Ok guys so basically I bricked my phone again. Please read through the whole thing before replying anything.
So basically this is what happened:
-I had XperiaTized v7 patched rom flashed, everything working fine
-I tried legend 7 or something and flashed. It was pretty buggy.
-So I flashed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437426&highlight=recovery I flashed the GB one first
-I booted and guess what I still had legend 7.
-So I flashed Froyo recovery which was attached on the same post to see how it was; I was curious and never tried froyo before I heard battery life was quite okay.
-So I booted to find that legend 7 was STILL there. In case you dunno, the recovery zips actually overide CWM so I'm left with the stock recovery.
-So I was like ah wth and I used the file manager provided by legend 7 to delete some useless files on the sd card.
-So I rebooted and to try to flash CWM but it got stuck on the samsung screen. (I actually pressed reboot to recovery on the power menu)
-I panicked and I pressed the home button nothing happened.
-I held the power button to try to restart but same thing happened.
-I removed the batt and went to charge cuz I realised it was quite low after flashing the last 3.
-When I plugged it in the the screen lit up but I was not greeted with the usual power icon.
-I unplugged after a few minutes and tried to boot. The screen lit up a bit but nothing happened. I'm really panicking now. It's quite a new phone. Please help I'm like pulling my hair out now.
PS I know there's a way to get to download using the keys but I don't have cooper.ops cuz all the download links are dodgy. If anyone has the file please let me have it all the roms I have I flashed through CWM.
Help will be greatly appreceated!
when u turn ur fone on, got the 'Samsung GT-S5830' ?
Check [TUTORIAL] How to upgrade, root, flash Recovery & Custom ROM Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
xHackell said:
when u turn ur fone on, got the 'Samsung GT-S5830' ?
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No. Now it's just blank screen. It lights up but no words on it
Sharief said:
Check [TUTORIAL] How to upgrade, root, flash Recovery & Custom ROM Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
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As I've already mentioned I can't get the cooper.ops file and although I have kies enabled I turn on/off USB debugging as my phone cant even turn on.
jleonnn said:
As I've already mentioned I can't get the cooper.ops file and although I have kies enabled I turn on/off USB debugging as my phone cant even turn on.
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Check the PM!
now after unplug I get the samsung screen, the one that you see before entering recovery but it freezes there
Just a quick question. If I do send it to the Samsung Service Centre to get the board replaced, how much will it cost and how long will it take? Sentrax is helping me out with the unbricking but if I really can't do it I'll send it to the service centre
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Just a quick question. If I do send it to the Samsung Service Centre to get the board replaced, how much will it cost and how long will it take? Sentrax is helping me out with the unbricking but if I really can't do it I'll send it to the service centre
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Maybe you will be billed for repair maximum the same price of new ace , if you honest to samsung officer. Or free if you said,bla-bla, sudenly my phone stop working (at the end you get oscar, become movie actor, kidding ).
What? Billed the price of a new ace just to replace the board? Might as well just get a new one!
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What? Billed the price of a new ace just to replace the board? Might as well just get a new one!
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As I said, if you honest to samsung service center officer that you bricked your phones because installing custom rom make your waranty void.
Imho, price of board wont far from new ace price, because main components phone assembly are lcd, board, battery and casing. You can weight cost of these component.
Hint
Can you enter dowmload mode?Maybe you can use odin and repair it.
Yup that's what I'm couting on.
Unbricked it
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ODIN - our mobile GOD.
sorry for stupid question...did u ever wipe ur ace..?
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i tried flashing it and ionstalling a rom for the first time but it froze halfway through for like 3 hours so i just unplugged it and now this screen comes up...
no whenever i turn it on it gives me a screen with :
a phone .... an explanation mark in a triangle ! . .. . a computer
anything i can do?
also ive tried every button trick on trying to restore it and none of it works all of it just come with that screen. except for the download one where i press volume down home button and power
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i tried flashing it and ionstalling a rom for the first time but it froze halfway through for like 3 hours so i just unplugged it and now this screen comes up...
no whenever i turn it on it gives me a screen with :
a phone .... an explanation mark in a triangle ! . .. . a computer
anything i can do?
also ive tried every button trick on trying to restore it and none of it works all of it just come with that screen. except for the download one where i press volume down home button and power
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you are really not giving a lot of details here...all you are saying you tried installing a rom and then it froze halfway..
Are you rooted firstly?
If you are have you flashed CF-root kernel?
How did you try to install the rom?
More info and then more people can help you out buddy..see if you can get into recovery and restart your phone.
well... if you've tried "every" (its not like there are a lot) button combination... then just go buy a jig from ebay and force it into download mode...
Matriak31 said:
you are really not giving a lot of details here...all you are saying you tried installing a rom and then it froze halfway..
Are you rooted firstly?
If you are have you flashed CF-root kernel?
How did you try to install the rom?
More info and then more people can help you out buddy..see if you can get into recovery and restart your phone.
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Nothing from what you said would help..
He obviously flashed it with Odin, and he said he's getting a yellow triangle with a computer behind it..
From what I understood, he could get into download mode.
So just boot into download mode and flash stock ROM. That should do it.
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anyone else seeing an increase in the "i bricked my phone" threads?
dont think its coincidence they are increasing after the american variants have been released. People need to check what model they have before flashing things.
OP: not saying thats what has happened to you as you dont say if you have the i9100 or not, hopefully you do.
bruflot said:
Nothing from what you said would help..
He obviously flashed it with Odin, and he said he's getting a yellow triangle with a computer behind it..
From what I understood, he could get into download mode.
So just boot into download mode and flash stock ROM. That should do it.
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well from what he said by his post did not make sense at all..hence why i asked for more details to explain so i could give him a better explanation and guide to fix his problem...but you seem to get what he said so by all means do your thing....but if he comes back with more detail then i will point him to the right direction on what he needs to do...at the end of the day the more opinions he has the better for him
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well from what he said by his post did not make sense at all..hence why i asked for more details to explain so i could give him a better explanation and guide to fix his problem...but you seem to get what he said so by all means do your thing....but if he comes back with more detail then i will point him to the right direction on what he needs to do...at the end of the day the more opinions he has the better for him
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Yes of course
Btw, never ment to insult you in any ways
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bruflot said:
Yes of course
Btw, never ment to insult you in any ways
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its ok and same goes by my post as well buddy..we all been in his position one way or the other
1st - Your phone is not bricked if it show an image. Whatever image it is. The only real software way to brick your phone is to flash bad bootloader or stop a bootloader while they are being flashed. However, Bootloader are flashed first. So if your phone stoped half way, you should not have trouble too much.
Remove the battery from your phone for like a minute, then reboot your phone in download mode (vol- + home + power and when the phone light up, release power.) Then flash another rom from odin.
Also, what rom did you used ? If you flashed a rom for another phone, then you might have flashed bootloader for that phone on yours, which is bad. In this case you will surely need a JIG.
sorry im new to this whole rooting/flashing thing. i downloaded the lightning rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
i have never rooted or doneanthing to my s2 before. all i did was follow the instructions on the page and thought it would be all good? it froze about a quarter of the way there in odin so i just took my phone out.
I usually find from this state I can get back to bootloader or download states
push and hold vol+ and home then power for bootloader
push and hold vol- and home then power for download
sometimes the phone can seem to freeze a little or even die (this happened to me loads on the galaxy s and once already on the s2) and removing battery sim etc or attaching the charger can jog it
however as other have said a JIG is your friend if for no other reason that even if you recover without it, custom roms up the rom count which some twitchy carriers might invalidate your warranty for, the jig will reset this
you can get them from ebay for less than £3 delivered, or there are instructions on this site for making them yourself if you are so inclined.
simply search 'galaxy s2 jig' on ebay mine was delivered today from portugal as I am way too lazy to make one and only wanted a counter reset anyway
Hey guys.
I made a stupid error last night when I tried going from ICS CM9 back to ICS STOCK LPQ.
I forgot to wipe data and just wiped cache and dalvik cache.
The connection broke whilst flashing through ODIN and now I have a blank black screen and the phone won't turn on...((( (It does technically as when I try pressing the on button later on the phone would get hot - meaning its on but BLACK SCREEN)
I have tried taking the battery out for hours and putting it back in...nothing is working.
I don't know what to do...I'm in uni where I have fast wifi. Please help. Any advice would be grateful
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Ok.
So usb jig arrived this morning. Ripped it open. Popped my sgsII from charger (fully charged I think!) took battery out - 15 secs
placed battery back in.
Inserted USBJIG. . .
. . .
. . . . BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH
Nothing....Still the same. No screen activity...sad...
only way is either JTAG or Samsung service center right?
I used to have yellow exclamation mark + 4 counts....but they can't see anything so they won't know right?
or did the usbJig work but just the fact that I can't see anything on the screen??
...sad I hated seeing noobs flashing phones improperly and crying when it got softbricked....well even though mine is a straight hardbrick i still feel sad....noob
update.
I've taken it to SSCentre on tuesday. I called them yesterday and they said they couldn't fix it over there and had it shipped somewhere else...is that bad?
it could take upto 2 weeks!!!!!!
I rememeber the engineers working on my friends Galaxy S last year and they didn't have to send it to somewhere else. (he had the soft brick 3 yellow logo icons) and didn't have the version where the download/recovery mode didn't work) The engineer just flashed it with latest stock sgs firmware (ignoring that csc was orange lol)
Maybe my flash was so impeccable I fried the motherboard? I'm one kick ass bricker....
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Hey guys.
I made a stupid error last night when I tried going from ICS CM9 back to Gingerbread Stock JVU.
I forgot to wipe data and just wiped cache and dalvik cache.
The connection broke whilst flashing through ODIN and now I have a blank black screen and the phone won't turn on...((( (It does technically as when I try pressing the on button later on the phone would get hot - meaning its on but BLACK SCREEN)
I have tried taking the battery out for hours and putting it back in...nothing is working.
I don't know what to do...I'm in uni where I have fast wifi. Please help. Any advice would be grateful
dk206
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I'm assuming download mode and recovery also don't work when the device is powered off?
dk206 said:
Hey guys.
I made a stupid error last night when I tried going from ICS CM9 back to Gingerbread Stock JVU.
I forgot to wipe data and just wiped cache and dalvik cache.
The connection broke whilst flashing through ODIN and now I have a blank black screen and the phone won't turn on...((( (It does technically as when I try pressing the on button later on the phone would get hot - meaning its on but BLACK SCREEN)
I have tried taking the battery out for hours and putting it back in...nothing is working.
I don't know what to do...I'm in uni where I have fast wifi. Please help. Any advice would be grateful
dk206
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Hmm have you tried getting into download mode to see if the device shows up in odin?
dk206 said:
Hey guys.
I made a stupid error last night when I tried going from ICS CM9 back to Gingerbread Stock JVU.
I forgot to wipe data and just wiped cache and dalvik cache.
The connection broke whilst flashing through ODIN and now I have a blank black screen and the phone won't turn on...((( (It does technically as when I try pressing the on button later on the phone would get hot - meaning its on but BLACK SCREEN)
I have tried taking the battery out for hours and putting it back in...nothing is working.
I don't know what to do...I'm in uni where I have fast wifi. Please help. Any advice would be grateful
dk206
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If you can get into download mode then there is still hope. If you can't then your only option is either warranty repair of Jtag service. If download mode then works then just reflash using Odin.
You flash i9000XXJVU to your i9100 phone? So you need JTAG or do service. Your bootloader is totally dead
hiepgia said:
You flash i9000XXJVU to your i9100 phone? So you need JTAG or do service. Your bootloader is totally dead
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Didn't even notice that XXJVU was an i9000 firmware.
To OP: Yup nothing to do, but send it in for repairs.
yeah sorry not JVU LPQ (I was getting mixed up with firmwares)
Yeah phone not going into download or recovery mode.
I think when I press the power button the phone does turn on but I get nothing but black screen....(the phone warms up)
So shall I order a JTAG to flash? or take it to repair centre?
Will they know I've been flashing this thing to death? Counter is on 4 at the moment..... so worried!
dk206 said:
yeah sorry not JVU LPQ (I was getting mixed up with firmwares)
Yeah phone not going into download or recovery mode.
I think when I press the power button the phone does turn on but I get nothing but black screen....(the phone warms up)
So shall I order a JTAG to flash? or take it to repair centre?
Will they know I've been flashing this thing to death? Counter is on 4 at the moment..... so worried!
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Are u sure?
vol down+power+home button is download mode
Check it once again if it doesn't work...
maybe u can try some usb-jigg ?!
so you can come in to download-mode and then flash with odin =(
dk206 said:
ye
So shall I order a JTAG to flash?
JTag is not Samsung warranty its a paid for service .
or take it to repair centre?
Will they know I've been flashing this thing to death? Counter is on 4 at the moment....
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Warranty is void with custom rom root or rom counter above zero .
Will they know yes counter is on 4 .
Will they ignore it and put it through as warranty they may but dont count on it .
USB jig would be the starting point .
That fails you could go to warranty repair if thats rejected then pay for JTag repair .
jjue
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Any place or website where I could buy a USB JIG?
Not really keen with solders....
Thanks guys
dk206 said:
Any place or website where I could buy a USB JIG?
Not really keen with solders....
Thanks guys
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eBay. Or Google.
first charge it. Then try to enter download mode again. I have exp. 1 time battery low and phone just warm up and black screen. After Charge, it's ok till now!
dk206 said:
Any place or website where I could buy a USB JIG?
Not really keen with solders....
Thanks guys
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Read the post USB jigs to loan out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
jje
if you have adb maybe you could try:
1. Connecting your device to PC while turned off,
2. CMD > adb devices
* If you see your device connected, proceed with:
adb reboot recovery or adb reboot bootloader
* If you don't see any device connected, try googling for qhsusb_dload driver for your device, and after you install them (and maybe a couple of PC restarts) repeat step 2
3. if you manage to get to recovery, i hope you have your nandroid backup so you could restore them.
my HTC sensation 4G had this situation few days ago, couldn't go to recovery/bootloader, blanked out when turned on and had fever
i fixed it using those steps, i wish i could remember where i got the qhsusb driver thingy from.. i'll let you know when i remember.
edit: it might work on S2, or might not.. i don't know this will help or not, but you could read adb/fastboot/bootloader/android 101, maybe you could get something from there
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You flash i9000XXJVU to your i9100 phone? So you need JTAG or do service. Your bootloader is totally dead
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The bootloader death thing is not 100% true. When I first got my phone, (when there wasn't any rom for it) I tried flashing a I9000 rom. I was so stupid and luckily it didn't break my phone. After the flashing it turned on and stayed on bootlogo.
It was a miracle for me!
Ok.
So usb jig arrived this morning. Ripped it open. Popped my sgsII from charger (fully charged I think!) took battery out - 15 secs
placed battery back in.
Inserted USBJIG. . .
. . .
. . . . BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH
Nothing....Still the same. No screen activity...sad...
only way is either JTAG or Samsung service center right?
I used to have yellow exclamation mark + 4 counts....but they can't see anything so they won't know right?
or did the usbJig work but just the fact that I can't see anything on the screen??
...sad I hated seeing noobs flashing phones improperly and crying when it got softbricked....well even though mine is a straight hardbrick i still feel sad....noob
You just got to hope for the guy that repairs it not to see or not to care about custom roms etc .
jje
JJEgan said:
You just got to hope for the guy that repairs it not to see or not to care about custom roms etc .
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Ok update.
I've taken it to SSCentre on tuesday. I called them yesterday and they said they couldn't fix it over there and had it shipped somewhere else...is that bad?
it could take upto 2 weeks!!!!!!
I rememeber the engineers working on my friends Galaxy S last year and they didn't have to send it to somewhere else. (he had the soft brick 3 yellow logo icons) and didn't have the version where the download/recovery mode didn't work) The engineer just flashed it with latest stock sgs firmware (ignoring that csc was orange lol)
Maybe my flash was so impeccable I fried the motherboard? I'm one kick ass bricker....
you should have tried download mode blindly first. as i have flashed once blindly and it fixed my all dead screen.
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work.
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Try if you can go to download mode again or recovery mode..
if not..
simply give it to the service center and tell them it simply stopped working when i woke up one fine morning...
most of the time bricking with rom manager is unrecoverable by users, only service center can repair it. i think i saw a guy claimed he recovered his bricked-by-rom-manager ace in a thread before but couldn't remember which thread it is.
try to search for the thread.
an0nym0us_ said:
most of the time bricking with rom manager is unrecoverable by users, only service center can repair it. i think i saw a guy claimed he recovered his bricked-by-rom-manager ace in a thread before but couldn't remember which thread it is.
try to search for the thread.
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I think the service center is the only option left...
btw..your thank counter is at 666...feeling devilish much?
Probably have to change the whole motherboard, it's probably better to get a new phone at this stage. Another way (don't get your hopes up) is to use JTAG, that will probably work but if you dont know anyone with the equipment the pricing will actually be more expensive than the Ace itself.
Additionally, it would be wiser to state your actual problem on the thread title.
szymi22 said:
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work.
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i bricked my phone while going from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5
If your phone doesn’t boot into download mode and you have a black screen after flashing heres how you unbrick it, it worked for me .
Step 1 – Prepare odin with the firmware u want to flash (in my case was gingerbread 2.3.3) and get it ready to go;
Step 2 – Remove battery and connect your galaxy ace to the computer;
Step 3 – Hold Volume down + Power + Home button at the same time;
Step 4 – Insert the battery and wait a bit;
Step 5 – At this point Odin should have detected your SG Ace ( Yellow rectangle should appear);
Step 6 – Click Start button in Odin and wait about 5 min.
step 7- if force close issue come-- boot into recovery mode by pressing middle button+power and then releasing power button (keeping middle button still pressed) wipe data wipe cache ..
reboot
If all goes well it should come back to life.
at last service centre is the only choice.. tell them u installed antivirus from market one night and other day u find it un-bootable
King ACE said:
btw..your thank counter is at 666...feeling devilish much?
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not anymore :/
Aj.GaLaxY aCE said:
at last service centre is the only choice.. tell them u installed antivirus from market one night and other day u find it un-bootable
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Lol wat, i never heard of that one before. The most common one (which actually worked for my friend) is about updating using KIES, my friend got a new phone without any trouble at all.
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Lol wat, i never heard of that one before. The most common one (which actually worked for my friend) is about updating using KIES, my friend got a new phone without any trouble at all.
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choice depends on you.... its that are u a good actor and can u convince
If I'm not wrong you can bring it back using a jtag box, 25 pounds could get yourself that.
But just repair it it's easier.
I think You go to service center tell them that your phone got switched off when You were talking on the phone and then it never started again and always act like Noobs in front of them.....
I hope you have warranty for your ace
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I got the solution : For bricked ice........ Take an
Icepick.... .. Sorry, but this pass was too good....
I have come across such a situation and successfully have brought back my ace to life. (Disclaimer: I am not saying these are the steps to recover any bricked device, but this is a method i followed once when i bricked my device by following a wrong flashing method)
Just remove the battery and try to switch on normally without pressing any combination. It would not do anything but would drain remains completely.
Then do not put the battery back for a while (in my case i kept it for 5 mins)
Then again follow the same procedure without battery, just press the power button for 10 secs without pressing any other keys and see what happens. It should remain blank.
After that, try to connect the USB cable and then press power + v down + center key and see if it goes to download mode. If not, then put in the battery without removing the cable, then see if it automatically switches on to emergency recovery mode (It should).
Next when u see the emergency recovery screen, now try going to download mode by using the combination (power + vdown + center)
Please let me know if this works. ( I hope this should work)
service center
buy "USB Jig" so the phone will start in download mode and you can easily flash it with odin.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=usb+jig&_sacat=0
Here's the solution:
Step 1: Buy a baseball bat
Step 2: Get home
Step 3: Beat up yo wench with the bat and scream "You dumb *****! Make me a sandwich".
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I've done same what your wife do before.. so i tried every thing but still cant unbrick..
Just send to servis centre if you still have warranty..
I tell them i was on fb but it( ace) goes off..
If u doesnt have warranty anymore just go to phone shop tell them to change your ace board..
Just click thanks if i help u..
I just want to help.. :banghead:
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Hi Everyone..
I really need some help here..
(sorry if I am posting this at the wrong place. If so please guide me where to do so.)
I have been using Samsung Galaxy S II (i9100G) with CM 10.1 M2 for more than a week now. Was using CM monthly releases Prior to that since 4-5 months along with CWM recovery.
My set of problems started today when while using play store when my phone suddenly restarted. then it was stuck at the CM boot loader for long.
so i restarted and then the phone was stuck at the Samsung logo despite repeated boots.
then i booted into CWM recovery and it gave me an error saying E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log and four other errors similar to this.
I didn't want to flash the ROM again as i had this one tweaked just the way i wanted it.
So i did a mounts and storage -> Format /cache x 3 then advanced -> reboot recovery
later the phone did not display the Samsung logo but showed a message logo,jpg draw failed and then did boot into recovery.
but it showed the same error.
so i reboot the phone.
this time it just would not display anything. Wont even boot into recovery or download mode.
it did not even display anything after plugging in the charger. Did get warm after a while though.
i am totally clueless to what to do now.
can someone please tell me what went wrong and how to cure it??
i know i can use a usb jig but would need some time to get it. please tell me the optimum way to get around this.
Please someone help me revive my precious phone!!
docZ12 said:
Hi Everyone..
I really need some help here..
(sorry if I am posting this at the wrong place. If so please guide me where to do so.)
I have been using Samsung Galaxy S II (i9100G) with CM 10.1 M2 for more than a week now. Was using CM monthly releases Prior to that since 4-5 months along with CWM recovery.
My set of problems started today when while using play store when my phone suddenly restarted. then it was stuck at the CWM boot loader for long.
so i restarted and then the phone was stuck at the Samsung logo despite repeated boots.
then i booted into CWM recovery and it gave me an error saying E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log and four other errors similar to this.
I didn't want to flash the ROM again as i had this one tweaked just the way i wanted it.
So i did a mounts and storage -> Format /cache x 3 then advanced -> reboot recovery
later the phone did not display the Samsung logo but showed a message logo,jpg draw failed and then did boot into recovery.
but it showed the same error.
so i reboot the phone.
this time it just would not display anything. Wont even boot into recovery or download mode.
it did not even display anything after plugging in the charger. Did get warm after a while though.
i am totally clueless to what to do now.
can someone please tell me what went wrong and how to cure it??
i know i can use a usb jig but would need some time to get it. please tell me the optimum way to get around this.
Please someone help me revive my precious phone!!
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If you can't boot into download or recovery than i think you need to wait for that usb jig.
You can always try, pull out battery, hold power for 10 second, put battery back in and try to boot.
any clue whats wrong?
Christiaan91 said:
If you can't boot into download or recovery than i think you need to wait for that usb jig.
You can always try, pull out battery, hold power for 10 second, put battery back in and try to boot.
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Thanks a lot. i tried it but did not help. Can you please tell me what may have gone wrong?
Re: [Q] Please HELP!! Phone Bricked
usb jig man.
I've seen a couple of these cwm tempering, didn't end well.
Warranty? if the jig doesn't work then claim it.
What went wrong?
Seems that those wipes & mounting didn't help.
Could also be hardware.
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Re: [Q] Please HELP!! Phone Bricked
use download mode then flash a firmware
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Um, pretty sure the OP said the phone won't properly boot at all (I.E no download mode). Oh, look. They did. In their OP
OP - Jig probably won't work but you may as well try it. If it doesn't possibly JTAG repair (if it can be JTAG'd) or motherboard replacement by service centre or 2nd hand board from broken/'donor' phone.
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Um, pretty sure the OP said the phone won't properly boot at all (I.E no download mode). Oh, look. They did. In their OP
OP - Jig probably won't work but you may as well try it. If it doesn't possibly JTAG repair (if it can be JTAG'd) or motherboard replacement by service centre or 2nd hand board from broken/'donor' phone.
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Thanks a lot.
I think its time to visit the service centre. Cant think of anything else.
There's a thread in General where people have listed themselves & offer to lend people their jigs. Have a look, there might be someone near you who can lend you theirs, will save you waiting for one if you buy it online. Definitely try one before you give up tho, you never know - it might just work.
Thanks.. have tried contacting a few people in my region. lets c what happens.
for anyone looking for a USB jig, here is the link to the thread which lists people around the world from whom you can borrow one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891197
For info on how to use the Jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286
docZ12 said:
Thanks.. have tried contacting a few people in my region. lets c what happens.
for anyone looking for a USB jig, here is the link to the thread which lists people around the world from whom you can borrow one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891197
For info on how to use the Jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286
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usb jig doesnt work on JB boot loaders
we can still try it if u wish
if u live in mumbai u could come over n we could have a look.. (sent a pm)
if its still in warranty id recommend trying to get it replaced rather than JTAG ... make sure u dont say anything about a custom flash
it first looked like a soft brick ...switch off ur phone n keep for sometime (battery removed)
then insert but dont let it boot ... and charge ur battery
after that try booting into recovery or download
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hey guys.. I gave my phone to the Samsung service center to claim my warranty. After making sure that there was no liquid or physical damage they kept my phone for 2 days. Got it back in a perfect working condition. They changed the motherboard.. Lucky Me.
Thanks to all of u for ur help.:good:
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hey guys.. I gave my phone to the Samsung service center to claim my warranty. After making sure that there was no liquid or physical damage they kept my phone for 2 days. Got it back in a perfect working condition. They changed the motherboard.. Lucky Me.
Thanks to all of u for ur help.:good:
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Good for u!
Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post then.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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Hi there,
Firstly sorry if I have posted in the wrong place, i'm not too good with forums and or technology. About two weeks ago, my sister had passed me down her old Samsung Galaxy S2 which she had been using for more than a year. She's had no problems with it what so ever. Up until today, I was browsing the internet, when the internet 'app' crashed and gave me a pop up saying 'internet browser has stopped responding' or something to that affect. It then followed by a black screen where I was not able to do nothing apart from stare at the screen. I popped out the battery, waited a couple of minutes and put it back in. The screen came on with the Samsung logo, but nothing happened from there on, it was frozen. So I repeated the process one more, and now the phone does not turn on at all! I really hope someone can help me out here.
The phone has never been rooted/flashed or had anything done with it.
I have tried leaving the battery out for a couple of hours, still nothing.
I've also swapped batteries and nothing happened.
Tried booting in recovery/download mode and nothing happened either.
I've also tried connecting it to my PC where nothing happens.
I'm hoping someone can help me here, I've only had the phone for two weeks and it's already broken! My sister had it for a year and no problems! Bump.
Thanks in advance,
So can you boot into recovery or download mode? Without either of those two there's nothing you can do apart from take it to a service centre. If you have download mode then you can flash a stock ROM using Odin.
Else, do you have warranty still as it's a year old? If you do, take it to the service centre under warranty.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
Tried a Jig to see if it enters Download mode?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
make sure ur battery points are not loose .. recently a user tried everything and lastly came to know that the 3 points were loose...
Man calm down try d combi 1st
Keep power home n vol up pressed it'll switch on then off then wil boot in recovery keep it pressed til it boots in rcvry.
Try dis n post will b helpful for helping
Hit thanks if I helped u
A click for u but rep for me
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Hopper8 said:
So can you boot into recovery or download mode? Without either of those two there's nothing you can do apart from take it to a service centre. If you have download mode then you can flash a stock ROM using Odin.
Else, do you have warranty still as it's a year old? If you do, take it to the service centre under warranty.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
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Hi, no I can't boot in to download more or recovery mode, and the phone is out of warranty.
Thanks anyway.
immortalneo said:
Tried a Jig to see if it enters Download mode?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
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Sorry if I sound like a noob, but what is a jig?
Thanks
Are you sure it's out of warranty? Samsung offers a 2 year warranty in some countries (afaik everywhere in the EU)
My Wife says I'm a phone geek.....
I'd have to agree.....
Click the link in my signature and look at the section for 'no download mode'.. Try that section. Some users report being able to boot into download mode after trying those things.
Edit: And look on eBay for 'i9100 usb jig'. Its a way of attempting to force into download mode
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
Hopper8 said:
Click the link in my signature and look at the section for 'no download mode'.. Try that section. Some users report being able to boot into download mode after trying those things.
Edit: And look on eBay for 'i9100 usb jig'. Its a way of attempting to force into download mode
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
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Thanks for the quick reply, unfortunately none of those methods worked for me, i'll try the USB jig and report back. If that doesn't work i'm guessing the motherboard is the problem right? Is Samsung able to repair the phone for me even if its out of warranty but with a cost? If so, how much do you think it will cost?
Thanks
You tried all of them in 15 minutes? Give them another go, it can take a few goes sometimes if you don't get it quite right. Otherwise, yes try the jig, but don't pin your hopes on it. Yes, they can repair it. The other (cheaper) option is to buy a handset with broken screen off eBay or similar and switch your motherboard. I'm sorry, I don't know the costs :/
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
Hopper8 said:
You tried all of them in 15 minutes? Give them another go, it can take a few goes sometimes if you don't get it quite right. Otherwise, yes try the jig, but don't pin your hopes on it. Yes, they can repair it. The other (cheaper) option is to buy a handset with broken screen off eBay or similar and switch your motherboard. I'm sorry, I don't know the costs :/
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
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A little solution
Plug in ur usb to the PC as the device is off....it should remain off for this...
Plug in and see if its charging via pc.....As for it to charge..it has to go through the repair which happens internally without you need to do anything...
A triangle should appear before charging icon appears..As it appears,, just right after that flash ur rom via odin disconnect dont boot now wait n again do the usb charging trick.....
Then boot it should probably be working up again..Well it worths for a try.......
Do it n post it.
Tried rooting my s2 using odin. went into download mode then connected the phone. and clicked start. according to the instructions for rooting from youtube , it said the phone would restart after it said PASS on Odin. After it showed PASS it didnt restart even after a very longtime. so i disconnected.
Now i get the samsung logo with a triangle below. I m able to go to download mode.
Pls help guys
vixter991 said:
Tried rooting my s2 using odin. went into download mode then connected the phone. and clicked start. according to the instructions for rooting from youtube , it said the phone would restart after it said PASS on Odin. After it showed PASS it didnt restart even after a very longtime. so i disconnected.
Now i get the samsung logo with a triangle below. I m able to go to download mode.
Pls help guys
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Did you check the AUTO REBOOT option in Odin? Did you try to remove the battery for a couple of minutes and reboot?
Yellow triangle is normal
PLEASE READ THE FAQ said:
Q4: When I turn my phone on, I see a yellow triangle. What is it and how can I get rid of it?
It will appear if you have flashed a non-official kernel from download mode. If you flash kernels using CWM recovery, Mobile Odin etc. you won't get this yellow triangle.
The easiest ways to remove it are to use the app Triangle Away OR use a USB Jig.
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Aello said:
Did you check the AUTO REBOOT option in Odin? Did you try to remove the battery for a couple of minutes and reboot?
Yellow triangle is normal
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yes auto reboot was checked. and i did remove the battery. What else can i do ?
ADDICT.ANK said:
Man calm down try d combi 1st
Keep power home n vol up pressed it'll switch on then off then wil boot in recovery keep it pressed til it boots in rcvry.
Try dis n post will b helpful for helping
Hit thanks if I helped u
A click for u but rep for me
Sent from my Rooted LT26i using xda premium
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Hi there:
I had bought the device in June 2011
I had the same problem about 7 months back and did as you suggested, was able to recover the firmware.
Now, I am facing the same problem today, my device started and was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S2 logo.
Did the same thing again, the animated android logo appeared, and after some time the device was off.
I have been trying to get the device to switch on , but to no avail, the device is not even powering ON.
Device info: Unrooted , OS: 4.1.2
Please advice. Kindly treat this as urgent.
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Siddharth
sharma_sid said:
I have been trying to get the device to switch on , but to no avail, the device is not even coming to (switched off)
charging mode
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Phone not booting at all/charging/no signs of life = Samsung service centre or local mobile repair shop for diagnosis. Nothing anyone here can suggest beyond that if the phone won't even bootloop or be in a state where it's 'user fixable'.
sharma_sid said:
Hi there:
I had bought the device in June 2011
I had the same problem about 7 months back and did as you suggested, was able to recover the firmware.
Now, I am facing the same problem today, my device started and was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S2 logo.
Did the same thing again, the animated android logo appeared, and after some time the device was off.
I have been trying to get the device to switch on , but to no avail, the device is not even powering ON.
Device info: Unrooted , OS: 4.1.2
Please advice. Kindly treat this as urgent.
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Siddharth
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Sorry For the late reply.
I guess, you need to boot in recovery
with home + power+vol up
and clear data and reboot
if that doesnt help.
try booting in download mode again and flash the firmware.
but let it charge first.
and post here
ADDICT.ANK said:
Sorry For the late reply.
I guess, you need to boot in recovery
with home + power+vol up
and clear data and reboot
if that doesnt help.
try booting in download mode again and flash the firmware.
but let it charge first.
and post here
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Tried everything , the phone is not even powering ON.
I checked with service center , they are asking INR 8000 to replace the motherboard.
I'm instead thing of buying S4, should I ?
please advice guys.
My phone is dead too...
I left it on (functioning normally) and went for a bath, when I got out it was dead...
From functioning ok to nothing in a few minutes, I don't have any idea why. Is it really the motherboard?
Fact: Electronics breaks. All the time. All electronics.
MJDdeLacerda - Take it to a local mobile repair shop for diagnosis, unless you're experienced with this type of electronics, nothing you can do.