Dear xdians,
I am very new to this forum to i apologize if i put this post in the wrong section. I am also very new to android. Its my first android phone
My issue is that I bought a LG phone Optimus LTE2 and I root it. The blunder i made that I removed some system applications.
When I restart phone, it didn't. I tried to enter in recovery mode(power+volume up+home) and download mode(power+volume down+home) but nothing happened. Even it didn't start.
So i searched on korean forums and found a very helpful forum on this particular mobile. From here I downloaded some ROMS and kdz of this mobile.
Now the current situation is that my phone is not powering up by pressing power button.
The problem is that where should i start now? how can it unbrick my phone?. any tools?
Please help me in this as I am very worry about it.
satau694 said:
Dear xdians,
I am very new to this forum to i apologize if i put this post in the wrong section. I am also very new to android. Its my first android phone
My issue is that I bought a LG phone Optimus LTE2 and I root it. The blunder i made that I removed some system applications.
When I restart phone, it didn't. I tried to enter in recovery mode(power+volume up+home) and download mode(power+volume down+home) but nothing happened. Even it didn't start.
So i searched on korean forums and found a very helpful forum on this particular mobile. From here I downloaded some ROMS and kdz of this mobile.
Now the current situation is that my phone is not powering up by pressing power button.
The problem is that where should i start now? how can it unbrick my phone?. any tools?
Please help me in this as I am very worry about it.
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If the doesn't even starts than it's a hardware-brick.-So you can only fix it by going to Service center!
But if it stuck at bootlogo then it's a software brick and that's fixable
SasaKovacic said:
If the doesn't even starts than it's a hardware-brick.-So you can only fix it by going to Service center!
But if it stuck at bootlogo then it's a software brick and that's fixable
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Thanks for your reply. It doesn't even start so its hardware brick. Now what service centre is supposed to do?. Jtag to something else? In my region, LG service centre don't support this mobile. So i will go to some local repairing shop.
satau694 said:
Thanks for your reply. It doesn't even start so its hardware brick. Now what service centre is supposed to do?. Jtag to something else? In my region, LG service centre don't support this mobile. So i will go to some local repairing shop.
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Welcome.
And I see that's a hard-brick so the only option is to go to Service-Center.
They will change your motherboard I think!
Cheers!
SasaKovacic said:
Welcome.
And I see that's a hard-brick so the only option is to go to Service-Center.
They will change your motherboard I think!
Cheers!
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Thanks for reply.
I contacted a local repair shop. He said that he will use Linux to repair.
satau694 said:
Thanks for reply.
I contacted a local repair shop. He said that he will use Linux to repair.
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Ok If you do not know how the best way is to take who knows.
Related
Hello,
Thanks for response.
Today I made an update to my phone with the software KDZ when I was in emergency mode for updating, i disconnected and never came to light in any way: recovery, emergency, I have tried everything and can not find the solution, I thank those who I can help!
The phone no power.
greeting
fire_flex said:
Hello,
Thanks for response.
Today I made an update to my phone with the software KDZ when I was in emergency mode for updating, i disconnected and never came to light in any way: recovery, emergency, I have tried everything and can not find the solution, I thank those who I can help!
The phone no power.
greeting
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Service centre is the only solution for u as of now... u had completely bricked your phone mate..
Yes, he is right service center is ultimate option!
Never disconnect phone if you are flashing or updating via LG Official updater, KDZ updater or LGDMP!!
Options
a friend say that i can revival phone with re-programing of the bootloader.
Is really?
Thanks.
Yes, But you need: software, hardware interface and some soldering skills. If phone doesnt boot in emergency mode this cannot be done via usb cable.
hi,
i get one i9100p
at first a try to update it ... to unlock it with z3x
flash with odin begin and stop ... i wait after 30 minutes and i try to reflash it but now phone is complety dead ....
i try to put it in download mode with different methods but phone still dead
i buy jig (worked one because i test it on other i9100) ... and i try to put it on download mode with jig with different method (posted on internet) but still same
phone dead and not detected by pc
any suggestions ? any solutions please ?
thanks in advance
If you cant get it into download mode, your only option would be either to send it to samsung for repair (will probably cost a lot) or a JTAG (google for your nearest location, and is probably cheaper)
Kaze105 said:
If you cant get it into download mode, your only option would be either to send it to samsung for repair (will probably cost a lot) or a JTAG (google for your nearest location, and is probably cheaper)
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ok thanks you
so how can i google it for nearst location ???
MATRIX.REAL said:
ok thanks you
so how can i google it for nearst location ???
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I am so stunned by this I can't even come up with a witty response.
MATRIX.REAL said:
ok thanks you
so how can i google it for nearst location ???
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http://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+use+google
EDIT: Lol I just saw "How to use google" on live.lmgtfy.com.
Possibly a post in our future?
its just because i'm from france ... and i dont know how to search any personne having jtag or some things like that ???
So what did you flash in Odin anyway? You don't specify in your post.
Regarding your JTAG dilemma, from your last response, I would recommend contacting Samsung.
MATRIX.REAL said:
its just because i'm from france ... and i dont know how to search any personne having jtag or some things like that ???
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Just take it to Samsung. They will either JTAG it for you or replace the motherboard. Since your phone won't boot or go to download or recovery they cannot see you've done anything naughty with the warranty.
Say you did a Kies update and it never came back on.
i flashed with odin pit , pda , code and cs and i dont touche boot ?
so i dont understand why that !!!
MATRIX.REAL said:
i flashed with odin pit , pda , code and cs and i dont touche boot ?
so i dont understand why that !!!
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bingo
Where did you get the PIT from?
Kaze105 said:
If you cant get it into download mode, your only option would be either to send it to samsung for repair (will probably cost a lot) or a JTAG (google for your nearest location, and is probably cheaper)
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Why would it cost? If the phone won't boot at all Samsung won't know what he's done and will do a warranty swap.
alc027 said:
Why would it cost? If the phone won't boot at all Samsung won't know what he's done and will do a warranty swap.
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There has been people with phones under warranty that had to pay for their phones to be repaired (failed odin and etc). Hence the reason why I said "probably".
If he doesnt have to pay, good for him.
Kaze105 said:
There has been people with phones under warranty that had to pay for their phones to be repaired (failed odin and etc). Hence the reason why I said "probably".
If he doesnt have to pay, good for him.
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If the phone won't boot then Samsung can't tell what happened. As long as s/he lies and said it occurred via a Samsung sanctioned activity (like Kies flash) and the device is not physically damaged/liquid ingressed then it is a warranty job.
If OP does something pants-on-head-retarded like say "it died cos I repartitioned via Odin lol" then of course they will charge.
it mean then there are no solution
and i have to waranty it samsung
yes ?
yes
alc027 said:
If the phone won't boot then Samsung can't tell what happened. As long as s/he lies and said it occurred via a Samsung sanctioned activity (like Kies flash) and the device is not physically damaged/liquid ingressed then it is a warranty job.
If OP does something pants-on-head-retarded like say "it died cos I repartitioned via Odin lol" then of course they will charge.
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Do say that to the people who had to pay for repair on their bricked phones after sending it to samsung. Im only stating an info from a few people who actually posted their complaint here on the forums.
As I said before, if he doesnt have to pay, good for him.
Kaze105 said:
Do say that to the people who had to pay for repair on their bricked phones after sending it to samsung. Im only stating an info from a few people who actually posted their complaint here on the forums.
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I can't comment on things without knowing the context. Are the threads still near the top?
For what it's worth I think that if you brick your phone you SHOULD be expected to pay for it. I would like to see this in action.
EDIT: If you mean the people who have been denied in the rc6 thread... they had their device JTAG'd first and Samsung saw the soldering on the mainboard, not the kernel.
it mean that if i send it to samsung , they will repair it for me without pay ?
alc027 said:
I can't comment on things without knowing the context. Are the threads still near the top?
For what it's worth I think that if you brick your phone you SHOULD be expected to pay for it. I would like to see this in action.
EDIT: If you mean the people who have been denied in the rc6 thread... they had their device JTAG'd first and Samsung saw the soldering on the mainboard, not the kernel.
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No not those. Dont think they are at the top since they are from just a few months ago.
@MATRIX.REAL
Only way to know is to just send them the phone and see what they say.
I bought LG Optimus L5 E610 few months but i rooted it just few days ago. After i rooted it i installed ROM Manager and installed CWM but my device was not in the lost so i selected LGE Optimus M+ (idk why). Then a friend of mine told me about the "cool app" Beats Audio Installer and i installed it. After i rebooted the phone the speaker started making crazy sounds. I read in the app's site that i have to install a ROM to restore the original sound driver. I decided to install the stock ROM from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790342 but when i tried to install it it asked me to boot in recovery mode and i accepted. After it restarted it showed this " Secure booting error! cause: boot certification verify. Now I want to restore it to its original state but i don't know how so please help me fast.
Read this, to install the correct CWM for your phone (you'll have to download the .img yourself):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827723
Then, boot to recovery & flash your fixes from there.
Alternatively, you can use the KDZ flasher to restore to pure stock.
(you'll have to download the .img yourself)
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Where can i find this .img file?
Please help me i have an even bigger problem. I dont know what happened but when i turn my phone on now the LG logo appears and stays forever please help me because I dont know what to do .
And another question: If i cant repair it myself is it repairable at all?
niquici Crosskill
plomba97 said:
Please help me i have an even bigger problem. I dont know what happened but when i turn my phone on now the LG logo appears and stays forever please help me because I dont know what to do .
And another question: If i cant repair it myself is it repairable at all?
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If you had made a nandroid backup... reboot into CWM and restore...
Omessy7 said:
If you had made a nandroid backup... reboot into CWM and restore...
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I have a nandroid backup but as i said i have no recovery.
plomba97 said:
I have a nandroid backup but as i said i have no recovery.
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Try connecting your phone to your computer and using ADB to flash a new recovery to your phone.
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Can someone please tell me exactly what I have to do because I've already did enough on my own.
My problem is this:
1.My phone freezes on the LG logo.
2.I cant boot into recovery.
plomba97 said:
Can someone please tell me exactly what I have to do because I've already did enough on my own.
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Use this to download your original firmware.
Use this guide to flash it with the KDZ updater.
When it's done, you'll be back to stock ROM, and all your data will be gone. Don't play with your computer or have anything else running, because if your computer freezes during the flash (or you remove your phone's battery) your phone will be hard-bricked.
If you would rather save your data & only flash CWM onto the recovery partition, you need to find & download the .img or .zip file of CWM which was made for your phone, then flash it using Android Flash Recovery.
post-mortem said:
Use this to download your original firmware.
Use this guide to flash it with the KDZ updater.
When it's done, you'll be back to stock ROM, and all your data will be gone. Don't play with your computer or have anything else running, because if your computer freezes during the flash (or you remove your phone's battery) your phone will be hard-bricked.
If you would rather save your data & only flash CWM onto the recovery partition, you need to find & download the .img or .zip file of CWM which was made for your phone, then flash it using Android Flash Recovery.
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2 more question:
Can i use this tool if i cant boot my phone?
If i harbrick my phone what should i do?
plomba97 said:
1 more question:
If i harbrick my phone what should i do?
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Build a brick wall with it. It's a brick.
Soft brick means it's recoverable. Hard brick can be sold for parts.
unttris always
plomba97 said:
1 more question:
If i harbrick my phone what should i do?
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Buy a new phone...
plomba97 said:
2 more question:
Can i use this tool if i cant boot my phone?
If i harbrick my phone what should i do?
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Yes the tool should work even if you can't boot your phone. If you hard bricked your phone you will need to use jtag to unbrick it.
shimp208 said:
Yes the tool should work even if you can't boot your phone. If you hard bricked your phone you will need to use jtag to unbrick it.
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So u think my phone is soft bricked? I think i should send it to LG.
And what is jtag.
plomba97 said:
So u think my phone is soft bricked? I think i should send it to LG.
And what is jtag.
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If you did something considered by them as illegal they wont fix it... (unlocking bootloader, custom ROM...)
plomba97 said:
So u think my phone is soft bricked? I think i should send it to LG.
And what is jtag.
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If your phone is only soft bricked LG will easily be able to tell you rooted it and "installed unauthorized software" on your phone and they very likely won't honor your warranty or offer to fix it. JTAG essentially allows you to restore your phone to its original condition if you have a brick or some soft bricks. What they do is they take apart the back of the phone so they can access the JTAG pads, they then solder wires to the JTAG pads. Next when a connection had been established they hook up the wires to a riff box using a ribbon cable, they then attach a cable from the riff box to the computer. From here they use a special program called Riff Box JTAG manager, to resurrect your device (Restore bootloader, etc.). After that they flash the original firmware that came with your device and your phone should work again.
For more information on JTAG check out these links and video.
List of Places Where You can Unbrick your Phone (Scroll down to see the list)
JTAG Riff Box
Wikipedia article on the Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
YouTube video of some guy demonstrating how to unbrick a Samsung Captivate
Hope this helps
shimp208 said:
If your phone is only soft bricked LG will easily be able to tell you rooted it and "installed unauthorized software" on your phone and they very likely won't honor your warranty or offer to fix it. JTAG essentially allows you to restore your phone to its original condition if you have a brick or some soft bricks. What they do is they take apart the back of the phone so they can access the JTAG pads, they then solder wires to the JTAG pads. Next when a connection had been established they hook up the wires to a riff box using a ribbon cable, they then attach a cable from the riff box to the computer. From here they use a special program called Riff Box JTAG manager, to resurrect your device (Restore bootloader, etc.). After that they flash the original firmware that came with your device and your phone should work again.
For more information on JTAG check out these links and video.
List of Places Where You can Unbrick your Phone (Scroll down to see the list)
JTAG Riff Box
Wikipedia article on the Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
YouTube video of some guy demonstrating how to unbrick a Samsung Captivate
Hope this helps
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So i have to harbrick my phone and then send it to LG?
plomba97 said:
So i have to harbrick my phone and then send it to LG?
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Word of warning: Technically deliberating bricking your phone and getting an insurance replacement is fraud and is a federal offense. The right thing to do would be to bring it and attempt to explain your situation (Or you could play dumb, and maybe they'll help you again they won't be happy and you could be in trouble if they figure out your lying) there is a possibility they will fix it for a reasonable price. In the end you unfortunately might have to buy a new phone,
shimp208 said:
Word of warning: Technically deliberating bricking your phone and getting an insurance replacement is fraud and is a federal offense. The right thing to do would be to bring it and attempt to explain your situation (Or you could play dumb, and maybe they'll help you again they won't be happy and you could be in trouble if they figure out your lying) there is a possibility they will fix it for a reasonable price. In the end you unfortunately might have to buy a new phone,
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Ok thank you. What i will do is send it to LG and if they say they wont repair it ill try to repair it myself.
plomba97 said:
Ok thank you. What i will do is send it to LG and if they say they wont repair it ill try to repair it myself.
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Unless you know what your doing you could destroy your phone to the point of it being beyond unbrickable, if LG says they won't repair it for you look online for a local shop in your area that's reputable and knows how to JTAG phones back to life.
Hello,
My Samsung Galaxy S2 is bricked. No way to enter download or recovery mode. Black screen... nothing to do to fire it.
Probably the bootloader is corrupted.
Does exist a tool for Exynos 4210 / S5PC210 like the one from Adam Outler "Unbrickable" for Exynos 3110 / S5PC110 ?
Thank you,
Guillaume
Ps. no need to answer about JIG, it doesn't work in this case of figure. JTAG tools exist... Yes I know! thank you BUT needs to solder a tiny tiny JTAG connector... and I don't own a RIFF JTAG Box nether a schematic of JTAG pinpoints on Galaxy S2 mother board...
No way you can fix it. Take it someone who does JTAG repairs or get the MB replaced.
Tell us what you did, so we can learn from your experience.
Sent from the little guy
Tanks
MistahBungle said:
No way you can fix it. Take it someone who does JTAG repairs or get the MB replaced.
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Adam Butler said that all bricked Exynos can be recovered booting them into USB first.
But he stoped his threads about Exynos 4210 one year ago...
Thank you anyway.
gastonw said:
Tell us what you did, so we can learn from your experience.
Sent from the little guy
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I flashed it longtime ago to ICS 4.03 / rooted with ODIN v3 - no problem at all.
Few weeks ago it crashed during firefox update... I reboot it, it crashed during the boot. I reboot it again and it got bricked!
That's nice, it just died on you?
Warranty is generally for two years...maybe there's still hope for you.
Sent from the little guy
Hey. Once this problem happened with i9100G and i fixed it without jtag. It wasnt entering at download mode but when i turn it on and that sign keeps exist, i connectes it to laptop and odin recognized it. I installed software via odin again and it got fixed! Never seen like that!! Was flashing without being in download mode. Try it and i wish it will work
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gastonw said:
That's nice, it just died on you?
Warranty is generally for two years...maybe there's still hope for you.
Sent from the little guy
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No way my friend, the flash # is not zero and ICS is rooted...
querty75 said:
No way my friend, the flash # is not zero and ICS is rooted...
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So you can enter download mode then....
gevamran said:
Hey. Once this problem happened with i9100G and i fixed it without jtag. It wasnt entering at download mode but when i turn it on and that sign keeps exist, i connectes it to laptop and odin recognized it. I installed software via odin again and it got fixed! Never seen like that!! Was flashing without being in download mode. Try it and i wish it will work
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Hello,
Sound great!
GT-I9100 is Exynos based while GT-i9100G is OMAP4430 based... so could be very different
Also I already tried without success but I'm going to test it again with the latest Samsung drivers...
Can you tell me what you exactly done with your phone and PC / Odin? (did you press the magic fingers?)
ODIN connection was GREEN?
gastonw said:
So you can enter download mode then....
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No, the phone is hard bricked BUT it was flashed and rooted BEFORE. So I cannot change anything now...
querty75 said:
No, the phone is hard bricked BUT it was flashed and rooted BEFORE. So I cannot change anything now...
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Exactly.
I won't tell them if you won't
JTAG might be your last resort, good luck
gastonw said:
Exactly.
I won't tell them if you won't
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Oh gosh, you're right!
Thank you
princeferoz said:
JTAG might be your last resort, good luck
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Thanks!
I found a RIFF JTAG Box near me but I think I'm going to buy a generic JTAG controler and fix it...
Or send my phone back to Samsung asking them why a phone suddently brick without any reasons...
querty75 said:
Thanks!
I found a RIFF JTAG Box near me but I think I'm going to buy a generic JTAG controler and fix it...
Or send my phone back to Samsung asking them why a phone suddently brick without any reasons...
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hey check if this works for you
chaladi.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/solvedfixed-how-to-fix-soft-brickedrebootingstuck-galaxy-s2variants-kernel-problems
I have similar issue with my i9100 too...
I tried to wipe data on stck ICS recovery and it suddenly hang/stuck for like 5mins..
I hv done alot of rom flashing n etc but nvr hang/stuck on wiping data....
Then i decided to pull the battery but after i did it,it HARD BRICKED my i9100...
I was like what the...
Then i tried all the possible method but it wont boot even with a jig..
It fell warm in the rear camera area which indicated that the mobo is still running but bootloader might be corrupted..
Still looking for ways to switch the boot sequence to boot usb 1st but failed to get any info...
The last method would be JTAG but before that i would like too try to fix it...
I have 2 dead boot i9100 and 1 corrupted emmc i9100g...
If any1 have any idea pls do let me know.
I can try it but i dont hv those super soldering skills...
querty75 said:
No, the phone is hard bricked BUT it was flashed and rooted BEFORE. So I cannot change anything now...
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That is a great. If your phone hard bricked they can't se nothing.!!
You have right for repair or replacement.
Yes! They replaced the mother board...
i9100 eMMC brickbug + vulnerable ROM-kernel => hardbrick and MB replace (UART blocked
ronald_loulan said:
I have similar issue with my i9100 too...
I tried to wipe data on stck ICS recovery and it suddenly hang/stuck for like 5mins..
I hv done alot of rom flashing n etc but nvr hang/stuck on wiping data....
Then i decided to pull the battery but after i did it,it HARD BRICKED my i9100...
I was like what the...
Then i tried all the possible method but it wont boot even with a jig..
It fell warm in the rear camera area which indicated that the mobo is still running but bootloader might be corrupted..
Still looking for ways to switch the boot sequence to boot usb 1st but failed to get any info...
The last method would be JTAG but before that i would like too try to fix it...
I have 2 dead boot i9100 and 1 corrupted emmc i9100g...
If any1 have any idea pls do let me know.
I can try it but i dont hv those super soldering skills...
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Finally I didn't tried JTAG for not invalidate warrenty...
I gave it back to customer services and they replaced the mother board.
I advice you to read this (in french ;(
http://galaxys-team.fr/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=28500
Our phone suffering of eMMC bugbrick trouble
NEVER try to wipe data on a eMMC brickbug! (with ROM and kernel NOT safe, 4.04...)
It will hard brick your phone... (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22317626
Ps. If you find a way with JTAG, I'm interesting cause my phone is still vulnerable.
If you find a way to setup boot sequence to USB I'm very interesting! (the best should be to contact Adam Outler, Rebellos and this seems too interesting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916796)
Flash hard bricked phones with jtag.
no screen on switching phone. But can be connected via odin but cant be flashed with it.
cyb3rillusi0n said:
Flash hard bricked phones with jtag.
no screen on switching can be connected with odin but cant be flashed
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May I ask, what are you exactly trying to point out? If you have a blacked out screen, with no power, recovery or download mode then I suggest you take it to samsung service centre. JTAG does fix dead bootloaders but you will need some experience of soldiering and wiring.
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cyb3rillusi0n said:
Flash hard bricked phones with jtag.
no screen on switching can be connected with odin but cant be flashed
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is the recovery working? if that is the case , it will be easy
TheUnknownThing said:
May I ask, what are you exactly trying to point out? If you have a blacked out screen, with no power, recovery or download mode then I suggest you take it to samsung service centre. JTAG does fix dead bootloaders but you will need some experience of soldiering and wiring.
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I said if odin can detect it on a black screen. It can be fully repaired with JTAGging! If you go to samsung service centre they will say the board needs to be replaced and charge will be high if you are out of warranty. And yes you need to know some soldiering if you have the jtag box. Or else ask someone who can give this service.
hackuletz16 said:
is the recovery working? if that is the case , it will be easy
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Written there no screen on switching on the phone.
NO DOWNLOAD MODE,
NO RECOVERY MODE.
cyb3rillusi0n said:
Written there no screen on switching on the phone.
NO DOWNLOAD MODE,
NO RECOVERY MODE.
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I see.. Before you do JTAG, do you have "some" knowledge of the JTAG Riff box? Yes the Samsung service center do rip people off .. However the JTAG box is not cheap whatsoever.