Okay so I just got my new phone
And I noticed it was version 2.3.4
So I read about how to upgrade it to 2.3.6
so I did it with odin and when I started to process
it just froze and I unplugged my phone and turned it off
Then I tried to get it on again but that would not happen?
I also tried to get in download mode again that wont work either
Also when I plug my usb into the phone my computer wont regonize it
Is my phone dead now????
I just had it like for 1 day....
Please help me
remove the battery for a minute, but it back in and press vol down+home key+ power button... maybe it will work this way.
where did it freeze in odin?
did you had your drivers installed correctly?
gigeaky said:
remove the battery for a minute, but it back in and press vol down+home key+ power button... maybe it will work this way.
where did it freeze in odin?
did you had your drivers installed correctly?
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My driver were installed correctly, before all the problems it would just show up on KIES
And im not really sure were it started to fail in Odin but it looked like odin stopped working and just froze so that's why I removed to usb and turned it off.
And I just tried to get in download mode again but no luck..
Keep trying to get into DL mode; remove battery - put it back in, hold home/vol down/power. Try a jig as well, if you can't get one easily there's a thread in General where people have offered to lend their jigs to other people, there might be someone near you with one.
If you can't get into DL mode & there's no other signs of life from the phone, it's a service centre job. If that happens, play dumb. Say as little as possible. You never know, you might blag it for warranty service/replacement (This is never guaranteed tho given you borked it & they're quite within their rights to charge you).
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Keep trying to get into DL mode; remove battery - put it back in, hold home/vol down/power. Try a jig as well, if you can't get one easily there's a thread in General where people have offered to lend their jigs to other people, there might be someone near you with one.
If you can't get into DL mode & there's no other signs of life from the phone, it's a service centre job. If that happens, play dumb. Say as little as possible. You never know, you might blag it for warranty service/replacement (This is never guaranteed tho given you borked it & they're quite within their rights to charge you).
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Its just totally dead...
but I can send it for repairs right?
its one day old
Oh yeah, of course it can be repaired In similar cases it's often a motherboard replacement. How much that costs will depend on how much labour/parts cost in your part of the world.
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Oh yeah, of course it can be repaired In similar cases it's often a motherboard replacement. How much that costs will depend on how much labour/parts cost in your part of the world.
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I mean the guaranty if I send it to Samsung they would repair it right?
Just got motherboard replaced
Hi,
I just got my motherboard replaced.My phone was out of warranty though.
But your is,
My phone was rooted,but service centre wont be able or try to detect that ,new motherboard replace everything even ur IMEI. So just go to service centre and dont tell them the reason that you tried odin.
first thing,never ever try to remove usb if ODIN frozes.it will brick ur phone.wait for long like 20-30 min for expensive phone.have a coffee in between.
They took 9000 INR which is now 155 usd. Dont worry they will replace it if you dont tell the correct reason and you sud have invoice.
Try volume up_home+power button.
hungryheart said:
Hi,
I just got my motherboard replaced.My phone was out of warranty though.
But your is,
My phone was rooted,but service centre wont be able or try to detect that ,new motherboard replace everything even ur IMEI. So just go to service centre and dont tell them the reason that you tried odin.
first thing,never ever try to remove usb if ODIN frozes.it will brick ur phone.wait for long like 20-30 min for expensive phone.have a coffee in between.
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I was al new to odin etc
I never thought it would kill my phone
The reason I was trying to update was because my wifi signal was very weak
and with the 2.3.6 update that would have been fixed...
But ill go to the service center and tell them a other story
There are never any guarantees with this. You take the phone in, keep the story simple & you cross your fingers. There have been cases like this where people here have been told 100% guaranteed by people on here they'd get their phone repaired for nothing & they haven't.
If you expect Samsung to fix your phone/the thought of not having a warranty scares you, you don't mess with it in the first place.
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There are never any guarantees with this. You take the phone in, keep the story simple & you cross your fingers. There have been cases like this where people here have been told 100% guaranteed by people on here they'd get their phone repaired for nothing & they haven't.
If you expect Samsung to fix your phone/the thought of not having a warranty scares you, you don't mess with it in the first place.
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well then my phone should just be able to update by itself
but it didn't it also didn't with KIES
so that's why I tried odin...
only option
MistahBungle said:
There are never any guarantees with this. You take the phone in, keep the story simple & you cross your fingers. There have been cases like this where people here have been told 100% guaranteed by people on here they'd get their phone repaired for nothing & they haven't.
If you expect Samsung to fix your phone/the thought of not having a warranty scares you, you don't mess with it in the first place.
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Only option he has is go to service centre.since he cant go into recovery or download mode.
my samsung service centre repair details
samsung reference number: 8453895812
samsung job: 4152782897
check http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=in_en&ssoUseYn=N&ssoLang=en
click check repair status.
I save 1000inr and told the person to cancelled my request.
If someone try to help ,dont discourge him.
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soulripher said:
well then my phone should just be able to update by itself
but it didn't it also didn't with KIES
so that's why I tried odin...
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I didnt said any story,i just told that after driving i tried to access my phone and it didnt power on.it was little heated at that time..
You dont have any other option if you cant go to download or recovery mode.and your best option is go to service centre.
hungryheart said:
Only option he has is go to service centre.since he cant go into recovery or download mode.
my samsung service centre repair details
samsung reference number: 8453895812
samsung job: 4152782897
check http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=in_en&ssoUseYn=N&ssoLang=en
click check repair status.
I save 1000inr and told the person to cancelled my request.
If someone try to help ,dont discourge him.
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Okay thanks,
When I charge me dead phone it does get really hot!
idk if that's still a sign of life...
Thankyou Captain Obvious.
I'm pretty sure I said in my first post (I did) that it would likely be a service centre job.
And what I also said was you're never 100% every single time guaranteed to get it repaired/replaced for nix if you've messed with it (as the OP has). For some reason, you failed to get that bit. Comprehension not a strong point, eh ?
OP - Phone heating up at back near the top/camera - dead. Sooner you send it in/get it fixed the sooner you'll be able to use your phone again.
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Thankyou Captain Obvious.
I'm pretty sure I said in my first post (I did) that it would likely be a service centre job.
And what I also said was you're never 100% every single time guaranteed to get it repaired/replaced for nix if you've messed with it (as the OP has). For some reason, you failed to get that bit. Comprehension not a strong point, eh ?
OP - Phone heating up at back near the top/camera - dead. Sooner you send it in/get it fixed the sooner you'll be able to use your phone again.
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Im just going te ask my money back because this phone had a lot of issues
like extremely weak wifi signal, shutting down randomly
and sometimes the touch screen would not react
I ordered my gs2 from Singapore so im going to buy a new one in my country
Related
Hi
I installed the MIUI rom on my S2,and to cut a long story short i decided to change to another rom, due to the camcorder not working and the phone getting very hot.
I thought i would follow this guide theandroidsoul.com/how-to-install-android-2-3-2-on-samsung-galaxy-s-leaked-rom
I thought it looked nice an easy.
I followed the guide to the letter,and now my phone is dead.
It doesn't matter what button combo i try the phone wont switch on at all it is completely dead,the 3 button press,vol. down + Home + Power.
Volume UP or Down + power,the power button by itself,nothing will bring it back to life.
The battery at the time had 98% charge in it when it died.
The phone wont even show on the pc,nor will it charge through the pc or wall charger.
Is there anything i can do? Or is the phone dead?
I eagerly await your replies.
George
Brigton boy said:
Hi
I installed the MIUI rom on my S2,and to cut a long story short i decided to change to another rom, due to the camcorder not working and the phone getting very hot.
I thought i would follow this guide theandroidsoul.com/how-to-install-android-2-3-2-on-samsung-galaxy-s-leaked-rom
I thought it looked nice an easy.
I followed the guide to the letter,and now my phone is dead.
It doesn't matter what button combo i try the phone wont switch on at all it is completely dead,the 3 button press,vol. down + Home + Power.
Volume UP or Down + power,the power button by itself,nothing will bring it back to life.
The battery at the time had 98% charge in it when it died.
The phone wont even show on the pc,nor will it charge through the pc or wall charger.
Is there anything i can do? Or is the phone dead?
I eagerly await your replies.
George
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You may need a jig to kick it into download mode.
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Will that actually work mate?
George
This is because you have installed a Galaxy S ROM on a Galaxy SII. How you did not realize this is beyond me. Anyway, the only thing you can do is to order a USB Jig and see if that will put it into download mode. Otherwise, your phone is dead.
EDIT: To answer your question "Will that actually work", I don't think we can say for sure. I give it a 40% chance of working.
pemmarajut said:
This is because you have installed a Galaxy S ROM on a Galaxy SII. How you did not realize this is beyond me. Anyway, the only thing you can do is to order a USB Jig and see if that will put it into download mode. Otherwise, your phone is dead.
EDIT: To answer your question "Will that actually work", I don't think we can say for sure. I give it a 40% chance of working.
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@pemmarajut
I never even noticed that mate until you pointed it out.....oh dearI guess that's what happens when your old
If a jig won't work will a samsung service centre get it working?
George
Well samsung service center will get it working since they have all the necessary tools to jtag it. You could make one too if you are well versed with hardware, just search it up. Anyways samsung service center might find out about the custom roms on your device so you will have to pay to get it repaired.
Yeah i know mate, I'm not bothered about paying for service center repair.
Anyone know how much Samsung take for JTagging a phone?(Is that the correct term?)
I will try the USB jig method first,I'll order one from the bay.
Many thanks for your help guys.
George
Right guys i had a look on ebay for the USB jig,and one guy says this in the item description:
"If your phone screen is always black, that is it does not
display the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo
when you switch it on, then sorry, this jig will not help you."
Does that mean the jig wont work for my problem?
George
You shouldn't be installing a Galaxy S 1 rom on your SGS2..
doubt the "rom" flash killed it , what killed it probably was flashing the i9000 pit file.. meaning the jig wont help u at all, you need a jtag now.. build your own (hard) or Samsung service centre.
Yeah i know that now mate....It's an expensive painful lesson.It wont happen again.
George
Any guides on how to jtag bud,is it easy
Worst case scenario is the service center...Do you know how much samsung charge for this,is it very expensive?
Much obliged.
George
unleashed12 said:
doubt the "rom" flash killed it , what killed it probably was flashing the i9000 pit file.. meaning the jig wont help u at all, you need a jtag now.. build your own (hard) or Samsung service centre.
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Any guides on how to jtag bud,is it easy
Worst case scenario is the service center...Do you know how much samsung charge for this,is it very expensive?
Much obliged.
George
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uhm i have no idea, ive only ever seen videos of the jtag, have no idea how you would even begin to build one... its like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs
Honestly!! id call samsung and pretend that i was updating my fw through kies and that happened, if you actually admit you were messing around in odin they will likely void your warranty and charge you.. Before anything else, call samsung first id say. much easier method than the jtag stuff.
I'm not the original owner of the phone mate,so a claim on warranty is out the window.
I don't mind paying for the service,after seeing how hard the Jtag thing is
I actually found that video that you linked too,after watching it i would say it's not a DIY job,not for me anyway.
The company in the video offers a JTag service for 75 bucks,just under £50,have you or anyone else heard of them before,would anyone recommend them,are they reliable,i would be grateful if anyone could advise me on using this service.
Cheers
George
Brigton boy said:
I'm not the original owner of the phone mate,so a claim on warranty is out the window.
I don't mind paying for the service,after seeing how hard the Jtag thing is
I actually found that video that you linked too,after watching it i would say it's not a DIY job,not for me anyway.
The company in the video offers a JTag service for 75 bucks,just under £50,have you or anyone else heard of them before,would anyone recommend them,are they reliable,i would be grateful if anyone could advise me on using this service.
Cheers
George
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hmm, nah ive never really heard of them, id say just try to google the company and see if they are any good... the comments on the video seem pretty happy..\ then again, comments are just comments. Wonder how much Samsung would charge for the repair (seeing as you said you cant claim warranty, maybe they can repair for you) as it would be better than trusting some random third party.
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hmm, nah ive never really heard of them, id say just try to google the company and see if they are any good... the comments on the video seem pretty happy..\ then again, comments are just comments. Wonder how much Samsung would charge for the repair (seeing as you said you cant claim warranty, maybe they can repair for you) as it would be better than trusting some random third party.
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Yes mate i know what you mean about third party repairers,I've had good experiences with most of them luckily.
I'm a bit dubious of sending the phone to the US (I'm in the UK) it's a long way.
I tried phoning the 2 service centers near me,but both are closedI'll contact them tomorrow,hopefully it wont be too expensive.
Much obliged for everyones help,i appreciate it guys.
Cheers.
George
hi there i had the same problem i flashed i9100 with i9000 pit and i got hard brick like you. I call to the service center and it would come about 100€. Then i found for mobiletechguy.com i send them the phone about ten days ago and in about 2 days ago i got their email that is completed and that they send the phone back to me, will see in about 2 or 3 days when i got it back.
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hi there i had the same problem i flashed i9100 with i9000 pit and i got hard brick like you. I call to the service center and it would come about 100€. Then i found for mobiletechguy.com i send them the phone about ten days ago and in about 2 days ago i got their email that is completed and that they send the phone back to me, will see in about 2 or 3 days when i got it back.
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That's good to hear mate that the problem is fixable.
I hope you get your phone real soon.
George
Try another battery ? Sorry i think you need to call the service
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Dude check this link out.Its a JTag service link and right down the bottom(almost) is a contact for United Kingdom.I got a i9000 done here in Spain for 35 euros.Worth a look.
http://www.jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-bo...-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list/#comments
Hi,
I read and followed lots of excellent threads on here and successfully rooted my S2. I then flashed it with the Revolution ROM which worked fine, later tried the VK + Siyah which also ran fine.
Today I decided to try WajkIUI but after flashing and rebooting, the phone reset, the button lights came on and then it hung. Now I can't get a thing out of it, no booting, no recovery mode and no sign of it in ODIN.
It sounds completely hard-bricked but I don't really understand how it can be.
Any ideas?
Have tried soft and hard resetting but nothing.
Cheers
Without recovery mode your last best (remote) chance before you send it to Samsung would be a jig.
That's what I was thinking but why would it hard brick if the flash had worked?
And if I send if back to Samsung the warranty will be void anyway won't it?
Unfortunately that one's like asking how long a piece of string is (in other words, who knows ?). If it's a case of the NAND being stuffed as a result of the flash, a JTAG repair may fix it, but you won't know that until/unless you send it to a JTAG repairer.
It may be a hardware issue, cpu might have carked it or something.
Yeah, you've pretty much voided the warranty by putting non-stock firmware on it, but at the end of the day if Samsung can't tell it's been messed with you might get away with a warranty repair/replacement.
You'll only know that if you send it in to them to be looked at. So I guess you've got two choices to consider (not including the remote chance of the jig getting you into download mode).
I guess you could try another battery. Always the possibility it might have died.
Crap. Well, I'll give a jig a go and if that doesn't work then send it back and see what happens.
@ op
did you tried the key press combination to get into download mode? the things you have done has a very less possibility of hard brick.
That's what I thought, but no combination seems to work.
Was the battery full when you flashed?
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Think it was about 96%.
You never know, it might just be a completely knackered battery. If you're planning on getting it fixed come what may, spending 20 bucks or whatever they cost in your country on another battery won't be the waste of money you might initially think.
If it doesn't fix this problem, at least you'll have a 2nd battery when you do get it fixed. I know I've found having a 2nd battery a godsend since I got mine a month ago, has come in really handy on trips where I've been away for more than a day and has meant I haven't had to worry bout bringing a charger along.
Could a battery just die like that? Seems a bit of coincidence.
Dunno. Anything's possible I guess. Yeah you're right, that would be coincidence. Given what you were doing when it died, I'm betting the NAND is shot & it will need to be JTAG'd either by Samsung or someone else.
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Could a battery just die like that? Seems a bit of coincidence.
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Which sucks. That said, according to a site in the UK it costs about £8 plus postage. Have ordered a USB jig just in case, and for £3 it's worth a go.
The really annoying thing is whether to root again if/when I do get it sorted. Am also checking with my network, see if they'll have a go under warranty and I'll forget to mention I was rooting it.
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Dunno. Anything's possible I guess. Yeah you're right, that would be coincidence. Given what you were doing when it died, I'm betting the NAND is shot & it will need to be JTAG'd either by Samsung or someone else.
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On that note....if I wanted to upgrade to ICS, how would that be done without rooting - ie. would the counter look the same? (Long shot)
Yeah if you're going to get it fixed, chances are you'll end up flashing/rooting it again, so the jig will come in handy.
I guess that's something you'll need to decide when you get it back/get a new one. What happened to you isn't the norm tho. The large majority of flashes go smoothly for most people. But the reality is, every time you do it, you do run that small risk of it barfing for any number of a gazillion reasons (which are normally impossible to discover once it's happened). That's the risk people like us who frequent sites like this take.
Yeah if they/Samsung can't tell what happened to it, you'll possibly get away with it. And the fact you rooted it isn't information you have to volunteer to them by any means As to exactly what you should tell them, that's up to you.
Edit to add - Let us know how you get on once you have it sorted. Always useful to have people's experiences on here to give other people it happens to some kind of idea of how it might go down.
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Which sucks. That said, according to a site in the UK it costs about £8 plus postage. Have ordered a USB jig just in case, and for £3 it's worth a go.
The really annoying thing is whether to root again if/when I do get it sorted. Am also checking with my network, see if they'll have a go under warranty and I'll forget to mention I was rooting it.
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Well, according to the boffins online I have to go into a store to see if they can repair it. Hopefully they won't be able to check whether it's been rooted or not instore. In fact, if they can't power it on, I don't see how they could.
Random technical question: how can a software/firmware fault stop the hardware from even starting?
My only reference is building a PC - even if you knacker the BIOS and the harddrive, it will still power on so you can access them to put them right.
mraquinn said:
Random technical question: how can a software/firmware fault stop the hardware from even starting?
My only reference is building a PC - even if you knacker the BIOS and the harddrive, it will still power on so you can access them to put them right.
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Firmware includes the boot sequence and recovery sequence on Android .
power goes to boot on file in effect
Or key combination goes to load recovery or download .
jje
Is that a bit of a flaw, for circumstances just like this?
And, does this mean that the USB jig has no chance of working - or is that the exact reason it might work?
JJEgan said:
Firmware includes the boot sequence and recovery sequence on Android .
power goes to boot on file in effect
Or key combination goes to load recovery or download .
jje
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i thing jig can solve the problem
Hi,
my phone turned off during flashing - low battery.
Now don´t react at all. Is not reacting for any button...
Pls help.
Thx
Charge the battery first or buy a new battery .
jje
plug it into the wall charger for a few hours it will work again you may have to reflash from base again, be careful when flashing on low battery scholboy error
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iamsloany said:
plug it into the wall charger for a few hours it will work again you may have to reflash from base again, be careful when flashing on low battery scholboy error
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don't flash a rom when you're low on battery, you might brick it for good.
recharge first and reflash when you're battery is full or about 50% (if you cannot wait)
I know I´m stupid do that with low battery but that happened...
sure I charged the battery but also after that is phone no working...
No reacting for any button...
2rady said:
I know I´m stupid do that with low battery but that happened...
sure I charged the battery but also after that is phone no working...
No reacting for any button...
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Recovery mode no ??
Download mode ??? no
Next step is buy a USB recovery jig and try to get to download mode .
Fails its pay for a JTag repair cheaper than paying for a service repair .
jjr
To JJEgan: Thank you and yes you´re right.
Recovery mode no
Download mode no
Flashing was in progress. Already few minutes and now phone is without any reaction.
Total death...
Any other solution without USB jig cable?
I think is not so easy buy it in shops and will take time...
Jig will more than likely not work, but worth a try. Apart from that, you need a JTAG repair done by a 3rd party; cheaper option or have Samsung repair it; more expensive option unless they somehow miraculously repair it under warranty.
Unless you know you can get it JTAG repaired & the phone back to you before the jig arrives, you might as well wait for the jig. You never know, it may work.
MistahBungle said:
Jig will more than likely not work, but worth a try. Apart from that, you need a JTAG repair done by a 3rd party; cheaper option or have Samsung repair it; more expensive option unless they somehow miraculously repair it under warranty.
Unless you know you can get it JTAG repaired & the phone back to you before the jig arrives, you might as well wait for the jig. You never know, it may work.
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not much optimism from you
Warranty I don´t know. Is second hand piece but still under warranty but that´s buyed in Czech Republic but what I found by the core nr. is polish version...
But ok I already ordered jig and will see.
Thanks
Warranty void if custom rom or phone rooted or custom rom counter above zero.
jje
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I'm being honest with you. The jig has maybe a 5% chance of working. The NAND likely got corrupted when the phone died midway thru the flash.
If I'd said to you (like some people on here would) 'Oh yeah, get a jig, guaranteed to get you into download mode every time !' & the jig ends up not working, how would you feel after you'd got your hopes up ?
The reality is jigs do not work in the vast majority of these situations, and only a JTAG repair (either by a 3rd party or by Samsung) will fix it. Unfortunate, probably. But that's the way these things go.
2rady said:
not much optimism from you
Warranty I don´t know. Is second hand piece but still under warranty but that´s buyed in Czech Republic but what I found by the core nr. is polish version...
But ok I already ordered jig and will see.
Thanks
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permission to listen
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n00b making 10 posts?
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MistahBungle said:
I'm being honest with you. The jig has maybe a 5% chance of working. The NAND likely got corrupted when the phone died midway thru the flash.
If I'd said to you (like some people on here would) 'Oh yeah, get a jig, guaranteed to get you into download mode every time !' & the jig ends up not working, how would you feel after you'd got your hopes up ?
The reality is jigs do not work in the vast majority of these situations, and only a JTAG repair (either by a 3rd party or by Samsung) will fix it. Unfortunate, probably. But that's the way these things go.
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No definitely I'm glad you write true about my situation. That was just sigh
thx
Yeah I know it sucks when these things happen Did you get a jig yet ? It's still worth a try before you end up paying money to have it fixed.
2rady said:
No definitely I'm glad you write true about my situation. That was just sigh
thx
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Unless you can get hold of a Jig, I just watched a demo of how to make your own one, looks very simple indeed.
galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
not yet. I think end of this week I'll get it
and thanks for the demo
I'm not the first to ask this, I know, but the circumstances are very strange and I'm very desperate:
I've been running stock ICS (LPB) for while now and have not changed anything significant recently. Last night, I was reading a book on Google Play Books when the phone suddenly rebooted to the Samsung splash screen but no further. I took out the battery and attempted to restart and nothing. It will not charge, switch on, or enter download mode or recovery. I've tried it with another battery.
I thought these S2's were supposed to be virtually impossible to "hard brick" unless you did something really stupid? I can't find anyone who this has happened to while in normal use of the phone.
Any suggestions or am I really looking at sending the phone back to Samsung (who probably won't repair under warranty)?
Anyone who helps me fix it myself without the aid of Samsung or a jig will be rewarded!
TIA,
Dave
Contact Samsung. If your phone isn't responding to a battery you know is working and has charge, and you're not interested in using a jig (unlikely to do anything anyway), it's a hardware fault.
Dude calm down your phone will be repaired . When it comes to warranty i cant really comment on it as ur live in UK , in India the service center guys dont even know what the f**k ROOT is.
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oinkylicious said:
Contact Samsung. If your phone isn't responding to a battery you know is working and has charge, and you're not interested in using a jig (unlikely to do anything anyway), it's a hardware fault.
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May be something is wrong with the motherboard
dave_uk said:
I'm not the first to ask this, I know, but the circumstances are very strange and I'm very desperate:
I've been running stock ICS (LPB) for while now and have not changed anything significant recently. Last night, I was reading a book on Google Play Books when the phone suddenly rebooted to the Samsung splash screen but no further. I took out the battery and attempted to restart and nothing. It will not charge, switch on, or enter download mode or recovery. I've tried it with another battery.
I thought these S2's were supposed to be virtually impossible to "hard brick" unless you did something really stupid? I can't find anyone who this has happened to while in normal use of the phone.
Any suggestions or am I really looking at sending the phone back to Samsung (who probably won't repair under warranty)?
Anyone who helps me fix it myself without the aid of Samsung or a jig will be rewarded!
TIA,
Dave
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As said no jig = Samsung and take your chance with warranty . No point asking XDA who will say use jig to get to download mode if possible as its the cheapest repair .##
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oinkylicious said:
Contact Samsung. If your phone isn't responding to a battery you know is working and has charge, and you're not interested in using a jig (unlikely to do anything anyway), it's a hardware fault.
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Sadly this is the only conclusion I can come to but I guess I'm just in denial and trying to find any way to avoid sending it back to Samsung for 2-3 weeks!
If it had only held out until they released the S3, it wouldn't be so bad!
dave_uk said:
I'm not the first to ask this, I know, but the circumstances are very strange and I'm very desperate:
I've been running stock ICS (LPB) for while now and have not changed anything significant recently. Last night, I was reading a book on Google Play Books when the phone suddenly rebooted to the Samsung splash screen but no further. I took out the battery and attempted to restart and nothing. It will not charge, switch on, or enter download mode or recovery. I've tried it with another battery.
I thought these S2's were supposed to be virtually impossible to "hard brick" unless you did something really stupid? I can't find anyone who this has happened to while in normal use of the phone.
Any suggestions or am I really looking at sending the phone back to Samsung (who probably won't repair under warranty)?
Anyone who helps me fix it myself without the aid of Samsung or a jig will be rewarded!
TIA,
Dave
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hardware; probably charge controller is fried, go to samsung customer center or call and they will fix it; you probably wont even have any personal files missing
Thanks people. Found a Samsung Service Centre near me with a turnaround of 1-2 days so not too bad after all...providing they don't notice my download counter!
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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?
xopito_cc said:
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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JiroPrinz8 said:
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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ceo.mtcl said:
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
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-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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JiroPrinz8 said:
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.
Nicholas68 said:
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?