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HELP!!!! very fustrating. BRICKED possibly

Okay long story short. I flashed to phoenix rom from cognition 2.2 rom with cwm. Now i can't even odin back to 2.1. Every time i insert the battery the phone turns on itself. Please help me I have tried to go to download mode , recovery mode. it just sits at the at&t screeen

anyone help please!!

Hi Matt. I'm pretty sure you're not bricked, but you are at a point that might give you a little difficulty getting into download mode. Try the following:
Download Mode
You don't need to be at a "phone> ! <computer" screen to do this either, though you might need to try it a few times.
If you have the Android SDK installed you can type:
adb reboot download
To have it switch to download mode. If you don't have the Android SDK installed you can search the forums for directions or I'll post back later with how to install it.
Another option, of course, would be to create a jig or buying one pre-made. I don't believe you're at this point yet.

If those methods don't work...
Pull your Sim Card, Battery, and any External SDCard
Turn on Odin
Plug your Phone back into the USB Cable (battery out still)
While holding down the Volume +/- Button - put your battery back in.
It should go into DOWNLOAD MODE.
If you get the Gray Battery Charge screen - it didnt work. Rinse and Repeat until it goes into the DOWNLOAD MODE. Might take a few tries.

avgjoegeek said:
If those methods don't work...
Pull your Sim Card, Battery, and any External SDCard
Turn on Odin
Plug your Phone back into the USB Cable (battery out still)
While holding down the Volume +/- Button - put your battery back in.
It should go into DOWNLOAD MODE.
If you get the Gray Battery Charge screen - it didnt work. Rinse and Repeat until it goes into the DOWNLOAD MODE. Might take a few tries.
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I just tried this method and made a video of how i failed lol i'll post it here once it's uploaded

lol... I take it that it didn't work? It is a pita to get it to work .. but it should work.

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lol... I take it that it didn't work? It is a pita to get it to work .. but it should work.
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here is the link to my video. see if you can find out how to get to download mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09jBM7did8

Try leaving it alone for a couple of minutes. The try again. Other wise I suggest a jig
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mcord11758 said:
Try leaving it alone for a couple of minutes. The try again. Other wise I suggest a jig
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I left the battery out before i went to sleep. that is about a good 6-7 hrs.. i made the video when i got up this morning. i put the battery in and it still turns on by itself

Maybe try this
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...e.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8&v=D0aoabVtPJ8&gl=US
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Try holding both volume buttons and put the battery in.
No USB or anything.

MikeyMike01 said:
Try holding both volume buttons and put the battery in.
No USB or anything.
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no luck

matt0323 said:
no luck
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Have you tried the jig
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mcord11758 said:
Have you tried the jig
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How would it help? My phone turns on itself once i put the battery in..

I watched your video - thanks for posting it
Ok - I have never seen that happen before. But... unfortunately I think your phone truly is bricked.
I mean it looks like it isn't getting past the "boot loader" (sorry not a dev so the technical term might be a little different.) to even allow you to get to a recovery mode.
So unless MikeyMike or some other dev has some way for you to re-write the sbl.bin file to allow your phone to boot - it's pooched

avgjoegeek said:
I watched your video - thanks for posting it
Ok - I have never seen that happen before. But... unfortunately I think your phone truly is bricked.
I mean it looks like it isn't getting past the "boot loader" (sorry not a dev so the technical term might be a little different.) to even allow you to get to a recovery mode.
So unless MikeyMike or some other dev has some way for you to re-write the sbl.bin file to allow your phone to boot - it's pooched
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so not even a jig would fix this?!!

Doesn't appear so - It won't get past the AT&T screen... does your computer even recognize the phone when it's plugged in?
I don't think it is booting up enough for you to get to the recovery menus... so sounds like the sbl.bin is corrupted - which unfort is a true brick.
But you could try the Jig as it is pretty inexpensive. Post here to let us know if it worked or not.

avgjoegeek said:
Doesn't appear so - It won't get past the AT&T screen... does your computer even recognize the phone when it's plugged in?
I don't think it is booting up enough for you to get to the recovery menus... so sounds like the sbl.bin is corrupted - which unfort is a true brick.
But you could try the Jig as it is pretty inexpensive. Post here to let us know if it worked or not.
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the usb doesn't read the phone when it is plugged in. It says unable to read, malfunction. but it does charge. weird thing is it still say its charging when i pull the usb out

lol thats just a residual electricity in the phone that is still being discharged after you unplug it... kinda like static electricity and a light bulb.
But.. I would still try the jig as a last ditch effort - it is possible that it would work...

This is why we flash to stock and THEN flash custom roms, kids
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Download mode trouble can we do it?

Alright so I'm working on my friends captivate and we are unable to get it into recovery or download mode. I would really like to get it into download mode but I can not figure it out. I have done every button combo I can think of and everything that worked when I had my captivate. Does anyone know of a way to manually force the phone into download mode? ADB will not work as the phone is stuck on the boot screen. Button combo will not work (as far as I know) because I've tried many many times to do it. Ive been searching this subject for a few days now to no avail. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!

this is the wrong thread for this
But try take out battery for a min the put battery back in leave phone off hold vol up and down buttens plug in usb cable have it plug into your pc and plug it into your phone while holding vol up and down

try removing the battery putting it back in, hold vol down and plug in a usb cable (mae sure its connected to a machine). if vol down doesn't work try vol up, or both. remove the battery on each attempt

First, this belongs in Q&A, not Development.
Second, this is what I would try: Pull the battery, wait 2-3 minutes, reinsert battery, plug in jig(you do have a jig, right?). This should put you in DL mode.

Firstly I apologize for this being in the wrong thread. I read through a similar question in the Q&A thread and he was told to put the question here.... thats why I figured I'd post here.. Mod please move this to the correct forum if you see this.

I have tried all button combos. I am so at a loss. I never ran into this on my cappy. Does anyone Knievel of a way into download mode without button combos? I've done volume down USB battery in, up USB battery in, both USB battery in, USB up power battery, and many many.many many.more. I always would take the battery out hold down.up down and power plug in USB and the put battery in.
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What is jig?
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I sent you a PM, let me know if you still need help.

seriouslyjeff said:
What is jig?
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If you dont know, you shouldnt be flashing roms.

capocaccia said:
If you dont know, you shouldnt be flashing roms.
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+100000000

capocaccia said:
If you dont know, you shouldnt be flashing roms.
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Who said I was flashing roms? Thanks for assuming. =) Apologies but I've never come close to bricking a phone before with the hundreds of roms I've flashed. I've never needed to resort to a jig so I haven't had experience with such witchcraft.;-) As I had said before I never experienced this with my captivate. I'm just super lost and I'm not trying to flash a Rom, I'm trying to help a friend get his phone working.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0 <-- google is your friend.

n4n4k1 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0 <-- google is your friend.
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That video did the trick. Made a stop by Radio Shack and for $1.07 got my friends phone in download mode. FINALLY. Thank for all y'alls help and suggestions

Im a little late to the party....but if this ever happens to anyone again...try this. THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER BUTTON COMBO!!! I thought cappy was DONE as i tried all different dl mode methods and it didnt work. This one did however.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911

[Q]Galaxy s dead

hi this is a bit strange for me. Me, my associate and a friend got a galaxy s i9000. My associate and me are always upgrading and downgrading with odin, trying last firmwares, kernel and more, no problem at all.
My friend got his stock kernel 2.2.1 on his phone. Two days ago he bring me the galaxy, totally dead. No combination, no download mode, no signs recharching, no signs attaching to the pc
He says "non ho fatto niente" (italian version of "i am scared of what you can think so i lie and gave the problem to you")
i searched the forums and tried some solutions (like vol+ and vol- while attached to the pc and insert the battery) but nothing happens. I have tried the battery of my phone, nothing. I have tried with the jig usb, nothing.
So, there is something else i can do? Some trick? I read in this forum that someone have solved with the jig, but how? I just put in, put in and tried to turn on the phone, nothing.
There is no sign of life at all. It's a paperweight?

Had the same thing, got in to download mode this way:
Hold menu+vol down+power and then (still holding the keys) insert Micro USB in to phone (Odin running). You need at least 13 fingers on one hand (finally visiting Chernobil payed off )
I tested it three times, only this worked (phone was totally dead, failed at flashing Sbl.bin).
Mine is still bricked (something wrong with my USB on comp or the cable) and at the moment I can not get into download mode this way (failed at param.lfs). Previously the phone was of battery for 24h+ and I'm waiting to see if this does something.
Good luck, you'll need it

nothing happens :S
tried odin 1.82...

there's a youtube video that shows a modified home made jig and it worked!give it a try

Are you still holding the keys after you connect USB cable? You should for some time.
How long has it been disconnected from power (removed battery)?

i put in the battery of my galaxy that was a 60%...it is better to use the original charged?

omarfaieq007 said:
there's a youtube video that shows a modified home made jig and it worked!give it a try
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Link please!
(If you are not allowed to post links, just replace http with h**p or something)

I'll put on charging...it's getting hotter so something "it's alive"...we'll see

so...i made it working, don't know how precisely...it was full of crap, so i wiped out and upgraded to 2.3.4...but:
got arctifacts while changing screens (from desktop to app menù and turning on)
the phone shut down totally random...

I suspect some sort of hardware damage. You should put on original firmware and RMA it. If you don't put on original firmware they will claim it got damaged while flashing with an unofficial rom and you will have to pay for repairs and parts.
Could be faulty internal SD, can you run some sort of Android hardware testing software?

actually is "empty"...it doesn't have sim neither sd, is there charging...and now doesn't show the charging animation, shutdown again...bah
ok this is scary...the last 3 times the phone shutdown was because i put back the rear cover...wtf...
what about the testing tool? any name\know usefull software?

Seems we have similar problems. Sometimes when I had put my phone on desk (on the battery cover, not display) it shut down. Put a piece of paper under the battery but did nothing.
I meant internal phone memory, not removable sd card.

ahhh kk...and what about teh testing tool? you know some good app?

Today, i tried to flash my galaxy with 2.3.4 I9000XXJPY , something like that ... and i got stuck at partitioning .... So i removed battery. and now i cant turn on my< phone. I cant enter download mode, because 3 buttons are not working for me So what are my options ?? Jig? or anything else ???

try the other combination vol+ home power...i did this today and it works...otherwise try the jig, always worked for flashing brick

That doesn't work either May phone is strange. When i first tried to update it trough KIES, something blocked, sedond time was a success, after that i got MTP crashing aplication problem, that i couldn't solve i will get the Jig and try that. But if for some reason, JHig doesn't work... what are my next options ???

If phone is totally dead, jig won't work. If jig won't work, you need jtag. If jtag won't work you need to replace 'motherboard' on the phone.
If jig does not work, just RMA (odnesi na garanciju) the phone. If flashing kills it, something was probably wrong with the phone.
(hold vol+ home power and while holding them plug in USB- it worked for me, but failed again and it doesn't work anymore)

Ok, today i got jig, and i insert it into phone, and download mode pops up, but when i connect it to the computer, computer doesn't recognize phone, and odin too ??? what to do now ??

Have you tried reinstalling the Samsung drivers on to the pc?
Also make sure Kies isn't running, it's worth a try

I tried, no luck Any other solutions maybe ???

[Q] My SGS looks dead, no power & no boot !

Galaxy S does not power on, nor boot, stays like dead phone.
I tested the battery also in other Galaxy S Phone and it is ok, the other phone worked fine.
i tried putting other battery in my phone and same thing. no life.
i tried for power on.
i tried download mode.
i tried recovery mode,
nothing works.
this situation happened due to,... i was trying to flash stock rom for my phone by odin3 and all went fine (with the "s1_odin_20100512.pit" file), the set rebooted but after that.
it never started.
please help.....

Well it sounds dead but...
Do you get any port connection when you go through the motions of download mode in odin? Saw something about sometimes the screen driver gets screwed.
Have you left the battery out for a while and then tried again (I've seen 15 minutes suggested)?
Otherwise there seems to be a JTAG method that is a deep hardware recovery (specialized shops and equipment) you could find a shop near you or that you could look into (google it).
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if theres no way you can get to the download method on your own i suggest you try the jig method already on the internet if not there are many websites that fix the brick for a fee :/ sorry to hear bout ur situation

Yes sorry jig method definitely before jtag.
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Thank you guys for your quick responses, but i think it's definitely the JIG method that is my last chance to recover my phone... I tried already to pull out the battery for 15mns, but nothing works. Will keep you informed.

You tried to connect it to your PC? maybe you can resuscitate it by sending some adb commands.

P925 3D flashing problem...

Hi again guys, So heres the thing. My boss brought me this LG Thrill 3D(p925) i think it is. Problem is that the phone has no IMEI and or baseband showing. It will turn on but will not enter recovery no matter what i have done. So my guess is that it was flashed with Froyo having the gingerbread baseband(not sure about that). Anyways, I decided to try to flash it with gingerbread and have follow all the tutorials i have found in here and google. But no luck at all. When its flashing or updating the phone it will stop communicating when it reboots to download which is a completely black screen lol. And the updater reads that there was a problem communicating with the phone. Question is, is there a workaround so that at least i have a recovery to flash it? And or a way to force the update proccess? Perhaps the phones is bricked even though it turns on and wifi works and all that. Also btw, the phone turns on only if connected to a charger, but it wont connected to the usb cable from the computer and or simply pressing power on it. In order to turn it on, i need to insert the charging cable and press power. Any ideas?

To flash a kdz phone needs to be in download mode
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491870 and start at 3.flash tool and follow directions to the t
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wayno140 said:
To flash a kdz phone needs to be in download mode
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True that, but the phone seems like download mode is not working correctly. When i put it in download mode(pressing volume up and inserting the usb cable) The phone seems to be there, at least it vibrates and show as serial on device manager. But then when firmware flash starts it will stop on 15 percent and then send a message about problem with communication. I dunno what to do since i cant get to recovery neither. My guess it maybe because of the corrupted IMEI and no bb showing but im not shure of that. It maybe be bricked someway somehow. Funny thing is that it will turn on normally if i insert the usb charger and press the power button, but it wont turn on without the charger. After that it just works normally, except for the no imei stuff. It even connects to wifi also.

Someone posted a fix to recover imei number look in the o3d forum it is the same phone as thrill
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enelyam said:
True that, but the phone seems like download mode is not working correctly. When i put it in download mode(pressing volume up and inserting the usb cable) The phone seems to be there, at least it vibrates and show as serial on device manager. But then when firmware flash starts it will stop on 15 percent and then send a message about problem with communication. I dunno what to do since i cant get to recovery neither. My guess it maybe because of the corrupted IMEI and no bb showing but im not shure of that. It maybe be bricked someway somehow. Funny thing is that it will turn on normally if i insert the usb charger and press the power button, but it wont turn on without the charger. After that it just works normally, except for the no imei stuff. It even connects to wifi also.
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hold vol up / power and insert batt to enter dl mod.

My phone is doing the EXACT same thing.
enelyam said:
Hi again guys, So heres the thing. My boss brought me this LG Thrill 3D(p925) i think it is. Problem is that the phone has no IMEI and or baseband showing. It will turn on but will not enter recovery no matter what i have done. So my guess is that it was flashed with Froyo having the gingerbread baseband(not sure about that). Anyways, I decided to try to flash it with gingerbread and have follow all the tutorials i have found in here and google. But no luck at all. When its flashing or updating the phone it will stop communicating when it reboots to download which is a completely black screen lol. And the updater reads that there was a problem communicating with the phone. Question is, is there a workaround so that at least i have a recovery to flash it? And or a way to force the update proccess? Perhaps the phones is bricked even though it turns on and wifi works and all that. Also btw, the phone turns on only if connected to a charger, but it wont connected to the usb cable from the computer and or simply pressing power on it. In order to turn it on, i need to insert the charging cable and press power. Any ideas?
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My phone is doing the same exact thing. What was the best and easiest way the fix this issue PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great news I found out how to fix this issue
I ran the LG SW upgrade apps on a pc with Windows XP Professional, turned off the firewall, and the download went PERFECT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!