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[Q] Is there anyone who can debrick my G1 for a fee?

I recently bricked my G1 and looking for someone to de-brick it. I looked at getting the tools to do the de-bricking but they are quite expensive. If I have the tools, I can do it myself.
I followed the instruction for rooting my G1 and applied the death spl after applying the radio but for some reason, after applying the spl it rebooted and got stucked in the G1 screen. I can't boot into the bootload/fastboot (power+camera) mode or recovery mode (power+home).
So if anyone can help de-debrick my G1 for a fee or tell me a cheaper way of acquiring the parts for the j-tag method, I'd appreciate. Thanks

Google it, unbrick g1 using your sim card
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badboy68 said:
Google it, unbrick g1 using your sim card
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I have searched the web several hours before posting this. The only way to unbrick your phone from a hard-spl is through JTAG. For the benefit of the doubt, I have googled what you suggested and found nothing of substance.
Put the links here if you have any...

badboy68 said:
Google it, unbrick g1 using your sim card
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I would LOVE to hear this.

badboy68 said:
Google it, unbrick g1 using your sim card
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Badboy68 does not know what he is talking about.
I am sure by now you already know that you will need JTAG equipment. Look around locally for people who do PC and electronics repair, specifically even XBOX 360 repairs. They often possess some form of JTAG equipment that may work for your G1. However, I doubt they will know how to repair your G1, so maybe you can see if you can borrow it from them, for a fee. I recommend looking around Craigslist by searching "JTAG".

SolemnWishing said:
Badboy68 does not know what he is talking about.
I am sure by now you already know that you will need JTAG equipment. Look around locally for people who do PC and electronics repair, specifically even XBOX 360 repairs. They often possess some form of JTAG equipment that may work for your G1. However, I doubt they will know how to repair your G1, so maybe you can see if you can borrow it from them, for a fee. I recommend looking around Craigslist by searching "JTAG".
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look around for the JTAG on craigslist and PC/Electronic techs...

Battery cover?

I broke my battery cover when trying to take it off. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement for it? I called Samsung and they do not sell the part individually.

unhappyrobot said:
I broke my battery cover when trying to take it off. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement for it? I called Samsung and they do not sell the part individually.
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It would be helpful to know which Nexus S you have. There are several model #'s and they are a little different.

Check global parts direct. You have to buy a minimum amount though and I don't think they come with the nfs chip.
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I don't whether you are in the UK or not but I just picked up a genuine battery cover (with NFC antenna) from ebay from a trader called dew_trading. £16+p&p.
edit: it was for a I9020 and he's showing as having 5 left.

If you're in the US, make sure to try again and tell them that you want a warranty replacement for a broken back cover-- not that you just want to buy a regular replacement.
I know it sounds stupid, but I got the same line a bunch of times when I called. I had to ask to be transferred to the Warranty department and be sort of insistent that my cover was broken, and I needed it replaced under warranty etc etc. It should only cost you like $16 through that avenue.

sosquidtaste said:
If you're in the US, make sure to try again and tell them that you want a warranty replacement for a broken back cover-- not that you just want to buy a regular replacement.
I know it sounds stupid, but I got the same line a bunch of times when I called. I had to ask to be transferred to the Warranty department and be sort of insistent that my cover was broken, and I needed it replaced under warranty etc etc. It should only cost you like $16 through that avenue.
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Was able to get a replacement as well for $16! I wanted to have a spare.

Can anyone post the number to call for a warranty replacement?
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uansari1 said:
can anyone post the number to call for a warranty replacement?
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1-888-987-4357

joackie27 said:
1-888-987-4357
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Thanks man... as others have done, I got a new one for $16 and change.

uansari1 said:
Thanks man... as others have done, I got a new one for $16 and change.
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Is it the NFC version battery door?
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joackie27 said:
Is it the NFC version battery door?
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Yes it sure is.

joackie27 said:
Is it the NFC version battery door?
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If they got it from samsung, the 99% chance it is NFC.

[Q] Has anyone disassembled their vivid?

If you take the back cover off, there's a void sticker on a round piece of plastic... Covering a screw. Is there anyway to reattach that? I want to replace my cracked screen but don't want to void my warranty

Chism87 said:
If you take the back cover off, there's a void sticker on a round piece of plastic... Covering a screw. Is there anyway to reattach that? I want to replace my cracked screen but don't want to void my warranty
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Use an exacto knife and a still hand. To be honest its just a sticker, would you pay more for a insured replacement or save a third of the cost by repairing the screen yourself.
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Do u have insurance?
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mrakifa said:
Do u have insurance?
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i do, but there's a $199 deductible.. so, i'm debating on replacing the screen, report it lost then sell it on craigslist and pay the $200 or just be honest and tell them i want a replacement due to the cracked screen.

Chism87 said:
i do, but there's a $199 deductible.. so, i'm debating on replacing the screen, report it lost then sell it on craigslist and pay the $200 or just be honest and tell them i want a replacement due to the cracked screen.
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If you use your insurance do it the right way. If you falsify that you lost the phone to asurion they will blacklist your imei for the broken phone in question, if the craigslist buyer wants to activate it on att, they are not gonna be too happy
When you get a replacement phone from asurion, they direct you to a site to tie in your new sim card that they ship to you with the imei of the new phone ( this relinks your new phone to the insurance). Fail to do so they will hit you with a retail charge on your next bill.
If you have the courage to fix it yourself then by all means do, but if you're new to this, but considering the risks.
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8125Omnimax said:
If you use your insurance do it the right way. If you falsify that you lost the phone to asurion they will blacklist your imei for the broken phone in question, if the craigslist buyer wants to activate it on att, they are not gonna be too happy
When you get a replacement phone from asurion, they direct you to a site to tie in your new sim card that they ship to you with the imei of the new phone ( this relinks your new phone to the insurance). Fail to do so they will hit you with a retail charge on your next bill.
If you have the courage to fix it yourself then by all means do, but if you're new to this, but considering the risks.
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Not true.....Smh

randong said:
Not true.....Smh
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Here is a little ding dong truth for you randong. Encouraging users to fraud their insurance is not the way to get your point across. swallow these two pictures taken from a recent replacement for a damaged Vivid on my second line.
Its Very True!, now smack your head again.

8125Omnimax said:
Here is a little ding dong truth for you randong. Encouraging users to fraud their insurance is not the way to get your point across. swallow these two pictures taken from a recent replacement for a damaged Vivid on my second line.
Its Very True!, now smack your head again.
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First off let me say I didn't encourage him/her to do nothing I only stated that you statment isn't true I have never heard of a backlisted att phone ...not to be confused with sprint or verizion that does render your phone useless..iv personally seen people lose their phone get the replacement and the find the phone they lost in the first place and all they had to do was stick in the new sim card into their old cell phone and low and behold it works with no problems ...I don't care what you think about them pictures but the fact is your wrong becauseiv seen it with my own 2 eyes several times ....just because the law says we can't smoke weed doesn't mean that we don't ... Rules on paper simply put there to scare people ....and what's the point anyway you kno the guy obviously know what's he's talkin about with the insurance and what he's going to do

randong said:
First off let me say I didn't encourage him/her to do nothing I only stated that you statment isn't true I have never heard of a backlisted att phone ...not to be confused with sprint or verizion that does render your phone useless..iv personally seen people lose their phone get the replacement and the find the phone they lost in the first place and all they had to do was stick in the new sim card into their old cell phone and low and behold it works with no problems ...I don't care what you think about them pictures but the fact is your wrong becauseiv seen it with my own 2 eyes several times ....just because the law says we can't smoke weed doesn't mean that we don't ... Rules on paper simply put there to scare people ....and what's the point anyway you kno the guy obviously know what's he's talkin about with the insurance and what he's going to do
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Regardless, If he wants to take the chance at fixing it himself, he can do so. He would be saving at least half of the cost or more asurion would charge as a premium ( $199)
FYI HTC VIVID Replacement Screen:
http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/...-Screen-Replacement-Parts-OEM-Repair-Fix.html
And thats $65 for just the replacement screen.
95% of the people registered on XDA could replace the Vivid screen with no issue and the right tools, and i am probably not exaggerating.
I dont know if you follow the news but Sen. Chuck Schumer ( NY-Democrat ) is very close to striking a change early 2012 as to how Asurion handles claims universally in the US for all insured phones. He supports SOPA unfortunately.

Make sure when you order the replacement screen ,it comes with the double sided tape attached
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8125,
That's the LCD, I just need the screen. I'll probably get it off eBay. Yeah, I really don't want to go the fraud route. It's just a ripoff that I have to pay $199 for a new one. But, then again... It's an insurance company. Its their job to rip you off.

Cost to fix hard brick?

Out of curiosity, what needs to be done to fix hard brick, who to send it to if in US, and how much does it cost?
JUST IN CASE -_-
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MoBo replacement costs about 300 Euros here, so I suppose it would be apprx. the same amount in dollars
for you guys. Everything's cheaper in America, you lucky b4st4rds.
Who to send it to? Can't help you with that, sorry.

Wow I'm damned glad that I bought insurance then. Thanks for your input sir, much appreciated.
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I dont think insurace would not cover bcoz it's void the moment you root your device.

wissowisso said:
I dont think insurace would not cover bcoz it's void the moment you root your device.
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But its valid the moment you unroot it....

Yeah but isn't it a bit hard to unroot a bricked device? Maybe you have got a crystal ball that let's you foresee upcoming hw bricks so you can act in time and unroot your device/ remove any custo rom
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wissowisso said:
I dont think insurace would not cover bcoz it's void the moment you root your device.
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Insurance is insurance. Your making a claim. Not claiming on a warranty.
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Well when you fry your mobo, especially the eMMC it can be hard to see if you even did anything to your phone

altae said:
Yeah but isn't it a bit hard to unroot a bricked device? Maybe you have got a crystal ball that let's you foresee upcoming hw bricks so you can act in time and unroot your device/ remove any custo rom
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But how do you think they would find you rooted your device when you hard brick it???And yeah as said in earlier posts,Its insurance.You are not claiming warranty....

vijai2011 said:
But how do you think they would find you rooted your device when you hard brick it???And yeah as said in earlier posts,Its insurance.You are not claiming warranty....
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Look there is one word insurances love when dealing with claims of customers. It's called negligence. If you damage your phone intentionally or grossly negligent it's likely that they refuse to pay or reduce their payment. And flashing custom/ altered software could be considered grossly negligent.
@ OP Haven't you got the general terms and conditions of your insurance policy?
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Well when you fry your mobo, especially the eMMC it can be hard to see if you even did anything to your phone
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Insurances employ specialists whose job is to verify whether it's indeed a damage covered by the insurance or if you caused the damage intentionally, maybe to conceal the fact that you bricked your phone by flashing something not approved by the manufacturer.
I don't want to say it's not covered. How could I because I don't know the insurance and the general terms and conditions. I just want to say be careful. It's not guaranteed that the insurance will actually pay for a bricked device.

altae said:
Look there is one word insurances love when dealing with claims of customers. It's called negligence. If you damage your phone intentionally or grossly negligent it's likely that they refuse to pay or reduce their payment. And flashing custom/ altered software could be considered grossly negligent. Haven't you got the general terms and conditions of your insurance policy?
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I'm from India and I dont sign for insurance.....

vijai2011 said:
I'm from India and I dont sign for insurance.....
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You not but the op did. That's why he opened the thread

[Q] Availability of Replacement Motherboard for Hard-bricked N7000?

I've a hard-bricked GNote. Plz don't ask why and how I managed to screw it. I cannot regret enough myself. Never intended to and usually I take good care by reading before doing something potentially risky. It's just that the temporary cwm.zip was on that note for long, and it was downloaded and used for rooting before it was discovered and marked as dangerous and I did not visit XDA meanwhile.
Anyway, it has been more than a month now. The device is super-hard bricked. Nothing can revive it. It's totally dead; no display, download or recovery modes. Has been tried for JTAG and met with failure (eMMC seems to be damaged altogether). So the only thing left to do is to replace the motherboard. The seller from whom it was bought claimed that it had international warranty at the time it was sold. However, after this disaster, I discovered this particular unit has no warranty by Samsung (was strange for me). I have contacted Samsung UAE, Samsung South Africa, and Samsung USA and all of them refused to extend any help. The local Samsung service center would charge me $400 (yes that's correct - US$400 equivalent in my currency) for replacing the motherboard.
I might use some help here by getting information on whether the motherboard can be obtained from some other place, and how much would it cost. I have access to UAE or Singapore (friends visit these places). If someone can help me with this information on how much it would cost me to get a replacement MB from these markets or may be from the Samsung service centers there, it would really be helpful. Any help in this matter is much appreciated.

Hard bricked note
I have the same problem. if anyone can let me know whether ( & where ) i can get a replacement motherboard from any of the following countries in my region - Singapore , Malaysia, India or Srilanka, i have fiends in these places but they don't know where to look so if anyone can point me in the right direction. if i can get replacement i have technician who can get it done.
FYI - I live in Maldives ... which is a small Indian ocean island nation. Few Hi tech service centers avilable but no spares.

If you think the cost of mobo is high or you can't get one,you could try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26285877 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26428986
Please note that the above methods are not permanent fix for superbricked phones....it just makes it usable again....And it also lessen your SD card space drastically....
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I think sourcing the actual mobo's will be very difficult except on ebay, but they're likely to be damaged ones anyway, you might be lucky.
As above poster mentions, you can try a repartition as a workaround until there's a concrete fix.
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@vijai2011 and @SpyderTracks, thanks for your suggestion guys, but probably you are confusing it with a super-bricked GN. There is no way I can repartition the eMMC as there is no bootloader. Without it, I cannot go into download mode or have PC connectivity of any kind, whatsoever. MB replacement is my only option.

unikorn74 said:
@vijai2011 and @SpyderTracks, thanks for your suggestion guys, but probably you are confusing it with a super-bricked GN. There is no way I can repartition the eMMC as there is no bootloader. Without it, I cannot go into download mode or have PC connectivity of any kind, whatsoever. MB replacement is my only option.
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What I'm suggesting is the only way to replace emmc is by replacing the motherboard, and samsung is the only place that will do it, or any insurance place who'll probably send it to Samsung. Sourcing motherboards is notoriously difficult outside of a service center. It's the whole board that needs replacing not just the chip as it's embedded.
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unikorn74 said:
@vijai2011 and @SpyderTracks, thanks for your suggestion guys, but probably you are confusing it with a super-bricked GN. There is no way I can repartition the eMMC as there is no bootloader. Without it, I cannot go into download mode or have PC connectivity of any kind, whatsoever. MB replacement is my only option.
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Oops...sorry....yeah I thought you have superbricked your phone...And sorry if that haven't helped you....
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Wait for note 2 xP... Not worth paying 400 dollars for a mobo its better to get a new device but why to get a new note 1 with note 2 around the corner?
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Bump. Anyone?

same boat. emmc motherboard but ss have said it's water damage instead to get off the warranty. blatant theft.
now I'm stuck too with a hard brick....

unikorn74 said:
Bump. Anyone?
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I guess the best thing for you is to acquire the eMMC chip and just take the defective chip out and replace it with another one (not entirely the entire motherboard). I'm not sure though how you can accomplish this feat but someone (courtesy of 'dekelm8' from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698977&page=59) was able to secure a replacement chip from this website - http://www.suppliesnow.nl/english-product-1108-000424.htm and http://www.aswo-elektronik.hr/eng/index.html (you need to register to that website actually).
So far he indicated that he got the replacement chip (* I think). Now to the nature if he was ever able to replace the eMMC chip with his replacement one, that remains a mystery to me still.
Hope that helps something on your dilemma and Good Luck if your able to fix back your Note.

Search on YouTube : Samsung Galaxy Note - JTAG Brick Repair Service (Debricking/Unbrick/Brick FIX)