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Hey Guys.
I recently Hard Bricked my Vibrant while flashing a Custom ROM. It won't turn ON at all.
I am shipping the Phone to Samsung Repair Centre in Texas from India.
I had a talk with the Call Centre where they said that I should just give them the piece without the Battery and Battery Pack and they will only repair my piece and will not Replace it anyhow.
I am fine with them just repairing my piece rather than replacing it, but the issue is that I have only Download Mode available on my piece and the Recovery Mode is Factory Disabled.
My Questions are,
1) Whether they will make the Recovery and Download Mode available back on my Vibrant after repairing it ?
2) The phone is very much off the 30 days mark for the Return Policy to work, so is it still their obligation to Replace my piece with a one that has a Recovery and Download Mode enabled on it if the repairing solution doesn't do the trick ?
3) I am shipping the Phone from India so how should I make sure that the Phone that they have Repaired or Replaced with has the Recovery and Download mode working on it ?
4) Also, in my Country we have a Samsung Galaxy S International available, so is the Motherboard of Samsung Vibrant and the International Model similar for the Service Centre over here to repair it ?
Any Help is appreciated.
Thank You.
ech419 said:
Hey Guys.
I recently Hard Bricked my Vibrant while flashing a Custom ROM. It won't turn ON at all.
I am shipping the Phone to Samsung Repair Centre in Texas from India.
I had a talk with the Call Centre where they said that I should just give them the piece without the Battery and Battery Pack and they will only repair my piece and will not Replace it anyhow.
I am fine with them just repairing my piece rather than replacing it, but the issue is that I have only Download Mode available on my piece and the Recovery Mode is Factory Disabled.
My Questions are,
1) Whether they will make the Recovery and Download Mode available back on my Vibrant after repairing it ?
2) The phone is very much off the 30 days mark for the Return Policy to work, so is it still their obligation to Replace my piece with a one that has a Recovery and Download Mode enabled on it if the repairing solution doesn't do the trick ?
3) I am shipping the Phone from India so how should I make sure that the Phone that they have Repaired or Replaced with has the Recovery and Download mode working on it ?
4) Also, in my Country we have a Samsung Galaxy S International available, so is the Motherboard of Samsung Vibrant and the International Model similar for the Service Centre over here to repair it ?
Any Help is appreciated.
Thank You.
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So you CAN get into download mode with the Android holding a shovel in a big yellow triangle?
Also, did you ever try flashing a custom recovery? ie- clockwork
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ech419 said:
Hey Guys.
I recently Hard Bricked my Vibrant while flashing a Custom ROM. It won't turn ON at all.
I am shipping the Phone to Samsung Repair Centre in Texas from India.
I had a talk with the Call Centre where they said that I should just give them the piece without the Battery and Battery Pack and they will only repair my piece and will not Replace it anyhow.
I am fine with them just repairing my piece rather than replacing it, but the issue is that I have only Download Mode available on my piece and the Recovery Mode is Factory Disabled.
My Questions are,
1) Whether they will make the Recovery and Download Mode available back on my Vibrant after repairing it ?
2) The phone is very much off the 30 days mark for the Return Policy to work, so is it still their obligation to Replace my piece with a one that has a Recovery and Download Mode enabled on it if the repairing solution doesn't do the trick ?
3) I am shipping the Phone from India so how should I make sure that the Phone that they have Repaired or Replaced with has the Recovery and Download mode working on it ?
4) Also, in my Country we have a Samsung Galaxy S International available, so is the Motherboard of Samsung Vibrant and the International Model similar for the Service Centre over here to repair it ?
Any Help is appreciated.
Thank You.
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So let me get this straight...
I'm assuming u rooted the phone b/c you must in order to even attempt to flash a custom rom...
So you want to send a rooted phone in for repair??
Its very hard to brick the vibrant....u probably have a soft brick....did u try Odin to restore your phone back to stock?? Try that before sending it anywhere
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Mr. Apocalypse said:
So let me get this straight...
I'm assuming u rooted the phone b/c you must in order to even attempt to flash a custom rom...
So you want to send a rooted phone in for repair??
Its very hard to brick the vibrant....u probably have a soft brick....did u try Odin to restore your phone back to stock?? Try that before sending it anywhere
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Sounds to me like he probably doesn't know about odin.
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Thanks for Reply.
No, Guys. I know what Odin is.
The phone is Hard Bricked. That means nothing will show up on the screen to do anything at all. It is a well known issue and it is very much possible with your phone too.
From what I have read on the forum, the USB doesn't work due to some bootloader corruption and thus you will not be able to try anything on your phone and Wires need to be physically soldered onto the Motherboard to flash the bootloader and Stock ROM.
I want to enquire about the issue of whether Download and Recovery Mode which comes factory disabled in the newer Vibrants, be enabled by Samsung itself ?
Thanks for your Help.
ech419 said:
Thanks for Reply.
No, Guys. I know what Odin is.
The phone is Hard Bricked. That means nothing will show up on the screen to do anything at all. It is a well known issue and it is very much possible with your phone too.
From what I have read on the forum, the USB doesn't work due to some bootloader corruption and thus you will not be able to try anything on your phone and Wires need to be physically soldered onto the Motherboard to flash the bootloader and Stock ROM.
I want to enquire about the issue of whether Download and Recovery Mode which comes factory disabled in the newer Vibrants, be enabled by Samsung itself ?
Thanks for your Help.
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Have you heard from Samsung yet as to how much the repair cost will be? I have to send mine there after a Kies update killed by boot loader (the most common reason why a Galaxy S won't show any signs of life and only way to truly brick them). I had a local repair shop jtag it before Kies killed it again, but they couldn't fix the hardware lock.
I got it to a point like that as well. Even when I plugged it in to charge and such, nothing happend. I was still able to ODIN it though. What I had to do was just the battery pull method of putting it into download mode (pull battery, sim and sd cards, open ODIN, connect phone to pc, pop in battery while holding volume buttons) and it worked for me.
Like others say, it's really difficult to hard-brick Vibrants. If either primary or secondary bootloader has been corrupted, you shouldn't have Download mode. Try search more and find out what others did to get out of such situations. You should be able to flash away UNLESS your internal SD card has been fried/messed up. The repair will probably cost you ridiculously large sum of money. Samsung will probably replace internal SD memory (I think it's MoviNAND flash memory module) and flash new firmware. But again it will cost money. I would do everything I can possibly think I can do before sending it off to repair centers.
EDIT: If it is your cellular carrier accepting your phone for examination and think that the cause is hardware malfunction, the carrier will REPLACE your phone. If you are not sending it to your carrier, however, and you are sending it directly to Samsung repair center instead, they will most likely incur repair fees. Not sure 100% but Samsung must be able to tell if you've ever flashed custom firmware and flashing custom kernels and ROMs void manufacturer's 1 year warranty. And this will probably be true unless you flash a stock ROM before shipping it, but this is ironic and according to you doing so is impossible. Try Odin JFD again!
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I got it to a point like that as well. Even when I plugged it in to charge and such, nothing happend. I was still able to ODIN it though. What I had to do was just the battery pull method of putting it into download mode (pull battery, sim and sd cards, open ODIN, connect phone to pc, pop in battery while holding volume buttons) and it worked for me.
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I take it yours wasn't hardware locked then. It's interesting that you were still able to get Odin to recognise the phone when it wasn't showing any sign of life. Were the lights turning on?
jaetm83 said:
Like others say, it's really difficult to hard-brick Vibrants. If either primary or secondary bootloader has been corrupted, you shouldn't have Download mode. Try search more and find out what others did to get out of such situations. You should be able to flash away UNLESS your internal SD card has been fried/messed up. The repair will probably cost you ridiculously large sum of money. Samsung will probably replace internal SD memory (I think it's MoviNAND flash memory module) and flash new firmware. But again it will cost money. I would do everything I can possibly think I can do before sending it off to repair centers.
EDIT: If it is your cellular carrier accepting your phone for examination and think that the cause is hardware malfunction, the carrier will REPLACE your phone. If you are not sending it to your carrier, however, and you are sending it directly to Samsung repair center instead, they will most likely incur repair fees. Not sure 100% but Samsung must be able to tell if you've ever flashed custom firmware and flashing custom kernels and ROMs void manufacturer's 1 year warranty. And this will probably be true unless you flash a stock ROM before shipping it, but this is ironic and according to you doing so is impossible. Try Odin JFD again!
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I'm trying to find out exactly how much Samsung would charge to repair a screwed up boot loader caused by a Kies update. The device was flashed to stock prior to the update; however, there is a TiBu folder on the internal sd. The Samsung agent I spoke with opened a support ticket and said it would be repaired under warranty as long as nothing was done to the device to void the warranty. I'm trying to decide whether to have it jtagged and still have it hardware locked, or take a chance and send it to Samsung for a proper repair, fixing the hardware lock and boot loader.
Hi there!
Actually, I've stopped trying to ressurect my phone about a month ago, but... maybe someone can help
Ok, what happened:
I was at exam and must shut my phone off. I did it. Some seconds later it booted again. So, I had to turn it off by holding the power button. After that it doesn't boot anymore.
Now the "facts":
- It was the Lite'ning Rom (I think 2.6) with the Kernel incl. as it bricked.
- It boots up to the yellow triangle and stops there.
- If I want to charge it - I see just a waiting-circle (like in windows), but it doesn't move at all.
- I can enter the Download mode, but only if I hold Volume Down + Power Button. If I hold the VolumeDown+Home+Power Button - it's just starting without entering the download mode.
- I can't enter the recovery mode. It's just gone...
- Kies doesn't see the phone at all.
- Odin see it and I can flash it. I can flash all the things I want: bootloader, kernel, pda. I can re-partition it, BUT:
- Now the interresting thing: Odin flash it and says, that all was fine. But nothing happens... Actually, I've already tried to "kill" it with the 3-part ROM for 9100G, but Odin says, that all was ok and nothing happens with the phone at all. It just ignoring all the flashs I tried.
- I have the USB-Jig, but it start the "Factory mode", and... see the point above.
- Already tried about 10-15 Rom (1-parted and 3-parted), with bootloaders and pits etc. Nothing happens.
I had the phone just for 3 months, and... yeah, 500€ are gone. I can't send it to Samsung service, because of triangle and counter > 0. And I can't remove this triangle and set the counter back.
Anyone have any ideas I can try? Maybe someone already heard about issue like that? Is it the famous "eMMC brick"?
Thx in advance!
I don't know if this is due to the EMMC bug. But it sure does sound like a hardware issue.
Have you tried flashing Factory / Stock firmware via Odin? I had a similar issue some time back with my Galaxy Tab but flashing stock firmware, rebooting to recovery and clearing cache etc then fixed the issue.
Good luck man!
Maybe send it in for warranty service/replacement & play dumb in the first instance. Always a chance they won't care/notice you trashed it. If they do & decide to charge you, ask for a quote & for the phone back. Then take the phone to local mobile repair shops & see how much they want for repairing the phone. You can also then compare the costs of having Samsung/authorised repairer or local mobile repair shops with the costs of having the phone JTAG'd (assuming it can be JTAG'd). Lots of JTAG repairers can be found with a Google search, not necessarily in your country, but will still likely be cheaper than having Samsung/authorised repairer fix it.
Try to flash a bootloader for a different device (Note for example), and after that to repartion the device also with pit for Note or something similar. I think that there is a good chance that you succeed in killing the phone completely, and then you can send it to service and play dumb.
Find someone with a riff box and get it j-taged
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A331709 said:
Have you tried flashing Factory / Stock firmware via Odin?
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Yes, already tried some different stock firmwares, always the same thing - just nothing happens and Odin is lucky and saying "all was fine".
pilgrim011 said:
Try to flash a bootloader for a different device (Note for example), and after that to repartion the device also with pit for Note or something similar. I think that there is a good chance that you succeed in killing the phone completely, and then you can send it to service and play dumb.
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Already tried with G-Version of SGS2, but that didn't work. But I will try it with Note's bootloader and pit. Thx!
MistahBungle said:
Maybe send it in for warranty service/replacement & play dumb in the first instance. Always a chance they won't care/notice you trashed it. If they do & decide to charge you, ask for a quote & for the phone back. Then take the phone to local mobile repair shops & see how much they want for repairing the phone. You can also then compare the costs of having Samsung/authorised repairer or local mobile repair shops with the costs of having the phone JTAG'd (assuming it can be JTAG'd). Lots of JTAG repairers can be found with a Google search, not necessarily in your country, but will still likely be cheaper than having Samsung/authorised repairer fix it.
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I've already called JTAG-Service I found in my country, but the guy on the phone said "you can send it to us, we will try to fix the issue, but you will see - you will get your device back without any changes." In addition, he said, that my phone has some bad sectors in header of internal memory and it's nothing to do with it. The only option is to change the mainboard.
I'll try to kill it with Note's firmware, if it's not going to work - will try to send it for repair. But the chance, that guys from samsung will ignore the triangle and counter ist actually... yeah, it low ^^
Thx again for the advices!
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tried the Note's bootloaders - the phone accept it, I see the progress-bar on phone's screen, but after reboot it stucks again on triangle.
tried this guide again - doesn' help at all.
looks like the advice from MistahBungle is the last hope
Hi there,
A few days ago, I noticed my i9100 (international s2) was barely charing anymore. It would take ages (hours, literally!) to charge to 20 percent while off, and when on, it would even drain slowly while being charged. I switched to another charger and I had the same problem.
I decided to downgrade to official firmware (was on cm10.1 before), but noticed my computer wouldn't recognise my phone anymore. It wasn't a driver issue, because my ubuntu, my netbook and my tablet wouldn't see it either. In fact, there wouldn't even be a USB-debugging icon on my phone. Windows does, however, make the connected sound and my phone does charge.
I reinstalled stock firmware via CWM, but still nothing. So I'm sort of afraid this is a hardware issue. I'm looking to sell this phone within a month (I've bought a Nexus 4!) but I want it to be in working order.
Do I need to contact Samsung, or is there anything else I could do myself?
Thanks in advance.
edit > Additional info: Windows tells me my device has malfunctioned.
Replace USB flex in phone. If it's still under warranty, reset the flash counter & send it in. If there's no warranty, you can do it yourself. You can buy the parts cheaply online (Google search) & do it yourself, there are threads on here & a Google search should yield the info you need to change it. If you're not confident enough to do it yourself, buy the parts online & pay a local mobile shop to do it.
Duveaux said:
Hi there,
A few days ago, I noticed my i9100 (international s2) was barely charing anymore. It would take ages (hours, literally!) to charge to 20 percent while off, and when on, it would even drain slowly while being charged. I switched to another charger and I had the same problem.
I decided to downgrade to official firmware (was on cm10.1 before), but noticed my computer wouldn't recognise my phone anymore. It wasn't a driver issue, because my ubuntu, my netbook and my tablet wouldn't see it either. In fact, there wouldn't even be a USB-debugging icon on my phone. Windows does, however, make the connected sound and my phone does charge.
I reinstalled stock firmware via CWM, but still nothing. So I'm sort of afraid this is a hardware issue. I'm looking to sell this phone within a month (I've bought a Nexus 4!) but I want it to be in working order.
Do I need to contact Samsung, or is there anything else I could do myself?
Thanks in advance.
edit > Additional info: Windows tells me my device has malfunctioned.
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I have the same problem , and I thing it's battery problem, my Micro USB entry is working with everthing.I suggest to buy another battery , like I did.
MistahBungle said:
Replace USB flex in phone. If it's still under warranty, reset the flash counter & send it in. If there's no warranty, you can do it yourself. You can buy the parts cheaply online (Google search) & do it yourself, there are threads on here & a Google search should yield the info you need to change it. If you're not confident enough to do it yourself, buy the parts online & pay a local mobile shop to do it.
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I'm still under warranty, so that shouldn't be a problem. I just wanted to confirm it was a hardware problem.
I'll try to reset the counter, then call Samsung. Thanks!
@lasic, Thanks, but since there also is a USB connectivity problem, I don't think a new battery will fix that.
Edit -> However, I've encountered a new problem. Because I've flash a CWM flashable ZIP, even my current ROM knows it's been tampered with. I can't use ODIN to flash an original factory image from sammobile.
Sounds a lot like it given what you described. Make sure you backup before you send it in, 'authorised repairers' are notorious for wiping phones/flashing new stock firmware regardless of what's wrong with the phone
Re: the 'new' problem, what happens when you try to flash a stock rom with Odin ?
MistahBungle said:
Sounds a lot like it given what you described. Make sure you backup before you send it in, 'authorised repairers' are notorious for wiping phones/flashing new stock firmware regardless of what's wrong with the phone
Re: the 'new' problem, what happens when you try to flash a stock rom with Odin ?
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Yeah I'm prepared for factory resets I'll make sure to back-up all my photos and carbon backups as well
When I try to connect my phone to Odin, it just doesn't see it, so it's the same problem. I don't think I can use USB to flash a stock rom anymore Right now, I've flashed a stock rom using CWM, rooted it, used TriangleAway and will probably unroot it after. But Samsung would be able to see the traces (such as wrong recovery, maybe more.
Ahhh OK. Perhaps flash a stock rom with Mobile Odin ? Also, there used to be CWM flashable stock roms somewhere in the General section. Or...Perhaps if there's an stock Kies/OTA update available, if you use that it should unroot your phone/give you stock recovery back.
MistahBungle said:
Ahhh OK. Perhaps flash a stock rom with Mobile Odin ? Also, there used to be CWM flashable stock roms somewhere in the General section. Or...Perhaps if there's an stock Kies/OTA update available, if you use that it should unroot your phone/give you stock recovery back.
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I will try that. Thanks for your input! :good:
No probs. Good luck
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Ahhh OK. Perhaps flash a stock rom with Mobile Odin ? Also, there used to be CWM flashable stock roms somewhere in the General section. Or...Perhaps if there's an stock Kies/OTA update available, if you use that it should unroot your phone/give you stock recovery back.
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Mobile Odin did the trick and my phone is up for repairs. Should be no trace left. Thanks!
Good to hear. You're welcome
Duveaux said:
Mobile Odin did the trick and my phone is up for repairs. Should be no trace left. Thanks!
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Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post then.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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Hi
I was using stock 4.1.2 but was having some problems of mobile getting stuck in different applications so i when to stock 4.0.4. the mobile booted. i went to recovery mode and did a factory data reset.
now it is not booting at all .. no sign of any life at all
tell me what to do as i am not able to find any jig here in Saudi Arabia
If the phone won't boot into recovery mode (hold home/volume up/power) or download mode (hold home/volume down/power) or won't boot normally after being left to charge overnight, you probably need a motherboard replacement. So either service centre, or do a Google/eBay search & try to find a phone with a broken screen you can take the motherboard from & swap out for the dead one in your phone (ask a local mobile repair shop to do this for you).
Edit - If you can't buy a jig locally, you can find one easily on eBay/elsewhere online (might take you a week or two to get it, but your phone isn't going anywhere). I suggest you try one even tho it probably won't work.
@MistahBungle:
Is this the dreaded eMMC BrickBug?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
I think so. Most of the cases here have involved people with rooted 4.0.4 stock kernels & CWRecovery, but I remember Entropy saying not long after this thing surfaced that he personally knew of one example of stock recovery on 4.0.4 bricking a phone as well (remember this was when it first happened), no doubt since then there have been lots of other 'purely stock' (both kernel & recovery) examples of the brickbug striking that we haven't seen here on XDA.
Based on what the OP has said, it's a fairly logical guess, put it that way.
Claim warranty, just say you factory reset and went off on you.
Drop that you were on 4.0.4.
Outta warranty, go to the store anyway and / or contact samsung.
Sent from the little guy
Yeah you have been hit by the emmc brickbug. Sorry.
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thanks for the information ... i am trying to get hold of the usb jig .. tell me will it work
regarding the warranty. i bought from UK when i was on a visit there. the warranty was of 1 yr which is gone.
i have samsung dealers here but they don't have tech support.
bkhaliq said:
thanks for the information ... i am trying to get hold of the usb jig .. tell me will it work
regarding the warranty. i bought from UK when i was on a visit there. the warranty was of 1 yr which is gone.
i have samsung dealers here but they don't have tech support.
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Very little chance the jig would work..
If you have warranty, you can claim it. If you don't, you may have to pay for it.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
Very little chance the jig would work..
If you have warranty, you can claim it. If you don't, you may have to pay for it.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Depends on where the brick bug occured. There are chances that you can recover http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058683 by changing the memory table and ignoring the effected parts. I didn't try, but just as information.
Hello, my friend has a Samsung Galaxy S2 (international) like me. Mine however is flashed with CM10.2 and it's running fine. His however has problems.
Since he rooted his phone (With CF-root) he didn't have any video meaning he couldn't watch YouTube, or make video's, pictures etc.
A few weeks later his phone didn't boot up anymore.
I know how to fix this, which is just a simple factory reset or either flash stock JB. The problem is though he has some important stuff on his phone. Am I able to save his important files? For example some documents (pictures & video's don't get delete, I know that) smses, phone numbers, etc.
Please provide more details such as which firmware he is on now, and whether root was successful with cf root. Does the phone no longer power up? Can he access recovery and download modes?
If he has CWM, you could take a nandroid backup, transfer it to a PC and extract his data from it.
Or u could always use adb to pull his data, provided USB debugging was turned on.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Please provide more details such as which firmware he is on now, and whether root was successful with cf root. Does the phone no longer power up? Can he access recovery and download modes?
If he has CWM, you could take a nandroid backup, transfer it to a PC and extract his data from it.
Or u could always use adb to pull his data, provided USB debugging was turned on.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
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He was on the stock JB 4.1.2 XWLSD. I contacted him and it seems that he cannot enter recovery mode anymore, neither can he acces download mode. The root with CF-Root was succesfull. He had superuser & CWM app as CWM recovery installed.
The phone started doing a little bit weird before he went to sleep. When he woke up, it did nothing anymore.
He also tried charging his phone for about 2 hours, and while charging entering recovery & download mode. Nothing happened.
Could this mean a dead motherboard? If not, am I able to acces download mode with my USB JIG?
Hang on. You said the phone was bootlooping. And you also said the phone is dead. It can't be both; this isn't a 'Schrödinger situation' - it's one or the other.
AndroidFan2 said:
When he woke up, it did nothing anymore.
He also tried charging his phone for about 2 hours, and while charging entering recovery & download mode. Nothing happened.
Could this mean a dead motherboard? If not, am I able to acces download mode with my USB JIG?
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If the phone shows no signs of life, even after using a USB Jig, it would mean a trip to the service centre and possibly motherboard replacement. You could also swap mobo's from a second hand S2 (like with a cracked screen or something). But its very unlikely that a phone will simply get hard bricked!
Try a JIG and see. Also try another battery too.
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Hang on. You said the phone was bootlooping. And you also said the phone is dead. It can't be both; this isn't a 'Schrödinger situation' - it's one or the other.
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Yes, that was before he gave me more information. I assumed it was a bootloop, it however seems that his phone is dead.
immortalneo said:
If the phone shows no signs of life, even after using a USB Jig, it would mean a trip to the service centre and possibly motherboard replacement. You could also swap mobo's from a second hand S2 (like with a cracked screen or something). But its very unlikely that a phone will simply get hard bricked!
Try a JIG and see. Also try another battery too.
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It indeed seemed weird to me too. I tried my battery in his phone and it also did not power on, and I could not acces recovery nor download mode. I used a JIG and to me surprise that did nothing too. It seems that his phone is dead, in quite an odd way. I never experienced anything like this before, that a phone simply get's hard bricked, just like that. Without doing anything to his phone.
A service center is no option for him, probably the mobo will be replaced but since he has no warranty the expenses would be pretty high.
He's getting a new device, an S3. Only thing that upset him is that he won't be able to recover his pictures of his deceased grandparents.
Anyway, thanks for thinking a long!