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Hi All,
After a failed firmware upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S was Hard Bricked, black screen usb jig not working. I sent it off to Samsung for repairs & they contacted me yesterday saying the mainboard needs to be replaced with a cost of $575.00, Does this sound right. Its my fault as i think i flashed the wrong firmware by accident. Does anybody know of a way to get it up & running again, Could it be fixed with a RIFF box or something else. I dont really want to spend that price when i can get a new Galaxy for $350.00
Have you tried flashing an alternate firmware? Are you able to access download mode?
I guessed I am very lucky. I had the exact same problem as you previously. Flashed the one-click Captivate. Samsung replaced my motherboard, but for free under warranty.
Almost certainly NOT!! It is very unlikely that you have hard bricked your phone beyond the reach of Odin. The SGS has two bootloaders and both have to be corrupt or missing to fully hard brick your phone.
Research these topics here in xda to find out: recovery, 3-button not work and solution, and a download mode jig.
**Simply Honey3.5, GTO beta7 kernel 1.3ghz, BUJV9 modem**
No cant access download mode whatsoever Black screen, the usb jig wont even get it into download mode, i think the boot file is corrupt
There are some guys working on a fix for bricked phones (see the "lets save some bricks thread" in this forum).
However, if Samsung say it needs a new board then it doesn't sound too hopeful...
Equally, if it really did need a new board, I think you should be able to present a pretty good case for it being a Warranty repair... (Since these phones are so unbrickable)... Therefore it would be virtually impossible for the damage to have been caused by you... Unless you did something really stupid!
I'd keep an eye on the other thread as they may find a solution soon.
The other option would be to see if different Samsung Service Centre have you a different verdict!
Mike
Garbled meaning induced by swype when posting from XDA app on SGS I9000.
Here was my situation: when trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so I decided to gather all the right sources in one place.
The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way I think makes the most sense, but read all of what I wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what I needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.
The Process
First thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.
To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
UPDATE: To clarify: fastboot is a completely separate (although closely related) piece of software from adb. If you do not have "fastboot.exe", download it from http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/ and follow the instructions there. Or, you can just download the full sdk from google which should include adb and fastboot. I recommend the second option, but my hard drive can take the hit. (thanks BonzTM)
UPDATE: If you get an error saying "The Program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer" you need to copy that file from platform-tools to tools, then it should work (thanks Jester1614).
If you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.
Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!
Disclaimer
Note: This is what I experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do I take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone I will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.
Worked great for me and saved me from the hassle of needing a new phone.
THANK YOU!
goblue13579 said:
here was my situation: When trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so i decided to gather all the right sources in one place.
The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way i think makes the most sense, but read all of what i wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what i needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.
the process
first thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.
To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
if you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.
Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!
disclaimer
note: This is what i experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do i take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone i will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.
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u saved my life/phone i love u son
Perfect Solution!
Thanks Thanks Thanks +1
So...question: Does this mean if you had to reflash and are currently unrooted, that you have to wait for z4root to show up in the market. Because it seems there is no way to root aside from that, and without root no usb, and no usb no adb
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So...question: Does this mean if you had to reflash and are currently unrooted, that you have to wait for z4root to show up in the market. Because it seems there is no way to root aside from that, and without root no usb, and no usb no adb
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Actually you can download it from the link I provided in my post to the xda page for it (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953). Scroll to the bottom of the first post and in the attached files there is a version that works. That's what I did, and then you can run the usb fixing commands. Then it's just reboot, re-root, and restore.
Hope this helps.
This thread needs more attention.
This needs to be stickied(sp?) and maybe added to the Development section where it would most likely be looked for first.
If I've helped you, hit the thanks button!
As you can see by my post count I can't put anything anywhere, so if someone wants to move it feel free.
goblue13579 said:
As you can see by my post count I can't put anything anywhere, so if someone wants to move it feel free.
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I re-worded your OP and posted it on another forum. I did credit you though. You are now famous.
Cool, thanks!
I wish I would have known this back in March when this happened to me! But then again my phone was S-ON and to get the USB fix to work you said you need root so I might have still been SOL.
brando56894 said:
I wish I would have known this back in March when this happened to me! But then again my phone was S-ON and to get the USB fix to work you said you need root so I might have still been SOL.
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That is what the z4 root is for. You dont need s-off, just root. The things are going to s-on by themselves when something is trying to write to the misc, thus the misc brick. PITA brick if ya ask me.
doug piston said:
That is what the z4 root is for. You dont need s-off, just root. The things are going to s-on by themselves when something is trying to write to the misc, thus the misc brick. PITA brick if ya ask me.
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Glad yall were able to make something of this. This is gonna save some people since warranties are finally running out. Hey Doug, I seen your thread over on AF. You did a very good job of writing that up.
Oh and thanks for the tiny little peace of credit, heh. Glad I could help 'point' the late and great dougpiston in the right direction on something, lol
wildstang83 said:
Glad yall were able to make something of this. This is gonna save some people since warranties are finally running out. Hey Doug, I seen your thread over on AF. You did a very good job of writing that up.
Oh and thanks for the tiny little peace of credit, heh. Glad I could help 'point' the late and great dougpiston in the right direction on something, lol
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Late and great is an over statement. I am just a user like most here. I appreciate you taking the time to reply to my PM. I have been out of the Inc game for some time now so a little direction was very helpful.
Like I said I knew what had to be done but ADB kept ****ting itself, as soon as I read the OP and to use a terminal emulator I slammed my head on my desk.
So simple, I was spending all my time trying to get ADB to run that the idea of the usb being borked hadn't even crossed my mine.
This thread really does deserve more credit and to OP good on ya son. Well done.
Thank you goblue13579, wildstang83 and Doug Piston! My phone is totally functional once again.
Odd timing how the problem happened only 2 days ago on my phone, and coincidentally, a fix was hashed out in the same time period after all this time of it being unfixable.
I owe you all a beer! Thanks again!
doug piston said:
Late and great is an over statement. I am just a user like most here. I appreciate you taking the time to reply to my PM. I have been out of the Inc game for some time now so a little direction was very helpful.
Like I said I knew what had to be done but ADB kept ****ting itself, as soon as I read the OP and to use a terminal emulator I slammed my head on my desk.
So simple, I was spending all my time trying to get ADB to run that the idea of the usb being borked hadn't even crossed my mine.
This thread really does deserve more credit and to OP good on ya son. Well done.
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Yea bud, even I use adb so much that I keep forgetting that there's emulators to use. Its just one of those things we never think about.
Even though it was really more dumb luck and excessive googling that got me to this solution, thanks! I'm glad my compilation has helped so many people. And honestly, it's the least I can do for all the help and goodies I've gotten from these forums and developers.
Happy modding!
What if the devise isn't rooted?
Let the phone sit for an hour with the battery out. Put the battery in after that, should be good
Sent from my 2.3.5 Incredible Obsession
Hi,
Something strange happened with my phone yesterday and I think it is worth sharing.
The Problem: I have an old USB JIG I made by myself about one year ago for using it with the Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000), it works like a charm for entering into download mode. But when I bought the SGS2 (GT-I9100) I noticed it didn't work, so I searched the forum and read that the new bootloader prevents it from working and erasing flash count or removing the infamous yellow triangle.
I know this have been addressed by other means. But yesterday my phone started acting weird and it turned out to be a problem in the phone's USB port making some sort of short circuit (Explanation in this thread, I'm not the only one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216163).
The funny part is that, when the phone was not working well, I had to remove the battery because it was unusable. And when I put the battery back, withouth touching any button, the phone started on download mode with a legend saying that the flash count has been erased, I rebooted the phone and the yellow triangle was gone also!
The point of my post is that something in the USB port made the phone think it had some kind of JIG connected which told it to erase the flash count and start the download mode. So I've come to think that there has to be another version of the USB JIG that works with out phone in the latest bootloader version!
I'm not very good with electronics, so I cannot investigate any further, but I leave my doubt in the community just in case someone wants to do some more research.
Hint: When this happened, the phone kept showing the car home icon in the status bar as if it was connected to some kind of dock
I hope this helps!
What rom were you and and did you flash the old bootloader at any time since you were using your phone?
yeah the old jig only took my phone to down mode thts it,but yes defo the fun i had is sparking the pins like wires + an _....lolyes i think ur right ,thers gota b an otha verson
bpivk said:
What rom were you and and did you flash the old bootloader at any time since you were using your phone?
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I9100UHK1 - Latest 2.3.4 unbranded for my country, the old JIG we all know doesn't work and no, I've never flashed the old bootloader, I was staring to become friends with the yellow triangle until it faded away
Flash the old bootloader, use the jig, flash the new bootloader again if you need to. Simple.
However, I recall seeing posts on here in November/December about a new USB jig that worked with the new bootloader. Don't know how that ended up or whether anyone had gotten hold of one of these (if they exist).
Edit to add - I've just sent the person I was discussing this 'new jig' with a couple of months ago a message to see if these things exist or not. I'll post here when I know either way.
MistahBungle said:
Flash the old bootloader, use the jig, flash the new bootloader again if you need to. Simple.
However, I recall seeing posts on here in November/December about a new USB jig that worked with the new bootloader. Don't know how that ended up or whether anyone had gotten hold of one of these (if they exist).
Edit to add - I've just sent the person I was discussing this 'new jig' with a couple of months ago a message to see if these things exist or not. I'll post here when I know either way.
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I know that flashing the old bootloader works, but the point of the thread is precisely that there must be another version of the JIG because the phone reseted the flash counter by itself because of the USB port problem, even though it has the new bootloader
using same firmware some time ago when i bought my phone, i try to use usb jig with the new bootloader, but never happened what you said to me, i have to flash the oldbootloader, but if you're not the only one, that,s strange
I think noone understands. He managed to see the factory mode screen and erase the counter while having the new bootloaders (without a JIG, maybe shortcircuit). Can we suppose that a different JIG can activate this with the new bootloaders?
Edit: Sorry, MistahBungle seems to get it
tsinc said:
I think noone understands. He managed to see the factory mode screen and erase the counter while having the new bootloaders (without a JIG, maybe shortcircuit). Can we suppose that a different JIG can activate this with the new bootloaders?
Edit: Sorry, MistahBungle seems to get it
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Exactly! maybe I didn't manage to give a good explanation.
By the way, I've seen that screen three different times while the problem on the phone existed, so It's not just a concidence, there HAS to be a new JIG version, we just need to figure out. I'm guessing that we need to short circuit some cable with resistors like the original JIG, maybe a different resistance is needed?
New JIG
I remember over-reading a conversation between Odia ( I think) and someone regarding a resistance-switching JIG that can erase it, but I never caught what exactly was required.
If we can find out I'd like to make one, I might have a play with some rheostats later and see if I can figure it out.
May also have something to do with the order things are done as well. The OP inserted the battery at the time the reset occurred. Maybe switching off alone is not enough but a new jig needs installing with the battery out, then the battery replaced.
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alias_neo said:
I remember over-reading a conversation between Odia ( I think) and someone regarding a resistance-switching JIG that can erase it, but I never caught what exactly was required.
If we can find out I'd like to make one, I might have a play with some rheostats later and see if I can figure it out.
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That conversation will help you.
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That conversation will help you.
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Basically this is what I remember when a firmware is being flashed the USB cable should have the same resistance on the same pin as the jig now.
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OK. Allegedly (and I can't emphasise this enough), this works with the 'new' bootloader on the SGS2. Yes, I realise the description/title says I9000, I'm just relaying what I was told by someone else (who hasn't bought/tried one of these BTW).
I guess it's a case of who in this thread can't be arsed flashing the old bootloader or using Triangle Away & wants to fork out 2.5 quid to test it out.
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That conversation will help you.
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It was Chainfire and Odia in CF's TriangleAway thread, but neither of them actually mentioned what it was, just at hint at it.
Anyone care to share?
MistahBungle said:
OK. Allegedly (and I can't emphasise this enough), this works with the 'new' bootloader on the SGS2. Yes, I realise the description/title says I9000, I'm just relaying what I was told by someone else (who hasn't bought/tried one of these BTW).
I guess it's a case of who in this thread can't be arsed flashing the old bootloader or using Triangle Away & wants to fork out 2.5 quid to test it out.
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I have one of those cables and can confirm, it does NOT work on the new boot loader.
Thanks That rules that bit of kit out then.
mrm1 said:
I have one of those cables and can confirm, it does NOT work on the new boot loader.
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I suppose by using mobile odin to flash we'll never need a jig again?
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rwc3b said:
I suppose by using mobile odin to flash we'll never need a jig again?
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I guess with chainfires hot fix you would not need mobile odin or jig ... if sammy keeps as they are in there future releases of ICS
Just to clear things up
The original JIG does not work on the latest bootloader. My state is that there may be a new version of the JIG which may work based on what I've found.
I know there are many methods like flashing the old bootloader, using Triangle Away, or flashing by mobile odin, I just opened this thread in order to share something I have found by mistake on my phone and maybe useful for others.
When I first made the JIG for the original SGS was because the device had download mode disabled and the only way to access it was by calling 'adb reboot download'. But then a flashing procedure failed and all that could save the brick was the JIG. I know this is not the case with the SGS2 but I thought it may be interesting to share and investigate
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My N4 is from PlayStore USA, and I live outside of US. A few days ago I did a stupid mistake and flashed a wrong bootloader (please don't ask why - the embarrassment still hurts! ). The N4 is now totally dead - cannot be turned on, and won't boot no matter which sets of buttons I hold down.
I have been searching the net for solutions but have not found any simple enough (for me) solution. I read of several similar cases and the solution has been to send back to Google/LG. As I live outside of US, this isn't much of an option. I have also read about use of Gtag to unbrick devices but this is beyond my capability and this service is also not available in my country. Sending the N4 to my local LG service centre for repairs (there's no International warranty) is a last resort but I am not sure whether they have tbe tools and knowhow to unbrick my N4. They may not even want to get involved!
So I am writing in this forum to ask for help. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Why the hell would you even flash the bootloader manually?
Anyway, there was a thread recently about Qualcomm's debugging mode. However, you'll need the appropriate drivers and most likely other software for it to work.
I don't know if anyone actually got it working, though
I dont know why I did it too - just following wrong instructions ; out of sheer stupidity!
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download the quacomm usb high speed drivers and install them you might have to do have disk to install them in device manager. then doqnload the QPST qualcomm tool. this will allow you to flash phone images and other files here. It should pick your phone up in download state. Only problem now is that the Qualcomm tool only allows hex image files to be flashed. this is where i was stuck
Thanks for the qualcomm suggestion. I will look through it when I return to my home country in a week`s time. But from what you have described, the procedure seems too complex for me. I am also following the other `bricked Nexus 4` thread in this section which I was not aware of till yesterday. All indications are that my bricked Nexus 4 will be a total loss - LG in my country has told me that they will not touch my unit until Nexus 4 is officially launched in my country (that could be a couple of months away), and returning the unit back to Google USA will be extremely difficult, complex and cumbersome as I just learned that the unit has to be returned by the original purchaser from USA (I bought the N4 from a 3rd party in my country). Its an expensive mistake and I can only blame myself for the stupid mistake I made.
Thats how far i got with my bricked nexus thing was there was no images in hex to flash. the only thing i can think of is that you coulld try acking up a phone in QPST and the flash to bricked one. but you would need to enter the *# code to change usb on working phone to diagnostics
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Thats how far i got with my bricked nexus thing was there was no images in hex to flash. the only thing i can think of is that you coulld try acking up a phone in QPST and the flash to bricked one. but you would need to enter the *# code to change usb on working phone to diagnostics
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Not that simple. If you want, read this thread for some good info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359
What where you trying to flash?
Anyone tried succesfully?
Hello, I bought an SM-G900P on eBay. I realised to late that all european SIM cards are blocked by bootloader (?). In the end it was impossible for me to find a way unlock the phone. Is th ere a way by changing the mainboard to fix the problem?
beste regard, sufenta
my Apologies for a late reply.
Slow down..... Relax.....You can fix it.
OK, I have done these on my S5's. A sort of, YES... If you have never taken one of these apart , do all the searching you can. Some steps in taking these apart, Can be a real pain, so if you break it, you will need to replace it (e.g. Screen braking/cracking)
I didn't really get which one you need- 900F or 900F. You can get dam near any and all parts needed to actually build one.
With all that said, you need to get the actual information as to which one you need .
After all that .... Head over to Ebay.com and get to cell phone parts! Bam, lots to choose from. get what you actually need for your carrier.
Rebuild the phone. Insert Battery (hopefully, you have charged it prior to taking it apart)! See note below . Start Phone. Done!!
In short> After rebuild- Flash the latest Stock Firmware. Reboot. Profit.
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A MUST > > > > OK, Prior to doing all this work, You need to get the Stock Firmware. ( Sammobile.com )! Plus, you need Odin. ( Tink it is Odin13 at time of writing) and yes you need the USB Cable and a Computer. Basically, you need to Flash, the Stock Firmware once it has been rebuilt. If you need help or guidance, search the threads for Galaxy S5. it is all there. You can PM me, and I guide you to all that is needed.
Note 2- You might end up, with the wrong parts. Go back and read through Ebay - ( You got something, that was advertised for your needs, and it really is for something else , They can/will refund you $$ !!! (Just Saying, been there, Done that ! )
Hope this helps you.