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Has anyone successfully done this??
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220181
I finally hard-bricked my Vibrant, and I'm wondering if this has been accomplished, instead of sending it to a specialist to JTAG it the traditional way!!
Im trying to see if I can resurrect it myself instead of losing it for a week!
And yes I'm aware of the One guy here in the states that does JTAGing, but Id be seriously outa work for a week as my phone is my work/life line, cuz I'm an Independent contractor, so its not about the money Id spend but the time down without a way to work/communicate, I haven't contacted TMO yet and told them it was hosed using the Kies method to upgrade it to Froyo. Wish I never had done that!! Should've known better, didn't see/read any post about the horrors of using Samsungs KIES program until it was too late!!!
I was trying to purge a SH 5.0 install that went bad, I flashed back to stock Eclair. Then went to Froyo, But thats when I developed a problem with boot looping after doing Froyo, so I tried the KIES program to go to "FROYO" and that's when It bricked!!!
Anyways its bricked hard, and I'm wondering if this has actually been done successfully!
And any tips that I might need to get the Heimdall Program to actually detect it thru the USB method, would be awesome! Even though it wont turn on!!
Link to the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220181
JTAG isn't a method that can be done through usb. If you had googled jtag, you would have found out that it is a physical port built into the motherboard of our phones. In fact most electronics have a jtag port.
*Joint Test Action Group**(*JTAG*) is the common name for what was later standardized as the*IEEE
1149.1**Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture*. It was initially devised for testing*printed circuit boards*using*boundary scan and is still widely used for this application.
Today JTAG is also widely used for*IC*debug ports. In the embedded processor market, essentially all modern processors support JTAG when they have enough pins.*Embedded systems*development relies on*debuggers*talking to chips with JTAG to perform operations like*single stepping*and*breakpointing. Digital electronics products such as*cell phones
*or awireless access point
*generally have no other debug or test interfaces.
In order to flash your phone, it will have to be dismantled, and hooked up to the jtag box.
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Adamcooks, I read the entire squabble about this between you and RaverXX
I downloaded your one click as well!!
So can you give me some advice on how to get my phone to even simply turn on, WO the soldering involved using traditional method of JTAGing??? Mine wont power up or show any LED activity, nothing when plugged in or do anything using traditional methods known to work with "SOFTBRICKING"
I mean, it seems my Boot loader is corrupted, or the other file you suggested, when Raver and u were arguing!! If I could even get a faint indication of life from the phone, It could be brought back to DL, but a DL Jig, as well as all the other extensive methods to get it even to power on, let alone go into DL mode isnt working at all, after many, many try's!
Can your one-click program, with the proper BL's for my T959 Vibrant be acknowledged by either yours or Heimdall's Program, so as to even be able to flash this WO, Jtaging it, even if it wont even power up in any way to handshake with my lappy???
BTW, I'm not trying to start another **** storm, after what happened with RaverXX, but it seems some of the people who had the same scenario as I do, were successful, so I'm wondering between the 2 of you, how to approach and try this, I respect both ya'll's work and contributions, but for me the bottom line is to get my phone working once again, short of either#1 JTAGing it, or trying to go thru the painful experience of trying to get TMO to replace it with a new same model, because KIES fubar'd it!!
Anyway I wish you 2 guys could lay out the proper set of instructions as you suggested, along with the proper files or links, for us to try either his method or yours. I think its possible to resurrect these phones, this way short of physical damage, and as such!! IDT you 2 fellas would've put so much effort into this theory, if there wasn't some merit to it!
So I'm all ears and eyes to your suggestion of how to get my phone to even breath again, so I can go back to DL mode, and get her working again!!
But when nothing what so ever happens, no power up, no lights, no nothing occurs, it seems to me its bricked, even though you say a truly bricked phone , has physical hardware damage, which tech is prolly correct, however in this case, mine is software bricked very hard!!!! And for purposes of communication and clarity, Ill stick with bricked, If I knew the MB was fried and or damaged, Id simply order another one, and replace it, and power up the phone, and be done with this ordeal, but my corruption occurred during using the Samsung KIES program, regrettably!!
And I'm fairly certain that either the Boot loader file is corrupted or the file you say creates a black screen usually displaying the Pc-phone logo is done for, so again, should I try the command prompt instructions to fix that, or do I use your one-click, or go to ravers method ?? I asking legitimately, because I know your knowledge in these matters has merit!! Thanks for your reply!!
Unless he changed his account, that was a different Adam in that other thread. I still say try it, cant make things any worse.
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I may give a sharp response sometimes, but an internet squabbler I am not. connextion(sp) has a motherboard cradle that contacts the correct pins to jtag flash, without causing any damage to your phone.
Have you tried the resistance jig? I think that skorpn is the one who makes them ( 301k ohm resistor plug into the usb port can force d/l mode if the bootloaders aren't borked)
these are the last two resorts in ng phone resurrection.
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Ya My mistake Sorry
Ya I got you mixed up with another developer who has a very similar handle, so many apologies, however I wasn't flaming you anyway, shape or form, just apologizing for the mistaken ID
BTW Is the skorp resistance Jig a completely different animal from the DL Jig Tech Mobile sells doing the same result, in other words is it able to bring a phone like mine in the condition it is, into DL mode??? I saw the Skorp design, it just seems to me, its the same thing I already have from Tech Mobiles design. Accomplishing the same thing, but for phones that actually power on in some way shape or form, light off etc!!
Anyway thanks for your input, and effort, I'm still sorting all the info on everybody's suggestions and methods, short of JTaging it!!! Gonna make a move on a procedure here soon, this evening!!
hello all, i just bought a new i9300, already downloaded a bunch of roms, but didn't even had the chance to install any of them.
first of all i want to say this is my third i9300 i done things with(installed recovery kernels and others), also had 2 i9100 and lots of other android phones, so i'm much familiar with ROMs, Kernels, CWM and TWRP, etc.. and also reads carefully every time i do something new (while this one was already done by me to friends devices)
this time something really really strange happened and my new device is now completely dead
i came home, turned it on, everything fine.
installed new drivers, run toolkit v.7, recognized and everything is ok
after all the steps it was in download mode, but Odin didn't show anything.
tried another PC, restarting the device, nothing. odin won't recognize it.
then i tried entering download mode with the key combination, Home button + Power Button + Volume Down.
entered download mode just fine, but still, no odin.
i tried 3 times, first with the cable disconnected, second with the cable connected, and third with the cable disconnected.
on third time something just so weird happen, it entered a different stage, something i don't know, and didn't find anything about it while googling.
all i remember is 4 rows written in red and green
when i turned off the device, it refuse to wake. nothing. no download mode no recovery no indicator for battery charging. just plain nothing
reminding you this is brand new device which was never even massed with odin. just some stage i never seen in my life.
can someone tell what was that stage i was on? why it massed my device in an instant? how in the world i managed to enter a boot-stage i can't find any information about
also to state, the i read about the sdcard mode (need the device opened and to short something) and it's defiantly not this stage.
hope someone can help
thank you very much
return for warranty claim if it has never been messed with is the sensible thing to do
slaphead20 said:
return for warranty claim if it has never been messed with is the sensible thing to do
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thanks for replay, but the thing is i bought this device from regular shop not samsung distributor in my country
so i don't know if i can even call them
and the shop i bought from don't want any part with it (saying its my fault)
Looks like SDS
The vendor is responsible for warranty repairs not Samsung .
Samsung offer the user an extra limited warranty .
jje
Give it for warranty saying that the phone hanged up then died and you can't even turn it on. Not a word about download mode or anything, act like you know nothing about flashing
As much as i want, the seller refused to take it
so im in bad shape, new device just going to trash
I hope someone can provide information for how a button combination can destroy my device completly.
now im afraid to buy a new one
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What country are you in?
You could take it to Samsung service centre if you have one nearby.
Noambugo11 said:
As much as i want, the seller refused to take it
so im in bad shape, new device just going to trash
I hope someone can provide information for how a button combination can destroy my device completly.
now im afraid to buy a new one
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This is one of the risks we all run when we mod our devices. just going into download mode should not have done this to your device. Look in your device manager and see if it is even being seen by the pc. Could be the SDS that alot of people have seen
zelendel said:
This is one of the risks we all run when we mod our devices. just going into download mode should not have done this to your device. Look in your device manager and see if it is even being seen by the pc. Could be the SDS that alot of people have seen
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Hey, if it was the SDS, then i would been triggered anyway from anywhere,
this situation is far more complex, as i said, by the same button combination it entered a different boot stage and not the normal download mode (nor recovery mod), iv'e been searching the hole web just to find a clew to what the hell is this stage, and why it massed my device so badly.
i'm from israel, and i don't think we have samsung service center, just a representer or something.
if i can i will defently send it to samsung all over the world, i just need a phone number or something to contact with them,
do any think samsung will take this device? if so where can i contact them?
Noambugo11 said:
Hey, if it was the SDS, then i would been triggered anyway from anywhere,
this situation is far more complex, as i said, by the same button combination it entered a different boot stage and not the normal download mode (nor recovery mod), iv'e been searching the hole web just to find a clew to what the hell is this stage, and why it massed my device so badly.
i'm from israel, and i don't think we have samsung service center, just a representer or something.
if i can i will defently send it so samsung all over the world, i just need a phone number or something to contact with them,
do any think samsung will take this device? if so where can i contact them?
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This reminds me of a case we saw just the other day here in the threads. The DL screen was not the normal download screen and it turned out to be a clone device. Think this may have been the case?
zelendel said:
This reminds me of a case we saw just the other day here in the threads. The DL screen was not the normal download screen and it turned out to be a clone device. Think this may have been the case?
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thanks a lot for your kind answers, when you say clone device you mean not a real i9300? cause if so them i 100% sure it's a real one and not a fake.
i was able to enter download mode while in the toolkit (enebling USB debugging first), but odin didn't show the device at all, then i tried the button combination; Power button + Home Button + Vol Down.
first it entered fine, still odn didn't catch it, second time also into the right download mode
third time, different stage, 3 rows written in red 1 row in green (much like sd-mode, but i'm quite sure it wasn't it, and even if is, how the world i managed to enter it by button combination only?)
i can't remember what was written, i think the word emmc been there, but can't be sure
this thing drive me crazy, i've done it 3 times with other i9300, i did it for i9100, i did 3 galaxy ace, also i9000, did some htc phone,replace many screen for phones and massed with this kinda of stuff a lot, in the PC world, iphones, everything. i can't consider myself noob or even close to it, i never rush into things before reading carefully.
and the matter that no-one know even what i'm talking about making me really think i wan't really responsible for it, but got a bad luck with a faulty device or something. and now i'm stuck with it cause nothing is connected between me and samsung (unless someone here some kind of idea)
Noambugo11 said:
thanks a lot for your kind answers, when you say clone device you mean not a real i9300? cause if so them i 100% sure it's a real one and not a fake.
i was able to enter download mode while in the toolkit (enebling USB debugging first), but odin didn't show the device at all, then i tried the button combination; Power button + Home Button + Vol Down.
first it entered fine, still odn didn't catch it, second time also into the right download mode
third time, different stage, 3 rows written in red 1 row in green (much like sd-mode, but i'm quite sure it wasn't it, and even if is, how the world i managed to enter it by button combination only?)
i can't remember what was written, i think the word emmc been there, but can't be sure
this thing drive me crazy, i've done it 3 times with other i9300, i did it for i9100, i did 3 galaxy ace, also i9000, did some htc phone,replace many screen for phones and massed with this kinda of stuff a lot, in the PC world, iphones, everything. i can't consider myself noob or even close to it, i never rush into things before reading carefully.
and the matter that no-one know even what i'm talking about making me really think i wan't really responsible for it, but got a bad luck with a faulty device or something. and now i'm stuck with it cause nothing is connected between me and samsung (unless someone here some kind of idea)
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I have never seen this screen myself. The fact that you were able to get it to the screen the first few times is really odd. Sounds like one of the partitions got fried. I would send it back to samsung. This may end up costing you to have it repaired as well as shipping to the closest repair center, Here is the site that may help
http://www.samsung.com/il/#latest-home
Have a Meep tablet. It starts up then when trying to load software its stuck in endless loop. I want to update, but don't know how to get into recovery mode. Tried adb, but device not recognized. PC sees it as mass storage. If debug not enabled, anyway to get access to file system?
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Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, there is no recovery mode for the Meep. Even with USB debugging enabled, adb reboot recovery does not work. It will just reboot the Meep and nothing else. If you take the Meep apart, there is a very small switch behind the headphone jack, if I remember correctly. It was a bit difficult to reach. If you push that button in, while sliding and holding the power switch to the right, it will allow you to boot in a type of recovery mode. However, all options are in Chinese, I believe. I ended up breaking the power switch. I would not recommend doing that, unless you know what you are doing, which I didn't completely. If your Meep is still under warranty, (one year, if purchased in the US, possibly two if purchased in Europe), I'd recommend contacting their call center at 1-800-853-8883. Press option 7, once connected. They are open Monday thru Friday, from 8am to 5pm, Pacific Standard Time. They are closed on most major holidays. Typically, for the issue you are having, they would consider it a hardware issue and have you mail in your old Meep. They should give you a RMA number. You may have to pay return postage. In return, once received, they will ship you a new Meep. For Europe, I have seen posts from the France and Italy facebook Meep pages, telling people to return the Meep to the place of purchase. The store should be able to coordinate a return of your Meep, under warranty, to the factory. In return, a new Meep should be mailed to your address. I have heard it taking up to several weeks to get the new mailed. That's the best advice I can give. On another note, someone posted a custom ROM on the Phandroid web site. The ROM was made from the LY-F1 image file for Allwinner A10 devices. The Meep uses an Allwinner A10 chip. Links to the image file, Livesuit (sic), and instructions are located there. Livesuit is used to flash images on Allwinner A10 devices. As your Meep is stuck in a bootloop, so to speak, I don't know if flashing that image will work. Also noted with that image, the camera may not work. I has worked for some, but not for others. Good luck!
Hi all. I have the SGH-i777 S2. It took a hit direct onto the concrete. The screen is cracked, but it appears that the bottom keys are lighting up when I press the power button. It's been rooted with CyanogenMod 9. I never could get DropBear SSH server to work right. At this point, I've tried installing the full Samsung USB drivers direct from Samsung's site (the one that Windows is the only option) as well as Kies from Samsung and others.
What I'd like to know is, since I can't see the phone's menu settings to turn on USB debugging and, thus, pull contacts, notes and other items off of it, I need to know what you guys would do from this point. There are some contacts and information within Notes that are critical to me so I don't mind buying another phone to cannibalize the hardware if need be. I was told the digitizer is toast. I've already bought the AT&T S4 Active and have been using that for the past couple of weeks so that I can use something in the interim as portable internet is critical for my job.
Any/all feedback is more than welcome.
Unless your are very good with this type of mechanical/electrical work, I would suggest you send it to a good shop for repair. From what I've read on the forums here, there may be a couple of good ones, but I could only recommend Mobile Tech Videos, as the owner Josh has a very good reputation here. You might give them a call to see what you can find out.
This is probably nothing since Creepy is da man, but without ADB can you just connect to your computer as USB storage and pull files from there? I'm not sure where the notes program you're using stores its data, but I didn't think it would bring too much shame upon myself to suggest it.
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Somebody gave me a Verizon Jetpack AC791L when they changed internet providers.
I think this thing is really cool even if I don't have a SIM in it to get internet. It still functions as a wifi router that you can configure to do a couple things.
I'd like to mod the software on it and make it a badass router with DD-WRT. I'm clueless how to do that. I have searched and searched, there is very little about this thing, accept Verizon's marketing crap.
I'm pretty well versed in cracking things. I've cracked a bunch of phones in the past, and this shouldn't be too different. Cell phones are just small computers, and I should be able to do a CMOS jumper and reset it. I'm confident that there is a "Magic Reset Button" on this thing so that repair techs can "repair" it quickly and keep productivity high. I learned about this when I was investigating a Toshiba laptop for a friend. I tore the whole thing down and found out that I didn't have to do that because there was a weird little spring loaded jumper under the first panel that I took off. What was the jumper marked on the board?... SPR1 probably stands for "System Password Reset" or "Secret Password Reset". It was real clearly marked so the technician could push it and charge you for "Motherboad replacement" at $200. I researched the hell out of the thing before I did anything. Everybody with the same lappy on youtube was making videos about how to solder pins 1 and 7 on the "Winbond" chip that will only let you install Windows. I hate Winbond.
But it occurred to me that a lot of the tech makers are putting in chips to lock the bootloaders. I found Winbond in a bunch of laptops and it seems to be in all the routers that I've modded. I supposed that cell phones(being tiny computers) had a similar chip to blast past any security and unlock the bootloader for new software and make a "refurbished" phone ready for sale.
I want to find the reset button and make this thing do so much more. I'm hoping the folks on this board might have seen similar boards... Maybe there is some superuser here that can recognize the correct jumpers to connect to reset it.
I'm not worried about any warranty or such nonsense. I'll be just fine if somebody tells me to do the wrong jumpers and it fries. Maybe we get it right and we can tell everybody else how to do it and then we go drink beers at the bar and laugh about how we got over on the phone company.
Things I've tried:
1. ls /dev/tty* It doesn't look like it has tty running
2. Adb devices Nope. No androids here.
3. Tried a rebooting it with different key combos to get to the bios... Nada.
If somebody can look at these pictures and tell which jumpers to hit and we get it, great. If not, I will take the metal plates off the board and expose the chips and read the markings.
Here are the best pics I could get.
*I haven't made 10 posts and can't post the pictures. If interested PM me and I will send the links.*
I hope that one of you can help
Thanks
Ac791l factory reset
1. Power up jetpack
2. Go to menu on sceen use arrow keys till it shows you wifi name and password,
3 Connect to the AC791L , open browser and type 192.168.1.1 , from there it will ask
For jetpack admin password which is usually the same as wifi password, if not scroll on screen till it shows up on the jetpack screen. After login go to Settings, Jetpack, back up and restore, scroll to bottom and choose factory reset.