Maybe i´ll be the first one who admits. But i successfully managed to fully brick my sgs2 (shame on me).
Calling my self stupid after that. Yes i do.
I missed to check wether there where processes vom kiez running as i started to flash with odin (3 parts).
At some point during the PIT section odin had a freeze and was gone. I waited for hours with no positive result.
Usb jib showed to reaction.
The result is, the phone is pretty much dead. No reaction on usb connectino. wether usb or ac.
Pulling the battery and all kind of hints did not work....
Anyone else faced similar problems?
I just send the phone to the repaircenter of my mobile provider.
Hopefully the flash is damaged that badly that they wont find a thing
The first thing to prevent bricking your device is NEVER FLASH .PIT FILE NOR TICK REPARTITION ON ODIN, NEVER!!! Now that it's done, the only thing that can help you is a JTAG box. The guys on the repair centre will have this and hopefully will be able to unbrick your device. Good luck, and then when you get it back and alive, do not mess with the .PIT again
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The first thing to prevent bricking your device is NEVER FLASH .PIT FILE, NEVER!!! Now that it's done, the only thing that can help you is a JTAG box. The guys on the repair centre will have this and hopefully will be able to unbrick your device. Good luck, and then when you get it back and alive, do not mess with the .PIT again
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The worse part is, i basicly was aware of that.....
I doubt that some "common support guys" will have a jtag box and will solder the contact to the circuit board.
Im aware of the fact that this would be the only way to get hands on the badly damaged flash
biba.butzemann said:
The worse part is, i basicly was aware of that.....
I doubt that some "common support guys" will have a jtag box and will solder the contact to the circuit board.
Im aware of the fact that this would be the only way to get hands on the badly damaged flash
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I'm sure they will have the equipment. This is the basic tool for their work. If they don't, take a look here:
http://www.jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-bo...s-unbrick-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list/
Some of those businesses are located in Germany. You can use the Deutsche Post it they are not near you.
(I did the same thing . Tried to flash with ODin but crashed and phone didnt respond to anything (only get warmed when i was charging it).
Send it to Samsung Service Center, told it happend throught Kiez (ye Kiez is such a unstable application and they know it ) they told me they change the motherboard of phone (but i think they just Jtag it). Of course warranty was used since i never rooted it and used official samsung firmware
@immunity : lucky enough i doubt that some common support guys can operate with a jtag. Dont you think they have to solder the contacts to the circuit board?
They told me they couldn't fix it and they had to send it to the central samsung service company (in Athens) so they might Jtag there, well both ways(Jtag or replacement) they had to remove the circuit board off the phone.
thats why i think, that my chances to get away with a blue eye are pretty good.
even though its 100% my own stupidity or fault. however you like to call it ;-)
Also Biba that hard brick = totally eraise of the data in ur circuit phone. so they find an empty storage memory. Althought as I told I have never rooted my phone , but even if you have rooted yours they cant find it.
Its like PC i believe repartition = format and install new firmware. and for Jtag as i saw from Youtubevideo. they cant see what it's inside (if partly of flashed firmware was saved on ur phone). Say " KIEZ DID IT ! :O "
I dont think there is a way to proof it was your fault xD
So the phone that ic completly bricked can be fixed with JTAG and my IMAI can not be put back to the phone that is working? Hmmm maybe i should brick it?
current status
i just talked to the repair guys. it seems that they repaired the phone, updated (completly new flash) the phone and exchanged some power circuit parts.
got word, that im going to get it back tomorrow or latest at monday.
damn i am a lucky son of a gun
Hey, I've got the same problem. I will try it out too... Please god, let "KIEZ DID IT! :O" work... This device is my life!
Thanks guys. Will keep you posted!
i'll keep my fingers crossed for you buddy.
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Hey,
I've recently bought Galaxy S2.
It had problems with Android 2.3.3 and batter drain so I decided to upgrade to 2.3.4. I followed the instructions and I had to re-partition. Rebooted my phone into download mode, set re-partition option, PDA and clicked start (as said in the guide). It started doing stuff but after ~40-50 minutes there was no progress - it was stuck at "SET PARTITION". After an hour and 20 minutes still nothing and the phone started heating. So I unplugged the USB and removed the battery. Left it to heat down and tried to start recovery/download mode. It couldn't even start. As if it's really dead
How could you know for sure if a phone is bricked? What should I do know?
Is there anything I can try to see if I can bring it back to life or I should go to my provider and ask him to fix it?
I would be really grateful for any suggestions
Thanks in advance,
tftd
You have a bricked phone, you will need to buy another one.
I don't know which instructions you have been following, but it is not the ones here.
Over here, we tell people not to click 2 things. CLEAR EFS, and REPARTITION.
Clear EFS, kills the IMEI, and REPARTITION kills the phone.
Since the bootloader sits in the partition, you don't have bootloader, so no download mode either.
Yup, as the poster before me mentioned; your phone is totally hardbricked. Only way to fix it is through a jtag (requires some advanced hardware) or to send it to samsung on warrantee. Thats why they say not to play with pit files/partitions in the guides.
There is someone on youtube that can fix your device since he has the necessary tools, go to youtube and search for sgs2 jtag, you should find his video where he demonstrates the process, or you can do what the other posters said.
I'm on my phone using the xda application so I can't post the link for you.
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Well from what i have read, bricking is really hard even if u check repartition.
Anyway iam a noob,but just search youtube and forums iam sure u will find something.
LiFE1688 said:
You have a bricked phone, you will need to buy another one.
I don't know which instructions you have been following, but it is not the ones here.
Over here, we tell people not to click 2 things. CLEAR EFS, and REPARTITION.
Clear EFS, kills the IMEI, and REPARTITION kills the phone.
Since the bootloader sits in the partition, you don't have bootloader, so no download mode either.
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Now that's something I shall remember for the rest of my Android Phone life.
I sent my phone to customer service and hope they can fix it.
@achillies400 that dude is trained in small electronics (youtube/com /watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs) I saw what he does but I'm from Bulgaria and I'm not quite sure if the phone would get to USA and back to Bulgaria in one piece ...
For all the people coming after me:
DUDES! DON'T EVER RE-PARTITION! NEVER EVER!!!!!!
Thank you all for giving suggestions and helping me! Pretty much appreciated!
tftd said:
Hey,
I've recently bought Galaxy S2.
It had problems with Android 2.3.3 and batter drain so I decided to upgrade to 2.3.4. I followed the instructions and I had to re-partition. Rebooted my phone into download mode, set re-partition option, PDA and clicked start (as said in the guide). It started doing stuff but after ~40-50 minutes there was no progress - it was stuck at "SET PARTITION". After an hour and 20 minutes still nothing and the phone started heating. So I unplugged the USB and removed the battery. Left it to heat down and tried to start recovery/download mode. It couldn't even start. As if it's really dead
How could you know for sure if a phone is bricked? What should I do know?
Is there anything I can try to see if I can bring it back to life or I should go to my provider and ask him to fix it?
I would be really grateful for any suggestions
Thanks in advance,
tftd
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MobileTechVideos have a jtag maybe they can repair.
Otherwise sent your device to an Samsung ServiceCenter!
looks like your simplest solution is the Jtag.
Is the samsung service centre offering a free repair? or are there any costs involved?
netchip said:
MobileTechVideos have a jtag maybe they can repair.
Otherwise sent your device to an Samsung ServiceCenter!
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Yeah.. Still that's not an option for the moment - I live in Bulgaria .. :/
dullah said:
looks like your simplest solution is the Jtag.
Is the samsung service centre offering a free repair? or are there any costs involved?
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Weelll... I hope it's free... though I'm prepared for a bill..
I didn't tell them I was flashing the rom... I told them it was heating up and suddenly it stopped working. Hope that's convenient enough
Check this link out.Its a list of places where you can get your phone jtaged incase it happens again.Near the bottom there is a contact for your country.
http://www.jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-bo...-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list/#comments
okay, I hope it all works out
my phone has a busted up screen guys, claiming on house insurance, if i was to Clear EFS, kills the IMEI, and REPARTITION kills the phone. that would make it unbootable right??
I wouldnt give up jet
I ended up in quite a simular situation, i failed during flashing another pir, witch resulted in a non bootable phone with none ability to charge the battery. I tried to charge the battery elsewhere and was actually able to detect the phone in odin(none visual respons on the phone but stil). there should be a hope of reflashing it from here. could anyone explain why the screen goes blank even if its in downloadmode? is it related to imei/rom?
I would try this before sending in the phone. I talked to some guys in a norwegian servicecetre. If they are not able to connect it via usb to a pc and flash it they probably just change the motherboard!(EXPENCIVE) JTAG didnt seem to be the sollution of choice. changing the motherboard was rarely the sollution,but apperantly one customrom ****ed up both bootloaders(rom and imei) witch made them helpless reflashing it.
I bricked my phone because repartition was checked
I bricked my phone because I checked repartition. DO NOT CHECK BOX NEVER EVER EVER.
I sent back to t mobile and just said it would not turn on or charge and they repaired it free.
Since I have had my phone repaired I have flashed lots of custom roms with no major problems. Difference I have never once since clicked repartition and I made a backup of my EFS folder using Galaxy s unlock from android market also unlocked my s2 no probs
If you can detect it in Odin. Usually it is always able to be fixed.
But you may have to use someone else's full backup dump. But they may not want to give you their efs information of their phone.
Look online for galaxy s3 boot-loader etc.
This is for future people that need help
Doesn't power on at all, tried 3 botten /w battery in and out tried two w/battery in and out. and made a jig doesn't work. help I had this happen before and someone help me.
was running a custom 2.2 and the phone keeped rebooting so i loaded Samsung kies and it said everything was great. then morning
I think we need a sticky around here that says "Don't use Mini Kies, It might brick your phone!"
so is there hope? or
do i send off my phone to one off those repair shops
and is there a cheep one someone knows of, It been a great month quit job to move to AZ and then found out at 32 I have spine cancer so dont have much money
call tmobile and tell them that you were upgrading your phone using kies and it won't turn back on, should be covered under warranty
Yep has happened to others and T-Mobile has to cover it because its the "official" way to upgrade our phones.
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I did the hardware GPS fix so don't think it will be covered (be able to send it in)
You could run your phone over with your car, our leave it In a can and report it to insurance.
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I did the hardware GPS fix so don't think it will be covered (be able to send it in)
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Pm this guy, he can JTAG it but not sure of cost
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call tmobile and tell them that you were upgrading your phone using kies and it won't turn back on, should be covered under warranty
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WRONG!!! WRONG!!! Suggestion, I repeat do not tell them you were using KIES, unless you want to be without your phone for 3 plus weeks!!
They will immediately tell you, that is a Samsung problem, and you'll have to ship it to Plano, TX where they will take their sweet time in JTAGing it!!
Also unless you had extended warranty coverage/insurance, any physical damage or water damage etc they WILL NOT COVER IT, I know this for a FACT!!
They will only cover the replacement, if it hasn't been modded by SW or HW modding and it has no physical damage other than normal wear and tear. PERIOD!!
Also did you just bend the tabs a bit to improve signal reception for the GPS contact fix or did you build up solder on it??
Cause if you just bent it a little, your in the clear pal!! Unless you never got a chance to restore it back to JFD stock Froyo before you hosed it with Kies!!
I myself used solder, and had to use solder wick to remove it all so it looked OEM, and they never balked at it, = NO CHARGEBACK TO ME!!!
Instead tell them, you were using the phone to talk with your main Skeeezzer or whatever, and it just died= Period! TELL them no more than that, and they wont even question you, when you receive your new phone, you'll have to send the old one out in it, Once they receive it, they'll do a power up test, and that'll be it end of story. At that point, they will do a charge back to Samsung!! BUT NOT to you!!!
BTW KIES is notorious for corrupting the BL.bin and the SBL.bin files, You are truly hard bricked my friend!! BTW BL is Boot loader and SBL is 2ndary bootloader They were hosed by KIES, and once they are corrupted, its Either JTAG it or replacement
You do have 2 other options if you already ****ed up with TMO
1st suggestion, Pay $40 AND SEND IT TO TECH MOBILE, AND JOSH WILL RESURRECT IT FOR YOU WITH QUICK TURN TIMES!
lINK: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
OR TRY THIS : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220181
BTW Good luck, and wish you the best with your fight on the spine cancer!! That is truly a kick in the nut sack!! :[
When you plug the phone in to either a PC or charger does the phone get any life at all? As in do you see the "spindles" or battery charging icon?
If the phone is getting no life at all. Unfortunately a JTAG would seem to be the only fix for you.
Good luck!
Hi!
Sorry for asking again - i had another thread about this subject before thinking this solution to my problem, I think the situation and the question is different, so that0s why I thought, opening a new thread was correct
What happened is that I was enjoying my SGSII with CM 10 and one day it just shut down
I only could enter download mode: When flashing with Odin, Odin would hung and the flashing process never would start.
Finally I tried to flash official 4.0.4 with the repartition option checked.
No download mode no more either....
Needless to say, I got a brick.
Now: Samsung refuses to repair it with the warranty and some online shop says they can repair just the memory module and not all the motherboard: I don't know if the motherboard was broken either.....
The thing is that I wish I knew if the MoBo was the problem before sending the device over to the online shop and getting it back not repaired again... having to pay for the delivery... perhaps for samsung it's easier to just replace all the inside instead of only one compound.... I don't know that....
How can I know if the problem is not the whole motherboard?
Thanks
GFXi0N said:
Hi!
Sorry for asking again - i had another thread about this subject before thinking this solution to my problem, I think the situation and the question is different, so that0s why I thought, opening a new thread was correct
What happened is that I was enjoying my SGSII with CM 10 and one day it just shut down
I only could enter download mode: When flashing with Odin, Odin would hung and the flashing process never would start.
Finally I tried to flash official 4.0.4 with the repartition option checked.
No download mode no more either....
Needless to say, I got a brick.
Now: Samsung refuses to repair it with the warranty and some online shop says they can repair just the memory module and not all the motherboard: I don't know if the motherboard was broken either.....
The thing is that I wish I knew if the MoBo was the problem before sending the device over to the online shop and getting it back not repaired again... having to pay for the delivery... perhaps for samsung it's easier to just replace all the inside instead of only one compound.... I don't know that....
How can I know if the problem is not the whole motherboard?
Thanks
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I had the same problem not caused by cm but just trying to ged rid of jellybean, no boot, no download, no recovery and not charging anymore
i tought i was screwed by odin because this caused the problem ( also ticked repartition ) brought it to a shop that actually repairs damaged screens and after a couple of days got my phone back with still everything on there wat was on my phone before i bricked it.
Had to pay € 45,- so to me next to nothing compared to bying a new phone.
Well, that's a relieve... I mean, if the Motherboard were broken, I wouldn't even get to download mode... it clearly looked like the fash memory failed.... I hope this guys are right and I can get my phone back..
I need to say Samsungś service sucks!!!! Despite of not being covered by warranty, they had my phone, and i quote "LOST" for almost two months....
I'll update as I get the phone repaired....
Thats why it diddent even cross my mind tpo bring it to a samsung service center, it probally takes a lot longer to get the job done and they would for sure replace the mobo and then say it was broken because i flashed it with a custom firmware, like that wil break the device, morons
So to make sure it was done fast and the proper way i took it to flexiphone and sved my selfe the trouble of getting a lot of bull**** an probally a
high amount of money to pay (because of a warranty void) for a repair that never needed to be done in the first place.
Hope your device has the same problem cause i was depressed missing my righthand, but went home with a smile from ear to ear.
OK, got the phone back, took it to a shop and they say it's not responding to JTAG.....
They will try something else, but it does not look well....
if it's not jtagable then mobo replacement is your only chance to see the little guy booting again.
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Ok, I've got a bricked MoBo....
How much would it be to get a new one? I guess it won't be less than 200 euro.... or perhaps new phone directly...
I guess It's goodbye..... farewell, SGSII.... :crying:
Mobo is about 150 - 200.
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GFXi0N said:
Ok, I've got a bricked MoBo....
How much would it be to get a new one? I guess it won't be less than 200 euro.... or perhaps new phone directly...
I guess It's goodbye..... farewell, SGSII.... :crying:
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Orange were selling S2 for about 240 €(or whatever equates to £200) 3 months ago.
Id sell your phone on ebay as you should get at least £100 clear, then that means you could get a brand new phone with warranty for £100 difference, or maybe a good bit less.
Nexus 4 it is!!!
Hello!
I really hope you guys can help me. I tried to flash a recovery with Odin, and now my phone won't do anything. Its screen stays black, regardless of whether I try to turn it on, or go to recovery or download mode.
Here's some background as to what I did and what I was trying to do:
I had CheckROM RevoHD V6 with CWM Recovery (v5 I think) on my phone.
I wanted to install Cyanogenmod v 10.1.3-RC2.
I followed this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i9100
However I couldn't get Heimdall to work, so I got Odin v3.07.
I used this guide with the supplied PIT file (this may have done me in).
In the attachments you can see the Odin output.
I waited a good 4-5 minutes, but my mobile wasn't restarting or anything, so I disconnected it, but couldn't get it to boot.
And as I've said before, now I only see a black screen, regardless of the buttons I push. I've tried removing and then replacing the battery, but still doesn't work.
I've read that the USB-JIG is the last resort, but that you need to at least have the screen turn on and display a logo for it to work. Is this true, or can I still in my phone's state of brokeness use it?
And if I can use a jig, this one would be a good one to get, right?
Thanks for any help!
Jig has a 0.000000000000000000000001% chance of working, but try it anyway. If you can afford to be without your phone for as long as the jig takes to arrive, try it, but if you want it fixed sooner than later - service centre. You don't flash PIT's. Ever. This is most likely the cause of your busted phone.
Yeah. PIT is the cause of most phone bricks. I don't want to lead somebody to misinformation, but I heard that you use PIT file only for 3-file stock software when you want to start again with clear fully wiped phone. This is the only situation I heard when PIT file is used.
About your problem. You can buy USB JIG. Like the user above has mentioned you have really low chances to get it working. Your last resort in this case is to try and leave the phone on warranty in samsung repair service. Many people suggest that you should say that your phone turned off during update with Samsung KIES software and has never turned on again even though it has been written on your computer screen that installation has completed succesfully. This might help and they will replace motherboard for free. If not buy new phone. Anyway be patient and wait for more answers.
Dammit. Well thanks for the replies and tips. I hope there is someone who has another tip.
The reason I went with the PIT file as well is because I did it the first time around, flashing the first recovery. So I thought it wouldn't harm this time.
No miracle fixes. If the phone won't even bootloop, you've got zero chance of fixing it yourself. It's unlikely to even be JTAG'able. A Samsung service centre certainly wouldn't attempt one given a motherboard replacement is quicker/easier for them to do (not to mention they make a nice profit margin on the labour/parts). Having mentioned motherboards, you could also source a 2nd hand one from a 'donor' phone with a broken screen & either replace it yourself or pay a local mobile repair shop to do it (will be cheaper than paying a service centre to put a new one in).
Also, if you're lucky, service centre may not notice or care that you've been messing with it/you broke it & might fix it under warranty. Tho anyone here who tells you that's a certainty is lying to you. It's a crap shoot, you might get it, you might not. Obviously if you have no warranty that's irrelevant.
Damn. I was afraid of this. I've contacted Samsung support, but I'm pretty sure they won't do anything since I'm 3 months out of guarantee.
And now I'm looking for replacements as well.
Always seems to be the way unfortunately (this kind of thing happening just after warranty expires). If you've had the phone a while (e.g since it was released), yeah, maybe a new phone might not be a bad idea. But still, get the jig, try it, see what happens. Nothing to lose except a couple of bucks for the jig.
Thanks. Will do, since it's only 4€. And it might come in handy if I replace my phone with an S3, S4 or Note 2.
I feel your pain. I did the exact same thing earlier this year. I didn't think I was still covered by the warranty but when I took it in to the service center they fixed it for free even replacing the main board (I think). Your as well to take it in on the off chance their record still show it as under warranty.
Thanks for the support. Unfortunately the service centre is not close to me, so I'm awaiting a reply from Samsung support and hope they allow me to send it to them.
At least I was just smart enough to make a backup of the files before. So nothing lost on that end, I can get all my contacts, messages, etc. back.
I unplugged the phone while flashing kernel and now the phone is fully bricked. wont turn on, can't access recovery mode or download mode.only thing it does is gets a bit hot when the battery is in or when charger is plugged in. I've read something about a USB Jig. and some people say it works (can fix a hard bricked phone) and some people say it doesn't, so does it work or not ? can anyone confirm this ?if it doesnt, what should I do to fix it ?
Nope. I can almost guarantee a jig will not work (but if you can get hold of one, try it anyway. You might end up being the person with the 'golden ticket').
Besides, it won't 'fix a phone' even if it 'works' (you thinking it will is probably indicative of why/how the phone became bricked in the first place). All it will do is put the phone in download mode which theoretically allows you to flash a stock rom which fixes the phone.
Which as I said is a moot point in this case because it won't work.
It might be JTAG'able, though this is probably a longshot as well. Most likely scenario is a motherboard replacement; either a new one by a Samsung service centre (most expensive option), or a second hand one sourced from a 'donor'/broken phone which you either swap yourself or pay a local mobile repair shop to swap (cheaper option).
NEVER UNPLUG PHONE WHILE FLASHING ! You will instantly end up with a hard brick.
strange mine was flashing to stock when it suddenly got unplugged (loose usb port) but it was okay until i rebooted, he must've flashed it with a wrong firmware
my suggestions is have it JTAGged, however I recommend what MistahBungle said too I had the same experience not too long ago, I flashed it with an incompatible firmware and it went dead, I ordered the usb jig 4 days ago but it still too far to go and I needed the phone for work, I went to the repair shop nearby (not samsung) and they said they can fix it for $20 (rush) $14 if not (but could take days before you can get it) so you can choose anyways just hope that you don't have a corrupt NAND or a motherboard replacement. Heads up and hope for the best
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dark_blitz said:
strange mine was flashing to stock when it suddenly got unplugged (loose usb port) but it was okay until i rebooted, he must've flashed it with a wrong firmware
my suggestions is have it JTAGged, however I recommend what MistahBungle said too I had the same experience not too long ago, I flashed it with an incompatible firmware and it went dead, I ordered the usb jig 4 days ago but it still too far to go and I needed the phone for work, I went to the repair shop nearby (not samsung) and they said they can fix it for $20 (rush) $14 if not (but could take days before you can get it) so you can choose anyways just hope that you don't have a corrupt NAND or a motherboard replacement. Heads up and hope for the best
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YES I flashed it with a wrong firmware. On"about phone" screen, it shows I9100G. so I thought the device was I9100G which is different from I9100, but when I looked at the back, I9100M !!! and I9100 and I9100M have the same hardware.......
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Nope. I can almost guarantee a jig will not work (but if you can get hold of one, try it anyway. You might end up being the person with the 'golden ticket').
Besides, it won't 'fix a phone' even if it 'works' (you thinking it will is probably indicative of why/how the phone became bricked in the first place). All it will do is put the phone in download mode which theoretically allows you to flash a stock rom which fixes the phone.
Which as I said is a moot point in this case because it won't work.
It might be JTAG'able, though this is probably a longshot as well. Most likely scenario is a motherboard replacement; either a new one by a Samsung service centre (most expensive option), or a second hand one sourced from a 'donor'/broken phone which you either swap yourself or pay a local mobile repair shop to swap (cheaper option).
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I just contacted Samsung and they said the phone is not under warranty, so get it JTAGed is my only option. and what do you mean by "It MIGHT be JATable" ? might be ?? Are there still chances that it can't be JTAGed ??? XD
Yep. Not all phones like this can be JTAG'd. Sometimes the NAND is so messed up not even a low level operation like a JTAG is possible. In these cases a motherboard replacement is the only fix.