[Q] HDX 7 Hardbricked - Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Hello! I a Kindle Fire HDX 7 and i hard bricked it. When i press power button, it's completely dead. Are some ways to recover it?

hope its under warranty
Phone Amazon customer service and tell them that you were using it normally then suddenly the screen went off. But only if you can live with the guilt and are definitely hard bricked. What did you do to brick it anyway if you don't mind me asking?

LittleGreenSony said:
Phone Amazon customer service and tell them that you were using it normally then suddenly the screen went off. But only if you can live with the guilt and are definitely hard bricked. What did you do to brick it anyway if you don't mind me asking?
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Unfortunately it hasn't waranty anymore...

There is a chance (just a small chance) it is not completely hard bricked. Charge it overnight, then plug it into a computer and try booting it. Also, try holding down the power button for a few minutes. These are all incredibly long shots, but worth a try.
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There is any chances if i get it to a service? I know a service which has tools for rewriting EEPROMs and things like that.

mihaim1980 said:
There is any chances if i get it to a service? I know a service which has tools for rewriting EEPROMs and things like that.
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No, don't try to fix it by some person that says they can. This tablet is very hard to recover. If you can't get it to ADB, then you won't be able to fix it, unless someone finds a exploit with fastboot.

mihaim1980 said:
There is any chances if i get it to a service? I know a service which has tools for rewriting EEPROMs and things like that.
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Well, FotixChang posted a few months back that someone in China got their hands on a tool from an Amazon developer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62011763&postcount=68
I don't think you're going to get any other answer, simply because no one has gone to those lengths yet.

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Well, I'm finished with this device

Edit: Looks like a miracle occured on superbowl sunday and my device is alive and kicking!
Indirect said:
Somehow, my nook tablet managed to brick itself (won't turn on, or anything for that matter) so I reluctantly have to leave the community. I don't have insurance on it so they wont do anything for me. :c It's been real everyone.
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Dude !!!!! You serious?
As a glimmer of hope for you mine looked dead a few weeks back, I couldn't get any life out of it at all, I left it for a while day then plugged it in to power and left it again, some how it eventually allowed me to turn it back on. Not sure if the battery sensor had a funny or what but it was totally dead. It did eventually allow me to turn it back on though.
I hope you do get it back on though, you haven't even been able to use the CM7 release from Gonc and me yet!!!!! how dare you break it before being able to test !!!!!!
Best of luck m8, it'll come back to life I'm sure
Sorry to see you go. Praying for that miracle for you too .
Regardless whether you bought the extended insurance, it should still have the one year warranty - is it bricked for some out of warranty reason?
I also know of many people who thought it was bricked, apparently if the battery goes completely out it will take some time to revive it.
never mind, I just saw you who are and realized why it probably bricked. Sorry about that!
It's not covered by warranty because of the modifications, meaning it's out of warranty.
If you are sure it won't turn later they will never know. The way I feel about BN anymore I would not care about being honest
Indirect said:
It's not covered by warranty because of the modifications, meaning it's out of warranty.
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is it physically different? If not I'd just take it in with your receipt and complain, if they hold out start a scene and demand an immediate replacement under warranty.
Ususally works
hahaha, I know someone who works at my local B&N, I'll see if he can help me out.
Plug it in and let it sit for a while. As someone said above, if the battery goes really dead, it takes a couple minutes of charging before it turns on. That happened to me as well at least once already, giving me heart palpitations until it finally turned on. lol
When all else fails buy a new one from walmart switch the 2 and return the bricked one.
joecareytm said:
When all else fails buy a new one from walmart switch the 2 and return the bricked one.
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That’s awful!!! I'd never do something like that
Probably won't help you, but my nook Tablet wouldn't turn on,I let it charge but it still didn't work.
I eventually fixed it by holding the power button for like twenty to thirty seconds and then turning it on again, surprisingly it worked.
The same thing happened to me. I was sure I bricked my book, but holding the power button for like a minute somehow fixed it. I held it down, then gave it 30 seconds or so to sit, then tried turning it on, and it worked
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guys, when I say it's bricked, I mean it is bricked. Nothing is working. Force reboot, holding power, letting it charge, NOTHING. :|
Sad to see you go. You brought a lot of life to this device. You'll be missed, for sure
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remember QTIP - Quit Taking It Personal
Indirect said:
guys, when I say it's bricked, I mean it is bricked. Nothing is working. Force reboot, holding power, letting it charge, NOTHING. :|
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If you strike out at B&N an absolute last resort, would be leave it alone for 1-2 weeks then charge up & try again. The battery going dead may halt a closed loop.
That option is only valid if you have not removed the battery yourself already. I am aware I am speaking to you Indirect. You 'da man IMHO.
well, I added my current funds vs what I need for the nook replacement. I'm screwed unless I can suddenly buy a new device. I don't think I'm ready to leave the community though.
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Indirect said:
well, I added my current funds vs what I need for the nook replacement. I'm screwed unless I can suddenly buy a new device. I don't think I'm ready to leave the community though.
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I get my income tax return on 2/8 so I'll definitely donate then! Want you guys to keep up the hard work!
Indirect said:
guys, when I say it's bricked, I mean it is bricked. Nothing is working. Force reboot, holding power, letting it charge, NOTHING. :|
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you have got to see the irony in this! LOL.
quick recap
i make yet another sparky comment
you tell me you hope i get hit by a brick
today i thought i got hit by a brick
while your helping me "unbrick" my brick, i read that you got hit by a brick
there's got to be karma in this somewhere!!! LOL
while on the subject.... by any chance have you asked sparky for some help with this matter? HAHAHAHA
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If by some miracle I get it to work again, I'll update this thread.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22209074&postcount=136
Does this mean you're up and running again??

Anybody in the 757 have a mini-usb jig??

Bought one, but have to wait till it ships, so figured I would ask if anybody in the 757 has a mini-usb jig that I could use to get my Note into download mode. Send PM if you do.
Thanks in advance.
U can reboot into download thru recovery
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mrstone77 said:
U can reboot into download thru recovery
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Walk me through that one, no response to anything, power and up volume results in nothing. Plugging into usb results in nothing Windows, ODIN nor Kies registers it.
vanemburghj said:
Bought one, but have to wait till it ships, so figured I would ask if anybody in the 757 has a mini-usb jig that I could use to get my Note into download mode. Send PM if you do.
Thanks in advance.
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I think this is what you're looking for, yes?
http://galaxys2root.com/tag/diy-usb-jig/
Sidenote:
I thought it was "down volume button + power " to get into ODIN mode for Samsung devices
up+ down is for recovery
Shirokishi said:
I think this is what you're looking for, yes?
http://galaxys2root.com/tag/diy-usb-jig/
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I thought it was "down volume button + power " to get into ODIN mode for Samsung devices
up+ down is for recovery
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That is what I ordered, either way on the buttons, phone is bricked to point will take very special sauce to fix it.
Oh... I didn't know all of that... When my phone freezes I can hold the power button for 10 seconds n it'll reboot but u r n need of special sauce... I'm n the 540 sorry
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mrstone77 said:
Oh... I didn't know all of that... When my phone freezes I can hold the power button for 10 seconds n it'll reboot but u r n need of special sauce... I'm n the 540 sorry
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Yep am with you on that one, I have soft bricked before, but nothing like this, my very first true brick of my cell. Hopefully Jig I ordered at least gets me into download mode, where I can fix it.
vanemburghj said:
Yep am with you on that one, I have soft bricked before, but nothing like this, my very first true brick of my cell. Hopefully Jig I ordered at least gets me into download mode, where I can fix it.
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If you can see the samsung bootloader then yeah there's hope otherwise you're gonna need the $100 fix for it.
But at least people are responding, I got no love on my end, lol
keeping things in perspective, as I posted before, I have never seen anyone report that a jig does any good on this phone..
You would be better off either using JTAG, or calling Samsung, and playing stupid, and tell them it died after you did an update that the phone requested..they will send you a replacement, with no questions asked.
go through the general and q&a sections; you will see that a jig doesn't do anything for this phone..
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keeping things in perspective, as I posted before, I have never seen anyone report that a jig does any good on this phone..
You would be better off either using JTAG, or calling Samsung, and playing stupid, and tell them it died after you did an update that the phone requested..they will send you a replacement, with no questions asked.
go through the general and q&a sections; you will see that a jig doesn't do anything for this phone..
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Well smokestack76 told you differently yesterday. He said over 20 times with a jig. Plus for $1.60 I will give it a try.
yes, for the price, if it makes you feel better, try it..
and, if you believe him, when you can find 20 others that said it did absolutely nothing, then that's your choice.
the sooner you send it in to Samsung, the sooner you will have a working phone..
If Samsung is wiling to send you a loaner phone while you're under warranty i can't see why you wouldnt do that.
I know Nintendo is awesome like that but apparently Samsung reps are quite jaded when you do something silly like ask an honest question.
I wish Samsung would honor warranty services if the device hasn't been on the market longer than year.
I'm A. Maybe he Made a mistake and wants to own up for it insted of weasling into a fraudulent phone.
B. I would be a little jaded as well when I get people calling me all day that have messed up their own phone and are now trying to steal from me.
C. Samsung does honor warranties a year after the device has been on market. YOUR WARRANTY DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE. not when the first one of its kind rolls off the assembly line.
Also, wase a jig does work of you are not actually bricked, if you were to be soft bricked the jig would force download mode. I had a captivate I built a jig for, first thing I did was try it on my note. Bam, download mode.
And finally op it's a micro usb jig not mini. Mini is bigger than micro
yeah bro, I know a jig works for SOME phones; it helped me bring my S2 back to life..
However, I have read many many reports of it doing nothing for the Note, so that was why I said what I did..
Plus, people are using the term "Bricked" around here in so many ways, that its hard to know what they mean when they say it..to me, a bricked phone is DEAD, and nothing but an expensive paperweight.....
I can take a video of my note going from off to download mode with nothing but my jig. However the same jig that works on both my phones is out of resistance tolerance on my brothers sgs2.
And yes bricked is used much too often,it is a term to describe when your phone is inert, has no pliability and just sits there, like the baked red clay building material it was named for.
was curious to see if the OP had any luck with the jig....
Well the jig did nothing for me. I suggest send your phone to mobiletechvideos.com for repair, he goes through the JTAG recovery method, and he also unlocked mine... he did a great job. I bricked my Note flashing a ROM for another device by mistake, could not use the jig for anything, so had it repaired. Feeling really happy now... hope this helps.
the jig isn't and was never meant to fix a hard brick...
[history lesson]
Back on captivate, certain bootloaders would disable the button combos for download and recovery, making a simple (I hate the term... But) soft brick into a much stickier situation, so it was discovered that using 300k ohms of resistance across certain pins on the usb port from a powered off state would trigger download mode in seconds, making you then able to simply odin a stock rom and try again.
It was later discovered that the jig had the same effect on the sgs2 with the added benefit of restting the flash counter.
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If you flash a firmware for the international note on an i717 you will need jtag because you are indeed bricked of the hard variety.
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was curious to see if the OP had any luck with the jig....
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Nope gig still in the mail, however took Note to ATT Device Service Center and they told me mother board failure and replaced it. So might not have been related to flashing, inspection seem pretty in depth, removed back cover, using multi meter type of tool and said mother board didn't provide correct response to input. My mandatory 10 days to return no functioning unit is 17 Dec so don't think will have chance to try the jig before I send it back or be charged $549 for non-functioning unit.
vanemburghj said:
Nope gig still in the mail, however took Note to ATT Device Service Center and they told me mother board failure and replaced it. So might not have been related to flashing, inspection seem pretty in depth, removed back cover, using multi meter type of tool and said mother board didn't provide correct response to input. My mandatory 10 days to return no functioning unit is 17 Dec so don't think will have chance to try the jig before I send it back or be charged $549 for non-functioning unit.
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might as well keep the jig for the couple of bucks it cost..plus, even if it doesn't work for this phone, it might work for your next one!

[Q] Sudden death!!

Something very strange, I checked the time on the phone while I was seating on my car, then I came home, and when I sat on my desk the phone was completely off. At first I though it might be an empty battery, so I plugged on the wall charger, but NOTHING happened. I tried the charger on another phone and worked, so the problem was the phone.
Took out the battery, put it back again and tried to enter recovery or download mode, none of them worked. (Even the 4 touch keys don´t light up, exactly like when you try to turn it on without a battery).
I left it charging all the night, and in the next morning, it was all the same.
About the phone
Because of the forum, its obvious that is a sgh-i777 AT&T SGSII. I changed many times of ROM, but I was running a custom one called "Alliance", wich is Touchwiz based and so stable, that I decided to keep it (flashed it maybe 3 months ago).
Regarding the installed apps, I had "RAM Manager", on the "more multitasking" preset, also had "STweaks" on the default profile, a task killer called "Speed Booster", "Next Launcher" and a bunch of games.
About the battery
I went to a store and asked to try a new one, but It didn't worked at all. The guy at the store told me that maybe it was a "Motherboard" (or something like that) issue, so I left the phone there to see if the can fix it, but they didn't have any luck. (I have to admit that it wasn't an official Samsung service center, but a friend's shop, so its probable that they dont know much about this kind of stuff). Besides, if you look closely at the phone, you cant see that the screws were untouched, so it seems that they didnt even try to repair it.
Another important thing is the battery "lifestyle" that I always used with the phone: Usage, from normal to exhaustive during the day and let it charging all night, everyday. I notice some alarming overheating when playin hard games (so hot that I quit playing and put the phone on the floor to make it cooler), this maybe has fried something inside.
I insist in the fact that I dont think that the battery is the problem because It didn't worked with a new one.
Well, the last "strage" thing that may have something to do, is that I plugged the USB cable to a "broken" car charger, causing the car fuse to burn, but I dont know if that could affect the phone somehow. (Notice that this episode ocurred 1 week earlier than the sudden death, so I dont think is a problem...)
So, this is it. Hope you can help me, because I miss my phone quite much (1 week no use...) and I would really love to have it back.
Kind regards,
Francis
P.S.: I took a lot of time writting this, try to be polite and helpful with the answers.
How are you trying to get into download mode?
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In the moment I've tried, I did Vol Down + Power Button
Adb portable in my signature can help reboot you to download mode.
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In fact, it didnt worked, because the phone does not react when plugged, so it is not detected by the pc nor ADb. Nice try anyways
If your phone does not respond to battery, computer, or wall charger then it is what is known as a hard brick.
Your device may have been damaged by the car charger as well.
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@FranAmestoy,
If you are getting absolutely no response from the phone, and nothing you can do has any effect, then try one last thing (if you haven't already). Pull the battery and leave it out. While holding down both volume buttons, plug in the usb cable. The computer will supply the power. This will put a phone into download mode, but if there is no response to this, then at least you know for sure it is not a battery problem.
There is a difference between "hardware failure" and "hard bricked".
Technically speaking, hard bricked means a firmware problem, usually with the primitive bootloader or the primary bootloader. Such a problem can be fixed using equipment and a technique called jtag, by which the damaged bootloaders are reinstalled. This supposes that the hardware is still functioning correctly.
On the other hand, if the phone has damage to the eMMC memory, or some other hardware failure, then the only remedy is to troubleshoot and repair the hardware. This is perhaps what the technician was suggesting when he said it could be a mother board problem.
Judging from your description of the occurence, it doesn't sound like you did anything that would result in a hard brick. But then I don't know if you actually mentioned everything relevant. In order to find out, you would need to get the phone to a competent technician. The guy who owns Mobile Tech videos is highly respected here. If you wish to pursue getting it repaired, I would suggest that you call him and go over the problem with him, find out his prices, see if he thinks it is worth it, etc.
I have used MTV before and I can say their service was wonderful.
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Now this is what I call "help"
I have to say many thanks to creepyncrawly and Red_81 for giving me the kind of answer that I was looking for.
In a few minutes I will try that USB power method, and see what I get.
Regarding your suggestion, I do very appreciatte your kindness and recomendation of where to take the phone to, but my problem is that I bought the phone in the USA, and I live in Argentina, so its way out of my reach to get what you recommend. Anyway, a few minutes from home there is an official Samsung store, that apparently, offers technical assistance, so I will try luck by going there.
For now, I still say you many thanks and I will keep you informed about what I get.
Kind regards,
Francis
Red_81 said:
If your phone does not respond to battery, computer, or wall charger then it is what is known as a hard brick.
Your device may have been damaged by the car charger as well.
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If the car charger burned down the phone, how can be possible that it continued working during a week before the dropout? I am not saying that's not the problem, but I dont know if there are any relations with so much time in between...
FranAmestoy said:
In the moment I've tried, I did Vol Down + Power Button
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No, USB + both volume keys
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Donwload also didnt work...
As the title reads, I still dont have any luck.
Guess the final call will be to take it to the technical service T_T
Are those things "fixable"? Will be impossible to get a new phone if I cant sell this...
(Now Im missing it a lot...)
FranAmestoy said:
If the car charger burned down the phone, how can be possible that it continued working during a week before the dropout? I am not saying that's not the problem, but I dont know if there are any relations with so much time in between...
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Agreed. I think it unlikely, but it is possible.
FranAmestoy said:
Are those things "fixable"? Will be impossible to get a new phone if I cant sell this... (Now Im missing it a lot...)
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Hard brick repair with jtag would be around US$50.00 plus shipping. Hardware repair would be at least that much in the US unless you can do it yourself. It may be more economical to replace the phone.
When you go to the Samsung store, ask them if it is still under warranty. The phone can be sent to Samsung for repair if they can not do it at the store. I have no idea what that would cost if it is not under warranty. Here in the US we would ship it off to a Samsung repair shop somewhere after talking to them over the phone. But I've never had to do that so I have no idea.
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Agreed. I think it unlikely, but it is possible.
Hard brick repair with jtag would be around US$50.00 plus shipping. Hardware repair would be at least that much in the US unless you can do it yourself. It may be more economical to replace the phone.
When you go to the Samsung store, ask them if it is still under warranty. The phone can be sent to Samsung for repair if they can not do it at the store. I have no idea what that would cost if it is not under warranty. Here in the US we would ship it off to a Samsung repair shop somewhere after talking to them over the phone. But I've never had to do that so I have no idea.
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Thanks for the ideas, but will be impossible, because I bought the phone through eBay and I dont have the invoice, also the phone is rooted and with a custom ROM (triangle alert appears), so the warranty is "super-voided", no chances at all to get it back to stock (remember he's dead...)
I will cross my fingers to see if the can tell me if the can fix it, and how much would it cost.
My major concern is that the failure became impossible to fix. In that case, what will I do? I just can't offer a dead phone on internet for $2... Obviously I need to make some money from him in order to get a new one... However I still have some faith in the official store
You would likely get more than a few dollars selling it on ebay for parts. The digitizer and other parts are definitely worth something. But of course it's not going to be $200.00. Anyway, good luck. I hope you find it is fixable.

Bricked Note 3

I recently tried to install a custom ROM into the boot slot on my phone. I had installed safestrap but forgot to change Slots when I installed the new ROM. Needless to say this didn't go well. After chatting online with Samsung and not being able to fix, the tech gave me an RMA and shipping label, all paid for by Samsung. He was aware of what I had tried to do and told me they may have to charge me. My hats are off to Samsung. They fixed my phone by re-installing the original software; shipped it back to me 2nd day air; and didn't charge me anything. That is customer service like you don't find much anymore.
Thanks Again to Samsung,
I thought this might help someone else who might try to go to the provider.
what exactly was the phone doing while bricked??
mcnu said:
what exactly was the phone doing while bricked??
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A bricked phone does the same as a real brick...a paperweight. That is what the meaning of bricked is. A lot of people confuse not booting with bricked. This is either called soft-bricked or sponged (like that TV brick made of sponge). But I know you wanted to know what the OP's device was doing when he performed this procedure...just wanted to stick in the Public Service Announcement.
Just FYI to anyone else who gets 'stuck' somewhere like this and can't figure out how to fix their phone.
You can take it to best buy at the Samsung center in the middle of the store and they will do the same thing as OP, you just won't have to send it back and be without a phone. They will do it right in front of you.
So is it better to contact Samsung instead of Verizon? I also hard bricked (no power, no lights no nothing) and Verizon is sending me a replacement. Buts its a "certified like new replacement". I'd rather keep my phone if it can be fixed.
Or you can follow the tutorial I made here in the general section and fix it yourself.
droidstyle said:
Or you can follow the tutorial I made here in the general section and fix it yourself.
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That phone's a complete brick. No power, no lights, no nothing.
Tried every button combination possible including sd/sim card and charger in/out combo. No go.
Was just curious if following up with samsung for warranty made more sense than verizon. In hopes of getting a new device instead of "Certified Like New Replacement "
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That phone's a complete brick. No power, no lights, no nothing.
Tried every button combination possible including sd/sim card and charger in/out combo. No go.
Was just curious if following up with samsung for warranty made more sense than verizon. In hopes of getting a new device instead of "Certified Like New Replacement "
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I know what u need to do .. same thing happened to me
gerg004 said:
That phone's a complete brick. No power, no lights, no nothing.
Tried every button combination possible including sd/sim card and charger in/out combo. No go.
Was just curious if following up with samsung for warranty made more sense than verizon. In hopes of getting a new device instead of "Certified Like New Replacement "
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Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2834419
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@moe said:
I know what u need to do .. same thing happened to me
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Good looking out here, it's definitely appreciated. I've already returned the brick to VZW for warranty replacement. However I'm sure your links will help someone else having the same problem! Cheers!
haza12d said:
Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2834419
Good looking out here, it's definitely appreciated. I've already returned the brick to VZW for warranty replacement. However I'm sure your links will help someone else having the same problem! Cheers!
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Strange brick situation with D620r

I tried to unlock bootloader in my D620r running V10g EUR firmware. It is unbranded G2 Mini bought in polish electronic store.
I used this instruction: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g2-mini/development/bootloader-unlock-t2827748
After all described actions, I'm left with some nice black brick :/
It does not power on, enter to download mode, hard reset, not even battery charging during phone is off - no animated battery screen.
The only reaction is when the battery is removed from the phone - then plugging in the USB cable results in screen, that battery was removed and question mark. That's all.
Phone is not recognized as any USB device, like it was not connected at all.
I tried to revive it with this instruction: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142 , but it didn't help. Linux does not see it - USB subsystem is not even triggered that something was plugged in.
Can anyone confirm this behaviour of D620r? What is your advice? Is any chance to revive my phone? Is flasing NAND at phone shack could help?
Try this (with G2 Mini files!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
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Try this (with G2 Mini files!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
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I already tried, but as I wrote phone is not seen in Linux. Devices sdX<numbers> are not populating, there is nothing in the system logs,
USB driver does not see phone - there is no USB communication at all No LG logo, screen still OFF.
The same thing that happen to you, has happen to me as well.
Check my signature. I don't think there is any other way:/
Vagelis1608 said:
The same thing that happen to you, has happen to me as well.
Check my signature. I don't think there is any other way:/
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Oh, I expected it. I'm about to send it to service like you. It's my first phone which I bricked that hard
Is your phone still at service now, or they repaired it for you some time ago? I think they will use some
kind of hardware box/flasher to flash firmware directly to EEPROM/NAND/NVM whatever sits there,
am I right?
twinsen.net said:
Oh, I expected it. I'm about to send it to service like you. It's my first phone which I bricked that hard
Is your phone still at service now, or they repaired it for you some time ago? I think they will use some
king of hardware box/flasher to flash firmware directly to EEPROM/NAND/NVM whatever sits there,
am I right?
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It's been 2 weeks now.
Personally, I believe that they will simply sent a new phone. (They won't have to pay an employee to fix it and they will use the working parts as replacement parts for other phones - with them, nothing goes to waste )
BTW, don't tell them you did it. Tell them you don't know what happen
BTW, does anyone knows why there is a possibility to hard brick LG's that easy? What is wrong with some software mess? Is this some LG's mechanism to prevent phone modification? Some claims that only motherboard exchange in some hard brick cases is needed. Why? Can't service specialist just flash directly to chip?
twinsen.net said:
BTW, does anyone knows why there is a possibility to hard brick LG's that easy? What is wrong with some software mess? Is this some LG's mechanism to prevent phone modification? Some claims that only motherboard exchange in some hard brick cases is needed. Why? Can't service specialist just flash directly to chip?
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If the aboot is broken, then the bootloader can get messed up.
You mean like JTAG? They don't seem to do that.
Sent from my GT-I5500 [CM11]
@twinsen.net I have d620r and I have used same instructions as you did. It worked like a charm.I now have unlocked bootloader, custom recovery and cm11. My phone is also locked on network.. Maybe you did something wrong?
Vagelis1608 said:
Personally, I believe that they will simply sent a new phone. (They won't have to pay an employee to fix it and they will use the working parts as replacement parts for other phones - with them, nothing goes to waste )
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2 more weeks later...
I was right. LG sent a new phone as "they couldn't fix it" (as per their words).
So, they kept the battery, screen and etc, aka the parts people will pay to fix

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