Got a used note traded my iphone.. come to find out has 15 binary count in odin
I want to reset it to 0 with that new way of flashing some zip to reset it .BUT DOES THIS AFFECT ROOT OR ANYTJING ?
I dont want to loose root just reset binary incase i ever need to do a claim.
LINKS TUTORIAL ANYONE??
THANKS
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U won't lose root
Flash zip in cwm, then put phone in download mode and flash stock recovery. Done.
How do u keep a count of 0 if u flash stock recovery again i flash the zip because wouldnt that set it back as a count of 1 when i reroot with odin
Doesnt flashing the stock zip put u back to stock which means id have a binary count of 1 after stock flash then a binary count of 2 after root flash
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Flashing to stock adds one count to your counter.
But if you reroot and install cwm, you can flash it back to 0.
Personally, I wouldnt worry about it. You bought it used and as such, the only warranty you may have would be thru Samsung and they have ways beyond the flash counter from download mode to see that the phone was previously flashed.
Here's the tutorial on resetting the flash counter.
No i got my account new 15 days ago on a iphone therefor att store added the device under my insurance because i am 15 days into the 30 day period.
I did this because the phone had a chipped corner so if i ever wanted to pay the deductible i knew i could later on,, after i applied root via odin i seen it had a binary of 15 so i did this method through cwm recovery downloaded the att reset zip and then phone now does nothing absolutely nothing.. I pulled battery i plugged charger in nothing..
I was rooted before i flashed the reset zip,what happened here
Flash back to stock again. and resest the binary again.......
How can i flash back to stock again when i cant even see dload mode on the phone but i get a message at bottom of pc says qhbusb dload when i plug in the device
how are you trying to get into download mode?
with phone off:
IIRC you hold vol down + power till you feel a vibration then let go of power, but still holding vol down.
Ive tried everything under the sun i know about the power and vol down until vibrate, then keep holding power down,Ive had samsung drivers on my pc for years, ive been into download mode on this device ad every other samsung phone I have owned 100 times over ive tried it all for the past 12 hours.. its hopeless even a jig wont fix it. The boot up has been wiped off the map the phone is junk junk junk!
All cause i tried a simple method that for some reason worked for others and ****ed me over !!
I hope people dont plan on using this binary count reset zip.. its INSTANT BRICK!!!
All i ca do is claim it on ins...
What gets me is why does everyone whom im assuming most are adults on here feel the need to laugh poke and talk **** at everyones mistakes..in which it wasnt my mistake, I just followed a thread on how to reset binary count for the note , BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A ZIP FILE ,CALLED HOW TO FLUSH YOUR 600$ PHONE DOWN THE TOILET IN 3 SECONDS !
if it's any consolation, i hard bricked my phone the first time i tried messing around with flashing it; i had a brain fart and flashed something that was for a different model of the same phone. i feel your frustration at your phone, the forums, and everything else. it sucks.
my story had a happy ending, though, and if your phone still boots - even if only to a black screen - then you are in better shape than i was.
lojak29 said:
Ive tried everything under the sun i know about the power and vol down until vibrate, then keep holding power down,Ive had samsung drivers on my pc for years, ive been into download mode on this device ad every other samsung phone I have owned 100 times over ive tried it all for the past 12 hours.. its hopeless even a jig wont fix it. The boot up has been wiped off the map the phone is junk junk junk!
All cause i tried a simple method that for some reason worked for others and ****ed me over !!
I hope people dont plan on using this binary count reset zip.. its INSTANT BRICK!!!
All i ca do is claim it on ins...
What gets me is why does everyone whom im assuming most are adults on here feel the need to laugh poke and talk **** at everyones mistakes..in which it wasnt my mistake, I just followed a thread on how to reset binary count for the note , BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A ZIP FILE ,CALLED HOW TO FLUSH YOUR 600$ PHONE DOWN THE TOILET IN 3 SECONDS !
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Just to be sure, download mode is hold the power and Vol down until you feel a vibration and let go of power, not the other way around like you have written.
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This happened to me when I had my Infuse. I too had good drivers etc. I too had a black screen etc. Although my screen was black I was indeed in download mode.. What resolved my issue was using a different PC. It is worth a shot to save a $600 phone I think
.. Give it a try man.
Hope this helps.
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For the record stock recovery flash does not initiate counter.
When I was learning I read and read and read some more before flashing. It does take a lot of patience, but you'all get there, all the knowledgeable members on this forum started from scratch, just like u.
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I tried to fix the hardware issues because i was not able to get into the recovery mode buy using the 3 button combos. Anyways, I BRICKED IT!!! It wont turn on or able to get to download mode anymore.
Is there a way to get it to turn on again or should i just trash it and should never touch a smart phone again?
Please help!
So, with battery in you plug in the charger like you're going to charge your phone, and you get nothing?
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yes, nothing at all.....the phone is completly cold!
I assume you have tried pulling the sim and sd cards out, pull the battery out, connect usb to pc and phone and pop the battery in as you hold the +- vol buttons? Check the usb cable, try anothrone if you have, check the terminals on the phone usb port. If all ok then you might want to try a jig....
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I have tried all of the above. But what is the jig?
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Jig is basically a jumper thru your phones usb port that forces the phone to download mode, or jump start it. Search the forum, they are cheaper here than ebay.
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Here you go...http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?p=570
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This phone is incredibly hard to brick...
What exactly did you flash? Everything... In order...
Thanks so much guys!
I just bought one and hope this will work!
Sure, good luck!
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s15274n said:
This phone is incredibly hard to brick...
What exactly did you flash? Everything... In order...
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Well my phone had hardware lock, which i was not able to use 3 button combos to get to recovery mode....so i found this thread.....
I just captured the JI6 OTA update files from one of my phones and found that T-mobile is
updating the SBL with the same file found in this thread, I'm using the same method as T-mobile
to install the new SBL so the chances for a brick are the same but if you are completely
stock just wait for the OTA update and have the phone swapped under warranty in the
event of a brick.
WARNING:
INSTALLING THIS CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE
this is safer than the odin method, but when messing with the phones bootloader
there is always a chance that you could end up with a paper weight (I bricked
one phone messing with this stuff).
Updated 10-15-2010
this is the fix for hardware locked phones in update.zip form
install the phone drivers which can be found at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
put update.zip on the internal sd card (the 12 gb one)
turn on USB debugging in Settings-->Applications-->Development
reboot into recovery, use the RebootRecovery.bat in adb.zip if you dont know
how to do that.
when in recovery use the vol up and down buttons to navigate and power button to
select reinstall packages
install will take about 20-30 seconds and will pause at "writing secondary bootlader" don't panic
the phone will reboot you should be unlocked (or bricked).
update.zip md5=3b32fab99049530d2185014340840a47
Attached Files
File Type: zip adb.zip (253.2 KB, 1153 views)
File Type: zip update.zip (645.5 KB, 1467 views)
After i applied the update.zip, phone didnt reboot. I waited 5 mins phone turned cold, battery was cold as well...so i took the battery out and tried to turn on but no luck.
I hope the jug will help, otherwise i dont know what else to do.
yahase said:
Well my phone had hardware lock, which i was not able to use 3 button combos to get to recovery mode....so i found this thread.....
I just captured the JI6 OTA update files from one of my phones and found that T-mobile is
updating the SBL with the same file found in this thread, I'm using the same method as T-mobile
to install the new SBL so the chances for a brick are the same but if you are completely
stock just wait for the OTA update and have the phone swapped under warranty in the
event of a brick.
WARNING:
INSTALLING THIS CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE
this is safer than the odin method, but when messing with the phones bootloader
there is always a chance that you could end up with a paper weight (I bricked
one phone messing with this stuff).
Updated 10-15-2010
this is the fix for hardware locked phones in update.zip form
install the phone drivers which can be found at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
put update.zip on the internal sd card (the 12 gb one)
turn on USB debugging in Settings-->Applications-->Development
reboot into recovery, use the RebootRecovery.bat in adb.zip if you dont know
how to do that.
when in recovery use the vol up and down buttons to navigate and power button to
select reinstall packages
install will take about 20-30 seconds and will pause at "writing secondary bootlader" don't panic
the phone will reboot you should be unlocked (or bricked).
update.zip md5=3b32fab99049530d2185014340840a47
Attached Files
File Type: zip adb.zip (253.2 KB, 1153 views)
File Type: zip update.zip (645.5 KB, 1467 views)
After i applied the update.zip, phone didnt reboot. I waited 5 mins phone turned cold, battery was cold as well...so i took the battery out and tried to turn on but no luck.
I hope the jug will help, otherwise i dont know what else to do.
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Have you gotten your jig yet? Did it work?
Don't mean to sound negative, but I'm pretty sure a jig won't work. From what you posted it seems that the update.zip you posted broke your bootloader which is a guaranteed hard brick if true. You should still try if you want to, but if your bootloader really got messed up nothing will bring it back
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Settai said:
Don't mean to sound negative, but I'm pretty sure a jig won't work. From what you posted it seems that the update.zip you posted broke your bootloader which is a guaranteed hard brick if true. You should still try if you want to, but if your bootloader really got messed up nothing will bring it back
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waiiiit doesent odin 1.8.3 has bootloader flash option....wait ...., it does .,
and i think it is incredibly hard to hardbrick phone flashing things through CWM anyway ,ether you are very talented or u have bad luck.
LEAVE YOUR PHONE FOR 10 MIN CONNECTED TO WALL OUTLET , take out battery dont disconect the phone put the batt in leave it for 10 min take it out put it back in try to boot your phone, TRY TO JUMP START IT ,ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT (or gimme your phone)
people return countless phones because someone said its fup because wont turn on been there few times ,still got my phone i dont care how much c*** u gone tell me it wont work i still tell you it will only way i would consider phone usless its when internal sd would get messed up to the point that it wouldnt work at all because u cant reflash sd to work
jig ? what jig, my phone would not turn on for a day to boot back up after messing with it for some time trying to jump start it.
YEAHHHH, I SAID IT DAMIT !
yahase said:
Well my phone had hardware lock, which i was not able to use 3 button combos to get to recovery mode....so i found this thread.....
I just captured the JI6 OTA update files from one of my phones and found that T-mobile is
updating the SBL with the same file found in this thread, I'm using the same method as T-mobile
to install the new SBL so the chances for a brick are the same but if you are completely
stock just wait for the OTA update and have the phone swapped under warranty in the
event of a brick.
WARNING:
INSTALLING THIS CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE
this is safer than the odin method, but when messing with the phones bootloader
there is always a chance that you could end up with a paper weight (I bricked
one phone messing with this stuff).
Updated 10-15-2010
this is the fix for hardware locked phones in update.zip form
install the phone drivers which can be found at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
put update.zip on the internal sd card (the 12 gb one)
turn on USB debugging in Settings-->Applications-->Development
reboot into recovery, use the RebootRecovery.bat in adb.zip if you dont know
how to do that.
when in recovery use the vol up and down buttons to navigate and power button to
select reinstall packages
install will take about 20-30 seconds and will pause at "writing secondary bootlader" don't panic
the phone will reboot you should be unlocked (or bricked).
update.zip md5=3b32fab99049530d2185014340840a47
Attached Files
File Type: zip adb.zip (253.2 KB, 1153 views)
File Type: zip update.zip (645.5 KB, 1467 views)
After i applied the update.zip, phone didnt reboot. I waited 5 mins phone turned cold, battery was cold as well...so i took the battery out and tried to turn on but no luck.
I hope the jug will help, otherwise i dont know what else to do.
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I'm in the same boat. A jig won't fix it because it's the boot loader. The only way to fix it is through a jtag. I took mine to a local repair shop that had one and got it to boot up, but it was still hardware locked because he had to use a i9000 boot loader. The T959 boot loaders weren't working for him. I tried updating through Kies a couple days later and it screwed up the boot loader again, so I'm sending it to Samsung. As long as they don't determine that it was modified or repaired already, they'll repair it under warranty. I just wish I can find out how much the repair would cost if they determine that the warranty is void.
I think I've bricked my Galaxy S II.. I got it yesterday and tried to flash 2.3.5. When I was flashing with Odin, the program went unresponsive and crashed. There was nothing else to do but take out the battery.. I shouldn't have done it, but I did. And now it won't turn on at all. I've tried the 3 button method, for download mode, and a jig from my old i9000. Nothing has worked. The screen wont even turn on. I don't know what to do... Help Please??
you need a jtag.If it wont go into download or recovery its gone.
What do you, Jtag? I've got a usb jig, does that work? Or are they the same thing?
*What do you mean
aren't jigs phone-specific?
Any new info on this? Did jtag worked or whatever. I keep eye on this thread but looks like OP disappeared. Genuinely curious what happened with the phone.
Hmm .. very wierd that phone wont turn on ... i have broken Odin flashes purposedly many times myself but always I can get back into it ...
You could try power drain ... remove battery ... press power on button for 10 seconds (WITHOUT BATTERY IN) ... now put battery back in and try to go into Download mode.
Sorry but i got busy with other stuff but wanted to explain to him about the JTag.Its a special box called a RiffBox JTag and what it does is basically wipes the motherboard/bootloader and in most phones repears the bootloader aswell of a fully bricked phone so it can be put into download mode again letting you re-flash via Odin and thus saving your phone.A little miracle that means no more bricked phones.There doesnt seem to be that many around and to buy they aint cheap at all but if you can find a dealer or a phone shop who has one they can do it for you.For example.I bicked my phone and was going to buy the box on ebay.es imported (in spain there isnt any for sale) for 160euros complete or 140 without cables.Searched this site:
http://www.jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-bo...s-unbrick-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list/
and found a shop in Barcelona who did it for me for 35euros plus postage "BARGIN!!!!".If you search youtube and google for RiffboxJtag in your country you should find someone with a unit willing to help out or check the link ive given as it has a list of users worldwide.
EDIT:A jig is not a JTag.A jig will boot your SEMI-BRICKED(phone showing some kind of life ex.classic icon of phone/arrow/computor,menu and back arrow lights work e.t.c.) phone into download mode.A FULLY-BRICKED(dead,no signs of life.wont start.no download,recovery,lights nothing.DEAD!!!) phone needs a JTag
@cooza , Thanks for that explanation and site I even found one near me, that some day might come handy.
I must ask now to further clear my doubts, this riffjtag box, like you said is able to "revive" or "unbrick" _any_ bricked SGS2? No matter how bad is it? Im kinda new around these things and trying to suck up as much info/knowledge possible, before I decide to flash/root/?brick? xD haha ( hope not for last one) my phone.
Devourz said:
@cooza , Thanks for that explanation and site I even found one near me, that some day might come handy.
I must ask now to further clear my doubts, this riffjtag box, like you said is able to "revive" or "unbrick" _any_ bricked SGS2? No matter how bad is it? Im kinda new around these things and trying to suck up as much info/knowledge possible, before I decide to flash/root/?brick? xD haha ( hope not for last one) my phone.
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Hi.As i said before there are semi and hard bricked phones.A semi bricked phone can normally be booted into download mode with the 3 button combo or a jig and your away again.It has the usuall symbol of a phone and a PC with a warning sign in the middle of them.Hard bricked is when the bootloader is damaged and there is basically no return.You got yourself a very expensive paper-weight for the office desk.Its like trying to turn on your phone with no battery in it.Dead,gone and not coming back.Before the Riffbox the only solution was the rubbish bin or maybe change the motherboard(but a few years ago that was an extremely pricey task if possible).Now we have the box.You can screw you phone to the point of no return and still the box will bring it back to life as it wipes the motherboard and in the case of the SGS2 also repears the damaged bootloader which is what boots your phone to start with.One thing to know,and i dont know if it happens to everyone but mine came back with 2.3.3 installed but there was no recovery mode.If this happens all you have to do is re-flash via Odin a more reciente firmware WITHOUT PIT FILE and yourll get recovery mode back at reboot.Obviously youll need to plug in your phone before hand to re-install the drivers.Same with Odin.boot to download,plug in,installs,unplug,then open Odin and flash.
EDIT:yourve got my name there so if something ever happens and you need a hand to re-flash after a jtag just send me a private message.Here to help.
SamBroomby said:
I think I've bricked my Galaxy S II.. I got it yesterday and tried to flash 2.3.5. When I was flashing with Odin, the program went unresponsive and crashed. There was nothing else to do but take out the battery.. I shouldn't have done it, but I did. And now it won't turn on at all. I've tried the 3 button method, for download mode, and a jig from my old i9000. Nothing has worked. The screen wont even turn on. I don't know what to do... Help Please??
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im not juding you...but next time is better to flash with CWM.
Odin only for root kernel...
cooza said:
Hi.As i said before there are semi and hard bricked phones.A semi bricked phone can normally be booted into download mode with the 3 button combo or a jig and your away again.It has the usuall symbol of a phone and a PC with a warning sign in the middle of them.Hard bricked is when the bootloader is damaged and there is basically no return.You got yourself a very expensive paper-weight for the office desk.Its like trying to turn on your phone with no battery in it.Dead,gone and not coming back.Before the Riffbox the only solution was the rubbish bin or maybe change the motherboard(but a few years ago that was an extremely pricey task if possible).Now we have the box.You can screw you phone to the point of no return and still the box will bring it back to life as it wipes the motherboard and in the case of the SGS2 also repears the damaged bootloader which is what boots your phone to start with.One thing to know,and i dont know if it happens to everyone but mine came back with 2.3.3 installed but there was no recovery mode.If this happens all you have to do is re-flash via Odin a more reciente firmware WITHOUT PIT FILE and yourll get recovery mode back at reboot.Obviously youll need to plug in your phone before hand to re-install the drivers.Same with Odin.boot to download,plug in,installs,unplug,then open Odin and flash.
EDIT:yourve got my name there so if something ever happens and you need a hand to re-flash after a jtag just send me a private message.Here to help.
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Thank you mate! I am getting my SGS2 this week so ive been doing alot of reading and research about everything. Thanks for your contribution and kind offer to help if ever comes to that. Very appreciated.
No worries mate.truth is its very hard to fully hard-brick an i9100.The main thing to watch out for,and its a mistake that first-time users/flashers have done,is to flash there i9100 phones with i9000 firmware by mistake.An SGS is not an SGS2 and if they are mixed you WILL hard-brick your device.Here on XDA everything is clearly marked and on their right pages so you cant go wrong if you take your time dont rush-in.But just in case you havnt seen it heres the thread:
Firmwares:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
CF-Root Kernels: (if you feel the need)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Hi, dont bother faffing with it mate, if you have only had it a day take it back and tell them it wouldnt boot after an automatic Kies update. If they cant turn it on they wont know you bricked it until it gets back to the factory and to be honest after selling 10 million of these babies they wont even bother checking it out, they'll just put it into spares or straight recondition it.
I did the same thing to my xoom, PC world couldnt turn it on so they just gave me another.
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
Robbey said:
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
Matriak31 said:
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
Someone possibly posted a binary counter reset zip for the att note obviously renamed it as att reset counter zip,which was probably for the wrong model phone... can anyone help cause i believe that is what happened my m****fin phone wont reboot and i followed the instructions and the provided download link for the att reset-counter zip
after i flashed it in cwm the note wont turn on i get and can hear usb recognition when plugged into pc but screen is black , battery pull wont work download mode wont come on
Feeling like a victim here with no solution??
HELP ANYONE?
lojak29 said:
whoever the pos is that posted a binary counter reset zip for the att note obviousally renamaed it as att reset counter zip,wich was probably for the wrong model phone... can anyone help cause i believe that is what happened my m****fin phone wont reboot and i followed the instructions and the provided download link for the att reset-counter zip
after i flashed it in cwm the note wont turn on i get and can hear usb recognition when plugged into pc but screen is black , battery pull wont work download mode wont come on
Feeling like a victim here with no solution??
HELP ANYONE?
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Well just because the screen is BLACK does not mean that your phone is not in download mode.......i would put the phone into download mode and plug it up to odin anyway....see if goes yellow for the com port #
and if your accusing someone of blatently bricking your phone with a false file......you will be hard pressed to prove that here. i dont see ANY i7000 dev thread over here.
so just be a little more careful next time.
no i followed the links in xda that is supposed to be reputable
I used the att counter reset .zip NOT THE ROGERS NOT THE TELUS!!
And it said flash successfull.
when i reboot from cwm nothing nothing !!
and every other follow up said nothing but yay and awesome and worked perfect!
What gets me is wtf happened.
i can see it recognized when i plug into my pc and when i hold power button i can hear stuff on the pc but the screen has no response I tried to see if i could get a port to recognize by vol down and power but no com ports appear
Calm down, there is no reason to call anyone out.
You knew the risks of flashing beforehand. If your phone is recognized by the computer then it means it's not bricked. Don't just assume it's bricked. There are things called jigs, if you have done your search before freaking out.
Just saying.
Well ive also read that qhbusb dload is a bad sign meaning hardbrick
since it accepts the device as unrecognized
the screen of death so called is being described as what im dealing with on forums
hyukki said:
Calm down, there is no reason to call anyone out.
You knew the risks of flashing beforehand. If your phone is recognized by the computer then it means it's not bricked. Don't just assume it's bricked. There are things called jigs, if you have done your search before freaking out.
Just saying.
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just an fyi on all samsung 2.3.6 the jig was disabled by samsung. you now have to have the device jtaged by an asr
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just an fyi on all samsung 2.3.6 the jig was disabled by samsung. you now have to have the device jtaged by an asr
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Yep mine was in that state and a jig dint work, got it replaced by ATT cause they cant really figure with the phone in that state.
So just to confirm, you have blindly tried to get into download mode, you do have the samsung SGH-I717 USB Drivers installed on your machine, and ODIN does not recognize the phone? If you havent done all of that, start with the USB Drivers, then try to blindly get into DL mode via vol down+power from a hard off state. Wait for the vibrate then let go, with the drivers installed and the phone in "DL" mode Odin should recognize it. If it does you can flash back to stock with the appropriate files.
Hope that gives you a place to start.
Lojak et al: Flashing .....
YOUR PHONE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY........
Know who made the rom/kernel etc and read carefully BEFORE flashing things..... 99.8% of the ppl in XDA are good responsible members, just have to watch out for the exception.
But, bear in mind what you do to your phone is YOUR issue not anyone's here and....... caveat emptor is the advice Everyone can only offer. Many here might be able to help you resolve, just calm down and think it through, then post logically the issues and the members will offer some ideas up.... they always do....
Why would you want to reset the counter? My understanding is that Samsung will still know whether you flashed your phone or not...
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stulzerl said:
Why would you want to reset the counter? My understanding is that Samsung will still know whether you flashed your phone or not...
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I was under the impression that as long as the counter is 0 they won't know you've flashed it. Is this wrong?
its interesting to see how worried people are when it comes to a flash counter issue if you turn your phone in to be repaired/replaced under warranty.
when you think about the thousands of phones that go in weekly for warranty claims, do you know how many techs they would have to employ to start checking all the phones binary counters?
I'm sure that if any testing at all goes on, with a warranty claimed phone, is no more than just trying to turn it on, and if it doesn't come on, then its just moved on down the return line...
Obvious signs of abuse, would probably give them a reason to take a closer look, but how many people do any of you know that have warranty claims turned down because they flashed a custom rom?
I've been on phone forums for many years, and read thousands of posts, and I can't even think of a handful of times that I read about someone getting turned down for warranty repair/replacement because of their flash counter.
Hell, Sprint even has an official "policy" on how to handle warranty issues with rooted phones.
The yellow triangle annoys me, so I will try and get rid of that when it shows up, but I don't care what my flash counter says..
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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My Friend I'm so sorry to see this from you I really do feel bad for you I hope your phone turns out alright once it get's fixed I do not want to see anyone phone brick this is serious problem
Good Luck To you.......
What carrier version of the phone was it?
All Will Be Well
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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I believe the "ONLY" thing you did (wrong?) was the att flash counter zip -Eliminate the Att step - there is a rooting method that does not cause the flash counter to be tripped (i believe it's non touch cwm - then flash the touch cwm - then flash Roms to your Heart's desire) I'm not really sure the flash counter issue really matters - At&t only cares if there is physical damage to the phone because I believe they just re-flash the phone and sell it again.
I'm Mostly responding to say that JTAG is Beastly and your phone will be better than brand new when you get it back - the status of your order won't change until they ship it back (which for me was 7 days), but don't panic (like I did) they are Good & Fast - So relax it cost you $50 & A week, but Hell the phone cost $700 so All Will Soon be well.
Also double check that it was the correct zip files for the Note - I bricked my Skyrocket because I flashed a Note Rom by accident (Thanks JTAG ) - I've got Too Many Samsung Devices - Hope This Helps.
bigdaddy4u said:
I believe the "ONLY" thing you did (wrong?) was the att flash counter zip -Eliminate the Att step - there is a rooting method that does not cause the flash counter to be tripped (i believe it's non touch cwm - then flash the touch cwm - then flash Roms to your Heart's desire) I'm not really sure the flash counter issue really matters - At&t only cares if there is physical damage to the phone because I believe they just re-flash the phone and sell it again.
I'm Mostly responding to say that JTAG is Beastly and your phone will be better than brand new when you get it back - the status of your order won't change until they ship it back (which for me was 7 days), but don't panic (like I did) they are Good & Fast - So relax it cost you $50 & A week, but Hell the phone cost $700 so All Will Soon be well.
Also double check that it was the correct zip files for the Note - I bricked my Skyrocket because I flashed a Note Rom by accident (Thanks JTAG ) - I've got Too Many Samsung Devices - Hope This Helps.
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I have no issues with MobileTechVideos as I bought one of the first USB jigs when I got my day one Captivate. I am sure it will come back solid.
I did double check that I was using files specific to the Note, but I must say, you Note users have one finicky phone. I will stick with my Skyrocket. I'll look over the instruction for the non counter increasing root in the forums when the phone gets back.
Thanks
You didn't mention if you were able to get back to Clockwork. If you hold volume up and down while pressing power, it takes you straight into Clockwork regardless of the black screen. If so then you aren't bricked. Or if you still want to use Odin, hold volume down and power to get to download mode which is also Odin mode. Did you try these commands using physical button combinations and they did not work? If you didn't try them then you may be spending unnecessary money. If you did try all these things, then maybe you were hard bricked. Of all the Android phones I've owned and I've rooted all of them, I've never been unable to recover. I've only seen one hard brick from a coworker that had a galaxy s on tmobile that would not power on or charge after trying to root.
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
madman604 said:
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
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+1. I'm so confused now. Maybe he tried to unbrick it first, then the phone turned hard bricked.
The flash counter is kind of a joke, isn't it? I mean, if the tech is looking to see if you flashed something, he cares that you flashed something, not how many times you flashed it.
I think the jig added another variable to the equation, and was unnecessary. None of the threads for rooting required one.
Also, i'd check to see if a MD5 is available for the files you used for the flash. Check the files you used and see if that was the issue.
If the note is new, and really is hardbricked, he's hopefully within the 30 day window. Just take it back for an exchange and tell them it stopped booting.
There is a thread started by ncoder in the international note general forum that has been near the top for a long time. You are not alone. Samsung actually responded!
Edit: Samsung desperately needs a stock failure. Maybe they would fix your phone for free so they could do a JTAG core dump that matches their sources etc.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
jordant2 said:
You didn't mention if you were able to get back to Clockwork. If you hold volume up and down while pressing power, it takes you straight into Clockwork regardless of the black screen. If so then you aren't bricked. Or if you still want to use Odin, hold volume down and power to get to download mode which is also Odin mode. Did you try these commands using physical button combinations and they did not work? If you didn't try them then you may be spending unnecessary money. If you did try all these things, then maybe you were hard bricked. Of all the Android phones I've owned and I've rooted all of them, I've never been unable to recover. I've only seen one hard brick from a coworker that had a galaxy s on tmobile that would not power on or charge after trying to root.
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Would not go into Clockwork Recovery or Odin with any key combination, simply a black screen.
madman604 said:
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
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Jig is much faster, and works everytime, nuff said.
babymatteo said:
+1. I'm so confused now. Maybe he tried to unbrick it first, then the phone turned hard bricked.
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Nope, started with a working phone and after applying the counter reset, which works beautifully on the SkyRocket BTW, that's when it bricked.
PaulF8080 said:
There is a thread started by ncoder in the international note general forum that has been near the top for a long time. You are not alone. Samsung actually responded!
Edit: Samsung desperately needs a stock failure. Maybe they would fix your phone for free so they could do a JTAG core dump that matches their sources etc.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
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Thanks for the info.
Jamesyboy said:
The flash counter is kind of a joke, isn't it? I mean, if the tech is looking to see if you flashed something, he cares that you flashed something, not how many times you flashed it.
I think the jig added another variable to the equation, and was unnecessary. None of the threads for rooting required one.
Also, i'd check to see if a MD5 is available for the files you used for the flash. Check the files you used and see if that was the issue.
If the note is new, and really is hardbricked, he's hopefully within the 30 day window. Just take it back for an exchange and tell them it stopped booting.
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I am beginning to agree that the counter seems irrelevant and wholly unnecessary.
Jig simply puts any Samsung phone that is off into Download mode, it is the same as the key combination only easier.
I always check MD5 hashes after I copy to the internal SD card.
I'm with the others on this... Flash counter reset was designed to work on ICS and not GB, I do believe that's where things went bad.
WheresWaldo said:
I am beginning to agree that the counter seems irrelevant and wholly unnecessary.
Jig simply puts any Samsung phone that is off into Download mode, it is the same as the key combination only easier.
I always check MD5 hashes after I copy to the internal SD card.
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Thanks for the info.
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I have no clue if the info applies to you. I just was hoping you still had possibly useful data in your phone. Saving face with your cousin was a side benefit.
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the only other step you forgot is to create a backup after flashing cwm
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Thanks for the info.
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I have same problem
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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Hi all
i have the same problem , i flash a wrong file and phone is hard bricked
now i want to send to MobileTechVideos , i am in Kuwait so my question is
is it safe to send them or any one other in the region to whom i can send?
please suggest me what i should do
My Device is N7000
thanks
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I was under the impression that the jig didn't work with the note, I recall someone else bricked their phone using one a while back
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jimmer411 said:
I was under the impression that the jig didn't work with the note, I recall someone else bricked their phone using one a while back
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
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I agree. I have never even read of using a jig except for unbricking. Coincidence maybe but i wouldnt risk it again if you get a replacement
Sent from a big ass phone