Hi All,
I was trying to flash the latest firmware for my device (G9750ZCU2ASG4) and during the odin process, my computer restarted which failed the update halfway through. I rebooted the computer, tried again, and it was trying to establish a connection for a really long time, so I disconnected my phone from the USB port on my computer, and held Power and Volume Down to try and force reboot the phone. I was going to try and go back into download mode to restart the process. My phone mentioned something about needing to do an emergency recovery, but I continued to hold down the power and volume down keys and then everything went black on the phone.
I've tried multiple USB cords, all of the button commands known for the device, and have even tried to perform the emergency mode recovery on my device, but it seems like it's in some sort of locked state; What I mean is the phone is stuck on a black screen. I can't "boot" into recovery or into download mode. The phone doesn't even vibrate when I hold the power button or power and down to try and force reboot it. Odin doesn't recognize the phone when I plug it into the computer nor does the device manager on my windows computer.
Does anyone have any experience with this sort of issue or any idea of what else I can do to try and get into download mode to flash my firmware again? All help, suggestions, or comments regarding this are much appreciated.
Dead battery may be part of the problem
i had a similar problem with lg g3 some years ago, if your pc at least detects it as unrecognized device you might be able to use qualcomm drivers and some software to rewrite everything though i dont know if this exists for samsung. i think it showed up as qhsusb_bulk in device manager
It's basically soft bricked. You can use Odin and flash the official firmware and it should unbrick it.
The official route is to use emergency recovery in Samsung's Smart Switch software.
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Yes use smart switch and emergency recovery.
royhanks3 said:
Hi All,
I was trying to flash the latest firmware for my device (G9750ZCU2ASG4) and during the odin process, my computer restarted which failed the update halfway through. I rebooted the computer, tried again, and it was trying to establish a connection for a really long time, so I disconnected my phone from the USB port on my computer, and held Power and Volume Down to try and force reboot the phone. I was going to try and go back into download mode to restart the process. My phone mentioned something about needing to do an emergency recovery, but I continued to hold down the power and volume down keys and then everything went black on the phone.
I've tried multiple USB cords, all of the button commands known for the device, and have even tried to perform the emergency mode recovery on my device, but it seems like it's in some sort of locked state; What I mean is the phone is stuck on a black screen. I can't "boot" into recovery or into download mode. The phone doesn't even vibrate when I hold the power button or power and down to try and force reboot it. Odin doesn't recognize the phone when I plug it into the computer nor does the device manager on my windows computer.
Does anyone have any experience with this sort of issue or any idea of what else I can do to try and get into download mode to flash my firmware again? All help, suggestions, or comments regarding this are much appreciated.
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Did you get this resolved? if so, how? My phone got bricked in the middle of update through Smart Switch. Black (seem to be off) screen. None of the key combinations work and when I plug the power cable nothing comes up. I have an appointment at Samsung service center but was wondering how you ultimately fixed yours
mehdi_s82 said:
Did you get this resolved? if so, how? My phone got bricked in the middle of update through Smart Switch. Black (seem to be off) screen. None of the key combinations work and when I plug the power cable nothing comes up. I have an appointment at Samsung service center but was wondering how you ultimately fixed yours
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Hey man, unfortunately my phone was absolutely trashed and I had to get a new one entirely. Same symptoms as yours, no button combinations worked. I even tried to let the battery drain and charge to turn it back on and it failed. I guess now we know that there is definitely a way to hard brick this phone.
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royhanks3 said:
Hey man, unfortunately my phone was absolutely trashed and I had to get a new one entirely. Same symptoms as yours, no button combinations worked. I even tried to let the battery drain and charge to turn it back on and it failed. I guess now we know that there is definitely a way to hard brick this phone.
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wow sorry to hear that. How did Samsung handle warranty? Mine got bricked in the middle of update through Smart Switched. The phone wasn't rooted or anything. Taking it to uBreakifix today.
mehdi_s82 said:
wow sorry to hear that. How did Samsung handle warranty? Mine got bricked in the middle of update through Smart Switched. The phone wasn't rooted or anything. Taking it to uBreakifix today.
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Well, if you have a warranty and are unrooted, you're good to go. They should just replace it for you. However, I did not have a warranty as I have an international version, and I had to just eat my loss with a side of humble pie.
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royhanks3 said:
Well, if you have a warranty and are unrooted, you're good to go. They should just replace it for you. However, I did not have a warranty as I have an international version, and I had to just eat my loss with a side of humble pie.
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I was unrooted was just doing OTA using Smart Switch. I hope they don't make excuses and replace it. Will report back.
mehdi_s82 said:
I was unrooted was just doing OTA using Smart Switch. I hope they don't make excuses and replace it. Will report back.
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Fingers crossed, man. Do you have a warranty? Let me know how it goes [emoji1693]
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royhanks3 said:
Fingers crossed, man. Do you have a warranty? Let me know how it goes [emoji1693]
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Yea bought directly from Samsung
mehdi_s82 said:
Yea bought directly from Samsung
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Alright, spill the beans. What was wrong with the device?
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royhanks3 said:
Alright, spill the beans. What was wrong with the device?
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so took it ubreakifx as it was the only option on Samsung website when I clicked on service. It made me to make an appointment with ubreakifix but It turned out to be completely useless! They looked at it and said probably motherboard need to be replaced so advised me to call Samsung and send it to them for repair. Talked to Samsung and they sent me shipping label so now the device is with them for "repair". I wonder if they will send a replacement device or actually repair. Will report back in a week or so once I get it back
Got the phone back a few days ago. They replaced PMA motherboard and the phone is back to normal. IMEI remained the same. No cost to me as it was covered by warranty
@elliwigy I kinda wonder if since the board was replaced and your IMEI is still the same if there might be something left behind from the engineer firmware that would help with gaining root. Im guessing it was probably fully wiped but who knows.
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Same issue as you guys. Odin update failed and gave me the "recover via Smart Switch" language. Hold down power to restart the phone and screen wouldn't light up again. Cannot believe how fragile Samsung phones are. No actual recovery mode
Do you not get Updates like us with carrier phones on an Unlocked phone?? Never use Smart Switch for Updates.
I like to flash mine with unlocked firmware and never bother with carrier stuff. In any case, I am at the Samsung 837 store in New York because that’s a hard brick. Samsung say they replaced the screen, board, and battery under warranty
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So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I won this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Read the sticky topic about JIG/JTAG.
GL.
Hum, i was trying to avoid that method, but i guess i will give it a try later. First i will try to get my warranty.
Ricardo_1991 said:
So yesterday my Kies said there was a new firmware for my SGS, and after backing up my data with kies, i started updating it. The update got stuck at 71% for 2 hours, so i decided to disconnect the cable and recover the phone afterwards. But i cant get to connection mode or download mode, I've read lots of threads in this forum, tried many combinations, tried to release power when the icon disappears, but nothing... The image with the phone, triangle and computer appears all the time, and i haven't seen anything other than this.
Also, my computer doesn't recognize the phone when connected since i tried to update the firmware.. I have also tried with Odin, but i got the same result.
So, anyone can help me? I wont this phone in a christmas contest, and they haven't delivery the warranty yet, so im kinda stuck.
thanks for your time reading this.
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The same thing happened to me a month or so ago, I managed to get it in to download mode by removing the battery, putting it back in and being very quick with my fingers to get it in to download then flashed with odin.
You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
Remove your battery for 10 min. then try again if u hadn't solved 3 button combination before
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You backed up your data did you back up your original rom by any chance ??
jje
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I don't think so.. :/
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
JJEgan said:
As Samsung broke the phone i would take it to a Samsung service centre before getting involved in warranty breaking flashing .
jje
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very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
I had a similar problem some time ago (Phone ! PC screen)... I disconnected the battery for half a day came home from uni and put the battery into the phone, while holding ALL (hard) buttons at the same time... then, download mode actually went through
theduckking said:
very good point.
If you want to fix it yourself the mentioned battery pull will probably work.
(pull the battery out, wait a few seconds, put it back in, voldown-home-power and you should be in download)
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That doesn't work.. the same screen appears all the time
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
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Ok guys, thanks for the support. I will keep trying, and if it fails, i will get my warranty and go to samsung.
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
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Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
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rudeboy150 said:
Get ur phone into a black screen no icon so basically completely off then hold the download mode 3 button combo u phone should then turn on in download mode
To sumerise
Use the download combo to turn on ur phone basically its how I got my butt saved when I first got this icon thing
I only had the phone a week so I was very happy to save it
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I did that so many times already, but the result is always the same for me...
azleep said:
Happened to me once too, just keep holding onto the buttons, it will eventually go to download mode.
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I pressed the buttons for 5 minutes, but nothing, the "phone ! computer" icon disappears for 1 second, and appears again, over and over again
@Ricardo_1991
If you remove the battery for some time(10 min.) and you still can't access download-mode then Sbl on your device has been corrupted while kies did flash the ROM, take it to a samsung service center and get it fixed.
You probably have done this but ensure your usb cable is REMOVED until you get the download mode working.
Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
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Personally I'd use the jig. As soon as you have that jig built you can have your phopne working again (and updated) in less than 30mins. Who knows how long it will take the service centre to fix it.
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I agree, but im from Portugal, and i dont have any nearby store where i can buy all the materials. What i can do is order the micro sim thing from amazon.co.uk, and the 301K resistor from somewhere else..
ps: the sellers of resistors in amazon wont send them to portugal, only the micro sim plug
Hey guys,
i am looking for a little push in the right direction. a friend of mine was a bit too smart and he bricked his note. it wont turn on and when pressing vdown + middle button + power button nothing happens just black screen always. can i save it or is it hard bricked?
Try removing and putting back the battery. Then try starting it up again.
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and313 said:
Hey guys,
i am looking for a little push in the right direction. a friend of mine was a bit too smart and he bricked his note. it wont turn on and when pressing vdown + middle button + power button nothing happens just black screen always. can i save it or is it hard bricked?
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How about you say everything you've/he have tried first, then we can point you in the right direction. For instance: battery pull, Odin, does a computer recognize it, does the screen turn on at all, of so, what does it display, what ROM/Mod did he flash?
Lots of info needed.
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and313 said:
Hey guys,
i am looking for a little push in the right direction. a friend of mine was a bit too smart and he bricked his note. it wont turn on and when pressing vdown + middle button + power button nothing happens just black screen always. can i save it or is it hard bricked?
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How did he brick it.?
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If it's anything like my last note, my laptop crashed just as I was flashing a new bootloader via PC Odin. Now, no matter what I do the screen remains completely blank and there are no sounds or any signs of life.
I've tried to get into download mode assuming that the screen is just not showing anything, but no sign of activity on PC Odin and no devices showing on ADB.
It appears completely dead.
I'm wondering if a jig might spark it onto life.
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It is hard bricked. Try connect it to a pc and there is hope with odin if your pc recognize it. If not like mine so there is only one way: samsung service. They will change motherboard and they cant find out that it is rooted..etc...
cgjones said:
If it's anything like my last note, my laptop crashed just as I was flashing a new bootloader via PC Odin. Now, no matter what I do the screen remains completely blank and there are no sounds or any signs of life.
I've tried to get into download mode assuming that the screen is just not showing anything, but no sign of activity on PC Odin and no devices showing on ADB.
It appears completely dead.
I'm wondering if a jig might spark it onto life.
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A jig (can be ordered online) should be a good idea since the bootloader is damage so need a jig to boot it in usbboot mode and then maybe can flash bootloader. (I have not tried it myself though.
The tool from this guy seem to be able to to magic with phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257434
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/explaining-and-advancing-the-unbrickable-mod/
It may look complicated and time consuming, but if as last resort it is worth trying.
tnx guys you are really helpfull. i will try the fix mentioned above and will post the outcome.
i would if i could tell you what he did but he doesn't know it either. he told me that he formatted the partitions or something i dont really know so it's hard to tell where it went wrong.
and yes the screen is completely blank no connection to pc nothing happenns no matter what
I dug out my old Note and tried the various suggestions via Linux using Back Track 5.
Nothing was detected. So could not apply Unbrickable Mod.
Oh well. I guess JTag would be the next step to try.....if I can be bothered sometime.
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So last night I hard bricked my nexus 4. its rooted, with cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM, and ive never had any issues with this phone. I have no idea what happened, but I sent a text message to someone, and it powered itself down. it was fully charged when this happened, so I know its not the battery. ive done some research, and its a true hard brick. no bootloader, no recovery, I just get a red/orange flashing light if I hold down the power button. google said im still under warranty, and they will still replace it even with it being rooted. My question is, is it possible to fix without having to get a replacement, or JTAG? If anyone has had any success, please help.
And like I said, I was only sending a text. I have no idea why it bricked, it restarts itself once in a while randomly, but this time it didn't turn back on.
Try plugging it into the wall for about 5 minutes then try turning it on again. If it doesn't work, RMA it. Why would you risk your warranty and JTAG it?
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Try plugging it into the wall for about 5 minutes then try turning it on again. If it doesn't work, RMA it. Why would you risk your warranty and JTAG it?
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No, I DONT want to JTAG it. im looking for alternatives. if its possible to fix a hard brick without JTAG or using my warranty. If at all possible, I want to fix it, because I have a lot of pictures and everything on there that I would like to get out of it. I don't want to lose them. JTAG is my last resort if I cant get it replaced, but they said they would. I want my stuff off it though.
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No, I DONT want to JTAG it. im looking for alternatives. if its possible to fix a hard brick without JTAG or using my warranty. If at all possible, I want to fix it, because I have a lot of pictures and everything on there that I would like to get out of it. I don't want to lose them. JTAG is my last resort if I cant get it replaced, but they said they would. I want my stuff off it though.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
This is your last hope. If it doesn't work, RMA it and request for your data to be saved. Not sure if they can do it, but just ask.
exb0 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347060
This is your last hope. If it doesn't work, RMA it and request for your data to be saved. Not sure if they can do it, but just ask.
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thank you I really appreciate it. im gonna try it out and see if it works.
This might be a noob question, but ive never heard of download mode. is it the same as recovery mode on the nexus 4?
sinndissension said:
thank you I really appreciate it. im gonna try it out and see if it works.
This might be a noob question, but ive never heard of download mode. is it the same as recovery mode on the nexus 4?
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Nope. It's different.
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thank you I really appreciate it. im gonna try it out and see if it works.
This might be a noob question, but ive never heard of download mode. is it the same as recovery mode on the nexus 4?
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You can compare it too fastboot mode.
gee2012 said:
You can compare it too fastboot mode.
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ok so if the nexus 4 wont go into download mode, or fastboot, or anything else, I have no choice but to RMA it right? cuz the ONLY response im getting from it is a red/orange flashing light when I hold down the power button. other than that, nothing happens.
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ok so if the nexus 4 wont go into download mode, or fastboot, or anything else, I have no choice but to RMA it right? cuz the ONLY response im getting from it is a red/orange flashing light when I hold down the power button. other than that, nothing happens.
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Did you press volume down first and then the power button both for a few seconds to get into fastboot mode?
Nope. The ONLY time it has any sign of life is if the charger is connected to it and I hold down the power button. If it's NOT connected to the charger, pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. I can't go into recovery mode, download mode, or the bootloader. I've tried charging it overnight, (and part of the next day) left it off the charger for over a week, it shows up as "Qualcomm-something" when I plug it into a computer, but I can't do ANYTHING with it connected to a computer either, and after I got my replacement, I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in. There was still no change......I've literally done EVERYTHING short of JTAG. Trust me, I searched all over google, and XDA, and tried everything. As far as I know, hard bricking is rare, but it happens. And it just happened, to happen to me. So unless there's a solution someone knows of that I didn't just list, my last option is JTAG.
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yep. ive done EVERY combination of holding down the buttons, no response. when I plug it in to a laptop, the laptop beeps, like the USB connection sound, but the nexus doesn't show up on the computer. I know the computer recognized what kind of phone it was, cuz the first time I plugged it in, I got a pop up message saying "installing qualcom drivers", or along the lines of that. other than that, NOTHING has worked. If theres ANY fix for this, id like to give it a try, cuz ALL my stuff is on there.
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Try charging it for a while and try again in a few hours or better yet tomorrow. Sometimes that helps bro. If that doesn`t help you`ll have to take it in for repair an maybe they can salvage your data if they are wiiling to do that. Good luck.
I think it's just your battery(RLOD) instead of a brick.
See this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454
I wouldn't be worried about your files stored on your phone because I think Google has more work to do than search in peoples pictures. What I would worry about is your warranty since you have a custom rom, unlocked bootloader and root...
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Well, found out it WAS a hard brick. Google replaced it with my warranty. For some reason they returned my money before I even got the chance to send the broken nexus 4 back. Didn't even mail it. So I'm assuming I don't have to send it back. So I'm gonna JTAG the hard bricked nexus, and hopefully it'll work again.
Thanks everyone for your help.
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ok so if the nexus 4 wont go into download mode, or fastboot, or anything else, I have no choice but to RMA it right? cuz the ONLY response im getting from it is a red/orange flashing light when I hold down the power button. other than that, nothing happens.
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You may not be doing it right. When I get the flashing light on mine it means I forgot to let go of the power button fast enough. When it vibrates, let go of power button immediately but keep pressing the volume. Does your phone vibrate a few seconds prior to the flashing light?
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Nope. The ONLY time it has any sign of life is if the charger is connected to it and I hold down the power button. If it's NOT connected to the charger, pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. I can't go into recovery mode, download mode, on the bootloader. I've tried charging it overnight, (and part of the next day) left it off the charger for over a week, it shows up as "Qualcomm-something" when I plug it into a computer, but I can't do ANYTHING with it connected to a computer either, and after I got my replacement, I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in. There was still no change......I've literally done EVERYTHING short of JTAG. Trust me, I searched all over google, and XDA, and tried everything. As far as I know, hard bricking is rare, but it happens. And it just happened, to happen to me. So unless there's a solution someone know of that I didn't just list, my last option is JTAG.
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Nope. The ONLY time it has any sign of life is if the charger is connected to it and I hold down the power button. If it's NOT connected to the charger, pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. I can't go into recovery mode, download mode, on the bootloader. I've tried charging it overnight, (and part of the next day) left it off the charger for over a week, it shows up as "Qualcomm-something" when I plug it into a computer, but I can't do ANYTHING with it connected to a computer either, and after I got my replacement, I tried taking out the battery and putting it back in. There was still no change......I've literally done EVERYTHING short of JTAG. Trust me, I searched all over google, and XDA, and tried everything. As far as I know, hard bricking is rare, but it happens. And it just happened, to happen to me. So unless there's a solution someone know of that I didn't just list, my last option is JTAG.
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so i have the same problem. was about to tweet with full battery so my question is what did you end up doing? Did you fix it or abandon it?
Weird. I've had the "red light of death" 2 hours ago because i didn't put the phone on the charger and it had like 4%. Pressing Volume down + power got it to enter fastboot and i was able to start the phone normally so it's charging booted
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Weird. I've had the "red light of death" 2 hours ago because i didn't put the phone on the charger and it had like 4%. Pressing Volume down + power got it to enter fastboot and i was able to start the phone normally so it's charging booted
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ok...that has nothing to do with a hard brick. That just means your phone was dying.
dominiqueovalle said:
so i have the same problem. was about to tweet with full battery so my question is what did you end up doing? Did you fix it or abandon it?
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Ok, I got mine replaced because it was still under warranty, and normally, the manufacturer cant tell its rooted or unlocked if its a true hard brick, (rooting and unlocking voids your warranty.) So i got mine replaced.
If your NOT under warranty still, your ONLY option if you want to fix it is JTAG. Google it, it costs about 50 bucks on average, but its cheaper than a Nexus 4. Research JTAG before you try it though. Or you have to buy a new one. I still have my only one, and i basically use it for parts for my newer N4.
Is it a true HARD brick, or just a soft brick?
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Ok, I got mine replaced because it was still under warranty, and normally, the manufacturer cant tell its rooted or unlocked if its a true hard brick, (rooting and unlocking voids your warranty.) So i got mine replaced.
If your NOT under warranty still, your ONLY option if you want to fix it is JTAG. Google it, it costs about 50 bucks on average, but its cheaper than a Nexus 4. Research JTAG before you try it though. Or you have to buy a new one. I still have my only one, and i basically use it for parts for my newer N4.
Is it a true HARD brick, or just a soft brick?
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its a hard brick. ive tried it all bought a new battery installed it etc. ive looked up jtag and i have the money but idk if i should do it. do you recomend it? i have no experience doing anything like it and im planning on getting the iphone 6 in the fall but i cant stand not having a phone till then especially since high school starts soon.
But the reason im sure its a hard brick is cuz when it shut down the battery was like 50 and charging and it froze for 25 seconds or so then shut down and refuses to boot or show any signs of life now except a blinking or solid red light but its not the red light of death because i replaced the battery therefore i came to the conclusion that it is hard bricked.
i know ive said alot of unecessary information but my question is do you think i should buy the jtag thing? do you reckon its easy to do? or maybe i could pay an experienced professional to do it?
thanks for the reply btw
Hi! I was Changing ROM From sensation classic 7.6 to sensation black 3.2. Then after i reset the phone and was about to boot it up again, i managed to hit factory reset. My phone was bootlooping, so i set it in download mode and used LG flash tool.I hit the wrong COM so it crashed in the middle of the update and now it is bricked. I managed to **** up my phone 2 times in a row. I cant seriously believe myself. Is there anybody that has the same problem or hopefully a fix on this one? Please, I am desperate!
I WILL DONATE minimum 10 dollars, possibly 20-30 to whoever finds a fix.
Symptoms :
- LG logo in 2-10 seconds then showing black color ( not actually off but black )
- when i plug it in my pc 15 ish hard drives pops up that " needs to be formatted before use ".
- shows as QSHUSB_BULK in usb manager
- no download or recovery mode
I seriously am amazed that i managed to fail twice on this. Sorry for bad english, not my first language..
Switched999 said:
Hi! I was Changing ROM From sensation classic 7.6 to sensation black 3.2. Then after i reset the phone and was about to boot it up again, i managed to hit factory reset. My phone was bootlooping, so i set it in download mode and used LG flash tool.I hit the wrong COM so it crashed in the middle of the update and now it is bricked. I managed to **** up my phone 2 times in a row. I cant seriously believe myself. Is there anybody that has the same problem or hopefully a fix on this one? Please, I am desperate!
I WILL DONATE minimum 10 dollars, possibly 20-30 to whoever finds a fix.
Symptoms :
- LG logo in 2-10 seconds then showing black color ( not actually off but black )
- when i plug it in my pc 15 ish hard drives pops up that " needs to be formatted before use ".
- shows as QSHUSB_BULK in usb manager
- no download or recovery mode
I seriously am amazed that i managed to fail twice on this. Sorry for bad english, not my first language..
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You may be hard bricked. Is your phone detected in ubuntu?
Art Vanderlay said:
You may be hard bricked. Is your phone detected in ubuntu?
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In ubuntu i get "Connection unsuccessful driver error".
Switched999 said:
Hi! I was Changing ROM From sensation classic 7.6 to sensation black 3.2. Then after i reset the phone and was about to boot it up again, i managed to hit factory reset. My phone was bootlooping, so i set it in download mode and used LG flash tool.I hit the wrong COM so it crashed in the middle of the update and now it is bricked. I managed to **** up my phone 2 times in a row. I cant seriously believe myself. Is there anybody that has the same problem or hopefully a fix on this one? Please, I am desperate!
I WILL DONATE minimum 10 dollars, possibly 20-30 to whoever finds a fix.
Symptoms :
- LG logo in 2-10 seconds then showing black color ( not actually off but black )
- when i plug it in my pc 15 ish hard drives pops up that " needs to be formatted before use ".
- shows as QSHUSB_BULK in usb manager
- no download or recovery mode
I seriously am amazed that i managed to fail twice on this. Sorry for bad english, not my first language..
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This has just happened to me, I am in need of help also
I am going to try this out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681089
idonttakedrugs said:
This has just happened to me, I am in need of help also
I am going to try this out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681089
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Im pretty sure the solution you linked above me is going to brick your device even harder, because it is only for those who bricked it while updating OTA.
Switched999 said:
Im pretty sure the solution you linked above me is going to brick your device even harder, because it is only for those who bricked it while updating OTA.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620 what about this? I'm sure its better then nothing its all I can find, im totally flapping it!
idonttakedrugs said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=487656
20 what about this? I'm sure its better then nothing its all I can find, im totally flapping it!
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I have heard several cases about people making an actual brick of their device with that fix. Again, its only for the ones who bricked it OTA. If you really want to try it, go on, but dont blame me if it gets TOTALLY ruined.
If you find a fix PLEASE let me know! I really want my phone back
Switched999 said:
I have heard several cases about people making an actual brick of their device with that fix. Again, its only for the ones who bricked it OTA. If you really want to try it, go on, but dont blame me if it gets TOTALLY ruined.
If you find a fix PLEASE let me know! I really want my phone back
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****kkkk i might just take it back to where i bought it from and say it ****ed up when updating it ota and see if i can get a replacement?
idonttakedrugs said:
****kkkk i might just take it back to where i bought it from and say it ****ed up when updating it ota and see if i can get a replacement?
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If its rooted they will easily find out, at least where i live, but its worth a try.
Switched999 said:
If its rooted they will easily find out, at least where i live, but its worth a try.
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not if it doesnt turn on haha! u cnt get onto download mode or anything so #winning haha na ill check
idonttakedrugs said:
not if it doesnt turn on haha! u cnt get onto download mode or anything so #winning haha na ill check
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My friend that tried to fix it found out that it was rooted in under 2 minutes.. i have no idea how but he did it without knowing that it actually was rooted.
I was in the same situation. Managed to get back to download mode by using factory reset.
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corrsea said:
I was in the same situation. Managed to get back to download mode by using factory reset.
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How did you factory reset??
Please answer, i need help
Switched999 said:
How did you factory reset??
Please answer, i need help
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Make sure the phone is completely powered off. You will need to long press the power button. Best to do this in a darkened room as initially the screen goes black but there is still some backlight. Keep holding the power button until you are sure it's off.
Then use the 2 button combo to get to the factory reset screen.
In my case resetting would bring me back to download mode.
Then connect to flash tool and flash kdz.
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corrsea said:
Make sure the phone is completely powered off. You will need to long press the power button. Best to do this in a darkened room as initially the screen goes black but there is still some backlight. Keep holding the power button until you are sure it's off.
Then use the 2 button combo to get to the factory reset screen.
In my case resetting would bring me back to download mode.
Then connect to flash tool and flash kdz.
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im unable to get onto the reset screen
Keep trying. It can be tricky. When you're holding the two buttons wait until you see the screen flicker. Release the buttons and press again.
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Me too. Whatever button combo i use i just get the black screen. Which combo did you use? If i use vol down and power the black screen doesnt come up, it just restarts instead.
Volume plus power down. It's really important that the phone is powered off properly. You can check by plugging to charger, if its powered off you will get the battery icon.
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corrsea said:
Volume plus power down. It's really important that the phone is powered off properly. You can check by plugging to charger, if its powered off you will get the battery icon.
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i cant get the battery icon, also my phone wont turn off without it turning back on
You really do have to hold the power button for a long time. It can be quite difficult to see if it truly is off because it's displaying a black screen, that's why I suggested a darkened room.
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I downloaded the OTA update released on 04/09/2018 today and while installing it my phone just turned off and is not responding to anything. My battery was around 40% while installing the update.
1. volume+down button, 30 secs holding all combinations of switches, but nothing seems to work
2. charging for 2 hours straight, still nothing, no vibration, no light cue nothing
so finally thought something was wrong with hardware so i would just have to go to the nearest service center i.e. 100kms as I live in a rural place. But then after connecting it to usb i am able to hear a device getting connected to the laptop and windows shows as qhsusb_bulk is ready.
The device is completely stock, no root, no TWRP, nothing done. So i can claim warranty i suppose. But its a hassle to get to the service center.
Funny thing is that, although the developer options were enabled, the usb debugging wasnt enabled. So cant start adb either.
I don't know the exact issue, but its not even going into recovery mode by pressing volume down and power button. So i just dont know what to do other than going to the svc. Can someone help me avoid the trip to svc somehow? If nothing can be done then the svc trip is inevitable, i understand that. Also state if the process will void warranty.
Go to service centre incase you do something wrong. dont risk your money
You my friend have hard bricked your phone. It is possible to revive it but you need the mmcblk file and a lot of fiddling. Better you take it to service center and tell them that it got corrupted during FOTA update
Tianhe said:
You my friend have hard bricked your phone. It is possible to revive it but you need the mmcblk file and a lot of fiddling. Better you take it to service center and tell them that it got corrupted during FOTA update
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Yup. Got it. I was gonna ask for the mmcblk file too from someone and then try the hboot. But holding the volume down/up and charging isnt working either. So, taking advice from aftab and you too it will be just better to go to the SVC.
Thanks for replying so quick.
adeshpalav said:
Yup. Got it. I was gonna ask for the mmcblk file too from someone and then try the hboot. But holding the volume down/up and charging isnt working either. So, taking advice from aftab and you too it will be just better to go to the SVC.
Thanks for replying so quick.
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For once, keep holding down powerbutton for 20-30 sec and release. Only power button nothing else.
If that does not work then go to service center.
I had a similar experience. The morning after I updated the phone, I could not turn it on. I tried everything. Then I tried ejecting the sim slot and put it back. No change. I left it like that for 10 mins and I tried again. It booted up with no problems. Gave me quite a scare.
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