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
*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.
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Hello, i own a 9505x not a normal 9505, and flashing the existing custom recoveries, do nothing, since i cant boot them.
The root works fine.
Since this 9505x is a demo unit, it has some software restrictions i want to eliminate, like it wont turn off the screen and will keep on playing a Samsung demo, it wont take over 20seconds videos and some other annoying stuff, i am trying to make it a retail unit.
Any suggestions ?
Why did you post this here in "Android Development"?
Can some admin post it in q and a?
Noone owns one?
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
c2s.vdg said:
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
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Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
sedde said:
Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
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i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
c2s.vdg said:
i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
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Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
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1337RYoN said:
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
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Its working, i just messed up the recovery mode by flashing a i9505 recovery and now i cant restore it. I want to unroot it and flash the mew firmware from kies. Thats why i need the stock recovery
Any chance you can extract the stock firmware for your GT-I9505X and upload it please. I have the same device given to me by a Samsung Rep and I stupidly tried to install the stock formware for the i9500 varient and now its had it. It loads the samsung boot screen as soon as you turn it on and then just keeps restarting every 5 seconds. Im hoping if I can get hold of the original firmware and reflash it will work! Cant find the firmware anywhere!
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sedde said:
Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
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i'm stuck with a costum recovery as well... no luck! f**k
I'll be very grateful too , if someone can share the original firmware....
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
Give this a try mate. Cheers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda premium
I also bricked my i9505 X. Stock Rom from i9505 does not fit to i9505X.
i9505X it's demo unit :
GT-i9505X
I9505XGSMH
PDA : I9505XXXUAMDE_LLK
Android Version: 4.2.2 – Build JDQ39
Phone does not turn on at all now, stands on live demo unit.
sorry for bad english
PiotrMmX said:
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
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Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
I9505x
Hello everyone!!!!
I have the same problem here too. Im trying to make my I9505x to work not as a Demo Unit but as an normal one.
I also couldn't Enable USB Debugging from your phone’s Android Developer Options menu because i can't find this menu. I thing thats the reason that i cant root my phone either.
So Im waiting to hear news from you...
Thanks a lot in advance!!!!!!
sedde said:
Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
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No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
PiotrMmX said:
No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
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Oh no, its much more complicated than that. Anyhow thanks for considering it even.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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Riff box . Jtag will fix it :^) ..
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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.
Hello XDA,
So yesterday i installed the pac-man ROM 4.4.2 on my Galaxy S4 (i9500) and all was going well. Then i tried installing Unicon ( a utility which manages your icon packs). I have installed this app on every android phone i have ever had and every time it asks me to go into xposed and enable it like it usually does.
So i go into xposed and i click on install/update. It shows a dialog saying that (some file name i don't remember) is already there and continue if you are feeling adventurous. Being the stupid person I am i continued.
After switching off the device, the screen is absolutely black and does not even go to download mode or recovery mode.
Please help me I'm almost crying as the warranty just ran out and it wont get replaced or anything. I don't even have the money to buy a new phone right now.
Please tell me what to do to fix this i don't care about the data or anything i just want my phone to be fixed please help me..........:crying:
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Hello XDA,
So yesterday i installed the pac-man ROM 4.4.2 on my Galaxy S4 (i9500) and all was going well. Then i tried installing Unicon ( a utility which manages your icon packs). I have installed this app on every android phone i have ever had and every time it asks me to go into xposed and enable it like it usually does.
So i go into xposed and i click on install/update. It shows a dialog saying that (some file name i don't remember) is already there and continue if you are feeling adventurous. Being the stupid person I am i continued.
After switching off the device, the screen is absolutely black and does not even go to download mode or recovery mode.
Please help me I'm almost crying as the warranty just ran out and it wont get replaced or anything. I don't even have the money to buy a new phone right now.
Please tell me what to do to fix this i don't care about the data or anything i just want my phone to be fixed please help me..........:crying:
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Not an expert but try to buy an USB JIG that force your phone into download mode. At that point, you can flash a recovery or a rom directly via odin. :good:
Well, it has nothing to do with Xposed. You can almost impossible brick it that way.
Did you try a simple thing like taking the battery out?
Yes I tried removing everything I could including battery Sim card SD card. Still not working. some people have said that in hard brick their devices give out red led but my phone doesn't even do that. Its just like a brick. Somebody pls help me ;( my dad doesn't let me use the credit card online and I can't find the USB jig anywhere near me so I can't get it.
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shivap1998 said:
Yes I tried removing everything I could including battery Sim card SD card. Still not working. some people have said that in hard brick their devices give out red led but my phone doesn't even do that. Its just like a brick. Somebody pls help me ;( my dad doesn't let me use the credit card online and I can't find the USB jig anywhere near me so I can't get it.
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Try asking here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
My phone is hard bricked where as that link is for soft bricked phones. Thank you anyways.....
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Your phone is not bricked. The way you descriped is almost impossible to brick it.
You got a faulty battery or a hardware failure.
Hi,
I and a friend had a similar issue to yours. Our S4 was very slow and we took out the battery, now it doesn't even show Samsung Splash Screen (same issue, different context). Unfortunately, JIG won't do the work there (I tried).
While my friend sent it to warranty I didn't have mine because it was bought in US and I'm from Brazil. It looks like a viable way of solving it is using a tool called JTAG, I'm waiting for a friend to bring to my town his JTAG to see if it works, I'll report here the results, I recommend you searching for it .
~Lord
"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)
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Thank you but are you sure the jig won't work? As my case is different I think it might... Thanks anyway I will try looking for a JTAG......
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Thank you but are you sure the jig won't work? As my case is different I think it might... Thanks anyway I will try looking for a JTAG......
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You sure you'll look for the JTAG device? The Jtag box cost around $210.
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Thank you but are you sure the jig won't work? As my case is different I think it might... Thanks anyway I will try looking for a JTAG......
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Hi,
JIG will only work
if you can get at least in Splash Screen, if it doesn't give any life signal, then I get that you can't get into Splash Screen, therefore, JIG won't do the work.
Here's a video showing exactly the same problem I had and a JTAG repair
Samsung Galaxy S4 - JTAG Brick Repair Service (De…: http://youtu.be/PkfEhu4trRY
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You sure you'll look for the JTAG device? The Jtag box cost around $210.
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Hi,
There are people who can do the JTAG work, they charge some money but fix it. Even though it is way cheaper than getting a JTAG interface . Buying a device would be way more expensive, and I think it wouldn't be really worth, like you mentioned .
~Lord
"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)
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Guys, I like the talk about JTAG, but I don't think it will do him any good.
His device is not bricked. Xposed only installs in /system/bin (if I am not mistaken). Thus it's impossible to brick it that way. It does nothing to the bootloader, download mode or any other partition.
He has clearly a faulty battery or an other hardware failure. He just had bad luck imo.
Are you sure about that? I'll try changing the battery.... But as I said I can't enter download mode or recovery ,both are symptoms of a hard brick....
And any idea where I can find a person with JTAG in Gurgaon(India)?
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Are you sure about that? I'll try changing the battery.... But as I said I can't enter download mode or recovery ,both are symptoms of a hard brick....
And any idea where I can find a person with JTAG in Gurgaon(India)?
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Sounds like a dead battery. Get your battery charged using an external charger or using a friend's working S4.
If yur mobile is dead try this procedure link below, This procedure vil wrk on i9300, n7100,i9500 tested by me. no need to follow ful method create bootable memory card insert the card into yur mobile insert battery den connect usb jig wait for 10 to 15 min yur mob sud boot into download mode. aftr boot flash vit multi file firmware vit pit dnt flash kitkat. boz aftr deadboot repair yu hav to repair imei . 4.2.2 or 4.3.3 is better to repair .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...n7100-dead-t2647558/post50305456#post50305456
Sorry but the IMEI fix is only for i9300 and I don't have all the required stuff for the procedure.
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with tis method yur mob vil turn on but for imei fix yu need software boxes . 1st need to repair efs den write original imei. better go to any nearest service center its easly fixable prob
Thank you all for your help guyz but now as you can see (signature) my phone is now fixed. I just went to a shop and got it fixed for Rs 900 ($15). Thank you all for your help .
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shivap1998 said:
Thank you all for your help guyz but now as you can see (signature) my phone is now fixed. I just went to a shop and got it fixed for Rs 900 ($15). Thank you all for your help .
Sent from my awesome GS4 (I9500)
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Did you came to know, what was the problem with your device?
Sorry for the last reply but sorry I wasn't able to find out what was wrong....
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Hello
¨(my note 3 is not booting, not charging, BUT when I connect it to to my PC it recognizes it as ¨Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008(COM6[]
I downloaded an app created by qualcom called QPST Configuration
¨The app recognizes the phone and says
¨Phone detected in download mode¨
Come on developers, show us how good you guys are:victory:
have you flashed someting befor you get this problem?
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have you flashed someting befor you get this problem?
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Yup ..
I tried to flash lollipop on it via Odin. .
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If you dont have something important to lose then go to recovery mode and do factory reset and case and reboot
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If you dont have something important to lose then go to recovery mode and do factory reset and case and reboot
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I wish I could.
The phone does not turn on.
Its like .. dead!
BUT as I said the computer does recognize it. When I plug the phone into the PC , the PC makes sound.
BUT Odin does NOT recognize it because the phone does not turn on thus, I can't boot into download mode. .
Thanks for your help by the way..
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Come on developers I believe in you..
There must be something that can be done..
Show us how good you are..
I'll buy you a beer:beer:
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try that....take the battery out and press the power button for one minute and then let the phone without battery for 10 minutes and then try to boot and if its not working repeat and try to go to recovert or downloas mode
vasilisaerox said:
try that....take the battery out and press the power button for one minute and then let the phone without battery for 10 minutes and then try to boot and if its not working repeat and try to go to recovert or downloas mode
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Tried it several times now..
Still not working
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There are interesting threads if you google for the ID (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008) you get on your PC now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/solved-i-think-i-bricked-my-phone-for-real-this-time.228153/
So there are ways, but the best way seems to be JTAG in that case. Anything else is possible, but on a quick search I did not find a way which is for exactly your device...
OOOOR you send it for repair to Samsung ^^
emuandco said:
There are interesting threads if you google for the ID (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008) you get on your PC now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/solved-i-think-i-bricked-my-phone-for-real-this-time.228153/
So there are ways, but the best way seems to be JTAG in that case. Anything else is possible, but on a quick search I did not find a way which is for exactly your device...
OOOOR you send it for repair to Samsung ^^
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I've sent it to a local repair shop nearby. . Not samsung..
He took the phone for a week and a half. He could not fix it.
He told me he even tried J tag..
His conclusion was that the motherboard is broken.
But I don't believe him because I think if the motherboard is truly broken the PC would not recognize the phone..
What do you guys think?
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I dont if you have seen this but check it out its kinda old and for an other phone but you can get a brain storm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526600
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o-ellinas said:
I dont if you have seen this but check it out its kinda old and for an other phone but you can get a brain storm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526600
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I bought a jig from China, it worked on my other phones but did not work on this one. I believe a jig is only used for soft bricks and I believe mine is hard bricked. I'm not sure though. That's why I'm asking for the help of the developers.
Thanks for your help.
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did you tried to boot your note without your battery just the cables?
xhamadeex said:
I've sent it to a local repair shop nearby. . Not samsung..
He took the phone for a week and a half. He could not fix it.
He told me he even tried J tag..
His conclusion was that the motherboard is broken.
But I don't believe him because I think if the motherboard is truly broken the PC would not recognize the phone..
What do you guys think?
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If it's that broken I suggest to take it to Samsung. They won't see any modifications anymore and won't take the time to dig deeper. Just tell em it did shutdown somewhere in standby overdays and never woke up anymore.
emuandco said:
If it's that broken I suggest to take it to Samsung. They won't see any modifications anymore and won't take the time to dig deeper. Just tell em it did shutdown somewhere in standby overdays and never woke up anymore.
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The problem is that my warranty has expired .. :XD
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I understand you're having trouble getting your N9005 to download mode. I was having the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-sm-n9005-hard-bricked-sd-partial-t3070743 check my thread, it could be helpful to you.
See the threads I've mentioned on it. Maybe you can get ODIN to recognize your phone. But probably that won't be enough, at least it wasn't for me. You can give it a try though...
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I understand you're having trouble getting your N9005 to download mode. I was having the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-sm-n9005-hard-bricked-sd-partial-t3070743 check my thread, it could be helpful to you.
See the threads I've mentioned on it. Maybe you can get ODIN to recognize your phone. But probably that won't be enough, at least it wasn't for me. You can give it a try though...
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I will try it.. Thank you
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Get the .PIT file. This file is a saving grace
speedyjay said:
Get the .PIT file. This file is a saving grace
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The problem is which file should I choose
I tried some files before but did not work
I have n900w8
Anyway.. I have final exams now.. I will try all of the files as soon as I finish..
I'm glad to see more suggestions. .
Thank you
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speedyjay said:
Get the .PIT file. This file is a saving grace
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PIT file is a saving grace if it works. I've tried 6 different ones so far and none of them worked. Any other suggestion?