Hey guys this is my first post in the forums, and an unfortunate one at that !!
First of all I'd like to say thanks to anyone who can help a sister out , and thanks to all the people who contribute to XDA and it's awesome community.
Here is the issue, I was trying to switch the TP2 from Sprint to T-mobile services, followed directions as said and now the phone will not turn on at all.
However the phone is still being detected in device manager as an unknown device and it says Qualcomm CDMA technologies msm. I have tried installing the driver, with no results.
It will not go into boot loader, and it will not hard reset, I've tried every combination of pushing buttons I can think of, even the small little reset button.
Is this phone bricked?
Or is there a miracle that I can get it to work properly again?
EDIT: The strangest thing is that if the battery, sim, and sdcard are out the phone led will blink for a split second when connected usb to pc or a charger.
Hi is was trying to flash clockworkmod through rom manager and the phone wasn't in the options so i randomly selected an option. I then powered my device off and now it wont turn back on I tried holding the power and the volume down, the power and the menu and all three but the phone just wont show any signs of life. I connected to my pc and still nothing. Please help im very new to this.
Thanks
Sorry to say it, but you've bricked your phone by installing an unsuitable recovery.
A lot of people have done this, and I haven't seen any fixes to this.
Oh God I should not have done something stupid like that. I guess ill have to live with it. Thanks for the reply anyway
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Hi People of the world! As you can see im new to here so yeah i just might be in the wrong section...
So, I just got my shiny android a week ago, and know it sits on my desk, lifeless, like a brick. Like literally its dead! I don't know if I can fix it or the BIOS (if theres one in Samsung Galaxies) is fried, or maybe the motherboard is fried, or the battery overcharged, etc. But I just cant do anything! I'm totally out of ideas!
Heres the problem, I first rooted my android successfully, and played around with my android a while. But as you expect I just coudn't wait for the jelly bean update! So, I desided I would give a try to take the Russian firmware instead. That was already a bad idea, but I read on some threads that it would work fine, so I downloaded one from Sammobile.com. The real mistake? I downloaded the wrong phone. I own a Samsung Galaxy S Advance NFC Version;GT-I9070P The one I downloaded was UnNFC version; GT-I9070. Well, I didn't realize that, and proceeded with entering download mode and eventually flashing the PDA file from Sammobile with ODIN. So I pressed start. It started the process, and after 5 min it said in blue: RESET. I saw the phone rebooting. Now, another big mistake: I started touching the power button, which I shouldn't have done. Then, instead of waiting, as soon as seeing the thing wasnt booting, I took out the battery and unplugged the USB cable. Then after a while the PASS appeared in green. So it went successfully? NONONO Now it wont boot! More specifically, it wont TURN ON! like it wont whow any sign of life. As if it had no battery or USB.
Today I discovered, If I hold Vol UP+Power+Home when its connected to my PC, it makes the beep, shows that it failed to install the driver for "U8500 USB ROM" What the (*^&(&%*(&^&* is that??? Also, in 5 seconds, the device disappears, meaning that I must hold the button combo for another 20 seconds.
So, I've got no connectivity to ODIN, nor Kies, and I cant go into download mode, nor recovery mode.
Any Help?
Pleeaase if you can help youre a super god of androids!
ok, so if I understand correctly, You can't even turn on a phone - no samsung logo, no yellow triangle, nothing, right?
MikeSome1 said:
ok, so if I understand correctly, You can't even turn on a phone - no samsung logo, no yellow triangle, nothing, right?
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Exactly. Nothing at all.
The only evidence that its not fried is that the computer detects it as U8500 USB ROM for 5 seconds whenever i hold the power button or any combination. Nothing on the phone though.
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Hey man got the same problem... I have put mine to a service center i will see what the'll do
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Hey man got the same problem... I have put mine to a service center i will see what the'll do
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Yeah i think I should take it to service too, but I want to try at least first:cyclops:
I've just repeated exactly the same steps as the OP on my GT-9070P and have "successfully" bricked my two-week-old phone. If someone happens to find a solution, please share. :crying:
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I've just repeated exactly the same steps as the OP on my GT-9070P and have "successfully" bricked my two-week-old phone. If someone happens to find a solution, please share. :crying:
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Ikr its really bad to break your phone as soon as i get it. Worse, for me its a few of days to my birthday! Worse thing that could happen. I will PM you if i happen to find a good solution. Also, to make it really the worst thing, the GT-I9070 is one of the less popular phones (not like the s3). The NFC version? Even rarer! So not only are there not many developers working for that phone, not many people have really encountered problems with the phone at all.
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Ikr its really bad to break your phone as soon as i get it. Worse, for me its a few of days to my birthday! Worse thing that could happen. I will PM you if i happen to find a good solution. Also, to make it really the worst thing, the GT-I9070 is one of the less popular phones (not like the s3). The NFC version? Even rarer! So not only are there not many developers working for that phone, not many people have really encountered problems with the phone at all.
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Please help! I also bricked my Samsung S Advance I9070P after downgrading from JB to GB, since JB was updated for India I9070...but the phone bricked after downgrade. Everything was successful and it had auto-rebooted after the downgrade and stuck with Start up screen. When I removed battery and tried again..it bricked! No recovery mode, No download mode, no power on.
Surge411 said:
Ikr its really bad to break your phone as soon as i get it. Worse, for me its a few of days to my birthday! Worse thing that could happen. I will PM you if i happen to find a good solution. Also, to make it really the worst thing, the GT-I9070 is one of the less popular phones (not like the s3). The NFC version? Even rarer! So not only are there not many developers working for that phone, not many people have really encountered problems with the phone at all.
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So you find any solution? I have a similar problem right now.
i have samsung galaxy s ii. it has stock jellybean. 2 days ago my phone got hang and i couldn't do anything . So i thought of removing the battery and restarting as non of the button had worked. Then when i kept my battery back and tried to restart .........NOTHING HAPPENS...if i charge the mobile it gets heated.non of the button works. i had like full 95% battery too. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Please please help me fast....i need my phone back .plz plz help urgent
The sooner you buy a new motherboard,the sooner it should work.
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suhag said:
i have samsung galaxy s ii. it has stock jellybean. 2 days ago my phone got hang and i couldn't do anything . So i thought of removing the battery and restarting as non of the button had worked. Then when i kept my battery back and tried to restart .........NOTHING HAPPENS...if i charge the mobile it gets heated.non of the button works. i had like full 95% battery too. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Please please help me fast....i need my phone back .plz plz help urgent
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Putting generic/non-descriptive titles, especially silly ones like "Urgent help" do not make people help any more quickly and in fact will slow down help because many people simply ignore topics that are not titled correctly.
Also, This topic has been discussed MANY, MANY, MANY times over so you have no need to create a duplicate topic and then sit there and wait for answers when you can help yourself by looking and reading.
If your phone has simply died and wont turn on then its dead and you will need to replace/repair hardware. In the very least try a new battery.
Have you tried download or recovery mode or a USB jig??
Also it would help if you were honest because diagnosis/fix may be more relevant, have you tried flashing something to your device?
And everyone here should stop whatever else they're doing to 'urgently help' you why exactly ?
I don't see why this is urgent at all.
Greetings,
I'm new in this Forum. I have been searching all around internet about my problem and couldn't find any solution, so I'm here calling for help from you.
My problem is quite simple to describe. I have my old friend's phone, who left it at my house 6 months ago. Now that my friend is gone, I'm trying to fix this phone.
The issue is that it has a Power Button broken (I can't start it on) so I have to plug it, but once done it can't go beyond the logo, then it keeps restarting again and again and again until I remove the battery. At this point, I told myself that I only have to do a factory reset and flash it, but then after installing the drivers, getting the firmware ready and stuff, when booting the phone to the flashboot mode, it keep restarting again and again and again...
Is there anyway to fix this? Or does it mean that the phone is gone?