[Q] Bricked Captivate, at a loss here - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

A work friend of mine had his Captivate bricked mid update by his child.
I offered to fix it, brought it back by Heimdall (2.2). Charged it for about an hour and a half, then decided to try to upgrade it to gingerbread through Kies mini on my wife's laptop. It got stuck at 4%, and after a while I figured I could use Heimdall again, then flash 2.3 through other means.
Problem is now I can't get into download mode, nor powered on to the phone ! PC screen.
I owned a captivate before switching to Sprint, soft bricked it numerous times (Odin was my best friend) haven't ran into this problem before.
What next?
Sent from my Evo w/ CM7 using XDA App

So...it does nothing at all? Just sits there like a bag o'marbles?
If so, Sounds like it failed while updating bootloaders, and if that's the case it's bricked, like brick bricked. Only unbrickable mod can bring it back.
On a side note FU kies for flashing the bootloaders FIRST, that's just dumb....they should be at the end so if it does disconnect or fail it would most likely be before it got to the dangerous part, making it a safer flash. Wtf were they thinking?

Kind of what I feared, thought it was odd that it crashed the phone that hard after only 4%.
Luckily he's already got a new phone, I was just curious if I could bring the old one back to life.
Was kind of hoping it might be a battery thing.
Sent from my Evo w/ CM7 using XDA App

studacris said:
So...it does nothing at all? Just sits there like a bag o'marbles?
If so, Sounds like it failed while updating bootloaders, and if that's the case it's bricked, like brick bricked. Only unbrickable mod can bring it back.
On a side note FU kies for flashing the bootloaders FIRST, that's just dumb....they should be at the end so if it does disconnect or fail it would most likely be before it got to the dangerous part, making it a safer flash. Wtf were they thinking?
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Heimdall does flash bl last. And when i make an Odin package with boots, i put them last in order.
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I'm aware.... Just another example of the inefficiency of the companies compared to us dorks who do this as a hobby.

studacris said:
So...it does nothing at all? Just sits there like a bag o'marbles?
If so, Sounds like it failed while updating bootloaders, and if that's the case it's bricked, like brick bricked. Only unbrickable mod can bring it back.
On a side note FU kies for flashing the bootloaders FIRST, that's just dumb....they should be at the end so if it does disconnect or fail it would most likely be before it got to the dangerous part, making it a safer flash. Wtf were they thinking?
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That is incorrect. You could have Mobile Tech Videos JTAG it and resurrect it. Although the unbrickable mod is the prefered solution (Hence unbrickable) JTAG is for the people who have never held a soldering iron in their hands before. They are reliable and can have your phone running stock within 5 days of mailing it off.
Off topic: why would it be so hard for samsung to solder those couple wires that make up the unbrickable mod in factory during production. Theres another defficiency in over seas companies, they try to get off doing as little work as possible. When you make a phone running an open source OS, 99% some kid in his basement is going to mod it to perform better than stock OS. which is the case of most androids. Cmon' samsung! get your act together!

Yes....jtag can bring it back, but once and then it.can be bricked again, why do that when you can send it to mobiletechvideos and get unbrickable mod applied? he offers that service too.
a solution and then A chance to brick and have to send it off again, versus a solution that is done once and then after that is fixable by the user themself...i am aware of jtag but on phones that have unbrickable mod it's really just too antiquated to be a viable option, which is why i didn't mention it.

studacris said:
Yes....jtag can bring it back, but once and then it.can be bricked again, why do that when you can send it to mobiletechvideos and get unbrickable mod applied? he offers that service too.
a solution and then A chance to brick and have to send it off again, versus a solution that is done once and then after that is fixable by the user themself...i am aware of jtag but on phones that have unbrickable mod it's really just too antiquated to be a viable option, which is why i didn't mention it.
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Was not aware of that haha. Definately if deciding between JTAG for 40$ and Unbrickable mod for 45$, the 5$ will save you whole lot of time, money, and headaches.

McSpammer5 said:
That is incorrect. You could have Mobile Tech Videos JTAG it and resurrect it. Although the unbrickable mod is the prefered solution (Hence unbrickable) JTAG is for the people who have never held a soldering iron in their hands before. They are reliable and can have your phone running stock within 5 days of mailing it off.
Off topic: why would it be so hard for samsung to solder those couple wires that make up the unbrickable mod in factory during production. Theres another defficiency in over seas companies, they try to get off doing as little work as possible. When you make a phone running an open source OS, 99% some kid in his basement is going to mod it to perform better than stock OS. which is the case of most androids. Cmon' samsung! get your act together!
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FYI...mobile tech videos will also do the unbrickable mod for you... either option is available from them. AdamOutler will also do it for you last i heard 30 bucks after shipping.
are you friggin kidding me?? its not just regular soldering... or a regular soldering iron. And JTag is a method of using open pads on the mainboard, used by almost all cell companies to program the phones and allows direct input/output control. And until AdamOutler's research into the processor was the only way to de-brick. oh.. and on some phones JTag requires soldering..
WIKIPEDIA Jtag.

TRusselo said:
FYI...mobile tech videos will also do the unbrickable mod for you... either option is available from them. AdamOutler will also do it for you last i heard 30 bucks after shipping.
are you friggin kidding me?? its not just regular soldering... or a regular soldering iron. And JTag is a method of using open pads on the mainboard, used by almost all cell companies to program the phones and allows direct input/output control. And until AdamOutler's research into the processor was the only way to de-brick. oh.. and on some phones JTag requires soldering..
WIKIPEDIA Jtag.
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This is why I am tinkering with software, and not hardware ^.^. Thanks for the info.

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[Q] Anyone has exp. with RIFF JTAG to unbrick captivate

Today I bricked my captivate and tried various methods to try to unbrick it.
But looks like it is really bricked and was wondering if RIFF JTAG would help
http://www.jtagbox.com/?s=captivate
They seem to have added support for captivate today itself. So not sure how many folks would have used it to unbrick captivate, but in general has anyone used the RIFF jtag to unbrick any phone?
Or has any one used the JTAG to unbrick captivate?
Interesting find. I have very little experience with JTAG so can't really help but I am curious to know what you find out. Keep us posted.
I too have truely bricked my captivate. Quite upsetting but I have been wondering about these options as well
Me too, Me too, Mines bricked from bad bootloader, I can't get anything to show up, not even the (phone --- ! --- PC) thing.
Found a forum that people have successfully unbricked with the JTAG, but I have yet to get in touch with any of them to see if I can get them to unbrick mine for me.
If anyone is willing to do this, I'd be willing to pay some $ for it, I don't trust my soldering skills, or I'd buy the JTAG and attempt it myself.
Thanks!
- Greg C.
I was skeptical at first, but when I saw the device itself and its specifications I can believe it does what it says for sure. Would be interested to know how much it costs though. Has anybody inquired as to its cost yet, by chance?
It costs $150 US including delivery. Tempting...
No JIG no JTAG
psyonide said:
Me too, Me too, Mines bricked from bad bootloader, I can't get anything to show up, not even the (phone --- ! --- PC) thing.
Found a forum that people have successfully unbricked with the JTAG, but I have yet to get in touch with any of them to see if I can get them to unbrick mine for me.
If anyone is willing to do this, I'd be willing to pay some $ for it, I don't trust my soldering skills, or I'd buy the JTAG and attempt it myself.
Thanks!
- Greg C.
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Cozmo1 said:
I was skeptical at first, but when I saw the device itself and its specifications I can believe it does what it says for sure. Would be interested to know how much it costs though. Has anybody inquired as to its cost yet, by chance?
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You guys don't need JTAG.. If you don't wanna mess around with soldering and Jig, try the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
Takes a little time but cheap and no soldering or breaking a usb cord required..
Tried that resistor trick, didn't work on my bricked phone, but it did work on my replacement.
I'd love to get my brick working again so my fiancee can have it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
And it does work, there is a JTAG forum that one particular person has unbricked over 20 phones, a few of which were Captivates
Sent from my Captivate
rickysa2000 said:
You guys don't need JTAG.. If you don't wanna mess around with soldering and Jig, try the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
Takes a little time but cheap and no soldering or breaking a usb cord required..
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Ricky, you think I'd spend $150 if it only fixed Captivates when I can easily fix it with a jig on a soft brick? It advertises that it can unbrick most modern phones including Androids and Iphone. That is tempting, imo.
Cozmo1 said:
Ricky, you think I'd spend $150 if it only fixed Captivates when I can easily fix it with a jig on a soft brick? It advertises that it can unbrick most modern phones including Androids and Iphone. That is tempting, imo.
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If a Jig doesn't fix it, i'd sell my Captivate for parts rather than a JTag
Hey, I'm in Belgium and can unbrick model you want...
Most of cases you do not need a JTAG. You may want to try a jig first.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_511wt_1139
I own a RIFF BOX!
Hi there!. Any members that are having this same issue please contact me if you need help. I own a RIFF box and have succesfully unbricked several now.
I am in Madison, WI USA. If members need unbricking i will do it for very inexpensive. Cover shipping and a pack of smokes. I own a cell/computer repair business and I am legitimate so no worries there. I can also give anyone the guerst login to our security camerasa if you would like to see the shop our the reassurance you will get your phone back alive and kickin.
Just wanna do something for the forum community that has helped me out so much mastering the Droid world.

[Q] JTAG without RIFF?

Does anyone know how to initiate a JTAG with out the riff box. Im more than capable of jtaging and have tons of tools as I am an electrical engineering student. Im not getting definitive answers from people online they all want me to send the my phone and $50 to them. I know you can get RIFF software from theyre site but I wont pay $150 for the RIFF box.
adam oulter has also suggested this is possible in a thread but he never tried it. he seems to have an idea of what you need. like a computer with a parallel port and software but i think he is trying to avoid the need to try it untill he has a way to force download mode and flash the normal way even with bad bootloaders or param.ifs. that is what he is actively developing and he wants the jtag to be a backup, and the riffbox service from connexion is a backup for his backup.
re:
I spoke with someone from mobile tech videos on youtube about jtagging with out RIFF he said "ORT Tool or maybe the SPT box but both require the same level of soldering. I must warn you though, the Captivate is most likely harder to solder than anything you have ever done. It's pads are .1mm in size and spacing and I know many electrical engineers that consider it extremely challenging." Im just freaking out because my baby (captivate) is dead. Maybe Ill just go play dumb at AT&T or blame it on KIES since Ive seen people say the bricked the bootloader with kies
if the phone doesnt boot they cant prove anything.
Dont blame it on keis. none of the keis updates touch bootloaders. so this should not happen. dont blame bootloaders at all.
ALL YOU SAY "it stopped working. i woke up, it was dead"
THATS ALL YOU NEED TO SAY.
Dani897 said:
adam oulter has also suggested this is possible in a thread but he never tried it. he seems to have an idea of what you need. like a computer with a parallel port and software but i think he is trying to avoid the need to try it untill he has a way to force download mode and flash the normal way even with bad bootloaders or param.ifs. that is what he is actively developing and he wants the jtag to be a backup, and the riffbox service from connexion is a backup for his backup.
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That about sums it up... however we are exploring UART, I2C, Serial, USB, and all other methods of communications supported by the Application processor... maybe even tunnling though the call processor into the application processor... Basically, if we can get something into memory and then tell the processor to execute that code, we'd be in business.
There's about 25 total external pins available on the phone, two of which we believe make up the "EXT-I2C" bus. This would allow almost direct communication with the Application Processor and OneNand. .... Gotta find those pins.
There's nearly 20 test-points on the main-board inside the phone... 5 of those testpoints are likely the "OM" pins. If we can locate and apply 3.7VDC to OM5, then we can get the memory value OM=9 to change to OM=10+ which would allow booting from the external MMC card.
Research still needs to be done and the single diagnostic output we have located thus far is UART which uses the USB port... 619kohm resistor between pins 4-5, and read/write to D+ and D- on the USB port.
All of these things need help. You can help with your brick. Bricks will put out UART communications.
UGART3 said:
I spoke with someone from mobile tech videos on youtube about jtagging with out RIFF he said "ORT Tool or maybe the SPT box but both require the same level of soldering. I must warn you though, the Captivate is most likely harder to solder than anything you have ever done. It's pads are .1mm in size and spacing and I know many electrical engineers that consider it extremely challenging." Im just freaking out because my baby (captivate) is dead. Maybe Ill just go play dumb at AT&T or blame it on KIES since Ive seen people say the bricked the bootloader with kies
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You can contact Connexion2005. He can JTAG your phone. it's been made easy now because I located the proper jacks and recepticals, and had a couple of receptical circuitboards made for JTAG.
Just to clarify...... my definition of brick...
1. black screen
2. unresponsive to buttons or button combos
3. appears to operate equally with or without the battery
4. 301Kohm resistor between USB pins 4-5 is not effective
If it does not meet those qualifications, then it's not really bricked. it just needs to have software reloaded.
Im gonna give the jig a whirl just in case. i think I got a waranty on my phone so if jig dont work I may just tell ATT its stolen, get a new one and use the old one for testing. Ill post results of the jig afterwards. Can I just use a micro usb wall plug for jig, I only got 1 USB-micro cable and I aint cutting it lol.
Which jig? Usb or uart?
I tried to just use resistors only and I had 270k and 39k ohms which reads 298.8k on my DMM and on mobile tech videos he said he did it with 295k so it should work......but it didnt. Ripped apart my ONLY micro usb cable cable tried to touch the leads to the resistors......nothing ://....soldering Iron is warming up gotta make sure leads are solid.
Well I guess its off to AT&T lol cuz it aint doin nothin right now. Its $125 deductible If i say i lost it so no candidate for a lab rat. Now i gotta rock this busted old cracked screen samsung solstice til I get my new one. I appreciate your help immensely guys, this is why I love this community.
The RIFF will run you closer to $225 after shipping as it's all overseas and they only ship with big carriers and ground shipping.
I've been pricing them at $190 on ebay.
AdamOutler said:
I've been pricing them at $190 on ebay.
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This is true if you can find the parcel post China sellers. Good luck if you ever need support though or a return! There are definitely some defective boxes floating around that will have you pulling out your hair until your realize it's a RIFF hardware defect. One of my boxes I believe has an issue with i897 ressurection and has me thinking it's why I was successful on the the i897 I did a few days back.
Hi to all can someone tell me how to open riff jtag manager without box
AdamOutler said:
Just to clarify...... my definition of brick...
1. black screen
2. unresponsive to buttons or button combos
3. appears to operate equally with or without the battery
4. 301Kohm resistor between USB pins 4-5 is not effective
If it does not meet those qualifications, then it's not really bricked. it just needs to have software reloaded.
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I have a captivate board that you can have if you want it. I believe that it is softbricked. Though due to the busted screen I can't say for sure. I have a T959D screen that doesn't have a board which I have dremeled here and there to be able to accept the captivate board which you can have too.
If you can cover shipping it's yours or if I pay shipping could you help me with unbricking my SGH-I727R. I bricked it during a failed ODIN flashing of clockworkmod. For some reason the partition box got auto ticked the second time by the time I stopped my wide eyed loud inhale "OHHH NOO" it was all over.
I can get QHUSB mode. At least I was able to until the USB gave out. I had another USB board but it came from a corroded phone and during the cleaning I knocked off two resistors. I salvaged the same two resistors I knocked off from a the broken board. The person I got the phone from somehow managed to melt the USB cable to the phone, how this was achieved I haven't a clue.
Anyway I haven't gotten around to soldering the resistors to the board yet, I was waiting for a new soldering iron to come come in. It did the other day and I have to pick it up. Sorry for the rambling if you would like the captivate board to play with and or the T959D's screen let me know and we can arrange shipping etc...Thanks

[Q] Hard Bricked? Jig not helping

Was being a flashaholic, went from andro3, back to stock,then to Firefly, then followed instructions for SerendipityVII, got that working then tried to flash back to stock because Firefly was faster. It got into download mode and flashed, Odin said is passed and everything but i think the stock pda and pit files are mixed up with the GB Phone an CSC files. Jig is not working and the three buttons wont work, any ideas?
Are you getting any response out of it at all? Anything? Something to indicate whether it is trying to boot?
Sounds like you're not. Try removing battery, reinserting battery. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS. Insert jig. Hold both volume buttons down. Wait a good minute or 2 if you still get nothing out of it then I'm afraid it's a brick. Sorry
You can either try and get a warranty replacement or mobiletechvideos.com offers a jtag debrickicking service.
Check your pm
studacris said:
Are you getting any response out of it at all? Anything? Something to indicate whether it is trying to boot?
Sounds like you're not. Try removing battery, reinserting battery. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS. Insert jig. Hold both volume buttons down. Wait a good minute or 2 if you still get nothing out of it then I'm afraid it's a brick. Sorry
You can either try and get a warranty replacement or mobiletechvideos.com offers a jtag debrickicking service.
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What is jtag? I mean, waiting 2 weeks for replacement from samsung is a lot better than paying 50$ for that, but what is jtag(ging?)?
Jtagging is basicly a process where the mother board is taken off, hooking it to a jtag box so it can communicate with the computer at a lower level than the usb connection and reflashing bootloaders, then the super tricky part of soldering the mother board back on. The connections are about 1mm. The captivate is one of the hardest phones to jtag because of this reason. Mobiletechvideos.com is the only place that offers this outside of a warranty replacement.
It's june so that means that the first batch phones are either out of warranty or will be in a few weeks, them more and more phones will out of warranty every month.
You will need jtag if your looking for a repair. As mentioned I can do this for you and would love to if you need my help. Just pm me...I have almost 100% success rates with Captivates and have highly likely jtagged more than anyone in the world.
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DEAD Galaxy Tab. Samsung Center said the Motherboard problem.

Hi all. My TAB is dead already. it's dead just normally not because of flashing or rooting process etc. The battery drain to below 10% before i go to sleep and left it without charging it. I don't think its the cause it's dead.
Btw, when i wake up tomorrow morning, i found it dead then, i connect it with the charger but nothing happen. no lights, no display, nothing show up.
After trying all the combination of keys that i found on google to wake it up, it still not helping.
For info, my Tab is already being rooted and flashed with Overcome 2.0.1 ROM from the first day i bought it a months ago. Its act like a normal before its really dead.
So, I send it to the Samsung Center (Malaysia). After a week, i got a call from them and they said my Tab Motherboard is fault/burn because of 3rd party software that i install on it. I think they mean the rooting & unlocking the Tab. So that, my warranty is VOID! and i need to pay around RM700 (USD 230.49) to change the motherboard if i want.
what you think guys? Does rooting/flashing a Rom will effect the hardware or its just their excuse?
..// sorry for my bad english btw.
i think by this money you better buy new tab .. how come you unlock your tab ? i thought all the tabs in malaysia are Unlocked .
did you try to keep it in charge for at least 4 hours and\or , in USB plug it to your computer and keep it plugging and see , ( this method may and may not work ) ..
but serious 700rm they are taik
k0sh said:
i think by this money you better buy new tab .. how come you unlock your tab ? i thought all the tabs in malaysia are Unlocked .
did you try to keep it in charge for at least 4 hours and\or , in USB plug it to your computer and keep it plugging and see , ( this method may and may not work ) ..
but serious 700rm they are taik
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trying all the method. i found this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
yes, im thinking of get the new one but i just bought a new TF101. huhu.
im thinking to give this Tab to my wife..
they are taik?
alisabki said:
trying all the method. i found this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
yes, im thinking of get the new one but i just bought a new TF101. huhu.
im thinking to give this Tab to my wife..
they are taik?
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hihihi this is my thread ..
how you wanna give to your wife and your tab is dead ? if i'm in your place . i'll fight with them .. but however , you should fix it ..
yeah Taik , some of the words that my malayu friend teach me
A third party software making the tab's motherboard to get busted?! Honestly, can you believe that? If i were you, im going to fight it out with samsung!
Sent from heaven to earth to make your earth a heaven
You had overcome on it. Overcome allows for overclocking. Overclocking (even if you didn't do it) equals a voided warranty. it's made clear in every post that flashing the device voids a warranty. If you choose to fight, you won't win. This is why there are posts to restock the tab for sending back...
Swyped from my "better than an iPad" tab running Overcome Hermes.
k0sh said:
hihihi this is my thread ..
how you wanna give to your wife and your tab is dead ? if i'm in your place . i'll fight with them .. but however , you should fix it ..
yeah Taik , some of the words that my malayu friend teach me
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oooppss. its your thread..
my wife already know the Tab is dead. now she blabbering bla bla bla
..........//
btw, k0sh, do you think i can send the Tab to them as you prefer on your thread for Hard Brick? it cost about $50 + shipping cost. Maybe its around $70-$100... but i still confuse, it's really my tab motherboard is really burn or they just TAIK?
btyork said:
You had overcome on it. Overcome allows for overclocking. Overclocking (even if you didn't do it) equals a voided warranty. it's made clear in every post that flashing the device voids a warranty. If you choose to fight, you won't win. This is why there are posts to restock the tab for sending back...
Swyped from my "better than an iPad" tab running Overcome Hermes.
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ya i know it. they will win. even i dont OC & even its brick because of their hardware faulted. but from what i see, they are likely to transfer the cost of repair to me because i'm rooting it. oh my~
vince_junior said:
A third party software making the tab's motherboard to get busted?! Honestly, can you believe that? If i were you, im going to fight it out with samsung!
Sent from heaven to earth to make your earth a heaven
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maybe its just their excused? i will try to fight them tomorrow when the tab is arrived.. trying my luck!
vince_junior said:
A third party software making the tab's motherboard to get busted?! Honestly, can you believe that? If i were you, im going to fight it out with samsung!
Sent from heaven to earth to make your earth a heaven
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Yes Overclocking can destroy electronic components because of overheating. That is the main reason for me to remove overcome as my tab was abnormally warm compared to stock gb when I had gold flashed to it. I did not even touch any of the oc setting.....and may I add that I am in the Middle East where heat is an issue...
bongski55 said:
Yes Overclocking can destroy electronic components because of overheating. That is the main reason for me to remove overcome as my tab was abnormally warm compared to stock gb when I had gold flashed to it. I did not even touch any of the oc setting.....and may I add that I am in the Middle East where heat is an issue...
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so, u are not using overcome?
alisabki said:
so, u are not using overcome?
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As my sig says it....no longer as I have no use for it.
And even the Pitbull, one of the brains behind Overcome had posted about UNDERCLOCKING here and here.....it isn't just me....
alisabki said:
Hi all. My TAB is dead already. Dead normally not because of flashing or rooting etc. The battery drain to below 10% before i go to sleep. I just left it without charging it. I dont think its the cause.
btw, when i wake up tomorrow morning, i found it dead then trying to charge it but never happen. no lights, no display, nothing show up.
after trying all the combination of keys that i found on google to wake it up, nothing happen.
My Tab is rooted and with Overcome 2.0.1. I already rooted it and using this ROM on the first day i buy it a months ago. Its act like a normal before its really dead.
so, i send it to Samsung Center. After a week, i got a call from them and they said my Tab Motherboard is fault because of 3rd party software that i install on it. I think they mean rooting & unlocking the Tab. So, my warranty is VOID! and i need to pay around RM700 (USD 230.49) to change the motherboard.
what you think guys? if rooting will effect the hardware or its just their excuse?
..// sorry for my bad english btw.
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kinda similar with mine....now my gtab still on samsung centre. this morning tried to check it out and it was told that i will receive new korean battery & new machined
the customer service told that before i upgrade to gingerbread (also in samsung centre) my gtab is being rooted??
the question (in my case), is it possible to detect that my gtab was rooted since they (samsung centre) already upgrade it?
well alisabki, its kinda hard in your position....have you tried to look after the mother board on ebay/amazon perhaps? to get the alternatives price?
last night i just read (forgot the sources) that cost to build gtab is only $241 (part+labor)
come to think of it, i guess frequent flashing and trying new kernels may cause wear and tear to the tab. refers to my response here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14765324#post14765324
The service centre person told me they replaced the motherboard and the battery. I am staying stock for now.
Well folks,
Just pick up my gtab and it os i got new korean battery and new machine dunno what they mean with machine here i guess same with u, motherboard with free warranty power.
They said,"my gyab was being rooted" but they already upgrading to gingerbread so they helped me with free warranty.
Imho, my case happened because i had install couple application that required root such as adfree,quikreboot,etc and perhaps the officially gingerbread doesn't comfortable enough which is i haven't rooted
Fel good to be back with this magnificent 7
genuine asia gingerbread
I'm having a hard time believing that it's actually toast. If you'd like me to take a look at it, just PM me as I'm very familiar with fixing bricked TAB's in any condition.
I hard believe that they can recognize that you rooted your phone or whatever since they said to you that your motherboard is gone.........so, unfortunately it is also happened to me today, it's not the first one that i flash my tab but today i've hard bricked it, sent back to Vodafone, told me to wait 1 month (#[][]###[##!!)
Dammit, never brick a phone, well used to HTC never bought a Samsung and in all honesty i was thinking to change my beloved HD2 for a Galaxy S 2 but i've found very risky to flash those Samsung phones so changed idea and waiting for new HTC devices with bootloader not locked.
Will let you know for news from Vodafone but if they will say me that brick was because i've rooted it then i want proves of that, if they can see that then they can resurrect the phone without change motherboard...am i right?
Well, i love Overcome Rom. Its getting better and better. Yap. Like Pitbull, im also the battery-wh*re.. i dont care so much about its performance. Im not doing heavy stuff/work on it. i got my nexus one btw to trying or playing overclocking etc... im just using my tab to surfing, file transfering/dropbox, movies, and even games sometime which i think it's 1ghz power is still doing its job.
What is my really problem is they (samsung center) say my warranty is void because of 3rd party software that i install on it. i think its just their excuse. the overcome rom that i use is already a month old. nothing wrong with the 3rd party software that i've install.
Declan79, its possible to detect if we root it or not. in my case, they just change the motherboard and they will turn it on just like normal. for example, my pc dead because of the motherboard. i change it to the same model and walla.. its fixed! its the same concept..
the cost to change the motherboard is cost me around USD263.27 which is more expensive + no warranty. so what? everything is expensive in my country.
you're so lucky Declan. even you void the warranty by rooting it, u still got it repaired for free..
connexion2005 said:
I'm having a hard time believing that it's actually toast. If you'd like me to take a look at it, just PM me as I'm very familiar with fixing bricked TAB's in any condition.
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yes, you know what, im the person who asking on your facebook page about my Tab. Im the Malaysian guys..
btw, im still find a local JTAG service that will reduce the cost first...
and i don't know if it is true my tab motherboard is 'really' burn or what...
af974 said:
I hard believe that they can recognize that you rooted your phone or whatever since they said to you that your motherboard is gone.........so, unfortunately it is also happened to me today, it's not the first one that i flash my tab but today i've hard bricked it, sent back to Vodafone, told me to wait 1 month (#[][]###[##!!)
Dammit, never brick a phone, well used to HTC never bought a Samsung and in all honesty i was thinking to change my beloved HD2 for a Galaxy S 2 but i've found very risky to flash those Samsung phones so changed idea and waiting for new HTC devices with bootloader not locked.
Will let you know for news from Vodafone but if they will say me that brick was because i've rooted it then i want proves of that, if they can see that then they can resurrect the phone without change motherboard...am i right?
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u bricked it on the Odin process?
and, i'm waiting the news badly!. hopefully, u got to use the warranty as i will fight the samsung guy hardly!
never bought the samsung phones ever... it very risky..

[Q] Another Brick Question

Hi guys,
I've read through the fourms, I know that a JTAG is the final option, but I wanted to run this by you guys before I resort to that.
Here's my scenero:
1st generation Captivate. I have flashed tons of times. I flashed back to Eclair 2.1 Stock. I was flashing with the I897UCK1+Odin-1 Click to then flash to gingerbread. However, during the flashing process it hung on the factory.fs. I got a blue screen on the Captivate---never happened before. I did the usual when Odin hangs -- I exited out of Odin and restarted the Captivate. However, it did not restart.
I get no booting signs or a charging symbol. It's a black screen. It does get warm when I plug it into the AC to charge --- so it's doing something. It's just not showing on the screen.
Tried the "pull battery, hold down 3-button, plug into usb" dance. I have a jig I made (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8) , haven't gotten it to work yet. Its only been about 2 hours or so though.
Any ideas? Anything is helpful before I resort to a JTAG send in or something.
Thanks.
If its not showing any sings of life, then i believe it is hardbricked.... Jtag isnt your only option you can do the Unbrickable Mod found here. Im almost certain its hard bricked, I've never had my phone compleatly unresponsive. But I could be wrong, anyone else confirm?
Right now all I am getting is some warmth when I plug it into a wall socket
If you have a Linux machine or a VM you can try this firsthttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257434
Sent From My Captivate Fasty Fast while flying in my Tardis
Thanks Captain_Nero, tried it with no success. I am going to get a 1k Ohm resister and add that to my Jig to see if it does anything.
I just sent this thing in for a port repair so I really do not feel like investing anymore money into it :-\
Unbrickable mod is what I would do before jtag. If its hard bricked.
Sent from my unbrickable cappy *bam*
Its better cost the same to do (in theory easier to obtain if you want to do it yourself) and will save you from future hard bricks. And in theory could open the doors to a bunch of things thats being dev at the moment.
How hard is it to do the unbrickable mod? I have no experience with a soldering gun.
Its easier then Jtag but its still hard. There is a thread in dev section look at it.
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How hard is it to do the unbrickable mod? I have no experience with a soldering gun.
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It's easier and cheaper. JTAG requires a minimum of 6 connections assuming you already have the JTAG setup. UnBrickable mod requires two. You must have soldering skills though. Once the mod is done, recovery is very easy. This thread will show you everything you need to know and lead you to the hardware modification thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242466 . I can do it for $35 including return shipping.

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