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Help I updated my radio for vilain rom 10 and i thought something was wrong when i saw the phone and the box so i pulled out my battery and it wont turn on
That picture i normal when you flash a radio.
Never pull out the battery at that state. I Think its bricked
Yes sorry it's bricked
Sorry to hear, If you can get the phone to give you any sort of life then it is not bricked, just on vacation.
But if not you could always put your phone to good use.
Sorry i could'nt resist.
MacaronyMax said:
Help I updated my radio for vilain rom 10 and i thought something was wrong when i saw the phone and the box so i pulled out my battery and it wont turn on
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Well if you ever come beck then try this. If you haven't already installed the drivers for your phone onto your computer do it now. Plug your phone into your your computer do you get a light or try to plug it into charger if you get a light it's not bricked. What you want to do if it's not bricked is run a ruu on it.
No Light :'(
Would htc cover this and send a replacment or will i need to buy a new phone ?
Telling them you tried using custom ROMs wouldn't get a repair,... You could say you were just doing a "restore to factory settings" and your battery died. Its worth a try.
Okay thAnks i migjt try and say it ran out of battery updating to the new 2.1 because personaly i think its slughtly mire belivable what do you think, also just in case i was looking for new android phines kind of off topic here but has anyone seen the samsung beam i mean wow its a projector shame i hate the ui and xda doesnt have it
Oh also i forgot is there anything to unbrick it , like a pandoras battery and magic mem stick ( dw if youvdont know what it is.but it csn be used to unbrick a psp and works even though i went through six psp s in a year lol
Yes say that once it is officially released for your region.
You could check the dream and magic forums to see if they ever recover any bricked handsets?
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Okay Thanks will do
Okaaay sooo some people have unbrcked thier magics with jtags and be able to get it working again , but cant find any tut or anybody who has done it on a hero , , but i have seen somepeople say take the battery out and leave it for 24 hours
don't see how it will help but it's worth a try
http://www.firstdroid.com/tutorials/252_hero/
Found this but i gues i will have to wait for a tut :sigh:
Bump ?
Htc will fix it or send a new phone within 7-12 days
Hello everyone,
Since last saturday i'm the proud owner of the samsung galaxy S2.
I'd decided yesterday to flash the rom with Lite'ning Rom v5 by using Odin.
I've read the thread well about how to 'do' it. Everything went perfect untill odin got stuck on do not turn off target for over more than 15 minutes. I decided to unplug the battery and try again.
Unfortunately im not able to turn on the device again. Not in recovery / download mode nor in normal mode. When i'm recharging my phone it does nothing.
It seems to be dead. I've tried the 3button combination, replace the battery while pushing the buttons. Nothing seems to work.
Is the JIG my only save to turn the device on again?
Please help me, im a bit desperate at the moment.
Greets Kevin
The jig may work but it cannot be guaranteed to work on SGS2 no boot as it would have on SGS1 .
jje
Anything else what i can try before i bring my phone back to t-mobile?
If you can't make it respond when trying to boot into recover or download mode, and it doesn't even do anything when you plug in the charger then it sounds like it's dead. I'd be very surprised if a jig helps, but I've been surprised already today so prove me wrong
yeah hehe, but how can this thing be dead after all? got it not even a week.
Kevkoo said:
yeah hehe, but how can this thing be dead after all? got it not even a week.
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You pulled the battery in mid-flash. It's not a guaranteed way, but it's a pretty good way to brick your phone.
mid-flash.. allright, that's new for me. Do u have any advice for me
Kevkoo said:
mid-flash.. allright, that's new for me. Do u have any advice for me
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Unfortunately, if it's not responding at all then you need to send it for repair/replacement. Either your provider or Samsung - whichever is relevant for you.
Ah right, well try to drop by today then. I hope they don't give me any trouble on this..
Kevkoo said:
Ah right, well try to drop by today then. I hope they don't give me any trouble on this..
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Yeah - good luck mate.
Thanks for the information mate, will keep you in touch
Oh well, a quick update.
I've went to t-mobile, and told them that my phone was dead.
They tried to replace the battery but nothing would help.
Because i went back within 8 days, they replaced my old phone for a brand new one.
Kevkoo said:
Oh well, a quick update.
I've went to t-mobile, and told them that my phone was dead.
They tried to replace the battery but nothing would help.
Because i went back within 8 days, they replaced my old phone for a brand new one.
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Good to hear that mate. It made me think, if i wanna try to mod my s2 (will buy it soon) the best date for doing it is before 7 days. After all, they have 7 days replacement warranty
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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
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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 guys,
was flashing the dell streak 5 when the battery died on me all of a sudden. (Yeah, my bad)
Is there anyway to restore it? The battery now won't charge
Thanks for you help!
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Hi guys,
was flashing the dell streak 5 when the battery died on me all of a sudden. (Yeah, my bad)
Is there anyway to restore it? The battery now won't charge
Thanks for you help!
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You should at least be able to remove the battery and put it back in and then charge.... if it still won't charge then there's something you're not telling us
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Nope. It still won't charge.. The last thing I was doing before it batt died was flashing rom.
When plugged in does it turn on at all? If it doesn't, then you bricked your Streak.
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Nope. It still won't charge.. The last thing I was doing before it batt died was flashing rom.
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Can I ask you two things? Why flash ROM without being connected to power or why flash knowing your battery is low?
If you are bricked which is more than likely the case then you have to use QDL tool
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I was expecting it to finish before the battery died..
For weird reason, the charger was having issue.
Could you guide me on the tool to restore it?
I've never had to use the QDL Tool so I'm not familiar with it. Worse, if your Streak is totally bricked like I believe, the QDL Tool won't help you.
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I was expecting it to finish before the battery died..
For weird reason, the charger was having issue.
Could you guide me on the tool to restore it?
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Learn to use the Search soon because you are apparently the type that really doesn't put much research into what you do so search QDL tool... but if your Streak is NOT recognized after you install the new drivers then you pretty much have a paperweight because of carelessness
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How'd you manage to get into recovery with a low battery anyway?! Streakmod usually throws up a low battery message if I try to get into recovery when the battery is below 10 or 15%. What recovery were you using?
You can grab the QDL Tool here.
http://www.rdtk.net/2011/07/16/modding-your-streak-where-to-start/
Of course, like Strephon Alkhalikoi said, if the phone is completely bricked and not getting detected by Windows, then even the QDL tool won't be of much help to you.
What I would try...
Hi guys,
I am quite new to flashing ROMs on Android smartphones and I don't own a Dell Streak. I have never had this problem on my Desire S as I have always flashed custom ROMs with a charged battery. I apologise if this post isn't helpful and I'm guessing someone has already thought of that. However, in that case, I would expect a more widely known explanation of why it wouldn't work.
Anyway, wouldn't it be possible for you to swap the dead battery in your smartphone with a charged battery? Either borrow your friend's phone or beg your local phone shop to charge your battery for you... I know, it sounds dumb... but would it work?
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Hi guys,
I am quite new to flashing ROMs on Android smartphones and I don't own a Dell Streak. I have never had this problem on my Desire S as I have always flashed custom ROMs with a charged battery. I apologise if this post isn't helpful and I'm guessing someone has already thought of that. However, in that case, I would expect a more widely known explanation of why it wouldn't work.
Anyway, wouldn't it be possible for you to swap the dead battery in your smartphone with a charged battery? Either borrow your friend's phone or beg your local phone shop to charge your battery for you... I know, it sounds dumb... but would it work?
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i am sorry to say this but the last post was 22nd May 2012, 12:12 AM....
it is impossible to brick this device, if you were trying to install a custom Rom , your steak is just fine, don't panic, the same happened to me before, use old qdl, to revive your streak, if you were trying to update from a pkg, your streak is just ok, first watch the physical connections, then continue with reviving the device, remember, streak is virtually impossible to be bricked, unless you boil it in salty water.
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my phone was dead while flashing on low battery, now it is not charging and not booting
Hi guys, my phone is flashed so I guess that will make this whole process painful...
But here is the story, I have omega version 12.1 I think (maybe 11 or 13) it has been on my phone for 1 + months now, so I am fairly certain it isn't anything to do with firmware. Phone wont turn on, wont go into download mode or anything. I have tried taking the battery out and leaving it out for 5 minutes, still nothing.
It was working fine before I went to bed, had 10 percent battery and was just on home screen when I put it on charge, not in app or anything. Then seems to be hard bricked after waking up, so happened sometime overnight.
I am not with a carrier, brought it locally outright at my local consumers electronics store (JB-HI-FI)
Since it is hard bricked to the point it wont turn on in download mode does that mean there is no way for them to know it is flashed unless they fix it (in which all is ok)?
Never done a warranty return, do I just take it into store and they send it off? How long will this take?
On top of all this I cut my old sim doown using a cutting template, and it appeared to slide in fine, but after trying to remove it today the push eject isn't working, and tips to get this out, doesn't appear to be enough room to grip it with tweesers.
Thanks.
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
xopito_cc said:
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
Nicholas68 said:
No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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JiroPrinz8 said:
Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Nope brisbane here, thanks for the offer though. What would the chances be of a JIG fixing it though, cause I have a feeling the mainboard has died. Kinda wish I didn't turn off the red LED charging light, apparently some others who's phones hardbricked the light still turned on showing some sign of life.
Any suggestions on sorting out the micro sim card issue now, assume I have to get it our before taking it to service centre, or just leave it in for them to fix?
priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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-it will force the S3 in download mode
BUT
-it will not reset the flash counter like with S2
Got a little bit of good news, this might help other people out with jammed sim cards, NO damage and worked like a treat.
In the top of the sim card holder down the bottom left there is a little circle around one mill wide, got a sharp thumbtack and pushed it gentelly into the sim card, the just applied a little pressure and the sim card started to slide up, was very easy, had a great grip on the sim cad and no damage done trying to grab it with needle nose pliers like I read elsewhere, now to get the phone replaced or unbricked.
Thinking about it more I think it is a hardware fault, cause I had flashed the correct version of omega for international S3, I havn't had any wrong signs like freezing or crashing, been working flawlessly for over a month, then out of the blue completely dead. So I think I will just go into the service centre and tell them I suspect the motherboard has died, or the charger port (didn't charge over night), dont have a spare battery to test with though).
http://lifehacker.com/5940308/save-a-bricked-phone-using-paper-clips-and-pencil-graphite
Just a post tyat i found today..not sure if it ll work or not.
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That video is pretty cool, don't have an old connector to try it, but seeing as my phone didn't hard brick from a flash going wrong while flashing or wrong firmware or anything I have a feeling a JIG or similar wont work. Would try it if I had the connector though.
How often do batterys and charger ports fail, cause that could be another reason I guess.
Nicholas68 said:
Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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JiroPrinz8 said:
Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Ok, thanks for the info, I've tried everything besides a JIG to try get it into a download mode, so I doubt they will get it into download mode, Ive seen a couple of other cases where the S3 has had a mainboard issue, only other thing is in the last week I have been using the wall charger where as I normally use the computer and usb, so not sure if this could link to it though, might have got a power surge, but had no storms in months so unlikely and the fuse box is modern with pretty good protection. Ill just go in and tell them it was working one night, and dead when I woke up the next morning, which is the truth. And if they ask if its flashed, ill miss understand them and say, not the screen wasn't flashing/flickering when it died, I was asleep
Reality is though if they get the phone to a restored point to where they can see the flash counter, then I no longer need their help to fix it.
One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
Thanks
I'd give the jig a chance. Just imho.
Btw it is very likely that the jig would arrive in, like, 24-48 hours if you choose the right seller, while other users already told you it's probably gonna take more then a few days (probably from 2 weeks to a month) for samsung to "close the ticket". In my experience only with apple you'd be up and running in less then a week.
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One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
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I'm sure they will ask you to come back in a few days or even weeks. Don't think they will replace new unit for you. They will just replace the faulty part.
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I have the same issue so thought i would post here rather than starting a new thread.
Here's the story for mine. Working fine on current rom for about a month no issues at all. Today battery got to about 9% then switched off and i haven't been able to get it to turn on again, no download mode,no recovery, no charging led nothing at all.
I had to change my screen a couple of days ago, has been working fine with the broken screen for months, have i now voided my warranty?
A lot of faulty s3 i think... My s3 suddenly died last night. Battery is around 90+. Check the phone and it's not responding. Power button doesn't work. Doesn't even go to download mode or recovery mode. I'm running on stock ICS with root only. Sad part is I don't have any access for a jig right now. So can't test it. Bought this phone in SG and I'm in the Philippines right now. Warranty is good for SG only. Dec would be my next trip back to SG. By then no S3 as of now. For a phone I'm getting depressed LOL!
over the air jellybean brick my phone unrooted unflashed phone
BEWARE EVERYONE!! when updating to jellybean some do go very wrong! not all! but some do!! and it will brick your phone!! i updated over the air.. and for a few days. my phone kept on freezing! and locking up! one night i went to bed woke up and the phone was stuck on the boot screen! i thought thats weird took battery out, put back in, as ya do.. nothing took sim out and back in nothing... so only option was to reapair it through kies. put serial in and model number in it found the sortware. i downloaded it. told me to put phone in recovery mode.. so i did,kies said it was gonna install it to my phone.. but everytime it tryed to install it kept on saying it couldnt find my phone.. i tryed this all day long used different usb ports. different computers. to know avail, so my only option was to take it in for repair.. so i took it back to phones 4 u! they sent it away, i waited over 2 weeks! which was undiscrible it was like i lost my right arm with no phone! as you can imagine.. than the repair center turned round and said that the phone has been rooted! which it hadnt!! and they said this in order to brake the terms and conditions of my warentee so phones 4 u can get out of giving me a new handset. so they all save money!! i wouldnt do that to a 500 pound phone!! the phone does everything you could want from a phone! im launching a full investigation into this matter.. and have writen a formall complaint to phones 4 u headoffice, and will be contacting trading standards, ofcom, watchdog, and the ombudsman, and plaster it on all the forums ,social networking sights i can think of, to give them as much bad press as possible!! untill my problem is resolved and i will restore there name and clear it once they have done the right thing by me
I am afraid I can also report a bricked S3 here.
Rooted two weeks ago, but did not yet install a rom. Didn't Triangleaway yet aswell.
Same problem as described, I was browsing the net, and suddenly, screen went black (off). Could not get it powered on anymore. (nor in download/recovery mode)
So i brought it to the local telecom service center of my office, they could tell me the battery was fine and the buttons were working but they never saw one in this state.
So they are sending it to a samsung repair company.
This was two days ago, heard nothing yet, but I am very curious if I will get repaired or if I need to pay because of the rooting.
Will post the result if I know more.
Does anyone know if this problem also happens to people who did not root?