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[Q] Hard Bricked my Captivate?

I cannot get phone to do ANYthing...no boot into download, no recovery boot, no phone!computer symbol, NOTHING...is it possible I throughly bricked it? Please someone say no

U tried holding down vol up and down while plugging in the usb already connected to pc?
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Mrpotato00 said:
U tried holding down vol up and down while plugging in the usb already connected to pc?
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This.
I had the same issue and thought I had bricked it... If you plug the USB cable into the computer but not into the phone, then pull the battery out of the back, wait 30 seconds, put the battery back in and put the cover on, hold down both buttons at the same time and while holding them, stick the micro part of the SD cable into the phone, it boots into download mode.

tried both these, and a couple other combos i've found and nothing works.

Have you tried the 300k/301k/302k ohm USB jig?

norcal einstein said:
Have you tried the 300k/301k/302k ohm USB jig?
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It worked for me and so easy to make. Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

norcal einstein said:
Have you tried the 300k/301k/302k ohm USB jig?
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um...could you point me to what you mean?

Original Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
"Solderless" Version of Jig w/ Pictures:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512

How many times must it be said?!?!?! QUESTIONS GO IN THE Q&A SECTION! there are posts like this every single day in the development section. Does anybody ever learn (or know how to use the search feature?)?!

tdbgamer said:
How many times must it be said?!?!?! QUESTIONS GO IN THE Q&A SECTION! there are posts like this every single day in the development section. Does anybody ever learn (or know how to use the search feature?)?!
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Some people find it easier to explain their own problems than to read through others' problems to determine their fix. If you don't have the desire to help me out, then don't post in this thread. Your thoughts on how this forum could be improved aren't contributing to the fix of my phone so why bother?

I have the same problem. JIG doesn't help at all. BTW, I made two cable and tested on a working captivate. the JIG cable does work. It's just not working on the complete-bricked phone.
I tried any method I could find on the forum and nothing works. I don't even know how a successful flash (reported by ODIN) and the phone reboot itself and then complete dead after that.

so if I filed a claim for insurance no one be the wiser about me having unauthorized software on my phone?

bunnsguy said:
I cannot get phone to do ANYthing...no boot into download, no recovery boot, no phone!computer symbol, NOTHING...is it possible I throughly bricked it? Please someone say no
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Do. You get atnt screen? Or just black screen? Does your computer recognize your phone? If your computer reconize your phone pm me I will help you.
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PowerPC said:
I have the same problem. JIG doesn't help at all. BTW, I made two cable and tested on a working captivate. the JIG cable does work. It's just not working on the complete-bricked phone.
I tried any method I could find on the forum and nothing works. I don't even know how a successful flash (reported by ODIN) and the phone reboot itself and then complete dead after that.
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dude you got any luck?
same situation here....

bunnsguy said:
I cannot get phone to do ANYthing...no boot into download, no recovery boot, no phone!computer symbol, NOTHING...is it possible I throughly bricked it? Please someone say no
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If your phone shows absolutely no sign of life whatsoever, then something may have killed the hardware. You didn't say what you did to cause the hard bricking. Were you flashing a ROM?
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Happened to me when I first flashed the official OTA update. It stopped mid download and tried to apply the update. Phone was completely dead and had to get it replaced...
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[Q]How to recover HTC One M7_UL from QSHUSB_DLOAD mode?

I accidentally bricked my phone, and now connected to the computer will display QSHUSB_DLOAD mode.
I have also tried to hold the power button for 10 seconds after the restart, but without any help.
I also try to repair the phone via QPST, but i don't have the hex and mbn files.
Could someone help me to dump these files?
or tell me how to dump it from a normal phone?
Thank you for your help.

Search for hard brick in these forums. See if there's a recovery tutorial. I doubt you'll have a lot of luck though, sorry!
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I have heard of Ones in QHUSB_DLOAD mode spontaneously rising from the dead, but I'm not sure anyone has actually repaired one.
It was possible on the One XL via jtag, but this phone is a lot harder to take apart. There are repair shops that can do it.

Afaik we don't have the required program to flash in download mode
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123421342 said:
Afaik we don't have the required program to flash in download mode
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jtag works by flashing firmware directly onto the motherboard, but that's a lot harder with this phone, which is sealed.

Phone in USB Host Mode

Hello!,
I got my phone into a weird situation, every time I try to connect to my PC, it's saying "Phone is in USB host mode", the PC tries to recognizes and nothing happens, after that the phone won't charge and stays like that until I rebooted, I can charge it with the original charger after this.
My device:
HTC One AT&T 32GB
ROM: ARHD 41.0
I also tried this method with no results: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481211
Anyone with this situation too?

lumogox said:
Hello!,
I got my phone into a weird situation, every time I try to connect to my PC, it's saying "Phone is in USB host mode", the PC tries to recognizes and nothing happens, after that the phone won't charge and stays like that until I rebooted, I can charge it with the original charger after this.
My device:
HTC One AT&T 32GB
ROM: ARHD 41.0
I also tried this method with no results: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481211
Anyone with this situation too?
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You mean it's showing up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager?
Unfortunately that would indicate a hard brick, no fix, as far as I am aware of.

Welcome to the group of unfortunate people.
I guess the best option would be to send it back for warranty repairs, mine is the same and I'm 99.99% sure it has to do with the charging port.
Unfortunately for me I'm out of the US so warranty shipping is not an option at the moment.
There are other threads about this problem, but so far the only ones I heard that solved this problem was by repair or replace.
You mean it's showing up as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager?
Unfortunately that would indicate a hard brick, no fix, as far as I am aware of.
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No, it's not bricked it works ok but only charges through wall charger and if you plug it up to a pc it gets into "USB Host Mode" and then you have to reboot to be able to charge from the wall charger.

My HTC showed the same message. Saying it can not charge into host mode.
HTC only charges powered off.

ferincr said:
Welcome to the group of unfortunate people.
I guess the best option would be to send it back for warranty repairs, mine is the same and I'm 99.99% sure it has to do with the charging port.
Unfortunately for me I'm out of the US so warranty shipping is not an option at the moment.
There are other threads about this problem, but so far the only ones I heard that solved this problem was by repair or replace.
No, it's not bricked it works ok but only charges through wall charger and if you plug it up to a pc it gets into "USB Host Mode" and then you have to reboot to be able to charge from the wall charger.
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Indeed man, same situation here, I'm actually in Colombia, so not an option to send it, as I can't go back to factory settings without connecting it to the PC.
@nkk71 The device is fully functional, it's just not getting detected on my pc.

lumogox said:
Indeed man, same situation here, I'm actually in Colombia, so not an option to send it, as I can't go back to factory settings without connecting it to the PC.
@nkk71 The device is fully functional, it's just not getting detected on my pc.
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What Windows version you running?
but be careful, QHSUSB_DLOAD mode is a brick... sooner or later
maybe best to get yourself an ubuntu live usb, and check adb and fastboot connections there. you can use this guide by @tobesedated to create a Live USB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606577
maybe it's just bad/outdated windows drivers.

nkk71 said:
What Windows version you running?
but be careful, QHSUSB_DLOAD mode is a brick... sooner or later
maybe best to get yourself an ubuntu live usb, and check adb and fastboot connections there. you can use this guide by @tobesedated to create a Live USB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606577
maybe it's just bad/outdated windows drivers.
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I try with 3 different versions of Windows, on my jobI got Win 7, Win XP, and at home Win 8, same issue for all.

nkk71 said:
What Windows version you running?
but be careful, QHSUSB_DLOAD mode is a brick... sooner or later
maybe best to get yourself an ubuntu live usb, and check adb and fastboot connections there. you can use this guide by @tobesedated to create a Live USB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606577
maybe it's just bad/outdated windows drivers.
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lumogox said:
I try with 3 different versions of Windows, on my jobI got Win 7, Win XP, and at home Win 8, same issue for all.
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Steps 8-15 of my guide show how to set up adb/fastboot in Ubuntu 32bit and to check if your device is recognized. You don't have to install Ubuntu just select to try it. I think that's what scares everyone off, is thinking they have to install the OS...It seems like a lot of work but it really isn't and compared to what you've gone through, it can't hurt....good luck

lumogox said:
I try with 3 different versions of Windows, on my jobI got Win 7, Win XP, and at home Win 8, same issue for all.
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Win 7 and XP are pretty much OK with any drivers & hboot & firmware/rom, but what is it exactly showing you when you say "USB Host Mode"?
Have you considered uninstalling everything with HTC.... in control panel, and installing newer version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089508
then see if you get MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) working again.
USB Host Mode (as in Qualcomm High Speed USB Download Mode) is NOT a good sign! it's a brick about to happen.
maybe try changing the cable you are using to your PC!!!
EDIT: and make sure you're phone's USB port is not dirty or similar

nkk71 said:
Win 7 and XP are pretty much OK with any drivers & hboot & firmware/rom, but what is it exactly showing you when you say "USB Host Mode"?
Have you considered uninstalling everything with HTC.... in control panel, and installing newer version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089508
then see if you get MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) working again.
USB Host Mode (as in Qualcomm High Speed USB Download Mode) is NOT a good sign! it's a brick about to happen.
maybe try changing the cable you are using to your PC!!!
EDIT: and make sure you're phone's USB port is not dirty or similar
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1. "Phone is in USB mode" appears as a notification on the phone when plugged to the computer.
2. Installed 3 different ROMs with the same result, uninstall everything, and nothing.
3. Don't know how to get back MTP.
4. Brick??
5. I try to charge it, but same thing happens.
6. Clean the port, and nothing.

lumogox said:
1. "Phone is in USB mode" appears as a notification on the phone when plugged to the computer.
2. Installed 3 different ROMs with the same result, uninstall everything, and nothing.
3. Don't know how to get back MTP.
4. Brick??
5. I try to charge it, but same thing happens.
6. Clean the port, and nothing.
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let's take this down a notch, we dont care what your phone says, we care what shows up in Windows 7 Device Manager (or XP, maybe even Win8):
for example

I really haven't explored what steps are needed to get it back to stock, but mine connects to the pc as long as it's in bootloader so I can flash stuff like Fw but nothing that need to get into the sd card. (as far as I know).

nkk71 said:
let's take this down a notch, we dont care what your phone says, we care what shows up in Windows 7 Device Manager (or XP, maybe even Win8):
for example
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Well, it's says nothing... doesn't appear anymore on Win 7 devices.

Try cleaning your USB ports?
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n1234d said:
Try cleaning your USB ports?
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I'm thinking this a port issue, is damage somehow, however, I hope to find a software solution.

New Firmware
Phone that was purchased was not recognized by my computer in recovery and was locked with no S-Off and did not have a Super CID, but assuming that you have all of those things already and are developing these issues then I would try updating the firmware. For some reason, after flashing the 5.11.1540.9 firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485651 and updating to ARHD 71.1 the charging issue all has seemed to disappear. If anyone wants the full run down of how I got from my original non-functioning and unrecognized phone to where it is now I can put in details, but as far as I can tell the issue is just with the firmware if you find yourself being able to intermittently charge in different scenarios when it is off.

Loading New Firmware
Also, for some reason, computer would not recognize phone with TWRP recovery yet I could push files through adb when using CWM recovery. So what happened for me was loading up CWM and pushing the files that I needed into the data folder and flashing TWRP to then install it or rebooting the phone as normal and finding the file with something like a root file explorer. I feel like I may not be very clear with this so post if there needs to be more clarification.

it's a strange issue ,i think it is a hardware problem,happen to me and i try everything possible,without success,than i charge phone when power of and it was the only way ,but led was flashing so it was intermittent charging,i was able to charge only to 97%..i use my phone and somehow next day i was able to charge phone,but then problem occur again...and wired thing is that fastboot devices list is not empty but adb devices list is empty,so phone is not fully recognized by computer,and i forgot to say that day when i was able to charge phone,adb command worked...that day i flashed firmware recovery and rom again ,because i thought it will resolve the problem...
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Phone that was purchased was not recognized by my computer in recovery and was locked with no S-Off and did not have a Super CID, but assuming that you have all of those things already and are developing these issues then I would try updating the firmware. For some reason, after flashing the 5.11.1540.9 firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485651 and updating to ARHD 71.1 the charging issue all has seemed to disappear. If anyone wants the full run down of how I got from my original non-functioning and unrecognized phone to where it is now I can put in details, but as far as I can tell the issue is just with the firmware if you find yourself being able to intermittently charge in different scenarios when it is off.
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And do have same problem again after flashing new firmware?

The phone was a gift for my dad and it has been running fine since my last post. No charging issues and the phone does not go into host mode randomly anymore.

Well i also had the same problem...but i did factory reset on the phone and flashed it to completly stock ...and since then no problem..
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Hard bricked stock HTC One M7

Hi, new to this forum so apologies in advance if I write something really noobish here.
So my old device HTC One M7 decided to kill itself for no reason, it's completely stock, I haven't tampered with it at all.
I had it on power saver mode because I had been on an interrail trip through Europe and then just one morning it died without warning, the night before I plugged it in to charge and when dawn breaks, it's dead.
I first thought it was the black screen of death that some Android might suffer from but I tried the steps of shining a bright light at the top left corner of the screen but nada, and then I plugged it into my laptop which saw it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" and I tried some steps from the guide that dexter93 posted and well it didn't work, I also tried to use a RUU but it always returned with that there wasn't any device connected to the USB port, however something happened because now it's not shown as the "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" but as the "QHSUSB-DLOAD".
I don't know what it means but I hope that my device hasn't passed the Gates of Valhalla.
If you need more specific information please do tell me /BTV

BorisTheViking said:
Hi, new to this forum so apologies in advance if I write something really noobish here.
So my old device HTC One M7 decided to kill itself for no reason, it's completely stock, I haven't tampered with it at all.
I had it on power saver mode because I had been on an interrail trip through Europe and then just one morning it died without warning, the night before I plugged it in to charge and when dawn breaks, it's dead.
I first thought it was the black screen of death that some Android might suffer from but I tried the steps of shining a bright light at the top left corner of the screen but nada, and then I plugged it into my laptop which saw it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" and I tried some steps from the guide that dexter93 posted and well it didn't work, I also tried to use a RUU but it always returned with that there wasn't any device connected to the USB port, however something happened because now it's not shown as the "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" but as the "QHSUSB-DLOAD".
I don't know what it means but I hope that my device hasn't passed the Gates of Valhalla.
If you need more specific information please do tell me /BTV
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Dead motherboard

alray said:
Dead motherboard
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How can you be so sure?

BorisTheViking said:
How can you be so sure?
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3 years in this forum, saw hundreds of QHSUSB_DLOAD threads/posts.
Either caused by
flashing an incompatible firmware:
Flashed incompatible firmware, then rebooted the phone and went directly in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
Hardware problem:
Phone randomly shut-off and went in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
Most of the time, when its caused by #1, you can fix it using dexter93's Unbrick Project. If its #2 you'll have to send it for repair.
Yo can however try the Unbrick Project, just to be sure (maybe your firmware got corrupt for whatever reason and the hardware is still good)

alray said:
3 years in this forum, saw hundreds of QHSUSB_DLOAD threads/posts.
Either caused by
flashing an incompatible firmware:
Flashed incompatible firmware, then rebooted the phone and went directly in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
Hardware problem:
Phone randomly shut-off and went in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
Most of the time, when its caused by #1, you can fix it using dexter93's Unbrick Project. If its #2 you'll have to send it for repair.
Yo can however try the Unbrick Project, just to be sure (maybe your firmware got corrupt for whatever reason and the hardware is still good)
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But that's the thing, it did randomly shut itself down but it entered Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode instead of QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
I myself managed to get it into QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.

BorisTheViking said:
But that's the thing, it did randomly shut itself down but it entered Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode instead of QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
I myself managed to get it into QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.
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If dexter93's guide didn't helped then there's nothing more you can do. You're not the first one and not the last one to have this problem and unless it was caused by a bad firmware.zip flash (it wasn't) no one ever found a solution to revive their phone.
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If dexter93's guide didn't helped then there's nothing more you can do. You're not the first one and not the last one to have this problem and unless it was caused by a bad firmware.zip flash (it wasn't) no one ever found a solution to revive their phone.
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Not even JTAG?
And if I manage to open the phone, you wouldn't know where the internal storage is?

BorisTheViking said:
Not even JTAG?
And if I manage to open the phone, you wouldn't know where the internal storage is?
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The internal storage is a tiny Samsung chip soldered on the motherboard.
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The internal storage is a tiny Samsung chip soldered on the motherboard.
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Right and that translates to that everything is burnt to a crisp?
So there is no way to retrieve anything from the internal storage?

broken USB and root

Hi
My 3t is oem unlocked, but the USB port is broken (you can charge, but pc will not see the device at all). Is there any way at at all to root it. A Google search doesn't give any useful hints.
P. S. I have tried several cables. Dash charge does not work either, only normal charge. I replaced the USB pcb in hope to solve the problem, but no good.

sunsetdk said:
Hi
My 3t is oem unlocked, but the USB port is broken (you can charge, but pc will not see the device at all). Is there any way at at all to root it. A Google search doesn't give any useful hints.
P. S. I have tried several cables. Dash charge does not work either, only normal charge. I replaced the USB pcb in hope to solve the problem, but no good.
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I'm assuming you don't have TWRP installed, right?
You are screwed if you can't get your PC to connect to your phone to use the fastboot command.
But...
!! Warning - dangerous !!
You might be able to get the unbrick tool to connect to your phone (it uses a different way of connecting). And you could use it to flash TWRP to the recovery partition.
If you get things wrong you can really, really mess up your phone.
So, how badly do you want to root your phone?
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It is not the end of the world if it bricks. Is this unbrick tool also a pc based tool? Because I honestly think the USB chip is dead. Again dash charge is non functional.
No I don't have twrp, I lost it last time it updated update: just tried the unbrick tool. Pc will not detect the device at all

sunsetdk said:
It is not the end of the world if it bricks. Is this unbrick tool also a pc based tool? Because I honestly think the USB chip is dead. Again dash charge is non functional.
No I don't have twrp, I lost it last time it updated update: just tried the unbrick tool. Pc will not detect the device at all
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Sorry to hear that.
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