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[Q] Possibly Bricked? Need Help ASAP!!

Well, today I tried setting up ClockworksMod so I could easily backup and restore my phone as needed. (As previous work i had caused issues and it wouldnt reboot until i reinstalled the rom)
Well, clockworkmod recovery would not install through the app, so I installed the image through Odin, and that worked flawlessly. I was able to backup and restore.
After it booted back up I was unable to add a new google account or erase the old one. Factory resetting it would casue it to get stuck in the boot loop again, until i restored it or reflashed.
Eventually I tried flashing another image, with repartition turned on.
Well, without surprise Windows 7 semi crashed and killed Odin.
Now when my phone "turns on" all i see is black. Nothing happens. I cant do any of the 3 button combos to get into Recovery or Download mode
Can anybody help me? I need to get this working ASAP!
Thanks

Edit : I need to check my eyes. I thought you can get into download mode.

If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.

Intratech said:
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
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Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me

Can I have your battery cover to keep as a spare.

bncplix said:
Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
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You need a jig.

Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.

Intratech said:
You need a jig.
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Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
geko95gek said:
Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
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Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing

bncplix said:
Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
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It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?

Intratech said:
It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Hopefully! I just ordered one
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
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Yes I did, was that something I shouldn't have done?
It sat on repartitioning for about 15 minutes, then windoes said Odin stopped responding and it killed it :/

I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
Those guys at Samfirmware really need to stop telling people to repartition their device for every flash.

Intratech said:
I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
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Well, lesson learned. Today was the first time I even tried installing another ROM
Thanks for the help
Once my Jig comes in, I'll let you all know how it goes!

check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).

lazyb2k said:
check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!

i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .

lazyb2k said:
i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?

bncplix said:
See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
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I'm not saying it will work for sure, what I'm saying is depending on the damage done it may still get you into download mode so you can flash the firmware.

bncplix said:
That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
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to be precise, it's the "custom binary counter" which counts up as soon as you flash something modified manually on your phone. has nothing to do with your problem, though.

We need to find the way to boot the device externally, i.e. bootloader on ext. SDCard or the likes....

Trying To Re-root No Stuck :-(

Hi guys,
I am trying to re-root as Tab needs to go in to be fixed. I copied across my nandroid backup and then tried to restore it but the MD5 checksum failed :-( I had already done a factory reset and format of system and am now stuck at the Samsung Logo. I can't mount the USB storage to copy over a different ROM to get it back up and running again. I have tried to mount USB storage in CWM 4.0.4 and 5.0.2.3 but keep getting "E:Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)".
Is the Tablet bricked? Is there a way out of this?
Help appreciated as am getting worried....
M

I was able to access my SDcard from recovery using Droid Explorer (google it):
1. do not connect Tab to PC
2. start Droid Explorer on PC
3. On your Tab in CWM: mounts and storage > mount system, data, efs (I don't know if all this is necessary, but It's what I did), mount USB storage
4. Connect Tab to PC, hit refresh icon in Droid Explorer
Now you should be able to access SDcard in Droid Explorer. You can only transfer individual files though, so any folder structures must be done manually.
Failing that, if you can get into download mode:
If you can get into download mode (which you should be able to), you can just use Odin to flash a new ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167250
The ASIAN ROM (Sept.) is the most recent (don't worry it defaults to English). Also, this will wipe your SDcard, but will get everything back to working order.

Thanks SO much for getting in touch, much appreciated! Well Droid Explorer is not working......I can connect via Odin though (thank God!). How exactly do I flash a ROM with it mate? Only ever done recoveries before....
Cheers,
M

mark.m.moran said:
Thanks SO much for getting in touch, much appreciated! Well Droid Explorer is not working......I can connect via Odin though (thank God!). How exactly do I flash a ROM with it mate? Only ever done recoveries before....
Cheers,
M
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Watch the first 2-3 mins of this video to see how to operate ODIN. In the video the guy is trying to root his tab, whereas you are trying to go back to stock rom. So the bit where he chooses the pda from his zip file, you just substitute that with the pda and csc from the asian rom file using the link in the post above me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQDP7xYlWg

mark.m.moran said:
Thanks SO much for getting in touch, much appreciated! Well Droid Explorer is not working......I can connect via Odin though (thank God!). How exactly do I flash a ROM with it mate? Only ever done recoveries before....
Cheers,
M
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You need to use a ROM that is specifically flash-able in Odin. Pretty much just follow the directions in the link and you should be good to go.
After that, you'll need to re-install CWM, but once you're done that, you can flash whatever ROM you want just like you're used to.

dpakrr said:
Watch the first 2-3 mins of this video to see how to operate ODIN. In the video the guy is trying to root his tab, whereas you are trying to go back to stock rom. So the bit where he chooses the pda from his zip file, you just substitute that with the pda and csc from the asian rom file using the link in the post above me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQDP7xYlWg
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dpakrr, you are a LEGEND! I was able to get back to stock thanks to you after I thought I was screwed! I had to send the Tab back today for repair to Samsung as it is not being recognised at all by any PC I hook it up too. Not being recognised by Kies either.....you think it's a hardware fault?? I have tried three different PC's with three different OS's on them!
I flashed the stock ROM using Odin back onto it before sending it, will they be able to tell it was rooted? I noticed a flash counter on the Odin screen so wonder will that now be + 1?? I checked and Clockworkmod Recovery was gone, all that was there was the stock recovery.....
Cheers,
M

mark.m.moran said:
dpakrr, you are a LEGEND! I was able to get back to stock thanks to you after I thought I was screwed! I had to send the Tab back today for repair to Samsung as it is not being recognised at all by any PC I hook it up too. Not being recognised by Kies either.....you think it's a hardware fault?? I have tried three different PC's with three different OS's on them!
I flashed the stock ROM using Odin back onto it before sending it, will they be able to tell it was rooted? I noticed a flash counter on the Odin screen so wonder will that now be + 1?? I checked and Clockworkmod Recovery was gone, all that was there was the stock recovery.....
Cheers,
M
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your welcome mate. im going to limerick for 3.5 months this friday and i love guinness beer so consider that a thank you to the irish lol.
hm well if you have followed the basic guidelines like turning usb debugging off, installing kies and reinstalling samsung mobile drivers and the samsung customer service has no idea whats going on then there is definitely something wrong. so yes could be a hardware fault but just seems strange.
nah the stock rom is not rooted and as you said recovery is back to stock as well, thats all the samsung guys should be worried about. dont think they'll care too much about odin flash counter etc. they will just have a look at the os on your tab and its now stock, so should be fine.

dpakrr said:
your welcome mate. im going to limerick for 3.5 months this friday and i love guinness beer so consider that a thank you to the irish lol.
hm well if you have followed the basic guidelines like turning usb debugging off, installing kies and reinstalling samsung mobile drivers and the samsung customer service has no idea whats going on then there is definitely something wrong. so yes could be a hardware fault but just seems strange.
nah the stock rom is not rooted and as you said recovery is back to stock as well, thats all the samsung guys should be worried about. dont think they'll care too much about odin flash counter etc. they will just have a look at the os on your tab and its now stock, so should be fine.
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Phew Thanks for all the help man, so many good people here on XDA! I was just thinking that the machine sees the Tab when in ODIN mode but why not in Windows mode? What is the difference? Are low low level hardware drivers used for ODIN that Windows does not have access too?
By the way have a GREAT time in Limerick, it's a cool town and you will not find nicer people!
All the best,
M

mark.m.moran said:
Phew Thanks for all the help man, so many good people here on XDA! I was just thinking that the machine sees the Tab when in ODIN mode but why not in Windows mode? What is the difference? Are low low level hardware drivers used for ODIN that Windows does not have access too?
By the way have a GREAT time in Limerick, it's a cool town and you will not find nicer people!
All the best,
M
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yes that is it mate. thats what i think it is, odin's got low level drivers which the OS doesnt. thats why I thought the samsung mobile drivers might help the OS identify the tab as well but that didnt work for u either did it. so the tab is probably faulty.
cheers mate, yeh look forward to having a great time in limerick

dpakrr said:
yes that is it mate. thats what i think it is, odin's got low level drivers which the OS doesnt. thats why I thought the samsung mobile drivers might help the OS identify the tab as well but that didnt work for u either did it. so the tab is probably faulty.
cheers mate, yeh look forward to having a great time in limerick
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And a fault like that, is it easily fixable or would I need a new unit? If I get a repair I don't want issues with it again a few months down the line!!
Cheers,
M

mark.m.moran said:
And a fault like that, is it easily fixable or would I need a new unit? If I get a repair I don't want issues with it again a few months down the line!!
Cheers,
M
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I'm not sure what causes it. Could be an internal rom missing a flashed image. You were just really unlucky . This is very rare so I wouldn't worry too much

dpakrr said:
I'm not sure what causes it. Could be an internal rom missing a flashed image. You were just really unlucky . This is very rare so I wouldn't worry too much
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Phew, that good to know
Edit: Latest from the repair shop here in Dublin is that they could not fix it and it's been sent to Samsung! I had a feeling this would happen.....now have to wait at least another week :-(

[Q] Hard Bricked Phone?

I am somewhat new at rooting, though I have rooted 3 phones. I was rooted on Android 4.4.2 and when I flashed a ROM for 5.0 my screen turned black. It won't turn on, I can't get into recovery or download mode, and when I connect it to my computer through USB it registers it as QHSUSB_BULK. I am stuck right now, is a JTAG the only way to fix it?

vexxid said:
I am somewhat new at rooting, though I have rooted 3 phones. I was rooted on Android 4.4.2 and when I flashed a ROM for 5.0 my screen turned black. It won't turn on, I can't get into recovery or download mode, and when I connect it to my computer through USB it registers it as QHSUSB_BULK. I am stuck right now, is a JTAG the only way to fix it?
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Does it charge or at least get warm? What ROM did you flash? Did you flash it via safestrap?
Can you access that bulk folder on your computer?

Tulsadiver said:
Does it charge or at least get warm? What ROM did you flash? Did you flash it via safestrap?
Can you access that bulk folder on your computer?
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I don't know if it is charging and I flashed a rooted stock ROM for 5.0 (OA8) and it was via safestrap. How would I access the bulk folder, as it says driver is not installed?

A Verizon ROM? I thought you said a folder came up on your PC called something bulk.

Tulsadiver said:
A Verizon ROM? I thought you said a folder came up on your PC called something bulk.
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It is not a folder, it detects my phone through usb as that. I don't know why, maybe I flashed the wrong ROM?

You were supposed to go back into download mode from safestrap and flash the OA8 kernel

Tulsadiver said:
You were supposed to go back into download mode from safestrap and flash the OA8 kernel
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After further investigation, the file I flashed was OA1, but the download said OA8. I should have been more careful. Is there anything I can do now?

It probably is a brick. Pull your your battery for at least 10 minutes and try again. Still not sure where it is saying bulk folder.

Tulsadiver said:
It probably is a brick. Pull your your battery for at least 10 minutes and try again. Still not sure where it is saying bulk folder.
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Okay, I will get back to you on that in around 15-20 minutes. And it does not have a bulk folder anywhere, what happens is an alert pops up on bottom of screen saying "driver not successfully installed" and when I click to check the driver it says QHSUSB_BULK where it should say Galaxy s5. Hopefully you understand, as I want to fix my phone.

Oh, under devices. This is probably a brick. Sorry.

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Oh, under devices. This is probably a brick. Sorry.
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How can I fix it, and how can I tell if it is a hard brick or a soft brick? Also, after 10 minutes with battery out, I cant turn on, or boot into recovery/download mode.

Try charging it. If it doesn't even feel warm it is a hard brick.

Tulsadiver said:
Try charging it. If it doesn't even feel warm it is a hard brick.
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Anything I can do from that point on?

Like you mentioned, JTAG. There are JTAG services out there. I actually bought a riff box because I bricked my s4 but I got my warranty company to give me a new phone so I never had to use it.

Tulsadiver said:
Like you mentioned, JTAG. There are JTAG services out there. I actually bought a riff box because I bricked my s4 but I got my warranty company to give me a new phone so I never had to use it.
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Ok, thank you for all your help.

Is it under warranty?

Tulsadiver said:
Is it under warranty?
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yes, and I just did some google searches and is there a way to use a debrick.img or something on sd card to fix?

vexxid said:
yes, and I just did some google searches and is there a way to use a debrick.img or something on sd card to fix?
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Here is a debrick IMG. I'm on 4.4.4 so I'm not sure it will work.
Edit. I think I'll have to make one 4.4.2 specific. I'll get back to you.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zdyoje0rw982lk3/Unbrick_IMG.gz?dl=0

Tulsadiver said:
Here is a debrick IMG. I'm on 4.4.4 so I'm not sure it will work.
Edit. I think I'll have to make one 4.4.2 specific. I'll get back to you.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zdyoje0rw982lk3/Unbrick_IMG.gz?dl=0
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Thank you so much. One question though, what is the file extension, should it be .img?

vexxid said:
Thank you so much. One question though, what is the file extension, should it be .img?
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What I gave you is what the debrick creator spit out.

INSTALL 6.0.1 via SD

Hi i bought my phone like almost a year when i bought it i really didnt check it and maybe a weak after i saw that the computer didnt recognize my phone i dl kies new and old version but didnt work the same with drivers etc.. the computer just says "USB device not recognized" i try to find the solution but its like the charge port it's damaged i can charge it but i can transfer files or whatever via usb my point is if there is any way i can upgrade my phone software to 6.0.1 via SD card and how can i do that? im some kind of new with this things but i know a little and if u give me the instructions will be wonderful
my phone it's a verizone phone(so bad in my opinion)
SAMSUNG SM-G900V
G900VVRU2BOG5
thanks for reading!

Katriel7 said:
Hi i bought my phone like almost a year when i bought it i really didnt check it and maybe a weak after i saw that the computer didnt recognize my phone i dl kies new and old version but didnt work the same with drivers etc.. the computer just says "USB device not recognized" i try to find the solution but its like the charge port it's damaged i can charge it but i can transfer files or whatever via usb my point is if there is any way i can upgrade my phone software to 6.0.1 via SD card and how can i do that? im some kind of new with this things but i know a little and if u give me the instructions will be wonderful
my phone it's a verizone phone(so bad in my opinion)
SAMSUNG SM-G900V
G900VVRU2BOG5
thanks for reading!
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Settings>Software Update

Lightn1ng said:
Settings>Software Update
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lol if u see this post, didnt u think about i tryed? it just says "service unavialable" software update is temporarily unavialable. Try again later

[FIX]Emmc failure , phone restarting and freezing temprory fix ....

Hey everyone this is mine first thread so yeah plz forgive me if I accedently broke any rules
So if Ur having problems like Ur device keeps on restarting and freezing or getting stuck or not booting maybe it's an sign of infamous emmc chip failing but thiers an temprory fix for it just follow the following steps again not 100% sure if it will work but there's still hope
Note: this won't work if u tinkered with Ur boot.img or Android system that's an software issue reflash the original stock rom via Odin and Ur good to go .
STEPS:
1. Power off Ur device
2. Remove all the accessories like SIM cards memory card battery and all.
3 wrap the phone with no accessories on an polithin or any thing which doesn't allow vapour or water get in ... Can't have Ur phone wet right ...
4 now put the phone wrapped inside polithin of paper or whatever inside refrigerator for upto 3 minutes
5 now after 5 min take the phone out of refrigerator and then undo the wrapping .
6 let it dry
7 try booting it by inserting only battery don't put Ur SIM cards yet ....
8 does it boot ? If yes congrats ? if no ? Try other threads on Xda maybe they can help
Thnxx for reading ..?

1000000000000000000000 x Thanks
really this method worked.
I waited 30 minutes in the fridge

gudi said:
1000000000000000000000 x Thanks
really this method worked.
I waited 30 minutes in the fridge
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Ha ha glad to help XD...

gudi said:
1000000000000000000000 x Thanks
really this method worked.
I waited 30 minutes in the fridge
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Can you tell me from where you downloaded files for odin?

İt has been a long time and I have vorgotten.
but look here
https://www.google.de/amp/s/forum.x...-fix-tried-sm-n910g-sm-n910p-sm-t3468721/amp/

fahadsaghir287 said:
Can you tell me from where you downloaded files for odin?
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Well here's the site I have been using for downloading firmware it works pretty well
https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
Just put Ur devices model number and poof latest firmware :laugh:

Here is a 100% hardware fix for this issue that anyone can do with no tools or special equipment.
It really works. Give it a try. ?
https://youtu.be/jLPHWtb0StI

Here is a 100% hardware fix for this issue that anyone can do with no tools or specia
Here is a 100% hardware fix for this issue that anyone can do with no tools or special equipment.
It really works. Give it a try. ?
https://youtu.be/jLPHWtb0StI