HELP my Samsung Omnia 7 GT-I8700, works only in download mode (power + camera button + volume up) if I try to do (power + volume down + camera button) I see the word format so fast. - And restarts with the message that flashes omnia7 samsung. I tried to put many different rom but when making the first reboot hangs forever ....
thanks in advance
probably memory problem that the some Omnias are known to experience, send it to Samsung for a warranty repair.
I'm afraid that You have a "dead boot". I don't know how You did it, but for today nobody knows how to repir it. Even using a RIFF Box... So it could be a difficult mission. Tell us what have You done with it?
Warranty is the ONLY solution. eMMC chip fried.
htc9420 said:
Warranty is the ONLY solution. eMMC chip fried.
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hello, can you write something more about that?
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hello, can you write something more about that?
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has restarted by itself, has remained with the words that flashed omnia 7. -
I'll bring in assitance, I think it's the only way.
It is common with sammy's memory chips to die out of the blue. Most of the times the EMMC chip just gives and it's done, sometimes the the internal mem hangs. There's no way to recover. I suspect it's HW issue induced by faulty Sammy drivers, it's been reported to affect some Android phones running leaked ICS also.
Also, maybe it's a downfall of the way WP7 handles physical mem. It only occurs when flashing or updating through hard reset. It's the eMMc that is only used then to format, partition and so on. There were a lot of hardbrick on the first WP7 update so all leads to Sammy.
Sadly, the only option is MB swap. As the Omnia7 is a late 2010 model, all the phones are covered by warranty. Just call a SC and when they ask you about the receipt, tell them that they should consider the date of mfg as the date when the device was made-they know that by the IMEI.
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It is common with sammy's memory chips to die out of the blue. Most of the times the EMMC chip just gives and it's done, sometimes the the internal mem hangs. There's no way to recover. I suspect it's HW issue induced by faulty Sammy drivers, it's been reported to affect some Android phones running leaked ICS also.
Also, maybe it's a downfall of the way WP7 handles physical mem. It only occurs when flashing or updating through hard reset. It's the eMMc that is only used then to format, partition and so on. There were a lot of hardbrick on the first WP7 update so all leads to Sammy.
Sadly, the only option is MB swap. As the Omnia7 is a late 2010 model, all the phones are covered by warranty. Just call a SC and when they ask you about the receipt, tell them that they should consider the date of mfg as the date when the device was made-they know that by the IMEI.
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I have asked for the assistance received, without the receipt I have to pay 150 €.
I bought on ebay omnia 7 with a broken glass € 50, I replaced the glass with mine. I have a 7 omnia omnia that works and a 7 by throwing with broken glass and faulty memory.
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I'm very disappointed After two+ month of Focus usage, it was broke yesterday... Handset was not damaged or broken or overheat or frozen, nothing at all! Works perfect as well before (yesterday I've used this handset for development). It's just happened, at night time (and phone was not connected!)
The symptoms are: first I've found there is no picture on "Pictures", and Outlook calendar doesn't display any events. Second, the downloaded apps icons are disappear.
I suspected my SD card (8 Gb class 4 from Kingston) but seems like card is innocent. I've tried to make a hard reset of damn thing, tested all 3 possible methods but NOTHING helps! It's ridiculous, I never suspect it's possible in the modern world (it is XXI century, guys!)
After reset from "Settings->About" the handset imitate a "reset" but "About" shows total storage 15 Mb (!), 10 Mb available.
Why it just imitate reset? I can tell... After this pseudo-reset, I've removed SD card, and did hard reset using 3 buttons method (seems like damn M$ like 3 buttons stuff). Phone asked me twice (another M$ bull****) "Am I sure to format damn thing", I've said "Yes" (pressed "win" button twice), and after few seconds (it's not enough to format 8 Gb internal flash and restore firmware) it says "Done!" and reboot.
After reboot the "formatted" and "factory restored" phone displays all "formatted" contacts, applications, mail records etc...
"Settings"->"About" now displays total storage: 7.38 Gb, available 5.39
Also tried hard reset from "Diagnosis", same sh... thing.
Any suggestions?
UPDATE: Just called ATT for replacement. Will hope the new handset will pick-up my old SD card... Or I need to reformat it (using Nokia S60) first? Anyone have experience?
You had a typical sympton of SD card acting up. Nothing new there. I personally will not use ANY SD card at present. None of them are safe.
But I failed to see what's problem after you formated your phone. You will never see full 8GB of the storage. It is about 6.xxGB or so free after a fresh format without downloading any contacts or mails. Your numbers seems alright.
foxbat121 said:
You had a typical sympton of SD card acting up. Nothing new there. I personally will not use ANY SD card at present. None of them are safe.
But I failed to see what's problem after you formated your phone. You will never see full 8GB of the storage. It is about 6.xxGB or so free after a fresh format without downloading any contacts or mails. Your numbers seems alright.
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The Samsung 16 GB hasn't had any issues reported, though.
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The Samsung 16 GB hasn't had any issues reported, though.
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That could be also because not many ppl had the Samsung 16GB. They are not readily available to purchase.
A lot of ppl only encounter problems after couple months of flawless usage. And one day, it failed for no reason.
I think there is something wrong either in the hardware of Focus or Windows Phone 7 itself because Focus is the only phone had so much problem with microSD cards. I didn't read ppl who had their HD7 internal SD card replaced had any problem like Focus.
We also didn't see a single card being officially listed as compatible or certified for WP7. Something isn't right and Microsoft is not telling us why.
I'd strongly recommend against using any microSD card in Focus. Not until either MS or Samsung published their findings or recommendations.
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But I failed to see what's problem after you formated your phone.
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The real problem is: the handset internal storage was not formatted at all! I've tried to do hard reset with or without SD card - same shi.. result Most annoying thing is these stupid utilities reported "Done!", "OK" as fools but nothing is done (it means the software quality - programs didn't check the results!)
From my experience (as a developer) looks like the internal storage (nand?) is damaged and unstable. A few minutes after cold boot it working; I can run some apps etc. But after few minutes it become unstable. Apps show an exceptions on isolated storage file etc.
I'm very disappointed; didn't expect that "surprise" from Samsung and MS...
P.S. My "old" developers Samsung Taylor (what I received and worked since August 2010) still alive and works fine
I saw reports, as well as personally experience, that it takes a few tries to format the phone correctly. Samsung quality is nothing to write home about (I have so many Samsung hardware that half of them does not work right out of box). But I suspect this is also a Microsoft issue.
I doubt your internal storage is damaged. Keep doing the 3-button reformatting until it is probably done. You will know it is formatted when it reboots and asks for your Live ID.
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Keep doing the 3-button reformatting until it is probably done.
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Hmm... Very strange advice. Tell me please what are you doing (for example) if your car engine doesn't start? Keep trying to turn engine on after slamming car doors and kicking the wheels? Or you just call mechanic?
Who tell you "I finally reset WP7 after 142 tries"? Any prooflink? Or you just guessing?
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Hmm... Very strange advice. Tell me please what are you doing (for example) if your car engine doesn't start? Keep trying to turn engine on after slamming car doors and kicking the wheels? Or you just call mechanic?
Who tell you "I finally reset WP7 after 142 tries"? Any prooflink? Or you just guessing?
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I personally have to format two or three times when my SD card crapped out. Just a suggestion. It is common on all Focus when SD card craps out.
You will have to switch to a different brand to avoid this issue then. Besides, warranty replacement gives you refurb phones only. Do you really want to return yours (which has a normal case of can't format the phone like every other Focus does) in exchange for a used one returned for other reasons by someone else.
But again, that's your choice.
As for your car analogy, save it for yourself. If Samsung is a car company, I won't ever buy a car from them. Simple as that.
Of course I've tried many times but have no luck at all. Seems like internal storage is damaged or it's a huge software bug (MS or Samsung).
Who's telling you about "refurb phones only"? I've spoken with AT&T rep and he told me it will be a brand new phone, not a refurb.
About Samsung quality: are you one from Samsung haters? I do have a Samsung Galaxy Tab, a few Android handsets (at office, development phones), Samsung TV, landline phone from Samsung - quality is PERFECT, never had any issue...
P.S. Or you just trolling me?
The only times you will get brand new ones are:
1. You're within 30 days of purchase and you exchange at the place of your purchase
2. AT&T warranty runs out of refurbed phones.
It is a standard practice for all AT&T warranty replacements to be refurb phones. I personally done twice in the past 10 years of with AT&T.
About Samsung quality: are you one from Samsung haters? I do have a Samsung Galaxy Tab, a few Android handsets (at office, development phones),
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Call me what ever you want, I've owned 7 different Samsung Smartphones (from Windows Mobile phones to WP7 and Android), one Samsung BD player and one Samsung DVD player. My success rate to get a perfect Samsung product out of box so far is 50%.
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My success rate to get a perfect Samsung product out of box so far is 50%.
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Then why did you buy a Samsung Focus?
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Then why did you buy a Samsung Focus?
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Because I can't help it Same can be said with the Samsung Captivate I bought. I knew what I'm going to get into. But I still did it and now stuck with a phone that GPS never really works (but fortunate enough to not have the second critical issue, random shutdown). Basically, all Captivate produced from July to Nov 2010 are suspect to this randon shutdown hardware defects.
I travel quite often so I have to power my phone off and on frequently. Today when I landed in the Philippines and powered my phone on the phone reset itself with what appears to be a hard reset. Everything is new. I have to reconfigure my email and such. All of my photos are gone etc. When I re synched over the air with Windows live, My contacts returned as expected, but then I had to turn off my phone for the next flight and the phone reset itself the next time it was powered on. I seems that every time I power the phone back on it is hard resetting? Any ideas? This is a huge pain obviously and I am really mad about losing my text messages and saved photos, not to mention the pain of re applying apps and such.
FYI, I have no MicroSD in the drive.
i got the same with my samsung focus idk whats with that. but you applied that you dont have a sd card an i have a 8gb sd in mines and they said thats probably why mines reset but i believe the update that came out yesterday should help with the stabiliby of the software.
Official Update left microsoft: March 24, 2011
(NO OFFICIAL DATE YET ON WHEN INDIVUAL PHONE COMPANIES WILL SEND THEM OUT)
What I had originally thought was a problem only on powerup now seems to be a general memory problem. The phone now no longer maintains call logs and will not completely sync claiming it does not have enough memory. Error Code: 80070070. It wants me to free up memory by deleting items which it deleted itself on powerup.
I also cannot sync to Zune anymore to reload any apps or such. Very strange. Unfortunately I think that this will end up being exchanged at att wireless which will probably result in my being given a refurb. I LOVE my Focus. It has been hard to watch it die over the last week.
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What I had originally thought was a problem only on powerup now seems to be a general memory problem. The phone now no longer maintains call logs and will not completely sync claiming it does not have enough memory. Error Code: 80070070. It wants me to free up memory by deleting items which it deleted itself on powerup.
I also cannot sync to Zune anymore to reload any apps or such. Very strange. Unfortunately I think that this will end up being exchanged at att wireless which will probably result in my being given a refurb. I LOVE my Focus. It has been hard to watch it die over the last week.
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Try do a hard reset and see what happens. What's your total stoage available?
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Try do a hard reset and see what happens. What's your total stoage available?
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I have hard reset. Despite that there is only 0.60 MB available. Again, there is no MicroSD inserted, nor has there been.
Seems the user storange space is gone?
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I have hard reset. Despite that there is only 0.60 MB available. Again, there is no MicroSD inserted, nor has there been.
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There are 3 different ways to hard reset/format the phone. Try all of them until you see the all 8GB back. I know I have to format 2 or 3 times when mine suffered the exact same problem (I blame the microSD card). Since you don't have any SD card, it seems this is an Focus issue regardless microSD or not.
I had an HTC HD 7 that did the same thing. It would reboot and it would be back to factory settings. I was lucky enough that a ROM was available so I re-flashed the phone and everything worked perfect. I think you will be hard pressed to find an available ROM for the Focus, so best to exchange it for a new one.
I called att tech support and they did the standard walk me through troubleshooting. I did a software hard reset and a hardware hard reset (Camera button, volume down and power) In the end after resetting the phone froze on the Samsung boot screen. They sent me to an att wireless store to try a new battery. In the end att warranty services declared that the phone was dead and is mailing me a new (refurb) phone. Bummer. I loved my phone, but something killed it that I cannot identify. That calls for a little concern, but I'll chalk this up as a one time if the new phone has no issues.
Hate to break it to you but me (along with many others) have had this problem with the Focus where it just gets stuck on the Samsung boot screen.
Unfortunately, the cause is still unknown so it can affect basically anyone. And there is no fix for it yet (besides an exchange) so people outside the US who own the Focus are simply out of luck.
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so people outside the US who own the Focus are simply out of luck.
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I'd strongly recommend against ppl purchase Samsung phones that they can't get warranty service locally. Samsung Phone's build quality is lousy. Your chances of need the warranty service is very high. I owned 5 Samsung phones, half of them had problems. Some I just live with them (like the broken GPS on my Captivate). Some I have to swap it out with AT&T warranty services (one with known antenna separation issue and one with a broken chagre port after a few months, also a known issue for that phone).
So I've had my T-mobile HD2 for about 2 months now and for the past month or so it's been showing some very weird problems.
The thing is, it sometimes gets stuck (android and stock wm6.5) and the only way to get it working is to remove the battery for about 5 minutes after which it'll just boot and maybe get stuck at GO GO GO (magldr) or if I am lucky it'll load right into Android and then get stuck on the lockscreen.
The problem does seem to be less intensive on wm6.5 (not certain though). I didn't have much usage on WP7 as I don't have a compatible sd card (16gb sandisk)
When it's 'stuck' it sometimes begins to warm up as well. There have been a couple times where it just rebooted and then vibrated 3-5 times.
To my record I have never dropped the phone and there is no water damage either.
I suspect the SIM, as it does seem to exacerbate when the sim is inside, or maybe the NAND storage is corrupt.. can that happen if i used task29 too many times?
Radio: 2.15.50.14 (2.12 seems to be slightly more stable)
HSPL 2.08
MAGLDR 1.13
Tried many different Android builds (non-sense are slightly more stable) NAND and SD builds.. although SD cards don't have these problems as much
Please help.
sending it back for warranty isn't an option as I am not in the US at the moment, so whatever fix there is I'll have to bear the cost.
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So I've had my T-mobile HD2 for about 2 months now and for the past month or so it's been showing some very weird problems.
The thing is, it sometimes gets stuck (android and stock wm6.5) and the only way to get it working is to remove the battery for about 5 minutes after which it'll just boot and maybe get stuck at GO GO GO (magldr) or if I am lucky it'll load right into Android and then get stuck on the lockscreen.
The problem does seem to be less intensive on wm6.5 (not certain though). I didn't have much usage on WP7 as I don't have a compatible sd card (16gb sandisk)
When it's 'stuck' it sometimes begins to warm up as well. There have been a couple times where it just rebooted and then vibrated 3-5 times.
To my record I have never dropped the phone and there is no water damage either.
I suspect the SIM, as it does seem to exacerbate when the sim is inside, or maybe the NAND storage is corrupt.. can that happen if i used task29 too many times?
Radio: 2.15.50.14 (2.12 seems to be slightly more stable)
HSPL 2.08
MAGLDR 1.13
Tried many different Android builds (non-sense are slightly more stable) NAND and SD builds.. although SD cards don't have these problems as much
Please help.
sending it back for warranty isn't an option as I am not in the US at the moment, so whatever fix there is I'll have to bear the cost.
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Sorry to have to say, but it sounds like a heat issue, which means the motherboard is failing. Have you tried a hard reset?
What exactly do you mean by hard reset?
I've put it to stock, yes.
any idea where I can get a motherboard? shipped internationally? approximate cost?
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What exactly do you mean by hard reset?
I've put it to stock, yes.
any idea where I can get a motherboard? shipped internationally? approximate cost?
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Hard reset, turn phone off, hold volume buttons up and down and keep holding them and press power button and a screen will come up asking you if you wanna hard rest the device, just follow instructions, and motherboard, HTC as far as I no, and thats about it unless you buy another phone that is for spares and repairs mate,
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What exactly do you mean by hard reset?
I've put it to stock, yes.
any idea where I can get a motherboard? shipped internationally? approximate cost?
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You are having a thermal break down issue. Go to the li.k below and eaxthis thread it is very informative, the 3 vibrations are a warning from your HD2 that it is having a CPU issue, read the thread it will explain.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454
You can go to eBay and find main boards for the HD2 or you can buy one directly from HTC. I advice not o buy a HD2 that is broken and being sold for parts as you need the main board and usually the main board is shot in the phones being sold for parts and even one that has a faulty USB port is no good for you as the USB port is part of the main board, although if you are skilled you can fix it, like I said though you have to be skilled. Now if you can find one that just has a badly cracked Efren or faulty digitizer then you would be able to use the main board but anyway you go you are taking a chance to buy a broken HD2 for parts as you never know if the seller is owing about why the phone does not work. Not to mention you might get a HD2 that is bricked and you would have to use a JTAG on the main board to make it usable. I would buy a new replacement main board from eBay or straight from HTC.
About how long does it take to have heat issues? If you leave it on constantly, this will lead to a faster break down right?
also, do check the battery pins...they might be misaligned. misaligned battery pins are known to cause sporadic reboots and instabilities.
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I suspect the SIM, as it does seem to exacerbate when the sim is inside, or maybe the NAND storage is corrupt.. can that happen if i used task29 too many times?
Radio: 2.15.50.14 (2.12 seems to be slightly more stable)
HSPL 2.08
MAGLDR 1.13
Tried many different Android builds (non-sense are slightly more stable) NAND and SD builds.. although SD cards don't have these problems as much
Please help.
sending it back for warranty isn't an option as I am not in the US at the moment, so whatever fix there is I'll have to bear the cost.
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Hi,
when did you format your SD Card for the last time? The behaviour of your phone sounds IMO like a dysfuntioning SD Card, which might be logical after trying different Android build.
Take your SD card out of your device - insert in, via card holder, into PC - right click in after starting My Computer and choose format SD Card (slow method) - backup you card to PC before formatting. After PC format has ended (which make take a while depending on amount of Gb's, reinsert Card into device and use SD Card formatting tool for format it again and make it ready for device. Reinsert into PC and backup the old data again and reisnsert into device. After that SR device and see if the problem has disappeared.
regards, Kuzibri
I have this problem with my new GT-N7000:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178964
In short, my phone is not flashable anymore, cannot even flash a bootloader. Everything is or at least seems to be written to the phone but after a reboot all is gone and everything is in its original state. Can't even delete fotos or other random files on my phone.
RMA request is filed but if they refuse I need some ground to argue with them to get it accepted.
sounds a lot like a memory controller failure. Had the same problem on my Desire S after mistakenly pulling battery out and reinserting it immediately, it fried the controller of the eMMC and afterwards it was damn near impossible to flash anything over it. It would work, but all would be gone upon the next reboot (even apps installed via the market or user settings), it was as if the device was frozen in time...
As it is related to a hardware fault (crappy memory chips), I'd ask for replacement anyway. If you're located in Europe or the USA there are laws that force manufacturers to honor warranty in case of a a design or hardware flaw, look it up on google to have some leverage on them.
You're probably affected by the "eMMC Brick Bug" that has been plaguing a large number of popular Android phones the last year. There are some fixes and partial solutions, but I recommend to send it back a get a new one, so that "they" understand they have a large problem! (Search on XDA!)
There's also a brick bug checking app in the market...
This one looks abit different. Brick bug is known from eMMC hanging when accessing any of the damaged blocks. Though this could be the second, different result of brick bug, slighty less serious.
Hi all,
I've got a dead/hard bricked (can't turn on at all, black screen, no charge indication) phone.
The phone was fully stock, no root, no funny business (was used by my parents), and one day it spontaneously bricked, out of the blue.
We can't replace it under warranty because it was purchased abroad, so I'm trying to revive it.
I came across this unbrick guide, which would require (if the process goes well) to flash a PIT file, which must match the phone's memory size. I've been told the phone is 16GB, but how can I tell for sure if it is indeed 16GB or 32GB, without tearing it down and examining the memory chip?
The sticker has no apparent indication of memory size (I'm attaching a picture of the sticker).
Thanks in advance for any help!
It can't spontaneously be bricked.
You have a hardware failure. No software can fix that.
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It can't spontaneously be bricked.
You have a hardware failure. No software can fix that.
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Thanks for your reply, you're probably right. I messed around with it, it seems that by disconnecting the device from all power sources (incl. battery) for a few hours, I can manage to get it to fully boot (with all previous data intact) and interact with the phone for a couple of minutes, after which it completely stops responding again. I'm guessing the phone stops responding as it gets a bit hot after it boots.
Would you reckon it is a PMIC problem? Or something else?