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Apparently I crossed the streams, put tab A into slot B, divided by zero. Did something software wise between kernels and ROMS that it is completely dead. It's a brick.
No download, no nothing. It won't power up. I even got a USB jig... she still won't fire up. It's in the worst possible state, dead brick.
Pretty much JTAG or nothing at this point. Who can point me where to go?
Go to mobiletechvideo.com. its about $50 for JTAG.
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It is mobiletechvideos.com and not mobiletechvideo.com
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It is mobiletechvideos.com and not mobiletechvideo.com
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oops. My bad yeah including that "s" would probably help lol.
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MoJoe277 said:
oops. My bad yeah including that "s" would probably help lol.
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I left off the s too. Oops.
They'll get it gents. ..
A simple search will link them up...
Very sorry OP, your device makes 2 bricks already this new year here in the note 1 world.
That Im aware of. ..
It's a shame, but fixable. ...thank goodness (and some smart devs)
Good luck to you Sir. ....g
Hey guy,
I recently bricked my phone and sought assistance first before I came to this. I have "hard bricked" my phone so i'm only left with two options: jig it or jtag it. Of course since the former is cheaper, I wanted to try that first, and if that fails, I will jtag. My question is where can I find a jig for the galaxy note I717? Help would be appreciated!
Don't bother. Brick = JTAG
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Don't bother. Brick = JTAG
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He is right. A jig will not work on our notes.
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MoJoe277 said:
He is right. A jig will not work on our notes.
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That is completely not true.
A jig is not, and never was, intended to fix a hard brick.
It first made its appearance with the galaxy s 1 variants because certain bootloaders would disable all button combos, making an easily fixable bootloop (soft brick) a much more tricky situation, so it was discovered that shorting pins 4 and 5 on a usb board with 301k ohms would force download mode ON A PHONE THAT WASN'T HARD BRICKED.
When the galaxy s2 was released, it was discovered that the jig not only forced download mode, but reset the flash counter as well.
On the note, it will force download mode if you're in a bootloop but not reset the flash counter, however the button combos should always work on a note with working bootloaders so the jig is superfluous.
Also, the resistors used play a role in whether the jig will do anything.
My jig boots download mode on my old captivate and my note, but the resistance is out of tolerance on my brother in law's galaxy s2 and does nothing.
Tl;Dr: jigs work for the purpose they were intended to.
i recently hard bricked and paid mobiletechvideo to jtag it for me. back like new
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I used a jig last night to revive a soft bricked S3. I've had my jig I bought on eBay ever since my old captivate.
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If you read the other thread the OP opened you would see he flashed a rom for the international note. No five dollar jig will undo that.
O yea it's a wrap... I seen the thread but didn't realize it was related to this one.. ouch that sucks
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That is completely not true.
A jig is not, and never was, intended to fix a hard brick.
It first made its appearance with the galaxy s 1 variants because certain bootloaders would disable all button combos, making an easily fixable bootloop (soft brick) a much more tricky situation, so it was discovered that shorting pins 4 and 5 on a usb board with 301k ohms would force download mode ON A PHONE THAT WASN'T HARD BRICKED.
When the galaxy s2 was released, it was discovered that the jig not only forced download mode, but reset the flash counter as well.
On the note, it will force download mode if you're in a bootloop but not reset the flash counter, however the button combos should always work on a note with working bootloaders so the jig is superfluous.
Also, the resistors used play a role in whether the jig will do anything.
My jig boots download mode on my old captivate and my note, but the resistance is out of tolerance on my brother in law's galaxy s2 and does nothing.
Tl;Dr: jigs work for the purpose they were intended to.
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My statement is in regards the op's situation " hard brick" in which case, my statement is true. I should have been more specific lol
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JTAG is the only way back after flashing a rom intended for the N7000 ....g
Mobile Tech Videos just added the AT&T LGOG to his JTAG Service. JTAG fixes permanent bricks where the device won't even boot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRXhJxbtYY
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/lg-optimus-g-jtag-brick-repair/
I bricked my OG when my computer crashed in the middle of a LGNPST. I shipped mine out to him earlier this week. I'll let you know how it goes.
Damn that's actually a really cool idea. Wish I knew more about this stuff. I would totally open a shop in the mall that specializes in all kinds of phone repair.
I wish I knew what they did Lol
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daboyal006 said:
I wish I knew what they did Lol
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Basically what he does is, he uses his JTAG device and program to reflash the bootloader/download mode to the device. This is why he has to open the phone up and solder wires directly to the mainboard. Once the bootloader is all working, he can put the phone back together and reboot the phone into download mode. From there he most likely uses LGNPST to flash back all the other partitions.
This is just my best guess from watching the video.
Lol the phone in the video is my actual phone. The one I'm responding on right now. He did a great job. Thanks josh @ mobiletechvideos.com.
Im not scared to try anything on my phone anymore since I know I can always get it fixed lol
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Lol the phone in the video is my actual phone. The one I'm responding on right now. He did a great job. Thanks josh @ mobiletechvideos.com.
Im not scared to try anything on my phone anymore since I know I can always get it fixed lol
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Well thanks to you now the many LGOG xda-ers don't have to be afraid either. Glad to see your return, not that you really left though.
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I'll be sending my HTC One X out to him soon. Be nice to have a back up phone. Love that phone.
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This should be stickied imo
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This should be stickied imo
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I don't think it should be sticked but the info should go into either Pony's FAQ thread or Carrett's Everything Thread. If someone bricks they are most likely to look there first.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for Verizon that I ran Casual on unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and put a custom Rom on. Then it all when to heck!! Loaded CleanRom on it but didn't like the Storage and SD card thing so I Flashed the changeup but apparantley I missed something in there becuse it wasn't right it would put apps on the sd card memory but pictures on the internal memory. Said I was out of space for updates and so on. Couldnt get it fixed and flashed Mean Bean to it. It worked for 3 days and began boot looping and I tried factory restore and It says something about efs files E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument). Sent it to repair shop in Irving Tx. they have had it 2 weeks and they say if they can't fix it by Monday, there going to ship it back to me, still broken. Can this be fixed or do I have a $600.00 paperweight
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073654
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073654
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
romotx said:
Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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If anyone knows someone in the DFW area or anywhere who can fix this, send me a link and I will give them a try. I just want my phone working again. It's pretty stupid to be able to keep your unlimited data with Verizon you have to buy a phone at full price. I have a lot invested here!!! Thanks everybody!!
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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This is really not a very complicated procedure. Everything you would have to do you can look up and find out how to do it via Google. Its better than having to pay $60 to have it JTAGed. I'm not even sure if JTAGing it would be the way to go seeing as how it giant hard bricked and the steps to fix it are fairly explained in that thread. If you cant do what the thread explains find a techie family member or friend, show them the thread and ask them to do it.
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I have talked to some cellphone repair people and they all have said that you can't JTAG a Note 2 yet. I appreciate your help, but I took it to Dallas today to the shop, I don't want to take anymore chances.
romotx said:
I have talked to some cellphone repair people and they all have said that you can't JTAG a Note 2 yet. I appreciate your help, but I took it to Dallas today to the shop, I don't want to take anymore chances.
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The people you have been talking to apparently don't know jack diddly ****, look up MobileTechVideos. He is the communities go to guy and has been JTAGing Note 2s for quite a while. Don't believe everything you hear from these repair shops, most of them won't even know what the hell a JTAG is let alone if its available, which it is.
I have a very bad feeling about this shop, I'm pretty sure they're going to screw you pretty hard when you could've sent it off for $60 and had it JTAGed.
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Repair shop? I bet you also inherited millions from your dead Nigerian Prince uncle.
Send me a G and I'll fix it.
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Solution: JTAG $60
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Repair shop? I bet you also inherited millions from your dead Nigerian Prince uncle.
Send me a G and I'll fix it.
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Solution: JTAG $60
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He doesn't like to listen to people on the forums who have gone through this **** before, he only listens to repair shops that don't even know what JTAGing is.
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shangrila500 said:
He doesn't like to listen to people on the forums who have gone through this **** before, he only listens to repair shops that don't even know what JTAGing is.
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He's what slimy salesmen call a "hot lead".
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He's what slimy salesmen call a "hot lead".
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Hence why I avoid said slim salesmen like the plague.
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Romotx - You jumped into the pool when you started flashing, but then you didn't want to learn how to swim. Did you even try typing the commands in the linked thread? That's how it works you type commands carefully and when you get an error you look that error up and try it again. Got a new error, look that one up, and so on. The more you do, the more help you get here. But it sounds like you were not very careful to start with to bork your phone that bad.
It's too late for you, but for others, when something goes wrong take a step back and take a breath. Do some reading, make sure you understand where you went wrong, and what and why you are doing next to your phone. What ever you did should have been an easy fix at some earlier point in time.
But good luck in getting your phone repaired.
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Romotx - You jumped into the pool when you started flashing, but then you didn't want to learn how to swim. Did you even try typing the commands in the linked thread? That's how it works you type commands carefully and when you get an error you look that error up and try it again. Got a new error, look that one up, and so on. The more you do, the more help you get here. But it sounds like you were not very careful to start with to bork your phone that bad.
It's too late for you, but for others, when something goes wrong take a step back and take a breath. Do some reading, make sure you understand where you went wrong, and what and why you are doing next to your phone. What ever you did should have been an easy fix at some earlier point in time.
But good luck in getting your phone repaired.
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The answer is no he didn't try the commands, he seafood it was to difficult.
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shangrila500 said:
The answer is no he didn't try the commands, he seafood it was to difficult.
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Thanks for all of ya'lls help. Come here asking questions and get beat over the head. GEEZ!!!
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My phone will only go into download mode and when you try to do a recovery I get this
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Yes and that link that was posted earlier tells you exactly how to fix it. You just don't want to use it. If you can't get into CWM or TWRP try it on what shows up when you boot into recovery, for Christ's sake it's even telling you to use ADB commands which is exactly what that thread tells you to do. If you had pages attention you would know that.
Instead of taking it to a "shop" that obviously doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground you should listen to the people in the community who have been through this before.
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Thanks for all of ya'lls help. Come here asking questions and get beat over the head. GEEZ!!!
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We did help you! You now know that you don't take your phone to a "repair shop"! Lol.
But seriously, listen to dude above, or wait for droidstyle or kintwofan to pop in. They'll answer the same way they do every other time this happens. Search for "bricked note 2 xda" and add "kintwofan" or "droidstyle" to the mix (WILDCARD) and see how many hits you get. Doesn't matter if the symptoms aren't exact - TRY IT.
What bad can happen? You gonna brick your phone? Hell, it may even start working again!?
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We did help you! You now know that you don't take your phone to a "repair shop"! Lol.
But seriously, listen to dude above, or wait for droidstyle or kintwofan to pop in. They'll answer the same way they do every other time this happens. Search for "bricked note 2 xda" and add "kintwofan" or "droidstyle" to the mix (WILDCARD) and see how many hits you get. Doesn't matter if the symptoms aren't exact - TRY IT.
What bad can happen? You gonna brick your phone? Hell, it may even start working again!?
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I got this reply from mobiletechvideos.com
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You can get into download mode, correct? I bet someone here can fix you up.
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I got this reply from mobiletechvideos.com
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Its very odd that it was advertised recently then, hmmm I have to see what I can find out.
As for the option that someone else linked earlier, have you tried it yet? It seems like the perfect solution to your problem. Granted you can't get into recovery the screen it shows you tells you to use ADB which is exactly what the fix uses.
As for beating you over the head, what the hell do you expect? You come asking for advice and then don't take ANY of it and act like we are all fools.
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Its very odd that it was advertised recently then, hmmm I have to see what I can find out.
As for the option that someone else linked earlier, have you tried it yet? It seems like the perfect solution to your problem. Granted you can't get into recovery the screen it shows you tells you to use ADB which is exactly what the fix uses.
As for beating you over the head, what the hell do you expect? You come asking for advice and then don't take ANY of it and act like we are all fools.
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I never acted like anybody was a fool. I have been lurking and reading for years on here. I respect everyone's advice here! I have a $600.00 phone that I screwed up,yes thats what you have to do with Verizon to keep your unlimited data plan that they grandfathered you into and now when you want to upgrade it's pay full price for the phone or you get 2Gb. plan, and I don't feel confident enough to fix it like you guys suggest. I have never used ADB, I have never had a brand of phone where you could unlock the bootloader, I'm not a command and scripts and whatever voodoo you guys do to these phones.kind of guy. I can build computers and I have rooted and put roms on 2 other phones. I can't afford to buy another phone and in this backwoods hick town when you talk to anybody about rooting a phone they have no idea what the heck your even talking about.
Please!! im going CRAZY trying to root my Gs3 i747!! My usb mini port got bad so i got it replaced and now it wont connect to computer! not even in download mode it doesnt even show the icon on notifications. I tried framaroot, Ezinox abuse, root Z4, thru terminal with motochopper method and nothing!!!! my gs3 is 6 months old but i lost warranty, My only chance is if someone build a method for the i747 gs3 or i sell it for cheap and loose money please HELP!!!!! IM A FLASHOHOLIC and good rom tester!!
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Check out the Sprint GS3 general section I've seen something about it there before. I'd link it but I'm on my phone.
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Check out the Sprint GS3 general section I've seen something about it there before. I'd link it but I'm on my phone.
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cant find it but is kind of risky to mess with other carriers methods i think.. it could brick my phone right??
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Its universal for the galaxy s3 variants. Its your best bet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352674
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Its universal for the galaxy s3 variants. Its your best bet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352674
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yop tried that a few times got me exited for a sec. but ill go ahead and try it again who knows! thanks
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Good luck let me know if you can get it to work out.
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Good luck let me know if you can get it to work out.
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i ended up with this and no root
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Is there a recovery already on your device? If there is and you have an sdcard try moving the root files to that card with a friends phone or something. If there isn't then you might be out of luck. Keep searching I'm sure there's something you can do.
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Is there a recovery already on your device? If there is and you have an sdcard try moving the root files to that card with a friends phone or something. If there isn't then you might be out of luck. Keep searching I'm sure there's something you can do.
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i got stock android recovery and yeah i have a extsdcard and i got the motochopper files on the sdcard (internal) why?
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I was hoping you had a custom recovery from before the usb got messed up. I'm out of ideas just keep looking and if I come across anything I'll let you know.
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I was hoping you had a custom recovery from before the usb got messed up. I'm out of ideas just keep looking and if I come across anything I'll let you know.
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thanks a lot man! yeah this been a nigthmare, i had it root, my usb port got bad i unrooted to take it to warranty the process went good but got me left with a binary count and custom binary (no warranty) couldnt root it back so i pay to get the part fixed, came back only charging, had a big discussion with the tech, spend every hour trying to find a solution here so i can root back my phone and live forever happy lol but !nothing! and guess what my usb port started having trouble charging now AGAIN!! SO i will have to either fight with the tech outside the shop or throw my phone to the wall and put a end to this tragic episodes hahahahahaha
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thanks a lot man! yeah this been a nigthmare, i had it root, my usb port got bad i unrooted to take it to warranty the process went good but got me left with a binary count and custom binary (no warranty) couldnt root it back so i pay to get the part fixed, came back only charging, had a big discussion with the tech, spend every hour trying to find a solution here so i can root back my phone and live forever happy lol but !nothing! and guess what my usb port started having trouble charging now AGAIN!! SO i will have to either fight with the tech outside the shop or throw my phone to the wall and put a end to this tragic episodes hahahahahaha
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Sounds like you've been through a lot with that phone. You're better than me though because I would've slammed it already lol good luck with that and the more power to ya hahaha
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