First off al sorry for my english
I flashed the stock galaxy s3 firmware on my phone.
When i updated it and restored my apps from my backup
the screen turned blank en shut down the phone.
when i restarted the phone it only shows me white and gray stripes.
I can put it into download mode but can't do anything in odin because it fails (problem with cache partition)
So someone got an idea how to fix it ?
just replaced me screen 2 days ago because it was cracked
it costs me 240 euro's sdo i dont wan't to buy a othe phone^^
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Greetings from Holland
KingOffTheBongo said:
First off al sorry for my english
I flashed the stock galaxy s3 firmware on my phone.
When i updated it and restored my apps from my backup
the screen turned blank en shut down the phone.
when i restarted the phone it only shows me white and gray stripes.
I can put it into download mode but can't do anything in odin because it fails (problem with cache partition)
So someone got an idea how to fix it ?
just replaced me screen 2 days ago because it was cracked
it costs me 240 euro's sdo i dont wan't to buy a othe phone^^
Reply fast please my fellow members
Greetings from Holland
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If you've just had your screen replaced It could be a faulty screen.
Take it back to where you got it replaced and tell show them, they should replace it again.
As for Odin not flashing and the phone just shutting down and becoming unresponsive, sounds like Sudden Death Syndrome.
Obagleyfreer said:
If you've just had your screen replaced It could be a faulty screen.
Take it back to where you got it replaced and tell show them, they should replace it again.
As for Odin not flashing and the phone just shutting down and becoming unresponsive, sounds like Sudden Death Syndrome.
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Thanks for answering!
but it isn't the screen because it worked the last two days fine on my custom rom.
The original firmware worked fine aswell
until i was downloading the update and restoring my apps.
I can connect it with odin now en the phone isn't shutting down anymore.
but the screen will be on with the whit and gray stripes.
whats a Sudden Death Syndrome?
and what can i do about it?
R: [Q] help me please ik broke my phone!
KingOffTheBongo said:
Thanks for answering!
but it isn't the screen because it worked the last two days fine on my custom rom.
The original firmware worked fine aswell
until i was downloading the update and restoring my apps.
I can connect it with odin now en the phone isn't shutting down anymore.
but the screen will be on with the whit and gray stripes.
whats a Sudden Death Syndrome?
and what can i do about it?
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This is why people should inform themselves about rooting and stuff before actually doing it. Imagine how easily you would be able to fix ur phone if u had a custom recovery right now....
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This is why people should inform themselves about rooting and stuff before actually doing it. Imagine how easily you would be able to fix ur phone if u had a custom recovery right now....
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I had informed myself.
My phone had custum recovery when my phone was rooted.
but i have flashed the original firmware on odin today.
After that my phone is unrooted, so my custom recovery is also gone.
Otherwise i could factory reset in a sec.
I have tried to root my phone again so i can use custom recovery.
but i will fail on odin..
and now i'm stuck!
Only opertunity i see is to replace my screen again for the cracked screen because i have insurance.
And the insurance company will send it back to samsung and replace the screen.
en factory reset my phone.
but it will cost me a little bit money because i got to pay for somehting called own risk...
R: [Q] help me please ik broke my phone!
Wellll.if u got warranty there is a little thing called fu**** up ur ohone as much as you can and destroying completely it's internal storage before sending it over to samsung for repairs. That way they wont be able to find out if it's ever been rooted and flashed (they have a flash counter, sad, i know) and will not onlt have to replace screen, but fix a system VERY difficult to fix if not completely damaged. And since its not a hardware component damage, they cant complain.
Result? they just send yku a completely new phone for free.
And before replying it wont work.....have a little faith in who KNOWS
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Wellll.if u got warranty there is a little thing called fu**** up ur ohone as much as you can and destroying completely it's internal storage before sending it over to samsung for repairs. That way they wont be able to find out if it's ever been rooted and flashed (they have a flash counter, sad, i know) and will not onlt have to replace screen, but fix a system VERY difficult to fix if not completely damaged. And since its not a hardware component damage, they cant complain.
Result? they just send yku a completely new phone for free.
And before replying it wont work.....have a little faith in who KNOWS
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I thank you!
Now got the following question
how to **** up my phone?
and is it normal when my phone i not rooted that i don't see the flash counts in dowload mode?
And samsung has to make it whenever i want because i got insurance (i pay for it every month)
So when my phone is broken and i call them they must come and get my phone within 4 hours en every country in Europe
But i was more phone iff i can repair it myself.
Because i'm bored all the time^^
R: [Q] help me please ik broke my phone!
KingOffTheBongo said:
I thank you!
Now got the following question
how to **** up my phone?
and is it normal when my phone i not rooted that i don't see the flash counts in dowload mode?
And samsung has to make it whenever i want because i got insurance (i pay for it every month)
So when my phone is broken and i call them they must come and get my phone within 4 hours en every country in Europe
But i was more phone iff i can repair it myself.
Because i'm bored all the time^^
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Dunno about flash counter thingy, but if u wanna fix the phone urself and feel a pro, best method is fooling samsung
Plus what fun is there if you fix ure phone with xda's help? Try it yourself...if it doesnt work just go to the sammy team u pay and have em fix it up....
Just out of curiosity: how much do you pay each month?
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killbubble said:
Dunno about flash counter thingy, but if u wanna fix the phone urself and feel a pro, best method is fooling samsung
Plus what fun is there if you fix ure phone with xda's help? Try it yourself...if it doesnt work just go to the sammy team u pay and have em fix it up....
Just out of curiosity: how much do you pay each month?
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I pay ProaAssist like 11 euro's a month
ProAssist send them back to samsung for repairs
For the 11 euro's i got covered for falling, water, fire or of it get stolen.
Don't got insurance for firmware problems so that's the problem.
but the last 3 times i had repaired my phone because the screen had a crack
they've wiped everything and did a factory reset.
So that's why i want to put it back the broken screen that i have replaced 2 days ago
I didn't wanted to wait for 3 weeks to get my phone back with a new screen^^
It took me like 5 minutes so it was alot faster
R: [Q] help me please ik broke my phone!
KingOffTheBongo said:
I pay ProaAssist like 11 euro's a month
ProAssist send them back to samsung for repairs
For the 11 euro's i got covered for falling, water, fire or of it get stolen.
Don't got insurance for firmware problems so that's the problem.
but the last 3 times i had repaired my phone because the screen had a crack
they've wiped everything and did a factory reset.
So that's why i want to put it back the broken screen that i have replaced 2 days ago
I didn't wanted to wait for 3 weeks to get my phone back with a new screen^^
It took me like 5 minutes so it was alot faster
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-.- damn wut a waste of money. Y u like to play gta v with ur phone even when it has yet to come out? U can't prove anything anywaus until september 2013, so might i suggest u save the destructions for then
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killbubble said:
-.- damn wut a waste of money. Y u like to play gta v with ur phone even when it has yet to come out? U can't prove anything anywaus until september 2013, so might i suggest u save the destructions for then
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It's not totally a waste of money.
The new screen part costs here like 236 euro's with repair.
I got my galaxy s3 for like 11 months and the screen cracked 4 times..
so you can do the math.
R: [Q] help me please ik broke my phone!
Dat wut i be talking bout man. If.u didnt play gta with ur phone so much u wouldnt have to pay for that ensurance...but i guess yiu paid it in the first place cuz u knew...
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KingOffTheBongo said:
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I got my galaxy s3 for like 11 months and the screen cracked 4 times..
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LOL...
Do you play tennis with your phone or something?
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Seicer said:
LOL...
Do you play tennis with your phone or something?
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Haha noo!
But it's a smart idea to play tennis with it.
It's also my work phone so it cracked 2 times at my work.
And my sister kids have let fall 2 times..
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Dat wut i be talking bout man. If.u didnt play gta with ur phone so much u wouldnt have to pay for that ensurance...but i guess yiu paid it in the first place cuz u knew...
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In Holland it is normal to have a insurance iff you got a good smartphone.
And why would i wait 3 weeks minimal
Iff everyone can replace it by his self in 5 minutes?
it's all a click in system and so easy
and i had one new part at home that i have bought in China.
so why wouldn't i use it?
so you would bring your car with a broken muffler to the garage when you got a new muffler at home
and you can fix it yourself?
KingOffTheBongo said:
In Holland it is normal to have a insurance iff you got a good smartphone.
Thats a users choice though not every user throws money at insurance and prefer to stand the risk themselves .
and i had one new part at home that i have bought in China.
so why wouldn't i use it?
so you would bring your car with a broken muffler to the garage when you got a new muffler at home
and you can fix it yourself?
Only problem with that is that self fixes voids future warranty and insurance if spotted .
jje
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JJEgan said:
KingOffTheBongo said:
In Holland it is normal to have a insurance iff you got a good smartphone.
Thats a users choice though not every user throws money at insurance and prefer to stand the risk themselves .
and i had one new part at home that i have bought in China.
so why wouldn't i use it?
so you would bring your car with a broken muffler to the garage when you got a new muffler at home
and you can fix it yourself?
Only problem with that is that self fixes voids future warranty and insurance if spotted .
jje[/QUOTE
Letting my phone fixed bij de insurance company will void my waranty aswell.
So it didn't care about that.
Even when i replaced the screen my insurance has to repair my screen
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I have hard bricked my galaxy ace while i was in recovery mode( Rom Manager 4.0). i was trying to overclock it with CM7 Overclock but it got aborted, so i didnt persist with it n was getting out of the recovery mode when it suddenly switched off and till now now powering on. i tried to get in download mode but not able to. will usb jig be able to help me get in downloading mode?
i had the same problem too.you can't do anything by yourself,you need to go to an service.
dj_antish said:
I have hard bricked my galaxy ace while i was in recovery mode( Rom Manager 4.0). i was trying to overclock it with CM7 Overclock but it got aborted, so i didnt persist with it n was getting out of the recovery mode when it suddenly switched off and till now now powering on. i tried to get in download mode but not able to. will usb jig be able to help me get in downloading mode?
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Voila....Nice work..People just dont learn...First of all,I am sorry if i sound rude
Good work bricking your phone with ROM MANAGER..ROM Manager DOES NOT support ACE...There has been many posts regarding this but PEOPLE dont learn,do they..
Theres no rescue...A brick with rom manager is irrepairable..Some people were lucky though,they could get into download mode,but sadly,you are not...
Take it to your nearest service center
EDIT:I forgot to tell...THIS IS DEVELOPMENT THREAD NOT BRICK THREAD..GENERAL FORUMS IS THE BRICK THREAD
don't panic, mate. try to use a USB Jig first; DIY if deemed necessary! then if all goes well, then flash away
did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071970
Btw its should not in dev section
dont mess your phone much
you not read noob guid as rom manager brick ace if you run stock rom without cwm
anyway go to service centre tell its not turn on after factory reset
most of us get it live back from service centre but dont tell you use root or any thing
just tell its happen after factory reset
nims11 said:
Btw its should not in dev section
dont mess your phone much
you not read noob guid as rom manager brick ace if you run stock rom without cwm
anyway go to service centre tell its not turn on after factory reset
most of us get it live back from service centre but dont tell you use root or any thing
just tell its happen after factory reset
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I agree!! I hard bricked my Ace once.. and nothing switched on. So all i did was take it to the service center, with a sad face and tell them that it suddenly switched off and stopped working.
When they asked what i was doing i simply said i was playing a game and it stopped. What is the game? NFS Shift (coz its quite laggy anyway)
And all they said was ''Alright sir, its a hardware faliure, i think its a motherboard short. We will have it replaced. Will have it for you in three working days.''
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
thedisturbedone said:
I agree!! I hard bricked my Ace once.. and nothing switched on. So all i did was take it to the service center, with a sad face and tell them that it suddenly switched off and stopped working.
When they asked what i was doing i simply said i was playing a game and it stopped. What is the game? NFS Shift (coz its quite laggy anyway)
And all they said was ''Alright sir, its a hardware faliure, i think its a motherboard short. We will have it replaced. Will have it for you in three working days.''
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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Lol...I cant stop laughing after that...Quite nice suggestion on maintaining a troll face between stay at service centre
lmao.....
thedisturbedone said:
I agree!! I hard bricked my Ace once.. and nothing switched on. So all i did was take it to the service center, with a sad face and tell them that it suddenly switched off and stopped working.
When they asked what i was doing i simply said i was playing a game and it stopped. What is the game? NFS Shift (coz its quite laggy anyway)
And all they said was ''Alright sir, its a hardware faliure, i think its a motherboard short. We will have it replaced. Will have it for you in three working days.''
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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HAHA! That's a good one What I did was tell them my phone smoked while listening to music and *poof* phone shut down but those greedy mother f**ker charged me 200 bucks for the motherboard replacment wtf!!!!
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CNghost said:
HAHA! That's a good one What I did was tell them my phone smoked while listening to music and *poof* phone shut down but those greedy mother f**ker charged me 200 bucks for the motherboard replacment wtf!!!!
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In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
nims11 said:
In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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I guess people in my country are really greedy people
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Try remove battery, re instert it and go download mode.
if it don' t work, re try it a lot of time..
nims11 said:
In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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Consumer forum and India FTW
nims11 said:
In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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No they didn't charged me......my ace was bricked due to rom manager......they changed my phones motherboard ........I told them I was playing suddenly screen went off.......
$π®@£
I Will Not Charge You for pressing thanks.
I too fell in the trap of Rom Manager. I wasn't aware of the fact that ACE is not supported by ROM MANAGER.
I have been trying all methods // Download mode, Button combinations... Odin did recofnize it once but was stuck on 'set connection'... so I tried it again, but it didnt recognize it again.
Hence, now I am forced to take it to Service Centre. Would post my experice too once my ACE returns...
Thanks for the post guys.. this thread really helped..
Cheers !!
thedisturbedone said:
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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Lol, with me was easier, after two days that I had bought my Ace, I updated it to an europe Gingerbread firmware, but my Ace is a brazilian model, so, a few things started to happen, screen flickering, random shutdowns, 3G wasn't working. All I did was taking my phone back to my carrier store (the place where I bought the phone) and I told that the screen was flickering a lot. I wasn't into Android on that time, I really thought it was broken.
The phone was completely stock, the carrier customizations weren't there anymore, the language wasn't the right one. The girl who was helping noticed that my phone was a bit different from the others, but she said "no problem, we will send it back to Samsung" and then she gave me a new phone with the box and everything. Lol.
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Y u no ready my sticky?! Rom manager kills ace! Got it?
Prawesome said:
Consumer forum and India FTW
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Really? Are you sure that any complaints ANYWHERE pays off in India?
Could I brick my phone, go to service center and buy a new phone with a discount
Nielli said:
Could I brick my phone, go to service center and buy a new phone with a discount
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A friend of mine did that. He broke the mic on his phone with compressed air... Then he hardbricked his phone (i think it was LG optimus 2X, but maybe something else) and paid a little extra for SGS2.
Edit: I've installed dozens of custom roms and tweaks on my ACE. Never have i even gotten a bootloop (i've had some on other phones).. The main thing is to FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS and if there arent any than you should google a bit to find out if what you want to do works or not.
Hi guys, my phone is flashed so I guess that will make this whole process painful...
But here is the story, I have omega version 12.1 I think (maybe 11 or 13) it has been on my phone for 1 + months now, so I am fairly certain it isn't anything to do with firmware. Phone wont turn on, wont go into download mode or anything. I have tried taking the battery out and leaving it out for 5 minutes, still nothing.
It was working fine before I went to bed, had 10 percent battery and was just on home screen when I put it on charge, not in app or anything. Then seems to be hard bricked after waking up, so happened sometime overnight.
I am not with a carrier, brought it locally outright at my local consumers electronics store (JB-HI-FI)
Since it is hard bricked to the point it wont turn on in download mode does that mean there is no way for them to know it is flashed unless they fix it (in which all is ok)?
Never done a warranty return, do I just take it into store and they send it off? How long will this take?
On top of all this I cut my old sim doown using a cutting template, and it appeared to slide in fine, but after trying to remove it today the push eject isn't working, and tips to get this out, doesn't appear to be enough room to grip it with tweesers.
Thanks.
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
Nicholas68 said:
No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Nope brisbane here, thanks for the offer though. What would the chances be of a JIG fixing it though, cause I have a feeling the mainboard has died. Kinda wish I didn't turn off the red LED charging light, apparently some others who's phones hardbricked the light still turned on showing some sign of life.
Any suggestions on sorting out the micro sim card issue now, assume I have to get it our before taking it to service centre, or just leave it in for them to fix?
priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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-it will force the S3 in download mode
BUT
-it will not reset the flash counter like with S2
Got a little bit of good news, this might help other people out with jammed sim cards, NO damage and worked like a treat.
In the top of the sim card holder down the bottom left there is a little circle around one mill wide, got a sharp thumbtack and pushed it gentelly into the sim card, the just applied a little pressure and the sim card started to slide up, was very easy, had a great grip on the sim cad and no damage done trying to grab it with needle nose pliers like I read elsewhere, now to get the phone replaced or unbricked.
Thinking about it more I think it is a hardware fault, cause I had flashed the correct version of omega for international S3, I havn't had any wrong signs like freezing or crashing, been working flawlessly for over a month, then out of the blue completely dead. So I think I will just go into the service centre and tell them I suspect the motherboard has died, or the charger port (didn't charge over night), dont have a spare battery to test with though).
http://lifehacker.com/5940308/save-a-bricked-phone-using-paper-clips-and-pencil-graphite
Just a post tyat i found today..not sure if it ll work or not.
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That video is pretty cool, don't have an old connector to try it, but seeing as my phone didn't hard brick from a flash going wrong while flashing or wrong firmware or anything I have a feeling a JIG or similar wont work. Would try it if I had the connector though.
How often do batterys and charger ports fail, cause that could be another reason I guess.
Nicholas68 said:
Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Ok, thanks for the info, I've tried everything besides a JIG to try get it into a download mode, so I doubt they will get it into download mode, Ive seen a couple of other cases where the S3 has had a mainboard issue, only other thing is in the last week I have been using the wall charger where as I normally use the computer and usb, so not sure if this could link to it though, might have got a power surge, but had no storms in months so unlikely and the fuse box is modern with pretty good protection. Ill just go in and tell them it was working one night, and dead when I woke up the next morning, which is the truth. And if they ask if its flashed, ill miss understand them and say, not the screen wasn't flashing/flickering when it died, I was asleep
Reality is though if they get the phone to a restored point to where they can see the flash counter, then I no longer need their help to fix it.
One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
Thanks
I'd give the jig a chance. Just imho.
Btw it is very likely that the jig would arrive in, like, 24-48 hours if you choose the right seller, while other users already told you it's probably gonna take more then a few days (probably from 2 weeks to a month) for samsung to "close the ticket". In my experience only with apple you'd be up and running in less then a week.
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One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
Thanks
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I'm sure they will ask you to come back in a few days or even weeks. Don't think they will replace new unit for you. They will just replace the faulty part.
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I have the same issue so thought i would post here rather than starting a new thread.
Here's the story for mine. Working fine on current rom for about a month no issues at all. Today battery got to about 9% then switched off and i haven't been able to get it to turn on again, no download mode,no recovery, no charging led nothing at all.
I had to change my screen a couple of days ago, has been working fine with the broken screen for months, have i now voided my warranty?
A lot of faulty s3 i think... My s3 suddenly died last night. Battery is around 90+. Check the phone and it's not responding. Power button doesn't work. Doesn't even go to download mode or recovery mode. I'm running on stock ICS with root only. Sad part is I don't have any access for a jig right now. So can't test it. Bought this phone in SG and I'm in the Philippines right now. Warranty is good for SG only. Dec would be my next trip back to SG. By then no S3 as of now. For a phone I'm getting depressed LOL!
over the air jellybean brick my phone unrooted unflashed phone
BEWARE EVERYONE!! when updating to jellybean some do go very wrong! not all! but some do!! and it will brick your phone!! i updated over the air.. and for a few days. my phone kept on freezing! and locking up! one night i went to bed woke up and the phone was stuck on the boot screen! i thought thats weird took battery out, put back in, as ya do.. nothing took sim out and back in nothing... so only option was to reapair it through kies. put serial in and model number in it found the sortware. i downloaded it. told me to put phone in recovery mode.. so i did,kies said it was gonna install it to my phone.. but everytime it tryed to install it kept on saying it couldnt find my phone.. i tryed this all day long used different usb ports. different computers. to know avail, so my only option was to take it in for repair.. so i took it back to phones 4 u! they sent it away, i waited over 2 weeks! which was undiscrible it was like i lost my right arm with no phone! as you can imagine.. than the repair center turned round and said that the phone has been rooted! which it hadnt!! and they said this in order to brake the terms and conditions of my warentee so phones 4 u can get out of giving me a new handset. so they all save money!! i wouldnt do that to a 500 pound phone!! the phone does everything you could want from a phone! im launching a full investigation into this matter.. and have writen a formall complaint to phones 4 u headoffice, and will be contacting trading standards, ofcom, watchdog, and the ombudsman, and plaster it on all the forums ,social networking sights i can think of, to give them as much bad press as possible!! untill my problem is resolved and i will restore there name and clear it once they have done the right thing by me
I am afraid I can also report a bricked S3 here.
Rooted two weeks ago, but did not yet install a rom. Didn't Triangleaway yet aswell.
Same problem as described, I was browsing the net, and suddenly, screen went black (off). Could not get it powered on anymore. (nor in download/recovery mode)
So i brought it to the local telecom service center of my office, they could tell me the battery was fine and the buttons were working but they never saw one in this state.
So they are sending it to a samsung repair company.
This was two days ago, heard nothing yet, but I am very curious if I will get repaired or if I need to pay because of the rooting.
Will post the result if I know more.
Does anyone know if this problem also happens to people who did not root?
actually i have turned on password mode and set my password as nonme
but my keyboard settings were on 3*4 size keypad
on pressing power button it asks password so when i start entering it shows only numeric words NOT ALBHABECTS that screws up me totally
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but i have nandroid backup so i
1) go 2 recovery and advance restore boot file and check whether it resets password or not but password stills remains
2) now i advance restore the SYSTEM and IT MAKES MY FONE COMPLETELY DEAD at all
Cannot start fone
Cannot enter recovery or download mode
After pluggin charger it shows nothing
Just black screen and nothing
so can"t use odin
and when i am doing these things battery is at 60%
Plz tell me guys now what to do...I really love my s2 its just brand new 1 week old ..
M really scared..
plz helpp..
sorry if it goes too emotional but i m really desperate to turn it on again
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actually i have turned on password mode and set my password as nonme
but my keyboard settings were on 3*4 size keypad
on pressing power button it asks password so when i start entering it shows only numeric words NOT ALBHABECTS that screws up me totally
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but i have nandroid backup so i
1) go 2 recovery and advance restore boot file and check whether it resets password or not but password stills remains
2) now i advance restore the SYSTEM and IT MAKES MY FONE COMPLETELY DEAD at all
Cannot start fone
Cannot enter recovery or download mode
After pluggin charger it shows nothing
Just black screen and nothing
so can"t use odin
and when i am doing these things battery is at 60%
Plz tell me guys now what to do...I really love my s2 its just brand new 1 week old ..
M really scared..
plz helpp..
sorry if it goes too emotional but i m really desperate to turn it on again
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Remove your battery for about 5 mins, and insert the battery and try to charge again.
Well you hardbricked your phone ,you have two choses . 1. waranity if you have send to samsung service to fix or 2. JTAG in mobileshop. Sory
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Remove your battery for about 5 mins, and insert the battery and try to charge again.
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well bro its 60% chargeed but still i"ll try now remove my bettery for 5 mints or more then again try to charge ..
but i know it will not work ;(
vislavskid said:
Well you hardbricked your phone ,you have two choses . 1. waranity if you have send to samsung service to fix or 2. JTAG in mobileshop. Sory
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ya i know i have to go to samsung care..
but if phone is not starting at all what will they do ??
replacemnet ??
how many days will it take ???
i live in hostel and i have no spare phone to use and it will be huge problem for me bcz i ahve to talk to my parents and even i cannot tell themn about all this.. ;(
if they come to know about this then i m dead :x ;(
galaxys2s said:
ya i know i have to go to samsung care..
but if phone is not starting at all what will they do ??
replacemnet ??
how many days will it take ???
i live in hostel and i have no spare phone to use and it will be huge problem for me bcz i ahve to talk to my parents and even i cannot tell themn about all this.. ;(
if they come to know about this then i m dead :x ;(
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They will replace the motherboard. You have nothing to lose. You can ask samsung to give a phone for some time before the repairs is completed
u need a usb jig
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So this is a hardbrick .. u must send it to samsung care .. if u r still in warranty they will replace it for free or make u pay half of it
I was out of warranty and it cost me 240€ to replace the motherboard .. And it took 3 days to repair
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iverson01 said:
u need a usb jig
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It makes no sense. OP's motherboard in the phone is dead. DEAD.
Jokesy said:
They will replace the motherboard. You have nothing to lose. You can ask samsung to give a phone for some time before the repairs is completed
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how much time does it take ???
any other way. ??
phone is completely dead
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how much time does it take ???
any other way. ??
phone is completely dead
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It'll take them months to get it repaired (based on my experiences :'( )
*i can't think of any other way to get it repaired..
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przemcio510 said:
It makes no sense. OP's motherboard in the phone is dead. DEAD.
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hey bro , how motherboard got dead due to advance restore of system ??
i even can't tell parents about this and i resise in hostel so from where time taken to care is almost 1.30 hours
and i have my exams so its very difficult to go to care as i have to study.
plz suggest any other idea..
it does not even turned on.. no samsung logo , no download and recovery mode and also plugging charger does not show anything
plz help guys i love my s2
and i don't want to lose it
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It'll take them months to get it repaired (based on my experiences :'( )
*i can't think of any other way to get it repaired..
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oh plz....
does only changing mother board will take months ??
not at all i think..
plz suggest any other things to do..
galaxys2s said:
oh plz....
does only changing mother board will take months ??
not at all i think..
plz suggest any other things to do..
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hey frnds its on ics 4.0.4 xwlpu yestarday night...anything to do with another android version ?
galaxys2s said:
hey frnds its on ics 4.0.4 xwlpu yestarday night...anything to do with another android version ?
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Visit here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
Visit here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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exactly this is my problem
my phone has all these symptoms..
its completely hard bricked..
so how to fix it now ???
what solutions are available i can try now ?
galaxys2s said:
exactly this is my problem
my phone has all these symptoms..
its completely hard bricked..
so how to fix it now ???
what solutions are available i can try now ?
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Sorry bro but you're inability to read through sticky threads or even ask questions has failed you here. You simply have yourself to blame here
There are two ways I know however:
1 Send it to Samsung repairs, they will never know what actually happened. Your motherboard will be replaced.
2. Change your motherboard on your own or with a third-party repair centre. It's faster but maybe expensive.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
Sorry bro but you're inability to read through sticky threads or even ask questions has failed you here. You simply have yourself to blame here
There are two ways I know however:
1 Send it to Samsung repairs, they will never know what actually happened. Your motherboard will be replaced.
2. Change your motherboard on your own or with a third-party repair centre. It's faster but maybe expensive.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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i am.running xda through a simple non-touch phone of small screen without wifi..
so not able to read thats why asking questions from you experts
so only samsung care is only option available ??
i m drom india and don't know how to do motherboard related thing myself .
galaxys2s said:
i am.running xda through a simple non-touch phone of small screen without wifi..
so not able to read thats why asking questions from you experts
so only samsung care is only option available ??
i m drom india and don't know how to do motherboard related thing myself .
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Then I think Samsung repairs is the only option. You got to be smart too. If you present your case well, they should give you a smaller Android phone to manage, while your phone is undergoing repairs.
Good luck
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
Then I think Samsung repairs is the only option. You got to be smart too. If you present your case well, they should give you a smaller Android phone to manage, while your phone is undergoing repairs.
Good luck
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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thanks a lot bro
today is sunday and care is closed
will go there tomorrow
and will cook up a story..
hope they change the motherboard or i get a replacement...
thanks a lot again
hi,all Iam Gaurav from India and I have the following problem,
1) my galaxy s3 is not powering on and not getting charged, i also tried 3 button combination but nothing happens.
2) i took it to the service centre and they say that the motherboard is damaged and it would cost around 7000 indian rupees but they could not explain the reason.
3) i had recently updated the software to jellybean via wifi but that was 1 month back and the device was working fine except some occassional hangs but yesterday night it just died...and now no solutions.
4) plz help........
tried changing battery?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044
mikep99 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044
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hi mike i went through the forum but i searched the net and found on a site mobiletechvideos.com about a JTAG repair don't know much about it but found the phone working after that JTAG repair but they are situated abroad don't know how they are gonna help me JTAG repair cost was $50 so cheaper may be.
what do u say?? plz help
hi mike,mods plz help me about the video repair as shown in that video........help
Hi gaurav,
Why is that u have to pay as its still in the warranty period , my s3 is behaving weirdly offlate ie it freezes (blank screen) frequently and the only way to revive it is to pull the battery out... so I am expecting the inevitable to happen anytime now...If they charge rs.7000 for pcb replacement what the poInt of havIng warrenty I have unrooted and on stock and bit scared thought...
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try booting to recovery mode, try changing battery, return if still under warranty
tommy2601 said:
Hi gaurav,
Why is that u have to pay as its still in the warranty period , my s3 is behaving weirdly offlate ie it freezes (blank screen) frequently and the only way to revive it is to pull the battery out... so I am expecting the inevitable to happen anytime now...If they charge rs.7000 for pcb replacement what the poInt of havIng warrenty I have unrooted and on stock and bit scared thought...
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bro point is i have a broken screen also but that was 4 months back and the phone was working very fine with that little damage to the screen but now this motherboard failure they say it's water or moisture problem,they showed me a square box under the battery which i could see once the bttery was removed and told me that it's color has changed so it's a water logging case so that's it but i don't know the color of the box before damage also so not sure so i have left the phone with them to replace the main board and pay but i won't leave them,there is one more aggrieved customer from india who had to pay his name is shetsha search for him u'll get to know.........
gauravinvouge said:
bro point is i have a broken screen also but that was 4 months back and the phone was working very fine with that little damage to the screen but now this motherboard failure they say it's water or moisture problem,they showed me a square box under the battery which i could see once the bttery was removed and told me that it's color has changed so it's a water logging case so that's it but i don't know the color of the box before damage also so not sure so i have left the phone with them to replace the main board and pay but i won't leave them,there is one more aggrieved customer from india who had to pay his name is shetsha search for him u'll get to know.........
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only thing I saw was sheesa
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hisname said:
only thing I saw was sheesa
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didn't get it
even my s3 is dead
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gauravinvouge said:
hi,all Iam Gaurav from India and I have the following problem,
1) my galaxy s3 is not powering on and not getting charged, i also tried 3 button combination but nothing happens.
2) i took it to the service centre and they say that the motherboard is damaged and it would cost around 7000 indian rupees but they could not explain the reason.
3) i had recently updated the software to jellybean via wifi but that was 1 month back and the device was working fine except some occassional hangs but yesterday night it just died...and now no solutions.
4) plz help........
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my s3 is also dead ,i never rooted it ,and is in perfect condition and even i'm from india .the service center guyz told me that there is water logging in the motherboard and i have to pay 9 grand for a new one. i'm sure not even a single drop went into my phone.
gaurav i'm from hyderabad.
did you get your s3 repaired or got it replaced.
pleaseeeeee help me.
I got my s3 replaced. It was in warranty. So it got replaced for free with a 32 gb motherboard
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So my S3 got the dreaded sudden death for the second time....I wasn't rooted the first time it happened, but this time I was rooted. Will they be able to tell I did this when it goes for repair, or because it's completely dead they wont know? Cheers.
frasefrase said:
So my S3 got the dreaded sudden death for the second time....I wasn't rooted the first time it happened, but this time I was rooted. Will they be able to tell I did this when it goes for repair, or because it's completely dead they wont know? Cheers.
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My guess is they will not see it as they probably have to replace the motherboard anyway and afterwards reflash the latest stock firmware.
frasefrase said:
So my S3 got the dreaded sudden death for the second time....I wasn't rooted the first time it happened, but this time I was rooted. Will they be able to tell I did this when it goes for repair, or because it's completely dead they wont know? Cheers.
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They won't find out
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Flash the latest ROM from sammobile right away if you don't want this to happen a third time
Can you go to download mode?
And which HW rev was second mainboard? How much time from first SDS?
wrbex said:
Can you go to download mode?
And which HW rev was second mainboard? How much time from first SDS?
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No, can't get into download mode. No idea what HW revision was on 2nd mainboard. Got my s3 mid June, 1st SDS was October, 2nd one the other day, so 3 months inbetween. Cheers
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No, can't get into download mode. No idea what HW revision was on 2nd mainboard. Got my s3 mid June, 1st SDS was October, 2nd one the other day, so 3 months inbetween. Cheers
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In that case, you should not have any problem with warranty....
SDS
if it's sudden death and seems to be a brick :cyclops: they prolly will just swap it out, so don't worry. i'm not sure how samsung warranty works but i think a lot of people very ofthen don't try to repair your device they give you a replacement so your waiting time becomes a lot shorter. they take your phone give you a replacement once they know your device needs serious repair, get your phone fixed later and give it to someone else who needs a replacement, that's how i know Sony does it with the Playstation and it's a really good Idea.
Another thing i was wondering is. If you have a phone and it's got some issued and they piss you off but phone still more or less working. Many times they don't take you serious and just do some Factory Reset bla bla and give it back. in such cases would it be an idea to just hardbrick your phone (flash wrong rom). will they then give you another phone? Or will they try to see if you did it yourself?
re Warranty repair
Pure Drive GT said:
if it's sudden death and seems to be a brick :cyclops: they prolly will just swap it out, so don't worry. i'm not sure how samsung warranty works but i think a lot of people very ofthen don't try to repair your device they give you a replacement so your waiting time becomes a lot shorter. they take your phone give you a replacement once they know your device needs serious repair, get your phone fixed later and give it to someone else who needs a replacement, that's how i know Sony does it with the Playstation and it's a really good Idea.
Another thing i was wondering is. If you have a phone and it's got some issued and they piss you off but phone still more or less working. Many times they don't take you serious and just do some Factory Reset bla bla and give it back. in such cases would it be an idea to just hardbrick your phone (flash wrong rom). will they then give you another phone? Or will they try to see if you did it yourself?
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They will either repair or replace the handset, just had the screen of death on a flashed and rooted phone (flash count was on 3) took it in to P4U and it was sent for repair,got it back 2 weeks later with a new board in it. I assume that they just swap it out as it is not possible to get power into it so can't check anything.
Guys is dead phone means that your phone just goes blank and doesnt on unless you take off the battery and reboot then maybe i have cause my phone been going blank for a few times now:confused
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Zakimuhd said:
Guys is dead phone means that your phone just goes blank and doesnt on unless you take off the battery and reboot then maybe i have cause my phone been going blank for a few times now:confused
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No, take look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044