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Hello everyone,
One day, I upgraded a ROM firmware (I don't remember which ROM exactly..) on my Captivate..
I formated everything before update (data, cache, AND system !).
During update I was making a coffee, and when I came back on the phone,
it was absolutely dead.. Only a full black screen.. Not detected on USB, just nothing.
After that, I tried everything that was possible (a lot of combo's, Odin3..)
Then, I bought a JIG, but still nothing, I tried with some different combo's (I can't remember which ones..)
Now, I would like to recover my Captivate! But.. how ?
If someone find the final good solution, I would like to donate via Paypal
Thanks, in advance!
Need more info. Which rom? Did you use 3 button fix? Have you tried adb? What about holding volume down while plugging in usb? Are you sure battery isn't just dead (dont laugh, its happened)?
If you did all that, its most likely a hard brick. There are developers here that offer JTAG service.
As I said, I don't remember the ROM. I was trying every new ROM, so, I really can't remember.. Sorry
About 3 button fix.. I don't know what it is exactly !? If it is vol down+up+Power, yes I did !
Nope, I did not try ADB.. I tried to find informations about this, but I cannot find! If you can help me about this, u'r' welcome !
Vol down does nothing..
I think my battery is still alive. Because when I plug my charger on it, it becomes a little warm after some hours, so I guess it's still alive..
I saw some JTAG infos, but I don't know what to do.. Do I need to send my Captivate to a JTAG's owner in USA !? It's like 40$ to send a secured shipping to USA..
Thanks for trying to help me!
If a jig will not turn it back on you may need the jtag. There are threads about it.
zelendel said:
If a jig will not turn it back on you may need the jtag. There are threads about it.
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Is that possible to buy a JTAG ? I think I can't make one..
I made some searchs on eBay but I found nothing.
Thanks for helping
EDIT : I installed ADB on my computer, now I would like to connect it to my phone, but.. Don't know how!? What combo do I need to do, for my captivate be recognized by ADB ?
Thanks.
zebra363 said:
Is that possible to buy a JTAG ? I think I can't make one..
I made some searchs on eBay but I found nothing.
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JTAG is not something you can buy on ebay. As mrhaley said, you need to send your phone to one of the developers who offer JTAG service. They will fix it and send it back to you.
Download AIO toolbox, go to advanced and clock reboot into download mode with your phone on and it will go to download mode, no jig needed. it worked for me just now.
malicenfz said:
Download AIO toolbox, go to advanced and clock reboot into download mode with your phone on and it will go to download mode, no jig needed. it worked for me just now.
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the problem is that he can't get his phone on...so toolbox won't work.
i'm no expert, but it sounds like a brick to me
Send it to a dev offering Jtag our try ur luck with samsung warranty. Worked for me.
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Yeah mine wouldn't turn on either but I got it into download mode with the AIO toolbox
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Thank you guys for these answers.
* The problem is that I cannot send my Captivate to a JTAG's owner in USA,
because it's approximately 40$ fees to send it ! Then, with a return, it makes a total of 80$..
* Another problem is that I bought my captivate on eBay, and it's not under warranty..
* Maybe it remains the "ADB" solution (I never tried this), but I don't know how to connect my phone? because it stays turned off, then if I connect, I just get nothing..
Adb doesn't work unless you can get into the OS. You have a brick, jtag is your ONLY option of getting a working phone.
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Adb doesn't work unless you can get into the OS. You have a brick, jtag is your ONLY option of getting a working phone.
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Ok, I understand, but .. How could i use a JTAG if I cannot send my Captivate to USA ? (too much expensive!). Thanks
It's either bricked forever or you pay for jtag. Those are your only options.
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It's either bricked forever or you pay for jtag. Those are your only options.
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Is there not any other way for JTAG ?
Is that possible to make one myself ? I will never buy a Samsung anymore
How are you at soldering? The captivate is one of the hardest phones to jtag, the solder points are smaller than the width of a dime, it would be really easy to fry the circuit board trying to jtag it yourself.
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How are you at soldering? The captivate is one of the hardest phones to jtag, the solder points are smaller than the width of a dime, it would be really easy to fry the circuit board trying to jtag it yourself.
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I think I will not try, I'm really a noob with this
Thanks for help.
Do you think I can still sell my Captivate, for those who want to repair/fix or use parts? If I can, what kind of price? (my captivate is in perfect state, like new)
There's a user from XDA forums,Mcguyver1980. In one of his posts says he's in Belgium and can fix bricked phones. I don't know anything about this guy personally, but since you're about to scrap your phone I figured it wouldn't hurt for you to check if this guy is legit. Just make sure he understand it's a hard brick.
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Don't think it matters where it was bought. Samsung has a one year warranty
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cfmarque said:
There's a user from XDA forums,Mcguyver1980. In one of his posts says he's in Belgium and can fix bricked phones. I don't know anything about this guy personally, but since you're about to scrap your phone I figured it wouldn't hurt for you to check if this guy is legit. Just make sure he understand it's a hard brick.
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Ah, thank you very much ! I will look about him..
I really hope he can do that ! Thank you again.
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Don't think it matters where it was bought. Samsung has a one year warranty
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I bought my phone in december/january 2011.. But the seller did not say it was under warranty I received the original box .. So, do you think its under warranty ? But I guess postage is at my expense..
OK I know there are a lot of different opinions
But I just need some feed back because my soft keys were doing crazy things my Captivate was rooted recently it got even worse so I went through warranty (which I technically shouldn't have because I bought my captivate from eBay) but the day after I called warranty and they shipped a refurbished Captivate my phone started working correctly. I panicked and Odin one clicked my phone so they wouldn't know it was rooted then since it was working properly I did one click again but while it was restoring back to factory setting I disconnected the USB cable to say that it was bricked...it doesn't turn on the regular way and it will only go into download mode what happens now is my warranty voided cause if so they are talking about $339 processing fee
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As long as the phone is still under one year then it is still under warranty it doesn't matter where you bought it from, and you do need to flash back to stock but there is no need to brick the phone on purpose
Currently Pinnacle 1.2 and have never been happier
dscott973 said:
OK I know there are a lot of different opinions
But I just need some feed back because my soft keys were doing crazy things my Captivate was rooted recently it got even worse so I went through warranty (which I technically shouldn't have because I bought my captivate from eBay) but the day after I called warranty and they shipped a refurbished Captivate my phone started working correctly. I panicked and Odin one clicked my phone so they wouldn't know it was rooted then since it was working properly I did one click again but while it was restoring back to factory setting I disconnected the USB cable to say that it was bricked...it doesn't turn on the regular way and it will only go into download mode what happens now is my warranty voided cause if so they are talking about $339 processing fee
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since you r willing to brick your phone may as just flash using oneclick since u were doing that initially and that will bring it back to the way u had it...
OK so as long as I use Odin I'm good even if its working properly?
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Here is my issue, my captivate was hard bricked and I was able to perform the unbrickable mod on my phone successfully. It worked the first time with no issues. I flashed a fresh ROM to my phone and all was well, it played all of the games that it always did, the screen looked just as good as it did when it was new. Then one day while playing a game, the screen changed and now it looks like it is in negative mode...(yellow is orange, white is almost purple) kind of like the colors are all reversed. Plus when even attempting to play a game it is a slow crawl. Is there anything I can try or has anyone else seen this issue? I have already used Odin and went back to 2.1 stock and did a master clear, but the issue still exists.
Can anyone help?
broken. if it is under 1 year old send back for warranty now that you flashed to stock. if not... bummer. try to order a new main board.
Yeah this is my original captivate that I bought in August of 2010...so it is way far out of warranty. I will do some searching to see how much a main board would cost me. If its more than $50, I will just sell it for parts. Thanks for the help though!
PeteSeiler2010 said:
Yeah this is my original captivate that I bought in August of 2010...so it is way far out of warranty. I will do some searching to see how much a main board would cost me. If its more than $50, I will just sell it for parts. Thanks for the help though!
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You might still wanna contact ATT/Samsung for a replacement. I remember that I was able to replace my old Samsung Impression (touchwiz, no android) even though it was way out of warranty (like 6 months out). ATT may not replace it, so definitely call Samsung...
Wouldn't warranty be voided with unbrickable mod?
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In thinking......yes.
Hello Guys,
I recently PICKED up a DEAD VIVID from a fellow XDA'r for a really cheap price hoping I can UNBRICK it and use it
As I have understood , This phone was bricked during the ICS update Process. Looks like the Original Owner did not know what he was doing LOL,
The phone should be here in a WEEK
Can anypone shed any light on how this can be fixed and what are the possible options ?
JTAG ??? HTC service
I live in INDIA BTW
bump....
Hope I wasn't a Idiot to buy a bricked VIVID ??
I don't think any solution has been found so far. If you hadn't already known, our vivid section is really small with not a ton of development going on. The people that couldn't follow directions were sort of left in the dust, and I don't know of anyone working on a fix for the bricks.
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mally2 said:
Hello Guys,
I recently PICKED up a DEAD VIVID from a fellow XDA'r for a really cheap price hoping I can UNBRICK it and use it
As I have understood , This phone was bricked during the ICS update Process. Looks like the Original Owner did not know what he was doing LOL,
The phone should be here in a WEEK
Can anypone shed any light on how this can be fixed and what are the possible options ?
JTAG ??? HTC service
I live in INDIA BTW
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How "bricked" is it? Will it power on? Get to HBOOT?
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How "bricked" is it? Will it power on? Get to HBOOT?
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I assume he's talking about the worst kind we've seen. Like the noob who pissed off PG and made him leave.
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If it powers on and you are able to go to HBoot it can be saved.
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If you can get into Qualcomm dload mode, you should still have a shot at fixing it. If it literally can't get into dload mode, does not boot into fastboot, or any other possible method of pushing files to the phone, then yes, it is bricked. You will have to find a way to use JTAG or send it to an HTC service center.
Thank you all !!!!! hoping for RIFF box to work
I started a similar thread.....I also have a bricked Vivid.....I have been able to get mine to be recognized by QPST on com6 in phone download mode.....the question is, what do I do now? QPST seems to be pretty straight forward, but I have no idea where to find the necessary files to flash the phone. Any ideas?
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I haven't been able to find any .hex files for our device. Tried opening the various .img files extracted from the PH39IMG.zip in a hex editor and saving them as .hex files but QPST returns an error. I don't have any experience in hex editing, but I know I can't brick the phone any worse. My g/f has went back to an HTC Inspire so I am going to keep this hope alive as a side project.
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Whether this guy who bricked his phone was a NOOB, isnt really an issue now is it? Nor if he is one of the ones whom ticked off PG.. I bricked my Vivid, and 1) I'm not a NOOB. 2) I followed Directions to the letter ... did everything right and it still bricked.. but i had insurance through BestBuy , sent it in and got a new phone 2 days later.. re-tried the same steps i did before which bricked my phone, and it went through without a hitch... We arent here to judge people nor start up another thread which can potentially lead to another mass exodus from XDA
Well I just got off the phone with HTC....seems I was wrong about their warranty policy. Even though I was not the ORIGINAL purchaser the PHONE is still under warranty. I will be shipping it back to HTC first thing in the AM.
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Haha. Sucks for the guy who let it go so cheap. Lol
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djelement1 said:
Well I just got off the phone with HTC....seems I was wrong about their warranty policy. Even though I was not the ORIGINAL purchaser the PHONE is still under warranty. I will be shipping it back to HTC first thing in the AM.
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Wow, I didn't even know that. All you have to do is send back the phone, no receipt, no nothing?
I called HTC and gave them my contact info and all the info about the phone....IMEI#, serial #, and part #.....told them what the problem was....and they emailed me the info about sending the phone in...worst case is the problem won't be covered under warranty, in which case I will have to pay $135 to have it fixed. Hopefully it will be covered under warranty though....
Hi I seen your problem to me step and follow these steps to get here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20807914&postcount=2 download from here http://www.filefactory.com/f/002b74e0f4775869/ version for AT & T is this RUU_HOLIDAY_ICS_35_S_CINGULAR_3.26.502.52 install it from your computer and running.
Forgive my English.
djelement1 said:
I called HTC and gave them my contact info and all the info about the phone....IMEI#, serial #, and part #.....told them what the problem was....and they emailed me the info about sending the phone in...worst case is the problem won't be covered under warranty, in which case I will have to pay $135 to have it fixed. Hopefully it will be covered under warranty though....
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did you send the phone to them? did you got it back? did you had to pay anything?
slapshot30 said:
Wow, I didn't even know that. All you have to do is send back the phone, no receipt, no nothing?
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did you send the phone to them? did you got it back? did you had to pay anything?
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yeah i've sent them many phones, a couple of hd2, touch pro, touch pro2
can't remember what else but yeah if ur not original owner from a store they go by production date of the phone, i've been lucky that i always got them fixed for free, only once they said that said that the damage to my screen was due to physical damage and didn't fix it, and they charged me $40 (they call it a triage fee) other than that, i had to pay to ship it to them but it's worth the $5 using usps priority mail, they ship back at their cost with a nice box and HTC lint free cloth lol
You need the H-BOOT
mally2 said:
Hello Guys,
I recently PICKED up a DEAD VIVID from a fellow XDA'r for a really cheap price hoping I can UNBRICK it and use it
As I have understood , This phone was bricked during the ICS update Process. Looks like the Original Owner did not know what he was doing LOL,
The phone should be here in a WEEK
Can anypone shed any light on how this can be fixed and what are the possible options ?
JTAG ??? HTC service
I live in INDIA BTW
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If you need the H-BOOT let me know i,ll give you a copy once you have it leave it as is just put the zip file (PH39IMG.ZIP) to the root of the sd card hold down vol button and power at the same time once you see it boot let go and the phone will do the rest it will unbrick it for sure.
My Samsung galaxy s advance is not booting up at all no download mode no recovery nothing only one thin happens is whenever I connect my phone to pc it displays a unknown device in device manager u8500 Rom now the main issue is I searched the internet for the issue I came across some video using jtag box riff method and it is the most easiest method but I don't have any money to buy the box whereas I know how to use it but I want any other method whatsoever to unbrick it and I have commited a big mistake it's my dad's phone
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How did you brick it in the first place...?
And no, I don't think there's another method.
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How did you brick it in the first place...?
And no, I don't think there's another method.
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USB jig can it be possible
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I bricked it by flashing only xxle2.md5 file to make it jb it didn't happen so tell me will the USB jig work
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Mohhamad Rehan said:
I bricked it by flashing only xxle2.md5 file to make it jb it didn't happen so tell me will the USB jig work
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If you can go to downlad mode, than you are not bricked your phone. Reflash or use guide to get back to GB.
P.S. Oh, didn't see your first post. You can go to some service to see if they can fix it with Jtag.
xxle2 is GB, not JB.
shut_down said:
If you can go to downlad mode, than you are not bricked your phone. Reflash or use guide to get back to GB.
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Bro I have been in all sort of things and I believe in my self its not going to the download mode and it would never but I did one thing I have gone to the our famous repair market as they have the jtag riff box I will be buying soon wait for my to phone to repair I will post the status of it I was just asking if I can use the USB high method but not an issue now the riff box cost 5100 Indian rupees way to go to buy I will be making threads to solving all the issues of the phone thanx for the help bbrothers until then my Indian friends would understand my mother is saying mera jutta fake leather dil chi chi leather getting hit by the shoes of my mother
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usb jig will work only if your device is not dead that mean when you press power button if you get some splash screen or stuck at boot logo then usb jig will work but if no response from power button then usb jig will not work for you.
And the solution for the boot repair is using jtag riff box. Its not good idea to buy riff box just for your one phone its better to take it to service centre for repair.
And also there is a elite developer Adam Outler who can fix it messing with the hardware you can see his threads.
Anyway good luck :good:
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ManzzaShahi said:
usb jig will work only if your device is not dead that mean when you press power button if you get some splash screen or stuck at boot logo then usb jig will work but if no response from power button then usb jig will not work for you.
And the solution for the boot repair is using jtag riff box. Its not good idea to buy riff box just for your one phone its better to take it to service centre for repair.
And also there is a elite developer Adam Outler who can fix it messing with the hardware you can see his threads.
Anyway good luck :good:
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no the service centre ppl of a piece of an ass they are giving me a solution of replacing the motherboard i am sure the ppl to whom i have given the phone will repair the issue i have seen the threads on other website i wont mention them i am sure and inshallah they will fix it and about the jtag riff box see dude u mentioned the name of the person i idolize the most after our prophet and my dad i want to become like him i wanna have a career as a developer just some of my small mistakes i have to look over thats why i am buying the box
Mohhamad Rehan said:
no the service centre ppl of a piece of an ass they are giving me a solution of replacing the motherboard i am sure the ppl to whom i have given the phone will repair the issue i have seen the threads on other website i wont mention them i am sure and inshallah they will fix it and about the jtag riff box see dude u mentioned the name of the person i idolize the most after our prophet and my dad i want to become like him i wanna have a career as a developer just some of my small mistakes i have to look over thats why i am buying the box
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buy a USB Jig (you can also make it by your own!) and try if it will work! good luck!:angel:
Mohhamad Rehan said:
no the service centre ppl of a piece of an ass they are giving me a solution of replacing the motherboard i am sure the ppl to whom i have given the phone will repair the issue i have seen the threads on other website i wont mention them i am sure and inshallah they will fix it and about the jtag riff box see dude u mentioned the name of the person i idolize the most after our prophet and my dad i want to become like him i wanna have a career as a developer just some of my small mistakes i have to look over thats why i am buying the box
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ohhh good luck! Some service centres are just a piece of crap.Its good you plan to buy a riff box it will be very useful in future as well as you can work repairing hard bricked mobiles. Just try and share the progress with us.Hope you fix your device soon..:laugh:
USB jig is the only way to get into downloading mode & what you have experienced is a hard brick. I faced the same issue with samsung galaxy mini and luckily I got the motherboard replaced for free under warranty in service center acting innocent,.
chemicalrage said:
USB jig is the only way to get into downloading mode & what you have experienced is a hard brick. I faced the same issue with samsung galaxy mini and luckily I got the motherboard replaced for free under warranty in service center acting innocent,.
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But bro I have the only way out the motherboard replacement would cost me a hell amount of money whereas just solving the issue either jtagbox would only cost me 1000 rs I appreciate it concerns bro the service centre ppl have the only way out of changing the motherboard but we as modders have to find a way where as the phone does not belong to me it belongs to my father but I felt a pain in my chest when my father said that I am the only one who can repair the phone and no one else can I decided that I have to prove him right so when the unbrick project is completed on Monday I will surely post the thread of unbrick project in Samsung galaxy advance troubleshoot section I have my own works of roms to release of my phone that is LG p920 to be released on 20th but now I have to postpone it for one day I have my own phone to take care of too and am developing a tweaking app for LG p920 and other phones as well so let's see when my projects are done will surely share my experiences with everyone on xda
My Rom is based on stock LG xperia ubuntu and s4 I have been making the Rom since last week and I completed it last night and then bricked my father's device
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Mohhamad Rehan said:
But bro I have the only way out the motherboard replacement would cost me a hell amount of money whereas just solving the issue either jtagbox would only cost me 1000 rs I appreciate it concerns bro the service centre ppl have the only way out of changing the motherboard but we as modders have to find a way where as the phone does not belong to me it belongs to my father but I felt a pain in my chest when my father said that I am the only one who can repair the phone and no one else can I decided that I have to prove him right so when the unbrick project is completed on Monday I will surely post the thread of unbrick project in Samsung galaxy advance troubleshoot section I have my own works of roms to release of my phone that is LG p920 to be released on 20th but now I have to postpone it for one day I have my own phone to take care of too and am developing a tweaking app for LG p920 and other phones as well so let's see when my projects are done will surely share my experiences with everyone on xda
My Rom is based on stock LG xperia ubuntu and s4 I have been making the Rom since last week and I completed it last night and then bricked my father's device
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Do you have warranty? Why don't you act dumb and say phone do not boot suddenly?
And what did you do with that file, you pushed it to wrong partition?
no i dont have warranty thats the issue and i am not gonna shell out the money for the Motherboard i have booted the phone to download mode just need to download the files to flash for the stock rom for india does anyone has the link
Mohhamad Rehan said:
no i dont have warranty thats the issue and i am not gonna shell out the money for the Motherboard i have booted the phone to download mode just need to download the files to flash for the stock rom for india does anyone has the link
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sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com
Search in there.
Thank you do all of u need a unbrick thread here
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Mohhamad Rehan said:
no i dont have warranty thats the issue and i am not gonna shell out the money for the Motherboard i have booted the phone to download mode just need to download the files to flash for the stock rom for india does anyone has the link
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How can you not have warranty? The phone is barely an year old right? I think it launched in Europe during April 2012 or something.
Grey market purchase?
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arkadeep94 said:
How can you not have warranty? The phone is barely an year old right? I think it launched in Europe during April 2012 or something.
Grey market purchase?
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Bhaiyya I don't have the bill
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I am pleased to say that I have finally repaired the Samsung galaxy advance by myself using the jtag box and flashing a European version of the stock GB maybe vdjl1 can someone help me I want to upgrade it to jellybean or ics
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Use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198341
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