now phone is bricked power button does nothing screen is dead...
any ideas on how to fix?
any sign at all???
{davros} said:
now phone is bricked power button does nothing screen is dead...
any ideas on how to fix?
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if you plug it into the computer does it do anything?
{davros} said:
now phone is bricked power button does nothing screen is dead...
any ideas on how to fix?
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I'm not 100% sure. But if you get the right recovery Odin it to your phone. I just bricked my phone the same way. I'm on MK2. I tried Odin and the MK2 tar. But that didn't work. Now my phone says. Go to Kies recovery Have you tried holding down power/Home and volume down to see if u can get into download mode. If u can't. Then your battery might be dead. Phone won't charge if in bricked state.
mylifeandroid said:
if you plug it into the computer does it do anything?
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nope nothing
{davros} said:
nope nothing
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If you can get into download mode, you can flash back to a stock build. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yp47DV4UuQ&feature=youtu.be
{davros} said:
nope nothing
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make sure your battery isn't dead....
battery has full charge....
phone isnt getting power.
i ordered a usb jig to see if that helps.....
other wise i think i have a $400 brick
i just plugged it into our windows laptop using the samsung cable ... windows makes the usb plugged in noise but nothing else happens i am taking this a good sign as to its not completely hard bricked ... i hope
{davros} said:
i just plugged it into our windows laptop using the samsung cable ... windows makes the usb plugged in noise but nothing else happens i am taking this a good sign as to its not completely hard bricked ... i hope
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It's time to watch the windows device manager to see what appears.
Windows/Break (hold down the windows key, then press break). For windows 7, then click on "Device Manager".
Open that and then plug in the phone and see what appears.
it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in device manager
{davros} said:
it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in device manager
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That's bad news - that's the low-level Qualcomm boot loader. You may be stuck having to find someone to fix it by JTAG'ing the device.
Google around for "Galaxy S4 QHSUSB_DLOAD" - there's nothing flashable for the I545 that I could find right away.
ya i just did some searching for that too looks like JTAG is the only way. found a place that will do it for $60 plus shipping. not to bad in the grand skeam of things compaired to buying a new phone thats cheap.
if anyone needs it heres the link..
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-jtag-brick-repair/
Had that happen twice before(different device) but your device is out of luck, as k1mu said jtag is the only option for saving it
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CovXX said:
Had that happen twice before(different device) but your device is out of luck, as k1mu said jtag is the only option for saving it
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One reason why many of us stress to take time to read and research before leaping into nodding your phone. It takes time but will save time and money in the long run.
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I've flashed dozens of ROMS, Odined many times and have considered myself savy enough. . .until today.
I was dicking around with some stuff and soft bricked the phone.
I thought, no biggie.
I can't get into Download mode. Help me. The 3-button thing doesn't work. Neither does the holding the volume buttons in while plugging in USB. Each time power hits the phone that stupid symbol pops up.
Please help me out folks.
TheSVdeal said:
I've flashed dozens of ROMS, Odined many times and have considered myself savy enough. . .until today.
I was dicking around with some stuff and soft bricked the phone.
I thought, no biggie.
I can't get into Download mode. Help me. The 3-button thing doesn't work. Neither does the holding the volume buttons in while plugging in USB. Each time power hits the phone that stupid symbol pops up.
Please help me out folks.
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if it's the PC ! Phone symbol, try using ODIN in that mode
birgertime said:
if it's the PC ! Phone symbol, try using ODIN in that mode
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That''' only work if he flashed the updated SBL... but sear, look around, there are guides to get out of that screen. Or better yet, get Heimdall, there's a command to get you out of it.
**cough** wrong section ** cough**
Try pulling the battery for 30 seconds then try the volume buttons then USB again. Also reboot the pc before plugging the USB cable in. If that doesn't work you may also try that same approach with the battery out of the device. I'm assuming that you're talking about the stupid battery charging indicator is the thing that keeps popping up amirite?
yeah just flash over the pc symbol when it comes up after booting i was amazed i could do that lol
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if it's the PC ! Phone symbol, try using ODIN in that mode
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Trying this now. I accidentally checked "re-partition". It says not to unplug it and "SET PARTITION". It's been like that for a while. When you re-partition does it take longer?
TheSVdeal said:
Trying this now. I accidentally checked "re-partition". It says not to unplug it and "SET PARTITION". It's been like that for a while. When you re-partition does it take longer?
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not that long =/
krylon360 said:
That''' only work if he flashed the updated SBL... but sear, look around, there are guides to get out of that screen. Or better yet, get Heimdall, there's a command to get you out of it.
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I thought that I did look around well but still stuck. What's the updated SBL and what's Heimdall?
TheSVdeal said:
I thought that I did look around well but still stuck. What's the updated SBL and what's Heimdall?
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Heimdall I believe is linked to in the bible. As far as this situation, I was at a point a few days ago where I had no backlights and the screen wouldn't come on. Remove the SIM/sdcard/battery. Plug in the USB connector, hold both volume buttons, and re-insert the battery. This method has proven to work for me 99% of the time. Otherwise, you may need to buy a JIG that will pop you into Download Mode.
MStrawder said:
Heimdall I believe is linked to in the bible. As far as this situation, I was at a point a few days ago where I had no backlights and the screen wouldn't come on. Remove the SIM/sdcard/battery. Plug in the USB connector, hold both volume buttons, and re-insert the battery. This method has proven to work for me 99% of the time. Otherwise, you may need to buy a JIG that will pop you into Download Mode.
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+1 on this method for download mode.
birgertime said:
not that long =/
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LOL! I had the SIM in it so it wouldn't work. I popped the SIM out, and tried again. It worked and I didn't have to re-partition.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
I know this was the wrong section to post but I knew it would get the fastest response. Don't hate me. I was panicking.
NOW HOW THE HELL DO I DELETE THIS THREAD?
TheSVdeal said:
LOL! I had the SIM in it so it wouldn't work. I popped the SIM out, and tried again. It worked and I didn't have to re-partition.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
I know this was the wrong section to post but I knew it would get the fastest response. Don't hate me. I was panicking.
NOW HOW THE HELL DO I DELETE THIS THREAD?
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mods will take care of it
Glad to see you're back up and running. We've all been there.
Is there anyway to recover from a bootloader brick what soever plzzzz help im desperate
What happened?
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jtag if it wont do anything
kawika said:
What happened?
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i was trying to go back to froyo bootloaders but it failed i tried again but it went to the phone ! computer sign in the top left corner instead of the middle the screen so no wi cant get into download mode
G2toVibrant2.2 said:
i was trying to go back to froyo bootloaders but it failed i tried again but it went to the phone ! computer sign in the top left corner instead of the middle the screen so no wi cant get into download mode
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that screen pretty much is download mode aswell
keep trying, it should connect to odin from that screen
dont turn the phone off though, it might not come back on
kyle51 said:
that screen pretty much is download mode aswell
keep trying, it should connect to odin from that screen
dont turn the phone off though, it might not come back on
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im trying and trying still no connection
G2toVibrant2.2 said:
i was trying to go back to froyo bootloaders but it failed i tried again but it went to the phone ! computer sign in the top left corner instead of the middle the screen so no wi cant get into download mode
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Well happened to me too. Yesterday was my first day using Galaxy S and I bricked it 4 times
What you need to do is this:
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Take out your sim card, memory and battery.
3. Keeping volume+ pressed insert back the battery.
4. Keeping the volume+ pressed connect the phone to the usb corb. (note the usb should already be plugged into the pc).
Voila you are in the download mode.
vicky_ag said:
Well happened to me too. Yesterday was my first day using Galaxy S and I bricked it 4 times
What you need to do is this:
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Take out your sim card, memory and battery.
3. Keeping volume+ pressed insert back the battery.
4. Keeping the volume+ pressed connect the phone to the usb corb. (note the usb should already be plugged into the pc).
Voila you are in the download mode.
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omg i ****ing love uuuuu
vicky_ag said:
Well happened to me too. Yesterday was my first day using Galaxy S and I bricked it 4 times
What you need to do is this:
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Take out your sim card, memory and battery.
3. Keeping volume+ pressed insert back the battery.
4. Keeping the volume+ pressed connect the phone to the usb corb. (note the usb should already be plugged into the pc).
Voila you are in the download mode.
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with a bootloader flash going wrong thoguh if he turns it off it might not come back on so it'll have to be jtagged
edit: or not, guess it worked ??
G2toVibrant2.2 said:
omg i ****ing love uuuuu
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No probs
G2toVibrant2.2 said:
omg i ****ing love uuuuu
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No homo, lol. Glad you got it werkin! Nice community situation here guyz *thumbsup2all*
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happens all the time bro
all the timeeee
Regardless, this is the main reason I have no intention of ever messing with bootloaders. Just too risky.
I'm sure this has been asked before and I apologize for asking again if so. (I tried to search but couldn't find the files I need.)
I need to get my Vibrant that is on ICS back to 100% factory.
I know I have to repartition to go back but I can't find the factory Odin and PIT file I need.
Thank you all in advance.
This link might be able to help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319802&highlight=stock+odin
Awesome! Thanks.
New problem. (Small but important.)
I am not able to get into Odin download mode. I have all my drivers installed and when I connect the phone the battery icon pops up but if I do the three button method the screen goes black like it's supposed to be it just reboots and either goes back to the battery or powers on. (I am on ICS Passion V12 if that helps any.)
Any advice? I'm stuck without linking with Odin.
NoName9 said:
New problem. (Small but important.)
I am not able to get into Odin download mode. I have all my drivers installed and when I connect the phone the battery icon pops up but if I do the three button method the screen goes black like it's supposed to be it just reboots and either goes back to the battery or powers on. (I am on ICS Passion V12 if that helps any.)
Any advice? I'm stuck without linking with Odin.
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Cut the phone off, pull the battery out and put it back in. Hold volume up and volume down keys at the same time(do not hold power button) and plug the usb cable in. If you have gingerbread boot loaders then it's really simple, cut the phone off and hold volume up key only then press the power button.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Cut the phone off, pull the battery out and put it back in. Hold volume up and volume down keys at the same time(do not hold power button) and plug the usb cable in. If you have gingerbread boot loaders then it's really simple, cut the phone off and hold volume up key only then press the power button.
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You are my new Hero!:good:
Thanks again.
NoName9 said:
You are my new Hero!:good:
Thanks again.
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Lol no problem, glad I could help.
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It appears I can't catch a break!:crying:
I got the phone restored to 2.1 and it worked flawlessly.
I plugged it up to my pc to upgrade to 2.2 through Kies. I had charged to 100%, it upgraded successfully and said the device would reboot. It never did.
It appears Kies and 2.2 have hard bricked the phone. I don't get a charging indicator and can't get into recovery or download. The phone is completely unresponsive.
I am really starting to hate Samsung.
Yea - there should be a big warning everywhere not to use kies.
If you connect the phone to the pc does it show up in Odin? If so flash away.
Try the battery method again. Also instead of going to 2.1 you may want to try the Froyo KB5 2.2 Heimdall 1-click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674519
download:
http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zlxbh/UVKB5_Stock_Heimdall-One-Click.jar.html
I haven't used Odin to get the 2.2 stock since the 1-Click
Moped_Ryder said:
Yea - there should be a big warning everywhere not to use kies.
If you connect the phone to the pc does it show up in Odin? If so flash away.
Try the battery method again. Also instead of going to 2.1 you may want to try the Froyo KB5 2.2 Heimdall 1-click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674519
download:
http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zlxbh/UVKB5_Stock_Heimdall-One-Click.jar.html
I haven't used Odin to get the 2.2 stock since the 1-Click
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Doesn't show in odin cause I can't get into download mode. :-( I'm afraid it's a hard brick as I get no response at all no matter what I try.
have you tried
1. unplugging the phone
2. pulling the battery
3. plugging it into the computer
4. place the battery back in
5. holding volume up + volume down + power
this is how i got to download mode when my phone wasn't responding
I know you said you tried everything i just want to make sure.
rmelendez3 said:
have you tried
1. unplugging the phone
2. pulling the battery
3. plugging it into the computer
4. place the battery back in
5. holding volume up + volume down + power
this is how i got to download mode when my phone wasn't responding
I know you said you tried everything i just want to make sure.
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Just tried it again. No luck. I guess the phone is trash thanks to Samsung. :-/
Hey there. My phone was unresponsive as well, would not go into download mode, even tried the battery thing..
This link, One-Click Unbrick
Try that and see if it works for you, make SURE you have the latest Java.
My phone wasn't completely black, I had the Phone to PC error, but I could NOT get it to get into download or even see that something was plugged in. It was unresponsive to everything. I tried this program and BAM, I'm back into bootlooping. Shut my phone off, turned on in bootloader and reinstalled everything.
You MAY have to reinstall somethings so you might have to go back to square one, however at least you'll have a working phone.
Kies also bricked my first Galaxy.
Hopefully the One-Click unbrick will work for you! I wish you good luck!
NoName9 said:
Just tried it again. No luck. I guess the phone is trash thanks to Samsung. :-/
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Samsung may replace the phone for you, call and tell them it bricked while using kies. For future reference do NOT use kies ever again, it is known to brick devices. If your phone is getting no power at all, then calling Samsung is your only choice and hope they replace it for you. I wish I would have known you were planning to use kies, definitely would have warned you not to. You can look into buying a usb jig for your phone, they are under $5 and maybe could help. You can also make them yourself for around 1 dollar.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Samsung may replace the phone for you, call and tell them it bricked while using kies. For future reference do NOT use kies ever again, it is known to brick devices. If your phone is getting no power at all, then calling Samsung is your only choice and hope they replace it for you. I wish I would have known you were planning to use kies, definitely would have warned you not to. You can look into buying a usb jig for your phone, they are under $5 and maybe could help. You can also make them yourself for around 1 dollar.
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The phone is out of warranty so I'm sure if they'd replace it or charge me to fix it.
The jig thread said it didn't work if you are completely unresponsive.
I'd used Kies on my Wife's Captivate and had no problems so I didn't know it would wonk up my sons Vibrant.
I'll try out the 1 click method and update.
Thanks again for the advice. (My son is using his old Nokia Nuron again so he at least has a phone in the interim.)
NoName9 said:
The phone is out of warranty so I'm sure if they'd replace it or charge me to fix it.
The jig thread said it didn't work if you are completely unresponsive.
I'd used Kies on my Wife's Captivate and had no problems so I didn't know it would wonk up my sons Vibrant.
I'll try out the 1 click method and update.
Thanks again for the advice. (My son is using his old Nokia Nuron again so he at least has a phone in the interim.)
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Yea you could be right about the warranty issue but it was Samsung's program that screwed up your phone. If you haven't called them already, I would call and explain that you would still have a working phone if it wasn't for kies bricking your device. After all, Samsung recommends us to upgrade through kies even tho it has caused more damage than good from my experience. It's worth a try, you never know.
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NoName9 said:
The phone is out of warranty so I'm sure if they'd replace it or charge me to fix it.
The jig thread said it didn't work if you are completely unresponsive.
I'd used Kies on my Wife's Captivate and had no problems so I didn't know it would wonk up my sons Vibrant.
I'll try out the 1 click method and update.
Thanks again for the advice. (My son is using his old Nokia Nuron again so he at least has a phone in the interim.)
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Just so you know, we recently had another member that hard bricked his phone using kies and was also out of warranty with T-Mobile. He called Samsung and explained THEIR program/software rendered his phone useless. He got a brand new vibrant out of the deal.
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Long story short, phone has worked perfectly until yesterday. Looked down, phone turned itself off. Went to fire it back up and was hung up at the "galaxy S/Samsung" screen. I have been looking through every relevant thread that the search pulled up and still haven't found an answer. I have followed all the directions to get it to the download mode and also downloaded the AIO vibrant toolbox/files and tried restoring to stock ROM. At first, my computer (desktop) installed the device and recognized it. Odin also recognized it. After about 20 minutes Odin was hung up on the 4th step. Now the phone doesnt do anything. No power, no screen image, no battery indicator..nothing. I'm not trying to do anything special, I just want my phone to work again..as I'm stuck using my crappy bberry again.
Long time lurker, first time poster so go easy on me =)
[Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant - T-Mobile]
seankanary said:
Long story short, phone has worked perfectly until yesterday. Looked down, phone turned itself off. Went to fire it back up and was hung up at the "galaxy S/Samsung" screen. I have been looking through every relevant thread that the search pulled up and still haven't found an answer. I have followed all the directions to get it to the download mode and also downloaded the AIO vibrant toolbox/files and tried restoring to stock ROM. At first, my computer (desktop) installed the device and recognized it. Odin also recognized it. After about 20 minutes Odin was hung up on the 4th step. Now the phone doesnt do anything. No power, no screen image, no battery indicator..nothing. I'm not trying to do anything special, I just want my phone to work again..as I'm stuck using my crappy bberry again.
Long time lurker, first time poster so go easy on me =)
[Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant - T-Mobile]
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Does it do anything when you plug it in to charge?
ShadowFoxRedux said:
Does it do anything when you plug it in to charge?
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It did at first, but not now.
seankanary said:
It did at first, but not now.
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try this, it saved me when I soft bricked my phone.
"Pull the battery, put it back in.
Make sure the phone is still off.
Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.
See if that works." All credit goes to theexel.
ShadowFoxRedux said:
try this, it saved me when I soft bricked my phone.
"Pull the battery, put it back in.
Make sure the phone is still off.
Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.
See if that works." All credit goes to theexel.
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Also, just know that your phone doesn't necessarily need to be in the download mode screen, as long as it get recognized by ODIN or your computer, there is still hope!
theexel said:
Also, just know that your phone doesn't necessarily need to be in the download mode screen, as long as it get recognized by ODIN or your computer, there is still hope!
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Sorry for the late response gentlemen, wife is 8 months pregnant... dealing with exorcist like hormones. I tried the soft brick fix earlier and it still does nothing (although it worked on my first attempt before ODIN timed out). I still have a pure black screen with no detection of any phone on my PC or in ODIN (no yellow). I've tried with and without my sd card as well as about every finger combo I have read about. As a side note, before I created this thread, I tried a fix from another thread that suggested I download some kies (sp?) program via samsung... needless to say that is when all this nonsense started to not cooperate. I have uninstalled that. Currently I'm trying to use the AIO vibrant toolbox, but still no dice with ODIN.
**also, since my phone magically turned off and started this whole boot cycle, the AIO toolbox says that the USB Debugging mode is disabled...not sure if that means anything, but I assume that is important?
Samsung kies is notorious for bricking phones. Sorry
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samsgun357 said:
Samsung kies is notorious for bricking phones. Sorry
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Wonderful. Is it fixable at all or am SOL?
Not really sure about all this but you absolutely must have usb debugging enabled to do anything from your pc.
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Not really sure about all this but you absolutely must have usb debugging enabled to do anything from your pc.
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Which couldn't be done due to the phone not getting past the bootscreen.
Did you try theexels advice? I've been at a point where download mode won't start, but I found out it would start as long as I pulled the battery and then without trying to turn it on, put it into download mode.
Also the phone did at least get to the same screen after you used Kies, it only completely died when Odin stalled?
FaultException said:
Did you try theexels advice? I've been at a point where download mode won't start, but I found out it would start as long as I pulled the battery and then without trying to turn it on, put it into download mode.
Also the phone did at least get to the same screen after you used Kies, it only completely died when Odin stalled?
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I have quite a few times, but nothing ever shows up in the ID:COM area. The only time It did was prior to the kies install. After further investigation, it seems like that was the worst possible thing to install.
Do. "pull out the battery method" via USB cable. I hard bricked my phone. Samsgun357 helped me so much. Try different computer and different cable. I fixed my problem by my friend 's computer because my computer could recognize my phone only once time.
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ashiksiles said:
Do. "pull out the battery method" via USB cable. I hard bricked my phone. Samsgun357 helped me so much. Try different computer and different cable. I fixed my problem by my friend 's computer because my computer could recognize my phone only once time.
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I will definitely try my wife's computer when I get home. My mac never picked up the samsung, just my pc. I will report back shortly. Thanks for the tips guys... It's giving me quite the headache.
seankanary said:
I will definitely try my wife's computer when I get home. My mac never picked up the samsung, just my pc. I will report back shortly. Thanks for the tips guys... It's giving me quite the headache.
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No dice on my wife's computer. :crying:
Mistakenly posted this over in the I9100 forum first.
I tried to root an S2 with ODIN and siyah. Afterwards it worked but I noticed that the splash screen showed I9100 (I used the I777 file). Anyway, I later realized that the guy i bought it from had left stuff on it (he reset without wiping). I decided to wipe it and now it won't go past the splash screen and won't go into download mode that I can tell.
I was told in the other forum that I will most likely require a jig to get it to work. Considering I can't even root the thing right, I will probably buy one instead of making one. Does it matter what model of S2 it is on the jig? I see some that say I9100 but not I777. I just want to make sure if i order one I get the right thing.
What did you try to get it to download mode?
Jack_R1 said:
What did you try to get it to download mode?
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To get into Download Mode, I held down the down volume, the home button and the power button. The splash screen comes up but just goes blank after that. I'm afraid I may be out of luck.
Thanks for any suggestions you can give - i feel sick about this whole situation!
hipsterdo0fus said:
To get into Download Mode, I held down the down volume, the home button and the power button. The splash screen comes up but just goes blank after that. I'm afraid I may be out of luck.
Thanks for any suggestions you can give - i feel sick about this whole situation!
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You should read the stickies... You're doing it wrong.
Volume up and down plus power. Leave USB disconnected.
Everything is explained in the stickies.... Read them
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Pirateghost said:
You should read the stickies... You're doing it wrong.
Volume up and down plus power. Leave USB disconnected.
Everything is explained in the stickies.... Read them
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The sticky I am looking at doesn't coincide with what you are saying, which may be why I am confused. The guide says:
Boot into download mode by this method:
With the phone powered off, plug in the usb cable while holding the vol up + vol down buttons (but not the power button).
When the warning screen appears, press Volume up to continue into download mode.
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Which is not giving me a dang thing. Doing your method or any other method only gives me the splash screen then black again.
hipsterdo0fus said:
The sticky I am looking at doesn't coincide with what you are saying, which may be why I am confused. The guide says:
Which is not giving me a dang thing. Doing your method or any other method only gives me the splash screen then black again.
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Sorry. Volume up down and power is for recovery. Volume up down and plug in usb is download. The only way this would have changed on your device is if you flashed primary or secondary bootloader from the i9100
But based on what you said before is that you were following the i9100 method to get into the different recovery and download mode, since the i777 doesn't have a physical home button like the i9100
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Pirateghost said:
Sorry. Volume up down and power is for recovery. Volume up down and plug in usb is download. The only way this would have changed on your device is if you flashed primary or secondary bootloader from the i9100
But based on what you said before is that you were following the i9100 method to get into the different recovery and download mode, since the i777 doesn't have a physical home button like the i9100
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Well, I followed a video from galaxys2rootdotcom that said it was for I777 and the file I used said I777 but after doing it, the splash screen said I9100. If I hold down the powerbutton and or other buttons while it is not plugged in, I get the splash screen with the exclamation then it goes off. If I try it while it is plugged in, I get a grey battery icon. Sounds like best bet is a jig?
Check out my signature and download the adb portable from one of my previous posts.
It has a reboot download mode batch file that should be able to help you out.
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Red_81 said:
Check out my signature and download the adb portable from one of my previous posts.
It has a reboot download mode batch file that should be able to help you out.
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Thank you for your suggestion. I tried it and when I plug in the phone and turn it on all i get is the grey battery icon then it goes off after a few seconds. thanks though.
Sounds like your battery is extremely drained. Try leaving it in the phone overnight and then use the wall charger in the morning.
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Red_81 said:
Sounds like your battery is extremely drained. Try leaving it in the phone overnight and then use the wall charger in the morning.
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Red - that was my initial thought but it was fine before I did the wipe and I did try charging it some. Also, when I did the wipe, it was plugged in, which makes it odd that it would die. I'll certainly give it a try.
One thing I noticed at home that I had not seen here (it was too bright to notice) was that it does indeed seem to be stuck in a loop. The screen flashes a little brighter every few seconds before going dim again. At this point, it doesn't seem that I have much option but to wait to try to use the jig to get it in download more *fingers crossed*, and then swear to never get advice from rooting from anywhere but here.
I got my jig in and immediately went into download mode, which was a relief. I went to try to reset to stock using the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659 . Everything okay but when it comes up to the welcome screen and try to click on the android to start, i just keep getting errors about google services framework stopping.
hipsterdo0fus said:
I got my jig in and immediately went into download mode, which was a relief. I went to try to reset to stock using the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659 . Everything okay but when it comes up to the welcome screen and try to click on the android to start, i just keep getting errors about google services framework stopping.
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Factory reset
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Factory reset
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Thanks, I just saw something else that said I should do that, but I can't figure out what I need to do that since all I get is the welcome screen. Recovery mode? (Sorry, I got into download mode but unsure about recovery).
on edit: Okay got into recovery (sorry, this device is new to me).
Got it working now - looks fine!