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So about a week ago I tried to flash the alpha honeycomb rom. Played around with it a bit, but since Im in India I need my Tab to make calls via wifi back to the states, so I restored back to just before the flash. Then I saw there was a new build of Koush's kernal so I flashed that. About 3 days ago I started getting a weird wifi modem error and I would have to reboot to get wifi back. I just thought at first it was because the internet at my hotel isnt exactly amazing, and maybe i was building up a cache somehow? Honestly didnt really have a clue, but I didnt really care. Last night it got strange tho, I suddenly only had .90 mb of internal storage. I couldnt do anything because i had 0 space. So I deleted a few apps as fast as I could and used titanium to move everything else to the SD. I rebooted into cwm and wiped the cache, dalvik cahce, and even factory reset to no avail. then I downloaded the newest Koush rom thinking that if I just flashed another rom Id be fine because it would repartition and start fresh. Apparently not so much. I just bootlooped at the Verizon screen somehow. So again, thinking i knew what I was doing, tried to restore. Nooooothing again. Then I had to go to work so I got a buddys laptop and rebooted into download mode, installed heimdall on the pc and proceeded to try to flash the stock files from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955342&highlight=vzw ... thought all would be well, but I got an error saying descriptor not found. So i reinstalled the driver thinking that was the error I got. Tried again and got an error -12. So i unplugged to see if I could do aaannnything in cwm... and my screen did this... has anyone seen this or know how screwed I am?? Im in Mumbai for 12 more days and I think Ive had the tab for about 2.5-3 months so far... kinda screwed huh?

Don't worry!
This is my icon, I have been friend of it. My Tab still surive, see my signiture.
You will be back soon, I belive.
By the way, yours is CDMA , right?
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i cant see your sig

rainbow ng said:
Don't worry!
This is my icon, I have been friend of it. My Tab still surive, see my signiture.
You will be back soon, I belive.
By the way, yours is CDMA , right?
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA Premium App
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You don't have a signature right now, just sayin'.

This statament :
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state I am using the Tab to browse through the forum
If u using GSM tab, I think I can help
Your case seem the stock rom u mentioned is not a full set rom with modem and phone, try to unzip the rom,is there dbdata.rfs? the icon only mean software brick which will back to life easily.

sadly im using cdma

Dude calm down. Thats an alternative download mode. Find a cdma stock firmware that you had search around for it. follow the guide of reflashing and you should be up and running again

Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175
This is the one that worked for me. Good luck!

So why have you posted in this forum?

The "non forum mod" mod strikes again... In his usual manner.
Sent from my "better than an iPad" tab.

so I made an attempt to flash the stock files. Hiemdall said it worked, but the progress bar on the tab never went past about halfway, overnight. Now it wont show that download screen unless its plugged into a power source and it turns itself off randomly then immediately turns back on into the download screen and does that process repeatedly. If I plug into the pc it is unresponsive and then turns off after a few min WTF did I dooooo?!?!

TheAdmira1 said:
so I made an attempt to flash the stock files. Hiemdall said it worked, but the progress bar on the tab never went past about halfway, overnight. Now it wont show that download screen unless its plugged into a power source and it turns itself off randomly then immediately turns back on into the download screen and does that process repeatedly. If I plug into the pc it is unresponsive and then turns off after a few min WTF did I dooooo?!?!
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If you plug into a power source, without trying to turn your Tab on, do you get a battery icon?
Sounds like your battery is dead, in which case, if you can get it to charge you may yet be able to reflash...
Try letting it charge for at least a few hours and then take another crack at flashing.

btyork said:
The "non forum mod" mod strikes again... In his usual manner.
Sent from my "better than an iPad" tab.
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Because im sick of seeing non-dev posts in the dev section. Its irritating to see and baffling how anybody could not have enough common sense to realise that posting stuff like this in here is wrong, We have a Q&A and Gen forum for that.
Because there doesn't seem to be any active Tab mods here to move/move, the only way make the users who make the posts in here aware is to tell them. If they are not made aware they will post their next topic here.
If nobody else is prepared to make them aware and to try and cut the crap down, I will, and don't care what you think.

when i had the origional error that you had it was because i tried flashing a kernel via heimdell on a virtual machine. i had the same screen, when i got to work the next day with a laptop that was windows i just booted into download mode and flashed a working kernel and it booted right up.

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Because im sick of seeing non-dev posts in the dev section. Its irritating to see and baffling how anybody could not have enough common sense to realise that posting stuff like this in here is wrong, We have a Q&A and Gen forum for that.
Because there doesn't seem to be any active Tab mods here to move/move, the only way make the users who make the posts in here aware is to tell them. If they are not made aware they will post their next topic here.
If nobody else is prepared to make them aware and to try and cut the crap down, I will, and don't care what you think.
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I agree that the forums need clearing. But you ploughing into every single misplaced thread isn't going to help.
You do realise you can tell the op that this isn't the right forum AND help them and point them in the right direction. Doesn't sound too hard right? Maybe try it sometime.
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GANJDROID said:
I agree that the forums need clearing. But you ploughing into every single misplaced thread isn't going to help.
You do realise you can tell the op that this isn't the right forum AND help them and point them in the right direction. Doesn't sound too hard right? Maybe try it sometime.
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And I do!
The point is that the help/advice had already been given on this one but nobody made the Op aware that he/she had posted in wrong place so would have likely done same again next time.
If nobody tells them how will they know? (apart from the obvious, ie reading forum titles.)

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And I do!
The point is that the help/advice had already been given on this one but nobody made the Op aware that he/she had posted in wrong place so would have likely done same again next time.
If nobody tells them how will they know? (apart from the obvious, ie reading forum titles.)
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I posted here because in other forums the general is mostly for those who have not rooted, and also have not flashed. In most cases people that know what theyre doing tend to only frequent the Dev sections, between that and the fact that all of my issues came from posts in the Dev section I thought this would be the correct place for it. apparently I am wrong, and sooo thankful that someone as heroic as yourself has stepped up to do away useless threads since we obviously have a space limit in our forum. wouldnt want to bog down our servers with my useless post of course...
regardless of the flaming and trolling... im still screwed, my post isnt moving and i will continue to ask those that know for help. thanks for the advice though, ill take it into consideration for my next post... now run along...
I have charged for about 9 hours now and still nothing could i have fried it somehow? If I bring it to verizon in the state its in, is there anyway for them to tell i flashed it? or will they just assume i did since it is pretty much in a state of brickiness as far as i can tell...
TIA and thanks to those whos British bigotry hasnt stood in the way of reading my post and attempting to lend a hand... where i come from the main purpose of a forum is to ask those who know for help and share the knowledge weve attained...

and im not getting a battery icon when i plug in, just the flashing on and off of the alternate download screen
thanks again

Ok to put this at rest coz its getting irritating. You are active old users. And you believe that tab needs more forum modding. I dunno what are the rules but when applying for a mod positions open apply or root for a candidate like yourself or nautious or bytork or anyone.
As for op does your tab get identified by your computer in odin or heimdell? As i said thats an alternate download mode. If computer identifies it. You can get a shot at flashing. Do it via a windows computer please. If tab is fried beyond repair which i doubt verizon will never know you flashed unless you tell them of course

sadly as of now the tab isnt read by the comp and i cant keep it in the download mode unless its plugged in

[Q] Phone bricked?

hey guys i searched and havent really found anything that matched quite what i had going on so here we go... I was 95 percent through flashing the ICS rom it got through the hboot section and rebooted.. on the screen i saw two arrows in circular form above a phone .. and something was definitely being downloaded.. then the phone went black, doesnt go into hboot, doesnt a charging light when plugged in , but is picked up by the computer, ie. connection noise. Im in no way a noob at flashing roms , but something is definitely wrong with my phone.. Any ideas? It was charged full battery by the way.. it does glow in a dull light when i push volume down and power, or power alone...

Your phone indeed seems to be bricked. The identification noise from the computer may just mean that your USB is receiving power from the battery.
When my friend had a similar problem with his Amaze, he went to the HTC service center and they replaced his phone after keeping it for 4 days

So taking it to bestbuy to get it serviced is probably the only alternative, since its insured through them... lol just my luck

I brick mines as well. If you love your device stay away ics for now .
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Dxtra said:
I brick mines as well. If you love your device stay away ics for now .
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That's not fair to say. There's plenty of users that flashed without bricking their devices.
I followed the alternate directions here and had no issues.

Dxtra...I was able to do it no problems...saying to stay away is not at all accurate unless u cannot fully comprehend the instructions...never tell ppl to shy away from improvements because u urself did not succeed just offer warning...it is the linux way
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meatwad0222 said:
Dxtra...I was able to do it no problems...saying to stay away is not at all accurate unless u cannot fully comprehend the instructions...never tell ppl to shy away from improvements because u urself did not succeed just offer warning...it is the linux way
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I'm not the only one with a brick device, there's plenty more on here. Our phone is a pretty expensive device if you got the money and you want to take the risk go ahead. Why would I tell anyone to flash when is not safe to.
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Dxtra said:
I'm not the only one with a brick device, there's plenty more on here. Our phone is a pretty expensive device if you got the money and you want to take the risk go ahead. Why would I tell anyone to flash when is not safe to.
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Not sure why you keep posting it's not safe. I think I've seen like 3 people who've screwed it up out of probably 100+ installs. PirateGhost has released an ICS RUU which is completely noob proof so even unrooted users can get some ICS love before the OTA update.

As far as im concerned each one of us is responsible for what happens to our phones, warnings are put for a reason.. ive jailbroken, rooted the hardest of phones .. it was just my time for the inevitable to happen. I get my phone back in three days and you can be sure ill be back here again doing crazy rooty stuff to my phone no rom or dev should be held responsible for what ive done ..
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dusty2422 said:
Not sure why you keep posting it's not safe. I think I've seen like 3 people who've screwed it up out of probably 100+ installs. PirateGhost has released an ICS RUU which is completely noob proof so even unrooted users can get some ICS love before the OTA update.
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Saying something is noob proof will inevitably prove that some where some noob will sow its not noob proof. I'll admit there were a few moments of panic when I flashed the zip method pg released. When that happened I just breathed deep and took my time and everything worked great in the end. I personally feel that what the devs have put out there is fairly safe as long as the directions are followed exactly.
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Dxtra said:
I'm not the only one with a brick device, there's plenty more on here. Our phone is a pretty expensive device if you got the money and you want to take the risk go ahead. Why would I tell anyone to flash when is not safe to.
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I don't have the money to buy tons of new devices....its about knowing ur own limitations...do not criticise a devs hard work when it is proven to work...no its defenitly not idiot proof but it is very easy...I've done it to 3 phones already with no problems...the devs are not responsible for bricked phones
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yea i must say it was a hundreed percent my fault in bricking my device so im not mad at anyone..and as far as the money goes its not a super big deal..i always make more o and btw im gonna be getting my replacement today and im gonna try this all again aft6er reading everything again and again and agian o and again lol

So, the phone is bricked. I have the same problem as the OP. I Lost access to Hboot while flashing ICS. I accidently sent it to recovery after Hboot update...and it never recovered LOL. Anyone know a good de-bricking service or know how much it will cost if I send it back to HTC or AT&t to fix it? I bought mine at the AT&T store, so no protection plan. I'm gonna get another device anyway (from Best Buy this time), but it would be great to have the Vivid back as a backup.

I bricked my phone Sunday night, still not 100% sure what I did wrong but it did what yours is doing now. I simply called the AT&T exchange by mail and used the factory warranty. Granted I guess there is a slight chance they could find out it was rooted (if they can somehow get it to recover or even turn on) but it got me a replacement... Food for thought.
Btw I got the new one and used the RUU and it worked seamlessly.
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bsSkunkApe said:
So, the phone is bricked. I have the same problem as the OP. I Lost access to Hboot while flashing ICS. I accidently sent it to recovery after Hboot update...and it never recovered LOL. Anyone know a good de-bricking service or know how much it will cost if I send it back to HTC or AT&t to fix it? I bought mine at the AT&T store, so no protection plan. I'm gonna get another device anyway (from Best Buy this time), but it would be great to have the Vivid back as a backup.
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I did the same thing, selected recovery right after successful HBoot update. Then afterwards, each and every restart shows searching sd card with a black background. After several attempts of pulling battery, reinsert and power button + vol down, I was able to get back into HBoot. From there I immediately flash recovery through fastboot and now am happily on ICS.
If you did the same and phone boots up with the searching sd screen, there is a shot of bring it back.

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I did the same thing, selected recovery right after successful HBoot update. Then afterwards, each and every restart shows searching sd card with a black background. After several attempts of pulling battery, reinsert and power button + vol down, I was able to get back into HBoot. From there I immediately flash recovery through fastboot and now am happily on ICS.
If you did the same and phone boots up with the searching sd screen, there is a shot of bring it back.
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Fraid it doesn't search for anything. I posted in the threads and tried everything I could think of and everything that was suggested. Though there isn't much you can do besides keep removing the battery and trying vol dn + pwr. Just a black screen.
Just a few things I tried (removed battery each time)- vol down + power (no sd card in) = blank black screen
vol down + power (with sd card and PH39IMG file) = blank black screen
vol down + power > boots to blank black screen, wait few seconds > press power button (like I'm going to fastboot) > plug into computer > type fastboot command into command prompt = command prompt says waiting for device
I always read the directions and threads a bunch of times before doing anything. Did lots of reading, google-ing, and searching. Fraid it bit the dust. I appreciate the help though. This is the first device snafu I've had. I've never had to send a phone in for any kind of warrantee work before. Hence my question above about getting it fixed.
Just in case, if it were to boot to that screen, what would I want to do? Just the PH39IMG? Or is there some other procedure?

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Why would I tell anyone to flash when is not safe to.
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Who TOLD you to flash the phone??? When I got my first android phone, a Samsung Fascinate, I LOVED the phone but nervous AS HELL that I would brick the phone. And I read, and read, and REREAD, trying to make sure I understood everything so that when I went looking for help, I at least could say, "Yes, I already tried this, this, and this".
I think the key thing to all of this is in two-fold - one, as someone stated before, this is a developer's forum. If you work on your car, and forgot to put oil in it, are you going to blame your mechanic? If you change your brakes and did not do something correctly, causing an accident, are you going to blame the car manufacturer??? Two, it states in MANY places, before you post, READ, READ, READ. It was actually ADVISED to NOT FLASH this ROM...
From this point forward, it almost seems as if there needs to be a waiver release to download roms, stating you will not ridicule nor torment the developers. And though I had heard about it but never seen it before, as I am on my 4th Android phone, there definitely are a few VERY NOTICEABLE disrespectful and ungrateful individuals in this forum. If you were my kid, and acted like that to me for something I GAVE YOU, I would do the same as PG - TAKE IT WAY and forget you.

[Q] Another quick upgrade question

I've been using gingervolt (now on 2.0) since about 30 minutes after I picked up my Revo back in November, and now I'm thinking about trying the ZV8 upgrade out to see how it does. My question is, If I flash the v7rooted rom, then unroot and reinstall the LG boot loader, will I lose my text messages? I know I can use sms backup and restore to re load them, but it doesn't seem to backup picture messages, which I would like to keep a few. Do I need to just save those pictures to my phone/computer and wipe it all?
Really not wanting this thing binged again, but I would like to see if it takes care of a few of the issues that I am having (mostly battery, the browser back button, and the very occasional reboot.)
I would also like to say thank you to all of you guys who have done so much for the Revo.

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I've been using gingervolt (now on 2.0) since about 30 minutes after I picked up my Revo back in November, and now I'm thinking about trying the ZV8 upgrade out to see how it does. My question is, If I flash the v7rooted rom, then unroot and reinstall the LG boot loader, will I lose my text messages? I know I can use sms backup and restore to re load them, but it doesn't seem to backup picture messages, which I would like to keep a few. Do I need to just save those pictures to my phone/computer and wipe it all?
Really not wanting this thing binged again, but I would like to see if it takes care of a few of the issues that I am having (mostly battery, the browser back button, and the very occasional reboot.)
I would also like to say thank you to all of you guys who have done so much for the Revo.
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or you could wait for hicks and mt to get out of the kitchen
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Yeah, I know... I do understand they have lives outside of this though, so I was just thinking about trying it out for a couple days and if it doesn't do any good then I can always roll back and re-root and flash gingervolt again. I guess I'm just being curious and impatient, and should probably leave well enough alone.

When I had to re-install Gingerbread when I was deleting my registered e-mail with the phone I put on the .tot of GB and yes, it'll erase your messages.

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Yeah, I know... I do understand they have lives outside of this though, so I was just thinking about trying it out for a couple days and if it doesn't do any good then I can always roll back and re-root and flash gingervolt again. I guess I'm just being curious and impatient, and should probably leave well enough alone.
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Yeah, it shouldnt be long. I wouldnt recommend the update to anyone who has gv or a rooted phone.
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Hard to though
Sorry just ignore this please.. Wrong thread.
Actually I have been considering it too because my battery drains atm. I can take a 3 hour nap wake up and its lost more than 30%. I may take your same option because sometimes I cant keep a charges with me 24/7.

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Yeah, it shouldnt be long. I wouldnt recommend the update to anyone who has gv or a rooted phone.
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Coming from gv 2.0 to the zv8 update has been amazing for me. I got 16 hours on the standard battery today before it shut off, no random reboots, no touchscreen stops working at random, my reception is better, and the phone responds well and feels fast. I followed the method posted somewhere in the dev section to maintain root on the update (so I could keep free wifi tether ;-)) and was able to freeze the bloatware and do small tweaks.
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Is my Captivate bricked?

I trying loading using Odin but it got stuck at "Setting up connection"
I then restarted PC and did it again and this time it went 2 more steps and then the screen became completely GREEN
Then I did the whole exercise again and now the screen became PINK
Now I am not even able to get into DOWNLOAD MODE...and neither do I see [mobile]![PC] icons.
Nothing happens. Is my phone now really bricked?
Please help! I am now worried about this

If the phone shows signs of life then its not bricked.

Also please don't create multiple threads on the same problem. It just clutters the forums even more.

I think I do not see any signs. It does not show anything on the screen even after trying download mode or recover mode. Powering on the phone also does nothing. I even kept the phone on charging the whole night but during the charging I did not see the usual green battery animation.
Is there anything left? Looks like I literally destroyed my working phone running 2.2. just by trying to upgrade it to 2.3 through Kies and then later using Odin.
I am very disappointed that how poor Samsung support is that a mere upgrade attempt destroys the phone. I had bought this phone 18 months ago by paying 540 $ and I now see it go down the drain

You can attempt contacting samsung if it was messed up with Kies but doubt they would do anything. But Kies is crap anyways. You can how ever attempt (or pay someone) to apply Unbrickable Mod (Adam Outler or MobileTechVideos.com)

there is one last thing you can try.
start odin on pc
take battery out of phone
put battery in
hold both volume buttons
plug USB cord in from pc to phone
if odin box turns yellow press start to flash a firmware!
it very rarely happens that you can do this but if you can, congratulations.

What odin u using ?

prbassplayer said:
You can attempt contacting samsung if it was messed up with Kies but doubt they would do anything. But Kies is crap anyways. You can how ever attempt (or pay someone) to apply Unbrickable Mod (Adam Outler or MobileTechVideos.com)
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Thanks for the reply.
Will the "jig" hack work? My phone is totally unresponsive. No matter what I press nothing displays on the phone.

devangxda said:
Thanks for the reply.
Will the "jig" hack work? My phone is totally unresponsive. No matter what I press nothing displays on the phone.
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Doubtful but no harm in trying
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What odin u using ?
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I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe mentioned by XDA member 4-2ndtwin.
Am i left with just JTAG as the only hope?

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I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe mentioned by XDA member 4-2ndtwin.
Am i left with just JTAG as the only hope?
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UBM is better.

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UBM is better.
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UMB..watching the videos looks like i will need some hardware hacker to fix it. Do you suggest a hardware novice should try it or leave it to the professional?

devangxda said:
UMB..watching the videos looks like i will need some hardware hacker to fix it. Do you suggest a hardware novice should try it or leave it to the professional?
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You need decent soldering skills, else pay a professional.
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I contacted Adam and he has agreed to offer his expert services. Now the problem is that I am in India and I can ship it to US but it will cost me dearly when he ships back because of the Indian custom rules. They will tread my repaired phone as a new one and add 15% duty costing me more than original phone cost.
So I am thinking of sending it through my friend who is visiting US later this month. However, I was looking around and found this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000175
Do you think this is something I should try? I already have good Arduino UNO toolkit.

devangxda said:
I contacted Adam and he has agreed to offer his expert services. Now the problem is that I am in India and I can ship it to US but it will cost me dearly when he ships back because of the Indian custom rules. They will tread my repaired phone as a new one and add 15% duty costing me more than original phone cost.
So I am thinking of sending it through my friend who is visiting US later this month. However, I was looking around and found this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000175
Do you think this is something I should try? I already have good Arduino UNO toolkit.
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What you should know is Jtaging requires you to solder 6 very small spots vs UBM is 2 spots (I believe) and UBM will make your phone umbrickable. You could find a tech near you live that's good with a solder gun? Adam has a thread explaining the method.
Sent from my ICS powered Captivate using Tapatalk

Have you tried to force the phone into downloading mode using adb?
Using Doc's Master ROM v7: Cappy edition

KangKilla said:
Have you tried to force the phone into downloading mode using adb?
Using Doc's Master ROM v7: Cappy edition
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No. I have not.
(a) How can it be done. I already have the Android SDK installed on my PC.
(b) My phone is totally non-responsive...it is totally blank black screen. Will adb work?

Adb requires phone on or in recovery
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Bricked 8.9 I'm such a DOPE

Hi All,
Just picked up stock Tab 8.9, I'm fairly well-versed in rooting, CWM, Odin, etc. Enough to be dangerous I guess. In my haste I flashed a 5.5+. version of CWM that I only saw after the fact specifically warned that it does NOT work on the LTE version, but that is what I have (SGH-I957).
Now, I get absolutely nothing. I cannot get any screen - recovery, download, Odin, etc with any button combination that I try (power + vol up, down, both, etc.) As if there is simply no power to the device, whether plugged in or not. Battery was fine before I did this. When I plug in to USB I get 3 quick tones, neither Odin nor Kies sees the device.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Howard

hdrewh said:
Hi All,
Just picked up stock Tab 8.9, I'm fairly well-versed in rooting, CWM, Odin, etc. Enough to be dangerous I guess. In my haste I flashed a 5.5+. version of CWM that I only saw after the fact specifically warned that it does NOT work on the LTE version, but that is what I have (SGH-I957).
Now, I get absolutely nothing. I cannot get any screen - recovery, download, Odin, etc with any button combination that I try (power + vol up, down, both, etc.) As if there is simply no power to the device, whether plugged in or not. Battery was fine before I did this. When I plug in to USB I get 3 quick tones, neither Odin nor Kies sees the device.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Howard
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Hello Howard,
That is pretty f*ckd up sorry for my languege lolz!
I guess you have hard bricked your device and that is also why you cant get it back to live.
The only option left is return it to samsung.
Sorry mate i wish i would know something but hard brick is almost unbrickable.
Greetings SK

+1 you're screwed, sorry. Do take it back and tell them it won't turn on, than play dumb. I just did that with my i957. It wasn't bricked but did have a custom rom, nrvate's. I should have it back tomorrow from Samsung. Then twrp and nrvate's cm10.
I did the same with a phone I did brick.
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jd1639 said:
+1 you're screwed, sorry. Do take it back and tell them it won't turn on, than play dumb. I just did that with my i957. It wasn't bricked but did have a custom rom, nrvate's. I should have it back tomorrow from Samsung. Then twrp and nrvate's cm10.
I did the same with a phone I did brick.
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Does the 'back to Samsung' advice hold for a tablet I bought used?

If it's still under warranty Samsung should take it and fix it free. If its out of warranty they'll fix it but at a cost. They can track it by its serial number and let you know if it's under warranty. Warranty is one year.
Your other Option is to jtag it, that'll run you about $50
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hdrewh said:
Hi All,
Just picked up stock Tab 8.9, I'm fairly well-versed in rooting, CWM, Odin, etc. Enough to be dangerous I guess. In my haste I flashed a 5.5+. version of CWM that I only saw after the fact specifically warned that it does NOT work on the LTE version, but that is what I have (SGH-I957).
Now, I get absolutely nothing. I cannot get any screen - recovery, download, Odin, etc with any button combination that I try (power + vol up, down, both, etc.) As if there is simply no power to the device, whether plugged in or not. Battery was fine before I did this. When I plug in to USB I get 3 quick tones, neither Odin nor Kies sees the device.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Howard
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OUCH! From experience, I can tell you it's definitely bricked. I know because I've done it - TWICE!
First time I was half asleep and made a bonehead move. Second time, I flashed a zip that should have worked in CWM, and it just never came back to life. Wouldn't charge. Wouldn't Boot. Nothing. All's I did was mail it back to the U.S., and both times I quickly received it back all shiny and new and stuff. Yea. Just play dumb...
Even though I screwed up twice (somehow), I'm gonna try it again on Hubby's Tab right this minute. But this time, I'm frigging terrified so wish me luck. I'm reading everything - TWICE!!! Hopefully, third time is a charm.
Oh. And don't feel bad. You''re not a Dope. We're learning. I've been flashing since back in XDA's baby-days and the days of the first Windows phones, but never ever bricked anything until now (except that one time in St. Louis). But blankety--blank happens and sooner or later I think it happens to all of us. Good luck with the return.

Good luck Punto on your. Rom install. I got my tab back last night and am up and running nrvate's cm10. I also flashed gapps 4.2 on it. Camera is crap though put I like the pinch to zoom in email.
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YAYYYYY!!!
I DID IT! YAYYYY!! :victory: I was up till 7:30a, but got it done right this time. In retrospect, after reading mountains of posts, I realized that my mistake was in not knowing there is a HUGE difference between the P7300 and the I957, and that you ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT, NEVER, EVER, EVER FLASH A P7300 ROM TO AN I957. WHO KNEW??? I thought they were the same. NOT!!!
FTR, I'm running CWM 5.5.04 flashed through ODIN, and AOKP Jelly Bean flashed of course through CWM. No worries...
Anyways, going forward, I'm able to make voice calls out, but not receive any. Guess I'll read up on this to see if there's a patch or fix or sumpin'.
Ya gotta love this forum and all of the superbright Devs out there. (Are they still called "Chefs" like back in the good old days?

Goog going! The biggest mistake people make is not getting a Rom specific to their device. There are so many different flavors that it's easy to do. I did it to when I got started, but lucky only soft bricked.
Which Rom are you using? The tab comes to life with An updated rom doesn't it? The devs are great!
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jd1639 said:
Goog going! The biggest mistake people make is not getting a Rom specific to their device. There are so many different flavors that it's easy to do. I did it to when I got started, but lucky only soft bricked.
Which Rom are you using? The tab comes to life with An updated rom doesn't it? The devs are great!
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Thanks jd1639. I'm using AOKP Jelly Bean. I agree. This ROM definitely brought this thing to life. I knew I had to change it cause Honeycomb sucks big wind. It belongs to my thoroughly-non-technical-hubby so this new ROM almost makes me jealous. I have another one coming as a warranty return and I'm gonna flash that one too. Who knows? I may keep it instead of selling it. I have a Padfone1 that I'm also going to sell, but I just got the GN2 cause I just couldn't live without 3G anymore (I'm in Panama so no 3G here). I'm falling in love with the GN2 but coming from the PadFone's larger screen, I wish it were a 7" instead of a 5". This 8.9" is a pretty good size though, so I'm thinking: "Hmmm... What if?..."

PuntoG said:
I'm using AOKP Jelly Bean. I agree. This ROM definitely brought this thing to life.
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Congrats on yours, mine is going back to Samsung.
Can you reply with the link to the exact ROM you flashed? Also...CWM or TWRP? Links to the those?
Thanks.

Make sure they're for your device. The are a number of different tabs out there.
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