Hey guys n gals, just bought a USB Jig from Ebay, but it doesnt mention anything about resetting the flash counter..
Will a USB Jig automatically reset it, or is it something else that is added, and do I need to buy a USB Jig + Counter reset, or something to this effect?
Edit: Also, is there a way to view the actual count? I found something in a post about USB Jigs, but the video with all the info has disappeared from youtube...
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Jamie
The jig will reset the counter. If you want to see what the count is turn phone off, press vol down power and home button at once. This should get you to download mode where you can see the counter.
To use the jig make sure phone is off. Then plug in jig. This will also take you to download mode but at the same time reset the counter showing you being on official samsung firmware. Hope this helps
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Is there a way I can remedy this?
Try removing your battery and hold the volume down button while plugging in your cable to the wall charger...
Or pull your battery and clean the contacts on your phone and cable with rubbing alcohol....
Or there is a jig you can make or buy to trick it into download mode google fascinate usb jig.
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Yea, the jig is a last resort of mine, I don't get why Download mode would suddenly just not work via keys?
I would imagine this is a software issue, and I could fix it as such, I am just not sure where I would begin to do this.
Running CM7 MTD Nightlies (Current: 08/03), Included Kernel.
Anyone already tried USB JIG for Ace? Does it working?
Also, is there specific USB JIG for Ace? Or this device is compatible with all Galaxy models?
Please help to verify. Thanks mates!
They say it works for all samsung devices that has a micro usb port.
I have tried it. It does not work with my Ace. Anyone has succeded? (L)
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I have tried it. It does not work with my Ace. Anyone has succeded? (L)
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You sure it doesn't work?
the usb jig is used to force device into download mode when exceeding flash count and get the famous exclamation mark between phone and computer in the screen, but its useless for our ace because we can just force it into download mode manually by pressing download mode button combination and reinsert the battery.
Its does work - I bought mine on ebay for £1 and it arrived quite quickly.
As to the devices that did not work - is the resistors 300mA in total? anything less than that does not work.
As to the previous comment about forcing it into download mode - if the phone is bricked and does not enter D/L not matter what you do - then the jig is the only option. Thats what happened to me and it worked within 2 secs of me plugging it in.
Can somebody help on using jig for S3 to reset counter..
I think it is some bootloader issue
USB jig does not work on S3 to reset flash counter
If you want to reset your flash counter, just use triangle away from Chainfire
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They look like standard USB recovery jigs to access download mode only .
jje
The Jigs stopped resetting the counter on the second GB-bootloader for the S2.
You need the app 'Triangle Away' to reset the counter.
Download mode works fine with the jig, don't throw it away.
Can I get into download mode using a JIG? Where can I get one. My phone will not go into download mode, it will not do anything.
Can I get into download mode using a JIG?
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That's what I wrote in the post above yours.
Yes. But only if the phone is not completely hard-bricked (meaning, it has a defective bootloader)
Where can I get one.
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Ebay, repair shops, and the other usual locations.
If you're any good with a soldering iron you can build one yourself. It is basically a 301kOhm (1% tolerance) resistance between Pin3 and Pin5 of the MicroUSB plug, so all you need is a cable you can chop off and the resistance (or it's parts, e.g. 300kOhm + 1kOhm)
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That's what I wrote in the post above yours.
Yes. But only if the phone is not completely hard-bricked (meaning, it has a defective bootloader)
Ebay, repair shops, and the other usual locations.
If you're any good with a soldering iron you can build one yourself. It is basically a 301kOhm (1% tolerance) resistance between Pin3 and Pin5 of the MicroUSB plug, so all you need is a cable you can chop off and the resistance (or it's parts, e.g. 300kOhm + 1kOhm)
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Well I guess mine is really hard bricked cuz this resistor trick does not work. Already tried. I work in the tech indusctry with access to all the stuff and many years of soldering so I'm confident in my setup.
I work in the tech indusctry with access to all the stuff
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Are resistors now considered dangerous goods and sales have to be restricted?
You ma have (access to) a compatible JTAG unit if you're in the tech industry, so unbricking should still not be impossible
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That's what I wrote in the post above yours.
Yes. But only if the phone is not completely hard-bricked (meaning, it has a defective bootloader)
Ebay, repair shops, and the other usual locations.
If you're any good with a soldering iron you can build one yourself. It is basically a 301kOhm (1% tolerance) resistance between Pin3 and Pin5 of the MicroUSB plug, so all you need is a cable you can chop off and the resistance (or it's parts, e.g. 300kOhm + 1kOhm)
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The information is almost totally correct... the resistance is between pin 4 and pin 5
Regards
Marco
I bought from ebay a Jig for S2 for €1.5, but it is not working on my S3, plugging it with phone on or off or after removing battery has no effect, never bring the phone in Download mode...
is the jig for S2 not compatible with S3 or I got a bad jig?
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I bought from ebay a Jig for S2 for €1.5, but it is not working on my S3, plugging it with phone on or off or after removing battery has no effect, never bring the phone in Download mode...
is the jig for S2 not compatible with S3 or I got a bad jig?
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The one I bought for S2 worked on my S3, just hope I don't need it soon coz I can't find it....:banghead:
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US Cellular Galaxy S3 Hard Bricked
my US Cellular Galaxy S3 has recently hard bricked after attempting to install a rom called energy 2.0 when i attempted to install it said something about a boot.img i dont know if it was bad thing i dont recall and a code 7 error installation aborted.
so after it said that i just decided id keep the KitKat 4.4 rom i had and left CWM through the restart phone option. so after i hit that it turned off and never turned back on, i cant access Download Mode, Recovery Mode or anything no vibration no nada. so i recently decided to purchase a USB JIG from ebay in hopes that it will set it to download mode? however knowing that i have a US Cellular model (SCH-R830U I Believe) all of the descriptions in ebay for the JIGs say that they work for Sprint models, Verizon models and so on but nothing about them working for US Cellular models, so my question is does anyone know if it will work?, i bought it hoping it will work but i just want to know so i dont get my hopes up haha? thanks.
Hi guys,
I have a galaxy s2 with a broken power button. The flex cable is snapped so cant start the phone up.
Does anyone know of a way to start the phone up?
Also is there a way to assign for example the home key for startup?
There is possibility to use usb to wake up the phone like usb jig. When my phone had problems with usb port jig was waking it up to recovery, where you got possibility to reboot phone to start normally. So its all about finding good resistancy of "boot jig" (lets call it this way ) and to make it. Just my free thoughts... maybe there is other way, but I never heard about it .
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I managed to soft brick my wife's Vibrant while trying to put it back to stock ROM: basically I get the "Phone -- Yellow exclmation -- PC". The volume up, down and power combo doesn't work.
In addition, to make things worse, if I plug it into the PC it gets power but the PC doesn't recognize the USB, so I can't use any type of soft unbrick software.
Should I give a try to the USB jig to get into download mode or, do you guys think the USB port is faulty... I know it's kind of hard to know, but I'm primarily curious to see if anyone got in a similar situation with soft brick and no USB connectivity and was able to solve it with the jig...
Thanks!!!!
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I managed to soft brick my wife's Vibrant while trying to put it back to stock ROM: basically I get the "Phone -- Yellow exclmation -- PC". The volume up, down and power combo doesn't work.
In addition, to make things worse, if I plug it into the PC it gets power but the PC doesn't recognize the USB, so I can't use any type of soft unbrick software.
Should I give a try to the USB jig to get into download mode or, do you guys think the USB port is faulty... I know it's kind of hard to know, but I'm primarily curious to see if anyone got in a similar situation with soft brick and no USB connectivity and was able to solve it with the jig...
Thanks!!!!
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I'm not sure ajig would help you but its good to have ajig laying around just in case things go bad. The jig will get you into download mode but if your usb cable/usb port is bad then you still can't connect to your pc to use odin. Sounds like you need a new usb cable or you need to clean your usb port. Have you tried cleaning your phones usb port with isopropyl alcohol and a Qtip? We had a member fix his phone this way just yesterday. If that doesn't work and a tmobile usb cable doesn't work then you might have a faulty usb port. Tmobile has a 30 day money back guarantee on the usb cable so try that if you haven't already. If you end up exhausting all options then I recommend www.mobiletechvideos.com to replace your usb port, plenty of folks have had success with them in the past. Just so you know, the only usb cable that works for me is the one from the tmobile store. I'm not sure why but I have three other cables that work fine on my friends vibrant but dont even do anything at all when plugged in to my phone (not even charge). Let us know what ends up being the fix, good luck.
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I gave it a try and cleaned out the USB port with some electronic contact cleaner, but that didn't help. I've also tried 4 cables and 2 PC with no differences.
I'll try out the JIG and see if that fixes it if not I'll decide what to do:quite frankly I would unbrick it and bring it back to the stock firmware just to turn around and put it on eBay, so I'm not quite sure it's worth the effort... But since I've already ordered the JIG I'll give that one a try...
Good luck. I suggest you mod your phone like mobile tech videos (tried acronyming it to MTV but you know) did to make it unbrickable.
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ZetaTre said:
I managed to soft brick my wife's Vibrant while trying to put it back to stock ROM: basically I get the "Phone -- Yellow exclmation -- PC". The volume up, down and power combo doesn't work.
In addition, to make things worse, if I plug it into the PC it gets power but the PC doesn't recognize the USB, so I can't use any type of soft unbrick software.
Should I give a try to the USB jig to get into download mode or, do you guys think the USB port is faulty... I know it's kind of hard to know, but I'm primarily curious to see if anyone got in a similar situation with soft brick and no USB connectivity and was able to solve it with the jig...
Thanks!!!!
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It gets power.does it means your wife's ph is charging??try charging battery with external charger..and connect to pc...
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If you happen to have Amazon Prime, you can get a jig from Amazon in your hands with next day delivery for $8 (3.99 for the jig and 3.99 for the delivery).
Now that said, if you happend to have flashed the GB bootloader at some point, rememer that the download mode is now accessed by the volume up, instead of both up and down. It's definitely worth giving this a try:
- take out the battery
- plug in the usb to the phone and your PC
- hold the power up button and insert the battery. It should go right into download mode
I actually did have a GB room installed... I'll give it a try tonight: thanks for the heads up!!!!
Just noticed that you said you already ordered the jig so NM about the amazon suggestion. I've been in the situation with the exclamation point and thought mine was bricked. I ordered the jig on Amazon and then finally tried what I detailed above and got in download mode. I could not get in DL mode no matter what else I tried, including just powering up with USB attached and volume up held. I had to do it with the battery being inserted with volume up.
Good luck and remember, the jig may work for the phone, but flowers usually work for the wife.
It was indeed the wrong combo to get it into download mode: using the volume up only and it went right in. The USB connectivity is also solved.
After some back and forth I was able to get CM 7.2 loaded and it works perfectly. Now I just need to solve the dreaded GPS issues of this phone: tonight I'll take it apart and see if bending the antenna connector solves it. It is a August 2010 production so it might as well be.
Other than that CM7.2 works pretty damn good. I already have it on my N1 with no issues. The Vibrant is very much snappier now, particularly if you crank it over to 1.3GHz.
Again thanks a lot for all the help!!!!
A friend had the same problem where it wouldn't go into download mode and would just stay at the phone ! computer screen. It would auto turn on when plugged into usb to this screen so that gave me little hope. What I ended up doing was holding all three buttons and when it turned black let go off power but kept volumes held, it would load back to the exclamation screen and I would hold the power button again, it cycled like this 3 or 4 times, but eventually went back to the download mode and I was able to restore with Odin.