[Q] How to recover my i9100 ? Died while restoring backup of the stock rom via CWM and 5 min later (a cigarette time) when i come back the screen was black and the device didnt respond charge it ovr usb for 1 hour and no effect now i am charging with extrenal battery charger and hoping to show some response i instaled chainfire tool for battery charging tool but unsuccessfuly because it said that i am out of some memory or blah blah and i have decided to recover via cwm
i was with stock 4.0.4 lpw with root via stock recovery and cwm via stock recovery ....
Presko said:
[Q] How to recover my i9100
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Can you go to recovery? Download mode? Did you try Odin? Did u try a jig? And importantly do you know about emmc erase bug in 4.0.4?
Battery might be the last thing to worry!
what is emmc erace bug and can it be fixed ?
Presko said:
what is emmc erace bug and can it be fixed ?
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The erase bug is like a great white shark hanging around waiting for a surfer.Along you have come,started pissing about backing up/restoring using cwm on 4.0.4 WITHOUT running a "safe kernel"........and BANG.
Do you still have warranty as motherboards are pretty pricey.
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ok is there a way to recover it how is this jtag being made do i need special tools or i can do it on a pc with ltp prot
Read the replies youve had again carefully.Youve only answered about 1 out of 4.
Recovery?
Download?
Warranty?
Doh.
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no warrnity, recovery dosnt show up
nothing show up on screen
download dont show up too
odin dosnt find it i have downloaded drivers for odin but without effect
windows dosnt recognise any device connected ....
sir you have bricked your smartphone
Presko said:
[Q] How to recover my i9100 ? Died while restoring backup of the stock rom via CWM and 5 min later (a cigarette time) when i come back the screen was black and the device didnt respond charge it ovr usb for 1 hour and no effect now i am charging with extrenal battery charger and hoping to show some response i instaled chainfire tool for battery charging tool but unsuccessfuly because it said that i am out of some memory or blah blah and i have decided to recover via cwm
i was with stock 4.0.4 lpw with root via stock recovery and cwm via stock recovery ....
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sir you have bricked your phone
there's possibly a way to unbrick it but i'm not sure
you can search
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sir you have bricked your phone
there's possibly a way to unbrick it but i'm not sure
you can search
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so my question is i seems to be a hard brick but how can it be recovered i have read that if thi emmc is being some how shut off and then again on ot reset its error status is thus true or a jtag is reqied
tried jig ... no help awaitng a friend today to try bringig it back to life via a medusa box
Presko said:
so my question is i seems to be a hard brick but how can it be recovered i have read that if thi emmc is being some how shut off and then again on ot reset its error status is thus true or a jtag is reqied
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if no recovery or Download mode( even after using an 'USB Jig') then only a Jtag can be of help, or a Mobo replacement
will try today with jtag ... will report later
Presko said:
tried jig ... no help awaitng a friend today to try bringig it back to life via a medusa box
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Whats that....a glorified riffbox.Does he have a "magic wand".
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i hope it has a reviving wand tommorow will update about status
I doubt JTAG can fix if its the emmc bug.
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My battery isn't charging with either the mains charger or usb so it looks like I need to send back to 3 under warranty
Problem is that I've installed the Cognition ROM (which is awesome!) so I need to somehow get the phone back to stock before I return it. Whatever is causing the charging problem is has also stopped the usb working. So obviously I can't put the files onto the internal memory without the usb Can flash it back to a stock rom using CWM by putting the rom on the 'external' SD card?
If that is possible there branded stock roms on the Intratech thread but these all appear to need to be flashed with Odin. Are there CWM versions anywhere?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
Incidentally, if I plug the mains charger or usb lead in to the phone while it is powered off it switches itself on and boots up without me pressing the power button? But it still doesn't charge and the pc still can't see it via usb.
Thanks
Steve
mrchilly said:
My battery isn't charging with either the mains charger or usb so it looks like I need to send back to 3 under warranty
Problem is that I've installed the Cognition ROM (which is awesome!) so I need to somehow get the phone back to stock before I return it. Whatever is causing the charging problem is has also stopped the usb working. So obviously I can't put the files onto the internal memory without the usb Can flash it back to a stock rom using CWM by putting the rom on the 'external' SD card?
If that is possible there branded stock roms on the Intratech thread but these all appear to need to be flashed with Odin. Are there CWM versions anywhere?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
Incidentally, if I plug the mains charger or usb lead in to the phone while it is powered off it switches itself on and boots up without me pressing the power button? But it still doesn't charge and the pc still can't see it via usb.
Thanks
Steve
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Did you try if is working in download mode?
Yes, but unfortunately it isn't being seen by the pc even in download mode
mrchilly said:
Yes, but unfortunately it isn't being seen by the pc even in download mode
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Also you can try usb jig
I have a jig an it does recognise that. Well, it was recognised and let me clear the number of flashes. At the risk of sounding silly can I do anything else with the jig?
mrchilly said:
I have a jig an it does recognise that. Well, it was recognised and let me clear the number of flashes. At the risk of sounding silly can I do anything else with the jig?
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You can find more on youtube about usb jig and how is use it
mrchilly said:
I have a jig an it does recognise that. Well, it was recognised and let me clear the number of flashes. At the risk of sounding silly can I do anything else with the jig?
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Could you try another usb charger/cable?
htc9420 said:
Could you try another usb charger/cable?
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I've tried both the mains charger and the usb charging lead and neither work. As the usb->pc connection isn't working either I'm assuming it must be a fault with the phone.
mrchilly said:
Can flash it back to a stock rom using CWM by putting the rom on the 'external' SD card?
If that is possible there branded stock roms on the Intratech thread but these all appear to need to be flashed with Odin. Are there CWM versions anywhere?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
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Any thoughts or ideas on this guys?
Yes, I've got exactly the same issues, but thankfully I'm on stock software including kernel having swapped in an insecure kernel for rooting. USB jig worked to reset counter but unable to connect to any pc with any cable in odin or normal. Can do kies over wifi and kies recognised me as having stock and up to date firmware.
Can anyone help me get out of root from this position? The only visible evidence of root to me is the superuser app. Would a factory reset do the trick? Thanks
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drspikes said:
Yes, I've got exactly the same issues, but thankfully I'm on stock software including kernel having swapped in an insecure kernel for rooting. USB jig worked to reset counter but unable to connect to any pc with any cable in odin or normal. Can do kies over wifi and kies recognised me as having stock and up to date firmware.
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Are you having charging problems with your phone too?
No, thankfully that's the only thing left working. There are other threads with this problem popped up in the last week. Seen our wonderful s2 has a weakness with the usb soldering to the board.
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I've ordered a spare battery and a charging dock so that I can try to bring it back to life and reset it to factory.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could help with how to re-stock it without usb
Bump - please help us!
I'm having the same problem except the charging problem. But in the end i was able to flash back to stock rom using Odin while USB debugging was on. Fortunately Odin did recognise my phone.
Yesterday i ordered the JIG so i can set back the counter and then i will send my phone back for repair.
My problem is that I can't connect to usb to restock the rom. However I have managed to reset the counter using a jig. Why it recognises the jig but not usb I have no idea??
I'm going to have to return the phone for repair with the Cognition rom installed
What's Samsung's (UK) policy is on this kind of thing is?
mrchilly said:
My problem is that I can't connect to usb to restock the rom. However I have managed to reset the counter using a jig. Why it recognises the jig but not usb I have no idea??
I'm going to have to return the phone for repair with the Cognition rom installed
What's Samsung's (UK) policy is on this kind of thing is?
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Officially no warranty .
You take your chance and hope custom rom and root is not noticed or ignored .
If that is possible there branded stock roms on the Intratech thread but these all appear to need to be flashed with Odin. Are there CWM versions anywhere?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1113928
NO Odin only .
Dont know if anyone has a CWM repair rom built .
JJEgan said:
Officially no warranty .
You take your chance and hope custom rom and root is not noticed or ignored .
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Oh dear, looks like I'm just going to have to take my chance and send it in for repair. I've seen a few posts about the usb port lately. I hope this isn't going to be a common fault or there are going to be a lot of us facing warranty issues
i dont really know much about this area.. but if it was me i think id download the generic firmware put on sdcard.. and install via cmw ... then after that is on , possibly root if its not rooted uninstall cmw then superuser . then take root off.. do full wipes ect... after all this.
only problem is.. your count will show it has been flashed.
am not (100%) sure if it works like this.. but its just a guess and the closest i can think of a way for it to work.. hope you get it sorted ..
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Hm, an idea comming to mind about reflashing stock ROM - but be very carefull, got only one shot at this (due to loosing root, so w/o Odin, no way for a 2nd try if something doesn't work!)
Untar an Odin .tar FW pack and convert the .img files to actual raw .img dumps.
You only need the simg2img tool from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081239
Copy the converted factoryfs.img (should be exactely 512MB) and the zImage to the sdcard via WiFi.
Then flash those two using good, old dd from a terminal:
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/zImage of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=4096
dd if=/sdcard/factoryfs.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 bs=4096
That should drop you back to a stock ROM.
Since you're sending it in for repait anyways, if the above totally fails, just say it broke during a Kies update.
Hello Guys!
My friend bought a SGS2 and he whanted to root it and to put MiUi on it. Now he unpluged it while it was in the Odin doing something with PIT...
It stopped and now he can't go anymore in the download mode and the phone remains black...
is that a full brick? is there any chance to run it again?
do you need more informations?
I looked throuth the threds but i couldnt find something like that...
i hope anyone can help
Will Samsung repair that with Warranty?
Can i know why he disconnected his phone during using something with Odin?!
He made a Solid Brick he cant do anything else than Warranty or JTAG..
BlackRainX said:
Can i know why he disconnected his phone during using something with Odin?!
He made a Solid Brick he cant do anything else than Warranty or JTAG..
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haha he moved so fast with the mouse and hit the cable to the phone... i dont know exactly...
1. what is JTAG?
2. are you 100% shore that its a compleat brick?
3. is there no unbrickable or something like that?
Oli28 said:
haha he moved so fast with the mouse and hit the cable to the phone... i dont know exactly...
1. what is JTAG?
2. are you 100% shore that its a compleat brick?
3. is there no unbrickable or something like that?
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If after trying multiple things like removing battery and what not and the phone won't boot or enter download mode, yup, it's a complete brick
achillies400 said:
If after trying multiple things like removing battery and what not and the phone won't boot or enter download mode, yup, it's a complete brick
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nice wait not really...
but cant change anything... its sad for the device!
does enyone know if samsung will repair that??
i hope so
Oli28 said:
nice wait not really...
but cant change anything... its sad for the device!
does enyone know if samsung will repair that??
i hope so
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It's not the most correct thing to do (actually, not at all, it was your friend's fault entirely, also voiding the warranty), but your friend can tell them that the device began to heat while charging, he unpluged it and it died, sometimes it happens...
As for the JTAG you asked on the other post, it's a physical connector inside the cellphone used to write the flash memory, it involves opening the device, pinning some terminals and programming via PC, it's pretty common on embedded devices to load the program for the first time.
There is still a chance to get the phone back to its senses!
you will need 2 people to do this
read all 5 steps then only proceed!
1. Remove the battery.
2.Start odin in your pc.
3.connect the mobile to the pc using cable.
4.keep pressing the keys required to get in download mode. i.e. power+home+volume down key.
5.ask someone else to put the battery in your phone keeping the keys pressed!.
if every thing goes right Odin will detect the phone Flash it with a good rom you know which works! and never take out the cell from odin when its being flashed until odin says Success!
pankajkundalia said:
There is still a chance to get the phone back to its senses!
you will need 2 people to do this
read all 5 steps then only proceed!
1. Remove the battery.
2.Start odin in your pc.
3.connect the mobile to the pc using cable.
4.keep pressing the keys required to get in download mode. i.e. power+home+volume down key.
5.ask someone else to put the battery in your phone keeping the keys pressed!.
if every thing goes right Odin will detect the phone Flash it with a good rom you know which works! and never take out the cell from odin when its being flashed until odin says Success!
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Won't work if the PIT wasn't completed therefore leaving the device void of a bootloader, but it's worth the try, you have nothing to lose...
Wow, nice will try today... I will get the phone... would get a free Pizza if i would make it work again! thank you guys for your answers. I will tell you what happend...
is there a how ti for jtag? Could Be the solution...
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How to JTAG:
You had to solder stuff, it's safer to try warranty
Omega Frost said:
How to JTAG:
You had to solder stuff, it's safer to try warranty
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Thank you!
suddenly this with the battery didnt worked so im gona send it to the warraty....
And when they dont repair it for free or less than 50 $ I have to send it to the JTAG..
thank you guys for all your support
Afaik u never supposed 2 use pit options in odin for gs2 otherwise u end up with a brick anyway regardless if u remove the cable or not. perhaps read more and be more careful if u ever decide 2 flash again. i would not be happy with that friend lol.
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Hey guys. So, I bricked my phone. I installed RomManager, then ClockworkMode through it, thus I knew that this phone is not supported. It wasn't there in that list, so I chose Commtiva z71 or something like that. My phone doesn't get in download mode anymore. Could this be fixed at home? I really don't want to take it to a service centre.
Please help me. Thanks!
There's a few people who have done this and I don't think any of them have been able to find a way to get it working again. I think you will have to send it to repairs, sorry
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after rooting my phone samsung galaxy 5 doesnt turn on
i root my phone with universal androot,everything was ok,i reboot my phone and tray with rom manager to do a backup of my rom,i choose a model that wasent my model,and after that i tray to partition my sd card and was there when my phonr turn off and its never turn on again.............,do someone have a solutions!!!!!!
Jordanooo said:
There's a few people who have done this and I don't think any of them have been able to find a way to get it working again. I think you will have to send it to repairs, sorry
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Threw it guys. It sucked anyway.
It doesn't suck, its amazing
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dead ur smart
quebeco said:
i root my phone with universal androot,everything was ok,i reboot my phone and tray with rom manager to do a backup of my rom,i choose a model that wasent my model,and after that i tray to partition my sd card and was there when my phonr turn off and its never turn on again.............,do someone have a solutions!!!!!!
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Exactly as u .i try to backup my rom and my samsung was dead in 5 seconds.I sent them to service twice The firt my motherboard is dead and i wait the second time because i thing is dead again I dont use rom manager never
did you tried to download ClockWorkmodRecovery(cwm) than flash with odin multi downloader and then wipe data?
first step i found in solving this issue
i also flashed the same recovery through rom manager. i think i have found the first step in solving this issue. all now is that i need help of all of you guys.
All I did was removed my battery while still being connected to usb . After this i kept holding the option button (the button on the upper leftmost side) and with this being hold i inserted the battery. Now my pc recognised the device as samsung usb composite device and also the odin recognises it. but whatever i try my phone stucks at setup connection in odin. pls help.
this can help thousands of bricked g5s.:angel::angel::angel::angel::angel:
no need
rstar900 said:
i also flashed the same recovery through rom manager. i think i have found the first step in solving this issue. all now is that i need help of all of you guys.
All I did was removed my battery while still being connected to usb . After this i kept holding the option button (the button on the upper leftmost side) and with this being hold i inserted the battery. Now my pc recognised the device as samsung usb composite device and also the odin recognises it. but whatever i try my phone stucks at setup connection in odin. pls help.
this can help thousands of bricked g5s.:angel::angel::angel::angel::angel:
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no need to pull battery out and insert it back just insert the battery ,hold down the option key & insert usb cable thats it....but none of these gonna work you will need JTag to flash
You can even try JIG. Because, you've messed with recovery and boot partition but not the arm11boot (bml8). So, JIG (search Google, it is as cheap as $2 and you can even make one at home) can help you.
If it didn't, just search for JTAG services nearby your area. They'll charge you $20-$40 and your g5'll be alive.
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You can even try JIG. Because, you've messed with recovery and boot partition but not the arm11boot (bml8). So, JIG (search Google, it is as cheap as $2 and you can even make one at home) can help you.
If it didn't, just search for JTAG services nearby your area. They'll charge you $20-$40 and your g5'll be alive.
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That's not true, sadly. ROM Manager embeds a version of flash_image that will try to flash a boot image to bml8 if the device is not properly recognised. That's what happened for the OP, so a JIG will not resurrect the phone.
Oh...Sorry, I didn't knew that! So, final option left for OP is a JTAG flash.
@psyke83
Seems like out of your 3 bricks, this is one.
Hello,
I am new to the S2 forum. I have purchased the phone on Dec 04. It came with firmware version 4.0.4.
The PDA was I9100XWLPW and CSC was I9100ODDLPC.
After a week, I flashed the leaked JB firmware XXLSJ and used PhilZ cwm6 kernel to obtain root.
I was not having any problems until today.
I was using the phone normally, it had about 60% battery. Suddenly it was not waking up ( The phone was not used for about 15min ). I tried removing the battery, all button combinations but was not booting normally or into recovery. I could get into the download mode by plugging the phone to the PC. Odin failed to flash the official FW and the JB leak. I followed the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 and found out it was a corrupted NAND r/w function.
I tried doing all the steps given in the thread. Now my phone does'nt go into the download mode and does'nt show charging when plugged to a power source.
Can I recover my phone?
Please someone help me or guide me to a previous post that solves this problem!!
Edit: Samsung service has replaced the mother board!!
Doing the pit partition has resulted in my phone getting bricked!!
So people new to the forum, never do it :laugh:
Hi,
You said you couldn't access download mode, but can you access CWM recovery?
If you can then, you should wipe data/factory set, wipe cache and wipe Dalvik-cahe. after that you should re-flash your ROM.
If that doesn't work, maybe you should restore your CWM/Nandroid backup of your ROM before you flashed the JB leak XXLSJ, which in this case seems to be Stock ROM. (providing that you have backed it up in the first place)
Greetz and Happy new year
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Hi,
You said you couldn't access download mode, but can you access CWM recovery?
If you can then, you should wipe data/factory set, wipe cache and wipe Dalvik-cahe. after that you should re-flash your ROM.
If that doesn't work, maybe you should restore your CWM/Nandroid backup of your ROM before you flashed the JB leak XXLSJ, which in this case seems to be Stock ROM. (providing that you have backed it up in the first place)
Greetz and Happy new year
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I am unable to get into recovery mode also.
The phone does not respond to any button-combos or connecting to computer or a power source!!
Pradeep said:
I am unable to get into recovery mode also.
The phone does not respond to any button-combos or connecting to computer or a power source!!
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HI,
today I wake up with the same problem.(Bug from the junary 1st???). I'm on Leak 4.1.2 too
Mi Galaxy sII don't charge the batery (loop from charge batery symbol) All the combination button don't wake up the phone.
The only thing seem working is the download mode. Don't try to connect to ODIN for the moment.
Any idea?
Pradeep said:
I am unable to get into recovery mode also.
The phone does not respond to any button-combos or connecting to computer or a power source!!
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Remove battery for some time re insert it and see .
Or
Try a jig
leap before you think
Pradeep said:
Hello,
I am new to the S2 forum. I have purchased the phone on Dec 04. It came with firmware version 4.0.4.
The PDA was I9100XWLPW and CSC was I9100ODDLPC.
After a week, I flashed the leaked JB firmware XXLSJ and used PhilZ cwm6 kernel to obtain root.
I was not having any problems until today.
I was using the phone normally, it had about 60% battery. Suddenly it was not waking up ( The phone was not used for about 15min ). I tried removing the battery, all button combinations but was not booting normally or into recovery. I could get into the download mode by plugging the phone to the PC. Odin failed to flash the official FW and the JB leak. I followed the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 and found out it was a corrupted NAND r/w function.
I tried doing all the steps given in the thread. Now my phone does'nt go into the download mode and does'nt show charging when plugged to a power source.
Can I recover my phone?
Please someone help me or guide me to a previous post that solves this problem!!
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We already have plenty of topics about this why do you feel the need to create another? Your symptoms are no different to others and the answers are no different.
If you cant access download or recovery and cant power on then try a USB jig. If that doesnt work then you will need to take/send it for repair which will either be JTAG or complete mobo replacement.
Just because you create your own topic it doesnt mean answer is going to be any different.
Gediprime said:
HI,
today I wake up with the same problem.(Bug from the junary 1st???). I'm on Leak 4.1.2 too
Mi Galaxy sII don't charge the batery (loop from charge batery symbol) All the combination button don't wake up the phone.
The only thing seem working is the download mode. Don't try to connect to ODIN for the moment.
Any idea?
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If you can access download mode, use it. Try re-flashing your kernel.
nikufellow said:
Remove battery for some time re insert it and see .
Or
Try a jig
leap before you think
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JIG ???
Gediprime said:
JIG ???
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Use the search button and use keywords "usb jig". Or google.
TheATHEiST said:
We already have plenty of topics about this why do you feel the need to create another? Your symptoms are no different to others and the answers are no different.
If you cant access download or recovery and cant power on then try a USB jig. If that doesnt work then you will need to take/send it for repair which will either be JTAG or complete mobo replacement.
Just because you create your own topic it doesnt mean answer is going to be any different.
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I am sorry!! I am new to this forum and the phone being a recent purchase, i was very much desperate!!
I know the answer may not be different and the problem may not be new hence I've asked to guide me to the appropriate thread in my post!! No offence!!
Thanks for your reply. I will be taking the phone to Samsung Service tomorrow.
Gediprime said:
JIG ???
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3 100k resistors + 1k resistor in series connected between 4 and 5 pins of a male usb end when plugged will get you into download mode in case of soft bricks .
leap before you think
TheATHEiST said:
We already have plenty of topics about this why do you feel the need to create another? Your symptoms are no different to others and the answers are no different.
If you cant access download or recovery and cant power on then try a USB jig. If that doesnt work then you will need to take/send it for repair which will either be JTAG or complete mobo replacement.
Just because you create your own topic it doesnt mean answer is going to be any different.
If you can access download mode, use it. Try re-flashing your kernel.
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I try it but when a push up level button my phone loop again to charging symbol (without charging)
Sorry if this post is the same than another. For my part i'm just trying to find a solution. A have plenty of corporative information on my phone. I do my last backup one weeks ago :crying:
nikufellow said:
3 100k resistors + 1k resistor in series connected between 4 and 5 pins of a male usb end when plugged will get you into download mode in case of soft bricks .
leap before you think
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In some of the posts, I've read that a JIG may not work on ICS based roms!!
Is this true?? Should I try a JIG first before I take the phone to Samsung Service??
I was on XXLSJ before the phone went dead!!
Gediprime said:
I try it but when a push up level button my phone loop again to charging symbol (without charging)
Sorry if this post is the same than another. For my part i'm just trying to find a solution. A have plenty of corporative information on my phone. I do my last backup one weeks ago :crying:
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I had the same problem.. I could get into the download mode by:
1. Phone completely OFF state
2. Connect the USB cable to the phone and PC ( The battery charging indication has to come, atleast once )
3. Fire up ODIN
4. Get the phone into download mode ( Vol-down+home+Power ) while the phone is connected
5. The phone is now recognized by ODIN.
I could flash a kernel (tried siyah and Philz) but the phone was not booting.
While trying to flash Stock and XXLSJ, ODIN was getting failed at factoryfs.fs
After a few trys, the phone just went dead!!
Hope you can flash a firmware successfully :good:
Pradeep said:
In some of the posts, I've read that a JIG may not work on ICS based roms!!
Is this true?? Should I try a JIG first before I take the phone to Samsung Service??
I was on XXLSJ before the phone went dead!!
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You are misinterpreting what you read. What you're referring to is resetting the binary counter, and no it doesn't work on ICS bootloader however it still works for putting device into download mode (unless its bricked).
nikufellow said:
3 100k resistors + 1k resistor in series connected between 4 and 5 pins of a male usb end when plugged will get you into download mode in case of soft bricks .
leap before you think
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"Soft-brick" has absolutely no meaning, Your device is either "bricked" or it isnt. Its a made up term by n00bs when they cant get system to boot normally. Your devcie is only bricked when it wont power on or go into useable recovery+download modes. If you can simply use a jig or go directly into flashing a rom then your device is not bricked.
The "bricked" term is used far too loosely nowadays.
Pradeep said:
I had the same problem.. I could get into the download mode by:
1. Phone completely OFF state
2. Connect the USB cable to the phone and PC ( The battery charging indication has to come, atleast once )
3. Fire up ODIN
4. Get the phone into download mode ( Vol-down+home+Power ) while the phone is connected
5. The phone is now recognized by ODIN.
I could flash a kernel (tried siyah and Philz) but the phone was not booting.
While trying to flash Stock and XXLSJ, ODIN was getting failed at factoryfs.fs
After a few trys, the phone just went dead!!
Hope you can flash a firmware successfully :good:
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Your phone died? you kiding ?
I'm using the leak version of Sammobile since 3 weeks... Why do you think the phone make a bad reaction now? why now?
Ok, you try to flash OFW and don't result. and then you flash again the XXLSJ ? and the phone colaspe?
What kind of roms do i flash? OFM or CFW ? ICS or JB ?
Well if a can connect with ODIN of course
A quick question!!
Is it possible that the phone can be revived (put into download mode) using a JIG if it is not starting at all for any key combinations and it is not showing charging animation when plugged into a computer or a power source??
Pradeep said:
A quick question!!
Is it possible that the phone can be revived (put into download mode) using a JIG if it is not starting at all for any key combinations and it is not showing charging animation when plugged into a computer or a power source??
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Yes its possible which is the reason we already mentioned to try it
It all depends on the actual base issue though as to whether it will work. Its worth a try either way though, They only cost £1-2 or you can make them yourself if you have the spare parts. (Don't ask how, Use search).
I have tried the JIG, but no luck!!
I have given the phone to Samsung Service.
Hope they fix it!!
Will they use JTAG or it has to be done somewhere else in case Samsung people refuse to do it??
They wouldn't refuse just act dumb tell something like you were updating firmware via kies and all of a sudden power went down and device bribed
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nikufellow said:
They wouldn't refuse just act dumb tell something like you were updating firmware via kies and all of a sudden power went down and device bribed
leap before you think
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Thanks!! Well I did act dumb there!! Said I downloaded a game Royal Revolt (~200 MB), the phone got heated, blah blah blah......
Well I did not tell about firmware upgrade via kies and all....
Only thing that I can do now is wait and hope!!:laugh:
Hello,
My Samsung Galaxy S2 is bricked. No way to enter download or recovery mode. Black screen... nothing to do to fire it.
Probably the bootloader is corrupted.
Does exist a tool for Exynos 4210 / S5PC210 like the one from Adam Outler "Unbrickable" for Exynos 3110 / S5PC110 ?
Thank you,
Guillaume
Ps. no need to answer about JIG, it doesn't work in this case of figure. JTAG tools exist... Yes I know! thank you BUT needs to solder a tiny tiny JTAG connector... and I don't own a RIFF JTAG Box nether a schematic of JTAG pinpoints on Galaxy S2 mother board...
No way you can fix it. Take it someone who does JTAG repairs or get the MB replaced.
Tell us what you did, so we can learn from your experience.
Sent from the little guy
Tanks
MistahBungle said:
No way you can fix it. Take it someone who does JTAG repairs or get the MB replaced.
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Adam Butler said that all bricked Exynos can be recovered booting them into USB first.
But he stoped his threads about Exynos 4210 one year ago...
Thank you anyway.
gastonw said:
Tell us what you did, so we can learn from your experience.
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I flashed it longtime ago to ICS 4.03 / rooted with ODIN v3 - no problem at all.
Few weeks ago it crashed during firefox update... I reboot it, it crashed during the boot. I reboot it again and it got bricked!
That's nice, it just died on you?
Warranty is generally for two years...maybe there's still hope for you.
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Hey. Once this problem happened with i9100G and i fixed it without jtag. It wasnt entering at download mode but when i turn it on and that sign keeps exist, i connectes it to laptop and odin recognized it. I installed software via odin again and it got fixed! Never seen like that!! Was flashing without being in download mode. Try it and i wish it will work
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gastonw said:
That's nice, it just died on you?
Warranty is generally for two years...maybe there's still hope for you.
Sent from the little guy
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No way my friend, the flash # is not zero and ICS is rooted...
querty75 said:
No way my friend, the flash # is not zero and ICS is rooted...
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So you can enter download mode then....
gevamran said:
Hey. Once this problem happened with i9100G and i fixed it without jtag. It wasnt entering at download mode but when i turn it on and that sign keeps exist, i connectes it to laptop and odin recognized it. I installed software via odin again and it got fixed! Never seen like that!! Was flashing without being in download mode. Try it and i wish it will work
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Hello,
Sound great!
GT-I9100 is Exynos based while GT-i9100G is OMAP4430 based... so could be very different
Also I already tried without success but I'm going to test it again with the latest Samsung drivers...
Can you tell me what you exactly done with your phone and PC / Odin? (did you press the magic fingers?)
ODIN connection was GREEN?
gastonw said:
So you can enter download mode then....
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No, the phone is hard bricked BUT it was flashed and rooted BEFORE. So I cannot change anything now...
querty75 said:
No, the phone is hard bricked BUT it was flashed and rooted BEFORE. So I cannot change anything now...
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Exactly.
I won't tell them if you won't
JTAG might be your last resort, good luck
gastonw said:
Exactly.
I won't tell them if you won't
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Oh gosh, you're right!
Thank you
princeferoz said:
JTAG might be your last resort, good luck
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Thanks!
I found a RIFF JTAG Box near me but I think I'm going to buy a generic JTAG controler and fix it...
Or send my phone back to Samsung asking them why a phone suddently brick without any reasons...
querty75 said:
Thanks!
I found a RIFF JTAG Box near me but I think I'm going to buy a generic JTAG controler and fix it...
Or send my phone back to Samsung asking them why a phone suddently brick without any reasons...
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hey check if this works for you
chaladi.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/solvedfixed-how-to-fix-soft-brickedrebootingstuck-galaxy-s2variants-kernel-problems
I have similar issue with my i9100 too...
I tried to wipe data on stck ICS recovery and it suddenly hang/stuck for like 5mins..
I hv done alot of rom flashing n etc but nvr hang/stuck on wiping data....
Then i decided to pull the battery but after i did it,it HARD BRICKED my i9100...
I was like what the...
Then i tried all the possible method but it wont boot even with a jig..
It fell warm in the rear camera area which indicated that the mobo is still running but bootloader might be corrupted..
Still looking for ways to switch the boot sequence to boot usb 1st but failed to get any info...
The last method would be JTAG but before that i would like too try to fix it...
I have 2 dead boot i9100 and 1 corrupted emmc i9100g...
If any1 have any idea pls do let me know.
I can try it but i dont hv those super soldering skills...
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No, the phone is hard bricked BUT it was flashed and rooted BEFORE. So I cannot change anything now...
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That is a great. If your phone hard bricked they can't se nothing.!!
You have right for repair or replacement.
Yes! They replaced the mother board...
i9100 eMMC brickbug + vulnerable ROM-kernel => hardbrick and MB replace (UART blocked
ronald_loulan said:
I have similar issue with my i9100 too...
I tried to wipe data on stck ICS recovery and it suddenly hang/stuck for like 5mins..
I hv done alot of rom flashing n etc but nvr hang/stuck on wiping data....
Then i decided to pull the battery but after i did it,it HARD BRICKED my i9100...
I was like what the...
Then i tried all the possible method but it wont boot even with a jig..
It fell warm in the rear camera area which indicated that the mobo is still running but bootloader might be corrupted..
Still looking for ways to switch the boot sequence to boot usb 1st but failed to get any info...
The last method would be JTAG but before that i would like too try to fix it...
I have 2 dead boot i9100 and 1 corrupted emmc i9100g...
If any1 have any idea pls do let me know.
I can try it but i dont hv those super soldering skills...
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Finally I didn't tried JTAG for not invalidate warrenty...
I gave it back to customer services and they replaced the mother board.
I advice you to read this (in french ;(
http://galaxys-team.fr/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=28500
Our phone suffering of eMMC bugbrick trouble
NEVER try to wipe data on a eMMC brickbug! (with ROM and kernel NOT safe, 4.04...)
It will hard brick your phone... (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22317626
Ps. If you find a way with JTAG, I'm interesting cause my phone is still vulnerable.
If you find a way to setup boot sequence to USB I'm very interesting! (the best should be to contact Adam Outler, Rebellos and this seems too interesting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916796)