The installation program formatted my USB drives to 2 partitions, now my pc only recognizes a 9.8 gb empty partition out of my 32 gb thumb drive (all the Remix files cannot be accessed in PC). Attempted to reboot into Remix, now it has TWO UEFI boot options from USB, and NEITHER of them work. They just boots into Windows as normal. Completely USELESS.
can't even format my usb drive back to normal again. Complete failure of a BETA. Give me my thumb drive back
relax dude....you signed up for it....
here's how you can recover your usb drive:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/usb-drive-size-reduced-installing-remix-t3326982
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Calm down dud... You look so frustration xixixixi
oijjio said:
Windows IS Completely USELESS.
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too funny, dood, deud. A lot of things in life, you're going to find, are USLESS, lol. Vocabulary should be one of the things that isn't useless, in fact, it should become useful and a integral part of daily life at some point. Fear not, for the experts here at xda shall come to your rescue, and in reality, its a computer and peripherals, there isn't anything you could do to your thumb drive or your computer that couldn't be fixed, save throwing them in the pool or leaving them out in the rain or possibly putting them in the dryer with your wet clothes and running it for an hour.
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throwing them in the pool or leaving them out in the rain
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Water doesn't hurt thumb drives in the least bit, using them while wet however will damage them, and possibly your computer.
Unless you have a salt water pool
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can't even format my usb drive back to normal again. Complete failure of a BETA. Give me my thumb drive back
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Too bad... So sad ?
Use this tool for windows
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
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I intend to keep my mobile phone inside my pc for 3 months. The pc will be running bit coin mining, and will be quite hot inside.
I plan on using the phone for tethering purposes, and the phone must be physically inside the pc.
Lol you're gonna put a £500 phone inside a pc? I'm sure there must be a cheaper alternative...
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Dannyboyni said:
I intend to keep my mobile phone inside my pc for 3 months. The pc will be running bit coin mining, and will be quite hot inside.
I plan on using the phone for tethering purposes, and the phone must be physically inside the pc.
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why not just buy a cheap/older generation phone to put inside? just seems a waste.
Why MUST it be inside the pc? How are you connecting it? Surely wifi or usb tethering would still work just as well if you sat it on top of the case?
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If your Pc has a couple of fans extracting the hot air out and bringing cool air in you should be ok. Just check the temp of the motherboard and sit the phone away from anything hot. It will be fine but is a waste of a phone for 3 months
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If your Pc has a couple of fans extracting the hot air out and bringing cool air in you should be ok. Just check the temp of the motherboard and sit the phone away from anything hot. It will be fine but is a waste of a phone for 3 months
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It is earning me a significant amount of money though so I feel its worth it. I am too tight to buy a dongle as three no longer offer £15 unlimited data.
The computer does have fans extracting hot air, the only problem is the room itself is quite small and gets hot quickly.
I would lay it flat on the bottom of the pc case as that would be the coolest area. Try position it close to the inlet fan or vent so it has cool external air being drawn over it.
Your PC case will become a Faraday cage for your phone. I mean that you will have little to no signal inside.
Bad ideea.
please post pictures when your done with it
Hi Guys
Dropped my phone slightly and the screen went black. I think the display is somehow damaged but all other things seem to work. All keys are working except that i see nothing on the screen. STACKED!
Can anyone tell me how to access the internal stored data? I really need to get some data I stored in it.
Would the warranty cover this problem? I just had this phone for 2 months.
THANKS!
Abye said:
Hi Guys
Dropped my phone slightly and the screen went black. I think the display is somehow damaged but all other things seem to work. All keys are working except that i see nothing on the screen. STACKED!
Can anyone tell me how to access the internal stored data? I really need to get some data I stored in it.
Would the warranty cover this problem? I just had this phone for 2 months.
THANKS!
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Depending on what the USB debugging mode was set to, you might be able to ADB in.
Can you connect it to your PC? If it was rooted you can see much of the user areas where your data is stored. Glass breakage is not usually covered by warranty. If you were rooted and have a recent TiBU backup you can copy it from the device and transfer it to the new device. Reading things like FAQs and stickies would have prepared you for this.
I normally drag down the notification bar and choose the usb connection and then press connect USB. Now, as I am not able to see anything it is impossible to guess these steps. What can I do?
Appreciate your help!
By the way, I see the icons on my pc but says 'insert disk...' as I have not chosen the USB connection mode on my phone.
Phone is not rooted.
Did you install the USB drivers on the PC beforehand? Unrooted you will be limited as to what data areas can be seen.
Yes I had previously installed the USB driver.
The thing is that I cannot get connected to the device although all keys work perfectly and unfortunately invisible scree.
You won't be able to do anything until you can get the PC to recognize the phone. Try installing/reinstalling the USB drivers. Do you have USB Development turned on or off?
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Hi Guys
Dropped my phone slightly and the screen went black. I think the display is somehow damaged but all other things seem to work. All keys are working except that i see nothing on the screen. STACKED!
Can anyone tell me how to access the internal stored data? I really need to get some data I stored in it.
Would the warranty cover this problem? I just had this phone for 2 months.
THANKS!
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Warranty will cover this as long as:
1) No huge gashes on phone
2) You tell them you didn't drop it, maybe say it has done this a couple times and now this time it did not come back on.
Hi Guys!
As always, I feel good when I get people replying to my threads.
so, BIG THANKS!
I have not powered my USB dev on, as far as I remember.
Had the same issue att replaced it under warranty. I didnt drop mine at all just the screen stop coming on. Weird
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You don't have Norton on your computer right?
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Ok i Dont ever use my port for charging just because i dont needa risk something happin.. anyway i use a wall charger and i have 2 extra batteries.. My question is does it afect my phone to just pull the battery without shuting it down.. whatever im in the middle of ill just take it out n swap. . sometimes my phone acts alittle weird when i boot and sometimes it dosnt. just always woundered
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Ok i Dont ever use my port for charging just because i dont needa risk something happin.. anyway i use a wall charger and i have 2 extra batteries.. My question is does it afect my phone to just pull the battery without shuting it down.. whatever im in the middle of ill just take it out n swap. . sometimes my phone acts alittle weird when i boot and sometimes it dosnt. just always woundered
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Shouldn't hurt anything. I used to do all the time when I listened to internet radio on my headset at work. I had to swap out a battery about every 3 hours. Like two or three times a day. I had a stack of batteries on my desk and would just rotate em in and out of the charger.
As far as I know linux/Android resets on every boot. A bit different than windows. You may get some inaccurate battery stats but that shouldn't matter because you will swap it out again with another one.
I know, the port on this phone is in a weird spot. Awkward to hold and play on the phone while charging.
The EVO 4G LTE does not have a removeable battery. So when the phone is dead, it has to be on the charger. You cannot charge the battery on an external charger. I would hate that.
I know with computers it's a bad idea. If the computer is writing something to disk, that file could get corrupted. This could lead to issues if that file is critical.
My guess is that it works similarly on the phone, but I'm not an Android engineer. Maybe there is a tolerance built in.
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I know with computers it's a bad idea. If the computer is writing something to disk, that file could get corrupted. This could lead to issues if that file is critical.
My guess is that it works similarly on the phone, but I'm not an Android engineer. Maybe there is a tolerance built in.
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True that if I were downloading something or installing something, I would not recommend yanking the battery as you would definitely corrupt that file.
In fact to be on the safe side I'd set up on icon on the home screen to just power off and do that before I pulled the back off.
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True that if I were downloading something or installing something, I would not recommend yanking the battery as you would definitely corrupt that file.
In fact to be on the safe side I'd set up on icon on the home screen to just power off and do that before I pulled the back off.
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You can download quickboot, which also turns you phone off
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Yes, that is the app I was thinking of. (I love that app -- use it all the time).
It has a shortcut you can put on the home screen for just poweroff.
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Yes a widget, love it to, I use my power button just to turn my phone on
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thanks for the answers.. ive found what ive needed out
Did you hard brick your Verizon Note 2? Flashed the wrong boot loader, now you're bootlooping and ODIN can't save you??
We all know a ton of users who have had this happen to them, I read it all the time. After stumbling upon another post I figured I had a chance. The instructions are clear but I want to build upon them with my own experience.
So first off many, many thanks to KOBOL for posting his guide which is buried below a ton of other posts in this General Section. I wouldn’t have a working phone without his work!
A bit of background info: I flashed a T-Mobile Note 2, 4.3 ODIN Image for My Verizon Note 2 because I wasn't paying attention... All I saw: "4.3 stock/rooted/deodex with 4.1.2 bootloader" (which I have) and "no wifi fix needed & stock kernel running smooth" (I have wifi fix & custom kernel, both which cause constant reboots) SO... I flashed it and boot-looped. "Good job, dumb dumb" I thought to myself as I gazed upon my hard bricked phone. No ODIN restore could get me out of this one, and I tried for 2 hours...
Then I found Kobol's post on unbricking your phone. I read the instructions, I was very confused at first as to how I was going to get this accomplished, so I am writing up this re-tutorial with new instructions. Make sure you have precision screwdrivers, flat and philips head.
Continue to Post #2 to Unbrick your i605!!
Instructions for Unbricking Hard-bricked i605
1a) DOWNLOAD THIS - It contains an IMG file you'll need to restore your 4.1.2 Bootloader, also contains 2 pictures of the resistor you'll need to short. More on that later.
1b) The above download is all you need if you're on 4.1.2.If you're on the newer 4.3 MJ9 Bootloader, download this too and use that IMG instead. the 4.1.2 download is necessary because of the pictures. Not 56k friendly. I will edit when KOBOL reviews this and allows me re-upload his pictures as a separate download.
2) Download and install win32diskimager. it'll write those image files to the micro SD card properly. DO NOT JUST DRAG AND DROP THE IMG... YOU MUST WRITE IT WITH AN IMAGING PROGRAM
3) Write the downloaded IMG file to the Micro SD using win32diskimager. Select the source and destination, that's it super easy. Make sure Micro SD is at least 2GB. I used a 32GB it was the only one I had and it worked fine, no need for exactly 2GB micro SD.
4) Open phone, no need to completely dismantle to the screen.... many good videos can be found on youtube. Take out every screw you can see and remove the rear outer plastic casing.
5) Once the board is exposed, remove the black screw that holds the speaker assembly to the phone. Remove and place speaker aside.
6) Remove 2nd screw on the right side along the skinny motherboard strip. Remove all wifi connectors/lcd connectors/camera connectors, etc. The motherboard can now be removed completely.
7) Gently remove the speaker/power button, the power button has a mild adhesive to hold it to the phone, as does the headphone speaker. Peel them off and out of the phone.
8) remove the charging port board from the phone housing, that too has adhesive, peel up carefully and place aside. You'll need this outside and plugged into the board eventually as well.
On to Post #3.
9) TRICKY PARTS... I flipped the board over to expose the resistor KOBOL shows us to short. ** Picture is in the 1st download for 4.1.2 Bootloader ** I then plugged in the phone's LCD cable (the cable that comes out on the top right when viewed from behind; above where the volume rocker is) The motherboard should be flipped over exposing the resistor, the LCD cable is barely long enough to let the phone housing lie flat beside it, which you don't want. You'll want to prop the sceen vertical so you can see it when you do the next few steps. I used an external drive butted against the front of the screen that had rubber feet so it wouldn't slide and scotch tape.
10) Re-attach the power button/headphone speaker to the motherboard. Also plug in your prepared SD card.
11) Place the battery next to the battery terminals, swing the power button over on top of the battery. With one hand, you should be able to hold the motherboard from sliding while your holding both the battery to the terminals, and the power button to the battery. I did this with my left thumb to hold the motherboard from sliding, my left middle finger holding the battery against the contacts of the motherboard, and my left index finger to push the power button which is on top of the battery.
12) place your smallest precision screwdriver on the resister KOBOL shows you in the picture. Using a screwdriver with the other hand sure beats having to a) solder, good luck! KOBOL is a solder pro and I don't have any soldering irons with tips THAT small, and b) beats using a paper clip or something silly. The screwdriver shorts the resistor with minimal effort. Make sure you apply MILD pressure to the screwdriver to ensure your touching both sides of the resistor's contacts. My screwdriver was exactly the width of the resistor, don't be using grandpa's 1' long screwdriver on that motherboard.
13) READY?!?! OK!! with the resister shorted by the screwdriver in 1 hand, the battery held in place and the power button ready to be pressed in the other... start counting to 5 as soon as you feel the click of that tiny little button. Hold the power button; if you let go, you might slip and now the battery won't be supplying power to the phone, aka this operation will fail.
** Make sure you know how to count to 6 properly, none of this '123456' super-speed counting like we did playing hide and seek growing up. Listen to the tick of a clock if you can or start a timer somewhere. **
14) After counting to 5, remove the screwdriver, I'd suggest keeping the power button held, the phone won't turn off (just like booting the phone for real; holding it after the phone turns on, the phone still turns on right?) And it prevents the battery from disconnecting.
15) If you're lucky, you'll see some text on your screen saying SD something something in red and saying it wrote the file. I was way too excited that this worked and I forgot what it said to be honest. Pretty much it'll be the 1st thing your phone displays that isn't a boot-looping logo!
16) Go ahead and relax. Let the battery disconnect from the board. You can go ahead and semi-reassemble you're phone to test. I placed the board back in the phone housing, plugged in power button/headphone speaker, speaker phone/charing port & circuit, camera, etc... plugged in all wires/connectors, and make sure to put those 2 black screws back in before placing housing back on... (1 for speakerphone/charging port, one for the board)
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17) Power up your phone and you should be greeted with the "Verizon has detected..." blah blah unauthorized software. AWESOME AND CONGRATS! Pull the battery and boot to Download/ODIN mode.
** NOTE ** I have NO IDEA if you can downgrade during this process, no one in KOBOL's thread had yet to confirm as of this writing. Flash whatever you're coming from, you went this far to Un-brick your phone, why do it again? If you went to 4.3, deal with it and restore 4.3 Coming from 4.1.2? restore 4.1.2 then! Besides SafeStrapping is coming soon
18) Restore your phone with a working ODIN image, whether it be a stock keis image, your favorite ODIN image (root66 ODIN is great) etc. etc.
19) After the ODIN restore is complete, you may boot loop but this is normal, you need a factory reset. Pull battery, boot recovery, do a factory reset. You'll be OK now!
20) BASK IN THE GLORY OF YOUR RESTORED VERIZON GALAXY NOTE 2!
I'm sorry I don't have any of my own pictures, it was nerve-racking enough just to get through this and have enough hands to do it. Waking up my girlfriend so I can ask her "hold the battery just like this..." at 2 AM would have been a bad idea..
MANY, MANY, MAAAANY thanks to KOBOL for engineering this very clever recovery process... I would be out a phone right now or shopping online for JTAG devices. All the while be at work with no phone tomorrow and the next day while I wait for a replacement phone to arrive. To think I have insurance and most likely would have been fine to get a replacement (sent rooted & unlocked phones back several times no issues) I did this all so I wouldn't be without my phone for 36 hours!!
May this guide be helpful to even ONE PERSON... please give thanks, and more importantly, message KOBOL and ask him how to send a donation, I will be doing so myself!
Best of luck to all. :good:
Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!
In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
If someone would help me put setup my micro sd for the flash i would try a downgrade. I dont have a micro sd to sd adapter for my laptop.......
I tried this for a bout a 2 hours. I got a white screen a few times. Weird thing is I couldn't get it to boot and when I finally did I was able to boot into Odin mode only
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Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
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Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
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Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
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bigshotrob22 said:
Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
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Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
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Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
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Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
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Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
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Aww shucks, yea that puppy is really tiny so best of luck. When it's time to remove it you can nuke it real quick with a soldering iron and pull it off with tweezers. Pre-tin the new resistor and then blast it onto the board. that'll be pretty tricky.
FYI to those who continue onwards to fix their phones... do not short it while giving it power for more than 5 seconds. KOBOL mentioned that in his original post and I headed to it, it appears that resistor can be damaged so be careful. I guess after several hours of attempts it gave out. Best of luck, bigshotrob22.
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Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!
In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
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Thank you! I didn't mean to insinuate that a 4.3 downgrade could be possible with this method, more like I was mentioning people were contemplating doing it. If I was on the 4.3 bootloader I'd have tried it, I think this is more of a backdoor homebrew j-tag to restore. I'm interested to see if it can be done too!
Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
Be careful!
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Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
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I had used a very small precision screwdriver, like one you would get in an eye glass kit. It worked just fine for me. You don't need to grab the sides of the resistor, there is enough metal on top of it to short it with a screwdriver. Just be careful, everyone.
I don't know how you'd get a new resistor on the board, that is a bit beyond my technical abilities. Maybe with a magnifying glass, a needle-tipped soldering iron and a very steady hand??
I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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How did a jig work... doesn't USB jigs put you in download mode...
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Same issue, different solutions? Unlocked 4.3??
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I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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Please explain the conditions the phones were in a bit more, I'm curious as to how you did it without the resistor trick. I was able to boot my phone to download mode but I couldn't flash it with ODIN for PC because it would write fail. Perhaps I could have re-flashed the phone by using the SD only, no resistor shorting necessary?
I think the resistor shorting is for people who are truly F'ed and have no Download mode, booting etc. I would love to get more clarification on this. I'll append my original post/guide and leave out the entire disassembling process and just have the users use the SD image KOBOL provided.
There's a few scenarios I can imagine:
1) Bricked like I was, flashed right phone, but wrong carrier firmware. Download mode only, can't write anything to NAND, boot-looped constantly - SD Card re-image Only?
2) Bricked with NO use-able interface. Download mode is toast, no life from phone whatsoever. (Perhaps flashed not only wrong carrier bootloader like I did, maybe user flashed completely different phone firmware?!) - Resistor trick??
3) Bricked via flashing correct firmware that is somehow corrupted. ODIN froze mid-flash, cable unplugged accidentally, etc. - SD Card re-image Only?
I would like to verify the repairable condition of any bricked state so I can at least know exactly what to do to fix it. The opening line of my OP is "flashed wrong firmware now you're bootlooping?" but there are so many ways to make this happen that require different solutions.
Let me know about those 2 phones when you can, thanks. and WAIT A SEC... I just noticed your statement, "I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders." So did you unlock 4.3 with this method?!
Did my research, looks like a jig forces download mode yes? so I see 3 things happening...
1) you CAN access Download Mode manually with 3-button power up. No ODIN flashing can save you but the SD Card trick works. I did the resistor method anyways because I didn't try it with SD-Only. This is still a soft brick I guess, if it can be fixed via SD and not a teardown. Worked for me because I had correct phone, but improper carrier firmware so Download Mode still worked??
2) you CAN'T get to Download Mode so you use a jig which forces Download Mode. I'm assuming if Download Mode can't even be accessed pre-jig or pre-resistor attempt... how is the firmware capable of being re-written from SD?
3) you CAN'T access Download Mode and you don't have a jig, so you use the resistor technique. It sort of does what the jig does only forces it at the board level and requires a teardown.
Next time I F-up my phone, I'll try and restore it via SD-Only. Otherwise, we might be able to skip this resistor-technique and use a jig instead. More info on USB Jigs here
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I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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Could you please clarify? I just attempted the three button method and was able to access download mode, but nothing will write from my SD card. Is there another step I need to do to get the .img to write once I am in download mode? I am attempting to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2
Hello all,
I have been using LineageOS for MicroG on a Moto G7 power for about two years. This was all great until I forgot I had my phone in my bathing suit pocket and took it into the ocean with me while on vacation. I disassembled the phone, disconnected the internal battery, washed with fresh tap water, and then soaked in isopropyl alcohol for a while. After drying, I tried reconnecting the battery and got no external signs of life. I tried connecting a usb cable between the phone and my computer. Oddly enough, the phone shows up as a ADB device.
I opened a adb shell and tried "cd sdcard" to see if I could get into the DCIM folder to recover my photos. I got the output "/system/bin/sh: cd: /sdcard: No such file or directory". Just for fun I tried to see if I could boot TWRP and do anything with that. I entered "adb reboot bootloader", waited a while and then entered "fastboot boot twrp.img). The phone then showed up on my computer in some kind of file transfer mode. I was now able to see the "sdcard" folder. but the contents were all random characters and I was unable to open any files.
The three questions I have are:
1. Given the info above, is there any way to recover contacts, texts, and photos via any ADB commands?
2. When I was able to view the "sdcard" folder, it was all gibberish. Does LineageOS for MicroG encrypt its folders, or is my data likely corrupted?
3. Given that the phone responds to ADB anf Fastboot commands, what are the chances that the main board and memory are OK and its a just an issue of the screen being dead?
Thanks in advance for any help that you all may be able to provide,
Tim
Is the data on a SD card? Is it encrypted?
The phone is likely toast, if not now, soon.
It was RO or distilled water it needed to soak in, not isopropyl alcohol! Isopropyl alcohol (or any solvent) will as you see, poison the LCD. Water then air dry for LCD phones.
Regardless the salt likely already started the corrosion process*. It will likely fail eventually... it's a killer. Sometimes if you pull the battery immediately/flush it completely out within minutes the device might be saved. That's a big maybe.
*residue left behind on the connector contacts and such is corrosive and hygroscopic. Unless completely removed the corrosion tends to slowly continue.
Given my original post, do you think the LCD display is the only casualty? Replacement screens seem to be about $30. Do you think it is worth the risk to get one? Its not like its a ton of money. I don't know any other way to take control of the phone without a working display. Is there a ADB command that can put it into file transfer mode where I can at least get my photos? I am not looking to achieve a long term repair. Only looking to retrieve my data.
Thanks
P.S. I did hit all the connectors with contact cleaner and gently scrubbed with a toothbrush when I had the phone apart.
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Given my original post, do you think the LCD display is the only casualty? Replacement screens seem to be about $30. Do you think it is worth the risk to get one? Its not like its a ton of money. I don't know any other way to take control of the phone without a working display. Is there a ADB command that can put it into file transfer mode where I can at least get my photos? I am not looking to achieve a long term repair. Only looking to retrieve my data.
Thanks
P.S. I did hit all the connectors with contact cleaner and gently scrubbed with a toothbrush when I had the phone apart.
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Give it a shot.
Not much to lose and it will be an interesting experiment if you get it online again.
Check around the power section and V+ rails on the mobo for damage. There's not much you can do with the BGA chipsets as all the solder joints are beneath them.
I dropped my Buds case in a full cup of coffee, cream and sugar. Broke it down on the spot, flushed with RO water then anhydrous isopropyl.
The battery is spot welded in so that wasn't removed. Drank the coffee. Dried it for a day.
2.5 years later it's still working.
$hit happen...
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Given my original post, do you think the LCD display is the only casualty? Replacement screens seem to be about $30. Do you think it is worth the risk to get one? Its not like its a ton of money. I don't know any other way to take control of the phone without a working display. Is there a ADB command that can put it into file transfer mode where I can at least get my photos? I am not looking to achieve a long term repair. Only looking to retrieve my data.
Thanks
P.S. I did hit all the connectors with contact cleaner and gently scrubbed with a toothbrush when I had the phone apart.
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Personally i would buy another working phone even a cracked screen one as long as it works and just swap out the motherboard i have repaired and brought back to life a lot of electronics using a spray chemical called deoxit , it was originally used by musicians to clean there electronics on mainly guitars but this stuff ids liquid gold for water damaged motherboards and such . If what you have on your phone is very important to you its worth spending extra money especially for pics as thats 1 thing you can never replace if you didn't back them up . Check out ebay you can find 1 complete for $40 or less . I've had phone repair customers come to me for this same issue on so many different phones which i repair anyway . I always buy a working phone from ebay or craigslist and do the motherboard swap as thats where everything is stored on and always spray Deoxit on board before installing and i get a great success rate !
Replaced the screen and the phone is working again. Unfortunately, the data is lost. Efforts to retrieve anything via ADB resulted in files and folders with names made up of random characters. The files were unopenable. Tried side loading a new copy of LineageOS and that also failed. Ultimately came to the conclusion that my data was toast. Ended up reformatting the memory, side loading a new copy of Lineage, and was still unable to boot. Reformatted again and tried a copy of a stock Motorola ROM and that finally allowed the device to boot. Sucks that I lost my photos and stuff, but was a interesting experiment to see if I could bring the device back to life again.
Is there any app that would do scheduled backups to a removable SD card? I know I could backup through Google, but I do not want to share my data with big tech.
Thanks.
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Replaced the screen and the phone is working again. Unfortunately, the data is lost. Efforts to retrieve anything via ADB resulted in files and folders with names made up of random characters. The files were unopenable. Tried side loading a new copy of LineageOS and that also failed. Ultimately came to the conclusion that my data was toast. Ended up reformatting the memory, side loading a new copy of Lineage, and was still unable to boot. Reformatted again and tried a copy of a stock Motorola ROM and that finally allowed the device to boot. Sucks that I lost my photos and stuff, but was a interesting experiment to see if I could bring the device back to life again.
Is there any app that would do scheduled backups to a removable SD card? I know I could backup through Google, but I do not want to share my data with big tech.
Thanks.
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The folks over on the Motorola G7 Telegram group were awesome for ideas on how to revive this phone.
tim0477 said:
Replaced the screen and the phone is working again. Unfortunately, the data is lost. Efforts to retrieve anything via ADB resulted in files and folders with names made up of random characters. The files were unopenable. Tried side loading a new copy of LineageOS and that also failed. Ultimately came to the conclusion that my data was toast. Ended up reformatting the memory, side loading a new copy of Lineage, and was still unable to boot. Reformatted again and tried a copy of a stock Motorola ROM and that finally allowed the device to boot. Sucks that I lost my photos and stuff, but was a interesting experiment to see if I could bring the device back to life again.
Is there any app that would do scheduled backups to a removable SD card? I know I could backup through Google, but I do not want to share my data with big tech.
Thanks.
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Yeah sound like you lost the encryption key(s)
Hear you on the Gookill cloud, it sucks. Trust Google with privacy? No.
An Android app that can do folder/file syncing reliably be nice. Right now I just copy whole folders... that takes a while.
Leave the SD card in the phone* and use it as a data drive. Then back up the SD card using the PC or 2 OTG flashsticks. Leave the SD card in the phone at all times.
If you use flashsticks also make periodic backups to hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC... because things can happen. Flash memory is convenient but less robust than hdd. You can never have too many backup drives. Never encrypt backup drives.
*if the OS crashes it will likely spare the SD card data, but never bet everything on that being so. The second drive provides some extra data security but it's not invulnerable to worms. A near lightning strike, accident or flash failure can also wipe everything.