I tried to update my firmware via bootloader and when I tried to reboot it, phone just wont turn on. Please help me.
If you skipped an update this is the result.
Seek out captain throwbacks thread in development, there's a few guys in your situation and more info on the matter.
You probably are hard bricked tho. Fuses was talking about restoring JTAG or something.
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I swear HTC did something what's why there been so many bricks from this new firmwear.. I got a brick also but some how got my phone back.. act of God that what it really was.. when u plug your phone. Into a pc does it say QSUSB DLOAD?
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I have installed slim bean on my vibrant but found it laggy....so i wants to back to ics ...now i m flashing ics rom but getting error as installation aborted.
I have flashed glitchy kernel but no luck
Help me
Odin back to stock first. I think your treading on dangerous territory if you try to go from JB to ICS directly.
I agree with Toast ^^
I always suggest going back to stock via odin before doing anything like that, just to be safe.
If you can't or are in a rush,....you can get back to ICS from JB in the usual way (full wipe, flash)...I do it all the time, since odin isn't an option for me
at the moment...so I can assure you it's more or less safe, since my phone is still running just fine even though I've gone back and forth without odin quite a few times.
But again, if possible....always odin.
Good luck!
Finally tried to flash phone with odin but i m not able to go into download mode...i have tried 3keys combo, usb jig but no luck.
Now phone is stuck on samsung vibrant screen maybe now its bricked.
Any suggestions wat to do now ?
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sanchitgrover said:
Finally tried to flash phone with odin but i m not able to go into download mode...i have tried 3keys combo, usb jig but no luck.
Now phone is stuck on samsung vibrant screen maybe now its bricked.
Any suggestions wat to do now ?
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if u have gb bootloader u have to use 2 button combo...if that doesn't work then ............why can't u enter recovery and flash slim bean u had ....and later Odin to stock?
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Finally tried to flash phone with odin but i m not able to go into download mode...i have tried 3keys combo, usb jig but no luck.
Now phone is stuck on samsung vibrant screen maybe now its bricked.
Any suggestions wat to do now ?
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Sometimes it can be tricky getting into DL mode. Try pulling the battery, have phone plug in to the cable/PC, hold button combo and put the battery back in. Also try different ports on PC doing this. If you have any life you are not hard bricked so don't panic!
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Tried both ways to enter into bootloader but no luck..
I m not able to go into recovery or download mode.
I m feeling i have killed my vibrant
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when did last time u used download mode? were u able to use recovery after flashing slimbean? u should have odined back before installing ics ............I think if u can't enter both recovery and download mode then u might have hard bricked ur vibrant.........
Downgrading
When downgrading, upgrading or flashing new roms, it is always good practice to odin back to stock. This will help remove any "ghost" files that may still be around.
Sorry to hear about your phone but don't give up. Keep searching the forums and you may find a way to fix our phone.
I have searched all forums but not found any gud answers .
Is there any way to unbrick hard bricked phones ?
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I heard about one click unbrick ......just search it ......that will be ur last hope............if that won't work then u got ur self new fancy paper weight .....sorry cantdo anything .......if u are in India then give to Samsung service centre they might help
Just because you don't see the graphic showing download mode doesn't mean you cannot get in it.
In a post a couple days ago called "I need help!" Woodrube posted a guide about it.
Open Odin, plug in your USB to PC, not phone yet.
Now try to enter download mode. You may set no graphics or black screen but, it doesn't mean Odin won't see your phone. Its happened 3 times that I know of in the last couple days. Since you can still see the Vibrant text all hope isn't lost.
Just some "in case you need it" info, you can go to
www.mobiletechvideos.com
They can do a JTAG repair to fix a hard brick. They can also perform the unbrickable mod. They are very professional and have fast service. I shipped my phone off from Washington D.C. to them in Texas on a tuesday, I had my phone back on monday. They stayed in contact to notify me when my phone arrived, when they completed and shipped.
Hopefully no one will need their service but JIC.
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Since there seems to be A LOT of people bricking their notes just curious, What recovery are you using?
I have always used CWM since my first Android and talk trash about it as you will, its never let me flash an incorrect/bad ROM...
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Lol it's not protecting you from bricking, you just know where to get the right roms.
Go download an international note rom and flash it in cwm... Report back how it goes
Then I'll link you to where to get it jtagged after you brick it by doing that.
We all know that no matter what recovery used, that will paperweight,jtag needed, absolutely hard brick it.
yeah it does not matter which recovery it matters which rom and kernel u r flashing wrong type of phone with wrong rom/kernel is a brick
So then there's a lot of people here that can't read lol.
I remember long ago having an international ROM for an old phone and cwm wouldn't install it, kept throwing me errors so I figured maybe it was a little protection.
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I used my jig when it was soft bricked. Samsung has it now for a hard brick.
I use a cigarette and a bottle of imported beer
Hello,
I am fairly noobish when it comes to phones but I have had a rooted OG EVO and now i have had a rooted EVO LTE. When i first rooted my LTE i flashed the meanbean rom and then a few months after that i decided to try out other roms suchs as CM10, Paranoid, and maybe a few others that didn't last too long. I just tried to go back to meanbean and it loaded about 75% and was just stuck. I let it sit there for about 45 minutes and nothing ever happened. I forced a restart and restored to a previous backup. When my phone booted up I noticed that it was acting funny and I later found out that some how my internal storage device was messed up. I eventually mounted my phone to my computer in TWRP and reformated so it now works as it should. I went to try and flash meanbean and it again freezes at the same spot. When i try to flash another ROM my phone beings to flash it and then it will randomly restart back into recovery. I have no idea why it is doing this. I tried to run my phone's RUU but my computer wont find my phone connected to it. When i try to use HTC Sync it also will not find my phone.
Sorry for the wall of text but at this point I am wanting to just start over completely fresh bc i feel that all of this flashing, restoring, and reformatting has really messed up my phone. Currently my phone has issues with it's calls. I sound as though i am very far away and I have never had this problem before so i am not sure where that issue is coming from.
If anyone has any kind of advice on what I should do please please help me! I can post any kind of information or clarification that is needed.
Thanks a ton in advanced!
Are you on newest version of twrp??
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Are you on newest version of twrp??
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I am not. When i try to flash the newest version from bootloader it says, "Current version is newer" (or something similar to that) and then it will just boot loop in bootloader until i delete the zip from the sdcard.
Download goomanager from the market and use option to install open recovery script
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wow. didn't realize i could do that from goomanager! thanks a ton ill post back with results soon.
seems to be working perfectly! thank you so much.
You're welcome
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Ok so I am franticaly running around trying to fix my phone, if there is another thread on this I do appologize. I found my teather cord and decided to root my phone today. Im pretty familiar with the rooting of HTC phones, so needless to say I did the HTCdev option for unlocking bootloader, and installed the TWRP recovery system. I just a little ancious and wanted a new, fresh and clean look for my phone. So after searching HTCevohacks.com, I found the AVATAR rom. I downloaded the approtate file and the GApps that it said to do, booted into recovery and wiped my phone like it said and flashed the new rom onto my phone. I added the second file to the flash for GApps and robooted my phone. Loads the HTC screen, then black screen.... I have tried 2 other roms, UR EVO and Jelly Bam. I want to use the jelly bam. I liked the review and the style of it. Sad part is my phone is now a brick and it cant figure out how to fix it. I believe my issue was that I didnt read the comments on the First rom saying that a guy forgot to make a backup image. Is there any thing i can do to fix why it is not loading the new roms or is it just a very expensive paper weight?
Its not bricked. You have to flash the kernel seperate cause your S-ON.
you should read "don't panic" stickied in Q&A
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Its not bricked. You have to flash the kernel seperate cause your S-ON.
you should read "don't panic" stickied in Q&A
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Ok, I skimmed through the terminology and found that it says 1.15 requires to flash the kernal seprate. I have 2.09. Will that fix mine aswell? And if so, how do I do it seprate? It says the guide tells you how to but I cant seem to find it
EDIT: I googled the process and it requires me to download an app from the market, i cant do this my phone wont start into any kind of rom/kerel
Google fast boot boot.img
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My phone is stuck on splash screen and have tried hard reset but phone does not turn;s on.
Phone doesn't connects to KIES even on boot screen??
Can anyone help me ??? Its URGENT
Pretty sure your phone is supported by kies mini, not kies.
You cannot perform a software recovery or update with kies mini. You could try flashing the stock ROM back onto the device or send it in to Samsung for a free software reflash.
If you send it in to Samsung it will take about 2 weeks.
Your carrier may be able to perform a software reflash as well.
Just curious...has your phone ever suffered liquid damage? It can cause damage to components on the PBA that would prevent it from booting up.
Hope this helps! Feel free to pm me if you have any questions
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Nope.. it was not dropped in any liquid nor its pba is damaged... i think its hard bricked now ...
rahulrustagi said:
Nope.. it was not dropped in any liquid nor its pba is damaged... i think its hard bricked now ...
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If you were using kies when this happened then your phone is basically a paper weight unfortunately. Kies is notorious for hard bricking phones so for future reference, stay away from kies. Best way to upgrade is flashing custom ROMS through cwm recovery mode. Try and flash back to stock with Odin, I have heard of people being able to get Odin to see the phone even if your not in download mode. If that doesn't work then maybe try buying a USB jig to get into download mode. If that doesn't work either then try calling Samsung and tell them kies bricked your phone, they have replaced out of warranty phones before due to kies bricking them.
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it got hard bricked using odin only... kies was not running that time...i flashed stock ginger bread rom over stock froyo and using 512 pit file... and it displyed failed on ODIN..and then when i removed the phone battery first and then USB unplugged.... pushed back battery again..pressed both volume button...booommm no screen till then...i really dont know what to do now...
Samsung will not replace a phone bricked by kies, not sure who told you that.
Samsung's warranty doesn't cover replacements only repairs.
If your phone was bricked by kies they'll be able to fix it though.
A reflash would solve your problem if you can't get it to flash in Odin.
Their system doesn't require you to be able to get into download mode.
Hope you're able to get it working if not send that biatch in
Reflash is free in or out of warranty
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Samsung will not replace a phone bricked by kies, not sure who told you that.
Samsung's warranty doesn't cover replacements only repairs.
If your phone was bricked by kies they'll be able to fix it though.
A reflash would solve your problem if you can't get it to flash in Odin.
Their system doesn't require you to be able to get into download mode.
Hope you're able to get it working if not send that biatch in
Reflash is free in or out of warranty
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Search the forum, multiple people have reported getting their phone fixed for free because kies bricked it. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true....
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iTz KeeFy said:
Search the forum, multiple people have reported getting their phone fixed for free because kies bricked it. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true....
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yes i was a victim too but thanks to noob guide then...i used it many times as i was used to bricking... :good:so you can follow this then let know what happened. follow every step there... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
iTz KeeFy said:
Search the forum, multiple people have reported getting their phone fixed for free because kies bricked it. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true....
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Fixed yes but not replaced
I work for Samsung, and I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just informing you of our standard policies.
To the OP,
I hope some of the guides to unbricking on here will help you as they have helped many others.
I myself have had some bricked devices up and running using these forums without having to send it in
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