Hi guys,
like the title says I think ive accidentally bricked my S21 ultra and was wondering if anyone could give me a hand restoring it?
I was in the middle of flashing Magisk through ODIN when my laptop died and now im stuck with a message saying " An error has occurred while updating the device software" and im unable to access recovery mode or the download mode.
Any help restoring my device will be greatly apprecited,
Thanks
Fixed by @hainguyenthao
lukem153 said:
Fixed by @hainguyenthao
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thanks for the quick help pal, absolute life saver
Could you write the steps?
Thanks in advance
Amr Faried said:
Could you write the steps?
Thanks in advance
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Your best bet is asking @hainguyenthao bud
lukem153 said:
Your best bet is asking @hainguyenthao bud
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Why would people ask him so he would have to spend time on explaining to numerous people??
Make the small effort and write the freakin' steps here so people who have bricked their devices and are freaking out, could search and quickly find the phone-saving steps here! Without having to contact another member and wait for his respose...
Be helpful bud....
Am gonna say it: an add for paid, on-line help?
babyboy3265 said:
Why would people ask him so he would have to spend time on explaining to numerous people??
Make the small effort and write the freakin' steps here so people who have bricked their devices and are freaking out, could search and quickly find the phone-saving steps here! Without having to contact another member and wait for his respose...
Be helpful bud....
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This is my bad for not explaining it in my reply
@hainguyenthao connected to my laptop via team viewer and a remote usb connection tool so im not really sure what he did.
Sorry for any confusion around this
lukem153 said:
This is my bad for not explaining it in my reply
@hainguyenthao connected to my laptop via team viewer and a remote usb connection tool so im not really sure what he did.
Sorry for any confusion around this
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Did you pay for this fix?
lukem153 said:
Hi guys,
like the title says I think ive accidentally bricked my S21 ultra and was wondering if anyone could give me a hand restoring it?
I was in the middle of flashing Magisk through ODIN when my laptop died and now im stuck with a message saying " An error has occurred while updating the device software" and im unable to access recovery mode or the download mode.
Any help restoring my device will be greatly apprecited,
Thanks
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I've had this error previously due to a similar issue (cable fell out in the process of an Odin flash) but was able to get into download mode to restore stock. You sure you were performing the steps properly from a powered off state? Namely, making sure you connected a USB cable before pressing the button combination?
I'm not sure if you paid for the fix you had performed, but it would be a shame if it was unnecessary.
I do have my s21 Ultra bricked, and would love some help
Audiophil3 said:
I do have my s21 Ultra bricked, and would love some help
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Did you get unbricked?
ebowen 747 said:
Did you get unbricked?
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No, I bought another used one with destroyed front panel, to make a transplant, tomorrow I'm bringing them to the support
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Hello guys i have been browsing for about 2 days now trying to find a solution for my streak 7 that is stuck in cwm v3.0.2.0 i really dont wanna brick it so im being extra cautious so if some could please help me it would be greatly appreciated thank you
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Hello guys i have been browsing for about 2 days now trying to find a solution for my streak 7 that is stuck in cwm v3.0.2.0 i really dont wanna brick it so im being extra cautious so if some could please help me it would be greatly appreciated thank you
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hard reset, boot into fastboot then install newer CWM
Thanks Nocturnal_50 about to try
cannot get it to fastboot i held down vol+ power the 3 buttons let up thats it tried several times i really need your help this is my first time flashing and adding a rom i have search this entire site almost concerning this issue but nothing pleasseeeee help
Power off. Then press and HOLD power and volume down
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dose not work
It might be a soft brick if it can boot up. If a hard reset via adb dosnt work then it probably a brick.or If you could get into download mode (or fastboot as i still dont get it after a year or 2) and flash stock firmware then it should work. If not then nothing will work as far as im concerned.
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mikerouse1969 said:
dose not work
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Then you are SOL or suffering from ID10T error.
giveen said:
Then you are SOL or suffering from ID10T error.
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I believe the end user might be suffering from farkingdarmsheetitis
Do you feel better now **** head
Nocturnal_50 sorry to bother you brother but i just wanted to say that i am able to hook my streak 7 up to usb and my pc picked it up i was able to add and remove files from my s7 through usb mass storage is there anyway i can bring my device back to live using this process or do i have use fastboot
mikerouse1969 said:
Do you feel better now **** head
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Much better, there is only so much hand holding I can do. I tried to guide you what thousands of others have no problem doing.
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Nocturnal_50 sorry to bother you brother but i just wanted to say that i am able to hook my streak 7 up to usb and my pc picked it up i was able to add and remove files from my s7 through usb mass storage is there anyway i can bring my device back to live using this process or do i have use fastboot
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its all done through fastboot
Right guys, i know youve read this alot. and i know your thinking i should have searched the threads for a sulotion, but belive me i have, for days.
heres my problem, i was flasing the leaked ics onto my p990. whilst flashing, my laptop ran out of battery and didnt give me any warning atall. and as a result of that, i now have i belive a bricked p990. this is the rom i was flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926700
right now i know i should be able to recover my phone as i can connect my phone and it recognises it as apx driver, but the trouble is i can put in updating mode. ( vol down and then inserting usb) i plug in the usb without the battery inserted and without pushing any buttons and it still recognises it as an apx device, knowing this, ive tried nvflash and smart flash but both have no effect and dont recognise my phone. i will add that the version of ics that is currently out leaked. is very smooth, unfortunately bluetooth pairing doesnt work properly and wifi is a bit weak, but theres a fix for that.
i have tried flashing a cwm but to no succes. i do know some things in android flashing and repairs, but admittidly not everything so im not a complete noob.
id very much apreciate it if anyone could help me.
youll have to excuse any typing mistakes. the resolution on the tv isnt that great from a laptop hdmi out. sorry guys.
but yes any help is much appreciated.
thanks in advance guys
ricky
well, windows MUST recognize the o2x as an apx device since you would use the tegra apx applications processors...
you are saying that windows sees your o2x as an apx device but nv/smart-flash don't?
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Right guys, i know youve read this alot. and i know your thinking i should have searched the threads for a sulotion, but belive me i have, for days.
heres my problem, i was flasing the leaked ics onto my p990. whilst flashing, my laptop ran out of battery and didnt give me any warning atall. and as a result of that, i now have i belive a bricked p990. this is the rom i was flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926700
right now i know i should be able to recover my phone as i can connect my phone and it recognises it as apx driver, but the trouble is i can put in updating mode. ( vol down and then inserting usb) i plug in the usb without the battery inserted and without pushing any buttons and it still recognises it as an apx device, knowing this, ive tried nvflash and smart flash but both have no effect and dont recognise my phone. i will add that the version of ics that is currently out leaked. is very smooth, unfortunately bluetooth pairing doesnt work properly and wifi is a bit weak, but theres a fix for that.
i have tried flashing a cwm but to no succes. i do know some things in android flashing and repairs, but admittidly not everything so im not a complete noob.
id very much apreciate it if anyone could help me.
youll have to excuse any typing mistakes. the resolution on the tv isnt that great from a laptop hdmi out. sorry guys.
but yes any help is much appreciated.
thanks in advance guys
ricky
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read this carefully then your phone will work again for sure!
http://www.modaco.com/topic/335416-nvflash-setup-instructions-drivers-links-active/
and this one
http://www.modaco.com/topic/335474-25-mar-nvflash-stock-rom-release-v10b-dated-1300166062-15032011/
pidocchio said:
well, windows MUST recognize the o2x as an apx device since you would use the tegra apx applications processors...
you are saying that windows sees your o2x as an apx device but nv/smart-flash don't?
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Unfortunately thats exactly whats happening. Any suggestions ? Ive just seen the comment below this.bive tried something similar tobthat. But not that. Ill try that first thing tomorrow when i wake up. thanks for a quick reply.
ferimond said:
read this carefully .... Im not alliwed to pot links yet? Sorry
Thanks for this suggestion ibwill give it another go over tomorrow and let you guys know how it went. Although ive tried something similar to this but didnt succeed. But ill test it. I made a back up of gb 2.3.4 its on my laptop. Just need to copy it over to sd when its restored or got cwm on it.
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rdr1991 said:
ferimond said:
read this carefully .... Im not alliwed to pot links yet? Sorry
Thanks for this suggestion ibwill give it another go over tomorrow and let you guys know how it went. Although ive tried something similar to this but didnt succeed. But ill test it. I made a back up of gb 2.3.4 its on my laptop. Just need to copy it over to sd when its restored or got cwm on it.
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Nvflash should do the trick. Follow the instructions carefully and you'll be back up in no time.
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I'd like to thank you guys for your help and petienitce, i belive i have got it working again, just flashing recovery 10b. ill see how it goes and ill post agan when updated.
again thankyou very much guys. you guys at xda are great
Ricky
how long did it take for u to nvflash the batch file ?
Mine seems to be stuck at system.img
Thanks
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read this carefully then your phone will work again for sure!
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Thank you ferimond. Looks like I can use some lessons on how to search this forum.
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Hi guys
So my uncle has asked me to unbrick his phone for him. One day it just wouldn't turn on apparently. When I received it from him, the Samsung logo would pop up, recovery mode was not accessible, but I could get into download mode
I followed this tutorial: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/unbrick-restore-samsung-galaxy-note-gt-n7000/
but the flash failed, and now I can get no life from it at all.
In the mean time I am waiting for a JIg to arrive from eBay, but how should I go about fixing it when it does arrive- this seems to be a hard/dead brick.
Thanks, would appreciate any advice!
What error did Odin show? Please add a snapshot of it
ThaiDai said:
What error did Odin show? Please add a snapshot of it
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I did not screenshot anything at the time, but I believe it simply said "flash failed" or something to that effect.
Read somewhere that if I put the battery in a freezer, that would charge it up (to check if the phone is simply out of battery)
This true?
ant2555 said:
said "flash failed" or something
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How do you expect help with "or something"?
For today I am simply too tired to make guesses or ask for complete details - did this just in another thread with no result.
ThaiDai said:
- did this just in another thread with no result.
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- I don't really see why it matters, that I did not know to record the exact message. The point is the phone isn't turning on and I wanted to know if there is anything I can do - I assume it is because the flash failed but I can't be certain.
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- I don't really see why it matters, that I did not know to record the exact message.
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If it doesn't matter then I'm sorry I bothered you asking for details.
Do you have a plan already what to do with a dead brick?
ThaiDai said:
If it doesn't matter then I'm sorry I bothered you asking for details.
Do you have a plan already what to do with a dead brick?
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ok. It is what it is, can you help me? Do you need to know anything else before you can help?
Thanks, any aid is very welcome, and if I have put myself in an un-help-able situation, have a nice day!
Hey guys, I have an old Optimus 4X HD and when i found it i decided to power it up again. However, it wouldnt power on! I thought that it might be out of battery and hence i plugged it in, only to find the keys flash lightly once and die again. Before this, it was stuck in a bootloop which i had no time to fix. Any suggestions?
Death1792 said:
Before this, it was stuck in a bootloop which i had no time to fix. Any suggestions?
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If you have no time anyway, why should anybody help you?
cspius said:
If you have no time anyway, why should anybody help you?
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Because now I have time? Use ur brain pls...
Death1792 said:
Because now I have time? Use ur brain pls...
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Please read your own Post carefully.
Because it says, you want to have suggestions for something, you just didn't have time for (which implies that you know how to deal with it).
So if you would've used your brain, you would've written "it was stuck in a bootloop which i don't know how to fix" instead of "it was stuck in a bootloop which i had no time to fix", otherwise we don't know how to help you. Do you even get what I'm saying?
Assumed you don't know how to fix a bootloop, why don't you use ur brain and search for a tutorial like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723
There are lots of pictures which will help you to understand it even without reading carefully. :good: But be aware of having time
My Google Maps was acting up (as if it had no GPS signal) so I decided to uninstall it and try installing the app again. What a bad decision! The phone turned off half way thru the app removal and now it only shows the Android welcoming screen and a triangle warning. I can't figure out a way to get it back to properly boot.
I've tried the following:
- removed SIM
- removed SD card
- hold POWER & volume UP
- hold POWER & volume DOWN
If I try to turn it on, it will show Android screen then triangle warning then android screen and back to triangle as if in a loop - is this what a bootloop means? Oh geez...
The phone was completely stock FW with Sony updates, so whatever is the latest updates from Sony, the phone has it.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
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My Google Maps was acting up (as if it had no GPS signal) so I decided to uninstall it and try installing the app again. What a bad decision! The phone turned off half way thru the app removal and now it only shows the Android welcoming screen and a triangle warning. I can't figure out a way to get it back to properly boot.
I've tried the following:
- removed SIM
- removed SD card
- hold POWER & volume UP
- hold POWER & volume DOWN
If I try to turn it on, it will show Android screen then triangle warning then android screen and back to triangle as if in a loop - is this what a bootloop means? Oh geez...
The phone was completely stock FW with Sony updates, so whatever is the latest updates from Sony, the phone has it.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
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Reflash a system.sin, that should get it going again.
FYI for anyone coming across this problem i down the road : I could not figure out what /how to do the system.sin but I was able to run the Xperia Companion and repair the phone. I basically downloaded the Xperia Companion from Sony website, run the repair tool, connected the phone and followed the instructions.
It erased all settings and apps though, which I understood it would've happened but I assumed Sony had my backup online. Apparently not so I will need to work on it.
Good luck!
OldSkewler said:
FYI for anyone coming across this problem i down the road : I could not figure out what /how to do the system.sin
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Had you of asked I would have said use Newflasher, which would have simply reflashed the system keeping all your data intact. PC Companion should be a last resort, but even then I prefer the Flashtool or Newflasher.
SXUsr said:
Had you of asked I would have said use Newflasher, which would have simply reflashed the system keeping all your data intact. PC Companion should be a last resort, but even then I prefer the Flashtool or Newflasher.
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Really, huh? A little late for that, isn't it?
Now let me ask you this here: did it sound from my previous post that I knew anything about system.sin, flashtool or newflasher? I guarantee you that I didn't know then and I still don't know now. And that is on me, no questions about that. So why pretend you tried to help? Had you tried to actually help, perhaps you would've said something else .
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Really, huh? A little late for that, isn't it?
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Clearly.
OldSkewler said:
Now let me ask you this here: did it sound from my previous post that I knew anything about system.sin, flashtool or newflasher?
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You've got 80+ posts on a mobile developers site, regardless of whether you knew or not, you should know by now that asking questions and/or reading helps you learn.
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So why pretend you tried to help?
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I did try to help, I told you what to do but you thought it best not to ask any questions about what I posted on this developer forum and did your own thing, which yes, is on you, and losing data by not seeking to learn more about what was posted, is a harsh lesson to learn.
So there, all there of your questions answered, just a shame you didn't think to ask the right ones before losing your data.
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So there, all there of your questions answered
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All good brother, I know what you are looking for and I just gave it to you: another THANKS for your HUGE collection.
Cheers!
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All good brother, I know what you are looking for and I just gave it to you: another THANKS for your HUGE collection.
Cheers!
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These days, the only thing I'm looking for is to help (and continue to learn). I joined this site as a newb looking to modify an X10, and since then I've learnt how to modify every device you see listed in my sig, and have done so by continuing right up until the present day by asking questions. I've helped countless amount of people, contributed where I can, and will continue to do so. But if you (or anyone) wants to be arsy or argumentative, I can do that too. :good:
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These days, the only thing I'm looking for is to help (and continue to learn). I joined this site as a newb looking to modify an X10, and since then I've learnt how to modify every device you see listed in my sig, and have done so by continuing right up until the present day by asking questions. I've helped countless amount of people, contributed where I can, and will continue to do so. But if you (or anyone) wants to be arsy or argumentative, I can do that too. :good:
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Yea, well said mate. Bit of courtesy goes a long way n u did try to help n u helped me out aswell by informing me about Newsflasher and Flashtool so thanks there mate.