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My SGS died... Warrenty question

My SGS died yesterday, completely dead. Dont react to charging, nothing. I rooted it as soon as I bought it and used Darkyy ROM, but flashed it with samsungs stock 2.3.3 room after formating it a couple a days back.
Will Samsung be able to detect that I rooted it earlier? and refuse warrenty. It was not "rooted" at the time it died.
Best regards,
Edit: The "death" was unrelated to any flashing/rooting/installing. It was just lying on the table, when the screen got a bluish hue and then when I pulled the battery (wouldnt react) it was dead.

does it go in download mode or recovery mode ????

Nope, it wont react to anything. Absolutely no signs of life no matter what I do. Battery is charged, or at least it was when it died.

Warranty as Samsung have not released 2.3.3 its a custom rom .
No warranty chargeable repair .
Act dumb just say it died and hope for the best .
jje

JJEgan said:
Warranty as Samsung have not released 2.3.3 its a custom rom .
No warranty chargeable repair .
Act dumb just say it died and hope for the best .
jje
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I downloaded the firmware from samfirmware.com, I thought that was the original one. Ooopppsss :/
Crap, but I think this is a hardware failure.
Edit: This is from their site:
Q: When i use one of your firmwares and i flash my phone, do i lose my quarantee?
A: Yes and no, if you do it right there will be no problems about guarantee
but if phone get brick under flash you will lose it

PaAra said:
Edit: The "death" was unrelated to any flashing/rooting/installing. It was just lying on the table, when the screen got a bluish hue and then when I pulled the battery (wouldnt react) it was dead.
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first, can u get download/recovery modes at all
second have u tried the usb jig
now according to my understanding if the reason was hardware failure -as u suggest, it doesnt matter if u rooted the device or not as long as it is under the warranty time
so its their responsibility to repair it for u. having said that, if they could boot the device on its current situation they might start *****ing with u.
finally, my advise is to make sure that it is unrecoverable in any mean before sending it
hope that i helped & good luck

Just act really dumb. Dont tell them anything. Just say it just stopped working. If they ask you what firmware is on it ( which they wont but you never know) just say you updated a while back using KIES and you dont know what firmware it is, just that you think its the latest.
But if they dont ask anything, well dont tell them anything right

Valinorian said:
"Just act really dumb"...
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Shouldn't be to hard

PaAra said:
I downloaded the firmware from samfirmware.com, I thought that was the original one. Ooopppsss :/
Nothing to do with Samsung Original is as provided ny network phone supplier .
Crap, but I think this is a hardware failure.
Technically any non standard firmware invalidates warranty however in practice stock firmware seems to be OK but custom rom will be charged .However it would need to be the correct rom for the phone and Gingerbread has not been released by Samsung yet .
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I thought that 2.3.3 was briefly released on Kies, then pulled off again? I know it was only available in a few areas, and for a short time at that.... but that does mean that it is possible to have it legitimately. (can someone else confirm this memory is correct?)
Probably worth trying a jig if you want to be sure it isn't easily fixable. If that doesn't work, then you are probably looking at a new mainboard so current rom would be irrelevant.
(do a search on forums for jig... It is a USB plug with a resistor inside that switches unit into a special mode.)
But I'd think you were safe to send it in, with only a pretty low chance of them wanting to charge you.

xpcomputers said:
I thought that 2.3.3 was briefly released on Kies, then pulled off again? I know it was only available in a few areas, and for a short time at that.... but that does mean that it is possible to have it legitimately. (can someone else confirm this memory is correct?)
Correct but if you take a phone to be repaired under warranty how can a Nordic firmware release be valid in the UK or elsewhere .
Position with what we call stock rom is not very clear .
Buy a phone from Vodaphone they have adapted the firmware put stock on that and Vodaphone are within their rights to say you have tampered with the firmware no warranty . Samsung themselves would almost certainly honour the warranty .
Custom rom = no warranty full stop and flashing any form of firmware technically invalidates warranty if it could be proven .
Best user position is to have a backup of original firmware .
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And what do u mean by backup of your original firmware? spoof kies to instal the firmware based on your product code?

Just send it in and act dumb.. If it really is a serious hardware fault like you suggest, it's unlikely they would be able to find out what firmware you have installed anyway

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xpcomputers said:
I thought that 2.3.3 was briefly released on Kies, then pulled off again? I know it was only available in a few areas, and for a short time at that.... but that does mean that it is possible to have it legitimately. (can someone else confirm this memory is correct?)
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Correct but if you take a phone to be repaired under warranty how can a Nordic firmware release be valid in the UK or elsewhere .
Position with what we call stock rom is not very clear .
Buy a phone from Vodaphone they have adapted the firmware put stock on that and Vodaphone are within their rights to say you have tampered with the firmware no warranty . Samsung themselves would almost certainly honour the warranty .
Custom rom = no warranty full stop and flashing any form of firmware technically invalidates warranty if it could be proven .
Best user position is to have a backup of original firmware .
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My memory was that this firmware was released in UK briefly (not Nordic)... but my memory isn't perfect and I can't remember where I read that, so I could be wrong.
However, that isn't important in this case in my opinion (as you say, this would in theory only help with those in the UK or whichever country it was).
What is more important in this case, is if the hardware is failed to the point where the system won't power on, and needs a mainboard replacement..... then which firmware you have is probably irrelevant, as it is most likely they won't attempt to look. (It is admittedly a gamble though... but one I'd personally take in that scenario!)
Regarding stock firmwares from other countries other than your own, that is a greyer area, as you might still be covered, maybe someone knows better on Samsung's policy on that? Probably depends on how internationally minded they are... but my SGS is a UK unit because I'm from there, but I recently moved to NZ, so if I ever needed a warranty fix, would I have to send it back to the UK with a UK firmware on? Or could I take it here locally with a UK or NZ firmware? If I decided to put an NZ firmware on it, would it make a difference where I could get it repaired?
Beyond the Warranty, there is also consumer law in many countries, and I think if your hardware has failed, but you have an alternative firmware that can be shown to have no impact on the unit, you might still be able to get your unit fixed for free, if your firmware upgrade hasn't caused the mainboard or whatever to fail. Companies try to impose strict rules upon you to cover their backs (and give them plenty of wriggle room to escape liability!), which is fair enough where your modifications damage the unit, but where the changes you make don't affect things, then their rules don't always count. For example, many PCs come with a warranty sticker on which says "Warranty void if removed"... yet in many countries, they can't normally cancel your warranty if you've put more ram in your computer (as long as that wasn't why your machine died!). They might try to tell you that your warranty was void, but they wouldn't get far as it would normally be an unfair clause against your consumer rights. PCs are designed to be upgraded, and they can't make you use their service centre for the job as long as you didn't damage it.
Similar situation with third-party inks on a printer and them saying it might invalidate your warranty. Although admittedly that is a greyer area, as third party inks DO sometimes damage the printer. Say if a motor died, they couldn't claim your third party inks did it so your warranty is void, unless there was evidence that the inks had leaked and corroded something.
Not sure if anyone has tested this situation in practice though by speaking to consumer law experts if a warranty was ever turned down because of a custom rom. I'm sure someone who knew the law would be able to advise better where that line was. I can see that a new rom could be seen as modifying the unit for purposes which it wasn't designed for... but equally you could probably argue that the custom rom was fixing errors the manufacturer had left in which made the unit not function as intended (like GPS fixes etc), and therefore shouldn't invalidate the warranty.
If I was the OP in this case, I'd send it in and take the risk, especially since it is a stock firmware (even if it was not installed by Kies).

I would take the risk as well .
One user last week was turned away from a warranty claim due to a custom rom on his phone .
Hardware failure guess service may never boot the phone .
Non hardware failure or if service boots the phone then not much you can do about it if rejected for warranty .
Safest is to have a back up of original firmware but nobody seems to consider that .
jje

I have a friend who works for HTC in a repair centre. Don't know about Samsung, but he says they (in his centre) rarely check the software version of the phone, eventually they reflash it with stock firmware and that's it.
From what I've read, it does seem like a hardware malfunction. Send it in for repair and tell them it just died

JJEgan said:
I would take the risk as well .
One user last week was turned away from a warranty claim due to a custom rom on his phone .
Hardware failure guess service may never boot the phone .
Non hardware failure or if service boots the phone then not much you can do about it if rejected for warranty .
Safest is to have a back up of original firmware but nobody seems to consider that .
jje
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You might get turned away in the first instance, but that doesn't mean that the service centre are right from a legal perspective. And it doesn't mean you couldn't argue your case and succeed in getting it fixed for free. I admit it is a grey area... but I personally wouldn't accept their position if they turned me away for having a custom rom on there if I felt I could show that it hadn't caused the problem. Equally, I would only return it without stock rom in the first place, if there was no way to return to stock... and that means a serious hardware failure or a software bootloader one. The software one wouldn't leave me a leg to stand on, and the hardware one I'd fight every time!
But then I'm also a cautious soul too, and have so far only used Kies to update, and am therefore currently on JPY... but the custom roms will come at some point!

Thank you all for advices
I contacted the shop where I bought my SGS and they again contacted Samsung. I am to send my SGS to them and then wait for "judgment" I guess. Hope ofcourse they want refuse warranty, but if they do I have no idea how much it will cost me, probably be better off buying a SGS II (doubt my wallet will allow that though.... )
Let you know what happens.
Again thanks for advices

I bricked my SGS twice. Nothing worked anymore.
Went back to the retailer where i bought it and simply told them: It crashed and would not react anymore to any hardware buttons of what so ever.. AND!.... twice the sended it to repair without any charge. So it wil be most likely that they will reflash it for you for free

Mine was reflashed twice
I bricked mine twice (rooted my phone and did a bit to much of modification) and twice they flashed new firmware to it.. without any costs. (told them a stupid lie )
I personaly think that if your phone does not boot, how can they see what you've done to it.
So most likely that will be your case to.

omg ICS STUNNER just bricked my note

Dammmmm, some one please help, i installed ICS STUNNER by NEOBUDDY on my note , all was fine and working purfectly until this morning ..i was having a few issues with rom so i went into cwm to wipe data , dalvik and cache and boom , it just hung for 20 minutes , eventually i had to pull battery , put battery in and its DEAD, i have tried every thing , 3 button combo, download jig , took battery out for 10 mins then charged on wall socket, my phone is deader than curt cobain, it is only a month old HELLLLP

There's a huge thread about this exact problem, but the basic gist is that you're screwed
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There's a huge thread about this exact problem, but the basic gist is that you're screwed
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sorry but what do you mean i am "screwed" is there nothing i can do

According to said thread, nothing you can do short of sending it back to Samsung for a motherboard replacement.

Its under a 1 year manufacturers warranty. Make up some dumb **** story and send it back in. Thats the advice I got for my SGSII. "Tell them you were on the phone, it started to get stupid hot, and you did a battery pull." If you play a story well enough they should offer a replacement. Or check out mobile tech videos.com and see if they offer a jtag service for the note. Furthermore, if they do, you will want to contact them and explain and see if they could help before sending it in. Good luck, I know how upset I was when I bricked my SGSII.
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You were in a cwm recovery, and not an ICS recovery?
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vis0nz said:
Its under a 1 year manufacturers warranty. Make up some dumb **** story and send it back in. Thats the advice I got for my SGSII. "Tell them you were on the phone, it started to get stupid hot, and you did a battery pull." If you play a story well enough they should offer a replacement. Or check out mobile tech videos.com and see if they offer a jtag service for the note. Furthermore, if they do, you will want to contact them and explain and see if they could help before sending it in. Good luck, I know how upset I was when I bricked my SGSII.
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thanks for your reply but alas i cannot do something like that as it would be considered as fraud and with my job(solicitor) i do not think that would be appropriate
i am very angry about this mind you, iI have read the disclaimer and understand the risks but after reading about a bit it seems like this rom has caused a lot of problems

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S III died yesterday

Hi guys!
Just wanted to share my pain, hope you won´t mind...
This is what happened:
Yesterday I came home from work, pulled my S3 out of my pocket and saw it was turned off. I tried to turn it on, but no luck. The phone was dead! Tried pulling the battery out, leaving it alone for more than 10 mins... tried to boot it into recovery - nothing. Tried the download mode - no signs of life at all. It was just a shiny brick! Putting it on charger didn´t help. No reaction, no led flashing, NOTHING! And just half an hour before everything was fine.
I was running the latest official AOKP build the last couple of days, so I really don´t believe that the software has something to do with it since I didn´t flash anything yesterday. The other question is now if the Samsung guys will notice that the phone wasn´t running stock software and that the warranty is actually void... I hope they won´t! But if they too won´t be able to turn it on, I guess they won´t!
I took the phone to the Samsung service center this morning and didn´t receive any feedback yet. As soon as I know something I´ll share it.
Did anyone happen something similar to this?

awww sorry to hear that , i am sure its covered in warranty

I don't understand the warranty thing, if the phone is dead and not due to you installing a Rom or kernel or modding it then can't really see any reason to refuse fixing or replacing it.
If however it was because of the reason that you did install things then I can see how the warranty is void.
Hope you get it seen to
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In 2013, rooting won't be illegal. Too bad it happened to your device, that is just bad luck.
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i don't know where you live but i'm pretty sure rooting is not illegal anywhere it just voids your warranty. removing the simlock is an entirely different story

Has happened to me too, 1 week after purchase (got stuck on the Samsung Galaxy SIII on boot). Got mine replaced right there and then but i'm left wondering about the quality of the phone. I get it that there are always problems with every product but i see so many people reporting the same lately i start thinking it may be chronic. Some component failing or some batch where something went wrong..
Sorry to hear that, they are an absolute pain in the ass with warranty in my country. They didn't even want to replace mine because the dude was claiming the back of my phone was slightly scratched (i wasn't, even) and they are quite anal about modded phones but, wish you the best of lucks!

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In 2013, rooting won't be illegal. Too bad it happened to your device, that is just bad luck.
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Could you please be a little bit more precise? Is this a rumor or a new law to get passed?

exaclty the same happened to me. just in the middle of the day i realized that my sg3 was off. tried to turn it on but it didnt react. later at home i tried to charge but had the same bad result.
my biggest problem was, that it was rooted and running on a custom firmware since they tell you at every point, that you lose your warranty doing that...
after several hours of trying / searching and reading i became sure, that it would be an hardware fault and sent it to a local cellphone-support center.
they needed about 2 weeks to find out the problem, order a new main board, fix it and luckily didnt care about my custom firmware. they even updated it to the latest offical 4.1!
2 day ago i got it back and became happy - in this 2 weeks i realized how much i depend on this little thing
soo... i feel with you on this and good luck!

ch0ka said:
Could you please be a little bit more precise? Is this a rumor or a new law to get passed?
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It is for the US, YMMV. Droid Life Article/

budx said:
exaclty the same happened to me. just in the middle of the day i realized that my sg3 was off. tried to turn it on but it didnt react. later at home i tried to charge but had the same bad result.
my biggest problem was, that it was rooted and running on a custom firmware since they tell you at every point, that you lose your warranty doing that...
after several hours of trying / searching and reading i became sure, that it would be an hardware fault and sent it to a local cellphone-support center.
they needed about 2 weeks to find out the problem, order a new main board, fix it and luckily didnt care about my custom firmware. they even updated it to the latest offical 4.1!
2 day ago i got it back and became happy - in this 2 weeks i realized how much i depend on this little thing
soo... i feel with you on this and good luck!
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Thanks!
This is actually what I´m thinking... that the motherboard died... I just hope that tomorrow or on wednesday, I will at least get informed what is wrong with it... Don´t even dare to think how long it will take to have it again... And yes... I depend on it too!!! Maybe even too much!!! LOL

spotlight79 said:
Hi guys!
Just wanted to share my pain, hope you won´t mind...
This is what happened:
Yesterday I came home from work, pulled my S3 out of my pocket and saw it was turned off. I tried to turn it on, but no luck. The phone was dead! Tried pulling the battery out, leaving it alone for more than 10 mins... tried to boot it into recovery - nothing. Tried the download mode - no signs of life at all. It was just a shiny brick! Putting it on charger didn´t help. No reaction, no led flashing, NOTHING! And just half an hour before everything was fine.
I was running the latest official AOKP build the last couple of days, so I really don´t believe that the software has something to do with it since I didn´t flash anything yesterday. The other question is now if the Samsung guys will notice that the phone wasn´t running stock software and that the warranty is actually void... I hope they won´t! But if they too won´t be able to turn it on, I guess they won´t!
I took the phone to the Samsung service center this morning and didn´t receive any feedback yet. As soon as I know something I´ll share it.
Did anyone happen something similar to this?
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Stop flashing whatever roms you don't know ,or u will suffer a sever consequence "i'm talking about hard brick" .READ FORUMS AND TUTORIALS

Mine completely died just about 2 weeks ago, stock rom but rooted. Dropped it off at a service centre and got it back today with a shiny new motherboard (and JB)... As long as it's properly dead, they can't tell what's on it as the only way to revive it is to change the innards.
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Stop flashing whatever roms you don't know ,or u will suffer a sever consequence "i'm talking about hard brick" .READ FORUMS AND TUTORIALS
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Dude, I´m not a noob, what happened has nothing to do with software.

I entirely accept that this is a generalism and as such is bound to attract a hoard of punters contradicting it, but in many years on these boards I can recall few if any instances where repairs have been refused due to the installation of non-standard ROMs. It is sensible for manufacturers to discourage the practice - XDA-Developers is plagued with ill-informed noobs charging off to do things beyond their technical capabilities without doing adequate research - but I suspect a refusal to play the game would be counterproductive.
That said, I would always be inclined to revert back to a stock ROM and clean up a bit if I had the option before doing a return for repair.

its the same thing that happened to my phone running cm10 about 2 days ago.
sent my phone in for repairs to samsung. they probably won't be able to find out it was modified. probably needs to change hardware to even boot the phone up.
disappointing experience. :/

by any means, did you played with the clock levels?
oc/uc?

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It's not illegal. You won't go to prison or even get sued (Android is not Apple). It just void your warranty.
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just got back my phone.
They fixed it even though I rooted & had custom rom installed.
Guess they couldn't tell as the phone couldn't even start up. hahah.
Now restoring the latest nandroid I had.

Nice to here that pal, hope this will not happen to anyone in future... this is my 2nd GS 3 (first broken due to Barca loss vs Madrid in August) and never had hardware problems.

So... here I am again...
Got my phone back yesterday. And it was the motherboard so they replaced it.
Man was I happy to have my phone back! But... my hapiness didn't last long.
When I came home I had to discover that now the gyroscope is not working. No autorotate whatsoever, no games that require the accelerometer...
Means they just replaced the mother board, flashed the latest firmware but didn't bother to test the device.
So tomorrow I'm going back to the service center and I'm going to yell my soul out at whoever responsible...
Unbelievable!
(screen rotation is checked, I tried calibrating the gyro, pulling out the battery, etc...)
This is such a disappointing experience... I'll think twice before buying a Samsung phone again...

Hard Bricked Galaxy S4 any suggestions

I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.

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I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
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Sorry to hear abt it
i see u already tried couple of things.. have u also checked if the battery u using is charged or its completly dead may be phone is not charging the battery and none of the buttons are working coz of it possble charge with some adapter / use new battery charged etc
i myte be wrong just thinking of some possblty

123hiten said:
Sorry to hear abt it
i see u already tried couple of things.. have u also checked if the battery u using is charged or its completly dead may be phone is not charging the battery and none of the buttons are working coz of it possble charge with some adapter / use new battery charged etc
i myte be wrong just thinking of some possblty
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I tried a different battery as well as different cables and chargers all with no luck. I'm almost 100% sure this phone is hard bricked. I don't understand why a phone would be made that can essentially go into a bricked mode that is ridiculous even if you root it. There should be some type of fail safe boot mode to restore back to stock settings.

njgautier said:
I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
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using a usb jig will not help you if you have it hard bricked. usb jigs will only work on soft bricks.. so basically what you need now is someone to JTAG it (idk if jtags work on the S4, but afaik, most of the galaxy devices are revived via jtag)

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using a usb jig will not help you if you have it hard bricked. usb jigs will only work on soft bricks.. so basically what you need now is someone to JTAG it (idk if jtags work on the S4, but afaik, most of the galaxy devices are revived via jtag)
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Well I found out my phone was stolen from a Verizon retail store so I'm going to return it I traded my iphone 5 for it and now the piece of ___ that traded me for it is acting like they didn't know so im pretty much screwed.

try to search the forum or wait for someone to give you the link..and if none of them works try what i have done with my s4..hope this will help you.do not forget to hit the thanks button..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43592092#post43592092

njgautier said:
I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
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see my sig for repairing dead boot, it may help

Get the police involved, or at least theaten to do so and get your phone back. Even if the "friend" claims they didn't know, they participated in the exchange of stolen goods and can be prosecuted despite having no knowledge of the crime.
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njgautier said:
Well I found out my phone was stolen from a Verizon retail store so I'm going to return it I traded my iphone 5 for it and now the piece of ___ that traded me for it is acting like they didn't know so im pretty much screwed.
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What a "friend" I been there done that.. I learned and moved on.. moral of the story
never buy used phones unless you are 110% sure where it came from.
Good luck bud, I also have a bricked S4 but its softbricked so i can still access download mode. :victory:

Note 4 completly dead

My snapdragon phone started acting weird today. Was slow and locked up for many minutes doing just simple tasks.
Took a backup of the phone and ran a factory reset.
The phone was fast and smooth after this and i was satisfied. But then i did a reboot, and the phone never booted again.
It does not even charge. Just dead.
Anyone else had this issue? Had the phone since release, and it has never been rooted or anything that would break warranty, so i will contact the place i bought it from.
But can this might be battery related? In that case it would be much easier for me to get a new battery.
Have tried to charge it for a while without any result. Does not seem to draw any power either as the charger is cold..
but when i plug it in the pc, windows detects something for about 2 seconds, but claims it's unrecognizable...
Rocking my Nexus 4 now, smooth phone with android 6.0, but camera and battery sucks bigtime... I want my note back..

I have exact same problem. But my phone was rooted and service center told me my warranty is void. They told me the mainboard is bad and need to be replaced. It will cost about half of the new phone price...

Try pressing "Vol +" + "Vol -" + "Lock" + "Start" buttons for a few seconds
Pd: wrong section, this should go on troubleshouting

sbehring said:
I have exact same problem. But my phone was rooted and service center told me my warranty is void. They told me the mainboard is bad and need to be replaced. It will cost about half of the new phone price...
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Take it to a different store from your carrier and this time don't tell them its been rooted. Tell them it hasn't been if they ask and they should replace it.

Have tried every combination possible with holding in buttons. No sign of life.. Good thing i got a backup while it was still "working"
I have had many plans to root the device and get in some custom ROM but i have been satisfied with stock and never found the time to do it, and i am happy for that now
Sorry for posting in the wrong place. Maby an admin can move this post?

Welcome to the party, almost the same thing happened to me except it failed to do a factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-sm-n910w8-t3249970/post63890570#post63890570

Just taking out the battery and inserting it back again properly solved it for me... , Ur battery might not be fitting properly pls check ?

XproZayd said:
Welcome to the party, almost the same thing happened to me except it failed to do a factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-sm-n910w8-t3249970/post63890570#post63890570
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Thanks for the information. I guess my motherboard is dead then..
Senthil360 said:
Just taking out the battery and inserting it back again properly solved it for me... , Ur battery might not be fitting properly pls check
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This has been checked and it's not the problem. But thanks for suggestion.
If i get a new Note 4 on warranty i will probably sell it and get a Nexus phone, or install an clean ROM right away. Stock android is so much smoother than touchwiz.

Samsura said:
Thanks for the information. I guess my motherboard is dead then..
This has been checked and it's not the problem. But thanks for suggestion.
If i get a new Note 4 on warranty i will probably sell it and get a Nexus phone, or install an clean ROM right away. Stock android is so much smoother than touchwiz.
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Yeah, i don't know why the note 4s hard brick them selfs like that, must be a bug/glitch.

Seems like the store i bought it from has 2 years warranty. But in Norway we anyway have a 5 year "mini warranty" on electronics that is decided by law. So if the problem is not caused by mistreatment or water damage you should get it fixed for free within 5 years anyway.

Motherboard was faulty (as suspected)

Try to re-install a stock firmware (latest version) from sammobile with odin. This is the fast mode to revover your phone .