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I think i just achieved the impossible, hard bricking the nexus S.
I was having the google logo stuck problem after i tried to root it in CWR... so I used odin to reflash rom, and apparently flashed with the wrong rom (i have i9020 but flashed a 9023 rom)
Now my phone doesn't even turn on, i can't get it to download mode no matter what, can't get into CWR anymore.. fastboot doesnt work because usb doesnt even get recognized.
the only "life" i have from my phone is that the battery gets warmed when i plug the usb in.
I am not aware that there is a USB JIG for nexus s...
does anyone have any insight?
All I gotta say is you shouldn't of used odin. Are you able to get into recovery? Fastboot not recognizing your usb can be due to drivers.
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can't get into recovery (if you mean volume up + power), i used to be able to, but after the flash I can't anymore.
Fastboot is via cmd? Can't do because USB is not being tiggered.
It's totally unresponsive.
newbi11 said:
can't get into recovery (if you mean volume up + power), i used to be able to, but after the flash I can't anymore.
Fastboot is via cmd? Can't do because USB is not being tiggered.
It's totally unresponsive.
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Volume up + power doesn't go into recovery. It goes into fastboot. When you go there, you can press volume down until you reach recovery.
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zephiK said:
All I gotta say is you shouldn't of used odin. Are you able to get into recovery? Fastboot not recognizing your usb can be due to drivers.
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The reason I used odin was because I came from Vibrant and odin worked great. I shouldve done more research I know..
newbi11 said:
The reason I used odin was because I came from Vibrant and odin worked great. I shouldve done more research I know..
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I came from vibrant too. Before that I used the g1. Non samsung phones primarily use fastboot.
What happens when your phone is completely off. Then hold volume up and power at the same time?
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remove your battery and then press power and volume up u will go into bootloader mode then flash cwr
zephiK said:
Volume up + power doesn't go into recovery. It goes into fastboot. When you go there, you can press volume down until you reach recovery.
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right... I can't go into recovery because I can't go into fastboot in the first place... such a bummer...sigh
newbi11 said:
right... I can't go into recovery because I can't go into fastboot in the first place... such a bummer...sigh
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So what happens when you try and hold volume up and power?
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zephiK said:
I came from vibrant too. Before that I used the g1. Non samsung phones primarily use fastboot.
What happens when your phone is completely off. Then hold volume up and power at the same time?
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nothing happens, as if its still completely off
newbi11 said:
nothing happens, as if its still completely off
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Does the computer recognize the phone when plugged in via usb?
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zephiK said:
Does the computer recognize the phone when plugged in via usb?
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It doesn't, not even a "?" or "!" in device manager, it used to recognize properly thats why I was able to install CWR. after the "hard brick" my computer doesnt even make the sound when plug in the phone.
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Does the computer recognize the phone when plugged in via usb?
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He already said that it doesn't even recognize.
Are you all guys really sure that you read the first post first? Or just read the title and replying?
I just notice even when USB is not plugged in the phone is still warm (with black screen and everything)... so I am not sure anymore.. the mystery continues.
I am pretty sure I flashed this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
then it bricked, how stupid
xmRipper said:
He already said that it doesn't even recognize.
Are you all guys really sure that you read the first post first? Or just read the title and replying?
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Alright since you want to play the douche card. Ill just give you this thread then.
See ya.
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zephiK said:
Alright since you want to play the douche card. Ill just give you this thread then.
See ya.
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wow how did it come to this, i just wanted some help..
And yeah. That was a 9023 rom. Go back and see if you can get it exchanged. Just say it randomly shut off and wouldn't turn back on.
But this is totally on you because the op in that thread said not to flash it on 9020
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i have never seen any problem like this or never used odin but if u are able to use odin then here's the link where u will find samsung nexus s i9020 firmware which can be used with odin
http://www.samfirmware.com/android.htm
edit:if u are not registered here is the direct link
http://hotfile.com/dl/107982455/033fcd6/I9020XXJK1.rar.html
thanks for your advice, but I can no longer to on Odin, because I can't go in download mode.
when i turn my pohne off to charge and plug it in the wall charger it goes into fastboot ac. help please(tmobile usa)
Lantek23 said:
when i turn my pohne off to charge and plug it in the wall charger it goes into fastboot ac. help please(tmobile usa)
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Did you try removing the battery ? LOL
In all seriousness tho, I had the same problem with my One S.
Maybe try the touch version of CWM, as I presume you are using the non touch edition.
I'm also having this problem. Did flashing the touch version of CWM fix it for you?
I was having that very same issue, flashed TWRP recovery, problem solved.
solracarevir said:
I was having that very same issue, flashed TWRP recovery, problem solved.
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But I've got cwm and that don't happen
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Hi,
I rooted my phone today and everything worked fine, I then went to CWrecovery to flash the liquidsmooth rom I downloaded. I selected to reboot device after a successful install but now it won't turn on, no screen, led, etc. if I plug into computer I get a contection noise from my computer but thats it. Can't boot into download mode or recovery... What can I do to fix?
thanks
Did you unlock and flash a custom bootloader?
I think so. I rooted/unlocked bootloader.
Did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439&nocache=1
For Both Root and Unlocked Bootloader ***RECOMMENDED*** - Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader to your SD Card
Then tried to flash LiquidSmooth from forum.
Ryukashin said:
I think so. I rooted/unlocked bootloader.
Did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439&nocache=1
For Both Root and Unlocked Bootloader ***RECOMMENDED*** - Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader to your SD Card
Then tried to flash LiquidSmooth from forum.
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Did you wipe data factory reset prior to flashing the rom?
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no i didn't
If you forgot to wipe the phone would still attempt to boot. It just might send you into a bootloop
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Yeah except I can't get it to boot at all. No response to turning on, pulled battery, waited 30 minutes, then tried to boot again. nothing. not even the LED. now if I leave the battery out and plug the phone in to the computer the LED turns on but that's it. At the computer end I get the sound for plugging in a USB device, however it doesn't do anything else and there were no drivers for the device: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Is it hard bricked?
Try getting into recovery by holding volume up+home button +power button at the same time. Hold it for a few seconds and it should vibrate and one the Samsung logo comes on you could let go. At this point I would either try re flashing or restore your most recent backup download another rom and try again.
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mikeman45 said:
Try getting into recovery by holding volume up+home button +power button at the same time. Hold it for a few seconds and it should vibrate and one the Samsung logo comes on you could let go. At this point I would either try re flashing or restore your most recent backup download another rom and try again.
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Tried that, as well at the Vol Down+ home+ power. Neither worked, no vibrate or screen boot.
Take your battery out for at least 5 minutes than put on the charger for awhile (couple hours) than try again. If none of this works hero had a wire up on how to fix your soft brick phone that might help. If your bootloader wasn't unlocked I'm not sure what to do to fix that. I hope you get it going. I'll post that link if I find it.
EDIT : read this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309
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mikeman45 said:
Take your battery out for at least 5 minutes than put on the charger for awhile (couple hours) than try again. If none of this works hero had a wire up on how to fix your soft brick phone that might help. If your bootloader wasn't unlocked I'm not sure what to do to fix that. I hope you get it going. I'll post that link if I find it.
EDIT : read this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309
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My friend had this happen (not rooted), she took it in to Verizon and they got it going by holding VOL UP and DOWN, and then POWER.
I'd never heard of this technique, but it worked for her.
Post the link and exact file name of the rom you flashed.
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I just had the same thing happen, cleanrom 5.6 and tried flashing perseus kernel when it failed, now i have this
mikeman45 said:
Take your battery out for at least 5 minutes than put on the charger for awhile (couple hours) than try again. If none of this works hero had a wire up on how to fix your soft brick phone that might help. If your bootloader wasn't unlocked I'm not sure what to do to fix that. I hope you get it going. I'll post that link if I find it.
EDIT : read this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309
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Will the liquidsmooth i9305 rom brick a i9300 device forever?
I had no idea where else to go for help I have a vzw gs3 and wanted to install a custom rom. When I was trying to flash the bootloader which I was doing following this video youtube .com/watch?v=K4b9hcWHrW8#t=155 after I did the first bootloader unlock step my phone did not restart and now is just black. Nothing happens when i plug it in or hold power button. Please help I do not have the money for a replacement phone and i figured this would be my first place to try for help. Also i have installed custom roms before and it worked fine just never on a phone. Sorry for the space in the link it wouldn't let me post with it because i am a new user.
mitchh718 said:
I had no idea where else to go for help I have a vzw gs3 and wanted to install a custom rom. When I was trying to flash the bootloader which I was doing following this video youtube .com/watch?v=K4b9hcWHrW8#t=155 after I did the first bootloader unlock step my phone did not restart and now is just black. Nothing happens when i plug it in or hold power button. Please help I do not have the money for a replacement phone and i figured this would be my first place to try for help. Also i have installed custom roms before and it worked fine just never on a phone. Sorry for the space in the link it wouldn't let me post with it because i am a new user.
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You probably hard bricked it.
Can you boot into recovery or download mode?
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mitchh718 said:
I had no idea where else to go for help I have a vzw gs3 and wanted to install a custom rom. When I was trying to flash the bootloader which I was doing following this video youtube .com/watch?v=K4b9hcWHrW8#t=155 after I did the first bootloader unlock step my phone did not restart and now is just black. Nothing happens when i plug it in or hold power button. Please help I do not have the money for a replacement phone and i figured this would be my first place to try for help. Also i have installed custom roms before and it worked fine just never on a phone. Sorry for the space in the link it wouldn't let me post with it because i am a new user.
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Have you tried booting into download or recovery mode? Here's how http://www.knowtechbetter.net/how-t...-download-mode-on-samsung-galaxy-s3-tutorial/
If you can get into download mode I would odin back to stock and then use this tool to root, unlock the bootloader, and flash a custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
As for why your phone won't turn on or anything I'm not really sure. My best guess would to take out the battery and plug the phone in without the battery to see if anything happens, and then put the battery back in.
BadUsername said:
You probably hard bricked it.
Can you boot into recovery or download mode?
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No is there no fix for a bricked one
mitchh718 said:
No is there no fix for a bricked one
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There are options here.
Use this method, but you need a class 10 external SD card with the exact same size as your internal card, and you need to follow the directions exactly, it should work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45595912
Other option is you can send it into somebody for a jtag repair, mobile tech videos will do it for $60 I think, either way you go you won't be buying a new phone.
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JennyLikesSka said:
Have you tried booting into download or recovery mode? Here's how http://www.knowtechbetter.net/how-t...-download-mode-on-samsung-galaxy-s3-tutorial/
If you can get into download mode I would odin back to stock and then use this tool to root, unlock the bootloader, and flash a custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
As for why your phone won't turn on or anything I'm not really sure. My best guess would to take out the battery and plug the phone in without the battery to see if anything happens, and then put the battery back in.
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I'm hoping this is a good sign I took out the battery and plugged it in the red light comes up then goes away after 10 or 15 seconds.
mitchh718 said:
I'm hoping this is a good sign I took out the battery and plugged it in the red light comes up then goes away after 10 or 15 seconds.
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It was a guess suggestion. I would try booting into download mode or any mode with the battery out. But if you can get something to happen to show you're phone isn't completely broken I would leave the battery in and just let in charge for a little while.
Can you get to the charging animation the phone makes it's charging while it's off?
And have your tried putting the battery back in while the red light is on?
(again these are just suggestions, I've only soft bricked my phone twice so idk if it will work for you)
JennyLikesSka said:
It was a guess suggestion. I would try booting into download mode or any mode with the battery out. But if you can get something to happen to show you're phone isn't completely broken I would leave the battery in and just let in charge for a little while.
Can you get to the charging animation the phone makes it's charging while it's off?
And have your tried putting the battery back in while the red light is on?
(again these are just suggestions, I've only soft bricked my phone twice so idk if it will work for you)
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Still no luck booting and no animation and no luck putting the battery back in.
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Still no luck booting and no animation and no luck putting the battery back in.
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My last idea would be to just try different combinations of having the battery in and out, when you put it back in, having it plugged into the wall and computer, and trying to boot into any of the 3 boot modes. Otherwise I have no idea, but when in doubt just try everything.
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I'm hoping this is a good sign I took out the battery and plugged it in the red light comes up then goes away after 10 or 15 seconds.
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This is a classic sign of a hard brick...
To make sure, when you plug it into your computer, what does it recognize it as?
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BadUsername said:
This is a classic sign of a hard brick...
To make sure, when you plug it into your computer, what does it recognize it as?
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It doesn't recognize it but i just went and got a sd card so I'm about to start that.
mitchh718 said:
It doesn't recognize it but i just went and got a sd card so I'm about to start that.
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Let me know how it works, you need to use that thread along with the sprint thread linked. But you need to use the Verizon specific files, he also posted a helpful video also.
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Let me know how it works, you need to use that thread along with the sprint thread linked. But you need to use the Verizon specific files, he also posted a helpful video also.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM can i follow this video?
mitchh718 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM can i follow this video?
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Yes, that's the one.
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Yes, that's the one.
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Well i put the img on the sd card and my phone still wont do anything
mitchh718 said:
Well i put the img on the sd card and my phone still wont do anything
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Sometimes it takes repeated attempts, also are you following the sprint guide? You have to do it in a Linux environment, either the full os or a live CD of Ubuntu.
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Sometimes it takes repeated attempts, also are you following the sprint guide? You have to do it in a Linux environment, either the full os or a live CD of Ubuntu.
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I was not ill load up a live environment and try that.
When the phone is on, plugging in the cord will charge the phone for a couple of seconds before it stops working. If its powered off, the phone charges normally but obviously I want to be able to use my phone. Does anyone have a fix for this, or do I need to get back to stock and make an insurance claim with Verizon?
I should mention I'm running the GPE ROM currently.
tdnookhd said:
When the phone is on, plugging in the cord will charge the phone for a couple of seconds before it stops working. If its powered off, the phone charges normally but obviously I want to be able to use my phone. Does anyone have a fix for this, or do I need to get back to stock and make an insurance claim with Verizon?
I should mention I'm running the GPE ROM currently.
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what happens when you ruu back to stock?
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dottat said:
what happens when you ruu back to stock?
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I tried to run the RUU but I couldn't get the phone to be recognized by my command window. It stays on <waiting for device>
tdnookhd said:
I tried to run the RUU but I couldn't get the phone to be recognized by my command window. It stays on <waiting for device>
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OK...sounds like a fastboot driver problem. you have an SD card formatted to fat32 you can copy the ruu to?
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dottat said:
OK...sounds like a fastboot driver problem. you have an SD card formatted to fat32 you can copy the ruu to?
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I have one somewhere that I could try tomorrow. I think it might be a software problem since it started entering car mode all the time randomly when not plugged in yesterday, and that's when this started. That being said, it seems if I let the car mode notification sit in my status bar it will charge for the most part.
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I have one somewhere that I could try tomorrow. I think it might be a software problem since it started entering car mode all the time randomly when not plugged in yesterday, and that's when this started. That being said, it seems if I let the car mode notification sit in my status bar it will charge for the most part.
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sounds kernel related. the ruu via SD will be an easy way to test. remember it will wipe internal storage too.
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