i think i bricked my brand new SGII.
never played with any android phones till today. got the phone rooted it no problem. had super user etc.
then i was trying to install checkrom.
thought i was doing everything right. i couldnt get it to install from internal or external storage. kept getting aborted installation.
so i thought maybe i needed to upgrade the kernal.
downloaded and installed dark knight v2.5.
this seemed to work.
after installing dark knight kernal i tried to install checkrom again.
same issue. it wouldnt install.
i then selected reboot.
the phone doesnt do anything now.
i cant get it to turn on reboot anything.
ive removed the battery, the sim, the sd card etc.
computer doenst detect it. i cant power on or do vol up/down and power. nadda.
did i already screw this thing up?!
this is crazy!
thanks.
can anyone help? thanks.
I'd recommend a USB jig. You can even go to a local radio shack and get a microUSB port, a 301k resistor, and simply jump pins 4&5 on the USB connector. Then plug it into the phone. If that doesn't get a response your likely hard bricked. Research before you randomly flash something next time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Hello , mate! I've bricked my Samsung Galaxy Fit by installing ROM Toolbox . I've taken to the repairing shop, but in the future I will use USB JIG. I urge you to use it.
should the jig fix it?
im tempted to just take it back to the store since i got it yesterday.
I'd try returning it then. If they won't take it back, try the jig to get into download mode. Then flash everything back to stock. No guarentees but it usually does the trick.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
so i got a new phone. i was able to root it and install a custom kernel.
thanks guys!
next question tho, i installed jugs 0.3 but i cannot control the voltage in set cpu. i want to undervolt to increase battery life.
how do i put another custom kernal on the device? can i just install synergy 0.5 on top of jugs? or do i have to go to stock kernel and then to synergy?
[email protected]
Flash away. But be smart and safe about it. Make nandroids. Backups. All that good stuff
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Related
Hi,
I tried flashing the phone with Clockwork. Part of the way through the flash it started writing in large letters going off the screen (weird text) then screen turned off, and back on to the installation progress, and then it shut off. No response from anything.
I did a battery pull after 10 mins to try to get the phone into recovery, but the phone does not respond to any combination of keys, battery pulls, and connecting the phone to the PC does nothing. The computer does not see the phone, the USB controller in hardware management does not refresh and show anything when connecting while holding both volume keys, and I have tried everything I could google.
There are no lights on the phone when pressing power, or any combination of recovery keys. Screen is permanently off.
Is there a way to force the phone to boot into any mode to get any recovery?
Thanks for the info.
The T-Mobile Vibrant and the Bell Vibrant are not the same and are quite incompatible actually. Did you flash something for the T-Mobile Vibrant instead? That could be your problem. If so, you'll need to be more careful in making sure it works on the "Bell Vibrant" since most of the stuff here is only tested on the US TMO Vibrant. The big letters are pretty common / normal when flashing a ROM kernel, modem, etc. It would help to know what OS version, ROM name / version you were running before and what filesystem (RFS, EXT2, EXT4). You might also mention what you tried flashing and the version of the Clockwork you were using if you can remember.
Even though you say it doesn't respond to charging, does that mean when you plug it into the "Wall Outlet" as well as the "Computer"? They have been known to produce different results. If you can get it to show the Green battery charge screen, there's a good chance you'll be fine.
Have you seen / read this thread before? - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Failing that, you might wish to try the USB JIG method to try to see if that will get you into "Download Mode".
I was trying to flash from Stock 2.1 to Axura2259VE. Not sure what File System.
Only tried charging on computer with no response. will try a dedicated usb charger.
I was using the latest version of Clockwork as of today (Updated from app store, Jan 5).
I will put the jig together tonight if possible.
The phone is a GT-I9000M if that helps.
"If your phone screen is always black, that is it does not display the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo when you switch it on, then sorry, this jig will not help you."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
So, the Jig will not work for my situation. Anything else I can do? The phone was bought on classifieds and only bricked when updating.
Yes, that's the proper model # for the Canadian Vibrant. The US Vibrant is T959. I'm not sure Axura2259VE for T959 is compatible with the Bell Vibrant as the developer (Master) only owns a US model AFAIK. Try the dedicated charger that came with the phone plugged into a wall outlet with no extensions in between. Mind you, I've not troubleshooted a Bell Vibrant before so I don't know how it differs.
The Filesystem is RFS when stock, EXT2 if you applied the OCLF lagfix from RyanZA (not recommended) and EXT4 if you're running VooDoo. By asking about the filesystem, I was just wondering whether you had a lag fix installed / in-use before flashing. Does any of this apply to you?
I have installed lag fix following the tutorial from the app store, but it was for the intent of rooting the phone, which was already rooted. nothing else was run in the application unless it runs the lag fix by default. doubtful. I do not think it was applied.
Phone not under warranty because i bought it from classifieds. Hoping to get it fixed myself so will try to assemble the 301k resistance between pins 4 and 5 and try it tonight.
Any other ideas?
I really don't know what else to suggest to you. However, installation of the lagfix was unnecessary to have obtained root access on the phone. Rooting and Lagfixing are separate processes. If it was both rooted and lag fixed then which app from the Market did you use to apply the lagfix? Did you disable the lagfix before flashing?
RyanZA's OCLF 2.0.
I had it installed, never ran the lag fix, so I do not think this is the case here.
Thanks alot for the replies. I will post results tonight.
eugenek5 said:
I was trying to flash from Stock 2.1 to Axura2259VE. Not sure what File System.
Only tried charging on computer with no response. will try a dedicated usb charger.
I was using the latest version of Clockwork as of today (Updated from app store, Jan 5).
I will put the jig together tonight if possible.
The phone is a GT-I9000M if that helps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The latest Axura flashes the bootloader to your phone. I suspect this is what the problem is and why you are unable to recover from it. I know absolutely nothing about the Bell Vibrant, but flashing a bootloader will affect how you get into recovery/download mode [I THINK]. You could try entering download mode the way U.S. Vibrant owners do, but I'm not sure if it will help. Sorry I don't have any helpful information, just thought I'd note the possible cause for your grief.
Interesting. I hadn't realized that or looked to see if that was the case. That definitely makes sense. Bootloader bricks are the hardest to recover from IMO (if you can at all). At least, in the future the OP should be able to tell if any rom if going to update the bootloader if it contains an "SBL.bin" in the package.
What?!? I'm suprised a ROM was packaged with the bootloader. To me flashing the bootloader is risky business. I'm not sure there's a way a consumer can recover from a failed bootloader
silow said:
What?!? I'm suprised a ROM was packaged with the bootloader. To me flashing the bootloader is risky business. I'm not sure there's a way a consumer can recover from a failed bootloader
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't flashed the new Axura because of the inclusion of the bootloader [SBL.bin] and truth be told I was shocked when I saw it in there.
So you guys are saying that the Jtag way does not work? I am sitting here trying to connect 2x150K resistors to pin 4-5 and it is not doing anything.
eugenek5 said:
So you guys are saying that the Jtag way does not work? I am sitting here trying to connect 2x150K resistors to pin 4-5 and it is not doing anything.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This method is to help you get into download mode if you are "hardware locked". In your case you have the wrong bootloader on your phone. At this point there is not much you can do yourself. The bootloader will need to be reflashed and as far as I know that's only possible with external equipment rigged into your phone.
I think other people were able to recover from the same incident. they just went to a phone technician(i don't know what do call that) and they just flashed a bootloader to your phone and it wil be flashed back to stock.
hey i'm not sure about this because i have only read about it and i really can't remember where because a lot of bricks already happened here.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Hard brick and fix not working
SO...
My vibrant is bricked, and I have my brother's vibrant to reference. (GT-I9000M)
This is a hard brick, with nothing showing up on the screen.
I have ordered the JIG thinking this would solve the boot issue, but with no luck.
I have tried the following:
- Up/Down - USB - Battery - Release keys
- Up/Down/Power - USB - Battery - Release keys
- JIG - Battery
- Battery - JIG
- USB - Up/Power/Menu - Battery
- USB - Down/Power/Menu - Battery
I have confirmed that the second vibrant that is working fine boots from the JIG successfully. I have also confirmed that the battery is working fine and tested on the other phone.
Cause: Battery pull on unsuccessful flash.
Please help! This phone has been bricked for 2 weeks and I want it back to working. I am out of ideas!
I had my phone hard bricked literally 4 days ago. I called T-Mobile and now I'm typing to you from the new phone. Call and see if the phone is still under warranty. If not then you'll have to pay Samsung themselves to fix the issue for you. I don't know what they'll charge, but I'll assume no more than $60 since its a software issue.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
OuncE718 said:
I had my phone hard bricked literally 4 days ago. I called T-Mobile and now I'm typing to you from the new phone. Call and see if the phone is still under warranty. If not then you'll have to pay Samsung themselves to fix the issue for you. I don't know what they'll charge, but I'll assume no more than $60 since its a software issue.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bought from Classifieds so not sure if it is covered. I have contacted repair places around Toronto.
Any advice would be awesome.
Not sure if there are differences for Download mode but the I9000 forum might be better than the US Vibrant forum.
eugenek5 said:
Bought from Classifieds so not sure if it is covered. I have contacted repair places around Toronto.
Any advice would be awesome.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I bought mine off craigslist from a private seller. Its worth a try. The most they'll say is no. Just don't say you rooted your phone.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
I downloaded the 2.3 rom on my tmobile vibrant. Well, i messed it up. It was for like international phones and stuff. So i decided to odin back to stock 2.2. It did it, but now my phone gives me a black screen and i cant do anything. It wont even turn on. Last time this happened i had to send my phone to samsung and get a new one. Someome please help, i dont want to wait for a new phone again.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA Premium App
kevho00 said:
I downloaded the 2.3 rom on my tmobile vibrant. Well, i messed it up. It was for like international phones and stuff. So i decided to odin back to stock 2.2. It did it, but now my phone gives me a black screen and i cant do anything. It wont even turn on. Last time this happened i had to send my phone to samsung and get a new one. Someome please help, i dont want to wait for a new phone again.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you able to get in download mode @ all ? ?
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA Premium App
Take out battery, run odin, plug usb into computer, plug usb into phone, hold volume up and down but not the power button, replace battery at same time as you hold the two buttons. You really can't kill this phone.
Sent from my Vibrant/ GT9000
get/make a jig as long as your battery still has juice this will force your phone into download mode, from there odin back to stock 2.1 (JFD) i have had the least issues when odining back to JFD
What is a jig? This is op on friends account
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA Premium App
rickdossantosjr said:
What is a jig? This is op on friends account
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A usb jig is a micro usb connector with 301k ohm resistance e across two specific connections ( don't rmr which two connections) that rocks the phones circuitry into pushing the phone into download mode, if I recall correctly instructions on the formation of a jig can be found in the vibrant general section
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Categorically Worthless Vibrant
The guide on making a jig saids that it wont help me
I really need to get my phone in download mode.
Taking out the battery was no help
kevho00 said:
The guide on making a jig saids that it wont help me
I really need to get my phone in download mode.
Taking out the battery was no help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it would help you get into download mode, but aside from that when you press the power button do you see the home keys turn on? if you do id imagine a jig would help. However if not even that helps you probably need to send the phone in.
No, not even the home keys light up.
Crap dont tell me i have to turn it in :/
you try the jig first, its like 5 dollars worth of parts and can only help. Give it a shot, who knows you may get lucky, it could also be that your battery is just drained try charging it in a friends vibe or captivate and see what happens. but at this point it sure looks like you might have to turn it in
This is the second time this happens to me.
Ill just tell Samsung that my phone wont turn on again. Thats what i did when i was rooted and decided to flash my phone to froyo via kies. I didnt get charged $400, so look like they never got it back on either.
did you end up sending it in? this exact same thing just happened to me
^ can you see Anything? Battery charging, cutting it on, trying recovery or download? If so, you are fine. If not, removebattery, wait a while, try again still nothing? Brick likely. What did you do, very hard to brick this phone.
just like the OP said. upgraded to 2.3..didnt like it, tried to go back to 2.2 using odin. it said passed! and has not booted up since..no d/l, no recovery, just black...no nothin
Are the buttons at the bottom lit? Or is it like your phone is just dead? If not the latter, try Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick.
it's like the phone is dead. i cant get anything
Doesn't sound good if you can't see anything. I've seen some say they've removed the battery avg let some time pass and then they were able to get it working, but that seems crazy to me.
unfortunately, i'm not one of those people. i left the battery out for 8+ hrs. and tried again..to no avail....
T-Mobile is shipping me a new phone to replace the one I have which has a bad USB.
The question is, what if I can not get the phone back to stock (cause of the bad USB)? I am now running a CM7.1 nightly.
If I do nothing (and keep CM7 on it), will I get backcharged for anything?
I can sometimes get the USB port to work for a short time. I can try to ODIN back to stock, but if I can not get the ODIN to complete, I can also run the risk of bricking my phone. Should I try anyway?
Is there any way to flash back to stock without ODIN?
Thanks
yes, need unrooted stock
Odin back to stock and format your sd card. Basically do a full wipe. This happened to me once and they never found out.
Simply Honey 5.0 w/ 1.2 Bullet kernel. Badass Rom \m/
That would be nightmare for me or anyone in general...have you tried a different USB cord? That worked for me when I thought my USB port was "broken".
duboi97 said:
That would be nightmare for me or anyone in general...have you tried a different USB cord? That worked for me when I thought my USB port was "broken".
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I fear that it is a nightmare. I have 3 USB cords and can't get a reliable connection with any of them.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk
This happened to me before. If you can still connect even at an angle try to Odin it. If you brick it just say you tried to reformat it and it bricked on you. Yes it's scum bag status doing that but what else can you do when your broke
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Logically the idea of a carrier physically checking every warranty exchange is ludicrous, when i sent mine in (7 months ago) i didn't even bother flashing to stock. reason it's ludicrous is because they're just boxes all these bad boys up and sending them back to samsung for a credit.
Hi,
I have had this issue for about a week now and I have no idea what I can do to remedy it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Basically the handset believes that it is connected via USB constantly, i.e. when there is no cable connected, or power connected.
If nothing is connected to the phone and I try to turn on USB debugging I get the pop up "Attention - USB is connected. remove the cable."
If I do connect a USB cable to PC, the computer nor the handset respond. So I cannot connect to my handset via usb.
If I turn the phone off, then it starts to show the battery charging screen (as if connected) and will slowly drain away the battery. On top of this the battery stats do not update, so I have no idea what the charge is in reality.
If the phone is off, the only way to boot it up is to hold the keys down to boot into Recovery Mode and reboot the phone through that.
This started suddenly when I was using the CM7 latest nightly 116. The weird thing is that I had been on 116 since its release (months ago) and changed nothing for this to suddenly occur.
I couldn't seem to fix it, so I thought I would upgrade to the CM9 latest to "just wipe over the issue". The problem continued through this build.
Still could not get rid of it, so I wiped everything and went back to the first backup I made, which is the stock ROM and the insecure kernel for root access. (First opportunity to do a back up after rooting).
I have tried another battery and the same issue was present.
Is anyone familiar with this issue? Is there something I can do to solve it?
If not, is there a way that I can add the stock kernel back without using USB or ODIN? as neither will recognize the phone is present. If I cant fix it I at least want to return it completely to stock before returning the phone to the store.
Thanks for reading!
Maybe issue with the USB receptacle, hardware failure, moisture inside or dirty contacts etc.
Try cleaning the contacts carefully with a something soft and moist with isopropyl alcohol.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
UpInTheAir said:
Maybe issue with the USB receptacle, hardware failure, moisture inside or dirty contacts etc.
Try cleaning the contacts carefully with a something soft and moist with isopropyl alcohol.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, I cleaned long and hard in the plug and it didn't help unfortunately.
Extract the kernel zImage and flash with Hellcat app HC-kTool from your sdcard.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktool
I think mobile Odin lite will do it from sdcard too. Edit: Able to flash ROM (or selected parts with the pro version, just kernel with lite version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19375402&postcount=1
Edit: Also, Chainfire's CWM Manager app.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
UpInTheAir said:
Extract the kernel zImage and flash with Hellcat app HC-kTool from your sdcard.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktool
I think mobile Odin lite will do it from sdcard too. Edit: Able to flash ROM (or selected parts with the pro version, just kernel with lite version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19375402&postcount=1
Edit: Also, Chainfire's CWM Manager app.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, I have CWM on my phone and you reminded me!
Ok, So I am back to stock FW and Kernel. The issue is still here, guess it's of to the store for a replacement.
Thanks for your help UpInTheAir, it is appreciated.
I had a similar issue with my S1, which I still have. I suspect a drop of rain got into the port, but not sure because it played up for months.
Anyway, my home 3g modem blew up one day so I began using the S1 as a dedicated wifi modem (tethering). I left it constantly on power. A few weeks later I wanted to try and install ics on it (was bored). It connected to the computer first go and all problems have disappeared since. Have tested it many times now. Might have just been luck.
So, maybe just leave it plugged in for a day or two and see if it helps.
Sent from my GT-I9100
had similar issue
i too had similr issue i have tried evrything with sftware thn i took my phone to service centre
UpInTheAir is correct thre was moisture inside... and fr my luck after they cleaned it i got my phone to normal...
but if it gor shrt crcut u hve to change tht part which would cost around 2000 indian rupee
now my problem is tht my wifi isnt wrking
I have a Fascinate that no longer connects to USB. It's a physical port problem. My company had a spare, so I've been able to swap it out and restore all of my apps/data to the other Fascinate, and I'm back up and running on AOKP M6. I'd like to try to get what is now 'the new spare' (the one with the bad USB port) back to the latest stock build.
Sooooo.....
I can't connect the phone to a PC with USB to get into Odin. If I could, I would have had it reverted in a couple of minutes. To be fair, if I could, I wouldn't have actually needed to swap the phone in the first place. I've searched as much as I can, and haven't been able to find if there's a way to flash through recovery from an MTD-based ROM back to stock EH03. Anyone know if this is even possible?
And to cover any of the 'are you sure the USB port is bad' questions, the phone was tested, along with 2 other Fascinates, side-by-side on the same ROM version, with 7 different USB cables (3 official 'Samsung' cables) and 4 different computers. The other two connected fine in both mass storage mode while booted into the ROM and in download mode on each of the PC's and with each cable. This particular one would not detect no matter what. Strange thing is, it charges just fine.
I think you might be pooched and have to jiggle it or whatever to see if you can get it to take, although you have most likely tried that. If you have to return the phone back to them and you don't want them to know you flashed the rims, you might just boot loop the phone so it only shows the Samsung logo and then they might not be able to find out.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
shelby04861 said:
I think you might be pooched and have to jiggle it or whatever to see if you can get it to take, although you have most likely tried that. If you have to return the phone back to them and you don't want them to know you flashed the rims, you might just boot loop the phone so it only shows the Samsung logo and then they might not be able to find out.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually, boot looping is my "point of no return". And yes, I even tried holding the USB cable halfway in while facing a northeasterly direction and simultaneously having a medieval wizard cast enchantments on it, still didn't work. I had high hopes, too.
The closest you will get is a ROM called Superclean3, but you might brick your phone flashing from BML to MTD.