I was helping a wonderfully smart girl the past few days, and today she bricked herself, i wasnt available to help her but she was able to FIX HERSELF! Smart girl had a good teacher!
short story:
flashing with odin in download mode
seemed to freeze at (sorry) something like "setup connections"
restart odin and phone....
PHONE BRICK SCREEN
Heres the snag:
She swears up and down, Odin3 1.7 recognized the phone (turned yellow in box) AND FLASHED back to stock WHILE BRICK SCREEN WAS SHOWING... (didnt get into download mode)
she has flashed several times with odin and knows "download mode" screen.
ive never heard of this so thought i would post. see if any other brickers can do it..
My one and only thought on how this might be possible sometimes is dependant on how and at what part of the process she bricked first... but maybe we've overlooked something basic all this time...
let the denial begin....
seriously no responses?
Trusselo said:
seriously no responses?
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i have no idea what you mean by 'a brick screen'
Pirateghost said:
i have no idea what you mean by 'a brick screen'
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yeh...by bricked screen do u mean phone-!-computer screen?
is thats the case...how did she went back to download mode? i have my cappy on same screen now...i am waiting for my jig to go into download mode...so u can help me here
i have no idea what you mean by 'a brick screen'
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you don't know what the brick screen is?
"PHONE ! COMPUTER" screen, aka brick screen..
the screen that shows when the captivate is bricked...
el screeno del bricko...
viny2cool said:
yeh...by bricked screen do u mean phone-!-computer screen?
is thats the case...how did she went back to download mode? i have my cappy on same screen now...i am waiting for my jig to go into download mode...so u can help me here
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she didnt get into download mode. that was the point of the post.
she flashed with odin WITH brick screen showing.... ?!
Trusselo said:
she didnt get into download mode. that was the point of the post.
she flashed with odin WITH brick screen showing.... ?!
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Ok I have Odin3 v1.7 open on my computer and my cappy with bricked screen hooked to computer...but its not detecting it....
Now help me sir
viny2cool said:
Ok I have Odin3 v1.7 open on my computer and my cappy with bricked screen hooked to computer...but its not detecting it....
Now help me sir
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i never said i could help you. does anyone read these things or scan for keywords and assume....
read the post, I did not fix it. a freind did when i wasnt there to help. I have trouble beleivig it. but she is adamit it happened. thats why i posted.
i was looking for comments, ideas, or other people to test that "can fix themselves"
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Ok I have Odin3 v1.7 open on my computer and my cappy with bricked screen hooked to computer...but its not detecting it....
Now help me sir
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I have that instances before when I was still learning to flash, a computer and a phone screen. All I have done was remove the battery put the battery back with cover, hold volume rocker both the up and down but dont press the power button then plug usb cable on your phone (cable must be already attached to pc) when you see the yellow triangle and the shovel guy (aka download mode) remove usb from phone then run odin once running connect your phone via usb again it should detect your phone. then hit start after it finishes and reboots you may a do master clear with usb debugging on in settings. I don't know if this will work for you as this has work with mine.
(note: odin will not detect your phone if it is running and at the same time you perform download mode with your phone in my part this is the process where I brick my phone) following the right steps is very crucial in flashing roms specialy when new to the process.
I am not freaking out as i havent tried jig to unbrick it yet...
but may be becoz of my build number and i lost 3 button combo when i used odin one clcik earlier...i am not lucky enough
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Ok I have Odin3 v1.7 open on my computer and my cappy with bricked screen hooked to computer...but its not detecting it....
Now help me sir
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I have that instances before when I was still learning to flash, a computer and a phone screen. All I have done was remove the battery put the battery back with cover, hold volume rocker both the up and down but dont press the power button then plug usb cable on your phone (cable must be already attached to pc) when you see the yellow triangle and the shovel guy (aka download mode) remove usb from phone then run odin once running connect your phone via usb again it should detect your phone. then hit start after it finishes and reboots you may a do master clear with usb debugging on in settings. I don't know if this will work for you as this has work with mine.
(note: odin will not detect your phone if it is running and at the same time you perform download mode with your phone in my part this is the process where I brick my phone) following the right steps is very crucial in flashing roms specialy when new to the process.
please use PM to help him if thats what you're going to do, as it is off topic and please dont double post!
Wow it worked for me. You guys are awesome I unbricked my phone using rogers files with odin while I was on brick screen. Maybe it only works with rogers?
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rockingx10 said:
Wow it worked for me. You guys are awesome I unbricked my phone using rogers files with odin while I was on brick screen. Maybe it only works with rogers?
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Thank you for confirming this MAY be possible in some situations...
thats what i was looking for...
now she was flashing 2.1 rogers over 2.2 rogers when it bricked.. then successfully flashed 2.1 rogers while bricked. so rogers software may have a part, or its build #. her phone came 2.2 loaded...
i need to find out what build # her phone is.. it came packaged with 2.2
Trusselo said:
you don't know what the brick screen is?
"PHONE ! COMPUTER" screen, aka brick screen..
the screen that shows when the captivate is bricked...
el screeno del bricko...
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that is not the only brick screen. I had totally black screen before ...
mengbo said:
that is not the only brick screen. I had totally black screen before ...
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i have had the phone ! computer screen a hundred times. i have had a REAL brick before....aka a freakin brick. you know what a brick is right? its what mengbo posted....as in the screen DOESNT come on at all
may be it works just for roger...I have ATT and my build is 1008...I tried all kids of Odin..No luck
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Yeah i know, another jackass that is stupid and creates another thread for this. I have had experiance with my phone going with odin and all that good stuff, so i thought i could do the same to my co-workers phone. But he didnt have the 3 button combo working so i just used adb. I got into download started odin got stuck on file anyalisis so i unplugged it... jackass mistake. even after reading all the people that say dont. so now when i power it on its just phone ! computer. NO ATT screen. so are the bootloaders fried? i doubt that cause it still powers on. No button combo will work with usb. (vol up/down -usb, vol up/down/power/ -usb) none. i have tried everything. just goes to phone ! comp. Do i really have to tell him to wait for a jig? And will a jig fix it??? Thats what i am mostly worried about. i dont wanna pay for JTAG. Thanks guys
yup a jig will work. as long as it lights up its not completely fuxxored. could also build a ghetto rigged jig from radioshack and a microUSB end too if ya'll dont wanna wait
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Yeah i know, another jackass that is stupid and creates another thread for this. I have had experiance with my phone going with odin and all that good stuff, so i thought i could do the same to my co-workers phone. But he didnt have the 3 button combo working so i just used adb. I got into download started odin got stuck on file anyalisis so i unplugged it... jackass mistake. even after reading all the people that say dont. so now when i power it on its just phone ! computer. NO ATT screen. so are the bootloaders fried? i doubt that cause it still powers on. No button combo will work with usb. (vol up/down -usb, vol up/down/power/ -usb) none. i have tried everything. just goes to phone ! comp. Do i really have to tell him to wait for a jig? And will a jig fix it??? Thats what i am mostly worried about. i dont wanna pay for JTAG. Thanks guys
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You could also try the one click unbrick I have not used it but it may work for you. The phone is not hard bricked which would need to then be jtagged, it is only soft bricked
One click unbrick? Where? Do you mean one click Odin to go to stock? Cause that wont work unless in download mode
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Yeah i tried heimdal and one click ubrick it gives me. It doesnt recognize the phone is in download or phone!computer mode
i dunno if it will work but try this: take the battery out, put it back in, plug the phone into ur pc, when the phone /!\ comp screen comes up, hold vol down + vol up + power, wait till the second time the /!\ disappears then release only the power button, you should now be in download mode
Haas360 said:
Yeah i tried heimdal and one click ubrick it gives me. It doesnt recognize the phone is in download or phone!computer mode
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I would post in the one click unbrick thread that is still very new and should fix your situation. Adam is working pretty hard to make that compatable, and universal. Make sure you give as much info as possible about the OS platform you are trying to run it on.
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As mentioned, a JIG will save you or possible the one click unbrick tool. It sounds like you don't have the Heimdall driver installed correctly as well. Good luck!
Alright so a jig will work. But I don't want to drive into town if one click will work. When I try the resolution center to install drivers Samsung composite device isn't listed so I can't. I have my captivate can I just use that to install the drivers then switch em? I thought I already had the drivers installed cause I connect mine all the time.
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Alright so I got a jig and its bow in download mode. But Odin just sits at "set pit file" "do not turn off target " no status bar on the cappy either ...... now what? Its on 2.2 I want it back to stock and so I can put root and cyanogen on it.
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this has happened to me quite a few times, try opening odin BEFORE you plug in your cappy in download mode
Hahahaha oh my gosh after I got it into download mode I couldn't get Odin to recognize. But that's because even though adb cmd was exited. It was still in the background process. Therefore blocking Odin. I did it! With your guys help. Thanks guys. Oh and Josh I bought one of your jigs from mobile tech videos. just to help out.
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Have I permanently bricked my cell ?? or is there any hope left ? cant even use it as a paper wt due to its light wt dam !!
Please take a look at attached image . Was trying to flash from stock froyo 2.2 to Apex ROM . While installing bootloader Odin sayed 'Failed' so I removed the wire and stuck on this screen ever since !!
I tried switching to different modes Download , Recovery but all key combination leads to this screen
Thanks in advance
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Have I permanently bricked my cell ?? or is there any hope left ? cant even use it as a paper wt due to its light wt dam !!
Please take a look at attached image . Was trying to flash from stock froyo 2.2 to Apex ROM . While installing bootloader Odin sayed 'Failed' so I removed the wire and stuck on this screen ever since !!
I tried switching to different modes Download , Recovery but all key combination leads to this screen
Thanks in advance
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Take some time to search through the threads. This issue is everywhere. Som many people have had this happen. It is fixable.
jack man said:
Take some time to search through the threads. This issue is everywhere. Som many people have had this happen. It is fixable.
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can you link me to some of these topics coz I don't know exactly which keywords to search with ??
Thanks for the ray of hope
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Have I permanently bricked my cell ?? or is there any hope left ? cant even use it as a paper wt due to its light wt dam !!
Please take a look at attached image . Was trying to flash from stock froyo 2.2 to Apex ROM . While installing bootloader Odin sayed 'Failed' so I removed the wire and stuck on this screen ever since !!
I tried switching to different modes Download , Recovery but all key combination leads to this screen
Thanks in advance
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I believe that screen is a bad joke from samsung GB bootloaders. It should work as a download mode. Open Odin (one with out bootloaders) and get the phone in to that screen and plug it in see if Odin recognize it. Reminder remember to run Odin as admin.
prbassplayer said:
I believe that screen is a bad joke from samsung GB bootloaders. It should work as a download mode. Open Odin (one with out bootloaders) and get the phone in to that screen and plug it in see if Odin recognize it. Reminder remember to run Odin as admin.
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my PC not even making USB connection sound hence its dead device for PC Odin can't do anything without proper connection
prbassplayer said:
I believe that screen is a bad joke from samsung GB bootloaders. It should work as a download mode. Open Odin (one with out bootloaders) and get the phone in to that screen and plug it in see if Odin recognize it. Reminder remember to run Odin as admin.
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not a bad joke that screen is the "incomplete flash screen" look at the icon its literally saying "connection lost, hook me up to a computer and finish this flash that messed up"
op pull the battery, open odin, plug in your phone, hold both volume buttons, while still holding insert the battery, if you get a yellow box in odin flasg from there.
if you still get no detection then search "jig" and that will definatly boot you into download mode...(regardless of what screen is actually on the phone)
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not a bad joke that screen is the "incomplete flash screen" look at the icon its literally saying "connection lost, hook me up to a computer and finish this flash that messed up"
op pull the battery, open odin, plug in your phone, hold both volume buttons, while still holding insert the battery, if you get a yellow box in odin flasg from there.
if you still get no detection then search "jig" and that will definatly boot you into download mode...(regardless of what screen is actually on the phone)
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Still a bad joke. First time i got one it was a evil because I had never seen it before. xD but it was just a scare.
Do what studacris said but remove your battery and let it sit for like 5 minutes and make sure the usb is plugged into a port in the back of the computer then do it.
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I believe that screen is a bad joke from samsung GB bootloaders. It should work as a download mode. Open Odin (one with out bootloaders) and get the phone in to that screen and plug it in see if Odin recognize it. Reminder remember to run Odin as admin.
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The screen your thinking of says something about firmware failed, use recovery. This is the older screen. Still have to find a way into dl mode.
Another ray of hope. I have seen that screen about 5-10 times. Its not bricked. Do what above posts say
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not a bad joke that screen is the "incomplete flash screen" look at the icon its literally saying "connection lost, hook me up to a computer and finish this flash that messed up"
op pull the battery, open odin, plug in your phone, hold both volume buttons, while still holding insert the battery, if you get a yellow box in odin flasg from there.
if you still get no detection then search "jig" and that will definatly boot you into download mode...(regardless of what screen is actually on the phone)
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still stuck at that same screen will try the "jig" method once I get one of those btw wats your thought on JTAG Riff Box ?? is it a sure shot ??
You don't even need to think about jtag in your situation.
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still stuck at that same screen will try the "jig" method once I get one of those btw wats your thought on JTAG Riff Box ?? is it a sure shot ??
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Its cheaper to send it to MobileTechvideos.com and unless you have very good soldering skills you will end up damaging the phone. Like it was said Jtag ins't necessary. Jig should work.
If JIG doesn't work (weird), then try the Heimdall One Click Unbrick
Hey Everybody..
I think my Note is totally bricked.
It cant go in Downloadmode.
What can i do? Plz. Help me. Im looost..
Thanks
but or make USB jig
Hmm, does the usb jig help in totally dead situation?
Perhaps this will help you get to Download Mode with USB jig:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286
I sincerely hope it helps.
I've bricked my galaxy note too, I was trying to flash siyah kernel. Now it just shows Samsung logo in the beginning then bunch of colored lines fade into white screen and turns off. Please help needed
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I've bricked my galaxy note too, I was trying to flash siyah kernel. Now it just shows Samsung logo in the beginning then bunch of colored lines fade into white screen and turns off. Please help needed
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Did you try the below solution? Buy a JIG on eBay, it's a must have for flash-o-philes!
Sramie said:
but or make USB jig
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How do i check my phone, is it hardbricked or softbricked?
Hi there.
From what I've met with my G.N, when you got other message than the yellow triangle, you may flash your G.N with a custom rom with no problems within Download Mode.
If you got the yellow triangle, you may could go to download mode, too and flash a custom rom.
if no way to go to download mode, then I think the only answer is JIG.
B.R
I have tried the 3-bottom method, and no reaction! Keep turned off! (Dead)
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I have tried the 3-bottom method, and no reaction! Keep turned off! (Dead)
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Maybe the USB jig will help you to boot into the download mode.
Can you enter CWM?
How did you "bricked" your Note?
What have you flashed?
I would flash my Note with odin.
But it fails, i think it was the wrong PIT file.
And after that, it turns off, and now i cant turn it on again.
Usb Jig is only for 2.3.4 and earlier use?
Mine is 2.3.6
Snoopyass said:
I would flash my Note with odin.
But it fails, i think it was the wrong PIT file.
And after that, it turns off, and now i cant turn it on again.
Usb Jig is only for 2.3.4 and earlier use?
Mine is 2.3.6
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Their is nothing to do with version. JIG used for Put your device in Download mode and Clear your Custom binary Counter.
Before flashing ROM please read all instructions carefully.
As they said while flashing ROM using PC Odin you should not use Pit file and Not to Tick "Re-Partition".
Yes.. MY BAD..! Now im stuck here with a dead phone. But the Usb jig can wake it alive again??
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Yes.. MY BAD..! Now im stuck here with a dead phone. But the Usb jig can wake it alive again??
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The USB jig can boot your phone into the download mode, but only if the phone does response in any other way, I think. For example showing the battery icon, when plugged in for charging.
But you can try it anyways.
The download mode will work!
the only exception is a hardware defect.
you can't get an hardware defect by flashing.
the bootloader (3 button or jig) will work.
there is no way to kill the hardware during flashing or something else.
buy a jig and it will work.
you wrote you see the samsung logo - that means, that the bootloader is OK.
happy flashing ;-)
schokibaerchen said:
The download mode will work!
the only exception is a hardware defect.
you can't get an hardware defect by flashing.
the bootloader (3 button or jig) will work.
there is no way to kill the hardware during flashing or something else.
buy a jig and it will work.
you wrote you see the samsung logo - that means, that the bootloader is OK.
happy flashing ;-)
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Yes. But if your phone totally does not response, it might be a dead bootloader too. thats what i meant.
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My N7000 is totally dead, it wont start up, the screen keep turned off. No response.
Snoopyass said:
My N7000 is totally dead, it wont start up, the screen keep turned off. No response.
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Well you can try the usb jig anyways, but if there is still no response there is no way out and you have to bring it to your local service partner or samsung, I think.
But one fact is good for you:
It doesn't response on anything you do. So that means it can't be read out and they'll not see that you've flashed it. They'll just change the mainboard and resend it to you. This happened to me with my samsung galaxy s.
I totally destroyed the bootloader and it won't response. I directly send it to samsung and they just change the mainboard, as I said.
For sure you doesn't have to pay anything, assumed you are in warranty.
I'm gonna buy a jig immediately, however all of them are indicated as for Galaxy S2. Will it work with galaxy note too, or should I keep looking something specific for Galaxy Note ?
It will work for you SGNote, too. Just go get one, and let us know what happened.
I have rooted my P1010 for about 3 months now and now and again it used to freeze and have a black screen but the key at the bottom would still be lit up. But now all of a sudden the tab will not turn on at all. I have left it on the charge over night but still no sign of it turning on. Does this mean its bricked? I just dont know why it done this all of a sudden.
Hm... Maybe you just need to force the shutdown(Power button+Vol- button) and turn on again(power button).
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Hm... Maybe you just need to force the shutdown(Power button+Vol- button) and turn on again(power button).
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Thanks, I'll try that.
Nope unfortunately that didnt work either
Can you boot into download mode?
If not then its likely screwed. Send it in for repair.
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Can you boot into download mode?
If not then its likely screwed. Send it in for repair.
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Bro, there is this unbrickable mod you still can do. As long as you don't fry any hardware, there is nothing you can do software-wise to really brick your device. You are owning a very special device. A true Lazarus. Don't give up.
But as TheATHEiST mention, you may want to try this, bro:
Plug it into computer, start odin and press Power + Volume down for at least 5 seconds. See if Odin can catch your device. If Odin still can catch it, then it is in download mode - with blank screen.
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Bro, there is this unbrickable mod you still can do. As long as you don't fry any hardware, there is nothing you can do software-wise to really brick your device. You are owning a very special device. A true Lazarus. Don't give up.
But as TheATHEiST mention, you may want to try this, bro:
Plug it into computer, start odin and press Power + Volume down for at least 5 seconds. See if Odin can catch your device. If Odin still can catch it, then it is in download mode - with blank screen.
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Unfortunately this didnt work What would my best route be now? Sell it on ebay as faulty or where would i get it repaired without paying big bucks?
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Nope unfortunately that didnt work either
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Go to the development forum, follow the instructions in the unbrickable mod thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257434
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312391
P.s. if you posted this in the Q&A section we could hv helped you a lot earlier.
I am currently running windows 7 so what would my best option be to do this?
Also now all of a sudden when I connect the tab through usb I can get it into download mode for 1 second then it just flashes on and off on the boot screen. If I leave it for a while it will sometimes go into recovery mode but I cant seem to flash anything or factory reset.
EDIT: WE GOT IT FIXED GUYS!!! Thanks for your help guys. I just kept forcing it into recovery and factory resetting it until it rebooted. What do you think caused it to do that? Should I unroot it or flash a different rom? Or did that just happen by chance?
A couple of days I bought an i9000 off ebay, it came running eclare 2.1
I followed a guide to rooting it by installing a tar via heimdall, however this soft bricked it and when I turned it on it would just get stuck on the samsung logo. My phone seemed to suffer from the 3 button bug and therefore I had to get a jig for it which I received this morning.
I then tried to fix it by using this guide: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/...ot-cwm-and-cyanogen-install-help/#entry356900
Bassically I used odin to install the EU samsung firmware, odin said everything went fine and it all passed, however I can no longer turn my phone on.
Screen stays blank, I tried putting batery in, jig in and connecting it to my pc to see if it was just the screen that wasnt responding but still nothing in odin.
Someone please tell me I havent bricked my phone 2 days after getting it.
First of all, can you ask enter download mode?
Secondly, are you are that it is a I9000 and not one of the variants?
have a read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30415128&postcount=1
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First of all, can you ask enter download mode?
Secondly, are you are that it is a I9000 and not one of the variants?
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Cant seem to enter download mode, and it is a GT-i9000
Wait, are you saying that you can't enter download mode even with the jig?
Richy19 said:
Cant seem to enter download mode, and it is a GT-i9000
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If you can't enter download mode then you should get a USB jig.
If my posts helped, don't mind hitting the THANKS button.
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Wait, are you saying that you can't enter download mode even with the jig?
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Yea, nothing happens when I press the power button/use the jig.
And this is 100% a software/firmware issue as it happened after flashing.
I have a feeling I disconnected it too soon, basically odin said it had passed and so i unplugged it but it just stayed on the download screen so I thought it might have gotten stuck and took the battery out. However i might have took the battery out while it was updating something, I dont know.
if you have completely bricked the phone you may have to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330491&highlight=usb+jig
slow--welder59 said:
if you have completely bricked the phone you may have to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330491&highlight=usb+jig
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Do you know if th bootloader/firmware is stored on the motherboard? Im thinking of just looking for a cheap one on ebay with like a broken screen or something and swapping the MoBo over
Richy19 said:
Do you know if th bootloader/firmware is stored on the motherboard? Im thinking of just looking for a cheap one on ebay with like a broken screen or something and swapping the MoBo over
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Everything is stored on the mobo. However, I am not sure if it will be cheap.
you can pick them up for about £30 if you wait
I have a problem with my SGS 9000 too after I mistakely install firmware for Galaxy Tab. Now it's bricked and it lost download mode. On all actions (power button, entering download mode) I just feel very short and almost insensible vibration impulse. May be somebody had same problem?
P.S. Sorry for English, I'm russian))