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I guess I bricked my phone by flashing the ROM. Unfortunately I can't even enter the bootloader (tried all button/key combinations) nor is the phone recognised by any computer (via USB).
Is there any solution to "unbrick" the phone?
Thx for your answer...
pirondello said:
I guess I bricked my phone by flashing the ROM. Unfortunately I can't even enter the bootloader (tried all button/key combinations) nor is the phone recognised by any computer (via USB).
Is there any solution to "unbrick" the phone?
Thx for your answer...
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Which ROM did you flash and exactly what method?
darrellr said:
Which ROM did you flash and exactly what method?
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I used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306165 to enter bootloader (the BL-screen showed somthing like "ipl-sspl by Des SPL-1.01") then I flashed with RUU_BREE100_1.34.251.1_1.38.00.10_HTCEUR_SHIP.exe.
The flashing process started but the phone never came back to life.
No answer means probably there is no solution...Maybe somebody can confirm?
Does anybody have experience sending a bricked phone to a service center? Are they capable of fixing the phone without changing the motherboard?
Thank you so much for every short reply...
try to use flashing from card
copy original rom as bree.img into the root of the card and enter bootloader
Alexx_B said:
try to use flashing from card
copy original rom as bree.img into the root of the card and enter bootloader
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Thanks Alexx_B for the hint. I tried flashing from card but the problem remains the same: the device doesn't even enter into bootloader.
pirondello said:
No answer means probably there is no solution...Maybe somebody can confirm?
Does anybody have experience sending a bricked phone to a service center? Are they capable of fixing the phone without changing the motherboard?
Thank you so much for every short reply...
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Ahhh ... so you DID flash a package containing an SPL/IPL. Sounds like it failed during rewriting the bootloader and you have a paerweight
The service centre fix will be a new m/board I would imagine. Is it under warranty? If it is, I doubt they'd be able to test how it got into its current state, and so I'd just claim "It stopped working one day".
darrellr said:
Ahhh ... so you DID flash a package containing an SPL/IPL. Sounds like it failed during rewriting the bootloader and you have a paerweight
The service centre fix will be a new m/board I would imagine. Is it under warranty? If it is, I doubt they'd be able to test how it got into its current state, and so I'd just claim "It stopped working one day".
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Thx darrellr for reply! Unfortunately it isn't under warranty. I'll sell it via ebay as "bricked" and maybe somebody can use it as spare parts resource.
i tried to downgrade my Samsung galaxy s i9000 with this guide:
theandroidsoul.com/ezbase-ezrom-for-android-2-2-install-revert-back/ (copy & paste in the address bar)
but in the middle of the flashing the ezodin just stopped and got stuck (during the file "factoryfs.rfs")
so i have waited something like an hour and a half but it didn't help so i did what my friends told me and shot-off my SGS then when i tried to power it on again it just stayed like it's off- black screen, wont light, wont go either to download or recovery mod
what should i do!?!?!? even when i eject the battery it won't turn on!!
please help me !!! im clueless and my dad will kill me if i'll tell him
please help me!!! im sorry that i kinda spamming this thread nut i must figure it out
Read this thread. Maybe it might help.
yea its bricked too bad.. but dont worry try usb jig(search it here in xda)..i'm sure ur problem will b solved
hard brick
Hello
it looks like you r hard bricked.
your bootloader is toust.
you still can fix it with riff jtag.
look it up
hope it helps.
I also bricked my captivate.
hi mike i'm from israel too[= do u know any store that sells that "jig" thing?
xpboy7 said:
hi mike i'm from israel too[= do u know any store that sells that "jig" thing?
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you can get it on amazon or they are very easy to make with basic soldering skills
First of all im so sorry that my first post is that i need help.
Second i bricked my galaxy tab p1000 GSM Carrier while updating it to 2.3.3
and now stucked at hard brick. i searched the internet and found nothing that could help me out until i got in here . so is there is a way to fix without using jtag riff box cuz it didnt worked for me and if there is would you plz guide me to step by step guide and btw iam good at soldering so there is no prob with me .
LOOOOOOOOOOL 79 VIEWS AND NO REPLAY
ALL I need is step by step guide to unbrickable mod ??? plz help
lord-ghost said:
LOOOOOOOOOOL 79 VIEWS AND NO REPLAY
ALL I need is step by step guide to unbrickable mod ??? plz help
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If you bricked following an official upgrade, contact Samsung.
If you bricked because you didn't follow a guide properly, or did not know what you were doing, then your mostly on your own.
I highly doubt your the 1st person to do this, and I would take a guess that there exists a guide or method to unbrick.
My advice to you is strangely the first rule of XDA, Search. The information is there, you just need to find it.
Hard Brick?
Is it hard bricked or soft bricked?
Can you get to the download screen by pressing power and vol down at the same time? Or can you get to the computer / exclamation mark screen? If you leave the phone to charge overnight?
That would be soft bricked.
If you can't get to either of those then you are prob hard bricked and will need serious help. But there are people who can help you out on these forums. I remember seeing someone in the U.S. who had a JTAG and charged $50. If you're in Europe that's probably not a solution though!
Try here
...and as per post #3 you could search yourself
i've restored TA Partition my Sony Z Ultra on my Sony Z1 by wrong
and z1 now is dead .. just red led when i connect it to pc
i tried to flash it via SETOOLS box and it gives me
error while uploading hdr
any solution please ?? :crying:
Nope, it's properly bricked
Sony will know this since minute one
I sometimes imagine their staff at how they read this forum and laugh their asses off...
Even if they replace the phone it is simpler for them to replace the phone than to investigate the issue )
Do someone on this forum even thinks that if sony whant's to find out the cause of a phone's brick they cannot ? They are finding the exact cause of microchip failing and the causes and they are not finding the cause for a simple partition with wrong data that should never fail on a memory that it is OK?
Plus they have signs, on a hard brick i understand that it will double flash the red led ) (did someone thought that they MADE the red flash for this simple reason? to know when the phone has been tampered with?)
@Killer2k8 even if Sony do so, You made a mistake with your phone and there is no way to resurrect it, or it was a gift from somebody from your family or you spend half of your salary, and you bricked the phone just to get root, the last chance is to play Stupid. (and I don't advice nobody to break the law)
escoda said:
i've restored TA Partition my Sony Z Ultra on my Sony Z1 by wrong
and z1 now is dead .. just red led when i connect it to pc
i tried to flash it via SETOOLS box and it gives me
error while uploading hdr
any solution please ?? :crying:
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does it work when you hold power on and volume up button?
escoda said:
i've restored TA Partition my Sony Z Ultra on my Sony Z1 by wrong
and z1 now is dead .. just red led when i connect it to pc
i tried to flash it via SETOOLS box and it gives me
error while uploading hdr
any solution please ?? :crying:
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You're an idiot. Sorry for being blunt, but there's really no other way to put it.
Sorry to hear that
May be he can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51101978
Sent from my D5503 using xda app-developers app
Ask help on the guys from SETools. Ask them to help you locate the testpoint of your device(you need to open the back portion of your device for this though). Once you find it you're lucky then... Get a linux OS on your PC, mount your phone's partition and flash back the correct TA partition. Although yea the level of difficulty on this process is "Expert level" so good luck.
My explanation is just simple but I tell you it's alot harder when you do it.
Riyal said:
Ask help on the guys from SETools. Ask them to help you locate the testpoint of your device(you need to open the back portion of your device for this though). Once you find it you're lucky then... Get a linux OS on your PC, mount your phone's partition and flash back the correct TA partition. Although yea the level of difficulty on this process is "Expert level" so good luck.
My explanation is just simple but I tell you it's alot harder when you do it.
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thanks i know where the test point is ... when i use it it gives me error while uploading MBR
You use test point on a z1?
You need to be giving advice not asking for it, there are so many other options to use before you start messing with that,,,
gregbradley said:
You use test point on a z1?
You need to be giving advice not asking for it, there are so many other options to use before you start messing with that,,,
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i messed with TA .. i cant fix that till now
@the_laser any help ?
do you have original trim area backup ?
Yes I have it
I sent it to ur inbox @the_laser
i don't receive anything
@the_laser sorry .. now i sent it
I'd say that you would need to send it off for repair, sounds like a brick, i'd say that they'll do a straight swap for a new device.
Live and learn m8.
dladz said:
I'd say that you would need to send it off for repair, sounds like a brick, i'd say that they'll do a straight swap for a new device.
Live and learn m8.
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If @the_laser thinks he can fix it, I would say he can. He is the man that brought unofficial bootloader unlock to the x10 and much, much more....
With the original TA backup and setools and jtag its possible....
gregbradley said:
If @the_laser thinks he can fix it, I would say he can. He is the man that brought unofficial bootloader unlock to the x10 and much, much more....
With the original TA backup and setools and jtag its possible....
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Hey if it can be done then fantastic, I'm just going by what i went through in a similar situation, my phone was dead.
dladz said:
Hey if it can be done then fantastic, I'm just going by what i went through in a similar situation, my phone was dead.
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I know, but you are not @the_laser neither am I, but I wont put anything past him.
S3 Mini not starting
hi
i have a problem
my phone was always starting into recovery when i tried to boot it normally into the system
so ive tried to reflash maclaws recovery with heimdall
and now phone isnt starting at all
not even splash where it says Galaxy s3 mini
screen is just black
when i try to load it i dont get a battery icon
can someone pls pls pls help me?
Lefl said:
S3 Mini not starting
hi
i have a problem
my phone was always starting into recovery when i tried to boot it normally into the system
so ive tried to reflash maclaws recovery with heimdall
and now phone isnt starting at all
not even splash where it says Galaxy s3 mini
screen is just black
when i try to load it i dont get a battery icon
can someone pls pls pls help me?
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On which partition you flashed recovery.did you changed partition option to kernel2? Cause in s3 mini recovery should be flashed at kernel2
qasim799 said:
On which partition you flashed recovery.did you changed partition option to kernel2? Cause in s3 mini recovery should be flashed at kernel2
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i did it with heimdall-cleanui, i think it was on GBT or GRT or GPT or something like that
i guess that was a huge mistake,
I found something intresting were some people can get into Download mode with a 301k Ohm resistance and a micro usb cable, but that was for the S3 and im not sure if that can work.
i would put the instructions here but i dont know if you understand german
Look here: http://www.android-hilfe.de/showthread.php?p=7249762
Hit me with the thanks button
Lefl said:
I found something intresting were some people can get into Download mode with a 301k Ohm resistance and a micro usb cable, but that was for the S3 and im not sure if that can work.
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If I understand it correctly, this 300k resistor trick is the same as a USB jig, and should work on the S3 mini. It may be worth a try building one is you can find instructions. Nothing to lose!
Maris
Lefl said:
i did it with heimdall-cleanui, i think it was on GBT or GRT or GPT or something like that
i guess that was a huge mistake,
I found something intresting were some people can get into Download mode with a 301k Ohm resistance and a micro usb cable, but that was for the S3 and im not sure if that can work.
i would put the instructions here but i dont know if you understand german
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Oh that is same which I did you flashed it on mbr, gpt now your phone is completely dead .if you unbrick it you will get other problems like no imei etc the best solution I suggest is to take it to samsung and claim it in warranty.DON'NT DO ANY THING BY YOUR SELF BECAUSE WARRANTY WILL AVOID AND SAMSUNG WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT.
qasim799 said:
Oh that is same which I did you flashed it on mbr, gpt now your phone is completely dead .if you unbrick it you will get other problems like no imei etc the best solution I suggest is to take it to samsung and claim it in warranty.DON'NT DO ANY THING BY YOUR SELF BECAUSE WARRANTY WILL AVOID AND SAMSUNG WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT.
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If i can get it to work with the resistance (ill try tomorrow) and my imei is really lost and i can recover it without wiping the internal storage then im fine, ive got a backup of my efs there
Lefl said:
If i can get it to work with the resistance (ill try tomorrow) and my imei is really lost and i can recover it without wiping the internal storage then im fine, ive got a backup of my efs there
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Restoring you efs would not restore your imei because novathor phones don't save their imei in efs I restored it many times but my imei doesn't came back so give to samsung they would give a new phone for free .don't tell them anything you did just say it was running fine and suddenly bricked.
ok ive tried the resistance, didnt worked
qasim799 said:
Restoring you efs would not restore your imei because novathor phones don't save their imei in efs I restored it many times but my imei doesn't came back so give to samsung they would give a new phone for free .don't tell them anything you did just say it was running fine and suddenly bricked.
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dude i dont think theyll give me a new one my warranty is expired for 2 month now AND its rooted.
If anyone can tell me a good (and not too expensive) service in Europe (good) or better in germany it would be very helpfull.
Lefl said:
ok ive tried the resistance, didnt worked
dude i dont think theyll give me a new one my warranty is expired for 2 month now AND its rooted.
If anyone can tell me a good (and not too expensive) service in Europe (good) or better in germany it would be very helpfull.
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ok i found w-support.com but they say it a standard-repair would cost 112€ but thats not a real standard repair is it?
Lefl said:
ok ive tried the resistance, didnt worked
dude i dont think theyll give me a new one my warranty is expired for 2 month now AND its rooted.
If anyone can tell me a good (and not too expensive) service in Europe (good) or better in germany it would be very helpfull.
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go to any good phone repair center and he would unbrick it using jtag riff box and then you would get other problems likr internal storage 0 b and some yellow text on screen and factory mode then come back here ask me i have best solutions
qasim799 said:
go to any good phone repair center and he would unbrick it using jtag riff box and then you would get other problems likr internal storage 0 b and some yellow text on screen and factory mode then come back here ask me i have best solutions
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aha found a guy who jtag it and flashes the Stock rom, if i have any problems then ill ask.
ok found out that
Code:
dmesg | tail
detects it,
but im still going to send this to someone who can JTAG it
I have s3 mini that is completely dead. Tried to fix it with usb jig, but nothing happened. Any suggestions?