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Greetings everyone. Reader for a while, but this is my first post, and unfortunately it's because I'm quite sure I should be preparing a burial plot for my phone unless someone can help.
Here's the situation:
I installed the Cyanogen Mod beta on my Vibrant and it was pretty cool, but I couldn't get passed the gps and video recording (I was warned, I know, but I wanted to try it anyway). This was not the first rom I had flashed, and was familiar with CWM and ODIN, so this was not a problem for me. I wanted to have something working so I decided to go back to the DeOdexed JL5 rom, which I was running before, so I went into ODIN to restore back to stock before flashing, and it hung up after clicking repartition. I pulled the battery on my phone, and when I went to put it into Download mode again, it wouldn't go into it. Hell, it wouldn't do anything.
How totally screwed am I?
the phone won't turn on?
try plugging first the usb then hold the volume buttons then put back the battery.
That would put it in Download mode. It won't go into that.
you can't put it into download mode?
Nope... =/
sharkethicx said:
Nope... =/
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did u take the sim and ex sd card out, than repeat?
ZachLL88 said:
did u take the sim and ex sd card out, than repeat?
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Yeah. Always did before I tried putting it in download mode out of some (probably irrational) fear that they would get wiped as well
There have been a handful of others recently who have had their vibrants in the state where they aren't booting, aren't even showing a charging icon when plugged in. Persistence is the key. The steps posted by iynfynity do work, even from your current state, according to the individuals who have found themselves in the same state lately, no power, phone doesn't respond to anything. You can find these posts around these forums here at xda. Keep trying, if you get frustrated, walk away for a little bit and try again later.
-Remove battery and all cards, have odin open, files loaded and ready to go.
-Plug in usb, holding both volume, pop the battery in
Again, persistence is the key, and a little patience doesn't hurt either.
I can vouch for that... I always used the 3 button combo and had this happen. I tried everything. I even have a replacement sitting here still in the box not opened. I tried 1 more time with just pulling the battery sim and sd card out, plugging in the usb to pc, held down just the volume buttons, plugged in usb to phone, put the battery in and right to download mode.
I'm keeping my old phone and sending the replacement back..This one just won't die... : )
Thank you, you lovely gentlemen. Persistence and patience was key. I'd pretty much given up all hope on it once I plugged it in and it wouldn't even pop up with the battery charge indicator.
I wish I was more patient because I already bought a Captivate, rooted, unlocked, ROMed it. Oh well at least now I have a backup phone.
Glad you got it back up at least. Hopefully your captivate wont start shutting itself off when your battery gets below 85%, as many others are plagued with, if it does though, you have your backup.
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did it worked?
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did it worked?
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Yes it did =) and for now, I'm using my Captivate as my PMP. I loaded my music on there and I'll keep my games on there as well to save room on my Vibrant. Guess I got the Galaxy Player early
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
Timz917 said:
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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What were you flashing to stock from?
Can you enter download mode?
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HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE
I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
letor69 said:
HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE
I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
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Following these guide: http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsu...-upgrade-to-Android-2-2-Froyo-now/td-p/678871
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
No I can't enter Download mode. I have no power at all.
nomadrider123 said:
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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Have you tried a simple
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few second
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9LYLoK1Qog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNts11IBZ8Y
I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
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I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
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Have you tried both at the same time?
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few seconds
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried both at the same time?
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few seconds
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
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SAME AS ME heeeeeeelllpppp
not a single button is working, either JIG i have it, what can i do?
Sorry to disappoint you; it seems that you are out of luck. I was flashing my Vibrant in the similar situation like yours and my phone has never turned on again since then (6 weeks). I live in Thailand and have been searching both English and Thai version for a solution. None comes up so far. The only way the USB jig will help is your phone can be powered up. I have tried that myself. You can look for the confirmation elsewhere in this forum. Any way if you can find a diy solution, please let me know and I will post it here if I can find one myself. Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
I am wait on this line here on your link.
More methods coming soon
do you have insurance with tmobile?
i bricked mine before i had a good understanding of the whole rom flashing concept and i could get a downloading screen but i didnt know what to do so they replaced it with no problem.
call and ask all they can do is say no.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
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they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
Timz917 said:
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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HOW ABOIUT LEAVE PHONE CHARGING FOR 10 GO IN TO DARK ROOM SHUT OFF LIGHT PRESS POWER BUTTON AND SEE IF BACK LIGHT OF SCREEN LIGHTS UP, IF SO I TOLD YOU SO I HAD THE SAME BUT MY VIBRANT WORKS AGAIN UNLIKE YOURS p
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they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
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Your first option is out because I have tried that. The only option left is the second one. since I live in Thailand, I have to ship the phone to my friend in Los Angeles to have him replace it for me. It is costly, but at least I will get a phone to work.
It seems to me that this issue is a special case that doesn't happen very often. Only the chosen ones will get into trouble like this when making an error here and there while flashing rom.
I had an IPhone 3G before and, of course, I made mistakes while updating it with all kinds of firmware, but the hardware never fails on me no matter what I did.
Thanks all who try to help.
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they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
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Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
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Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
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I'm not getting on your back, why is it you think so?
Most of the users as i've encountered don't have the sense to name their threads appropriately, the OP on this one specifically named it HARD BRICKED, so instead of telling him to do all these instructions, you could've asked 1 thing "when you plug your usb, or wall charger, does it show any lights? or Are there any symbols on the screen? any lights glowing?"
Those 2 questions could've saved him, and you time.
Trust me i'm a beginner as well, i just know how to get out of these because i've been with this problem a few times. Alot of people here know more than me, specifically s15.. idk his full name.
i flashed stock froyo and my phone will not turn on.
already tried the battery pull,combo buttons (download and recovery)
what happened: i flashed back to stock froyo and all loaded successfully with odin.
as it started to reboot the screen went blank.
any ideas?
HELP!!!!
Usb jig if u cant get into dl mode.
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Check what you odin'ed...see if it contained sbl.bin.
and what were you flashing from??
Try flashing stock eclair 2.1. And then upgrade your rom from there.
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THANKS for all of your suggestion. i tried all of the above an no luck.
So you've already tried the USB jig to access DL mode like @movieaddict suggested and still can't? Thats odd..... What kinda life are you getting out of the phone? Does it turn on at all? How about plugging the USB into the PC or a charger.... anything? spindles or the battery charging icon?
- If the phone is completely dead as in your getting NO life at all then it is in fact HARD BRICKED. I have heard about a JTAG fix for HARD BRICKED Vibrants and I assume its similar to the XBOX360 deal that most of us have probably done in the past, but I have not personally on the Vibrant. I know there is a youtube video/tutorial. Unfortunately thats pretty much all I know about that. I would suggest a google search or search the Q&A threads here for something like:
"Samsung, Vibrant, hard, bricked, jtag"
Good luck!
I would not recommend trying jtag yourself, as you have to rub away a section of the motherboard to access certain solder points and it requires a very expensive jtagging device. If it is truly bricked you can send it to these guys and they will jtag it and bring it back to life for you.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=778
Already have you on the right page there. It's the second one on that list.
I agree with the above post. Its probably not something everyone should attempt. Although I think most will realize that when you see all that is involved. Here is the thread that I first heard about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13981538#post13981538
I'm sure if you PM @connexion2005 would be more than willing to help you out as well. Good luck!
smali26 said:
i flashed stock froyo and my phone will not turn on.
already tried the battery pull,combo buttons (download and recovery)
what happened: i flashed back to stock froyo and all loaded successfully with odin.
as it started to reboot the screen went blank.
any ideas?
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So your phone isn't responding at all? Try holding power and volume +. You might get a screen with orange text on it. This worked for me.
From there you can get to download mode by plugging the phone in and using the three finger method.
kawika said:
so you've already tried the usb jig to access dl mode like @movieaddict suggested and still can't? Thats odd..... What kinda life are you getting out of the phone? Does it turn on at all? How about plugging the usb into the pc or a charger.... Anything? Spindles or the battery charging icon?
- if the phone is completely dead as in your getting no life at all then it is in fact hard bricked. I have heard about a jtag fix for hard bricked vibrants and i assume its similar to the xbox360 deal that most of us have probably done in the past, but i have not personally on the vibrant. I know there is a youtube video/tutorial. Unfortunately thats pretty much all i know about that. I would suggest a google search or search the q&a threads here for something like:
"samsung, vibrant, hard, bricked, jtag"
good luck!
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no life at all. I have tried holding tHe button for 30 sec. Still not result. also tried the battery on another person vibrant and it worked.
smali26 said:
no life at all. I have tried holding tHe button for 30 sec. Still not result. also tried the battery on another person vibrant and it worked.
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may i ask what did you flash and what rom was on your phone before. Knowing what was flashed and where you were coming from may probably help us better to understand what is happening.
try press volume down and up button hold it and plug data cable connected to ur computer. That will let u boot to download mode. Try and let me kw how it went.
Same thing happened to me, I was able to fix by the following post...
1. Start AIO toolbox
2. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
4. Plug USB cable into Phone.
5. Plug USB cable into PC.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
The idea is to get ODIN to see your phone again.
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
That's exactly what I would do
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if you can get into download mode try reflashing the stock recovery found in the dev section then if you can get that fair try flashing the odin stock rom to see if it will boot
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
foxbat121 said:
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
foxbat121 said:
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
BLOWNCO said:
he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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If jig won't work, I'm pretty sure hardware button won't work either. It goes without saying that he probably already tried everything he could find.
edpsx said:
Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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That's not guinea pig. He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
foxbat121 said:
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
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Yeah I thought about doing that - worst case scenario they tell me I voided my warranty and give me the phone back and I can still try finding a jtag solution or do i have to face any other consequences including maybe never getting my phone back?
foxbat121 said:
He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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That's my guess too. I screwed up badly. I would like to blame it on the late hour I did all that but it was just overexcited stupidity -_-
Try your buttons...
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
brojoe11 said:
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
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I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
cilmeron said:
I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
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I know on some phones that download mode can still be activated even if the screen isn't working properly and displaying it. I know many infuse users ran into problems and were still able to use Odin to flash stock and fix their phone. Try doing the hardware method of getting into download mode, and even though your screen doesn't show anything, it may still connect to Odin and you could try to flash back to stock.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
mintu123 said:
U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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Actually, you can brick it to the point of needing JTAG repairs to restore your device. That being said, it's very very very hard to brick it. You have to do something like flash firmware for a completely wrong device and screw up your bootloaders in the process.
cilmeron said:
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
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I've read some so my suggestion is this:
First make sure that you have the drivers installed for your phone. Then pull the battery wait for a few seconds. press the down button and then the power to go in download mode and hold them pressed for 20s. Now plug in the USB and press the volume up button. If Odin detects it you're good to go! If not... Well it's worth a shot
My theory is that even though the screen is blank, the hardware still boots properly. Just make sure your battery is somewhat charged. And also plug in the USB AFTER you "boot" in download mode.
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I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
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Everything here screams 'you should never attempt to modify your device again.'
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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Why don't you find Adam_Outler in the hardware hacking forum? Send your phone to him and he'll hopefully be able to create an unbrickable mod. Not only will you likely have a fixed phone but it will mean volumes for our community.
Note, you will be without a phone for a bit
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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It's not that, we've all made mistakes, but it's like this guy went out of his way to try to brick the phone. This isn't like "oh crap, I flashed the wrong radio"
He tried to flash a ROM from a different SoC and every fail-safe wouldn't let him do it. I'm surprised at how well the different programs tried to save his phone, then he actually went ADB and forced it onto his phone and then he unplugs during a flash.
It's like he drove his car without paying attention and hit a fence that prevents you from flying off a cliff, then he kept ramming his car into the fence, then took some C4, blew up the fence, drove off the cliff, then started yelling "help, I fell off the cliff"
N3RD420 said:
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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I'm confused, is there a CDMA Note? What do you mean "they won't know it's GSM"?
Hi people, I have a i777 but the phone does not turn on at all, what happens is that it will turn the screen on when you plug it in, show the battery image for less then a second and do that 2-3 times before it just stays blank. computer doesnt recognize it or do anything when pluged to it.
Left it plugged in to charge and the phone got very hot. I have not attempted anything with the phone its not even rooted, just stopped working.
Please if any one has any tips or anything that can assist I would really appreciate it.
When did you buy it?
Did you try a battery pull, wait a bit, then put it back and connect the charger without turning it on.
Cetus90 said:
Hi people, I have a i777 but the phone does not turn on at all, what happens is that it will turn the screen on when you plug it in, show the battery image for less then a second and do that 2-3 times before it just stays blank. computer doesnt recognize it or do anything when pluged to it.
Left it plugged in to charge and the phone got very hot. I have not attempted anything with the phone its not even rooted, just stopped working.
Please if any one has any tips or anything that can assist I would really appreciate it.
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I would say return it for a replacement.
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chadrick.7 said:
I would say return it for a replacement.
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Yea but first it would be good to remove any personal things and backup what you can before doing so.
Have you tried getting into recovery or download mode.
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Hey guys sry for reviving this thread its just ive been reading and its driving me kinda crazy. ( i miss my Palm !!!)
So i figured out somethings about the phone, It does go into bootloader mode only if i take out the battery and plug it in, with battery it does nothing at all.
Theres so much info about roms and all this other things i cant quite figure exactly what i need to do with the phone. I'm trying to find a stock rom, but like i said i don't know if its the room, bootloader, kernal or what the hell it needs to fix it.
Please anytips or questions or leads that can guide me.
Model is SGH I777
(Also can't really return it or do anything with at&t since I'm in Colombia, plus att just sucks)
Cetus90 said:
Hey guys sry for reviving this thread its just ive been reading and its driving me kinda crazy. ( i miss my Palm !!!)
So i figured out somethings about the phone, It does go into bootloader mode only if i take out the battery and plug it in, with battery it does nothing at all.
Theres so much info about roms and all this other things i cant quite figure exactly what i need to do with the phone. I'm trying to find a stock rom, but like i said i don't know if its the room, bootloader, kernal or what the hell it needs to fix it.
Please anytips or questions or leads that can guide me.
Model is SGH I777
(Also can't really return it or do anything with at&t since I'm in Colombia, plus att just sucks)
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It would be helpful if you could give some details of the problem that you have. We can't just assume that you have the exact same issue that the original poster described in the first post. Please describe your problem in detail. The phone will/won't turn on. The screen is/isn't completely dead. etc.
A little background would also be helpful. How long have you had the phone? Was it working before? Where did you get it? etc.
Need enough information to begin trouble shooting the problem. Will be happy to help if I can.
I had exactly the same problem with my SII. I bought an external charger for the battery, recharged the battery using that and worked fine afterwards (the charger I bought came with a couple of spares which was a bonus as well ;-).
My guess is the battery is empty, leave it on the charger for a bit and try again
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creepyncrawly said:
It would be helpful if you could give some details of the problem that you have. We can't just assume that you have the exact same issue that the original poster described in the first post. Please describe your problem in detail. The phone will/won't turn on. The screen is/isn't completely dead. etc.
A little background would also be helpful. How long have you had the phone? Was it working before? Where did you get it? etc.
Need enough information to begin trouble shooting the problem. Will be happy to help if I can.
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LOL creepy he is the op.
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Hey there,
I had a similar problem with my battery, it turns out that the charger I was using essentially fried my battery.
Go to an AT&T store (which stock i777 batteries and USB chargers) and explain your problem to them. If this just happened without installing any ROMs or rooting, there's no reason to flash anything, and it's likely a hardware problem. Explain the problem and they will let you borrow a new battery and charging cable to see if it makes a difference.
Otherwise, if this happened out of the blue like that, without any interventions or changes on your part, you should take the advice of the other posters and make use of your warranty.
- Flaw
Intub8 said:
LOL creepy he is the op.
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Blind... lol
Thanks guys for the responses.
*story is i sold the phone to someone and i brought it back since it was not turning on*
Ive had time now to research a bit on android and this phone.
I think its hard bricked the phone does not go to download mode when you press the keys even with a full battery *charged it in anoher phone*
I can get it into download mode only when he battery is taken out of the phone... Once its in download mode i tried to flash the stock rom with Odin and stock kernel, but when its done flashing the phone tries to restart but nothing happens the screens turns on and off and the bottom keys flash in and out.
Ive read that you can use a Jtag or w/e you call it *the micro usb with the resistors in i* but since im in Colombia its hard to find those type of electronics off he shelf*
Anyway if any one has any thoughts or ideas to fixing it with out the battery in it while its in download mode i would really appriciate it ^_^
thanks again for the responses
warranty exchange
Cetus90 said:
Hi people, I have a i777 but the phone does not turn on at all, what happens is that it will turn the screen on when you plug it in, show the battery image for less then a second and do that 2-3 times before it just stays blank. computer doesnt recognize it or do anything when pluged to it.
Left it plugged in to charge and the phone got very hot. I have not attempted anything with the phone its not even rooted, just stopped working.
Please if any one has any tips or anything that can assist I would really appreciate it.
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Im just asking since you didnt mention it... Did you press the power button for at least 3 seconds? My Grandfather did this. Took back his phone only to discover that he had not pushed the power button long enough to turn it on. Sometimes you never know...
I had this same problem. Discovered it was just a dead battery. Battery in, I get nothing. Battery out and I can see the buttons flash when connected to a power source. So obviously its the battery.
edit: Since I still have the dead battery thought I would test out the download mode. Got it to boot into download mode without the battery, then started to put in the battery. As soon as the contacts touched, my phone turned off. No idea what happened to this battery..
Cetus90 said:
Thanks guys for the responses.
*story is i sold the phone to someone and i brought it back since it was not turning on*
Ive had time now to research a bit on android and this phone.
I think its hard bricked the phone does not go to download mode when you press the keys even with a full battery *charged it in anoher phone*
I can get it into download mode only when he battery is taken out of the phone... Once its in download mode i tried to flash the stock rom with Odin and stock kernel, but when its done flashing the phone tries to restart but nothing happens the screens turns on and off and the bottom keys flash in and out.
Ive read that you can use a Jtag or w/e you call it *the micro usb with the resistors in i* but since im in Colombia its hard to find those type of electronics off he shelf*
Anyway if any one has any thoughts or ideas to fixing it with out the battery in it while its in download mode i would really appriciate it ^_^
thanks again for the responses
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Not sure what you used to flash back to stock, but if you didn't try it already, I would try the full stock package with bootloaders, param.lfs and all. Go to the Download Repository and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. The one-click downloader would be fine.
As far as the battery goes, even though you charged it in another phone, it may still be faulty. To test, use a known good battery from another phone.
Oh, and one other thing. Just curious, was the phone working normally when you sold it?
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Not sure what you used to flash back to stock, but if you didn't try it already, I would try the full stock package with bootloaders, param.lfs and all. Go to the Download Repository and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. The one-click downloader would be fine.
As far as the battery goes, even though you charged it in another phone, it may still be faulty. To test, use a known good battery from another phone.
Oh, and one other thing. Just curious, was the phone working normally when you sold it?
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Yes it was working.
Thanks alot for that info ill try it tonight or tomorrow!
Also i think ill be making a video showing whats going on and ill get a battery from a friend to test out, thanks alot again this really has helped me understand more ^^
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Yes it was working.
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Seems to me you were generous to take it back. I wouldn't be surprised if the person flashed some firmware not intended for the I777, with bootloaders and param.lfs and such.
Yeah but kinda had a deal so not loosing much but i still want to fix it.
Let me ask you guys will it be fine to flash without the battery in the phone? Since it does open up the bootloader to and Odin detects it.