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Samsung Galaxy S HARD BRICKED

Hello,
I tried to flash back to the stock ROM of Galaxy S and then install a new Jetpack 8.2 custom ROM.
Apparently, since I did a bad search on the internet on finding a stock ROM and pit file, i downloaded a pack from xda with the .pit file pda file phone file and CSC file.
I DONT REMEMBER which it was..i selected all the files from the pack through odin and re-partitioning was ticked (i saw it after the flash finished).
So when the processes was completed waited a bit and since the phone was not responding i pulled it out.
Now that's it.. The screen is black - wont power on - wont go into download mode - wont show battery charge while the USB cable is on - nothing (AND YES THE BATTERY IF FULLY CHARGED).
Is there anything i can do to fix it?
p.s: havent tried a usb jig but from searches i made on the internet and on xda forums ppl said it will prolly not work. are there any instruction on how to make one (link would be appriciated)?
Thanks in advance

Best option would be to try a Jig (you can buy one on ebay or dealextreme) and see if you can go into DL mode. Sometime the button combination for Download mode changes depending on the firmware. Try pressing the middle of the volume rocker and power at the same time.
If not wait for a Jib or build yourself one. There should be instruction in this forum on how to build one.

if the jig doesn't work, i would try and return it to the store you got it. I know its a long shot, but the same thing happened to me and I brought it back and she just gave me a new phone! Its worth a shot!

evanogrady said:
if the jig doesn't work, i would try and return it to the store you got it. I know its a long shot, but the same thing happened to me and I brought it back and she just gave me a new phone! Its worth a shot!
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Worth a try. Just tell them it suddenly stopped working and you have no idea what's wrong. It's not like they can power it on and see that you failed flashing it or something. and even if they use a jig they can only get to download mode and reflash it...
even if they say no... a jig costs like $1.5 on eBay. search for "i9000 jig".
Insert if, press the power button and poof, you're in download mode,

the thing is that the phone is not under any warranty or something and the store i got it is far away now !!

JTAG service if you're in the UK: http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/

The JIG won't work when you brick with a black screen (i.e. bootloader corruption, so no boot at all).
Your only solution is to JTAG it or sadlly, throw it away...

I used a I9003 ROM to flash it !!
Maybe there is still a solution?
also from what i've found on forum sometimes the JIG helped ppl who had a black screen to go into download mode. so how can you be so sure? @ Dan_Aykroyd

immortalcy said:
I used a I9003 ROM to flash it !!
Maybe there is still a solution?
also from what i've found on forum sometimes the JIG helped ppl who had a black screen to go into download mode. so how can you be so sure? @ Dan_Aykroyd
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As long as your bootloader is intact, the jig will get you to the download mode
Wrongly flashed i9000 with i897 rom has been confirmed to work with the jig, but i don't know i9000 with i9003 rom...
Or you can apply the unbrickable mod if your phone's warranty was voided already, if not, send it back to the shop.

immortalcy said:
Hello,
Now that's it.. The screen is black - wont power on - wont go into download mode - wont show battery charge while the USB cable is on - nothing (AND YES THE BATTERY IF FULLY CHARGED).
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Had that also yesterday putting a new ROM on my GS. The process of writing the PDA halted.. Black screen, no way to start it up en no screen indications of charging etc..
I removed it from my USB, Removed the battery a few times did the three way download mode trick several times and finally I got the download mode screen from where I successfully loaded the new ROM.
So try a few times.. even when you get a black screen !!

let me be clear once more..i downloaded a complete I9003 rom pack from xda... some guy posted..i just missed that it was I9003 and not I9000..
and on odin re-partition was clicked..but the process was completed successfully even thou after that the phone wont start or go into download mode :/
i used not only PDA and PIT files but 2 more was included as well :/ so what i am asking is if this could really have damaged the bootloader or not

immortalcy said:
I used a I9003 ROM to flash it !!
Maybe there is still a solution?
also from what i've found on forum sometimes the JIG helped ppl who had a black screen to go into download mode. so how can you be so sure? @ Dan_Aykroyd
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Of course you're bound to brick it flashing a firmware for a phone completely different to yours...get a jig if you're confident or take it to a service centre
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dk206 said:
Of course you're bound to brick it flashing a firmware for a phone completely different to yours...get a jig if you're confident or take it to a service centre
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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Try jig first.
Next try JTAG or UNBRICKABLE mod.
Then Try a service centre.

in case it wokes up.. anyone has links for stock rom and pit to flash with odin?
thanks again

There are some ways, when already got into DL mode is best to reflash with 812.pit file and then again with 512.pit file. After I bricked my phone and got "death" screen (God I was crying) I found way of taking up DL mode (hopefully SGS is pretty-hard to brick). Others than that try to connect to your phone via usb (remember to first inset usb and then battery) and hold ALL of the buttons on your phone. Screen must flash about 3 times and then release volUp to get DL mode combo. I hope that will help you as me.

Taxiozaurus said:
There are some ways, when already got into DL mode is best to reflash with 812.pit file and then again with 512.pit file. After I bricked my phone and got "death" screen (God I was crying) I found way of taking up DL mode (hopefully SGS is pretty-hard to brick). Others than that try to connect to your phone via usb (remember to first inset usb and then battery) and hold ALL of the buttons on your phone. Screen must flash about 3 times and then release volUp to get DL mode combo. I hope that will help you as me.
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Any updates on this ? cause I'm also having the same issue!

Dan_Aykroyd said:
The JIG won't work when you brick with a black screen (i.e. bootloader corruption, so no boot at all).
Your only solution is to JTAG it or sadlly, throw it away...
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Are you 100% sure the JIG wont work if bricked with a black screen. Are there any other possibilities to unbrick the phone. I really need this phone back or my dad will kill me..

[BRICKED AGAIN !] Black screen, no bootscreen, no detection

Yesterday after unbricked my note from lpy brick (for the 5th time), I tried to flash a stock rom with a pit file (found somewhere on xda, special 16gb pit file for restoring bricked device) but the flash stuck at the begginning so I unplugged it.
Now my phone is unable to go in Download mode, recovery mode neither normal mode.
The screen stay black whatever I do, I've tried all the combinaison possible...
I tried to put it in charge all the night but now the problem is still here.
Any help appreciated

Phenom2 said:
Yesterday after unbricked my note from lpy brick (for the 5th time), I tried to flash a stock rom with a pit file (found somewhere on xda, special 16gb pit file for restoring bricked device) but the flash stuck at the begginning so I unplugged it.
Now my phone is unable to go in Download mode, recovery mode neither normal mode.
The screen stay black whatever I do, I've tried all the combinaison possible...
I tried to put it in charge all the night but now the problem is still here.
Any help appreciated
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ur phone still ok but u need do manually ...
1st-take out ur battery
2nd-put it back
3rd-Put your Galaxy Note into download mode by holding down Volume Down, Center button, and Power button together for about 10 seconds.
after that press volume up , then connect ur device to odin , flash new fresh rom without pit file

Your phone seems to be totally unresponsive; that sounds like the ultimate hard brick to me.
Take it to the nearest service centre.

USB jig
Did you try putting your phone to download using USB jig ? There are many articles relating to that . Sometimes the phone may not charged when its bricked . So get it charged from somewhere else , or may be from your friend who has note and try using USB jig . It might work , no guarantee , try your luck , else be ready to spend almost half what you paid for your phone to change the motherboard !

ichson said:
ur phone still ok but u need do manually ...
1st-take out ur battery
2nd-put it back
3rd-Put your Galaxy Note into download mode by holding down Volume Down, Center button, and Power button together for about 10 seconds.
after that press volume up , then connect ur device to odin , flash new fresh rom without pit file
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Already tried... Odin doesn't show me anything... neither adb nor windows..
chasmodo said:
Your phone seems to be totally unresponsive; that sounds like the ultimate hard brick to me.
Take it to the nearest service centre.
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I have unbricked all my brickeds phones, I think there's always a solution for unbricking it, but if I can't I will take it to SSC
Archangel919 said:
Did you try putting your phone to download using USB jig ? There are many articles relating to that . Sometimes the phone may not charged when its bricked . So get it charged from somewhere else , or may be from your friend who has note and try using USB jig . It might work , no guarantee , try your luck , else be ready to spend almost half what you paid for your phone to change the motherboard !
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I don't think that the problem is battery, It was 55% yesterday evening, but I haven't friend with a Gnote
I haven't a JIG but I will try to make one if I can find a 300K resistor
Can I find a 300K resistor into a old none working device ? (Like a old radio, tv, telecommand ?)

Phenom2 said:
Now my phone is unable to go in Download mode, recovery mode neither normal mode.
The screen stay black whatever I do, I've tried all the combinaison possible...
I tried to put it in charge all the night but now the problem is still here.
Any help appreciated
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similar type of brick....and the suggestion given by the SSC is better to buy a new mobile since they have to replace the main board....(without warranty)..and cost will be around (Dhs.1150) that is almost half the price of new mobile....
btw i have tried jig also but no luck...

I have the same problem with my galaxy note.
i treid everything no reaction
pls has somebody an idea for me ?

Same problem with me.
Weird, I had a I91000 for a year, flashed everything and never had any problems. Never got close to bricking it.
I did this:
Rooted it with this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 - OK
Ran again CWM.
I put the latest nightly from CM9. When I started flashing it, it hung. I turned off my cell (no other option, it was stuck), now it won't turn on.
Whoa... What did I do wrong? I admit I was anxious and didn't take the proper care I should've, I was very anxious, but, wow... I wasn't expecting it to be so easily brickable.
Do I have any hope left?

[Q] What should i lie to samsung centre to fix my GNOTE

Hello,
Yesterday i've bricked my galaxy note
i've flashed cm9 built instead of flashing kernel
and its superbricked ( cant turn it on , get charged or even entering download mode )
the question is what should I say to them so they repair or replace my motherboard ?
note : my country didnt get the ICS update yet !

you should try entering download mode by using USB jig first...if you cant then just go to samsung and tell them u duno wat happened ur phone just dead out of a sudden. if u cant turn if on...i think they cant turn it on either..they have to flash the whole phone to fix it..i dont think they will check wat happen.

liewkingyan said:
you should try entering download mode by using USB jig first...if you cant then just go to samsung and tell them u duno wat happened ur phone just dead out of a sudden. if u cant turn if on...i think they cant turn it on either..they have to flash the whole phone to fix it..i dont think they will check wat happen.
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Its not working at all !!!!
-can't get to download mode
- cant get to cwm recovery
- when i put it in charger nothing happens
- even when I press power button, nothing happens no boot logo

RajjaAllah said:
- even when I turn it on nothing happens no boot logo
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Did you try to connect to PC and check if it recognized via Odin? As you say you can turn it on.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

Braxos said:
Did you try to connect to PC and check if it recognized via Odin? As you say you can turn it on.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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What I mean is when I press power button !
Well its not turning on

RajjaAllah said:
What I mean is when I press power button !
Well its not turning on
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So even if we can understand that you are in stress, you could still
try what other helpful users say instead of just keep yelling the same
thing....
OFTEN even if you think it is completely dead, in fact it is not.....
Even if the phone looks dead it could still be loading fastboot.
So just try to turn it on, even if you don't see anything happen, hook it
up to the pc and try ODIN or ADB to see if it connects.
It could also be that your battery is empty andit doesn't charge anymore.
Try a battery from friend, or charge externally.

silence...
I super bricked my note too..I can't get into download and recovery mode too.
So the next day morning I sent to Samsung..I just told em,I can't start my phone..they
Didn't ask anything more..just said 45min later could collect my phone..

RajjaAllah said:
Its not working at all !!!!
-can't get to download mode
- cant get to cwm recovery
- when i put it in charger nothing happens
- even when I press power button, nothing happens no boot logo
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We all know you were not able to do anything on your phone, this is why you need to try using USB JIG(try ebay). USB JIG will put the phone automatically in download mode. Google "USB JIG" to get more info about this. It's cheap around $5 i think and a must have if you're into flashing roms

friedje said:
So even if we can understand that you are in stress, you could still
try what other helpful users say instead of just keep yelling the same
thing....
OFTEN even if you think it is completely dead, in fact it is not.....
Even if the phone looks dead it could still be loading fastboot.
So just try to turn it on, even if you don't see anything happen, hook it
up to the pc and try ODIN or ADB to see if it connects.
It could also be that your battery is empty andit doesn't charge anymore.
Try a battery from friend, or charge externally.
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i've tried everything i think im just going to take it to samsung center and say ive update it and it did a reboot after it , it didnt work ! xp
chickentuna said:
We all know you were not able to do anything on your phone, this is why you need to try using USB JIG(try ebay). USB JIG will put the phone automatically in download mode. Google "USB JIG" to get more info about this. It's cheap around $5 i think and a must have if you're into flashing roms
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i still have the warranty i will take it there hope it works

[Q] Think I have bricked my i9000

A couple of days I bought an i9000 off ebay, it came running eclare 2.1
I followed a guide to rooting it by installing a tar via heimdall, however this soft bricked it and when I turned it on it would just get stuck on the samsung logo. My phone seemed to suffer from the 3 button bug and therefore I had to get a jig for it which I received this morning.
I then tried to fix it by using this guide: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/...ot-cwm-and-cyanogen-install-help/#entry356900
Bassically I used odin to install the EU samsung firmware, odin said everything went fine and it all passed, however I can no longer turn my phone on.
Screen stays blank, I tried putting batery in, jig in and connecting it to my pc to see if it was just the screen that wasnt responding but still nothing in odin.
Someone please tell me I havent bricked my phone 2 days after getting it.

First of all, can you ask enter download mode?
Secondly, are you are that it is a I9000 and not one of the variants?

have a read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30415128&postcount=1

snapper.fishes said:
First of all, can you ask enter download mode?
Secondly, are you are that it is a I9000 and not one of the variants?
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Cant seem to enter download mode, and it is a GT-i9000

Wait, are you saying that you can't enter download mode even with the jig?

Richy19 said:
Cant seem to enter download mode, and it is a GT-i9000
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If you can't enter download mode then you should get a USB jig.
If my posts helped, don't mind hitting the THANKS button.

snapper.fishes said:
Wait, are you saying that you can't enter download mode even with the jig?
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Yea, nothing happens when I press the power button/use the jig.
And this is 100% a software/firmware issue as it happened after flashing.
I have a feeling I disconnected it too soon, basically odin said it had passed and so i unplugged it but it just stayed on the download screen so I thought it might have gotten stuck and took the battery out. However i might have took the battery out while it was updating something, I dont know.

if you have completely bricked the phone you may have to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330491&highlight=usb+jig

slow--welder59 said:
if you have completely bricked the phone you may have to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330491&highlight=usb+jig
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Do you know if th bootloader/firmware is stored on the motherboard? Im thinking of just looking for a cheap one on ebay with like a broken screen or something and swapping the MoBo over

Richy19 said:
Do you know if th bootloader/firmware is stored on the motherboard? Im thinking of just looking for a cheap one on ebay with like a broken screen or something and swapping the MoBo over
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Everything is stored on the mobo. However, I am not sure if it will be cheap.

you can pick them up for about £30 if you wait

I have a problem with my SGS 9000 too after I mistakely install firmware for Galaxy Tab. Now it's bricked and it lost download mode. On all actions (power button, entering download mode) I just feel very short and almost insensible vibration impulse. May be somebody had same problem?
P.S. Sorry for English, I'm russian))

Help! Mini 2 Bricked!

I was on cm10.1 build, and i clicked "restart" then it closed and now i think i am stuck in ramdump mode, i attached image.
Odin recongnises my phone but i am stuck at "SetupConnection", i am not in download mode and cannot get in it. i suppose it is "force upload " or something like this. please help me!

teodor79 said:
I was on cm10.1 build, and i clicked "restart" then it closed and now i think i am stuck in ramdump mode, i attached image.
Odin recongnises my phone but i am stuck at "SetupConnection", i am not in download mode and cannot get in it. i suppose it is "force upload " or something like this. please help me!
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can you boot into system ! ?

stop posting these "brick! help!" threads. We cannot help you if you have a hard brick. CM10.1 ROM will not brick your device if you select "Reboot" Go to the service center.

Try removing the battery and then pressing the download mode button combination and Putting the battery in back while pressing the button combination
This is the emergency download mode
If it is not working
Try removing the battery and plug in the USB wire and press the button combination
Good luck
Sent from my GT-S6500 using xda premium

teodor79 said:
I was on cm10.1 build, and i clicked "restart" then it closed and now i think i am stuck in ramdump mode, i attached image.
Odin recongnises my phone but i am stuck at "SetupConnection", i am not in download mode and cannot get in it. i suppose it is "force upload " or something like this. please help me!
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make a usb-jig to force it in download mode.
if nothing happens, go to service center.

my phone won't turn on anymore, even the screen. It is like i am starting it whit no battery. Does Jig work in this case? Also i forgot to mention that i tried expand ram with swapper 2

teodor79 said:
my phone won't turn on anymore, even the screen. It is like i am starting it whit no battery. Does Jig work in this case? Also i forgot to mention that i tried expand ram with swapper 2
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that's why u got it bricked
don't use swapper with Oc kernel !

well, what could be the problem? is there any solution?

My phone was bricked aswell, I could not start it at all..not even with charger..it was simply dead...then i tried this
1.Pull out the battery, wait 15 minutes
2.With the battery out , press the power button for 30 seconds(make sure there are 30..i counted 32 to be sure )
3.Put the battery in and try to start it in download mode ( Vol- + Home +Power)

ok, i'll try it, i hope it will work, thank you in advance anyway

It didn't work, but i found on the internet a confidential samsung document with a procedure to flash from external sdcard, but i need JTAG, another mini 2 and the bootloader. so i really don't know what to do, may warranty is void, if i send to service, i think i must pay 100$ or more. i don't have this money.

I'll send it to service center, i think there is no way to revive it manually. I think there is nothing in the phone, because it doesn't boot or even turn on the screen. Anyone knows if EFS is corrupted, will they repair it, and if yes, how much will it costs?

teodor79 said:
I'll send it to service center, i think there is no way to revive it manually. I think there is nothing in the phone, because it doesn't boot or even turn on the screen. Anyone knows if EFS is corrupted, will they repair it, and if yes, how much will it costs?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604707
Try this before sending it to the service center. I sent mine and they brought it back saying it's unrepairable, but I don't believe them. I bricked my mini II with flashing wrong rom for other phone and I'm going to try this tomorrow because I can't find the resistors today.

hey man try this method:
1. Battery out. 4secs or more. Battery in (Remove SIM card and SD Card to be saved)
2. Volume DOWN + Home + Power Button. Hold it EXACTLY 5 SECONDS!
(NOW YOU IN DOWNLOAD MOD)
3. You will see or hear nothing! but remember you are there!
4. After when you got in download mod if you remember you need to "Press Volume UP" to confirm it. So press Volume UP and wait 2 seconds
5. Connect your mobile to the PC (Desktop ODIN Running). You will hear the sound. Which mean your phone connected.
6. Flash any stock firmware as you like....
Good Luck!

i don't have money for resistors, also method with download mode doesn't work. i don't think there is a solution

teodor79 said:
i don't have money for resistors, also method with download mode doesn't work. i don't think there is a solution
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You don't have money for resistors? The price is really low, it costs 1€ in my country. I think USB jig will help or if you don't have time to build it, give it to Samsung service center, they will repair it for free

This thread is full of lulz!

Tomo123 said:
This thread is full of lulz!
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I have bricked mine the same way, luckily I reset the bin counter before that, sent it to service and got it repaired for free. Motherboard replacement was necessary. So ALWAYS reset the bin counter after you flash!

i don't have money because i'm 13, and now i am at my grandparents. when i'' go home, i'll send it to service center

TheTrakO said:
I have bricked mine the same way, luckily I reset the bin counter before that, sent it to service and got it repaired for free. Motherboard replacement was necessary. So ALWAYS reset the bin counter after you flash!
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They can't check your bin counter if you hard brick your device.
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