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Here is what I've tried so far:
1- SuperOneClick. The program hangs at a step where it reads "Check if rooted : false"
2- Galaxy One Click Root. Program is responsive but it stops at "* daemon started successfully *" and does nothing from there.
3- Copying the "update.zip" file to the root of my internal SD card. I'm greeted by a "E: Signature verification failed. Installation aborted" error.
All remediable steps to fix one or all problems REQUIRES root, so i'm in limbo here. I honestly am about to cry. This seemed a hell of a lot easier when I read about it...
Well, what's left here for me to do? I'm lost. I read so many threads here I honestly can't do it anymore. This is my last resort.
This phone is all stock, AT&T Captivate.
Sorry if this is the wrong section of this forum... New here.
Flash your phone via Odin to jf6 stock then try superoneclick
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hold up on that flash back. It oculd cause you to loop. Try using SOC v1.9 or lower. Also make sure your computer has all the required updates installed.
So this developed into a new, bigger, problem. I tried THIS guide to flash cyanogenmod (latest) but, guess what, the freaking thing hanged. So I was left with the only option, severing the link between PC and phone, and rebooting the phone.
I get this "phone - attention sign - computer" image. I think to myself "oh sh#&, I bricked the phone" so I rebooted it once again and to my surprise, the phone won't turn on. Won't react to the usb cable (can't boot to download mode), won't react to wall charger, won't turn on with the power button.
The battery was almost full...
What the heck is going on!?!? I had this phone for 3 days and I already ruined it?
I wan't to kill myself
leandroab said:
So this developed into a new, bigger, problem. I tried THIS guide to flash cyanogenmod (latest) but, guess what, the freaking thing hanged. So I was left with the only option, severing the link between PC and phone, and rebooting the phone.
I get this "phone - attention sign - computer" image. I think to myself "oh sh#&, I bricked the phone" so I rebooted it once again and to my surprise, the phone won't turn on. Won't react to the usb cable (can't boot to download mode), won't react to wall charger, won't turn on with the power button.
The battery was almost full...
What the heck is going on!?!? I had this phone for 3 days and I already ruined it?
I wan't to kill myself
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Unfortunately, it doesn't sound promising. Even if you have a black screen, I would still try to access DL mode with Odin open (pull battery, remove sim, put battery back in, hold both volume buttons and insert the USB cord, don't touch the power button). If you get a yellow com light in Odin, even if the screen stays black, you're in download mode. If that doesn't work, you could try a jig and then see if Odin recognizes it. If neither of those work, you'll need to send your phone out to someone like Adam Outler to have it unbricked.
I get nothing with Odin. I can't believe I bricked my phone like that. I thought I would get an error screen at least. But this is outrageous. It's like the phone shorted and fried from the inside.
All I can say is wow... My happiness of a new phone turned to ashes in 30 seconds. Nice waste of money.
If you buy a USB download jig it will get you out of soft brick situations and if Odin fails try heimindal
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leandroab said:
I get nothing with Odin. I can't believe I bricked my phone like that. I thought I would get an error screen at least. But this is outrageous. It's like the phone shorted and fried from the inside.
All I can say is wow... My happiness of a new phone turned to ashes in 30 seconds. Nice waste of money.
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It didn't fry, it failed while flashing bootloaders. The bootloaders are what tell your phone what to do when you press power. Mismatched bootloaders = hard brick = no power up.
I would still try a jig, but if that doesn't work send a message to AdamOutler. He can give you the details of getting it unbricked.
MJHawaii said:
If you buy a USB download jig it will get you out of soft brick situations and if Odin fails try heimindal
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Considering the flashing hanged at the very beggining, I'm 90% sure it HARD-bricked my device. A jig wouldn't work and I'm left with a very fancy paperweight.
There is NO power on whatsoever.
My luck is amazing, isn't it?
Please, someone tell me there is still hope (there isn't probably)
apbthe3 said:
It didn't fry, it failed while flashing bootloaders. The bootloaders are what tell your phone what to do when you press power. Mismatched bootloaders = hard brick = no power up.
I would still try a jig, but if that doesn't work send a message to AdamOutler. He can give you the details of getting it unbricked.
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Exactly. I figured
I have no idea of who "AdamOutler" is. But I'll find out. :/
FML
leandroab said:
Considering the flashing hanged at the very beggining, I'm 90% sure it HARD-bricked my device. A jig wouldn't work and I'm left with a very fancy paperweight.
There is NO power on whatsoever.
My luck is amazing, isn't it?
Please, someone tell me there is still hope (there isn't probably)
FML
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I suspect you are correct about the hard brick, but I would still try a jig. I had a failure flashing bootloaders once that killed my cappy, but though a stroke of fortune a jig still worked for me. You can build one for a couple of bucks of parts from Radio Shack, you've got nothing to lose. If not, it can be repaired.
Before you start looking at all that, make sure you are hard bricked. Easiest way is to use Linux Mode Detector. Use the link below labeled Captivate sig link, then choose am i bricked?.
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I suspect you are correct about the hard brick, but I would still try a jig. I had a failure flashing bootloaders once that killed my cappy, but though a stroke of fortune a jig still worked for me. You can build one for a couple of bucks of parts from Radio Shack, you've got nothing to lose. If not, it can be repaired.
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Yes, it's still worth a try. But unfortunately it will have to wait at least till the end of the month. That's when my college break is over and I'm back to school.
mrhaley30705 said:
Before you start looking at all that, make sure you are hard bricked. Easiest way is to use Linux Mode Detector. Use the link below labeled Captivate sig link, then choose am i bricked?.
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Sorry but I'm not installing an OS just to use a program. I do believe the phone is hard-bricked though:
1- Doesn't power up with the on/off button
2- Doesn't go into recovery mode
3- Doesn't go into download mode
4- Doesn't light up when plugged into wall charger
If that isn't hard-bricked, then I'm really scared to find out what that really is
I sent a PM and an email to Adam Outler. I hope he replies it!
Linux is easier to use than you think, and it's a really handy tool to have when working with Android phones. You can install Linux entirely to a cheap thumb drive (I have a $4 4gb thumb drive running lubuntu) and it can get you out of a lot of Android related jams. If you're not willing to go through letting Linux up and running, might not want to do too much with phones either. I don't mean to be snarky, but I started using Linux casually a couple years before I started messing with phones and Linux is much more straightforward.
Edit: and if you have a multimeter around, check the voltage of your battery. Should be 4.2v=full, 3.5v ish is dead. If you battery pull, reinsert, hold volume up and down, and then connect to your pc with Odin open (don't hit power) what does Odin show? Last, did you get this phone used? Battery may be completely worn out, which would be why it was almost full and looks hard bricked now.
Wubi installer would be a better choice. And when your finished, it uninstalls just like an app. It's kind if a semipermanent dual boot. Check it out.
sekine12 said:
Linux is easier to use than you think, and it's a really handy tool to have when working with Android phones. You can install Linux entirely to a cheap thumb drive (I have a $4 4gb thumb drive running lubuntu) and it can get you out of a lot of Android related jams. If you're not willing to go through letting Linux up and running, might not want to do too much with phones either. I don't mean to be snarky, but I started using Linux casually a couple years before I started messing with phones and Linux is much more straightforward.
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Well, I guess I'll look into that now. I'm running windows over a MacBook (stuck with it till I get back home). Maybe some tips running linux w/ a pendrive with bootcamp?
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Edit: and if you have a multimeter around, check the voltage of your battery. Should be 4.2v=full, 3.5v ish is dead. If you battery pull, reinsert, hold volume up and down, and then connect to your pc with Odin open (don't hit power) what does Odin show? Last, did you get this phone used? Battery may be completely worn out, which would be why it was almost full and looks hard bricked now.
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I'll look into the multimeter. The phone IS used, but I'm sure the battery isn't worn out.
Hooking up the phone, pressing both volume buttons, with odin open gives me nothing. Zip. If it was the battery wouldn't the phone give some sign of life after charging it for a while? Didn't happen.
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Wubi installer would be a better choice. And when your finished, it uninstalls just like an app. It's kind if a semipermanent dual boot. Check it out.
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As stated, using windows with bootcamp over a MacBook. Maybe you can help me out? Will this work?
leandroab said:
If it was the battery wouldn't the phone give some sign of life after charging it for a while? Didn't happen.
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My understanding is that charging is controlled by firmware to protect the battery, so it won't even charge if it's bricked.
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My understanding is that charging is controlled by firmware to protect the battery, so it won't even charge if it's bricked.
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Right, or if the battery is so dead it can't start to turn on, it won't turn on. Or, if it was soft-bricked with no images to display, it may have killed itself without a firmware to allow it to charge properly. Not very likely, but there are a couple possibilities that end with a dead battery and no way to know.
apbthe3 said:
My understanding is that charging is controlled by firmware to protect the battery, so it won't even charge if it's bricked.
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sekine12 said:
Right, or if the battery is so dead it can't start to turn on, it won't turn on. Or, if it was soft-bricked with no images to display, it may have killed itself without a firmware to allow it to charge properly. Not very likely, but there are a couple possibilities that end with a dead battery and no way to know.
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Right. I'll check the V of the baterry once I get my hands on a multimeter.(somebody took all of them here at the house for some reason)
The multimeter read that the battery has 3.92V, so it's not dead. So to sum it up I only have two options now:
1- Try a USB jig
2- Attempt the UnBrickable mod/send it to Adam Outler
Both of them will take time. Unfortunate for me. Good news is that WILL have it back up and running. It will just take some time
leandroab said:
The multimeter read that the battery has 3.92V, so it's not dead. So to sum it up I only have two options now:
1- Try a USB jig
2- Attempt the UnBrickable mod/send it to Adam Outler
Both of them will take time. Unfortunate for me. Good news is that WILL have it back up and running. It will just take some time
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So nothing whatsoever shows up in ODIN when you 1- batt pull, 2- batt reinsert, 3- plug in USB while holding either volume down, or volume up + vol down (w/o turning phone on)?
I have read through all the threads here with the similar problem, but seems like noone ever solved it.
suddenly O2X (not after upgrade, rooting, hitting or smth) turned off, and since than I can't turn it on.
SmarFlash doesn't see it (no battery, vol-down key pressed, plugging cable)
the only sign of life it shows is with no battery, both vol keys pressed and plugging cable, than device is detected as AP device (screen still blank), but nvflash always freezes on "waiting for bootloader to initialize" (before that freezing it is reporting "fastboot.bin sent succesfully").
I have tried nvflash on 3 different PC/notebooks with 4 different cables - always the same result.
is there anything else I can try?
Customer service?
LarsPT said:
Customer service?
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the problem is that I have voided my waranty flashin cyanogen (how to put back stock now? ), but yes, you are right if there will be no other suggestions I will bring it to a service.
robot-ebobot said:
the problem is that I have voided my waranty flashin cyanogen (how to put back stock now? ), but yes, you are right if there will be no other suggestions I will bring it to a service.
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Maybe the battery's death? Just plug in it to the charger and let it charges even if screen stay black....
After 1-2 hours, just use the KDZ Updater, Smartflash or NVFlash method to return to stock firmware...
When you're on APX mode, your screen stay black?
Because, maybe you need to reinstall the Nvidia BootRecovery Drivers...and after trying to enter in APX should be successful :good:
P.S: For ME, entering in APX mode, I just have to push Volume Down and then plug in usb jack. Maybe you should try.
Hope that help :angel: Give us feedback.
Well if you're not able to do anything maybe they won't be able to see that you flashed CM... and maybe they'll just replace it with a new one, it happens!
Also, Jason, to use Smartflash you're supposed to remove the battery so it shouldnt't be a battery problem... right?...
Using different drivers might help though, I don't know... but it looks like something got fried inside
Getting an orange light (not flashing and its been on since yesterday). Wont turn on in any ways, by presing volume up and power for several seconds(i tried for minutes) or pressing down and power. Not even connecting it by USB, i tried many USBs and a laptop+ computer. This phone is just about 2 weeks old and lightly used, because I'm using my old phone.
This phone as never been dropped, hit, left without charge, or watered. So I am really surprised of the quality. I bought this phone in the US and moved to Costa Rica so i cant just send it back. This really annoy me, to think that i wasted 539.00 dollars in this "Quality" product that lasted 2 weeks.
I read some solutions like leaving it charging for a long period of time. Or if that doesnt work, drain the battery. But i think the later is impossible since the battery is fully charge, it would take weeks for the battery to run out (how do i know it is fully charged?, my nokia charger gets hot while charging and it is totally cool charging the xperia), and flashing, but my computer does not recognize the phone even by pressing volume done for several minutes and power.
Please any help? thanks!.
Xelestial01 said:
Getting an orange light (not flashing and its been on since yesterday). Wont turn on in any ways, by presing volume up and power for several seconds(i tried for minutes) or pressing down and power. Not even connecting it by USB, i tried many USBs and a laptop+ computer. This phone is just about 2 weeks old and lightly used, because I'm using my old phone.
This phone as never been dropped, hit, left without charge, or watered. So I am really surprised of the quality. I bought this phone in the US and moved to Costa Rica so i cant just send it back. This really annoy me, to think that i wasted 539.00 dollars in this "Quality" product that lasted 2 weeks.
I read some solutions like leaving it charging for a long period of time. Or if that doesnt work, drain the battery. But i think the later is impossible since the battery is fully charge, it would take weeks for the battery to run out (how do i know it is fully charged?, my nokia charger gets hot while charging and it is totally cool charging the xperia), and flashing, but my computer does not recognize the phone even by pressing volume done for several minutes and power.
Please any help? thanks!.
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Have you flashed anything to the phone? I cant beleive it just did this without you doing something to the phone. Have you rooted? Have you tried to unlock the bootloader?
Please install flashtool and post the log from flashtool when you try to connect the phone normally, in flashmode and in fastboot mode.
PS,
Now you have asked your QUESTION and I have tried to ANSWER it, can you guess which section you should have posted in?
General, Question & Answer, development or themes and apps?
gregbradley said:
Have you flashed anything to the phone? I cant beleive it just did this without you doing something to the phone. Have you rooted? Have you tried to unlock the bootloader?
Please install flashtool and post the log from flashtool when you try to connect the phone normally, in flashmode and in fastboot mode.
PS,
Now you have asked your QUESTION and I have tried to ANSWER it, can you guess which section you should have posted in?
General, Question & Answer, development or themes and apps?
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I swear i didnt touch the phone i barely installed any apps like facebook, waze, and prolly one or 2 more. The reason is because i was waiting for my sim cutter and for the mean time i was using my old c6-01 nokia. I tried flashboot and it keeps telling me device not detected. i tried pressing volume down and power, etc. To be honest i barely used this phone. Just to check my FB or waze (like a google map). I moved to Costa Rica so i cant send it back.
Thread moved. Please post all your questions here in Q&A in future.
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AvRS
Xelestial01 said:
I swear i didnt touch the phone i barely installed any apps like facebook, waze, and prolly one or 2 more. The reason is because i was waiting for my sim cutter and for the mean time i was using my old c6-01 nokia. I tried flashboot and it keeps telling me device not detected. i tried pressing volume down and power, etc. To be honest i barely used this phone. Just to check my FB or waze (like a google map). I moved to Costa Rica so i cant send it back.
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ok, if you have not unlocked your bootloader you can not enter fastboot mode.
Download PCcompanion and follow the instructions to update software, then click on repair. It should work.
gregbradley said:
ok, if you have not unlocked your bootloader you can not enter fastboot mode.
Download PCcompanion and follow the instructions to update software, then click on repair. It should work.
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Bootloader? havent tried that. tried the PCcompanion but its not detecting my phone, even pressing volume down+power. Ty for the reply!
Xelestial01 said:
Bootloader? havent tried that. tried the PCcompanion but its not detecting my phone, even pressing volume down+power. Ty for the reply!
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Please dont worry about it. Just go through the process to update your software without actually attaching your phone. Then you will get an option to repair.
Then attach the phone in flashmode (Press volume doen whilst attaching the usb cable to the phone) and it should work.
If not, please download flashtool Find a link in the first post of the Devlopment section and also download a stock ftf for your phone from the all in one thread (First thread in the Q&A section)
Then drag and drop the ftf file you downloaded into the open window of flashtool and attach the phone in flashmode. If that does not work then please post what the log of flashtool says.
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Also, no need to ever say thank you to anyonr here, if you feel the need to offer your thanks just hit the thanks button, thats what it is for
AvRS said:
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Sorry for posting in the wrong section!.
gregbradley said:
Please dont worry about it. Just go through the process to update your software without actually attaching your phone. Then you will get an option to repair.
Then attach the phone in flashmode (Press volume doen whilst attaching the usb cable to the phone) and it should work.
If not, please download flashtool Find a link in the first post of the Devlopment section and also download a stock ftf for your phone from the all in one thread (First thread in the Q&A section)
Then drag and drop the ftf file you downloaded into the open window of flashtool and attach the phone in flashmode. If that does not work then please post what the log of flashtool says.
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Also, no need to ever say thank you to anyonr here, if you feel the need to offer your thanks just hit the thanks button, thats what it is for
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If this helps, the phone is an unlocked version i bought from Amazon, I was using micro Sim card from a local company and it was working fine. I will try the tips you recommended me later when I am out of work.
Disconnect the battery, u have to take the back off. 1 screw behind the sim cover.
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erhan12 said:
Disconnect the battery, u have to take the back off. 1 screw behind the sim cover.
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I took the screw out... But how do u remove the back cover again?.
Theres a thread somewhere which shows a disassembled xt, search.
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Hard brick LT30p ?
Hello to all... What could hapen to my phone, that it wont turn on? Hard brick? Everything was fine, I just searching on the webs ho to sim-Unlok, found sites, gived IMEI and they tell the price, and just searched some other to get the price (where is cheeper). Some days ago I tryed to flash stock rom O2 with flash tools from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910216, everything goes right. Version was 4.0.4 and I do not update (when I connect to Wi-Fi it gives me update) because I thought wen I sim-ulock then I do this. After flashing stock rom I noticed, that my sony wont start without restart (press power + volume up + volum down) (maby goes in to deep sleep or something). I thought never mind, it maybe softwere problems and when I debrand it will goes everything ok, because I rewrite software and add my sim when sim-Unlock I do. And when I decided to debrand, it is to day, I see, that I can't turn on my phone. PC do not detect and no sign at all. Trayed to hold all butons and so on, nothing... What hapens? Yesturday I was using it without SIM (because it is still simlocked) to search on the internet, google and everything was OK, power left about 60% when shutdown. So any ideas how to start the phone? The phone was not rooted. Maby some how something block my phone with IMEI? Because I write it in some forums asking for sim-unlock, so just don't know what to do... Any ideas or suggestions?
unrealliving said:
Hello to all... What could hapen to my phone, that it wont turn on? Hard brick? Everything was fine, I just searching on the webs ho to sim-Unlok, found sites, gived IMEI and they tell the price, and just searched some other to get the price (where is cheeper). Some days ago I tryed to flash stock rom O2 with flash tools from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910216, everything goes right. Version was 4.0.4 and I do not update (when I connect to Wi-Fi it gives me update) because I thought wen I sim-ulock then I do this. After flashing stock rom I noticed, that my sony wont start without restart (press power + volume up + volum down) (maby goes in to deep sleep or something). I thought never mind, it maybe softwere problems and when I debrand it will goes everything ok, because I rewrite software and add my sim when sim-Unlock I do. And when I decided to debrand, it is to day, I see, that I can't turn on my phone. PC do not detect and no sign at all. Trayed to hold all butons and so on, nothing... What hapens? Yesturday I was using it without SIM (because it is still simlocked) to search on the internet, google and everything was OK, power left about 60% when shutdown. So any ideas how to start the phone? The phone was not rooted. Maby some how something block my phone with IMEI? Because I write it in some forums asking for sim-unlock, so just don't know what to do... Any ideas or suggestions?
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I disassemble my phone, removed battery conetctors and added to the same place and my phone booted without a paroblme. Hmm? Is it sony's problems? Maby exists diferent way how to do that when phone just do not boot? Because if it hapens in the future, it's not so easy to remove back.
Who is trying to remove the back I can say, that the back is from soft (elastik) material, so do not afraid to give some preasure. And offcorse there are only one screw near sim card. I done it slowly from corner to corner to remove.
My simple guide where is back holders https://www.dropbox.com/s/8x2m0plk4c0cibn/LT30p reassemble-1.jpg
Xperia T dead
Hi, I have LT30p( Xperia T ) and it's dead right now.
I tried everything but it's not turning on.
No fastboot, no flashmode just the red light blinks twice when i hold the power button. When it died it was 71% Charged. It hanged and i went to CWM recovery(did nothing) when i chose reboot system, it didn't.
And it was 2 days plugged into wall charger.
and flashtool doesn't recognize it( I Installed The drivers twice )
Unlocked bootloader,CM 10.2( 4.3 )
Can You Help ME PLZ?
Thanks for Helping.
As the title suggests, I downloaded the app AParted by sylkat through Google Play in order to partition my EXTERNAL SD-card. However, in the hurry of doing this, I believe I have formatted the INTERNAL SD-card, which has resulted in a pretty much dead phone.
It does not respond to anything. I have tried all combinations, the hard-reset button, everything I can think of. My computer is no longer able to recognize it either.
I am then wondering if there is a way to recover the data in the internal SD-card, or just any fix?
Some info:
- My device is fully rooted with BL unlocked.
- I had installed iHackers 2.0 ROM on it
- I have backups made through TWRP-recovery
All help is highly appreciated. Thank you
- Sari95
Sari95 said:
It does not respond to anything. I have tried all combinations, the hard-reset button, everything I can think of. My computer is no longer able to recognize it either.
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So you can't get into recovery, fastboot, or flash modes?
What happens if you plug the device in to charge?
Unless you can get into recovery, it's unlikely that you'll be able to recovery anything. If you do manage to flash a bootable ROM onto the phone, you'll be writing onto the internal SD card and physical overwriting all your old data, removing the possibility of recovery.
If you can get into recovery, you may be able to connect USB, mount the internal SD partition, and then try running a file recovery tool on it. I don't know if the whole USB mounting bit will actually work, haven't tried that.
If you formatted the internal memory of your phone forget to try recover the data. It's close to impossible and for laboratory experienced only. Even if you try many files can be corrupted and it will not work anyway. I try many apps for classic HDD and they recover almost pictures and mp3 only, and if many files are in sub-folders this get more complicated.
If you have a backup of your entire system I will suggest to go back to Stock flashing original FTF then go through all the process to get again iHackers 2.0 ROM on your phone and when you can access to the TWRP recovery, restore your latest backup and you will have your phone back like it was before formatting.
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If you formatted the internal memory of your phone forget to try recover the data. It's close to impossible and for laboratory experienced only. Even if you try many files can be corrupted and it will not work anyway. I try many apps for classic HDD and they recover almost pictures and mp3 only, and if many files are in sub-folders this get more complicated.
If you have a backup of your entire system I will suggest to go back to Stock flashing original FTF then go through all the process to get again iHackers 2.0 ROM on your phone and when you can access to the TWRP recovery, restore your latest backup and you will have your phone back like it was before formatting.
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I expected that. My main problem is that it does not do anything at all. If I had been able to connect it to my computer, I would have probably been able to fix it, but it does not connect to anything at all.
My only saviour would be a so-called "Jig", which boots the device into android through an SD-card, but I am not sure whether there exists one for Z1 or how to make one myself.
So is there any way of connecting or just giving the phone a breath of life through an SDcard-solution?
Probably only through the Update Service or Emma...
http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/
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Probably only through the Update Service or Emma...
http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/
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I have tried both EMMA and SUS without success.
xasbo said:
So you can't get into recovery, fastboot, or flash modes?
What happens if you plug the device in to charge?
Unless you can get into recovery, it's unlikely that you'll be able to recovery anything. If you do manage to flash a bootable ROM onto the phone, you'll be writing onto the internal SD card and physical overwriting all your old data, removing the possibility of recovery.
If you can get into recovery, you may be able to connect USB, mount the internal SD partition, and then try running a file recovery tool on it. I don't know if the whole USB mounting bit will actually work, haven't tried that.
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Yes, I have tried all those.
1. Tried powerbutton + volume up -> nothing happened
2. Powerbutton + volume down --> nothing
3. plug into the wall --> nothing
4. Plug to computer --> nothing
Considering the internal SD-card, which acts as the brain of the phone, is formatted. The "brain" has been removed, thus it does not know what to do when I push the buttons or plug it to the computer.
Sari95 said:
Considering the internal SD-card, which acts as the brain of the phone, is formatted. The "brain" has been removed, thus it does not know what to do when I push the buttons or plug it to the computer.
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Well, it really depends on what exactly you formatted. If it was just sdcard0, most of the "brains" are still there. If you nuked everything that's physical on the internal SD, you're in worse trouble. But I don't know what you did.
You didn't include the recovery keypresses, but I'm guessing if you try to boot the phone normally (just pressing power button), you never get the vibration pulse when it turns on? If not, make sure to use the force-off button by the sim card (hold it for 10-15 seconds) to make sure the phone is off and not stuck on. If that still doesn't work, I think your best bet is to reach out to a service center.
xasbo said:
Well, it really depends on what exactly you formatted. If it was just sdcard0, most of the "brains" are still there. If you nuked everything that's physical on the internal SD, you're in worse trouble. But I don't know what you did.
You didn't include the recovery keypresses, but I'm guessing if you try to boot the phone normally (just pressing power button), you never get the vibration pulse when it turns on? If not, make sure to use the force-off button by the sim card (hold it for 10-15 seconds) to make sure the phone is off and not stuck on. If that still doesn't work, I think your best bet is to reach out to a service center.
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Hmmm... that I am not sure of.
Exactly! no vibration nor LED light when I push the powerbutton. Imagine yourself pushing the button, yet it is as if you did not push it at all. I have tried the force-off button too, so my last and final solution seems to be the service center.
Thanks for your replies! HIghly appreciated
xasbo said:
Well, it really depends on what exactly you formatted. If it was just sdcard0, most of the "brains" are still there. If you nuked everything that's physical on the internal SD, you're in worse trouble. But I don't know what you did.
You didn't include the recovery keypresses, but I'm guessing if you try to boot the phone normally (just pressing power button), you never get the vibration pulse when it turns on? If not, make sure to use the force-off button by the sim card (hold it for 10-15 seconds) to make sure the phone is off and not stuck on. If that still doesn't work, I think your best bet is to reach out to a service center.
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Sari95 said:
Hmmm... that I am not sure of.
Exactly! no vibration nor LED light when I push the powerbutton. Imagine yourself pushing the button, yet it is as if you did not push it at all. I have tried the force-off button too, so my last and final solution seems to be the service center.
Thanks for your replies! HIghly appreciated
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WOOOPPP! I have some kind of development actually. Now, when I plug the device to the wall or computer, a red
LED lights up for about 3 seconds before disappearing. However, from here nothing happens and it is dead as usual.
Any idea how to go further from here ?
From what I've read. That means the battery is completely dead.
I believe you need to leave your phone charging for a few hours/overnight and sometimes it will get recognised by flashtool
lil-diabo said:
From what I've read. That means the battery is completely dead.
I believe you need to leave your phone charging for a few hours/overnight and sometimes it will get recognised by flashtool
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This is a good point, I didn't consider a dead battery scenario (though it makes a lot of sense versus the phone just doing nothing). I haven't actually read about cases where USB charging will bring back a super dead phone, but it's theoretically possible if the battery were removed and charged manually. That process, however, is definitely only for people who know what they're doing with potentially explosive battery chemistry. If nothing else, leave it plugged in for a while and see what happens.
I remember posting in another thread where someone killed their battery. The best preventative measure is to make sure you never get below 10% or so. The generally dispersed "knowledge" that taking the battery to 0% is good for calibration is NOT TRUE. These are Li-ion batteries, and deep discharges permanently reduce the battery capacity.
lil-diabo said:
From what I've read. That means the battery is completely dead.
I believe you need to leave your phone charging for a few hours/overnight and sometimes it will get recognised by flashtool
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xasbo said:
This is a good point, I didn't consider a dead battery scenario (though it makes a lot of sense versus the phone just doing nothing). I haven't actually read about cases where USB charging will bring back a super dead phone, but it's theoretically possible if the battery were removed and charged manually. That process, however, is definitely only for people who know what they're doing with potentially explosive battery chemistry. If nothing else, leave it plugged in for a while and see what happens.
I remember posting in another thread where someone killed their battery. The best preventative measure is to make sure you never get below 10% or so. The generally dispersed "knowledge" that taking the battery to 0% is good for calibration is NOT TRUE. These are Li-ion batteries, and deep discharges permanently reduce the battery capacity.
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Great point, you two.. This reason seems quite probable too. However at the same time, it is WEIRD if the battery suddenly dies as a result of formatting the internal SDcard :l
Maaan, I had a slight hope, but I'll try charging it overnight.
Worst case scenario, the service center finds out I had rooted it and I have to pay for the service....
Sari95 said:
Great point, you two.. This reason seems quite probable too. However at the same time, it is WEIRD if the battery suddenly dies as a result of formatting the internal SDcard :l
Maaan, I had a slight hope, but I'll try charging it overnight.
Worst case scenario, the service center finds out I had rooted it and I have to pay for the service....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
There's an entire thread dedicated to how people bricked their phones. Have a look there for some info
It all relates to flashing phones, but maybe what you done had some kinda of a similar effect
Do you remember how much charge you had left?
Supposedly the system loses calibration with the battery and and and and (Most of this relates to flashing though, so hopefully you just have a completely dead battery and an overnight charge will fix it back up.
I also don't think you lose warranty from having your phone rooted?
Think voiding warranty only applies if you unlocked your boot loader... - I could be wrong though.
Good Luck!
Sari95 said:
WOOOPPP! I have some kind of development actually. Now, when I plug the device to the wall or computer, a red
LED lights up for about 3 seconds before disappearing. However, from here nothing happens and it is dead as usual.
Any idea how to go further from here ?
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Actually I saw this behavior on deads Z1 thread, sorry to say, this actually is not a good sign.
lil-diabo said:
I believe you need to leave your phone charging for a few hours/overnight and sometimes it will get recognised by flashtool
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Yes, I will suggest this too and when your phone apparently will be charged try just to push volume down and connect via usb to pc and see if it will be recognized. If he dose flash a stock FTF immediately.
lil-diabo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
There's an entire thread dedicated to how people bricked their phones. Have a look there for some info
It all relates to flashing phones, but maybe what you done had some kinda of a similar effect
Do you remember how much charge you had left?
Supposedly the system loses calibration with the battery and and and and (Most of this relates to flashing though, so hopefully you just have a completely dead battery and an overnight charge will fix it back up.
I also don't think you lose warranty from having your phone rooted?
Think voiding warranty only applies if you unlocked your boot loader... - I could be wrong though.
Good Luck!
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Yea, I read through a few pages of that thread, but didn't feel it covered my case. I had a minimum of 89% of battery and it was charging. Hmm.. about the battery calibration, the day before this happened, I charged my phone to 100% and used Battery calibrator, which is an app in Play Store to calibrate it, so this shouldn't be a problem.. However, I suppose something has happened during the formatting.
I am quite certain one loses warranty when rooted or has unlocked BL.
eclyptos said:
Actually I saw this behavior on deads Z1 thread, sorry to say, this actually is not a good sign.
Yes, I will suggest this too and when your phone apparently will be charged try just to push volume down and connect via usb to pc and see if it will be recognized. If he dose flash a stock FTF immediately.
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Indeed, this seems to be my last way out of this. Either it comes back to life in the morning, or I am doomed! haha I have even prepared FLASHTOOL and the firmware, if the phone actually comes back to life and is recognized by the computer.
I will update you on this! You are a very helpful group of people. I am grateful for your help so far :good:
Sari95 said:
Yea, I read through a few pages of that thread, but didn't feel it covered my case. I had a minimum of 89% of battery and it was charging. Hmm.. about the battery calibration, the day before this happened, I charged my phone to 100% and used Battery calibrator, which is an app in Play Store to calibrate it, so this shouldn't be a problem.. However, I suppose something has happened during the formatting.
I am quite certain one loses warranty when rooted or has unlocked BL.
Indeed, this seems to be my last way out of this. Either it comes back to life in the morning, or I am doomed! haha I have even prepared FLASHTOOL and the firmware, if the phone actually comes back to life and is recognized by the computer.
I will update you on this! You are a very helpful group of people. I am grateful for your help so far :good:
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Woke up today and tested it. No sign of life at all so it is now sent to the service center..
Thank you for your help! You have helped me a lot
I have the feeling I'm going to get repetitive here guys, but I've been reading the troubleshooting threads for over an hour and couldn't find an answer to help me.
Last saturday I was to lazy to move from the couch, so I watched as my S3 Mini ran out of battery. I got the "phone is turning off" screen as usual. Later I went to bed, but as I needed my alarm to go off in the morning I tried turning it on again, and nothing* happened. Plugged it on the wall, nothing*. Replaced the battery, nothing*. Gave it a good half hour plugged, and as you can guess, nothing*.
* when I say nothing, I mean it won't light up, won't vibrate, won't wink for me, won't load any kind of error, it's actually just like if you were trying to turn on a phone without any battery connected, no grasp of life comes from its poor soul.
The only moment I could see some action on the device is when I tried connecting it on the PC a few hours ago, as it installed drivers to Windows. Right after installing the drivers however, it won't show in the file explorer. I've tried to detect it with a few development tools such as ORT and Odin and there was no sucess either. Download or Recover mode will not work as well.
One thing I think worth mentioning, is that ever since I rooted it a couple of years ago, whenever I tried to recharge it while it was off, the standard "green charging battery" would never appear. What would appear on the screen was a freezed loading icon (the one that keeps roling again and again, but frozen). This particular issue never came off, even reseting it or installing new ROMs.
I always used Maclaw's, some of the latest 4.x, because I tought the 5.x was to heavy for the s3 minis.
I've read some about USB JIGs and stuff, but what makes me very curious is what the heck?! The phone was working just fine, the battery runs out and I have a brick? Is this possible? Can anyone tell me any work around?
I apologize for possible grammar mistakes.
ScrewedImei said:
I have the feeling I'm going to get repetitive here guys, but I've been reading the troubleshooting threads for over an hour and couldn't find an answer to help me.
Last saturday I was to lazy to move from the couch, so I watched as my S3 Mini ran out of battery. I got the "phone is turning off" screen as usual. Later I went to bed, but as I needed my alarm to go off in the morning I tried turning it on again, and nothing* happened. Plugged it on the wall, nothing*. Replaced the battery, nothing*. Gave it a good half hour plugged, and as you can guess, nothing*.
* when I say nothing, I mean it won't light up, won't vibrate, won't wink for me, won't load any kind of error, it's actually just like if you were trying to turn on a phone without any battery connected, no grasp of life comes from its poor soul.
The only moment I could see some action on the device is when I tried connecting it on the PC a few hours ago, as it installed drivers to Windows. Right after installing the drivers however, it won't show in the file explorer. I've tried to detect it with a few development tools such as ORT and Odin and there was no sucess either. Download or Recover mode will not work as well.
One thing I think worth mentioning, is that ever since I rooted it a couple of years ago, whenever I tried to recharge it while it was off, the standard "green charging battery" would never appear. What would appear on the screen was a freezed loading icon (the one that keeps roling again and again, but frozen). This particular issue never came off, even reseting it or installing new ROMs.
I always used Maclaw's, some of the latest 4.x, because I tought the 5.x was to heavy for the s3 minis.
I've read some about USB JIGs and stuff, but what makes me very curious is what the heck?! The phone was working just fine, the battery runs out and I have a brick? Is this possible? Can anyone tell me any work around?
I apologize for possible grammar mistakes.
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try to plug in the phone into charger & leave it there like 20 mins or more. battery loads then.
then try access samsung download mode, if you cant the phone is probably useless (brick for ever) because itslike mthe last standing thing.
& sorry i say that but thats typically samsung behaviuor. there allways this kind of threads in the samsung forums of xda... other manufacturer can mostly be restored or atleast you know what make it dead.
Exactly the same problems happening to me.
This is my thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/help/sgs3-mini-dead-t3085031
Can you try to follow what appears on this link? (I can't by now because my PC is broken)
I think won't do nothing because you won't be able to access to the recovery mode on android, as me, but to try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
bejunk said:
try to plug in the phone into charger & leave it there like 20 mins or more. battery loads then.
then try access samsung download mode, if you cant the phone is probably useless (brick for ever) because itslike mthe last standing thing.
& sorry i say that but thats typically samsung behaviuor. there allways this kind of threads in the samsung forums of xda... other manufacturer can mostly be restored or atleast you know what make it dead.
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Hi there,
Thank you for your interest but I have passed this point already. Tried a brand new battery I had laying down in the drawer (which was fully charged with an universal charger) and there is no answer to any attempt of turning it on. Via recovery, download or normal boot.
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Exactly the same problems happening to me.
This is my thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/help/sgs3-mini-dead-t3085031
Can you try to follow what appears on this link? (I can't by now because my PC is broken)
I think won't do nothing because you won't be able to access to the recovery mode on android, as me, but to try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
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Hello there,
I'm sorry to hear I'm not the only one affected by this bug (lets call it a bug). This shows there is a lack of concern from Samsung on dealing with this issues, and thus we see that old programmed obsolescence.
I will try that later on the weekend, and I come back here with an report.
Cheers
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Hi there,
Thank you for your interest but I have passed this point already. Tried a brand new battery I had laying down in the drawer (which was fully charged with an universal charger) and there is no answer to any attempt of turning it on. Via recovery, download or normal boot.
Hello there,
I'm sorry to hear I'm not the only one affected by this bug (lets call it a bug). This shows there is a lack of concern from Samsung on dealing with this issues, and thus we see that old programmed obsolescence.
I will try that later on the weekend, and I come back here with an report.
Cheers
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this guide useless for you. how u want flash things with odin if u cant enter download mode at all??
im really sorry for you that this phone is dead. just can give you 1 advice, dont buy samsung in future.
I have been repaired my phone successfully!!!
I just needed to change two capacitors on its motherboard, and that's it.
Here the video where I have found the info and how to do that. It's in Spanish but easy to understand for you I think. But if you need some help, send me a PM.
can you take a picture from the location of the 2 capasitors and the types of it
Hi everyone.
I have some news. It took me a while but I followed CrashOverride93's advice on that video. It actually solved one issue, as I now can turn it on, but now I have a second problem, I'm stuck on a boot loop, with acess to Download mode ONLY. No recovery.
Considering where my issue started, and where I am now, I have tried the following:
- Flashed via Odin stock ROM, kernel;
- flashed Wipe;
- flashed PARAM;
- three button combo.
So far I couldn't get it pass the boot loop. Any thoughts?