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If your phone was bricked in any way, but still shows something on the screen when powered on or plugged in, try this.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen
IF the phone screen does show the battery charger or something else on the screen after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
When done properly, this will always get you into Download mode. After that you should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
This fixed my 'odd' bricks. Over and over again.
I'd say it's impossible to truly brick this phone.
I have been researching this most of the day, due to some testing I was doing, and the one thing I have come to realize is that this phone recovers well from "brick" it's not a true brick it's just scary. One of the posts I read, here on xda, said that unless the blue progress bar started advancing while using Odin, you can unplug, pull battery fairly safely.
davbran said:
I have been researching this most of the day, due to some testing I was doing, and the one thing I have come to realize is that this phone recovers well from "brick" it's not a true brick it's just scary. One of the posts I read, here on xda, said that unless the blue progress bar started advancing while using Odin, you can unplug, pull battery fairly safely.
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Haha well that's exactly what happened to me. I flashed wrong with Odin and it failed halfway through, and I had no choice but to reboot the phone.
And when I did I got a truly odd screen. All I could see was a picture of a phone connected to an exclamation point connected to a laptop. That's it. Lol.
And I fixed it by doing this.
omg, i love you This totally fixed my problem XD
Everyone kept saying go to download mode, but no one ever said to "7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!"
super life saver... thanks alot
I actually did find someone else say to do that but it was out of luck as it was deeply buried. Don't remember where it was here lol
Its nice to have people who help us newbies
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Haha well that's exactly what happened to me. I flashed wrong with Odin and it failed halfway through, and I had no choice but to reboot the phone.
And when I did I got a truly odd screen. All I could see was a picture of a phone connected to an exclamation point connected to a laptop. That's it. Lol.
And I fixed it by doing this.
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Yea, last night I was messing around with the latest lag fix, but it ending up causing a lot of FC's, so I had to revert to stock a few times. I tried to make it work using ext2 and ext3, but it still wasn't stable enough. I didn't enjoy the noticeable speed increase, but it wasn't worth it since launcher pro was one of the programs that was FCing.
Anyways, so after I gave up for the 3rd time, I flashed stock using ODIN and it got stuck. I left it there for awhile with no progress and the phone's screen actually just went completely black. I pulled the battery and got the weird cell phone pointing to computer icon. I almost crapped my pants at that point. Very scary moment since I had not seen that screen before.
A quick google search for "bricked Vibrant" led me to this thread and voila! My Vibrant is alive and well again.
Thanks a bunch.
PS: After reflashing stock that many times, I still find it strange that after a fresh flash, I still get a noticeable speed boost by wiping the phone through the privacy setting. Not sure if it's a placebo effect, but I swear it makes a noticeable difference every time.
Maverick777 said:
Yea, last night I was messing around with the latest lag fix, but it ending up causing a lot of FC's, so I had to revert to stock a few times. I tried to make it work using ext2 and ext3, but it still wasn't stable enough. I didn't enjoy the noticeable speed increase, but it wasn't worth it since launcher pro was one of the programs that was FCing.
Anyways, so after I gave up for the 3rd time, I flashed stock using ODIN and it got stuck. I left it there for awhile with no progress and the phone's screen actually just went completely black. I pulled the battery and got the weird cell phone pointing to computer icon. I almost crapped my pants at that point. Very scary moment since I had not seen that screen before.
A quick google search for "bricked Vibrant" led me to this thread and voila! My Vibrant is alive and well again.
Thanks a bunch.
PS: After reflashing stock that many times, I still find it strange that after a fresh flash, I still get a noticeable speed boost by wiping the phone through the privacy setting. Not sure if it's a placebo effect, but I swear it makes a noticeable difference every time.
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Glad I could help!
And that's intersting. I'll make sure to wipe the privacy settings. I actually haven't ever wiped them yet.
No go for me.
I used the stupid partition tool in rom manager. partitioned the internal memory not the sd card.
Saw a few others did this, and this worked for them, either right away or after flashing eugene's froyo rom then reverting back, but that rom just hangs on cache.fsd or something like that.
Trying to repartition through odin, with no download files selected right now. It does not appear to be doing anything, just set pit file, then do not turn off target in odin.
Will leave it for a bit, maybe try to flash this again, i think the issue might be deeper for me though. need kernel and everything else.
I did that but my phone locked up and now all I get is a picture of a yellow cation sign next to a little phone and pc pic.. anything I can do at this point or??
tried going into recovery and download mode but it wont let me past that screen.
Thank you so much for this, I received a replacement set 2 days ago and was playing around the the phone and I bricked it, it thought it was frozen so I pulled the batter and it bricked.
I followed your instructions and it works like a charm. What I did find though is that i can't seem you use odin on a mac even with a virtual machine. I had to use an actual PC.
tweezit said:
I did that but my phone locked up and now all I get is a picture of a yellow cation sign next to a little phone and pc pic.. anything I can do at this point or??
tried going into recovery and download mode but it wont let me past that screen.
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This is exactly the screen I had. Follow my instructions exactly and you'll get into download mode (at least i did)
This should be made a sticky.
thank you thank you thank you
Sticky this thread.
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Great find for all.
has anyone found a way to unbrick a flashed EU rom then the person flashed to US rom? and then the power wont come on? But the unit does get hot when plugged in?
Im trying to see if i need to jtag this thing. or if anyone had success?
Thanks
ok so my vibrant gave me the cell phone and computer screen i got it back in download mode. started odin to get it back to stock but no matter how long i let odin go nothing happens i got the files that i need for odin out of a thread on these forums and i have followed the directions to the letter and still nothing. any help some one can give would be great. thank you for your time.
How do I know if my phone is being picked up by Odin or being flashed?
did the same thing the clockwork partition wiped my internal memory
F**k!
woop guess im going to tmobile in the a.m. and playin the whole
idk what happened it wont turn on
thank god for the 14 day return policy!
I ran into "brick mode" myself 2 nights ago and could not get my phone into download mode. Any possible combo of volume key up/down and power had no effect. Just that phone exclamation point pc icon slowly blinking in the center of the screen. I did finally get it into download mode but it wasn't using any of the previously mentioned methods, so I'll add one more to the growing list to try. This one worked for me after almost 4 hours of experimenting.
BTW....my phone would never display the battery charging image when powered off and plugged in. Just this same annoying image.
Pull the battery. Put it back in. Hold the just the volume down button. Do not hold the power button. Plug in either a wall charger or USB cable. The cable will power up the phone and voila. I was in the download screen.
I also highly recommend the stock ROM from the thread
"[ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working)" In Vibrant > Vibrant Android Development
I tried another ROM found out on the internet and ended up with a shell that crashed and restarted every 60 seconds.
For those running into Odin stuck on a message about verifying the file system, I had no luck when the phone used COM3. I suggest moving your USB cable into different ports on your PC. Each new port will "install" a new instance of the phone using different COM ports. COM5 and COM6 both worked as I was reflashing the day away yesterday.
I tried to upgrade to froyo using the odin method from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950. After everything was successfully done my phone shut off and now it won't turn on. I don't get a battery charge screen or anything. The phone's just blank.....
First, Get the Shipping rom (pit and tar files) so you can ODIN back to stock
Be sure you have the newest version of ODIN
Then remove the battery, plug the USB to the PC.
Now put the battery back.
Press both vol keys (up and down) and hold.
That should get you in Download Mode.
If it does not work, take battery out, unmplug USB.
Put battery back and try again to go into download mode.
Now you put the wrong version of froyo, if your keys maps are changed you may be screwed
If so, good luck! You are gonna need a lot of research to see if you can save it
i think i'm screwed.....nothing is working
If anyone else could help me with this, it would be great. I'm in between a rock and a wall right now with my phone.
you flashed the wrong rom. You didn't know that, did you?
iynfynity said:
you flashed the wrong rom. You didn't know that, did you?
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No I didn't know that sadly. Is there anyway I can save my phone?
Hehehehe...I bricked mine yesterday. I disabled voodoo via Voodoo Toggle and waited for Linda to convert. I loaded up Odin and put in my pit & tar for JFD, which I always use, and hit start. I was on Nero v3 going to flash Nero v4 when it came out. I got a Fail part of the way through. The phone won't power on at all.....A popup says Windows can't recognize the device plugged into usb...
I think people are confusing things here and there...if your phone won't power on at all, you can't get help...you can't get into download mode to odin or recover it.
Like mine, for instance, there is no amount of times taking the battery out or doing this or that is gonna fix it..We need to read the post before we try to offer help...IF IT WON'T POWER ON how can people post ways to ODIN or RECOVER...
I'm just sayin....
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Hehehehe...I bricked mine yesterday. I disabled voodoo via Voodoo Toggle and waited for Linda to convert. I loaded up Odin and put in my pit & tar for JFD, which I always use, and hit start. I was on Nero v3 going to flash Nero v4 when it came out. I got a Fail part of the way through. The phone won't power on at all.....A popup says Windows can't recognize the device plugged into usb...
I think people are confusing things here and there...if your phone won't power on at all, you can't get help...you can't get into download mode to odin or recover it.
Like mine, for instance, there is no amount of times taking the battery out or doing this or that is gonna fix it..We need to read the post before we try to offer help...IF IT WON'T POWER ON how can people post ways to ODIN or RECOVER...
I'm just sayin....
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Well right now I'm simply trying to get the phone to turn on which it won't, I was not asking for help to odin or recover. I was trying to ask if anyone else had this problem and if my phone is totally killed or if there's a possibility that i can save it. But thanks for your 2 cents.
Me too
I had ordered Samsung Vibrant Unlocked from T-Mobile USA around a month back. I am well past the 30 day replacement now.
I Rooted it updated to Axura 2.2.5.9
After all the procedure got completed, I rebooted the phone and now it just won't start at all.
My piece is Hardware Locked wherein I can't get into the Recovery Mode, but can get into the Download Mode. But I am not even able to get into the Download mode now.
It just won't freaking turn on.
If I send it over for repair, as the phone is a rooted one, will I void the warranty ?
Please reply quickly. I am starting to freak out.
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
jmcghee1973 said:
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
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lol you must be very happy after that, good to great that.
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jmcghee1973 said:
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
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I got the same issue and this isn't working for me.
are there any other ideas?
it is completely dead. I am using a new battery and a known good usb cable to the computer.
I have tried holding all three buttons...just the vol up and down...vol up and power...etc... and nothing.
I even created that little JTAG thingy that I found on YouTube...that did nothing also
Different Situation
I have a similar problem with my Vibrant.
I reset my battery stats and also disabled VooDoo lagfix, and after i tried to reboot the phone, it froze on the vibrant screen.
I tried using soome of the methods that you guys posted before me, but then after i turn it on it shows an icon that there is a connection problem between the phone and PC.
I CAN turn on the phone, is there a way to just like reset everything? and if so how?
Thanks!
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I have a similar problem with my Vibrant.
I reset my battery stats and also disabled VooDoo lagfix, and after i tried to reboot the phone, it froze on the vibrant screen.
I tried using soome of the methods that you guys posted before me, but then after i turn it on it shows an icon that there is a connection problem between the phone and PC.
I CAN turn on the phone, is there a way to just like reset everything? and if so how?
Thanks!
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If your phone powers on at all, you should be able to get into DL mode. Follow the instructions on how to revert to stock via ODIN.
In reply to the OP, if you tried the download mode method:
connect phone to usb
pull out battery
hold both volume sticks
put in batttery
and the phone still does not turn on even after multiple tries , well you're a bit screwed. But, Samsung cannot detect if the phone has been rooted if it cannot even turn on. Just tell them the Kies Mini update bricked the phone.
omg leave ur phone on charger for 10 min, pull battery out when hooked up to charger put battery back in , let sit for few min pull battery out hook up phone to computer hold vol up vol down pop battery in , helped ? np this has been answered gazilion times in other threads
btw it takes few try this way to get it back up running so dont stop on first , hey .
If you have the phone!pc problem..connect to odin & see if your showing a COM port .... just flash pit & tar if you do. Without download mode
Sent from Bionix V powered Vibrant
my phone shut off and now it won't turn on. I don't get a battery charge screen or anything. The phone's just blank.....
If you have the phone!pc problem..connect to odin & see if your showing a COM port .... just flash pit & tar if you do. Without download mode
yes u do that it makes sense lol
gmoney007 said:
I got the same issue and this isn't working for me.
are there any other ideas?
it is completely dead. I am using a new battery and a known good usb cable to the computer.
I have tried holding all three buttons...just the vol up and down...vol up and power...etc... and nothing.
I even created that little JTAG thingy that I found on YouTube...that did nothing also
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You're talking about a DIY Jig. A JTAG is completely different. They cost $150-300. You can pay to have a local repair shop jtag it for around $50 or send it to Samsung to repair/replace. I'm still trying to find out how much Samsung would charge for the repair if it's deemed out of warranty.
If your phone refuses to turn on no matter what you do and it gets warm or hot if you leave the battery in it, read on:
I hope my suggestion is not too late. I was in the situation before. I tried everything everyone said here and somewhere else. None of them works.
The reason that those methods don't work because you cannot get to download or recovery mode or even the pc-phone screen since your phone won't turn on. The reason that your phone doesn't turn on because the bootloader has been messed up. A jig will work only if your phone can be turned on somehow.
Three possible solutions:
1. Repair or replace it with T-mobile, or
2. Get someone to repair it with a riff box or other similar tool, or
3. Get the box and fix it yourself (not recommended if you are not familiar with electronic stuff.)
This is the link for the same problem you have; this guy bought the box and has his phone fixed himself. If you live in US, he may do it for you if you have no place to go. It does hurt to ask.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974862&page=6
So I was flashing my phone with odin and I really messed up and accidentally flashed it with the captivate software not the fascinate software the phone would try to turn on and would show the att loading screen and just kept looping to that screen. I tried to put it back in download mode and it wouldnt work so I read that I should let the battery completely die and try again. I did that and now the phone will not power on at all the screen stays black no matter what key combination I press. I tried holding vol+, vol-, and power; I tried vol- and power, i tried both with the cable plugged in before and after a battery pull, and tried them both without it being plugged in before and after a battery pull. the phone is generating some sort of heat so i know the charger is plugged in properly, (i tested the charger with a samsung infuse and it charges fine so i know the charging cable is working properly). So my question is how do i get it back into download mode so I can flash the proper stock software with odin? all help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! thank you in advance!
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So I was flashing my phone with odin and I really messed up
Not positive, I've only used Heimdall to change the boot logo, but its good reading and likely has your answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
How To Recover Your Fascinate From Any Brick, And Rooting Methods
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thank you! im willing to do the work and research and figure it out!! i use a mac so i am familiar with Heimdall! Ill try what it says, Ill post my results. thanks again for your direction and willing to help a newbie
So I carefully read that post, I'm using a fully charged battery from my friends epic phone, I can't get the phone into download mode and what is ever more strange is that when I press the power button when the phone is NOT plugged into a usb port the phone will show the "att world phone" splash screen, and it will loop boot that image over and over. However, whenever I plug it into a usb cable hooked up to a laptop the phone will go back to a blank black screen and stay that way. Then I will push any key seuqence and I can't get the phone into download mode for the life of me anyone know another way to get into download mode on a samsung fascinate accidentally flashed with a samsung captivate firmware? Once again all help is greatly appreciated
Actually I realized the microusb cable I was using didnt come with the fascinate and the port on the fascinate is oddly shaped so the cable I was using wasnt truly connected, so what happens now with a solid connection to a microusb cable the phone goes to the black screen and will stay that way regardless of what key combinations I hold down. I can even pull the battery and put it back in all while being plugged into the computer and the screen stays black however, when I unplug the phone from the microusb cable the phone will immediately show the "att world phone" splash screen, and continue to loop boot back to that splash screen. Its very strange, someone please help
The usb pinouts are fascinate specific, are you using the stock samsung cable?
Find the download mode jig. Normal download mode methods won't work for you anymore that you're on att firmware. If you're lucky, you can fix it.
Well, let's review........so far you flashed captivate software onto your fascinate, then you thought putting the battery from the epic in your phone might help......I think the next step is definitely to see if putting a hard shell case for the vibrant on your phone will help. May as well cover the entire galaxy s line.
On a serious note, listen to imnuts' advice. It's your only chance.
^ lol you're in good hands good luck
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The usb pinouts are fascinate specific, are you using the stock samsung cable?
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Micro USB is Micro USB unless specified by the manufacturer. Might wanna do some research before you make your fourth post on this forum with false information.
Ouch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 fifth time the charm??? Just trying to help...tho if I'm not positive, might oughtta wait on someone who is.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using little discretion.
2scampy said:
Ouch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 fifth time the charm??? Just trying to help...tho if I'm not positive, might oughtta wait on someone who is.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using little discretion.
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That's for putting the phone into download mode, not usage of the Micro USB cable. Yes, the port on the phone side has a specific pinout, but the cable itself doesn't.
Love this site, info abounds... Just saw a thread about manually jumping the pins w/a series of resistors. Common sense, but I'd trust the soldering better than my fingers lol. On a lighter note, I think it was only 3 bad ideas... w/ imnuts and shark, he is in good hands.
hey landshark68, i used the battery from my friends epic because the battery from my fascinate would not charge in my fascinate no matter what, so I had to use another battery to even get the phone to do anything, I'm sure you make a lot of friends assuming that everyone is less intelligent than you
thebrodizzle said:
hey landshark68, i used the battery from my friends epic because the battery from my fascinate would not charge in my fascinate no matter what, so I had to use another battery to even get the phone to do anything, I'm sure you make a lot of friends assuming that everyone is less intelligent than you
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It was a joke about piecing things together from all the different galaxy s phones.
lol sorry man, its just frustrating that i havent been able to use my phone and it makes me sad sorry to take it out on you
Did you try this to get in download mode: " If you can't get into download mode with your phone plugged into your PC, unplug usb from PC and plug it into the wall outlet, and try to put it into download mode there. When It goes into download mode, unplug usb from adapter, plug it into PC and put it into download mode, This does work."
it doesnt go into download mode no matter what ive tried all different key combinations used for any galaxy phone and it just loops the "att world phone" splash screen, has anyone else ever accidentally flashed a phone with the wrong model's software before? or am i the only one that is that silly lol
Imnuts is right. And Landshark, while sarcastic, is both right AND funny. Google captivate download jig, (evidently this works for all galaxy s models) read some, go to radio shack, get a (or some more likely) resistor(s), make sure they add up to 301 kohm (again, verify w/ xda post on building a jig, going on what I read last night) and hope you didn't flash yourself a mini att billboard.
or buy one on amazon. 9.99 search galaxy dongle jig. Good luck, since you get some boot activity, it looks like there is some hope.
There is a good chance the download mode jig will work for you based on what you have said. However, it is your ONLY option and last resort at this point if the other download mode methods have failed.
I think I have hard bricked my vibrant phone. I was trying to odin back to stock after being on MIUI and the screen now just goes black and nothing else. None of quick ways to get in to download mode have worked. The only sign of life is that it worms up after a while.
Have done using odin v1.3 on win7 64bit. I looked for a while at similar threads and most of them didn't apply to my case. And the rest were mostly unanswered. Oh, and none of the threads have valid links any more. My warranty is out and $200+ to send for repairs.
Any ideas if the USB JIG would work? My phone isn't hardware locked. Any thoughts?
Thanks, in advance.
which ways did you try to get into dl mode?
I've got a Jtag but have never used it on a blackscreen brick, I've seen 60% 70% thrown around, but each phone is different, Id go for 8 bucks first, 200 sounds awful high, Is that for samsung to reflash it?
ya, get a jig. if you can get into DL mode then all is golden (after you buy the jig)
I've had a black screen before where the phone got no life at all. I thought it was dead completely. Nothing would show up on the screen, no charge icon when plugged in, no power up, nothing!
I just didn't give up on download mode. I continued to do the - battery out > hold all buttons > plug in usb > battery in > and then in my head I did a silent count of what I thought would be the normal bootup time and when I should let go of the button. I must have gotten lucky I guess, cause after trying that about a dozen times it finally went into download mode. Mind you the phone screen was still black, the only way I knew I was in download mode was that ODIN connected to the device. Started the flash in ODIN and after completion, to my delight the phone booted up normally. I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how I fixed my black screen when I thought all was lost.
Good luck!
Thanks, everyone. I have already ordered the jig online and hopefully that works. I have been and will continue to try to get in to down load mode using the 3 button method.
I am using windows 7 64bit, Does that matter?
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which ways did you try to get into dl mode?
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I had the GB boot loader installed so I used the power and volume up method to get into download mode.
kawika, I was in the same boat as you. My Epic was in the same catatonic state as yours and every post I could find through google said I was pretty much fscked. After cursing myself for hours and wishing that I kept everything stock, I found your post through google and I was saved. Thank you for resurrecting my expensive paperweight!!!
So, here is the story...
I'm new to using ODIN, and flashing things.. The first time I ever flashed anything was on this device. I had it rooted with Frama, and instantly went to odin. I tried flashing CM onto it (Samsung Galaxy S2, SCH-R760) which failed. Turned out I had downloaded the wrong ROM for it, and just wasn't paying attention to detail. Anyways, It soft bricked it to where it would only stay in download mode. Well, that was no big deal because I knew it could be fixed. NOW, my issue is that it stayed in download mode to long, even on the charger, and died. Since it died, it wont charge like at all. It will only go into download mode for about 20 seconds after I take the battery out, wait a few minutes, and put it back in. Then, when I try to go back into download mode, it says
LOW BATTERY! Cannot go into download mode, or something like that.
Then, when I try it again, it just wont do anything at all. But the device is showing the blue LED light in the top right hand corner, like it is trying to charge. I've used 3 different USB cords with it to try to charge it. The one that came with it, a different one that was older, and my new S6 USB cord.
I've also tried downloading the one-click soft unbrick, but my phone wont stay in download mode long enough. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Maybe try charging the battery another way? Or what?
Thanks, Much appreciated!!!!
ButterLock said:
So, here is the story...
I'm new to using ODIN, and flashing things.. The first time I ever flashed anything was on this device. I had it rooted with Frama, and instantly went to odin. I tried flashing CM onto it (Samsung Galaxy S2, SCH-R760) which failed. Turned out I had downloaded the wrong ROM for it, and just wasn't paying attention to detail. Anyways, It soft bricked it to where it would only stay in download mode. Well, that was no big deal because I knew it could be fixed. NOW, my issue is that it stayed in download mode to long, even on the charger, and died. Since it died, it wont charge like at all. It will only go into download mode for about 20 seconds after I take the battery out, wait a few minutes, and put it back in. Then, when I try to go back into download mode, it says
LOW BATTERY! Cannot go into download mode, or something like that.
Then, when I try it again, it just wont do anything at all. But the device is showing the blue LED light in the top right hand corner, like it is trying to charge. I've used 3 different USB cords with it to try to charge it. The one that came with it, a different one that was older, and my new S6 USB cord.
I've also tried downloading the one-click soft unbrick, but my phone wont stay in download mode long enough. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Maybe try charging the battery another way? Or what?
Thanks, Much appreciated!!!!
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Your samsung s2 is of different version, and cannot run any of the i9100 ROMs on it. So, the only way to get it back is to flash the stock ROM via odin. But, as you have mentioned, I would suggest you to arrange a battery maybe from your friend, and place it in your S2 and restore it.
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