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Bricked Nexus S

Hey, i was having trouble with a reoccurring issue with my nexus s: the search button would fire on it own making it almost impossible to use my phone. The nexus was rooted and had clockworkmod installed, so i went ahead and flashed a 2.3.4 version of gingerbread. after the flash was complete, the phone would not turn on whatsoever. not even a boot logo, the screen is just black. cannot even get it into recovery mode.
help would be much appreciated.
Nexus S 3g
Fido
Canada

are you able to boot it into bootloader (vol up + power button)?

Guys i gotta ask...i mean i flash rom soo many times that my phone is bound to get bricked some day...although nothing has happened till now(knock knock).is there any solution to a hard bricked device..?

kevin, thanks, im unable to turn the phone on whatsoever. not even able to get into the bootloader

Can you adb or fastboot it or is it completely gone?
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ferozfero said:
Guys i gotta ask...i mean i flash rom soo many times that my phone is bound to get bricked some day...although nothing has happened till now(knock knock).is there any solution to a hard bricked device..?
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You have to be pretty unlucky to REALLY brick one of those, assuming you took the proper steps when first rooting it. Nandroid backup + EFS backup = almost bulletproof.
bblawless said:
kevin, thanks, im unable to turn the phone on whatsoever. not even able to get into the bootloader
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So you don't see any Google logo when you turn it on? Don't get any vibration either?
Could be the BGA failing. That's one of the most common physical problem for the Nexus S, with the power button failure and the softkeys starting to active like they were possessed.

Jeff Dunn said:
Can you adb or fastboot it or is it completely gone?
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No I'm unable to do anything, can't even get my computer to recognize the phone, I'm beggining to lose hope I feel like I've tried everything. No boot loader, no recovery, just a blank screen with no response whatsoever. I believe I may have flashed an incorrect rom and corrupter the boot loader or something along those lines, at least thats what
my friend believes
Thanks

You could try the UnBrickable Resurrector

Harbb said:
You could try the UnBrickable Resurrector
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I attempted using that as well, but it won't recognize the phone. It reads ``no device detected``

bblawless said:
I attempted using that as well, but it won't recognize the phone. It reads ``no device detected``
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it seems that you're pretty f'ed up...

Is your phone charged..?
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crump84 said:
Is your phone charged..?
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yes, it it charged.

bblawless said:
yes, it it charged.
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Send your phone in for warranty then, or contact Adam directly see what he says could be wrong
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Bricked

Just picked up my G3, rooted and unlocked bootloader as soon as i got home. Downloaded one of the jelly bean roms and cwm, did a backup then flashed the rom. Everything looked fine but the screen went dark after the boot animation then nothing. Wont power up or reset using the power home volume combo. What the heck do i do now, thanks for any help.

Might be a stupid question, but have you pulled the battery?

Be more specific.
VZW GALAXY S 3 4G LTE

Do YOUR homework first
How about reading all the threads about unbricking. It certainly seems you did not read all the threads about rooting the phone. Do that too.
Finally, and I know this is not that helpful. Don't screw with a new phone. Use it at least for a month to make sure there are no problems with it.
That being said, there is plenty of information about how to handle your problem here in xda. Read all that and try what has already been posted before asking people to solve your self inflicted problem.
BTW when you do ask for help specify exactly what you did, with what script. I.E. don't ask someone to solve your problem without you taking the time to be very specific about how you got there.

pull the battery and go into recovery or odin and fix it.

Dead battery?
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Skubacb - Don't be a douche buddy. If you do not have any thing to add then shut the **** up.
With that being said I have been rooting phones for years, never had an issue when I couldn't get the phone to at least go into recovery. The phone is dead. Battery was fully charged and I have done a battery pull. It is a Verizon G3. I have read the unbrick articles but none explain if the phone will not boot into recovery. If someone could could just point me in the correct direction I would greatly appreciate it.

How did you actually do the flash? Odin? Some other way? As noted, more details are needed.

I flashed the new rom using Rom manager, went in to revovery and flashed it

jmill75 said:
I flashed the new rom using Rom manager, went in to revovery and flashed it
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I don't believe rom manager is supported for our phone yet. U need to flash straight from recovery. That said I'm sorry I'm not sure where u go from here.
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If you can't get into either recovery , or download mode you maybe SOL. However I would take this to IRC and see if someone can help on there. #verizons3 channel.

If the phone is under warranty, one other alternate solution is to take it into a VZW store and say it won't start. Of course I'd only go that route if I couldn't get it going any other way. On the plus side, your could at least confirm that battery didn't die on you.

Looks like you forgot to flash the insecure bootloader, buddy.
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Rom manager is supported I flashed clockwork there And the 3 cm nightlies
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Keep this discussion to technical solutions only, please. Leave gray area ethics out of it.

JMink said:
I don't believe rom manager is supported for our phone yet. U need to flash straight from recovery. That said I'm sorry I'm not sure where u go from here.
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Completely incorrect.
mikeew83 said:
Rom manager is supported I flashed clockwork there And the 3 cm nightlies
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Me too, been doing it since 6.0.1.2
abissel22 said:
Looks like you forgot to flash the insecure bootloader, buddy.
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I'm gonna go with this one (possibly). Did you unlock the phone? Sorry, did you say it won't boot into anything? Download/Odin mode? Recovery? Anything at all when you do the vol up/down, home key, and power button?

Idk if this would help but I'd order a downloader jig off ebay for a couple dollars and use that to see if it'll boot to recovery
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Me too
I went to turn on my Verizon SGS3 on this morning and nothing happened. I have not even rooted it yet. It was charged when I turned it off 5 minutes before that and even did a battery swap. Phone is completely dead. Will not turn on. I have had it since it first came out, so I called Verizon and they are over-nighting me a "like-new" one. I hope I don't hear more of these stories.

jmill75 said:
Just picked up my G3, rooted and unlocked bootloader as soon as i got home. Downloaded one of the jelly bean roms and cwm, did a backup then flashed the rom. Everything looked fine but the screen went dark after the boot animation then nothing. Wont power up or reset using the power home volume combo. What the heck do i do now, thanks for any help.
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I had a similar issue. If you do the volume/home/power combo (try both volume buttons separately, i forgot which one worked) and hold them through the initial Samsung logo it should put you into download mode, where you can Odin back to stock. I used PureMotive's Unbrick method in the Dev section (I think) and it took all of 20 min. Just make sure to follow the directions carefully.
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Is there a difference is button sequence between recovery and download mode? (I thought it was the same thing)
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All hardware keys not working

I have a MT4GS from a friend at home and the keys don't work anymore. Strangely enough they do work but only in bootloader; not in recovery or ROM. I did a restore with the PG59IMG.zip, but problem is still there.
Does anyone have a clue or idea about what to do now? My friend is very happy with this phone and has no money for a new one.

Isdrasil said:
I have a MT4GS from a friend at home and the keys don't work anymore. Strangely enough they do work but only in bootloader; not in recovery or ROM. I did a restore with the PG59IMG.zip, but problem is still there.
Does anyone have a clue or idea about what to do now? My friend is very happy with this phone and has no money for a new one.
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This very well may not work considering your description of the issue and the things you've tried but Blue6IX extracted the stock keyboard layout and created a flashable .zip file to take a person back to stock after trying one of his custom ones. If you'd like to give it a try, it's located HERE as the last entry to the first group. Hope it works for you.

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This very well may not work considering your description of the issue and the things you've tried but Blue6IX extracted the stock keyboard layout and created a flashable .zip file to take a person back to stock after trying one of his custom ones. If you'd like to give it a try, it's located HERE as the last entry to the first group. Hope it works for you.
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Thanks for the info, but still a problem: I can't navigate in recovery since the hardware keys don't work there.
I saw this post Clockworkmod 6.0.0.0. It will make it possible to flash stuff cause it has touch but the files cant be found when i want to download it!

Isdrasil said:
Thanks for the info, but still a problem: I can't navigate in recovery since the hardware keys don't work there.
I saw this post Clockworkmod 6.0.0.0. It will make it possible to flash stuff cause it has touch but the files cant be found when i want to download it!
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That recovery was pulled because it was bricking devices. You don't want it. I don't know if the dev is working on it anymore.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

There's no fix for the hardware keys not working. Keep on your your rooted rom. Get Button Savior from the market. Or send it to T-Mo/HTC.
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Isdrasil said:
I have a MT4GS from a friend at home and the keys don't work anymore. Strangely enough they do work but only in bootloader; not in recovery or ROM. I did a restore with the PG59IMG.zip, but problem is still there.
Does anyone have a clue or idea about what to do now? My friend is very happy with this phone and has no money for a new one.
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Hi! By saying hardware keys does that include your hardware qwerty keyboard? Also you said keys work in bootloader but on bootloader mode only volume keys & power button are used so is volume keys & power button working while on ROM?
If what your talking is the hardware keys below the touch screen(home, menu, back, sensor & genius) then most probably you got a broken ribbon/flex cable send it for repairs if that's the case cause it needs to be replaced.

In ROM and recovery nothing works for as far as I can see. No qwerty, power, volume and frontkeys. Only in bootloader it responds to power and volume Keys.
That's the strange part, they do work but maybe it's driver/software related?
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Isdrasil said:
In ROM and recovery nothing works for as far as I can see. No qwerty, power, volume and frontkeys. Only in bootloader it responds to power and volume Keys.
That's the strange part, they do work but maybe it's driver/software related?
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Ok as you said on your first post you already flashed a complete stock ROM right? So this can't be a software problem since flashing PG59IMG.zip basically replaces everything in the phone.
Try booting the phone without the sdcard or try with another battery.
Probably there's something on your sd card that's causing the phone to be unstable or your battery can't provide enough power to run the keyboard.

It's not the sd-card since I used a brand new, formatted one. That's also needed if you do a PG59IMG.zip restore. Only thing on the sd is that file, no other files/folders. Could be battery, but it'll take some work. Thx for the help.
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I have 3 doubleshots, one is completely 100% hardware bricked. It started just like your phone is acting up. Only in the bootloader vol +/- and power worked. I managed to get this device s-off, and rooted. Used button savior to be able to navigate. Then touch screen stopped working about a week later, and I have a doubleshot paper weight.
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My phone did the EXACT same thing!!!!!!! Just about a month ago, it was very annoying. I tinkered and tinkered and nothing. so i reverted to stock with the PG591IMG and s-on and called tMo for an exchange. They sent me a replacement in 3 days (albeit the replacement is giving me a heck of a time getting camera and headphones to work) but i think thats your best bet. Is yours still under warranty?

Same issue
Has anyone found out what causes this problem? My girl really misses this phone. :laugh: lol. i got cm9 and twrp installed on hers. Like the orignal poster - the Power, Vol Up, and Vol down only work in the bootloader. when CM9 boots up non of the hard keys work.

[Q] HTC One S bootloop

Hello experts,
My wife's HTC one S has suddenly started behaving strange. It keeps rebooting itself endlessly, which i have learned here is called bootloop. I did the volume + power button trick and reached the HBOOT screen. There it gives me options like Recovery, Factory reset, Sim lock, Image CRC and Show barcode.
What does the recovery option do? I desperately need to pull out the pics and contacts out of this phone. I am afraid to click on the Recovery option without knowing what it will do?
Any help from anyone here?

soumya_agr said:
Hello experts,
My wife's HTC one S has suddenly started behaving strange. It keeps rebooting itself endlessly, which i have learned here is called bootloop. I did the volume + power button trick and reached the HBOOT screen. There it gives me options like Recovery, Factory reset, Sim lock, Image CRC and Show barcode.
What does the recovery option do? I desperately need to pull out the pics and contacts out of this phone. I am afraid to click on the Recovery option without knowing what it will do?
Any help from anyone here?
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What does it say at the top? Locked or unlocked?
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khan.orak said:
What does it say at the top? Locked or unlocked?
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It says "LOCKED"
Thanks
Soumya

soumya_agr said:
It says "LOCKED"
Thanks
Soumya
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You'll need to unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and pull out pics by mounting the SD card partition.
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khan.orak said:
You'll need to unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and pull out pics by mounting the SD card partition.
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Hi Orak,
Thanks. However, I am not that good into these techniques. Do you know where I can get the steps to do this? Further, my phone is still in warranty. Will any of these steps affect my warranty?
Regards
Soumya

soumya_agr said:
Hi Orak,
Thanks. However, I am not that good into these techniques. Do you know where I can get the steps to do this? Further, my phone is still in warranty. Will any of these steps affect my warranty?
Regards
Soumya
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You can use hasoon's All in One Tool.
Yes, unlocking bootloader will void your warranty.
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khan.orak said:
You can use hasoon's All in One Tool.
Yes, unlocking bootloader will void your warranty.
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Ok. I think I will prefer to continue with the warranty. So looks like I will have to do a factory reset. Btw, what is that recovery option expected to do without unlocking the bootloader? Any idea?
Thanks
Soumya

Yeah. It has factory reset, OTA update options. When you select recovery, you'll see a phone with red triangle, press volume up + power at once to enter recovery.
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[Q] Is it possible to unroot Verizon gs3 with cracked digitizer?

I rooted my Verizon gs3 using Saferoot (I think). I dropped the phone and cracked the screen and digitizer (phone will power on but can't see anything on the screen). I've received my insurance replacement phone and have to send the cracked one back. Is there any way to unroot the phone before I return it? I did trade for the phone used so I could plead ignorance and say that the previous owner must have done it if Verizon catches it. TIA

cdput said:
I rooted my Verizon gs3 using Saferoot (I think). I dropped the phone and cracked the screen and digitizer (phone will power on but can't see anything on the screen). I've received my insurance replacement phone and have to send the cracked one back. Is there any way to unroot the phone before I return it? I did trade for the phone used so I could plead ignorance and say that the previous owner must have done it if Verizon catches it. TIA
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Look for a program that will display your screen through the computer.
Or you could simply flash a stock 4.4.2 rom through download mode, then everything looks like it hasn't been touched. Download mode is easy to get into and you don't need a working screen.
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Thanks! I'll have to do some research on getting into download mode or if you can please point me to a guide. I've never flashed a rom to my phone (although I have thought about it). The main thing that I've ever needed has been root to be able to use the wifi tethering.

cdput said:
Thanks! I'll have to do some research on getting into download mode or if you happen to be able to point me to a guide. I've never flashed a rom to my phone (although I have thought about it). The main thing that I've ever needed has been root to be able to use the wifi tethering.
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Power off phone, then it's power +volume down +home. Once it boots, give it a minute then hit volume up. You can verify you're in download mode if Odin recognizes your phone.
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BadUsername said:
Power off phone, then it's power +volume down +home. Once it boots, give it a minute then hit volume up. You can verify you're in download mode if Odin recognizes your phone.
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Thanks again! I am a complete noob when it comes to Odin so I'll research. I mess with this type stuff strictly for myself and just to see if I can. So I don't do it often. I normally don't ask questions unless I just can't seem to find the answers on my own.

cdput said:
Thanks again! I am a complete noob when it comes to Odin so I'll research. I mess with this type stuff strictly for myself and just to see if I can. So I don't do it often. I normally don't ask questions unless I just can't seem to find the answers on my own.
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Check the softbrick repair guide, instructions are completely laid out for you, just make sure you use a 4.4 rom not the included 4.3 rom.
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BadUsername said:
Check the softbrick repair guide, instructions are completely laid out for you, just make sure you use a 4.4 rom not the included 4.3 rom.
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Thanks so much!