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bricked?!? -SOLVED-

I've tried the "brick fixes" on this forum, but without luck so far... I can get into download mode, and I've tried flashing with odin from this post which says "passed" to me. After this is reboots into a black screen after the "galaxy S" screen, and nothing can be done except making the capasitive buttons light up...
All help is appreciated!!
FYI I don't have a SD card installed during odin...
Solutions in #6 and #7...
Thanks a ton

Novek said:
I've tried the "brick fixes" on this forum, but without luck so far... I can get into download mode, and I've tried flashing with odin from this post which says "passed" to me. After this is reboots into a black screen after the "galaxy S" screen, and nothing can be done except making the capasitive buttons light up...
All help is appreciated!!
FYI I don't have a SD card installed during odin...
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Sounds like a boot loop, but I can't figure out why you would get one with the stock odin flash. Try doing a factory reset? it shouldn't be needed, but who knows?

how? tried the "hard reset" whitout luck

Novek said:
how? tried the "hard reset" whitout luck
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In recovery.. there should be a factory reset option. I thought odin did that though.

when it is resetting I can read "mbr checksum error" or similar in yellow text before it's wiping data etc...

Try this ...turn you phone off but keep it plugged into you cpu usb cord and open oidin, next put your phone in download mode and put the needed files in oden and click start I had a hard time getting odin to work right for some reason this may not help but it worked for me. Good luck I don't think you bricked I think you can come out of this.

I assume that you used the partition in ROM Manager? If so I had the same problem as you. The phone would boot up to a black screen with only the buttons working. What I did was flash Eugenes 2.2 Froyo Rom, I surprised that it booted up and worked. After that I flashed back to stock rom and it work as it did before!

AustinKnight45 said:
Try this ...turn you phone off but keep it plugged into you cpu usb cord and open oidin, next put your phone in download mode and put the needed files in oden and click start I had a hard time getting odin to work right for some reason this may not help but it worked for me. Good luck I don't think you bricked I think you can come out of this.
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Thanks for the help, but my problem occurs after odin... when it's rebooting and it says "passed!" i just end up with a black screen with only the capasitive buttons lighting up when pressed...
ElahC said:
I assume that you used the partition in ROM Manager? If so I had the same problem as you. The phone would boot up to a black screen with only the buttons working. What I did was flash Eugenes 2.2 Froyo Rom, I surprised that it booted up and worked. After that I flashed back to stock rom and it work as it did before!
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that's my problem!! found it, downloading now... will report back for future accidents...
Froyo worked!! Thanks a ton! Now I just have to downgrade

sry... dubbel

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. How did you get odin to detect your phone? I put it into download mode but no detection plzzz help

farrisizdaman said:
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. How did you get odin to detect your phone? I put it into download mode but no detection plzzz help
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I turned the phone off while the usb was connected when the phone if off open odin ounce its open boot up the phone and boot it into download mode from there odin will connect and you can put the files you need into it and click start. This worked well for me when I needed to revert back to factory vibrant after flashing the "Real lag FIX" kernel that made my ear piece not work and some of my buttons not work but boy was my phone snappy and my benchmarks were awesome but what good does that do when your girl calls you and you cant hear her and all she can hear is you saying hellllllllooooooo .

I"ve been trying to flash with odin now for about 2 hours. It gets stuck on DO NOT DISCONNECT. And never finishes.

farrisizdaman said:
I"ve been trying to flash with odin now for about 2 hours. It gets stuck on DO NOT DISCONNECT. And never finishes.
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Ya it was like that for me until I did what I said in my last post, you do have the samsung drivers installed ?
Edit: And you are using this method or this thread HERE

farrisizdaman said:
I"ve been trying to flash with odin now for about 2 hours. It gets stuck on DO NOT DISCONNECT. And never finishes.
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You have managed to get into download mode right? My device is up and running stock now, but gonna try some other ROM now =)

Glad to hear your phone is back up and running .

i know this is an old thread, but i figure this can help someone later... brick is a common search term, and i figure this will come up in a search and this will save time for others...
here's what happened to me. i was flashing back to stock and was in download mode. the blue bar was moving etc and murphy and his dumb law decided to kill my my usb port... i thought the phone was DEAD! nothing i did woke the phone up. no battery indicator, buttons didn't do anything... it was all black. holding up/down and power didnt turn the phone on and into recovery or download mode... the phone was DEAD...
then after scouring the forum forever, i finally got the phone into download mode...
NOTE: i don't recall if the usb wire was plugged into the computer or not... i think it was though...
NOTE2: samsung drivers should have been installed already...
- remove the battery
- hold vol up and vol down buttons
- reinsert battery
i thought WOO HOO!! I GOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE!!!
the next issue i had was getting odin to recognize the phone... it didn't detect what com port i had. but after a lot of reading, i finally got it to work...
- open odin first
- then get into download mode using the steps above...
after odin recognized the port the phone was plugged into, i flashed back to stock rom using the instructions given on this site... and my dead phone works again...
i was able to fix a dead phone!! this phone could be un-brickable!!
i hope this helps...

farrisizdaman said:
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. How did you get odin to detect your phone? I put it into download mode but no detection plzzz help
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Open odin first, then plug in your phone.

problem with Exclamation point and a computer

hi
i have problem i can get to download mode with my galaxy i9000 but if i want to go to recovery i get these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/images/d/d8/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Black_Screen_of_Death.jpg
what is that mean?
what can i do to fix that?
i have these phone model exactly
http://www.galuru.com/wp-content/pictures/Samsung-I9000-Galaxy-S-wallpaper.jpg
thanks

I7210I said:
hi
i have problem i can get to download mode with my galaxy i9000 but if i want to go to recovery i get these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/images/d/d8/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Black_Screen_of_Death.jpg
what is that mean?
what can i do to fix that?
i have these phone model exactly
http://www.galuru.com/wp-content/pictures/Samsung-I9000-Galaxy-S-wallpaper.jpg
thanks
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the picture wont help on what phone model that is...refer to your phone ,remove back cover and check..or check the box...
assuming thats a galaxy s I9000 , go into download mode(you are safe as long as you can get into download mode), flash stock ROM via ODIN or Heimdall....

my model is gt-I9000
according to the back of the phone...
and how to flash stock rom exactly?

He wrote that he can't get into dl mode... and by booting into recovery, he gets the blackscreen of death... that's really strange.

dark_knight35 said:
He wrote that he can't get into dl mode... and by booting into recovery, he gets the blackscreen of death... that's really strange.
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actually he wrote he can get into DL mode, but not recovery....but yes its also strange why he gets that ! when going into recovery...
when you power on by holding volume down+home button+Power button..do you get download mode? the big triangle with the android digging? if yes the you are safe...
to answer your questions: refer to here for guided HOW TO's to flash via odin / heimdall, it also includes guides to get out of that phone-!-computer...

dark_knight35 i can get to download mode...only to recovery i can't

ok good news
i did flash of stock rom into the phone so i have a new recovery that work but the rom is not work and when i do in the recovery mount usb storage i don't see anything in the pc from the phone..
what to do now?

Explain more in detail is vital for getting any help.
Not intended to mock your English but saying "rom is not work" is really diffuse.
Sent from my GT-I9000

lg mobile support tool stuck at 49%

i tried going back to stock firmware using the method in general section but i always seem to get an error at 49%. can someone explain how to get passed this.
i using the t-mobile d801.
also my recovery seemed to have gotten erased because i cant boot into twrp anymore.

LG G2 Stuck @ 49%
El Killer said:
i tried going back to stock firmware using the method in general section but i always seem to get an error at 49%. can someone explain how to get passed this.
i using the t-mobile d801.
also my recovery seemed to have gotten erased because i cant boot into twrp anymore.
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HEY! I'm on the d801 as well and I've been where you're at a number of times, unfortunately. But I've always gotten out. Here's the conclusion I've reached. Trying to flash directly back to stock without wiping all the partitions first is what makes the RDTool get stuck. It's like the phone runs out of memory and can't host a full Gig+ of data since your last ROM is in the way. Sorry if I'm wrong but I'm only assuming you didn't wipe everything except the Internal storage. The good thing every time this has happened to me is that your recovery partition should be intact. Mine always is, and we're on the same variant. Another thing, booting back into recovery is not impossible. It's all in the timing it takes from the first time you see the LG logo while holding volume - and the power button, but don't let go. What worked for me was to let the phone cycle between off and boot power states twice until the phone is completely off again. You may even notice the LED indicator flash red. Release your keys if the phone stays off and immediately hold the combo down again until the phone tries to boot again just don't let go of the buttons. Once it powers down again, leave the phone alone for a few minutes. Come back and this time get ready to boot into recovery. The combo button press will initiate boot but don't let go until the next time you see the LG logo flash, then quickly release and depress the vol down power up combo and hold. May take a minute longer than usual but the reset menu should pop up thereafter. Tap power 2 more times and you should back into recovery. It's worked every time for me. Let me know if you're good and whether this helped!
Good Luck,
tinydynamite00

try with x86
El Killer said:
i tried going back to stock firmware using the method in general section but i always seem to get an error at 49%. can someone explain how to get passed this.
i using the t-mobile d801.
also my recovery seemed to have gotten erased because i cant boot into twrp anymore.
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i had exact same issue that progress stucked on 49%. if you are using 64bit OS, try to flash it with 32bit(x86) OS
good luck

tinydynamite00 said:
HEY! I'm on the d801 as well and I've been where you're at a number of times, unfortunately. But I've always gotten out. Here's the conclusion I've reached. Trying to flash directly back to stock without wiping all the partitions first is what makes the RDTool get stuck. It's like the phone runs out of memory and can't host a full Gig+ of data since your last ROM is in the way. Sorry if I'm wrong but I'm only assuming you didn't wipe everything except the Internal storage. The good thing every time this has happened to me is that your recovery partition should be intact. Mine always is, and we're on the same variant. Another thing, booting back into recovery is not impossible. It's all in the timing it takes from the first time you see the LG logo while holding volume - and the power button, but don't let go. What worked for me was to let the phone cycle between off and boot power states twice until the phone is completely off again. You may even notice the LED indicator flash red. Release your keys if the phone stays off and immediately hold the combo down again until the phone tries to boot again just don't let go of the buttons. Once it powers down again, leave the phone alone for a few minutes. Come back and this time get ready to boot into recovery. The combo button press will initiate boot but don't let go until the next time you see the LG logo flash, then quickly release and depress the vol down power up combo and hold. May take a minute longer than usual but the reset menu should pop up thereafter. Tap power 2 more times and you should back into recovery. It's worked every time for me. Let me know if you're good and whether this helped!
Good Luck,
tinydynamite00
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still no luck

El Killer said:
still no luck
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OK. So tell me, what ROM were you on, which recovery version and name are you using, why were you flashing back to stock, i.e. were you having problems, what kind. Explain as much as you can in detail. Need to retrace your exact steps to best get you fixed up!
tinydynamite00

tinydynamite00 said:
OK. So tell me, what ROM were you on, which recovery version and name are you using, why were you flashing back to stock, i.e. were you having problems, what kind. Explain as much as you can in detail. Need to retrace your exact steps to best get you fixed up!
tinydynamite00
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i was using pa4.0 and wanted to go back to stock because i preffered the lg ui. i had twrp 2.6.3.5 i restored my back up of stock but when i rebooted i got into fastboot mode.
twrp wasnt working after i had restored my back up go straight to fastboot was stuck in fastboot until i found a thread explaining how to get out of fastboot and restore download mode.
managed to get download mode working and tried to flash stock with mobile support tool and got the 49 percent error,
my phone never really displayed any progress just says download mode with a white box and blue dots

El Killer said:
i was using pa4.0 and wanted to go back to stock because i preffered the lg ui. i had twrp 2.6.3.5 i restored my back up of stock but when i rebooted i got into fastboot mode.
twrp wasnt working after i had restored my back up go straight to fastboot was stuck in fastboot until i found a thread explaining how to get out of fastboot and restore download mode.
managed to get download mode working and tried to flash stock with mobile support tool and got the 49 percent error,
my phone never really displayed any progress just says download mode with a white box and blue dots
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K, now if you're only seeing the blue dots when you attach by USB your phone to PC, then you're not fully in DL mode to process the kdz. You should see a white wheel in the center of the screen when you connect and a viewing mirror near the base of your phone with ROOTED in red directly below that. And you're sure your PC is detecting your phone? You've the drivers installed? Because when RDT tells you to run the tool, you'll see some binary code in the viewing window I spoke of, the white wheel will turn and below it will be shown the COM port to which you're connected and a solid thin red bar will begin to fill a space in the viewer showing you the progress.
Also, be sure when attempting the first steps I gave you to boot into recovery that you are not USB connected. It won't work.
And, try to remember if your phone was well enough charged, should have been at least 80% full. It happened to me once that I couldn't boot recovery and my phone would go to fastboot like yours until I left it alone to charge and then I repeated the stepsvi laid out to get back into recovery. This part is paramount!

Please READ CAREFULLY
I used to be in your same situation. I thought I had bricked my phone for good. I finally figured it out. Here is my solution from my Thread.
Esteef said:
Okay, after 12+ hours of trying every method possible on XDA I finally resolved my issue. I will update the first post just incase any others care or fall into the same dilemma I was in.
The LG Mobile Support tool would not download the firmware and it would NOT ask me for my IMEI to download it either.
So my solution....
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Installed LG Mobile Support Tool then Installed the LG Drivers. (FROM HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
BEFORE I connected the phone to the computer. I opened the LG Mobile support tool clicked (Options on the top right).
When the dropped down opened, I clicked the (Upgrade Recovery) option. THEN, is when the prompt opened to ask me what my IMEI is.
Before I entered my IMEI, I connected my phone to the computer in download mode, then proceeded to enter my IMEI and hit OK.
This is when the LG Mobile Support tool SUCCESSFULLY downloaded the latest official LG firmware and installed it.
*** BE AWARE, with the phone connected to the PC, the prompt NEVER appeared to enter my IMEI.
*** But with the phone disconnected, the prompt came up every time. This might be the trick for some people.
*** with the IMEI prompt opened, I then connected the phone , entered the IMEI, then hit OK. BOOM HERPES....
Well I'll polish this up more later. I hope this works for every LG G2 Variant and not just the T-Mobile one (D801)
-Esteef
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THIS WILL WIPE YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY...

tinydynamite00 said:
K, now if you're only seeing the blue dots when you attach by USB your phone to PC, then you're not fully in DL mode to process the kdz. You should see a white wheel in the center of the screen when you connect and a viewing mirror near the base of your phone with ROOTED in red directly below that. And you're sure your PC is detecting your phone? You've the drivers installed? Because when RDT tells you to run the tool, you'll see some binary code in the viewing window I spoke of, the white wheel will turn and below it will be shown the COM port to which you're connected and a solid thin red bar will begin to fill a space in the viewer showing you the progress.
Also, be sure when attempting the first steps I gave you to boot into recovery that you are not USB connected. It won't work.
And, try to remember if your phone was well enough charged, should have been at least 80% full. It happened to me once that I couldn't boot recovery and my phone would go to fastboot like yours until I left it alone to charge and then I repeated the stepsvi laid out to get back into recovery. This part is paramount!
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yeah my computer does recognize my phone. but i cant run adb or fastboot anymore. all drivers are installed also.
i never got the while wheel or any progress indicator. so i guees im not really in download mode.
i let my phone charge for a few hours and try your method again and let you know what happens

El Killer said:
yeah my computer does recognize my phone. but i cant run adb or fastboot anymore. all drivers are installed also.
i never got the while wheel or any progress indicator. so i guees im not really in download mode.
i let my phone charge for a few hours and try your method again and let you know what happens
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Sounds good. A full charge can make all the difference. I learnt the hard way! One or more of us will be along should you need further help.
I do hope you get this sorted! I've come back from the brink too many times to not believe you won't.
tinydynamite00

Do as esteef recommended..
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Falaco147 said:
Do as esteef recommended..
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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im trying but i get a battery to low error. i guess i need to charge it longer

i owe you all a million thanks for helping me unbrick my phone. i really thought i was left with a paper weight and then i tried esteefs method again i really owe you guys thank you for the support

El Killer said:
i owe you all a million thanks for helping me unbrick my phone. i really thought i was left with a paper weight and then i tried esteefs method again i really owe you guys thank you for the support
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You are welcome... The first time I did it too my battery was at 28% and I panicked since I got the low battery error.
I could of sworn that my phone officially became a paper weight. My heart dropped.
I'm glad you are up and running with the rest of us!
-Esteef

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hey !
I have the same problem, but... I can't acces to the recovery :/ i tried to install CWM (with Freegee) over Team win recovery and... boot loop :
The rom 4.2.2 flex was gone, no boot animation
-When i pres volum down + power, i have the reset menu, but after that, there is a black screen and it's written at the top left "started usb_start Fastboot Mode ()"
Please, i need your help, i'm so afraid !!
Thx !

Esteef said:
I used to be in your same situation. I thought I had bricked my phone for good. I finally figured it out. Here is my solution from my Thread.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY...
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I know this thread is a bit old, but it saved my butt. Your method worked perfectly. Thank you for this post.

My LG F460 was bricked (error 570), only download mode was working. Esteef method works fine even my pictures and programs was saved. Thanks!

[q] help stuck in recovery loop

I have a tmobile note 3 and whenever i try to boot my phone it trys to go inot recovery but it says RECOVERY IS NOT SEANANDROID ENFORCING i cant do anything please i will do anything to fix it as long as its not bricked I am litteraly so sick I am throwing up please help me

androidmasterrace said:
I have a tmobile note 3 and whenever i try to boot my phone it trys to go inot recovery but it says RECOVERY IS NOT SEANANDROID ENFORCING i cant do anything please i will do anything to fix it as long as its not bricked I am litteraly so sick I am throwing up please help me
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Well based on the limited info you gave I'm going to assume you flashed a rom. Likely a bad download.
If so download a different rom or re download the rom and flash again. Make sure you're doing a full wipe. Also be sure you're on the latest stable recovery.
Worst case if all of the above fails, odin the stock rom and start over and you'll be fine
running DECEPTICON rom (coming soon)
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androidmasterrace said:
I have a tmobile note 3 and whenever i try to boot my phone it trys to go inot recovery but it says RECOVERY IS NOT SEANANDROID ENFORCING i cant do anything please i will do anything to fix it as long as its not bricked I am litteraly so sick I am throwing up please help me
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When you see "RECOVERY IS NOT SEANANDROID" as the phone
tries to boot or boots it's perfectly normal after the phone is rooted.
Here is a fix which works 90% of the time for most people with the same
issue you are experiencing with your phone.
Power down the phone, then power it backup while holding the
phone's power/volumeUp/home buttons down all at the same time
until you see tiny blue text appear on top of your screen, as soon as
you see that let go of all buttons.
The phone will boot into Recovery mode.
Once you are in recovery mode do a "factory data reset" or factory reset
which ever way the option is displayed.
After that the phone reboots itself and it should fully boot making the phone
ready to use.
Good luck!

androidmasterrace said:
I have a tmobile note 3 and whenever i try to boot my phone it trys to go inot recovery but it says RECOVERY IS NOT SEANANDROID ENFORCING i cant do anything please i will do anything to fix it as long as its not bricked I am litteraly so sick I am throwing up please help me
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Take the battery out for a minute or so, then reboot into recovery. If no go, reflash your recovery (make sure you're using the right one obviously.
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANANDROID ENFORCING is normal when you have a custom recovery installed. It's just telling you that the official samsung signature isn't there. There's many threads regarding bootlooping around, a quick read probably would have sorted you :good:
PS: For the record, if you're getting physically sick about it, maybe you should read up a bit more before messing around with your very expensive device. I might sound awful but it's the truth.

Fixed It
The problem was i flashed the wrong recovery and my phone would not load or even go into download mode. I found somewhere online that if i held the download mode buttons before i put the battery in it would work and it did which allowed me to re flash my recovery.

G900F no download mode? NEED HELP!

I tried the 3 button combination.Vol down+home+power,It just goes pass through the Samsung S5 logo and then the shiny Samsung logo starts to show its animation but it is stucked there alongside with the blue LED light.So I am in boot loop condition when I attempted to boot in download mode.I also tried all different combinations with correct timing but only recovery mode works.I tried clearing cache and format but still no luck.I went to a local tech shop if he could do the USB jig dongle thing,but he said he doesnt know how to do it.He also said the only way to fix my phone is to replace a new board and only charged be $35.I am so desperate because this is my main driver.

Did you try to get into it from recovery???

gurnsey101 said:
Did you try to get into it from recovery???
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Yes I can go to the recovery.
Update:My S5 is now fixed.The tech shorted and forced to phone to boot in download mode.He successfully flashed a stock ROM,but still,no download mode! I am 100% sure all of my buttons are working because I can navigate through the stock recovery.

RebornPSP said:
Yes I can go to the recovery.
Update:My S5 is now fixed.The tech shorted and forced to phone to boot in download mode.He successfully flashed a stock ROM,but still,no download mode! I am 100% sure all of my buttons are working because I can navigate through the stock recovery.
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weird. Just buy a jig. theyre like $3 on amazon

youdoofus said:
weird. Just buy a jig. theyre like $3 on amazon
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Yea I'm gonna buy one soon