Bricked! - Galaxy Tab 8.9 General

I have a Samsung Tab 8.9 LTE from ATT. I think it's called the i-957. Today, I turned it on and it flashed the Samsung logo and stayed on it until I powered down. Now it won't even turn on. I've tried everything, including Odin and recovery model. It doesn't respond at all.
Does anyone have any ideas? I don't even get a battery indicator when plugged in.

Read the thread by alboy as well as the da g oc thread. Same thing happened to him.
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Happened to me too.
I warrantied it as I didn't need another paperweight.
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Thanks. I sent in to Samsung for warranty as well. Does it matter if I rooted and OCed it?

dmunjal said:
Does it matter if I rooted and OCed it?
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Aouch, I hope for you they don't figure it out, because any flash using Odin voids the warranty :/
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[Q] Bricked phone, Jig is not working

Ok so what happened was, I installed the Voodoo Lagfix + sound kernal for froyo and then I was having issues with the sound so I decided to just restore the phone back to stock. I put it into download mode via ADB, opened Odin and started it but somehow the cord got unplugged right when it says do not unplug. This has happened to me before so I have a jig that I bought online. It worked many times before but now when I take out the sim and sd and put in the jig with battery it just doesnt turn on. it says off and then if i hold the power by myself it boots into Phone..!..Computer. I cant do the 3 button download mode trick because I have flashed with odin before and it hasnt worked since then. What should I do? Should I just call Samsung and or att and just say my device got disconnected when updating?
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I have already sent the phone to samsung, they said its going to take a total of 7 to 8 days for me to get my phone back. Thank you to everyone who helped
I read that if you remove the batt, put it back in then while holding just volume buttons in plug in the usb. Tried it and it went to dl mode for me. Hope this helps.
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yeah tell att that your phone quit working as you were updating to 2.2. might work?
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Send it to Samsung they will fix it o. 4 or 5 days
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rjblack11 said:
yeah tell att that your phone quit working as you were updating to 2.2. might work?
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Yea, I called samsung and acted like i knew nothing about phones and I just told them that my computer turned off as it was updating. She then sent me a shipping label to send it to them
tupirujp said:
Send it to Samsung they will fix it o. 4 or 5 days
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Thank you, I did that.

Flash back to stock or not?

So I cracked the screen on my trusty cappy yesterday while at work..have ins, so made a claim. Got it today and have ten days to return the one with the cracked screen. I know I should flash it back to stock, but my laptop is all jacked up right now...
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DrGreenLeaf said:
So I cracked the screen on my trusty cappy yesterday while at work..have ins, so made a claim. Got it today and have ten days to return the one with the cracked screen. I know I should flash it back to stock, but my laptop is all jacked up right now...
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If you can get it to flash back to stock I would try that because not having stock would void warranty even if it is software...if cant I would try flashing cognition 4.0 or older cuase it looks close to stock.
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I'm going to try to make a cwm flashable backup from stock cuase are that happen to alot of people, so I'll let y'all know by tomorrow
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Use this cwm file to flash back to jh7 and all will be good
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790080&highlight=JH7_OTA
Also get a reliable computer...
Especially if you're going to be messing with your phone. It is very likely that something could happen and the only way to fix it would be to connect to a pc and use odin/heimdall
DrGreenLeaf said:
but my laptop is all jacked up right now...
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too much pr0n
james.arroyo said:
too much pr0n
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Lolol
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Captivated Brick Question

So I think my phone may be dead. I decided to Odin 1-click to Eclair from Cognition beta 1. My phone started, made it to rfs and then froze. The phone will not boot, recognize usb, charge, anything.
Does Eclair one click flash primary and secondary bootloaders? I know without them ordering a jig is useless. I have an upgrade and I can get a new phone but I would much rather fix my captivate. Any help guys?
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I have odin'd back to stock from Cog 5 without problem but if you used the odin with the three button fix, you are screwed. the 3 button fix odin will mix bootloaders since it only loads one froyo/eclair bootloader.
jack man said:
I have odin'd back to stock from Cog 5 without problem but if you used the odin with the three button fix, you are screwed. the 3 button fix odin will mix bootloaders since it only loads one froyo/eclair bootloader.
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Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Guess its time to pick out my new phone.
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Coldskiesfullofblue said:
Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Guess its time to pick out my new phone.
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If you want it repaired, find connexion2005 on here. He will do Jtag service for about $50. his web address is http://www.mobiletechvideos.com
worth it if you ask me.
PM sent...I can definitely repair the phone.
dang bad luck, hope you get it repaired
I will consider sending it in. However, I have a new toy!!
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connexion2005 said:
PM sent...I can definitely repair the phone.
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Gtalk me [email protected]
Connextion2005
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Alright, I finally have time to sit at the computer.
The phone was running Cognition 5Beta1.
I did not use ODIN 1-click. I used ODIN3 v1.0, placed pit.pit in the pit, placed PDA in the PDA, Connected the phone and held the vol bumper. Phone booted into download and connected as COM4. (JF7 software) I clicked start, the phone made it all the way to RFS, the green bar made it approx 20% across and then the bump, the progress bar froze and would not continue any further. Now phone will not respond to any button. However, the battery was warm when I left it on the charger all night.
Doesn't the phone need the primary bootloader for charging?
I made the $1 JIG and failed. I do not have steady hands though. I'm pretty sure the phone needs JTAG but just wanted to sit and type everything out to make sure. I figured if sbl.bin completed that I would have a bootloader.
To answer my own question, my phone now has mismatched bootloaders and needs JTAG. Looks like it will be sent off soon.
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Coldskiesfullofblue said:
To answer my own question, my phone now has mismatched bootloaders and needs JTAG. Looks like it will be sent off soon.
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Yeah That happened to me. Had GB loaders and went back to stock using JF6 secure. However I checked for an OTA update and there was one. So being the experimental type I downloaded it and while it was installing it failed halfway and complete Brick.....I realized soon afterwards my mistake. A few days and $50 later MobileTech sent me back a stock fixed device. Well worth it.
Last night I tried to use ODIN 3 1.3 to go back to stock out of a bootloop and since I have a new model captivate it doesn't play nice with 1.3. Got the infamous blackout. Thought I bricked again but soon after the phone-PC image appeared and I knew there was hope.
Used the JIG and ODIN3 1.8
to flash stock and reflashed my ROM.
Looking for an alternative to Continuum. seems to get laggy after a week or so. With an SGS 2 on the way I may go back to Froyo on this one or COG beta 5
Coldskiesfullofblue said:
To answer my own question, my phone now has mismatched bootloaders and needs JTAG. Looks like it will be sent off soon.
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Are you sure? Read AdamOutler's thread on the one click unbrick. Its possible you trashed a different file that is causing the black screen.
...10char...
Very nice talking to you and thanks for following up on your thread as many people do not...
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Are you sure? Read AdamOutler's thread on the one click unbrick. Its possible you trashed a different file that is causing the black screen.
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I tried the one click unbrick. Adam is doing some awesome work there. It will help a lot of people. Unfortunately, I was not one of them.
I looked at the flashing order and traced to where my flash failed. I only flashed one bootloader. A gingerbread/eclair mix doesn't boot, Haha.
It was also a pleasure talking to you as well. I've also decided one thing, I'm ditching this Atrix when my Captivate is fixed. It's a really awesome phone but I can't stand not having an AMOLED. Looks like I'll be waiting on the Galaxy S II to make it over.
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It may sound silly, but i encountered the same problem today.
Disconnected my usb when working with odin and got permanently bricked.
Phone did not turn on, no indicator of charging, freaked out..
All i did was kept my mobile for charging for 20 mins even though it did not display that battery bar, disconnected from power supply, took out sim, ext sd, and removed the battery for 1 min and put it back and tried out the two button download mode, and done, my phone went into download mode, and then recovered everything back..
I know it sounds silly, but maybe of some help...
pparavas said:
It may sound silly, but i encountered the same problem today.
Disconnected my usb when working with odin and got permanently bricked.
Phone did not turn on, no indicator of charging, freaked out..
All i did was kept my mobile for charging for 20 mins even though it did not display that battery bar, disconnected from power supply, took out sim, ext sd, and removed the battery for 1 min and put it back and tried out the two button download mode, and done, my phone went into download mode, and then recovered everything back..
I know it sounds silly, but maybe of some help...
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You're lucky!! That's all I have to say.
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Stuck in bootloop

I got a sprint galaxy tab sph-p100 and it turns on but gets stuck at the Samsung screen I already tried to Odin even tried to repartition the 2nd time and no dice but what's weird is every time Odin finishes it reboots into recovery and gives me tons of errors
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Anyone?
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Look for the overcome guide here,
Got threads for restocking and upgrading
And its a good start for a new universe for your tab.
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I tried but now I got my tablet stuck even more I tried to flash stock in Odin and it crashed and my tab got stuck in the middle of downloading and PC wouldn't detect it so I let it die and charged it up and now it only turns on to a white screen no download mode or anything
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jazz995756 said:
I tried but now I got my tablet stuck even more I tried to flash stock in Odin and it crashed and my tab got stuck in the middle of downloading and PC wouldn't detect it so I let it die and charged it up and now it only turns on to a white screen no download mode or anything
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Thats a nice situation there,
Cannot go to download mode anymore?
Then i guess its bricked, (no soft and hard brick for me since as long as ypu can recover it, its not bricked)
Suggestion =
if it still has warranty, then let sammy do their job and bring it to them,
If not , better bring it to a tech since not many experience that white screen here,
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Now I found his thread here.
sweynmonillas, he has a CDMA device.
Overcome method screwed his tab for good.
Next time be careful when recommending Overcome to others.
Ouch, didn't know that.
Sorry mate,
May i ask what is the difference between his unit and those p1000's around?
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Basically it has different innards and works for CDMA network.
Their ROMs are not interchangeable.
Must be treated as a different device.
priyana said:
Basically it has different innards and works for CDMA network.
Their ROMs are not interchangeable.
Must be treated as a different device.
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Now my conscience is buggy,
Sorry to OP,
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So after getting lost in the mail and finally found Samsung received it and valued my repair at $170 that's outrageous
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[Q] Soft Brick after Dead Battery

Ok so I had my Note 3 battery completely drain and now am soft bricked and it freezes at ATT logo.
note 3
ATT
rooted on 4.3 JB
titanium backup installed
I have tried everything to no avail. Reflashing, factory reset, everything and am completely lost. I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715 , but the microsoft visual stuff would never install??
I have owned iphones for 5 years and recently switched to droid again. I am 7/10 on a technical scale with computers. Any and all help is greatly appreciated as I am stuck with a paper weight for now.
Anyone? Please?
Have you tried flashing stock firmware through ODIN ?
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boksquare said:
Have you tried flashing stock firmware through ODIN ?
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Yes. It reboots into the ATT logo and freezes.
Try having best buy reflash it? Sadly they have the tools so far we don't.
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mrkhigh said:
Try having best buy reflash it? Sadly they have the tools so far we don't.
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Thats not what I was hoping for lol will they give me any problems?
They might if they see it is rooted. Due to liability
But these guys aren't exactly high end technicians with high paying jobs just normal people say please and explain they can't make it worse.
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Kre8iveOn3 said:
Yes. It reboots into the ATT logo and freezes.
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Wow. Tricky one right there. Usually a stock firmware flash would do it. Anything else that you've done to your phone before the battery went dry ?
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