[Q] Phone wont turn on mystery - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was using my phone the other day everything was fine I put it down looked back to it and I saw it was off I just thought the battery was flat I brought it home to charge and it wouldn't charge.
When I try to charge it nothing happens but on the back around the area of the camera gets hot. I took this to a repair shop down the road and they said that they fix a lot of the phones by changing the flex at the bottom, I tried this but that still doesn't work.
What is wrong with it? Is it software or hardware?
Why does that area get hot?
This is a last ditch attempt before I just sell the phone on for spares but it would be great if anyone could help!
Thanks

12jamie34 said:
I was using my phone the other day everything was fine I put it down looked back to it and I saw it was off I just thought the battery was flat I brought it home to charge and it wouldn't charge.
When I try to charge it nothing happens but on the back around the area of the camera gets hot. I took this to a repair shop down the road and they said that they fix a lot of the phones by changing the flex at the bottom, I tried this but that still doesn't work.
What is wrong with it? Is it software or hardware?
Why does that area get hot?
This is a last ditch attempt before I just sell the phone on for spares but it would be great if anyone could help!
Thanks
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It won't start at all? No download or recovery mode?

I have tried booting it in recovery mode + download mode but nothing comes up on the screen.

12jamie34 said:
I have tried booting it in recovery mode + download mode but nothing comes up on the screen.
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What phone version do you have? normal i9100 or i9100G etc.
I don't know anything about hardbricking your phone, but i think you need an usb jig.

12jamie34 said:
I have tried booting it in recovery mode + download mode but nothing comes up on the screen.
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If screen is not going on....u need a usb jig for sure
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Haven't got the phone with me at the moment When i get it back I will try the USB jig and get back to you.
Thanks for your help.

12jamie34 said:
Haven't got the phone with me at the moment When i get it back I will try the USB jig and get back to you.
Thanks for your help.
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You know that's a usb thing you need to buy?

I do indeed

pls
Pls,i also av dis exact problem,how do i get usb jig

Opestein said:
Pls,i also av dis exact problem,how do i get usb jig
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U can buy one from eBay.
Or you can borrow one see the thread in general section
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Opestein said:
Pls,i also av dis exact problem,how do i get usb jig
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http://bit.ly/XHxKSn
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tanks
i cant get one here but i am trying to make one but my usb has 4 pins instead of 5 pins.pls help

Camera gets hot while charging, not booting, no recovery or download: symptoms of hardbrick.
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You can thank me if i helped you

I sent the phone off to be fixed with JTAG and it turns out that it cannot be fixed I received this back...
===============
= JTAG REPORT =
===============
Open serial port...OK
Connecting to the RIFF Box...OK
Connecting to the dead body...OK
Detected dead body: DETECTED
Set I/O Voltage reads OK, TCK Frequency is OK
Resurrection sequence started.
Establish communication with the phone...OK
Initializing internal hardware configuration...OK
Uploading resurrector data into memory...OK
Starting communication with resurrector...OK
Flashing the dead body...
ERROR: Timeout while waiting for DCC Loader response, CPU is DEAD

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My Galaxy s2 wont turn on after download mode

Hi,
Yesterday I tried to do a ROOT but I had a problem with the "Odin" software so I hade to turn off the galaxy manually...
But when I tried to turn it again' he wont turn on!
What can I do?
Thank you
Same problem...
I have the same problem, will not turn on. was adviced to but (UNBrick Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 Download Mode USB Jig) from ebay but did not work.. Can anyone help... Phone makes a good door stop at the minute.. lol
Might find an answer faster in the gs2 forum.
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Same issue....
did anyone mange to solve this issue?
Thanxs
Hard unbricking
yes look at mobile tech videos on youtube
Help
Thanx , can you provide any link for that.....
Cheers
Unbricking
Sorry i cant leave a link here as im new maybe you or someone else can but type in youtube search mobile tech videos unbrick and the s2 is the second on the list they do ship worldwide and are based in the US.
Well done
Thanx mate, well done ....
Cheers
Send it in for repair but say nothing about odin or root
I have sent for repair
Already sent for repair. I said it would not switch on or charge. To be honest I feel that samsung need to address this issue as if the operating system fails on a pc you can reload and away you go. The same should be said for a phone. There should be a fail safe that always puts the phone back to download mode. I thought the jig was the answer but not always so BE CAREFUL.
I sent my phone to tmobile they repaired it free
Repair Description
- Calibration
- Software update
- Replacement - A/S ASSY-PBA MAIN(COMM)GT_I9100
- Screening
same issue
my computer crashd in the middle of the odin update. and my phone is allso dead now...
the only solution was to send it to service?
depends, if the process was interrupted during the flash the bootloader, the phone is dead
sykokidd said:
my computer crashd in the middle of the odin update. and my phone is allso dead now...
the only solution was to send it to service?
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Was is ???
Nope a USB recovery jig may enable download mode or even a JTag repair would be cheaper than paid for Samsung service .
jje
I had the same issue flasg siyahs kernel after flashing the rom and ur phone should start xD
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yeh, thats what happened, no buttons work, jig dont work. nothing... sending it to service tomorrow.... aaaaaaaah damn rental phones hehe
my sgs2 is dead too....same issues... no reaction to anything possible to do: charger, usb gig, hardware buttons, etc.
JIG?
Has anyone had any success with the USB JIG and a 'hard' bricked phone?
H00pyFr00d said:
Has anyone had any success with the USB JIG and a 'hard' bricked phone?
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Same wonder
My SGS2 is hard bricked, no question about it. Nothing happens no matter what button press, usb connection etc. Dead as a doornail.
From what I've read the JIG will only help if you have, at bare minimum, backlights or a vibration when you hit the power button. As I have literally nothing this means I'm 'hard' bricked in which case the JIG shouldn't work.
I've a JIG on order and should arrive tomorrow. I'll try every which way with it, button combos, plugging in USB, removing and replacing battery etc. If i get any response or any success I'll report back. If not, I've found a few places that can JTAG so I'll go that route and again report back.

[Q] my phone restarts when i power off

My phone is only a month old and recently started doing this..
when i plug my phone to the charger it goes straight to kies/ active driving mode/ voice commands
same thing happens when i plug it to computer via USB
and when i power off the device it restarts by itself.. same thing happens when i remove the battery, it starts immediately when i return it without pressing the power button.
My phone is rooted and I can't take it back to the retailer, I don't know if there's any way to unroot the phone so the retailer dont find out that my phone was rooted. I have seen many people online facing the same problem but it seems like none of them have found a solution. if there's any please let me know.
Model number: GT-I9100
Android version: 2.3.3
Baseband version I9100XXKF1
Karnel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100JPKG2-CL342890 [email protected] #2
Build number: GINGERBREAD.JPKG2
Thank you
hey
i got htc desire restarting when become hot.
check if ur phone gets high in temperature when it restarts.
if so, u need to change it.
hardware problem.
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webmoly said:
hey
i got htc desire restarting when become hot.
check if ur phone gets high in temperature when it restarts.
if so, u need to change it.
hardware problem.
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no mate it's not.. i even removed the battery for the entire night yesterday and when i put it back nothing changed. thanks anyway
Okay just tell me how to unroot it and make it not visible to the company that my phone was rooted. Anyone?
Just flash your Stock firmware again, you will be un-rooted. Use USB Jig to reset ROM counter if you need.
Regards.
umm thanks for the reply.. is there's anyway i can reset the counter without that USB jig? it's kinda hard for me to get it since my country is almost a warfare now.
Hassanx said:
umm thanks for the reply.. is there's anyway i can reset the counter without that USB jig? it's kinda hard for me to get it since my country is almost a warfare now.
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...nope...but I don't think you need for it...it seems an hardware problem so I do not think that service people will go to check counter if they find an original samsung firmware on booting
Hassanx said:
umm thanks for the reply.. is there's anyway i can reset the counter without that USB jig? it's kinda hard for me to get it since my country is almost a warfare now.
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Your country is almost at warfare, and you are more concerned about a phone...
Anyways, you can easily get a 300k resistor. Grab a spare MicroUSB cable, then cut the plug out, plug in the MicroUSB into your phone, then use the resistor and connect to PIN 4 and PIN 5.
You don't need to buy one, just make one.

[Q] Please help!!!

Hi Guys!!,
I have an S2 and sadly while doing an update through ODIN, it was interrupted in between and got "ODIN FAIL " message. After that, I tried doing a hard reset, soft reset and even connecting my phone to different computers but somehow there seems to be no life in the phone. Good news is, I know there is nothing wrong with the hardware(as i got it checked by a technician). I just want to know how to start the phone, just to see the symbol, so that i can have it reflashed.Battery has also been completly charged , yet no change
Model:- i9100
Please help.. you guys are the only ones who can help
binsuthomas said:
Hi Guys!!,
I have an S2 and sadly while doing an update through ODIN, it was interrupted in between and got "ODIN FAIL " message. After that, I tried doing a hard reset, soft reset and even connecting my phone to different computers but somehow there seems to be no life in the phone. Good news is, I know there is nothing wrong with the hardware(as i got it checked by a technician). I just want to know how to start the phone, just to see the symbol, so that i can have it reflashed.Battery has also been completly charged , yet no change
Model:- i9100
Please help.. you guys are the only ones who can help
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1. Is there any sign of life at all in the phone? Can the phone light up at all?
2. Remove the battery for few minutes ( up to 10mins), the try again if there is sign of life)
If after trying 1 and 2, there is still no sign of life in your phone, then you can simply conclude that Your bootloader has probably been messed up, and therefore your device is hardbricked!
Solution 1:
1. JTAG repair
2. Samsung service repair (free if your device is still under warranty)
Jokesy said:
1. Is there any sign of life at all in the phone? Can the phone light up at all?
2. Remove the battery for few minutes ( up to 10mins), the try again if there is sign of life)
If after trying 1 and 2, there is still no sign of life in your phone, then you can simply conclude that Your bootloader has probably been messed up, and therefore your device is hardbricked!
Solution 1:
1. JTAG repair
2. Samsung service repair (free if your device is still under warranty)
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Thanks for the quick reply. Sadly, in the middle east, Service centers are not that great and my hone is not under warranty as it got expired on 30/08/2012.
I have a feeling that you are right about the boot loader being messed up.. so how do i get it working??? I mean what is JTAG? Thats something i havent come across
binsuthomas said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Sadly, in the middle east, Service centers are not that great and my hone is not under warranty as it got expired on 30/08/2012.
I have a feeling that you are right about the boot loader being messed up.. so how do i get it working??? I mean what is JTAG? Thats something i havent come across
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Have you tried a USB Jig? If you can get into download mode with it you can flash a new firmware through odin, and if not then Jtag probably the only thing that would help.
Scarface1991 said:
Have you tried a USB Jig? If you can get into download mode with it you can flash a new firmware through odin, and if not then Jtag probably the only thing that would help.
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No i havent tried USB Jig or JTAG.. And its not available here in Bahrain.. So there is no actual way of fixing this apart from these 2 options??
Man... Im so screwed..
Have you tried removing the battery for a while (10 minutes) and then reinserting n charging via wall charger (not via computer's USB)?
If yes, what happened?
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iiiadoableiii said:
Have you tried removing the battery for a while (10 minutes) and then reinserting n charging via wall charger (not via computer's USB)?
If yes, what happened?
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like i said earlier... done all the basic checks... no life what so ever, do mention something else other than the ones i have originally posted
If that's the case, then i am really sorry mate.. U can order a USB jig / jtag from Ebay.
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try usb jig.
try usb jig. it will help you i think.

[Q] SGS2 Dead on flashing

As in titel i tried to flash a rom: JELLYBAM-i9100-PAOKP10_v1.0.0 exactly, and it all started well, and at 2% i went outside and after comeing back the phone went dead.
The batery was at 100% chargred.
I tried to enter the recovery mode, normal mode and download mode, and still nothing.
Connected to PC didn't turn screen on.
Need help!
Have you tried to jig it?
hm...
andiprbwo said:
Have you tried to jig it?
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all i did was just the casual buttons combination and the chargeing part...
of you have any suggestions what to do and how to do it... i am glad to hear
i repeat myself. The phonde makes no move, not a single light or any changes, he looks like dead.
i can not enter in download mode or any other form...
aHUG4good said:
all i did was just the casual buttons combination and the chargeing part...
of you have any suggestions what to do and how to do it... i am glad to hear
i repeat myself. The phonde makes no move, not a single light or any changes, he looks like dead.
i can not enter in download mode or any other form...
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JTAG it - and last option is to replace the motherboard :S
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiXtFVh6KE
Just a note to OP: you cant Jtag it yourself, you have a to find a Service center in your area that does Jtag repairs.
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I have watched what jteg means and how it's done... And I realize I need to go to the service. Thx all for help...
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i flashed the wrong recovery....

now phone is bricked power button does nothing screen is dead...
any ideas on how to fix?
any sign at all???
{davros} said:
now phone is bricked power button does nothing screen is dead...
any ideas on how to fix?
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if you plug it into the computer does it do anything?
{davros} said:
now phone is bricked power button does nothing screen is dead...
any ideas on how to fix?
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I'm not 100% sure. But if you get the right recovery Odin it to your phone. I just bricked my phone the same way. I'm on MK2. I tried Odin and the MK2 tar. But that didn't work. Now my phone says. Go to Kies recovery Have you tried holding down power/Home and volume down to see if u can get into download mode. If u can't. Then your battery might be dead. Phone won't charge if in bricked state.
mylifeandroid said:
if you plug it into the computer does it do anything?
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nope nothing
{davros} said:
nope nothing
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If you can get into download mode, you can flash back to a stock build. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yp47DV4UuQ&feature=youtu.be
{davros} said:
nope nothing
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make sure your battery isn't dead....
battery has full charge....
phone isnt getting power.
i ordered a usb jig to see if that helps.....
other wise i think i have a $400 brick
i just plugged it into our windows laptop using the samsung cable ... windows makes the usb plugged in noise but nothing else happens i am taking this a good sign as to its not completely hard bricked ... i hope
{davros} said:
i just plugged it into our windows laptop using the samsung cable ... windows makes the usb plugged in noise but nothing else happens i am taking this a good sign as to its not completely hard bricked ... i hope
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It's time to watch the windows device manager to see what appears.
Windows/Break (hold down the windows key, then press break). For windows 7, then click on "Device Manager".
Open that and then plug in the phone and see what appears.
it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in device manager
{davros} said:
it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in device manager
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That's bad news - that's the low-level Qualcomm boot loader. You may be stuck having to find someone to fix it by JTAG'ing the device.
Google around for "Galaxy S4 QHSUSB_DLOAD" - there's nothing flashable for the I545 that I could find right away.
ya i just did some searching for that too looks like JTAG is the only way. found a place that will do it for $60 plus shipping. not to bad in the grand skeam of things compaired to buying a new phone thats cheap.
if anyone needs it heres the link..
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-jtag-brick-repair/
Had that happen twice before(different device) but your device is out of luck, as k1mu said jtag is the only option for saving it
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CovXX said:
Had that happen twice before(different device) but your device is out of luck, as k1mu said jtag is the only option for saving it
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One reason why many of us stress to take time to read and research before leaping into nodding your phone. It takes time but will save time and money in the long run.
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