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[Q] Unbricking Samsung ACE SPH-i325 from bad flash`

Does anyone know how to recover and unbrick a Samsung Ace from a bad flash. My friend tried to upgrade to WM 6.1 using the official upgrade available from samsungusa.com.
All went well, so he says, and the device reset. Instead of loading up it became stuck on a bootloader screen which dispays the samsung logo and www.samsungusa.com.
All attempts to hard reset:
1. hold soft keys
2. press power button
3. press left soft key for clean boot.
have proved futile.
when it is connected to the USB cable it does not recognize the device.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I do not think that a call to Sprint Help center will help so I will have to find a community assisted solution.

first advice: after a flash, the initial boot takes very long compared to the normal boot - so let the device sit for 5-10 minutes after switch on, leave the room, have a coffee and wait.
Not sure about the upgrade process for Samsung, but the normal sequence is anyway that the device enters the bootloader when loading the new software.
So as long as you have the bootloader (are you sure it is the bootoloader and not some splashscreen?) nothing is really "bricked".
First make sure you put the device in bootloader mode, then you can just retry the flash with the device connected via USB sitting in boot loader. AS will not find it in this mode, but the flash program should after a while and then continue with the flashing.

tobbbie said:
first advice: after a flash, the initial boot takes very long compared to the normal boot - so let the device sit for 5-10 minutes after switch on, leave the room, have a coffee and wait.
Not sure about the upgrade process for Samsung, but the normal sequence is anyway that the device enters the bootloader when loading the new software.
So as long as you have the bootloader (are you sure it is the bootoloader and not some splashscreen?) nothing is really "bricked".
First make sure you put the device in bootloader mode, then you can just retry the flash with the device connected via USB sitting in boot loader. AS will not find it in this mode, but the flash program should after a while and then continue with the flashing.
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Thanks Tobbbie, with the above I should be able to clarify:
But first my apologies for my newbie-ness. I did leave the room, went to be, got up and still no change. I am attaching a pic of what I see on the phone. It seems to be the splashscreen.
I am still able to access the hard reset screen using the procedure as shown in the original post, but this takes me nowhere either. Doing a hard reset takes me back to the logo screen with text : "Clean boot mode" included. this also sits for hours.
I was hoping someone would be able to post a solution of the form seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689423

Sorry, cannot help any further here as I do not have this device. If the flash process from the PC does not recognize the connected device in this mode, try to disable USB connections in AS and retry flashing. Normally the flash-SW on the PC will terminate AS so this is not required - but just in case...

http://www.samsungmobileusa.com/i325/upgrade/
try to reinstall the usb drivers or try another pc! Do you use vista? try XP! Remove SIM and SD-Card

Did all the above recommended but came up blank. Still hoping for a solution from the community.

same problem,i tried to upgrade to wm6.1,on the middle,my pc restarted and iam struck.pls some body help me.

I have also same problem. if any one have tested solution plzzzzz share
I will b very greatful

Can I get step by step images for enabling USB debugging

The reason I'm asking this is (no, I am not a retard) because my phone's display is not working, however, the touch is still working. I wanted to take my phone to my carrier to get the screen fixed and to be on the safe side, I wanted to lock the bootloader.
I just need the images step by step in ICS that way I know where in the screen I have to touch to enable USB debugging

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blod_trog said:
The reason I'm asking this is (no, I am not a retard) because my phone's display is not working, however, the touch is still working. I wanted to take my phone to my carrier to get the screen fixed and to be on the safe side, I wanted to lock the bootloader.
I just need the images step by step in ICS that way I know where in the screen I have to touch to enable USB debugging
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what rom is on your phone(ics4.0.4 .....)
if ics4.0.4 then-1.press menu(2nd from left),2.system settings,3.all the way down(scrool page)4.()developers option,5.USB debugging tick on top right,6.you have to press OK on ALLOW USB debugging
If all done as on images you are ok to go.
sory on my bad english

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7ckfDja8w

blod_trog said:
The reason I'm asking this is (no, I am not a retard) because my phone's display is not working, however, the touch is still working. I wanted to take my phone to my carrier to get the screen fixed and to be on the safe side, I wanted to lock the bootloader.
I just need the images step by step in ICS that way I know where in the screen I have to touch to enable USB debugging
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You don't lock the bootloader while you're booted though, you do that with fastboot...

why?
i would just fry out the phone and get a full swap at that point. just me though

what rom is on your phone(ics4.0.4 .....)
if ics4.0.4 then-1.press menu(2nd from left),2.system settings,3.all the way down(scrool page)4.()developers option,5.USB debugging tick on top right,6.you have to press OK on ALLOW USB debugging
If all done as on images you are ok to go.
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It's stock ICS 4.0.4
And this is my problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723156

It's stock ICS 4.0.4
And this is my problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723156[/QUOTE
I had similar problem with my nexus,after it hit the floor.I searched all over,what to do and ended up with dismantling and puting back.Folow this link,if you are ready to:http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-S-Teardown/4365/1
Diskonected every single connection and conected back.If you are not sure about doing it,take it to proffesionals.
Since then i have no problem with my nexus s i9023.Installing diferent roms,testing diferent applications,and is stil good phone.

[Q] Is my Lenovo A850+ bricked? If not how can I fix it?

Hello all.
I just received my Lenovo A850+ today that I bought from China (via ebay). After charging it to full I put in my o2 Sim and blank micro-SD card and started having a play with the phone. (It worked fine before I started messing). Noticing there was no google play store I set about finding a way to put it on. The first thing (perhaps wrongly) i did was install some lenovo usb drivers that some site told me to use with the idea I would flash a custom rom (which i never did in the end) and enabled usb debugging.
I tried to root the phone with a program called Xroot, which unsuccessfully rooted the phone, then I downloaded a new version which updated to Xroot 1.7.7 and that supposedly successfully rooted the phone. It also installed a new app with a name similar to xroot which i then opened. It has what looked like an app manager so i started deleting apps that i thought were unnecessary (bloatware). Suddenly the list of apps changed and the phone froze. I took out the battery and attempted to restart the phone. I now have the following problem:
After hitting the power button the phone it vibrates once, plays an animation and then gets stuck on the logo screen:
Left like this it occasionally vibrates once every 20secs or so but doesnt load any further. When plugged into my PC via usb, after a minute or so my pc recognises the device (but not removable storage and CD Drive (D Lenovo Suite (an exe) pops up. after installing a chinese software suite is installed, which does pop up when my phone is plugged in.
The phone only responds when i hold the power button, which turns it off. Basically I want to fix my phone, hopefully without sending it back to china. I assumed I could just get into a recovery menu and factory reset it. I dont think I can. I can get into the following 3 menus:
factory mode: (power+volumeUp) I dont read chinese, the top few seem to be info/component checks, the bottom one restarts the phone and the eMMC option doesn't fix anything.
recovery mode: (power+volumeUp+volumeDown)Has a menu with power off, reboot, wipe user data (didnt fix anything) and install update package (i tried copying an official rom onto root of sd card but it doesnt recognise it (it looks like it specifically wants a zip called update.zip) i even renamed but didnt help.
meta mode: (power+volumeDown) Doesn't appear to do anything and has no options.
Does any1 have suggestions on how I can perform a factory reset/install a rom or fix my phone or is it just bricked? If you want me to try anything just post and I will give it a go.
Thankyou.

Capiech said:
Hello all.
I just received my Lenovo A850+ today that I bought from China (via ebay). After charging it to full I put in my o2 Sim and blank micro-SD card and started having a play with the phone. (It worked fine before I started messing). Noticing there was no google play store I set about finding a way to put it on. The first thing (perhaps wrongly) i did was install some lenovo usb drivers that some site told me to use with the idea I would flash a custom rom (which i never did in the end) and enabled usb debugging.
I tried to root the phone with a program called Xroot, which unsuccessfully rooted the phone, then I downloaded a new version which updated to Xroot 1.7.7 and that supposedly successfully rooted the phone. It also installed a new app with a name similar to xroot which i then opened. It has what looked like an app manager so i started deleting apps that i thought were unnecessary (bloatware). Suddenly the list of apps changed and the phone froze. I took out the battery and attempted to restart the phone. I now have the following problem:
After hitting the power button the phone it vibrates once, plays an animation and then gets stuck on the logo screen:
Left like this it occasionally vibrates once every 20secs or so but doesnt load any further. When plugged into my PC via usb, after a minute or so my pc recognises the device (but not removable storage and CD Drive (D Lenovo Suite (an exe) pops up. after installing a chinese software suite is installed, which does pop up when my phone is plugged in.
The phone only responds when i hold the power button, which turns it off. Basically I want to fix my phone, hopefully without sending it back to china. I assumed I could just get into a recovery menu and factory reset it. I dont think I can. I can get into the following 3 menus:
factory mode: (power+volumeUp) I dont read chinese, the top few seem to be info/component checks, the bottom one restarts the phone and the eMMC option doesn't fix anything.
recovery mode: (power+volumeUp+volumeDown)Has a menu with power off, reboot, wipe user data (didnt fix anything) and install update package (i tried copying an official rom onto root of sd card but it doesnt recognise it (it looks like it specifically wants a zip called update.zip) i even renamed but didnt help.
meta mode: (power+volumeDown) Doesn't appear to do anything and has no options.
Does any1 have suggestions on how I can perform a factory reset/install a rom or fix my phone or is it just bricked? If you want me to try anything just post and I will give it a go.
Thankyou.
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you can go download a rom from needrom dot com.
there two roms there.
the official older is multilaguage and the newer is english/chinese.
sorry, but cannot post a link.

You need:
1. Flash tool
2. ROM (official or custom)
see instructions here: www*needrom*com/mobile/lenovo-a850/

thanks fixed now

hi i have same problem here and my laptop cant detect my device
i try to flahing new rom and restore from twrp but my phone still stuck at logo
help me please

ojik said:
hi i have same problem here and my laptop cant detect my device
i try to flahing new rom and restore from twrp but my phone still stuck at logo
help me please
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You need to install the ADB drivers and the Drivers for your device. If they are both installed you can check if your device is recognised by PC by typing this command: "adb devices". If you don't know how to use ADB I posted a helpful tool.
Then you need to download a ROM on your PC and then flash it via Sideload to your device.

Possible bricked A850+
Have a possible bricked A850+ I tried to install custom recovery as I wanted a custom rom and it wanted SuperSU we installed but it failed to update binary 3 times on normal, when turned I it off and back on again it was stucked in the boot screen.:crying:
I have tried to wipe all date via Recovery which I can access but still no luck with the ordinary boot, when trying to use flash tool absolutely nothing happens when the phone is connected, so can anybody in here help with my problem?
Thanks in advance
Bregnhoj

Im trying to fix my GFs phone its stuck on the boot screen when the phone got turned off during an update
I got ADB installed and can see it in the CMD but its not showing my phone as connected,
I suspect this is because I dont have USB debugging enabled but seems the phone cant turn on i cant enable it, ive spent a few hours googling and googling but i cant find any way to get anything to work seems it wont connect to the phone
The phone does show up on my drives list when plugged in but it does not show up as an android device in the device manager. Am i screwed or is there another way to fix this?
Every single thing i try has "Make sure USB Debugging is enabled." ......
is there some way to enable it when i cant get the phone turned on....

Mega brick
Hi all,
I have mega bricked my A850 with flash tool trying to install custom ROM. When I click, hold or whatever, nothing happens. USB not responding at all, LEDs not flashing. Is there a method or place where I could bring it back to life?

I have a Lenovo A850+ thats always rebooting/restarting automatically, i can't also send sms. What is the problem and solutions? Thanks... Hoping for immediate response.

ejpolaron said:
I have a Lenovo A850+ thats always rebooting/restarting automatically, i can't also send sms. What is the problem and solutions? Thanks... Hoping for immediate response.
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Try to install stock firmware

lg g4 spirit (H440N) Hutchison Three UK. Please help to flash stock rom.

Please can someone help me to flash the stock rom on my phone - LG spirit 4G (H440n) - Hutchison Three UK?
Reason: Cannot go into settings on phone.
Symptoms: "Unfortunately, settings has stopped"
The icon for "settings" in the application area has changed to "com.android.settings.Settings".
Background: The phone has been well cared for, not a scratch on it, and no dubious apps (that I am aware of) have been installed, and certainly no .apk's have been installed. It has worked for many months without issue. The settings issue seemingly came from nowhere.
The basic stuff that I have tried: Factory reset has been done on the phone. Still cannot access settings, not even in safe mode. I have general use of the phone but cannot change settings.
From then on: I have ran the lg support tool (the alternative - lg bridge, is not relevant to my phone), and ran upgrade recovery. It downloads the kdz which I have made a copy of (H440N10G_00.kdz). It finishes the download, starts the upgrade process, gets to 9%, switches my phone off completely, and prompts me to restart the process. It can't go any further than this using this method. I also have to battery pull to switch the phone back on. Holding the power button for 20 seconds doesn't achieve anything here at this point.
After reading, it seems that I should be able to flash the image using adb and/or fastboot. These are installed on my system, as are the android USB drivers found in the android SDK.
Where I am getting stuck: I can boot into fastboot mode no problem. On the pc "fastboot devices" shows the device no problem, but none of the fastboot commands do anything. They print on my phones screen, but they do nothing at all. The phone installed fine without issue in the device manager. I can also boot into download mode, but the issue in this mode is that it comes up with "boot certification verify" which stays on for a few seconds and then the phone switches off. I am watching the device manager during this, and it doesn't detect or show in the device manager. Consequently "adb devices" on the pc produces nothing, as the phone doesn't stay on long enough to detect.
On my LG G4 spirit (H440n), it's the down-button as plugging usb to get into fastboot, and it's the up-button on plugging usb to get to download mode. This doesn't need checking. I know what i'm doing at least this much. Also, any responses need not mention about changing settings on my phone. It cannot be done! Not even after a factory reset. Not even in safe mode after a factory reset. Accessing settings is the very issue, so any solutions given that involve changing settings will not work, because settings will absolutely not run in any thus-far tried scenario.
Where can I go next, and what can I try? I wish to avoid sending to lg because I need the phone. I have not tried to root this and have no intention of rooting it until my warranty is up.
If there is a solution to this, I aim to keep it tidy for the benefit of others, so I will not be posting this on any other forums, or making duplicate posts. I am asking here, because I believe this to be the best possible forum that could potentially help me (and others) resolve this issue.
I hope you guys can help, so thanks in advance, and if you can't, thanks for looking into it.
Mark

Question HELP PHONE STUCK ON BOOTLOOP AT GOOGLE WRITING AND CANT GET DATA OUT

Hi all,
Im in a desperate and urgent need of help.
My Mrs pixel 7 pro is stuck in a boot loop that restarts 5 seconds after the google writing appears when starting. I wasn't home when it happened but she doesnt really make sure her phone has some battery before turning it on, as soon as she sees 2% she starts it, so im guessing maybe she bricked it while the phone was trying to apply an update when turning it on as she said that the external battery didnt have any juice left inside.
Anyway,
I know i can wipe the phone from recovery mode and make it into a factory reset phone. The issue here is we have over 6000 photos and videos of our son in that phone that she hasnt copied to the external hard drive i gave her for months due to her not liking that her little laptop is slow.
I tried recovery mode Reboot, i tried going into safe mode (no luck as it will go straight into fastboot mode). She doesnt care about a lot of things and obviously she never unlocked the developer setting or bootloader so device state is also locked.
I am begging you, anything any info or advice on how i can get those pictures out of the phone. Is there any way i can flash the stock firmware just to make the phone start and copy them after?
Any possibility or chance or retrieval?
I am willing to pay anyone that can guide me in the right direction as there are over 6 months worth of photos and memories.
Thanks in advance and may the luck be on my side.

andyysk said:
Hi all,
Im in a desperate and urgent need of help.
My Mrs pixel 7 pro is stuck in a boot loop that restarts 5 seconds after the google writing appears when starting. I wasn't home when it happened but she doesnt really make sure her phone has some battery before turning it on, as soon as she sees 2% she starts it, so im guessing maybe she bricked it while the phone was trying to apply an update when turning it on as she said that the external battery didnt have any juice left inside.
Anyway,
I know i can wipe the phone from recovery mode and make it into a factory reset phone. The issue here is we have over 6000 photos and videos of our son in that phone that she hasnt copied to the external hard drive i gave her for months due to her not liking that her little laptop is slow.
I tried recovery mode Reboot, i tried going into safe mode (no luck as it will go straight into fastboot mode). She doesnt care about a lot of things and obviously she never unlocked the developer setting or bootloader so device state is also locked.
I am begging you, anything any info or advice on how i can get those pictures out of the phone. Is there any way i can flash the stock firmware just to make the phone start and copy them after?
Any possibility or chance or retrieval?
I am willing to pay anyone that can guide me in the right direction as there are over 6 months worth of photos and memories.
Thanks in advance and may the luck be on my side.
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If you can enter recovery mode try to sideload the same exact ota package of the rom she's running, maybe that can help. Good luck!

andyysk said:
Hi all,
Im in a desperate and urgent need of help.
My Mrs pixel 7 pro is stuck in a boot loop that restarts 5 seconds after the google writing appears when starting. I wasn't home when it happened but she doesnt really make sure her phone has some battery before turning it on, as soon as she sees 2% she starts it, so im guessing maybe she bricked it while the phone was trying to apply an update when turning it on as she said that the external battery didnt have any juice left inside.
Anyway,
I know i can wipe the phone from recovery mode and make it into a factory reset phone. The issue here is we have over 6000 photos and videos of our son in that phone that she hasnt copied to the external hard drive i gave her for months due to her not liking that her little laptop is slow.
I tried recovery mode Reboot, i tried going into safe mode (no luck as it will go straight into fastboot mode). She doesnt care about a lot of things and obviously she never unlocked the developer setting or bootloader so device state is also locked.
I am begging you, anything any info or advice on how i can get those pictures out of the phone. Is there any way i can flash the stock firmware just to make the phone start and copy them after?
Any possibility or chance or retrieval?
I am willing to pay anyone that can guide me in the right direction as there are over 6 months worth of photos and memories.
Thanks in advance and may the luck be on my side.
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As @acuicultor said;
Here's Googles official OTA updates and instructions etc.
From what i've read briefly and as far as i can gather (still running a stock pixel 7 pro - for the first phone in god knows how long, so i'm not well read on this device but...) if you can sideload the latest OTA update via sideload then you should in theory be able to save the data and boot again. But if you flash full firmware then your device will be wiped in the process (if that's even possible with a locked bootloader).
Very best of luck
EDIT: hmm thinking about it, you won't have enabled USB debugging in dev options, hang on, i'll reboot direct to recovery to see if i can get the device recognised without USB debugging enabled. Sorry to be vague (hopefully someone more experienced with this device will chime in with more advice), like i say, i'm not rooted, flashed with custom rom - nothing, just plain old stock so i've not read up much on proceedures for this device. Bare with me!!

Had another thought, do you or have you been using Google photos to view your images on the device. If so, did you enable backup photos online when you first set the app up? If so, they could be backed up automatically...
Edit: my bad..
Try this link
If that fails just Google 'Google photos sign in'

Just tried from recovery to run some adb cmd's, no joy without enabling debugging 1st
There may be hope... If your photos aren't backed online already from above link...
EDIT:
1. From power off state (make sure the device is charged before apply any ota update) Press vol down and power together. As soon as it boots to google logo, let go of vol down, then power. That will put you in fastboot mode where you use the vol up/down to navigate to Recovery mode and power button to select.
2. Then when you have the screen that says 'no command', press power button and CLICK vol up (releasing vol up straight away but keeping power pressed). That'll take you a blue menu at top of screen.
3. Use vol buttons to navigate to 'apply update from adb'. I have checked using 'adb devices' and 'adb reboot sideload' cmd's on PC and the device is now recognised...
Will write further instructions shortly. (no guarantees this will work tho without losing data...or even if it'll work at all - i suspect the OTA update with just fail to transfer)
OR there is another option, using the same instructions above (1) in fastboot mode use the volume buttons to navigate the menu, power button to select Rescue mode. Then contact your service center for support who will advise/offer support - hopefully, which may end up having to send the device in and still offers no guarantee of preserved data

reg66 said:
@acuicultor said;
Here's Googles official OTA updates and instructions etc.
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Following the link it's all explained there:
- no USB-Debugging needed
- booting recovery by key combo
- no loss of any data when using the OTA files
Also turning on USB-Debugging in developer options is not necessary for the recovery. It's enabled by default and moreover the recovery doesn't consider any system settings like disabled/enabled USB-Debugging.

WoKoschekk said:
Following the link it's all explained there:
- no USB-Debugging needed
- booting recovery by key combo
- no loss of any data when using the OTA files
Also turning on USB-Debugging in developer options is not necessary for the recovery. It's enabled by default and moreover the recovery doesn't consider any system settings like disabled/enabled USB-Debugging.
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Ahh cool. I obviously didn't read much of it! Dunno what's happened to the chap, maybe his wife has killed him lol

reg66 said:
Ahh cool. I obviously didn't read much of it! Dunno what's happened to the chap, maybe his wife has killed him lol
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yes, maybe...
FYI: Stock recovery only uses a minimal adbd with a very limited set of commands. That's why some known ADB commands won't work.
minadbd