[Q] Is my Captivate bricked? Guys, I need your help ! - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

studacris said:
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.

studacris said:
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.

studacris said:
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
Sent from my HTC Vision

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.
Pirateghost said:
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..

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[Q] any solution for this brick?

my captivate cannot turn on at all
NO galaxy s, NO atnt screen, NOTHING
dead like without battery (but i am sure the battery is half full cos i tried it on another phone)
computer won't recognize it when usb plugged
cannot charge at all, no charging screen
SO NO download mode, NO recovery mode
tried all those remove sim, remove sd, remove battery, turn on odin first, connect to pc, having 3 buttons (actually all possible combinations) press, power button release, everything i could found on forum...
the only thing i didn't try yet is the 301k resistor
have a fd making that for me, will try that soon
but i doubt it will work since the situation looks very bad
so my question is...
has anyone with the EXACT symptoms, able to unbrick at last?
if u r those who able to unbrick becos ur captivate was still able to turn on
please don't reply, i really really appreciate ur help
but sorry urs wasn't really "brick"
and those solutions aren't what i looking for
if you want to know what i did...
all i did was trying to flash to Cognition v2.3b6 from a stock 2.1 following the wiki
i watched it formatting, copying files, ... , and then it try to reboot
but instead of successful reboot it stay dead forever
great...
tested even with the 301k resistor now
no luck
Yeah sorry man. Looks like you got a bad phone. Time to call att
i wish, but i didn't buy it from atnt
no receipt no shxx
and i am in canada
You know you still have the manufacturer's warranty. One year. Call Samsung and they will refurb it for ya. I got mine in Canada too. No receipt required as long as you have the original barcode on your box.
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i got the exactly issue and symptom, anyone got a solution yet ?
The main q is: how did you brick it
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y2kstephen said:
great...
tested even with the 301k resistor now
no luck
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You're not holding onto the resistor with bare hands right?
I just get the same problem.
waiting for the solution too.
Have you tried a new battery?
This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
your Phone most likely not bricked.
I Actually had this same problem. I really thought my phone was bricked. I would pull the battery and put it back in and nothing but a black screen. I ended up having to go into download mode from another computer. If you do this install drivers first and try to go into download by pushing both volume up and down at the same time then plug in usb cable to computer with odin opened up.
kppanic said:
You know you still have the manufacturer's warranty. One year. Call Samsung and they will refurb it for ya. I got mine in Canada too. No receipt required as long as you have the original barcode on your box.
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too bad i throw my box away too...
never expected this will happen
imparator said:
The main q is: how did you brick it
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did u read my post???
if you want to know what i did...
all i did was trying to flash to Cognition v2.3b6 from a stock 2.1 following the wiki
i watched it formatting, copying files, ... , and then it try to reboot
but instead of successful reboot it stay dead forever
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norcal einstein said:
You're not holding onto the resistor with bare hands right?
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the 301k resistor tested on my gf "still" working captivate
it works
I end up took it to some cell repair shop to fix it
they said they had to replace a chip inside
and it cost me cad$150
anyway now it's fixed
but i think i am going to sell it since i don't have much faith in it anymore
i can't keep a phone that i can't flash it just becos it might never boot again
to those who have the same problem
GOOD LUCK
Doesn't it really work with the JIG?
If it doesn't work, I would not try.
If I just give the phone back to the ATT to fix it or change another one, how much should I pay?
thanks.
zehuali said:
Doesn't it really work with the JIG?
If it doesn't work, I would not try.
If I just give the phone back to the ATT to fix it or change another one, how much should I pay?
thanks.
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in my case the JIG doesn't work
but i do suggest you try it
if the JIG doesn't work for you, then it's really brick i guess
Thank you, I will try it.
我干脆说中文好了,据说关机之后,拔掉电池,然后连接usb,按挖煤键,此时再插入电池,你就能看到挖煤了界面了。。。可以试试。。。good luck。。。

Bricked My Nexus - My Options?

So... long story short, I bricked my Nexus One. There is no LED while charging and the phone doesn't boot. I figured if I replace the motherboard, the phone will start functioning again.
From my understanding, HTC charges $196 to replace this piece, which is quite expensive considering I paid $175 for this Nexus. But I found a part on eBay which I think is the motherboard, but I want to make sure before I purchase it.
Attached is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Flex-Cable-Ribbon-Membrane-Ribbon-4-HTC-Nexus-One-N1-G5-/260679869783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb1bb2557
I would appreciate if anybody can confirm that this is the motherboard and if it will resurrect my phone.
Is your phone out of warranty or something?
pwig said:
Is your phone out of warranty or something?
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I don't believe it is; but would that change anything?
ill give ya 20$
disgustip8ted said:
ill give ya 20$
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Thanks for such generosity; but I'll pass.
JohnnyFeet said:
So... long story short, I bricked my Nexus One. There is no LED while charging and the phone doesn't boot. I figured if I replace the motherboard, the phone will start functioning again.
From my understanding, HTC charges $196 to replace this piece, which is quite expensive considering I paid $175 for this Nexus. But I found a part on eBay which I think is the motherboard, but I want to make sure before I purchase it.
Attached is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Flex-Cable-Ribbon-Membrane-Ribbon-4-HTC-Nexus-One-N1-G5-/260679869783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb1bb2557
I would appreciate if anybody can confirm that this is the motherboard and if it will resurrect my phone.
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That's just the flex cable NOT the mother board.
baseballfanz said:
That's just the flex cable NOT the mother board.
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Do you know where I can source the motherboard?
I might try buzzing HTC tomorrow for a warranty repair (or swap) for a different issue with the phone. Maybe I can escalate it to the proper person if they give me any problems.
I have searched almost everywhere for it; and it's nowhere to be found.
My options remain:
1) Hope HTC replaces my Nexus for another issue
2) Have HTC replace my motherboard for $196
3) Replace it myself, assuming I can source one
4) JTAG it back to life
5) Sell it in its current state
Do you mind sharing the story of how you bricked it? I'm really interested.
google a method to un brick it. One hacker actually did that already. It might help you.
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Mokurex said:
Do you mind sharing the story of how you bricked it? I'm really interested.
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I unrooted the phone and started proceeding with the respective steps. I just flashed CW recovery and was using it to flash gapps, CM, and a radio image. I then rebooted the phone, but it never turned on.
Now, I have a beautiful non-functioning Nexus One! Does not boot at all, no LED when hooking up to A/C, nothing...
wang1404 said:
google a method to un brick it. One hacker actually did that already. It might help you.
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Would you mind sharing the link? The only method, from my understanding, that will un brick the phone is jTAG it.
Well I read the article long ago and don't remember exactly what the name of it is. But one hacker used his usb cable to trick his nexus one to wake up and it was successful.
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Update: I called HTC and mentioned a completely unrelated issue, which was a small speck of dust under the screen. I chose the swap option and didn't mention the phone didn't turn on, or was bricked. I just checked the tracking update and it says "service is completed." Checked my card; nothing was charged.
GO HTC! They are the absolute best!
u probably bricked it with the radio update.. did you check the MD5 checksum before u flashed it? And was it even a proper Radio?
You need to be very careful while flashing a radio... it's like flashing a BIOS on a PC.
You should flash it through fastboot and not recovery, it's safer.
Just so you know when you try to do it again.
mkrmec said:
u probably bricked it with the radio update.. did you check the MD5 checksum before u flashed it? And was it even a proper Radio?
You need to be very careful while flashing a radio... it's like flashing a BIOS on a PC.
You should flash it through fastboot and not recovery, it's safer.
Just so you know when you try to do it again.
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Yeah, I think you're right. It probably bricked while flashing the radio. I will not attempt to do this again or will be extremely careful next time...

Hope for a Bricked Vivid ?? { Discussions of Possible Solutions }

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?
timbrendelaz said:
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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JEANRIVERA said:
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.

Finally, i got hard bricked...

Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Same thing happened to me, nothing worked (tried the JIG). I had to send it in for repair, but they didn't see that it was my fault (still had warranty).
nasdak10 said:
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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From my experience the only way u can get ur phone back in service is go to ssc and make some reasonable reason why ur phone is dead, so u can still claim for warranty and I am sure they will replace ur engine/mobo like my friends did a month ago.
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nasdak10 said:
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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No download mode when you use the jig?
I feel your pain. Best wishes on resurecting that thing.
sorry to know. hope things will be Ok soon for you.
nasdak10 said:
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
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It has nothing to do with your battery dying and everything with trying to flash CM9 directly from super-dangerous LP5 or LP6 leak ICS kernel.
No jig or JTag will revive your phone now.
However, if your Note refuses to go into download or recovery mode, you are in luck - if you have a warranty, that is. Just take your phone to the service center and tell them that it died when updating via Kies. There is no way for them to tell what had really happened and they will have to replace your motherboard free of charge.
Sadly, jig didnt solve the problem. Battery isnt hot when plugged in, is my motherboard fried by flashing the note?
Could a jtag solve the problem?
Try to take it back in for warranty before attempting a JTAG and voiding the warranty (that they can tell)
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nasdak10 said:
Sadly, jig didnt solve the problem. Battery isnt hot when plugged in, is my motherboard fried by flashing the note?
Could a jtag solve the problem?
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Yeah, that's a classic superbrick, need replacement mobo. Sorry dude. As mentioned just say you were updating ics ota or through kies.
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I got the same problem few days back..I went to service center and said that i got an ota update and after downloading had completed,it started rebooting and there i got some errors and finally my phone is dead
They were unable to find the exact reason why it got bricked as it was unable to enter download or recovery mode
So they replaced the motherboard under warrenty
Better this it once
All the best :good:
I dont think that warranty thing is gonna work, because i have lost some inside cover screws... yeah, thats a long story trying to fix it. If i borrow a motherboard... could i recover my data? because thats all i want at the moment. Or, is there any website where i can buy it? Otherwise, im going to try it with the warranty...
nasdak10 said:
I dont think that warranty thing is gonna work, because i have lost some inside cover screws... yeah, thats a long story trying to fix it. If i borrow a motherboard... could i recover my data? because thats all i want at the moment. Or, is there any website where i can buy it? Otherwise, im going to try it with the warranty...
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What cover screws??
If you change your motherboard,you will lose all your data
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
Mr Colt said:
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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Ivjust tried it bit couldnt get brick to occur no matter how hard i tried. Nm glad you got yours fixed
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Mr Colt said:
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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Good to hear
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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.
panda00 said:
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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