I think I've bricked my device.
I have a Samsung Tab 3...GT P5210. Long story short, in an abusive relationship I had files on my Tab which I needed for the court process. My ex deleted these files. I turned to my old friend Google and tried to Root my device. Stupid move but I was in a panic to recover these files. Now my Tablet only shows Samsung GALAXY Tab3 upon startup. Just the white words on a black screen. I'm assuming it's bricked.
I will be the first to admit, I shouldn't have tried. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS STUFF. I should have left it to the experts. But again, I was in a panic. Please, please, PLEASE tell me my files aren't gone and that I can undo what I've done?? I used a rooting app called Kingo.
The Tablet shows the title, as mentioned and when I connect to my computer, nothing happens. The battery doesn't show...just still the words are displayed on the screen.
As if I wasn't panicking before...
Can someone please help??? I know I sound like a moron, but I'm desperate. If I was just an idiot trying to screw with my device for no reason...but I really do need these files. I can't let him get away with what he's done to my son and I.
Thank you to anyone that can help
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I know this is a wide issue on many devices, but i could not find one for the Galaxy Note.
So here it is (and sorry if the answer is allready out there):
i roomed my phone, before i even knew what i was doing. I started the phone, and everything went nice. And then i tried to update the OS without using rooting, which appairently did not work. So i factory reset my Note, and it got stuck on bootscreen (the samsung logo). I have figured out (or atleast i thing) that the OS is missing, or something like that. So i downloaded it from a forum page here on XDA. The thing is i can't figure out how to put it on the phone. I tryed using ODIN. Any clue of an easy way to do this?
Thanks in advance
-Burn3h
Hi there. I posted in another thread my question but i dont think its in the right section so sorry for reposting it here.
I was trying to delete a useless app with Titanium Backup (TWlauncher) but it turns out this was not the useless app i was looking for. Now i cant boot my phone. I'm just stuck at the Samsung Galaxy SII loading screen. I only got the phone yesterday and rooted it thanks to your guides on here. I've not got any restore options when i boot the phone into download mode. I have tried to just flash with a new ROM but i dont know what i'm doing wrong. Tried to look around the forums for old threads that might help but i couldnt find one. If anyone could link me to the needed information i would be very grateful. I'm a total n00b when it comes to android phones but have a little experience hacking various other items (Wii, iPhone and a little bit of Xbox)
Thanks in advance for any help and sorry if this isnt the right place to ask but i'm pretty worried! Only took the phone out the box yesterday, rooted it fine and stupidly deleted something i thought was useless.
Sorry to hear that. Have you attempted a manual factory reset? If you have then I would suggest you contact your mobile phone service provider or the company themselves and ask them what they suggest. If nothing has worked and you have tried all of this then your device is most likely bricked. Hope this helps!
After a lot of worry and many google searches I found out that i have got a backup, i just needed to hold the up volume instead of the down volume to get to the restore screen. I was just being a n00b basically. Sorry for wasting your time but maybe this might help someone else at some point (someone as stupid as me)
I'm an iPhone user who borrowed her mum's Samsung Galaxy Ace and within 4 hours managed to ruin it
Please help me.
The screen is basically now only half there (the other half is just black) because everything is squeezed together. This is because I foolishly replaced the entire build.prop with a Nexus 4G's build.prop, trying to get a certain game to work. Noobity noob noob huh?
I've installed SDK and ADB but to be honest I don't really know what I'm doing. Every time I enter the 'adb shell' command it just says that the device is offline. I know how to 'flash' a .zip file from recovery mode, if that helps.
I factory wiped the phone, thinking this would also revert the build.prop back to its original state, but to no avail.
I didn't back up the build.prop, no... does that mean I'm doomed?
Thank you for any information you can share... really appreciate it.
Did you try building a USB jig and restoring from it?
trishatoolbox said:
I'm an iPhone user who borrowed her mum's Samsung Galaxy Ace and within 4 hours managed to ruin it
Please help me.
The screen is basically now only half there (the other half is just black) because everything is squeezed together. This is because I foolishly replaced the entire build.prop with a Nexus 4G's build.prop, trying to get a certain game to work. Noobity noob noob huh?
I've installed SDK and ADB but to be honest I don't really know what I'm doing. Every time I enter the 'adb shell' command it just says that the device is offline. I know how to 'flash' a .zip file from recovery mode, if that helps.
I factory wiped the phone, thinking this would also revert the build.prop back to its original state, but to no avail.
I didn't back up the build.prop, no... does that mean I'm doomed?
Thank you for any information you can share... really appreciate it.
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I think you may have changed lcd_density, if you can find the build.prop from other people with Galaxy Ace, you can replace it. The other way you can do is reload stock ROM, Google search on "Galaxy Ace Stock ROM" got: http://www.samsdroid.com/2011/11/samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830-stock-rom.html
Good luck!
Hello all,
First of all sorry I had literally no idea where to post this thread so mods please put this in the right place without banning etc.
To the problem. I have Samsung Wave 2 GT-8530. After being tired of bada i wanted to try to put android on my phone. I am newbie if it comes to phone software and I couldn't really find basic guide how to do it. So I screwed up something and now my phone won't even start. One and only thing I can do what works is to turn on Download mode by holding vol+ end call and camera buttons.
Can someone guide me how to load any android on my phone from the point I am now? Just fyi I have pretty good computer knowledge so You don't need to explain basics but I never messed with phones so be gentle.
Any help appreciated!
Hi I'm new to this so I' hoping someone can help me. I recently rooted my Core Prime SM-S820L and suddenly it started acting up and would freeze, Settings wouldn't open, and application manager wouldn't open. I tried to reset it but was unable to. Only way was with volume, home, and power button. After reset installation wizard stopped working. Now I have a black screen. I was told it was "soft bricked". I have no clue how to fix this although I have read several posts about this but I haven't found any help. Can somebody please help me fix my phone and be patient and explain how to do it, TY in advance
You can repair your phone by the manufacturer repairing tool, like sony have pc companion. Maybe that will help. Next time don't forget to create a backup of your current phone so if anything suck you can revert the changes. " you can do it by going into recovery mode",google it.
And would you be more specific like
#which root method you have used?
#what changes you have made after rooting