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[Q] Tattoo Bricked

Hello,
I tried to update the radio and the SPL version on my Tattoo. Everything went fine until I had to reboot my phone. It shut down alright, but it never powered on again.
These are the following problems I am having with my Tattoo at the moment:
Cannot power on phone.
Cannot boot into recovery mode.
Cannot boot into FastBoot.
When I connect it to my computer via USB, nothing happens.
The only thing that it's responding to is when I connect my it to my charger.
Does anyone have a solution or is my phone dead forever?
Thanks ahead!

bump? anyone?

Send it back to HTC. If anyone can do anything about it they can. There's nothing else you can do. Sorry

boo.. that sucks..
Well, thanks anyway

Ehm, I don't want to post a New Thread so I'm gonna ask here:
Does anyone have the pinout for the Tattoo?

Take a look at this. I guess they fix such things (but you never know if they just are after your money. http://www.ort-jtag.com/index.php

Yeah I saw that already. Also, there is a file name Tattoo Jtag on their website in the Support section. However, to access that section you have to enter your products serial number (which is I'm guessing the phone's serial number). I have tried several serial numbers (including mine) and all of them were 'invalid' so I never checked the files out.
Also, they only have one thing in the shop which is a kit and it costs $330 so no thanks

I have a similar problem, I would like to share my knowledge although I must be completely out of way.
My experience is based on the BeagleBoard and Angstrom so I really don't know the HTC HW and Android at all...
- The device boots from an xloader that instructs the device how to proceed with the boot
- the bootloader takes place (great u-boot in the beagleboard ?? in the HTC phone) the bootloader allows for ROM or kernel+rootfs flashing and much more
- now the kernel is loaded.....
User mode applications do not allow to have access to the memory area where xloader and u-boot lie so they should be safe all the time to allow for device reflashing.
So we should have access to the device via bootloader anytime if we knew how... maybe somebody can help us further.
Fabio

Same here...Exact same issue...No Recovery mode...No USB Connectivity, Screen turns on but is blank, alhough I did see Tattoo popping up initially but not any more...All I can see is the LCD back light turns on...Battery does charge...Also when I try to enter Recovery mode screen keeps blinking as if it is trying to restart again and again...Someone help

similar problem here, but i get absolutely no response from the phone, it doesn't even recognize the charger. do i just throw it away and buy a decent one or is there a solution?

Sparky the only way for now to fix that click is to bring it to some service point that have that ort jtag, because only way to fix that is to writte new boot sector on phone . Im sure that i know at least 2 services that have ort jtag in Novi Sad . Look for marvel *Miroslav in Ns, or send me private message

same thing happened to me
just this morning, and in desperation I tried hard to remove the batt cover (prob pressed some of buttons, I felt a jerk and ho it was back in amon ra`s recovery, nect time I just removed the battery waited for 30 secs, then press off&home and hold it till recovery came back) but for good half hour NO REACTIONS , ABSOLUTE BRICK, nothing when I put the usb in PC or in socket, dead screen, no sounds and no reaction to ANY combination of keypress. I guess you could call me lucky (in last few days I flashed at least 3 versions of froyo roms, this afternoon I bought =8GB class4 Kingston, formated it in PC FAT32 default size, copied EVE. from my 2gig rom then just turned it down (yes I am brave) and put the 8gig in tattoo, it works like a charm (finger crossed it will continue)

So is there an available Jtag for the Tattoo yet?

I'm in the same situation. No recovery no fast boot, Damm!
I`ve update psfreedom with psgroove_hermes_v4 zip file then my tattoo reboot and now I only get the Tatto title screen but nothing happends.
Somebody have clue to give back life my phone.
Thanks!

if you can get to the title screen, that means you can connect it to your pc via USB and recover from a backup (I hope you made one)

Hello, I connect my tattoo to my pc, but usb connection is not available yet.
Is There is a way to activate usb when my phone blocks in tattoo logo??
Thanks for reply.

payasi35 said:
Hello, I connect my tattoo to my pc, but usb connection is not available yet.
Is There is a way to activate usb when my phone blocks in tattoo logo??
Thanks for reply.
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You have to enter in fastboot.
Hold volume down and turn on phone.
Cheers

Sorry but as i said before, I can't access to recovery menu neither fast boot menu.

Can Not even get into Download Mode

Initially i was able to get into Recovery Mode and was trap in Boot Loop but when i Flash a Rom from Dorky's with ODin 3 Even Boot Loop Goes away nothing appears except Black screen but can get into Download Mode
so tried another time with Odin 1.875 with some other Rom Odin first detected it and the when process Starts it gives error failed i restart process and nothing happens i took off the battery and replaced it and tried to get into Download Mode but nothing Happens:crying::crying::crying:
Galaxy Y s5360
Please help, u can help!!

xhizors111 said:
Initially i was able to get into Recovery Mode and was trap in Boot Loop but when i Flash a Rom from Dorky's with ODin 3 Even Boot Loop Goes away nothing appears except Black screen but can get into Download Mode
so tried another time with Odin 1.875 with some other Rom Odin first detected it and the when process Starts it gives error failed i restart process and nothing happens i took off the battery and replaced it and tried to get into Download Mode but nothing Happens:crying::crying::crying:
Galaxy Y s5360
Please help, u can help!!
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Start calm.
All you need is a cool mind now.
Search for the USB JIGGS available on xda and see if someone from your area has it. You can then take help from that person. If not then just go to service center, tell them that it stuck like this while doing software update and act like you no nothing about rooting our flashing. That will do.
A Hero Can Be Anyone. GENERAL HELP THREAD

Is is still repairable
Bruce Wayne said:
Start calm.
All you need is a cool mind now.
Search for the USB JIGGS available on xda and see if someone from your area has it. You can then take help from that person. If not then just go to service center, tell them that it stuck like this while doing software update and act like you no nothing about rooting our flashing. That will do.
A Hero Can Be Anyone. GENERAL HELP THREAD
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I am not thinking to use a jigg as even after i get into Download mode incase after jigg i would definately make situation more worse
is it repairable, when i connect it with Cable i can see it is searching for drivers so its not completely gone i guess,
will service center guys will able to repair it??

xhizors111 said:
I am not thinking to use a jigg as even after i get into Download mode incase after jigg i would definately make situation more worse
is it repairable, when i connect it with Cable i can see it is searching for drivers so its not completely gone i guess,
will service center guys will able to repair it??
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Yes, offcouse.
Just let them be unaware of you knowing about root/cwm etc. just act dumb. If they get to know your warranty is already void, they will charge you money for repairing it.

Follow what bruce says..
Tell them u got an update in kies nd this happened
** rooting is new for me,
nd i am a noob to root....**

They said Board is damaged
They are saying board is damaged!
price to repair it is more than its second hand value in market
i took it from their and brought it home
i remember before giving them when i connect usb cable to it unknown device found is detected but now its not even showing that
i am developer guy so not a completely noob
i want to repair it not to replace its body parts
can someone help
please!

Please anyone!!
or do refer any book!

xhizors111 said:
They are saying board is damaged!
price to repair it is more than its second hand value in market
i took it from their and brought it home
i remember before giving them when i connect usb cable to it unknown device found is detected but now its not even showing that
i am developer guy so not a completely noob
i want to repair it not to replace its body parts
can someone help
please!
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The last 'n' only hope left is this:-
Install ur phone specific driver on pc.
1. Take out battery, sim & sd card.
2. Open odin.exe on pc.
3. After this, connect the phone via USB cable to PC(yes! without battery,sim & sd card)
4. Press the download mode combo keys.
5. While keep pressing all those keys, insert the battery now.
6. Now, odin should detect ur phone so that u may get it updated with stock firmware.
And if this also doesn't work, then bro u might have lost it at all
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Amazon Blu R1 HD [Firmware] [Restore] [Unbrick] [Unroot]

How to Firmware Restore the Amazon Blu R1 HD
With the Help of many of you at XDA we have put together a working scatter file and I have pulled the Firmware from the device so that we can now restore this phone.
View attachment 3826922
STEPS TO RESTORE DEVICE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ADS AND OTA UPDATES WORKING AGAIN
1. Download SP_Flash_Tool_BLU_R0010UU_V6.4_Firmware.zip
2. Extract the SP_Flash_Tool_BLU_R0010UU_V6.4_Firmware.zip to your desktop. Note 7zip is great to extract files.
3. lauch Flash_tool.exe
4. select scatter-loading and browser to load MT6735_Android_scatter_R1_HD_Amazon.txt
5. click download button to start.
6. now plug your phone into the computer. to boot the device to preloader and start the flash. You can do it two ways: 1. power off the phone and flash will start or 2. From a powered off stat power on the device while plugged into the computer. either way will start the sp flash tool.
7. once the flash is complete you can unplug the device and reboot it with the power button. Congrats you have fully restored your Amazon Blu R1 HD. Bonus you have also enabled bootloader unlocking if you want it.
Tutorial Video with all the steps need to restore.
NOTE: This has been fully tested on the Amazon R1 HD 16GB model but should work on the 8gb also.

You're the man!

Hi, I keep getting this error:
BROM ERROR: S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL(0x13BE)
[EMI]Obtain DRAM Failed!
[HINT]:
Please check your load matches to your target which is to be downloaded
Do you have any idea how to fix it? Thanks.

Dude this doesnt work for me.
When I plug in my phone, a popup from Flash tools comes up saying, "PMT changed for the ROM; it must be downloaded."
Then what?

johnsmithsir12 said:
Dude this doesnt work for me.
When I plug in my phone, a popup from Flash tools comes up saying, "PMT changed for the ROM; it must be downloaded."
Then what?
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EDIT - DO NOT USE THE DOWNLOAD+FORMAT MODE EVER ON THE R1, IT WILL RESULT IN A BRICK, IT MAY WORK ON OTHER MTK MODELS, BUT EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN IT WILL BRICK THE R1 HD!!!! DOWNLOAD ONLY IS THE ONLY SAFE METHOD!!
Occurs if the names or addresses of the blocks in the scatter differ from the table inside the phone (PMT).
Thats not good, i suggest maybe checking the scatter file making sure its not currupt... Or try the following alternate solution....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/guide-convert-to-prime-rollback-ota-t3432499
This also seems to be a solution,but perhaps more dangerous last ditch effort maybe?? The video is for a different MTK SoC, but from what what im reading it's the same technique across the MTK lineup..
Perform at your own discretion, not responsible for bricked devices....

kal250 said:
Occurs if the names or addresses of the blocks in the scatter differ from the table inside the phone (PMT).
Thats not good, i suggest maybe checking the scatter file making sure its not currupt... Or try the following alternate solution....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/guide-convert-to-prime-rollback-ota-t3432499
This also seems to be a solution,but perhaps more dangerous last ditch effort maybe?? The video is for a different MTK SoC, but from what what im reading it's the same technique across the MTK lineup..
Perform at your own discretion, not responsible for bricked devices....
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I rooted my phone via this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/twrp-how-to-root-t3425677
Keep in mind, only "recovery" was checked and nothing else.

yujiba said:
Hi, I keep getting this error:
BROM ERROR: S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL(0x13BE)
[EMI]Obtain DRAM Failed!
[HINT]:
Please check your load matches to your target which is to be downloaded
Do you have any idea how to fix it? Thanks.
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Try this: http://onlinejobwithoutanyinvestment.com/sp-flash-tool-errors-fix-brom-error/
Format your phone, but not the bootloader, and then try reflashing

We're seeing reports of this bricking phones. If you are considering trying it, don't! If you have bricked your phone, please join our Hangout right here and cooperate with us to find the cause of the brick and a way to unbrick it!
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ColtonDRG said:
We're seeing reports of this bricking phones. If you are considering trying it, don't! If you have bricked your phone, please join our Hangout right here and cooperate with us to find the cause of the brick and a way to unbrick it!
Join the conversation on Hangouts: https://hangouts.google.com/group/Q5wGs6508l1rqGng2
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The format method, i stumbled upon, i just added as a last ditch effort, I'm not sure whats causing the errors to begin with. The scatter addresses all still match the block addresses mapped in the new OTA, so that theory is shot, im not sure what else could be going on.

If SPFT WON'T FLASH
1. Power off your phone.
2. Hold the power and volume up buttons then choose "recovery" from the menu that shows up.
(volume buttons = up/down, power button = ok/select)
3. Now choose power off.
Doing the above makes sure your phone is COMPLETELY shut off, windows can find your phone, and SPFT will be able to flash it.
I believe that, when you use "power off", from within android, it actually puts the phone in some type of suspend or hibernation mode. I say this because you can hit the power button and it will boot very quickly after powering off within android, but from recovery it takes longer to boot. This was the case with mine.
Your only other option is to let the battery completely drain, then try SPFT.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE GUYS THAT ROOTED THIS SUCKER AND UNLOCKED IT! GREAT WORK! ???? :good:

burnanator said:
If SPFT WON'T FLASH
1. Power off your phone.
2. Hold the power and volume up buttons then choose "recovery" from the menu that shows up.
(volume buttons = up/down, power button = ok/select)
3. Now choose power off.
Doing the above makes sure your phone is COMPLETELY shut off, windows can find your phone, and SPFT will be able to flash it.
I believe that, when you use "power off", from within android, it actually puts the phone in some type of suspend or hibernation mode. I say this because you can hit the power button and it will boot very quickly after powering off within android, but from recovery it takes longer to boot. This was the case with mine.
Your only other option is to let the battery completely drain, then try SPFT.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE GUYS THAT ROOTED THIS SUCKER AND UNLOCKED IT! GREAT WORK! ???? :good:
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Never occurred to try that, curse this trend of non removable batteries anyways -_-

kal250 said:
Never occurred to try that, curse this trend of non removable batteries anyways -_-
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Yup. That's why i tried it. This is the first phone i have had with a non-removable battery.

johnsmithsir12 said:
Dude this doesnt work for me.
When I plug in my phone, a popup from Flash tools comes up saying, "PMT changed for the ROM; it must be downloaded."
Then what?
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I just saw your other thread you started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/question-restoring-to-factory-default-t3440059
And now I see why you had this error. You have the 8gb version not the 16gb. So this method uses the wrong scatter file for you phone. Please update the forum if you still have the phone and need assistance. There are some commands that you can run in adb to see the partition sizes and then with that the scatter file can be adjusted for your phone

sorry for being off topic here but i really need to know if its possible to unlock more 4g bands , in my contry they don't release the infomation of what bands the providers work so its a guessing game, since i got this phone i purchased the 4g sim card , even with the band 12 update still stuck at 3g , even with proper 4g apn still stuck at 3g wich i came to a conclusion that the 4g bands from the Blu R1 HD are not the same as my providers...in conclusion can it be done ( open up more bands to see wich band will get me the 4g) and if so please explain to me how i can do so please.

This worked for me, but I had to factory reset after because OTA was still detecting root.

Help me!
hello, I do all the steps but remains in the logo and reboots

THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH 8GB/1GB version :'(

Hello,
I just want to unroot my Blu R1, what should I do?

DOA Bricked
Any hope for an R1 which will now not even power up?

This will not work on any of the latest versions. My model is a 2GB/16GB - I was on Coltons root and tried this to go back to stock with my phone now stuck in boot loop.
Do not use this method.

Samsung tab A 9.7 SM-P 555 hard/soft bricked

Hello everyone,yesterday i was trying to create swap memory for my rooted tablet using sd card.
I completed three partitions successfully fat32,ext3 and swap.
Then i installed busybox and used swapper...checked the option to create swap at bootup in swapper.
Everything was running well until i rebooted my tablet
It just crashed,now the tablet wont go in download mode nor does it shows the charging icon even if plugged for 4-5 hours.
I had purchased it in new Zealand so the warranty is not covered in india.service centre is not able to repair it even if i pay becuse they dont have the rom and spare parts for this model.I told them i have the rom they still dont agree.Is this a hardware problem or software issue ?
The only option for me would be to courier it to nz and then it would cost me 10000 rs in total..can anyone help me out.many of the repair personnel said they could do it for 3000 rs but i have this strong feeling that they would replace the original parts with fake chinese one even if they are in working condition.
If any one can give me a working procedure step by step and i am able to get my tab to work,i will be really thankful and gift 3000 rs in his/her bank account.
Tab is 9.7 spen Lte version
Thank-you
Manav Sharma

manavsharma875 said:
Hello everyone,yesterday i was trying to create swap memory for my rooted tablet using sd card.
I completed three partitions successfully fat32,ext3 and swap.
Then i installed busybox and used swapper...checked the option to create swap at bootup in swapper.
Everything was running well until i rebooted my tablet
It just crashed,now the tablet wont go in download mode nor does it shows the charging icon even if plugged for 4-5 hours.
I had purchased it in new Zealand so the warranty is not covered in india.service centre is not able to repair it even if i pay becuse they dont have the rom and spare parts for this model.I told them i have the rom they still dont agree.Is this a hardware problem or software issue ?
The only option for me would be to courier it to nz and then it would cost me 10000 rs in total..can anyone help me out.many of the repair personnel said they could do it for 3000 rs but i have this strong feeling that they would replace the original parts with fake chinese one even if they are in working condition.
If any one can give me a working procedure step by step and i am able to get my tab to work,i will be really thankful and gift 3000 rs in his/her bank account.
Tab is 9.7 spen Lte version
Thank-you
Manav Sharma
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Take the card out. Ensure the device is plugged in to mains. Hold POWER + VOL DOWN + HOME until the device restarts and you see download mode.
Reflash the stock firmware.

ashyx said:
Take the card out. Ensure the device is plugged in to mains. Hold POWER + VOL DOWN + HOME until the device restarts and you see download mode.
Reflash the stock firmware.
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It wont go in download mode with buttons and even with the samsung 3000 tool for pc..please help

manavsharma875 said:
It wont go in download mode with buttons and even with the samsung 3000 tool for pc..please help
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How long are you holding for?

I am holding the button combination for 7-10 seconds

manavsharma875 said:
I am holding the button combination for 7-10 seconds
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Maybe a bit longer.
If still no response then you may have to disconnect and reconnect the battery.
Are you sure you didn't format the internal storage? How did you format.
Also you didn't answer my query about Windows.

I can not find anything you asked about windows ..i used mini tool parition to create partitions on sd card using windows 7...i am sure i didnt format the internal storage...

manavsharma875 said:
I can not find anything you asked about windows ..i used mini tool parition to create partitions on sd card using windows 7...i am sure i didnt format the internal storage...
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I could've sworn I asked if windows detected the device, but can't see it? [emoji54]
Also you're saying the device crashed. Are you certain it didn't actually just die because the battery was depleted?
I would certainly be trying a different mains charger before condemning the tablet.

Windows not able to detect device.a baloon pops up saying installing drivers and a few seconds later drivers couldnt be installed...

manavsharma875 said:
Windows not able to detect device.a baloon pops up saying installing drivers and a few seconds laters drivers couldnt be installed...
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So it's not completely dead otherwise windows wouldn't detect at all.
What does device manager detect the device as?

The device is not visible on the list i dont have my own laptop here in mumbai...

manavsharma875 said:
The device is not visible on the list i dont have my own laptop here in mumbai...
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Then it seems your last option is to remove the battery.

I have removed the battery and plugged it again with chipset ..i am taking about the plug that you see with four wires when you remove the back cover.

How can i install the recovery twrp .The thing that flashes a rom or brings download mode into action.. What is it called?

manavsharma875 said:
How can i install the recovery twrp .The thing that flashes a rom or brings download mode into action.. What is it called?
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You can't flash anything until you can access download mode. You can only access download mode using the 3 button combo.

Is there a way to reinstall the download mode?

manavsharma875 said:
Is there a way to reinstall the download mode?
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Unfortunately not.

Samsung S10 + bootloop ERASE FAIL: READ ONLY

Samsung S10 + SM-F975F/DS IMEI stating Taiwan (Update: Very contradicting information if the phone is Snapdragon OR Exynos) if it even matters to solve the issue I dont know
Owner of the above since 2019 without issues; USB debugging mode activated in 2019 and never changed since then.
Samsung always updated which I assume the UI 3 Android got updated in January of my vague memory/recollection (honestly never paid attention of what is being updated, only that the phone needs to be on charge while doing ANY update)
Issue: phone in constant bootloop every 4 minutes with top message in red color "ERASE FAIL: READ ONLY" see photo attached
Cause: happened 4 days ago: Watched video stream on chrome browser; phone froze and applied a 10sec. power shut off (never had to do that before, 1st time)
Investigation:
I tried (found out by doing so) to interrupt the bootloop with pressing Power button and same time Volume Down Button in order to restart it and follow the following commands found on the internet as per UI 3 update:
Recovery Mode as followed does nothing:
Hold the Power button of your device till the power menu pops up and select Power Off. = does not apply as in bootloop
Wait for your device to turn off completely. = it does never turn off completely UNLESS I press Power button and same time Volume Down Button und plug into USB C Data cable of which the charging circle with the lightening strike appears without any percentage % of which photo is attached (phone charge can keep up with its bootloop in order to avoid battery drainage as there is no % indication)
Plug-in a USB-C data cable connected to your PC or USB-C earphones in your device. = I start from here whenever the phone restarts every 4 minutes or whenever I do it manually by pressing the buttons as I described in point 2.
Now, check if your device has a Bixby Button (Such as Galaxy S10/Note10):
Without Bixby Button: Press Volume Up + Power Button for a few seconds.
With Bixby Button: Press Volume Up + Bixby Button + Power Button for a few seconds
After the above steps, you will boot into Recovery mode.
Download Mode as followed does nothing: IT DOES WORK NOW you need to be very fast before the phone starts (recovery mode does not work)
Make sure you have a USB cable connected to the computer
Then press and hold the Volume Down and Bixby buttons at the same time
Continue holding these two buttons down while you insert the USB cable that is connected to the PC
Recovery Mode before update instructions as followed does nothing:
Step 1: Start by turning off your Galaxy S10.
Step 2: After it’s powered down, press and hold Volume Up button and Bixby button (this is the button underneath the volume buttons in case you didn’t know).
Step 3: Without letting go of the Volume Up and Bixby buttons, press and hold the Power button.
Step 4: As soon as your device turns on, let go of the Power button.
Step 5: After you see a blue screen, let go of the remaining two buttons. Now you are in Recovery mode.
Download Mode before update instructions as followed does nothing:
Step 1: Turn off your Galaxy S10.
Step 2: When it’s turned off, press and hold the Volume Down button and Bixby button.
Step 3: Without letting go of the two buttons, press and hold the Power button.
Step 4: You will get into Download Mode.
Have tried all the above methods several times the past 4 days.
Have drained the battery in terms of keeping the phone in bootloop resulting in no power.
Unhooked the battery by means of removing the rear panel and unhooking the battery cable for more then 15minutes and repeat the 4 different methods
Unhooked the mainboard from various connections and put together and repeat the 4 different methods
No indications in Windows 10 Device manager
Questions, doubts and thoughts:
Is it possible in this state to access with ADB of a professional in order to perhaps clear the cache, resolve the issue without having access to recovery mode?
Should I simply try to purchase a new battery even though I never had any battery issues?
I am aware that a motherboard change will resolve it to the cheapest way possible but as I like to save the data such as different accounts this is not an option besides the phone is physically in good condition (never went under water or dropped). maybe to unsolder the flash memory onto a new mainboard as recovery mode might be part of the processor where the RAM is saved.
Any way to drain the entire phone further which may resolve the issue without loosing data. Similar in removing a CMOS battery on a PC mainboard and using a jumper.
Willing to pay and currently living in Europe.
UPDATE: Odin firmware performed by skilled professional member of xda forum, but still not working. EMMC issue which needs to be addressed with ISP in order to fix the issue. unfortunately I was told by local professionals that they do not have the tools for it. Therefor I wonder if someone knows someone who knows someone who can be of help. Location is Spain but Europe would also work.
UPDATE2: Got the phone back from technician who has experience with ISP but still same Error remains as to his conclusion that this is not an Exynos phone of which he has not the hardware tool to fix it and probably no one in Europe will have it.
Thank you very much in advance

Sorry... my english not so good...
so the point is whether you can enter recovery or download mode or not ?

Vuska said:
Sorry... my english not so good...
so the point is whether you can enter recovery or download mode or not ?
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I am able now to enter download mode.

snakebite3 said:
I am able now to enter download mode.
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and do you able to flash stock again ? (newest one, because we cant downgrade the bootloader)...

Vuska said:
and do you able to flash stock again ? (newest one, because we cant downgrade the bootloader)...
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Thank you for following up.
these ones were tried out:
Samfw.com_SM-G975F_DBT_G975FXXS9DTI8_fac
Samfw.com_SM-G975F_DBT_G975FXXU9FUCD_fac
Samfw.com_SM-G975F_XSG_G975FXXU9FUBD_fac
I am not sure but that person who helped me remotely may explain better

According to technician its Qualcomm Snapdragon which can only be fixed with the right tools. Not in europe.
I been getting different information and do require some expertise if someone can please help me

any further advice, input or suggestion?

I also Own Samsung S10+.
its showing the same thing.
tried Flashing Via Odin it failed.
Tried to enter Recovery Mode but also failed to enter recovery mode.

OMG. I thought I was the only one in the world. I sent it yesterday to a data recovery technician to see what they will do since according to some insider in order to recover the data they would have to access the phone and fix the boot of which the problem get solved itself since they can not remove the memory chip itself as it would get ruined. They will diagnose the problem first before they do anything. Obviously a mainboard change would be the easiest but thats not an option.
Was your phone also updated to UI Android 3.0?
How did it happen if I may ask?
I wont give up since my phone is physically totally fine.

Update from a data recovery company its communication:
What we tried to do in order to recover your device's data was to load through the phone's bootloader (in Download Mode) a software agent that allows us (in some cases) to transfer the data stored in the data partition. This software agent has been developed by us together with some of our partners and as we are sure you will understand we cannot give you more details about what this particular software does or how it does it, since this information is covered by professional and business secrecy.
In this case the phone's firmware was damaged to a degree that made it impossible for the information to be accessed with this software.
At this moment, we doubt the data could be recovered by any software available now in the market. That's our opinion, but you can of course send it to other companies to see if they can recover it.
Since I am not the only one anymore with the same issue I recommend for people to come forward in order to get help

So far there is a tool needed to reprogram EMMC but I dont know which tool neither do I know where to find that person with this knowledge

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So far there is a tool needed to reprogram EMMC but I dont know which tool neither do I know where to find that person with this knowledge
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Your device is powered by Snapdragon or Exynos?

LinhBT said:
Your device is powered by Snapdragon or Exynos?
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I honestly dont know anymore since numerous people said contradicting things.
I am under the impression it is Exynos as of the research of the model SM-G975F/DS

Need to know exactly if it's Snap or not. If it is, then there're 2 options you can try.
1. Ask some one have the same device model as you, do a ROM dump ( you can google for more detail ). Once you got that, I can share with you the tool needed for restore your device from that dump.
2. Try find your device's Factory Images ( similar to Fastboot ROM, but a little different ), and an authenticated prog of your SoC ( this I can share too if you choose this option ) then boot your device into EDL mode by using fastboot2EDL script ( on Git, you can google too ) then use QFIL ( one tool in QPST Tools by Qualcomm ) and force flash the images into the device.
So far as my experience and understanding, there're only these 2 solutions to fix your device ( if it's Snap powered ).

According to the seller: "The phone is Taiwanese version and CPU should be Exynos 9820"
Maybe someone can help me please.. still

If its Exynos powered, then I have no solution for it. Sorry bro!!!

LinhBT said:
If its Exynos powered, then I have no solution for it. Sorry bro!!!
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Thank you for your reply.
Can you please explain me why and who I should be looking for.

Anyone has knowledge how to fix this issue, please? USA based

LinhBT said:
Need to know exactly if it's Snap or not. If it is, then there're 2 options you can try.
1. Ask some one have the same device model as you, do a ROM dump ( you can google for more detail ). Once you got that, I can share with you the tool needed for restore your device from that dump.
2. Try find your device's Factory Images ( similar to Fastboot ROM, but a little different ), and an authenticated prog of your SoC ( this I can share too if you choose this option ) then boot your device into EDL mode by using fastboot2EDL script ( on Git, you can google too ) then use QFIL ( one tool in QPST Tools by Qualcomm ) and force flash the images into the device.
So far as my experience and understanding, there're only these 2 solutions to fix your device ( if it's Snap powered ).
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Hi mate, My phone is Snapdragon powered..
My problem is almost similar.. But not exactly.. After almost 2 months I am not able to find a solution.. But after this period of researching and googling about things related to my problem.. I feel now, either any one of the following is the cause of problem:
1. Emmc is stuck or locked in read-only mode `(Can move files from pc , delete already present files anywhere in any directory, but all changes vanish after reboot... all file and directory structure remain intact- moved files from pc gets deleted.. and deleted files which were already present come back after reboot )
2. Corrupted /data and /cache partition, as e2fsck in twrp terminal results shows "filesystem still has errors" and "e2fsck: unable to set superblock flags on /dev/block/mmcblk0p** ) in both these file system (I think they are preventing flashing procedures- Odin stock firmware flashes and twrp custom ROM flashes both are successful, but after reboot no changes can be seen... - Even Recovery.img and boot.img flashes don't seem to work even both are shown successfully flashed in twrp) After reboot current version twrp boots again instead of newly flashed different version recovery.img ... same with boot.img even after running magisk uninstaller zip files.. running uninstall.zip 2nd or 3rd time also shows magisk patched image detected in log which should be removed in 1st iteration itself..
3. Might be magisk is preventing these changes to be made.. or It might be the /System_root creation as mountpoint for system partition which used to be previously /system normally. This might be the superblock creation which not used to be there
My Samsung's twrp and Download Mode seems to be working but no changes made by them even after successful operations by both.
Can you suggest anything? You can look my thread as to get even more detailed overview of what's happening and whatever I'have tried here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...t-not-changing-anything-after-reboot.4462639/
You can see my attachments in my above thread to see my directory structure of system_root and my download mode pictures and odin system ROM flash pictures.

LinhBT said:
Need to know exactly if it's Snap or not. If it is, then there're 2 options you can try.
1. Ask some one have the same device model as you, do a ROM dump ( you can google for more detail ). Once you got that, I can share with you the tool needed for restore your device from that dump.
2. Try find your device's Factory Images ( similar to Fastboot ROM, but a little different ), and an authenticated prog of your SoC ( this I can share too if you choose this option ) then boot your device into EDL mode by using fastboot2EDL script ( on Git, you can google too ) then use QFIL ( one tool in QPST Tools by Qualcomm ) and force flash the images into the device.
So far as my experience and understanding, there're only these 2 solutions to fix your device ( if it's Snap powered ).
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any tips here?
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