I have a few questions, I'll put them up right away so the impatient may avoid reading my boring story. Beneath the questions are my explanation.
1. It seems to me the flash counter only goes up when I flash non-original firmware. I've flashed twice; once to root, then once again to go back to stock. My counter says 1. Am I correct in assuming this, then?
2. My phone came with astrange and, I think, not widely used firmware called XWKG1. Can I upgrade to ICS using any method, ie. will any ICS-ROM work with my phone?
3. Then I can root, and use Triangleaway to reset flash-counter, right?
And if the answer to question #1 is "yes", I could flash back to stock and have no warranty problems?
Backstory:
I - like many others - downloaded some ROM to get root on my phone. That's all I wanted, just root, no custom UI or anything, so I just downloaded something called CF I think? I'm not very knowledgable about all this, so bear with me.
Now the USB connector and battery is starting to get real weird. In short; my phone thinks USB cable is connected all the time; my phone won't start (says battery is too hot) unless I have a charger plugged in; strange driver issues when trying to connect the phone to a PC, the device is not recognized about 80% of the time; battery drains SUPER quickly. And more probably.
Now this sounds like a hardware issue to me, and should be covered by the warranty no matter if I choose to root my phone or not. But I'm worried Samsung may not share my opinion there. I've flashed back to stock firmware I got with my phone (XWKG1 - I bought my phone from a French company operating in Norway called Pixmania, which gave me this strange version), and the yellow triangle is gone. But flash counter says 1. This could be a problem.
I'd send it back to pixmania straight away. I'm in Norway, I've used pixmania abefore, they're quick and helpful, and I'd guess they'll replace it straight away.
To be honest, I can't remember if stock flashing increases the counter or not. Buy a jig anyway, they're cheap and useful.
Don't think your firmware's that strange, pretty sure I had XWKG1 at some point. Old yes, strange no.
Thanks for the answer. So Pixmania won't just send it to Samsung who will reject it? Have you tried sending rooted phones to them? My phone doesn't have any external damage, but it is currently not covered under Samsungs warranty!
Also, don't know if an USB jig would work since the phone's USB-port is so broken.
reking said:
Thanks for the answer. So Pixmania won't just send it to Samsung who will reject it? Have you tried sending rooted phones to them? My phone doesn't have any external damage, but it is currently not covered under Samsungs warranty!
Also, don't know if an USB jig would work since the phone's USB-port is so broken.
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Yep, rooted my brother-in-law's SGS last year. He returned it to pixmania because his home button wasn't working, got a replacement within a week. He'd forgotten it was rooted, but pixmania either didn't notice or didn't care.
Assuming you flashed via a USB/PC connection before , it's probably worth the risk to try 2 and 3. Or if you don't want to risk your USB port, try Mobile Odin.
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I .
1. It seems to me the flash counter only goes up when I flash non-original firmware. I've flashed twice; once to root, then once again to go back to stock. My counter says 1. Am I correct in assuming this, then?
Thats what it is .
2. My phone came with astrange and, I think, not widely used firmware called XWKG1.
Its not strange .
Can I upgrade to ICS using any method, ie. will any ICS-ROM work with my phone?
When ICS is released it should upgrade .
But not if you root or put custom firmware Kies may no longer offer the iCS upgrade . You wil have to flash a stock ICS firmware .
3. Then I can root, and use Triangleaway to reset flash-counter, right?
And if the answer to question #1 is "yes", I could flash back to stock and have no warranty problems?
Yes
Now this sounds like a hardware issue to me, and should be covered by the warranty no matter if I choose to root my phone or not. But I'm worried Samsung may not share my opinion there. I've flashed back to stock firmware I got with my phone (XWKG1 -
Warranty void if custom rom and that included beta ICS warranty void if phone rooted warranty void if custom rom counter above zero .Thats the official Samsung letter to service centres .
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Hey Guys.
I recently Hard Bricked my Vibrant while flashing a Custom ROM. It won't turn ON at all.
I am shipping the Phone to Samsung Repair Centre in Texas from India.
I had a talk with the Call Centre where they said that I should just give them the piece without the Battery and Battery Pack and they will only repair my piece and will not Replace it anyhow.
I am fine with them just repairing my piece rather than replacing it, but the issue is that I have only Download Mode available on my piece and the Recovery Mode is Factory Disabled.
My Questions are,
1) Whether they will make the Recovery and Download Mode available back on my Vibrant after repairing it ?
2) The phone is very much off the 30 days mark for the Return Policy to work, so is it still their obligation to Replace my piece with a one that has a Recovery and Download Mode enabled on it if the repairing solution doesn't do the trick ?
3) I am shipping the Phone from India so how should I make sure that the Phone that they have Repaired or Replaced with has the Recovery and Download mode working on it ?
4) Also, in my Country we have a Samsung Galaxy S International available, so is the Motherboard of Samsung Vibrant and the International Model similar for the Service Centre over here to repair it ?
Any Help is appreciated.
Thank You.
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Hey Guys.
I recently Hard Bricked my Vibrant while flashing a Custom ROM. It won't turn ON at all.
I am shipping the Phone to Samsung Repair Centre in Texas from India.
I had a talk with the Call Centre where they said that I should just give them the piece without the Battery and Battery Pack and they will only repair my piece and will not Replace it anyhow.
I am fine with them just repairing my piece rather than replacing it, but the issue is that I have only Download Mode available on my piece and the Recovery Mode is Factory Disabled.
My Questions are,
1) Whether they will make the Recovery and Download Mode available back on my Vibrant after repairing it ?
2) The phone is very much off the 30 days mark for the Return Policy to work, so is it still their obligation to Replace my piece with a one that has a Recovery and Download Mode enabled on it if the repairing solution doesn't do the trick ?
3) I am shipping the Phone from India so how should I make sure that the Phone that they have Repaired or Replaced with has the Recovery and Download mode working on it ?
4) Also, in my Country we have a Samsung Galaxy S International available, so is the Motherboard of Samsung Vibrant and the International Model similar for the Service Centre over here to repair it ?
Any Help is appreciated.
Thank You.
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So you CAN get into download mode with the Android holding a shovel in a big yellow triangle?
Also, did you ever try flashing a custom recovery? ie- clockwork
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ech419 said:
Hey Guys.
I recently Hard Bricked my Vibrant while flashing a Custom ROM. It won't turn ON at all.
I am shipping the Phone to Samsung Repair Centre in Texas from India.
I had a talk with the Call Centre where they said that I should just give them the piece without the Battery and Battery Pack and they will only repair my piece and will not Replace it anyhow.
I am fine with them just repairing my piece rather than replacing it, but the issue is that I have only Download Mode available on my piece and the Recovery Mode is Factory Disabled.
My Questions are,
1) Whether they will make the Recovery and Download Mode available back on my Vibrant after repairing it ?
2) The phone is very much off the 30 days mark for the Return Policy to work, so is it still their obligation to Replace my piece with a one that has a Recovery and Download Mode enabled on it if the repairing solution doesn't do the trick ?
3) I am shipping the Phone from India so how should I make sure that the Phone that they have Repaired or Replaced with has the Recovery and Download mode working on it ?
4) Also, in my Country we have a Samsung Galaxy S International available, so is the Motherboard of Samsung Vibrant and the International Model similar for the Service Centre over here to repair it ?
Any Help is appreciated.
Thank You.
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So let me get this straight...
I'm assuming u rooted the phone b/c you must in order to even attempt to flash a custom rom...
So you want to send a rooted phone in for repair??
Its very hard to brick the vibrant....u probably have a soft brick....did u try Odin to restore your phone back to stock?? Try that before sending it anywhere
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So let me get this straight...
I'm assuming u rooted the phone b/c you must in order to even attempt to flash a custom rom...
So you want to send a rooted phone in for repair??
Its very hard to brick the vibrant....u probably have a soft brick....did u try Odin to restore your phone back to stock?? Try that before sending it anywhere
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Sounds to me like he probably doesn't know about odin.
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No, Guys. I know what Odin is.
The phone is Hard Bricked. That means nothing will show up on the screen to do anything at all. It is a well known issue and it is very much possible with your phone too.
From what I have read on the forum, the USB doesn't work due to some bootloader corruption and thus you will not be able to try anything on your phone and Wires need to be physically soldered onto the Motherboard to flash the bootloader and Stock ROM.
I want to enquire about the issue of whether Download and Recovery Mode which comes factory disabled in the newer Vibrants, be enabled by Samsung itself ?
Thanks for your Help.
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Thanks for Reply.
No, Guys. I know what Odin is.
The phone is Hard Bricked. That means nothing will show up on the screen to do anything at all. It is a well known issue and it is very much possible with your phone too.
From what I have read on the forum, the USB doesn't work due to some bootloader corruption and thus you will not be able to try anything on your phone and Wires need to be physically soldered onto the Motherboard to flash the bootloader and Stock ROM.
I want to enquire about the issue of whether Download and Recovery Mode which comes factory disabled in the newer Vibrants, be enabled by Samsung itself ?
Thanks for your Help.
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Have you heard from Samsung yet as to how much the repair cost will be? I have to send mine there after a Kies update killed by boot loader (the most common reason why a Galaxy S won't show any signs of life and only way to truly brick them). I had a local repair shop jtag it before Kies killed it again, but they couldn't fix the hardware lock.
I got it to a point like that as well. Even when I plugged it in to charge and such, nothing happend. I was still able to ODIN it though. What I had to do was just the battery pull method of putting it into download mode (pull battery, sim and sd cards, open ODIN, connect phone to pc, pop in battery while holding volume buttons) and it worked for me.
Like others say, it's really difficult to hard-brick Vibrants. If either primary or secondary bootloader has been corrupted, you shouldn't have Download mode. Try search more and find out what others did to get out of such situations. You should be able to flash away UNLESS your internal SD card has been fried/messed up. The repair will probably cost you ridiculously large sum of money. Samsung will probably replace internal SD memory (I think it's MoviNAND flash memory module) and flash new firmware. But again it will cost money. I would do everything I can possibly think I can do before sending it off to repair centers.
EDIT: If it is your cellular carrier accepting your phone for examination and think that the cause is hardware malfunction, the carrier will REPLACE your phone. If you are not sending it to your carrier, however, and you are sending it directly to Samsung repair center instead, they will most likely incur repair fees. Not sure 100% but Samsung must be able to tell if you've ever flashed custom firmware and flashing custom kernels and ROMs void manufacturer's 1 year warranty. And this will probably be true unless you flash a stock ROM before shipping it, but this is ironic and according to you doing so is impossible. Try Odin JFD again!
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I got it to a point like that as well. Even when I plugged it in to charge and such, nothing happend. I was still able to ODIN it though. What I had to do was just the battery pull method of putting it into download mode (pull battery, sim and sd cards, open ODIN, connect phone to pc, pop in battery while holding volume buttons) and it worked for me.
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I take it yours wasn't hardware locked then. It's interesting that you were still able to get Odin to recognise the phone when it wasn't showing any sign of life. Were the lights turning on?
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Like others say, it's really difficult to hard-brick Vibrants. If either primary or secondary bootloader has been corrupted, you shouldn't have Download mode. Try search more and find out what others did to get out of such situations. You should be able to flash away UNLESS your internal SD card has been fried/messed up. The repair will probably cost you ridiculously large sum of money. Samsung will probably replace internal SD memory (I think it's MoviNAND flash memory module) and flash new firmware. But again it will cost money. I would do everything I can possibly think I can do before sending it off to repair centers.
EDIT: If it is your cellular carrier accepting your phone for examination and think that the cause is hardware malfunction, the carrier will REPLACE your phone. If you are not sending it to your carrier, however, and you are sending it directly to Samsung repair center instead, they will most likely incur repair fees. Not sure 100% but Samsung must be able to tell if you've ever flashed custom firmware and flashing custom kernels and ROMs void manufacturer's 1 year warranty. And this will probably be true unless you flash a stock ROM before shipping it, but this is ironic and according to you doing so is impossible. Try Odin JFD again!
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I'm trying to find out exactly how much Samsung would charge to repair a screwed up boot loader caused by a Kies update. The device was flashed to stock prior to the update; however, there is a TiBu folder on the internal sd. The Samsung agent I spoke with opened a support ticket and said it would be repaired under warranty as long as nothing was done to the device to void the warranty. I'm trying to decide whether to have it jtagged and still have it hardware locked, or take a chance and send it to Samsung for a proper repair, fixing the hardware lock and boot loader.
FLASH COUNTER ....what exactly it is??? n why it is increasing every time we flash??? does we really need to care for it?? sorry for newbie quest..
thanks in advance..
It's a counter that tells how much times you've flashed custom stuff. If you have a counter different from zero it means that your warranty is voided. Anyway, you can get a usb jig from ebay to reset the counter to zero in case you need to get it to zero. So you shouldn't worry too much about it.
thanx bro...i was just wondering what is the limit of flashing ??? i mean at the max i can flash upto this much times...
It counts the number if times you flash non-official firmware or kernel etc.
It increases only when you flash a non-official firmware or kernel etc.
You don't really need to care for it. Unless you find your phone bricked one day and there is no way of reviving it and you decide to go to samsung service center and he says get lost you have installed non-official firmware.
This involves bricking the phone (not likely unless you actually decide not to read and do something foolish) samsung galaxy series is one of the less likely phone to be bricked.
This involves you actually going to the service center you may as well read more on the forums here and there will be a solution to your problem.
This involves the person in the service center to know that he is not to accept phones flashed with non-official firmware. If more people read and flash then less bricked phones, then less trips to service center, then less chances the technician knows this.
So moral of the story read more and stop asking things that are already explained like what is flash counter.
I don't believe there's a limit. The counter will just keeping adding up untill you reset it (if you do reset it)
you can flash 1 million times.
hmmm...got it..thanx for quick replies friends...
Suspecting the counter is a signed integer, there will be absolutely NO problems up to 2,147,483,647 flashes.
After that it'll either still be fine until 4,294,967,295 flashes (if the "signed" assumption was wrong) or just overflow and show funny stuff like "Custom Binaries: -1" or reset back to zero by itself.
/geekpost xD
How to check the flash counter????
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How to check the flash counter????
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Just go to download mode.
(VOLUME-DOWN + HOME + POWER while the phone is off)
hey guys,, is there any solution to reset custom counter softly without usb jig??
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hey guys,, is there any solution to reset custom counter softly without usb jig??
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Not yet.
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soMeee said:
hey guys,, is there any solution to reset custom counter softly without usb jig??
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Jigs are crazy cheap on ebay. I got one for < $3.
so, where is the software using in usb jig,, which we can use without using jig
Nope. Probably never will be.
Edit to add - There is no "software using in usb jig which we can use without using jig". You switch the phone off, plug the jig in the usb port on the phone & it resets the flash counter/changes Custom Binary Download to "no" & changes the Custom Binary to "Samsung Official" when the phone is in download mode. No software required.
Do a search on eBay for "Samsung Galaxy S2 jig" (without the "").
does it cancel the warranty? if I go to Samsung services and my cus. counter counted 1 unofficial ROM??
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does it cancel the warranty? if I go to Samsung services and my cus. counter counted 1 unofficial ROM??
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Search. Read.
No.
EDIT: No. If you need it, you already voided your warranty. The jig is a tool to get your phone back to the state where your warranty is still intact. You could find that yourself, if you used the 'Search' button and read the threads you find there. Or hell, Google even. Seriously, XDA isn't a place for this kind of crap.
The information is in the forums, if you want it->READ THE FORUMS.
If you go to Samsung service, and they see that your custom counter is set to 1 then your warranty is void. The jig resets this counter to 0.
The moment you flash custom roms or kernels on your phone you void your warranty, yes. And yes, if they see the counter at 1 or showing anything other than Samsung Official in download mode, they more than likely will not fix it under warranty.
However if you are able to put stock firmware back on your phone, get rid of any apps that might give whomever fixes it a clue that you've rooted it, and use a jig to reset the flash counter, there's a fair chance (not 100% tho mind you) you might be able to have it fixed under warranty.
To be perfectly honest, if you want to have a 100% chance of having anything that goes wrong with the phone fixed under warranty, do not put custom firmware on your phone. At all. Ever.
in case of me, I bought it from someone on ebay and did not know that till today
Hi everyone here on xda!
I've got an international, unbranded GT-i9300 16GB bought here in Italy (so I suppose it's the european version, stock roms I flashed ended with _ITV) on August 2012, so it should be still covered by warranty.
Yet there isn't any Samsung center nearby, so I suppose I should be sending it and it will probably take some time to even have an answer.
My phone was charging, I saw the led blinking with a blue light, so I tried to unlock it. No success.
A few hours before, the phone took a screenshot by itself without even touching it. (it took it the same way it does when you press POWER+HOME)
The situation is:
If I plug it to the charger, the battery animation appears, but is frozen. I don't know if it's charging or not.
The phone doesn't boot, it only shows the Samsung boot text.
I can't power off the phone, I have to remove the battery. It only reboots when I press the Power button.
I can't enter CWM Recovery nor the stock recovery, Odin fails to flash anything because says PIT partition is missing.
I can enter Download Mode, and it says:
Odin mode
Product Name:
Custom binary download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom​
I have read countless topics but I'm unsure if there's a solution, I only saw hundreds of people struggling to flash a ROM.
And, I'm a bit unsure on what to do now, do you know the answer to any of these questions?
1) Is there a solution to this problem, something that I can do at home?
2) Is this a case of Sudden Death Syndrome? Should it be caused by a motherboard failure?
3) If I try or manage to flash a new PIT file (unlikely, I saw that everyone with this issue couldn't) and something goes wrong, can the situation get any worse?
4) Should Samsung repair it since it should be under warranty, even if there's that Custom under System status? Should I insist if it refuses to?
5) If someone managed to solve this issue, did they receive a new phone, or the same phone with their own data? Do they also make a deep clean?
6) What is Samsung's average time to fix this issue when it receives the phone?
7) Is there a way to access the phone's internal memory to recover some data in this situation?
8) Which PIT file should I be flashing? Does it make sense to flash just the PIT file, or should I also flash a 3-file stock rom at the same time? Did someone fix this issue by doing so?
Thanks in advance for your time and your patience
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I've been searching around the forums and i see that if Odin is giving that error there's nothing you can do. Just send it to your nearest service center for repair.
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Hi everyone here on xda!
I've got an international, unbranded GT-i9300 16GB bought here in Italy (so I suppose it's the european version, stock roms I flashed ended with _ITV) on August 2012, so it should be still covered by warranty.
Yet there isn't any Samsung center nearby, so I suppose I should be sending it and it will probably take some time to even have an answer.
My phone was charging, I saw the led blinking with a blue light, so I tried to unlock it. No success.
A few hours before, the phone took a screenshot by itself without even touching it. (it took it the same way it does when you press POWER+HOME)
The situation is:
If I plug it to the charger, the battery animation appears, but is frozen. I don't know if it's charging or not.
The phone doesn't boot, it only shows the Samsung boot text.
I can't power off the phone, I have to remove the battery. It only reboots when I press the Power button.
I can't enter CWM Recovery nor the stock recovery, Odin fails to flash anything because says PIT partition is missing.
I can enter Download Mode, and it says:
Odin mode
Product Name:
Custom binary download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom​
I have read countless topics but I'm unsure if there's a solution, I only saw hundreds of people struggling to flash a ROM.
And, I'm a bit unsure on what to do now, do you know the answer to any of these questions?
1) Is there a solution to this problem, something that I can do at home?
Try new battery .
2) Is this a case of Sudden Death Syndrome? Should it be caused by a motherboard failure?
Possible reads the sds thread
3) If I try or manage to flash a new PIT file (unlikely, I saw that everyone with this issue couldn't) and something goes wrong, can the situation get any worse?
Yes
4) Should Samsung repair it since it should be under warranty, even if there's that Custom under System status? Should I insist if it refuses to?
No warranty is void .
If someone managed to solve this issue, did they receive a new phone, or the same phone with their own data? Do they also make a deep clean?
Data is on the motherboard and lost .
8) Which PIT file should I be flashing?
The one for your firmware.
jje
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Well then, thanks for your answers and your time
I think I have no choice... I recovered my phone from various other situations, but I suppose I should have updated my Android version sooner, I was about to do it soon, matter of days.
It still bugs me the fact that I'll have to pay 200$ for a defect that is notoriously not related to the use of the phone, but to a production vice/bug.
Isn't really a way to restore my device status to Samsung Official in this state?
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Well then, thanks for your answers I think I have no choice... I recovered my phone from various other situations, but I suppose I should have updated my Android version sooner, I was about to do it soon, matter of days.
It still bugs me the fact that I'll have to pay 200$ for a defect that is notoriously not related to the use of the phone, but to a production vice/bug.
Isn't really a way to restore my device status to Samsung Official in this state?
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It does not boot how will service centre know its rooted . SDS expect a motherboard swap .
Their is an XDA post by Adam Outler that states that custom rom or root does not void your warranty but Samsung say it does .
jje
JJEgan said:
It does not boot how will service centre know its rooted . SDS expect a motherboard swap .
Their is an XDA post by Adam Outler that states that custom rom or root does not void your warranty but Samsung say it does .
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Thanks
I haven't found the article but found this one about Flashing&Rooting the phone not invalidating the warranty in EU that may be interesting for future readers:
[INFO] Rooting and Flashing don't void the warranty
I'm a bit more optimist now, but sadly I live in Italy so everything can go wrong doesn't matter what the EU says.
I'll keep you posted on my experience, for future reference.
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Thanks
I haven't found the article but found this one about Flashing&Rooting the phone not invalidating the warranty in EU that may be interesting for future readers:
[INFO] Rooting and Flashing don't void the warranty
I'm a bit more optimist now, but sadly I live in Italy so everything can go wrong doesn't matter what the EU says.
I'll keep you posted on my experience, for future reference.
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Hi there,
A few days ago, I noticed my i9100 (international s2) was barely charing anymore. It would take ages (hours, literally!) to charge to 20 percent while off, and when on, it would even drain slowly while being charged. I switched to another charger and I had the same problem.
I decided to downgrade to official firmware (was on cm10.1 before), but noticed my computer wouldn't recognise my phone anymore. It wasn't a driver issue, because my ubuntu, my netbook and my tablet wouldn't see it either. In fact, there wouldn't even be a USB-debugging icon on my phone. Windows does, however, make the connected sound and my phone does charge.
I reinstalled stock firmware via CWM, but still nothing. So I'm sort of afraid this is a hardware issue. I'm looking to sell this phone within a month (I've bought a Nexus 4!) but I want it to be in working order.
Do I need to contact Samsung, or is there anything else I could do myself?
Thanks in advance.
edit > Additional info: Windows tells me my device has malfunctioned.
Replace USB flex in phone. If it's still under warranty, reset the flash counter & send it in. If there's no warranty, you can do it yourself. You can buy the parts cheaply online (Google search) & do it yourself, there are threads on here & a Google search should yield the info you need to change it. If you're not confident enough to do it yourself, buy the parts online & pay a local mobile shop to do it.
Duveaux said:
Hi there,
A few days ago, I noticed my i9100 (international s2) was barely charing anymore. It would take ages (hours, literally!) to charge to 20 percent while off, and when on, it would even drain slowly while being charged. I switched to another charger and I had the same problem.
I decided to downgrade to official firmware (was on cm10.1 before), but noticed my computer wouldn't recognise my phone anymore. It wasn't a driver issue, because my ubuntu, my netbook and my tablet wouldn't see it either. In fact, there wouldn't even be a USB-debugging icon on my phone. Windows does, however, make the connected sound and my phone does charge.
I reinstalled stock firmware via CWM, but still nothing. So I'm sort of afraid this is a hardware issue. I'm looking to sell this phone within a month (I've bought a Nexus 4!) but I want it to be in working order.
Do I need to contact Samsung, or is there anything else I could do myself?
Thanks in advance.
edit > Additional info: Windows tells me my device has malfunctioned.
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I have the same problem , and I thing it's battery problem, my Micro USB entry is working with everthing.I suggest to buy another battery , like I did.
MistahBungle said:
Replace USB flex in phone. If it's still under warranty, reset the flash counter & send it in. If there's no warranty, you can do it yourself. You can buy the parts cheaply online (Google search) & do it yourself, there are threads on here & a Google search should yield the info you need to change it. If you're not confident enough to do it yourself, buy the parts online & pay a local mobile shop to do it.
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I'm still under warranty, so that shouldn't be a problem. I just wanted to confirm it was a hardware problem.
I'll try to reset the counter, then call Samsung. Thanks!
@lasic, Thanks, but since there also is a USB connectivity problem, I don't think a new battery will fix that.
Edit -> However, I've encountered a new problem. Because I've flash a CWM flashable ZIP, even my current ROM knows it's been tampered with. I can't use ODIN to flash an original factory image from sammobile.
Sounds a lot like it given what you described. Make sure you backup before you send it in, 'authorised repairers' are notorious for wiping phones/flashing new stock firmware regardless of what's wrong with the phone
Re: the 'new' problem, what happens when you try to flash a stock rom with Odin ?
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Sounds a lot like it given what you described. Make sure you backup before you send it in, 'authorised repairers' are notorious for wiping phones/flashing new stock firmware regardless of what's wrong with the phone
Re: the 'new' problem, what happens when you try to flash a stock rom with Odin ?
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Yeah I'm prepared for factory resets I'll make sure to back-up all my photos and carbon backups as well
When I try to connect my phone to Odin, it just doesn't see it, so it's the same problem. I don't think I can use USB to flash a stock rom anymore Right now, I've flashed a stock rom using CWM, rooted it, used TriangleAway and will probably unroot it after. But Samsung would be able to see the traces (such as wrong recovery, maybe more.
Ahhh OK. Perhaps flash a stock rom with Mobile Odin ? Also, there used to be CWM flashable stock roms somewhere in the General section. Or...Perhaps if there's an stock Kies/OTA update available, if you use that it should unroot your phone/give you stock recovery back.
MistahBungle said:
Ahhh OK. Perhaps flash a stock rom with Mobile Odin ? Also, there used to be CWM flashable stock roms somewhere in the General section. Or...Perhaps if there's an stock Kies/OTA update available, if you use that it should unroot your phone/give you stock recovery back.
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I will try that. Thanks for your input! :good:
No probs. Good luck
MistahBungle said:
Ahhh OK. Perhaps flash a stock rom with Mobile Odin ? Also, there used to be CWM flashable stock roms somewhere in the General section. Or...Perhaps if there's an stock Kies/OTA update available, if you use that it should unroot your phone/give you stock recovery back.
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Mobile Odin did the trick and my phone is up for repairs. Should be no trace left. Thanks!
Good to hear. You're welcome
Duveaux said:
Mobile Odin did the trick and my phone is up for repairs. Should be no trace left. Thanks!
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Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post then.
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