Today, during the day I tried to unlock my phone but the screen didn't come on. I kept trying and nothing. I pop out the battery and put it back in and the phone automatically turns on (it did this every time i took out the battery and inserted it back in). I can use it just fine but i can't lock it either. Only way I can get it to lock is wait for the screen to timeout and i can only unlock it by awaking it through the charger or USB. I decided to go into recovery and the power button does not work in there as well. I'm currently running a rooted Evo with the Kinged Shooter ROM. I also have insurance. Can the power button just be busted or stuck or can this be related to software? Any suggestions as to what I can do other than taking it to a Sprint store?
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Today, during the day I tried to unlock my phone but the screen didn't come on. I kept trying and nothing. I pop out the battery and put it back in and the phone automatically turns on (it did this every time i took out the battery and inserted it back in). I can use it just fine but i can't lock it either. Only way I can get it to lock is wait for the screen to timeout and i can only unlock it by awaking it through the charger or USB. I decided to go into recovery and the power button does not work in there as well. I'm currently running a rooted Evo with the Kinged Shooter ROM. I also have insurance. Can the power button just be busted or stuck or can this be related to software? Any suggestions as to what I can do other than taking it to a Sprint store?
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Seems like its hardware, cyanogenmod has options to unlock with volume keys, also another to lock within the notification power Widgets. If you want to unroot drop the stock.img on your sdcard and apply the latest update unrooting your phone.
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Any suggestions as to what I can do other than taking it to a Sprint store?
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Go back in time and grab a version of your phone without the button issue. Don't worry about paradoxes because you'll just be creating an alternate timeline.
Don't understand the aversion to taking it to Sprint. Their repair people are nice, I promise.
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lithid-cm said:
Seems like its hardware, cyanogenmod has options to unlock with volume keys, also another to lock within the notification power Widgets. If you want to unroot drop the stock.img on your sdcard and apply the latest update unrooting your phone.
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Thanks for the response back. I would need to do this through recovery if I decided to unroot? If so, I can't select anything in recovery because the power button doesn't work in recovery at all either.
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Don't understand the aversion to taking it to Sprint. Their repair people are nice, I promise.
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I'd be glad to take it to Sprint to repair. I just want to see if I can get it repaired without having to pay some deductible. I believe my 1 year warranty is still good.
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Thanks for the response back. I would need to do this through recovery if I decided to unroot? If so, I can't select anything in recovery because the power button doesn't work in recovery at all either.
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No he means get the stock rom in pc36img.zip format and place it on the root of your sdcard. Then pull your batteru and hold vol down as it powers on. Then the bootloader will read the file and ask you if you want to apply the update. At that point you will use volume up to accept it will flash a stock rom back onto your phone. This is the unrooting process no recovery access is needed to perform this
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No he means get the stock rom in pc36img.zip format and place it on the root of your sdcard. Then pull your batteru and hold vol down as it powers on. Then the bootloader will read the file and ask you if you want to apply the update. At that point you will use volume up to accept it will flash a stock rom back onto your phone. This is the unrooting process no recovery access is needed to perform this
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Oh ok, does that work regardless of the way you rooted it?
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Oh ok, does that work regardless of the way you rooted it?
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It will only work if you were rooted prior to revolutionary. If you used revolutionary then you will need to find the thread where the guy modified the hboot to s-on his phone. I would link it but I'm on my phone. I will link it tomorrow if you haven't found it by then.
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If you just want a workaround, I believe tap tap app might work for you. You can set the proximity sensor to turn the phone off/on.
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It will only work if you were rooted prior to revolutionary. If you used revolutionary then you will need to find the thread where the guy modified the hboot to s-on his phone. I would link it but I'm on my phone. I will link it tomorrow if you haven't found it by then.
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I believe I used unrevoked one click root to root my phone so i'm thinking I can unroot it. When I unroot it, does the Splash screen go back to the white splash screen? I'm asking because I currently have a black splash screen and no matter what ROM i've ever flashed, it has not changed back to the white one.
I do have a few questions for you or for anyone else regarding repairs and replacements, if I have TEP the $8/month insurance, does that also cover repairs free of charge? I saw that their is repair insurance for $4 and loss and damage insurance for $5, I don't believe these options were available to me at time of purchase unless my $8 insurance covers both. Would I have to unroot for the repair or for a replacement if I am paying for insurance? I'm just thinking well if i'm paying for insurance and not using my warranty, rooted or unrooted should be fine, someone correct me if I am wrong. I know that undoubtedly I will have to take my phone to a Sprint store to have this issue fixed or replaced if I want to continue flashing ROMs. I'd just like to be prepared for when I do take it to Sprint.
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If you just want a workaround, I believe tap tap app might work for you. You can set the proximity sensor to turn the phone off/on.
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Thanks for the recommendation, i'm currently using a similar app by using the volume rocker to unlock the phone.
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I'd be glad to take it to Sprint to repair. I just want to see if I can get it repaired without having to pay some deductible. I believe my 1 year warranty is still good.
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If you have insurance, a repair that doesn't require replacement of any internal circuitry is free IIRC. At most it's like $35 bucks. From personal experience, I brought my EVO into repair centers twice; the first time they replaced my screen for free, the second they gave me a replacement battery cover and didn't even ask for my phone number.
The guys at my local repair center are pretty kick ass. Actually almost everyone at their stores except one that I've been into in San Antonio are pretty cool. The sales guy who got me to switch to Sprint in the first place offered to give me his email address so he could share tips on Android since I was a new convert at the time.
Yea you will be ok. The repair guys will take care of you and if they are cool like the ones by me I let them know I am rooted and they dont put me through the ringer. Just unroot it or if you can just take an OTA update if it allows you too and that will take care of unrooting it for you
My launch Evo power button is starting to crap out as well. It works for a stretch then doesn't respond, and its kinda recessed into the body of the phone. I'm trying to hold it together until the GSII comes, and I'm using the app No Lock as a work around. So Sprint please hurry with the release, thanks.
So i'm looking at different threads to unroot and i've been reading that i need to run the s-on tool (which I can't because I can't select it in recovery) from unrevoked and then run the RUU. Some say to just run the RUU. Which one is it? Also, I would like to unroot to a stock rom where I can still use the unrevoked one click root and not revolutionary if possible.
The manager at the local Sprint store here says they are allowed to repair rooted phones as long as it's not software related. So with it being a repair for the power button, you should be fine.
Have you gone to the store yet to see what they can do for you? You're acting like they are going to call the police on you if you bring a rooted phone in there. They are not in the clouds of what can be done with Android.
Typed on my CyanoSavaged SuperEvo.
I've been having the same issue on and off for a few months. Sometimes the power button will not work at all, other times it will, and sometimes it will only work if you press it VERY lightly, if you try to press it normally it will take it as if you were holding it down and the reboot menu pops up. When it decides it really wants to act up it drives me crazy. I'd have to set my screen to never turn off.
I was hoping I could just keep from throwing my Evo into a wall until the GSII comes to Sprint, but then I found out that the upgrade is off full retail price and not a 2-year contract price, even though they make you sign another 2-year. And I'm not about to pay $500 for a phone.
So if it keeps doing this I guess I'll just take it in to get serviced, I really don't think they will care if it's rooted as long as it's a hardware issue.
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I recently found out that my phone is hardware locked. I hear that people are getting theirs replaced because it's a defect. I tried to explain this where I got my phone about a month ago. No dice. They called up T-Mobile and I could not get a new phone. How did everyone get a replacement? Also, did you get brand new ones or refurbs? Thanks.
Just call tmobile directly. Don't tell them you bought it from someone else. Pretend as if you night it from them. I have gotten mine replaced even though I bought it from else where. The key us to sound like you know what you're talking about and to be persistent. You may get a no can do answer but call again and you'll eventually get a rep that erl return it right away cause they don't know what else to do. Btw always say you have already done a factory reset before they try to get you to do it.
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So I say that I already did a factory reset and want a replacement because I can't get into recovery mode?
just call them up and say that you can't do a hard reset and that the phone is defective... go to the tmobile store, they are a dealership and are privately owned, not by tmobile, so most of the time they'll just laugh in your face... CALL them
I wouldn't mention recovery mode. Id mention something like gps not working and you need a phone with gps for your job and that you paid for a phone and it said it had gps when it doesn't work. But still mention that you have done numerous factory resets with no success. They'll send you another. I'm getting my third one and after 3 replacements you get a upgrade to something else or you can continue with your phone.
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I wouldn't mention recovery mode. Id mention something like gps not working and you need a phone with gps for your job and that you paid for a phone and it said it had gps when it doesn't work. But still mention that you have done numerous factory resets with no success. They'll send you another. I'm getting my third one and after 3 replacements you get a upgrade to something else or you can continue with your phone.
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GPS isn't a "hardware" problem, its firmware related. Don't think that would work at all. They'll probably just redirect you to a new firmware update.
How can you tell if your phone is "hardware locked"?
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GPS isn't a "hardware" problem, its firmware related. Don't think that would work at all. They'll probably just redirect you to a new firmware update.
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Nah itll work cause I've gotten 2 replacements but saying that. Trust me I'd you get the right repo that doesn't know they will just replace it. Plus after saying you have done a factory reset they have no more troubleshooting steps on their script. Lol! Plus whether its hardware or software related the phone should work as advertised and if it doesn't then that's their fault
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I called tmo and told them I couldn't get into recovery using the vol up vol dow buttons and I want a replacement. The phone is supposed to be able to do this, therefore it is defective. They agreed and sent me a brand new phone. Recovery works flawlessly.
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I called tmo and told them I couldn't get into recovery using the vol up vol dow buttons and I want a replacement. The phone is supposed to be able to do this, therefore it is defective. They agreed and sent me a brand new phone. Recovery works flawlessly.
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told you that's all you had to do i did the same... the newer replacement phones that they are now sending out aren't hardware locked anymore, they finally fixed the problem in QC
That is weird. How come the recovery mode thing didn't work the first time? I think they might ask me why I would want to get into recovery mode. What do I say?
What about people who don't have contracts with them? Will they do it if I don't have a contract? That's highly doubtful.
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How can you tell if your phone is "hardware locked"?
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I found out by trying to get into recovery mode. I followed a bunch of different methods and none of them worked.
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So, I say I can't get into recovery mode and they'll agree to send me a new phone? When I send it back, do I do any kind of reset or leave it as is?
Yesterday, I fudged an install of a mod and got a bunch of TwLanuncher errors. My phone is hardware locked and after about an hour, Tmo decided to give me a new one. I simply told them and its true that I cant hard reset the phone. Only problem is that I cant flash back to stock either. Hope this isnt a problem...
Thanks everyone for posting this information, this will be very useful.
Was shipping free or not?
mmalott said:
Yesterday, I fudged an install of a mod and got a bunch of TwLanuncher errors. My phone is hardware locked and after about an hour, Tmo decided to give me a new one. I simply told them and its true that I cant hard reset the phone. Only problem is that I cant flash back to stock either. Hope this isnt a problem...
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I don't think T-Mobile will bother to check the contents of your phone. They'll just send it back to Samsung. And if Samsung discovers that your phone has custom firmware, they probably won't care either because the transaction was done already.
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That is weird. How come the recovery mode thing didn't work the first time? I think they might ask me why I would want to get into recovery mode. What do I say?
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That's what I want to know. They might ask why we want to enter recovery...
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That's what I want to know. They might ask why we want to enter recovery...
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Someone correct me if I am wrong here. Simply tell them that you cant hard reset the phone.
I think you guys are over estimating the technical-prowess of the T-Mob reps. They wouldn't know about 'recovery' modes, custom firmwares, or anything. Most of the time, they're gonna take what you say at face value; just go for the easy in. Just say your phone is hardware locked, unable to do factory resets, etc. and play dumb. You don't need to tell them about recoveries or custom roms. Pretend you're a technologically-impotent average consumer fer chrissakes.
Shipping is free unless you want express. But on your second replacement they ship it express for free
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Hi there,
I'd like to flash my phone back to stock because the volume up, 1, Q, A, FN, Shift keys are all not working. However, it looks like the first step in flashing back to stock is "enable download mode by holding down #1 and Power"
Well gee, that's impossible now . :-/ I was hoping to bring this into the sprint store to get a replacement... however when they see me running the Viper rom, I'm not sure how willing they are going to be..
Any ideas ?
Well my idea is this if you don't already have the insurance ... add it. Flash the stock rom threw clockwork and a kernal that doesn't interfere with the boot logo, then they won't even check in store if u go in for a keyboard problem.
But if you wanted to go all the way, break off one of the copper battery pins where the battery snaps in so the phone won't power on. Or apply a super small piece of scotch tape to them, and make sure its postioned where it can't bee seen easy, and the phone doesn't power on. Then go to the sprint store and say the phone will not turn on and for the past week or so before my keyboard keys bla bla bla have not been working.
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Comando156 said:
Well my idea is this if you don't already have the insurance ... add it. Flash the stock rom threw clockwork and a kernal that doesn't interfere with the boot logo, then they won't even check in store if u go in for a keyboard problem.
But if you wanted to go all the way, break off one of the copper battery pins where the battery snaps in so the phone won't power on. Or apply a super small piece of scotch tape to them, and make sure its postioned where it can't bee seen easy, and the phone doesn't power on. Then go to the sprint store and say the phone will not turn on and for the past week or so before my keyboard keys bla bla bla have not been working.
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Thanks for the ideas. I do have the full insurance on it. I'll try your first idea today!
Total protection $7.00 is what I have.
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Total protection $7.00 is what I have.
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Yeah I have that too, are they going to give me a fuss if I have a different ROM on it?
Well go figure........the keys are now working again......sigh. I didn't try to fix it at all on purpose.
I would odin back to stock and still go. To sprint store for replacement. And at my sprint store the guy didn't even power it on when I complained of screen wobble, or check for sd card. He just went to back room and grabbed another one. I suppose every store is different though, depending on how they follow rules.
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I just got mine replaced for one of the battery contacts breaking, for reals. So it's not an unheard of problem . They didn't give me any hastle, though they did try to turn in on.
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I would odin back to stock and still go. To sprint store for replacement. And at my sprint store the guy didn't even power it on when I complained of screen wobble, or check for sd card. He just went to back room and grabbed another one. I suppose every store is different though, depending on how they follow rules.
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That's how it went when I got a launc day hero that had the EvDO Rev. 0 bug and I went to trade it in for a "with google" hero. He just took I and went to the back and got an unopened box and handed it to me lol. He didn't even bother to take the sdcard out until I said somethiing lol
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J3ff said:
Hi there,
I'd like to flash my phone back to stock because the volume up, 1, Q, A, FN, Shift keys are all not working. However, it looks like the first step in flashing back to stock is "enable download mode by holding down #1 and Power"
Well gee, that's impossible now . :-/ I was hoping to bring this into the sprint store to get a replacement... however when they see me running the Viper rom, I'm not sure how willing they are going to be..
Any ideas ?
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I think you can use the command adb reboot download to put the phone in download mode.
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Comando156 said:
Well my idea is this if you don't already have the insurance ... add it. Flash the stock rom threw clockwork and a kernal that doesn't interfere with the boot logo, then they won't even check in store if u go in for a keyboard problem.
But if you wanted to go all the way, break off one of the copper battery pins where the battery snaps in so the phone won't power on. Or apply a super small piece of scotch tape to them, and make sure its postioned where it can't bee seen easy, and the phone doesn't power on. Then go to the sprint store and say the phone will not turn on and for the past week or so before my keyboard keys bla bla bla have not been working.
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... this is insurance fraud.
You can use clockworkmod to flash the stock di18 rom. After that, you can use clockworkmod to flash an update that restores the stock recovery. Both files are posted in the development section. I did this when I exchanged my wifes phone (the usb connection was broken so I couldn't odin) and didn't have any problems.
So my power button stopped working... even after recovered and even in the recovery utility itself.. Im going to take it to sprint.. anyone know if this is gonna cost me the 100 dollar deductible?.. or will it just be replaced?.. the phone itself is still in perfect condition.
That's a hardware defect, and is covered under the one year warranty. They should fix it for free. If they try to deny you, talk to a manager and tell them it's covered under the warranty.
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That's a hardware defect, and is covered under the one year warranty. They should fix it for free. If they try to deny you, talk to a manager and tell them it's covered under the warranty.
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might be a problem if he's rooted, unless he can unroot, which at this point would be impossible since he won't be able to flash s-on if it's currently set at s-off, but that's just a guess, though he could still run a RUU causing to loose root access, but would not fix it from being s-off.
Good luck though.
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So my power button stopped working... even after recovered and even in the recovery utility itself.. Im going to take it to sprint.. anyone know if this is gonna cost me the 100 dollar deductible?.. or will it just be replaced?.. the phone itself is still in perfect condition.
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I had this problem. start tapping it. eventually it will work. don't press too hard. Just keep pressing it.
Also, if you're going to unroot, make sure you give it a few seconds after you press it to see if it picked up the press. you don't want to accidentally press the wrong button.
tri0xinn said:
So my power button stopped working... even after recovered and even in the recovery utility itself.. Im going to take it to sprint.. anyone know if this is gonna cost me the 100 dollar deductible?.. or will it just be replaced?.. the phone itself is still in perfect condition.
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Same thing happened to me. I just threw a stock ruu on it and took it in yesterday. My replacement should be here tomorrow or Wednesday.
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I have a rooted evo and the other day is was face down in a bit of water on the table. The screen started to fail and has gone to black. The phone is able to power up but I am unable to tell if anything is working. Radioshack wouldnt repair it because they could tell it was rooted.
My thoughts are that since Radioshack could identify it as being rooted it must be functional and thus the display is the issue.
Im going to try returning it to Sprint repair store as well but feel that may fail. Can I unroot without use of the display?
I want to try replacing the lcd screen and maybe the glass as well. Is that the appropriate steps based upon what I know?
Any thoughts or input is greatly appreciated.
Seems like quite the predicament your in. If you have a HDMI cable for your evo and am running a kernel that supports full mirroring of your screen you may be able to navigate that way and possibly find a way to unroot. Or get the files needed to unroot the bootloader/recovery way and put them into a folder called "1" so you can blindly navigate amon recovery and they will be in the first folder.
Just talking suggestions out of my ass tho haha. Good luck
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Oh and I forgot to mention put the 1 folder on you sdcard haha but I think you would have figured that out
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Or do the ruu unroot method. Idk how either of these work so you may want to look into them.
Or you can just replace the screen yourself
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I will be taking it to Sprint one last time to see if they will replace screen as part of $35charge.
Otherwise i will try replacing the screen myself (hoping it is only the screen).
I raised a little hell over the cost of replacing the EVO and they offered it at 199 plus 130 one month credit with 2yr extension. Not bad but may wait for 3D.
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I will be taking it to Sprint one last time to see if they will replace screen as part of $35charge.
Otherwise i will try replacing the screen myself (hoping it is only the screen).
I raised a little hell over the cost of replacing the EVO and they offered it at 199 plus 130 one month credit with 2yr extension. Not bad but may wait for 3D.
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just run a RUU that should kill your root PS make sure your sd card is not in it
Thanks for all the help, put PC36IMG on sd and took it to a sprint repair center. 37.45 with tax and another EVO en route.
Hi, I just tried flashing an official froyo rom for Odin3 and it was a sucess, but after it suceeded, my phone just shut off on its own. I tried pressing the power button and nothing happens. I have also tried many methods such as taking out battery, hold volume down+up buttons, then plug usb and put back battery. Another method that I tried from my first hard-brick was holding the Volume up and power button then putting in back the battery which does not work on the second break. Are there any solutions other than using a JIG? Thanks for the responses and help.
The best way to fix it is to go to a T-Mobile store, tell them you flashed your phone to a custom rom and everything went perfect, until it rebooted. Then ask them to exchange it for a new vibrant at no charge even though you voided your warranty. Then ask them if they sell the jigs also because that might come in handy the next time you brick your vibrant.
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The best way to fix it is to go to a T-Mobile store, tell them you flashed your phone to a custom rom and everything went perfect, until it rebooted. Then ask them to exchange it for a new vibrant at no charge even though you voided your warranty. Then ask them if they sell the jigs also because that might come in handy the next time you brick your vibrant.
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The problem is I don't have warranty for this phone, I'm not sure if they would exchange it.
You didn't get it....hmmmm.
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You didn't get it....hmmmm.
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I would've got the warranty but my parents bought for me lol, the warranty cost alot when it first came out so my parents didn't want it
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I would've got the warranty but my parents bought for me lol, the warranty cost alot when it first came out so my parents didn't want it
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No, it's a lil more snarky than that--he was BS'ing you all the way.
JTAG might do the trick.
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No, it's a lil more snarky than that--he was BS'ing you all the way.
JTAG might do the trick.
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So they are no solutions on how to un-brick my phone other than jigging it?
Try removing everything and open ODIN , plug the usb cable in to your pc & phone... hold down the volume down & power button & put the battery in...just to make sure you tried all combinations...
In actuality, you should do the steps above but hold the volume up & down buttons and put the battery in to get to download mode.
You can also try and remove everything, have odin open, plug the usb into your pc only, hold the volume up&down buttons, put the battery in(keeping the buttons pressed) and then plug the usb into the phone.
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if you can't add to the conversation, then move along and stop bashing someone looking for help...just sayin..
I hard bricked my Vibrant about two months ago when I tried to odin the boot loaders and I didn't buy a warranty when I bought the phone. Samsung gives you a one year warranty on your vibrant from the day of purchase. Since Vibrants were released last July, you should still have the manufacturer's warranty. Just call up Samsung and tell them your phone didn't turn on after you tried updating to 2.2 from 2.1. They will have you send in it in and they'll fix it free of charge. As long as the phone is a true hard brick they won't know you messed with it since they won't be able to turn it on. This process worked for me.
Edit. Make sure you say that you tried updating through Kies.
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+1, to the reply above.
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I hard bricked my Vibrant about two months ago when I tried to odin the boot loaders and I didn't buy a warranty when I bought the phone. Samsung gives you a one year warranty on your vibrant from the day of purchase. Since Vibrants were released last July, you should still have the manufacturer's warranty. Just call up Samsung and tell them your phone didn't turn on after you tried updating to 2.2 from 2.1. They will have you send in it in and they'll fix it free of charge. As long as the phone is a true hard brick they won't know you messed with it since they won't be able to turn it on. This process worked for me.
Edit. Make sure you say that you tried updating through Kies.
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So Samsung automatically gives my Vibrant a one year warranty starting the day I bought it?
Yes. All new phones come with a one year warranty including Samsung phones.
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power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers