Hello Everyone,
While trying to Flush my SGS2 with a cooked room using Odin my device got DEAD.
This is what happened exactly:
1- After successful room flushing the SGS2 got rebooted but unfortunately it did not loaded the room.(Stuck in boot screen_Black screen with Samsung Galaxy S2)
2- i waited several hours for the galaxy to let go the boot screen but it wont.!!
3- i pulled the battery then put the galaxy back to download mode and retried flushing the room but it was giving the same result.
4- unfortunately after doing the same several times the device got DEAD..
Now:
- I cant power on my galaxy
- When connecting it to PC nothing Happen (Odin does not show any device connected)
- Plugin in the charger, The galaxy got heated.
I am just thinking i have missed up the partition table, please mistake me if i am wrong.
Or any one can help in this.
Note:
- the same happened with my two devices.
- Since Galaxy s2 is not released in my country i bought them from outside the country with no warranty.
Any one can help.???
Thanking you in advance for the support.
Think you flushed it down the spout .
Can the phone go to download mode Have you a download recovery jig .
No phone power on at all either circuit boards blown or battery dead .
jje
thanks fro the reply.
The phone cant go to download mode.!!! no display at all when pressing the power button.
Either no display when charging the phone, it only get heated.!!!
I have heared about the download recovery jig.
My question shall i use the same Resistor (301K Ohm) for the galaxy s2???? i believe this is used for Galaxy s1.
Yes its the same .
jje
gamshid said:
thanks fro the reply.
The phone cant go to download mode.!!! no display at all when pressing the power button.
Either no display when charging the phone, it only get heated.!!!
I have heared about the download recovery jig.
My question shall i use the same Resistor (301K Ohm) for the galaxy s2???? i believe this is used for Galaxy s1.
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yes the 301k resistor does work on the SGS2 aswell.
Just fro your information i have just checked with one of my friends he is having the same issue.
He used the same resistor 310K on both SGS2 & SGS1, unfortunately it only worked with SGS1.
Any way i will try it on my device and come back soon.
thanks again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068522
same jig for SGS2 .
jje
Damn, yeh i got the same problem, my galaxy s2 is dead. Won't power on and screen is completely blank. So i'm guessing a jig wont help it, unless proven otherwise.
The same thing happened on first boot of my first SGS2. I pressed the Power Button, played for like 2 mins with TW and then the phone stuck and switched itself off.
Long story short, I couldn't get it to switch on again, so I sent it to service and the response was it had a faulty motherboard.
So I think you should return it. My 2 cents.
stormrain said:
The same thing happened on first boot of my first SGS2. I pressed the Power Button, played for like 2 mins with TW and then the phone stuck and switched itself off.
Long story short, I couldn't get it to switch on again, so I sent it to service and the response was it had a faulty motherboard.
So I think you should return it. My 2 cents.
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Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately as i mentioned, i bought it without warranty.
Will wait for any other tips.
Can you guide me where to get the motherboard online.
thanks again.
i have heared about some think called Riff-Box.!!
Check this in Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-w_NvaENcI&feature=related
And this in eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com/RIFF-BOX-JTAG-1...720069?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4155677e05
Any one can advice on this.?
Thanks
Hmm my post Just been deleted.!!!!!
Any way, do any one have any idea about the Riff-Box tool.
well it help me in this
regards
HI
I have just noticed whenever i connect my SGS2, my computer pop ups a notification searching for a driver but it disconnect in seconds and the pc cant continue searching for the driver.
The driver is OMAP4430.
This happens every 1 minute if the SGS2 is connected to the PC.
Note: i cant see any think on my SGS2 screen.!!!!
Thanks
Have you tried booting into recovery? Power + home + volume up
Also buy a jig asap. Everyone should have one!
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tjjensen23 said:
Have you tried booting into recovery? Power + home + volume up
Also buy a jig asap. Everyone should have one!
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i have tried all what u mentioned.!!!! nothing is working.
can u check my post #11 and advice please.
From item desciption it hasnt got i9100 listed as far as i can see
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What do you mean you bought it without warranty? Where did you buy it from? Most on-line stores should accept a warranty return
Micksta said:
What do you mean you bought it without warranty? Where did you buy it from? Most on-line stores should accept a warranty return
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Back of the truck special AKA five finger discount lol
But yes from a site such as clove you be able to return for warranty
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Micksta said:
What do you mean you bought it without warranty? Where did you buy it from? Most on-line stores should accept a warranty return
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I bought it without warranty.!!
warranty is not really an issue, I belive under UCC and under normal statutory law in EU that the retialer is legally responsable for 2 years. If it's unfit for purpose in that time, you simply return it. If they refuse, you ask them to put their refusal on paper for the record. Often it turns out fine
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Hi,
Yesterday I tried to do a ROOT but I had a problem with the "Odin" software so I hade to turn off the galaxy manually...
But when I tried to turn it again' he wont turn on!
What can I do?
Thank you
Same problem...
I have the same problem, will not turn on. was adviced to but (UNBrick Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 Download Mode USB Jig) from ebay but did not work.. Can anyone help... Phone makes a good door stop at the minute.. lol
Might find an answer faster in the gs2 forum.
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Same issue....
did anyone mange to solve this issue?
Thanxs
Hard unbricking
yes look at mobile tech videos on youtube
Help
Thanx , can you provide any link for that.....
Cheers
Unbricking
Sorry i cant leave a link here as im new maybe you or someone else can but type in youtube search mobile tech videos unbrick and the s2 is the second on the list they do ship worldwide and are based in the US.
Well done
Thanx mate, well done ....
Cheers
Send it in for repair but say nothing about odin or root
I have sent for repair
Already sent for repair. I said it would not switch on or charge. To be honest I feel that samsung need to address this issue as if the operating system fails on a pc you can reload and away you go. The same should be said for a phone. There should be a fail safe that always puts the phone back to download mode. I thought the jig was the answer but not always so BE CAREFUL.
I sent my phone to tmobile they repaired it free
Repair Description
- Calibration
- Software update
- Replacement - A/S ASSY-PBA MAIN(COMM)GT_I9100
- Screening
same issue
my computer crashd in the middle of the odin update. and my phone is allso dead now...
the only solution was to send it to service?
depends, if the process was interrupted during the flash the bootloader, the phone is dead
sykokidd said:
my computer crashd in the middle of the odin update. and my phone is allso dead now...
the only solution was to send it to service?
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Was is ???
Nope a USB recovery jig may enable download mode or even a JTag repair would be cheaper than paid for Samsung service .
jje
I had the same issue flasg siyahs kernel after flashing the rom and ur phone should start xD
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yeh, thats what happened, no buttons work, jig dont work. nothing... sending it to service tomorrow.... aaaaaaaah damn rental phones hehe
my sgs2 is dead too....same issues... no reaction to anything possible to do: charger, usb gig, hardware buttons, etc.
JIG?
Has anyone had any success with the USB JIG and a 'hard' bricked phone?
H00pyFr00d said:
Has anyone had any success with the USB JIG and a 'hard' bricked phone?
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Same wonder
My SGS2 is hard bricked, no question about it. Nothing happens no matter what button press, usb connection etc. Dead as a doornail.
From what I've read the JIG will only help if you have, at bare minimum, backlights or a vibration when you hit the power button. As I have literally nothing this means I'm 'hard' bricked in which case the JIG shouldn't work.
I've a JIG on order and should arrive tomorrow. I'll try every which way with it, button combos, plugging in USB, removing and replacing battery etc. If i get any response or any success I'll report back. If not, I've found a few places that can JTAG so I'll go that route and again report back.
Hello,
i was loading new fw to my Galaxy 2 and suddenly electric was cut off and it kept downloading..
i had to pull the battery out after waiting half an hour and it is not turning on anymore..
i can't enter recovery, download mode..
Device is fully silent though full battery..
now that means that it is bricked and what is the solution ?
thanks for your help in advance..
What was your current fw and what were you installing
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Had the same problem with my Galaxy S, i had to send it to a Samsung shop who was able to flash a new rom.
Regards
Carsten
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intruda119 said:
What was your current fw and what were you installing
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i had litening rom XWKF3 and loading miui 1.9.2 beta 8..
i think there is no chance waiting for a while without battery...
in that case i should prepare myself to Samsung shop..
Have a Jig? Could try with that.
Were you doing it through a pc? Laptops have ups built in and so does your phone. Less chance of bricking when using a laptop.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
ithehappy said:
Have a Jig? Could try with that.
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i've heard jig but it works for turned on devices,i suppose.
i mean soft brick ones.
My device is not acting any energy, action etc.
it looks like there can't be any operation with usb cables,laptops,3th party programs etc.
pukemon said:
Were you doing it through a pc? Laptops have ups built in and so does your phone. Less chance of bricking when using a laptop.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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yeah but it happened..i gave my laptop's battery to my friend for today..
i was working with wired cable..
i'm so upset now..
taurus58 said:
yeah but it happened..i gave my laptop's battery to my friend for today..
i was working with wired cable..
i'm so upset now..
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that was not a good idea. you just became a poster child.
taurus58 said:
i've heard jig but it works for turned on devices,i suppose.
i mean soft brick ones.
My device is not acting any energy, action etc.
it looks like there can't be any operation with usb cables,laptops,3th party programs etc.
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A JIG is used on turned off phones. It forced the phone to enter Download mode, even when the user can't get there while pressing the buttons.
You seem to have a soft bricked phone due to a bad flash, so a JIG might work on yours. I would suggest you buy one on ebay (there like 10 bucks) or make one yourself. You can find the tutorial here somewhere on XDA.
Its worth the money and it is always worth a try.
Syrellaris said:
A JIG is used on turned off phones. It forced the phone to enter Download mode, even when the user can't get there while pressing the buttons.
You seem to have a soft bricked phone due to a bad flash, so a JIG might work on yours. I would suggest you buy one on ebay (there like 10 bucks) or make one yourself. You can find the tutorial here somewhere on XDA.
Its worth the money and it is always worth a try.
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thank you..i will
had similar experience with galaxy s1 and jig worked perfectly.
you can get it for $4 on ebay.
try that.
it should work in my opinion
[email protected] said:
had similar experience with galaxy s1 and jig worked perfectly.
you can get it for $4 on ebay.
try that.
it should work in my opinion
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Yep me too. i even managed to soft brick my phone twice in 1 day and both times it was jig to the rescue. Definately worth $4 cause I'm not sure that samsung would be very sympathetic to flashing custom roms etc
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
Hi,
i have a friend who has a jig.
He told me "ahh that's okay we can hearten it with jig don't worry dude ! "
But you should see his face when it was not working : )
He turned his face to me disappointly and told me that " dude, we have to change your mother board "
We changed it with the payment 400 $
Expensive expreinence !
Hi
My power-button is broken.
Do you know any way to tun the phone on without it?
Any "trick" and special-combination to press?
Thanks a Lot
Francesco
A jig should get you into download mode (assuming there's nothing else stopping the phone from booting) which should enable you to flash stock firmware & get the phone back to a somewhat 'original' state. From there you can send it in for warranty service (assuming the busted home button is a hardware issue) & hope you get said service (definitely possible, but never a given).
MistahBungle said:
A jig should get you into download mode (assuming there's nothing else stopping the phone from booting) which should enable you to flash stock firmware & get the phone back to a somewhat 'original' state. From there you can send it in for warranty service (assuming the busted home button is a hardware issue) & hope you get said service (definitely possible, but never a given).
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My phone is in "original state".
The button doesn't work 'cause I broke it!
I know I can get it back to the warranty service, but I would like to turn it on without doing it
OK. So I take it you've never flashed a non-stock rom or kernel & that your flash counter isn't 1 or more ? Ahhh. You broke the button. Well I guess you're going to have to send it into Samsung & take pot luck as to whether they fix it under warranty. Or pay to have it repaired.
There's no way you're going to be able to easily switch that phone on with out your power button working. You're asking the impossible. You might be able to repair it yourself given screens can be replaced & other repairs can be carried out by users.
Do a Google search & see if there's a tutorial on how to replace the power button & what parts you might need.
MistahBungle said:
OK. So I take it you've never flashed a non-stock rom or kernel & that your flash counter isn't 1 or more ? Ahhh. You broke the button. Well I guess you're going to have to send it into Samsung & take pot luck as to whether they fix it under warranty. Or pay to have it repaired.
There's no way you're going to be able to easily switch that phone on with out your power button working. You're asking the impossible. You might be able to repair it yourself given screens can be replaced & other repairs can be carried out by users.
Do a Google search & see if there's a tutorial on how to replace the power button & what parts you might need.
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Ok, thanks a lot.
I thought there were some kind of buttons combination to turn it on without the power button
SoLChoBo said:
Ok, thanks a lot.
I thought there were some kind of buttons combination to turn it on without the power button
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Nope .
But you could dismantle the phone and short the power button contacts to see if it boots .
jje
JJEgan said:
Nope .
But you could dismantle the phone and short the power button contacts to see if it boots .
jje
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What do you mean with "short the power button contacts"?
I have just disassembled it, but I'm not an electronic expert, I need to know precisely what to do
Thanks
SoLChoBo said:
What do you mean with "short the power button contacts"?
I have just disassembled it, but I'm not an electronic expert, I need to know precisely what to do
Thanks
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dude ya got more balls than me i'd have to spend hrs researching
JJEgan said:
Nope .
But you could dismantle the phone and short the power button contacts to see if it boots .
jje
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He means you need to bridge the connections of the power button with a wire to make a circuit and see if the phone fires up. And I agree with DJ you've got some big cojones my son!
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Use a jig to get your phone into download mode. Download Odin and flash either a kernel, modem or csc file (preferably for your firmware but not necessary). After about 10 seconds your phone will automatically reboot.
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It's stuffed. Get it fixed under warranty. I'm not sure what the situation was when the button broke, but I hope that it is still solid in 1 piece so that it gets fixed under warranty. If it looks smashed, then they probably won't fix it under warranty.
mr_tris said:
He means you need to bridge the connections of the power button with a wire to make a circuit and see if the phone fires up. And I agree with DJ you've got some big cojones my son!
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Eheheh, thanks a lot
Anyway the broken part is the one I attached.
The whole button is cutten off now, so I can see only the printed flex cable connected to the main board.
What the hell should I do?
Thanks!
ps: my warranty is void for other reasons
SoLChoBo said:
Eheheh, thanks a lot
Anyway the broken part is the one I attached.
The whole button is cutten off now, so I can see only the printed flex cable connected to the main board.
What the hell should I do?
Thanks!
ps: my warranty is void for other reasons
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Did you lose the actual button? If you have it it should still fit in the grooves on the back housing.
For now like I said earlier, download Odin and flash a modem and your phone will boot. Takes 30 seconds.
Edit: power button flex cable costs about $5 off eBay from China.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Original...658?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eba56aee2
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sxi200 said:
Did you lose the actual button? If you have it it should still fit in the grooves on the back housing.
For now like I said earlier, download Odin and flash a modem and your phone will boot. Takes 30 seconds.
Edit: power button flex cable costs about $5 off eBay from China.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Original...658?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eba56aee2
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Yes, I still have the button, and it still fit in the grooves, but how can this help me?
For the Odin solution, it's the best one. But I don't actually have an USB JIG to make the trick
Anyway, I have just bought the cable, but it will take 15 days to arrive
Thank you for your reply!
SoLChoBo said:
Yes, I still have the button, and it still fit in the grooves, but how can this help me?
For the Odin solution, it's the best one. But I don't actually have an USB JIG to make the trick
Anyway, I have just bought the cable, but it will take 15 days to arrive
Thank you for your reply!
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Ok. I thought you said you lost the button. Good that you haven't.
15 day wait is a long time wait. You have a few options here:
1) in the meantime make your own jig. There are instructions for it all over the internet.
2) most phone repair shops have them so maybe pop past and ask them to do it for you.
3) There is a thread in the general.section where fellow members will allow you to use their jig. There are plenty of users in most countries. Check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
I would also suggest buying one off eBay. Costs about $2 delivered.
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sxi200 said:
Ok. I thought you said you lost the button. Good that you haven't.
15 day wait is a long time wait. You have a few options here:
1) in the meantime make your own jig. There are instructions for it all over the internet.
2) most phone repair shops have them so maybe pop past and ask them to do it for you.
3) There is a thread in the general.section where fellow members will allow you to use their jig. There are plenty of users in most countries. Check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
I would also suggest buying one off eBay. Costs about $2 delivered.
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1) I have read them, but I don't have the appropriate materials and experience to do this
2) I will search for one, this is a good idea!
3) I have seen the topic but unfortunately there's no one in my city or near (I live in Florence - Italy)
Anyway, I have just bought an USB JIG, but it will take 2/3 days to arrive and I don't want to wait
Thanks again
sxi200 said:
Use a jig to get your phone into download mode. Download Odin and flash either a kernel, modem or csc file (preferably for your firmware but not necessary). After about 10 seconds your phone will automatically reboot.
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im havign the same issue but i think its software not hardware though.. is there anyway to retrieve the data or will doing this wipe everything?
Charlistar said:
im havign the same issue but i think its software not hardware though.. is there anyway to retrieve the data or will doing this wipe everything?
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Data on your sd card like pics, music etc on the memory card remain if you factory reset or flash a new firmware. Only your apps and settings get wiped.
Or you could flash a no-wipe rom like the current ics lpq. That way everything stays as is.
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Thanks, I sorted it. Turns out it. Was hardware.... Nothing a screwdriver couldn't sort out.... My stuff was all on the internal memory not the memory card cause my memory card got corrupted. Having bad luck over the past few weeks.
Charlistar said:
Thanks, I sorted it. Turns out it. Was hardware.... Nothing a screwdriver couldn't sort out.... My stuff was all on the internal memory not the memory card cause my memory card got corrupted. Having bad luck over the past few weeks.
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Glad you got it sorted. For future reference, internal memory is split. Approximately:
1gb system
2gb apps
11.5 gb other stuff like pics, media etc.
Factory resetting will wipe the system and apps. The other stuff remain on the card unless you format it from settings or recovery.
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Hi!
While installing the revolt rom, downloaded here from the xda, the screen suddenly went black and the phone died. I have tried everything. I can't get to download mod or recovery mode. There's any sign from it... I read somewhere that a jig can help out! What do you think?
Thanks in advance!
[EDIT] The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S2!
Cheers!!
Did your phone shut off during the install?
Phone model? When exactly did it shut off?
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Based on what you've said, I'm afraid your phone is hard bricked. I say this because the same thing occured to me, only I knowingly pulled the USB out whilst it was flashing a pit file. You mentioned your battery died, maybe leaving it plugged in to charge for over an hour or so might revive it, does the phone become slightly (if not) warm near the camera? If it does, you then atleast know the phone isn't completely dead (from fixing, that is).
I ordered a jig and that didn't work, luckily, my carrier provided a repair service guarantee in which they repaired the phone in a couple of weeks, I just played dumb over the phone prior to sending it off.
Good luck and keep us posted.
fagundes666 said:
Hi!
While installing the revolt rom, downloaded here from the xda, the screen suddenly went black and the phone died. I have tried everything. I can't get to download mod or recovery mode. There's any sign from it... I read somewhere that a jig can help out! What do you think?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers!!
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please provide your ROM kernel details before you attempted to flash revolt ROM.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
jthatch12 said:
Did your phone shut off during the install?
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Hi!
I forgot to mention...My phone is a Samsung Galaxy SII!
Like jthatch12 said, the phone just shut off during the install process.
I've already instaled a lot of roms downloaded here from xda and never got this kind of trouble! I read somewhere that a jig would take to download mode... Hope so!
Thank you all!
Cheers!
BlurrOVO said:
Based on what you've said, I'm afraid your phone is hard bricked. I say this because the same thing occured to me, only I knowingly pulled the USB out whilst it was flashing a pit file. You mentioned your battery died, maybe leaving it plugged in to charge for over an hour or so might revive it, does the phone become slightly (if not) warm near the camera? If it does, you then atleast know the phone isn't completely dead (from fixing, that is).
I ordered a jig and that didn't work, luckily, my carrier provided a repair service guarantee in which they repaired the phone in a couple of weeks, I just played dumb over the phone prior to sending it off.
Good luck and keep us posted.
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You pulled the usb cable out, while flashing a pit file?!
Why? Pit files are extremly dangerous.
I almost flashed a SGS1 pit file once..
Have you tried to remove the battery and leave for a few mins.
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s.d.oconnor said:
Have you tried to remove the battery and leave for a few mins.
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Try that too... Several times! There's no sign of life...
fagundes666 said:
Try that too... Several times! There's no sign of life...
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If you connect to your computer via USB are you getting any responce from your computer or phone at all. Also do you know anyone that has a galaxy s2, so you can see if it's the battery that has gone.
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S II? Ok.
I9100/G/M/P/T? Your previous ROM? What are you did, more details. more.
If it doesn't go into Download Mode with a jig, then it looks like a full hard-brick.
Do you know why it shut off? Did you fully charge the phone before flashing the ROM? Did you compare the MD5 sums to check that the ROM wasn't corrupt?
I bricked my phone last year. I got Odin FAIL (corrupt ROM) and I pulled the battery. That was it - it was bricked. No download mode - nothing. I sent it off to Three and played dumb. Two weeks later, my phone was fixed.
If the jig doesn't work, your options are JTAG or service center.
epic118 said:
If it doesn't go into Download Mode with a jig, then it looks like a full hard-brick.
Do you know why it shut off? Did you fully charge the phone before flashing the ROM? Did you compare the MD5 sums to check that the ROM wasn't corrupt?
I bricked my phone last year. I got Odin FAIL (corrupt ROM) and I pulled the battery. That was it - it was bricked. No download mode - nothing. I sent it off to Three and played dumb. Two weeks later, my phone was fixed.
If the jig doesn't work, your options are JTAG or service center.
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I didn't test any of those. The battery was ok.
I also did what s.d.oconnor said, I plug it into the computor but got no response.
The only response I got from the phone, is the warm up near the camera when I plugged it into charge for over an hour.
@bkjugg my previous rom was Wanan lite.
Thank you all.
Cheers!
I feel your pain!.. I just bricked my SGS2 yesterday. Knowing fully how I did it, but just had a brain-f*ck at the time..
I searched everywhere high and low on how to unbrick a hard brick. Already had a jig which didn't work.. tried every type of combo.. It's now going to get dropped into my local samsung repairer tomorrow to get looked at under warranty (as they can not tell how you hard brick it because they is no way of retrieving that information).
Jtag is for US customers, an I am not waiting 5 weeks for my phone.
Although until tomorrow, I am still going to look for a method to wake it up possibly..
I just took it as a known risk of flashing 100's of roms and kernels to my beloved phone..
markymark0055 said:
I feel your pain!.. I just bricked my SGS2 yesterday. Knowing fully how I did it, but just had a brain-f*ck at the time..
I searched everywhere high and low on how to unbrick a hard brick. Already had a jig which didn't work.. tried every type of combo.. It's now going to get dropped into my local samsung repairer tomorrow to get looked at under warranty (as they can not tell how you hard brick it because they is no way of retrieving that information).
Jtag is for US customers, an I am not waiting 5 weeks for my phone.
Although until tomorrow, I am still going to look for a method to wake it up possibly..
I just took it as a known risk of flashing 100's of roms and kernels to my beloved phone..
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Hi!
I didn't try a jig because I don't have one. I've ordered one on ebay and I have to wait a few days now and see if it works. If not, I'll send the phone to samsung and try to get it repaired under warranty. If they say that it isn't covered by warranty, I'll try a guy on ebay uk. Just search for jtag s2.
Cheers!!
markymark0055 said:
I feel your pain!.. I just bricked my SGS2 yesterday. Knowing fully how I did it, but just had a brain-f*ck at the time..
I searched everywhere high and low on how to unbrick a hard brick. Already had a jig which didn't work.. tried every type of combo.. It's now going to get dropped into my local samsung repairer tomorrow to get looked at under warranty (as they can not tell how you hard brick it because they is no way of retrieving that information).
Jtag is for US customers, an I am not waiting 5 weeks for my phone.
Although until tomorrow, I am still going to look for a method to wake it up possibly..
I just took it as a known risk of flashing 100's of roms and kernels to my beloved phone..
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Yep, same shiat. I can enter in download but can't in recovery + can't charge my phone ( has flashed 100500 ROMs, kernels, and all is ok, but not checked md5 - full wipe - bye bye until I return home. I hope I'll recover my phone.
Good luck OP.
I'm in the club for a brick SGS II, no smiles here too....
ChardC said:
I'm in the club for a brick SGS II, no smiles here too....
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Since the jig didn't work, I sent my phone to samsung, under warranty! Now I just have to wait for better news...
my phone seems to have been bricked as well
Phone was about 80% power and plugged into the wall, all of a sudden, screen goes blank
- was browsing twitter at the time
cannot
- enter download mode
- enter recovery mode
- power on
- charge
tried
- usb jib (i have tried before while my phone actually worked and it didnt work then either)
- taking out battery, sim , microsd for 24 hours and trying to boot again
- swapped batteries with friends working i9100 , he boots up, i still dont
running
- CM9 cm-9-20120916-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip
- Siyah kernel SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.5
- GAPPS 20120429
- LPX modem
any ideas ?
Timstah said:
my phone seems to have been bricked as well
Phone was about 80% power and plugged into the wall, all of a sudden, screen goes blank
- was browsing twitter at the time
cannot
- enter download mode
- enter recovery mode
- power on
- charge
tried
- usb jib (i have tried before while my phone actually worked and it didnt work then either)
- taking out battery, sim , microsd for 24 hours and trying to boot again
- swapped batteries with friends working i9100 , he boots up, i still dont
running
- CM9 cm-9-20120916-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip
- Siyah kernel SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.5
- GAPPS 20120429
- LPX modem
any ideas ?
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does it get hot if you plug it in the charger?
i bricked my SII last month trying to format internal sd in ext3, dont know what really happened, i rebooted and it just died, same symptoms as your phone.
i took it to a repair center under warranty and they replaced the motherboard for free.
Bought one, but have to wait till it ships, so figured I would ask if anybody in the 757 has a mini-usb jig that I could use to get my Note into download mode. Send PM if you do.
Thanks in advance.
U can reboot into download thru recovery
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
mrstone77 said:
U can reboot into download thru recovery
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
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Walk me through that one, no response to anything, power and up volume results in nothing. Plugging into usb results in nothing Windows, ODIN nor Kies registers it.
vanemburghj said:
Bought one, but have to wait till it ships, so figured I would ask if anybody in the 757 has a mini-usb jig that I could use to get my Note into download mode. Send PM if you do.
Thanks in advance.
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I think this is what you're looking for, yes?
http://galaxys2root.com/tag/diy-usb-jig/
Sidenote:
I thought it was "down volume button + power " to get into ODIN mode for Samsung devices
up+ down is for recovery
Shirokishi said:
I think this is what you're looking for, yes?
http://galaxys2root.com/tag/diy-usb-jig/
Sidenote:
I thought it was "down volume button + power " to get into ODIN mode for Samsung devices
up+ down is for recovery
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That is what I ordered, either way on the buttons, phone is bricked to point will take very special sauce to fix it.
Oh... I didn't know all of that... When my phone freezes I can hold the power button for 10 seconds n it'll reboot but u r n need of special sauce... I'm n the 540 sorry
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
mrstone77 said:
Oh... I didn't know all of that... When my phone freezes I can hold the power button for 10 seconds n it'll reboot but u r n need of special sauce... I'm n the 540 sorry
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
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Yep am with you on that one, I have soft bricked before, but nothing like this, my very first true brick of my cell. Hopefully Jig I ordered at least gets me into download mode, where I can fix it.
vanemburghj said:
Yep am with you on that one, I have soft bricked before, but nothing like this, my very first true brick of my cell. Hopefully Jig I ordered at least gets me into download mode, where I can fix it.
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If you can see the samsung bootloader then yeah there's hope otherwise you're gonna need the $100 fix for it.
But at least people are responding, I got no love on my end, lol
keeping things in perspective, as I posted before, I have never seen anyone report that a jig does any good on this phone..
You would be better off either using JTAG, or calling Samsung, and playing stupid, and tell them it died after you did an update that the phone requested..they will send you a replacement, with no questions asked.
go through the general and q&a sections; you will see that a jig doesn't do anything for this phone..
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keeping things in perspective, as I posted before, I have never seen anyone report that a jig does any good on this phone..
You would be better off either using JTAG, or calling Samsung, and playing stupid, and tell them it died after you did an update that the phone requested..they will send you a replacement, with no questions asked.
go through the general and q&a sections; you will see that a jig doesn't do anything for this phone..
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Well smokestack76 told you differently yesterday. He said over 20 times with a jig. Plus for $1.60 I will give it a try.
yes, for the price, if it makes you feel better, try it..
and, if you believe him, when you can find 20 others that said it did absolutely nothing, then that's your choice.
the sooner you send it in to Samsung, the sooner you will have a working phone..
If Samsung is wiling to send you a loaner phone while you're under warranty i can't see why you wouldnt do that.
I know Nintendo is awesome like that but apparently Samsung reps are quite jaded when you do something silly like ask an honest question.
I wish Samsung would honor warranty services if the device hasn't been on the market longer than year.
I'm A. Maybe he Made a mistake and wants to own up for it insted of weasling into a fraudulent phone.
B. I would be a little jaded as well when I get people calling me all day that have messed up their own phone and are now trying to steal from me.
C. Samsung does honor warranties a year after the device has been on market. YOUR WARRANTY DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE. not when the first one of its kind rolls off the assembly line.
Also, wase a jig does work of you are not actually bricked, if you were to be soft bricked the jig would force download mode. I had a captivate I built a jig for, first thing I did was try it on my note. Bam, download mode.
And finally op it's a micro usb jig not mini. Mini is bigger than micro
yeah bro, I know a jig works for SOME phones; it helped me bring my S2 back to life..
However, I have read many many reports of it doing nothing for the Note, so that was why I said what I did..
Plus, people are using the term "Bricked" around here in so many ways, that its hard to know what they mean when they say it..to me, a bricked phone is DEAD, and nothing but an expensive paperweight.....
I can take a video of my note going from off to download mode with nothing but my jig. However the same jig that works on both my phones is out of resistance tolerance on my brothers sgs2.
And yes bricked is used much too often,it is a term to describe when your phone is inert, has no pliability and just sits there, like the baked red clay building material it was named for.
was curious to see if the OP had any luck with the jig....
Well the jig did nothing for me. I suggest send your phone to mobiletechvideos.com for repair, he goes through the JTAG recovery method, and he also unlocked mine... he did a great job. I bricked my Note flashing a ROM for another device by mistake, could not use the jig for anything, so had it repaired. Feeling really happy now... hope this helps.
the jig isn't and was never meant to fix a hard brick...
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Back on captivate, certain bootloaders would disable the button combos for download and recovery, making a simple (I hate the term... But) soft brick into a much stickier situation, so it was discovered that using 300k ohms of resistance across certain pins on the usb port from a powered off state would trigger download mode in seconds, making you then able to simply odin a stock rom and try again.
It was later discovered that the jig had the same effect on the sgs2 with the added benefit of restting the flash counter.
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If you flash a firmware for the international note on an i717 you will need jtag because you are indeed bricked of the hard variety.
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was curious to see if the OP had any luck with the jig....
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Nope gig still in the mail, however took Note to ATT Device Service Center and they told me mother board failure and replaced it. So might not have been related to flashing, inspection seem pretty in depth, removed back cover, using multi meter type of tool and said mother board didn't provide correct response to input. My mandatory 10 days to return no functioning unit is 17 Dec so don't think will have chance to try the jig before I send it back or be charged $549 for non-functioning unit.
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Nope gig still in the mail, however took Note to ATT Device Service Center and they told me mother board failure and replaced it. So might not have been related to flashing, inspection seem pretty in depth, removed back cover, using multi meter type of tool and said mother board didn't provide correct response to input. My mandatory 10 days to return no functioning unit is 17 Dec so don't think will have chance to try the jig before I send it back or be charged $549 for non-functioning unit.
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might as well keep the jig for the couple of bucks it cost..plus, even if it doesn't work for this phone, it might work for your next one!