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i was wondering if there is any way to SAFE a real dead phone.. cause all this discussion is just about phone who can boot up boot loader etc...
by mistake i killed mine.. have a T-Mobile HTC HD 2 and flashed a europeen ROM on it. Before that a flashed HSPL 3 and and Radio_ Leo_ 2.15.50.14 and also an custom ROM with greek language wich all worked fine... than i had the bright idea to flash an original rom^^ and cause of beeing tired my brain blacked out and id didnt think that the original greek htc rom has a ...51... radio... so i^m %&"§$%§"
the device doesnt do anything... i cant get into boot loader nor hard reset nothing!!! this i what i flashed: _ HTC "HD2_RUU_ Leo_ HTC_ELL _1.66.482.1 _Radio_Signed _15.30. 50.07U_ 2.06.51.07_ Ship"
the flashing finished 100% i dont know if this makes any diference!
as there any solution besides j tagg riff box etc something i can do at home maybe?!?!
thanks!
greek_lover_69 said:
i was wondering if there is any way to SAFE a real dead phone.. cause all this discussion is just about phone who can boot up boot loader etc...
by mistake i killed mine.. have a T-Mobile HTC HD 2 and flashed a europeen ROM on it. Before that a flashed HSPL 3 and and Radio_ Leo_ 2.15.50.14 and also an custom ROM with greek language wich all worked fine... than i had the bright idea to flash an original rom^^ and cause of beeing tired my brain blacked out and id didnt think that the original greek htc rom has a ...51... radio... so i^m %&"§$%§"
the device doesnt do anything... i cant get into boot loader nor hard reset nothing!!! this i what i flashed: _ HTC "HD2_RUU_ Leo_ HTC_ELL _1.66.482.1 _Radio_Signed _15.30. 50.07U_ 2.06.51.07_ Ship"
the flashing finished 100% i dont know if this makes any diference!
as there any solution besides j tagg riff box etc something i can do at home maybe?!?!
thanks!
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Sending it to HTC repair center. your problem isn't related to a software problem, but you have brake internal hardware.
Just out of interest.....
Do you get a connection if you try to connect it to your PC/lappy ?
yes some device with an ? which i cant install "qualcom cdm tech....."
thats it
You could tell HTC that your phone was working fine then you put it on charge overnight and the next morning it was dead and no mention of flashing anything. If it is under warranty (and I think that it is 2 years for the USA phones) then they should replace it. Now it is not fair to claim when you caused the damage, but then again look at the complaints folks are getting with genuine complaints with HTC. Others have tried this fib and got away with it.
i think thats kind of a problem.. i bought it over EBAY from the states an i live in europe - greece so i think its kind of difficult claiming some warranty right?!
greek_lover_69 said:
i think thats kind of a problem.. i bought it over EBAY from the states an i live in europe - greece so i think its kind of difficult claiming some warranty right?!
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In these case you have 1year warranty.
greek_lover_69 said:
yes some device with an ? which i cant install "qualcom cdm tech....."
thats it
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So it's not completely dead
Install WMDC, then plug phone in, should have/get driver for you
Now you can try to re-flash it straight from PC/lappy
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So it's not completely dead
Install WMDC, then plug phone in, should have/get driver for you
Now you can try to re-flash it straight from PC/lappy
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already did that.. tried under win xp and win 7... both same result.. nothing!!! =)
and tried active sync and WMDC!!!
Get the Qualcomm driver installed, then try again
i tried but it doesnt wanna work! i cant install the driver!! =)
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i tried but it doesnt wanna work! i cant install the driver!! =)
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(On Win7) do you have WMDC Driver Update in Ctrl Panel/Progs & Features ?
Search this forum for 'Qualcomm driver' and you will get some results
If needs be, you can DL the driver and force a manual install through Device Manager (when you plug your HD2 in)
ok i^m gonna try also on win7... but i dont think thats gonna make any diference
i also tried forcing drivers but wont let me either... if anybody has any more ideas i^m happy 2 hear them!
greek_lover_69 said:
ok i^m gonna try also on win7... but i dont think thats gonna make any diference
i also tried forcing drivers but wont let me either... if anybody has any more ideas i^m happy 2 hear them!
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Sending it to HTC repair center, by flashing previously a wrong Radio your device is broken, installing a other Rom, Os will not change your issue.
kurt-willems said:
Sending it to HTC repair center, by flashing previously a wrong Radio your device is broken, installing a other Rom, Os will not change your issue.
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yeap i think thats what i^m gonna do in the end
u knowhow much they charge for this kind of problems?
greek_lover_69 said:
yeap i think thats what i^m gonna do in the end
u knowhow much they charge for this kind of problems?
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Well try to sending it back, and don't mention that you flash something. Just that one day you wake up and that sins then you can't wake up your device.
If thy don't look at the Radio, thy will send you a other device/repair it on warranty.
If thy see that you have flash a wrong Radio, I have seen some peoples mention that thy have pay about 150€ for reparation.
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Get the Qualcomm driver installed, then try again
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can anybody give me a link with the real deal drivers.. cause everzthing i downloaded couldnt be instaled...
ok now i also tried it under windows 7 i have all updates instaled
i downloaded manually qualcom drivers... it seemed like instlling them.. but there is still an "!" at the device! so i wasnt installed^^
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Here's my story:-
So I unlocked the bootloader and while rooting I bricked my play, so i got it back by installing flash tool and modding with UK generic.ftf file.
Now after using this firmware everything was fine until I clicked on software update(about phone-->softwareupdate) on mobile itself thru 3g.
So it downloaded a 51mb file and it was updating wen it swithed on, i thought thats normal but it didnt come back on for 30-40 mins and then i switched it on but nothing happened, so i took off the battery and restarted and nothing happened.
Now here's that I did and I know:-
Flashed almost 3-4 times with uk.ftf nothing....
opened the uk.ftf flashed only the loader.sin.....nothing...
flashed with the new firmware(I guess the US version with 2.3.3)....nothing...
.....My fone's start button is acting strange, wen i press that button for switching it on a green lite blinks and the fone vibrates and then again a green lite blinks but the fone wudnt start, you can keep pressing the start button on top but it wud do the same keep vibrating after every 3-4sec....nothing happens.
So I guess as I was using the UK.ftf and updated my fone here(I stay in India so obviously my fone would have had asain firmware and I was now using the uk firmware) so that mite have locked/dead/bricked my play....or is there any way out.....?
I took the fone to Sony service centre, they caught it with EMMA that this fone has a modified software and got puzzled, so i was trying to fool them until one of them called the head office and confirmed...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
----I know I can ask this somewhere else too on a diff thread----
but it dint allow me
You cant update the play via software update if you have unlocked the bootloader! It bricks the phone and as of now there is no fix, well, not that I know of!
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There was a million warnings all over the place about this happening.
So I know of the warnings, but just forgot that I updated my play with a diff firmware, anyways this wouldnt help.
But thanks to you both for the prompt response, how abou if im sending the play to sony service centre they would charge me money for it coz its outta warranty, but they would just upload it with the asain firmware, correct?
If that happens, il try to make an dump outta it so that others cud benefit...
or maybe an asia bootloader if I cud find 1, I guess by doing so I can still get the fone to switch thru loader and then flash another ftf, sounds crazy tho..dont know yet?
There is a fix to the point of restoring it without the phone part, which sounds like it is going to get fixed soon. keep your fingers crossed. for the fix look at the other bricked threads.
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There is a fix to the point of restoring it without the phone part, which sounds like it is going to get fixed soon. keep your fingers crossed. for the fix look at the other bricked threads.
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Thanks for the info....hope so...but im selling off the play once its switched on lol
just bought myself samsung s2 galaxy...way fast..
Tho i had a dream for play, i finished it, sad tho for bricking it...
btw , can you point me to which thread are you referring to?
Thanks
Someone really needs to put a big fat warning at the top and bottom of those rooting/bootloader guides that doing an update after unlocking the bootloader will brick the phone.
I've put up a warning thread about that subject a few says ago in the dev section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112868
Regards Dousan...
and that's why when u bring it to the shop, ur legally an idiot who doesn't know what happened to the phone while saying..."wtf is bootloader and root? never heard..??."
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and that's why when u bring it to the shop, ur legally an idiot who doesn't know what happened to the phone while saying..."wtf is bootloader and root? never heard..??."
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Dude idiotic wud be wen u dint know anything, anyways i was trying to fool that Sony cetre guy until he called the H.O...but never mind I will be going tomm to give the device to them, tho when enquired, he just gave a statment with a hint, they will lock the bootloader>repair it(s/f etc loading)>unlock it again...
So justifying!! yes, there is way to lock it again, we just dont know it how for now.
Il try bribing him wont work but need my fone back asap.
Also, I dont now where I read or heard that if u cud change ur fone's IMEI number , one part of bootloader gets locked tho bcoz EMMA wont recognize that ....i dont know if thats possible lolz, but for the sake its illegal changing ur IMEI...I cud do that ( ireturned 2 dead on arrival plays before i got this 3rd one, mayb 3 was a bad number)
I would stick to my story and say it died when you tried an update.
Keep your
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I would stick to my story and say it died when you tried an update.
Keep your
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^ agreed with that
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^ agreed with that
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I agree that...wish i never did it
Soo finaly i got the kzd working so i started to update my phone..and my ****ing power went out...and my phone doesnt respond to nothing i cant get it in the download mode or just turning it on.
Try to power it up and see what happens... if there is no power, nothing will work ^_^ after that you can try the emergency mode in kdz
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Well i just tried it it show`d me that there is no phone conected...sooo is there any chance off me using my phone again?!
does phone even pwr on ? (vibrates)
Bro check around many have bricked phones the same way u got urs bricked
Nah it doesnt vibrate..k i will check around.
No luck finding anything..i found one topic but it does not seem to work for me can someone help me please :/
Oh im thinking about giving it too LG to fix it! Will the warinty cover it?
trymebro said:
Oh im thinking about giving it too LG to fix it! Will the warinty cover it?
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just tell them you updated to official 2.1 and it didn't work anymore
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just tell them you updated to official 2.1 and it didn't work anymore
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Ok man. But still are there no other chance`s off fixing it my self?! :S
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Ok man. But still are there no other chance`s off fixing it my self?! :S
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do you get any reaction when plugging the charger ? pulling the battery?
what does windows show if you usb connect it ? can you enter download mode ?
Nop there`s no reaction when i turn it off no vibration or nothing i cant enter download mode and there is also no reaction when i plug in the charger...so only thing that remains is taking too the lg guy`s? ;/
LOL sounds like mine when i bricked it :d it took like 2 weeks to fix it lazy ppl.... after i got it back i did a factory reset and kdz worked
k im gonna bring it too them tomorrow. Like i just say i was updating too the latest 2.1 version and it was like that afterward?! But if they ask me like for where did i update it and how? I dont actualy know how you update it originaly. lol
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k im gonna bring it too them tomorrow. Like i just say i was updating too the latest 2.1 version and it was like that afterward?! But if they ask me like for where did i update it and how? I dont actualy know how you update it originaly. lol
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there is an program by LG called mobile updater (i think).
You installed the LG drivers and started updating. after the finished progress it didn't work anymore
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official LG guide:
http://www.lg.com/uk/support/mc-support/mobile-phone-support.jsp just enter gt540 in that line
k Thanks <3.
Hi Guys,
I havent used this site in years but recently I bought a Galaxy S4 outright from JBHIFI.
Before you guys give me alot of crap, I have a very bad feeling that I may have hard bricked it.
It doesnt turn on anymore, not even in recovery or download mode. I am very new to android as I was using an iPhone before and couldn't resist attempting to root my phone (stock program were killing my battery)
I hadn't even had the chance to flash a custom rom on there as far as i know i just grated root access.
Funny thing is it was doing the same thing the other day. But randomly it decided to charge and turn on. Now it is definitely not charging or turning on and i have no idea what to do... it just sucks cause i havent ever this phone for a month and its already useless! :crying:
I was using it for about a week after i rooted and now im just stuck with a brick.
Any help would greatly be appreciated, feel free to ask any questions.
Send back t store and thel t workers that just whont turn on.Dhont thel that is rooted or somthing
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yeah thats what im planning to do its about exactly a month since i had it today... i just didnt want to mention anything cause i know you guys and moderaters dont condone that kind of behaviour! thanks though, im pretty much screwed arent i? ill be heading into jbhifi on my lunch break will go ahead with that plan haha.
ill tell you guys how it goes.
Have you tried a battery pull?
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sorry... is that just taking the battery out? LOL if so, yes ive tried it quite a few times.
at one stage it was turning on but only loading the splash screen... so i pulled the battery out. even if i tried to start it in recovery mode, it would only load the blue text at the top of the screen and then freeze.
i have a mate who also got an s4 so i was going to meet up with them and see if i could use their battery because it seems the phone has even lost its capability to charge.
Dead boot http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
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that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode
raintouchpad said:
that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode
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No, you don't have to be in download mode. Install right driver, connect your phone to pc and run the program. Then it will be in download mode, so flash firmware with pit file
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well so far... i tried this at work and no luck, so i went home and tried it there... still no luck.
you mentioned i need to install the right driver? is that the QHSUSB drivers? (where can i find them and are they specific for the S4) anyway when i plug my phone into the computer there is no indication that it is being detected at all.
just hoping to try out more suggested solutions before i attempt to take it back into the store and have em tell me that my warranty is cooked
Hi just an update.
Took my phone to samsung because it was just completely screwed. They replaced the motherboard and camera but didnt find out that my phone was rooted which was good.
Thanks for your help everyone
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After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.
raintouchpad said:
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.
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Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.
same issue
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3
fickl3 said:
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3
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see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver
samersh72 said:
see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver
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Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?
fickl3 said:
Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?
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it should :good:
---Repair dead boot I9505 via usb cable--- Thanks to legija from JTAG team.
QHUSB Qualcomm driver download
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I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.
how to install the driver?
samersh72 said:
it should :good:
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How exactly do we install the driver? The download is a zipped file and I don't know how to install the extracted contents.
rsndetre said:
Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.
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i know... its just frustrating... i pretty much got it when it came out and convinced all my mates that it was the best phone out there at the moment (all the features are pretty nifty and its powerful ill admit)
funny thing was the camera was working perfectly before i took it in and didnt even think it needed replacing. the camera worked when i got it back the first time i opened the app but it had smearing (pink vertical lines on bright objects). after that it the app didnt open again and just has the "camera app failed" error.
as for the hardbrick guys i think the qualcomm drivers work but only if you can get your phone to turn on or enter d/l mode. mine was so fried out that it wouldnt show any signs of life even after getting the drivers.
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it should :good:
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well thats od not for me
Aerys said:
I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.
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givin me a little hint?
LastStandingDroid said:
well thats od not for me
givin me a little hint?
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He probably means this: http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
This was also samersh72's suggestion when i bricked mine. Problem is, there was no way for me to acces that qhusb mode thing as the phone was totally dead and doesn't even charge.
Jtag could probably revive it though.
Anyway, sent mine for repairs with
custom binary status and the samsung guys accepted it as there was no way for them to revive the phone(the motherboard was replaced). They didn't found out that it was modified.
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i am on erobot v15 rom and Simplicity Kernel.yesterday touchscreen stop respond.the screen works only with spen.i reboot to TWRP and again only the spen works,but only if you hover it over the screen,not touch it. i wipe my phone i install even stock rom and after that i clean install again erobot with Simplicity Kernel. after some hours the same thing.touchscreen stop respond with naked hands. only works with spen.i reboot the phone and works some minutes but again after that touchscreen stop respond with naked hands. works only with spen.
any help appreciate.thank you
Try *#2663# and rest touchscreen firmware
Same happed with me on s3 when recent and back button (soft buttons) not responding i reset it and it worked again for me
junejo46726 said:
Try *#2663# and rest touchscreen firmware
Same happed with me on s3 when recent and back button (soft buttons) not responding i reset it and it worked again for me
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i already do that and the screen still says "Now Updating...warning! do not turn off!"
if the touchscreen was bricked then why is able to work sometimes? :/ i dont understand the problem :/
edit: after i install stock rom phone found one update and reboot it self.now touch works but i dont know how long..before the problem with *#2663# command the TSP threshold was 0. now is 368. i dont know what is this. if i install again or recover my nandroid backup you think i can have again the same problem?
yep. so i found before 1 minute my touchscreen fail to respond again and i open immediately *#2663# and i check that the TSP threshold says fail. i dont know what that means. please help me guys
edit: touchscreen works at random times. some times even 2663 not open...
*#2663# unfortunately devicekeystring has stopped...
solved.
skordilis said:
solved.
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How did you fix it? Im having the same problem
I sell the solution
wEaKlY27 said:
How did you fix it? Im having the same problem
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all the problems started from the moment i install one rom from some thread.the phone [email protected] up after many days.after 1 day with that rom i remove it and install only roms from erobot and work flawless. on phone info is not n910c.is n920c now after ditto rom.if some developer know speak about this matter
pre7dator said:
I sell the solution
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Not on xda you don't
skordilis said:
all the problems started from the moment i install one rom from some thread.the phone [email protected] up after many days.after 1 day with that rom i remove it and install only roms from erobot and work flawless. on phone info is not n910c.is n920c now after ditto rom.if some developer know speak about this matter
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skordilis said:
all the problems started from the moment i install one rom from some thread.the phone [email protected] up after many days.after 1 day with that rom i remove it and install only roms from erobot and work flawless. on phone info is not n910c.is n920c now after ditto rom.if some developer know speak about this matter
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Ok try flashing a stock rom with a pit file included. Hit Sapphire999 up and he'll link you the firmware. If you flash stock rom and stay on it does the touchscreen stay working
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sawdoctor said:
Ok try flashing a stock rom with a pit file included. Hit Sapphire999 up and he'll link you the firmware. If you flash stock rom and stay on it does the touchscreen stay working
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i will try it today. thank you very much
Sapphire999 help me with a stock rom already included the pit file. but after one day of use again random stops on touchscreen. i dont understand wtf is going on. first time i see that problem. in the past i was have all the notes...
I'd take your device to a Samsung Service Center and ask them to take a look it! It maybe a hardware problem that can be easily fixed.
skordilis said:
Sapphire999 help me with a stock rom already included the pit file. but after one day of use again random stops on touchscreen. i dont understand wtf is going on. first time i see that problem. in the past i was have all the notes...
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If it's still happening while you are on stock rom and stock kernel after flashing that rom from Sapphire999 I'm guessing your digitiser is goosed
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DarkGuyver said:
I'd take your device to a Samsung Service Center and ask them to take a look it! It maybe a hardware problem that can be easily fixed.
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but the warranty is affected. how i go to a samsung service.
sawdoctor said:
If it's still happening while you are on stock rom and stock kernel after flashing that rom from Sapphire999 I'm guessing your digitiser is goosed
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if the digitizer have problem then why it works the most of the time. when touchscreen stop response i push power button and open again with home key and immediately works :/
skordilis said:
if the digitizer have problem then why it works the most of the time. when touchscreen stop response i push power button and open again with home key and immediately works :/
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No idea just trying to think of things
PROBLEM SOLVED. is 100% hardware problem
the weird thing is why touchscreen works the most of the time.
thank you all guys
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but the warranty is affected. how i go to a samsung service.
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You could contact Samsung directly and ask them if they have a Service Center near you. Or ask them to send you a free post baggy to send your device to them for repairs.