Im new to rooting and such, I was trying to gingerbread using odin and it said failed. The phone froze up and I had to pop the battery and now it is dead. is there a way to fix this and get the phone back on? will not go into recover or download modes.
thank you
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oAnthonYo said:
bump for help thanks
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Lol...don't expect to get an immediate response from someone. What you need to do is quite being lazy and do some quick research in the the Q & A section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Now what exactly was it you were flashing? What GB rom did you flash? and was it a .tar file that you flashed along with the 512.pit file?
You should try removing your battery/simcard/sdcard and then try getting into download mode. Don't worry if the yellow android dude doesnt appear. As long as the screen shows some kind of error with a picture of a phone with an (!) mark well then you are good to go. Your PC should still be able to recognize your device. Try different USB ports. Just flash back to stock 2.1 using the guide above if you are able to get into download mode.
thank you, i did some reading and i think i need a jig to get back into dl mode. have tried a lot of different ways to get into dl mode before posting this. thanks for your advice. appreciated.
oAnthonYo said:
thank you, i did some reading and i think i need a jig to get back into dl mode. have tried a lot of different ways to get into dl mode before posting this. thanks for your advice. appreciated.
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Here is the guide i meant to post. This guide will probably get your phone to boot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Do you get any power at all? If so then that is a good sign.
Pull your battery and plug in your USB to your computer and open Odin. Do not have your phone attached to the USB yet. Now with Odin open and your battery pulled, (this part is tricky) Hold the Volume +/- and put your battery in and plug your phone in. You do not need to see the Android with the shovel to be in download mode. What you need to see is that yellow COM box in Odin. Once you see that then you are good to go.***See below
Few things:
It may take you a few tries to do this.
If you are not getting any power at all, you may have corrupted your bootloader when you prematurely stopped the install the first time. If this is the case, then sorry to say, but you are screwed and have hard bricked your phone.
Merio- Take it easy on the guy, he is in full blown panic mode and we have all been there. Remember when you got the Encryption Bug?
This is fromN00b_IN_N33D's MIUI guide but it'll serve our purposes here.
"SOFT" BRICKED WHILE USING ODIN?
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If you are getting a "Phone.. ! ..Computer" image (seen above) when booting phone, yes, you are bricked but it is reversible! Just follow these steps...
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
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Woodrube said:
Do you get any power at all? If so then that is a good sign.
Pull your battery and plug in your USB to your computer and open Odin. Do not have your phone attached to the USB yet. Now with Odin open and your battery pulled, (this part is tricky) Hold the Volume +/- and put your battery in and plug your phone in. You do not need to see the Android with the shovel to be in download mode. What you need to see is that yellow COM box in Odin. Once you see that then you are good to go.***See below
Few things:
It may take you a few tries to do this.
If you are not getting any power at all, you may have corrupted your bootloader when you prematurely stopped the install the first time. If this is the case, then sorry to say, but you are screwed and have hard bricked your phone.
Merio- Take it easy on the guy, he is in full blown panic mode and we have all been there. Remember when you got the Encryption Bug?
This is fromN00b_IN_N33D's MIUI guide but it'll serve our purposes here.
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Lol, man have I seen that a few times as long aa you can sew something I've always been able to vet it back
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I have not been able to get any power as of yet. Think it is hard bricked with what I have read. Thank you ,I will try these things when I get home from work today.
Tried this when I had gotten home and still nothing. It must be hard bricked, can it be fixed with a jig or something else or do I sell it on ebay and buy another one?
oAnthonYo said:
I have not been able to get any power as of yet. Think it is hard bricked with what I have read. Thank you ,I will try these things when I get home from work today.
Tried this when I had gotten home and still nothing. It must be hard bricked, can it be fixed with a jig or something else or do I sell it on ebay and buy another one?
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Thanks for the help.
You could try to Jtag it (mobilcity something-use the search in Q&A or General and it shoudl pop up). Not sure about selling it on Ebay as you'll have to disclose it as bricked. Once you get a new one, come'on back and we'll take care of you.
Woodrube said:
You could try to Jtag it (mobilcity something-use the search in Q&A or General and it shoudl pop up). Not sure about selling it on Ebay as you'll have to disclose it as bricked. Once you get a new one, come'on back and we'll take care of you.
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Thank you, I will be around on here. Not going anywhere. Appreciate the advice.
OP I was in your same boat last week. I sent mine to josh at mobile videos.com and for $80 has my phone working again and my custom ROM and kernel installed..I would definitely recommend this because it's a lot cheaper than buying another vibrant online and it takes a week
cpg1987 said:
OP I was in your same boat last week. I sent mine to josh at mobile videos.com and for $80 has my phone working again and my custom ROM and kernel installed..I would definitely recommend this because it's a lot cheaper than buying another vibrant online and it takes a week
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Thanks Brother,
I was researching places last night and found this same site. I will be shipping it off this weekend to be jtaged. I am glad that they fixed yours.
I was also looking on ebay for galaxy s and sII. I found a listing that a guy had just posted for a sII. He wanted $280 for it which I thought was a steal, I went to take a shower and think about it and when I came back 10 minutes later it was sold. AI missed it.
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This Thread is for those Unlucky Users of X10 mini who were hang in Boot-Loop and Can't able to Switch-Off their precious phone.
I am talking about An Hardwre Trick to Switch-Off your phone and make it to the SEUS easly... Thats works 101%.
To Switch-Off your Phone you need to perform these Steps....
1. Remove the back cover.
2. You will see a rubber cog Just left side of the Camera...
3. Remove the Rubber Cog by any way (just be gental with it)....with the help of Pin or Sumthing that you can lift it up.
4. After removing that Cog.....you will see a White small Plug that connects the wire to internal battery!!!
5. Remove that Pulg(Very gentally.......with the same method you done with Cog).....After this you will see that your phone got Switched-Off.
6. Replug the White Pulg.And the Job is Done.
7. Launch the SEUS application in your computer and follow the steps....
8. And WOW you got your Phone back Completely working!!!
Here's The Screen Shots For The Respective Steps-:
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This Isn't Risky....I Personally Done This Method Several Times!!!!
(So No Need To Be Afraid)
Don't Forget To Click On THANKS Button If It Helped You!!!
Disclaimer-: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE for any damage to your precious device......But i'll help to solve any Query regarding this method!!!
I think flash tool method is safer. No need to power off just holding home+power button make phone restart.
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I've put the link for your thread on my blog. I hope you don't mind.
http://xperiaminicyanogen.wordpress.com/help/bricked/
yeah, this kinda feels too risky, better the simple connect phone, open flashtools,select a rom to flash, press home+back+on and then release everything but back, works every time
LOL nice share..but by pressed power+home key i can restart my mini...
But without really turning off your phone, you can't use SEUS or flashtool.
Divr said:
But without really turning off your phone, you can't use SEUS or flashtool.
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Not really.
Check this post.
Done it hundreds of times, always worked even when the phone was on a bootloop.
Regards, D_d
Divr said:
I've put the link for your thread on my blog. I hope you don't mind.
http://xperiaminicyanogen.wordpress.com/help/bricked/
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Yeahhh i really don't mind.....its a kind of help!!!!
Clarification Of Thread !!!
People please try to understand this is for those people who can't able to handle the Loop problem with only (Power+Home) buttons.......or miss there clicks during several restarts to flash there ROM.....This method enables them to easy flash there ROM.....without doing this in hurry....So did you people got that!!!!
Any more query!!!
DaRk_dOg said:
Not really.
Check this post.
Done it hundreds of times, always worked even when the phone was on a bootloop.
Regards, D_d
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That's right, on a bootloop there's no way to make flashtool work!
Anyway during bootloop xrecovery works fine and if i know what i did wrong i can fix it
zippov3 said:
That's right, on a bootloop there's no way to make flashtool work!
Anyway during bootloop xrecovery works fine and if i know what i did wrong i can fix it
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Of course you can.
If you had your /system formatted (by accident or smth), you would not be able to access xrecovery menu.
However, you can stop the bootloop sequence with the instructions i posted earlier (and it is not something secret, most of the advanced users know this procedure). Flashtool and SEUS can recognise the device and they work.
seems u just wanna have an arguement. i myself tried ur method first and i went crazy without any luck. then i got a toolkit and actually opened my phone apart and took out the battery terminal and reinserted it. i wish that i got pratyush idea before. it would have saved me lot of time
DaRk_dOg said:
Of course you can.
If you had your /system formatted (by accident or smth), you would not be able to access xrecovery menu.
However, you can stop the bootloop sequence with the instructions i posted earlier (and it is not something secret, most of the advanced users know this procedure). Flashtool and SEUS can recognise the device and they work.
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Agree with you. I have done it a few time by those instructions uou posted earlier and I know other users who have done it by the same way also.
abdullah1982 said:
seems u just wanna have an arguement. i myself tried ur method first and i went crazy without any luck. then i got a toolkit and actually opened my phone apart and took out the battery terminal and reinserted it. i wish that i got pratyush idea before. it would have saved me lot of time
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abdullah1982,
i don't need to argue with anyone and it is very sad that i have to defend myself right now. I have fixed, or help in fixing, many bricked mini/mini pro devices and many users in here, know my contribution.
I insist on the button reset method because its less dangerous than just pulling the battery connector plug.
It is not my fault if you were incapable of doing a soft reset, but that does not mean i am obliged to accept malicious criticism from you or anyone.
I understand that pratyush_gamer's pure intention, was to help people and i am not try to offend him IN ANY WAY.
BTW take a look at this thread. You will see that "unplug connector" method was well known before.
Regards, D_d
Guyz its ok.....this will be a hardware method its a little bit unique......And if anybody got software Technique its better.....but its really Safe as well as Reliable.
So if any of you wanna try it.....its ok ......nothing to worries about.....
I AM ALWAYS HERE TO HELP!!!
@D_d i know you just wanna help....but dude...if they find this method more easy or secure or reliable.....thats really no matter.This thread is mean for that purpose only......I heard many times about the Phone Got Bricked....so i just tried to help.....Thats why i created or suggested this method.........if you really didn't seems this thread to be secure....Then its OK.....But pls don't let others to Dis believe others.....
THANKS Bro.
@gopichand2810 down is your file dude!!!! replace is with ur 's
Click Thanks Button if it helps you!!!!
what now, help!
ok i managed to shut off the phone, plug in to seus, reply..ur software up todate, no repair option? this problem was during installing a new rom. after installing, rebooting to se logo..loop..se logo...loop...when i plug in the power charge there is no light.
Dude if you aren't able to update via SEUS...then pls try thses steps as in order -:
1. Start SEUS(updated version).
2. Choose your phone model.
3. Turn -Off your phone and then press next at SEUS.
4. Plug the USB cod with pressed back button(jsut before you plug the USB to phone click & hold button).
5. After checking the software it says that you got the latest version of fermware....if prob. then Repair.
6.Click repair and it will start.
sorry i m not clear on step 4. can explain again? tq. i tried again as much your step but no repair
cwkhong said:
sorry i m not clear on step 4. can explain again? tq. i tried again as much your step but no repair
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4. i mean that first click and hold Back button on phone,keep holding button and plug USB cod in ur phone!!!!
Hello, Long story short, I bricked my Vibrant. NO DOWNLOAD MODE
I have put it in DL mode before, but I can't now.
Its a screen of:
a Phone...A Yellow Triangle with an exclamation mark !...and a Computer
You would just go "Hey put it in DL mode and flash ODIN"
No... I can't get into download mode anymore, whenever I hold down the volume key and power, the phone goes blank and back to the screen with the phone yellow triangle and exclamation mark.... nothing works. At all
PLEASE tell me how to fix this! ... if there is a fix!
I have heard of the JIG but I am nervous about this and I dont think I can build one.
Please, just tell me how to put the phone in DL mode or just tell me how to fix my phone dangit! thanks so much!! :/
Brazildiogo732 said:
Hello, Long story short, I bricked my Vibrant.
I have put it in DL mode before, but I can't now.
Its a screen of:
a Phone...A Yellow Triangle with an exclamation mark !...and a Computer
You would just go "Hey put it in DL mode and flash ODIN"
No... I can't get into download mode anymore, whenever I hold down the volume key and power, the phone goes blank and back to the screen with the phone yellow triangle and exclamation mark.... nothing works. At all
PLEASE tell me how to fix this! ... if there is a fix!
I have heard of the JIG but I am nervous about this and I dont think I can build one.
Please, just tell me how to put the phone in DL mode or just tell me how to fix my phone dangit! thanks so much!! :/
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You should be about to use Odin from that screen. It basically works the same as download mode.
Thanks! Okay, I put the phone it the yellow exclamation mark mode.
Odin Recognized it in COM7 and I put the PIT file and the PDA File,
but, the phone goes blank (black screen no exclamation mark)
Odin just sits there, unable to do anything and the phone is all the way blank.
Is it good that Odin recognizes the phone? Can i work from there?
Any Ideas? Thanks!!
If its any help, I was using CyanogenMod7 when this happened.
So I think I am on a Gingerbread Bootloader, If it helps at all,
I heard you jsut press volume up and power and then DL mode will come on,
It didnt in my case :/
Praise the LORD. I did not do anything myself.
I saw there was no hope in this situation so I got down a prayed.
Seriously guys, it works, I'm not saying this is a legit fix, but it worked for me.
I am a Christian who has devoted my life to God a long time ago.
This is proof he is mighty to do all things! (let he trolling begin, huh?)
Who cares.
Rundown of the Situation.
The phone would not do anything. Just sit there in that stupid ! screen and odin would recognize it, but it wouldn't flash back to 2.1.
I prayed, I hit a button I've never seen before, and it went "PHONE RESET!"
The Vibrant splash screen Turned on, and I battery pulled and Plugged the phone into the PC and the loading circle showed up.
I hit both the volume up and down keys along with the power button and the phone went into download mode.
I loaded the PIT and PDA/Tar file onto ODIN and clicked start.
As I type this my phone booted up and head the Tmobile Jingle!
Its fully working now, no brick.
God bless!
Matthew 19:26 -Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Just goes to show you, nothing is too big or too small for God to do something about it.
Psalm 55:22 Cast all your cares upon the LORD, for he cares for you!
Can I get an AMEN?
Are you from New Jersey, Brazil? LMFAO! I didn't know there was a New Jersey in Brazil
kawika said:
Are you from New Jersey, Brazil? LMFAO! I didn't know there was a New Jersey in Brazil
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From Brazil, Lives in NJ
I wish I could put up a Hawaiian flag. So I could say "From Hawaii, lives in Ohio"
btw - I can't tell you how many times God saved my phone. Countless times I've seen the devil foot stomp my vibrant while I hopelessly sit by and watch in tears. Just to see the dark clouds open in my most desperate times and a bright light shine down upon my Vibrant. Sometimes its Macho Man Randy Savage that saves my phone though.
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Lol, Yup. Be my quest, haha
Also, MODS. Please Lock or Remove this Thread.
God just put you in the right direction, He always does, you just have to ask
BTW, which button was that you didn't see before?
I always enjoy seeing a fellow brother in Christ here on xda.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda premium
Brazildiogo732 said:
Thanks! Okay, I put the phone it the yellow exclamation mark mode.
Odin Recognized it in COM7 and I put the PIT file and the PDA File,
but, the phone goes blank (black screen no exclamation mark)
Odin just sits there, unable to do anything and the phone is all the way blank.
Is it good that Odin recognizes the phone? Can i work from there?
Any Ideas? Thanks!!
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Don't Suppose you could toss me a copy of the PIT and PDA that you used? I'm in the same boat.... :[
usb jig
you may use the usb jig trick using the 301k resistor but i should warn you that carelessness shall rather double up your phone.my warning is that you shouldn't let the resistor touch any other part of the contacts on your phone's board coz this would create too much of a short that can't be easily rectified and the final resort shall be replacing your motherboard...this is costly and sometimes you may lack to find the motherboard,so my warning,pliz be careful...good luck
One second my Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 was working perfectly fine, and about two minutes later I got it out of my pocket to check something and it was off. I thought it was the sleep of death issue so as usual I held the Power button expecting my phone to restart from the black "GT-I9300" screen. It didn't. I took out the battery and inserted it back in and tried again. Still it wouldn't turn on.
Starting to get worried I tried to boot up download mode and reboot mode. That didn't work either. Thinking the battery might have randomly become flat (even though I remember seeing 45% a few minutes ago) I put it on charge. The screen didn't turn on like it usually does when the S3 is put on charge :/
This sort of thing has never occurred to me before, either on the GT-I9000 or the GT-I9300.
After some research looks like my S3 is bricked for good except for maybe some hope (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731255)? Is there anything else I can do? Sounds like this is the "Sudden Death" problem that was fixed recently, is there anyway at all I can take advantage of this fix?
Also, is there anyway at all I can backup my internal storage?! The last backup I took was about 2-3 months ago (yes..you can call me a fool, I know -_-) and there are lots of important texts, app data, backups and photos that I foolishly didn't backup or sync to the cloud :/
If any extra information is needed to "solve the case" please ask.
Thank you in advance.
Whoosh13 said:
One second my Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 was working perfectly fine, and about two minutes later I got it out of my pocket to check something and it was off. I thought it was the sleep of death issue so as usual I held the Power button expecting my phone to restart from the black "GT-I9300" screen. It didn't. I took out the battery and inserted it back in and tried again. Still it wouldn't turn on.
After some research looks like my S3 is bricked for good except for maybe some hope (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731255)? Is there anything else I can do? Sounds like this is the "Sudden Death" problem that was fixed recently, is there anyway at all I can take advantage of this fix?
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If you have access to Download mode flash this new bootloader immediatly via Odin PC in "PDA" :
Jtag as the device dont work on battery.
Perka said:
Jtag
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How do Jtags work, where can I get one/make one?
nhariamine said:
If you have access to Download mode flash this new bootloader immediatly via Odin PC in "PDA" :
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Nope, no access for download mode, any other options :/
nhariamine said:
If you have access to Download mode flash this new bootloader immediatly via Odin PC in "PDA" :
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Really? How can he flash if he cant get in to dl mode?
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Whoosh13 said:
How do Jtags work, where can I get one/make one?
Nope, no access for download mode, any other options :/
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Well get one from samsung
EDIT: I dont know how Jtag works, but they work, well if hw is not bad
Perka said:
Really? How can he flash if he cant get in to dl mode?
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Well get one from samsung
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any links for UK, ill search in the meantime. I watched a video btw to see how one works, so that part is sorted...
Whoosh13 said:
Nope, no access for download mode, any other options :/
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Try removing battery for an hour or more then try download mode.
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Try removing battery for an hour or more then try download mode.
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Okay, i'll remove it now. How high are the chances of this working, what will it do that will make it work?
Whoosh13 said:
Okay, i'll remove it now. How high are the chances of this working, what will it do that will make it work?
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i don't know mate, but if ur eMMc chip is damaged ,u should return the phone to Samsung repair service to change the entire motherboard of ur s3 and replacing it with another one with brand new Rev date. just pray:angel:
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If you have access to Download mode flash this new bootloader immediatly via Odin PC in "PDA" :
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Yea if you read his phone is dead.
JTag can help
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i don't know mate, but if ur eMMc chip is damaged ,u should return the phone to Samsung repair service to change the entire motherboard of ur s3 and replacing it with another one with brand new Rev date. just pray:angel:
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Okay and is there any chance to save my files on my internal storage?
EDIT: I'm guessing when they replace the motherboard the stuff on my internal storage will go! :/
Whoosh13 said:
Okay and is there any chance to save my files on my internal storage?
EDIT: I'm guessing when they replace the motherboard the stuff on my internal storage will go! :/
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you can try this, not much hope, but sometimes work:
take out the battery
let it be for a minute or so
push the three button combo for dl mode, and keep it while placing the battery in.
maybe you'll need an extra hand for this
Sent from SGS III GT-I9300 ??????
marcedli said:
you can try this, not much hope, but sometimes work:
take out the battery
let it be for a minute or so
push the three button combo for dl mode, and keep it while placing the battery in.
maybe you'll need an extra hand for this
Sent from SGS III GT-I9300 ??????
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thanks, i'll try it in and tell you guys how it goes!
UPDATE: nope, didn't work :/
Try to plug in the charger without inserted battery and then try to turn on the phone.
Mikulec said:
Try to plug in the charger without inserted battery and then try to turn on the phone.
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Tried that too, didn't work, looks like I'll need to try some jtag process :/ im just hoping I can get my internal sd contents somehow. My friend told me its just an overclocked sd card..is this true?
Hey guys,
i think i bricked my phone.
i must admit it may be my own fault as i didnt really know what i was doing anyways ill talk you through what happened....
i was trying to get cwn recovery onto my phone and as said i was unsure of what i was doing (i know im Stupid) i had already sucessfully rooted the phone and i opened mtkdroid tools and clicked backup and recovery the box on the right started to spit out text as my phone became detached from the data cable.
Now when i try to power up the phone the backlight lights up for 3-4 seconds then nothing if i hold
volume + and power with no data cable i get the same backlight for 3-4 seconds
volume + and power with data cable i get a dead droid with a red ! in a triangle in its belly ?
the phone displays a battry bar in blue if i do nothing
the pc seems to recognise phone as universal serial bus
mtkdroidtools does not regognise the phone at all
the phone did say android preloader driver not found but ive installed this and this has now disapeared?
anyone help even if its just to tell me to give up (hopefully not ive had the phone about 2 hours EPIC FAIL)
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Over 90 views and no-one even attempted to help...
Short and sweet , hopefully this will get you up and running again.
Download these 2 files
http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?uk=3055194073&shareid=4221153774[/URL
[URL="http://d-h.st/KyK"]http://d-h.st/KyK
Basically this is the default rom, along with spflashtools.
Unzip both to your harddrive somewhere.
Open the location you have extracted spflashtools and click on Flash_tool.exe , then, click scatter-loading on the right hand side, and point it to where you have extracted the rom.
Now, with your phone unplugged from PC/Laptop click the Download button in SPFlashtool. Click ok to anything that pops up.
Now, take the battery out of your phone, and insert the usb cable into the laptop, WITH BATTERY UNPLUGGED . Keep the battery unplugged untill the flash is complete, a little box with a circle saying OK will show after few minutes.
Try this, hopefully this will put you back to stock and you can try again
Cheers pal ill give this a try tomorrow. You're a legend!
And to the 90 views I don't mind as said its my own fault and can't blame the people who had ideas bet they get this all the time usually from noobs who require babysitting through the process ...
Anyways fingers crossed
Ok so its not working im getting the error in the following picture if anyone can help......
firstly sp flash tools just searches for the com port / usb when the battery is not installed ive tried various build of sp flash with the same results.
when i insert the battery it finds com 5 or 6 and goes to 100% of the red progress bar then i recieve the following error
heres a screenshot (icant post links yet)
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/lrid.jpg/
many thanks
Garry
BIGG1985 said:
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Have you a link to where you bought your phone ?
Looks like a dual core version ?
If you can point me to where you purchased your model i should be able to get you the correct ROM to load
unfortunatly the phone was bought from a guy in england looks like he ripped me off.... it appears to be the same phone as
dhgate.com/product/air-gesture-real-5-0-inch-s4-1-1-i9500-7/139991313.html#s1-2-1|3289411982
what about it only working with the battery in too is this a big problem i make sure the phone is still not powered on but it just wont download with the battery out....
many thanks
Garry
soft brick
BIGG1985 said:
Hey guys,
i think i bricked my phone.
i must admit it may be my own fault as i didnt really know what i was doing anyways ill talk you through what happened....
i was trying to get cwn recovery onto my phone and as said i was unsure of what i was doing (i know im Stupid) i had already sucessfully rooted the phone and i opened mtkdroid tools and clicked backup and recovery the box on the right started to spit out text as my phone became detached from the data cable.
Now when i try to power up the phone the backlight lights up for 3-4 seconds then nothing if i hold
volume + and power with no data cable i get the same backlight for 3-4 seconds
volume + and power with data cable i get a dead droid with a red ! in a triangle in its belly ?
the phone displays a battry bar in blue if i do nothing
the pc seems to recognise phone as universal serial bus
mtkdroidtools does not regognise the phone at all
the phone did say android preloader driver not found but ive installed this and this has now disapeared?
anyone help even if its just to tell me to give up (hopefully not ive had the phone about 2 hours EPIC FAIL)
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it is soft brick you should flash with boot image!!
BIGG1985 said:
unfortunatly the phone was bought from a guy in england looks like he ripped me off.... it appears to be the same phone as
dhgate.com/product/air-gesture-real-5-0-inch-s4-1-1-i9500-7/139991313.html#s1-2-1|3289411982
what about it only working with the battery in too is this a big problem i make sure the phone is still not powered on but it just wont download with the battery out....
many thanks
Garry
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ok
Try downloading this rom
http://www.needrom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/S4-6577_AIRGESTURE_I950X_V101En20130627.rar
You may to need to register with needrom
That ROM is the default MTK6577 Rom with air gestures
Do as i instructed earlier, extract the rom from zip, this time rename the folder as it contains special characters which may throw of SP Tools
i.e rename folder S4จาง6577_AIRGESTURE_I950X_V101En20130627 to mtk6577 or something.
Then load the scatter file, hit download and insert cable again with no battery , see if that runs now
also , here are the MTK6577 drivers if required
http://androidurdu.com/download/MT6577%20USB%20VCOM%20drivers.rar
Ok so.......
again nothing without the battery installed just keeps searching and nothing.
witht the battery in it flashed got the green circle and everything.
but when i power up the phone i get a white display with black lines down centre.... occasional color bit
same screen when i try to enter recovery
meh not got my hopes up aswell
thnaks for the help guys really appreciate
is it worth trying to flash anything else or should i give up.....
OK don't panic.
First you should know there's plenty of S4 clones out there (HDC Galaxy S4, HDC Spark, Meso S4, unidentified Dual SIM S4 clone, etc., etc.).
Second you have to be 100% sure your system is properly set up.
If you or a friend of you has another MTK (better if MTK6589) smartphone check if everything works properly (drivers, flashing, etc.).
If not install everything properly and in a clean Windows partition without 300 USB drivers and devices.
Once you are done with what written above come back and we will see.
In the meantime upload a pic of the backside without cover and battery, but please be sure to hide the printed IMEI number.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note with Tapatalk 2
Thanks i will have to look into creating a windows partition not something i have ever done.. i will also get a picture of the phone uploaded asap thanks for your help.i dont have a friend with a similar phone but i do have an mtk6589 s4 coming from china (dhgate) its a replacement for one that was broke on arrival just takes forever i bought this to put me on..
Hey guys here are the pictures on the phone
imageshack.us/a/img20/8845/kss4.jpg
imageshack.us/a/img829/25/yskl.jpg
imageshack.us/a/img12/5650/jgij.jpg
imageshack.us/a/img823/1478/7b2o.jpg
i also took a screen shot from USB Deview to show what drivers are being used during a flash not sure if its useful or not tho.
thanks again
Garry
So youvr bought a take s4 and fvcked it... good one you n0000b
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
cheadabudas - yes i maybe a n00b but at least im not someone who has nothing better to do than troll through xda commenting on posts with no relevance L0S3R :laugh:
After speaking to the original owner i believe this is the phone.....
dhgate.com/product/new-arrive-1-1-gt-i9500-i9500-feiteng-h9500/164699915.html#s1-2-1|2177543576
it also has the same black block near the speaker jack which i havent noticed on any other model
anyone have a rom ?
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ok so finally found the required rom for anyone else having the same problem
http://www.filedropper.com/1to1s4softwareandtool
broken link
BIGG1985 said:
ok so finally found the required rom for anyone else having the same problem
your link does not work anymore can you send a working link, thanks.
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Trojan found in USB driver from package in the androidurdu.net
wilsey said:
ok
Try downloading this rom
needrom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/S4-6577_AIRGESTURE_I950X_V101En20130627.rar
You may to need to register with needrom
That ROM is the default MTK6577 Rom with air gestures
Do as i instructed earlier, extract the rom from zip, this time rename the folder as it contains special characters which may throw of SP Tools
i.e rename folder S4จาง6577_AIRGESTURE_I950X_V101En20130627 to mtk6577 or something.
Then load the scatter file, hit download and insert cable again with no battery , see if that runs now
also , here are the MTK6577 drivers if required
androidurdu.com/download/MT6577%20USB%20VCOM%20drivers.rar
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Beware of Win.Trojan.Slugin-283
was deteced by antivirus from this site.
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Hi All,
Ok my other half had a GS2 which I dont think is bricked I can switch it on
o2 Splash screen comes on
Have to put the pin in to get access to the phone
Then Iam met with
Sorry!
The application IM has stopped working unexpectedly. Please try again later
Force Close
The last bit just keeps looping and I cant go any further. I can see the home screen but I cant get to it.
More anoying I cant put the phone into recovery or download mode.
I dont care about the phone but I need to get the pictures and videos off any ideas?
Thanks
MathewRB said:
Hi All,
Ok my other half had a GS2 which I dont think is bricked I can switch it on
o2 Splash screen comes on
Have to put the pin in to get access to the phone
Then Iam met with
Sorry!
The application IM has stopped working unexpectedly. Please try again later
Force Close
The last bit just keeps looping and I cant go any further. I can see the home screen but I cant get to it.
More anoying I cant put the phone into recovery or download mode.
I dont care about the phone but I need to get the pictures and videos off any ideas?
Thanks
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ROM? Kernel? Have you tried factory reset? It will not wipe photos.
GamingDj said:
ROM? Kernel? Have you tried factory reset? It will not wipe photos.
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Yes I could flash to a stock ROM and see what happens but are we sure that will not remove the pictures and videos?
OK I dont think that is going to be an option as my pc does not see the device attached via USB.
And when I have Odin running it cant see the device
Sudgestions?
1.It will surely not wipe photos,because you don't format the internal SD.It just removes apps,contacts...
2.look at my signature and follow my guide.If your PC can't see phone,then look for Hopper8's thread(link in guide or search on XDA)
Do you want your phone fixed or not ? I remember you from a couple of months back with that app that you refused to accept would only run on unrooted stock. And here we are fast forwarded a couple of months & again you're refusing to accept the advice/method to fix you've been given (which works & takes all of a couple of minutes; and if it doesn't work first go you look for Hopper8's 'Odin won't flash' thread).
You can either fix the phone or not. No skin off our noses either way *shrugs*
MistahBungle said:
Do you want your phone fixed or not ? I remember you from a couple of months back with that app that you refused to accept would only run on unrooted stock. And here we are fast forwarded a couple of months & again you're refusing to accept the advice/method to fix you've been given (which works & takes all of a couple of minutes; and if it doesn't work first go you look for Hopper8's 'Odin won't flash' thread).
You can either fix the phone or not. No skin off our noses either way *shrugs*
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LOL Someone has been busted here^^
MistahBungle said:
Do you want your phone fixed or not ? I remember you from a couple of months back with that app that you refused to accept would only run on unrooted stock. And here we are fast forwarded a couple of months & again you're refusing to accept the advice/method to fix you've been given (which works & takes all of a couple of minutes; and if it doesn't work first go you look for Hopper8's 'Odin won't flash' thread).
You can either fix the phone or not. No skin off our noses either way *shrugs*
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Funny correct person diffrent phone
MathewRB said:
Funny correct person diffrent phone
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Now we're talking. Let's start round 2!
OK I can get the phone into download mode but not the second screen. When I need to press Volume up it will not go however volume down does restart the phone. Yes the volume up button does work.
MathewRB said:
OK I can get the phone into download mode but not the second screen. When I need to press Volume up it will not go however volume down does restart the phone. Yes the volume up button does work.
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Am confused now.. Can you enter Download mode or not?
No I cant
MathewRB said:
No I cant
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What happens when you press and hold Volume Down + Power + Home?
Which of the below attached screenshots do you get (left or right)?
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Left only I cant progress to the next screen
That's strange!! Hmm.. get or make a USB jig and use it to enter Download mode.
Yep we are on the same wave lenght! I have ordered a Jig this morning. I will report back and let you know what happens.
Ok I have the USB jig and this has forced the phone into downlaod mode. I had to remove the battery plug the jig in and then put the battery in this then took me into download mode.
However Odin still cant see the device.
I have confimred the Odin does work as I have a secon GS2 that I have tested with and theres no problem.
Whats next?
Any advice?
MathewRB said:
Any advice?
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Check out the Odin troubleshooting guide by @Hopper8..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
It would apear that the volume button is not working which means I cant press up to enter Download mode. Is there a way to bypass the volume switch?