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(Semi) Hard Brick/Next Phone

So the phone is at [Phone..!..Computer] screen and I have a couple questions.
1. Is the jig the only option at this point?
2. If it is and I fail with it, what upcoming dual core phone would you suggest?

Nope...pull the battery, connect your usb to pc, hold the volume buttons down, connect the usb to phone, put the battery in & you should be in download mode, then odin

jmcghee1973 said:
Nope...pull the battery, connect your usb to pc, hold the volume buttons down, connect the usb to phone, put the battery in & you should be in download mode, then odin
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Yeap this should work, you might have to have odin open on your desktop that's a maybe...
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jmcghee1973 said:
Nope...pull the battery, connect your usb to pc, hold the volume buttons down, connect the usb to phone, put the battery in & you should be in download mode, then odin
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I tried this several times but always pushed the power button as well. Just tried it again following exactly your directions and it worked. If you are ever in the northern part of Minnesota and want lunch it's on me.

No problem....mine has always been that way to and I bricked mine where it had no power no anything and tried it and it went right to download mode.
Glad you got it working..

Minnesota.........Ahhhhh ... January's Sunshine capital

oka1 said:
Minnesota.........Ahhhhh ... January's Sunshine capital
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Reminds me of one of the best movies ever; Fargo

anilo said:
Reminds me of one of the best movies ever; Fargo
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Haha I'm actually going to school in Fargo... Weather sucks a little bit but I guess it's nothing new.

Tab 4 no sign of life

Hi , I hope anyone can I help I would appreciate it so so much
From about 2 day I left my tab with 60% battery when I came back to use it , it won't turn on or charge when I put it in charger it heats so much
I tried to press power and volume up together nothing happens
Plz help and thanks for your time

Anyone can help please

Mohannadmohammed said:
Anyone can help please
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Assuming you've tried charging it already, try holding down vol-, home, and power

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Assuming you've tried charging it already, try holding down vol-, home, and power
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Nothing happend

Mohannadmohammed said:
Nothing happend
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Assuming your doing it the correct way.. Place your finger on he home key, then volume down, (don't press yet) then find the power key.. Press all 3 at the same time, once the screen lights up, let go of the power button..

M,
connect your tab to your pc and run
adb reboot recovery
if that works, ONLY perform a wipe cache function
and then reboot
There are numerous tutorials on XDA for setting up adb.
It is possible to render your device inoperable by having too many background processe running.
if you can get it rebooted consider removing some of the more "expensive" apps or find an auto start auto run killer that works for you.
m

moonbutt74 said:
M,
connect your tab to your pc and run
adb reboot recovery
if that works, ONLY perform a wipe cache function
and then reboot
There are numerous tutorials on XDA for setting up adb.
It is possible to render your device inoperable by having too many background processe running.
if you can get it rebooted consider removing some of the more "expensive" apps or find an auto start auto run killer that works for you.
m
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When I connect the tab to the PC , it doesn't make anything or read it , do I continue ?

Mohannadmohammed said:
When I connect the tab to the PC , it doesn't make anything or read it , do I continue ?
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Just do it.
And look up how to set up adb like i said previously.
m

moonbutt74 said:
Just do it.
And look up how to set up adb like i said previously.
m
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in the cmd after i type adb reebot recovery it shows 'error devicec not found ''

moonbutt74 said:
Just do it.
And look up how to set up adb like i said previously.
m
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can yu give me a link or a description on how to do it please

Mohannadmohammed said:
can yu give me a link or a description on how to do it please
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M,
okay that's a problem. You are sure the tab is still powered on ?
when you plug into charger does the battery image and charging animation come up?

moonbutt74 said:
M,
okay that's a problem. You are sure the tab is still powered on ?
when you plug into charger does the battery image and charging animation come up?
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no
it doesnt doo anything adnd the pc is not making the sound of reading a device the tab only heats

Mohannadmohammed said:
no
it doesnt doo anything adnd the pc is not making the sound of reading a device the tab only heats
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Do you have samsung device drivers installed ?

moonbutt74 said:
Do you have samsung device drivers installed ?
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yea

Mohannadmohammed said:
yea
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this will sound goofy, but, make yourself comfortable and hold down just the power button for as long as you can.
and make sure you actually pressing it , some times fingernails get in the way and the button doesn't actually get pressed.
you are trying to get it to cycle on and off, if you can hold the button down for ten minutes then do it.

moonbutt74 said:
this will sound goofy, but, make yourself comfortable and hold down just the power button for as long as you can.
and make sure you actually pressing it , some times fingernails get in the way and the button doesn't actually get pressed.
you are trying to get it to cycle on and off, if you can hold the button down for ten minutes then do it.
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plugged in charger ?

Mohannadmohammed said:
plugged in charger ?
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No, mainly to avoid heating it up anymore than it already gets

I've seen a few people with this problem for the Tab S. From what I heard it caused by the Tab being locked up and not being able to turn on or boot even with full charged battery.
So the two options/solutions I have seen are
1.wait a week or two until it drains and press power or charge it after that time and see if it does something(may not always work since it takes ages in this case)
2. Take apart the Tab and unplug and plug back in the battery connector (very dangerous if you don't know what your doing)
3. Take it to samsung and say you were updating through kies and it did this
Just don't charge it as I am hoping the Tab needs the battery drained.
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gonna try this but it is closed , will the battery drain ?

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
I've seen a few people with this problem for the Tab S. From what I heard it caused by the Tab being locked up and not being able to turn on or boot even with full charged battery.
So the two options/solutions I have seen are
1.wait a week or two until it drains and press power or charge it after that time and see if it does something(may not always work since it takes ages in this case)
2. Take apart the Tab and unplug and plug back in the battery connector (very dangerous if you don't know what your doing)
3. Take it to samsung and say you were updating through kies and it did this
Just don't charge it as I am hoping the Tab needs the battery drained.
Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
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With out sounding disrespectful to the person in need here, but this guy is a n00b and wouldn't know what an ADB from a CMD..
If your still under warranty, contact Samsung and you might get lucky and get a functioning refurb..

YotaPhone 2 - is it dead or making me angry?

Need help my yd206 becomes brick - week ago it refused to turn on - charger only blinks - on other chargers same. After few days it was recogn. by PC - after charge on original charger same result (before charge and during charge android loads fine). Used QFIL put phone wasnt recogn.

Can you clarify: does your phone still show any sign of life or are both screens always static/black? Have you tried putting it in download/fastboot mode or in recovery mode?

tomgaga said:
Can you clarify: does your phone still show any sign of life or are both screens always static/black? Have you tried putting it in download/fastboot mode or in recovery mode?
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Main screen black, epd shows normal layout not yotaphone word

wiewiorcwaniak said:
Main screen black, epd shows normal layout not yotaphone word
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Then it's probably very dead. except if you can get it into download mode by pressing and holding vol-down+power buttons

tomgaga said:
Then it's probably very dead. except if you can get it into download mode by pressing and holding vol-down+power buttons
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Download mode isn't working, But why one time it was detected by PC and normally booted into Android and now again dead

wiewiorcwaniak said:
Download mode isn't working, But why one time it was detected by PC and normally booted into Android and now again dead
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Well that sounds like broken hardware to me. But who knows, maybe it can come back to life. I think I have the same with my other device, and I've been waiting for half a year now for it to come back to life after it suddenly just stopped working when i plugged it into a bad usb port, but it's still dead, even after trying with another battery.

tomgaga said:
Well that sounds like broken hardware to me. But who knows, maybe it can come back to life. I think I have the same with my other device, and I've been waiting for half a year now for it to come back to life after it suddenly just stopped working when i plugged it into a bad usb port, but it's still dead, even after trying with another battery.
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YD206 or 201?

wiewiorcwaniak said:
YD206 or 201?
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201 with 206 lollipop firmware and 201 radio

tomgaga said:
201 with 206 lollipop firmware and 201 radio
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I do not know what is this problem? I think that it should have some reset pin o sth :/ And I'll think more next time if I buy something from an unknown company.

wiewiorcwaniak said:
I do not know what is this problem? I think that it should have some reset pin o sth :/ And I'll think more next time if I buy something from an unknown company.
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Well a reset pin would not do it. But they should have some better circuitry protection in my opinion. The usb port that I connected my yotaphone to turned out to be turning off and on very quickly and who knows what more it was doing wrong, but still, other phones were connected too and did not die.

wiewiorcwaniak said:
Download mode isn't working, But why one time it was detected by PC and normally booted into Android and now again dead
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Hi,
check this:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=797643&st=740#entry58400490
I couldn't make it work because my device does not get detected by the firmware and I cannot seem to install other drivers for it, but maybe it works for you.

tomgaga said:
Hi,
check this:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=797643&st=740#entry58400490
I couldn't make it work because my device does not get detected by the firmware and I cannot seem to install other drivers for it, but maybe it works for you.
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Nope tested it before and no success

Turning on device without power button

Hi all!
My device’s power button is misfunctioning, and in the future my phone will probably run out of battery.
Thus, I need to find a way to turn on my device without using the power button.
I have read a lot, and I think that there are 3 ways of doing so:
Using Samsung 300K Tool (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/samsung-300k-tool-t3847487) – This option is not working for me, the software doesn’t read my phone.
Entering Download Mode – It is supposed that when pressing Volume Down + Home + Pluging in the phone, it will enter Download Mode, but I have been unable of doing so.
Using ADB – When the phone is off, the device doesn’t appear in the list when typing adb devices.
I think that is a driver problem, but I have installed the drivers from here (https://samsungusbdriver.com/download/samsung-driver-v1-7-11-0) and when the phone is turned on, ADB recognizes the phone perfectly, it is listed as “device”. I suppose that the driver problem is only when the device is off, because when I plug the phone turned off, windows throws a message saying “USB device not recognized. The last USB you connected malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it”. I have tried to install manually the drivers, but it said “You have the best drivers already installed”. Also, I have enabled USB Debugging.
Does anyone can help me? Maybe I’m missing something (some configuration parameter or whatever) that prevents the PC to recognize the phone when it is turned off?
Thank you very much in advance!!!

If the phone is off ADB can't work, that's not a driver problem.

waterdaan said:
If the phone is off ADB can't work, that's not a driver problem.
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So, I should forget of turning on the phone vía ADB?

wexwex said:
So, I should forget of turning on the phone vía ADB?
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As far as I know

waterdaan said:
As far as I know
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Okay! Thank you!!

My power button is almost dying!!
I need a way of turning my device on without it, please help!!!

wexwex said:
My power button is almost dying!!
I need a way of turning my device on without it, please help!!!
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Press Vol up and Vol down together if your Device is off

wexwex said:
My power button is almost dying!!
I need a way of turning my device on without it, please help!!!
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usb jig. it solely exists to put samsung phones in download mode without pressing any buttons on the phone itself
https://www.amazon.com/MaxLLTo-Unbr...ds=samsung+s7+jig&qid=1571163469&sr=8-2-fkmr0
not advertising that seller, but thats the item you need

youdoofus said:
usb jig. it solely exists to put samsung phones in download mode without pressing any buttons on the phone itself
https://www.amazon.com/MaxLLTo-Unbr...ds=samsung+s7+jig&qid=1571163469&sr=8-2-fkmr0
not advertising that seller, but thats the item you need
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Thank you very much!!
Thats a perfect solution :laugh:

wexwex said:
Thank you very much!!
Thats a perfect solution :laugh:
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thats what we do homie!! i remember fixing a "hard bricked" S3 back in the day with my jig. The mystery of a "hard bricked" phone was "unsolvable" before the jigs became widely known along with the recovery image (which im sure i still have on a hard drive somewhere LoL)

Unable to boot in to download mode?

I bricked my phone trying to install android 11 gsi the phone cannot boot i can even say if it is charging while charging. I tried every method like volume up down and connect to pc , all button click +connect to pc releasing the power button. While pressing all button it boots to the logo and turns off even after connecting to the pc device is a205f. Its just boot to the logo and turn off.

thatswhatshesaidf said:
I bricked my phone trying to install android 11 gsi the phone cannot boot i can even say if it is charging while charging. I tried every method like volume up down and connect to pc , all button click +connect to pc releasing the power button. While pressing all button it boots to the logo and turns off even after connecting to the pc device is a205f. Its just boot to the logo and turn off.
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To go to download mode
Normal method
1. Turn off phone
2. Hold down both volume keys
3. Plug in computer
Bootlooping
1. Plug in to computer
2. Hold down both volume keys
For a difficult phone
1. Connect usb to computer but not to phone
2. Hold down all 3 keys
3. When it buzzes release power and quickly plug in usb to phone.
It might take a few times to get it right.
If it's REALLY BAD
1. Wait for the battery to completely run down and use normal method.

physwizz said:
To go to download mode
Normal method
1. Turn off phone
2. Hold down both volume keys
3. Plug in computer
Bootlooping
1. Plug in to computer
2. Hold down both volume keys
For a difficult phone
1. Connect usb to computer but not to phone
2. Hold down all 3 keys
3. When it buzzes release power and quickly plug in usb to phone.
It might take a few times to get it right.
If it's REALLY BAD
1. Wait for the battery to completely run down and use normal method.
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none of the method worked

thatswhatshesaidf said:
none of the method worked
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I had to try 10 times once
Use the difficult phone method
For a difficult phone
1. Connect usb to computer but not to phone
2. Hold down all 3 keys
3. When it buzzes release power and quickly plug in usb to phone.
It might take a few times to get it right.

thatswhatshesaidf said:
none of the method worked
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You gotta try harder, when I bricked my phone I was unable to use it for one week until I get in to download mode.

cizordj said:
You gotta try harder, when I bricked my phone I was unable to use it for one week until I get in to download mode.
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Yes.
It takes persistence

fixed it?
thatswhatshesaidf said:
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yo, i had this problems often, since i do alot of stuff on my phone, it is kinda difficult to get to the download in the state you are
you need to hold all three buttons right before it restarts, you get a vibration before it restarts, AND connected usb before this process

physwizz said:
Yes.
It takes persistence
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I actually found a better way press all your button at once till it vibrates slowly plug the cable when the boot logo fades to black clicking vol up and down key

thatswhatshesaidf said:
I actually found a better way press all your button at once till it vibrates slowly plug the cable when the boot logo fades to black clicking vol up and down key
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bruh you're awesomeee.. worked like a charm

physwizz said:
To go to download mode
For a difficult phone
1. Connect usb to computer but not to phone
2. Hold down all 3 keys
3. When it buzzes release power and quickly plug in usb to phone.
It might take a few times to get it right.
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Thanks for writing this method. I see it has been working for many others with some tweaks.
I have been following your method for past hour now but cannot seem to quite get it.
As soon as the phone vibrates, I release the power key, and plug in the cable connected to my PC, while still holding other 2 keys.
It should go to bootloader mode, but after Samsung logo, a screen shows up as attached. I have tried almost every combination after that screen. Any idea what to do next. OR maybe the screen should never show up.
Thank you for reading.
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Held down three buttons till the device vibrated and Samsung logo showed up.
Kept holding three buttons until the screen blinked once to show the Samsung logo again. it is very small blink, look out for it.
Then released the power button only and plugged in the cable connected to PC.
Hope this helps.

mukeshsinh said:
Thanks for writing this method. I see it has been working for many others with some tweaks.
I have been following your method for past hour now but cannot seem to quite get it.
As soon as the phone vibrates, I release the power key, and plug in the cable connected to my PC, while still holding other 2 keys.
It should go to bootloader mode, but after Samsung logo, a screen shows up as attached. I have tried almost every combination after that screen. Any idea what to do next. OR maybe the screen should never show up.
Thank you for reading.
Edit: Fixed using this thread.​
Held down three buttons till the device vibrated and Samsung logo showed up.
Kept holding three buttons until the screen blinked once to show the Samsung logo again. it is very small blink, look out for it.
Then released the power button only and plugged in the cable connected to PC.
Hope this helps.
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It's working now?

physwizz said:
It's working now?
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Yes. Thank you for your awesome guides!
I was looking for pixel experience roms. I guess I will stay away from custom ROMs for a while after this experience .

mukeshsinh said:
Yes. Thank you for your awesome guides!
I was looking for pixel experience roms. I guess I will stay away from custom ROMs for a while after this experience .
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Use my wizzROM Creator
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forum.xda-developers.com

I'm also experiencing the same case. help me please

mukeshsinh said:
Yes. Thank you for your awesome guides!
I was looking for pixel experience roms. I guess I will stay away from custom ROMs for a while after this experience .
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mine is in download mode but not detected in odin, what should i do?

fajar11111111111 said:
mine is in download mode but not detected in odin, what should i do?
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Try restarting odin and then unplug the usb cable and plug back in.

mukeshsinh said:
Try restarting odin and then unplug the usb cable and plug back in.
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thank you, now it works after i changed the usb cable and used the latest version of odin. I'm very grateful my friend... I will stay away from custom rom for a while

fajar11111111111 said:
thank you, now it works after i changed the usb cable and used the latest version of odin. I'm very grateful my friend... I will stay away from custom rom for a while
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It is scary for a while, though after I experienced the same, I was able to flash the DerpFest Rom and now the phone is extremely snappy. And I got unlimited GPhotos working, which was the main reason for me to get a custom rom .

physwizz said:
To go to download mode
Normal method
1. Turn off phone
2. Hold down both volume keys
3. Plug in computer
Bootlooping
1. Plug in to computer
2. Hold down both volume keys
For a difficult phone
1. Connect usb to computer but not to phone
2. Hold down all 3 keys
3. When it buzzes release power and quickly plug in usb to phone.
It might take a few times to get it right.
If it's REALLY BAD
1. Wait for the battery to completely run down and use normal method.
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Thanks, your third method are working.

kbharatkumar said:
Thanks, your third method are working.
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Great news