I was trying to root my Galaxy Tab 2 for the first time. The process started, but failed. Now I'm stuck on the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. The device will turn off and back on, but remains on error screen. Seems to be trapped in download mode (as I can still see the download progress bar). Go Mobile and Odin say the device has connected to PC.
Anyone know of anything to fix this? Should I just revert to stock ROM and try again later?
davick said:
I was trying to root my Galaxy Tab 2 for the first time. The process started, but failed. Now I'm stuck on the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. The device will turn off and back on, but remains on error screen. Seems to be trapped in download mode (as I can still see the download progress bar). Go Mobile and Odin say the device has connected to PC.
Anyone know of anything to fix this? Should I just revert to stock ROM and try again later?
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can you actually boot in to download mode? power and vol down after power off? I know you say it seems to trapped in download mode but they're different! If you can, flash a stock rom from sammobile.com
squ89r97 said:
can you actually boot in to download mode? power and vol down after power off? I know you say it seems to trapped in download mode but they're different! If you can, flash a stock rom from sammobile.com
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I cannot boot into download mode. When I turn it off, it simply flashes off for a few secs then goes back to the error screen on its own. Does the same thing when I turn it back on myself. No logo screen. No droid. Nothing.
EDIT: Unplugged device entirely and retried the stock ROM in Odin. Finally worked! Looks like it might be fixed now.
davick said:
I cannot boot into download mode. When I turn it off, it simply flashes off for a few secs then goes back to the error screen on its own. Does the same thing when I turn it back on myself. No logo screen. No droid. Nothing.
EDIT: Unplugged device entirely and retried the stock ROM in Odin. Finally worked! Looks like it might be fixed now.
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Phew, glad to hear it. I've been there myself with the P3110 - take a step back, breath and relax. compose and BOOM! make backups! and backup some more!
squ89r97 said:
Phew, glad to hear it. I've been there myself with the P3110 - take a step back, breath and relax. compose and BOOM! make backups! and backup some more!
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One can never have too many backups. I back-up EVERYTHING, even software and drivers I know will become outdated eventually.
Thanks for the help. I also pressed the button. Plz don't thanksrage on me! *cowers*
davick said:
One can never have too many backups. I back-up EVERYTHING, even software and drivers I know will become outdated eventually.
Thanks for the help. I also pressed the button. Plz don't Thank Rage on me. *cowers*
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Better to have them and not need them, than not have them and need them - Thanks for thanking *Shakes fist and shouts "I'll let you off this once"*
davick said:
I cannot boot into download mode. When I turn it off, it simply flashes off for a few secs then goes back to the error screen on its own. Does the same thing when I turn it back on myself. No logo screen. No droid. Nothing.
EDIT: Unplugged device entirely and retried the stock ROM in Odin. Finally worked! Looks like it might be fixed now.
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It was already in download mode.
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I think my cord might have an issue (or they're just testy in general). I was noticing the battery wasn't fully charging for a while before all this. After the whole brick issue, I plugged it in to charge and it started flashing the "loading charge (empty battery + loading circle)" screen on and off until I unplugged and re-plugged it. I suspect that this is why the rooting failed in the first place.
Hi you may use cf auto root for gt p5113 with odin.this happend to me couple days ago.
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I also bricked my tablet. Searched wide and low for ideas on how to fix. But I can't find a thing. I cannot get into Odin mode or recovery. Just hangs on the battery charging screen. My windows 7 computer can't even recognize it in Kies or odin. Yes the tablet is rooted.
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I was updating to froyo using the Odin installer and for some reason it stalled. I waited 10 minutes and nothing happened, it was stuck on DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!! aaand being the genius that I am reset the Odin installer and phone...now I get nothing. The phone is completely unresponsive, no ! screen or anything.
Am I screwed?
edit: sorry for posting this in the wrong forum, please move to Q&A if a mod gets a chance.
close EVERYTHING, take everything out of your phone (sim, battery, and sd card.) then put the battery in but DONT TURN IT ON. have your usb cable ready. hold the two volume buttons down, and then plug in your usb cable to the phone (it should be plugged into your comp) WITHOUT PRESSING ANY POWER BUTTONS. if you get back into downloader mode, you are fine and can then restore using odin or the i click restore
hmmm, well try this take out the battery sim card and ex sd if u got one, open odin, put the battery back in and plug the usb in while holdin the volume buttons, aka download mode... sometimes it doesnt work the first time just try it a couple more...
I did this with my phone. If nothing comes on screen when you plug in the USB cable and entering recovery and download mode don't work, then take thye phone back to AT&T, they accepted my bricked phone back. Just act dumb like you have no clue why it's broken.
I have a similar issue, however I can still get into the downloader..but it just hangs when restoring on factoryfs.rfs....
Any suggestions on that?
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close EVERYTHING, take everything out of your phone (sim, battery, and sd card.) then put the battery in but DONT TURN IT ON. have your usb cable ready. hold the two volume buttons down, and then plug in your usb cable to the phone (it should be plugged into your comp) WITHOUT PRESSING ANY POWER BUTTONS. if you get back into downloader mode, you are fine and can then restore using odin or the i click restore
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I cannot explain how much you have just helped me at this moment. I did NOT expect this to work at all, and it did.
thank you, thank you THANK YOU truly
haha well seeing as you're new...
Welcome to the warm hearts at xda-developers
Have I mentioned how good it feels to see resolvable brick threads after the JH7 OTA disaster?
texasryno said:
I have a similar issue, however I can still get into the downloader..but it just hangs when restoring on factoryfs.rfs....
Any suggestions on that?
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This happened to me as well, is there anything I can do?
jonttu said:
This happened to me as well, is there anything I can do?
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Try a computer reboot / different USB port... sometimes USB gets interrupted when its flashing in big files like the factory.rfs
Zilch25 said:
Try a computer reboot / different USB port... sometimes USB gets interrupted when its flashing in big files like the factory.rfs
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Thank you, had to switch the usb to one that was directly on the board, again much gratitude
It seems my phone is fully bricked, I tryed the download method with taking out everything. Nothing turns on, its completley blackscreened. I did have it working, but now its completley unresponsive.
mrbloog said:
It seems my phone is fully bricked, I tryed the download method with taking out everything. Nothing turns on, its completley blackscreened. I did have it working, but now its completley unresponsive.
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Are you doing the method where you remove the battery first, hold the volume buttons (without power) and plug into USB? That *SHOULD* get you into download mode- if not, maybe check a different USB port.
Up and running, with Froyo to boot! Thanks again and good luck to those with problems. Thanks for the welcome again and I've made a donation in the site for saving my ass $500
HELP please HELP !!
I upgrade to Froyo and then wanted to go back to 2.1. The problem now I can only boot into download mode, but I tried to load other roms (one click, odin i9000 and Froy) and nothing happens! need help please!
dude, i love you for this.
monkas said:
I upgrade to Froyo and then wanted to go back to 2.1. The problem now I can only boot into download mode, but I tried to load other roms (one click, odin i9000 and Froy) and nothing happens! need help please!
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Can you clarify? Did you successfully upgrade to froyo or incur and error somewhere in the process. When you say that "nothing happens" what exactly does that mean?
What does ODIN show when you try to upload?
vsboxerboy1 said:
Can you clarify? Did you successfully upgrade to froyo or incur and error somewhere in the process. When you say that "nothing happens" what exactly does that mean?
What does ODIN show when you try to upload?
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Upgrade to Froyo successfully. Want to go back to 2.1 after using One Click Odin JF6 rom, it never ends. Following on from here, probe with OCD Froyo, eclair, odin and any rom could do to finish flashing. He stays in zImage and shows the status bar.
Any idea I can try?
monkas said:
Upgrade to Froyo successfully. Want to go back to 2.1 after using One Click Odin JF6 rom, it never ends. Following on from here, probe with OCD Froyo, eclair, odin and any rom could do to finish flashing. He stays in zImage and shows the status bar.
Any idea I can try?
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This may seem elementary but I noticed your tag says your location says Buenos Aires. Are you sure you have a Captivate and not an i9000?
JOe K. said:
This may seem elementary but I noticed your tag says your location says Buenos Aires. Are you sure you have a Captivate and not an i9000?
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Guys, good news! I recovered the phone and install Froyo. My error was that it came to how to download and then disconnect the USB and reconnected.
Joe K Captivate works perfect in Argentina because it uses the same bands as AT & T, send me a friend who lives in NYC, obviously unlocked.
Thank you all for your concern, I return to live!
Hi, so i just rooted my sidekick 4g today with superoneclick, and it went well. After the rooting i downloaded the ROM manager tried to flash the ROM, because of the 3e problem on the CWM, i had to use the fix on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052991
So I got the fix and had the ROM i wanted (GingerClone+v2+[AospMod]+Update2), I went to recovery mode and everything started loading. Few seconds later my phone rebooted itself, when my phone turns up, and the flashy Samsung Sidekick 4G graphics came out, nothing else came up. The screen froze at the start up flash.
So can anyone tell me is there any solution to this? i tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911 this thread and it didnt help, when i press those 3 buttons, only thing came out was the sign of battery charging and that was it, nothing happened.
You must have the bttery out then slide the usb in then do the 3 button combo with the download screen as the first screen to odin it
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xtrem88 said:
You must have the bttery out then slide the usb in then do the 3 button combo with the download screen as the first screen to odin it
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ye, i did.
I took out battery and then connect usb, then press 3 buttons and insert battery, the screen then freezes again at charging. The download mode didnt come up
sheolito said:
ye, i did.
I took out battery and then connect usb, then press 3 buttons and insert battery, the screen then freezes again at charging. The download mode didnt come up
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keep trying, you shouldnt make it to the charging screen if you do it right
xmeatizmurderx said:
keep trying, you shouldnt make it to the charging screen if you do it right
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ok.. now this is even worse
i got into download mode, i used odin3, run start, and at the end it says All threads completed (1 pass 1 failed), and now i cant even boot the phone
sheolito said:
ok.. now this is even worse
i got into download mode, i used odin3, run start, and at the end it says All threads completed (1 pass 1 failed), and now i cant even boot the phone
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Make sure you have all the files in the right place in odin and correctly named, you shouldn't be having this many issues
So I wanted to get CM10 up and running on my phone. I root it with no problem, then use Adam Outler's unsecure bootloader CASUAL package to unlock the bootloader. I installed Clockwork Mod trough the terminal emulator, then tried booting into recovery mode. All I got was a screen with a Samsung logo that says "RECOVERY BOOTING...." in the corner. The screen shut off almost immediately and then nothing else happened. I took the battery out and tried to start the phone, got the same thing. It's all I get when I try to restart the phone, even when I try to boot into download mode. Is it irretrievably hard-bricked?
How are you booting into download. Volume down/power/home. What happens when you plug into PC. What does it show in device manager. If on Mac does it show in casual still. I don't know Mac so will be harder for me to troubleshoot. If you are showing something you have a chance. Sounds like you have no recovery. Should be able to see with PC, casual or Odin.
That's how I was trying to boot into download mode. It wasn't working. Left the battery out for a while and then it did work. Without doing anything the phone boots up normally now, too. Should I count my blessings and not do anything more to it, or should I go ahead with flashing the ROM?
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That's how I was trying to boot into download mode. It wasn't working. Left the battery out for a while and then it did work. Without doing anything the phone boots up normally now, too. Should I count my blessings and not do anything more to it, or should I go ahead with flashing the ROM?
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You are blessed. I would reflash recovery using either ez-recovery from the market or goo manager first. Not sure if you recovery is good. I prefer TWRP but is to each their own. I would stay away from AOKP and CM for now till you have more experience with the device. Next need to backup your IEMI. If you flash Synergy ICS it will do it for you and it is very stable. There is also an adb version that does the same thing. I am gonna PM you with my other recommendations as they will draw unneccessary flaming. lol Glad you survived as many have not. lol
your battery was probably low when flashing...these phones do wierd **** when the battery completely dies.
droidstyle said:
your battery was probably low when flashing...these phones do wierd **** when the battery completely dies.
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+1 Homie.
background: rooted and was running 4.1 stock and CWM 10.0 on verizon gs3. i wanted to bump up to jelly bean 4.2 with CWM 10.1.
first i tried using Rom Manager and Rom Toolkit to flash a new rom. from Rom Manager, i rebooted into recovery and got stuck on the CWM boot screen.
After 30 minutes or so i pulled the battery and tried flashing the stock .tar.md5 using Odin and ended up with this:
"System software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest verizon wireless store for help."
now i can't boot into download or recovery. i just have this screen with the yellow exclamation point and the above message.
how screwed am i? i've tried reading everywhere and from what i can gather i didn't wipe my cache sufficiently, but all the other threads just say 'use Odin to get back to stock', but i can't get into download mode so i can't use odin.
please help.
You're bootloader wasn't unlocked. Pull the battery then hold power, volume down, and home for fifteen or twenty seconds until it boots into download mode. Odin flash a stock rom then root AND ALSO unlock your bootloader.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
You're bootloader wasn't unlocked. Pull the battery then hold power, volume down, and home for fifteen or twenty seconds until it boots into download mode. Odin flash a stock rom then root AND ALSO unlock your bootloader.
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I have noticed that a lot of people have not unlocked the bootloader are posting on here that they have "bricked" their phones.
jmxc23 said:
I have noticed that a lot of people have not unlocked the bootloader posted on here that they have "bricked" their phones.
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Ha, I agree although I think its occurred in decreasing fashion since August. Being "bricked" is used overeagerly by folks not wholly understanding their situation. You really have to try to brick this device before that word can be used correctly.
Your phone has not been bricked. You will know that you have bricked your phone when you can't turn on your phone at all. No download mode and no recovery mode also no pulling of the battery just a dead phone.
ClockworkMod
When you fix your phone, root then unlock the bootloader... You can try RM again but I believe that it is best to use ClockworkMod (or the Touch version) for flashing instead of ROM Manager - old fashion, maybe, but it works!
NOTE: Once you start flashing it becomes addictive - you have been warned
thanks for the comments. my apologies for using the term Brick incorrectly as it seems to really chap the cheeks of some people on this board (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149210)
no luck with holding down buttons with the battery pulled. i ordered a USB Jig to try and force it back into download mode.
From there, what should my first step be? return to stock?
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thanks for the comments. my apologies for using the term Brick incorrectly as it seems to really chap the cheeks of some people on this board (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149210)
no luck with holding down buttons with the battery pulled. i ordered a USB Jig to try and force it back into download mode.
From there, what should my first step be? return to stock?
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youll need to put the battery back in......lol
ddurandSGS3 said:
youll need to put the battery back in......lol
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obviously. i've tried this a million times. It shows the download screen green android robot and the text in the top left for about 4 seconds. then it goes black and the yellow triangle comes back telling me unauthorized software is on there.
check here. particularly post 2. i think thats what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=odin
ddurandSGS3 said:
check here. particularly post 2. i think thats what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=odin
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thanks that's a very helpful thread. However, i still can't get into download/Odin mode. i'm guessing if/once the USB jig can force the phone into download mode, this is where i'll start.
thanks for everyone's help and patience.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S7 that I rooted and have been using on T-Mobile. With the new T-Mobile nougat coming out yesterday I tried flashing the new update using Odin. When I tried to flash via Odin it showed failed and my phone was stuck on download mode. So I trying rebooting using the Power + Volume Down and that's when i realized that the phone has been hard bricked. I don't have anything but black screen. When I try to get into recovery it shows "Rebooting Recovery" and then black screen again. Can someone please help me unbrick this phone? Is there anyway to boot from sdcard? Any way to get into a safe mode or something like that?
battery was at % !!!
popmpopm said:
battery was at % !!!
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Battery was around 70% I've also charged the phone overnight
Can you get into download mode? In that case try to flash stock rom
mrd0pe said:
Can you get into download mode? In that case try to flash stock rom
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No I can't get into download mode. Otherwise I would've done exactly what you said. Download mode isn't working. When I try to get into recovery it shows "Recovery Booting" and then it goes black again.
dhman06 said:
Battery was around 70% I've also charged the phone overnight
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you said you can enter to recovery if yes your phone is good
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you said you can enter to recovery if yes your phone is good
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I'm sorry. I don't think I clarified it properly. When I press the Volume Up + Power + Home I see a set of blue letters saying "Recovery Booting ..." I don't see anything after that. The phone goes back to Black screen and I don't see any of the recovery options.
What do you mean by Download mode "Does not work" ? Can you please elaborate.
Also, try to hold the download mode key combination in for like 20 seconds.
mrd0pe said:
What do you mean by Download mode "Does not work" ? Can you please elaborate.
Also, try to hold the download mode key combination in for like 20 seconds.
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yes if you have blue message you can use download mode
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What do you mean by Download mode "Does not work" ? Can you please elaborate.
Also, try to hold the download mode key combination in for like 20 seconds.
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Well basically when I try to enter the download mode I'm not getting there. Not sure why but similarly i can't access recovery either even though I'm getting the blue message that says "Rebooting Recovery ...."
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yes if you have blue message you can use download mode
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That was my understanding as well, unfortunately I can't ... somehow
dhman06 said:
That was my understanding as well, unfortunately I can't ... somehow
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1- Waits for the battery to be empty ( if phone can be charged again )
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2- use jig to force phone to star download mode
dhman06 said:
Well basically when I try to enter the download mode I'm not getting there. Not sure why but similarly i can't access recovery either even though I'm getting the blue message that says "Rebooting Recovery ...."
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If you're just faced with a black screen when you try to access download mode, try to plug it in with odin and see if it's detecting anything?
I've been in a similar situation where you are now, and by pressing the combinations for download mode for maybe 30 sec the phone restarted itself a couple of times and evetually I got download mode.
One other time I held the combination and I thought I got into download mode but my screen was still black, and just for the fun of it I plugged it into my computer and opened odin.
Odin said "Added", I flashed stock, wiped everything, restarted and it worked! I then flashed stock rom completely again for safety reasons.
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If you're just faced with a black screen when you try to access download mode, try to plug it in with odin and see if it's detecting anything?
I've been in a similar situation where you are now, and by pressing the combinations for download mode for maybe 30 sec the phone restarted itself a couple of times and evetually I got download mode.
One other time I held the combination and I thought I got into download mode but my screen was still black, and just for the fun of it I plugged it into my computer and opened odin.
Odin said "Added", I flashed stock, wiped everything, restarted and it worked! I then flashed stock rom completely again for safety reasons.
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Yeah tried all those. Nothing worked. Just gonna send it back to Samsung since it's covered under warranty. Thanks for the suggestions though
Just being curious, if one of those hard brick occur, and i take my phone to service, what would they do to fix my phone? is it even possible to fix it, and how much would they request you to pay?
dhman06 said:
Yeah tried all those. Nothing worked. Just gonna send it back to Samsung since it's covered under warranty. Thanks for the suggestions though
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You voided the warranty as you have rooted and tripped the E-fuse
Happened the same to me because of a xposed module. Black screen with a pulsing blue led. Someone sugested to wait for the battery to drain and then try to connect to Odin. I have not tested it.
At the time i panicked and sent it to Samsung immediately without thinking.
Good luck to you.
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Happened the same to me because of a xposed module. Black screen with a pulsing blue led. Someone sugested to wait for the battery to drain and then try to connect to Odin. I have not tested it.
At the time i panicked and sent it to Samsung immediately without thinking.
Good luck to you.
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I assume they charged you for service since you rooted it? can i know how much did you pay, my friend also has his phone hard bricked
Ragazzza said:
I assume they charged you for service since you rooted it? can i know how much did you pay, my friend also has his phone hard bricked
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Good day.
As i live in Europe (Portugal), they did not charge me anything.
Take a look into this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/root-killed-phone-t3464867