Rooted my Pantech Pocket with SuperOneClick so I could remove the bloatware. Happily used it for over a year. Decided to give it to a friend to use - so I did a factory reset. BIG MISTAKE. It can make calls out, it can send and receive texts, it has data (once I updated the APN) BUT all calls go to voicemail, the home button doesn't work (it works to put it in recovery mode but not anywhere else) the swipe notification bar at the top doesn't work and the contact book crashes. I spent the entire weekend looking for a fix. Can anyone direct me to a flashable kernel for this phone??
shopdelilah said:
Rooted my Pantech Pocket with SuperOneClick so I could remove the bloatware. Happily used it for over a year. Decided to give it to a friend to use - so I did a factory reset. BIG MISTAKE. It can make calls out, it can send and receive texts, it has data (once I updated the APN) BUT all calls go to voicemail, the home button doesn't work (it works to put it in recovery mode but not anywhere else) the swipe notification bar at the top doesn't work and the contact book crashes. I spent the entire weekend looking for a fix. Can anyone direct me to a flashable kernel for this phone??
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anyone? I am desperate...
Find a solution?
shopdelilah said:
anyone? I am desperate...
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Any Solution to this yet? I tried e-mailing pantech in which I got a response in one day "WOW" however it was basically a blow off because I specifically asked for a firmware BIN/PDL file to restore it using a special download tool I found on another forum that works on the P9070 Burst, and it will work on the P9060 Pocket, recognizes it in Software/Download mode and even lists the currant baseband version as JRUS09262011, however they would not give me the ROM and only would only provide instructions on how to restore this piece of crap, so now nobody can call me!!!! SUCKS!!!!
DaveNavy said:
Any Solution to this yet? I tried e-mailing pantech in which I got a response in one day "WOW" however it was basically a blow off because I specifically asked for a firmware BIN/PDL file to restore it using a special download tool I found on another forum that works on the P9070 Burst, and it will work on the P9060 Pocket, recognizes it in Software/Download mode and even lists the currant baseband version as JRUS09262011, however they would not give me the ROM and only would only provide instructions on how to restore this piece of crap, so now nobody can call me!!!! SUCKS!!!!
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Pantech wouldn't help me either, they told me to go to an AT&T store. When I told them I'm a prepaid customer, they blew me off. Last Pantech I'll ever purchase!
What's the special download tool? Please share!
shopdelilah said:
Pantech wouldn't help me either, they told me to go to an AT&T store. When I told them I'm a prepaid customer, they blew me off. Last Pantech I'll ever purchase!
What's the special download tool? Please share!
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Its actial called the P9070 Upload tool I found it on another site its warez s I cannot link it but google is your friend, if you can get a PDL. for the P9060 you can use the Upload tool to reflash your firmware its like an Odin type thing but for pantech....Trouble is no P9060 Firmware just a non flashable kernel, which is of no use, god I wish someone would dissect one of the Element or Burst Upgrade EXE's and rebuild them with The Pockets device ID and Firmware so it could be re-flashed old school htc style. Ths Forum used to be awesome for that type of stuff way back when.
UPDATE...Was issued a Service Ticket # and told to mail the phone in with my receipt,
Here is the Info to get your phone "Reflashed"
Welcome to the Pantech Mobile Phone Repair Service Portal!
This site will allow you to send your Pantech Mobile Device to the Pantech Authorized Repair Center for service. We understand that your investment in a mobile device is important to you which is why we offer both in and out of warranty repair service for your Pantech mobile device.
If your device is in warranty we will repair and return to you, the customer according to the quality standards of Pantech free of charge.
If your device is out of warranty we can repair and return for a flat service fee plus parts cost according to the quality standards of Pantech.
Service fee for all phones- $39.00
Service fee for tablets- $49.00
Parts cost is variable depending on the parts needed for repair.
If you choose not to have the phone repaired or it is deemed unrepairable it will be returned to you unrepaired. Service fees are non-refundable due to the phone being unrepairable.
It is important to note that some devices can be repaired via a software update or even resetting the handset to the original settings. We encourage you to try this option first. You can review a complete listing of recommended troubleshooting methods at http://www.pantechusa.com/site/troubleshooting/
Please click “Sign Up” to create your RMA for your Pantech device. By creating the RMA you may be provided proactive communications through the process (via email). It is important that you have the device with you while creating the RMA to provide accurate information.
Please look over the Frequently Asked Questions on the FAQ page if you are having trouble with your return.
Contact us:
FINETECHWIN
Customer support- 1-469-484-6610
Monday – Friday 9:00am to 6:00 pm (CST)
Customer support email- [email protected]
*UPDATE...Friday April 12th
Phone has been re-flashed and sent back to me VIA UPS Ground, They Fixed it !!!! YES!!!!! I should get it Monday, Sure would rock if it magically had ICS on it...I'LL try not to get my hopes up LOL!!!
*UPDATE Monday April 15th
Received the phone back from repair center, everything worked great accept for no recovery backup on the phone had to send back to have device re-flashed, simple user error but they do and and in fact can have the firmware to fix the phone.
need the help
yeah i know this is a old thread that i am bumping...but i cannot make my own threads and i am having the same issues as the op is.....sending it to pantech or ATT is not a option.....what i am thinking is i have either A} reflash the firmware if there is such a copy out there or B} i need to reinstall all the preloaded apps from before as not even the lock screen will come up and trying to put it into usb mode to swap files via usb cable is not working
Interested as well...
I just got a pantech pocket and everything is fine, but I want to make a proper backup just as basic due diligence.
If it literally cannot be done I'll be selling this phone before something breaks while it still has value.
TLR
How do I image this thing for if an when I break something?
Hi there.
Im just do a factory reset and the phone get stuck in the AT&T logo, can you give a copy of your rom or something that can help me please?
nurphya said:
Hi there.
Im just do a factory reset and the phone get stuck in the AT&T logo, can you give a copy of your rom or something that can help me please?
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That's the trouble, I don't even know how to make an image in the first place.
There are no custom recoveries for this phone.
I am in another thread trying to get nandroid online to work in an effort to make said image.
shopdelilah said:
Rooted my Pantech Pocket with SuperOneClick so I could remove the bloatware. Happily used it for over a year. Decided to give it to a friend to use - so I did a factory reset. BIG MISTAKE. It can make calls out, it can send and receive texts, it has data (once I updated the APN) BUT all calls go to voicemail, the home button doesn't work (it works to put it in recovery mode but not anywhere else) the swipe notification bar at the top doesn't work and the contact book crashes. I spent the entire weekend looking for a fix. Can anyone direct me to a flashable kernel for this phone??
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http://opensource.pantech.com/model/result.asp?SEQ=1162
Already do it for you. Use nandroid or cwm http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43639973
anyone have a rooted p9060?
Could someone do me a favor?
If you have a rooted Pantech Pocket...
go to the system/apps folder and copy all the apk files and post them or send them to me?
I'm missing a couple
kernel zip?
someone please help :/
I used to be really sharp with this kind of stuff, but I had a MAJOR head injury and this stuff is overwhelming now. (I was in a car wreck, hit my head on the steel of the steering wheel and I woke up a day and a half later and couldn't remember where TF I lived)
(yes I searched the forum and google failed me too)
Will some good samaritan point me in the right direction? I have the kernel.zip for the p9060 but have no clue what to do with it!? Tried oden and it won't recognize the p9060 unless it's the older 1.83 or 1.85 version but I still can't get it to re-flash...
how do I use the kernel.zip to re-flash the stock OS (or can I?)
not much attention is paid to the Pocket it seems...
It's been a slow but solid phone until now. even went swimming with me this summer and survived!
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I haven't found any recovery mod that will install for the Pocket.
so I've been stuck with the stock recovery...
how do I use the kernel.zip to recover in the stock recovery?
apps
blkbeer'd said:
Could someone do me a favor?
If you have a rooted Pantech Pocket...
go to the system/apps folder and copy all the apk files and post them or send them to me?
I'm missing a couple
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Hi were you able to get a copy of the stock apps .apks? I also need them, thank you.
Reinstall Pantech Pocket P9060
jr1984 said:
Hi were you able to get a copy of the stock apps .apks? I also need them, thank you.
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Hi, here is a method to reinstall stock rom. Is the only way i have founded.
Download all you need from this link:
drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxnJkZXlixiWYlczeW0wRnV5UGs&export=download (with https)
The instructions are in a doc file inside. They are in Vietnamese but if you use google translator you can understand all the process.
I hope it will help you.
Best Regards.
zigala said:
Hi, here is a method to reinstall stock rom. Is the only way i have founded.
Download all you need from this link:
drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxnJkZXlixiWYlczeW0wRnV5UGs&export=download (with https)
The instructions are in a doc file inside. They are in Vietnamese but if you use google translator you can understand all the process.
I hope it will help you.
Best Regards.
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Thanks for the file. It appears that this phone is quite popular globally. I would like to give it to my younger children to play games on. I however have a problem in which the phone continually boots into recovery. No matter what is done, it keeps rebooting into recovery. Can any of these files be made into an update.zip to flash from an SD card. Is there possibly another way to get the phone out of this brick?
Thanks
I need a custom rom for my Pantech P9060? Thanks
Related
Good
Searching the internet I came here to change the rom of my phone, use the hard reset and did not have any problem in the process, then asks me to restart the phone, restarted, and when a screen turns white and does not come out of it, no more than anything.
I'm a little desperate now, I know there is a high-value mobile but it cost me to raise the money to buy it, I hope you have a solution and can help me.
From already thank you very much
PS: sorry for my bad English, I am South American
Sounds like you flashed and incompatable ROM or didn't use hard_spl either way go over to the htc official website - click support find your device and it will list some stock ROMs download an official ROM using the S/N from underneath the battery - Make sure the battery has plenty of charge - plug into your PC and load the stock htc ROM file this should take you through all the standard ROM flash info and will then flash the stock ROM onto your device. Hopefully this will flash back to stock for you and no more white screen.
Good luck and let us know how it went
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Sounds like you flashed and incompatable ROM or didn't use hard_spl either way go over to the htc official website - click support find your device and it will list some stock ROMs download an official ROM using the S/N from underneath the battery - Make sure the battery has plenty of charge - plug into your PC and load the stock htc ROM file this should take you through all the standard ROM flash info and will then flash the stock ROM onto your device. Hopefully this will flash back to stock for you and no more white screen.
Good luck and let us know how it went
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I think that what you say is only for original phone htc diamond 2, since according to official rom I read are for the real htc diamond 2.
The mine is not original, as it says is a Chinese clone t5388i, please follow the screen in white, would greatly appreciate if someone helps me out of this problem is quite afflicted.
Again sorry for my bad English
sorry missed the clone bit on your topic . I don't have a clone myself so no ideas if the hard reset works. Might be a good idea to post which ROM you flashed to it
good day
the mobile screen just stayed white and does not know how I can flash now, there will be someone who has been the same and have a solution? I appreciate it, I would be very helpful.
Greetings
HTC_NEW, please check this topic. It's dedicated to the clone phones (except the T5388++ who has it's own topic)
There is a tool called k3AID available who could help you. It's posted in that topic about 50 posts ago. I have a copy if you need it.
There is also another possibility to do a blind flash. This means the screen is not working but the phone can still be flashed. First thing is get the correct firmware for your phone because each time you flash the phone can get bricked / defect.
If my feedback helps you to solve your problem, please give me a thanks on the post.
Eer said:
HTC_NEW, please check this topic. It's dedicated to the clone phones (except the T5388++ who has it's own topic)
There is a tool called k3AID available who could help you. It's posted in that topic about 50 posts ago. I have a copy if you need it.
There is also another possibility to do a blind flash. This means the screen is not working but the phone can still be flashed. First thing is get the correct firmware for your phone because each time you flash the phone can get bricked / defect.
If my feedback helps you to solve your problem, please give me a thanks on the post.
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hello friend
Reading that topic and searching for the tool by
internet gave me great hope, many users
have managed to solve the same problem, as no
I have a good English I can not understand how it's done
the process, did you guys could help me with a small
tutorial on how to fix my phone with that program?
I enter the program is that you give to download mode and
then I get 'EU entry Not calibration mode! (Mode =
0x00) 'and then does nothing else, I hope I can
help, thanks from now!
hello
I finally entered the discharge mode and while carrying on the idt went for something to eat when I returned I showed up he was 100% complete, the phone went off and did not catch more! Does anyone know it could happen? Is there any way to restart?
please help
K3 AID program
reeprich said:
OK - I can summarize my experiencies:
IDT flash... I think everybody who is doing this experiments have this software...
K3AID... h++p://www.ulozto.cz/6556122/k3firstaid-exe
can switch phone to "download" state even if the HW keys are not working
it suppose working ActiveSync connection (downloaded from mobileuncle com) not my own sw...
Sometimes may be a bit dificult to get K3AID working.. it can show some error message like "RTM state Error" - You need to install h++p://www.ulozto.cz/6556123/cabviaactivesync-1-5-setup-exe
and h++p://www.ulozto.cz/6556124/gb-ppc-2-1-3-20090929-cab
it is only summarize of my experiences - none of this utility is mine, so use it on your own risk
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@HTC_NEW: Did you do the following steps according to reeprich instructions? What was the end result?
I did read that you used the calibration menu but I expect that you should use the download firmware menu. Is that available? ( I had the software installed but my virus scanner complained that there is a virus in the tmp file...) What's more important if your phone does not work anymore... Please be aware that this is a possible virus.
Removing the battery for a couple of minutes can help for restarting the phone.
htc new
I have done the same thing with my t5388i clone from china.
I tryed to flah the ROM and now I have the white screen.
I used the SOLONOMI t5388i rom, and now it is BRICK - white screen.
Did you get your phone working back ?
Now i´m trying to use other ROM´s , but until now no success.
I used the SOLONOMI t5388i rom, and now it is BRICK - white screen.
Hi,
I had the same problem.
I used the rom postet from parabellum20000 (post # 1354) in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8573304&highlight=Electronic+star#post8573304
parabellum20000 said:
Electronic star finally sent me (what they claim to be) SD ROM for t5388i. (99.3MB) I personally do not want to verify if it is truth, I am the one fortunate owner of perfectly (in some degree) working phone. Please feel free to use it on your own risk and share results if possible.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymgvo8bf2t3v4c5
P.S.Please remember, flashing your phone with a wrong ROM is the safest way to brick (damage) it. So do not do it if it isn’t really necessary!
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I hope this rom helps you to alive your phones again.
Cheers
5290
Hi all,
I have looked for a similar post, I found out that many people experienced something like that trying unlocking their phones, but I haven't found out any solution.
Here is my situation:
I have tried to unlock my s5830 (orange spain carrier), I have used a method which it seems to be dangerous for the phone, but of course I have found out it was dangerous after I have already tried it
Anyway after I discovered the unlock number contained in the perso.txt file in the efs folder, my phone restarted without service once and after that it went in a bootloop mode, it goes on a download mode, but there is no way to get back recovery mode or a normal boot.
I flashed the s5830 several times with many firmware, but no one worked, and the phone is still stuck in an infinite loop, in which I am not even able to see the samsung logo coming out at the very beginning.
I know many phones got bricked in this way, I wanted to know if anybody has been able to recover the phone or if anybody know any possible solution.
And if not, do you know if the warranty is covering this problem? I just got the phone a couple months ago; i have unlocked other devices before, but this is the first time I have experienced a problem so I am quite new about warranty as well. Please HELP ME
Merry Christmas guys!!!
Thanks in advance
sfrat said:
Hi all,
I have looked for a similar post, I found out that many people experienced something like that trying unlocking their phones, but I haven't found out any solution.
Here is my situation:
I have tried to unlock my s5830 (orange spain carrier), I have used a method which it seems to be dangerous for the phone, but of course I have found out it was dangerous after I have already tried it
Anyway after I discovered the unlock number contained in the perso.txt file in the efs folder, my phone restarted without service once and after that it went in a bootloop mode, it goes on a download mode, but there is no way to get back recovery mode or a normal boot.
I flashed the s5830 several times with many firmware, but no one worked, and the phone is still stuck in an infinite loop, in which I am not even able to see the samsung logo coming out at the very beginning.
I know many phones got bricked in this way, I wanted to know if anybody has been able to recover the phone or if anybody know any possible solution.
And if not, do you know if the warranty is covering this problem? I just got the phone a couple months ago; i have unlocked other devices before, but this is the first time I have experienced a problem so I am quite new about warranty as well. Please HELP ME
Merry Christmas guys!!!
Thanks in advance
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if you can get into download mode im guessing there is some hope for you.
go here: http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/05/samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830-original-stock.html
look for: S5830XXKP9
and make sure you have odin 4.38 and flash with that.
try to install cwm and install a customrom
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
sfrat said:
Hi all,
I have looked for a similar post, I found out that many people experienced something like that trying unlocking their phones, but I haven't found out any solution.
Here is my situation:
I have tried to unlock my s5830 (orange spain carrier), I have used a method which it seems to be dangerous for the phone, but of course I have found out it was dangerous after I have already tried it
Anyway after I discovered the unlock number contained in the perso.txt file in the efs folder, my phone restarted without service once and after that it went in a bootloop mode, it goes on a download mode, but there is no way to get back recovery mode or a normal boot.
I flashed the s5830 several times with many firmware, but no one worked, and the phone is still stuck in an infinite loop, in which I am not even able to see the samsung logo coming out at the very beginning.
I know many phones got bricked in this way, I wanted to know if anybody has been able to recover the phone or if anybody know any possible solution.
And if not, do you know if the warranty is covering this problem? I just got the phone a couple months ago; i have unlocked other devices before, but this is the first time I have experienced a problem so I am quite new about warranty as well. Please HELP ME
Merry Christmas guys!!!
Thanks in advance
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with the cellphone off, put out ur baterry for a minute, then maintain ur finger into the volume down button and the power button tell a friend or if u can alone insert the batery while quickly pressing volume down and power button to get into download mode, and flash.
Hehehe,bootloop is horrible,you just have to get in download mode & flash with 2.3.4 firmware with Odin,just that steps and you save your SGA.
I got bootloop many times and Odin saved me.
Sent from my SGA
robinandroid said:
try to install cwm and install a customrom
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
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he cant go back in recovery mod............
If you can go to recovery mode than you can just wipe the data and cache. This saved me many times. Otherwise on what ever OS you may be , just create new user name after removing samsung android drivers. Login from new user name and than re install drivers again and now flash your phone from firmware which was installed on your phone before you bricked it. This helped me a few times.
dr_vishal said:
If you can go to recovery mode than you can just wipe the data and cache. This saved me many times. Otherwise on what ever OS you may be , just create new user name after removing samsung android drivers. Login from new user name and than re install drivers again and now flash your phone from firmware which was installed on your phone before you bricked it. This helped me a few times.
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hey guys thanks for the answers, but unfortunately i am not able to reach the recovery mode, my phone just reach the download mode.....i will try with the xxkp9, even if i have already tried it...I guess i have tried at least 15 firmwares without any success
Helping to make your Christmas Merry
It seems that you've already received a lot of help for unbricking your device. So I'll try to help out in unlocking your phone after you finished unbricking it.
This is the method I personally used on my locked Ace:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335548
It's perfectly safe. 100%.
King Kaze said:
if you can get into download mode im guessing there is some hope for you.
look for: S5830XXKP9
and make sure you have odin 4.38 and flash with that.
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I have tried the XXKP9 again, it is not working, as usual Odin ends to load the firmware and then it goes back in the endless loop mode....there is no chance to get it back?
franzks said:
It seems that you've already received a lot of help for unbricking your device. So I'll try to help out in unlocking your phone after you finished unbricking it.
This is the method I personally used on my locked Ace:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335548
It's perfectly safe. 100%.
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thank you very much I will follow your advice...IF I will be able to get my phone back which seems impossible =(
@dr_vishal
Thank you first of all, I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the android device driver, but it doesn't seems to be the problem, Odin ends with a "PASS" at the end, I guess there still is comunication in the between the two devices...
Hopefully it will be a Merry Christmas =)
It's not impossible. I'm relatively new here but I have noticed quite a few "bricked" threads already. Most of them (if not all) have been able to fix their device. I haven't seen a single person permanently brick their device, so I would guess that your chances of fixing it are really high. Just be patient and keep describing your situation and more experienced help will certainly arrive. I'd really like to help out but I have no idea how to fix it as I have not experienced bricking my phone yet.
Anyway, if the method for unlocking I suggested works for you kindly press the Thanks Button. Merry Christmas!
franzks said:
It's not impossible. I'm relatively new here but I have noticed quite a few "bricked" threads already. Most of them (if not all) have been able to fix their device. I haven't seen a single person permanently brick their device, so I would guess that your chances of fixing it are really high. Just be patient and keep describing your situation and more experienced help will certainly arrive. I'd really like to help out but I have no idea how to fix it as I have not experienced bricking my phone yet.
Anyway, if the method for unlocking I suggested works for you kindly press the Thanks Button. Merry Christmas!
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Thank you franzks!
I promise I will try your method and I am positive it will works, but I need to get my phone back...so I will add few new information I have found out talking to a friend of mine which has my same device and the same carrier as well.
The version built-in is:
GINGERBREAD.BVKQ9
S5830BVKQB
[email protected]#1
Any suggestion about the firmware I am suppose to flash in?
I am actually passing through all the version contained in the address droidangel you gave me...at the moment no one is working...I will keep trying...
sfrat said:
Thank you franzks!
I promise I will try your method and I am positive it will works, but I need to get my phone back...so I will add few new information I have found out talking to a friend of mine which has my same device and the same carrier as well.
The version built-in is:
GINGERBREAD.BVKQ9
S5830BVKQB
[email protected]#1
Any suggestion about the firmware I am suppose to flash in?
I am actually passing through all the version contained in the address droidangel you gave me...at the moment no one is working...I will keep trying...
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Guys,
I am out of ideas, I have tried each single firmware I have seen around internet, no one is working, any tip or advice or suggestion?
I messed up with the efs, and I guess that's all, the phone is gone....now it needs a JTAG or whatever is its name....
maybe to get the warranty still valid I should broke totally the phone over charging it....??
sfrat said:
Guys,
I am out of ideas, I have tried each single firmware I have seen around internet, no one is working, any tip or advice or suggestion?
I messed up with the efs, and I guess that's all, the phone is gone....now it needs a JTAG or whatever is its name....
maybe to get the warranty still valid I should broke totally the phone over charging it....??
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Did you try that?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
just a thought
a lot of people have talked about reflashing it and all but have you managed to get into the recovery mode at all once you have reinstalled the rom with odin? if you can get to that you just need to hit factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik and normaly after that it will work fine... so far ive been stuck in soft brink 3 times and each time doing the wipes from the recovery mode has worked...
Pinting said:
Did you try that?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
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I've tried to use the oneclick, but it seems it doesn't recognize the phone, since, i guess, it's made for a galaxy s.
The others are not my case, since I am able to get download mode, and all these are made to can get it back.
Anyway I found out a post in which the people were talking about the s5500, which apparentely is similiar to my device, and the owners of that model experienced a similar problem doing the same process....anyway in that post the people needed to use a Jtag, which is the only way to get it back....so I though it could be the same solution for my problem...but I don't know anybody with Jtag, so the only way is contacting the service center.
thanks anyway, when I will be back at home after Christmas I will try to find the ticket and I will probably try to get it back in warranty, since is preatty new...
@torchwolfery
I am not able to reach recovery mode, there is no way to get it back, even flashing the phone with different firmwares, all I got is download mode, and apparently that is completely pointless...since the only change in the phone behavior is that if i install a certain firmwares it doesn't even have the back-light working when it is stuck in bootloop.
Warranty is your only hope (as it was mine once and it worked).
I didn't think it was possible to brick these phones. There I have tried so much to try and brick it but I have not been able to as it still always goes into 'download' mode. The only advice I can give you is double check that you are using the correct version of Odin which is v4.38 and that you use cooper v1.0 as your OPS. If dont mind me asking, but exactly what did you do or do you remember the steps you took to brick it? What buttons are you using for 'recovery' mode.
Also please clarify if Odin is going in a loop or does the phone come on and then keeps rebooting? If it is the phone that keeps rebooting, then wiping cache and data partition should do the trick. This can be done by going into recovery mode (which I am aware you cannot get into) or if you can manage to get into the dialler quick enough before the reboot, by dialling *7267*3855# and that should format the relevant partitions (data and cahce) and bring it back to factory settings. Without further info, I cannot really tell exactly what the situation is.
The fact that you are getting 'download' mode, I dont think that it is bricked because it will still allow you to write the relevant directory/files to the relevant blocks. Either way, would be interested to know.
So I had previously rooted my SGSII, and decided to try installing CM7 on it. I used CWM Recovery and ran it off the SD card, and everything appeared to work fine. I think I had a bad/not fully functioning CWM or something, as it didn't list an option to backup anything (I'm guessing because I flashed the stock kernel after rooting?) Anyway, it will no longer boot. I can access download mode, but Odin fails everytime I try to flash anything back on there. When I try to boot my phone, I just get a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" error.
EDIT: I just tried again as I was writing this, after rebooting, reinstalling my drivers and rebooting my computer. I was able to get the Firmware to flash properly in Odin. Now I have my phone booting and getting stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 splash screen... Doesn't seem to go any further than that though, unfortunately.
Any ideas what I can do? Is it possible that I need re-flash a bootloader or something ??
Any help would be supremely appreciated!
So I was just trying to re-install the Kernel, using the CF unsecured kernel, and it failed, but when I try to go into recovery mode, it looks as though it managed to install CWM Recovery. I have no idea what to do from here, and am sort of afraid to do anything for fear or bricking the phone completely...
I'm hoping someone out there knows how to fix this, I feel like such a tool
As long as you can get into download-mode, your phone isn't bricked.
If you switch from or to a TouchWiz-based ROM, you have to do a full-wipe in the recovery.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Go back to stock first via download mode via odin
Nah you're good. Similar thing happened to me at my first flashing attempt. Get your stock firmware from Intratech's thread, put the phone into download mode & flash the firmware via Odin.
Then maybe have another go at rooting the phone with the matching CFRoot kernel.
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So I was just trying to re-install the Kernel, using the CF unsecured kernel, and it failed, but when I try to go into recovery mode, it looks as though it managed to install CWM Recovery. I have no idea what to do from here, and am sort of afraid to do anything for fear or bricking the phone completely...
I'm hoping someone out there knows how to fix this, I feel like such a tool
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yes, if you can still go in download mode it's no so difficult..this "small brick" it's on of "Android things to do" once in your SGS2 life
Hi guys. I'm in a worst situation. As my phone after a failed ODIN downgrade from Android 2.3.6 to one stock kernel is completelly dead - it doesn't boot anymore - not even managed to put it back into download mode or revert to fact defaults (no keys, no lights not even battery charging displayed when pluged in) - tryed the USB jig also. Nothing worked.
The question is: Will Samsung manage to repair and how much will it cost - an average ammount offcourse. Because I guess it's out of the question to be considered a warranty issue. I guess it will be visible somebody have done smth to the ROM by a software approach....
This is the short story because I would bore you to discuss all the things I have been through - it was only my faoult out of stupidity
HELP!
I don't see why Samsung wouldn't fix it ? As to how much they'll charge you, I think you'll find that will vary from country to country (labour costs being variable, etc). No, I don't think you'll be able to have it repaired under warranty.
You might want to look at having it JTAG repaired by someone other than Samsung. This will possibly be cheaper than having Samsung repair it. Do a search on here/Google.
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The question is: Will Samsung manage to repair and how much will it cost - an average ammount offcourse. Because I guess it's out of the question to be considered a warranty issue. I guess it will be visible somebody have done smth to the ROM by a software approach....
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Thank you very much. I have searched alot to actually understand - unfortunatelly for me it will cost... I saw on youtube a JTAG in action right now (cannot post the link yet). I understand now it is the only way. I'll keep you posted guys. Tomorrow I'll go to service.
I'm sorry it's going to cost Alex. A difficult thing to happen, I know
Here's a link for a JTAG repairer in the US who is also a member here, tho I see you've already found one. I'm sure doing it this way will be cheaper/probably faster than having Samsung do the repair as well.
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Thank you very much. I have searched alot to actually understand - unfortunatelly for me it will cost... I saw on youtube a JTAG in action right now (cannot post the link yet). I understand now it is the only way. I'll keep you posted guys. Tomorrow I'll go to service.
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Thax. Funny thing is that this is exactly the thing I found - the same mobiletechvideos in US Now I allready have an ideea of how much should cost that. Hopefully I'll find a local GSM repair shop with the posibilitty to unbrick it cheep - or at least not much than 50USD - in local currency ofcource.
I'm still thinking if it is possible to use an ATMEL copy process - like in the old times for EEPROMS - I have done that in the past. In theory it might work but I will never do it - alredy scared about what happened to my beloved droid.
Thx again Mistah and have a gr8 day and a wonderfull new 2012!
Yeah I've seen a report or two on here from people who have used his service & have been happy. Must admit I found his page when thought I'd bricked my phone after my first flash attempt messed up. Yeah you might be able to get it done cheaper somewhere local, and that will mean less time without the phone for you without the phone in mail from you to the US & back again.
Let us know how you get on, your experience will be a good guide for people in future who have the same problems as you.
No probs man, happy to give you the little help I did. You too Alex Hope you have a great year & you get your phone back & working soon
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Thax. Funny thing is that this is exactly the thing I found - the same mobiletechvideos in US Now I allready have an ideea of how much should cost that. Hopefully I'll find a local GSM repair shop with the posibilitty to unbrick it cheep - or at least not much than 50USD - in local currency ofcource.
I'm still thinking if it is possible to use an ATMEL copy process - like in the old times for EEPROMS - I have done that in the past. In theory it might work but I will never do it - alredy scared about what happened to my beloved droid.
Thx again Mistah and have a gr8 day and a wonderfull new 2012!
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Hello again. Solved right now. The service didn't charged me at all - I was kind of lucky after all. Unfortunately there are still some issues I have from the start. I'll keep on digging - software related.
Got a friend at work, and his kid managed to enter a usercode onto his SGS2. It´s his businesses phone with LOADS of meetings/notes/sms´s/photes (all on the phone, nothing saved to SD :/ )etc etc and he want to get his info back if possible.
USB debugging is NOT turned on.
vol+,home,power gets puts you on a enter password screen.
vol-,home,power puts you in download mode.
Is there anything that can be flashed via ODIN to get rid of the usercode WITHOUT loosing any info?
Just them him to take it into a Samsung service center proof of ownership may well be needed.
As i work in a phone/tv store we send in ~5-10/phones each day to service centers.
Not one time have the phone been "unlocked/reset" without it coming back factory reset
I´ll tell him to leave it be until monday, and if there´s no other way then flashing, well, suck for him....
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As i work in a phone/tv store we send in ~5-10/phones each day to service centers.
Not one time have the phone been "unlocked/reset" without it coming back factory reset
I´ll tell him to leave it be until monday, and if there´s no other way then flashing, well, suck for him....
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Read in another thread to try a bunch of wrong passwords until it asks for a PUK then use that to unlock it (Call carrier for PUK)
Tell your "friend" to ask his "kid" for the code.
Does he have a backup of his EFS? If so you can flash via Odin any xxxEFSxxx.tar file and it will allow access to the phone, you can then backup whats needed and then restore the original EFS.
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Tell your "friend" to ask his "kid" for the code.
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The kid is 3 years old, and his name is Emil. Just think for a second, if the phone where stolen or ill gotten, why go through this trouble?! The meetings, calander etc can be restored (with pain) but the photos etc cant be replaced! And as i do this, send phones to service, on a daylie basis i want to explorer any other options first as it will likely be wiped when it is returned!
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Does he have a backup of his EFS? If so you can flash via Odin any xxxEFSxxx.tar file and it will allow access to the phone, you can then backup whats needed and then restore the original EFS.
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Nothing saved on his part. Got NSPRO, z3x and SGTool and tried everything that i could think of with these tools, but as usb debbuging is off no codes could be read...
Thanks for the input, i´ll guess it will be a hail mary pass to send it in to Anovo, as the biggest servicecenter is called in Sweden.
What is a "usercode" to begin with if it's not the Pattern/PIN/Password lock?
Overcomming the Pattern/PIN/Password lock is rather easy, as Odia suggested, but you even can do it with custom kernel via root ADB in recovery, don't even need to flash a stock EFS, just delete all cryptoprop* files.
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THAT sounds like the device encryption is enabled.
If that is really the case, there is nothing you can do without the password, as if you do the above, the password will be gone, but so is all the data as it can't be decrypted anymore.
0000 is always worth a try .
jje
Thanks for the info.
The phone was setup by a former IT guy at the company he works at. That would explain why it is encrypted, as my friend is not very tech savvy.
Unfortunately the guy now works abroad and they have not been able to reach him, and i guess that servicecenters wont reset it with content remaining to avoid potential problems with info coming into the wrong hands.
Thanks all for the replies!
It's impossible to reset it without loosing/wiping the data when not knowing the password - that's the idea when encrypting it
Has nothing to do with service centers "not wanting", it's just technically not possible.
Dear All,
Before I start, please forgive the repetition, as I know this issue comes up a lot but I've searched all over and can't find a solution for my circumstance. If there's a post I've missed, please direct me there...:fingers-crossed:
I recently received a Lumia 800 with a Qualcomm bootloader, sim-locked to a UK network. The first thing I did was use NSSPro to remove the simlock, which was successful, but I also wanted to debrand and try a custom ROM..
I read round the issue a fair bit and was going to go down the Linux 'dd' route when I spotted the Windows flashing utilties. Ever keen for an easy life, I went ahead and flashed my handset with FunkyRom, apparently making two fatal errors; not backing up my partitions in Linux and not using Linux to do the flash. Laziness stopped me backing up and I'm aware I deserve what I get for that, but the warnings about flashing in Windows were a little harder to spot and I only found those after the event.
ANYWAY....
Unsurpisingly it turns out, the Windows flash bricked the 'phone. I can get it into Qualcomm bootloader mode in Windows and Linux, I can read the partition map (attached), flash it in NSSPro, 'dd' it in Linux and flash it with the Windows tools, but it won't boot past the Nokia logo. After initial flashing the battery went haywire as well and wouldn't hold it's charge much beyond ten minutes. The battery is fine, I have swapped it out for a new one and it works fine in another 'phone, so I'm not sure what that was about. One other thing to note is I've never been able to hard reset it after flashing, the combination of button presses does nothing, no matter how long I hold them down, all that happens is the 'phone reboots if I release the power button.
I've tried many reflashes, replacing the third partition etc but I think I'm just laying s**t on top of s**t now and would appreciate some guidance. I don't think it's terminally bricked because I can still read/write from/to it in Linux, NSSPro etc, but I'm normally a Nokia N9 man, so this partition structure is unknown, I don't know what I'm looking for.
Any help much appreciated, with the note that I realise I ballsed up not making a backup, so you can skip telling me I'm a fool, I'm getting that enough from the missus..!
Sorry for the looong first post,
Squid
Not sure about fixing it as I have the 710, but Im pretty sure you could RMA to the place you bought it, and they would be too lazy to do full checks on what you did to it, send it back to Nokia and send you a replacement
I've bricked tablets and GPUs and phones and RMA'd, and not once have they ever questioned what I did
One phone I RMA'd I'd flashed a German ROM to and everything was stuck in German, UK company just walked me through factory resetting it on the phone, didn't work obviously, so they gave me a new one
Just an idea if you can't fix it yourself
Other options would be taking it to a local phone repair store who have tools to flash bricked phones, there have been a few here who didn't read the "DO NOT FORMAT" posts, and hit the format button bricking their phones, took it to a repair store who flashed it back to a working state for them
Good luck
Hi and thanks for the reply.
I'll be honest, I'm a Nokia N9 man myself, I was hoping to unlock this one as a spare's spare (it looks and feels familiar), so I'm unlikely to be taking it for repair if I can't get it going myself, but it's interesting to hear you've never been questioned about any DIY work you may have done, I've always thought they'd be hot on that...?
I am holding out for a technical hint or two on something I may have borked during the flash itself, and whether that might be recoverable, after all I can get to the bootloader, just whatever I flash on top (FunkyRom, Rainbow Mod etc) just don't load. Also, why doesn't hard reset work on this 'phone? I have questions but I've run out of brains for answers.
Are there generic full partition dumps available to dd in Linux that would be like a vanilla image? Are there specific partitions that may be the problem? If it gets to the Nokia logo but no further, how far in the booting process has it come?
Squid
Hi John,
Maybe you can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47076870&postcount=2
Otherwise I can download an original rom for you, maybe you can flash that with nss, just let me/us know.
Greetz,
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Hi John,
Maybe you can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47076870&postcount=2
Otherwise I can download an original rom for you, maybe you can flash that with nss, just let me/us know.
Greetz,
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Brilliant, I'll take a look at the NSU first, thanks!
Rataplan,
No joy with the NSU Retail I'm afraid. Do you think you could let me have an original ROM please as mentioned? After that, I guess it goes to the bin..
John
Ok, gonna download and upload this evening, keep you informed.
Greetz,
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Ok, gonna download and upload this evening, keep you informed.
Greetz,
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Great, thanks!
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Great, thanks!
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Ok John, you can download the rom here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9417919/rm-801.7z , the rom is based on RM801_059L8M3_1750.0805.8773.12220, I also suggest to read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457341 and
this: http://forum.dailymobile.net/index.php?topic=77419.0
Greetz,
Many thanks, I'll try it later. I have actually tried those threads you linked previously but I'll take another look.
Cheers,
John
Hey there Rataplan,
No dice I'm afraid. I can't get the phone connected in anything other than Qualcomm mode, so I can't use NCS to flash. I can use NSSPro to flash a file with .nb extension but not the files you uploaded. NSU Retail asks me to connect in Qualcomm mode then doesn't recognise the phone once I do that.
I just don't understand how if I can get to the Qualcomm bootloader, why flashing RainbowMod or FunkyRom/FunkyRom lite doesn't work, do you have any suggestions? Is there a way to check if any of my partitions are corrupted?
JS
EDIT - Just read this post - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29583840&postcount=2 and renamed the boot.img of the ROM you uploaded. Now my 'phone shows a 'Three UK' splash screen, then the nokia logo, but still doesn't load. Is there a way to know what stage of the boot the 'phone is getting to before it hangs?
Ha! Got it!
Using the extract and rename method I flashed the 11412 firmware (oldest one in Navifirm) for product code 059M062 and bingo! It boots and there's no simlock...
Thanks for all your help Rataplan, 'phone revived!
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Great, I know it had to work, that's why I gave you an copy of an older rom, I'm glad you solved it yourself , take care next time.
Greetz,
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Great, I know it had to work, that's why I gave you an copy of an older rom, I'm glad you solved it yourself , take care next time.
Greetz,
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Will do..
I've changed my product code with NSSPro but if I try to flash any later ROMS then it goes back to being borked. I can always recover to this ROM now but I'm wondering why I can't upgrade?
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Will do..
I've changed my product code with NSSPro but if I try to flash any later ROMS then it goes back to being borked. I can always recover to this ROM now but I'm wondering why I can't upgrade?
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I have to take a look at your product code, did you try Nokia Update Retrailer.
The original product code was 059L7C6, I've successfully flashed it with a ROM for product code 059M062 and confusingly, I've written the product code 059L7C2 with NSSPro..
Does it bork it if you try to update it through Zune ?
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Does it bork it if you try to update it through Zune ?
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Hey,
Just plugged it into Zune now and it's offering me 7.10.7740.16. Question: Does using Zune overwrite the Qualcomm bootloader? Once that's gone I know I can't get any custom ROMS loaded on here..
Thanks,
JS
For those who may be interested:
I've got a working Lumia now, flashed with a 12220 firmware on a UK product code but that's it, I can't get anything more up to date on there. Every time I flash something more recent I get stuck at the Nokia screen. In addition, I get the same result with any of the custom ROMs, they just won't load. Could my hardware version be preventing the upgrade? Any ideas..?
JS
john smash said:
Hey,
Just plugged it into Zune now and it's offering me 7.10.7740.16. Question: Does using Zune overwrite the Qualcomm bootloader? Once that's gone I know I can't get any custom ROMS loaded on here..
Thanks,
JS
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No the update doesn't overwrite the bootloader, I flashed the unlocked bootloader to mine and have flashed custom & stock & custom & stock in that order and everything stayed unlocked