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[Q] Galaxy S, thinks it's from AT&T after attempted root, and DL mode not working

I attempted to root my Galaxy S (Ohh, i live en Denmark and it's not branded but my provider is "3") but i somehow got some links mixed up, so instead of getting the right firmware for my SGS for 2.2 i got one which is 2.2 BUT, when it starts/shuts down it takes 2-3 times longer because there's an "AT&T" logo/bootscreen.
So i thought i would just flash it to "I9000XXJE2" so it would be 2.1 and i could start over. But here comes the biggest problem, is that when i just connect it to my PC it shut's down
And since it got the personality disorder where it thinks it's from the US and AT&T i can't get into download mode either, have literally searched since 11 PM last night (10 PM here now..) i'm so freaking tired and annoyed, been using a "Nokia 3310" to make calls.
So i don't now what the hell to do!..
Is there some how a way to root/something/fix whatever from the phone? Cause i can start it, but download mode/recovery doesn't work, and it i connect USB it shuts down immediately.
Hope you Android masterminds can help me!.. I'm going to bed now and see if there's answers later...

Theres no way to fix it, Send it to repair shop or search in the site for Galaxy S JIG as its hardware device that forces the SGS into download mode.

The JIG method would work fine. Give it a shot!

just encase you're not sure about the JIG thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Hope you get it working

Thanks very much! I will try the jig thingy for a final try!.. Hope it works!

Okaay.. So apparently it's VERY difficult to get those resistors if you live in a small town in Denmark, and your mom denies to buy ANYTHING on the net..
And now the phone almost died, apparently it won't charge (Didn't notice at topic start) any other advice?.. I'm guessing Samsung/"3" won't help since
root=no warranty?..
EDIT: If it wasn't clear i can start the phone, but can't connect to pc get into DL mode, but i can access SD card from phone, so is there maybe something i can put on that? To help?..

Anyone?... I wrote to "3" and Samsung, but they say something about root and they can't help.
So i guess i somehow gotta find that resistor or=no phone?.. I mean, if it would just charge, i could see if i could make it work.. But now there's only very little battery, and i've tried SO many things from this forum!

DanielBoeVen said:
Anyone?... I wrote to "3" and Samsung, but they say something about root and they can't help.
So i guess i somehow gotta find that resistor or=no phone?.. I mean, if it would just charge, i could see if i could make it work.. But now there's only very little battery, and i've tried SO many things from this forum!
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I'm also from Denmark which software have you flashed and how?

You still have the white "Galaxy S" logo, not the AT&T logo, as the first thing on the screen when you boot up, right? It sounds like you have the AT&T CSC loaded, which is not the same as having the AT&T bootloader, which is what happened to a few people.
You still have the phone booting so you probably don't need the jig solution. Have you tried Terminal Emulator app with the commands "su" + "reboot download" (root required)?

It is rooted and i can start it up, and it won't recharge.
When i press powerbutton there is a white AT&T logo and then the normal Galaxy S start-up.
I rooted with "Doc Froyo" and then by accident in "SGS tools" from market pressed, and i'm not totally sure here, cause it was an accident. But something that said something about changing the lockscreen? and i either pressed JM6 "Eclair"
Or JE6 "Eclair" by accident (Stupid fat fingers..) and then it froze, and would'nt do anything so i rebooted it, and then it said AT&T and won't charge now/connect to PC both things shut it down, and it divides numbers weird..
I mean, it says for example: 123-45-1234 or something, ya know.. The US style, and it is like i'm driving at 9000 mp/h with the noise when i call someone (Tried it a couple of times)
(The number should be along the lines of 12345678)
Not sure what "Terminal Emulator" is, is there a guide/video to it?--
Tingen: I used something called "Odin v1.3" i think it was called and "Doc Froyo's"
And it was perfect, but cause of my fat fingers/clumsy self, i pressed "Apply" instead of the homebutton, and then it got "You're a moron" disease -.-'
And now the homebutton don't work either (Guess Captivate (Which it thinks it is now in menu, but when i start it, it says Galaxy S) has a touch homebutton or something?.. And back button which used to go one back, e.g. If i was in "some setting in settings menu" and pressed back it would go one back, now it goes back to desktop, back is kinda what "home" was before..
There's not much battery left, 25-30% but i can start it quick to see what it says in settings (The kernel/something/something) if that would help?..
Last time i turned everything off and connections of and no live wallpaper and airplane-mode and brightness down so hopefully, i can try something without it dying.. But just say if it can help and i will post those data
Thank you both, for answering my post, thought i was going to get no replies and end up with a new paperweight..
EDIT!!!: I think i'll post a video in a couple of hours (It's the middle of the night in Denmark right now)

DanielBoeVen said:
Not sure what "Terminal Emulator" is, is there a guide/video to it?--
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It's the "Android Terminal Emulator" app from the market. Running it and entering the commands "su" and "reboot download" should get into download mode.
It's really risky flashing with so little battery left, you could end up bricking it much worse. If possible find someone with the same phone or a store who will let you charge the battery.
Because you've replaced the bootloader with the AT&T version you need to flash a full ROM that includes the standard bootloaders. Don't flash a 3-button fix or an update ROM. To check you have a full ROM make sure the PDA .tar file that you're flashing includes boot.bin and sbl.bin. You can open it to check with WinRAR.

I just very quickly tried that.. I got the thing downloaded, but when i wrote
SU it said not found.
So back again. I guess i need to see if others have a Galaxy which will let my put my battery in theirs so it can charge.
EDIT: Ohh, and also got the data from setting:
Model: SAMSUNG-SGH-I879
Firmware: 2.2
Baseband: I897UCJI6
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
[email protected] 11 #1
Build: FROYO.UCJI6
EDIT2: And the charger is in, and i noticed (Still can't see battery logo or anything) that from the M-USB (Cover is off) and to where the hole is (Where the battery sits) it's warm, but battery even now after 10-15 minutes isn't warm at all, it's like it goes all the way to the little gold thingys that connect the phone to the battery, and then stops there just before the battery.
The battery is getting SLITHGLY warmer in the top, but i think it's just from the top part of the phone being warm.
I'll post some pics/video with description later.

OH! If it helps, it seems it was not SGS tools! But "Galaxy S Tweaker" or GST from market, it has a white logo with a wrench on it, if you search on appstore and download the app you can see what i did.

DanielBoeVen said:
when i wrote
SU it said not found.
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It needs to be "su" in lowercase, did you try that? If it still doesn't work in lowercase it means your root didn't work, or isn't installed properly. Try the z4root app to fix it.

Tried lowercase, don't work.
What is "z4root" for?
I see it says root/unroot, but which should i choose?

Ok. downloaded it and i could choose root, so i did. now it says
"Please wait while root completes and you
device is rebooted..."
been like that for 3 minutes, how long does it usually takes?..

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It's been like that for a long time, but at least the pc recognizes it now, and DL mode is working! THANK YOU! If you lived in Denmark you'd be getting a case of beers now!
Even if this won't work, i at least can charge it and get into DL mode, the Z4 thing solver the root, and Terminal worked after that! Thanks!

Hmm it seems that it get's stuck in odin (tried odin v1.3 and on-click) at "SetupConnection"
But i'm going to see if i can maybe charge my phone now
EDIT: Aaaaaand now there's a weird
"mobile phone - - triangle with ! - - computer"
icon, hard to explain..

Hmm. Seems now i'm really screwed..
So if hairdryer heat thing won't work, i'm sending it to support, and hope they don't say "screw you, you broke it" (In sciency terms of course) and send a bill.
I hate this, right now until this work, my phone is an old Nokia which can make calls and won't send text messages.
I've been using smartphones for 5-6 years. I feel so "trapped" or "claustrophobic" with this Nokia.

Mailed Samsung a week ago, they said i should talk to my provider first, so i mailed "3" 3 days ago, and they said i should contact Samsung.. :S
So wrote to "3" again that they said i should contact Samsung. But they haven't answered yet, god it's frustrating!

[Q] I bricked up (no download mode available) where can I send this tab to now?

I did something stupid because I kept getting the samsung boot loop. What had happened was that I successfully installed the khasmod rom for the Verizon tab but tried backing up rom through clockwork program, tab rebooted itself after pressing "back up rom". Tab got stuck in boot loop, so I used heimdall to flash a STOCK Verizon firmware(to also include boot.bin and sbl files). It successfully flashed and the tab went blank and never came back. With that said where can put this under... A lop-sided table leg crutch or a book shelf holder? All jokes aside, anyone know the next course of action?

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I did something stupid because I kept getting the samsung boot loop. What had happened was that I successfully installed the khasmod rom for the Verizon tab but tried backing up rom through clockwork program, tab rebooted itself after pressing "back up rom". Tab got stuck in boot loop, so I used heimdall to flash a STOCK Verizon firmware(to also include boot.bin and sbl files). It successfully flashed and the tab went blank and never came back. With that said where can put this under... A lop-sided table leg crutch or a book shelf holder? All jokes aside, anyone know the next course of action?
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more details...
does the tab light up at all or is it just a black screen and wont turn on at all?
wait a few days to let it die all the way out and stick it on the original samsung usb wall charger...if you dont get a battery icon on the screen id say youre pretty much done.
i bricked mine but luckily i was still within my 2 week window with t-mo and they exchanged it...i mean they couldnt put it in bootloader to see if it had been hacked so what else could they do.
i read a post about a special cable you can make with a certain resistor wired into it so when you plug it into the tab it resets something and will let you go into download mode again...
BUT...if i remember correctly, it only worked when you get stuck at a splash screen, and if the tab wont turn on at all, it wont work.
any other paperweight ideas?
google around a bit more and see if theres some kind of option...i think you could try and send it to samsung if its under its 1yr warranty still, but thats a gamble if they DO get it working and see youve hacked it...voiding your warranty.
i just wonder if they could get it to turn on, and find your recovery, they still have to send it back to you...so if they fix the turning on issue, slap it in download and do the rest yourself. thatd be my last resort, fingers crossed bro, i know how ya feel right now, it sucked for me

No lights at all...
Tried: holding down power and vol down for 10 mins in the John.
Plugging into USB with CPU or charger and no battery icon... Left overnight even.
It's like it's sleeping or in an inception searching for something.
I've done hd2 and G2 but the flashing here is ultra brick mode capable...

Can you print the exact command you used for Heimdall? Assuming you entered all the files in the correct place then I assume it's simply a matter of flashing a primary or secondary bootloader that is not designed for your device. If the primary bootloader is still okay then you can use a custom jig to boot your device into download mode using the backup secondary bootloader. Search the forums for "custom jig", you might have more luck in the Galaxy S section though.

Is it kinda hard too do

Well to I've print screened my Heimdall setup in the pic below...
I 'm pretty sure I did myself in with the boot.bin and sbl.bin files --- I had the Khasmod v2. rom installed previous to this flash and sure enough -- I recalled reading something about not flashing such files due to bootloader lock or something to that effect.
Here is the web address of the file I got for the Stock Verizon Heimdall files:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...84-how-restore-vzw-galaxy-tab-stock-dj11.html
Im curious about that jig custom process for the galaxy S that I guess would work for the Tab...But I don't think my laptop would read or recognize an incepted Tab that wouldn't go into download or recovery or telephone --?---computer mode.
I'm pretty darn certain I would never touch a firmware upgrade or rom or kernal install with a 7inch Tab....I'm OTA all the way if my tab comes back alive
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I did this exact thing to my tab... So there is no solution?
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Hold the power button down by itself for about 10 seconds, let go, then do it again.
If nothing happens either time, put it on the shelf for about a week, then try it again, then plug it into the proper charger for a couple of hours, then try it again.
If it does nothing at any stage, then you can try returning it under warranty and see if they'll take pity on you.

I was in worse situation than u few days back, I tired going back stock jk2 from OverCome rom.
Tab got stuck in 'Phone connecting to PC mode' It's worst than the Samsung loop.
I read somewhere than 'if odin can detect yr tab, then it's not brick' just that u need the correct files.

lollypop said:
I was in worse situation than u few days back, I tired going back stock jk2 from OverCome rom.
Tab got stuck in 'Phone connecting to PC mode' It's worst than the Samsung loop.
I read somewhere than 'if odin can detect yr tab, then it's not brick' just that u need the correct files.
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Your problem is fixable. My tab is bricked. Won't turn on, odin won't recognise.. Nothing. I am sending it into samsung tomorrow hoping they will do something about it.
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I'm in the exact same boat. Flashed those exact same files using Heimdall and now the thing won't turn on at all. I'm gonna give it a few days to see if the battery drains and plugging it in starts something up. Otherwise I guess I have no choice but to send it to Samsung as well.

I was in the same boat. I was trying to flash back to stock in oldin and something went wrong, tablet would do anything but show lights at bottom. Call carrier and Samsung said was covered under the one year manufacture warranty. I was without tablet for 2 weeks but not out of and money.

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) Black Screen on wake up.

Hi Guys
I've a problem with my SGS.
When the phone has been out of use for a few hours, when i try to to push the "on/off" button or the menu button, the screen will not activate, it just stays black.
When i press vol up/down, it's making sounds - as it should. So the phone is on, but the screen will not turn on.
Is anybody familiar with that problem and a solution?
I'm using DarkyROM JVQ v. 10.2 (Resurrection Edt.) with Launcher Pro Plus v0.8.6
I have to pull out the battery and start up the phone every time, which is pretty annoying.
I hope someone is able to help me out.
Thanks in advance.

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I can't help you to fix that other than advising to change ROM/kernel but what I can tell you is that you don't need to pull out the battery, you just have to long-press (approx 10 secs) the power button until the phone reboots.

I'm not sure this will help but I had the same problem and after flashing back and forth testing different kernels and roms I came to the conclusion that it had to be hardware related. I removed the Sd card and everything started working as normal.

Have same problem. I have stock XXJVT and root kernel. It happenes not so often (once per month), but it is really anoying. Anyone find a cause/solution?

Maybe you have K 9-Mail installed. I had the same problem and after I removed, everything was Ok. I have xxjvt and Speedmod Kernel K16-7.
If you don't have K9 and you have a lagfix activated maybe you didn't activated on all partitions. This I read in Speedmod topic.
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Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) Black Screen on wake up.
Hi,
I have the same problem. I`ve recently updated my GT-I9000 with the official GIGERBREAD.XFJV7. I`m new to Android and this is so annoying Please help!
Best Regards,
Geri

I got this problem too :/
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i think it's a hardware problem, the proximity sensor...

With XXJVT I had the same problem. It happened once in every two - three days. So went Back to 2.3.3.
I was thinking that it was because of some customization with XXJVT. But now I see that it happens in 2.3.5 firmwares.

seresseran said:
With XXJVT I had the same problem. It happened once in every two - three days. So went Back to 2.3.3.
I was thinking that it was because of some customization with XXJVT. But now I see that it happens in 2.3.5 firmwares.
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Sounds like a SOD (sleep of death) problem. Your phone doesn't manage to get out of deep sleep for some reason. on Cm7 this was caused by BLN activated custom kernels, but I don't know if that's the case here.
Try searching for the sleep of death issue, maybe there is a solution somewhere on XDA?
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SOD it is.
Are you undervolting using setcpu or the like? I know I had massive issues like this at first when uv'ing - the frequency and volts were stable when the screen was on but after some time of deep sleep...nada.
If you are uv'ing then try playing with the volts some more (especially at 100mhz)
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Samsung galaxy si9000 startup problem
Hi Guys
Looking for a bit of help if possible
I have a samsung galaxy si9000 and unfortunately the problem occurred over night. The phone was working fine the evening before but when I woke up it wouldn't turn on. I get lights on the soft keys at the bottom and occasionally hear the startup 'music' for samsung but the screen is just black. I cannot get onto the reboot screen and the 3 key combination (volume up/down (i tried both) + Home + Power) doesn't seem to put anything on the screen. The screen just stays black throughout. I really don't want to send it back to samsung as i know I will be charged an arm and a leg for this, especially when it wasn't really my fault, all I did was went to bed. Thanks and I look forward to any help
Stu

stu4thfc said:
Hi Guys Looking for a bit of help if possible
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Remove Battery, Sim Card and Ext SD card, than press and hold power button for a min and than try to restart phone without ext SD card and sim card... see if anything changes If failed you should use Recovery tools , links on My Android Collections, below to check, what state the phone is in.

I also have this problem...
Searching/reading similar posts I have the feeling there are slightly different issues.
In my case, the screen doesn't light up (also no lights on the soft keys) but the phone works! I called it and it rings (but can't answer w/o screen, maybe I can try with some auto-answer), and I can also hear the sounds when modifying volume.
It doesn't wake up by plugging the power source (and nor by calling it, as written above). I have also tried "Wake All" app, and it doesn't change anything.
I am on stock 2.3.6 XXJW4 with Semaphore kernel 2.7.4, but no tweaks like oc,ov...
Could "normal" software could have such an effect?? Or it's a driver issue? Or (worse) hardware??
I think it's not hardware, because it works after reboot (pressing 10s power button, no baterry removal).
Thanks for any hint.
Gabriel

xsenman said:
Remove Battery, Sim Card and Ext SD card, than press and hold power button for a min and than try to restart phone without ext SD card and sim card... see if anything changes If failed you should use Recovery tools , links on My Android Collections, below to check, what state the phone is in.
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Hi, I have the same problem as well as the others. I tried your method of restarting the phone without anything and holding it down for a good minute. Nothing happens. The LED lights go on, I feel vibrations when I turn off and on the phone. I have not dropped it either. Do you know of any solution that could help me?
Much appreciated!!
Also, if you direct me to your Android Recovery Tools which one do I pick under that category and what do I do?
Thanks so much!!!

Users who use the sema-kernel ,have you activated "deep idle" ???
Has someone tested with nornal "stock" without any custom kernel, i mean all stock if the prob appears ...
What is about the hints of xsenman - can anyone confirm that the "SOD" is gone ???

mattsogg said:
Hi, I have the same problem as well as the others. I tried your method of restarting the phone without anything and holding it down for a good minute. Nothing happens. The LED lights go on, I feel vibrations when I turn off and on the phone. I have not dropped it either. Do you know of any solution that could help me?
Much appreciated!!
Also, if you direct me to your Android Recovery Tools which one do I pick under that category and what do I do?
Thanks so much!!!
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Fully bricked Galaxy Ace Plus. What now?

What I have just done was very stupid and careless, I know, so please don't remind me...
I'm pretty sure I've fully bricked the phone.
Okay, so this is what happened.
Yesterday I got a new Galaxy Ace Plus.
Last night I successfully rooted my Galaxy Ace Plus and installed CWM on it.
No troubles yet.
This morning I set my task to remove the virgin mobile branding and apps permanently. I figured that installing official Android 2.3.6 firmware would be like a fresh install, like when you reinstall an operating system on a desktop computer.
I used this guide: http://www.androidauthority.com/gala...irmware-74471/
Ok, so I wasn't (and still am not) aware of the significance of the PDA code. But anyway, I saw s7500 and Android 2.3.6 and went ahead.
With some confidence, I flashed the PDA to the phone with Odin.
At about 85% it said it failed.
So now begun a set of actions that would ultimately destroy my phone (I think...)
I found another 2.3.6 firmware from sammobile.com (S7500XXLC3_S7500VIRLC2_VIR), downloaded it, tried flashing it. Again, failed.
I realised I had 2 kies processes running in the background. I ended them
Tried flashing again. This time it worked.
I was relieved... But then I realised that superuser was gone from my apps, however all my old apps were still there. I was confused.
I took this to mean that my phone was now de-rooted (again, still not sure if I was right or not)
I tried recovery mode when it was off and I couldn't get to it...
I then did the cwm and rooting process again...
I used Odin and installed CWM again.
Then, I successfully got into CWM recovery mode.
I used the RootMe.zip with a bat file to root the phone again.
I then pressed reboot now.
But then it reboots in recovery mode again. It was permanently stuck in boot mode.
I then spent ages looking around online, sort of frantically trying anything I found.
Every guide though, suggest you remove your sd card to put the required files on it. I can't do this. the only micro sd card reader I own is the phone.
I then found you could use the ADB push function to add files to the sd card while it was in recovery mode.
I followed the instructions from this thread: http://www.transformerforums.com/for...0-windows.html
This is where I did the stupid thing....
So, I follow the instructions to put exitrecovery.zip (from another CWM recovery thread) on the sdcard. I run the zip from CWM recovery.
I reboot.
Still boots in CWM recovery...
So then, I fail to notice that I am in fact reading instructions for an ASUS transformer and follow steps 1 to 10 in the aforementioned thread like an idiot.
I install the zip provided fro the wrong phone, and then I even more stupidly on the command line execute:
Adb shell
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
exit
And then, I rebooted the phone.
And it never turned on again.
It is completely unresponsive.
The phone is literally not even a day old and it's fully bricked.
Well, I assume as much. I've tried recovery mode, download mode, and just plain turning on. Nothing.
I guess the next question should be, what do I do with my 1 day old brick?
Is there a chance that I can return it and get a replacement?
I'm very upset right now, so I remind you, please don't tell me how much of an idiot I am.

Here are some solutions:
TRY THEM FROM 1 - 4
1.FORCE DOWNLOAD MODE: -WORKS 50% (BEST TO TRY THIS ONE!)
If your phone doesn’t boot into download mode and you have a black screen after flashing froyo, here’s how you unbrick it. It has worked for many folks.
Instructions:
Prepare odin with the firmware u want to flash (in my case was gingerbread 2.3.3) and get it ready to go.
Remove battery, SIM and SD card, next connect your galaxy ace to the computer.
Hold Volume down + Power + Home button at the same time.
Insert the battery and wait a bit.
At this point Odin should have detected your SG Ace ( Yellow rectangle should appear)
Click Start button in Odin and wait about 5 min.
If all goes well it should come back to life.
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Also you should know how to flash via odin:
1.On ODIN select the OPS button and load the Cooper_v1.0.ops file unto it. Ensure that the Auto-Reboot, Protect OPS and Reset Time is checked.
Unzip the firmware .Zip file in a folder If you get have the contents in .TAR (or .tar.md5), Check “One Package” option on the left side & skip PDA, Phone, CSC, BOOT options & directly go to ‘One Package’ option. Browse for the .tar (or .tar.md5) file & select it.
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Else leave the ‘One Package’ option unchecked &
-Click on BOOT and select the file called APBOOT
-Click on PHONE and select the file called MODEM
-Click on PDA and select the file called CODE
-Click on CSC and select a file called CSC
WARNING: Do not select anything in EFS
Before connecting to the pc boot your phone in the download mode which can be done by pressing Middle Key(HOME Key) + Power key and Volume Down Key .
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4.Now connect your phone to PC via USB cable. On ODIN a COM Port mapping will indicate and turn to color yellow if the device is already detected. Click on Start.
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Wait until the whole process completes (around 5 minutes). A progress bar on the left side of ODIN will show you the downloading progress. When it says “Close Serial Port & Wait Untill Reboot” , unplug the USB. You’re phone mostly likely to reboot into new ROM now. Change the default language at your own Region & you’re done. Note- In some cases,you might get a bootloop. Simply shutdown & reboot into Recovery Mode. Wipe Cache partion & Clear personal Data/Factory Reset. Restart Again. Done!
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Also after it flashed (asuming it worked) go to recovery again and wipe data/factory reset
2.USB JIG:Cheap, you can build your own google "download mode JIG" -WORKS 50% of the time
3.Service center:Take it to your cell phone provider and ask for a repair when they ask you about roms...etc. act dumb..if the say ROM you say "Cd ROM?"They will laugh but fix you phone. -ALWAYS WORKS
4.Jtag repair: this will cost you some money, hopefully there is someone near you who can do this google for "JTAG repairs" -WORKS 75%
GOOD LUCK!

Option 1 doesn't work.
There is absolutely no sign of life.
Also, Option 3 - the nearest service centre is in Cornwall, Hayle, and I'm in Exeter Devon. That takes over 2 hours to drive there. Do they allow people to mail in their broken phones?

I've sent an email to samsung describing no more than 'my phone has died unexpectedly and I want a replacement'
They have yet to get back to me.
On the Samsung site, I noticed they have another support page, and in the top right, it says "Repair & Track Status", a bit like Apple have...
I've registered and clicked on this, and it takes me to a completely broken part of the site. I try and register my phone in My Products and it just hangs and says Data processing...
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/main/supportMain.do
:/

hedgehog90 said:
I've sent an email to samsung describing no more than 'my phone has died unexpectedly and I want a replacement'
They have yet to get back to me.
On the Samsung site, I noticed they have another support page, and in the top right, it says "Repair & Track Status", a bit like Apple have...
I've registered and clicked on this, and it takes me to a completely broken part of the site. I try and register my phone in My Products and it just hangs and says Data processing...
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/main/supportMain.do
:/
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Take phone to service centre after you undo all mods you made.Tell them you were updating your phone with Kies,and your phone suddenly shutdown.Make sure to maintain a n00b smile

I can't undo the mods when the thing won't even turn on

This is a nice guide to fully brick your device. You need to send it to samdung service center.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

hedgehog90 said:
I can't undo the mods when the thing won't even turn on
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Oopsy..Forgot Service Centre is the only thing left to do
Sent from the year 3000 using a SGA where sheep's are not present.

Uh oh
Okay. So after giving up with the email system (utterly useless), I finally phoned customer support today.
I described everything that had happened (a version in which my phone just dies unexpectedly with no wrongdoing from myself...), and I was sent an email with all the information I need to send it to a repair centre.
So, it's all packed and ready to be sent to Norwich Samsung Repair Centre.
...I am quite anxious though.
I asked if I'd be getting a replacement, and I was told I would be getting the phone I sent but repaired. Well... if they DO repair the phone, they'll see that I've tampered with it.
Unlike what I thought, I won't be getting a replacement... but what if they can't repair it?
I'm nervous I'm going to get an email or a phone call from someone at the repair centre with bad news... or confronting me on my heinous crime.
Also, if they find something, they'll likely remember my phone and my details and have it blacklisted from being repaired in any repair centre.
To add to my worries, I finally got a reply from my email:
Unfortunately we are unable to replace your mobile phone as your warranty in accordance with your statutory rights within the first 28 days lies with your retailer, after this time has elapsed your warranty is a repair only, therefore if the retailer are refusing to exchange the unit for you, all that we can offer you is a repair.
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More and more seems like they won't be sending back a new shiny phone... which is a shame.
The virgin mobile branding really pisses me off.
Also, I have written a description of what happened to my phone which I must send with the phone to the repair centre. At the end of it I've added:
If it does turn out to be completely unrecoverable like I expect, I ask that you refurbish me with an unlocked phone. Unfortunately, the seller I bought this phone from claimed it was not locked to a provider, but it turned out to be locked with Virgin Mobile. In the time the phone was working, I had not yet changed providers/sims.
This would be much appreciated to save me the hassle of doing this.
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Is this a good idea? Given that it seems quite unlikely I will be receiving a new phone, should I ask them for an unlocked phone?
I'm not sure if it looks a little suspicious...
Should I even send it off??? If I go in person will it increase my chances? Could i walk away with a repaired/new phone in the same visit?
Please give me some answers

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure they won't know you've tampered with it if it's fully bricked
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

You use the excuse of updating it via KIES, that should have bricked more phones than ROM manager.
One of the later resorts is to get 3 100ohms resistors and make a USB Jig, youtube it if you want further information. I havent tried it myself but it seem to have rescued quite a few phones.

It's been sent back.
Probably should have tried a jig first... but I figured I MIGHT get a replacement unlocked phone if I sent it back and it was beyond repair.
...Or, they might find out I tampered with it in a bad way, black list me, send back the phone and give me a firm slap on the wrist for being such a stupid **** (starts with c, ends in t).
Also, in the email, it said this:
You can send the handset off for repair by using one of the below address options:
‘FREEPOST SAMANREP’ (This is a freepost option)
(On the front of the envelope)’
OR
‘A NOVO COMMUNICATION HOUSE (This is a standard delivery option and will be chargeable)
SAMSUNG
VULCAN ROAD NORTH
NORWICH
NR6 6AQ’
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So, I did the above option, I just put FREEPOST SAMANREP on the envelope. This seemed strange to me at the time. When I took it to the post office, the lady behind the window looked at it and gave me a puzzled/concerned look, and I explained to her the reason behind it.
I sent it anyway.
Won't be too surprised though if it's sent to the return address in a couple days...
What's weirder is googling FREEPOST SAMANREP returns absolutely zero results. Try it yourself if you don't believe me.
What do you think? Weird?
Also, I'd like some reassurance about my return. I'm quite anxious that I'm gonna get in trouble.

you should have send it through standard courier. FREEPOST SAMANREP doesnot seem to be an address to me. Even I googled it, but it returned 2 results which were your post at xda. So I dont think such a thing exists. But anyways, just hope that I am wrong and your handset reaches samsung

Arses.
If it's wrong then really, wtf Samsung!!! I knew it looked weird... damn it.
I've seen a sorting office, and I know they do a very good job of finding the correct address if it is incorrectly written/illegible... But if the address doesn't even crop up on Google, then it can't be an address surely, and I'll probably be getting it back in the mail by the return address.
Wait and see....

hedgehog90 said:
Arses.
If it's wrong then really, wtf Samsung!!! I knew it looked weird... damn it.
I've seen a sorting office, and I know they do a very good job of finding the correct address if it is incorrectly written/illegible... But if the address doesn't even crop up on Google, then it can't be an address surely, and I'll probably be getting it back in the mail by the return address.
Wait and see....
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Hey hedgehog90, I own this phone too, I stumbled on this thread and am just wondering how all this ended. Did u manage to get it working?

hedgehog90 said:
Yesterday I got a new Galaxy Ace Plus.
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If you don't get your phone back, you can buy a pre-owned one from here, or, you could buy this.

hello hedgehog90, What happend finally... me too have the same problem
hedgehog90 said:
Okay. So after giving up with the email system (utterly useless), I finally phoned customer support today.
I described everything that had happened (a version in which my phone just dies unexpectedly with no wrongdoing from myself...), and I was sent an email with all the information I need to send it to a repair centre.
So, it's all packed and ready to be sent to Norwich Samsung Repair Centre.
...I am quite anxious though.
I asked if I'd be getting a replacement, and I was told I would be getting the phone I sent but repaired. Well... if they DO repair the phone, they'll see that I've tampered with it.
Unlike what I thought, I won't be getting a replacement... but what if they can't repair it?
I'm nervous I'm going to get an email or a phone call from someone at the repair centre with bad news... or confronting me on my heinous crime.
Also, if they find something, they'll likely remember my phone and my details and have it blacklisted from being repaired in any repair centre.
To add to my worries, I finally got a reply from my email:
More and more seems like they won't be sending back a new shiny phone... which is a shame.
The virgin mobile branding really pisses me off.
Also, I have written a description of what happened to my phone which I must send with the phone to the repair centre. At the end of it I've added:
Is this a good idea? Given that it seems quite unlikely I will be receiving a new phone, should I ask them for an unlocked phone?
I'm not sure if it looks a little suspicious...
Should I even send it off??? If I go in person will it increase my chances? Could i walk away with a repaired/new phone in the same visit?
Please give me some answers
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hello hedgehog90, What happend finally... me too have the same problem

hey guies use USB JIG product which you can buy from web.
this product let you enter in download mode while you have bricked/ couldn't open download mode by using keys.
m using this product on my ace plus & it successfully works :good:
note : this product remove binery counters too in galaxy s series product & on web you can't find usb jig specific for ace plus yet then buy s series usb jig it also work on ace plus to enter download mode except you cannot remove that binery counts

right this happened to me mate!!!! ive fixed it tho email me [email protected] i will tell you what i did and anyone else who has the problem im in the uk :cyclops:

Thank You for you HELP
PulseDroid said:
Here are some solutions:
TRY THEM FROM 1 - 4
1.FORCE DOWNLOAD MODE: -WORKS 50% (BEST TO TRY THIS ONE!)
Thank Your HELP
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[HELP!] Nokia 8 not powering on and unresponsive state! :(

Hi everyone!
I'm new here, I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I am having some serious issues now with my Nokia 8 of just only 11 months!
Still in pretty good condition, yes it may have had a drop here and there with a rubber casing
Just a couple nights ago I decided to go on my phone (3:30am pprox.) unplug from charger and was just scrolling through facebook via. Chrome and noticed it the whole app froze, and none of the buttons/touchscreen was responsive, didn't even want to lock. Just thought casually to force power off by holding the power/lock button for maybe 10 seconds and thus it did turn off. Straight afterwards I tried turning it on and to my surprise it didn't turn on, even holding the power button for a good length of time, to no avail.
No lights on the panel and didn't even recognise the charger.
I researched here and there and tried the different "holding down" button combos (Volume Up/Down and Power Button) but absolutely nothing!
I thought it was probably stuck on a boot or something, thus I went ahead and removed the screen (will need replacing unfortunately) and disconnected the battery ribbon cable, and after a minute and plugged it back in, hoping that it will finally power on. Nothing changed.
I am now left absolutely scratching my head and almost exhausted my options as I have been left without a phone, missing out on calls and messages for work and now really worried doing the button combos might've erased my phone's data/memory! :crying:
I am either wanting to repair my phone (getting out of its bricked state) or backing up or dumping the memory containing my contacts and SMS messages!
I have not come across anything like this exactly from other users, everyone seems to have been able to get the screen working and enter recovery/safe mode(s). But for this to just happen right on front of me is just bizarre and un-explainable!
Does anyone know if they may have experienced this whatsoever? And if anyone can help me on this??
I would really really appreciate it! ?

The phone burned out
([emoji3590]09-09-18[emoji3590])

Wow, are you very sure? How did you come to that conclusion may I ask?? :crying:
I have read elsewhere people with overheating problems where the phone hangs and they had to force power off. But they manage to power it back on with the button combos

Hi everyone,
A recent discovery and I thought it was worth mentioning, after having the phone connected to my PC, maybe after 30-60mins a device recognition sounds off, and in the device manager it originally comes up as QUSB_BULK. I see this related to the usual QHSUSB_BULK that people gets in other places on the internets, thus I installed the Qualcomm drivers and now I get this everytime I leave my Nokia 8 connected after that amount of time.
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Does anyone know what this could mean perhaps?
Is there anything I could do from here??

If the phone is still disassembled, check the battery if not damaged or swollen or seems like a big pack of air inside. Maybe the battery is gone. Else flash a stock rom. You'll surely lose all data.

I have disassembled the phone and looked at the battery, it doesn't seem to have swollen or deformed at all. I've even checked the voltage with a multimeter on the ribbon cable for it and it reads on average 3.7v to 4.1V (depending if I've left the USB cable for awhile, like as if it was charging.
I really really don't want to loose my data, there are very important SMS messages that I need to keep!
Is there any way to backup any of this? Maybe through this Qualcomm?

Try to install a few android manager apps on your computer to read from the phone, available from different phone makers, htc, samsung. Unfortunately nokia didn't make one. Try to boot start your phone in safe mode if you can, even though it doesn't light up, maybe it will vibrate. Connect with your computer and try them all. Sometimes holding power and volume down and connecting usb might work.
If not, its probably gone. Your warranty must have been void by now, since you already opened it.

Your'e right, Nokia didn't make one, but like I said before it DOESN'T recognise to access the storage, the phone is dead, doesn't vibrate, doesn't lit up when power (or any) button is pressed.
However, as I've stated in my previous post, leaving it plugged for 30+ minutes will bring up an unspecified device (QUSB_BULK or QHSUSB_BULK) known as Qualcomm (I'll attach screenshot here again).
The warranty expire before I even removed the screen.
There's a very good chance that it's boot is corrupted (I didn't even do ANYTHING...no flashing, modification...Nothing!), and that it's stuck in a bootloop or cycle. I've only read people suggesting (like yourself here) to flash the rom which would bring it out of it's current state (only IF this is the scenario, but we're not too sure) but this would definitely erase everything, which needs to be avoided.
I've also been doing some more research, in regards to Qualcomm, is there no way to retrieve the data through this "Unspecified Device"?
Apparently I've read rumblings of people doing a full dump of their storage. Does anyone know more about this perhaps??

Try putting it on charge for 20 minutes, even if it doesnt show anything. Then with charging connected, hold down power vol + and - together for 3 minutes. Good luck.

There is Miracle Box tool available online for retrieving data off most phones. Look for it. That qualcomm unspecified device has been attributed to corrupted motherboard. Only option would be to replace it. Try your best with softwares before letting go.
Best of luck and hope for the best...

angellorex said:
Try putting it on charge for 20 minutes, even if it doesnt show anything. Then with charging connected, hold down power vol + and - together for 3 minutes. Good luck.
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I have perfectly described this in my original post. Even with the charger intact...nothing!
djunk said:
There is Miracle Box tool available online for retrieving data off most phones. Look for it. That qualcomm unspecified device has been attributed to corrupted motherboard. Only option would be to replace it. Try your best with softwares before letting go.
Best of luck and hope for the best...
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Wooaahh...don't luck me off (get it?) just yet! Still hoping we can all work together to not only benefit me but many others who has gone through this torment and to hopefully come across this in search for a solution.
In regards to your post, when you say it's attributed to a corrupted motherboard, do you possibly mean that the system files or partition or software or whatever got screwed up?
Previous poster PoochyX stated "The phone burnt out", but if this was the case wouldn't the PC not pickup the unspecified Qualcomm device? The fact that it is would indicate that this is not the case perhaps??
Looking forward to your thoughts everyone! ?

Pretty sure its a software issue, since its able to get power after some time. Found this on nokia forums
https://community.phones.nokia.com/discussion/51807/hardbricked-nokia-8-ta-1012
Maybe that can help. Try to use the miracle box tool to recover some data if you can. Then try to flash a firmware.

Hi everyone,
Sorry for my late reply, life has been pretty busy and very slow since I am using my backup phone (HTC One S) which even after hard resetting is running tremendously slow, battery draining really quickly (even after replacing a year ago when I thought it was a battery problem) and keeping communication to a minimum since I've lost all contacts and messages
I've checked the Nokia forums, they are not very helpful at all. And there is nothing of them to support retrieving your lost files and more of encouraging to just get the phone booting again (which results is data wiping).
I've looked into the Miracle Box tool, and whilst it looks really handy, I'm just not too keen on having to purchase a piece of device inorder to use the software and hoping it'll access or recognise my phone. I was really wanting it to be done as simply as possible.
Please do correct me if I am missing anything on this matter.
One thing I have came across are these "Qualcomm Phone Dumper Flash Tool"
- One variant here: https://youtu.be/JXbax7t42J0?t=128
- Phone rescue++: https://youtu.be/kSUZXnFnvUU?t=18
Both apparently shows the dumping of the EMMC, can anyone verify this or have any experience anything like these?
Also, if they are dumped, can the data be accessed to retrieve and backup contacts, sms messages and other important bits perhaps??
Apologies for the long post, there was a lot to get off my chest too but I hope we all can solve this matter, always appreciative! ?

Also I forgot to mention!
Despite the phone being in a unresponsive state, me doing the button combinations, like Power+Vol Up/Down, what are the chances that I could've hard reset or wiped my data completely???
Additionally, if I am able to do a full dump of the EMMC, how will I be able to extract my contacts and messages from this?

Hi everyone, I am still without my Nokia 8 and have been in discussing and trying different things!
So I thought it was worth to update you where I am and if you can still help me at the point I am at!
As you're all aware my device is recognised through Qualcomm 9008 by just using standard USB connection. Remember I can't see anything on the screen (it is also broken) so I can't tell what mode the phone is exactly in, but I am at the stage of using emmc Software Download app from QPST. I am doing this in order to access the internal storage and make a backup of my userdata.
Now according to emmc software download app, sometimes it is in "Download mode". What does this mean?
Also, I previously mentioned that my phone is freshly recognised in device manager in 15 minutes after connected by USB, I get this happening in emmc software download app:
I have tried this again and after leaving it for more than 2 hours it's still the same and gives me that error message after selecting Okay.
However, if I unplug and re-plug USB, then open again emmc software download app, and then click DLOAD button to select phone, I get this:
The State is now Enabled but no more Q/QCP-XXX (Sahara Download), it just says No Phone.
Any idea what this means???

there is a fix for that if ur phone detected as qloader 9008, means ur phone is in emergency state. u need a proper driver for ql9008 and a
multi functional/edl boot cable. once detected use QFIL tool to flash ur "nokia 8 firmware(must qfil), dont use normal cable it wont flash the qfil firmware. or see tutorials how to use it. that might solve ur phone problem and make it alive again.
but this might erase all ur data.

JinbrianZ said:
there is a fix for that if ur phone detected as qloader 9008, means ur phone is in emergency state. u need a proper driver for ql9008 and a
multi functional/edl boot cable. once detected use QFIL tool to flash ur "nokia 8 firmware(must qfil), dont use normal cable it wont flash the qfil firmware. or see tutorials how to use it. that might solve ur phone problem and make it alive again.
but this might erase all ur data.
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@JinbrianZ Kumusta friend!
Thanks so much for replying here, it truly is like having a gift for Christmas!
I have already installed the Qualcomm drivers (manually), hence why I get QDLoader 9008 in device manager.
I have read somewhere on the internet that the Nokia 8 doesn't work with any EDL cable, as it has it's own button combination to access the different modes. Please correct me if I am wrong.
At the moment I am not trying to flash my phone, I am merely trying to gain access to the eMMc so I can make a backup of my userdata partition. After I have done this, then I will make attempts to flash. However none of this can happen since I am experiencing the problems I have posted
Might you know why the software ifs giving me this error? Have you got a Nokia 8 too??

@Nokia_8_fan
ur chances of dumping the data is very low since ur phone state is bad, u might able to dump it if ur phone is able to bootup atleast, but seems thats not the point.
now its either u keep trying to find a way to backup ur data till u succeed. (doing this u might not able to achieve both by recovering the data & making ur phone usable again).
or
try to make ur device able to boot again. (atleast* if this works u have a working phone again). regardless of data restoring.
but i guess it cant be help. im sorry.

@JinbrianZ
Well I just bought an EDL cable, maybe the standard USB isn't just communicating well enough? Even for it to enter EDL mode?
I really hope my device isn't in such a bad state as you've put it, I mean it's still recognising as QLOADER 9008 at the very least. In fact, at this time point of the video this is almost exactly how my phone looks like in eMMC software: https://youtu.be/vkUv5Wmor8Q?t=42
The difference is when I try switching to DLOAD, I get the error 0x80004005.
I also don't know if the fact that I don'[t have an XML file loaded is part of the reason why it's not working?
I don't quite understand this and I wouldn't know what file to put in there exactly, or where it can be obtained.
Could this be a reason why its not working for me?

@Nokia_8_fan
have u downloaded nokia 8 qfil firmware? it might be included there, something called like "flash_local.xml". and also ur phone should be detected as COMxx. as u posted before.
if u able to do that again then.
follow this guide. u might u already seen it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ge...w-to-backup-qualcomm-phone-root-t3570178/amp/
p.s.
emmc download is a old flash tool for all qualcomm based, just like qfil/miflasher.
u wont be able to backup from it.