[Q] Need help lenovo s820 brom error -dram-fail 4032 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Please i need help.
On my phone Lenovo s820 was viber rom. I try to put different. And i downladed that rom form needrom page
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LENOVO S820 - Update 13/08/2013 -- this version i install it with flashtool .The process came ok to the end,
After complete i can t turn on my phone any more.
I try it again but after that flash tool put me only message after red bar came to 100 %
BROM ERROR:S_FT-ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL(4032)
I try put several rom but evething is same phone is dead i cant turn him on -----
For all roms what i try to put -was the same story. I vant do nothing anymore.
When i connect phone (after bricking) with usb cable on computer it found MTK USB PORT(36). Not preloader.
I do it before flasing with flash toll others Lenovo phones and always was good. But now with this lenovo s820 something went wrong.
Please i need someone who have similar probem to help me find solution to unbrick my phone.
Thanks a lot.

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sukisus said:
Please i need help.
On my phone Lenovo s820 was viber rom. I try to put different. And i downladed that rom form needrom page
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LENOVO S820 - Update 13/08/2013 -- this version i install it with flashtool .The process came ok to the end,
After complete i can t turn on my phone any more.
I try it again but after that flash tool put me only message after red bar came to 100 %
BROM ERROR:S_FT-ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL(4032)
I try put several rom but evething is same phone is dead i cant turn him on -----
For all roms what i try to put -was the same story. I vant do nothing anymore.
When i connect phone (after bricking) with usb cable on computer it found MTK USB PORT(36). Not preloader.
I do it before flasing with flash toll others Lenovo phones and always was good. But now with this lenovo s820 something went wrong.
Please i need someone who have similar probem to help me find solution to unbrick my phone.
Thanks a lot.
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If you put it to a wall charger does the phone respond?

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UltraWelfare said:
If you put it to a wall charger does the phone respond?
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No nothing,neither in wall with charger , Nothing --unresponsive.
Only sing is when i connect him with pc is in device manager MTK USB PORT(36). But few second is availabe then it turn of. And so on all the time. Turn on and turn of in device manager.
Please if you or someone know how to repair I'd be very grateful .
I m last 3 days trying to repair it but I can t .
Flashtool send me same message again.
I tried with backup from another s820 but nothing.Same story.
Is it main problem with mtk drivers or right rom?
Thnaks a lot

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sukisus said:
No nothing,neither in wall with charger , Nothing --unresponsive.
Only sing is when i connect him with pc is in device manager MTK USB PORT(36). But few second is availabe then it turn of. And so on all the time. Turn on and turn of in device manager.
Please if you or someone know how to repair I'd be very grateful .
I m last 3 days trying to repair it but I can t .
Flashtool send me same message again.
I tried with backup from another s820 but nothing.Same story.
Is it main problem with mtk drivers or right rom?
Thnaks a lot
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Have you checked out these 2 links [1] [2]?

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UltraWelfare said:
Have you checked out these 2 links [1] [2]?
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I try but nothing.
I have similar probelm as in this video
youtube.com/watch?v=hKYH7gkvrvY
but in my sitation is not happy end- Still error

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pass levigati
I think that i m during my first flashing click on firmware/upgrade instead downlad.
Maybe is this main problem?
thnaks

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I've seen the other thread in xda forum that solved this problem and it's because of the preloader file but thing is which preloader file that solved this DRAM failed problem. Anyone? Please.. share the link or files included the steps?
Solution that I've already try and end up error.
- try other S820 Stock ROM , load up in SP Flash tool and end up with same error "DRAM Failed"
- take out the batt. plug in back after hit the "download" button from SP Flash tool and at the same time plug onto usb while pressing power + vol. down @ both vol. button and end up with the same error.
p/s : in my case, the usb drive is well connected and recognize by my laptop/pc desktop and I'm pretty sure that this has nothing to do with the usb driver cause my laptops still can detect my phones (com port).
Problem Solved.
I've download several files and my phone turn on back. Follows below step if you're having same problem as mine.
Problem :
Phone is already update to a new version 4.4.2 Kitkat (don't know which or what rom since this phone is not belong to me) and from what owner tell me is that this rom that installed has no gapps and he tried to install the gapps.
after flashing it, phone become dead and won't boot even can't see the bootloader. Just nothing if you hold up the power + vol. down / up or power + vol. up and down.
When plug in phone to pc / laptop, phone is detected by Lenovo usb port or MTK usb port.
Solution :
*IMPORTANT* make sure you came from what version. (mine is 4.4.2 kitkat)
Things that you need -
sd card (just enough to put the required files), usb cable, SP Flash tool v3.1328.0.183, preloader.bin file, S820_ROW_S119_130922 files and S820 Multi language files.
1. Download all the requirement files.
S820 Custom Multi language and pre_install_rom v9 here
preloader.bin file here
S820_ROW_S119_130922 here (login and passwd can be found here)
2. Extract the S820_ROW_S119_130922 files and extract the target_bin.zip files.
Then extract the Pre_install_rom v9 and rename the folder as target_bins. After that,
extract the preloader.bin files and put it on the target_bin folder. (Don't worry as in target_bin folder already has the preloader_S820_ROW.bin (119kb) ). Done extract the files, check your phone either your machine detect it by name MTK usb port or Lenovo usb port. If it is MTK then we're good to go. ( If other than that, please uninstall any other lenovo driver that you already installed in your machine. Restart machine and check again whether your machine recognize it as MTK port or Lenovo usb port. ) When you done with this, unplug your phone from your machines and leave it aside.
3. Run the SP flash tool (admin rights) and select the MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc files that located in target_bin folder. Tick the DA DL with all checksum. Then copy Checksum files in folder target_bins and paste it on target_bin folder and on SP flash tool click download. Let it load for a moment until at the bottom of it (EMMC) you see "searching".
4. take out your batt. and plug in back then plug the usb cable to your machine and wait for the sp flash tool detect your phone and start the flashing process. After done flashing, now your phone has the CWM recovery. Unplug the phone from machine and leave it aside.
5. Copy the yaaki_v9_lenovo_S820_KITKAT_4.4.2_rooted files into your sd card and plug into your phone. Press and hold the power + vol. down + vol. up and wait until you see the Lenovo logo then you can see the CWM recovery. Go to install from sd card and select the yaaki_v9_lenovo_S820_KITKAT_4.4.2_rooted files and flash it. Wait until the process finished and after it finish installed, go back and reboot system now and choose NO for disable the CWM recovery flash.
6. Wait for around 2 - 3 mins. for the updated apps. Phone rooted + gapps + custom CWM recovery.

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THANKS!!!
I can't describe how much i appreciate your post. I had the exact same problems as you did, I even used the some first rom to flash which made me problems. 3 days the phone was dead. Then I tried and did the exact from how you wrote in the last post and my s820 is live again.
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

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Now I'm completly sure to update mi phone, thanks!

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Please help
It has been asked to extract S820_ROW_S119_130922 and extract the target_bin.zip. Further you are asking to extract Pre_install_rom v9 and the rename the folder to target bin. And again you are asked to put the extracted preloader.bin to the target bin.
I’m quite confuse over this and so I would like to raise few questions.
1) To which target bin you are asking to put the preloader.bin file? ROM’s target bin or renamed (Pre_install_rom v9) target bin?
2) And in step 3 you are asking to choose MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc from target bin. Now please tell me which target bin I have to choose? If it’s from the renamed target bin (Pre_install_rom v9) then what is the use of extracting S820_ROW_S119_130922 and again the target_bin.zip? Or if it’s from ROM’s then what is the purpose of extracting Pre_install_rom v9?

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Unsuccessful !! Not working.
Flashing was completed successfully. But unfortunately ended with just a flash in the screen. It doesn't start at all.

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For device produce in 2014 you must download a new preloader 2014, extract it to ROM folder and remove the checksum.ini file, and flash using SP tool.

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orangdayak said:
For device produce in 2014 you must download a new preloader 2014, extract it to ROM folder and remove the checksum.ini file, and flash using SP tool.
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still ERROE 4302 DRAM FAIL
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PLZ ANY BODY HELP??

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ricco7 said:
Solution :
*IMPORTANT* make sure you came from what version. (mine is 4.4.2 kitkat)
Things that you need -
sd card (just enough to put the required files), usb cable, SP Flash tool v3.1328.0.183, preloader.bin file, S820_ROW_S119_130922 files and S820 Multi language files.
1. Download all the requirement files.
S820 Custom Multi language and pre_install_rom v9 here
preloader.bin file here
S820_ROW_S119_130922 here (login and passwd can be found here
Hello, can you, or somebody else, mirror the files used here? Needrom does not let me download them completely. Google Drive would be fine, thanks!
@bgdn2k7 @cesarkpt @sanads @ricco7
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Do you know?
Still 4043 error.. yay. How many mtk this S820 have?