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[Q] Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 hard brick

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
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

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?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

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
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app

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
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

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
*edit*
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.

samersh72 said:
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.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

[Q] Please help my GT-i9500 Stuck on SAMSUNG logo? :(

Hi, very bad today, Yesterday i rooted my S4 with CF Auto-root and all going fine and i rooted my phone also fine...
just now today, when i shutdown and turn on my phone, its stuck on Samsung bootanimation...
i am really sad, when i take off my battery and put it again and go to download mode first
and again take of battery and re-insert it and turn on, it boot-up.
but when i turn off and turn on its completely stuck at Samsung bootanimation.
so i decided to install the official firmware for my country size approx 1.5gb via ODIN
and all went well i flash it via PDA and do all fine now, i even can't boot up after the Samsung logo
even after going to download mode:crying::crying::crying:
in download mode its showing
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS:CUSTOM
please help i am stuck at Samsung logo.
this device is new. and i am very afraid.
i am very noob to samsung.
please please help me!

95mediatech said:
Hi, very bad today, Yesterday i rooted my S4 with CF Auto-root and all going fine and i rooted my phone also fine...
just now today, when i shutdown and turn on my phone, its stuck on Samsung bootanimation...
i am really sad, when i take off my battery and put it again and go to download mode first
and again take of battery and re-insert it and turn on, it boot-up.
but when i turn off and turn on its completely stuck at Samsung bootanimation.
so i decided to install the official firmware for my country size approx 1.5gb via ODIN
and all went well i flash it via PDA and do all fine now, i even can't boot up after the Samsung logo
even after going to download mode:crying::crying::crying:
in download mode its showing
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS:CUSTOM
please help i am stuck at Samsung logo.
this device is new. and i am very afraid.
i am very noob to samsung.
please please help me!
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Just wipe cache from stock recovery / if req also reset and reboot will work

95mediatech said:
Hi, very bad today, Yesterday i rooted my S4 with CF Auto-root and all going fine and i rooted my phone also fine...
just now today, when i shutdown and turn on my phone, its stuck on Samsung bootanimation...
i am really sad, when i take off my battery and put it again and go to download mode first
and again take of battery and re-insert it and turn on, it boot-up.
but when i turn off and turn on its completely stuck at Samsung bootanimation.
so i decided to install the official firmware for my country size approx 1.5gb via ODIN
and all went well i flash it via PDA and do all fine now, i even can't boot up after the Samsung logo
even after going to download mode:crying::crying::crying:
in download mode its showing
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS:CUSTOM
please help i am stuck at Samsung logo.
this device is new. and i am very afraid.
i am very noob to samsung.
please please help me!
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OK, first dont be panic. Be calm.
Please provide link or PDA version here.
I think you have installed different location PDA.
Explain your self better.
@123hiten: buddy, but system status is still custom. I think he has plugged out the mobile before installation fully.

Disturbed™ said:
OK, first dont be panic. Be calm.
Please provide link or PDA version here.
I think you have installed different location PDA.
Explain your self better.
@123hiten: buddy, but system status is still custom. I think he has plugged out the mobile before installation fully.
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Yes buddy i know actually he was talking to me on PM since a while and was writing the entire way there however he created a thread in the time i could reply so i wrote here in shortcut
and ya he is back with his device..

Disturbed™ said:
OK, first dont be panic. Be calm.
Please provide link or PDA version here.
I think you have installed different location PDA.
Explain your self better.
@123hiten: buddy, but system status is still custom. I think he has plugged out the mobile before installation fully.
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Yup I used odin 3.07 and flashed from pda...
I downloaded for my country Malaysia.
No... I unplugged after the green color comes from odin and it says successful and there's exit button.
Hopefully my device now running ... from a great instruction by 123hiten... I revived my S4.
Lost my root and now system status are official.
I will root tomorrow...
And friend what cause sudden boot loop?
I am underclocked my S4 that time to 1ghz

123hiten said:
Yes buddy i know actually he was talking to me on PM since a while and was writing the entire way there however he created a thread in the time i could reply so i wrote here in shortcut
and ya he is back with his device..
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Thanks mate! I would cry if you didn't replied my PM.
that time lol.
I actually even didn't know there's recovery
by pressing Vol.up+home+power. Thats showcasing
how bad is me

95mediatech said:
Thanks mate! I would cry if you didn't replied my PM.
that time lol.
I actually even didn't know there's recovery
by pressing Vol.up+home+power. Thats showcasing
how bad is me
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That is fine my friend just a matter of time there are many things I too donno and take my other expert help
And ya i also can't say exactly what cud have caused bootloop may be some bad files £ apps etc
It won't be under clocking as u did stock flash and was stuck so device was trying to boot in new os u installed
May be something u removed after rooting could have caused boot loop
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

123hiten said:
That is fine my friend just a matter of time there are many things I too donno and take my other expert help
And ya i also can't say exactly what cud have caused bootloop may be some bad files £ apps etc
It won't be under clocking as u did stock flash and was stuck so device was trying to boot in new os u installed
May be something u removed after rooting could have caused boot loop
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Yes, mate! I actually using no bloatware app to
Remove those many apps that actually safe to remove
But the boot loop when we turn off the phone ourselves
and when turn it back, it stuck seems no way to pass samsung logo. Maybe I underclocked the phone and it causing the phone to fail to boot past?? I am right or not

95mediatech said:
Yes, mate! I actually using no bloatware app to
Remove those many apps that actually safe to remove
But the boot loop when we turn off the phone ourselves
and when turn it back, it stuck seems no way to pass samsung logo. Maybe I underclocked the phone and it causing the phone to fail to boot past?? I am right or not
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Ya could be multiple reason here on after rooting use a rom which has no Bloatware hopefully that wont give u any boot loops and underclock after a stable kernel is available so u can avoid may issues
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

123hiten said:
Ya could be multiple reason here on after rooting use a rom which has no Bloatware hopefully that wont give u any boot loops and underclock after a stable kernel is available so u can avoid may issues
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Thanks for your advice mate!
How about boot loader in gti9500?
we need to unlock it before flashing kernel...

95mediatech said:
Thanks for your advice mate!
How about boot loader in gti9500?
we need to unlock it before flashing kernel...
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No you don't have to its already unlocked
Unlike sony
Just flash a kernel with all the feature u need and done
Infact there is a kernel with all that feature called perseus but still on alpha and some bugs are there have to wait for some more days that will be one of the best kernel
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

123hiten said:
No you don't have to its already unlocked
Unlike sony
Just flash a kernel with all the feature u need and done
Infact there is a kernel with all that feature called perseus but still on alpha and some bugs are there have to wait for some more days that will be one of the best kernel
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Ohh thanks, I will be patient no problem good news
That Samsung phones are comes with unlocked
boot loader, very good
Yeah its pretty hard to modify Sony you need to
unlock bootloader first before using other kernels
That process caused my little old device hard brick one time.
and thats why I am afraid with my new S4 although they are different device

95mediatech said:
Ohh thanks, I will be patient no problem good news
That Samsung phones are comes with unlocked
boot loader, very good
Yeah its pretty hard to modify Sony you need to
unlock bootloader first before using other kernels
That process caused my little old device hard brick one time.
and thats why I am afraid with my new S4 although they are different device
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Ya samsung has international versions with unlocked bootloaders not all
And ya have used few sony and htc too much process for bootloader unlocking
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

123hiten said:
Ya samsung has international versions with unlocked bootloaders not all
And ya have used few sony and htc too much process for bootloader unlocking
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Yeah, very hard process, but I hope its easy in my S4 since it was factory unlocked
and I can install whatever with confidence. .
because now I know the basic how to use odin
And flash and use recovery.
Thanks for your help for teaching me.
It's there's any case of possible hard brick in S4?

95mediatech said:
Yeah, very hard process, but I hope its easy in my S4 since it was factory unlocked
and I can install whatever with confidence. .
because now I know the basic how to use odin
And flash and use recovery.
Thanks for your help for teaching me.
It's there's any case of possible hard brick in S4?
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Chances are almost nil or 1 % if u do all properly and use what is made for i9500 I mean ur device
And ya keeping EFS backup is very important have that after u root next time
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

123hiten said:
Chances are almost nil or 1 % if u do all properly and use what is made for i9500 I mean ur device
And ya keeping EFS backup is very important have that after u root next time
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Yeah, but actually what EFS Backup means?

95mediatech said:
Yeah, but actually what EFS Backup means?
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EFS Backup contains imei details etc
Incase by flashing something wrong or bad if u loose imei etc this will help u get that back
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium

123hiten said:
EFS Backup contains imei details etc
Incase by flashing something wrong or bad if u loose imei etc this will help u get that back
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Yeah, thanks mate I will research for more.
First of all I need to root again.
Thanks.

Bootloops are mainly caused by system files interfering with each others which cause instability and/or crash at the boot sequence. :good:
efs backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41559366

Help i9500
I got same problem you have with your S4 please help me for the solution you have found Thanks my email is [email protected]
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95mediatech said:
Hi, very bad today, Yesterday i rooted my S4 with CF Auto-root and all going fine and i rooted my phone also fine...
just now today, when i shutdown and turn on my phone, its stuck on Samsung bootanimation...
i am really sad, when i take off my battery and put it again and go to download mode first
and again take of battery and re-insert it and turn on, it boot-up.
but when i turn off and turn on its completely stuck at Samsung bootanimation.
so i decided to install the official firmware for my country size approx 1.5gb via ODIN
and all went well i flash it via PDA and do all fine now, i even can't boot up after the Samsung logo
even after going to download mode:crying::crying::crying:
in download mode its showing
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS:CUSTOM
please help i am stuck at Samsung logo.
this device is new. and i am very afraid.
i am very noob to samsung.
please please help me!
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Hi, The you find the solution because i have the same problem, please help me

[Q] Can i use gmate for mobile internet and calls on a I9505x Live demo Unit?

Hi all,i'm wondering if i can use Gmate device for a Samsung s4 I9505x live demo unit?

effekt10 said:
Hi all,i'm wondering if i can use Gmate device for a Samsung s4 I9505x live demo unit?
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yes, 99% sure. galaxy player ( which also has no antenna can use it)

Thanks
But how can rid of the "restart" thing,and whats app and all kinda of apps to install?
Maybe you wonder where i have him?) someone sold it to me,i was naive to belive that was real when i saw sim and all...now i try to save all i can from it. Please if u can redirect me or help me more with it i will be greatful,i mean is there any chance for him to not delete every time my data? I rooted it,i deactivate the retail **** program,but from time to time he doesent memorize the settings.
Thanks a lot

effekt10 said:
Hi all,i'm wondering if i can use Gmate device for a Samsung s4 I9505x live demo unit?
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You mean Gmate to turn your device into dual chip ? If yes im trying for 3 days sync the internet from my Gmate to my mobile via bluetooth connection and i cant make it work. I tried 3 different SIM cards and all of them i receive network fail. I tried to configure all APN settings and passwords too. If i gound any solution i will let you know friend.

effekt10 said:
But how can rid of the "restart" thing,and whats app and all kinda of apps to install?
Maybe you wonder where i have him?) someone sold it to me,i was naive to belive that was real when i saw sim and all...now i try to save all i can from it. Please if u can redirect me or help me more with it i will be greatful,i mean is there any chance for him to not delete every time my data? I rooted it,i deactivate the retail **** program,but from time to time he doesent memorize the settings.
Thanks a lot
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I have read that people flashed stock i9505 NOT i9505x rom via odin. After that they installed recovery and flashed adem kernel. If you don't flash adem kernel your wifi won't work. Good luck, ask if you have to know something else

Yes
A place or instruction step by step to do this

effekt10 said:
A place or instruction step by step to do this
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1 - Download Odin, TWRP recovery, Stock I9505 Rom (?) and Adam's kernel ( search i9505 forum)
2 - Boot the device on dowload mode (push volume down, home and power button until the device vibrate)
3 - Flash the TWRP recovery, and wait for Odin return Sucess message.
4 - Copy the Adam's kernel .zip and Stock Rom file in the device ( sdcard root or what you want )
5 - flash the kernel with "Install" recovery option
6 - after that Wipe and Format every thing you can! (system, cache, etc...)
7 - Flash the stock Rom ( may have some error for the modem.bin but no matter )
8 - This may work now!

Aha
Aha,i ll give it a try,thanks my friend,very polite,i wish in my country people be like that

Well
perissatto said:
You mean Gmate to turn your device into dual chip ? If yes im trying for 3 days sync the internet from my Gmate to my mobile via bluetooth connection and i cant make it work. I tried 3 different SIM cards and all of them i receive network fail. I tried to configure all APN settings and passwords too. If i gound any solution i will let you know friend.
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I wish i can give you a info,but i didnt buyed the g mate yet,i wanted to assure that is ok to use it first...

effekt10 said:
Aha,i ll give it a try,thanks my friend,very polite,i wish in my country people be like that
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No problem man I don't own the phone, I'm really thinking of buying it. If I will, I'll try to make it a real phone. With sim and 4g. But that is very hard.

help .. HARD BRICKED NOTE 3 N9005 UK

Hi i have managed to hard brick my NOTE 3 N9005 International version <<stupid i know
I really need someone to help me ( a developer possibly??) and help me obtain the UNBRICK.img from the note 3 source code for the
N9005 so i can mount it to a SD card via Linux. As this is impossble for me to get myself (as my phone is hard bricked which means i cant turn it on!) i really need help
a similair unbrick image and unbrick method can be found here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2476353
(but that image cant work for my n3 version)
Any body who helps will recieve a nice donation for their hard work (providing it works)
Thanks community for taking the time to read my message.
I am new here sorry if i have broken any posting rules

Sayid_Jarah said:
Hi i have managed to hard brick my NOTE 3 N9005 International version <<stupid i know
I really need someone to help me ( a developer possibly??) and help me obtain the UNBRICK.img from the note 3 source code for the
N9005 so i can mount it to a SD card via Linux. As this is impossble for me to get myself (as my phone is hard bricked which means i cant turn it on!) i really need help
a similair unbrick image and unbrick method can be found here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2476353
(but that image cant work for my n3 version)
Any body who helps will recieve a nice donation for their hard work (providing it works)
Thanks community for taking the time to read my message.
I am new here sorry if i have broken any posting rules
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im not a developer but can you get to download mod

jaythenut said:
im not a developer but can you get to download mod
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hey thanks for the reply,
no as the phone is hard bricked its 100% unusable, if it would even switch on that would be fantastic.
its more complex than soft brick.

im having the same problem... is your note alive again?

Return it and claim warranty, tell them that your phone suddenly went off and that you don't know the reason. They may replace the board for you.

wow thats sad
h2s said:
Return it and claim warranty, tell them that your phone suddenly went off and that you don't know the reason. They may replace the board for you.
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the thing is.. is not even mine... is from a client... and a friend was trying to unlock it and the phone came to my hands that way... and now i think my friend must pay for it... wow... what an expensive one...
not even a jtag interface to repair the dead boot... wow..

vickcar13 said:
the thing is.. is not even mine... is from a client... and a friend was trying to unlock it and the phone came to my hands that way... and now i think my friend must pay for it... wow... what an expensive one...
not even a jtag interface to repair the dead boot... wow..
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Then it's up to you to convince your client to return it to Samsung for warranty. As for recovering his data, that is the hard part.

Sayid_Jarah said:
Hi i have managed to hard brick my NOTE 3 N9005 International version <<stupid i know
I really need someone to help me ( a developer possibly??) and help me obtain the UNBRICK.img from the note 3 source code for the
N9005 so i can mount it to a SD card via Linux.
...
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Do you mean the bootloader that needs to be written as T-Flash to a microsd using Odin 3.09 or higher? (as per 13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf) Isn't that just the same as sboot.bin written raw to first sectors of microsd?
I would be interested to hear if you managed to use that just for the "extreme hacking" angle of it :good:

h2s said:
Return it and claim warranty, tell them that your phone suddenly went off and that you don't know the reason. They may replace the board for you.
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Yes that's precisely what I did back in October

xclub_101 said:
Do you mean the bootloader that needs to be written as T-Flash to a microsd using Odin 3.09 or higher? (as per 13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf) Isn't that just the same as sboot.bin written raw to first sectors of microsd?
I would be interested to hear if you managed to use that just for the "extreme hacking" angle of it :good:
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hi sorry way over my head
this was back in October. I tried using an unbrick.img for the sm905 N3 Flashed to microsd and I was supposed to just
put in the sd card in my phone so it could boot into download mode but was unsuccessful as I needed an unbrick.img made up for my device
model sm9005. hope that helps.
Thanks

Sayid_Jarah said:
hi sorry way over my head
this was back in October. I tried using an unbrick.img for the sm905 N3 Flashed to microsd and I was supposed to just
put in the sd card in my phone so it could boot into download mode but was unsuccessful as I needed an unbrick.img made up for my device
model sm9005. hope that helps.
Thanks
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I do not think the microsd is enough - the Note3 ONLY boots from microsd if you short R4075 on the mainboard - there is a notice from Samsung service somewhere around with a name like 13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf that describes the details (and comes with a good picture of what you need to short).

Riff box . Jtag will fix it :^) ..
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tidy said:
Riff box . Jtag will fix it :^) ..
Sent from my SM-N9005 using xda app-developers app
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From personal experience or in theory?
Also link to that pdf......not my link just found via google.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jkw1vv95ub8596h/13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf

Kind if sad.. Im from venezuela and the clustomer bought the phone in france.. And he's not comming back just for warranty.. Wait for riff for restore it.. Is not available yet..
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bricked without ability to flash to odin
jaythenut said:
im not a developer but can you get to download mod
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I have the same problem -but a recovery loop. I can't get my phone into either download or recovery mode. So what options are there to fix this loop?

bedtek said:
I have the same problem -but a recovery loop. I can't get my phone into either download or recovery mode. So what options are there to fix this loop?
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Take the battery out to power off the device then try getting into Download mode, reflash your Firmware and voila you're good to go

bedtek said:
I have the same problem -but a recovery loop. I can't get my phone into either download or recovery mode. So what options are there to fix this loop?
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If you did not fix it in any other way maybe you need to look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625332
Please post there if you get any results.

Note 3 Root went wrong #noobie

Dear,
I tried to flash my demo unit with no succes.
Got now the message ''proces system isn't working'', and then it reboot itself automaticly.
The only thing i want right now is to restore evrything.
Tried to delete the moden and HLOL part, but cant delete them?
Greetings

Timenote said:
Hey,
After rooting my Note 3 n9005 it went wrong.
When i boot my note 3 i saw a black background and after a few seconds i had the message "process system isnt working" i pressed "ok" and after a few second the device reboot it selfs comstantly.
I tried to root / flash it a few times but none of it helps.
Installed cmw recobery and cleared the cashes, also doesnt help.
Could anyone oleas help me?
sorry for my englisch, come from the netherlands.
(posted before in the wrong sub forum i guess)
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Your EFS is warped, flash THIS and it'll fix it for you. This happens at random and isn't really a user error IMO

radicalisto said:
Your EFS is warped, flash THIS and it'll fix it for you. This happens at random and isn't really a user error IMO
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Thank you, i dont have a SD card right now, can it be done without?
Otherwise i have to get one tomorrow.

Timenote said:
Thank you, i dont have a SD card right now, can it be done without?
Otherwise i have to get one tomorrow.
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Umm not sure if it can be done without, you could try and if no good you'd have to use one.

Get yourself an sd card. You can't access internal memory so you are screwed until you get one...
You need to also tell us what version of Android you are on as the can be a deciding factor in what you need to do... Some things that will fix one version of android won't help the next... If you don't know what this means you should do A LOT of reading before trying this stuff again, read about Kitkat and Jellybean...

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Get yourself an sd card. You can't access internal memory so you are screwed until you get one...
You need to also tell us what version of Android you are on as the can be a deciding factor in what you need to do... Some things that will fix one version of android won't help the next... If you don't know what this means you should do A LOT of reading before trying this stuff again, read about Kitkat and Jellybean...
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You right, i should read about it alot more.
I rooted my Galaxy s Advanced already with a noob guide, so i fould it would be easy to do it again.

Guys, im verry frustrated now, im a real noob who fold he could do this easily, without thinking or reading anything i tried to flash my demo unit.
Now i have a huge problem because this phone is not mine.
Anyone who has a solution, the thing earlier pronounced in this topic didnt help.

Get yourself a stock rom and flash it using ODIN and stock recovery might do the trick but make SURE you flash the CORRECT ROM.
Correct rom depends on what you had running. If you where running kitkat you MUST flash kitkat again. If you had 4.3 you better stick to that until it's up and running again.

kriskras said:
Get yourself a stock rom and flash it using ODIN and stock recovery might do the trick but make SURE you flash the CORRECT ROM.
Correct rom depends on what you had running. If you where running kitkat you MUST flash kitkat again. If you had 4.3 you better stick to that until it's up and running again.
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Okay thanks im going to try that, it doesnt matter that the phone is a demo unit?

Timenote said:
Guys, im verry frustrated now, im a real noob who fold he could do this easily, without thinking or reading anything i tried to flash my demo unit.
Now i have a huge problem because this phone is not mine.
Anyone who has a solution, the thing earlier pronounced in this topic didnt help.
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Ahh, not you did not mention you had a DEMO unit. That changes everything.. As DEMO unit's don't have radio's in them so you cannot flash a modem from what I am aware..

radicalisto said:
Ahh, not you did not mention you had a DEMO unit. That changes everything.. As DEMO unit's don't have radio's in them so you cannot flash a modem from what I am aware..
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You right i should told you guys its a demo unit.
But i could root it, when i would delete modem and HLOL, right?
I tried that but cant delete them, tried evrything but dont have permissions in tar files.

radicalisto said:
Ahh, not you did not mention you had a DEMO unit. That changes everything.. As DEMO unit's don't have radio's in them so you cannot flash a modem from what I am aware..
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DEMO units don't have radios?
That's new to me.
So Samsung actually goes through the effort of separately manufacturing them....weird Sammy.

FeralFire said:
DEMO units don't have radios?
That's new to me.
So Samsung actually goes through the effort of separately manufacturing them....weird Sammy.
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Yeah they don't have a radio on the MB - guess it's to stop people actually using the device early etc -- They use specially adapted firmware also

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Yeah they don't have a radio on the MB - guess it's to stop people actually using the device early etc -- They use specially adapted firmware also
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In my country (India), they just keep the Snapdragon version (official is the Exynos) for DEMO pieces and just rely on the region lock to keep people out.
I tried so hard to buy one of them, but nobody agreed. Finally got mine from overseas.