I've seen a section on how to use the jig device but I don't think its going to work. Heres the thing, my phone is completely dead, no "Vibrant" screen, no download in anyway possible, no charging screen. Is there hope? Please help me :'(
This happened to me once, I could not get it to respond in anyway what so ever.... after being pissed and leaving it alone for about 20 minutes I came back and tried this...
1. Open your phone and take our your sim card, battery and external sd if you have one
2. Plug in your usb cord
3. Hold volume up and down, DO NOT HOLD POWER only volume buttons
4. Place battery back in phone and watch for the screen to respond
5. Release Volume up and down buttons
This method got me in to download mode even though I tried it like 100 times, it was only until after I let me phone sit for a little bit did it respond. Even if you have already tried this.... try it again. I went thru the same thing.
Solissfiend said:
This happened to me once, I could not get it to respond in anyway what so ever.... after being pissed and leaving it alone for about 20 minutes I came back and tried this...
1. Open your phone and take our your sim card, battery and external sd if you have one
2. Plug in your usb cord
3. Hold volume up and down, DO NOT HOLD POWER only volume buttons
4. Place battery back in phone and watch for the screen to respond
5. Release Volume up and down buttons
This method got me in to download mode even though I tried it like 100 times, it was only until after I let me phone sit for a little bit did it respond. Even if you have already tried this.... try it again. I went thru the same thing.
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I've tried that but I'll let the phone rest for awhile. It happened when I was updating to 2.2 from 2.1 using Kies, I wasn't rooted or anything and I had just formatted the phone prior to that.
Burner2K0 said:
I've tried that but I'll let the phone rest for awhile. It happened when I was updating to 2.2 from 2.1 using Kies, I wasn't rooted or anything and I had just formatted the phone prior to that.
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Same thing happened to me. Did everything as written above. Nothing seemed to work. Then....I put the battery in, left it overnight to charge. Tried it all over again and... IT WORKED!!!!
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Please post these in the right section...
This being said just hold the volume up button and plug in the usb cord this should force download mode.
How to make a jig
Or Buy One Here
toryheal said:
Please post these in the right section...
This being said just hold the volume up button and plug in the usb cord this should force download mode.
How to make a jig
Or Buy One Here
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Isn't this posted in the right section? I mean,it does regard flashing and using Odin...
toryheal said:
Please post these in the right section...
This being said just hold the volume up button and plug in the usb cord this should force download mode.
How to make a jig
Or Buy One Here
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And no, holding vol-up and plugging in usb does nothing.
Burner2K0 said:
Isn't this posted in the right section? I mean,it does regard flashing and using Odin...
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This is a question trying to be answered (so Q&A is proper place) this is a section for devs to post and support their work. this wasn't to flame rather to let one know
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Burner2K0 said:
And no, holding vol-up and plugging in usb does nothing.
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Well then i suggest trying the one where you pull out the battery and try it that way or get down and dirty and make a jig or purchase one from the link i sent you.
toryheal said:
This is a question trying to be answered (so Q&A is proper place) this is a section for devs to post and support their work. this wasn't to flame rather to let one know
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Well then i suggest trying the one where you pull out the battery and try it that way or get down and dirty and make a jig or purchase one from the link i sent you.
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None of the steps work. My best bet is to buy a jig, but if phone is fully bricked, will that even work at all?
Burner2K0 said:
None of the steps work. My best bet is to buy a jig, but if phone is fully bricked, will that even work at all?
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brother it is a game of chance either you take a ten dollar lose or you take a 130 dollar lose choice is yours but the have been a many of times where the jig has saved my ass...
toryheal said:
brother it is a game of chance either you take a ten dollar lose or you take a 130 dollar lose choice is yours but the have been a many of times where the jig has saved my ass...
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Lets just hope it works, first have to put money in my paypal account. Kind of ironic how I've flashing ROMs here and there for a good while and the day I decided to go from stock 2.1 to 2.2 using Kies, it bricks >_>
Burner2K0 said:
Lets just hope it works, first have to put money in my paypal account. Kind of ironic how I've flashing ROMs here and there for a good while and the day I decided to go from stock 2.1 to 2.2 using Kies, it bricks >_>
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Yeah i am guessing kies may be the issue. I would suggest giving it a try and if that doesnt work mobiletech jtags now
You can contact connexion2005 he is the best.
sadly.. for every 1 post I read about someone bricking a phone while flashing custom ROM, I read 4 or 5 of people bricking w/Kies..
did you ever have any 2.3.x roms on your phone? bootloaders?
"Kies ate my phone" is still an excellent way to get a new phone regardless of the current warranty.
G1toVibrant said:
sadly.. for every 1 post I read about someone bricking a phone while flashing custom ROM, I read 4 or 5 of people bricking w/Kies..
did you ever have any 2.3.x roms on your phone? bootloaders?
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Yes I have, I had GB bootloaders on the phone but never switched them back to Froyos BL even when I flashed 2.2 ROMS, could that have been the problem?
Burner2K0 said:
Yes I have, I had GB bootloaders on the phone but never switched them back to Froyos BL even when I flashed 2.2 ROMS, could that have been the problem?
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I know that you said you tried odin.... have you tried the One Click unbrick by Adam O and company? Sorry... that is heimdall to most... you can set it to load boot loaders for you, maybe this can help?
Hard Brick with Kies
Just wanted to say i did the same thing when i got my vibrant, i had busy box which i think was the reason kies failed on me.... but i called Samsung and they didn't even think twice about claiming warranty. They re flashed 2.2, and i bough the phone used of eBay, give them a shot.
cmzeunges said:
I know that you said you tried odin.... have you tried the One Click unbrick by Adam O and company? Sorry... that is heimdall to most... you can set it to load boot loaders for you, maybe this can help?
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Judging by the thread, I doubt its going to work. It needs to atleast boot, which is what my phone isn't doing. Basically it acts as if there is no battery in, doesnt boot, no download mode, no charging screen. Computer wont pick it up either.
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I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
Timz917 said:
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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What were you flashing to stock from?
Can you enter download mode?
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HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE
I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
letor69 said:
HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE
I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
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Following these guide: http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsu...-upgrade-to-Android-2-2-Froyo-now/td-p/678871
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
No I can't enter Download mode. I have no power at all.
nomadrider123 said:
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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Have you tried a simple
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few second
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9LYLoK1Qog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNts11IBZ8Y
I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
Timz917 said:
I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
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Have you tried both at the same time?
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few seconds
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried both at the same time?
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few seconds
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
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SAME AS ME heeeeeeelllpppp
not a single button is working, either JIG i have it, what can i do?
Sorry to disappoint you; it seems that you are out of luck. I was flashing my Vibrant in the similar situation like yours and my phone has never turned on again since then (6 weeks). I live in Thailand and have been searching both English and Thai version for a solution. None comes up so far. The only way the USB jig will help is your phone can be powered up. I have tried that myself. You can look for the confirmation elsewhere in this forum. Any way if you can find a diy solution, please let me know and I will post it here if I can find one myself. Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
I am wait on this line here on your link.
More methods coming soon
do you have insurance with tmobile?
i bricked mine before i had a good understanding of the whole rom flashing concept and i could get a downloading screen but i didnt know what to do so they replaced it with no problem.
call and ask all they can do is say no.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
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they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
Timz917 said:
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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HOW ABOIUT LEAVE PHONE CHARGING FOR 10 GO IN TO DARK ROOM SHUT OFF LIGHT PRESS POWER BUTTON AND SEE IF BACK LIGHT OF SCREEN LIGHTS UP, IF SO I TOLD YOU SO I HAD THE SAME BUT MY VIBRANT WORKS AGAIN UNLIKE YOURS p
xriderx66 said:
they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
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Your first option is out because I have tried that. The only option left is the second one. since I live in Thailand, I have to ship the phone to my friend in Los Angeles to have him replace it for me. It is costly, but at least I will get a phone to work.
It seems to me that this issue is a special case that doesn't happen very often. Only the chosen ones will get into trouble like this when making an error here and there while flashing rom.
I had an IPhone 3G before and, of course, I made mistakes while updating it with all kinds of firmware, but the hardware never fails on me no matter what I did.
Thanks all who try to help.
xriderx66 said:
they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
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Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
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Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
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I'm not getting on your back, why is it you think so?
Most of the users as i've encountered don't have the sense to name their threads appropriately, the OP on this one specifically named it HARD BRICKED, so instead of telling him to do all these instructions, you could've asked 1 thing "when you plug your usb, or wall charger, does it show any lights? or Are there any symbols on the screen? any lights glowing?"
Those 2 questions could've saved him, and you time.
Trust me i'm a beginner as well, i just know how to get out of these because i've been with this problem a few times. Alot of people here know more than me, specifically s15.. idk his full name.
I attempted to flash a froyo bootloader via odin, said it failed.. now my phone is permanantly stuck on this screen that has a pic of a phone with a few dots leading to a computer and an ! between the two. I can't get it into download mode, I can't boot.. wtf did I do??? I followed the instructions to a friggin T!
oldfield16 said:
I attempted to flash a froyo bootloader via odin, said it failed.. now my phone is permanantly stuck on this screen that has a pic of a phone with a few dots leading to a computer and an ! between the two. I can't get it into download mode, I can't boot.. wtf did I do??? I followed the instructions to a friggin T!
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odin back to stock
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl
I frickin tried all that I still can't get outta that damn screen
And Odin won't see it, much less my whole damn computer
Edit: Still NOTHING. Am thoroghly convinced I did a hard brick some ****ing how and I'm about ready to shove this thing through a wall
try this. thats what worked for me
bfranklin1986 said:
try this. thats what worked for me
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I'm not some friggin noob who doesn't use the search button, ok?? I've tried all this!
No your phone is not completely bricked. I rescued my phone many times from that screen. Connect your phone to another PC, install ODIN & samsung drivers. Make sure that the phone is recognized,
ON ODIN Select only the phone.
use any modem file using Phone
Click start that should bring your phone back to life.
Search for Eugene Froyo that does not brick and start from there.
chichu_9 said:
No your phone is not completely bricked. I rescued my phone many times from that screen. Connect your phone to another PC, install ODIN & samsung drivers. Make sure that the phone is recognized,
ON ODIN Select only the phone.
use any modem file using Phone
Click start that should bring your phone back to life.
Search for Eugene Froyo that does not brick and start from there.
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I have TWO completely separate computers with samsung and odin drivers installed, BOTH of them yield the exact same result. The damn computer can't even recognize the phone!
oldfield16 said:
I'm not some friggin noob who doesn't use the search button, ok?? I've tried all this!
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You need to relax for someone who is asking for help.
oldfield16 said:
I have TWO completely separate computers with samsung and odin drivers installed, BOTH of them yield the exact same result. The damn computer can't even recognize the phone!
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Do you have a Jig?
If you do not, then spend the 5$ and get one. Its worth the money. Will get you into download mode in a jiffy.
chichu_9 said:
You need to relax for someone who is asking for help.
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Sorry, just don't like being treated like some noob who doesn't use the search button/didn't already do some research in attempt to fix it themselves.
chichu_9 said:
Do you have a Jig?
If you do not, then spend the 5$ and get one. Its worth the money. Will get you into download mode in a jiffy.
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If that's my only solution then I'm stuck using a mytouch until that comes......
oldfield16 said:
If that's my only solution then I'm stuck using a mytouch until that comes......
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Team whiskey sells em, I got myn in 3 days.
chichu_9 said:
Team whiskey sells em, I got myn in 3 days.
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Guess I really just don't get why it REFUSES to leave that screen. I myself have saved my phone from that screen a few times myself, now it just won't. No matter what I do it just sits there. Doesn't matter the button combo, doesn't matter when I pull the battery or plug in the USB, not a goddamn thing.. and of course I don't get paid til tomorrow so, I'll have to wait through the entire weekend plus however long it takes for it to arrive so.. if someone could please come up with a solution that makes it so I don't have to go back to my chinsey little mytouch for a full week let me know.
Appreciate the help, but this situation in general.. it's just bull****.
oldfield16 said:
Guess I really just don't get why it REFUSES to leave that screen. I myself have saved my phone from that screen a few times myself, now it just won't. No matter what I do it just sits there. Doesn't matter the button combo, doesn't matter when I pull the battery or plug in the USB, not a goddamn thing.. and of course I don't get paid til tomorrow so, I'll have to wait through the entire weekend plus however long it takes for it to arrive so.. if someone could please come up with a solution that makes it so I don't have to go back to my chinsey little mytouch for a full week let me know.
Appreciate the help, but this situation in general.. it's just bull****.
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I am not sure, which froyo bootloader you tried to flash, but what you did is kill the three button combo on you phone.
If you were in Atlanta, I could have let you borrow my Jig. Sometimes these things are frustrating, but look at them as a learning. Next time you will know not to mess with bootloaders. FYI, you are still lucky than many, things could have been worse.
chichu_9 said:
I am not sure, which froyo bootloader you tried to flash, but what you did is kill the three button combo on you phone.
If you were in Atlanta, I could have let you borrow my Jig. Sometimes these things are frustrating, but look at them as a learning. Next time you will know not to mess with bootloaders. FYI, you are still lucky than many, things could have been worse.
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All I was trying to do was odin to stock and flash the stock froyo bootloader so I could get CM7 working, like so many have done before me. Between all the other **** ups I've been making this last month, this one's kinda pushing me over the edge.
oldfield16 said:
Guess I really just don't get why it REFUSES to leave that screen. I myself have saved my phone from that screen a few times myself, now it just won't. No matter what I do it just sits there. Doesn't matter the button combo, doesn't matter when I pull the battery or plug in the USB, not a goddamn thing.. and of course I don't get paid til tomorrow so, I'll have to wait through the entire weekend plus however long it takes for it to arrive so.. if someone could please come up with a solution that makes it so I don't have to go back to my chinsey little mytouch for a full week let me know.
Appreciate the help, but this situation in general.. it's just bull****.
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you could allways make your own
Rofl bro, exactly that happened to me... rxactly that the t roofl... heres how i fixed it:
First i tried normal download mode, that didnt work.. then i tried pulling out battery, plugging in, holding vol buttons and putting bbattery in... this worked
But then i stupidly.tried tto flash the froyo bootloaders again (from cm7)... same exact issie excrpt the solution didnt work this time... this time i had to make a jig...
Once your in download mode, odin with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING... meaning open odin, plug in dl mode, once recognized, click start.. no pit.or pda or modem or anything and dont touch the repartition or whatever bullets. This wworked for me, it just rebooted into cm7 immidietly
Then if you want froyo bootloaders, do a nandroid, odin to stock, flash em, flasg cm7 and restore the nnandroid.. good luck
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
1) take your battery out
2)put your battery in
3)hold vol up and vol down
4)plug your usb cable
this should get u to download mode....
nomadrider123 said:
you could allways make your own
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I decided to take advantage of someone who can get next day shipping for only $5 on amazon so I have a jig coming anyway.
Again, appreciate the methods people are posting, but I've tried em all. My only hope is a jig, and if not then.. well..idk honestly, buy a jtag box?
i tried flashing with ordin3, in the middle (or maybe beggining or end not sure) i got the blue screen and now when i try and boot my galaxsy s 2 it doesnt boot up. doesnt power up or anything.. what should i do!?!
Mobiletechvideos has a service they can revive it. I had to use them for my infuse about a month ago. Service is top notch and I believe it cost 40 bucks which IMO isn't bad.
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rbisrxx85 said:
i tried flashing with ordin3, in the middle (or maybe beggining or end not sure) i got the blue screen and now when i try and boot my galaxsy s 2 it doesnt boot up. doesnt power up or anything.. what should i do!?!
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Try taking battery completely out then with Odin open hold up and down volume plug USB cable into phone from pc. Should load download mode. I had this happen when I had the captivate.
If everything else fails, buy or make a USB JIG. It can put your phone into download mode easily.
foxbat121 said:
If everything else fails, buy or make a USB JIG. It can put your phone into download mode easily.
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when my infuse was hosed and I wouldnt power on no JIG, battery pull or anything would bring it back.....
rbisrxx85 said:
i tried flashing with ordin3, in the middle (or maybe beggining or end not sure) i got the blue screen and now when i try and boot my galaxsy s 2 it doesnt boot up. doesnt power up or anything.. what should i do!?!
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WHAT were you flashing? Unless you flashed something from the I9100 that had bootloaders, you shouldn't have been able to hardbrick the device.
foxbat121 said:
If everything else fails, buy or make a USB JIG. It can put your phone into download mode easily.
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I have yet to see a situation where a jig would've worked and VolUp + VolDn + USB insertion didn't.
Entropy512 said:
WHAT were you flashing? Unless you flashed something from the I9100 that had bootloaders, you shouldn't have been able to hardbrick the device.
I have yet to see a situation where a jig would've worked and VolUp + VolDn + USB insertion didn't.
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then obviously you havent had a totally hard bricked phone. I jig and or Volup+voldn + USB wouldnt even phase mine at all.... it could be I was just a rare case....
and no disrespect intended for this post Entropy...i re-read it and it sounds much different then I wanted it too
i dunno what i did im a noob and now very upset i even tried anything. i tried taking the battery out then pressing vol up & down and plugging in the usb, didnt work.. i dont have a jig yet so i cant try it and i dont want to spend 60$ sending it out but if i must i guess that my option for now..
I download Odin3execute i think it was called, plugged in the gs2 and press start.. there were two buttons START and MASTER CLEAN (I think it was), After i clicked start it wrote a few lines and said please wait or dont unplug or something, then after 15-20 min my computer crashed and now it doesnt power on...
please help :'(
sounds like you flashed new (and the wrong) bootloaders. if thats the case, you're going to have to get it revived because nothing else will work
nyydynasty said:
sounds like you flashed new (and the wrong) bootloaders. if thats the case, you're going to have to get it revived because nothing else will work
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how do i go about reviving it? should i just send it in to mobiltechvideos? will that help?
rbisrxx85 said:
how do i go about reviving it? should i just send it in to mobiltechvideos? will that help?
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yes they can revive it for you
do u think ill be able to go to att and return it? tell them that its just not booting and lie and tell them i didnt try and root? or will they know i tried to root?
go give that a shot.. all they can say is you screwed it up ... right??
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go give that a shot.. all they can say is you screwed it up ... right??
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I hope so.. they can prob also find out what happened and have att charge me for the phone .. not sure tho, def would not be cool lol
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do u think ill be able to go to att and return it? tell them that its just not booting and lie and tell them i didnt try and root? or will they know i tried to root?
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if they wanted to find out the truth, i'm sure they can. I'm always against doing that because you knew the risk and still proceeded without reading but its your phone, not mine.
yeah I'm not really sure they scrutinize things that closely unless maybe you keep returning the phone for the same issue multiple times...
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then obviously you havent had a totally hard bricked phone. I jig and or Volup+voldn + USB wouldnt even phase mine at all.... it could be I was just a rare case....
and no disrespect intended for this post Entropy...i re-read it and it sounds much different then I wanted it too
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That's exactly what I said - it's next to impossible to hardbrick a phone unless you flash bootloaders (which it seems like he somehow did) - and if your bootloaders are broken, jig won't work.
So my original claim stands - I know of no situation where jig will work and volup + voldn + USB insertion won't.
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That's exactly what I said - it's next to impossible to hardbrick a phone unless you flash bootloaders (which it seems like he somehow did) - and if your bootloaders are broken, jig won't work.
So my original claim stands - I know of no situation where jig will work and volup + voldn + USB insertion won't.
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wasnt disagreeing with you... was just stating a experience I had personally...
well technicaly i didnt get to flash anything because my pc got blue screen in the middle of the process..
so will sending it to that site not work?
only me... only me! tsk tsk shoulda stuck with an iphone...
lol jk i loved the phone and i want it BACK!
thnx again for all the reply's more will be welcome! please
Sending it out to that site will still work for sure.
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I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
That's exactly what I would do
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if you can get into download mode try reflashing the stock recovery found in the dev section then if you can get that fair try flashing the odin stock rom to see if it will boot
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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If jig won't work, I'm pretty sure hardware button won't work either. It goes without saying that he probably already tried everything he could find.
edpsx said:
Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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That's not guinea pig. He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
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Yeah I thought about doing that - worst case scenario they tell me I voided my warranty and give me the phone back and I can still try finding a jtag solution or do i have to face any other consequences including maybe never getting my phone back?
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He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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That's my guess too. I screwed up badly. I would like to blame it on the late hour I did all that but it was just overexcited stupidity -_-
Try your buttons...
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
brojoe11 said:
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
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I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
cilmeron said:
I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
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I know on some phones that download mode can still be activated even if the screen isn't working properly and displaying it. I know many infuse users ran into problems and were still able to use Odin to flash stock and fix their phone. Try doing the hardware method of getting into download mode, and even though your screen doesn't show anything, it may still connect to Odin and you could try to flash back to stock.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
mintu123 said:
U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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Actually, you can brick it to the point of needing JTAG repairs to restore your device. That being said, it's very very very hard to brick it. You have to do something like flash firmware for a completely wrong device and screw up your bootloaders in the process.
cilmeron said:
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
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I've read some so my suggestion is this:
First make sure that you have the drivers installed for your phone. Then pull the battery wait for a few seconds. press the down button and then the power to go in download mode and hold them pressed for 20s. Now plug in the USB and press the volume up button. If Odin detects it you're good to go! If not... Well it's worth a shot
My theory is that even though the screen is blank, the hardware still boots properly. Just make sure your battery is somewhat charged. And also plug in the USB AFTER you "boot" in download mode.
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I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
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Everything here screams 'you should never attempt to modify your device again.'
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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Why don't you find Adam_Outler in the hardware hacking forum? Send your phone to him and he'll hopefully be able to create an unbrickable mod. Not only will you likely have a fixed phone but it will mean volumes for our community.
Note, you will be without a phone for a bit
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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It's not that, we've all made mistakes, but it's like this guy went out of his way to try to brick the phone. This isn't like "oh crap, I flashed the wrong radio"
He tried to flash a ROM from a different SoC and every fail-safe wouldn't let him do it. I'm surprised at how well the different programs tried to save his phone, then he actually went ADB and forced it onto his phone and then he unplugs during a flash.
It's like he drove his car without paying attention and hit a fence that prevents you from flying off a cliff, then he kept ramming his car into the fence, then took some C4, blew up the fence, drove off the cliff, then started yelling "help, I fell off the cliff"
N3RD420 said:
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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I'm confused, is there a CDMA Note? What do you mean "they won't know it's GSM"?
I was performing a nandroid backup when then the progress line stopped. I let it sit for over 4 hours and the line did not move. The phone was locked up. I took the battery out to reset the phone and now it will not turn on. I tired several different key comobs, including volume up+down and power, with no efffect. When I plug it in it does nothing. I was using ISCrewD with the Siyah kernal now for a couples months with no issues. That was actually the only custom rom I ever flashed to the phone, loved the rom. From reading the forums, it seems I am hard bricked. How did that happen? Any suggestions?
Do you remember what version of Siyah you were using? I read recently that 3.1RC6 had a major bug in it that was hard bricking people's phones.
Version 2.6.13.
OP, you must have done something weird (or power loss) during the backup as there is no way nandroid backup in CwM causing hardbricking.
jojo, that version of Siyah was for ICS, the OP ran GB.
votinh said:
OP, you must have done something weird (or power loss) during the backup as there is no way nandroid backup in CwM causing hardbricking.
jojo, that version of Siyah was for ICS, the OP ran GB.
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no, it's for GB, just checked G's site. However, there are 4 download entries, one of which is the Korean based (possible bricker). What's more, G could've rebased the ATT version from the Korean... I'd be amazed if, after all the bricking going on, he'd still have a download for it. Weird.
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no, it's for GB, just checked G's site. However, there are 4 download entries, one of which is the Korean based (possible bricker). What's more, G could've rebased the ATT version from the Korean... I'd be amazed if, after all the bricking going on, he'd still have a download for it. Weird.
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For real? Siyah 3.1.rc6 is for GB?
You were doing a nandroid backup, not a restore, and on gingerbread, so it's hard to say what caused the problem. I don't believe I've seen any report exactly like yours.
You tried several button combinations, including recovery mode, which did not work, but did you try to get into download mode? First try to enter download mode with the battery in -- hold vol+ and vol- (but not pwr) and then plug in the usb cable. If no success with that, pull the battery and do the exact same sequence to enter download mode. The usb cable will provide the power. Sometimes there is a problem with the battery. If you can get download mode, you're not bricked.
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For real? Siyah 3.1.rc6 is for GB?
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what are you talking about? Read OP response.
votinh said:
OP, you must have done something weird (or power loss) during the backup as there is no way nandroid backup in CwM causing hardbricking.
jojo, that version of Siyah was for ICS, the OP ran GB.
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My bad. I've only had this phone for a week and never used that ROM...just assumed it was ICS based on the name.
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what are you talking about? Read OP response.
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People on the net are freaking confusing me.
What the heck you are talking about? OP response of what?
Were you misquote/misread/misunderstand what I said?
I said to member "jojo" above when he mentioned the Siyah 3.1rc6.
Are we in the same page? I guess not.
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Here's what jojo said: "Do you remember what version of Siyah you were using? I read recently that 3.1RC6 had a major bug in it that was hard bricking people's phones."
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And that was my response to him.
Were you the dude misread my post earlier???
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People on the net are freaking confusing me.
What the heck you are talking about? OP response of what?
Were you misquote/misread/misunderstand what I said?
I said to member "jojo" above when he mentioned the Siyah 3.1rc6.
Are we in the same page? I guess not.
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Here's what jojo said: "Do you remember what version of Siyah you were using? I read recently that 3.1RC6 had a major bug in it that was hard bricking people's phones."
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And that was my response to him.
Were you the dude misread my post earlier???
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I misread you (had to reread this thread three times to get it straight!) sorry for confusion.
It is a GB rom/kernal...
I tried, as said above, to hold down vol up and down, then insert the usb cable, no go with or without the battery in. My wife has the same phone, so I tried her battery and no go, then put my battery in hers and all was fine. So battery seems ok. I have played around a good bit with it this evening, and read a good bit in the forums...all points to hard bricked. I have no idea how it happened, I have seen no others (at least from my seraches) have this problem with nandroid backup. For that matter I have used it before with this rom/kernal and no issue. Warranty is still good on it, guess I will try and get it exchanged, hopefully they don't get it to boot up with a custom rom on it. No way for me to restore it back to stock of course.
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It is a GB rom/kernal...
I tried, as said above, to hold down vol up and down, then insert the usb cable, no go with or without the battery in. My wife has the same phone, so I tried her battery and no go, then put my battery in hers and all was fine. So battery seems ok. I have played around a good bit with it this evening, and read a good bit in the forums...all points to hard bricked. I have no idea how it happened, I have seen no others (at least from my seraches) have this problem with nandroid backup. For that matter I have used it before with this rom/kernal and no issue. Warranty is still good on it, guess I will try and get it exchanged, hopefully they don't get it to boot up with a custom rom on it. No way for me to restore it back to stock of course.
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You need the USB dongle to force it to
Go in download mode.
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From what I have read, that will only work if you get 'some' response when turning it on. I get nothing, so the dongle will not work?
I called AT&T this morning, I can get a refurbished one to replace mine, guess I will go that route....
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From what I have read, that will only work if you get 'some' response when turning it on. I get nothing, so the dongle will not work?
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So just because it might not work, you're not going to try it? Try it!
Well...why not! I found one on Ebay for under $10 shipped, so it's on the way...
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Well...why not! I found one on Ebay for under $10 shipped, so it's on the way...
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Just to be clear, when we say USB dongle, we're not taking about a USB jig...we're talking about the USB-to-MicroUSB data cable that came with the phone.
I have already tried the micro usb cable that came with the phone and tried to get Odin to see the phone, no go. I ordered a Jig to see if it would force the phone into download mode...
Got my USB Jig today. Took the battery out (even tried wifes 'good' battery). Put the battery in, then the Jig...nothing. I would assume the phone has some form of hardware failure...guess time to get ahold of AT&T and get a warranty exchange.
AT&T is sending a 'refurb' phone today...should be here soon...hopefully they don't get my phone to work and see the custom kernal/rom...No matter what I try, it just won't come on.