Long story short, some fool flashed a S3 ROM to a Note i717 on AT&T and now the phone is hard bricked. Here's the thing, I came upon it on the local CL here and he's asking $260, which I think he's out of his mind. He says the phone won't do a single thing at all. Is it worth getting if I can get it for a lower price or is it not worth it? It seems the only option is the JTAG service? Or could there be some other options.
jtag is the option you will need if it is hard bricked aqnd with the cost its not worth it as you can get a functional note for the same price, of that phone + jtag, and not have the risk of anything else being wrong with it
I have to say I agree. I just recently bought a white one in the box, unlocked, for $250. People in my area are trying to sell these notes for $350 or so. Ridiculous. I got him down to $200, says that's the lowest, but even still that's too much. What's up with people today.
for a bricked phone I still believe that 200 is too much. I bought my note with a case off the market place here about a month ago for $325 and felt it was a very fair deal
It is. He kinda caved in and asked how much I'd be willing to pay. Haven't responded back yet. I gladly paid $350 for one a few months back and I was the first to open it.
IMO it could be bricked, or it could be worse. Impossible to tell. So you could pay $200 for a phone that'll never work because it's been damaged in some way and he's claiming it's just a bad ROM flash.
That said, $50 will get the phone fixed, even JTag repair, so if you can get it for $150 or so, I think you're probably in good shape. Just taking the chance it's more than "just" a jtag repair.
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It is. He kinda caved in and asked how much I'd be willing to pay. Haven't responded back yet. I gladly paid $350 for one a few months back and I was the first to open it.
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JTAG is like $50 plus shipping. So if you can get him to drop to 150, then it may be worth it. But like previously mentioned, that's of course if there's nothing else wrong with it. Also, the physical condition better be pristine.
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The most I would offer this kid would be 50 and thats me taking a chance.
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I was going to sell my Note with no issues or cosmetic damage for 250 but decided not to sell cause my wife is going to keep it and I will get the GN2. This guy is asking too much
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I agree I have a new gnote for sale with box and all asking 320 if your interested. Never been used. But that's for whoever. Off topic sorry
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50 or less
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I paid $300 for an ATT note that had a TMobile rom flashed off Ebay. Flashed an ATT rom before I even got home with it.
You can find better deals out there.
Yeah that guy is crazy. I eventually dropped it and actually picked up a note today brand new for $250. Called up ATT and they gave me an unlock code no problem. Never done that before! Especially not even having service with them, ever.
hard bricked?
I guess ive never "hard bricked one", im wonderimg what the differance is...i would say im getting more than average
At flashing and using odin, but i have bricked both my att samsung galaxy note i717 and also bricked my infuse..
I guess i haveent hard bricked one though, because i just seen a comment saying the only thing that would fix this kind of brick is j-tag
I have fixed my boot loop or bricked phone with kies for the note i717.....and with odin stock ROM, for my
Infuse......so whats the deffarence between the bricks ive fixed, aposed to "Hard bricked"?
Brick and hard brick are the same thing. Its the result of flashing a wrong rom. The device is a paperweight. JTAG devive is used to force the correct system into the mainboard.
Everything else is a bootloop or stuck on a screen. These are from bad flashing techniques or corrupted files. Rereading directions or redownloading files fixes these.
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rangercaptain said:
Brick and hard brick are the same thing. Its the result of flashing a wrong rom. The device is a paperweight. JTAG devive is used to force the correct system into the mainboard.
Everything else is a bootloop or stuck on a screen. These are from bad flashing techniques or corrupted files. Rereading directions or redownloading files fixes these.
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Well...in saying that....can you fix a hard bricked device with Odin or flashing the upgrade ROM WITH samsung kies, usimg download mode
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genuis12 said:
Well...in saying that....can you fix a hard bricked device with Odin or flashing the upgrade ROM WITH samsung kies, usimg download mode
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A hard bricked device means that it will not power on or do anything at all. At this point JTAG is the only thing that will fix it.
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A hard bricked device means that it will not power on or do anything at all. At this point JTAG is the only thing that will fix it.
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ok, but the only thing that I understand is that, the only way that he "hard bricked" it is he put the totally wrong model ROM on the device?...or can you still hard brick them when putting custom ROMS ect. using the right ROM model?.....or do they just "herd brick" when you totally screw up and try to flash the wrong model of ROM?
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ok, but the only thing that I understand is that, the only way that he "hard bricked" it is he put the totally wrong model ROM on the device?...or can you still hard brick them when putting custom ROMS ect. using the right ROM model?.....or do they just "herd brick" when you totally screw up and try to flash the wrong model of ROM?
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yes flashing the wrong rom that has different partition tables will cause a hard brick. Also using ODIN, Heimdall, or Kies and having it fail when it is flashing bootloaders can cause it. It does not happen often but it can happen
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yes flashing the wrong rom that has different partition tables will cause a hard brick. Also using ODIN, Heimdall, or Kies and having it fail when it is flashing bootloaders can cause it. It does not happen often but it can happen
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crap, thats not good, should I be paranoid about flashing? Im glad to hear from ya, that it doesn't happen often.
Ive heared of J-tag but have never had to use it (hope I did't ji x myself by saying that..haa! but how does J-tag work and can they remotly J-tag your device...and can they J-tag a samsung galaxy Tab 10.1, I have one, but I havent "jacked" with it yet.
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I am beginning to think it isn't actually possible. I've tried everything, but I can't seem to brick my Vibrant to a point that I can't recover and Odin back to life. I read that flashing ROMs over bootloaders that aren't compatible can do it, but I was still able to force DL mode (never used a jig--haven't had a need yet) and Odin to stock even after doing that.
I say "with experience" because it is obvious that there are probably thousands of Vibrants that either hit the trash or are sitting in desk drawers somewhere..."bricked." I consider myself experienced with this phone. Been flashing on it for a year, tweaking signal settings, build.prop settings, and scheduler settings. The guys on here that have abused and really pushed their devices to discover the limitations are the ones who I want to hear from if possible. I don't particularly know if, short of dunking it in my coffee, I can be more abusive to this thing. This is one limitation I haven't yet discovered. Is it TRULY unbrickable?
It is possible. I have bricked 2 - most of the older devs have bricked at least one. This sucks for the guys that did the bricking but is good for the guys just starting out because they come into it knowing what not to do.
True bricks generally come about by way of flashing an incorrect sbl or have even happened by interrupting the flashing of a proper sbl.
Most non sbl "bricks", however, are nothing more than soft bricks that patience and perseverance will remedy.
I bricked my phone twice since I started rooting my vibrant. The first one when the usb disconnected from the laptop while it was half way odin. The second time was a hardware brick. The phone just simply has no light lolz. What happened was that I selected all the checkboxes when I odin the GB loader. However, I was able to bring her back to life after trying every possible combination while my heart was pumping 3,000 gallons of my blood in every minutes and my forehead was soaking with smelling sweat. lolz
Oh it can be done, install gb bootloaders from the old days, through light roms, flash the original axura rom, try to flash to stock. spend a week with a black screen, get warranty. Bootloaders are the kiss of death. Odin really only works if you can boot, and p.c. recognizes, through yellow com. If you dont have that your attitude will change dramatically. Youve only had soft bricks, not "The BlackScreen Of Death"
okies try harder, yada yada, yada
yea just try to update your phone using kies
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jellette said:
It is possible. I have bricked 2 - most of the older devs have bricked at least one. This sucks for the guys that did the bricking but is good for the guys just starting out because they come into it knowing what not to do.
True bricks generally come about by way of flashing an incorrect sbl or have even happened by interrupting the flashing of a proper sbl.
Most non sbl "bricks", however, are nothing more than soft bricks that patience and perseverance will remedy.
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And I definitely do appreciate the work that you guys do--I was sitting nearly in tears (ok, maybe a little buzz brought the tears) about a month after I bought my vibrant in October 2010. The kid in the T-Mobile store actually rooted it for me when I went back for some help with my bill, so I had access to files that I didn't know what to do with. I tried to apply some crap theme that, at the time, I thought destroyed my phone and turned it into a piece of $400 coffee table art. My wife would have probably beaten me if I hadn't discovered XDA and the brilliant work you guys do. After that little ordeal, I got heavy into reading the threads here and slowly but surely, got pretty fearless thanks to the research you guys had already done for me.
One other question for you: If you had those bricked phones today, would you be able to revive them after an sbl brick?
I believe even the worst brick can be fixed via JTAG Service.
from my understanding and from my noob experiences this phone is unbrickable
Don't forget about the hardware mod that let's you flash boot loaders
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It's NOT unbrickable. It's just hard to, unless if your just a total absolute idiot or a accident happens. I know my dogs pulled my usb cord while i was odining once, it caused a brick.
As the vibrant and the sgs are nearly the same, I've never bricked it at all... I just lost my IMEI that's all but that doesn't seem to make any problems at all. That's the only bad thing that happened to me : )
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It's NOT unbrickable. It's just hard to, unless if your just a total absolute idiot or a accident happens. I know my dogs pulled my usb cord while i was odining once, it caused a brick.
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It is unbrickable you can fix it even if bootloader get deleted the only way you can brick it is if USB port is broken
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Hi,
I've soft bricked my phone several times and restored it with no problems till last night. I had GB bootloader on my vibrant flashed back stock rom using odin and then upgraded to stock 2.2 rom using KIES. Now phone is not responding to anything. I've spend hours on forums and chats i've tried almost every thing and nothing could bring back my phone I even let it chard over night like some people say did not help.
Please let me know if there any way to restore it? Again it has GB bootloader with stock 2.1 and than upgraded to stock 2.2 via KIES.
Thanks in advance!
Did u get a USB jig yet that should work
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Did u get a USB jig yet that should work
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No not yet...I still want to find a way to restore it without JIG. It should be a way!
I think problem is that most of solutions where posted for Vibrant stock Bootloader not a GB Bootloader. May be there are different steps are required for GB Bootloaders. I don't want to give up
With GB BL you have to use vol+ and power to get into download mode. Just an fyi in case you didnt know.
What he said!
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yea just try to update your phone using kies
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Thats exactly how I bricked mine, and found out a day after by stumbling across a thread on the dangers of using KIES, when I was newbee dumb!
Also, if you can power the phone on in any way shape or form, meaning if you see anything on the screen, or the LED's illuminate, then you are NOT HARDBRICKED, that is still a softbrick senario!!
And BTW the primary Btloader is what powers the phone one, and the 2ndary Btloader is what loads the OS or ROM!
And when the primary is corrupted, that's a TRUE HARDBRICK scenario, because if you cant power the phone on, then nothing short of JTAGing it , will resurrect it!!
Although Adam Outler, supposedly has a Resurrection program, to JTAG the solder-less way, using pin point test probes and his Resurrection program, to inject and re-flash the Btloaders and thus, bring a dead non powered phone to life!
Link to Adam's Work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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No not yet...I still want to find a way to restore it without JIG. It should be a way!
I think problem is that most of solutions where posted for Vibrant stock Bootloader not a GB Bootloader. May be there are different steps are required for GB Bootloaders. I don't want to give up
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A JIG will not work, if the primary Bootloader is corrupted it wont power on , JIG's only work with phones that will power on, and in his case he corrupted the primary, and only JTAGing it will resurrect it, unless he has the intelligence to try this alternative below, otherwise send it to Adam or TechMobile, the only two guys I know who are true Ninja's with this type of micro surgery!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
It sucks...Just 2 weeks ago I've installed FFC, ordered 1800 Battery...invested money.
Don't want to spend any more money on this old cell phone I may just go and buy new phone then.
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dseldown said:
Thats exactly how I bricked mine, and found out a day after by stumbling across a thread on the dangers of using KIES, when I was newbee dumb!
Also, if you can power the phone on in any way shape or form, meaning if you see anything on the screen, or the LED's illuminate, then you are NOT HARDBRICKED, that is still a softbrick senario!!
And BTW the primary Btloader is what powers the phone one, and the 2ndary Btloader is what loads the OS or ROM!
And when the primary is corrupted, that's a TRUE HARDBRICK scenario, because if you cant power the phone on, then nothing short of JTAGing it , will resurrect it!!
Although Adam Outler, supposedly has a Resurrection program, to JTAG the solder-less way, using pin point test probes and his Resurrection program, to inject and re-flash the Btloaders and thus, bring a dead non powered phone to life!
Link to Adam's Work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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A JIG will not work, if the primary Bootloader is corrupted it wont power on , JIG's only work with phones that will power on, and in his case he corrupted the primary, and only JTAGing it will resurrect it, unless he has the intelligence to try this alternative below, otherwise send it to Adam or TechMobile, the only two guys I know who are true Ninja's with this type of micro surgery!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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Thanks...will try this solution. Downloading Ubuntu...
heysoos said:
I am beginning to think it isn't actually possible. I've tried everything, but I can't seem to brick my Vibrant to a point that I can't recover and Odin back to life. I read that flashing ROMs over bootloaders that aren't compatible can do it, but I was still able to force DL mode (never used a jig--haven't had a need yet) and Odin to stock even after doing that.
I say "with experience" because it is obvious that there are probably thousands of Vibrants that either hit the trash or are sitting in desk drawers somewhere..."bricked." I consider myself experienced with this phone. Been flashing on it for a year, tweaking signal settings, build.prop settings, and scheduler settings. The guys on here that have abused and really pushed their devices to discover the limitations are the ones who I want to hear from if possible. I don't particularly know if, short of dunking it in my coffee, I can be more abusive to this thing. This is one limitation I haven't yet discovered. Is it TRULY unbrickable?
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There are several of us that have including myself, heathen and Eugene just to name a few. We've actually taken the bullet previously so you don't have to. We pretty much know now what will cause a hard brick and that's why you rarely here of one now.
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My friend broke his i777 when trying to update to the newest AOKP (he used rom manager) I wasn't home to help him fix it and he accidentally used some vibrant tool to fix it instead of normal Odin.
So it is hard bricked, he got a jig and that's not working either. Any ideas?
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If it is a hard brick and the jig does not work then i think you need to buy a new phone
If it's truely hard bricked, then the only option is jtag recovery. Mobile Tech Videos is a reputable vendor who can do that.
If there is absolutely no sign of life, then that is your only option. If there is any sign of life at all, then you possibly might recover the phone without that.
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If it is a hard brick and the jig does not work then i think you need to buy a new phone
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Negative. There is plenty of JTAG brick repairs. Google: mobile tech videos
Edit: sorry creepy, didn't see your post
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MTV repaired my captivate when i hard bricked it. Odin hanged on me during a boot-loader revert and it was toast. The guy that does the repair must have some special tools cause you'd never even know my phone had been opened up just by looking at it.
He flashed a vibrant rom with bootloaders?, that's the only way to hard brick a galaxy s2 from what I've read. Did you try connecting to computer and pressing volume up and down to enter in download mode?
Provide more information.
I don't know what vibrant thing he used it could have had boot loaders he doesn't know also yes I tried all those combinations
Also I am looking into JTAG repair now thanks for the help
Edit: are we sure this will work 50$ is allot (although not too much if it works) also where can I find this MTV guy?
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I don't know what vibrant thing he used it could have had boot loaders he doesn't know also yes I tried all those combinations
Also I am looking into JTAG repair now thanks for the help
Edit: are we sure this will work 50$ is allot (although not too much if it works) also where can I find this MTV guy?
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Go to mobiletechvideos.com. $50 is worth it and he can fix it. And for whatever reason, they can't get it working , they refund your money. But they're a trusted site. They unbricked my captivate
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Before you send it in for jtag repair...
If you havn't tried it already, try putting the phone into download mode by first removing the battery, then holding down Vol+ and vol- (but not power) while you plug in the usb cable connected to your pc. The key here is to have the battery out. If this puts you into download mode, then go to the Download Repository and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries including bootloaders.
Re: jtag. From what I have read, you can trust mobile tech videos. $50.00 is a bit less than replacing the phone. The XDA developer Adam Outler also has done some jtag repair for folks on the captivate, and may also do the sgsII. I havn't heard lately, but some time ago he was a little cheaper than MTV.
Yes Mobile Tech videos will work perfectly for getting it fixed. I have also spoken to him on the phone many of times and he is a really cool person and very knowledgeable. He fixed my cappy back in the day and he got it to work with our sgs2s back when they first came out. Also you may see if he can apply the unbreakable mod for you while he is at it. Makes it darn near impossible to ever brick it again with bad flashes of even wrong/bad boot loaders. And $50 is way cheaper than a new phone or even insurance if you now decide to accident run it over with your car before calling att.
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I bricked my mother-inlaws captivate a while back and sent it to MTV. Had it back in 8 days, he also keeps you updated of the process. Seeing the "your phone has been resurrected " e-mail arrive was a sigh of relief. Didn't feel like hearing the wife or mom-inlaws grief
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I bricked my mother-inlaws captivate a while back and sent it to MTV. Had it back in 8 days, he also keeps you updated of the process. Seeing the "your phone has been resurrected " e-mail arrive was a sigh of relief. Didn't feel like hearing the wife or mom-inlaws grief
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Erhmm, if it's not broken, don't fix it. Should've thought of that before you flashed her device lol
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Thanks guys I guess I'll have him do that
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Hey, Is that problem solved? I did not flash the wrong ROM but was flashing CM9 nightly on top of LD3.
Now my phone wont turn on.
I don't have JIG so if you say your problem got resolved, then I will send it to MobileTechVideo.com
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Hey, Is that problem solved? I did not flash the wrong ROM but was flashing CM9 nightly on top of LD3.
Now my phone wont turn on.
I don't have JIG so if you say your problem got resolved, then I will send it to MobileTechVideo.com
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Hi,
Pretty much the same problem here,tried to update hydrogen rom,wiped cache/dalvik through CWM. Installation was hanging for 10-15 minutes,i pressed power button and phone died.Doesnt respond to any button and action.
I am awaiting jig to arrive today ,and will post back if it worked,i doubt though...
2 months later...
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Jig couldnt bring it to life. Probably only thing that helps is jtag...
I felt twice with my I777..I 'played" different options, and use SuperOneClick and Odin. I did know how, but Unroot, install Stock Kernel, reinstal CWMR 5.0.5.4 and enter in Download Mode and later ..uuulaaa.....Dont ask me how...In my desesperation test all I can imagine and had a good look to save my phone.
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Yes Mobile Tech videos will work perfectly for getting it fixed. I have also spoken to him on the phone many of times and he is a really cool person and very knowledgeable. He fixed my cappy back in the day and he got it to work with our sgs2s back when they first came out. Also you may see if he can apply the unbreakable mod for you while he is at it. Makes it darn near impossible to ever brick it again with bad flashes of even wrong/bad boot loaders. And $50 is way cheaper than a new phone or even insurance if you now decide to accident run it over with your car before calling att.
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I am wondering if AT&T would go to this level of trouble to determine if a ROM was uploaded to a phone or not to determine whether or not the warranty was voided? My phone froze under normal usage under one of the more popular ROMs. I wrote about it elsewhere so I won't write about it here again.. but it said something about encryption when rebooting and never came back from black.
My only concern is when sending it in under warranty at&t will reject and stick me for replacement bill..
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jcomana said:
I felt twice with my I777..I 'played" different options, and use SuperOneClick and Odin. I did know how, but Unroot, install Stock Kernel, reinstal CWMR 5.0.5.4 and enter in Download Mode and later ..uuulaaa.....Dont ask me how...In my desesperation test all I can imagine and had a good look to save my phone.
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Did you have a continually black nonresponsive screen?
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heartspeace said:
I am wondering if AT&T would go to this level of trouble to determine if a ROM was uploaded to a phone or not to determine whether or not the warranty was voided? My phone froze under normal usage under one of the more popular ROMs. I wrote about it elsewhere so I won't write about it here again.. but it said something about encryption when rebooting and never came back from black.
My only concern is when sending it in under warranty at&t will reject and stick me for replacement bill..
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Did you have a continually black nonresponsive screen?
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Bleh
Hi There,
I did search around and didn't find a specific answer to this, I did see someone was looking to modify some binary values but no confirmation if it worked. Anyways I have successfully used many roms on my phone and tablet but last night after using CWM and the rom flashed successfully I rebooted the device and then nothing. Blank screen. Nothing happens when I charge. Used the wife's battery fully charged to see if it would help. Tried three-button boot method. All nothing. It's just dead.
Now I'm guessing I must have missed a step somewhere and fully take responsibility for what happened, and would pay for a repair - but can Samsung even repair a device in this state? I talked to an agent on the phone last night and openly told them what happened and asked how much it would be to repair and he said he couldn't give me any information without sending the device in. This is my mistake to get my phone in this state so I don't want to sneak my way into a warranty replacement. Is it worth the wait as Samsung can fix this, or should I just buy a new phone?
Cheers and any information is much appreciated.
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They can repair bricked phones for a very reasonable cost. Samsung may see it and void your warranty. I'd go with Mobiletech. I've heard they do great work on bricked phones.
The above advice is good, assuming your device is truely hard bricked.
However, from your description, it's hard to figure how you bricked it. A true brick usually happens when an attempt to flash a bootloader partition gets interrupted in the middle. There are possibly other ways, but it's not very easy, actually. So, is there absolutely no sign of life? Nothing you can do will even get a flicker of light on the screen? You cannot enter download mode, or recovery mode. You have tried all of these? No point in spending $50 on a jtag repair if you can recover the phone yourself.
I would also be interested in a complete description of the steps that led up to the problem.
I'm a little embarrassed to post this but don't want to waste anyone's time. It is totally bricked but I know why.
I just noticed I downloaded a rom from the i777 forum, and my device is a i727.
Oooops! Guess I'm learning a valuable $50 (plus shipping) lesson.
Thanks for the help, my phone is off Mobile Tech.
Still might not be hard bricked. Mine did this a few weeks ago for no reason. Had been running fine then wouldn't boot one day. Wouldn't boot at all. Could not get into recovery.Nothing. Only thing that worked was connecting through Odin. Had to then flash original Gingerbread. Phone then booted fine. I have since rooted again and I'm now dual-booting SHOstock and Rootbox. Try Odin first.
SPatMobile said:
I'm a little embarrassed to post this but don't want to waste anyone's time. It is totally bricked but I know why.
I just noticed I downloaded a rom from the i777 forum, and my device is a i727.
Oooops! Guess I'm learning a valuable $50 (plus shipping) lesson.
Thanks for the help, my phone is off Mobile Tech.
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I don't really know much about the I727 architecture, but I seriously doubt if your device is hard bricked. You should still be able to get into download mode via the normal procedure (maybe, or if not with a usb jig) for your phone, and then flash a good I727 rom, I believe. There are no bootloaders or partition information, or param files in any of the I777 roms, as far as I know, so there's really not much of anything that can do serious damage.
Try getting in to download mode by With your phone off and unplugged. Enter download mode by pressing and holding the power and volume down buttons and plugging in the USB cable before the lights blink. I don't know it will work on i727 but worth a try..GL
This is a good thread to help you read all you can....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
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I don't really know much about the I727 architecture, but I seriously doubt if your device is hard bricked. You should still be able to get into download mode via the normal procedure (maybe, or if not with a usb jig) for your phone, and then flash a good I727 rom, I believe. There are no bootloaders or partition information, or param files in any of the I777 roms, as far as I know, so there's really not much of anything that can do serious damage.
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Interesting. Well I suppose it is possible I had a legitamite hardware failure completely unrelated to the software issues. I did some searching around for hardware failures instead and found some very similar cases to this.
Exactly what happened. I downloaded the wrong rom, rebooted in cwm, wiped, then flashed the rom. It went successfully and I rebooted from cwm then during boot right after the samsung logo all the lights went off and the screen went black. I left it like this for about 45 mins to an hour and had dinner just in case it was still doing something. The battery was fully charged at the time I started the procedure, and I have tried using the wife's battery to make sure mine wasn't dead. My battery also functions without issues in her phone. I had done this successfully multiple times on my phone before and tablet, and successfully flashed two or three different roms on my wifes phone last night.
I tried every suggestion mentioned, and followed the guide as well. There is no glimar of life. If this is hardware I might be wasting my money with Mobile Tech but I suppose we'll know for sure soon. Phone is shipping off today.
Have you tried a jig?
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you're doing the right choice, mobile tech is your best bet
OP got his answer. And his device is an i727. Let's let this one die before we attract trolls
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Ya good idea
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In case anyone was interested it looks like the device was a hardware failure.
"Unfortunately, I was not able to repair your device. The device's onboard EMMC controller was in a non-responsive state. It is advised to try out warranty replacement if possible or to search for a parts device and use it's mainboard for the swap."
*edit - I tried to use the thanks meter for everyone, but thanks for all the help!
Never was really a samsung fan until I got my i777. Blackjack? wth was that? Browsing with opera was off the hook though so the phone grew on me. Now I tried simply flashing a different i777 kernal because ICS constantly freezes and the phone bricks? Sent it to Mobile Tech Videos.... EMMC is in non responsive state for me too wtf Samsung? Had my nexus one twice as long and flashed twice as many times and its still rockin. Now will definitely think twice before going Sammy.
paulfrankie said:
Never was really a samsung fan until I got my i777. Blackjack? wth was that? Browsing with opera was off the hook though so the phone grew on me. Now I tried simply flashing a different i777 kernal because ICS constantly freezes and the phone bricks? Sent it to Mobile Tech Videos.... EMMC is in non responsive state for me too wtf Samsung? Had my nexus one twice as long and flashed twice as many times and its still rockin. Now will definitely think twice before going Sammy.
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Did you wipe in ICS's stock recovery before flashing that different kernel? Because there's a well known brickbug with the I777's stock ICS kernel, where if you use it to do anything before you flash custom kernels, it'll mess up your EMMC and brick your phone. If this is what happened to you, I would suggest you do more reading before flashing anything again; different phones operate differently, and even if you're a pro at flashing stuff on a galaxy nexus that doesn't mean squat when it comes to flashing an I777. I don't mean to be harsh or offend you, I just want you to know that reading more is always a good idea, and that there's a chance that it wasn't Samsung's fault you wound up with a bricked device.
He could always try the jig to kick it into download mode. Read up about it. It may save you some money.
HTC = Hate The Consumer
Mobile tech will fix ya but in all seriousness, phones are way different from model to model. As previously stated. Read a lot before doing anything. may Atrix is way different than this phone,.
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I'm not new to these forums, but this is the first time I'm posting anything. I wanted to get rid of the yellow triangle on my phone in case i needed to send it in for any warranty issues. I found the triangle away app and it was compatible with the i777. I was on shostock ics either 3.1.1 or 4.1.1, i don't remember but it worked, i restarted the phone and everything worked just fine. I set it down and went back on it 10 minutes later, and it was frozen. I could get it into download mode but odin wouldn't load anything to the phone. After a few tries, the phone screen went black and wouldn't turn on. also when I plugged it in it started getting hot. I sent it out to someone on ebay that offered jtag service to repair a hard brick galaxy s2. He is sending it back to me unfixed, saying it was unresponsive. I don't know if anyone else has posted this problem, but I seem to be the only idiot who has completely bricked there phone using this. Is there anyone else that has had this problem and have you gotten it fixed? thanks for your replies in advance.
Your phone is dead. REVOKED
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This might help
Download a international rom
Then install and unlock the phone
Now format and wipe.....
If it works thank me
mobilecrackers said:
This might help
Download a international rom
Then install and unlock the phone
Now format and wipe.....
If it works thank me
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Are you trolling. He just said his phone is hard bricked no odin
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122ninjas said:
Are you trolling. He just said his phone is hard bricked no odin
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He meant the Odin in his minds eye.
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reolwolf, better send it to warranty as 122ninjas suggested and don't do anything funny on that phone anymore.
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Thanks ninja!
reolwolf said:
I'm not new to these forums, but this is the first time I'm posting anything. I wanted to get rid of the yellow triangle on my phone in case i needed to send it in for any warranty issues. I found the triangle away app and it was compatible with the i777. I was on shostock ics either 3.1.1 or 4.1.1, i don't remember but it worked, i restarted the phone and everything worked just fine. I set it down and went back on it 10 minutes later, and it was frozen. I could get it into download mode but odin wouldn't load anything to the phone. After a few tries, the phone screen went black and wouldn't turn on. also when I plugged it in it started getting hot. I sent it out to someone on ebay that offered jtag service to repair a hard brick galaxy s2. He is sending it back to me unfixed, saying it was unresponsive. I don't know if anyone else has posted this problem, but I seem to be the only idiot who has completely bricked there phone using this. Is there anyone else that has had this problem and have you gotten it fixed? thanks for your replies in advance.
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Based on your post, it doesn't sound like anything you did. It definitely wasn't the app that bricked your phone. If the phone was running fine and then just quit, I would warranty it. Just leave out the rooting/custom rom part when telling them what happened. If the phone is completely FUBAR they'll never know it was rooted. And again, I only suggest this because it sounds like this happened through no fault of your own.
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This might help
Download a international rom
Then install and unlock the phone
Now format and wipe.....
If it works thank me
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Who the **** are these people? Why do they ask for thanks?
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Didn't we learn with moneyover that sending a phone in for warranty for something that happened while modding the phone is not okay?
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Nick281051 said:
Didn't we learn with moneyover that sending a phone in for warranty for something that happened while modding the phone is not okay?
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I thought we had, but sadly....
Anyway, as much as you may hate AT&T, XDA does not condone fraud; please keep such suggestions to yourselves in the future...
I don't think it was anything that the op has done. When I first upgraded to the GS2 I was trying to go the refurb route. The first refurb I received was totally unresponsive and it got hot when trying to charge. I called the Death Star and had them send another. It too did the same thing. I returned it and went to Sam's Club and bought a new one. Sounds to me like a hardware failure and you need to call and see about a replacement.
I'm going to agree with everyone else that it sounds more like a hardware vs software issue.
If he sends it in for warranty and they can fix it and see custom Roms and.rooting they may send him a bill.
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Someone of you are missing the point I think....Regardless of hardware or software. The phones warranty was voided from a custom rom. As moto said if they some how fix it and find shoshock on there. They won't be happy....
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That aside, odds of them finding it was rooted if this is a hard brick are slim to none. First thing they're going to do if it doesn't turn on is try to restore it to a factory state.
And stop with the moral police. This guy didn't brick his phone modding it. It was already rooted/rom'd. This happened while the phone was just sitting around. There's a difference, warranty be damned. It's like a car manufacturer trying to void your warranty for changing your muffler...
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Some people are trying to play moral police here like the dude is trying to commit fraud. And maybe he is. But based on his post he did nothing wrong to cause this to happen to his phone, so anyone crying fraud is making that claim based on their own assumption. The title of the thread is misleading. We have plenty of people who return their phones to stock for exchanges/returns because of failures not related to custom roms/rooting. Nothing wrong with that. This sounds like a hardware failure which would have nothing to do with what he says he did. In addition if this is a hard brick then there is no way they will ever know he flashed anything. Even if they can get the phone operating it won't be in the state its in now. It will be wiped in am attempt to restore functionality.
I'm sorry but I'm intelligent enough to know that rooting my phone had absolutely no negative impact on its hardware. And if something stops working you're Damn right ill return it to stock to have it replaced. There's nothing wrong with that.
This isn't some cases of "I tried to flash the wrong firmware and then unplugged my phone while loading bootloaders and now it's borked how can I cheat the system?"
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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he say that he couldn't boot it into anything so that he can set it back to stock. If you send it back like that it's still committing fraud whether he meant to do it or wants to do it or not.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he say that he couldn't boot it into anything so that he can set it back to stock. If you send it back like that it's still committing fraud whether he meant to do it or wants to do it or not.
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Lol got me before I could delete that rant
I don't see that as committing fraud anymore than someone reverting back to stock over a broken usb port. Had nothing to do with the rom but technically the warranty was voided. It's a pretty Grey area. Like I said in edited post, it's like voiding a car warranty over changing a muffler. It's BS.
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I don't see that as committing fraud anymore than someone reverting back to stock over a broken usb port. Had nothing to do with the rom but technically the warranty was voided. It's a pretty Grey area. Like I said in edited post, it's like voiding a car warranty over changing a muffler. It's BS.
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way different. OP states that the application bricked his device. When you brick your phone, after doing something to it. Thats your fault. Not at&t's. Nothing like changing a muffler, more like flashing computer or installing a chip.
My USB was bad, and has been for months. Thats a factory defect, or a warranty matter. there are no grey areas in this case.
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way different. OP states that the application bricked his device. When you brick your phone, after doing something to it. Thats your fault. Not at&t's. Nothing like changing a muffler, more like flashing computer or installing a chip.
My USB was bad, and has been for months. Thats a factory defect, or a warranty matter. there are no grey areas in this case.
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Re-read that first post. The title is a bit misleading. Op says he used the app and phone was working fine. Came back to it later and it wasn't working anymore. That's not the app. That's not bricking from flashing, sorry. That's something else. Too many people jumping to conclusions here without actually reading with comprehension.
I was running PA aosk Rom no issues then I flashed two zips that contained scripts to zip align apps at boot. I haven't been able to boot my phone since. Can't get to recovery or boot loader either.... any ideas??????
You BRICK Your phone sorry for You pain
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ya bricking sucks. But I swear there has to be way out. These phones seem so bullet proof to me. There has to be a fix..... I found this siteher: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-jtag-brick-repair/ ......It seems to be what I need or possible one of those USB Jigs...... Anyone have experience with either??
So you can't get any bootloader action at all sounds like you sol Ive heard nothing but good things about mobiletechvideo if thats your only route left can you tell us what scrips you flashed might help.
If you get nothing out of it at all. Whatsoever.
You press buttons, it gives you the proverbial finger.
It's bricked.
A jig isn't meant to fix a brick, just force download mode on a Samsung device that has signs of life, but will not boot fully AND button combos do not work... commonly miscalled a "soft brick"
Only fix for a brick is jtag, mobile tech videos is a top notch shop, many kudos and recommendations.
studacris;
thanks for the clarification. I will be sending it out to mobile tech for a jag. Let you all know in couple weeks. Still $50 although a good deal of money adding shipping etc. is still cheaper than buying used. Plus I really like my note still and dont want to upgrade till note 3!!!!
Don't flash those zips again.
Yes, JTAG service will fix your phone. The cost is $50.
Oops. cris covered this very well. Sorry, I didn't intend to step on toes.
rangercaptain said:
Yes, JTAG service will fix your phone. The cost is $50.
Oops. cris covered this very well. Sorry, I didn't intend to step on toes.
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If any members of Xda forum have brick phone please contact me for cheapest Jtag service.
Thanks.