Earlier on today, I decided to root my ATRIX 2 and flash the Paranoid Android ROM on my phone. I backed up with Titanium and CWM Revovery. I knew it would be buggy. Later on I decided that I wanted to restore it back to ICS. I installed the thing to get into CWM Recovery (I can't for the life of me remember what it was called) Anyway, It wouldn't boot into CWM. So I thought that I'd just put up with it. But, my phone got stuck at the PA boot screen. I left it there for an hour and then decided to try and fix it. I searched and searched for hours, and I couldn't fix anything. So now, I have a phone that only goes into AP Fastboot when plugged into AC power, and when plugged into a PC it has a black screen with a white LED. I am worried, as I have only had this phone for a couple of days and I don't want to go spending more money just to get a new phone or fix mine.
What would be wrong with my phone and how could I fix it?
You shouldn't have tried to install another recovery. CM10, MagicMod, and PA have built in custom recoveries. That's a sure fire way to softbrick.
When in fastboot, does it show battery status as OK?
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Earlier on today, I decided to root my ATRIX 2 and flash the Paranoid Android ROM on my phone. I backed up with Titanium and CWM Revovery. I knew it would be buggy. Later on I decided that I wanted to restore it back to ICS. I installed the thing to get into CWM Recovery (I can't for the life of me remember what it was called) Anyway, It wouldn't boot into CWM. So I thought that I'd just put up with it. But, my phone got stuck at the PA boot screen. I left it there for an hour and then decided to try and fix it. I searched and searched for hours, and I couldn't fix anything. So now, I have a phone that only goes into AP Fastboot when plugged into AC power, and when plugged into a PC it has a black screen with a white LED. I am worried, as I have only had this phone for a couple of days and I don't want to go spending more money just to get a new phone or fix mine.
What would be wrong with my phone and how could I fix it?
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The problem was you flashed another recovery on top of PA. PA has a built in recovery so now the two recoveries are conflicting. The same thing happened to me. :/ I had to fxz back to ICS. Maybe there is another solution I don't know about for this problem, and maybe one of the senior members could help. But there is always the option of FXZing back. Hope you get it figured out.
Axis beat me to it.
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You shouldn't have tried to install another recovery. CM10, MagicMod, and PA have built in custom recoveries. That's a sure fire way to softbrick.
When in fastboot, does it show battery status as OK?
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When I posted this thread it did, but now it says "Battery Low Cannot Program"
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When I posted this thread it did, but now it says "Battery Low Cannot Program"
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Ouch.... Do you know anyone with an A2? Maybe they can charge the battery for you... The plus side is you have only soft bricked your device. If you can get your battery charged you can fxz back.
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When I posted this thread it did, but now it says "Battery Low Cannot Program"
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You need to get an external charger to charge your battery, then fxz. Its the only way to fix it.
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Ouch.... Do you know anyone with an A2? Maybe they can charge the battery for you...
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Unfortunately, no I don't. Maybe I could take it into the store I got it from and get them to charge it?
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Unfortunately, no I don't. Maybe I could take it into the store I got it from and get them to charge it?
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I doubt they will do that for you. Like Axis said, try getting an external charger. It's your only hope.
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Unfortunately, no I don't. Maybe I could take it into the store I got it from and get them to charge it?
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That's possible, but more than likely they will decline. Worth a shot. Its best to have an external charger for these situations.
And if you by it now, you'll have it later. :thumbup:
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And where could I get an external charger?
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And where could I get an external charger?
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Try amazon. I am sure they have them other places online. Search around and see what you come up with. Hope you get it worked out.
I'll look, but it could be a little bit harder, as I live in New Zealand, but I should find something.
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I'll look, but it could be a little bit harder, as I live in New Zealand, but I should find something.
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Here is a cheap one. Not sure if they ship to your location though. Check and see.
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Here is a cheap one. Not sure if they ship to your location though. Check and see.
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They do ship to my location but, the shipping itself is $17.99 US
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They do ship to my location but, the shipping itself is $17.99 US
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That's still not a bad deal. But you can possibly find one cheaper if you feel like putting in the extra effort to save the extra money
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I suppose, I could look on New Zealand sites, as it will be in my own currency and the shipping should be quite a bit cheaper.
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I suppose, I could look on New Zealand sites, as it will be in my own currency and the shipping should be quite a bit cheaper.
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:thumbup::thumbup:
At least you're not screwed
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I'll look around and also leave the phone on AC power, just in case i decides that it wants to charge :silly:
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:thumbup::thumbup:
At least you're not screwed
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EXACTLY! Better than a hard bricked phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
This works for Atrix2 also. I have personally tried this and it works like a charm. But be careful with the polarities. Hope it helps
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anyone successfully hard unbricked *themselves* with JTAG, or this "Riff Box" ?
I have a hard bricked Skyrocket. I see that I can send it in for $50. But I'm all about solutions where I'm not paying someone else, and I actually fix it myself. I learn something, and if I ever make the mistake again, I can fix it again. Not just that, but it can help other people.
I did some Googling and searching with XDA forums, but I haven't seen anyone who has been able to fix their hard brick other than sending it in for repair.
I did manage to find this result in Google:
http://www.jtagbox.com/2012/03/page/2/
It seems to be for something called a RIFF Box. It appears to be some sort of USB based JTAG solution, and they also appear to have a working flash for the Skyrocket.
Here is some more info on the RIFF Box:
http://www.unlockforum.com/showthre...-How-to-set-up-RIFF-Box-!?p=145560#post145560
It *seems* legitimate, but I need to do some more digging. Has anyone tried it? Downside is that it's ~$150
This guy who is the only person that I can find in the US unbricking the Skyrocket is *clearly* using the Riff Box in his video, saying he is the "first" to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk&t=1m50s
Here is the link to order a Riff Box, $150 + shipping, but I'm pretty sure it's international
I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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You should just get a flip phone.
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I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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Wow you must really hate reading manuals and paying attention to wtf your doing
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xcrazydx said:
You should just get a flip phone.
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or a lumia.
BaconStep said:
or a lumia.
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or, two tin cans & string.
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or, two tin cans & string.
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Or a rock
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"and the Forth one stayed up"
aznrice2k4 said:
I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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Sounds like this Monty Python scene... and the Forth one stayed up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YiPC91QUk
It's not that at all. All the bricks were careless mistakes. The first brick was less than 12 hours into receiving the skyrocket. This was dated back into less than a week when the skyrocket was launched. I push my skyrocket to the limit. While on gingerbread I benchmarked on Antutu with 76xx score. Yeah I know benchmarks are just figures. Hell I'm just a guy who don't like limits. Lol
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aznrice2k4 said:
It's not that at all. All the bricks were careless mistakes. The first brick was less than 12 hours into receiving the skyrocket. This was dated back into less than a week when the skyrocket was launched. I push my skyrocket to the limit. While on gingerbread I benchmarked on Antutu with 76xx score. Yeah I know benchmarks are just figures. Hell I'm just a guy who don't like limits. Lol
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lrn2 read
which is odd since i duno how 2 rd
but i haven't bricked my skrocket and went thru lots of roms and all dem ics ones
im right there with ya,...friend....im on my seventh rocket.. first five were before the last 4months of" READING".....have got black circles around my eyes.. look like the walking dead.. cones and rods are fried from l.e.display... and now i look back at all the rockets i took back to at&t that i couldnt fix...?... i thought they were bricked for sure.. now i soft brick'em 3..4.. times a day.. and back to show room beautiful within the few short moments it takes to boot up my netbook..dang...but this one is a paperweight forsure... ive got techvideos ready to go in paypal... but i just cant stop searching......searching...for a solution... if they can connect a few wires to the motherboard and enter.. run.bat.........****....i got this son....! i just made a soldering gun outta no.2 pencil....got my vizio tablet back running my whole theatre system... i would really luv to pick your brain on ideas.... and processes you'vd tryed..or heard through the grapvine... or urban legends...im game... like i just replied in another thread.. ive got phonez!!... ill be alright..... i wanna repair this dang thing ...for those without the means or resources i do... the ones that are about to shed tears for the first time in yrs... cause trust me i know the value of a dollar...and 6billz is not just a drop in the bucket..P.M me anything you can.. ill be up all night and all day.......ive also seen riffbox for 150$... but what else do i need?..... hell... i tell ya what.... if i get a list of what teckdudez got over there... i personally swear... that i will let any registered xda member use this hardware based on the ... F the dumb sh** code...and return it in a timely manner..,...just pay the shippin.. brother...thanx.. @godbless...
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im right there with ya,...friend....im on my seventh rocket.. first five were before the last 4months of" READING".....have got black circles around my eyes.. look like the walking dead.. cones and rods are fried from l.e.display... and now i look back at all the rockets i took back to at&t that i couldnt fix...?... i thought they were bricked for sure.. now i soft brick'em 3..4.. times a day.. and back to show room beautiful within the few short moments it takes to boot up my netbook..dang...but this one is a paperweight forsure... ive got techvideos ready to go in paypal... but i just cant stop searching......searching...for a solution... if they can connect a few wires to the motherboard and enter.. run.bat.........****....i got this son....! i just made a soldering gun outta no.2 pencil....got my vizio tablet back running my whole theatre system... i would really luv to pick your brain on ideas.... and processes you'vd tryed..or heard through the grapvine... or urban legends...im game... like i just replied in another thread.. ive got phonez!!... ill be alright..... i wanna repair this dang thing ...for those without the means or resources i do... the ones that are about to shed tears for the first time in yrs... cause trust me i know the value of a dollar...and 6billz is not just a drop in the bucket..P.M me anything you can.. ill be up all night and all day.......ive also seen riffbox for 150$... but what else do i need?..... hell... i tell ya what.... if i get a list of what teckdudez got over there... i personally swear... that i will let any registered xda member use this hardware based on the ... F the dumb sh** code...and return it in a timely manner..,...just pay the shippin.. brother...thanx.. @godbless...
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I have no idea how it works, but here's what I found....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk
http://faq.riffbox.org/index.php?action=artikel&cat=10&id=53&artlang=en
http://www.forum4phone.com/showthread.php/2157-RIFF-JTAG-Box-How-to-use-it
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f634/new-riff-box-users-read-1111319/
im on it bro... thanx.. ive got a list of items to research amile long.. woulda took me forever to find these links... good lookin.... we will be the first free source jtagg debrick recovery repair service....haha.....im exited..ok..back to work.. [email protected]
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im on it bro... thanx.. ive got a list of items to research amile long.. woulda took me forever to find these links... good lookin.... we will be the first free source jtagg debrick recovery repair service....haha.....im exited..ok..back to work.. [email protected]
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Is...your...spacebar...broken?
And you would be this weeks fail. Wow five bricked skyrockets. I guess flashing with your eyes closed doesn't really work....
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ur kool. my riffbox and jtagg software are being delivered to my door... wheres yours?.... oh..you would rather be a little fagg.... then help others?.. grow up.
"Grow up" said the person who just called someone a 'fagg'.
Don't use that word. Thank you.
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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...
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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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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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xcrazydx said:
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.
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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?
Z33type said:
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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xcrazydx said:
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.
Z33type said:
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 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.
otrumbore said:
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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xcrazydx said:
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.
otrumbore said:
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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otrumbore said:
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.
Thanks for the replies
xcrazydx said:
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!
otrumbore said:
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.
Okay, so tell me how this happened. I had been working on my SII, flashed a Tmobile Rom earlier and had left the phone sitting next to my daily driver (Pantech Flex) on the desk while I ran a few errands. I came back 30 minutes later and the SII had somehow managed to have the exact same non-stock wallpaper image on the screen as the Pantech. No one else but the dog around. My first thought was some kind of funky NFC stuff going on between the two phones ... Android sex or something. Things that make ya go hmm.
Aimless Rambler said:
Okay, so tell me how this happened. I had been working on my SII, flashed a Tmobile Rom earlier and had left the phone sitting next to my daily driver (Pantech Flex) on the desk while I ran a few errands. I came back 30 minutes later and the SII had somehow managed to have the exact same non-stock wallpaper image on the screen as the Pantech. No one else but the dog around. My first thought was some kind of funky NFC stuff going on between the two phones ... Android sex or something. Things that make ya go hmm.
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Did you restore from your Google account? If so, it restored your wall you had linked to your account from the other phone. Mystery solved
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bps119 said:
Did you restore from your Google account? If so, it restored your wall you had linked to your account from the other phone. Mystery solved
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The funky android sex story sounded better. But your story is more believable:thumbup:
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I don't know, Andy's a dude, and dude on dude just doesn't sound appealing to me... Not that there's anything wrong with that
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bps119 said:
I don't know, Andy's a dude, and dude on dude just doesn't sound appealing to me... Not that there's anything wrong with that
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Ha! Yeah I wore gloves when I picked em up. Poor Pantech, it'll probably never be the same. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Haha! Also, I hadn't signed into Google yet, no syncing going on. I've been testing radios (upload/download speeds shooting for proper 4G loads) and not bothering with Google bidness. I'll leave em alone tonight and see if it happens again. Maybe light a candle and put on some Lionel Richie. Ya know, in order to replicate the mysteriousness. All in the name of gizmo science. :laugh:
Hahaha, this is great! Do you think they can reproduce? Maybe you'll get a brand new phone in a couple of months.(?)
Brought to you by time and relative dimensions in space.
(9 months later) you hear your phone screaming in another room and you ealk in there and you see the pantech give birth to a hybrid Samtech with super high specs. Lol
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