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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
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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。。。
Was being a flashaholic, went from andro3, back to stock,then to Firefly, then followed instructions for SerendipityVII, got that working then tried to flash back to stock because Firefly was faster. It got into download mode and flashed, Odin said is passed and everything but i think the stock pda and pit files are mixed up with the GB Phone an CSC files. Jig is not working and the three buttons wont work, any ideas?
Are you getting any response out of it at all? Anything? Something to indicate whether it is trying to boot?
Sounds like you're not. Try removing battery, reinserting battery. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS. Insert jig. Hold both volume buttons down. Wait a good minute or 2 if you still get nothing out of it then I'm afraid it's a brick. Sorry
You can either try and get a warranty replacement or mobiletechvideos.com offers a jtag debrickicking service.
Check your pm
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Are you getting any response out of it at all? Anything? Something to indicate whether it is trying to boot?
Sounds like you're not. Try removing battery, reinserting battery. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS. Insert jig. Hold both volume buttons down. Wait a good minute or 2 if you still get nothing out of it then I'm afraid it's a brick. Sorry
You can either try and get a warranty replacement or mobiletechvideos.com offers a jtag debrickicking service.
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What is jtag? I mean, waiting 2 weeks for replacement from samsung is a lot better than paying 50$ for that, but what is jtag(ging?)?
Jtagging is basicly a process where the mother board is taken off, hooking it to a jtag box so it can communicate with the computer at a lower level than the usb connection and reflashing bootloaders, then the super tricky part of soldering the mother board back on. The connections are about 1mm. The captivate is one of the hardest phones to jtag because of this reason. Mobiletechvideos.com is the only place that offers this outside of a warranty replacement.
It's june so that means that the first batch phones are either out of warranty or will be in a few weeks, them more and more phones will out of warranty every month.
You will need jtag if your looking for a repair. As mentioned I can do this for you and would love to if you need my help. Just pm me...I have almost 100% success rates with Captivates and have highly likely jtagged more than anyone in the world.
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hey,
i was on slim bean, and wanted to flash a new ROM. So i switched on ODIN to go back to Stock JF6. During the process it got stuck at factoryfs.rfs. I closed ODIN, pulled out battery and tried the same process many times, always got stuck at factoryfs.rfs or sbl.bin
then, i tried going to Gingerbread 2.3.3 ODIN 1 click with bootloaders and kernel. again it kept getting stuck and after sometime, it stopped entering into download mode.
now, plugging it in doesnt show battery charging, the computer doesnt even detect new hardware (have tried on many pcs), no sign of life from my cappy.
have tried all sorts of button combos, etc
so is it like totally Bricked with no hopes of revival?
PS: since im in India, international shipping of the JIG costs a lot!!!
neo_31591 said:
hey,
i was on slim bean, and wanted to flash a new ROM. So i switched on ODIN to go back to Stock JF6. During the process it got stuck at factoryfs.rfs. I closed ODIN, pulled out battery and tried the same process many times, always got stuck at factoryfs.rfs or sbl.bin
then, i tried going to Gingerbread 2.3.3 ODIN 1 click with bootloaders and kernel. again it kept getting stuck and after sometime, it stopped entering into download mode.
now, plugging it in doesnt show battery charging, the computer doesnt even detect new hardware (have tried on many pcs), no sign of life from my cappy.
have tried all sorts of button combos, etc
so is it like totally Bricked with no hopes of revival?
PS: since im in India, international shipping of the JIG costs a lot!!!
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That's why there's a warning flashing bootloaders with Odin or Heimdall.. You never unplug/stop it. Your phone is most likely hard-bricked right now.
You only option would be to use mobiletechvideos .com services (JTAG).
BWolf56 said:
That's why there's a warning flashing bootloaders with Odin or Heimdall.. You never unplug/stop it. Your phone is most likely hard-bricked right now.
You only option would be to use mobiletechvideos .com services (JTAG).
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yea, it seems its hard bricked now, the phone shows absolutely no signs of life whatsoever. not even the battery charging image is there, its just dead :'(
I cant send it for JTAG service cause im from India and its gonna cost a hell lot to ship it to the USA... damn
Hmmm.. same goes here.. I'm from Bangalore.. you can order usb jig frm ebay india. Cost you 220 rupees.. I just ordered one for me. My phone also bricked, don't knw whtr it is soft or hard bricked. It's not turning on, my phone went dark green while flashing stock Rom, aftr that no signs of life. One mobile repair shop is available in Bangalore,, they can unbrick our hard bricked phones using JTag..
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Hmmm.. same goes here.. I'm from Bangalore.. you can order usb jig frm ebay india. Cost you 220 rupees.. I just ordered one for me. My phone also bricked, don't knw whtr it is soft or hard bricked. It's not turning on, my phone went dark green while flashing stock Rom, aftr that no signs of life. One mobile repair shop is available in Bangalore,, they can unbrick our hard bricked phones using JTag..
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omg, thats awesome...im in Mysore, just a stone's throw away from bangalore, could you give me the details of that shop please.... JIG wont work, as its hard bricked...
neo_31591 said:
omg, thats awesome...im in Mysore, just a stone's throw away from bangalore, could you give me the details of that shop please.... JIG wont work, as its hard bricked...
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nvm
neo_31591 said:
omg, thats awesome...im in Mysore, just a stone's throw away from bangalore, could you give me the details of that shop please.... JIG wont work, as its hard bricked...
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Here is the address: Cell tech communications, asuntha mansion, 2nd floor, 6th cross, vinayakanagar, adugodi,bangalore30. Their contact no: 9972477771. They said, they might charge in between 1000-1500 rupees, i bargained, they accepted to do it for 1000. I think this issue occurs cause of bad data cable, first i request you to try with another data cable, thn try with jig. if issue still persist, thn go for repair..
omg thanks bro, really really thanks
@BWolf56
sir, you think i should try out with the JIG? is it worth a shot?
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@BWolf56
sir, you think i should try out with the JIG? is it worth a shot?
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If you can build one, yes. Otherwise, it's probably not worth the crazy shipping cost to India. They're fairly easy to make though: 100k resistor x3 that you tape together. There is a guide in here if you wanna look into it.
You r welcome ,I'm gng to get my jig today which I ordered yesterday.. I vl try n let you knw whtr its working or not..
oh ok do keep me posted, thanks a lot man
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If you can build one, yes. Otherwise, it's probably not worth the crazy shipping cost to India. They're fairly easy to make though: 100k resistor x3 that you tape together. There is a guide in here if you wanna look into it.
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ebay india sells jig for galaxy s2, i guess its the same and will work on cappy aswell...it costs like $3 here, so ill buy that, as a last resort
neo_31591 said:
ebay india sells jig for galaxy s2, i guess its the same and will work on cappy aswell...it costs like $3 here, so ill buy that, as a last resort
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Yeah, jig works on the samsung galaxy series. I bought one a year ago for my Captivate (S1) and it works on my S3.
Jig works for me I was able to flash stock ROM.. once you get your jig. Try to flash by connecting to another usb port. Coz same issue occurs for me by flashing using same usb port which I used last time.. after connecting the data cable to another usb port, everything went off smoothly. Yes galaxy s2 jig works for all sgs series phones., i wasted whole day on this. Bt I'm happy coz my issue resolved..
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Jig works for me I was able to flash stock ROM.. once you get your jig. Try to flash by connecting to another usb port. Coz same issue occurs for me by flashing using same usb port which I used last time.. after connecting the data cable to another usb port, everything went off smoothly. Yes galaxy s2 jig works for all sgs series phones., i wasted whole day on this. Bt I'm happy coz my issue resolved..
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oh thats awesome, really happy for you bro Congrats
hey can u PM me or post the link to the exact JIG u bought, ill also buy the same....hopefully it will do wonders for my phone... tomorrow is salary day (we get our salary on the last day of the month) so i can buy it asap
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Jig works for me I was able to flash stock ROM.. once you get your jig. Try to flash by connecting to another usb port. Coz same issue occurs for me by flashing using same usb port which I used last time.. after connecting the data cable to another usb port, everything went off smoothly. Yes galaxy s2 jig works for all sgs series phones., i wasted whole day on this. Bt I'm happy coz my issue resolved..
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and hey, when your phone was bricked, could u see any signs of life, like atleast did the battery charging icon appear? cause for me its plain dead. no battery charging icon, no detection by computer, everyday after office i spend 1-2 hours going over the same process, of getting into download mode and phone shows absolutely no signs of life...
No signs of life.. mine was dead like yours bro.. I vl send you the ebay link2moro Mrng. Give me your contact number.. I vl give you a cal..
hey, i pm'd you my number...your number is incorrect man, its 9 digit , 1 digit missing
Reporting Back:
Got the jig today, Alas my phone didnt get into download mode, i thought maybe the battery has run out, got that checked and it was still doing 75%, tried all sorts of key combos along with the JIG also, lol, did everything. The phone just refuses to show any signs of life. Connecting to PC doesnt show new hardware attached. Nothing. So i guess its gone forever now, unless i find someone who does JTAG in India :'(
This is going to be a long story.
Had my note with me for about 3 years now.. Was waiting for the warranty to expire before I rooted it but I just never got to it.. So I was on Stock ROM and kernel all this time.
So last Friday (3 days back) was its doomsday.. had just replied to a text message, locked the phone and that was the last time I saw it working :crying:
It had switched off and when I tried to switch it back on it was stuck in bootloop, on the 'samsung galaxy note n7000' screen to be precise.. did some googling, came to xda forums, got that I need to get me recovery.. Vol Up + Home + Power.. nothing.. it just restarted and bought me to the boot note n7000 screen.. searched this now on xda,. got that I need to check if I have the download mode.. Vol Down + Home + Power and voila its alive, I had the download option.
Now from various threads I got that the next step would be install a kernel with recovery option it and I felt most recommended were Phil'z kernels.. So that is what I did. I downloaded Odin v3.09 and (not able to post URLs since a new user) Philz kernel (PhilZ-cwm6-XXLT9-ORA-5.11.2.tar) but it always got stuck at zimage.. tried 3 diff cables and 4 diff usb ports.. turned out the culprit was Odin version.. downloaded v 1.30 and it worked.. I was able to flash it to Philz kernel with a pass in Odin.. Tried to see if I could get the recovery option now but nada.. still stuck at the boot logo screen. Tried other Philz kernels for n7000 to see if they would do the trick.. I tried (philz_touch_6.07.9-n7000.tar.md5) and (philz_touch_6.12.8-n7000.tar.md5) but both got stuck at zimage so I left it at the cwm6 one.
Now read other threads and I got that the way to go back to stock kernel and flash the stock rom as well.. so downloaded the stock indian JB Rom (N7000DDLSC_N7000ODDLSC_N7000DDLS6_HOME.tar.md5) from sammobile's firmware and this stock kernel (DDLRI N7000), can't figure out which thread I downloaded this from though. So I flashed the kernel first and it was a pass and the odin mode screen showed, custom bin count as 1 and current binary as samsung official. Next I tried to flash the stock rom but Odin got stuck at 'factoryfs.img'. Then dunno why I thought that stock kernel is bad and decided to go to back to Philz kernel.. the one that I was able to flash successfully. I did it via Odin and it was a pass, the phone restarted and it hasn't switched on since. I mean I don't have even the download mode now.
So in short, no recovery mode, no download mode, and no boot loop screen as well.. I have tried to see if its in deep freeze or not, I mean whether the screen is not displaying anything and still be able to go to download mode to see if ODIN is able to detect it but it ain't working. Also if I try to charge it, nothings displayed on the screen but it does get warm
Do I have any hope in reviving it on my own? I have tried to contact fellow xda mates here in gurgaon to see if they can lend me their usb jig yet to see their response.. Is it worth it to spend money to get one of my own? Any idea what the fault might me and if all's lost how much would samsung charge me on fixing it.
Samsung would definitely charge too much, but i dont see anything wrong that you might have done to end up in this situation. I would suggest you to use a fully charged battery first to see if you can access download or recovery mode and if you dont have spare battery try to use external charger to charge only battery outside of phone, insert in phone and try the download mode or the recovery mode. USB jig shouldn't be too expensive if you want to try that after charging the battery and you can also make USB jig yourself if you understand those things.
Cheers!!!
Well I am trying to figure out where to buy the resistors to buy from.. Dad has a soldering kit so should be able to use that.. Yes I am afraid Samsung will charge me a bomb for this.. and on top of it I had bought a new battery just a day before.. Now I don't have an external charger to charge the battery separately.. Doesn't the device heating up mean that its charging?
myeviltwin said:
Well I am trying to figure out where to buy the resistors to buy from.. Dad has a soldering kit so should be able to use that.. Yes I am afraid Samsung will charge me a bomb for this.. and on top of it I had bought a new battery just a day before.. Now I don't have an external charger to charge the battery separately.. Doesn't the device heating up mean that its charging?
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It may mean that its charging as there is no way to check, purchase these, very inexpensive:
http://imshopping.rediff.com/imgsho...battery-charger-4-blackberry-nokia-htc-lg.JPG
Not advertising, not promoting just showing the picture. You would get it from any local shop.
Okay, will get one.. So you think there's still hope for my poor phone
Can't figure out why its lost its download screen.
Had gone on a work related trip hence the gap.. Got an external charger but didn't help.. same result..
Too much of a hassle to get the resistors where i live.. Have ordered one for myself now.. and that I believe is going to be my last hope or else I am going to have a very expensive paperweight.
Do you think it would be worth to get it checked by Samsung.. I hope they do give at least an estimate of the repair cost.
From what I have read in the forums here Samsung would charge around 260 $ on a new motherboard which would cost around 260$ and with the same amount I can buy a new Moto G.. so that's that.. waiting for the jig and then will make a call on what to do..
Please let me know if there is something else I can do to salvage this phone. Thanks
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Had gone on a work related trip hence the gap.. Got an external charger but didn't help.. same result..
Too much of a hassle to get the resistors where i live.. Have ordered one for myself now.. and that I believe is going to be my last hope or else I am going to have a very expensive paperweight.
Do you think it would be worth to get it checked by Samsung.. I hope they do give at least an estimate of the repair cost.
From what I have read in the forums here Samsung would charge around 260 $ on a new motherboard which would cost around 260$ and with the same amount I can buy a new Moto G.. so that's that.. waiting for the jig and then will make a call on what to do..
Please let me know if there is something else I can do to salvage this phone. Thanks
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Yes, try the JIG and if that too doesn't work, get an estimate atleast from Samsung (no harm in it). There are always repair technicians in the famous market (if you know which place i am referring to)
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Yes, try the JIG and if that too doesn't work, get an estimate atleast from Samsung (no harm in it). There are always repair technicians in the famous market (if you know which place i am referring to)
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Got the jig today.. Still nothing the screen remains black even if I plug in the jig.. No download mode.. Connecting it to pc after removing the jig, with ODIN on also doesn't show any sign of life.. Guess will take it to the samsung service center and will ask for their estimate.. If they charge a paisa above 5k going for the Moto G then..
The jig works, I tried it on me mum's old galaxy y so has to be the phone only.. Thanks Hawk for all the help.. and regarding the famous market I think you were referring to Gaffar isn't it
myeviltwin said:
Got the jig today.. Still nothing the screen remains black even if I plug in the jig.. No download mode.. Connecting it to pc after removing the jig, with ODIN on also doesn't show any sign of life.. Guess will take it to the samsung service center and will ask for their estimate.. If they charge a paisa above 5k going for the Moto G then..
The jig works, I tried it on me mum's old galaxy y so has to be the phone only.. Thanks Hawk for all the help.. and regarding the famous market I think you were referring to Gaffar isn't it
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Yes that is the market i am referring to, i know someone there infact that guy used to work as a Manager in Samsung Service center, now he is running his own business.
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Yes that is the market i am referring to, i know someone there infact that guy used to work as a Manager in Samsung Service center, now he is running his own business.
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That's nice.. its a always a worry that you might get ripped off there Let me visit the service center today and see what they come back with.. If all fails will PM you for your friends details and take it to him.
They are charging me 8k - 9k.. :crying:
The mobo has failed and needs replacement. Seems like its time to say to bbye to my good old note.. and to top it, I think Note has spoiled me as well.. I had a friends moto g to try its look and feel.. it seemed so puny compared to my note and didn't like it the way it was don't understand why didn't they give an expandable memory slot as well..
Looks like am going to shell out more than 20k for my new phone now Hawk do you mind PM'ing me the contact details of the guy you know in Gaffar market.. Have to go to CP today so might as well give it a shot there.
So i have a S3 mini VE, and i was flashing a stock firmware on my phone suddenly the USB cable disconnected during the process (ODIN) now when i try to turn on the phone, it doesn't come on at all. the only way to get the phone on is to charge it (AC). but it goes into loop every 5 seconds. So when i take the battery outta the phone and then plug the charger in. It shows this message (See below) but won't go into loop. It's seriously weird. The button combo are fully dead.
So basically i can't get into the phone i tried every method, even tried USB JIG from eBay. i seriously don't know what's going on with the phone, i need help fixing this issue.
has this happened to anyone else?
Button combo (DEAD)
Flashing with ODIN (DEAD)
Download Mode (DEAD)
Recovery Mode (DEAD)
Connecting to PC (DEAD)
So i've done all this, so please don't tell me to do these again i've done em
Thanks!
Same problem
Man! How I understand you!
Recently I came up with a similar problem only with my Huawai Ascend mate 7. Even though I am able to connect the device in FASTBOOT mode and flash the recovery It just won't boot into it because there probably some mess up have happened to the device's partitions So in particular it is Hard bricked.
Reading a bit here about a hard bricking I think our best bet is to send the device to an Authorized service center. And what they can do is basically two things, first is use some so called "Hardware tool" to force the ROM re-flash. This is an ideal solution for us and ( as the Warranty is not applicable to our phones anymore) in this case we will pay less money, but we still have to . The other solution might be to replace the "Chip" or entire "Motherboard" and which might cost an arm and a leg. I am not sure it worth it then, maybe buying a new phone better and just sell this one for spares.
Anyway I am waiting for solution for me for some more time and then I will contact some authorized Huawei Service here in my City.
Haha better of just selling our device, i know for a fact i won't be able to fix it coz i tried everything i could, even USB JIG. Also tge repair service i seen will cost me around $30 which my phone is worth around that price. So im just gonna sell it off or i might just wait for couple of days to find a solution...
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Adzkii said:
Haha better of just selling our device, i know for a fact i won't be able to fix it coz i tried everything i could, even USB JIG. Also tge repair service i seen will cost me around $30 which my phone is worth around that price. So im just gonna sell it off or i might just wait for couple of days to find a solution...
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Well, mine cost me around 500$ or even more(I did not pay in $). You are in a so much better condition