Hi guys,
I was installing one of the custom ROMs and i dont know what happened after that... the phone is not booting up... not even in Download / Recovery Mode. i tried
1. Removing battery & putting it back in
2. USB Jig method
3. Riff-box JTag...
Nothing helped. Also, the phone heats up unusually when i insert the battery... Finally after lot of research i found that i777 had eMMC issue & probably it is corrupt, so the only option left for me is to replace the Motherboard. I currently stay in India & there are no shops here which can provide me this phone's motherboard.
Almost, for 2 months i hav been taking this phone to different technicians, but no one could repair it. Now i dont know what to do. Please Advise me.... What can i do to bring this phone to life?
What rom were u trying to install? What rom were u coming from? Please make sure u have an i777 and not an i9100 or i727 by taking out the battery and looking underneath. It will show the model number. The emmc brick bug refers to the ics stock kernel having the "mmc cap erase" turned on or something to that affect. It damages the emmc chip doing a factory reset. So unless u have the stock ics kernel that shouldn't be a problem for u
Phalanx7621 said:
What rom were u trying to install? What rom were u coming from? Please make sure u have an i777 and not an i9100 or i727 by taking out the battery and looking underneath. It will show the model number. The emmc brick bug refers to the ics stock kernel having the "mmc cap erase" turned on or something to that affect. It damages the emmc chip doing a factory reset. So unless u have the stock ics kernel that shouldn't be a problem for u
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it is i777... n yes that is the case as u hav mentioned... the emmc is damaged. what next now??
ctg60000 said:
it is i777... n yes that is the case as u hav mentioned... the emmc is damaged. what next now??
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Call att and get a warranty replacement. The damage is irreversible as far as I know. If it truly is hard bricked that is.
I think he said he's in India
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chibixzero said:
I think he said he's in India
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Yup.... @Phalanx7621 i am in india
ctg60000 said:
Yup.... @Phalanx7621 i am in india
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Oh geez. Well then... If u know anyone in the us I suppose u could ship it to them have them ship it to att have att ship them a new warranty replacement then have the warranty replacement shipped to u
Thats bad, Got this phone some days back but using it for the past 2/3 days and is running shostockv1 1.9.1 UCKK6 so that means i am safe if i flash custom rom from the dev section, I think this bug came from the stock kernal on ICS is this true ?
rkkaranrk said:
Thats bad, Got this phone some days back but using it for the past 2/3 days and is running shostockv1 1.9.1 UCKK6 so that means i am safe if i flash custom rom from the dev section, I think this bug came from the stock kernal on ICS is this true ?
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Yes.
buy or buy one on ebay
ctg60000 said:
Hi guys,
I was installing one of the custom ROMs and i dont know what happened after that... the phone is not booting up... not even in Download / Recovery Mode. i tried
1. Removing battery & putting it back in
2. USB Jig method
3. Riff-box JTag...
Nothing helped. Also, the phone heats up unusually when i insert the battery... Finally after lot of research i found that i777 had eMMC issue & probably it is corrupt, so the only option left for me is to replace the Motherboard. I currently stay in India & there are no shops here which can provide me this phone's motherboard.
Almost, for 2 months i hav been taking this phone to different technicians, but no one could repair it. Now i dont know what to do. Please Advise me.... What can i do to bring this phone to life?
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Replace motherboard your correct.
Buy phone with broke screen from ebay or else where.use that motherboard.plus u have extra parts(screws,volume buttons,etc...)keep screen from parts phone.it has phone info.
Parts phone for 30-40$.used motherboard about 60$.
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Same is the case with me. Motherboard is damaged of my sgh i777. I also looked around a lot to get it repaired. The original Motherboard would cost around 10,000 INR. I found a technician who would fix it with a used motherboard @ cost of 4,000 INR
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Phone has a modified status, no way to erase it yet, and I need to exchange the phone. So my solution is to brick it so it won't turn on. (It's a Bell SGH-747M).
A member said he bricked his with an i9300 Omega ROM, but no mater what I flash it won't hard brick. Even pulling out the battery while flashing a boot.img just puts it into recovery mode..
Any ideas?
chaoszero112 said:
Phone has a modified status, no way to erase it yet, and I need to exchange the phone. So my solution is to brick it so it won't turn on. (It's a Bell SGH-747M).
A member said he bricked his with an i9300 Omega ROM, but no mater what I flash it won't hard brick. Even pulling out the battery while flashing a boot.img just puts it into recovery mode..
Any ideas?
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Throw it against the wall or drop it in the toilet. See if it turns on afterwards.
Try using odin to flash a bootloader from a different phone.
like this
or just odin random roms and pull the cord out when it looks like its flashing important things
chaoszero112 said:
Phone has a modified status, no way to erase it yet, and I need to exchange the phone. So my solution is to brick it so it won't turn on. (It's a Bell SGH-747M).
A member said he bricked his with an i9300 Omega ROM, but no mater what I flash it won't hard brick. Even pulling out the battery while flashing a boot.img just puts it into recovery mode..
Any ideas?
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Perhaps just change your character and purchase a new phone rather than committing theft and fraud?
chamberc said:
Perhaps just change your character and purchase a new phone rather than committing theft and fraud?
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My phone has a manufacturer defect not caused by any software or anything I did to it, and they won't look at it because of the status. That is hardly fair. I am exchanging the phone for the same one. The only fraud here is selling me a phone that was not to spec.
try flashing a rom from another phone like an htc rom...
This is one of the funniest threads I've read.
I've seen at least one mention of the "Swapper" app hard-bricking a phone.
Microwave for about 15 sec. Maybe try 10 first, but remove the battery and SIM/sd.
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Microwave for about 15 sec. Maybe try 10 first, but remove the battery and SIM/sd.
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Some told me throw it in the oven for a few seconds.
Stryker1297 said:
try flashing a rom from another phone like an htc rom...
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Flashing a i9100 ROM did the trick. Was able to exchange it.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
chaoszero112 said:
My phone has a manufacturer defect not caused by any software or anything I did to it, and they won't look at it because of the status. That is hardly fair. I am exchanging the phone for the same one. The only fraud here is selling me a phone that was not to spec.
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except you knew the risk you were taking in regards to warranty coverage ...
resist rooting until you're sure there are no defects with the new one.
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It says Modified in the About Phone portion of the Settings?
Flash back to Stock. Your custom binary count will still be changed but your status will be changed back to Normal/Official. I flashed a rom last night, flashed back to stock and then swapped my phone today cus I wanted the white one anyway. No problems.
Ok, I'll ask...can you specify the actual defect?
as this is fraud it will not be talked about on xda.
I was in the process of flashing cm9 on my sgs2, i succesfully rooted the phone, booted into cwm recovery. Made a succesful backup. When i was in the process of wiping data on device, it took way too long to complete, so i pulled the battery to reboot into recovery and try again, but now it doesnt power up at all. Not system, recovery, download mode... Nothing.
What happened here? Can anyone please provide some advise to relive my phone of there is a chance?
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Bad news - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
If you were on Samsung based kernel, the phone is completely dead. Can be fixed only with a motherboard replacement. Sorry about that.
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thanks for the heads up guys. figured that was what happened and already issues a replacement
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I have the same problem of bricking my S2 because of the emmc brick bug. I would like to check is there are any other way to repair the phone without replacement of the maotherboard?
If I send the phone in to Samsung for replaccement of motherboard, will they be returning the faulty motherboard?
Thanks.
teslapolaris said:
I have the same problem of bricking my S2 because of the emmc brick bug. I would like to check is there are any other way to repair the phone without replacement of the maotherboard?
If I send the phone in to Samsung for replaccement of motherboard, will they be returning the faulty motherboard?
Thanks.
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When this particular hardbrick occurs, only a MB replacement helps. Not Jtag. Sorry.
Edit: you can send it to Samsung and play dumb. Like 'put it to chrger in the evening, didnt turn on the next morning'.
Btw if the phone memory is inaccesible, they cant really figure out you've been tempering.
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boki9999 said:
When this particular hardbrick occurs, only a MB replacement helps. Not Jtag. Sorry.
Edit: you can send it to Samsung and play dumb. Like 'put it to chrger in the evening, didnt turn on the next morning'.
Btw if the phone memory is inaccesible, they cant really figure out you've been tempering.
Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
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Thanks I will send it to Samsung for repair. Thanks again.
teslapolaris said:
I have the same problem of bricking my S2 because of the emmc brick bug. I would like to check is there are any other way to repair the phone without replacement of the maotherboard?
If I send the phone in to Samsung for replaccement of motherboard, will they be returning the faulty motherboard?
Thanks.
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For your second question, they won't return your faulty MB. In their warranty agreement (assuming replacement through warranty. Maybe it doesn't count if the phone is out of warranty), they will keep the part that is being replaced.
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faulty motherboard return sgs2 i9100
ephraim033 said:
For your second question, they won't return your faulty MB. In their warranty agreement (assuming replacement through warranty. Maybe it doesn't count if the phone is out of warranty), they will keep the part that is being replaced.
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I am about to have my o/w s2;s m/b replaced. It was clearly mentioned at the back of the service request document that faulty parts/equipments will be returned only on special written request. When I called the service centre, they said its not applicable to parts like m/b. Am I being fooled? Will they repair and put the m/b on resale? what should I do to get my faulty m/b back? any suggestions?
Thanks!
Why would you want the motherboard back when the most important thing on it (the NAND) is stuffed ? Not like there are any other parts on the board 99% of people would be capable of replacing themselves/canibalising to use on another phone.
And for the same reason, they're not going to put a 2nd hand board 'on resale'. Yes it will probably get recycled (depending on the country) like any other electronics. Which means being 'stripped' of the metals within the board/components & those will end up as scrap.
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Why would you want the motherboard back when the most important thing on it (the NAND) is stuffed ? Not like there are any other parts on the board 99% of people would be capable of replacing themselves/canibalising to use on another phone.
And for the same reason, they're not going to put a 2nd hand board 'on resale'. Yes it will probably get recycled (depending on the country) like any other electronics. Which means being 'stripped' of the metals within the board/components & those will end up as scrap.
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Oh yes... I was thinking about the same thing.. my data on internal storage. I was gonna try to retrieve it somehow Anyway now when you have mentioned its inaccessible I am relieved Yet I'd have loved to keep the m/b as an antique on my desk
Whats NAND memory btw.. could u please enlighten?
Thanks! :good:
NAND = the internal storage (sdcard).
madeinhsa said:
Oh yes... I was thinking about the same thing.. my data on internal storage. I was gonna try to retrieve it somehow Anyway now when you have mentioned its inaccessible I am relieved Yet I'd have loved to keep the m/b as an antique on my desk
Whats NAND memory btw.. could u please enlighten?
Thanks! :good:
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hi i have hard bricked my sgs2, it happened while i was restoring a rom from rom manager and my battery died. what i need to know is whether its worth trying a jig because from what i have read ,if the damage is in the emmc chip its un recoverable. and yes i have tried putting recovery mode and download mode but the phone is comlpetely dead , i have two batterys and a desk charger so i know that the battery is ok.. is it worth buying a jig and waiting for it to arrive just to find it wont work or do i put it straight in the shop.. the question is will a flat battery during a restore damage the emmc chip or is it recoverable in anyones opinion. thanks in advance guys............UPDATED ON MY LAST THREAD
Well since there is no such thing as a "soft brick" there is no such thing as a "hard brick". Your device is just "bricked".
Yes its probably worth getting a jig, they cost about £1 of ebay or you could even make your own so why not?
If it is your chip or bootloader then the device is most likely screwed and you will need to send it away for a JTAG or maybe mobo replacement.
TheATHEiST said:
Well since there is no such thing as a "soft brick" there is no such thing as a "hard brick". Your device is just "bricked".
Yes its probably worth getting a jig, they cost about £1 of ebay or you could even make your own so why not?
If it is your chip or bootloader then the device is most likely screwed and you will need to send it away for a JTAG or maybe mobo replacement.
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hi thanks for the reply , i have just ordered a jig off fleabae, ill try it but im expecting the worse . if it does not work will i need to buy a motherboard or is it cheaper to send it off to be fixed.
toppertighe said:
hi thanks for the reply , i have just ordered a jig off fleabae, ill try it but im expecting the worse . if it does not work will i need to buy a motherboard or is it cheaper to send it off to be fixed.
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Depends. If you still have the warranty it is cheaper to send it for a fix to samsung service centre..
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Spiralzz said:
Depends. If you still have the warranty it is cheaper to send it for a fix to samsung service centre..
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yeah they might not fix it when they find out that it is rooted, will post results of jig . thanks guys
toppertighe said:
yeah they might not fix it when they find out that it is rooted, will post results of jig . thanks guys
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Well, if you used triangle away to remove the yellow triangle and reset the flash counter, they wont know whether it was rooted or not. Plus, in a hardbrick, they cant access anything, so you're safe anyways.
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It has happened the same to me,from rom manager,worst apk ever.
If your device is under warranty Samsung must fix it for free,they cannot proove that was rooted.
I was afraid for the same reason but in a hour they had fixed it with the last ics update,they dont asked me anything, the evening the device was root again..
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hi i have hard bricked my sgs2, it happened while i was restoring a rom from rom manager and my battery died. what i need to know is whether its worth trying a jig because from what i have read ,if the damage is in the emmc chip its un recoverable. and yes i have tried putting recovery mode and download mode but the phone is comlpetely dead , i have two batterys and a desk charger so i know that the battery is ok.. is it worth buying a jig and waiting for it to arrive just to find it wont work or do i put it straight in the shop.. the question is will a flat battery during a restore damage the emmc chip or is it recoverable in anyones opinion. thanks in advance guys
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when you revive your phone or get another please, run away from ROM MANAGER. that app maybe good for other phones but it's very deadly on our phone.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
well i have recieved my jig and it hasnt worked . i have contacted tmob and they are fixing it under warrenty. just the waiting game now.
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hi i have hard bricked my sgs2, it happened while i was restoring a rom from rom manager and my battery died. what i need to know is whether its worth trying a jig because from what i have read ,if the damage is in the emmc chip its un recoverable. and yes i have tried putting recovery mode and download mode but the phone is comlpetely dead , i have two batterys and a desk charger so i know that the battery is ok.. is it worth buying a jig and waiting for it to arrive just to find it wont work or do i put it straight in the shop.. the question is will a flat battery during a restore damage the emmc chip or is it recoverable in anyones opinion. thanks in advance guys
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UPDATE .........i have recieved my phone back from tmob service centre and it is all fixed for free under warranty. they replaced the main board and did not pick up on any rooting/flashing. total time from posting to recieveing back was 13 days inc weekends. makes me think twice about messing on with it cos when i didnt have it i really missed it. think ill leave well alone looking at the amount of ppl in the last couple of months who have bricked there sgs2 .
toppertighe said:
UPDATE .........i have recieved my phone back from tmob service centre and it is all fixed for free under warranty. they replaced the main board and did not pick up on any rooting/flashing. total time from posting to recieveing back was 13 days inc weekends. makes me think twice about messing on with it cos when i didnt have it i really missed it. think ill leave well alone looking at the amount of ppl in the last couple of months who have bricked there sgs2 .
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Congratulations
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12
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GT I9100
Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
Hi all,
So I just received an SGS3 from a colleague at work and it was completely dead. I can't even get into recovery or download modes. The incident happened when my friend had his alarm clock on, he stopped it, then went away and found the phone completely dead as it was already on charge. I tried charging the phone but it seems not responding to anything, and I see no lights whatsoever.
What could be the problem? I have another colleague at work that has an SGS3 as well, I'll replace batteries and see whether it's a battery problem or something else.
XeroHertZ said:
Hi all,
So I just received an SGS3 from a colleague at work and it was completely dead. I can't even get into recovery or download modes. The incident happened when my friend had his alarm clock on, he stopped it, then went away and found the phone completely dead as it was already on charge. I tried charging the phone but it seems not responding to anything, and I see no lights whatsoever.
What could be the problem? I have another colleague at work that has an SGS3 as well, I'll replace batteries and see whether it's a battery problem or something else.
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remove battery and try again.
sam77744 said:
remove battery and try again.
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Did that already...will try with another battery in a bit
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XeroHertZ said:
Did that already...will try with another battery in a bit
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put phone on charging and press power buttan 1 min , may be its starts. I am not sure but u try it.
Just tried with another working S3 battery...still completely dead..will try ur suggestion
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Guess it's time to take it to the service center...have tried everything.
Thanks for everybody who helped
XeroHertZ said:
Just tried with another working S3 battery...still completely dead..will try ur suggestion
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ok.aafter that reply me , whats hep?
I think your phones dead you must make j -tag
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sam77744 said:
ok.aafter that reply me , whats hep?
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check my last reply bro
gehinnat said:
I think your phones dead you must make j -tag
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The thing is it was working just fine...it only happened after the alarm clock incident as I mentioned...strange :S Worse thing is that there's a lot of images and videos in the phone that hasn't been synced with dropbox, only some of them...i'm sure my friend will lose that
Sounds like your phone has fallen victim to S.D.S (sudden death syndrome). The eMMC firmware that shipped with the stock kernel seemed to cause uneven wear-leveling which meant the components failed far before their expected lifespan.
At this point, assuming you can't reach download mode, all you can do is send the phone to Samsung and get it repaired/replaced. Most Samsung repair centers seem to be aware of the issue.
ProxyChain said:
Sounds like your phone has fallen victim to S.D.S (sudden death syndrome). The eMMC firmware that shipped with the stock kernel seemed to cause uneven wear-leveling which meant the components failed far before their expected lifespan.
At this point, assuming you can't reach download mode, all you can do is send the phone to Samsung and get it repaired/replaced. Most Samsung repair centers seem to be aware of the issue.
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I thought it's the sudden death syndrome guess my friend is unlucky...he will take it to the service center today, his phone is still on warranty...should he expect a replacement? will they need to replace any hardware part or just a j-tag will do?
They'll replace the motherboard for free
XeroHertZ said:
I thought it's the sudden death syndrome guess my friend is unlucky...he will take it to the service center today, his phone is still on warranty...should he expect a replacement? will they need to replace any hardware part or just a j-tag will do?
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JTAG won't be able to revive the phone since this is a hardware failure rather than just a brick caused by bad flashing or a damaged bootloader. The entire motherboard of the phone will have to be replaced by the service center, which will be free.
Alright thanks for the Info guys...as long as it's still on warranty then my friend won't have to worry
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Alright thanks for the Info guys...as long as it's still on warranty then my friend won't have to worry
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Just as a side-note, is your friend aware that the latest 4.1.2 builds coming from Samsung include a modified eMMC firmware in the kernel which supposedly remedies this problem. I'm personally running the XXELLA build which includes the fix. He may want to check out flashing one of these builds to prevent it happening again, if the phone doesn't come back with the latest firmware already
ProxyChain said:
Just as a side-note, is your friend aware that the latest 4.1.2 builds coming from Samsung include a modified eMMC firmware in the kernel which supposedly remedies this problem. I'm personally running the XXELLA build which includes the fix. He may want to check out flashing one of these builds to prevent it happening again, if the phone doesn't come back with the latest firmware already
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Well I don't think that my friend is aware of that as he's not that experienced..I'm more experienced than he is though since I've been into Android since the first galaxy We reside in Dubai and our CSC code is XSG...not sure if our service centers have the fixed 4.1.2 builds yet for the Middle East version. Do the service centers have different builds than those in Sammobile?
Anyways I just hope he gets a replacement unit rather than having the motherboard changed.
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Well I don't think that my friend is aware of that as he's not that experienced..I'm more experienced than he is though since I've been into Android since the first galaxy We reside in Dubai and our CSC code is XSG...not sure if our service centers have the fixed 4.1.2 builds yet for the Middle East version. Do the service centers have different builds than those in Sammobile?
Anyways I just hope he gets a replacement unit rather than having the motherboard changed.
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I live in New Zealand and we've only just received 4.1.1 from our carrier, the updates are horrendously slow. I flashed the unbranded United Kingdom stock ROM instead as they tend to get the updates straight from Samsung very quickly. It works just fine and it's all official.
Guess i'll just flash it for him via odin if his phone didn't come with the modified emmc 4.1.2
Btw, I'm having trouble replying to posts via my phone and the xda app I keep getting Request function reply topic does not exist !!!!!!
Man that was quick....the phone has been repaired in 1 day...they said it might take 3 business days...motherboard has been replaced.
Now what should I do to prevent this emmc from happening again? ?
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Hello everybody,
So this is my story, today i tried to put officialSpanishJB rom to my SGS2. i tryied, but i could make it.
I backuped the old firmware on sd, and wiped the rom. Now, the phone doesn't starts. it is in "black death" mode..
no reacting to anything.. Any suggestions?
(powerbutton+vol down+homebutton, doesn't works) any idea please?
Also, i tried to reset to factory Frimware from KIES, but i couldn't because the phone is off, and it cannot start the procedure to reset.
Put the charger on
Wait for few minutes,
power on
If you were on 4.0.4 :crying:
Let me guess...you were on 4.0.4.
Sent from the little guy
Yes, i was on stock 4.0.4.
Now? Any suggestions?
This may sound stupid, but with the brick bug in 4.04, why would anyone use it without a safe kernel?
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jebuchanan said:
This may sound stupid, but with the brick bug in 4.04, why would anyone use it without a safe kernel?
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sorry, i cannot understand you.. whan do you mean brick bug? (sorry, i am first time here, yes i am noob)
Brickbug is a hardware problem on a lot of I9100 phones the kernels for the 4.0.4 firmware wipe the data during a format or factory reset in a way that can cause the phone to be bricked. Having safe kernel prevents the problem
read about it...
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/another-way-to-detect-the-infamous-brick-bug/
Plod72 said:
Brickbug is a hardware problem on a lot of I9100 phones the kernels for the 4.0.4 firmware wipe the data during a format or factory reset in a way that can cause the phone to be bricked. Having safe kernel prevents the problem
read about it...
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/another-way-to-detect-the-infamous-brick-bug/
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i read that, i didn't knew that many s2 had this issue.. now, how can i "un-brick" my phone.? is there any discussion so i could e advised?
I have read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058683 but no clue if it works I would think it is time to visit a service center but read a bit there are many threads on XDA about this it
batmax91 said:
i read that, i didn't knew that many s2 had this issue.. now, how can i "un-brick" my phone.? is there any discussion so i could e advised?
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The best option is to claim your warranty. It'll be done in a less messy way, and you won't need to worry about things going wrong.
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you know what? i saw some forums, with the same prob, and the is one single problem..
BURNED MOTHERBOARD
i dont know how.. i dont know why, but i think mu motherboard is dead,
Also the most funny thing is that i bought the phone at 12 January of 2011!! it means that 2 years of warranty have gone.
best thing, do you think?
batmax91 said:
you know what? i saw some forums, with the same prob, and the is one single problem..
BURNED MOTHERBOARD
i dont know how.. i dont know why, but i think mu motherboard is dead,
Also the most funny thing is that i bought the phone at 12 January of 2011!! it means that 2 years of warranty have gone.
best thing, do you think?
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How unfortunate. Well, I guess you should start searching and reading for solutions. There was a link posted on one of the previous pages which has a solution. Read it carefully a few times until you understand it completely.
Ask if you don't. Don't do anything blindly.
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Spiralzz said:
How unfortunate. Well, I guess you should start searching and reading for solutions. There was a link posted on one of the previous pages which has a solution. Read it carefully a few times until you understand it completely.
Ask if you don't. Don't do anything blindly.
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You mean this link? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058683 ??
this cannot help me, because my phone doesnt even starts. it does completely nothing.
i really loved my phone, if i could re-live my motherboard it would be the best...
Then I guess you have to replace the motherboard... Or sell this phone on ebay...
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batmax91 said:
you know what? i saw some forums, with the same prob, and the is one single problem..
BURNED MOTHERBOARD
i dont know how.. i dont know why, but i think mu motherboard is dead,
Also the most funny thing is that i bought the phone at 12 January of 2011!! it means that 2 years of warranty have gone.
best thing, do you think?
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Sure you got it jenuary 2011?
Wasn't even released then, you bought it in 2012, claim warranty.
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gastonw said:
Sure you got it jenuary 2011?
Wasn't even released then, you bought it in 2012, claim warranty.
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You are right, i made a mistake on date, it is 1st of December of 2011, not 12th of January. lol...
My mistake.. One more question, the fact that i rooted the phone, doesn't means that i loose the warranty?
and i'm gonna tell them? i tried to put another OS, and it failed?
just say something like "I was updating vua kies and all of a sudden it just went off".
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gastonw said:
just say something like "I was updating vua kies and all of a sudden it just went off".
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ok, i will give it at Monday. and will inform you for answers. stay tuned..
batmax91 said:
ok, i will give it at Monday. and will inform you for answers. stay tuned..
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Make sure evidence of rooting, flashing or whatever isn't shown in your device.
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