hi all, i have a motorola razr the uk version on t-moblie and i had updated my phone to ics leaked version blur_version.651.167.26.xt910.retail.en.eu, and my headphone jack didnt work anymore but long story short i tired to go back to gingerbread so i could send my phone to get repaired, biggest mistake i made so far. but now it wont boot, i dont think theres a rom on there anymore, it stays on the big red M screen then goes black, i can get to recovery mode and ap fastboot but when i try to put a new rom on it says e:validation failure i think it has system at the front of that. i havent had a phone for 2 days now its driving me nuts. so is there anything i can do to fix this??? oh im a noob at this so dont understand much of it lol
thanks in advance
nemox92 said:
hi all, i have a motorola razr the uk version on t-moblie and i had updated my phone to ics leaked version blur_version.651.167.26.xt910.retail.en.eu, and my headphone jack didnt work anymore but long story short i tired to go back to gingerbread so i could send my phone to get repaired, biggest mistake i made so far. but now it wont boot, i dont think theres a rom on there anymore, it stays on the big red M screen then goes black, i can get to recovery mode and ap fastboot but when i try to put a new rom on it says e:validation failure i think it has system at the front of that. i havent had a phone for 2 days now its driving me nuts. so is there anything i can do to fix this??? oh im a noob at this so dont understand much of it lol
thanks in advance
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Well, you're with your razr out of the charger 'bout 2 days now. You've probably a bricked device. [low battery. cannot program]
To flash an ICS rom (yes, you can't flash GB anymore) you'll need a factory cable.
Check dev section for an index thread and you'll find there all you need to put your razr working again.
If you have a phone jack defect you'll have to send it to motorola services. Just put the original system on it (ICS) send it and cross fingers. Most times it works.
Cheers
pedrotorresfilho said:
Well, you're with your razr out of the charger 'bout 2 days now. You've probably a bricked device. [low battery. cannot program]
To flash an ICS rom (yes, you can't flash GB anymore) you'll need a factory cable.
Check dev section for an index thread and you'll find there all you need to put your razr working again.
If you have a phone jack defect you'll have to send it to motorola services. Just put the original system on it (ICS) send it and cross fingers. Most times it works.
Cheers
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i can charge it and from fastboot it says battery ok and ok to program, would you be able to put the link please? and thank you for replying
nemox92 said:
i can charge it and from fastboot it says battery ok and ok to program, would you be able to put the link please? and thank you for replying
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Hi
You've all the files indexed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840296
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I made an active cable by cutting off the rubber around the micro USB jack on my RAZR charging cable. I took out the transparent plastic over there (it was a pain, the wires inside are not to be damaged in an ideal situation). Then took out half of that metal piece that surrounds it, its made out of the parts - a longer one which you will have to bend and a shorter one that comes off.
After that i took a wire and cooked it on the RED wire on one end, and the free slot next to the white wire at the other end. Then I took another wire and cooked it on the metal piece at one end and the multi-wire coat inside the cable at the other end. It took me about two hours, being extra-careful and discovering what to do while doing it (theres not much room for maneuvering inside the micro usb jack). That took care of my empty battery.
First i disected an old usb cable, opened up the phone and charged it directly (black wire on the minus pin under the battery connector, and red wire on the plus pin under the battery connector). It used to work just fine until a failed flash.
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My atrix won't power on (dropped in water); I have had it in dried rice, placed in a zip bag, and sun dried....before all that I immediately removed the battery and shook out whatever water i could. I've waited a full day but still no luck; if I remove the battery and plug in to PC with battery removed I get green LED but other than that I get nothing (for example if I switch to wall charger immediately the LED goes out). If at worst case I need a replacement, how difficult would it be to have this done without the AT&T purchase receipt (I'm not an AT&T customer)? I purchased the item on eBay a little over a month ago. I've read in forums to unroot before attempting return but that's not gonna happen (lol). My girlfriend hates that I even got an atrix so she's kinda happy this happened...a little off topic here, but I really love my atrix so can someone please help me out?!
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Well, no help cuz no solution is available. Your phone is screwed and if it fell into water, the water seals must be screwed up as well and guarantee is void.
Think about it
Well the green LED comes on when plugged into USB like I said...but other than that nothing...I can't find the OEM charger adapter of all the times to be lost. I guess since other threads were successful in revival I would have hoped I would get lucky. Thank you for your reply.
They will know it's been in water by the sensors. They will also know you didn't buy from them. Best bet is insurance if you have it, but I think you are out of luck.
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i jumped in the river about 2 weeks ago and completely forgot i had my atrix in my pocket. i would say it was about a good 5 mins underwater. Water damage sign appeared on atrix as well as battery. (red dot). i did the rice thing too..but nothing. unless you're insured..which i was..theres nothing you can do. sorry for your loss.
Does anyone have a general idea of how much it would cost to have the board replaced then?
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Does anyone have a general idea of how much it would cost to have the board replaced then?
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http://www.portatronics.com/product_info.php?info=p2520_Motorola-Atrix-Motherboard.html
Is that USD? H%*LY *^&%!! But that doesn't look like the board that I've seen
funny. i looked up the same info as you are. That link is what a friend of mine sent me. so im not to sure. maybe someone here with better knowledge can help you out.
Cheaper to buy a new phone!
You're guessing/assuming it is the board/just the board.
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Cheaper to buy a new phone!
You're guessing/assuming it is the board/just the board.
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Actually I sat and thought about it and there's the fingerprint and camera to also take into consideration, as well has other functionalities just didn't post. I'm in between studying Windows Server 2008 , watching TV, and just randomly doing other things. Thanks to you all for your help though. I may just try to find an atrix with just a broken screen or just forget about it all together. I've only had the phone for 3 weeks but stuff happens, consider it $500 down the drain .
Disassemble it, take a look at it, remove the corrosion manually. Use a heatgun on the components, but dont overheat it. Afterwards put together and check if battery still has power with a multimeter. Reassemble and plug into wall charger. See what happens
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Disassemble it, take a look at it, remove the corrosion manually. Use a heatgun on the components, but dont overheat it. Afterwards put together and check if battery still has power with a multimeter. Reassemble and plug into wall charger. See what happens
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I say this is your best bet. Try this, or get someone with some electronics knowledge to take a look.
It beats just tossing it.
Either that or put it up on ebay and try to recoup some money. someone with a broken screen, or camera might want to buy it for parts.
I have a friend who has a vibrant but it keeps showing that its connected to a USB even while its not connected....does anyone know how to fix it? Or why its like that
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That question has been asked numerous times, by myself even. Lol
I believe the answer was just a dirty usb port. I cleaned out the usb port on mine a long time ago and havent had it happen in a long time. Hope this helps.
Lol sorry for asking again but like how can I clean the phones USB?
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Just use alcohol or compressed air but be very very careful not to damage the pins or a little pop up will be the least of your problems.
I had this same problem when I was on a version of stock awhile ago and the only thing that ficed it for me was flashing a new ROM. Which leads me to believe that there may be something wrong in the usb.apk or somewhere like that. Do you sometimes get a brey battery icon with the circle cycling around inside? Might be something where the usb and charing libs aren't working together.
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Just use alcohol or compressed air but be very very careful not to damage the pins or a little pop up will be the least of your problems.
I had this same problem when I was on a version of stock awhile ago and the only thing that ficed it for me was flashing a new ROM. Which leads me to believe that there may be something wrong in the usb.apk or somewhere like that. Do you sometimes get a brey battery icon with the circle cycling around inside? Might be something where the usb and charing libs aren't working together.
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well you see i actually wanted to flash a different rom for him but the prob is that i have no experience with flash in on vibrant i only know on i9000......if you know any rome for 2.2 and how to flash please post them. and thanx for answering on how to clean the port.
Hi guys I have a problem I can't seem to solve I never use Wifi as I have no need for it because I'm on unl data but I needed it today for an app well my Wifi doesn't turn on at all it says error I'm not rooted and in rocking an extended battery cover
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Have you not tried flashing anything whatsoever and are 100% Gingerbread stock? I saw you asking about the leaked ICS builds. The WiFi "error" message is common when flashing the kernel, have to do it twice to make sure it takes it.
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Hi guys I have a problem I can't seem to solve I never use Wifi as I have no need for it because I'm on unl data but I needed it today for an app well my Wifi doesn't turn on at all it says error I'm not rooted and in rocking an extended battery cover
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If you are not rooted and 100% stock. then perhaps you set wifi incorrectly.
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Have you not tried flashing anything whatsoever and are 100% Gingerbread stock? I saw you asking about the leaked ICS builds. The WiFi "error" message is common when flashing the kernel, have to do it twice to make sure it takes it.
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Yup 100% stock I haven't tried flashing anything at all yet But I'll probably due tonight and its not only my wifi apparently my bluetooth does not connect as well it just keep saying turning on but it doesn't actually turn on and wifi just says "error"
Hmm...
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Yup 100% stock I haven't tried flashing anything at all yet But I'll probably due tonight and its not only my wifi apparently my bluetooth does not connect as well it just keep saying turning on but it doesn't actually turn on and wifi just says "error"
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Very odd it would have those problems fully stock. Did you get it from an authorized seller or Verizon new, or did you get a CLN Verizon replacement or buy it secondhand from elsewhere? Could still be an issue with a bad flash by a previous owner if the latter holds true.
Well I was about to suggest running an .exe version of a Gingerbread RUU from this thread, which should correct any errors, but you'll need to back up all internal SD data and put it back on the phone memory due to wiping. And re-download all your apps and reconfigure all your customizations, etc.
And just to toss it out there, third party extended battery covers may have shoddy antennas or none at all. Suggested you check all connections against the stock backplate layout. Should still not wind up with a straight "error" message that way, though...
if the RUU tidying up the software don't fix it, that may just be straight hardware damage. Killed my WiFi and bluetooth on my iPod touch a while back with some liquid and got the same symptoms.
PhantasmRezound said:
Very odd it would have those problems fully stock. Did you get it from an authorized seller or Verizon new, or did you get a CLN Verizon replacement or buy it secondhand from elsewhere? Could still be an issue with a bad flash by a previous owner if the latter holds true.
Well I was about to suggest running an .exe version of a Gingerbread RUU from this thread, which should correct any errors, but you'll need to back up all internal SD data and put it back on the phone memory due to wiping. And re-download all your apps and reconfigure all your customizations, etc.
And just to toss it out there, third party extended battery covers may have shoddy antennas or none at all. Suggested you check all connections against the stock backplate layout. Should still not wind up with a straight "error" message that way, though...
if the RUU tidying up the software don't fix it, that may just be straight hardware damage. Killed my WiFi and bluetooth on my iPod touch a while back with some liquid and got the same symptoms.
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thanks for all the help I pretty much did everything here before making the thread I checked the cover saw the metal made sure everything clicked compared my extended battery cover to the regular cover but everything seemed the same, tried the extended battery and regular battery but same problem no wifi connection giving me an error it's already fixed I fixed it by upgrading to the ICS leak and now i can connect to wifi no problem I was started to think it was hardware wise from a drop or something but nope it was somehow software idk how it got messed up since I was 100% stock, well thanks once again for your help and I feel you on the ipod same thing happened to me after going snowboarding, I went to mamoth and I was snowboarding and I had my ipod on one of the gazillion pockets of my jacket when I got to the cabin I was tripping out of where I left my ipod (had barely bought it) so I was looking all over the cabin untill I stuck my hand inside my open pocket and there was my ipod with a bunch of Melted ice submerged on water my headphone jack got messed up so no matter the pair of headphones I couldn't hear from one side and wifi got messed up so I fixed the ipod at apple store and I stepped on it 2 months later breaking the screen I refixed it again, and one day I was messing around with my little sister and I was holding half her body over a swimming pool and to "rescue her" my other lil sis pushed me into the pool and my ipod got messed up again and the extra casulty was my OG droid may it RIP (tried to turn it on later after putting it on rice only for it burn and the screen get foggy) after that I said F this ish and never bought an ipod again :\ and I was stuck with a crappy black berry for like 3 months before getting the rezound... wow mini essay going on here...
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thanks for all the help I pretty much did everything here before making the thread I checked the cover saw the metal made sure everything clicked compared my extended battery cover to the regular cover but everything seemed the same, tried the extended battery and regular battery but same problem no wifi connection giving me an error it's already fixed I fixed it by upgrading to the ICS leak and now i can connect to wifi no problem I was started to think it was hardware wise from a drop or something but nope it was somehow software idk how it got messed up since I was 100% stock, well thanks once again for your help and I feel you on the ipod same thing happened to me after going snowboarding, I went to mamoth and I was snowboarding and I had my ipod on one of the gazillion pockets of my jacket when I got to the cabin I was tripping out of where I left my ipod (had barely bought it) so I was looking all over the cabin untill I stuck my hand inside my open pocket and there was my ipod with a bunch of Melted ice submerged on water my headphone jack got messed up so no matter the pair of headphones I couldn't hear from one side and wifi got messed up so I fixed the ipod at apple store and I stepped on it 2 months later breaking the screen I refixed it again, and one day I was messing around with my little sister and I was holding half her body over a swimming pool and to "rescue her" my other lil sis pushed me into the pool and my ipod got messed up again and the extra casulty was my OG droid may it RIP (tried to turn it on later after putting it on rice only for it burn and the screen get foggy) after that I said F this ish and never bought an ipod again :\ and I was stuck with a crappy black berry for like 3 months before getting the rezound... wow mini essay going on here...
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Holy run on sentence batman
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Holy run on sentence batman
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ha what can i say high school didn't teach me how to write well... (true story) (now in college I need to take a specific class that teaches me how to write, :\ )
Did you hard brick your Verizon Note 2? Flashed the wrong boot loader, now you're bootlooping and ODIN can't save you??
We all know a ton of users who have had this happen to them, I read it all the time. After stumbling upon another post I figured I had a chance. The instructions are clear but I want to build upon them with my own experience.
So first off many, many thanks to KOBOL for posting his guide which is buried below a ton of other posts in this General Section. I wouldn’t have a working phone without his work!
A bit of background info: I flashed a T-Mobile Note 2, 4.3 ODIN Image for My Verizon Note 2 because I wasn't paying attention... All I saw: "4.3 stock/rooted/deodex with 4.1.2 bootloader" (which I have) and "no wifi fix needed & stock kernel running smooth" (I have wifi fix & custom kernel, both which cause constant reboots) SO... I flashed it and boot-looped. "Good job, dumb dumb" I thought to myself as I gazed upon my hard bricked phone. No ODIN restore could get me out of this one, and I tried for 2 hours...
Then I found Kobol's post on unbricking your phone. I read the instructions, I was very confused at first as to how I was going to get this accomplished, so I am writing up this re-tutorial with new instructions. Make sure you have precision screwdrivers, flat and philips head.
Continue to Post #2 to Unbrick your i605!!
Instructions for Unbricking Hard-bricked i605
1a) DOWNLOAD THIS - It contains an IMG file you'll need to restore your 4.1.2 Bootloader, also contains 2 pictures of the resistor you'll need to short. More on that later.
1b) The above download is all you need if you're on 4.1.2.If you're on the newer 4.3 MJ9 Bootloader, download this too and use that IMG instead. the 4.1.2 download is necessary because of the pictures. Not 56k friendly. I will edit when KOBOL reviews this and allows me re-upload his pictures as a separate download.
2) Download and install win32diskimager. it'll write those image files to the micro SD card properly. DO NOT JUST DRAG AND DROP THE IMG... YOU MUST WRITE IT WITH AN IMAGING PROGRAM
3) Write the downloaded IMG file to the Micro SD using win32diskimager. Select the source and destination, that's it super easy. Make sure Micro SD is at least 2GB. I used a 32GB it was the only one I had and it worked fine, no need for exactly 2GB micro SD.
4) Open phone, no need to completely dismantle to the screen.... many good videos can be found on youtube. Take out every screw you can see and remove the rear outer plastic casing.
5) Once the board is exposed, remove the black screw that holds the speaker assembly to the phone. Remove and place speaker aside.
6) Remove 2nd screw on the right side along the skinny motherboard strip. Remove all wifi connectors/lcd connectors/camera connectors, etc. The motherboard can now be removed completely.
7) Gently remove the speaker/power button, the power button has a mild adhesive to hold it to the phone, as does the headphone speaker. Peel them off and out of the phone.
8) remove the charging port board from the phone housing, that too has adhesive, peel up carefully and place aside. You'll need this outside and plugged into the board eventually as well.
On to Post #3.
9) TRICKY PARTS... I flipped the board over to expose the resistor KOBOL shows us to short. ** Picture is in the 1st download for 4.1.2 Bootloader ** I then plugged in the phone's LCD cable (the cable that comes out on the top right when viewed from behind; above where the volume rocker is) The motherboard should be flipped over exposing the resistor, the LCD cable is barely long enough to let the phone housing lie flat beside it, which you don't want. You'll want to prop the sceen vertical so you can see it when you do the next few steps. I used an external drive butted against the front of the screen that had rubber feet so it wouldn't slide and scotch tape.
10) Re-attach the power button/headphone speaker to the motherboard. Also plug in your prepared SD card.
11) Place the battery next to the battery terminals, swing the power button over on top of the battery. With one hand, you should be able to hold the motherboard from sliding while your holding both the battery to the terminals, and the power button to the battery. I did this with my left thumb to hold the motherboard from sliding, my left middle finger holding the battery against the contacts of the motherboard, and my left index finger to push the power button which is on top of the battery.
12) place your smallest precision screwdriver on the resister KOBOL shows you in the picture. Using a screwdriver with the other hand sure beats having to a) solder, good luck! KOBOL is a solder pro and I don't have any soldering irons with tips THAT small, and b) beats using a paper clip or something silly. The screwdriver shorts the resistor with minimal effort. Make sure you apply MILD pressure to the screwdriver to ensure your touching both sides of the resistor's contacts. My screwdriver was exactly the width of the resistor, don't be using grandpa's 1' long screwdriver on that motherboard.
13) READY?!?! OK!! with the resister shorted by the screwdriver in 1 hand, the battery held in place and the power button ready to be pressed in the other... start counting to 5 as soon as you feel the click of that tiny little button. Hold the power button; if you let go, you might slip and now the battery won't be supplying power to the phone, aka this operation will fail.
** Make sure you know how to count to 6 properly, none of this '123456' super-speed counting like we did playing hide and seek growing up. Listen to the tick of a clock if you can or start a timer somewhere. **
14) After counting to 5, remove the screwdriver, I'd suggest keeping the power button held, the phone won't turn off (just like booting the phone for real; holding it after the phone turns on, the phone still turns on right?) And it prevents the battery from disconnecting.
15) If you're lucky, you'll see some text on your screen saying SD something something in red and saying it wrote the file. I was way too excited that this worked and I forgot what it said to be honest. Pretty much it'll be the 1st thing your phone displays that isn't a boot-looping logo!
16) Go ahead and relax. Let the battery disconnect from the board. You can go ahead and semi-reassemble you're phone to test. I placed the board back in the phone housing, plugged in power button/headphone speaker, speaker phone/charing port & circuit, camera, etc... plugged in all wires/connectors, and make sure to put those 2 black screws back in before placing housing back on... (1 for speakerphone/charging port, one for the board)
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17) Power up your phone and you should be greeted with the "Verizon has detected..." blah blah unauthorized software. AWESOME AND CONGRATS! Pull the battery and boot to Download/ODIN mode.
** NOTE ** I have NO IDEA if you can downgrade during this process, no one in KOBOL's thread had yet to confirm as of this writing. Flash whatever you're coming from, you went this far to Un-brick your phone, why do it again? If you went to 4.3, deal with it and restore 4.3 Coming from 4.1.2? restore 4.1.2 then! Besides SafeStrapping is coming soon
18) Restore your phone with a working ODIN image, whether it be a stock keis image, your favorite ODIN image (root66 ODIN is great) etc. etc.
19) After the ODIN restore is complete, you may boot loop but this is normal, you need a factory reset. Pull battery, boot recovery, do a factory reset. You'll be OK now!
20) BASK IN THE GLORY OF YOUR RESTORED VERIZON GALAXY NOTE 2!
I'm sorry I don't have any of my own pictures, it was nerve-racking enough just to get through this and have enough hands to do it. Waking up my girlfriend so I can ask her "hold the battery just like this..." at 2 AM would have been a bad idea..
MANY, MANY, MAAAANY thanks to KOBOL for engineering this very clever recovery process... I would be out a phone right now or shopping online for JTAG devices. All the while be at work with no phone tomorrow and the next day while I wait for a replacement phone to arrive. To think I have insurance and most likely would have been fine to get a replacement (sent rooted & unlocked phones back several times no issues) I did this all so I wouldn't be without my phone for 36 hours!!
May this guide be helpful to even ONE PERSON... please give thanks, and more importantly, message KOBOL and ask him how to send a donation, I will be doing so myself!
Best of luck to all. :good:
Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!
In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
If someone would help me put setup my micro sd for the flash i would try a downgrade. I dont have a micro sd to sd adapter for my laptop.......
I tried this for a bout a 2 hours. I got a white screen a few times. Weird thing is I couldn't get it to boot and when I finally did I was able to boot into Odin mode only
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Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
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Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
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Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
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Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
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Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
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Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
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Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
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bigshotrob22 said:
Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
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Aww shucks, yea that puppy is really tiny so best of luck. When it's time to remove it you can nuke it real quick with a soldering iron and pull it off with tweezers. Pre-tin the new resistor and then blast it onto the board. that'll be pretty tricky.
FYI to those who continue onwards to fix their phones... do not short it while giving it power for more than 5 seconds. KOBOL mentioned that in his original post and I headed to it, it appears that resistor can be damaged so be careful. I guess after several hours of attempts it gave out. Best of luck, bigshotrob22.
OffTheChainz said:
Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!
In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
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Thank you! I didn't mean to insinuate that a 4.3 downgrade could be possible with this method, more like I was mentioning people were contemplating doing it. If I was on the 4.3 bootloader I'd have tried it, I think this is more of a backdoor homebrew j-tag to restore. I'm interested to see if it can be done too!
Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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roflcoptersoisoi said:
Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
Be careful!
roflcoptersoisoi said:
Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
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I had used a very small precision screwdriver, like one you would get in an eye glass kit. It worked just fine for me. You don't need to grab the sides of the resistor, there is enough metal on top of it to short it with a screwdriver. Just be careful, everyone.
I don't know how you'd get a new resistor on the board, that is a bit beyond my technical abilities. Maybe with a magnifying glass, a needle-tipped soldering iron and a very steady hand??
I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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How did a jig work... doesn't USB jigs put you in download mode...
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Same issue, different solutions? Unlocked 4.3??
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I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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Please explain the conditions the phones were in a bit more, I'm curious as to how you did it without the resistor trick. I was able to boot my phone to download mode but I couldn't flash it with ODIN for PC because it would write fail. Perhaps I could have re-flashed the phone by using the SD only, no resistor shorting necessary?
I think the resistor shorting is for people who are truly F'ed and have no Download mode, booting etc. I would love to get more clarification on this. I'll append my original post/guide and leave out the entire disassembling process and just have the users use the SD image KOBOL provided.
There's a few scenarios I can imagine:
1) Bricked like I was, flashed right phone, but wrong carrier firmware. Download mode only, can't write anything to NAND, boot-looped constantly - SD Card re-image Only?
2) Bricked with NO use-able interface. Download mode is toast, no life from phone whatsoever. (Perhaps flashed not only wrong carrier bootloader like I did, maybe user flashed completely different phone firmware?!) - Resistor trick??
3) Bricked via flashing correct firmware that is somehow corrupted. ODIN froze mid-flash, cable unplugged accidentally, etc. - SD Card re-image Only?
I would like to verify the repairable condition of any bricked state so I can at least know exactly what to do to fix it. The opening line of my OP is "flashed wrong firmware now you're bootlooping?" but there are so many ways to make this happen that require different solutions.
Let me know about those 2 phones when you can, thanks. and WAIT A SEC... I just noticed your statement, "I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders." So did you unlock 4.3 with this method?!
Did my research, looks like a jig forces download mode yes? so I see 3 things happening...
1) you CAN access Download Mode manually with 3-button power up. No ODIN flashing can save you but the SD Card trick works. I did the resistor method anyways because I didn't try it with SD-Only. This is still a soft brick I guess, if it can be fixed via SD and not a teardown. Worked for me because I had correct phone, but improper carrier firmware so Download Mode still worked??
2) you CAN'T get to Download Mode so you use a jig which forces Download Mode. I'm assuming if Download Mode can't even be accessed pre-jig or pre-resistor attempt... how is the firmware capable of being re-written from SD?
3) you CAN'T access Download Mode and you don't have a jig, so you use the resistor technique. It sort of does what the jig does only forces it at the board level and requires a teardown.
Next time I F-up my phone, I'll try and restore it via SD-Only. Otherwise, we might be able to skip this resistor-technique and use a jig instead. More info on USB Jigs here
jkiwitt said:
I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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Could you please clarify? I just attempted the three button method and was able to access download mode, but nothing will write from my SD card. Is there another step I need to do to get the .img to write once I am in download mode? I am attempting to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2
Hi, I have a problem with my T399n.
My phone doesn't turn on, I installed CM12 and it was good, then I flashed the stock ROM from metro again, everything was good about a month, one day I made a call, whatsapp, text and then I put it in my pocket, then when I pulled it out like 10 minutes later and it was rebooting, I didn't pay attention to this because sometimes my phone reboots itself, later It was power off. I pulled the battery, reinserted it and nothing, connected usb cable, nothing, tried to charge it and nothing, Its like my phone died. Looking for a fix, there is the usb jig that work with others galaxy's.
So I just want to know if I'm fried or if there's a last hope to revive this phone with the usb jig
Thanks!
Something similar to this happened to me, would love to know the answer...
just today...
just today, not 2 hours ago at most I was playing around with my galaxy light, deciced to root and mod it.. first step was to, ofc flash a custom recovery... well like most things I pursue I ended up fighting the damn thing for HOURS!! could not get it to register on my computer for the life of me.. now I'm far from a dev and probably one of the least experienced on/around here but something so trivial as lack of drivers, udev, faulty port/cords isn't my forte.. so eventually I whipped out my handy dandy usb jig and .... nothing... *head scratch* hmmm.... now its got my attention... so I get out the multimeter usb data/charging cable and it does show signs of life, easily registering 5.1v / 0.4 mah ... now I'm getting anxious.... so its time for the next test... usb-otg connected to dbl usb-type-A converter to connect to the pooter (it never works but I wish it would ) and nothing there... so otg to my main mobile, reverse it... hmmm seems this lil guy is taking in charge and no data xfer of any kind... since id already rotated various cables I turned my attention to the charging port.. under 6x magnification and too many lumens light I could hardly see any problems but persisted with the 99% isopropyl anyhow... end result "wtf is wrong with this garbage....?) and just as I went to throw it at the wall I spotted my personal "boneyard" where all of my former problematic/faulty devices end up and just in sight was another tmobile galaxy light, broken lcd but logic board intact.. so a quick flip of the wrist and a smack on the back and the 2 became one... fired her up, plugged it in and BAM.. instantly detected... and for some reason I cant quite seem to put my finger on, I had the urge to power it back off and insert my usb jig one final time to see if it infact would work with the galaxy light.... *device in left hand... jib in the right.... bead of sweat steadily sliding down my ruffled brow... time seemed to all but come to a screeching halt as the two came closer until the moment of trust had arrived... the initial contact, the penetration (lol) .. the pause... BOOM factory mode*
so, now that u read that half illiterate rambling from a barely educated redneck shut-in to determine if the usb jig works with galaxy light or not .. the answer is yes... it does unless its a piece of crap like one of the 2 I own is...
KatharsisSoul said:
Hi, I have a problem with my T399n.
My phone doesn't turn on, I installed CM12 and it was good, then I flashed the stock ROM from metro again, everything was good about a month, one day I made a call, whatsapp, text and then I put it in my pocket, then when I pulled it out like 10 minutes later and it was rebooting, I didn't pay attention to this because sometimes my phone reboots itself, later It was power off. I pulled the battery, reinserted it and nothing, connected usb cable, nothing, tried to charge it and nothing, Its like my phone died. Looking for a fix, there is the usb jig that work with others galaxy's.
So I just want to know if I'm fried or if there's a last hope to revive this phone with the usb jig
Thanks!
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It does in fact work. If asking about the USB mount, from my knowledge you would've had to already installed them by turning the function on like I did in the first screen shot.
If you need them I can link them to my drive or mega. Whichever is best. Think I have drop box still too.
And yes. I have bricked this phone I'm using now for a solid 3 days when I first started with it. However cm12 has bugs, after the second time it rebooted and bricked on me I went back to Tigerlily I even had no SIM error but somehow fixed that when flashed back to stock. Cm12 caused me to flash back to stock about 3 times a day. Too much headache. Guess thats why we are not supposed to do this to our primary phones. on tigerlily ive Had a little trouble keeping super su in his place too, Got home last night and POOF, just gone for no known reason. finally got him to stick by installing him into the system with lucky patcher. Flashify, flashfire, and even rom installer all failed to keep him there. . I have also stripped down almost every file just for fun to see what other fine items I could damage, Finally found where they hide the dialer codes for the phone. They are not in any files that i have spent the last for years looking in. The codes are inside of the APK. The last place I decided to look. Everything I know is self taught and just recently started working with apps for windows 10 and merging android files into windows apps.
Now , I'm actually quite impressed with it's capabilities .
Really what's helped me dial everything in was the helped of an app called Mixplorer with all the ad-on's all of which are free.
Good luck with your brick. Myself, I have 3 other phones I'm currently working on unbricking. One of which is a hard bricked LG motion. Flashed th err wrong firmware to it a year ago. Just this week got the cup to recognize it. the code to get into the first service menu pictured here on the bottom left is *#0808#
Really what's helped me dial everything in was the helped of an app called Mixplorer with all the ad-on's all of which are free.
Good luck with your brick. Myself, I have 3 other phones I'm currently working on unbricking. One of which is a hard bricked LG motion. Flashed th err wrong firmware to it a year ago. Just this week got the cup to recognize it.
when youre ready to really see whats going on you can dial *#9900# for all the System Dump features.