Hey!
I want to share my solution, how I was managed to unbrick my ACE.
Firstly I was bricked my phone, when I flashed the NEW modem for my ACE, because the wifi not worked in BLOCKBUSTER ROM. I flashed new modem from ...XXKC1 with ODIN 4.38. In the middle of flashing the ACE just DIED. Nothing work(recovery, downloading). I just cant get anything on the screen.
!!!STEPS WHAT WORKED FOR ME!!!
1)Now I removed battery, SIM and SD.
2)Waited few mins and get managed to ADVANCE DOWNLOAD MODE, but nothing else(with 3 button combo[power+home+vol.down]and together with holding buttons I but back battery).
4)Ok, I removed battery again.
5)Waited about 10 min. Now I but back the SIM(NOT SD card).
6)After that I holded 3 button combo(power+home+vol.down)and together with holding buttons I but back battery and VOILA!!!It gets to downloading mode.
AND DONT FORGET. EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH YOUR ACE, YOU DO IT IN YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY!
For now I restored my ACE and everything is fine!
Hope it helps someone!!!
CHEERS!
Thnks for d share dude!
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I have another method which worked for me (Couldn't run download mode and recovery - dead)
1)Remove sim, battery, sd.
2)Connect to PC
3)Power+ Vol down + Home
4)Put in Battery
5)Again: Power + Vol down + Home
6)Now my phone apeared in Odin slot
It worked for me. For u it don't have to. You do it on your own risk. I don't take responsibility for any broken phone.
Wojtys said:
I have another method which worked for me (Couldn't run download mode and recovery - dead)
1)Remove sim, battery, sd.
2)Connect to PC
3)Power+ Vol down + Home
4)Put in Battery
5)Again: Power + Vol down + Home
6)Now my phone apeared in Odin slot
I worked for me. For u it don't have to. U do it on your own risk. I don't take responsibility for any broken phone.
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Hey!
Good idea! I think I change the THREAD name, that everyone who managed to get UNBRICK hes ACE, can write here, how he/she done it.
CHEERS!
It's great idea When i killed my Ace, i was looking couple of hours to find some reanimation guide for Ace You could make some kind of "Ace - unbrick guide" with couple of diffrent methods. I'm sure, that would help for a number of people
Me too i was frustrated and then i tought why ? Did a phine died its just like windows with bsod and xbox with rrod
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thx for sharing it to us
Hello All,
Today, I was trying to get 'CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC1-Cooper-KANG' as I already have Gingerbread 2.3.4 in my Samsung Galaxy Ace phone. While doing the process given on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263292, I got an error message as /temp not loaded and process got abort. My phone got rebooted but no live now anymore. Is this mean that my phone brick?
If so then please I need help from you guys that how can I make my phone alive. I tired the above given process of unbricked given by Wojtys but it did work for me. Please please help me out... I am feeling so sad without my phone.
I thought I wrote this in the newbie guide ?
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@vaibhavsri
Can u enter in download mode.
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vaibhavsri said:
Hello All,
Today, I was trying to get 'CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC1-Cooper-KANG' as I already have Gingerbread 2.3.4 in my Samsung Galaxy Ace phone. While doing the process given on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263292, I got an error message as /temp not loaded and process got abort. My phone got rebooted but no live now anymore. Is this mean that my phone brick?
If so then please I need help from you guys that how can I make my phone alive. I tired the above given process of unbricked given by Wojtys but it did work for me. Please please help me out... I am feeling so sad without my phone.
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Hey!
If you can enter in download mode(3 button combo[HOME+POWER+VOL.DOWN]), then you can flash your phone again with ODIN.
CHEERS!
EmoBoiix3 said:
I thought I wrote this in the newbie guide ?
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Hey!
Lol, dont take offense, just wanted to make thread, how ppl managed to UNBRICK his phones. You know, like I see already, several differences how can ppl managed unbrick they phones. We will see, how much there will be differences, then you can but it in your GOOD newbie tut. Are you agree? I think YES!
CHEERS!
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Hey!
Lol, dont take offense, just wanted to make thread, how ppl managed to UNBRICK his phones. You know, like I see already, several differences how can ppl managed unbrick they phones. We will see, how much there will be differences, then you can but it in your GOOD newbie tut. Are you agree? I think YES!
CHEERS!
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Ahhh you make a point
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Thanx for sharing.I hope mine wouldnt get bricked during any sort of flashing
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Don't just say 'thanks',press the thanks button,if I helped you..
I had one mishap so far.
When tryin' to replace stock recovery with CWM on Froyo 2.2.1(to make a back up of it), using the ...froyo.tar from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138436. I did follow the instructions to the letter, but still ended up bricking my phone. After many tries, got it to download mode and flashed a stock FW with Odin, it's been working flawlessly ever since, and has seen many Roms...
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Ok so i had rom manager and my device wouldnt show up , so what i did was where it says clockwork recovery i clicked dell streak model , then it said installed successfully so i thought oh ! Great! But then what happened was when i rebooted my device it doesnt power on at all , please help me!!!!!!!
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also , i have a backup of my phone clockwork recovery on sd card.
Aaaaaah! Shouldn't have done that, didn't it seem kinda obvious?
But anyway, if you can't power on in download/any way at all, looks like you'll have to send it to samsung repair
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ok so i dont have any other option at all , also what are the combinations , i have tried:
vol down +home + power , vol down + middle button + power . i have also tried using usb and holding vol down, home , power and then putting battery in.
I think that's all there is, sorry
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Hey man u didnt need to send it to samsung care center....btw u can fix it with flashin the clockwork recovry via odin and then flash cm7(madteam) and it will be great...again...if u dnt knw rply...i will post d lnk....hope it works for u..
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shashank.engima said:
Hey man u didnt need to send it to samsung care center....btw u can fix it with flashin the clockwork recovry via odin and then flash cm7(madteam) and it will be great...again...if u dnt knw rply...i will post d lnk....hope it works for u..
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he cant power it up in download mode...
yes it doesnt power up , but if you tell me some ways to try and boot up then i will be able to flash it back.
i didnt think flashing the wrong recovery would brick a phone?
some ideas:
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volume down, then center key, then power. Make sure your not letting go after pressing them in that order... Order is important if you were doing power, center then volume down it will not work in that order.
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Hold both volume buttons and hit the end call button to hard reset.
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not really sure what other combinations there are.
husain11 said:
yes it doesnt power up , but if you tell me some ways to try and boot up then i will be able to flash it back.
i didnt think flashing the wrong recovery would brick a phone?
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Something else is wrong. If you tried installing wrong recovery it should of just said on your phone screen installation aborted. Have a go at this. I take it you still have odin installed on your pc right.
Press and hold vol down. Then press centre and power at the same time and hold down. It only takes a few seconds for a yellow triangle to appear with downloading written on the screen. You do not need to have the usb plugged in at this moment.
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Man..ur can only be done right by odin....so for going to download mode...turn off the mobile pick out the battery put it again .....and press vol. Down+centre selection button(not home or android button)+power on key....and after 2 sec u will be their....and try to press the button in the order as i posted.....say if it helps...
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yes i still have odin installed , but my phone isnt showing any sign of life at all , i tried this what you said and it didnt work , no lights at all.
Then srry....man...if it dosent even power on...then i cant do anything....srry u have to give it to service centre...
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thanks for your help , i will try every suggetion on here that people still post . i think im going to take it to the service centre today. i will reply on how it goes!. before i go i will be willing to try out any tricks if people still post. thank you everyone for your help.
husain11 said:
thanks for your help , i will try every suggetion on here that people still post . i think im going to take it to the service centre today. i will reply on how it goes!. before i go i will be willing to try out any tricks if people still post. thank you everyone for your help.
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If you cant get it on download mode then i would say you bricked your phone,, you will probally be charged by samsung as they dont condone tampering with custom roms or recovery and there will be traces if they manage to power it on, it might be cheaper for you to just buy another phone, and leave it alone, but am still sorry to hear you cant get your phone working, good luck..
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So what did you do? Any updates? The exact same thing happened to me too
None of the key combinations will work, because your phone's arm11boot partition is now corrupt. That's really bad, because it's responsible for phone charging/download mode etc.
You need to get it repaired.
Please guys, *never* install ClockworkMod that's intended for another device. With other models you can get lucky and find a working build, but you have an extremely high risk of permanently bricking with Samsung models.
I did this exact same thing and ended up buying a Galaxy Ace. I'll still try and fix my Galaxy 5 though. I selected Huewai Pulse from the list. Bad move =(
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i tried flashing it and ionstalling a rom for the first time but it froze halfway through for like 3 hours so i just unplugged it and now this screen comes up...
no whenever i turn it on it gives me a screen with :
a phone .... an explanation mark in a triangle ! . .. . a computer
anything i can do?
also ive tried every button trick on trying to restore it and none of it works all of it just come with that screen. except for the download one where i press volume down home button and power
Robbey said:
i tried flashing it and ionstalling a rom for the first time but it froze halfway through for like 3 hours so i just unplugged it and now this screen comes up...
no whenever i turn it on it gives me a screen with :
a phone .... an explanation mark in a triangle ! . .. . a computer
anything i can do?
also ive tried every button trick on trying to restore it and none of it works all of it just come with that screen. except for the download one where i press volume down home button and power
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you are really not giving a lot of details here...all you are saying you tried installing a rom and then it froze halfway..
Are you rooted firstly?
If you are have you flashed CF-root kernel?
How did you try to install the rom?
More info and then more people can help you out buddy..see if you can get into recovery and restart your phone.
well... if you've tried "every" (its not like there are a lot) button combination... then just go buy a jig from ebay and force it into download mode...
Matriak31 said:
you are really not giving a lot of details here...all you are saying you tried installing a rom and then it froze halfway..
Are you rooted firstly?
If you are have you flashed CF-root kernel?
How did you try to install the rom?
More info and then more people can help you out buddy..see if you can get into recovery and restart your phone.
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Nothing from what you said would help..
He obviously flashed it with Odin, and he said he's getting a yellow triangle with a computer behind it..
From what I understood, he could get into download mode.
So just boot into download mode and flash stock ROM. That should do it.
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anyone else seeing an increase in the "i bricked my phone" threads?
dont think its coincidence they are increasing after the american variants have been released. People need to check what model they have before flashing things.
OP: not saying thats what has happened to you as you dont say if you have the i9100 or not, hopefully you do.
bruflot said:
Nothing from what you said would help..
He obviously flashed it with Odin, and he said he's getting a yellow triangle with a computer behind it..
From what I understood, he could get into download mode.
So just boot into download mode and flash stock ROM. That should do it.
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well from what he said by his post did not make sense at all..hence why i asked for more details to explain so i could give him a better explanation and guide to fix his problem...but you seem to get what he said so by all means do your thing....but if he comes back with more detail then i will point him to the right direction on what he needs to do...at the end of the day the more opinions he has the better for him
Matriak31 said:
well from what he said by his post did not make sense at all..hence why i asked for more details to explain so i could give him a better explanation and guide to fix his problem...but you seem to get what he said so by all means do your thing....but if he comes back with more detail then i will point him to the right direction on what he needs to do...at the end of the day the more opinions he has the better for him
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Yes of course
Btw, never ment to insult you in any ways
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bruflot said:
Yes of course
Btw, never ment to insult you in any ways
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its ok and same goes by my post as well buddy..we all been in his position one way or the other
1st - Your phone is not bricked if it show an image. Whatever image it is. The only real software way to brick your phone is to flash bad bootloader or stop a bootloader while they are being flashed. However, Bootloader are flashed first. So if your phone stoped half way, you should not have trouble too much.
Remove the battery from your phone for like a minute, then reboot your phone in download mode (vol- + home + power and when the phone light up, release power.) Then flash another rom from odin.
Also, what rom did you used ? If you flashed a rom for another phone, then you might have flashed bootloader for that phone on yours, which is bad. In this case you will surely need a JIG.
sorry im new to this whole rooting/flashing thing. i downloaded the lightning rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
i have never rooted or doneanthing to my s2 before. all i did was follow the instructions on the page and thought it would be all good? it froze about a quarter of the way there in odin so i just took my phone out.
I usually find from this state I can get back to bootloader or download states
push and hold vol+ and home then power for bootloader
push and hold vol- and home then power for download
sometimes the phone can seem to freeze a little or even die (this happened to me loads on the galaxy s and once already on the s2) and removing battery sim etc or attaching the charger can jog it
however as other have said a JIG is your friend if for no other reason that even if you recover without it, custom roms up the rom count which some twitchy carriers might invalidate your warranty for, the jig will reset this
you can get them from ebay for less than £3 delivered, or there are instructions on this site for making them yourself if you are so inclined.
simply search 'galaxy s2 jig' on ebay mine was delivered today from portugal as I am way too lazy to make one and only wanted a counter reset anyway
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work.
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Try if you can go to download mode again or recovery mode..
if not..
simply give it to the service center and tell them it simply stopped working when i woke up one fine morning...
most of the time bricking with rom manager is unrecoverable by users, only service center can repair it. i think i saw a guy claimed he recovered his bricked-by-rom-manager ace in a thread before but couldn't remember which thread it is.
try to search for the thread.
an0nym0us_ said:
most of the time bricking with rom manager is unrecoverable by users, only service center can repair it. i think i saw a guy claimed he recovered his bricked-by-rom-manager ace in a thread before but couldn't remember which thread it is.
try to search for the thread.
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I think the service center is the only option left...
btw..your thank counter is at 666...feeling devilish much?
Probably have to change the whole motherboard, it's probably better to get a new phone at this stage. Another way (don't get your hopes up) is to use JTAG, that will probably work but if you dont know anyone with the equipment the pricing will actually be more expensive than the Ace itself.
Additionally, it would be wiser to state your actual problem on the thread title.
szymi22 said:
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work.
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i bricked my phone while going from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5
If your phone doesn’t boot into download mode and you have a black screen after flashing heres how you unbrick it, it worked for me .
Step 1 – Prepare odin with the firmware u want to flash (in my case was gingerbread 2.3.3) and get it ready to go;
Step 2 – Remove battery and connect your galaxy ace to the computer;
Step 3 – Hold Volume down + Power + Home button at the same time;
Step 4 – Insert the battery and wait a bit;
Step 5 – At this point Odin should have detected your SG Ace ( Yellow rectangle should appear);
Step 6 – Click Start button in Odin and wait about 5 min.
step 7- if force close issue come-- boot into recovery mode by pressing middle button+power and then releasing power button (keeping middle button still pressed) wipe data wipe cache ..
reboot
If all goes well it should come back to life.
at last service centre is the only choice.. tell them u installed antivirus from market one night and other day u find it un-bootable
King ACE said:
btw..your thank counter is at 666...feeling devilish much?
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not anymore :/
Aj.GaLaxY aCE said:
at last service centre is the only choice.. tell them u installed antivirus from market one night and other day u find it un-bootable
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Lol wat, i never heard of that one before. The most common one (which actually worked for my friend) is about updating using KIES, my friend got a new phone without any trouble at all.
QNBT said:
Lol wat, i never heard of that one before. The most common one (which actually worked for my friend) is about updating using KIES, my friend got a new phone without any trouble at all.
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choice depends on you.... its that are u a good actor and can u convince
If I'm not wrong you can bring it back using a jtag box, 25 pounds could get yourself that.
But just repair it it's easier.
I think You go to service center tell them that your phone got switched off when You were talking on the phone and then it never started again and always act like Noobs in front of them.....
I hope you have warranty for your ace
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I got the solution : For bricked ice........ Take an
Icepick.... .. Sorry, but this pass was too good....
I have come across such a situation and successfully have brought back my ace to life. (Disclaimer: I am not saying these are the steps to recover any bricked device, but this is a method i followed once when i bricked my device by following a wrong flashing method)
Just remove the battery and try to switch on normally without pressing any combination. It would not do anything but would drain remains completely.
Then do not put the battery back for a while (in my case i kept it for 5 mins)
Then again follow the same procedure without battery, just press the power button for 10 secs without pressing any other keys and see what happens. It should remain blank.
After that, try to connect the USB cable and then press power + v down + center key and see if it goes to download mode. If not, then put in the battery without removing the cable, then see if it automatically switches on to emergency recovery mode (It should).
Next when u see the emergency recovery screen, now try going to download mode by using the combination (power + vdown + center)
Please let me know if this works. ( I hope this should work)
service center
buy "USB Jig" so the phone will start in download mode and you can easily flash it with odin.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=usb+jig&_sacat=0
Here's the solution:
Step 1: Buy a baseball bat
Step 2: Get home
Step 3: Beat up yo wench with the bat and scream "You dumb *****! Make me a sandwich".
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I've done same what your wife do before.. so i tried every thing but still cant unbrick..
Just send to servis centre if you still have warranty..
I tell them i was on fb but it( ace) goes off..
If u doesnt have warranty anymore just go to phone shop tell them to change your ace board..
Just click thanks if i help u..
I just want to help.. :banghead:
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i bought my samsung galaxy s2 this week. i tried to install jally beans to it....
using Odin i tried to install cmw recovery mode.
after restert i got a huge problem. my phone is not working. stuck with a black screen...
but still getting heat,
nothin happens i tried to connect to computer.... no result
hold power+vol up+home button.... no result,
please help me... its a new mobile i used it only for two days
many thanks in advance...
Download any stock ICS rom, hold VOL DOWN, home and THEN power and flash rom via odin
Nazwan ali said:
i bought my samsung galaxy s2 this week. i tried to install jally beans to it....
using Odin i tried to install cmw recovery mode.
after restert i got a huge problem. my phone is not working. stuck with a black screen...
but still getting heat,
nothin happens i tried to connect to computer.... no result
hold power+vol up+home button.... no result,
please help me... its a new mobile i used it only for two days
many thanks in advance...
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Bro please watch this then give us some more info..
PS: Did you install CWM through Odin? Why on earth would you do that! Also if you wiped your device on ICS using CWM you may be up sh%t creek without a paddle, because your device might be permanently hard bricked
Nazwan ali said:
i bought my samsung galaxy s2 this week. i tried to install jally beans to it....
using Odin i tried to install cmw recovery mode.
after restert i got a huge problem. my phone is not working. stuck with a black screen...
but still getting heat,
nothin happens i tried to connect to computer.... no result
hold power+vol up+home button.... no result,
please help me... its a new mobile i used it only for two days
many thanks in advance...
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Like said here before, if you installed CWM on an unsafe Kernel (usually Stock Kernel present on 4.0.4 and 4.1.2 Stock Firmware) and after that wiped your data/cache etc. there is a good probability that you hard-bricked your device. Not even JTAG will help, if it`s the eMMC hardbrick.
Try to get into download mode and flash a Stock 4.0.3 Firmware and if you can`t then try a USB Jig to get into download mode and if that doesn`t work you probably hardbricked your device as described above
Read this on more info about eMMC superbrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
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Yes!!! I do believe that I know don't much about android. because I am very new at android... that's why I am bagging for u guys help.
I hope u Guys will teach me how to fix this situation.
I Used Odin 3 1.85 to install CMW. While the installation process taking place an error occur. and automatically shut down. show up an message
"firmware upgrade encountered an issue. try to connect kies...." after 10-15 mins showing this message
display gets black and stuck. i tried everything that is possible to me. press and holding power+VOL up+home together, leave it for charge etc.
but nothing works
COULD ANYONE HELP ME ON THIS SITUATION. :crying:
As said before, Try power + volume Down + home and flash a stock firmware through Odin
And is there still any life at all? What about when charging. Is there the charging animation?
Also maybe read through this? https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v1/discussions/27132
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No charging animation, nothing happens when when i press those buttons....
no download mode, recovery mode.
i think it is HARD BRICKED...
Nazwan ali said:
No charging animation, nothing happens when when i press those buttons....
no download mode, recovery mode.
i think it is HARD BRICKED...
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hardbrick in less than a week? blamesamsung PP
you can try smashing the phone at a samsung repair service manager
Unexist6969 said:
hardbrick in less than a week? blamesamsung PP
you can try smashing the phone at a samsung repair service manager
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Why is it Samsungs fault.. You have to take the risks of flashing stuff on your device. This guy obviously did not do his research...
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Exactly. Hardly Samsung's fault when 'tards don't RTFM (which seems to be happening a lot more than it used to around here).
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Why is it Samsungs fault.. You have to take the risks of flashing stuff on your device. This guy obviously did not do his research...
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So, there is no hope to repair my phone.
Android sucks......... if it is an iphone I can handle it my self
Oh yes. Android obviously sucks given you didn't have the cerebral matter to do your research before you started doing things that could potentially trash your phone
Only one thing is to blame in this instance. And that's you.
thnkx
Thank you guys, I appreciate your help...
it helps me a lot. I will never ever forget about this helpful forum.... i AM LEAVING THIS FORUM WITH A HAPPY FACE. :laugh:
Remember to switch off the lights on your way out....
Nazwan ali said:
So, there is no hope to repair my phone.
Android sucks......... if it is an iphone I can handle it my self
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I love comments like this. Well if you don`t read properly how and what to flash at what time to your device and just do as you think is right then you are going to end up with a hardbrick. That`s nobodies fault but yours. Why did you buy an Android phone in the first place if you can handle an IPhone better?
Nazwan ali said:
Thank you guys, I appreciate your help...
it helps me a lot. I will never ever forget about this helpful forum.... i AM LEAVING THIS FORUM WITH A HAPPY FACE. :laugh:
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If you have an hardbrick and you can`t even get into download mode, what do you expect people to do? We are normal human beings here, there are no miracles here. If you have an hardbrick, you can try to repair it via Jtag or send it to a Samsung service center if you are still on warranty but if you complain about Android and how much it sucks you won`t be making many friends here, since this is an Android community.
Hi there,
After two days of continuous efforts to resolve the issue and reading hundreds of articles and forum threads, I have tried everything to fix the problem to no avail.
I have just recently started using Android (Samsung Galaxy S3 I900T) It was purchased in New Zealand. When my iPhone died, I decided to try Android as I was getting a little sick of iOS. Anyway, since I am a total noob, I followed a great guide here on XDA forums to install a custom ROM. I installed Paranoid following step by step instructions and LOVED it. Everything was working well and I was happy with the "lollipop" as Jellybean was laggy and slow.
I then tried a couple of apps for various tasks that asked me to 'root' the device. I did not really care for it until Cleanmaster asked me to. So I installed an app (can't even remember the name) and it rebooted the phone. Now it is just stuck at "Samsung Galaxy SIII" white logo.
I tried to go into recovery mode by pressing Volume up + Home button + power and it simply won't work. Pressing volume down button however does bring the "Download mode".
According to many articles I have read, it seems my phone is soft bricked. Is there anyone who could help me to fix my phone? I am desperate and would highly appreciate any assistance! Please be kind as I am new to Android OS and pretty much a noob.
I will be checking for replies every 30 minutes in anticipation there might be someone knowledgable here to help me out.
Please feel free to ask any questions you may need to assist me and I will try my best to answer them as technically as possible.
Thank you in advance! :angel:
PS- I beg your pardon if I posted this in the wrong section or if I have not given enough information.
ZLestat86 said:
Hi there,
After two days of continuous efforts to resolve the issue and reading hundreds of articles and forum threads, I have tried everything to fix the problem to no avail.
I have just recently started using Android (Samsung Galaxy S3 I900T) It was purchased in New Zealand. When my iPhone died, I decided to try Android as I was getting a little sick of iOS. Anyway, since I am a total noob, I followed a great guide here on XDA forums to install a custom ROM. I installed Paranoid following step by step instructions and LOVED it. Everything was working well and I was happy with the "lollipop" as Jellybean was laggy and slow.
I then tried a couple of apps for various tasks that asked me to 'root' the device. I did not really care for it until Cleanmaster asked me to. So I installed an app (can't even remember the name) and it rebooted the phone. Now it is just stuck at "Samsung Galaxy SIII" white logo.
I tried to go into recovery mode by pressing Volume up + Home button + power and it simply won't work. Pressing volume down button however does bring the "Download mode".
According to many articles I have read, it seems my phone is soft bricked. Is there anyone who could help me to fix my phone? I am desperate and would highly appreciate any assistance! Please be kind as I am new to Android OS and pretty much a noob.
I will be checking for replies every 30 minutes in anticipation there might be someone knowledgable here to help me out.
Please feel free to ask any questions you may need to assist me and I will try my best to answer them as technically as possible.
Thank you in advance! :angel:
PS- I beg your pardon if I posted this in the wrong section or if I have not given enough information.
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Flasback to stock with Odin using firmware from Sammobile here >> http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9300T/ << don't forget that if you get a bootloop after flashing to do a factory reset.
tallman43 said:
Flasback to stock with Odin using firmware from Sammobile here >> Link hidden << don't forget that if you get a bootloop after flashing to do a factory reset.
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Hi Tallman, thank you for your response. I am currently downloading the recommended firmware (916 MB, 2 days left till completion )
While its being downloaded, I have another question: whenever I connect my phone in "Downloading mode" by pressing volume down + home + power, Odin does not even pickup on the device. It is almost like nothing is even connected. I have installed the latest Samsung driver on my PC.
Would the flashing work if Odin is not even recognizing or acknowledging my device?
Thanks
ZLestat86 said:
Hi Tallman, thank you for your response. I am currently downloading the recommended firmware (916 MB, 2 days left till completion )
While its being downloaded, I have another question: whenever I connect my phone in "Downloading mode" by pressing volume down + home + power, Odin does not even pickup on the device. It is almost like nothing is even connected. I have installed the latest Samsung driver on my PC.
Would the flashing work if Odin is not even recognizing or acknowledging my device?
Thanks
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You have to wait while your stock rom is checked and in the pda box then it should recognize it look here for guides >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969 << Also I noticed in your first post you put Galaxy S3 I900T did you miss spell S3 I900 because it should be S3 I9300
tallman43 said:
You have to wait while your stock rom is checked and in the pda box then it should recognize it look here for guides >> << Also I noticed in your first post you put Galaxy S3 I900T did you miss spell S3 I900 because it should be S3 I9300
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Indeed, that was my bad. That is why I am so glad I have finally found someone like an expert yourself. The model is GT-I9300T. I missed the 3 in the original post. I believe (I might be wrong) the 'T' is for all the phone sets issued by Telecom (now rebranded as Spark) in Australia and New Zealand.
I have managed to download around 16 MBs lol.
Once again, appreciated your help dude :good:
My suggestion is connect your phone and keep it with Samsung kies for recovery. It would bring your phone back to purchased state.
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ganesh81289 said:
My suggestion is connect your phone and keep it with Samsung kies for recovery. It would bring your phone back to purchased state.
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Thanks for the response.
Kies does not detect any phone. Could it be due to the fact that the bootscreen is stuck in loop? I was loving my Custom paranoid ROM until some motherlicking app forced booted the phone in order to "root it".
I do not want to switch back to iOS and thats why I am so desperate to get my S3 fixed. I have put my SIM in my iPhone until Galaxy gets fixed.
Its strange how much I supported everything Apple back in the and how I much I dislike it now. It's like I have divorced Apple and now my Android mistress is acting up too. :silly:
Odin is too sensitive i guess i too have a s3 GT-I9300 and i have noticed that all usb cords dont work on odin. Try to change the cord it works. The shorter the better. It will surely detect just change the usb cord or try to connect to another usb port.
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