Hey, I now have my Galaxy around a year and three months and two weeks ago I decided to root my phone. I now have the cyanogenmod 9 ROM on my phone and it did the job. A week ago my phone freezed at random moments, and it responded to nothing so I took the battery out every time and everytime it worked fine again. But today when I was at school and put my phone in my pocket (I don't remember if I turned it off) when I took it out of my pocket again it didn't respond to anything. So now I just have a black screen and I can't get my phone to boot up in recovery mode, download mode or just normal. I already have used the battery of my mom's galaxy (Btw they're both from t-mobile but in Holland) but still no response. My battery works fine in her phone, so I don't think it is a problem with the battery. What can I do???
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Hey, I now have my Galaxy around a year and three months and two weeks ago I decided to root my phone. I now have the cyanogenmod 9 ROM on my phone and it did the job. A week ago my phone freezed at random moments, and it responded to nothing so I took the battery out every time and everytime it worked fine again. But today when I was at school and put my phone in my pocket (I don't remember if I turned it off) when I took it out of my pocket again it didn't respond to anything. So now I just have a black screen and I can't get my phone to boot up in recovery mode, download mode or just normal. I already have used the battery of my mom's galaxy (Btw they're both from t-mobile) but still no response. My battery works fine in her phone, so I don't think it is a problem with the battery. What can I do???
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Try using a USB Jig see if that works? If you don't have one there dirt cheap off eBay, you make your own or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869203
Adarzannh said:
Try using a USB Jig see if that works? If you don't have one there dirt cheap off eBay, you make your own or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869203
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Okay, but I thought (?) that you then need to set the phone to download mode and I can't get it to do anything... Do you know another store to buy a USB Jig because in the Netherlands you don't have ebay?
Do you look in that thread ?
You can borrow from your country and city(if there is)
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Adarzannh said:
Try using a USB Jig see if that works? If you don't have one there dirt cheap off eBay, you make your own or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869203
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Paulius7 said:
Do you look in that thread ?
You can borrow from your country and city(if there is)
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I live in Haarlem so no, but maybe I can borrow it from someone in Amsterdam that is like small 30 min with the train. But. just to be sure, is there a chance that a USB JIG will fix the problem, if I push the power button of the Galaxy nothing happens...
USB jig is go to download mode and then you can flash stock Rom.
You don't need to do nothing when you plug in USB jig.
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Paulius7 said:
USB jig is go to download mode and then you can flash stock Rom.
You don't need to do nothing when you plug in USB jig.
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Okay thanks I saw some youtube vids but it looked their android phones did at least boot up and then got stuck or things like that.
I have bought a USB Jig but it didn't work ( I put the battery out for ten seconds, put it back in and then plugged the USB Jig in). Is there something else I can do? Btw isn't it very strange that the phone worked for 2 weeks and just stopped (after sometimes random freezing in the last week)?
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Hi
Today I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S 2 and for some reason it is not working anymore.
No idea why this has happened
I tried everything Recovery Mode - Cant get into
Download Mode I cant get into
Tried removing the battery then putting it back in still nothing at all
On the back I can feel the phone is getting warm but nothing on the screen
It was working fine yesterday and I havent done anything to the phone yesterday
Please help if you know anything?
Thanks
Sounds like a hardware fail. I hate to say it but it sounds like returning it is the option.
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Did you have any update fails recently? Update fails were the reason some Galaxy S phones would not turn on.
Hi
Thanks for the reply
No.
It has the latest software so there wasn't a need for update
It was working fine for the first hour this morning and then I rebooted my phone because it froze but now won't turn on at all.
Should of backed up my data!
The device gets warm but nothing on the screen tried everything that is available on this forum.
Do I have to pay for this if it's faulty I only had it about a month now I think?
When plugged in on the usb charger, if you toggle the volume rocker will the display turn on and show the battery level?
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I got the same problem, after rooting and trying to format my microSD maybe I 've choosen the wrong partition (mmcblk0p2). Is there a way back???
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When plugged in on the usb charger, if you toggle the volume rocker will the display turn on and show the battery level?
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- There is nothing, no battery indication, everything is black
Any solution yet?
I ordered a JIG, however I don't know if it helps in case the bootloader is dead
fjosef871 said:
Hi
Today I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S 2 and for some reason it is not working anymore.
No idea why this has happened
I tried everything Recovery Mode - Cant get into
Download Mode I cant get into
Tried removing the battery then putting it back in still nothing at all
On the back I can feel the phone is getting warm but nothing on the screen
It was working fine yesterday and I havent done anything to the phone yesterday
Please help if you know anything?
Thanks
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Were you overclocking?If yes,how much?Maybe you fried something.
Also,if yes,I'm reading about the state of my phone a month from now!
Not sure what's going on there. did u do any recent 3rd party software downloads? I'd return n get a replacement
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whmcal said:
Not sure what's going on there. did u do any recent 3rd party software downloads? I'd return n get a replacement
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First I'll try a JIG - if it arrives on time... (desperately need the phone in 5 days)
fjosef871: have you tried a JIG to get into download mode?
Hi.
My S2 Which is one month out of warranty , got hard bricked 2 days back. These were the series of events that led to it.
1)The battery got drained and the phone got switched off.
2) I plugged in the charger..phone boots...a minute later..it got switched off.
3) The phone does nothing... Black screen..can't get into recovery or download mode. :crying:
I took it to samsung service center ...they told me that it would cost me app 200$ to replace the motherboard.I have tried all methods that I came across in this forum and still nothin'. Have ordered for the Usb jig on ebay.
Please let me know if I should go ahead with mobo replacement or is there a cheaper alternative?? Any help is much appreciated guys
btw.. the phone was rooted and I think it was on Stock Ics XXXLPQ rom .
50103 said:
Hi.
My S2 Which is one month out of warranty , got hard bricked 2 days back. These were the series of events that led to it.
1)The battery got drained and the phone got switched off.
2) I plugged in the charger..phone boots...a minute later..it got switched off.
3) The phone does nothing... Black screen..can't get into recovery or download mode. :crying:
I took it to samsung service center ...they told me that it would cost me app 200$ to replace the motherboard.I have tried all methods that I came across in this forum and still nothin'. Have ordered for the Usb jig on ebay.
Please let me know if I should go ahead with mobo replacement or is there a cheaper alternative?? Any help is much appreciated guys
btw.. the phone was rooted and I think it was on Stock Ics XXXLPQ rom .
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Sorry about that.
I know this is not the answer to your question but please provide answer to this question:
Were also running a custom kernel? if yes, please post the name of the kernel.
Last night I was able to root my phone flashed the recovery mod and used the overclocked kernel that was listed in the dev forums for my phone. The phone was running fine until I went to bed, this morning I had woke up and went to look at my phone and it was off. Thinking the battery died while I left it unplugged all night I found meh.. might be the reason. Let the phone charge while I was in the shower for about 15 minutes got out and tried to turn the phone on and unable to get a response. Tried to boot the phone to Odin mode with no luck also tried getting my computer to pick up the device with no luck at all. Few questions, is my phone bricked? If so I've only had the phone for 15 days do you think I would have any luck getting the phone replaced at a store? and is there anyway that they would be able to tell that I had rooted my phone flashed recovery and installed a kernel if I cant even get the phone to respond in any way shape or form? Any advice you have or situations where you where in the same boat would be a great help. Thanks again.
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Last night I was able to root my phone flashed the recovery mod and used the overclocked kernel that was listed in the dev forums for my phone. The phone was running fine until I went to bed, this morning I had woke up and went to look at my phone and it was off. Thinking the battery died while I left it unplugged all night I found meh.. might be the reason. Let the phone charge while I was in the shower for about 15 minutes got out and tried to turn the phone on and unable to get a response. Tried to boot the phone to Odin mode with no luck also tried getting my computer to pick up the device with no luck at all. Few questions, is my phone bricked? If so I've only had the phone for 15 days do you think I would have any luck getting the phone replaced at a store? and is there anyway that they would be able to tell that I had rooted my phone flashed recovery and installed a kernel if I cant even get the phone to respond in any way shape or form? Any advice you have or situations where you where in the same boat would be a great help. Thanks again.
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Did you try a battery pull?
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Android_Fr3ak said:
Did you try a battery pull?
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Indeed sir, removed the battery let it sit for a minute or two...
According to your post...You are bricked
Samething happend to me..just few days ago but my phone was out of warranty...so I need to pay for ...a board change (I9100) tht was the solution for me not for uh
Now as you said ...if you are fully bricked and you just bought the phone 15 days ago ...then you have still 99.9% chances that they will replace your main board
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Last year when I bought my phone S2...after some time when I came hyr on xda rooted my phone ...once I bricked ...so I went to samsung care ...and made a story...and bang they taken my phone got my job sheet ...and after 4 days got my phone they changed my main board...
Main topic...they can't check whtr you are rooted...or not if you are bricked fully...so just visit samsung care...and make a fake story...all set just sit back for few days ...
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I was able to get my phone on after reseating the SIM? No worries thanks for the help :] Glad I don't have to get a replacement.
smOBudda said:
I was able to get my phone on after reseating the SIM? No worries thanks for the help :] Glad I don't have to get a replacement.
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Explain?
BennyJr said:
Explain?
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As I had mentioned this morning I woke up and plugged my phone in for a good 15-20 minutes while I took a shower. There after when I looked at my phone it didn't show as if it was even charging most of the time it will at least show a charging logo. I let the phone sit plugged in for about 45 minutes and tried to soft reboot the phone holding volume and power still nothing came of it. Had taken the battery from the phone and put it back in with the same process to no success. I had removed the SIM Card from the phone replaced it back in the device and as soon as I plugged in the phone it showed the phone was charging. From that point I was able to reboot the phone with no issues.
I was worried due to the fact I had flashed the kernel last night and was toying with the settings given in the stweek that came after I flashed the recovery and kernel using the recovery options on reboot. Really don't have an idea as to why I had the issue that I had. But at the end of the day I'm just glad I didn't have to pay for a replacement.
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So I got my phone yesterday. It was running on 4.1.1 iirc(not sure, it was a version of JB though), device told me it needed an update but I didn't have the time to update.
Now today, as I'm returning home I'm playing a game when the phone gets really hot. Now I don't mean normal warm, almost unbearable to touch the bottom third of the phone for longer than a couple of seconds.
I closed all the apps and let the phone rest to cool down. Couple minutes later I want to turn the screen on to check the time and it just doesn't respond. I remove the battery, try turning it back on, no response.
I tried charging it, thinking the battery might have suddenly died(even though it was at 20%) but the red charging light doesn't even show up. I'm not sure whether it's the sudden death issue or something else.
Will I be able to fix this by myself, or will I have to get the phone to a service center? I just got it so naturally I don't want to lose it, but I've read that even a usb jib won't get a device like this in download mode.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: Phone is normal international version, I didn't root, using stock rom. Basically I didn't do anything except install apps and set up some accounts. The phone doesn't react to the vol down+menu+power combination, no matter in which order I hold the buttons.
Sudden death, Samsung will change the motherboard for free
Thanks. Any idea on how long it might take to get the phone back? Will I have to bring it to the store where I got it(not a Samsung service center) or send it to Samsung?
Take it to store. The repair should last a few weeks or so.
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UrbanDrawer said:
Take it to store. The repair should last a few weeks or so.
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Oh dear god.
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Oh dear god.
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If you only got it yesterday demand a replacement.
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ROM Sotmax Ultimate V14
Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.1c
corrsea said:
If you only got it yesterday demand a replacement.
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ROM Sotmax Ultimate V14
Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.1c
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Cheers, will do that tomorrow.
Rom- s5 sensations version 7
I was using my phone for the past two weeks with no problem, all of a sudden today it would not unlock, I held down the power button then a screen with all these different colours came up
It eventually went away and the screen went black again
Now nothing works it ill not power on and LED wont come on when charging
Can the phone have been hard bricked after 2 weeks of installing the custom rom? :/
Thanks in advance
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Rom- s5 sensations version 7
I was using my phone for the past two weeks with no problem, all of a sudden today it would not unlock, I held down the power button then a screen with all these different colours came up
It eventually went away and the screen went black again
Now nothing works it ill not power on and LED wont come on when charging
Can the phone have been hard bricked after 2 weeks of installing the custom rom? :/
Thanks in advance
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Hi! This herna from XDA Assist.
Well, normally if you did not touch any deeper thing in your ROM you should have no problem if you have been using it for as much time. Anyway this question should be done in the above thread, so I will move it there so you can get a better reply from people using the same device or even the same ROM than you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help
I will move it to the original place where it should be, and wish you to get the answer you are waiting for.
Try usb jig to force download mode, if that doesn't work then it sounds like a brick -sorry.
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Try usb jig to force download mode, if that doesn't work then it sounds like a brick -sorry.
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I just dont understand how it could be bricked after being perfectly fine for 2 weeks and i had been using it like 5 minutes before no problem :/
Blame the emmc chip, it is very fragile and can go pop at any moment.
Try reading the dead boot recovery thread in general forum.