Hi,
Does anyone have any idea why this happened? picture here: http://imgur.com/UHEKm
I was just playing a game on my e3d, and all of a sudden, video froze, music was still on, touch screen was still working, but the screen got all "noisy" - like in the pic.
I pulled the battery, and it was the same.
I reverted to factory defaults, no change...
I can't access recovery to try and flash a backup or a stock rom because the screen doesn't come on until the phone boots.
Can anyone help? I'd like to at least revert to a stock rom before taking the phone back to the store.
Thanks in advance.
Is there any way to output recovery screen via HDMI?
yea
you could in, using a micro usb to hdmi adapter, which will set you back about 10 bucks
yup, i knew that, and i already have the adapter. My question was if it was possible to see the custom recovery screen via hdmi.
As far as i figured out, it's not possible to do that.
Similar issue, help please
i too have same problem ., have changed 2 LCD assemblys until now thinking its an LCD issue, but not sure whats wrong. what solution did u seek to this ? can i please get to know .. thanks in advance guys
zdalin2003 said:
yup, i knew that, and i already have the adapter. My question was if it was possible to see the custom recovery screen via hdmi.
As far as i figured out, it's not possible to do that.
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If the screen's failing, you could flash a ROM using ADB, then wipe the recovery..
However, I see no point in it. If the screen fails, it's not a ROM issue, it's more of a tampering with internals sort of thing. So unless they can prove that Rooting your phone cause the screen to fail, they have no right to deny the repair.
I finally got my phone back today, after 7 weeks in service...
What i ended up doing was, just as DjDom said, to flash a rom using adb, and then wipe recovery.
Anyway, i think it wouldn't have mattered. The repair forms said that the device couldn't be repaired, and that they changed the mainboard. So now i have a new, unrooted evo3d. After a 7 week wait, thanks to Rogers approved service shops...
Thanks to everyone who replied.
zdalin2003 said:
I finally got my phone back today, after 7 weeks in service...
What i ended up doing was, just as DjDom said, to flash a rom using adb, and then wipe recovery.
Anyway, i think it wouldn't have mattered. The repair forms said that the device couldn't be repaired, and that they changed the mainboard. So now i have a new, unrooted evo3d. After a 7 week wait, thanks to Rogers approved service shops...
Thanks to everyone who replied.
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7 weeks, all rogers repairs come into a markham ontario repair shop, I know because my screen was replaced once and I had my phone back in 7 days
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My wife's EVO 3D, completely stock, S-ON, never installed the OTA update.
The phone was on and she had it in her pocket and felt it vibrate, when she looked at the phone, it was booting up but it appeared to be stuck in a boot loop. She said she saw it rebooting itself (just the initial sprint splash screen) several times before she pulled the battery.
She re-installed the battery, but the phone wouldn't turn on. So she left it alone and brought it home.
The reboot loop was a bit concerning to me, but the phone not turning on sounds like a drained battery. So, I put it on the charger (AC power adapter) for about an hour (orange led is lit).
When I turn it on, I see the boot screen (HTC -> Sprint -> 3D -> Sprint) and then the screen goes black. The soft key LEDs are stuck on the entire time. but nothing happens. I let it sit like that for 10 minutes and it never boots. I've tried several times with the same result.
I can get into hboot (Volume-down + Power)... Almost feels like a corrupt stock ROM?? I can check the CRC, but I don't know the correct values... And no one has tried to root or flash it. I asked if she might have accidentally started the OTA update, but she says not likely...
I've searched the forums here and various others, and it seems all not-booting and endless-boot-loop issues are all due to people trying to root or flash an image.
So.... I don't have a whole lot of experience with Android... What's the next step before attempting a factory reset or bringing it back to Sprint?
Thanks!
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Wow, this is very weird. My advice is if you still have 30 day return use it or insurance, bring it to sprint. If not both call HTC and complain but I doubt they cover software issues, idk I might be wrong. Why fix it? Get a brand new one, you paid for it to be working, not broken.
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You said you can do a factory reset? I'd say do that first before trying anything else. If it works, then the only thing she has to worry about is taking 30 minutes of her time to re-set up her phone.
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^^^You can do that or you can take it back to sprint store or a repair spot and possibly get a new one. Custom firmware would knock those bugs right out, so maybe its a sign. Your wifes' phone is ready to be rooted. Hey, I'm just saying...
My "DU4L C0R3 SH00T3R" shot you down in 3D! Screw Tupac. "A,O,S,P BACK!" >_
Try removing the SD card and see if it will boot up properly. I had that happen to me once (boot loop and all). Phone would boot fine without the SD card.
I ended up having to format the SD card (connected to my PC with a card reader). That solved the problem.
This happened to my phone once. A factory reset from the bootloader fixes it good as new. It's been like a month and a half since then and I have had no problems since then.
boom!! from my shooter
Quick update -- phone finished charging... Green LED now... and still same behavior... Thanks for all the replies guys!
iModMM said:
Wow, this is very weird. My advice is if you still have 30 day return use it or insurance, bring it to sprint. If not both call HTC and complain but I doubt they cover software issues, idk I might be wrong. Why fix it? Get a brand new one, you paid for it to be working, not broken.
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I want to see if I can get her a working phone tonight instead of sending her off to the Sprint store tomorrow, waste a bunch of time, and having them just do a factory reset anyhow.
DDiaz007 said:
You said you can do a factory reset? I'd say do that first before trying anything else. If it works, then the only thing she has to worry about is taking 30 minutes of her time to re-set up her phone.
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Yeah... This was my first instinct, but just wanted a sanity check here on the forums first...
r0cky0790 said:
^^^You can do that or you can take it back to sprint store or a repair spot and possibly get a new one. Or maybe this is a sign. Custom firmware would knock those bugs right out, so maybe its a sign. Your wifes' phone is ready to be rooted. Hey, I'm just saying...
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I know! I had her not install the OTA because I had intended to root the phone... I'm so tempted to just root the thing and flash something nice, but I don't want to risk it in case it is a more serious problem and we need Sprint to replace it... Maybe if the factory reset fixes it for a couple of weeks, then I'll consider again...
mvansomeren said:
Try removing the SD card and see if it will boot up properly. I had that happen to me once (boot loop and all). Phone would boot fine without the SD card.
I ended up having to format the SD card (connected to my PC with a card reader). That solved the problem.
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Sorry I forgot to mention it in the original post, but did try re-seating the SD card and without the SD card... both exhibit the same behavior.
DJ1994 said:
This happened to my phone once. A factory reset from the bootloader fixes it good as new. It's been like a month and a half since then and I have had no problems since then.
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This is what I wanted to hear.... Someone else with the exact same issue and a fix... I think I'll factory reset it now... I warned my wife that she will lose high scores and text messages. She didn't care about the texts, but was sad about losing her progress in Angry Birds! lol.
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Okay.. Factory reset went well... Restoring settings and apps now... Thanks for the help guys!
To get rod of those problems you should take the ota's if you haven't rooted it yer then no reason in leaving inferior firmware on the device
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To get rod of those problems you should take the ota's if you haven't rooted it yer then no reason in leaving inferior firmware on the device
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Noooo, he can root and solve the problem that way. Just visit Haus's stock ROM thread, and he'll have everything there for you. A stock rooted ROM with all the OTA firmware fixes available for download. Just root first.
This is assuming you live in the U.S, and own the Sprint Evo 3D (CDMA).
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To get rod of those problems you should take the ota's if you haven't rooted it yer then no reason in leaving inferior firmware on the device
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Is this kind of failure a known issue with the original stock firmware? I'm not going to take the OTA to keep my options open for rooting in the near future.
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Noooo, he can root and solve the problem that way. Just visit Haus's stock ROM thread, and he'll have everything there for you. A stock rooted ROM with all the OTA firmware fixes available for download. Just root first.
This is assuming you live in the U.S, and own the Sprint Evo 3D (CDMA).
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Yeah.. I know not to take the OTA... I'm going to root it eventually.
I looked through the complete list of ROMs and didn't see Haus mentioned anywhere... Am I missing something?
Also, is there a common consensus on the top two or three Sense ROMs for the EVO 3D?
ken830 said:
Is this kind of failure a known issue with the original stock firmware? I'm not going to take the OTA to keep my options open for rooting in the near future.
Yeah.. I know not to take the OTA... I'm going to root it eventually.
I looked through the complete list of ROMs and didn't see Haus mentioned anywhere... Am I missing something?
Also, is there a common consensus on the top two or three Sense ROMs for the EVO 3D?
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Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223979
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iModMM said:
Wow, this is very weird. My advice is if you still have 30 day return use it or insurance, bring it to sprint. If not both call HTC and complain but I doubt they cover software issues, idk I might be wrong. Why fix it? Get a brand new one, you paid for it to be working, not broken.
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*14 days if bought on the 16th.
Try these things:
- Take batter off and hold power button down for like 10 secs, put battery back in.
- Download the RUU from a thread in the development section and flash it (it will replace everything back to stock).
That SHOULD fix it, if its a software issue, if it doesn't, or it still continues to act funky, just take it back to Sprint and demand a new one since you're within your 14/30 days.
Make sprint replace it the phone will be doing the so thing after resting it or trying any other trick its a software issue belive me I had 5 replacements because of software issues
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Hi
I have been using it for about ten months and my phone just died all of a sudden.
I tried everything but it doesn't work.
I currently have cm9 mod installed so the phone is rooted and unlocked.
However its not like I bricked ot while installing new firmware or anything.
I've sent it in for repair with samsung canada (thankfully still under one yr) but do u think they'll be able to find out that the phone's been rooted? I was thinking that since it doesn't even turn on they will have to replace the mainboard or something and won't be able to figure out but I'm a bit worried. Maybe I should've microwaved it for a bit before sending it off lol jks.
Anybody have experiences with this?
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Hi
I have been using it for about ten months and my phone just died all of a sudden.
I tried everything but it doesn't work.
I currently have cm9 mod installed so the phone is rooted and unlocked.
However its not like I bricked ot while installing new firmware or anything.
I've sent it in for repair with samsung canada (thankfully still under one yr) but do u think they'll be able to find out that the phone's been rooted? I was thinking that since it doesn't even turn on they will have to replace the mainboard or something and won't be able to figure out but I'm a bit worried. Maybe I should've microwaved it for a bit before sending it off lol jks.
Anybody have experiences with this?
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You have CM9 installed as your operating system, Got a feeling they will know its not a Samsung standard firmware," unless Stevie Wonder is repairing it ". Good luck but i think they will charge you..
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bored_stupid said:
You have CM9 installed as your operating system, Got a feeling they will know its not a Samsung standard firmware," unless Stevie Wonder is repairing it ". Good luck but i think they will charge you..
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Sig'd for the lolz.
Depending on what's wrong with the phone, you might get lucky. I've seen a few posts on here about people sending phones in with custom firmwares that had bricked and getting them replaced under warranty.
Depends how bad it is - if they can't boot the phone themselves due to a hardware failure then there's no simple way for them to know you've voided the warranty.
Could you get the phone into download mode? If so then you probably could've fixed it yourself with Odin. If they can boot it into download mode then the first thing they'll see is the counter showing how many ROMs you've flashed over USB (doesn't count CWM flashing, mind).
Whatever happens, when you get the phone back maybe try Chainfire's Triangle Away, it resets your counter and gets rid of that pesky warning triangle. It's risky stuff mind and not for the faint-hearted - I'll admit I haven't run it yet XD
another one when your phone returned
most kernals now come with root and no yellow triangle eg siyah kernal etc etc
mayamo said:
Hi
I have been using it for about ten months and my phone just died all of a sudden.
I tried everything but it doesn't work.
I currently have cm9 mod installed so the phone is rooted and unlocked.
However its not like I bricked ot while installing new firmware or anything.
I've sent it in for repair with samsung canada (thankfully still under one yr) but do u think they'll be able to find out that the phone's been rooted? I was thinking that since it doesn't even turn on they will have to replace the mainboard or something and won't be able to figure out but I'm a bit worried. Maybe I should've microwaved it for a bit before sending it off lol jks.
Anybody have experiences with this?
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Did you tried to remove and insert a battery ?
so i've sent off the phone last week and according to the person at the repair centre, it's with the quality control folks right now to make sure that there's nothing wrong with it after the repair.
i was told that the 'mainboard' was replaced and that they've updated the os to the latest ics.
so does this mean that they never found out about the cm7 rom that was installed?
that's what a dead mainboard means right?
anxiously waiting for the phone to be shipped back now
If they haven't charged you for it, it's either that or they don't care. Either way you win.
Hi guys, my phone is flashed so I guess that will make this whole process painful...
But here is the story, I have omega version 12.1 I think (maybe 11 or 13) it has been on my phone for 1 + months now, so I am fairly certain it isn't anything to do with firmware. Phone wont turn on, wont go into download mode or anything. I have tried taking the battery out and leaving it out for 5 minutes, still nothing.
It was working fine before I went to bed, had 10 percent battery and was just on home screen when I put it on charge, not in app or anything. Then seems to be hard bricked after waking up, so happened sometime overnight.
I am not with a carrier, brought it locally outright at my local consumers electronics store (JB-HI-FI)
Since it is hard bricked to the point it wont turn on in download mode does that mean there is no way for them to know it is flashed unless they fix it (in which all is ok)?
Never done a warranty return, do I just take it into store and they send it off? How long will this take?
On top of all this I cut my old sim doown using a cutting template, and it appeared to slide in fine, but after trying to remove it today the push eject isn't working, and tips to get this out, doesn't appear to be enough room to grip it with tweesers.
Thanks.
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
xopito_cc said:
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
Nicholas68 said:
No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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JiroPrinz8 said:
Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Nope brisbane here, thanks for the offer though. What would the chances be of a JIG fixing it though, cause I have a feeling the mainboard has died. Kinda wish I didn't turn off the red LED charging light, apparently some others who's phones hardbricked the light still turned on showing some sign of life.
Any suggestions on sorting out the micro sim card issue now, assume I have to get it our before taking it to service centre, or just leave it in for them to fix?
priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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-it will force the S3 in download mode
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-it will not reset the flash counter like with S2
Got a little bit of good news, this might help other people out with jammed sim cards, NO damage and worked like a treat.
In the top of the sim card holder down the bottom left there is a little circle around one mill wide, got a sharp thumbtack and pushed it gentelly into the sim card, the just applied a little pressure and the sim card started to slide up, was very easy, had a great grip on the sim cad and no damage done trying to grab it with needle nose pliers like I read elsewhere, now to get the phone replaced or unbricked.
Thinking about it more I think it is a hardware fault, cause I had flashed the correct version of omega for international S3, I havn't had any wrong signs like freezing or crashing, been working flawlessly for over a month, then out of the blue completely dead. So I think I will just go into the service centre and tell them I suspect the motherboard has died, or the charger port (didn't charge over night), dont have a spare battery to test with though).
http://lifehacker.com/5940308/save-a-bricked-phone-using-paper-clips-and-pencil-graphite
Just a post tyat i found today..not sure if it ll work or not.
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That video is pretty cool, don't have an old connector to try it, but seeing as my phone didn't hard brick from a flash going wrong while flashing or wrong firmware or anything I have a feeling a JIG or similar wont work. Would try it if I had the connector though.
How often do batterys and charger ports fail, cause that could be another reason I guess.
Nicholas68 said:
Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Ok, thanks for the info, I've tried everything besides a JIG to try get it into a download mode, so I doubt they will get it into download mode, Ive seen a couple of other cases where the S3 has had a mainboard issue, only other thing is in the last week I have been using the wall charger where as I normally use the computer and usb, so not sure if this could link to it though, might have got a power surge, but had no storms in months so unlikely and the fuse box is modern with pretty good protection. Ill just go in and tell them it was working one night, and dead when I woke up the next morning, which is the truth. And if they ask if its flashed, ill miss understand them and say, not the screen wasn't flashing/flickering when it died, I was asleep
Reality is though if they get the phone to a restored point to where they can see the flash counter, then I no longer need their help to fix it.
One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
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I'd give the jig a chance. Just imho.
Btw it is very likely that the jig would arrive in, like, 24-48 hours if you choose the right seller, while other users already told you it's probably gonna take more then a few days (probably from 2 weeks to a month) for samsung to "close the ticket". In my experience only with apple you'd be up and running in less then a week.
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One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
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I'm sure they will ask you to come back in a few days or even weeks. Don't think they will replace new unit for you. They will just replace the faulty part.
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I have the same issue so thought i would post here rather than starting a new thread.
Here's the story for mine. Working fine on current rom for about a month no issues at all. Today battery got to about 9% then switched off and i haven't been able to get it to turn on again, no download mode,no recovery, no charging led nothing at all.
I had to change my screen a couple of days ago, has been working fine with the broken screen for months, have i now voided my warranty?
A lot of faulty s3 i think... My s3 suddenly died last night. Battery is around 90+. Check the phone and it's not responding. Power button doesn't work. Doesn't even go to download mode or recovery mode. I'm running on stock ICS with root only. Sad part is I don't have any access for a jig right now. So can't test it. Bought this phone in SG and I'm in the Philippines right now. Warranty is good for SG only. Dec would be my next trip back to SG. By then no S3 as of now. For a phone I'm getting depressed LOL!
over the air jellybean brick my phone unrooted unflashed phone
BEWARE EVERYONE!! when updating to jellybean some do go very wrong! not all! but some do!! and it will brick your phone!! i updated over the air.. and for a few days. my phone kept on freezing! and locking up! one night i went to bed woke up and the phone was stuck on the boot screen! i thought thats weird took battery out, put back in, as ya do.. nothing took sim out and back in nothing... so only option was to reapair it through kies. put serial in and model number in it found the sortware. i downloaded it. told me to put phone in recovery mode.. so i did,kies said it was gonna install it to my phone.. but everytime it tryed to install it kept on saying it couldnt find my phone.. i tryed this all day long used different usb ports. different computers. to know avail, so my only option was to take it in for repair.. so i took it back to phones 4 u! they sent it away, i waited over 2 weeks! which was undiscrible it was like i lost my right arm with no phone! as you can imagine.. than the repair center turned round and said that the phone has been rooted! which it hadnt!! and they said this in order to brake the terms and conditions of my warentee so phones 4 u can get out of giving me a new handset. so they all save money!! i wouldnt do that to a 500 pound phone!! the phone does everything you could want from a phone! im launching a full investigation into this matter.. and have writen a formall complaint to phones 4 u headoffice, and will be contacting trading standards, ofcom, watchdog, and the ombudsman, and plaster it on all the forums ,social networking sights i can think of, to give them as much bad press as possible!! untill my problem is resolved and i will restore there name and clear it once they have done the right thing by me
I am afraid I can also report a bricked S3 here.
Rooted two weeks ago, but did not yet install a rom. Didn't Triangleaway yet aswell.
Same problem as described, I was browsing the net, and suddenly, screen went black (off). Could not get it powered on anymore. (nor in download/recovery mode)
So i brought it to the local telecom service center of my office, they could tell me the battery was fine and the buttons were working but they never saw one in this state.
So they are sending it to a samsung repair company.
This was two days ago, heard nothing yet, but I am very curious if I will get repaired or if I need to pay because of the rooting.
Will post the result if I know more.
Does anyone know if this problem also happens to people who did not root?
Morning all, lastnight whilst trying to update my boys i5500 from stock 2.2 to CM7 I inadvertently clicked on the wrong handset in clockwork mod's flash recovery list. (Can't remember exactly what phone it was but it WASN'T a Samsung) Anyway, I've tried switching the phone back on this morning and she's not responding. Nothing from the power button... Volume down + menu + power... battery pull... anyone have any ideas what else I can try?
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Morning all, lastnight whilst trying to update my boys i5500 from stock 2.2 to CM7 I inadvertently clicked on the wrong handset in clockwork mod's flash recovery list. (Can't remember exactly what phone it was but it WASN'T a Samsung) Anyway, I've tried switching the phone back on this morning and she's not responding. Nothing from the power button... Volume down + menu + power... battery pull... anyone have any ideas what else I can try?
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Well you can try anything you want but there is realy small possibility that you fix it by yourself.
You can fix it with jtag but i don't think you have one because then you wouldn't ask this question.
Samsung service can repair it but maybe they charge repair (but i think they won't if it's still in waranty).
It's not important is cwm you flashed samsung or not because flashing any cwm that is not made for your phone will cause brick.
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Well you can try anything you want but there is realy small possibility that you fix it by yourself.
You can fix it with jtag but i don't think you have one because then you wouldn't ask this question.
Samsung service can repair it but maybe they charge repair (but i think they won't if it's still in waranty).
It's not important is cwm you flashed samsung or not because flashing any cwm that is not made for your phone will cause brick.
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Yeah, I've been doing alot of reading today about this.
Looked into a "jig" but it's not even getting to the boot screen so I'm lead to believe this won't work.
Tried loading up through odin again but the program doesn't detect the phones even connected.
When the chargers plugged in, it doesn't even light up.
Reckon i'll give Samsung a go... what's the worst that could happen?
The exact same thing happened to me about 6 months ago, but I was just recently trying to fix it. The worst part is that you can't even access it from your computer and therefore you can't do anything. Let me know if you get it repaired, and how much it cost.
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Ok, I just tried a usb jig and it didn't work. Any luck getting your one repaired?
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zxSeanFxz said:
Ok, I just tried a usb jig and it didn't work. Any luck getting your one repaired?
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Morning Sean,
If I'm being honest, I never sent it. My friend dropped his i5500 and shattered the lcd so he bought mine for £20 ($35). Thats only $15 less than i paid for it, so i took the hit.
Reading the samsung repair document though they do say that if you can produce a valid proof of purchase and they cant detect any liquid or physical damage they will fix any mobile upto 24mths after purchase.
If you still have the receipt, it may be worth it.
Hope you get it fixed.
So last night, my phone decided that it would no longer like me to use it. The screen is a full screen of (for lack of a better term) rainbow snow. It is pixelated. I can't see anything except the snow. I have gotten it to show my lock screen by kind of tweaking the phone by bending slightly. When I get the lock screen, the touch screen no longer works. I can hit the power button to turn the screen off, and then again to only get the snow. I am thinking it's probably a hardware issue. I haven't dropped it or gotten it wet. Which leads me to my next question. I am rooted and running CM 10.1. I can't get in to recovery mode to restore to a stock ROM. If I take it in to Sprint for repair/replacement will they have a way of seeing I am running a ROM and decide they wont't work on my phone?
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So last night, my phone decided that it would no longer like me to use it. The screen is a full screen of (for lack of a better term) rainbow snow. It is pixelated....
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Is it possible that you CAN get into recovery and you just don't know it because you can't see it? Work with me here.
If you can power down the phone, try powering up into bootloader/fastboot and try to flash an appropriate RUU from fastboot/usb. Just a shot in the dark...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android
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Is it possible that you CAN get into recovery and you just don't know it because you can't see it? Work with me here.
If you can power down the phone, try powering up into bootloader/fastboot and try to flash an appropriate RUU from fastboot/usb. Just a shot in the dark...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android
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That is a very good chance. I will give it a shot tonight. Thanks for the idea.
I pretty much have no idea what to do now. My phone won't mount the SD card on any computer. The phone recognizes the SD card, i just wont mount it. When trying to use RUU i just get the error 170. So, i guess i will be dropping my phone off at sprint and hope for the best.
Same issue. Was running Carbon which is cm based. Tried everything, nothing worked. Took it to the Sprint store yesterday and they got me a refurbished LTE. I'm thinking of getting the HTC one but can't afford it right now. Refurb phone works alright so I'll just keep it for know but I know what you're going through. it sucks and although the ROM worked awesome it may have been the culprit.
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Same issue. Was running Carbon which is cm based. Tried everything, nothing worked. Took it to the Sprint store yesterday and they got me a refurbished LTE. I'm thinking of getting the HTC one but can't afford it right now. Refurb phone works alright so I'll just keep it for know but I know what you're going through. it sucks and although the ROM worked awesome it may have been the culprit.
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The tech thought it was a connection issue with the display, but he couldn't get it fixed and thinks the motherboard went bad. They are replacing the phone with a new one, but they are backordered so I have to wait a week.
Yeah but what caused all of our phones to have the same issue that doesn't exist on sense roms? Kernel overpowering the motherboard causing it to fry?
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