So last night, when going to charge my phone, I notice that turning the screen on wasn't bringing me to my lockscreen. Instead it was a black screen with a line in the middle. It looked like the screen off animation got stuck on the screen. So I rebooted it and it was fine.
Today, I wake up and it won't respond at all. Holding the power button does nothing, it doesn't look like it's charging either. I know that I have it set up to run lagfix at night, could that have been the cause of this? Is there any way to come back from a brick?
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So last night, when going to charge my phone, I notice that turning the screen on wasn't bringing me to my lockscreen. Instead it was a black screen with a line in the middle. It looked like the screen off animation got stuck on the screen. So I rebooted it and it was fine.
Today, I wake up and it won't respond at all. Holding the power button does nothing, it doesn't look like it's charging either. I know that I have it set up to run lagfix at night, could that have been the cause of this? Is there any way to come back from a brick?
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Yup, there is a way to fix this. Visit your local Sprint store and have it replaced. Hope you have insurance, if not its $50. Gods peed to you.
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Yup, there is a way to fix this. Visit your local Sprint store and have it replaced. Hope you have insurance, if not its $50. Gods peed to you.
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No insurance. :crying:
After plugging the device into the computer, it says QHSUSB_DLOAD. So I guess that confirms it was from lagfix.
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No insurance. :crying:
After plugging the device into the computer, it says QHSUSB_DLOAD. So I guess that confirms it was from lagfix.
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Well you're going to have to pay the $50 then. And yea its from the "lagfix". That "lagfix" is really just TRIM. It's disabled off CM10.2 currently for this exact reason. It's been having a grand ole time causing a brickfest.
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Well you're going to have to pay the $50 then. And yea its from the "lagfix". That "lagfix" is really just TRIM. It's disabled off CM10.2 currently for this exact reason. It's been having a grand ole time causing a brickfest.
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I thought even if you had insurance you had to pay to get a replacement? Isn't only the in-store repair free?
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I thought even if you had insurance you had to pay to get a replacement? Isn't only the in-store repair free?
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You only pay the deductible if the phone is lost or stolen. For hardware failure, with TEP, there should be no charge for a replacement device.
Jtag might be another alternative, as well. Shoot XDA member Zarboz a PM for more info.
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PM'd Zarboz. But is there any way for me to unbrick it myself? I'd really like to leave going to sprint or mailing my phone away as a last resort. I've found a few unbricking tutorials, but they say that they're only for bricks that occur when going S-Off. Would it be crazy to try one of those anyway?
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PM'd Zarboz. But is there any way for me to unbrick it myself? I'd really like to leave going to sprint or mailing my phone away as a last resort. I've found a few unbricking tutorials, but they say that they're only for bricks that occur when going S-Off. Would it be crazy to try one of those anyway?
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It won't work. You're not the first person to have this type of brick. It occurs as a result of faulty hardware, which can only be replaced, or flashed directly with JTAG (and even then, you'd still have the same hardware, and be prone to the same issue again).
I guess you missed the part in the Lagfree app OP that mentions the "brick bug."
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It won't work. You're not the first person to have this type of brick. It occurs as a result of faulty hardware, which can only be replaced, or flashed directly with JTAG (and even then, you'd still have the same hardware, and be prone to the same issue again).
I guess you missed the part in the Lagfree app OP that mentions the "brick bug."
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Well, no, I saw it. I thought I would be fine because I only saw the affected devices as samsung ones. Thanks for the input though. I'll just replace it or wait until I can upgrade.
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Well, no, I saw it. I thought I would be fine because I only saw the affected devices as samsung ones. Thanks for the input though. I'll just replace it or wait until I can upgrade.
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Might help if you go to the thread and mention that this device appears to be affected as well, otherwise more may suffer your fate.
Bricked??
Yesterday I restored a backup that I've been running for mounths, restored fine and no issues. Today I got a text went to unlock the device, had snow like an old tv with no signal. I pressed home and got the lock screen but there was major screen tear and the device was very slow to respond. I managed to get to twrp recovery and there was also screen tear/snow and the middle 2/4 was not there and non responsive, so couldn't wipe, fix perms or restore any thing. Tried that a few times, now the only response I get is I hold the power button for 10-15 seconds, capasitive buttons flash, let go of button, half a second later there is a quick vibration and black screen. I can't get in to the bootloader or recovery. Am I hosed?? tia Also when I charge it the light doesn't go on
I too had this issue, but my phone went white then turned off and never turned
Back on. It was a hardware failure. They replaced mine for free.
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I plugged the device after a while and the orange light comes on like it is charging?? Is that a good sign?? I try adb commands but it came up device not found. Any suggestions?
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I plugged the device after a while and the orange light comes on like it is charging?? Is that a good sign?? I try adb commands but it came up device not found. Any suggestions?
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Let it charge for a good long while, then try to power it up.
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Let it charge for a good long while, then try to power it up.
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OK i'll try that, the phone was at 90% when all this happened idk??
mammothjojo88 said:
I too had this issue, but my phone went white then turned off and never turned
Back on. It was a hardware failure. They replaced mine for free.
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If I still had insurance I would do this, but I'm not sure a new Evolte is worth $50 to me, especially with my upgrade around the corner. I'll just have to say farewell to this phone. It was a good run.
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Let it charge for a good long while, then try to power it up.
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Let charge for a while it booted and got stuck on the splash screen but the coloring was off. I plugged it in to the computer ran "adb devices" and it found it said recovery and a long number. I tried "adb reboot bootloader" black screen and that was it.
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Let charge for a while it booted and got stuck on the splash screen but the coloring was off. I plugged it in to the computer ran "adb devices" and it found it said recovery and a long number. I tried "adb reboot bootloader" black screen and that was it.
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Looks like an issue with the screen. If you have TEP I'd take it to Sprint and let them look at it. Shouldn't cost you anything to get it replaced.
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Wow, you guys were right, you do get a free replacement.
At first, I was set on just living with my mother's old SG4G, but I couldn't stand how outdated it was. The screen looked meh, and I couldn't even install Chrome on it. So I was ready to pay the $50 to replace it, went to sprint with my evolte, and the guy there said he could only service active phones. So he changed my active phone back to my evolte, and added insurance to it. So I walked in with a broken phone without insurance, and left with a new phone for free. I'd say that's a lucky day.
Thanks for your advice guys, you guys just got me a new phone for free.
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This time I have really f***ed up guys. I really think this time I have actually bricked my Thunderbolt. I was on Bamf Remix 1.63 I believe and everything was running great. I was obviously rooted also. I was bored and decided to flash Protekks Battery Sipper Kernel. Right after I flashed it, the phone would not boot. I pulled the battery and booted up again and it got stuck in a boot loop. So after a few tries I finally got it to boot into the bootloader. I got into recovery and tried to flash a backup and it rebooted in the middle of restoring it. I tried that a few more times. I then let the battery die. Then I charged it up a lot and tried to power it on and got nothing. The screen will not even turn on. When plugged into my computer it sometimes vibrates and my computer detects it and then my computer makes the sound like it was disconnected. I think it is still stuck in the boot loop with the screen off though. BTW the charging light does light up when plugged in. I tried the stock and extended battery to make sure it was not a battery problem. I finally called up Verizon and after I told them it would not turn on he said he is shipping me a free replacement. I told them that after a OTA update the phone would not boot. He warned me that if there is any evidence that the phone was rooted or hacked, I would be charged the retail price for the phone. That is really the only thing I am scared of. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Sorry for the long post, I wanted to get in all the details that I could.
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Adam
Try putting it in download mode and flash back to gongerbread using odin
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srkoza said:
Try putting it in download mode and flash back to gongerbread using odin
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Wtf? This isn't Samsung. OP do you bootloop in bootloader? I recommend you go to the irc and give them any info you can.. you will probably end up flashing a stock ruu through the bootloader but first go to irc.
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Thanks for the quick reply! How would I get into download mode. And I was on froyo before.. Shouldn't I download a froyo based rom?
Yeah I did not think we have Odin for HTC phones, and I already have the stock zip file on my MicroSD card but my screen will not turn on at all. I can not get into anything. Any advice?
Talk to jcase. Hopefully you have some adb knowledge.
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Yeah I did not think we have Odin for HTC phones, and I already have the stock zip file on my MicroSD card but my screen will not turn on at all. I can not get into anything. Any advice?
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Go to irc.. someone with actual Dev experience can help you there try #thunderbolt
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OK thanks for the replies. Do you think the Verizon warranty center people will actually go to the trouble of getting it to work and then charge me full retail for a new one if they see it is rooted. I already have the stock zip on the SD card so when it does boot up, it will return everything to stock. I have read online that some people have been charged retail because there phones have been rooted but most of them have gotten away with with it..
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OK thanks for the replies. Do you think the Verizon warranty center people will actually go to the trouble of getting it to work and then charge me full retail for a new one if they see it is rooted. I already have the stock zip on the SD card so when it does boot up, it will return everything to stock. I have read online that some people have been charged retail because there phones have been rooted but most of them have gotten away with with it..
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I think you're almost certainly fine. It's a lot of work and time for big red over one phone. Plus, your etf is less expensive than a replacement device
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thanks for the response man. etf= early termination fee? I might not have said in my original post but they are sending me a free replacement device. The rep on the phone specifically said that if they find my phone to be rooted or hacked, that I will be charged around 629$ for the refurb replacement. I really cannot afford that (
Call back and tell em you accidentally dropped it out of moving vehicle and that it was run over 5 times...and that it was raining outside. Then pay your deductible.
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Call back and tell em you accidentally dropped it out of moving vehicle and that it was run over 5 times...and that it was raining outside. Then pay your deductible.
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I decided that if I ever bricked, that I'd post on here asking what horrible things I should do previous to sending it in to get a replacement. Then post pics. XD
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Please check out this thread when you get a moment, might help the community and we would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130407
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I got out of a bootloop on my friend's Insipre 4G (which is very similar to the TB) by mounting the microSD on my computer, and then putting a stock ROM on it. I had to rename the stock ROM PG98IMG (PG05IMG on Thunderbolt), and flash it through the bootloader, but it did work.
Thanks for the post man but the Thunderbolt does not show any signs of life at all besides the flashing orange LED at the top blinking and the computer detecting it on and off every 5 minutes. The stock zip is already on the SD card so when it finally boots up it will flash and hopefully Verizon won't charge me out the @ss for a replacement.
powered on! for a second...
UPDATE: I just had it hooked up to my laptop and it booted on the the white HTC screen and I almost had a heart attaack :O but then it powered off and wont come back on. FML
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UPDATE: I just had it hooked up to my laptop and it booted on the the white HTC screen and I almost had a heart attaack :O but then it powered off and wont come back on. FML
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how long have you had your phone and what hardware revision was it? did you try to run the RUU yet?
i think some people just got a batch of faulty phones because this doesn't seem to affect many.
I highly doubt verizon is going to receive your broken phone and boot it up and it will magically work. The only way it will auto-update is if they boot it into HBOOT. If they somehow just power it on it won't automatically apply anything. Keep that in mind. But I really wouldn't worry too much about it. If they charge you call them and tell them wtf I wasn't rooted. I don't even know what that means lol.
I have had the phone since the very first days it was released. Another slight annoying thing I have had happening prior is the glue on the screen has not been holding it down very well and and I can easily get a nail under it. And it wont let me do anything. I have a Droid X as a backup for now but I miss my beast
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I have had the phone since the very first days it was released. Another slight annoying thing I have had happening prior is the glue on the screen has not been holding it down very well and and I can easily get a nail under it. And it wont let me do anything. I have a Droid X as a backup for now but I miss my beast
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that's what im starting to think as htc has since released a revision 2 thunderbolt. i know as i just bought mine a few weeks ago. im wondering if the faulty phones were version 1 phones and have since been fixed. i also do not experience the high battery drain most of you guys do either.
The screen on my rezound just went dead. The phone actually turns on, but the screen does not turn on, and it does not appear to respond to touch input either...
I was actually using the rezound when the screen flashed a weird color and then went black. I couldn't get it to respond so i pulled the battery and reset. Like mentioned above, the phone turned back on just fine, but no screen or touch.
BUMMER!! Looks like I'll be visiting a Verizon store on Monday when i get back from vacation. :-(
BOO! I love my Rezound :-(
Have you tried to boot into recovery?
EmerikL said:
Have you tried to boot into recovery?
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Yeah, there is absolutely no screen activity. I can "boot" the phone, and then reboot to recovery or bootloader via ADB, but its useless because there is absolutely nothing displayed on the screen. Not even the back light turns on.
I only know that it actually booted because I can hear the notification sound that I have a text when it turns on.. otherwise its basically dead.
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Yeah, there is absolutely no screen activity. I can "boot" the phone, and then reboot to recovery or bootloader via ADB, but its useless because there is absolutely nothing displayed on the screen. Not even the back light turns on.
I only know that it actually booted because I can hear the notification sound that I have a text when it turns on.. otherwise its basically dead.
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That sucks dood...on the bright side, no worries of them checking your bootloader!
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nosympathy said:
That sucks dood...on the bright side, no worries of them checking your bootloader!
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True. I hope it all works out because I definitely can't afford to replace a Rezound right now....
I guess when I get home on Monday I'll hit up a Verizon store and hope they still have a Rezound available... I've heard stores are starting to no longer carry it... :-(
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I've heard stores are starting to no longer carry it... :-(
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That is insane, the phone has been out for only 4 months, why would they pull the best phone they have off the shelf?
EmerikL said:
That is insane, the phone has been out for only 4 months, why would they pull the best phone they have off the shelf?
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Yup, went to 4 Verizon stores today trying to get a physical exchange for another Rezound because I really need my phone for work, but none of the stores I went to carry the Rezound anymore (yet they all had one on display still). So, I had to settle for getting a replacement via snail-mail, which means I have no Rezound til Tuesday or Weds :-( Guess I'll have to reactivate my old Eris for a day or two...
So anyways, it does in fact look like stores are starting to let there inventory of Rezounds run down and not order any more in. Oddly enough, all the stores I went to said that the Droid RAZR is the best selling phone they have, and that Rezounds have never been good sellers. Strange, 'cause I think the Rezound is the nicest phone available right now..
got an MHL connector? See if it'll do mirroring...
I haven't heard about that yet. The RAZR is definitely our best selling phone though.
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It wasn't marketed like the razr was. That is why. If they had done a better job, it would have destroyed the Razr. Really all they had ro do was this was the next evolution of the Inc and people would have flocked to it.
Yes I know the Inc 3 is coming out sometime soon and that would have jacked up their marketing for the new Inc but still they should have thrown a bone out to it.
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tynan said:
got an MHL connector? See if it'll do mirroring...
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Not sure what you mean by mirroring... ??
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Nevermind, I'm a tard.. No I don't have the adapter to connect it to an HDMI display.. I should look into that though. Good call.
Guys my note seems to be in the most dreadful state possible. It wont turn on, I can't put it in recovery, when I connect it to the computer I can hear a sound signalling it does recognize something, but adb cant find the device (seems like it turns off).
This happened after trying to put the cwm beta4 recovery.img , nobody except me is responsible, I was trying to put flash the image, after running the command however it dint seem to me it made any difference after trying to boot to recovery so, I tried running the command again, except this time, it gave me an error which said it ran out of space or disk space, I tried restarting and it wont turn on.
Any and all help is appreciated.
Please move this to the correct forum.
This forum is for development
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Return it and they'll give you a new one. They cant tell you bricked if it won't turn on.
G~Note "nuff said"
alperin1 said:
Please move this to the correct forum.
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I'm sorry I wasn't aware that this wasnt the right place.
N3RD420 said:
Return it and they'll give you a new one. They cant tell you bricked if it won't turn on.
G~Note "nuff said"
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Agreed, except I want to try and see if it can be recovered, else I'll get it switched.
Did u try to go to download mode by holding down. Then wait 15 sec press up even if it doesnt have anything on screen and see if odin sees it?
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u921333 said:
Did u try to go to download mode by holding down. Then wait 15 sec press up even if it doesnt have anything on screen and see if odin sees it?
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Okay just noticed this, in the device manager it now says QHUSB_DLOAD, I'm guessing this is some form of download state, I have odin open, how do I know if its recognizing it?
It would show a yellow square with a com port.... But i think that error is very bad one of our devs in skyrocket got it and it was return phone or jtag service online.
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you might have had a typo in your last flash...
if you typed mmcblk0p2 instead of mmcblk0p22, then it would explain the out of space, and possibly also the boot error...
u921333 said:
It would show a yellow square with a com port.... But i think that error is very bad one of our devs in skyrocket got it and it was return phone or jtag service online.
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Odin doesn't show anything, I mean I doesn't show the yellow exclamation mark.
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you might have had a typo in your last flash...
if you typed mmcblk0p2 instead of mmcblk0p22, then it would explain the out of space, and possibly also the boot error...
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Very likely thats what I did, is there anyway out?
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Very likely thats what I did, is there anyway out?
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probably not, or only with lots of effort
returning it is probably the fastest
I do understand, but since I'm a total noob on android, .and that nothing else could possible go any wrong, I would sure like to try.
drop 5 bucks on a jig
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UUCT0Y/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
or similar.
this wont reset the counter like on certain devices but it will put the sgh-i717 at&t note into download mode just by plugging it in
then flash back to stock with odin. all of the info to do that is located in this forum
edit.. alot of these guys are right though, if it doesnt react to being plugged in or turned on no matter what, nobody in the at&t store will figure it out, they will mark it defective and give you a new one
Honestly......best idea.... return it. I'd actually suggest leaving it alone, on the off chance you got Odin to recognize it, and maybe halfway fixed the Note, it might then look to whomever you return it to that you broke it somehow. Basically the fact it won't turn on at all is to your benefit at this point.
My phone will eat your Apple!
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Honestly......best idea.... return it. I'd actually suggest leaving it alone, on the off chance you got Odin to recognize it, and maybe halfway fixed the Note, it might then look to whomever you return it to that you broke it somehow. Basically the fact it won't turn on at all is to your benefit at this point.
My phone will eat your Apple!
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I agree. Return. Been there twice with an infuse and skyrocket. No questions asked...swap out. I always say I'm never getting involved in Modding my phone after an incident like that. Am I the only who says that?
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brittoking said:
Honestly......best idea.... return it. I'd actually suggest leaving it alone, on the off chance you got Odin to recognize it, and maybe halfway fixed the Note, it might then look to whomever you return it to that you broke it somehow. Basically the fact it won't turn on at all is to your benefit at this point.
My phone will eat your Apple!
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I kind of just thought about that, I'll leave it as is, and get it swapped.
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I agree. Return. Been there twice with an infuse and skyrocket. No questions asked...swap out. I always say I'm never getting involved in Modding my phone after an incident like that. Am I the only who says that?
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Yep will do this.
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I always say I'm never getting involved in Modding my phone after an incident like that. Am I the only who says that?
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I, for one, couldn't wait to tear into my new $300 gem
As for the brick, i concur, returning it at this point would be best. I hate using dd to flash things, one typo can screw up the entire device.
if it turns on at all... you may risk getting it found to be modded. just sayin.
if i were you. Id find an old ac adapter cut the wires and seperate. then zap the prongs where the battery connects. in my experience, old laptop chargers work the best. be sure to cut the end off of the cord that plugs into the laptop. the brick will protect you from fatal or even harmful shock so dont worry.
just my .02
I agree. Mine was rooted the day I got it.
If you do decide to root the replacement, reading is your friend. Read, read again, and read it a third time. Then don't be afraid to read it more if necessary, and a you're doing the steps.
Well on the way to my fairytale!
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probably not, or only with lots of effort
returning it is probably the fastest
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It happened as you had said missed a 2
ashies7 said:
I agree. Mine was rooted the day I got it.
If you do decide to root the replacement, reading is your friend. Read, read again, and read it a third time. Then don't be afraid to read it more if necessary, and a you're doing the steps.
Well on the way to my fairytale!
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I had it rooted, it was while trying to install cwm, I did read it a few times, perhaps needs more reading, I had tinkered with iphones quite a bit, but I never had a bricked device ever in like 4 years, I never thought it could goto a state where the only real way to bring it back would it be to connect to a jtag device.
I bricked my Note, I was flashing cwm based recovery when it hung, screen went black and sat there for about 15 minutes before I decided to do the dumb thing of pulling the battery. Now it won't turn on, but there's good news! I hope. I get a driver sound and error when plugging it in, so it is recognizable. When checking Computer Management, I show a QHUSB_DLOAD under Other but the phone won't connect at all. Any ideas?
Have you tried putting it in download mode and see if Odin recognizes it?
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On my vibrant and my behold 2 (both Samsung devices)
I took out the battery and plugged the USB in while holding the buttons for dl mode and it would get out of the soft brick. Once it goes into dl mode, pop the battery in, Odin should recognize it, and flash away.
Don't know if it will work, but it sounds like you didn't hard brick it
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It won't turn on to get into DL mode. I tried to see if Odin would see it but nope. I was hoping there was another driver to allow it to see it.
Thanks for the idea, it didn't boot though. It tries, it makes the sound of the USB being inserted but then makes the error sound for failed drivers. I wouldn't think it's a hard brick either, but even my JIG won't get it to boot.
i had a hard brick after flashing a kernel. not sure what the problem was but it wouldnt go into download mode, so i pulled the battery for about 5 minutes and it went into download mode and odin recognized my phone.
Would the phone turn on? I'll give it a try. I've left it out for 30 seconds and that didn't work, I'll let it go longer.
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Would the phone turn on? I'll give it a try. I've left it out for 30 seconds and that didn't work, I'll let it go longer.
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Mine wouldnt turn on when i did a battery pull quickly, But after i left mine out it went into download mode, at this point trying anything is better than nothing. hope it works out for you
I left it out for awhile, I think I'll see if Best Buy will give me a new phone tomorrow. I just found a thread on the other note side that had this same issue, he ended up not being able to fix it too. Thanks for trying to help though, it's what makes XDA what it is.
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I left it out for awhile, I think I'll see if Best Buy will give me a new phone tomorrow. I just found a thread on the other note side that had this same issue, he ended up not being able to fix it too. Thanks for trying to help though, it's what makes XDA what it is.
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just take back to best buy and tell them that the phone won't come on, do not tell them that you did anything just tell them you had your phone on the charger over night and it wouldnt come on in the morning. i hope you more time left on your thirty days i did that a lot of time lol.
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xpprofessional1 said:
just take back to best buy and tell them that the phone won't come on, do not tell them that you did anything just tell them you had your phone on the charger over night and it wouldnt come on in the morning. i hope you more time left on your thirty days i did that a lot of time lol.
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That's what I planned on doing. lol. If nothing else, I could sign up for their black tie program, come back monday during my lunch and get it swapped then and they could say nothing about it.
An update on the situation, I left the battery out of the phone overnight and tested it when I woke up, nothing. So I took the phone to BB and they said they wouldn't take it back unless I wanted to spend $170 to replace it. I took it to AT&T and they did everything they thought would get it to work, it wouldn't naturally, so they warrantied it and I have a new one coming in a few days.
Radioshack insurance way better then crapy bestbuy. Which is why i buy mine there and att deductiables to high when u use their insurance
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rboone18 said:
Radioshack insurance way better then crapy bestbuy. Which is why i buy mine there and att deductiables to high when u use their insurance
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Ive never heard of anyone getting radioshacks insurance and I sell phones. A quick google search on their protection showed class action suits against them for misrepresenting their protection. Oh and it's more expesive them best buys lol
And to the OP, you could have also done the monthly best buy protection instead of the 170 2 year plan, they could have also replaced it under manufacturers warranty for your situation. I hate when people work for the same company as me and are uneducated at their jobs.
Glad all is well but for future reference what should you have done? I mean, if i flash something and it goes wrong, the first thing I'd do would be pull the battery. What should we do?
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nash2000 said:
Glad all is well but for future reference what should you have done? I mean, if i flash something and it goes wrong, the first thing I'd do would be pull the battery. What should we do?
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I was wondering about that also. I just want to know so I won't do the same thing. I'm glad the OP got it straightened out.
thunderkiss65 said:
i had a hard brick after flashing a kernel. not sure what the problem was but it wouldnt go into download mode, so i pulled the battery for about 5 minutes and it went into download mode and odin recognized my phone.
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If you were hard bricked, your phone wouldn't have booted. A hard brick is a permanent thing. What you had was a soft brick.
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Dacian said:
I left it out for awhile, I think I'll see if Best Buy will give me a new phone tomorrow. I just found a thread on the other note side that had this same issue, he ended up not being able to fix it too. Thanks for trying to help though, it's what makes XDA what it is.
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Best Buy is pretty good about exchanges. Whatever you do, DON'T tell them what you did. Just say your phone got really hot, froze, and wouldn't turn back on again.
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Dacian said:
An update on the situation, I left the battery out of the phone overnight and tested it when I woke up, nothing. So I took the phone to BB and they said they wouldn't take it back unless I wanted to spend $170 to replace it. I took it to AT&T and they did everything they thought would get it to work, it wouldn't naturally, so they warrantied it and I have a new one coming in a few days.
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Good to hear!! Glad you got everything worked out.
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So last night, my phone decided that it would no longer like me to use it. The screen is a full screen of (for lack of a better term) rainbow snow. It is pixelated. I can't see anything except the snow. I have gotten it to show my lock screen by kind of tweaking the phone by bending slightly. When I get the lock screen, the touch screen no longer works. I can hit the power button to turn the screen off, and then again to only get the snow. I am thinking it's probably a hardware issue. I haven't dropped it or gotten it wet. Which leads me to my next question. I am rooted and running CM 10.1. I can't get in to recovery mode to restore to a stock ROM. If I take it in to Sprint for repair/replacement will they have a way of seeing I am running a ROM and decide they wont't work on my phone?
thedanpal said:
So last night, my phone decided that it would no longer like me to use it. The screen is a full screen of (for lack of a better term) rainbow snow. It is pixelated....
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Is it possible that you CAN get into recovery and you just don't know it because you can't see it? Work with me here.
If you can power down the phone, try powering up into bootloader/fastboot and try to flash an appropriate RUU from fastboot/usb. Just a shot in the dark...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android
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Is it possible that you CAN get into recovery and you just don't know it because you can't see it? Work with me here.
If you can power down the phone, try powering up into bootloader/fastboot and try to flash an appropriate RUU from fastboot/usb. Just a shot in the dark...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android
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That is a very good chance. I will give it a shot tonight. Thanks for the idea.
I pretty much have no idea what to do now. My phone won't mount the SD card on any computer. The phone recognizes the SD card, i just wont mount it. When trying to use RUU i just get the error 170. So, i guess i will be dropping my phone off at sprint and hope for the best.
Same issue. Was running Carbon which is cm based. Tried everything, nothing worked. Took it to the Sprint store yesterday and they got me a refurbished LTE. I'm thinking of getting the HTC one but can't afford it right now. Refurb phone works alright so I'll just keep it for know but I know what you're going through. it sucks and although the ROM worked awesome it may have been the culprit.
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SiGuy11 said:
Same issue. Was running Carbon which is cm based. Tried everything, nothing worked. Took it to the Sprint store yesterday and they got me a refurbished LTE. I'm thinking of getting the HTC one but can't afford it right now. Refurb phone works alright so I'll just keep it for know but I know what you're going through. it sucks and although the ROM worked awesome it may have been the culprit.
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The tech thought it was a connection issue with the display, but he couldn't get it fixed and thinks the motherboard went bad. They are replacing the phone with a new one, but they are backordered so I have to wait a week.
Yeah but what caused all of our phones to have the same issue that doesn't exist on sense roms? Kernel overpowering the motherboard causing it to fry?
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