updated my galaxy to gingerbread 2.3.3 and was trying to root it via odin (my first attempt btw so all responses in ideot proof language please) which crashed part way through the flash and was left with a screen showing the phone ....... pc icon,
managed to get the phone into download mode and tryed to reflash following a few of the posts on here about bricked and part bricked phones and at one stage reflashed the pit file wich failed i am now left with a phone that wont do anything except lights up the two buttons on the front, no download mode no recovery mode, if i power off they go off and if i press them they light back up so the switchs seem to work.
the phone is not recognised by kies or my computer on the pc but is recognised by odin and loads up the drivers when plugged in and shows a sucessfull pass update if i flash a new pit pda or csc file but fails on the phone one constantly.
original firmware was
pda:i9000 bujv9
phone:i9000 bujv3
csc:i9000 gvodjv5
get the odin pass flashing stock files of xxjvo and sevrel other of the dead phone pits and tar files but still dead
have tried different usb lead and dont have a 301k risistor as the nearest electronics shop is 50 miles away n im without a car atm.
please help as i love this phone and run everything via it and im in constant battles with iphone owners about how sumsung and andriod os kicks its but and im looking pretty stupid with a dead phone.
thank you in advance................looney
Sorted now shoved it to a repair shop to jig it had to do so many solder links to get it going.
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next time it happens check out "puggerduk unbrick my sgs on tube "and also darkyrom forum is amust goodluck love my sgs also hahah
Thanks mate yeah ill check them out anyway, did a semi brick last night tried to reflash my pda n pit to cf root only 2% batt oops.
Waited till the batt charged on the pc phone icon and managed to reflash it and bring it back to life again,
found a usb lead in poundland for a quid just gotta find some resistors now.
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Hi everyone. Im not normally in this section as i have an x8 but my friend has seen all the roms,mods and updates ive done so he tried to do it to his galaxy s i9000 without rooting or unlocking his bootloader. I asked him what he did he said he just tried to update software with keis but now it wont turn on just white screen with a red triangle in the middle i hope its download mode as i dont have a galaxy i dont really no but the battery has died and it wont charge im guessing hes damaged the bootloader am i right and if so whats the best corse of action to tepair it. Thanks.
You can check if it is in download mode by pluggin it in pc with odin. See the wiki page what it says about soft brick.
Soft-Bricked
After flashing a rom you might not be able to enter the Download Mode by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power. In this case a so called 'JIG' would be helpfull.
You could build it on your own: [HOWTO] [REF] Get Download Mode without 3-button combo using homemade JIG
... or buy a preassembled one on a well known marketplace.Hint: There is no difference between a JIG for Samsung S/S2 or S-Plus.
See if you can go into d0wnload mode with vol down home and power. If that works go and try to find the stock firmware for the phone and download and extract. Download odin and put csc pda and phone/modem in there rightful places. 512 pit in pit section. Pit usually comes with odin download. If not find it somewhere. Repartition checked and hit start. It should reboot when done. It will problaby take a couple of min to boot but be patient. If it starts to go into boot loop put back into download mode again and reflash. Its very hard to mess up the phone to where you cant fix it. So relax and watch tuts or whatever helps you best. I know of a link i that i will find and post for you when i do.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
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DEAD bricked phone
So, my friend's phone (hopefully she'll stay my friend after this) was turning itself on and off all on it's own. So I (no good deed goes unpunished) suggested that I will upgrade her firmware for her. She had 2.3.3 firmware. I downloaded the odin1.7 as well as a package of all the info for 2.3.5 firmware upgrade. I flashed the phone- originally only using the PDA option with a file called: CODE_I9000XXJVS_CL565837_REV03_user_low_ship
It worked, the phone restarted and showed the firmware as being 2.3.5.
I don't know why, but I thought it would be a good idea to update the CSC and the pit and the modem as well- so I did that. when this was finished - though odin said that the flashing was successful the phone is completely unresponsive. The computer doesn't recognize it, it doesn't show any signs of life at all- like it's in the dark ages and there is no electricity in it.
HELP!!!
First question: do you think a jig will work? how dangerous is it?
second question: is there any other option to try that I haven't come across other than changing the motherboard, and if there isn't do you know where I can get one, bear in mind I live in Israel.
Please e-mail me a copy of the response to [email protected] if you can...
Odin dosnt pick it up atall plus the batteries dead aswell now and the stupid thing wont charge so i cant evan try any thing till i find away or some one to charge it but thanks for the tips.
gavster26 said:
Hi everyone. Im not normally in this section as i have an x8 but my friend has seen all the roms,mods and updates ive done so he tried to do it to his galaxy s i9000 without rooting or unlocking his bootloader. I asked him what he did he said he just tried to update software with keis but now it wont turn on just white screen with a red triangle in the middle i hope its download mode as i dont have a galaxy i dont really no but the battery has died and it wont charge im guessing hes damaged the bootloader am i right and if so whats the best corse of action to tepair it. Thanks.
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Try to recharge the battery from other phone or use another battery.
Check whether you have the download mode working. (Home+Power+Volume down)
If yes, put phone in download mode and flash Darky RE or any other Rom via ODIN. Try to get the recovery mod after rooting and then try ROMs.
Or try restarting the phone it may work without update also. Long press power in download mode restarts the phone. However be careful.
What is the status of the device can you go to download mode
Post your firmware files name and how you choose in the odin flasher.
Dont try anything crazy you will bricked your device more:banghead:
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Alternate way to Download mode
Hi gavster26
I have been there with a buddy's phone... not a nice place.
Found a link showing this other trick ... but you have to trial and error this one on the different combos:
1. Phone off
2. USB cable pluged in
3. Odin running
4. Down (or Up - test both) Volume button + Home button + plug in the USB cable.
This booted my dead "bricked" phone into download mode.
Try it.
Yesterday after unbricked my note from lpy brick (for the 5th time), I tried to flash a stock rom with a pit file (found somewhere on xda, special 16gb pit file for restoring bricked device) but the flash stuck at the begginning so I unplugged it.
Now my phone is unable to go in Download mode, recovery mode neither normal mode.
The screen stay black whatever I do, I've tried all the combinaison possible...
I tried to put it in charge all the night but now the problem is still here.
Any help appreciated
Phenom2 said:
Yesterday after unbricked my note from lpy brick (for the 5th time), I tried to flash a stock rom with a pit file (found somewhere on xda, special 16gb pit file for restoring bricked device) but the flash stuck at the begginning so I unplugged it.
Now my phone is unable to go in Download mode, recovery mode neither normal mode.
The screen stay black whatever I do, I've tried all the combinaison possible...
I tried to put it in charge all the night but now the problem is still here.
Any help appreciated
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ur phone still ok but u need do manually ...
1st-take out ur battery
2nd-put it back
3rd-Put your Galaxy Note into download mode by holding down Volume Down, Center button, and Power button together for about 10 seconds.
after that press volume up , then connect ur device to odin , flash new fresh rom without pit file
Your phone seems to be totally unresponsive; that sounds like the ultimate hard brick to me.
Take it to the nearest service centre.
USB jig
Did you try putting your phone to download using USB jig ? There are many articles relating to that . Sometimes the phone may not charged when its bricked . So get it charged from somewhere else , or may be from your friend who has note and try using USB jig . It might work , no guarantee , try your luck , else be ready to spend almost half what you paid for your phone to change the motherboard !
ichson said:
ur phone still ok but u need do manually ...
1st-take out ur battery
2nd-put it back
3rd-Put your Galaxy Note into download mode by holding down Volume Down, Center button, and Power button together for about 10 seconds.
after that press volume up , then connect ur device to odin , flash new fresh rom without pit file
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Already tried... Odin doesn't show me anything... neither adb nor windows..
chasmodo said:
Your phone seems to be totally unresponsive; that sounds like the ultimate hard brick to me.
Take it to the nearest service centre.
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I have unbricked all my brickeds phones, I think there's always a solution for unbricking it, but if I can't I will take it to SSC
Archangel919 said:
Did you try putting your phone to download using USB jig ? There are many articles relating to that . Sometimes the phone may not charged when its bricked . So get it charged from somewhere else , or may be from your friend who has note and try using USB jig . It might work , no guarantee , try your luck , else be ready to spend almost half what you paid for your phone to change the motherboard !
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I don't think that the problem is battery, It was 55% yesterday evening, but I haven't friend with a Gnote
I haven't a JIG but I will try to make one if I can find a 300K resistor
Can I find a 300K resistor into a old none working device ? (Like a old radio, tv, telecommand ?)
Phenom2 said:
Now my phone is unable to go in Download mode, recovery mode neither normal mode.
The screen stay black whatever I do, I've tried all the combinaison possible...
I tried to put it in charge all the night but now the problem is still here.
Any help appreciated
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similar type of brick....and the suggestion given by the SSC is better to buy a new mobile since they have to replace the main board....(without warranty)..and cost will be around (Dhs.1150) that is almost half the price of new mobile....
btw i have tried jig also but no luck...
I have the same problem with my galaxy note.
i treid everything no reaction
pls has somebody an idea for me ?
Same problem with me.
Weird, I had a I91000 for a year, flashed everything and never had any problems. Never got close to bricking it.
I did this:
Rooted it with this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 - OK
Ran again CWM.
I put the latest nightly from CM9. When I started flashing it, it hung. I turned off my cell (no other option, it was stuck), now it won't turn on.
Whoa... What did I do wrong? I admit I was anxious and didn't take the proper care I should've, I was very anxious, but, wow... I wasn't expecting it to be so easily brickable.
Do I have any hope left?
Well I had a problem, root days ago my Samsung Galaxy i897 (AT & T) Android 2.3.5 The root am not perfect, but after a few days stopped working. Try re-do the root and the installation stopped I had to remove the battery and slide back in the surprise was that the phone was with the yellow triangle, buy a USB JIG which is not served by the version of "boot loader" had to put oldest one ... I did then the Bootloader Changing the phone does not start does absolutely nothing Any help?
PD Sorry my bad English, Use Google Translate
If u have absolutely no signs of life, like when u plug it up to charge, etc., then u have hard bricked it and it can only be brought back to life through j-tag or unbrickable mod.
If u do have signs of life and you can get into download mode then you can flash a Stock Firmware (i897ucKK4 is the latest official release). If that works to get you up and going, you can use the [Utility] KK4 Easy Root by Red_81to get Root.
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4-2ndtwin said:
If u have absolutely no signs of life, like when u plug it up to charge, etc., then u have hard bricked it and it can only be brought back to life through j-tag or unbrickable mod.
If u do have signs of life and you can get into download mode then you can flash a Stock Firmware (i897ucKK4 is the latest official release). If that works to get you up and going, you can use the [Utility] KK4 Easy Root by Red_81to get Root.
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The cell phone does nothing, and to change the boot (that was what caused the problem) but to give the light button several hours after the battery gets hot (as if turned on) but the pc does not recognize it by placing the USB mode and also download anything served
PS So the solution would be a brick Full? :/
The solution or fix is in my previous post.
The problem seems to have been a bootloader flash gone bad. Flashing Bootloaders on the Captivate is one of the few real risky things to flash.
Do you recall what you flashed before the phone messed up ?? What bootloader or ??
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I do remember what happened before does not turn or do anything, had loaded several roms before, but decided to charge a short while installing the installation, to switch it appeared to me the typical yellow triangle, buy a USB JIG which is not served by the the android version (2.3.5) the only solution that worked for the JIG was loading a bootloader older, oldest Download a bootloader that according served, connect the phone Odin opened the PDA and place it in load bootLoader, the cell is turn off (I had to reboot) and there did not catch more bone turn give the button and nothing happens the screen goes black, I can not enter download mode because it obviously will not start, sorry for my low English ,to connect the usb the pc does not recognize it does not leave any warning or anything like that
Not sure why the Jig did not work, even with i897uckk4 android 2.3.5 ??
Anyway, sorry....it does sound like it is hard bricked. So like I said before, the only fix would be J-tag and/or Unbrickable Mod.
Not sure where you are located, but if in the U.S. you could contact mobiletechvideos.com for repair. If your not in the U.S. then i don't know...
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Dear fellows,
I need your help. My colleague has some how bricked his Galaxy I9000 device. As per discussion he said he tried to upgrade the rom and accidently the rom he selected for flash via odine was for I9003 which is a variant of Galaxy S line of product.
Now what happened is the phone is completely dead no download mode nothing its all dead. I prepared a USB Jig and plugged in and followed our expert's guidelines but still no success. The device is still dead. One hunch of mine was drained battery and I put it on charging and observed the back (camera side) was slightly heating up when i checked after couple of hour of charging but the situation remained the same.
Any suggestion to recover this device and what has happened to the device? Is the samsung phone are so fragile? Im personally using Xperia X10i and never faced such problem even bricked its all recoverable via software workarounds.
Please suggest
Thanks Faisal
well i dont know if this will help but ill give it a try. when you plug the phone into the computer does the computer recognize the device? if it does see if it recognizes in odin. if thats all good in odin (gives you a port number) then to flash these files http://www.mediafire.com/?34oxweahfpy53dj
just un rar and follow readme. this may not work for you but a while back i hd a simular problem and this is how i fixed it so try it see if it works. If it does hit thanks.
ps this has also worked on different devices with simular problems but i did it with different files(the ones meant for the proper device form samfirmware.com)
Good Luck!
try option bootloader flash in odin, if you flash a firmware package.
should be recoverable for sure
last resort would be Unbrickable mod
the files i posted will flash bootloaders at the sme time. At least thats what i think the sbl file that it flashes is
How can he flash via odin when he can't even get into download mode??
Anyways I think u gotta replace jtag now..
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS
drakester20 said:
How can he flash via odin when he can't even get into download mode??
Anyways I think u gotta replace jtag now..
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS
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well if you read what i posted i clearly said that i had simular problems, meaning ive been to the point where i couldnt get into dl mode or recovery and that is how i fixed it. heres a example; start to flash via odin and unplug while its flashing. Then try to go into dl mode or recovery. You cant! it scared the crap out of me, so i didnt give up and all i had to do is plug it into the computer and i recognized it in odin. so i flashed and there i had it it was fixed
Thanks for responses
Hi Guys,
thanks for responses but when the device is plugged with PC no activity at all. Fully dead
My colleague acquired repair services and recovered the phone because I dont have JTAG/RIFF with me.
Unbrickable mod was hard to try specially modification by shorting resistors from device motherboard.
Thanks
Faisal
SGS i9000b hard bricked and dead
faisalusuf said:
Hi Guys,
thanks for responses but when the device is plugged with PC no activity at all. Fully dead
My colleague acquired repair services and recovered the phone because I dont have JTAG/RIFF with me.
Unbrickable mod was hard to try specially modification by shorting resistors from device motherboard.
Thanks
Faisal
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I didnt understand your messege. Whats a JTAG/RIFF. Should I try the USB Jig on mine?
I hard bricked a SGS I9000B and its not even mine, I mean it wont turn on, wont light up the screen, wont give any working sign, when battery is inserted for a long time the phone warms up. 3 buttons wont work, sliding the battery in and pressing 3 buttons also wont work. Should I try the USB JIG?
Hi, I've recently come across some trouble with my friend's captivate...(I, myself, own a Vibrant and have been an active flasher for the 2 years I've had it)
I was trying to get gingerbread bootloaders when I realized I was not on a stock 2.1/2.2 rom(I was on a 4.0 rom) and it ended up bricking my phone.
Fortunately I could still enter download mode and I then proceeded to odin back to stock JF6 firmware when I found myself waiting over an hour for the process to complete(the bar did not move at all on odin), so I decided to pull the plug and that's where everything went wrong. I've tried entering download mode but absolutely nothing happens.
TL;DR Version: Cannot enter download mode, complete black screen(No phone icon, no code, nothing)
I was wondering what the Captivate community suggests what I should...
Should I perhaps stop by Radioshack tomorrow and try this cheap jig process?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8
I would appreciate anything to get this device back to life right, thank you all for your time.
If u do have some signs of life, like when u plug it into a wall charger, then a Jig should work. But if no signs of life, then it probably is a hard brick. And if so, then check out mobiletechvideos.com for the repair.
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