesn't even make a noise as if something was plugged in.
The search get makes any text on the screen disappear and it only shows the android with a triangle that has a ! in the center.
Any other ideas?
Also this is a sprint phone, not t-mobile. Does that matter? I can scroll up and down between the options in recovery mode but I cant select anything. Odin still will not read the phone in recovery mode :-(
ya you are in the sgs 4g forum, but this should be an easy fix. you will need to use odin, find a rom that is for your phone and download it on pc. don't know your forum but they should have odin roms, if not then you will have to unzip the rom and flash. you will have to research how to use odin and what roms work with it. good luck
HB66 said:
ya you are in the sgs 4g forum, but this should be an easy fix. you will need to use odin, find a rom that is for your phone and download it on pc. don't know your forum but they should have odin roms, if not then you will have to unzip the rom and flash. you will have to research how to use odin and what roms work with it. good luck
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I have a samsung galaxy S2 epic 4g touch, the exact phone in the picture when you select this forum. I know how to use odin, problem is I cant get odin to see my phone now.
jtashcraft said:
I have a samsung galaxy S2 epic 4g touch, the exact phone in the picture when you select this forum. I know how to use odin, problem is I cant get odin to see my phone now.
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You are in the wrong forum.
This forum is for the galaxy s 4g ONLY.
SII has its own forum.
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SPH-D710 (galaxy S2 epic 4G touch) is not the same phone as the SGH-T959V (galaxy S 4G). not even close.
I am having this problem and I do have a Galaxy S 4G. Did a factory wipe, re-installed usb drivers, restarted pc, ODIN doesn't respond to me plugging in my phone. Any suggestions?
Nevermind...i just realized someone raised an old dead thread
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[Q]how to get into Download mode after soft bricking S2 LTE (ROGERS)

Hi folks,
I've been trying to install custom Rom using Odin to support a language which is not supported with android gingerbread 2.3.5! and it failed after boot.bin...Now, I'm stuck in the Phone---!---PC screen.
I am trying to get into download mode to be able to return to stock using this
Return to stock, fix soft brick :: 11/13: Rogers TAR!
my question: Could I flash while am on "Phone---!---Pc" screen?how can I get rid of "Phone---!---Pc" screen? or should I get USB jig to force into download mode? is it the best solution to restore to stock?
any help would be greatly appreciated !
If you cant get into download mode u need a jig order this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954458
SII_LTE_User said:
Hi folks,
I've been trying to install custom Rom using Odin to support a language which is not supported with android gingerbread 2.3.5! and it failed after boot.bin...Now, I'm stuck in the Phone---!---PC screen.
I am trying to get into download mode to be able to return to stock using this
Return to stock, fix soft brick :: 11/13: Rogers TAR!
my question: Could I flash while am on "Phone---!---Pc" screen?how can I get rid of "Phone---!---Pc" screen? or should I get USB jig to force into download mode? is it the best solution to restore to stock?
any help would be greatly appreciated !
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Even if your phone is shown the "Phone---!---PC" screen .. ODIN should still recognize it being attached to your computer .. My first SGS2 Skyrocket did this in which I was able to reflash back to stock using ODIN v1.85 .. however, my first SGS2 took a real crapper for some reason .. that even the USB JIG was unable to get the phone into Download Mode.
I now have a replacement in which I'm being REAL careful with .. LOL
LordGeek said:
Even if your phone is shown the "Phone---!---PC" screen .. ODIN should still recognize it being attached to your computer .. My first SGS2 Skyrocket did this in which I was able to reflash back to stock using ODIN v1.85 .. however, my first SGS2 took a real crapper for some reason .. that even the USB JIG was unable to get the phone into Download Mode.
I now have a replacement in which I'm being REAL careful with .. LOL
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Actually Odin is recognizing the phone..but im not sure if flashing will work since its not in download mode!!! dont wanna go further doing wrong steps!
SII_LTE_User said:
Actually Odin is recognizing the phone..but im not sure if flashing will work since its not in download mode!!! dont wanna go further doing wrong steps!
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You're safe .. put the TAR under PDA .. uncheck everything in ODIN except Reboot and let it rip.
LordGeek said:
You're safe .. put the TAR under PDA .. uncheck everything in ODIN except Reboot and let it rip.
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This will work.......DOOOO IT
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
You should be able to get into download mode by just holding volume down you may need to push the power button while holding it
Sent from my SGH-I727R using XDA App
LordGeek said:
You're safe .. put the TAR under PDA .. uncheck everything in ODIN except Reboot and let it rip.
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the2rrell said:
This will work.......DOOOO IT
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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Thanks ALOT...You guyz Rock....I flashed and it's baaaack up and running without even losing my data
So for those who are stuck in same scenario...
YES you can flash with ODIN if you're stuck in Phone--!--PC...I used Return to stock, fix soft brick :: 11/13: Rogers TAR!
-Downloaded I727R tar
-opened Odin v1.85
-turned on my phone(showed the exclamation mark screen)
-Connected to Pc with Usb
-odin recognized it...put .tar file in PDA and hit Start et Voila!
Hope this helps anyone in same situation!
Help
I have tried to root my phone and I can't get it to get past the boot screen. I can get it to the download screen but I cant get anywhere past that...please help. I need step by step instructions please.
Go here it has the step by step instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Okay so I am having a similar problem. My phone will boot up and it says the "downloading a different os .... and then press volume up to continue and volume down to reboot" and when i press volume up i get a screen saying "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". What do i do? Please and thanks
Do you have usb Jig. If no than you can make ur own. Let me find you solution to ur problem. And if you have any other device that uses micro usb than try plugging the usb cable to ur phone and see if thats gets u in dload mode.
ckck543 said:
Okay so I am having a similar problem. My phone will boot up and it says the "downloading a different os .... and then press volume up to continue and volume down to reboot" and when i press volume up i get a screen saying "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". What do i do? Please and thanks
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Morning y'all... having a similar problem... I was rooted but for some reason when in Recovery I'd only get Android Recovery??? I got CWM installed using ODIN (This is the tread I used... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526) . Then I went and tried to install miuiscotland_I9100-2.1.13... said install was complete... went to reboot from CWN... and nothing.
I tried pulling battery, going into recovery, download mode, the jig... and nothing... doesn't even look like it's charging... no spark at all?
So I have no phone as it stands right now.
Any comments, suggestions, hints, tips, tricks?
Thx.
B.
Rogers
Galaxy S II LTE
SGH-I727R
Kernel V: 2.6.35.11
I see that instructions are step by step but I have a phone that wont let me put it in download mode. My phone wont hookup to my computer. I need help....
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I see that instructions are step by step but I have a phone that wont let me put it in download mode. My phone wont hookup to my computer. I need help....
K9kazoo said:
Morning y'all... having a similar problem... I was rooted but for some reason when in Recovery I'd only get Android Recovery??? I got CWM installed using ODIN (This is the tread I used... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526) . Then I went and tried to install miuiscotland_I9100-2.1.13... said install was complete... went to reboot from CWN... and nothing.
I tried pulling battery, going into recovery, download mode, the jig... and nothing... doesn't even look like it's charging... no spark at all?
So I have no phone as it stands right now.
Any comments, suggestions, hints, tips, tricks?
Thx.
B.
Rogers
Galaxy S II LTE
SGH-I727R
Kernel V: 2.6.35.11
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You are hard bricked. You flashed a i9100 rom over a i727 device.
Only advice I can give is drop it in the toilet if you have insurance on the phone and get a replacement, or call your carrier's warranty department and tell them your phone just stopped working (not particularly ethical and you could get caught if they figure out it was rooted, but worth a shot...).
Oh, and the other advice is NEVER flash roms meant for devices other than the Skyrocket. Roms meant for the original S2 will brick your phone.
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appdroid said:
Do you have usb Jig. If no than you can make ur own. Let me find you solution to ur problem. And if you have any other device that uses micro usb than try plugging the usb cable to ur phone and see if thats gets u in dload mode.
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No need for a jig here (though it is good to have one anyways). If you get the "firmware upgrade failed" screen, just plug the phone in and if Odin sees your phone you can flash the stock tar. The "failed" screen won't look like it's doing anything but after Odin finishes you will be back to stock and life will be good again.

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