Hello
I've just flashed my Philips Xenium v787 and installed an official ROM here mediafire.com/file/o91r1zl8nuvsy7u/Philips_V787_MT6753.zip but after flashing is successfully completed, i tried to turn on my mobile but it won't load up and i tried to charge it but no sign!!
Please help.
Caboz said:
Hello
I've just flashed my Philips Xenium v787 and installed an official ROM here mediafire.com/file/o91r1zl8nuvsy7u/Philips_V787_MT6753.zip but after flashing is successfully completed, i tried to turn on my mobile but it won't load up and i tried to charge it but no sign!!
Please help.
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When you say official ROM, do you mean a stock ROM ripped and put on the internet, or a custom ROM used for customization? Does anything pop-up on the screen when you press the power button (i.e. battery indicator)?
CrafterJG said:
When you say official ROM, do you mean a stock ROM ripped and put on the internet, or a custom ROM used for customization? Does anything pop-up on the screen when you press the power button (i.e. battery indicator)?
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I meant a stock ROM on the internet. Nothing shows up at all, tried to charge the phone and there's no sign, and then tried to get into the recovery mode using power off and volume up + down buttons and nothing happens at all. I'm afraid that my phone could be completely damaged :crying:
Caboz said:
I meant a stock ROM on the internet. Nothing shows up at all, tried to charge the phone and there's no sign, and then tried to get into the recovery mode using power off and volume up + down buttons and nothing happens at all. I'm afraid that my phone could be completely damaged :crying:
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It sounds like your phone may be "bricked". This happens when you load a faulty recovery image onto your device, whether it's incompatible with your device, or a bad recovery. Don't fret, though, as this is sometimes fixable. A simple google search for how to unbrick an Android device delivers a wealth of results, but sometimes a device-specific search may be more relevant to your situation. Best of luck! :good:
- CrafterJG
CrafterJG said:
It sounds like your phone may be "bricked". This happens when you load a faulty recovery image onto your device, whether it's incompatible with your device, or a bad recovery. Don't fret, though, as this is sometimes fixable. A simple google search for how to unbrick an Android device delivers a wealth of results, but sometimes a device-specific search may be more relevant to your situation. Best of luck! :good:
- CrafterJG
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Well i searched in Google and unfortunately it seems like my phone is hard bricked. However, I'm going to send it to a repair center and see what's going to happen but i feel like i most likely will end up needing to buy a new phone. Thanks anyways!
Caboz said:
Well i searched in Google and unfortunately it seems like my phone is hard bricked. However, I'm going to send it to a repair center and see what's going to happen but i feel like i most likely will end up needing to buy a new phone. Thanks anyways!
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Somehow, what you flashed must not have been for your specific device. Flashing stuff that wasn't made for your specific device is the fastest way to hard-brick a device.
From what you posted in your first post, the file that you downloaded and flashed looks like it should be the correct firmware for your device. But, since you didn't download it from the official site for your device, the file that you downloaded may have been modified before it was posted at the place that you downloaded it from or maybe your downloaded file got corrupted or didn't download completely. A corrupted/incomplete file could result in a hard-brick.
Another thing that could have gone wrong is a faulty connection between your device and PC during the flashing process. Or maybe the battery died during flashing or during first boot. This can also cause a brick.
You might be able to repair the device yourself by replacing the motherboard. It could be cheaper than buying a new device or cheaper than the cost of repairs at a shop. Try finding a YouTube video that demonstrates how to disassemble your device to replace the motherboard. You will have to be certain that you are buying the correct motherboard for your specific device model number. After replacing the motherboard, you will have to make certain that you have the correct official firmware file and then flash that firmware onto the new motherboard.
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Droidriven said:
Somehow, what you flashed must not have been for your specific device. Flashing stuff that wasn't made for your specific device is the fastest way to hard-brick a device.
From what you posted in your first post, the file that you downloaded and flashed looks like it should be the correct firmware for your device. But, since you didn't download it from the official site for your device, the file that you downloaded may have been modified before it was posted at the place that you downloaded it from or maybe your downloaded file got corrupted or didn't download completely. A corrupted/incomplete file could result in a hard-brick.
Another thing that could have gone wrong is a faulty connection between your device and PC during the flashing process. Or maybe the battery died during flashing or during first boot. This can also cause a brick.
You might be able to repair the device yourself by replacing the motherboard. It could be cheaper than buying a new device or cheaper than the cost of repairs at a shop. Try finding a YouTube video that demonstrates how to disassemble your device to replace the motherboard. You will have to be certain that you are buying the correct motherboard for your specific device model number. After replacing the motherboard, you will have to make certain that you have the correct official firmware file and then flash that firmware onto the new motherboard.
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Thanks for you reply.
Yesterday i went to a few local repair shops and one of technicians connected my phone to a charger where you get a light if your device is connected and working properly, then he told me that it's getting enough amps(ampere) to work well but it's probably going to need a software, unfortunately, they couldn't help me, as they don't have the required software for my device (Philips) and they advised me to visit the manufacturer's service center in order to solve this issue.
What I've noticed is that when i connect my phone to my laptop, i can still hear a sound like the one you get when you connect a USB to your laptop, so maybe it's not a hardware issue?
I've called my manufacturer's repair center and they mentioned that for any repair-related issues, it's going to take 3 working days to fix any issue (due to their policy). However, I'm afraid of having my data spied on/accessed if i left my phone over there and I'm really confused whether to buy a new one or just leave it to get fixed.
P.S To everyone who is trying to help me, i do really appreciate it
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I recently tried to root my D850 with 5.0.1 Of course, I botched it and it got stuck at the boot screen. I figured a factory reset (hard reset) might save the day, but it didn't. The device was not recognized by the PC and the MTP driver would not work no matter what I did. In desperation, I chatted with an LG USA rep. He said to submit a repair request, which I did. There was no mention of cost but at this point, I don't care if it does cost to fix it. They emailed me a FedEx label and I sent it off yesterday. There was another thread in which the OP sent his in to LG with pretty much the same thing happened and his device was repaired free, so I'm hoping for a free fix. Point is: I got this device from a seller on eBay and I was upfront with LG about that. Warranty or not, they seem willing to fix it for me. So, instead of beating your head against the wall trying to fix it, you might want to consider sending it to LG if you get it fixed yourself.
gjtoth said:
I recently tried to root my D850 with 5.0.1 Of course, I botched it and it got stuck at the boot screen. I figured a factory reset (hard reset) might save the day, but it didn't. The device was not recognized by the PC and the MTP driver would not work no matter what I did. In desperation, I chatted with an LG USA rep. He said to submit a repair request, which I did. There was no mention of cost but at this point, I don't care if it does cost to fix it. They emailed me a FedEx label and I sent it off yesterday. There was another thread in which the OP sent his in to LG with pretty much the same thing happened and his device was repaired free, so I'm hoping for a free fix. Point is: I got this device from a seller on eBay and I was upfront with LG about that. Warranty or not, they seem willing to fix it for me. So, instead of beating your head against the wall trying to fix it, you might want to consider sending it to LG if you get it fixed yourself.
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Or you can just follow my guide which 1,000s have used to fix there phone It takes under 10min after you download everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
If its stuck at LG boot screen just put it into download mode and follow the guide... They will most likely charge you as they will see ROOTED in red when they go into download mode.
hyelton said:
Or you can just follow my guide which 1,000s have used to fix there phone It takes under 10min after you download everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
If its stuck at LG boot screen just put it into download mode and follow the guide... They will most likely charge you as they will see ROOTED in red when they go into download mode.
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Which would PROBABLY work. But as I stated in another thread (to which I got no response), the PC is not recognizing it. And, as I stated, I don't care if they charge me or not. I just want it FIXED.
gjtoth said:
Which would PROBABLY work. But as I stated in another thread (to which I got no response), the PC is not recognizing it. And, as I stated, I don't care if they charge me or not. I just want it FIXED.
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Then try another PC.
Sending to the company is a last resort type thing. Some cases people have been charged more than you can get a used one for at times.
The method in that thread is the exact way LG will be fixing your phone. (Unless they just replace your motherboard)
hyelton said:
Then try another PC.
Sending to the company is a last resort type thing. Some cases people have been charged more than you can get a used one for at times.
The method in that thread is the exact way LG will be fixing your phone. (Unless they just replace your motherboard)
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If that's the exact way and it works for them, GOOD! Because I tried it and several other methods and it DID NOT WORK. As the person the said in another thread, they fixed it FREE. And, if they charge me, so what? I'll have my device working properly. I don't know where you'd get one of these for under $100, but if they fail to restore it, please DO tell me as I'd sure like to know. In fact, tell me now so I can grab one for my wife.
gjtoth said:
If that's the exact way and it works for them, GOOD! Because I tried it and several other methods and it DID NOT WORK. As the person the said in another thread, they fixed it FREE. And, if they charge me, so what? I'll have my device working properly. I don't know where you'd get one of these for under $100, but if they fail to restore it, please DO tell me as I'd sure like to know. In fact, tell me now so I can grab one for my wife.
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They normally at least charge $200 + for a phone repair. . I've dealt with LG and LG phones for a good while now.
And not sure if you have ever posted in my guide asking for help.
Different methods? There's ONLY ONE method that works for the D850 which is the TOT method.
After downloading and installing the drivers , software and zipped tot, did you make sure phone was IN download mode? Did you make sure you changed your COM port to COM41?
You have to be sure your following everything step by step.
The guide is very simple. I can pretty much gurentee that if you lived nearby I'd have that phone fixed in under 20min.
I'm just stating myself and my guide has fixed 1,000s of LG phones.
hyelton said:
They normally at least charge $200 + for a phone repair. . I've dealt with LG and LG phones for a good while now.
And not sure if you have ever posted in my guide asking for help.
Different methods? There's ONLY ONE method that works for the D850 which is the TOT method.
After downloading and installing the drivers , software and zipped tot, did you make sure phone was IN download mode? Did you make sure you changed your COM port to COM41?
You have to be sure your following everything step by step.
The guide is very simple. I can pretty much gurentee that if you lived nearby I'd have that phone fixed in under 20min.
I'm just stating myself and my guide has fixed 1,000s of LG phones.
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Maybe so, but it didn't fix mine. See, when the PC does not see it, nothing is going to download, upload, flash. It's a moot point anyways, as it's on it's way to LG, Ft. Worth.
gjtoth said:
Maybe so, but it didn't fix mine. See, when the PC does not see it, nothing is going to download, upload, flash. It's a moot point anyways, as it's on it's way to LG, Ft. Worth.
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Wishing you the best of luck, Provide and update as to what happens.
SO the phone was in download mode when you tried? You`d look for LGEmodem under ports in device manager.
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So, I sent my G3 into LG_Ft. Worth approximately a week-and-a-half ago for the symptoms sited at the beginning of the thread. Bear in mind, I got this phone from eBay and I told them that. I also told them that after I tried to do a Factory Reset, it locked at the LG boot screen. That's ALL I told them. No questions asked: They sent me a replacement unit. F R E E!
The invoice stated "Bad ROM flash. Replacement sent." I'm restoring from back-up now.
Same issue as OP
I have one G3 soft bricked. At first, i was be able to connect to dl mode. I tried LG Mobile Support tool to flash the phone back to stock , at the end, it failed. Now the phone not let me enter dl or recovery mode. PC not detect the phone at all. I'm using original Nokia USB cable. Tried with 3 computers, none of them detect when plugin and hold Vol up or down etc...
I want to follow TOT method but what can i do if computer not detect the phone?
abcchoier said:
I have one G3 soft bricked. At first, i was be able to connect to dl mode. I tried LG Mobile Support tool to flash the phone back to stock , at the end, it failed. Now the phone not let me enter dl or recovery mode. PC not detect the phone at all. I'm using original Nokia USB cable. Tried with 3 computers, none of them detect when plugin and hold Vol up or down etc...
I want to follow TOT method but what can i do if computer not detect the phone?
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I'm sure there will be others that will have you try different things, but FOR ME, I went to the LG website and chatted with a tech. He told me to send it in. Even provided a shipping label. See the original post for what took place. They shipped me a replacement phone... F R E E. Took about two weeks.
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I'm sure there will be others that will have you try different things, but FOR ME, I went to the LG website and chatted with a tech. He told me to send it in. Even provided a shipping label. See the original post for what took place. They shipped me a replacement phone... F R E E. Took about two weeks.
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Yeah but using my back to stock guide can take about an hour depending on your connection. If connection is good then maybe 20 min.
And not all cases will be the same. There's some cases of people getting charged even just to get there phone back.
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hyelton said:
Or you can just follow my guide which 1,000s have used to fix there phone It takes under 10min after you download everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089
If its stuck at LG boot screen just put it into download mode and follow the guide... They will most likely charge you as they will see ROOTED in red when they go into download mode.
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Sorry to bust in on this thread. You seem like a very knowledgeable person, so i would like to know if you have a guide for rooting the AT&T varient, with a Mac? Thanks for any help.
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Sorry to bust in on this thread. You seem like a very knowledgeable person, so i would like to know if you have a guide for rooting the AT&T varient, with a Mac? Thanks for any help.
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Sorry for the delay in case you didn't find out no, the method uses official lg firmwares. Which requires windows. So no way to do it on a Mac unless you use a virtual machine which is very buggy to do this with.
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On the topic of bricking (and unbricking !!) the D850, I just received a D850 from ebay today. I tried hyelton's procedure
to restore a stock ROM (LGD850AT-01-V10d-310-410-JUN-19-2014+0.tot) and it failed during the download.
My D850 entered a horrible bricked state, booting with a "secure booting error" message, and then alternating with red and blue LEDs. It was impossible to enter download mode. Trying to use the default recovery to do a factory reset failed. Basically it seemed like the device was bricked.
I was a little panicky because I just received the phone earlier in the day.
I then found this amazing thread on the Sprint LG G3 forum, which describes a sort of hard reset you can do inside the phone. (kind of like an alternative download mode to transfer files to the device). This requires you to short two connections in the phone with a ~2cm piece of copper wire, so you obviously need to be comfortable disassembling your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/general/guide-fix-hard-brick-recovery-guide-t3132359
I am happy to report that this procedure worked perfectly to return my ATT D850 back to life, notably giving me download mode back, which I used following Hyelton's procedure to download a stock ROM back into the phone, which now worked fine.
I hope others can benefit from this.
=mxasf
I just hard bricked my phone, and I'm hoping I can try to get it working again.
I have made backups using flashfire in the past. (I had a few different backups I made).
Prior to getting hard bricked, I was running the PIA firmware, but I was trying to restore from a backup that I had through flash fire, and due to a total rookie move I ended up restoring (or attempting to) restore to a PG1 unintentionally, and well now I can't do anything.
I think I may have a jig at home from a previous samsung phone (I believe an S3), would that work for my S7?
I also came across this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353
Would that work for me?
I have a macbook pro I can use terminal with, I have a microSD card and reader, and I already have the stock PIA rom on my hard drive.
Is there hope still?
Right now regardless of what key combination I hold down my phone has a black screen.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
If you can't get into download mode then you don't have much to lose by trying what the other thread suggested.
@sacnotsack, thanks for the response, and that is my intention, however I am missing 1 crucial part to that thread and that is the debrick.img
Can someone with the PIA (G930TUVU4APIA) rom please post a dump of a partial system img for me? If I'm not mistaken, you can dump it with these commands in ADB.
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/sda20 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=4096 count=128
Just to clarify...
sda20 should be the system partition. Any way that's what it is for me.
You can check yourself by doing typing this in ADB:
ls -al /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
You will get something like this:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-08 10:35 system -> /dev/block/sda20
And to get the block size you would type this:
blockdev --getbsz /dev/block/sda20
So the command
"dd if=/dev/block/sda20 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=4096 count=128"
If I get this working, I'll compile a nice tut for S7 users and post all the results with files in case anyone else runs into this issue.
Thank you in advance
I don't mean to be an annoyance, but does anyone have any thoughts or could point me to some direction? I know there are a lot of you that are much more knowledgable in this than I am, and all I'm hoping I can get assistance for is if someone can just make a dump of the debrick.img file so I can try to load it on my SD card.
Thanks
Hi, the easiest way to restore back to stock is to download Odin. I think it's Windows exclusive so you'll need bootcamp and install windows. After that, download Odin and extract it. Download stock firmware from androidfilehost.com, then extract. Open Odin and you'll see the options BL, AP, CP, and CSC. The firmware will have 4 or 5 files and will include these labels. Put each respective files into each options in odin. (Sometimes Odin will freeze, but let it do it's thing) After that, go into download mode (hold Volume down, Power, and Home whole turning on). Wait for Odin to recognize your device, if it doesn't, then download Samsung drivers. After it recognizes, press start and wait for the process to finish. That's it! Hopefully I was able to help.
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Hi, the easiest way to restore back to stock is to download Odin. I think it's Windows exclusive so you'll need bootcamp and install windows. After that, download Odin and extract it. Download stock firmware from androidfilehost.com, then extract. Open Odin and you'll see the options BL, AP, CP, and CSC. The firmware will have 4 or 5 files and will include these labels. Put each respective files into each options in odin. (Sometimes Odin will freeze, but let it do it's thing) After that, go into download mode (hold Volume down, Power, and Home whole turning on). Wait for Odin to recognize your device, if it doesn't, then download Samsung drivers. After it recognizes, press start and wait for the process to finish. That's it! Hopefully I was able to help.
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MetalPhoenix45, thanks for your response. I have a Windows computer as well and I am very familiar with ODIN. The issue is, that in your explanation my guess is you are thinking the phone is in a "soft bricked" mode. The difference between a hard brick phone and a soft brick phone is that in a hard brick phone nothing is recognized when plugged in, it doesn't power on and it also doesn't show any sign of charge when it's plugged into the power.
In a soft brick mode, your phone can be stuck in a boot loop, or at the very least it still shows signs of it getting power. In which case I can just force into download mode and do what you stated above. I don't think that the things you mentioned above would work for me because when I have my phone plugged in to my computer, in device manager it doesn't detect anything. It doesn't even say unknown device or unrecognized hardware. It doesn't see it at all, and I have loaded the Samsung drivers on my pc because ODIN recognized the device prior to my issue.
I do have the stock firmware and everything on my machine, but I just can't get my phone to power or on into download boot even with a JIG.
m0d hipp¥ said:
I just hard bricked my phone, and I'm hoping I can try to get it working again.
I have made backups using flashfire in the past. (I had a few different backups I made).
Prior to getting hard bricked, I was running the PIA firmware, but I was trying to restore from a backup that I had through flash fire, and due to a total rookie move I ended up restoring (or attempting to) restore to a PG1 unintentionally, and well now I can't do anything.
I think I may have a jig at home from a previous samsung phone (I believe an S3), would that work for my S7?
I also came across this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353
Would that work for me?
I have a macbook pro I can use terminal with, I have a microSD card and reader, and I already have the stock PIA rom on my hard drive.
Is there hope still?
Right now regardless of what key combination I hold down my phone has a black screen.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Have you had any luck on fixing s7 I've got same issue I've even got device broken down minus the charger port due to cost of screen replacement! Not sure exactly how to test battery itself but every combination of testing battery externally I've nothing any ideas? I'd rather replace the battery vs charger port or is it completely done? This is.the first root I've ever had go wrong and haven't found any solutions yet and been looking since November
Thanks in advance for any advice
On rooted 910v now have a 920t rooted but let's just say my temper got the best of me and we'll will be replacing screen? Oddly enough as many times as the note 4 has been dropped either by myself or son not even a single scratch s7 definitely a pot more brittle!!
crazynate121 said:
Have you had any luck on fixing s7 I've got same issue I've even got device broken down minus the charger port due to cost of screen replacement! Not sure exactly how to test battery itself but every combination of testing battery externally I've nothing any ideas? I'd rather replace the battery vs charger port or is it completely done? This is.the first root I've ever had go wrong and haven't found any solutions yet and been looking since November
Thanks in advance for any advice
On rooted 910v now have a 920t rooted but let's just say my temper got the best of me and we'll will be replacing screen? Oddly enough as many times as the note 4 has been dropped either by myself or son not even a single scratch s7 definitely a pot more brittle!!
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Unfortunately, I had no luck. I ended up haing to replace the PCB to fix the issue. Basically I learned the hard way that samsung isn't very "dev friendly". I don't blame them, but for any phone enthusiasts that plan on tinkering with their phone if you get the snapdragon version of the S7 vs the exynos version, you WILL run into trouble.
This is because the bootloader can't be unlocked on the SD models. Furthermore, if you get flagged for custom roms your warranty gets void. Over the years I've noticed Samsung is getting more and more strict about this. Honestly if you want a phone that will play nice with modding it, you should look into the google variants, Nexus, or the OnePlus. I can tell you from personal experience, OnePlus plays well with dev users. In fact they don't void the warranty for using custom roms or anything like that; in fact they're very pro and open about supporting the user base and providing a phone that the user is happy with.
Any way, that was my experience. I don't want to go off topic here, so if you have any questions you can PM me if you like, but the short answer is, if you're hard bricked then you will need to replace the motherboard/pcb. I even contacted places to see if they can jtag or jig or anything and they're not able to do it with the snapdragon S7.
bah double post, sorry I can't delete this
Funny you said nexus just ordered 2 two days ago older 7 but 4g and and what not strictly for experimental and ethical purposes of course was actually shocked at the still high priced note 5 Screen tbh but we live and learn!! SOMETIMES? LOL
m0d hipp¥ said:
Unfortunately, I had no luck. I ended up haing to replace the PCB to fix the issue. Basically I learned the hard way that samsung isn't very "dev friendly". I don't blame them, but for any phone enthusiasts that plan on tinkering with their phone if you get the snapdragon version of the S7 vs the exynos version, you WILL run into trouble.
This is because the bootloader can't be unlocked on the SD models. Furthermore, if you get flagged for custom roms your warranty gets void. Over the years I've noticed Samsung is getting more and more strict about this. Honestly if you want a phone that will play nice with modding it, you should look into the google variants, Nexus, or the OnePlus. I can tell you from personal experience, OnePlus plays well with dev users. In fact they don't void the warranty for using custom roms or anything like that; in fact they're very pro and open about supporting the user base and providing a phone that the user is happy with.
Any way, that was my experience. I don't want to go off topic here, so if you have any questions you can PM me if you like, but the short answer is, if you're hard bricked then you will need to replace the motherboard/pcb. I even contacted places to see if they can jtag or jig or anything and they're not able to do it with the snapdragon S7.
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I am in the same boat, and considering your experience after this sore event, maybe you can help a lot of us guys here in the same situation.
My case is even worst, because, here in my country, there are NO Snapdragons, just G930F Equinoxes.
You may help im providing us lames the debrick.img file, but you must be rooted to do so. This would ve much appreciated.
Another way is to insert a blank 16GB+ SD card on the phone and format it through Odin. You just insert the card on the slot, enter download mode in the phone and load all files in Odin including the .pit. In Odin options select "Re-format" and "T Flash" that will say to the phone to format the ExtSDCard and use the ExtSDCard as destination instead of the internal emmc!
Post the image of the SD, that you can extract it with the Win32DiskImage, and you and your family will be blessed for ten generations. Also save the file in case you mess things again.
There is one method using QFil,but i'm stil trying to asemble all required files and don't now if it will even work. Should work...!!!
Anyway, can you please help us?
Best regards..
PadsPCB said:
I am in the same boat, and considering your experience after this sore event, maybe you can help a lot of us guys here in the same situation.
My case is even worst, because, here in my country, there are NO Snapdragons, just G930F Equinoxes.
You may help im providing us lames the debrick.img file, but you must be rooted to do so. This would ve much appreciated.
Another way is to insert a blank 16GB+ SD card on the phone and format it through Odin. You just insert the card on the slot, enter download mode in the phone and load all files in Odin including the .pit. In Odin options select "Re-format" and "T Flash" that will say to the phone to format the ExtSDCard and use the ExtSDCard as destination instead of the internal emmc!
Post the image of the SD, that you can extract it with the Win32DiskImage, and you and your family will be blessed for ten generations. Also save the file in case you mess things again.
There is one method using QFil,but i'm stil trying to asemble all required files and don't now if it will even work. Should work...!!!
Anyway, can you please help us?
Best regards..
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Unfortunately, I won't be of much help. If you have the exynos S7, you would need to ask someone else with the same version of your phone for the software because the SD versions would run on different software due to different hardware.
Is there a reason why you don't try sending it out to get serviced so they can replace your PCB ?
I tried to get the debrick.img file a while back as well, but had no luck in doing so and actually I don't have my S7 phone anymore. I bought the OnePlus 3T and it's been working much better for my needs. I'm sorry to say this, but If you have any intention of modding a phone you have 2 options. 1. Get a phone that supports modding and allows you to unlock the bootloader 2. Get the unlocked variant of the phone.
If I have learned anything from my experience, it's that it is incredibly important to do your research. Not only look at the specs of the phone, but look at reviews from other users with the phone. Also if you plan on modding it, go through some threads and see how easy/difficult it is to mod that version of phone you're interested in.
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Unfortunately, I won't be of much help. If you have the exynos S7, you would need to ask someone else with the same version of your phone for the software because the SD versions would run on different software due to different hardware.
Is there a reason why you don't try sending it out to get serviced so they can replace your PCB ?
I tried to get the debrick.img file a while back as well, but had no luck in doing so and actually I don't have my S7 phone anymore. I bought the OnePlus 3T and it's been working much better for my needs. I'm sorry to say this, but If you have any intention of modding a phone you have 2 options. 1. Get a phone that supports modding and allows you to unlock the bootloader 2. Get the unlocked variant of the phone.
If I have learned anything from my experience, it's that it is incredibly important to do your research. Not only look at the specs of the phone, but look at reviews from other users with the phone. Also if you plan on modding it, go through some threads and see how easy/difficult it is to mod that version of phone you're interested in.
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Then i think got stuck, beacause in these forums there is no one willing/able/interested in helping anyone.
I said i'm in the SAME boat == I got an SM-G930T (from T-Mobile) that has a SnapDragon cpu but HERE in my country THERE ARE NO Snapdragons only Equinoxes. If we had such phones here surely i would have done this already, but G930F's won't do, as i have already tried.
So, as you know how i feel about a brand new SM-G930T Bricked, you wold be my last hope. There is no way to send it back to Samsung beacause it was bought from a friend and surely no warranty.
Anyway, best regards and rest in peace
Oh sorry, I misunderstood you. I'd like to think that it's not so much people don't want to try to help out, it's just that there is nothing that can be done for users on the snapdragon device so no one bothers unfortunately. Sorry to hear about this, and it really is unfortunate that you had to go through the same thing I went through with no help. Trust me, if I was able to do anything to provide any guidance I would.
Good luck!
HI there.
i read this :
Soft Brick
Soft brick is the state of android device due to some software problems like bootloops or device freezing at some point during boot. This may occur if some software problem occurred in the device mainly during OS upgrade or flashing something such as a custom ROM, camera mod or app in your custom recovery mode. A soft-bricked device is only half-dead. Because of this, your device is not booting anymore or is constantly crashing but can be recognised by a computer.
When your phone is soft brick, don't be panic. You can revive your Android device as long as it is only soft-bricked. The basic solution for this issue is flashing a clean and working version of Android to your device. While, during this process, you may need to restore a backup, flash a custom ROM or stock images to your device.
Hard Brick
Hard brick is the state of android device that occurs when your device is unbootable without a bootloop. A hard Brick device generally show little to no signs of life. If this happens, you had better to buy a new device since your device is showing you a black or grey screen at this point.
A phone get hard-bricked due to trying install ROM not made for the device or use ROM Manager incorrectly. Hard brick is more difficult to resolve and you may require an expert to give you professional advice. However you can recover from hard brick by using JTAG or send your Phone to JTAG service center to get it fixed, which means you no longer need to buy a new one.
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Is it true that even hard bricked device can be high percent recoverable?
I own service and want to know the things good and be normally good. If i have to i will take loan to buy nessesary stuff to be successful.
Is that with JTAG true for tablets too? I have buyd from AliExpress Phone Box 2017 version but still havent used it.
If i have to be more specific. Have one client`s tablet here. It is recognised by Windows as MTK something and gone after seconds from device manager then recognised again and that...
history : it was virused and install OS to it was really needed. I shot in the dark and install it some OS for these parameters:
mt6582 1G+16G and flashed it successfull with SP Flash Tool but now the device does not boot and is half recogniseable in Device Manager. I did that because the device/'beauty' chinese tablet/ has no ID on the back side of it.
I hope this time someone to tell something good and usefull.
Thanks
diretouch said:
HI there.
i read this :
Is it true that even hard bricked device can be high percent recoverable?
I own service and want to know the things good and be normally good. If i have to i will take loan to buy nessesary stuff to be successful.
Is that with JTAG true for tablets too? I have buyd from AliExpress Phone Box 2017 version but still havent used it.
If i have to be more specific. Have one client`s tablet here. It is recognised by Windows as MTK something and gone after seconds from device manager then recognised again and that...
history : it was virused and install OS to it was really needed. I shot in the dark and install it some OS for these parameters:
mt6582 1G+16G and flashed it successfull with SP Flash Tool but now the device does not boot and is half recogniseable in Device Manager. I did that because the device/'beauty' chinese tablet/ has no ID on the back side of it.
I hope this time someone to tell something good and usefull.
Thanks
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Yes, it is "possible" to recover hard bricked devices with a JTAG but there are no guarantees it will work and no way to guarantee each customer that there device will be fixed.
As for the MTK device you are trying to repair, you can't just flash a firmware from another mt6582 device, there is quite a bit more involved than just the same CPU. Firmware from another device must be ported to work with the other hardware on the device.
You need to identify more about the device than just it's CPU if you want to find a firmware that will work without modifications.
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Can you help me identify the device ? Please...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxome1ZSCRIaSW5fNTZrY3NsU2s?usp=sharing
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Can you help me identify the device ? Please...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxome1ZSCRIaSW5fNTZrY3NsU2s?usp=sharing
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If that's the device after you flashed it, it seems to be booting fine. Is it having issues where some features and functions aren't working correctly?
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Unfortunately this is the device before flash.
It`s labeled as pc703 in the seller site/bulgarian not China/
The back cover of the device is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaOGpIWjcxaGg5ek0/view?usp=sharing
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Unfortunately this is the device before flash.
It`s labeled as pc703 in the seller site/bulgarian not China/
The back cover of the device is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaOGpIWjcxaGg5ek0/view?usp=sharing
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Can you give me a link to the seller site?
Usually these cheap off branded Chinese tablets are almost impossible to identify properly because the hardware varies so much even among separate devices with the same model number. It is like this because there is no actual "manufacturer", these devices are pieced together with cheap discounted components that were bought in bulk and they use whatever they can get to work, even if it involves using completely different components. This makes it virtually impossible to say exactly which firmware you need.
When a device is bricked and the device is one of these cheap devices that can't be identified properly and has no available stock firmware or stock source code and has no support from the manufacturer, typically, the only solution is to just try different firmwares and hope one works or piece together your own firmware with pieces of others that might compatible.
You'd have to have a lot of time and android development skills to make your own firmware.
You've got a difficult road ahead, I'd suggest they replace the device because the cost of repair will be more than the device costs.
When you flashed the device with SP Flashtool, did you happen to pull anything important from the device or did you by chance make a backup of some sort before you flashed it?
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Man usually understand his mistakes after he did it.
Maybe I will never take again unknown tablet for service. The problem is that the customers are waiting and I am tired of buy customers devices either second hand or new.
The site should be 4sales.BG
That said the woman.
The 'cool' is that I find there version not with 1g+16g
Good night.
In simple words, Soft brick is messing a little with your Android from which you can recover easily.
Hard Brick is like screwing up your device completely, yes, you can recover, but it needs lots of technical process.
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In simple words, Soft brick is messing a little with your Android from which you can recover easily.
Hard Brick is like screwing up your device completely, yes, you can recover, but it needs lots of technical process.
Technical or not that`s not bad. Just want to have the nessesary tools if they are not too expensive. I just wont desolder very very small smd resistances and transistors
If someone can help in my chinese tablet case i will be a little more not unhappy.
Hi to all of you.I got given an old samsung galaxy s4 mini(GT-I9192)and the person who gave it said it was broken if you can fix it you can keep/sell it.I tried opening it but it didnt respond to any keys even when i tried download/recovery/power on.As i researched online it seems to me that the device has been hardbricked.The guy who gave it to me said he had sent it to a store to repair and said that his cpu was not functioning anymore for both of his s4 minis which doesnt seem to happen just for the 2 phones that 1 person buys and because i live in Albania services arents so great.When i tried to install a custom rom from odin(latest to this date)it wouldnt recognise it but when i plugged the phone in windows made tge sound that something was plugged in and then shortly after it made the disconnecting sound whoch gives me a reason to think that the device may still be alive.I came here since this is the most know site for tech stuff.I havent seen any kind of bricking before but i read tgat the soft bricked devices just need a clean install and to wipe cache and dalvik which gives it the look when it was bought.Ive seen that you can pay for jtag or try a usb jig but i dont want to spend any money since i have a better phone (galaxy j5 2017) and i just wanted to see if i could use it to experiment with roms root and stuff on there.
Any help will be appriciated and if i have any mistakes in my languagee im sorry because as i said im from Albania and not USA/UK
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Hi to all of you.I got given an old samsung galaxy s4 mini(GT-I9192)and the person who gave it said it was broken if you can fix it you can keep/sell it.I tried opening it but it didnt respond to any keys even when i tried download/recovery/power on.As i researched online it seems to me that the device has been hardbricked.The guy who gave it to me said he had sent it to a store to repair and said that his cpu was not functioning anymore for both of his s4 minis which doesnt seem to happen just for the 2 phones that 1 person buys and because i live in Albania services arents so great.When i tried to install a custom rom from odin(latest to this date)it wouldnt recognise it but when i plugged the phone in windows made tge sound that something was plugged in and then shortly after it made the disconnecting sound whoch gives me a reason to think that the device may still be alive.I came here since this is the most know site for tech stuff.I havent seen any kind of bricking before but i read tgat the soft bricked devices just need a clean install and to wipe cache and dalvik which gives it the look when it was bought.Ive seen that you can pay for jtag or try a usb jig but i dont want to spend any money since i have a better phone (galaxy j5 2017) and i just wanted to see if i could use it to experiment with roms root and stuff on there.
Any help will be appriciated and if i have any mistakes in my languagee im sorry because as i said im from Albania and not USA/UK
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Download and install the full set of USB drivers for Samsung phones. This might be part of your connection/disconnection issue.
https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows
On your Windows system, go to Control Panel>Device Manager, then connect your device, when you connect it, watch the Device Manager window, if your device connects, it should have something appear on your list of devices. Try to see what the list shows when the device connects, even if it still just a momentary connection, then come back here and post what it says. This will give me a better idea of what is going on with the device.
If what your friend told you about the CPU's being bad is true, you won't be able to fix the device(s) unless you replace the motherboard(s).
Some Samsung devices with locked bootloaders also have a hardware component called a Q-fuse, if someone attempts to flash a custom recovery or anything else custom on the device, it trips Q-fuse which then "burns" the fuse, rendering the device inoperably hardbricked. This is probably what was attempted on the devices you have. If this is what happened, you won't be able to fix it, not even Samsung themselves can fix this, all they can do is salvage the device to reclaim any possible usable hardware components.
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Thanks for the reply.First things to start,my friend doesnt mess up with loading custom roms as he doesnt have much knowledge on technology.Next,when i connected the device the first time it showed me the name QSHUSB_DLOAD(or smth like that because i am not avaible to use the computer right now).I tried installing some drivers and i will edit the name that i got when i use the computer in a matter of a hour or two.
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Thanks for the reply.First things to start,my friend doesnt mess up with loading custom roms as he doesnt have much knowledge on technology.Next,when i connected the device the first time it showed me the name QSHUSB_DLOAD(or smth like that because i am not avaible to use the computer right now).I tried installing some drivers and i will edit the name that i got when i use the computer in a matter of a hour or two.
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Everything you're describing is exactly the results one gets when someone tries to flash something custom via Odin, or when trying to update the device via Odin but the wrong firmware is flashed.
Generally, the only to fix this is to send the device to a professional shop to have a JTAG service performed on the device(s) or replace the motherboard.
From what you describe, I believe the devices are permanently hardbricked, the only solution then is to replace the motherboard. Other than that, you're wasting your time.
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Well feom what i know he doesnt know anything about odin or flashing a new rom since he doesnt even know what a rom is.Then again he hasnt done a factory reset since he doesnt know how.And he has even said that hasnt done anything else than getting it out of the box putting a sim card and just using it.If there is anything we can try to bring it to life by trying to flash a new custom rom or the original rom from an sd card or a usb flash drive(since i have the converter from charging port to usb).Anyways i was just trying to see if i could bring it to life and idk maybe give it to someone else or sell it.
Thanks for your help for the tips you have given me amd for the help that you may give in advance
NotABeast said:
Well feom what i know he doesnt know anything about odin or flashing a new rom since he doesnt even know what a rom is.Then again he hasnt done a factory reset since he doesnt know how.And he has even said that hasnt done anything else than getting it out of the box putting a sim card and just using it.If there is anything we can try to bring it to life by trying to flash a new custom rom or the original rom from an sd card or a usb flash drive(since i have the converter from charging port to usb).Anyways i was just trying to see if i could bring it to life and idk maybe give it to someone else or sell it.
Thanks for your help for the tips you have given me amd for the help that you may give in advance
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If you can find a "debrick.img" or "unbrick.img",(sometimes, these files are debrick.bin or unbrick.bin), there is a method that involves burning the .img or .bin file on an sdcard to create a type of "bootable disk" to restore the device. The only way to get a copy of this file is from a rooted device with the same model number as yours, try to find one that someone has already creates and made available or try finding someone in this forum that has a device like yours with the same model number and then have them pull a copy of debrick.img from their device and upload it for you to download and use for your device.
Here is a thread for doing this on a galaxy S3, if you can find the specific debrick file for your exact model number, you can try this method. Use the method and the tools as described in the thread, you just need to make sure that any device specific files used in the method are those files for your specific model number.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
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Ok so first,if i do it on a usb will it work and will it be able to be used again as normal and the same for the sd card,will it be able to be used again?
Edit:I forgot but is there a limit to the usb or sdcard size that i will use?And is it possible if i get another samsung phone os or the debrick.img?
NotABeast said:
Ok so first,if i do it on a usb will it work and will it be able to be used again as normal and the same for the sd card,will it be able to be used again?
Edit:I forgot but is there a limit to the usb or sdcard size that i will use?And is it possible if i get another samsung phone os or the debrick.img?
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Use an sdcard, the thread that I linked has instructions for returning the sdcard to normal usage after you're done getting the device restored. No, you can not use a debrick.img or any other file from a device with a different model number, it has to be for YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL NUMBER I have told you that in every one of my replies here, that is a MUST, it is not "optional".
Stop looking for shortcuts, I know it isn't easy to find what you need but there are no substitutes, do it the right way or don't do it at all.
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Had a hardbrick happen on my Google Pixel yesterday; I was typing a message and the phone rebooted, started normally, then within a minute it did it again and then 1 more time and it never turned back on. Connecting it to a PC, it shows up as infamous QUSB_BULK. Does anyone have or have knowledge of the eMMC files and software required in order to reflash the bootloader or whatever is required to be able to flash Android back onto it?
Any help is much appreciated!
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Had a hardbrick happen on my Google Pixel yesterday; I was typing a message and the phone rebooted, started normally, then within a minute it did it again and then 1 more time and it never turned back on. Connecting it to a PC, it shows up as infamous QUSB_BULK. Does anyone have or have knowledge of the eMMC files and software required in order to reflash the bootloader or whatever is required to be able to flash Android back onto it?
Any help is much appreciated!
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I think it is possible with qfil flash tool. The problem is getting the right files.
I have the software, but not the files required unfortunately. They don't seem to exist on the open web.
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I have the software, but not the files required unfortunately. They don't seem to exist on the open web.
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I have spent hours looking for the right files to unbrick a Qualcomm phone. Found most but not all.
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I have spent hours looking for the right files to unbrick a Qualcomm phone. Found most but not all.
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Yes, but they are different for each Qualcomm phone. I found a big stash of random ones but I searched for a few days and can't find files for Google Pixel...
I suspect it might be a failed flash IC but I cannot confirm without trying to flash it.
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Yes, but they are different for each Qualcomm phone. I found a big stash of random ones but I searched for a few days and can't find files for Google Pixel...
I suspect it might be a failed flash IC but I cannot confirm without trying to flash it.
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I know, that's the problem. I have thought about getting an octoplus box....
And this device has files to flash them?