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Think I bricked my phone somehow. To the story, I had phone in download mode to flash the leodroid rom which didn't flash at all, as I waited for 10mins to see if it would flash, but to no avail. Anyway, after that I disconnected the phone from pc, removed the battery, inserted the battery again then BOOM! Nothing, no download mode, no recovery, no boot screen, just a blank screen, a brick.
Dunno, if anyone else has had this problem, but if you managed to somehow get yours working again please tell me! And if you can't, guess I'll have to send it back. Anyone know how to deal with online shops, when returning phones?
Cheers in advance.
Zeelz
I`m assuming you`re unable to use volume down + Home + Power buttons together and keep holding them until a menu appears on the screen?
ZeeL;14713285
BOOM! Nothing said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068522[/url]
And if you can't, guess I'll have to send it back. Anyone know how to deal with online shops, when returning phones?
Flash original rom remove root reset binary counter first .
jje
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I'm no expert when it comes to things like this
but if you can't access download mode via the button combos
have you tried using one of these 'usb jigs'?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRPWU4waa4
it should force your phone into download mode
i think you can either purchase them from a member of this site, forgotten his name :\, or there are plenty of options on ebay
ZeeL said:
Think I bricked my phone somehow. To the story, I had phone in download mode to flash the leodroid rom which didn't flash at all, as I waited for 10mins to see if it would flash, but to no avail. Anyway, after that I disconnected the phone from pc, removed the battery, inserted the battery again then BOOM! Nothing, no download mode, no recovery, no boot screen, just a blank screen, a brick.
Dunno, if anyone else has had this problem, but if you managed to somehow get yours working again please tell me! And if you can't, guess I'll have to send it back. Anyone know how to deal with online shops, when returning phones?
Cheers in advance.
Zeelz
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Leodroid, I am guessing this is not a SGS2 rom ?
Well hopefully a JIG works, I have ordered one from ebay earlier this week, hope it comes soon. And yeh the 3 button combos doesn't work. Although I thought the jig won't work if you're unable to power on your phone. Guess I'll give it a go regardless. It wouldn't hurt to try.
Cheers the the help guys
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Leodroid, I am guessing this is not a SGS2 rom ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119622
it is, although its under investigation right now.
i had this issue but i was able to go back using 3 button procedure.
i would suggest you take battery out and pop it in and immediately hold the 3 buttons and don't let go until you see something on the screen.
Also, i made my usb jig the other day .. it literally took 10 minutes cutting thru the usb. Just go to any electronics shop and get 300K ohms transistor. put the usb you made in your phone and connect the transistor with your hand on the correct pins .. no need to even solder anything .. just make them touch for few seconds.
My brother held the phone and i held the transistor ... poped the battery in and i was at download mode.
best of luck.
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem here with my phone, a brand new Samsung Galaxy S II.
After trying to flash a new firmware I rebooted my phone into "Downloading mode" and starting (i think) a veery earli version of Odin3 software. But when I didnt know what to do I just shut down my phone and closed the applikation.
And then: Totally stone dead, as a brick. I have ordered a USB-thing from ebay, but I'm pretty sure it aint going to work. No response on either powerbuttons, combos or anything else. Just a black screen. Is the only solution to send it in to Samsung service center or is it any else more possibilty? (Excuse me for bad grammar.)
JJEgan said:
Flash original rom remove root reset binary counter first .
jje
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Why would he need to do that? He can't even see the Download mode screen. How is anyone at Samsung Service center going to see a counter that won't even come on.
Samsung Service Center is going to just jtag flash it, then send it back. Which also wipes the counter, and even if there is a hidden counter, it's erases that as well.
Anyways, I don't think the USB Jig would work. USB Jig will only work if the bootloader is still intact. The USB JIG uses a 300k or 301k resistor, not transistor.
The reason the thread is closed is because it was based off someone else's work, and not giving any credit.
Hi all,
Note: this method is not guaranteed (recommended as a last hope before thrown your phone into the trash) and should be performed only by an adult.
problem:
bricked my S5830 after downgrading to froyo.
black screen no showing what so ever (not even samsung logo,recovery or download mode).
tried couple of method ,nothing worked.
solution:
remove battery,SD and SIM card
place backside of the device near heating source (slight heating for half minute) such as hair dryer. put the battery back and press (volume down + power + home) to enter the download mode.
hope it will help somebody
regards,
WTF is this!!??
This looks kinda akward to do to your phone, and i dont think it will work, but if my phone gets bricked this will be my last try afyer all the other methods
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is this really working?? coz i did really BRICKED my Ace!
but this sounds rediculious!
i need help!!
I hit the thanks button coz that post really gave me a laugh, but I'm with Jc_master it might get a try if I ever can't unbrick my ace!
This method DOES work, but you don't really need the heat source. Remove the battery, leave the phone alone for a minute, then while holding volume down + power + home insert the battery. If successful, you will see the download screen.
Otherwise, you may need to make a usb jig (youtube dot com /watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0) or just buy one from the guy in the video. I did both and now I have a sloppy 5 resistor (3 100K and 2 1K) electrical tape usb kludge job, and one of Mobile Tech Videos' slightly more professional fully plastic encased jigs.
that method is like forgetting the contents in the memory for a very fast way, through the use of heat, and reactivating some IC's.
Samsung service centre repaire it so not need to put phone in trash
so any one not know how to unbrick then safe way to go service centre
This sounds like the mobile equivalent of "banging it hard"
Would not advice the untechnical to follow this without seeking every other support first.
snuffdaddy1 said:
This sounds like the mobile equivalent of "banging it hard"
Would not advice the untechnical to follow this without seeking every other support first.
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Stop bumping with unnecessary replies in the future, the OP already stated this:
gohn smith said:
Note: this method is not guaranteed (recommended as a last hope before thrown your phone into the trash) and should be performed only by an adult.
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Hi,
since this morning my SGS II doesn't start up anymore, of course it's impossible to reach the download mode...
Is possible to do somethind thought the JIG in order to make the phone turn on again or do I have to go to the Samsung Center?
(the battery was fully charged, I turned on the phone at 8:00 am and found it dead at 10:00 am, tried charging it but without any succes, it became warm but it didn't turn on in any mode)
Thank u guys.
When did you buy it? Maybe the battery is dead. If you have a friend with an s2 around ask him/her to borrow the battery. Otherwise no clue. Any rom installed? Tried removing battery and putting it back in?
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I bought it on july (in Italy), it doesn't charge when connected... I'll try with another battery but the fact that the phone became warm even if it's not charging seems to say that the battery is still alive.
I've the Cognition S2 ROM and yes I've tried pulling out the battery
Hmmm thats hard. Maybe the hardware inside is damaged or something like that. If thats the case its bad because there is no way to avoid a repair by samsung. Hopefully they won't recognise that its rooted ;( sobif this wont work you should consider calling support. There may be another way but if its a hardware problen its useless. A device called usd jig could probably (probably!) work. Thats a device for 10$ which should put bricked galaxy phones into download mode. You can search it via amazon but its your choice.
EDIT: ah just recognized you already wrote about the jig. Again it might work might not.
If you have any questions or stuff like that just pm me I am happy to help
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Try with usb only.
He has already tired that
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It is not normal for a device to just die like that unless there is a hardware failure. Looks like type phone will be making a trip back to where it came.
Hopefully they won't find out its been rooted, but I heard that if its a hardware problem chances are they won't know of the root and just fix the hardware.
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Thats what i said.
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Thanks to everyone for your help!
I think that a JIG is useless in my case cause you can use it if the phone at least turn on... my sgs is completely dead... Or am I wrong and the JIG can be used also with a turned off phone?
Youre welcome just click say thank you to my name
Yes i also think the jig wont help if its off. But i wish you luck when they repair it dont think we can do much...
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you need to have the phone turned off, to use a JIG. It will simply force the phone into download mode.
A jig wont work if the phone has a damaged bootloader and in your case it certainly sounds like you have one.A usb jig is to get the phone into download mode but not in all situations.If the phone has just died and wont enter into download/recovery or even turn on to show the bricked icon or even light up the menu and back arrow then you can bet that have a damaged bootloader.If the service centre wont take care of it then the only option is a jtag.
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A jig wont work if the phone has a damaged bootloader and in your case it certainly sounds like you have one.A usb jig is to get the phone into download mode but not in all situations.If the phone has just died and wont enter into download/recovery or even turn on to show the bricked icon or even light up the menu and back arrow then you can bet that have a damaged bootloader.If the service centre wont take care of it then the only option is a jtag.
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what is jtag?sorry for noob.bcoz i have same problem here.
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A jig wont work if the phone has a damaged bootloader and in your case it certainly sounds like you have one.A usb jig is to get the phone into download mode but not in all situations.If the phone has just died and wont enter into download/recovery or even turn on to show the bricked icon or even light up the menu and back arrow then you can bet that have a damaged bootloader.If the service centre wont take care of it then the only option is a jtag.
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Hi, could you please tell me where can I found a jtag? Ebay?
I found a RIFF JTAG, but I think that is a little bit too expansive for a one time use... I'll try with a jig, then with samsung assistance and at last buying a RIFF JTAG...
If your phone goes into download mode you don't need the jig or jtag or stuff like that
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The problem is that my phone actually doesn't even turn on.... nor in normal way neither in download mode...
Google MobileTechVideos. Josh Groce the site owner performs JTAG or unbricking of phones and tablets to include your SGS2. He is known in XDA as Connexion2000. He repaired my bricked Galaxy Tab 7 for $ 50 with free priority return shipping. His business address is in Dallas, Texas. I highly recommend him. You can see demos of his work in you tube. Just google it.
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Thank you for your advice, but unfortunately I'm far away from USA... it will cost me too much in shipping (money and time).
I'll consider this way if it will be less expansive than buying a JTAG.
Search on youtube for "riff box jtag".Its basically the last resort when you have to take out the motherboard of your phone connect it to the box and give the big reset/overhaul.The good thing about it is it has the capabilaty to unbrick and repair a damadged bootloader which is what is causing your phone to not start-up.Its about 100 to 160€ to buy but its better than buyin a new phone.Also if you search enough you can find dealers or people that have one that will do it for you so you dont have to buy the box yourself.Alot of mobile dealers are starting to get their hands on them now.Youll probably find someone willing to do it for you if you google in you country for riff box jtag.
Hi guys/girls of XDA.
I've been happily running my Galaxy S 2 with CM9 for some time.
I've just yesterday changed to the latest nightly. Had used the Battery Calibration market app, just so i can get the maximum use out of my extended battery (i still seemed to get regular usage out of the battery). Made sure the triangle was gone with Triangle Away. All was swell.
Untill today, I attempted to check out the beats audio plugin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
I flashed through CWM as you usually do for these things, once this was done, and rebooted fine, I noticed some niggling issues.
My SD card wasn't mounted. Mounted it again. Was working fine. My audiobook decided to crash on me, and the phone froze.
Thought it might be a good idea to get into Recovery and flash over the latest nightly again clearing the mess i put on my phone. SD wasn't mounted again, mounted and confirmed working.
Flashing of ROM would not work.
Sat at installing for about 10+ minutes.
Pulled battery.
Now i'm unable to get into Recovery or Download mode.
I believe I've Soft/Hardbricked. But I can't confirm it.
Any ideas?
(My sig isn't up to date, and i cbf updating it)
Try a usb jig
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I was thinking that would be the first answer.
I don't have one, might have to check Ebay, unless there is a local seller in Aus.
Pull battery, wait for 5 minutes
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Pull battery, wait for 5 minutes
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Already tried.
Attempting to turn it on after this period has no effect, and nothing shows on the screen.
(After some time pressing the power button, it starts to get hot around the camera)
If you can't get into download mode at all/phone won't turn on your last (slim) chance is a jig. If the jig doesn't work you have two options:-
1) JTAG repair by 3rd party repairer (probably cheaper option)
2) Repair by Samsung (probably more expensive option)
But definitely try the jig before you go down that route. You never know.
I think usb jig will solve your problem and you can make your own usb jig indeed. It is just a 300k resistor which is soldered between the fourth and the fifth legs of a micro usb socket.
You can find lots of videos and schemes showing how to do it. I think it is better to
make your own usb jig then waiting your internet order.
I hope you can get your phone back soon.
Looks like i'll try a JIG asap.
Then look for a JTAG repairer in adelaide.
Will keep you guys posted.
There's a thread in General where people have offered to let other people use their jigs. Might be worth a look to see if there's someone in Radelaide who can help, would be surprised if there isn't.
Might save you waiting for jig in the post (assuming you don't already have one/aren't confident enough to make your own); if you do borrow a jig & it works you get your phone back earlier & if it doesn't work, at least you can then focus on getting it fixed.
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Looks like i'll try a JIG asap.
Then look for a JTAG repairer in adelaide.
Will keep you guys posted.
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Thanks Mistah, i'll do that
Edit;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
Nobody in Adelaide it seems.
Really ? Bugger Do a Google search along the lines of "Samsung Galaxy S2 jig eBay location Australia". That should yield you a seller within Australia which will save you a heap of postage time. I got mine from Hong Kong (relatively close) & it took 8 calendar days.
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Thanks Mistah, i'll do that
Edit;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
Nobody in Adelaide it seems.
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Google is your friend...
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=250824932765
granted you can pick these up for $2, but I don't think that's important to you right now.
I'm in Sydney, let me know if you are really stuck getting a hold of one.
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Google is your friend...
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=250824932765
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That's cool and all, I just purchased a couple online.
Google didn't help in my searching locally, due to desperation over the issue.
Waiting on some friends to get back to me, but i'll see how it goes.
try to make a picture from it
Well, after waiting on packages to arrive.
The phone will not respond to a USB Jig. (I ordered a couple, and none work, i'm on ICS bootloaders I believe, and it won't respond)
Have sent the phone off to http://www.themobilephoneclinic.com.au
(They do JTAG services in Melbourne)
I've found out something on the motherboard is fried, and they can't perform a JTAG on my phone.
Replacing the motherboard will cost about $275 to replace, so my dead phone is on it's way back to me, dead
Sad day.
Time to start saving for the S3 i think.
hello all, i just bought a new i9300, already downloaded a bunch of roms, but didn't even had the chance to install any of them.
first of all i want to say this is my third i9300 i done things with(installed recovery kernels and others), also had 2 i9100 and lots of other android phones, so i'm much familiar with ROMs, Kernels, CWM and TWRP, etc.. and also reads carefully every time i do something new (while this one was already done by me to friends devices)
this time something really really strange happened and my new device is now completely dead
i came home, turned it on, everything fine.
installed new drivers, run toolkit v.7, recognized and everything is ok
after all the steps it was in download mode, but Odin didn't show anything.
tried another PC, restarting the device, nothing. odin won't recognize it.
then i tried entering download mode with the key combination, Home button + Power Button + Volume Down.
entered download mode just fine, but still, no odin.
i tried 3 times, first with the cable disconnected, second with the cable connected, and third with the cable disconnected.
on third time something just so weird happen, it entered a different stage, something i don't know, and didn't find anything about it while googling.
all i remember is 4 rows written in red and green
when i turned off the device, it refuse to wake. nothing. no download mode no recovery no indicator for battery charging. just plain nothing
reminding you this is brand new device which was never even massed with odin. just some stage i never seen in my life.
can someone tell what was that stage i was on? why it massed my device in an instant? how in the world i managed to enter a boot-stage i can't find any information about
also to state, the i read about the sdcard mode (need the device opened and to short something) and it's defiantly not this stage.
hope someone can help
thank you very much
return for warranty claim if it has never been messed with is the sensible thing to do
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return for warranty claim if it has never been messed with is the sensible thing to do
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thanks for replay, but the thing is i bought this device from regular shop not samsung distributor in my country
so i don't know if i can even call them
and the shop i bought from don't want any part with it (saying its my fault)
Looks like SDS
The vendor is responsible for warranty repairs not Samsung .
Samsung offer the user an extra limited warranty .
jje
Give it for warranty saying that the phone hanged up then died and you can't even turn it on. Not a word about download mode or anything, act like you know nothing about flashing
As much as i want, the seller refused to take it
so im in bad shape, new device just going to trash
I hope someone can provide information for how a button combination can destroy my device completly.
now im afraid to buy a new one
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What country are you in?
You could take it to Samsung service centre if you have one nearby.
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As much as i want, the seller refused to take it
so im in bad shape, new device just going to trash
I hope someone can provide information for how a button combination can destroy my device completly.
now im afraid to buy a new one
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This is one of the risks we all run when we mod our devices. just going into download mode should not have done this to your device. Look in your device manager and see if it is even being seen by the pc. Could be the SDS that alot of people have seen
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This is one of the risks we all run when we mod our devices. just going into download mode should not have done this to your device. Look in your device manager and see if it is even being seen by the pc. Could be the SDS that alot of people have seen
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Hey, if it was the SDS, then i would been triggered anyway from anywhere,
this situation is far more complex, as i said, by the same button combination it entered a different boot stage and not the normal download mode (nor recovery mod), iv'e been searching the hole web just to find a clew to what the hell is this stage, and why it massed my device so badly.
i'm from israel, and i don't think we have samsung service center, just a representer or something.
if i can i will defently send it to samsung all over the world, i just need a phone number or something to contact with them,
do any think samsung will take this device? if so where can i contact them?
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Hey, if it was the SDS, then i would been triggered anyway from anywhere,
this situation is far more complex, as i said, by the same button combination it entered a different boot stage and not the normal download mode (nor recovery mod), iv'e been searching the hole web just to find a clew to what the hell is this stage, and why it massed my device so badly.
i'm from israel, and i don't think we have samsung service center, just a representer or something.
if i can i will defently send it so samsung all over the world, i just need a phone number or something to contact with them,
do any think samsung will take this device? if so where can i contact them?
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This reminds me of a case we saw just the other day here in the threads. The DL screen was not the normal download screen and it turned out to be a clone device. Think this may have been the case?
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This reminds me of a case we saw just the other day here in the threads. The DL screen was not the normal download screen and it turned out to be a clone device. Think this may have been the case?
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thanks a lot for your kind answers, when you say clone device you mean not a real i9300? cause if so them i 100% sure it's a real one and not a fake.
i was able to enter download mode while in the toolkit (enebling USB debugging first), but odin didn't show the device at all, then i tried the button combination; Power button + Home Button + Vol Down.
first it entered fine, still odn didn't catch it, second time also into the right download mode
third time, different stage, 3 rows written in red 1 row in green (much like sd-mode, but i'm quite sure it wasn't it, and even if is, how the world i managed to enter it by button combination only?)
i can't remember what was written, i think the word emmc been there, but can't be sure
this thing drive me crazy, i've done it 3 times with other i9300, i did it for i9100, i did 3 galaxy ace, also i9000, did some htc phone,replace many screen for phones and massed with this kinda of stuff a lot, in the PC world, iphones, everything. i can't consider myself noob or even close to it, i never rush into things before reading carefully.
and the matter that no-one know even what i'm talking about making me really think i wan't really responsible for it, but got a bad luck with a faulty device or something. and now i'm stuck with it cause nothing is connected between me and samsung (unless someone here some kind of idea)
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thanks a lot for your kind answers, when you say clone device you mean not a real i9300? cause if so them i 100% sure it's a real one and not a fake.
i was able to enter download mode while in the toolkit (enebling USB debugging first), but odin didn't show the device at all, then i tried the button combination; Power button + Home Button + Vol Down.
first it entered fine, still odn didn't catch it, second time also into the right download mode
third time, different stage, 3 rows written in red 1 row in green (much like sd-mode, but i'm quite sure it wasn't it, and even if is, how the world i managed to enter it by button combination only?)
i can't remember what was written, i think the word emmc been there, but can't be sure
this thing drive me crazy, i've done it 3 times with other i9300, i did it for i9100, i did 3 galaxy ace, also i9000, did some htc phone,replace many screen for phones and massed with this kinda of stuff a lot, in the PC world, iphones, everything. i can't consider myself noob or even close to it, i never rush into things before reading carefully.
and the matter that no-one know even what i'm talking about making me really think i wan't really responsible for it, but got a bad luck with a faulty device or something. and now i'm stuck with it cause nothing is connected between me and samsung (unless someone here some kind of idea)
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I have never seen this screen myself. The fact that you were able to get it to the screen the first few times is really odd. Sounds like one of the partitions got fried. I would send it back to samsung. This may end up costing you to have it repaired as well as shipping to the closest repair center, Here is the site that may help
http://www.samsung.com/il/#latest-home