I recently flashed a new CM10 kernel called LeanKernel. At least I tried to, it did not install all the way and after I rebooted my phone did not turn on did not respond to anything. If anyone can help me that would be great. I am not to sure whether to call this a soft or a hard brick. I can't get to CWM and/or download mode. Plugging it in to my computer doesn't help it spams my computer with a format message. I don't know what to do and I appreciate any help anyone can give me.
I also forgot to say that I tried to charge it but nothing shows up on screen i dont know if it even charges. But my battery was at 65% before me phone stopped booting.
Thanks in advance.
You flashed a kernel that was not for your phone. It's brick city. Read and understand what you're doing before flashing things.
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xcrazydx said:
You flashed a kernel that was not for your phone. It's brick city. Read and understand what you're doing before flashing things.
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Thanks for the reply. I accidentally flashed the wrong kernel on my computer. I feel pretty dumb doing that too. I was just hoping a possible way to fix but I think that's not really possible.
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Thanks for the reply. I accidentally flashed the wrong kernel on my computer. I feel pretty dumb doing that too. I was just hoping a possible way to fix but I think that's not really possible.
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Sure, jtag for $50 or send to Samsung and they will probably fix it free.
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Sure, jtag for $50 or send to Samsung and they will probably fix it free.
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But its rooted so i don't know if they will fix it.
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But its rooted so i don't know if they will fix it.
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If it won't turn on they can't tell.
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But its rooted so i don't know if they will fix it.
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If it's hard-bricked (it is), they'll either force it into download mode and restore to stock from there, or just mail you a refurb. They'll never know.
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If it won't turn on they can't tell.
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T.J. Bender said:
If it's hard-bricked (it is), they'll either force it into download mode and restore to stock from there, or just mail you a refurb. They'll never know.
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Thanks for the replies. Yeah i guess it makes sense to do that, but I talked to AT&T and I might have the chance to upgrade without having to pay for the early termination. I think I might pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. I don't know yet. What do you guys think, fix this phone or upgrade!
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Thanks for the replies. Yeah i guess it makes sense to do that, but I talked to AT&T and I might have the chance to upgrade without having to pay for the early termination. I think I might pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. I don't know yet. What do you guys think, fix this phone or upgrade!
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Either way, why not send it in for warranty repair/replacement? I've got the Note 2 on pre-order and am keeping my Skyrocket, because the Note 2 is an entirely different beast.
If you're going to keep the Skyrocket (whether you get the Note 2 or not), why not warranty it? If you're going to sell the Skyrocket, you'd probably want to make sure it works before you put it on eBay, right? If you're going to throw your $600, one-year-old Skyrocket in the trash without even trying to save it, go ahead and mail it to me instead! lol
T.J. Bender said:
Either way, why not send it in for warranty repair/replacement? I've got the Note 2 on pre-order and am keeping my Skyrocket, because the Note 2 is an entirely different beast.
If you're going to keep the Skyrocket (whether you get the Note 2 or not), why not warranty it? If you're going to sell the Skyrocket, you'd probably want to make sure it works before you put it on eBay, right? If you're going to throw your $600, one-year-old Skyrocket in the trash without even trying to save it, go ahead and mail it to me instead! lol
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I wouldn't ever throw something like that away. Especially since I know that its hard bricked, but nothing is wrong with the hardware. I will probably go through with the warranty, and use my old crappy iPhone :crying: until my Note II comes if I get it.
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So I went to rooted stock herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366041an d everything's just been screwed up every since, but I've been to busy to deal with it... now I'm sending it in for a warranty replacement and it's stuck...nothing will flash on cwm,I only get an error, Odin won't even detect it.. how can I get this back to stock? I need to send it soon cause I don't want to end up paying for 2 phones... thanks!
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Aaustinnn said:
...nothing will flash on cwm,I only get an error, Odin won't even detect it...
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What error is it giving you in CWM? What version of CWM? In reference to Odin - do you have the drivers installed, usb debugging checked, etc.? Have you tried different usb cords/ports/computers?
I'm not at my phone right now but the cwm error was somethin bout a file missing from /data... I literally just rooted and flashed tweaked to the refurbed one they sent me and all is well, the old one won't be detected in any way by my computer tho n it's been doing funny **** every since I left eclipse.. I know it's not the computer or hardware, but any attempt to flash on cwm OR Odin results in failure.. should I even worry since it looks like stock anyway? Lol idk if they really check at Verizon..
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I'm not at my phone right now but the cwm error was somethin bout a file missing from /data... I literally just rooted and flashed tweaked to the refurbed one they sent me and all is well, the old one won't be detected in any way by my computer tho n it's been doing funny **** every since I left eclipse.. I know it's not the computer or hardware, but any attempt to flash on cwm OR Odin results in failure.. should I even worry since it looks like stock anyway? Lol idk if they really check at Verizon..
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Uh yes they check. Dont you think that if you know how to do this then their techs would too. I can tell you that is the first thing they look for. If they determine your phone is rooted you WILL receive a bill for full retail price.
While I would agree is there proof of it happening irl? I personally would raise hell if they did to me. I bought the charge at full price because of the possibility of loosing unlimited. It went from flagship phone to abandoned before my contract was done. Luckily I had an upgrade to burn and got a S3 but even then they pulled the locked bootloader ****. I know why, to keep people buying devices but they really like to treat their customers like ****
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While I would agree is there proof of it happening irl? I personally would raise hell if they did to me. I bought the charge at full price because of the possibility of loosing unlimited. It went from flagship phone to abandoned before my contract was done. Luckily I had an upgrade to burn and got a S3 but even then they pulled the locked bootloader ****. I know why, to keep people buying devices but they really like to treat their customers like ****
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Dude, development is exploding as I type. They have working cm10. Lil buggy but come on 2 weeks? Bootloader is no issue to those devs. Not even irl. It's cracked.
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Uh yes they check. Dont you think that if you know how to do this then their techs would too. I can tell you that is the first thing they look for. If they determine your phone is rooted you WILL receive a bill for full retail price.
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They don't check every device.
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They don't check every device.
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Yeah, that's what I understood. I just didn't want to take the chance to. Btw, I finally figured out to busy do a restore(which I'd never done before) and it was detected good as new, flashed ep4d or p stock with the pit and everything seems good.. anything left to do now before I send it in?
Thanks everyone :]
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Okay so I was on Synergy 1.7 and Beans and I had GPS issues. The GPS would never lock on. I turned on Navigation and it would stay stuck on "searching for GPS". I Odined back to stock and same issue. So now I'm thinking I need to exchange it. Two questions tho.
1) will I need to contact Verizon or Samsung for the exchange?
2) I got this from a trade here in XDA. Will this affect me getting an exchange?
Thanks in advance
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Okay so I was on Synergy 1.7 and Beans and I had GPS issues. The GPS would never lock on. I turned on Navigation and it would stay stuck on "searching for GPS". I Odined back to stock and same issue. So now I'm thinking I need to exchange it. Two questions tho.
1) will I need to contact Verizon or Samsung for the exchange?
2) I got this from a trade here in XDA. Will this affect me getting an exchange?
Thanks in advance
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Well you can take it in to Verizon but I don't think they would exchange it, especially if you bought/traded/etc it from a third party. In my experience they would just claim it was abused or messed with by you or previous owner and offer to "fix" it for a price.
1. Verizon
2. I can't say.
Before you call up Verizon, though, I recommend you search the Synergy thread for a GPS fix. I remember someone working it all out, though I don't recall the specifics. I figure you'd rather go through that than swap devices.
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1. Verizon
2. I can't say.
Before you call up Verizon, though, I recommend you search the Synergy thread for a GPS fix. I remember someone working it all out, though I don't recall the specifics. I figure you'd rather go through that than swap devices.
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Yea the lead developer said if GPS issues continue, to flash back to stock. Flashed back to stock, still the same GPS issues as before.
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lazarus2405 said:
1. Verizon
2. I can't say.
Before you call up Verizon, though, I recommend you search the Synergy thread for a GPS fix. I remember someone working it all out, though I don't recall the specifics. I figure you'd rather go through that than swap devices.
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You think it would make a difference if I left out the "I got this from a trade" part if I talk to them?
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You think it would make a difference if I left out the "I got this from a trade" part if I talk to them?
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As long as you didn't get it from them, they will most likely give you a hard time about exchanging it because if not from Verizon, you had to get it from a third party used :/
Damn that sucks. Maybe someone else can chip in. I'd like other opinions. I don't wanna be stuck with this GPS issue :/
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Damn that sucks. Maybe someone else can chip in. I'd like other opinions. I don't wanna be stuck with this GPS issue :/
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Jay would try an app from the market and see if the app will get a lock on the gps. The app is GPS Test and run it to see if you get a lock.
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Jay would try an app from the market and see if the app will get a lock on the gps. The app is GPS Test and run it to see if you get a lock.
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Tried it. The first thing I tried. No luck :/
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Hey Jay,
I have actually done manufacturers warranty claims on phones that I have purchased through a 3rd party (eBay) a few times with Verizon. I don't offer up where I got the phone, but they don't generally ask either (in my experience). The phone should still be covered under the 1 year warranty with Samsung, Verizon just honors that warranty for you and ships out a different refurbished phone in its place. As long as you put a stock image back on your original phone before sending it back in you shouldn't have any problems.
Also, I usually tell them right up front that I "went into a store and worked with their tech support people who gave me this number to call to get a replacement phone. Already did 2 factory resets and checked that I had the latest software update and it didn't help at all." That usually helps to bypass all of the generic tech support questions that they ask and just get down to getting your new phone.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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Hey Jay,
I have actually done manufacturers warranty claims on phones that I have purchased through a 3rd party (eBay) a few times with Verizon. I don't offer up where I got the phone, but they don't generally ask either (in my experience). The phone should still be covered under the 1 year warranty with Samsung, Verizon just honors that warranty for you and ships out a different refurbished phone in its place. As long as you put a stock image back on your original phone before sending it back in you shouldn't have any problems.
Also, I usually tell them right up front that I "went into a store and worked with their tech support people who gave me this number to call to get a replacement phone. Already did 2 factory resets and checked that I had the latest software update and it didn't help at all." That usually helps to bypass all of the generic tech support questions that they ask and just get down to getting your new phone.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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Thank you so much. I'll try this out after I try a few other things to try to get my GPS to work. I'm currently completely stock so I'm hoping I find a way. So they send you the refurb phone and they give you like a box to send it back like Asurion does with insurance claims?
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Yes, they send you a refurb phone and you keep your original battery, battery cover, sim, and SD Card. Then place the old phone back in the box and affix the return tag that was included with the replacement phone. It's super easy.
Mikeyfitz14 said:
Yes, they send you a refurb phone and you keep your original battery, battery cover, sim, and SD Card. Then place the old phone back in the box and affix the return tag that was included with the replacement phone. It's super easy.
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Thanks for the info. Kinda nervous about calling them. I feel like they won't believe me lol
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xXJay_RXx said:
Okay so I was on Synergy 1.7 and Beans and I had GPS issues. The GPS would never lock on. I turned on Navigation and it would stay stuck on "searching for GPS". I Odined back to stock and same issue. So now I'm thinking I need to exchange it. Two questions tho.
1) will I need to contact Verizon or Samsung for the exchange?
2) I got this from a trade here in XDA. Will this affect me getting an exchange?
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832886
Try this!
Smok3d said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832886
Try this!
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Just tried it but sadly it doesn't work for me thanks anyways tho
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Yes, they send you a refurb phone and you keep your original battery, battery cover, sim, and SD Card. Then place the old phone back in the box and affix the return tag that was included with the replacement phone. It's super easy.
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Yea, that is how Verizon handles it.
Does anyone know how Samsung would handle it if you try to go through them like the other guy suggested? I'm in the same boat and would rather return to Samsung than Verizon (I hate that Verizon gives me a used phone in exchange for a phone that I paid full price for and bought new). I feel like Samsung would want me to send the phone back to them first, which I cant really do because I need my phone and don't want to activate an older phone and lose my unlimited data.
Yea I know, make fun of me. Tonight I was trying to install CM 9.0 for my i727.
I already had Clockwork and Odin installed, everything was working 100%
I decided to follow TeamChopsticks guide to get there.
Unfortunately CM was not installing after I did the "Format /system (mounts and storage->format /system)" step and I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I went into Odin hoping to just flash CM. I then saw that the only option was "PIT" and naive, stupid, tired me decided to do it.
I mean what could go wrong. I had titanium backup and everything.
Turns out I probably reformatted my internal mem to something my i727 can not use. Yay...
Now my phone won't go into download mode, it wont boot, actually it wont do anything.
I've spent the last 3 hours reading online on what to do. To my avail I found nothing. (I found QPST but it won't let me add "COM4" which my phone is on, so it's useless)
My phone is recognized by the computer as "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and Odin used to have it in COM4.
I really don't want to send my phone anywhere, I've had it since Christmas so it's not the newest, and upgrading to a SGSIII would be an option.
What should I do? What CAN I do?
Hopeless college guy here. =/
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
Crud... this was an expensive "upgrade"
Heading to AT&T in the morning to see if they know anyone around town that does this, else I'm gonna have a bad week...
Inhumanskills said:
Crud... this was an expensive "upgrade"
Heading to AT&T in the morning to see if they know anyone around town that does this, else I'm gonna have a bad week...
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just say it died and that you dont know why
Ouch, that's hard luck man. Not gonna rub it in man. You know exactly what you did and why it happened, and I genuinely feel for you there.
Like vincom said, take it to AT&T and tell them you don't know why it won't boot. They'll probably refer you to Sammy if you're outside of a month with no insurance. Best chance you've got short of JTAG.
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The guys are right, im afraid. Back in my newish days (heck i still am new) something similiar happened to me. Im on Rogers in Canada, and I told them it happened while upgrading through kies. They shipped me a refurbished model for 35 bucks, so hopefully ATT is as benevolent.
FYI this one had a faulty usb port and they were out of refurbs, so they just sent me a brand new one (second replacement). So follow your dreams, I guess. : D
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Damn man that sucks. I know the feeling when you try something new and you try to turn your device on and........nothing. heart drops into stomach. But the link vin game you might be an option. Def cheaper the the s3. Hang in there.
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I feel for you. Next time pay for insurance n just say u lost it.
Never check PIT in Odin unless you REALLY know what ur doin.
I think someone did this in the infuse forum n was able to unbrick but u r sayin phone won't even get to download mode so not sure...
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sb0 said:
I feel for you. Next time pay for insurance n just say u lost it.
Never check PIT in Odin unless you REALLY know what ur doin.
I think someone did this in the infuse forum n was able to unbrick but u r sayin phone won't even get to download mode so not sure...
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Wow. What a refreshing turn around. Usually whenever someone posts like this, a dozen people will comment on how much of an idiot the OP is, how they obviously can't read, and that they should be resigned to using crayons and craft paper since they obviously can't be trusted to use a smartphone.
I feel your pain, hope you get it resolved!
Tom
sb0 said:
I feel for you. Next time pay for insurance n just say u lost it.
Never check PIT in Odin unless you REALLY know what ur doin.
I think someone did this in the infuse forum n was able to unbrick but u r sayin phone won't even get to download mode so not sure...
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never check pit unless you have a pit file and absolutely need to use it.
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rpr69 said:
Wow. What a refreshing turn around. Usually whenever someone posts like this, a dozen people will comment on how much of an idiot the OP is, how they obviously can't read, and that they should be resigned to using crayons and craft paper since they obviously can't be trusted to use a smartphone.
I feel your pain, hope you get it resolved!
Tom
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its because he knew what he did wrong, he didnt say the "name of rom here that was not for i727" bricked my phone and then ask what can be done about it
Everything was going so well until now. Lets play nice guys. Thread cleaned
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Everything was going so well until now. Lets play nice guys. Thread cleaned
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There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you! Haha
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I feel for ya. That sucks. hopefully you get it resolved
If the device is still under warranty, no problem. Otherwise no matter what you say the retail AT&T reps are sort of clueless around Android and won't offer any steps to try. I just picked up my Skyrocket on Friday and want to go slowly haha I soft bricked my Captivate way back in 2010 so I understand how it feels.
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i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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If you are bricking "so many phones" you are clearly doing something wrong.
Dude good luck! Let us know how it goes...
Deliberate said:
i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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Sick brag! What a joke
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Deliberate said:
i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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I kind of hope someone from Best Buy is reading this...what did you say your name was again?
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Updated the phone to the latest PA 10/15 build, flashed SU then gapps. After letting everything settled in, boot into recovery and flashed IX kernel 6.3.6 like I always do after every PA updates,but this time my phone won't boot at all, wont even boot into download mode. Stays on the black screen, won't even vibrate. I tried taking off the battery and plugging it in on the computer and outlet. Nothing works. Its hard-bricked. I sure don't have the money to sent it over for JTAG since I don't get paid till next week plus this is my work phone. WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO?
Those USB JIG works from Ebay?
Jig probably won't work.
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Jig probably won't work.
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It doesn't hurt to try those usb jigs its only less than 2 dollars plus free shipping. Won't hurt a bit,but knowing those won't ship in for a week or two.
Any other alternative rather than sending it for JTag service?
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It doesn't hurt to try those usb jigs its only less than 2 dollars plus free shipping. Won't hurt a bit,but knowing those won't ship in for a week or two.
Any other alternative rather than sending it for JTag service?
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Build your own jig with resistors today and find out if it works.
Try taking out the battery and plugging it in and putting the battery back in.
I'm doubting what you did is what bricked It if indeed it is bricked. Doesn't make sense.
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I'm doubting what you did is what bricked It if indeed it is bricked. Doesn't make sense.
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I honestly don't know. Before I flashed the PA 10/15 build I normally wipe cache, dalvik, format/system then flash the rom/su/gapps then reboot. After that I just installed InstigatorX kernel, rebooted then went on to a blank screen, never to turn on again no matter what I do.
I have never experienced this on the previous PA build with instigator X not saying its new builds fault,but thats honestly what I did.
I've had my faults of flashing roms on wrong devices before,but I greatly learned from that. So don't think I flashed the wrong kernel since I only have one kernel saved up on my computer and saved on on my device sd card.
Had your phone been acting funny beforehand? Seems like you did everything right, and others are running the 10/15 PA build just fine. You might have had one of those wonderful fluke bricks...
Sounds like a bad kernel flash. That's usually what bricks a skyrocket.
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Sounds like a bad kernel flash. That's usually what bricks a skyrocket.
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Is there a counter for that? Fix? or just JTAG is the only solution?
If you're hard-bricked, JTAG or warranty are the only ways out.
T.J. Bender said:
Had your phone been acting funny beforehand? Seems like you did everything right, and others are running the 10/15 PA build just fine. You might have had one of those wonderful fluke bricks...
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Never experienced anything unusual and I know I did things right. Only weird funny things that happen to my phone is a few screen flickers on the previous build and I used build.prop to smooth those out. And on PA 2.15 my phone will occasionally randomly shutdown,but gets back on within seconds. I never OC btw. Always keep on stock frequency.
Can I lie to Samsung about the device not being rooted?
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Never experienced anything unusual and I know I did things right. Only weird funny things that happen to my phone is a few screen flickers on the previous build and I used build.prop to smooth those out. And on PA 2.15 my phone will occasionally randomly shutdown,but gets back on within seconds. I never OC btw. Always keep on stock frequency.
Can I lie to Samsung about the device not being rooted?
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Sure, you can do whatever your heart desires.
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Sure, you can do whatever your heart desires.
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Lol would they investigate if the phone is rooted?
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Lol would they investigate if the phone is rooted?
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They can't investigate anything if it doesn't turn on
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They can't investigate anything if it doesn't turn on
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I pretty much told them I did the ICS update then my phone won't turn on from there. And that I barely bought the phone from Craigslist yesterday.
They believed it just a little scared if they found out that my phone is rooted and starts to charge me restocking fee or whatever they do.
This what they told me
Arwyn: Please hold while check the warranty details.
Visitor: ok
Arwyn: I'm sorry for the delay. I'll be right with you.
Arwyn: Thank you for holding.
Arwyn: I see that device is in warranty till March 5th, 2013.
Visitor: awesome
EDIT: This Arwyn Samsung tech support really something
Arwyn: Are you using the same charger and the battery that came with the device?
Visitor: yes its all oem
Arwyn: Do you see any error message on the device?
Visitor: none
Visitor: Like I said the phone does not turn on at all
Visitor: soft keys don't even light up
Visitor: no vibrations, no boot screen, no boot animations or anything
Arwyn: What do you see on the device screen?
OK NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME TO SEND MY DEVICE FOR SERVICE AND REPAIRS COVERED BY WARRANTY. IS THIS A GOOD IDEA TO DO? SINCE MY PHONE IS COMPLETELY ROOTED, HAS A ROM AND CUSTOM KERNEL. LET ME KNOW PLEASE BECAUSE THIS ARWYN PERSON SAID THEY ARE GOING TO DIAGNOSE WHAT CAUSED IT.
I don't think its a huge deal. Just send it in.
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Are they asking you to send it in without issuing you out a replacement device or to send it in once you receive a replacement device? If its the first option it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Sounds like they might actually check it out.
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RastarNation said:
Are they asking you to send it in without issuing you out a replacement device or to send it in once you receive a replacement device? If its the first option it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Sounds like they might actually check it out.
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Samsung never gives you a replacement device. They will just flash a new firmware to it. If they can't they'll give you a new phone. I'd do it if I where you.
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OK NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME TO SEND MY DEVICE FOR SERVICE AND REPAIRS COVERED BY WARRANTY. IS THIS A GOOD IDEA TO DO? SINCE MY PHONE IS COMPLETELY ROOTED, HAS A ROM AND CUSTOM KERNEL. LET ME KNOW PLEASE BECAUSE THIS ARWYN PERSON SAID THEY ARE GOING TO DIAGNOSE WHAT CAUSED IT.
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1. Stop shouting.
2. Just do it. Worst thing that can happen is they say no. That said, if they can't get the phone to boot, they'll just send a refurb. If they can get it into download mode, they'll just flash the new firmware and wipe your tracks. Even if they do somehow see that it was rooted (i.e., they boot it into the OS), they'll just tell you that the warranty is void, and the repairs will cost X if you choose to go ahead with them.
Well I sent it in this morning and see whats going to happen from here and then. Hopefully it all goes smoothly.
I contacted somebody on craigslist about a nexus 5. He said it was running cyanogenmod 11 and he said that he didn't like it and was going to put it back to stock. He then messages me saying that something went wrong and that the phone is bricked. I ask him a few questions.. Is the bootloader unlocked, was usb debugging checked before it was bricked, can you get into recovery. He said yes to all of them. He then tells me that he was using nexus root toolkit. But run parallels on his Mac. So the commands are never the same. So the question I have do you think that it's fixable before I go and buy it. He was selling it for 250 but after the brick i told him I would buy it for 200.
If he has used a toolkit not meant for the Nexus 5, there's a good chance that his bootloader and other partitions might have got corrupted. Since he's telling you that he can get into recovery, why doesn't he just flash CM11 which might take him out of the bootloop? Sounds fishy.
Besides that, you know there won't be any warranty for this, right??
If I were you, I would stay away from such a deal. It's your call though.
If it turns on in one way or another it's hardly "bricked" lol.
How much is a digitizer worth? If it's truly bricked that's all that it would be worth to sell it as parts. I might risk it for $100
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Lethargy said:
If it turns on in one way or another it's hardly "bricked" lol.
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That is what I was thinking. I mean if he can get into recovery then it's hardly bricked!
vin4yak said:
If he has used a toolkit not meant for the Nexus 5, there's a good chance that his bootloader and other partitions might have got corrupted. Since he's telling you that he can get into recovery, why doesn't he just flash CM11 which might take him out of the bootloop? Sounds fishy.
Besides that, you know there won't be any warranty for this, right??
If I were you, I would stay away from such a deal. It's your call though.
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Yeah I knew that there wouldn't be a warranty for this, I don't think any of my last few phones had a warranty so I am not worried about that. I have a few hours to decide.
It's not bricked I have bricked Nexus trust me it's bricked:crying: I can't get even into any recovery or bootloader.. I do have a new a nexus though i bought from swappa:good:
kidnice15 said:
That is what I was thinking. I mean if he can get into recovery then it's hardly bricked!
Yeah I knew that there wouldn't be a warranty for this, I don't think any of my last few phones had a warranty so I am not worried about that. I have a few hours to decide.
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Personally I would just buy a brand new one off Google, no risk of "bricked" (lol) phones from other people, and it's not too much more (in comparison to other devices). Plus you get warranty :silly:
yyz71 said:
It's not bricked I have bricked Nexus trust me it's bricked:crying: I can't get even into any recovery or bootloader.. I do have a new a nexus though i bought from swappa:good:
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Yeah that is what I am thinking, if I can get into recovery I gotta be able to un "brick" it. What I am going to do is make sure I can get into recovery before I buy it.
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Yeah that is what I am thinking, if I can get into recovery I gotta be able to un "brick" it. What I am going to do is make sure I can get into recovery before I buy it.
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Once you could do that your good to go:good:
Could be radio bricked. Could be a bargain. Could be a risk.. Getting into recovery is no sure fire way to say it's repairable.
Whats USB debugging got to do with anything ?
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rootSU said:
Could be radio bricked. Could be a bargain. Could be a risk.. Getting into recovery is no sure fire way to say it's repairable.
Whats USB debugging got to do with anything ?
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I have no idea! I was reading up on unbricking Nexus 5 and they all kept saying make sure USB debugging was checked. Like yous aid. Could be a bargain, could be a risk. I am still debating on buying it.
You could meet him somewhere with WiFi, like Starbucks. Then try to flash a stock Rom and see if everything on the phone works. If it were me I'd just buy a new one tho.
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You could meet him somewhere with WiFi, like Starbucks. Then try to flash a stock Rom and see if everything on the phone works. If it were me I'd just buy a new one tho.
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Yea most likely I am going to head to swappa.
It could have other issues. What if its black listed, and he tried to brick it so no one can test it.
What if it turns on, but it got water damage and something else is wrong.
What if there's a hardware failure for sound or radio or anything.
Can't test much in the state its in. I say you're basically gambling.
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100 more buys you a perfectly working one.
So I took the gamble and decided to meet the guy.. He worked at AT&T, met him at his store, that was a plus and not in some alley lol. I had my laptop with me and after I bought it. I tried to unbrick it. I unbricked it. It's working flawlessly, checked the ESN on swappa and it's not blacklisted. It was a risky gamble but it did work out. Thanks for all the help on here.
Cool! ?
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That's great. Congrats! Welcome to the n5 gang
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Great story to share with us. Hopefully you'll enjoy using your Nexus 5 and let's hope the phone continues to work for you.
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So I took the gamble and decided to meet the guy.. He worked at AT&T, met him at his store, that was a plus and not in some alley lol. I had my laptop with me and after I bought it. I tried to unbrick it. I unbricked it. It's working flawlessly, checked the ESN on swappa and it's not blacklisted. It was a risky gamble but it did work out. Thanks for all the help on here.
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Its not an "unbrick" if it wasn't really "bricked" in the first place!
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yyz71 said:
It's not bricked I have bricked Nexus trust me it's bricked:crying: I can't get even into any recovery or bootloader.. I do have a new a nexus though i bought from swappa:good:
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How do you brick a nexus device? If you say toolkit I give up.