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[Q] Fix brick? (failed theme update)

I tried to install an update on my Galaxy S 4G to my Gingerbread theme on KD1 and I can't get past the original boot screen.....is there any way to boot into CWM? I installed it, except i can't seem to boot into recovery.
Any ideas?
I'd like to use ODIN as a last resort (and yes, download mode does work.)

If it doesn't boot pass the Samsung screen then you'll have to use Odin to fix. I had a similar issue this week with thay
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I have the same issue but mine is a little more severe. I don't even get a boot screen. Nothing displays. I tried doing many variations to get into download mode but I cannot. So I'm stuck with a blank screen Odin doesn't recognize it my computer doesn't even recognize it. Please Help!!!

pepuhz said:
I have the same issue but mine is a little more severe. I don't even get a boot screen. Nothing displays. I tried doing many variations to get into download mode but I cannot. So I'm stuck with a blank screen Odin doesn't recognize it my computer doesn't even recognize it. Please Help!!!
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Pull out your battery. With your phone unplugged put your battery in but leave it powered off.
Plug your phones cord in your PC. Just the cord not the phone.
Now hold just the volume up and down buttons. While holding the buttons in plug that cord from your PC into your phone. You will see a yellow triangle or if your firmware is messed a symbol with a small phone and a computer. You can use Odin either way. You will see Odin recognize the phone if its done correct and you have the Samsung usb drivers installed.
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I know I have to be doing something wrong. I have read everything everywhere and have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G & Vibrant 3G T959 BOTH stuck in recovery. Haven't touched them in about a week buttons just checked & still they go through the load to the TMO chime then black or I can get to download & recovery but have mounting issues. The Vibrant was rooted & SGS lost root when flashing joedevelopers rom (placing no blame on thread just providing information for possible help).
I read somewhere yesterday about using NVFash or SuperOneClick to get it going but each search leads me to instructions for other devices. I don't want brick either phone using the wrong files so I'm pretty much stuck.
Would appreciate instructions if anyone has the answer. I really have tried everything. The SGS was stuck at the phone ! computer screen shot first but the reloading the drivers and piecing together some code brought it back & now the SD card is not ready.
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Bricked/Soft Brick?

Hi, my Atrix seems to be stuck in a boot loop although I don't think it's totally bricked.
My phone was unlocked, rooted, and running CM7 fine for several months and then the other day while charging it via USB, several apps kept started to force close so I thought I would try rebooting the phone. Upon reboot the got to the CM7 splash screen and automatically rebooted then it would only load up the Motorola symbol then reboot again and every time after it would reboot after the moto symbol. I thought no problem I would just flash back to stock via .sbf
I plugged in the phone and RSD Lite detected it. I loaded the 2.3.4 ATT SBF file (used it before 2 or 3 times safely) then started the flashing process and waited. I got to where it said reboot phone manually, so I did. After restarting the phone, it showed the Motorola creen then the ATT screen so I had thought I fixed it. While on the ATT screen it froze for a few minutes then it entered the boot loop process again getting to ATT screen each time.
I thought maybe it was a bad flash so I tried flashing the SBF again (in hindsight, probably not a good idea). It got to same place it did before and asked me too reboot and the boot loop process started again. I tried to manually restart it by holding volume down and power, but I would get the RSD Protocol Support message.
Is my phone recoverable or is bricked? If bricked, what are my options regarding obtaining a new phone since I am out of warranty, no insurance and cant upgrade till September and don't exactly have $500 for a new smartphone?

i think your phone is recoverable soft bricked

Yes soft bricked, hey you ride a 450?
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Yes, soft bricked. If you can get into download mode just flash back to stock and try again. If not, use a jig. You can also buy a jig from ebay for less then $4 buy it now , free shipping.
There might be other ways but I cannot think of any atm. Its almost 4am here lol.
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soft bricked...majorly due to kernal problem..reflash the kernal

Thanks all and no I don't "ride a 450" sorry (I'm assuming by that you mean motorcycle or ATV with a 450cc engine)

oh sorry I meant to ask that question to dirtbikerr450, but yes a 450cc engine

Android311 said:
oh sorry I meant to ask that question to dirtbikerr450, but yes a 450cc engine
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No i dont sadly i ride a 125

I was finally able to get into Android Recovery by unplugging the battery then plugging in the usb then simultaneously holding volume down and plugging in the battery, I wiped the data and cache then rebooted, to my suprise it booted back up but, only to where I could make emergency calls. Tried to reflash stock with RSD Lite again this time it said passed though but I can still only make emergency calls. Any suggestions?

dirtbikerr450 said:
No i dont sadly i ride a 125
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125s are great, I ride a crf450 great bike
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whenemusattack said:
I was finally able to get into Android Recovery by unplugging the battery then plugging in the usb then simultaneously holding volume down and plugging in the battery, I wiped the data and cache then rebooted, to my suprise it booted back up but, only to where I could make emergency calls. Tried to reflash stock with RSD Lite again this time it said passed though but I can still only make emergency calls. Any suggestions?
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Nice man! Why don't you flash cm7?
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I took out the sim card and wiped it and then reinserted it and the phone booted. I don't know if I want to unlock and root again, at least probably not until ICS is here. How is CM9, stable enough for everyday use?

Im not sure, but most cm9 here are still nightlys (I think) which would be stable for everyday use, so maybe next month you will start to see stable versions out
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[Q] G2X Will Not Power On...

I've tried to search but cannot find a solution. I had Hellfire ICS running on my G2X and today while trying to access the weather it froze. I pulled the battery and now it will not power back on. I can connect it to the computer and I can hear it connect but I cannot reload nvflash. It gets stuck trying to initialize bootloader. I've pulled the battery and tried everything that has been mentioned but no luck. Any help is appreciated.

G2X Will Not Power On.. answer
Just had the same problem your phone is probably toast .Find the file G2X_V21E_00_NVFlash ,download,unzip,unplug battery,plug in usb click on flash.bat . Make sure you have Nvidia usb drivers installed and make sure you use a fresh rebooted pc. Also persistance maybe necessary It may take 1 attempt or a dozen. Once it flashs the stock system and boots up if it freezes again send it back .
This procedure returns the phone to unrooted factory stock Good luck

I've called T-Mobile and they are sending me another G2X.... Still trying to get this one working. I don't like being beat.

Dishfsm1 said:
I've called T-Mobile and they are sending me another G2X.... Still trying to get this one working. I don't like being beat.
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Did you overclock? if so what was the Mhz

Never overclocked

Dishfsm1 said:
Never overclocked
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Do you hear it connect or see it? Open device manager and verify that it shows as some nvidia device (boot something) under usb before applying nvflash.
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It does connect as APX while connecting it to usb but will not turn on. I will say that after repeatedly trying to install the stock flash as jdakk1982 had suggested it finally went to the boot screen but froze half way through. Now when I connect it to usb whether i'm holding the volume buttons or not it will connect as APX but I cannot get it to power on in apx mode again.

Dishfsm1 said:
It does connect as APX while connecting it to usb but will not turn on. I will say that after repeatedly trying to install the stock flash as jdakk1982 had suggested it finally went to the boot screen but froze half way through. Now when I connect it to usb whether i'm holding the volume buttons or not it will connect as APX but I cannot get it to power on in apx mode again.
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Can you please try this and report if it fixes the issue our not?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523
This is as close to a new phone as it gets
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I am downloading now and will report back.
Still stuck at waiting foe bootloader to initialize

Dishfsm1 said:
I am downloading now and will report back.
Still stuck at waiting foe bootloader to initialize
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Assuming this was done with battery out. Can you try with everything removed (battery, sim, sd card) and see if it works? If it does not I am afraid you may have a brick .
Boot loader should initialize... unfortunately this is a must step (but you probably already know that).
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Yea.... I Know.... I will have my new g2x on Monday

I have the same problem
I have same problem as OP but I did overclock to 1.4 Ghz - I had just flashed the T15 kernel and was running quadrant when the phone froze. Did a battery pull and nothing. Will not boot, will not turn on. Guess its probably toast but any ideas of what I could try?

I had to get a new phone... I did notice that the battery was completely dead but it still would not turn back on. I replaced it with t-mobile.

Dishfsm1 said:
Yea.... I Know.... I will have my new g2x on Monday
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If you still have your phone with you and you are able to connect the phone to PC without your battery try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
Please let me know if works. Good luck

Got it working...
Thanks for the link ratza (I bookmarked it) but I did get it up and running. It would not power on for almost 24 hrs and I could not connect it to PC. With battery out and plugged in PC did not see it.
It took a different battery to get it to boot. Even after that I could not get into Clockwork recovery either from the app or by holding down power / down buttons. I tried about a 2 dozen times. It took an older SD card that had a nandroid backup that finally worked.

cdtofer said:
Thanks for the link ratza (I bookmarked it) but I did get it up and running. It would not power on for almost 24 hrs and I could not connect it to PC. With battery out and plugged in PC did not see it.
It took a different battery to get it to boot. Even after that I could not get into Clockwork recovery either from the app or by holding down power / down buttons. I tried about a 2 dozen times. It took an older SD card that had a nandroid backup that finally worked.
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Good to hear that you are up and running again

Just happened to me
This same thing just happened to me no more than two hours ago. After searching through the net I found that there was really nothing I can do because I do not own a computer. So after giving up hope because no one has posted anything recently I decided to just bull**** with the phone. I took the battery out sim and SD card. Plugged USB cord into USB wall mount charger plugged it into the phone without battery held down the power and vol- button all of a suddon LG screen flashes turns off. I quickly put battery in left it plugged in pushed same two buttons and it came to life. Hopefully thus helps anyone who's searching with no luck

Mightve bricked my P5113

Hi, i tried updating my tab to the leaked 4.1 OTA and after following the instructions my tab wont boot. It will only play the boot animation then hang at the samsung logo for about ten minutes then go black. I cant get it into download or recovery mode, but when i plug it into the wall it shows the battery icon. Also odin recognises the tab while its hanging at the samsung logo.. i have heard talk of a usb jig but not for this tablet.. Can anyone offer any advice? thanks in advance

If Odin sees it a USB jig isn't needed.. Just flash the stock f/w tar and you're good
EDIT: fail... No download mode... Umm... Sounds like you're in a bootloop... No idea why recovery and download wouldnt work tho...
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HulianMango said:
Hi, i tried updating my tab to the leaked 4.1 OTA and after following the instructions my tab wont boot. It will only play the boot animation then hang at the samsung logo for about ten minutes then go black. I cant get it into download or recovery mode, but when i plug it into the wall it shows the battery icon. Also odin recognises the tab while its hanging at the samsung logo.. i have heard talk of a usb jig but not for this tablet.. Can anyone offer any advice? thanks in advance
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The good news is that the device probably isn't bricked. If it was unfixably bricked you shouldn't even see the boot animation.
It's figuring out how to fix it that's the hard part.
What you've clearly done as far as the ROM though is installed the rom improperly somehow. Might have missed as step in the process, or the ROM could have just been a bad download and no fault of your own. These things happen to the best of us.
Assuming that clockworkmod recovery is still installed, and you just can't get into it, you might try to see if you can access it using adb from your computer.
If you have abd installed boot the device as far as it'll go then see if you can connect to it with adb and run this command...
abd reboot recovery
Also try
adb reboot boot loader
If you don't have adb installed read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853159
If that doesn't work (and I only give it a 50-50 shot at best as adb isn't always useful during the boot process, which is where you are stuck....then we'll think of something else.
Also please describe the steps you are using to try and get into recovery just to make sure you're trying it the right way.
And after it gets stuck at the Samsung screen are you turning it off completely by holding the power, volume up, and volume down all at once? That should shut the device off completely, which is where you need to be before trying to boot into recovery.

Thank you both! ! I managed to get it going
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HulianMango said:
Thank you both! ! I managed to get it going
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Please share how you got it fixed and what ended up working.
That way when someone else Google's the same probelm a year from now and finds this thread, he'll have the answer waiting for him. (See my signature cartoon from XKDC.com for a comical represensation of why not explaining what the outcome was is annoying)
Glad it got working!

Well i asked in the thread for that rom and it was suggested that the battery needed charging, I didnt think this was the case cuz my tab had been plugged in to the wall for about an hour already but I let it sit for a couple hours and it finally booted although it said there was 15% power left... its still charging really slow but it boots now!
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completely bricked my skyrocket; how to unbrick

After trying hard to unbrick from the info in the various threads of xda, i am posting in a new thread with hope to find a solution;
semiology of events which lead to the complete unrevokable brick are- while downloading a heavy game of around 1Gb on my s2 skyrocket with MIUI Custum Rom, with less than 1 Gb space left (which i released later) it went switched off suddenly and then when tried to switch on got struck in Boot logo of MI. on trying to reboot into recovery it booted well first but did not allow to install ROM by saying 'can't mount E/ ' ...then i found the solution as a problem with recovery and reinstalling it would solve but i left the phone unattended for 2 days for some other important works then only to find the phone in a completely bricked state unable to even on and does not boot into recovery or download mode this time, even i checked the battery is fully charged ...even tried the USB Jig but didnt work.
please help me unbrick my phone!!!!!!!

Does the phone turn on at all?

It doesn't turn on at all

Have you tried pulling the battery out for 15 sec then replacing with power cable connected attempting to turn it on?

Its a long shot but you might have damaged the emmc
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mujeeb_afzal said:
After trying hard to unbrick from the info in the various threads of xda, i am posting in a new thread with hope to find a solution;
semiology of events which lead to the complete unrevokable brick are- while downloading a heavy game of around 1Gb on my s2 skyrocket with MIUI Custum Rom, with less than 1 Gb space left (which i released later) it went switched off suddenly and then when tried to switch on got struck in Boot logo of MI. on trying to reboot into recovery it booted well first but did not allow to install ROM by saying 'can't mount E/ ' ...then i found the solution as a problem with recovery and reinstalling it would solve but i left the phone unattended for 2 days for some other important works then only to find the phone in a completely bricked state unable to even on and does not boot into recovery or download mode this time, even i checked the battery is fully charged ...even tried the USB Jig but didnt work.
please help me unbrick my phone!!!!!!!
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Try a completely new battery...or force it into download mode maybe that way something might happen
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