yesterdayI tried to update my phone While doing the update the phone went to Emergency mode(Yellow Screen) and just hanged there. After waiting for an hour, I have plugged out the cable and tried to switch of the phone. the phone didn't switch off. I have taken out the battery and plugged it back in.
After this, the phone is not switching on at all. No display...not powering on.
I have seen some discussions suggesting to press 'Volume up' 'enter key' and power key while plugging in usb cable. Nothing seems to be working. Even when I connect the charger, it is not switching on. It used get little bit of heat when it was charging when it worked. But, no heat (or) no indication of charging at all now.
Could you please suggest what could be the issue how do I solve this the LG guys wont replace my phone cz i rooted it installed CM7 on it
(NOTE : I live in INDIA )
are you able to boot into emergency mode
long press (volup+back+power) all 3 buttons simulataneously.
Are you able to see yellow screen(emergency mode) after pressing this .
vvvRASvvv said:
yesterdayI tried to update my phone While doing the update the phone went to Emergency mode(Yellow Screen) and just hanged there. After waiting for an hour, I have plugged out the cable and tried to switch of the phone. the phone didn't switch off. I have taken out the battery and plugged it back in.
After this, the phone is not switching on at all. No display...not powering on.
I have seen some discussions suggesting to press 'Volume up' 'enter key' and power key while plugging in usb cable. Nothing seems to be working. Even when I connect the charger, it is not switching on. It used get little bit of heat when it was charging when it worked. But, no heat (or) no indication of charging at all now.
Could you please suggest what could be the issue how do I solve this the LG guys wont replace my phone cz i rooted it installed CM7 on it
(NOTE : I live in INDIA )
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Your phone is bricked, and as far as I know it cant be fixed without taking it to a service center. But dont give up hope, since it doesn't even power on, there is no way they can find that you rooted or installed CM7. Trust me, the same thing happened to me once, and they fixed my phone for free. Just tell them phone isn't turning on. If they press for more details, tell them you tried to update through PC suite. Whatever happens dont mention about rooting or installing a custom ROM.
To avoid this happening again, dont pull out the battery while in emergency mode. Thats what bricked your phone.
Thank you for responding to my thread
emergency mode not opening tried all key combi
The LG guys fixed it for free ?? How do they do that if some 1 knows please post about it if any 1 from Lg technical department
You not try using KDZ Manager?, this tool is using for unbrick you Phone, search you the specific ".kdz" for you country or carrier and see search the tutorial on google i use the tool for udapte to 2.2.2 to 2.3.3 on my P500
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emergency mode not opening tried all key combi
The LG guys fixed it for free ?? How do they do that if some 1 knows please post about it if any 1 from Lg technical department
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They will get it fixed for free,but believe me lg service centre is worse.So dnt expect your phone atleast 10 days after u give it to service centre.
With all due respect, I would like to suggest that doing a simple search on xda would have told you that your phone is BRICKED. Many others have bricked their phones before you
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Phone dead
Ok i gave my phone to LG service centre for replacement and that girl said to their other repair men that it will go for D.O. ( any one know is that DO ?)
The receptionist said it will take 15 days or more for my replacement
and on the Job sheet she wrote PHONE DEAD
I came across videos and gog's searches and found that dead phone can be resurrected using devices like :
1- RIFF box
2- ORT JTAG
3-Medusa BOX
and few other JTAG devices
I saw a vid on youtube where a guy resurrects dead samsung galaxy phone using 3 resistors in series conncetion and puting its both ends on the usb port of the mobile
I went to local electronic shop and no f**kin one had a transistor they said no no no to me
n i finally went to LG care game them the phone n said I want replacement.
( Oh god india is so horrible Even the LG care did have one of those Boxes to resurrect my phone )
Is it possible that they might refuse to replace the phone if they're unable to repair it?? just asking . I bought my phone 1 week back just 1 week = 7 days
On diwali ( it was my diwala actually )
i completely understand ur situation.. ( i bricked my phone while trying to play around with KDZ , on 20th oct)
however,I got my phone back from the service center yesterday. ( it took them jus 2 days to replace the pcb)
So don't worry, they'll replace the Pcb for you..and if your phone is in the warranty period, u won't have to pay for anything!!
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Ok i gave my phone to LG service centre for replacement and that girl said to their other repair men that it will go for D.O. ( any one know is that DO ?)
The receptionist said it will take 15 days or more for my replacement
and on the Job sheet she wrote PHONE DEAD
I came across videos and gog's searches and found that dead phone can be resurrected using devices like :
1- RIFF box
2- ORT JTAG
3-Medusa BOX
and few other JTAG devices
I saw a vid on youtube where a guy resurrects dead samsung galaxy phone using 3 resistors in series conncetion and puting its both ends on the usb port of the mobile
I went to local electronic shop and no f**kin one had a transistor they said no no no to me
n i finally went to LG care game them the phone n said I want replacement.
( Oh god india is so horrible Even the LG care did have one of those Boxes to resurrect my phone )
Is it possible that they might refuse to replace the phone if they're unable to repair it?? just asking . I bought my phone 1 week back just 1 week = 7 days
On diwali ( it was my diwala actually )
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lol.... I can understand the diwala thing..... in which city u r living??
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fundoozzz said:
lol.... I can understand the diwala thing..... in which city u r living??
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im from bhubaneswar
I asked them for a replacement already
n that girl said to one of their technical guy that this phone will go fo DO or DOA something like that
vvvRASvvv said:
im from bhubaneswar
I asked them for a replacement already
n that girl said to one of their technical guy that this phone will go fo DO or DOA something like that
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that's dead on arrival....
Optimus One
Mik's Cyanogenmod 6.5.8
24 days my phone not back yet QQ
service center guys said my phone has been accepted for replacement and they will send it . that service center guy said this to me in sucha way that i felt like they're go'nna take more days
I'm pissed almost 1 month no phone
any way i can get back at them ?? please suggest
we are on the same boat..... i have tried to update via kdz tool when i saw "V20C"... firmware.... and exactly same incident happend to me..... n now my phone is in the service center for 20+ days...... dont know when will i get... it...
i think flashing "V20C" via KDZ tool is very risky...
LG after sales in india suck man.....
i got my phone today.... they replaced its PCB free of cost..... my phone was once exposed to water... and the battery white bar turned red... and tey detected it ten also they replaced it for free.. hufff it took almost 1 month..... damn slow guys...
My phone was also bricked when i tried to update via KDZ updater.I handed over the phone to the LG service center and they replaced the PCB and got it back within 10 days.
I really dunno why the hell they changed the PCB after all the problem was with the RAW boot image.I came across ORT/JTAG stuffs to repair dead boot phones but i dunno how far it works...
now its more than 1 month and they service center guys keep saying me that your phone is in warehouse and you will get your phone shortly and they kep saying that after 4-5 days you ll get your phoen when ever i reach them .
last saturday i went to them and lashed about it . dunno for how llong i can keep my head cool my dad says get to consumer court if they dont give your phone by this month ( 2 months )
i'm very unhappy with their service
they took my whole package i.e. the phone the box and all the accessories and said that after depositing these you will get your mobile phone dispatched
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they took my whole package i.e. the phone the box and all the accessories and said that after depositing these you will get your mobile phone dispatched
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you should talk to the service manager of your area.... in my case the service center refused to change the pcb but when i talked to service manager of my area they repaired my phone within 2 days...... get the no. from lg website by emailing them....
The same happened to my phone: hard brick, no signal of life, and they replaced the PCB, free of charge. But it took more than one month. So, be patient.
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Hey Guys,
I recently Bricked my Unlocked Samsung Vibrant phone while uploading a Custom ROM. The phone is now such that it wouldn't show anything on the screen.
The recovery mode was not available but the Download mode sure was. But to flash a Stock ROM through Odin it should go into the Download mode at least, but that ain't happening at all, because there is nothing showing up on the screen and neither is the keypad lighting up.
I have tried numerous methods of booting up but none of them work as Nothing Shows up on the screen. Also when I insert the battery inside the Phone Heats Up (Not the Battery) like it would while one was using it.
I figured out, from the forum, that the problem must be of a corrupted bootloader and that the USB will not detect anything as it has no support from the bootloader.
I stay in India and my phone is past the 30 Day Replacement phase. I gave this phone to the Samsung Service Centre in my country and they said that, No Support is available for Vibrant here and the only way to make this phone work is to install a new Galaxy S I9000 Motherboard instead of Vibrant's one for around 300$.
I can send my phone to the US, but the question I want to ask is,
1) Since my phone is Rooted and I tried to Flash a Custom ROM onto it, it is well out of the Warranty. Will Samsung Notice this and charge me out of the Warranty for repairing ?
2) What is the Charges that I will incur from Samsung for Unbricking my Rooted Phone and what will there procedure involve ?
3) A guy in my town has a Riff Box JTag and he says that he might be able to boot my phone for a mere 20$. I will be voiding my Warranty if I hand over the Phone to him. What are the skill levels required for Booting through Jtag apart from the very skill of Precise Soldering ? Should I hand over my phone to him for a cheaper alternative for Unbricking than sending it over to US getting charged by Samsung and paying for the phone to be shipped back ?
Thank You for any Help and Hope you provide.
Any Help is appreciated guys.
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Any Help is appreciated guys.
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Samsung has a live tech support chat
you can ask your question directly http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T959ZKATMB?
On the other hand, you can score a second hand Vibrant for less than $300 here in the States, I am not sure about market in India.
they wont charge anything.
I've hard bricked my phone to where nothing would turn on. sent it in, and got a replacement (with the new GPS antenna LOL) and only had to pay for the expedited shipping.
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they wont charge anything.
I've hard bricked my phone to where nothing would turn on. sent it in, and got a replacement (with the new GPS antenna LOL) and only had to pay for the expedited shipping.
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Since I am have rooted my phone and flashed a Custom ROM and had a bad bootloader which Bricked my Vibrant, will they notice the root ? If Yes, then what will they charge me out of the warranty for booting my Vibrant ?
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they wont charge anything.
I've hard bricked my phone to where nothing would turn on. sent it in, and got a replacement (with the new GPS antenna LOL) and only had to pay for the expedited shipping.
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I have a replacement sitting here in the box, but I got my other Vibrant working...I wonder how to tell if the new one is a fixed version??
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I have a replacement sitting here in the box, but I got my other Vibrant working...I wonder how to tell if the new one is a fixed version??
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not sure since it comes in a replacement box. I only knew because it locked right on.
ech419 said:
Since I am have rooted my phone and flashed a Custom ROM and had a bad bootloader which Bricked my Vibrant, will they notice the root ? If Yes, then what will they charge me out of the warranty for booting my Vibrant ?
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if you were to see the contents I had on my internal SD, yeah....I'd be in debt. LOL.
custom kernels built by me, kangklick, JAC, Eugene
Roms built by TW, and Eugene, CM6 built by me...
They will most likely see that it wont turn on with a new battery, check the water damage sticker, and then take out the good parts, reuse, and dis-guard the rest.
Did you really tried getting into Download mode right?
take battery off, press vol + And - at the same time (do not touch power)
insert the battery.
if it does not come up, let the volume keys go and do it again.......
10$ shipping in 7 days 30$ for 2 days
Hi guys, I bricked my phone...phone does not enter the download mode or th recovery. The phone will enter the batt screen (the one that comes on when you charge your phone when it is off) and turn off (looping). I had totally modded it and am getting my replacement. When I send in my phone:
1) will they figure out I rooted?
2) Charge me for the replacement that they sent in?
Thanks in advance...
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Hi guys, I bricked my phone...phone does not enter the download mode or th recovery. The phone will enter the batt screen (the one that comes on when you charge your phone when it is off) and turn off (looping). I had totally modded it and am getting my replacement. When I send in my phone:
1) will they figure out I rooted?
2) Charge me for the replacement that they sent in?
Thanks in advance...
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Btw..Forgot to mention....I'm on I9000m BELL Canada. And Bell is sending me the replacement not Samsung....
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Btw..Forgot to mention....I'm on I9000m BELL Canada. And Bell is sending me the replacement not Samsung....
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From what I have read over the forums, if they send you a replacement and if they come to learn after that you have fiddled with the software, they charge you for the replacement too, i.e., the whole 600$ even when you have given them your old phone. So you just have to thank your stars, if they don't.
I would suggest you inquire in advance everything about the replacement procedure from Bell.
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From what I have read over the forums, if they send you a replacement and if they come to learn after that you have fiddled with the software, they charge you for the replacement too, i.e., the whole 600$ even when you have given them your old phone. So you just have to thank your stars, if they don't.
I would suggest you inquire in advance everything about the replacement procedure from Bell.
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If I flash to an eclair (I told them it got screwed while updating to 2.2) through ODIN. will they know I rooted?? I ask this coz I heard if you flash with ODIN it supercedes everything (even the root and superuser).
I have hard bricked my galaxy ace while i was in recovery mode( Rom Manager 4.0). i was trying to overclock it with CM7 Overclock but it got aborted, so i didnt persist with it n was getting out of the recovery mode when it suddenly switched off and till now now powering on. i tried to get in download mode but not able to. will usb jig be able to help me get in downloading mode?
i had the same problem too.you can't do anything by yourself,you need to go to an service.
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I have hard bricked my galaxy ace while i was in recovery mode( Rom Manager 4.0). i was trying to overclock it with CM7 Overclock but it got aborted, so i didnt persist with it n was getting out of the recovery mode when it suddenly switched off and till now now powering on. i tried to get in download mode but not able to. will usb jig be able to help me get in downloading mode?
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Voila....Nice work..People just dont learn...First of all,I am sorry if i sound rude
Good work bricking your phone with ROM MANAGER..ROM Manager DOES NOT support ACE...There has been many posts regarding this but PEOPLE dont learn,do they..
Theres no rescue...A brick with rom manager is irrepairable..Some people were lucky though,they could get into download mode,but sadly,you are not...
Take it to your nearest service center
EDIT:I forgot to tell...THIS IS DEVELOPMENT THREAD NOT BRICK THREAD..GENERAL FORUMS IS THE BRICK THREAD
don't panic, mate. try to use a USB Jig first; DIY if deemed necessary! then if all goes well, then flash away
did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071970
Btw its should not in dev section
dont mess your phone much
you not read noob guid as rom manager brick ace if you run stock rom without cwm
anyway go to service centre tell its not turn on after factory reset
most of us get it live back from service centre but dont tell you use root or any thing
just tell its happen after factory reset
nims11 said:
Btw its should not in dev section
dont mess your phone much
you not read noob guid as rom manager brick ace if you run stock rom without cwm
anyway go to service centre tell its not turn on after factory reset
most of us get it live back from service centre but dont tell you use root or any thing
just tell its happen after factory reset
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I agree!! I hard bricked my Ace once.. and nothing switched on. So all i did was take it to the service center, with a sad face and tell them that it suddenly switched off and stopped working.
When they asked what i was doing i simply said i was playing a game and it stopped. What is the game? NFS Shift (coz its quite laggy anyway)
And all they said was ''Alright sir, its a hardware faliure, i think its a motherboard short. We will have it replaced. Will have it for you in three working days.''
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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I agree!! I hard bricked my Ace once.. and nothing switched on. So all i did was take it to the service center, with a sad face and tell them that it suddenly switched off and stopped working.
When they asked what i was doing i simply said i was playing a game and it stopped. What is the game? NFS Shift (coz its quite laggy anyway)
And all they said was ''Alright sir, its a hardware faliure, i think its a motherboard short. We will have it replaced. Will have it for you in three working days.''
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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Lol...I cant stop laughing after that...Quite nice suggestion on maintaining a troll face between stay at service centre
lmao.....
thedisturbedone said:
I agree!! I hard bricked my Ace once.. and nothing switched on. So all i did was take it to the service center, with a sad face and tell them that it suddenly switched off and stopped working.
When they asked what i was doing i simply said i was playing a game and it stopped. What is the game? NFS Shift (coz its quite laggy anyway)
And all they said was ''Alright sir, its a hardware faliure, i think its a motherboard short. We will have it replaced. Will have it for you in three working days.''
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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HAHA! That's a good one What I did was tell them my phone smoked while listening to music and *poof* phone shut down but those greedy mother f**ker charged me 200 bucks for the motherboard replacment wtf!!!!
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CNghost said:
HAHA! That's a good one What I did was tell them my phone smoked while listening to music and *poof* phone shut down but those greedy mother f**ker charged me 200 bucks for the motherboard replacment wtf!!!!
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In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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I guess people in my country are really greedy people
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Try remove battery, re instert it and go download mode.
if it don' t work, re try it a lot of time..
nims11 said:
In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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Consumer forum and India FTW
nims11 said:
In india if they ask money for replacement underwarenty period
we ask double from them in consumer forum
As they cant prove anything what we did
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No they didn't charged me......my ace was bricked due to rom manager......they changed my phones motherboard ........I told them I was playing suddenly screen went off.......
$π®@£
I Will Not Charge You for pressing thanks.
I too fell in the trap of Rom Manager. I wasn't aware of the fact that ACE is not supported by ROM MANAGER.
I have been trying all methods // Download mode, Button combinations... Odin did recofnize it once but was stuck on 'set connection'... so I tried it again, but it didnt recognize it again.
Hence, now I am forced to take it to Service Centre. Would post my experice too once my ACE returns...
Thanks for the post guys.. this thread really helped..
Cheers !!
thedisturbedone said:
Act noobish and DONT say anything Smart!
They have no way of checking for Root/custom roms coz it wont switch on
***IMPORTANT - retain sad face until you exit service center! then go to the middle of the road and jump for joy (yes i did)
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Lol, with me was easier, after two days that I had bought my Ace, I updated it to an europe Gingerbread firmware, but my Ace is a brazilian model, so, a few things started to happen, screen flickering, random shutdowns, 3G wasn't working. All I did was taking my phone back to my carrier store (the place where I bought the phone) and I told that the screen was flickering a lot. I wasn't into Android on that time, I really thought it was broken.
The phone was completely stock, the carrier customizations weren't there anymore, the language wasn't the right one. The girl who was helping noticed that my phone was a bit different from the others, but she said "no problem, we will send it back to Samsung" and then she gave me a new phone with the box and everything. Lol.
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Y u no ready my sticky?! Rom manager kills ace! Got it?
Prawesome said:
Consumer forum and India FTW
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Really? Are you sure that any complaints ANYWHERE pays off in India?
Could I brick my phone, go to service center and buy a new phone with a discount
Nielli said:
Could I brick my phone, go to service center and buy a new phone with a discount
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A friend of mine did that. He broke the mic on his phone with compressed air... Then he hardbricked his phone (i think it was LG optimus 2X, but maybe something else) and paid a little extra for SGS2.
Edit: I've installed dozens of custom roms and tweaks on my ACE. Never have i even gotten a bootloop (i've had some on other phones).. The main thing is to FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS and if there arent any than you should google a bit to find out if what you want to do works or not.
Hi guys, my phone is flashed so I guess that will make this whole process painful...
But here is the story, I have omega version 12.1 I think (maybe 11 or 13) it has been on my phone for 1 + months now, so I am fairly certain it isn't anything to do with firmware. Phone wont turn on, wont go into download mode or anything. I have tried taking the battery out and leaving it out for 5 minutes, still nothing.
It was working fine before I went to bed, had 10 percent battery and was just on home screen when I put it on charge, not in app or anything. Then seems to be hard bricked after waking up, so happened sometime overnight.
I am not with a carrier, brought it locally outright at my local consumers electronics store (JB-HI-FI)
Since it is hard bricked to the point it wont turn on in download mode does that mean there is no way for them to know it is flashed unless they fix it (in which all is ok)?
Never done a warranty return, do I just take it into store and they send it off? How long will this take?
On top of all this I cut my old sim doown using a cutting template, and it appeared to slide in fine, but after trying to remove it today the push eject isn't working, and tips to get this out, doesn't appear to be enough room to grip it with tweesers.
Thanks.
So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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So as we keep on saying in all posts, the next step u have to make is try with an usb jig.
U know what is that?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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No, have never heard of one. Just talked to samsung live chat and they said to have a proper diagnostic to take it down to a service centre, would anyone recommend this, or try this jig thing first?
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Since it's already harbricked, i'd say just turn it in and let Samsung fix it for you. It is under warranty, and last time i brought in my i9000 that I bricked, they just replaced the phone. the jig is ok only if you already know where to get one or how to make one, but if you have to go out of your way for it, just use the warranty.
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Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Nope brisbane here, thanks for the offer though. What would the chances be of a JIG fixing it though, cause I have a feeling the mainboard has died. Kinda wish I didn't turn off the red LED charging light, apparently some others who's phones hardbricked the light still turned on showing some sign of life.
Any suggestions on sorting out the micro sim card issue now, assume I have to get it our before taking it to service centre, or just leave it in for them to fix?
priyana said:
I ordered my jig from ebay from overseas but it arrived in a few days.
I am in Melbourne city btw, pm me if you are too. I can lend you mine.
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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Does the jig work on s3? I have an old one from s2 and if I'm not wrong is not working on s3...
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-it will force the S3 in download mode
BUT
-it will not reset the flash counter like with S2
Got a little bit of good news, this might help other people out with jammed sim cards, NO damage and worked like a treat.
In the top of the sim card holder down the bottom left there is a little circle around one mill wide, got a sharp thumbtack and pushed it gentelly into the sim card, the just applied a little pressure and the sim card started to slide up, was very easy, had a great grip on the sim cad and no damage done trying to grab it with needle nose pliers like I read elsewhere, now to get the phone replaced or unbricked.
Thinking about it more I think it is a hardware fault, cause I had flashed the correct version of omega for international S3, I havn't had any wrong signs like freezing or crashing, been working flawlessly for over a month, then out of the blue completely dead. So I think I will just go into the service centre and tell them I suspect the motherboard has died, or the charger port (didn't charge over night), dont have a spare battery to test with though).
http://lifehacker.com/5940308/save-a-bricked-phone-using-paper-clips-and-pencil-graphite
Just a post tyat i found today..not sure if it ll work or not.
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That video is pretty cool, don't have an old connector to try it, but seeing as my phone didn't hard brick from a flash going wrong while flashing or wrong firmware or anything I have a feeling a JIG or similar wont work. Would try it if I had the connector though.
How often do batterys and charger ports fail, cause that could be another reason I guess.
Nicholas68 said:
Ok, Think that is best, can't really go without phone for 2-3 weeks while waiting for a JIG to arrive.
Just a few questions about the service centre, do you think they will ask me if I have flashed the phone? Cause I'm afraid they will think the brick was caused by that (could be) but probably unlikely since it died during the night a month after its latest flash.
If they do get it working will they go in and check the flash counter? Then what happens?
And lastly, if they ask me if I have flashed it should I lie and say no?
Thanks for the help.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Exactly. There were no problems with the flashing part, i think ypu have a hardware issue.
They didn't ask me anything really, just asked what happened prior to the phone dying.
But i was ready to lie my ass off.. lol!
Dont say anything about flashing. They wont even bother trying to flash the phone if they dont get it into download mode.
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Ok, thanks for the info, I've tried everything besides a JIG to try get it into a download mode, so I doubt they will get it into download mode, Ive seen a couple of other cases where the S3 has had a mainboard issue, only other thing is in the last week I have been using the wall charger where as I normally use the computer and usb, so not sure if this could link to it though, might have got a power surge, but had no storms in months so unlikely and the fuse box is modern with pretty good protection. Ill just go in and tell them it was working one night, and dead when I woke up the next morning, which is the truth. And if they ask if its flashed, ill miss understand them and say, not the screen wasn't flashing/flickering when it died, I was asleep
Reality is though if they get the phone to a restored point to where they can see the flash counter, then I no longer need their help to fix it.
One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
Thanks
I'd give the jig a chance. Just imho.
Btw it is very likely that the jig would arrive in, like, 24-48 hours if you choose the right seller, while other users already told you it's probably gonna take more then a few days (probably from 2 weeks to a month) for samsung to "close the ticket". In my experience only with apple you'd be up and running in less then a week.
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One more question. At the service centres do they try fix it while I'm there, or do they tell s to come back in a few hours, or do they ring a few days later. And if they can't get it in download mode do they normally give you a replacement there? Or do they ship it off to get parts replaced and then ship it back taking weeks/months?
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I'm sure they will ask you to come back in a few days or even weeks. Don't think they will replace new unit for you. They will just replace the faulty part.
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I have the same issue so thought i would post here rather than starting a new thread.
Here's the story for mine. Working fine on current rom for about a month no issues at all. Today battery got to about 9% then switched off and i haven't been able to get it to turn on again, no download mode,no recovery, no charging led nothing at all.
I had to change my screen a couple of days ago, has been working fine with the broken screen for months, have i now voided my warranty?
A lot of faulty s3 i think... My s3 suddenly died last night. Battery is around 90+. Check the phone and it's not responding. Power button doesn't work. Doesn't even go to download mode or recovery mode. I'm running on stock ICS with root only. Sad part is I don't have any access for a jig right now. So can't test it. Bought this phone in SG and I'm in the Philippines right now. Warranty is good for SG only. Dec would be my next trip back to SG. By then no S3 as of now. For a phone I'm getting depressed LOL!
over the air jellybean brick my phone unrooted unflashed phone
BEWARE EVERYONE!! when updating to jellybean some do go very wrong! not all! but some do!! and it will brick your phone!! i updated over the air.. and for a few days. my phone kept on freezing! and locking up! one night i went to bed woke up and the phone was stuck on the boot screen! i thought thats weird took battery out, put back in, as ya do.. nothing took sim out and back in nothing... so only option was to reapair it through kies. put serial in and model number in it found the sortware. i downloaded it. told me to put phone in recovery mode.. so i did,kies said it was gonna install it to my phone.. but everytime it tryed to install it kept on saying it couldnt find my phone.. i tryed this all day long used different usb ports. different computers. to know avail, so my only option was to take it in for repair.. so i took it back to phones 4 u! they sent it away, i waited over 2 weeks! which was undiscrible it was like i lost my right arm with no phone! as you can imagine.. than the repair center turned round and said that the phone has been rooted! which it hadnt!! and they said this in order to brake the terms and conditions of my warentee so phones 4 u can get out of giving me a new handset. so they all save money!! i wouldnt do that to a 500 pound phone!! the phone does everything you could want from a phone! im launching a full investigation into this matter.. and have writen a formall complaint to phones 4 u headoffice, and will be contacting trading standards, ofcom, watchdog, and the ombudsman, and plaster it on all the forums ,social networking sights i can think of, to give them as much bad press as possible!! untill my problem is resolved and i will restore there name and clear it once they have done the right thing by me
I am afraid I can also report a bricked S3 here.
Rooted two weeks ago, but did not yet install a rom. Didn't Triangleaway yet aswell.
Same problem as described, I was browsing the net, and suddenly, screen went black (off). Could not get it powered on anymore. (nor in download/recovery mode)
So i brought it to the local telecom service center of my office, they could tell me the battery was fine and the buttons were working but they never saw one in this state.
So they are sending it to a samsung repair company.
This was two days ago, heard nothing yet, but I am very curious if I will get repaired or if I need to pay because of the rooting.
Will post the result if I know more.
Does anyone know if this problem also happens to people who did not root?
Okay so I just got my new phone
And I noticed it was version 2.3.4
So I read about how to upgrade it to 2.3.6
so I did it with odin and when I started to process
it just froze and I unplugged my phone and turned it off
Then I tried to get it on again but that would not happen?
I also tried to get in download mode again that wont work either
Also when I plug my usb into the phone my computer wont regonize it
Is my phone dead now????
I just had it like for 1 day....
Please help me
remove the battery for a minute, but it back in and press vol down+home key+ power button... maybe it will work this way.
where did it freeze in odin?
did you had your drivers installed correctly?
gigeaky said:
remove the battery for a minute, but it back in and press vol down+home key+ power button... maybe it will work this way.
where did it freeze in odin?
did you had your drivers installed correctly?
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My driver were installed correctly, before all the problems it would just show up on KIES
And im not really sure were it started to fail in Odin but it looked like odin stopped working and just froze so that's why I removed to usb and turned it off.
And I just tried to get in download mode again but no luck..
Keep trying to get into DL mode; remove battery - put it back in, hold home/vol down/power. Try a jig as well, if you can't get one easily there's a thread in General where people have offered to lend their jigs to other people, there might be someone near you with one.
If you can't get into DL mode & there's no other signs of life from the phone, it's a service centre job. If that happens, play dumb. Say as little as possible. You never know, you might blag it for warranty service/replacement (This is never guaranteed tho given you borked it & they're quite within their rights to charge you).
MistahBungle said:
Keep trying to get into DL mode; remove battery - put it back in, hold home/vol down/power. Try a jig as well, if you can't get one easily there's a thread in General where people have offered to lend their jigs to other people, there might be someone near you with one.
If you can't get into DL mode & there's no other signs of life from the phone, it's a service centre job. If that happens, play dumb. Say as little as possible. You never know, you might blag it for warranty service/replacement (This is never guaranteed tho given you borked it & they're quite within their rights to charge you).
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Its just totally dead...
but I can send it for repairs right?
its one day old
Oh yeah, of course it can be repaired In similar cases it's often a motherboard replacement. How much that costs will depend on how much labour/parts cost in your part of the world.
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Oh yeah, of course it can be repaired In similar cases it's often a motherboard replacement. How much that costs will depend on how much labour/parts cost in your part of the world.
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I mean the guaranty if I send it to Samsung they would repair it right?
Just got motherboard replaced
Hi,
I just got my motherboard replaced.My phone was out of warranty though.
But your is,
My phone was rooted,but service centre wont be able or try to detect that ,new motherboard replace everything even ur IMEI. So just go to service centre and dont tell them the reason that you tried odin.
first thing,never ever try to remove usb if ODIN frozes.it will brick ur phone.wait for long like 20-30 min for expensive phone.have a coffee in between.
They took 9000 INR which is now 155 usd. Dont worry they will replace it if you dont tell the correct reason and you sud have invoice.
Try volume up_home+power button.
hungryheart said:
Hi,
I just got my motherboard replaced.My phone was out of warranty though.
But your is,
My phone was rooted,but service centre wont be able or try to detect that ,new motherboard replace everything even ur IMEI. So just go to service centre and dont tell them the reason that you tried odin.
first thing,never ever try to remove usb if ODIN frozes.it will brick ur phone.wait for long like 20-30 min for expensive phone.have a coffee in between.
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I was al new to odin etc
I never thought it would kill my phone
The reason I was trying to update was because my wifi signal was very weak
and with the 2.3.6 update that would have been fixed...
But ill go to the service center and tell them a other story
There are never any guarantees with this. You take the phone in, keep the story simple & you cross your fingers. There have been cases like this where people here have been told 100% guaranteed by people on here they'd get their phone repaired for nothing & they haven't.
If you expect Samsung to fix your phone/the thought of not having a warranty scares you, you don't mess with it in the first place.
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There are never any guarantees with this. You take the phone in, keep the story simple & you cross your fingers. There have been cases like this where people here have been told 100% guaranteed by people on here they'd get their phone repaired for nothing & they haven't.
If you expect Samsung to fix your phone/the thought of not having a warranty scares you, you don't mess with it in the first place.
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well then my phone should just be able to update by itself
but it didn't it also didn't with KIES
so that's why I tried odin...
only option
MistahBungle said:
There are never any guarantees with this. You take the phone in, keep the story simple & you cross your fingers. There have been cases like this where people here have been told 100% guaranteed by people on here they'd get their phone repaired for nothing & they haven't.
If you expect Samsung to fix your phone/the thought of not having a warranty scares you, you don't mess with it in the first place.
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Only option he has is go to service centre.since he cant go into recovery or download mode.
my samsung service centre repair details
samsung reference number: 8453895812
samsung job: 4152782897
check http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=in_en&ssoUseYn=N&ssoLang=en
click check repair status.
I save 1000inr and told the person to cancelled my request.
If someone try to help ,dont discourge him.
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soulripher said:
well then my phone should just be able to update by itself
but it didn't it also didn't with KIES
so that's why I tried odin...
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I didnt said any story,i just told that after driving i tried to access my phone and it didnt power on.it was little heated at that time..
You dont have any other option if you cant go to download or recovery mode.and your best option is go to service centre.
hungryheart said:
Only option he has is go to service centre.since he cant go into recovery or download mode.
my samsung service centre repair details
samsung reference number: 8453895812
samsung job: 4152782897
check http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=in_en&ssoUseYn=N&ssoLang=en
click check repair status.
I save 1000inr and told the person to cancelled my request.
If someone try to help ,dont discourge him.
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Okay thanks,
When I charge me dead phone it does get really hot!
idk if that's still a sign of life...
Thankyou Captain Obvious.
I'm pretty sure I said in my first post (I did) that it would likely be a service centre job.
And what I also said was you're never 100% every single time guaranteed to get it repaired/replaced for nix if you've messed with it (as the OP has). For some reason, you failed to get that bit. Comprehension not a strong point, eh ?
OP - Phone heating up at back near the top/camera - dead. Sooner you send it in/get it fixed the sooner you'll be able to use your phone again.
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-SNIP
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Thankyou Captain Obvious.
I'm pretty sure I said in my first post (I did) that it would likely be a service centre job.
And what I also said was you're never 100% every single time guaranteed to get it repaired/replaced for nix if you've messed with it (as the OP has). For some reason, you failed to get that bit. Comprehension not a strong point, eh ?
OP - Phone heating up at back near the top/camera - dead. Sooner you send it in/get it fixed the sooner you'll be able to use your phone again.
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Im just going te ask my money back because this phone had a lot of issues
like extremely weak wifi signal, shutting down randomly
and sometimes the touch screen would not react
I ordered my gs2 from Singapore so im going to buy a new one in my country
hi guys please help me out. my phone is not starting. today morning i just check my cell its working fine, i restarted it & from then its not working boot screen is getting stuck . this happens 3 times after then my cell is completely stuck
no recovery mode
no download mode
no usb detecting in pc
tried everything i can putting off the battery n all but nthing happening. so went to some local service center they are saying that we need to flash it with new software. i am also fine with it but they said my every thata will be lose. i cant lose my all the data please help me out in saving it.
my cell is samsung s2 i9100
custom rom = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483709&page=101
I'd be very surprised if they fix it by 'flashing it with new software', normally in these instances you'd be looking at a motherboard replacement. They may be referring to a JTAG, and your phone might be one of the lucky instances where that's possible.
Either way, if you didn't back your data up, you won't be recovering it.
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I'd be very surprised if they fix it by 'flashing it with new software', normally in these instances you'd be looking at a motherboard replacement. They may be referring to a JTAG, and your phone might be one of the lucky instances where that's possible.
Either way, if you didn't back your data up, you won't be recovering it.
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thanks for the reply, well dont know what are they reffering to but they are saying phone will be fine but they cant save the data
is there any best or paid recovery software from which i can get back the data, its even very scary because that backup software will also show very old unwanted data too
Nope. The only very rough chance you may have is to contact a company who specialises in recovery of data from dead hard drives (Google search). Very unlikely to be able to help & will be very expensive if they are able to.
gaganailawadi said:
hi guys please help me out. my phone is not starting. today morning i just check my cell its working fine, i restarted it & from then its not working boot screen is getting stuck . this happens 3 times after then my cell is completely stuck
no recovery mode
no download mode
no usb detecting in pc
tried everything i can putting off the battery n all but nthing happening. so went to some local service center they are saying that we need to flash it with new software. i am also fine with it but they said my every thata will be lose. i cant lose my all the data please help me out in saving it.
my cell is samsung s2 i9100
custom rom = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483709&page=101
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i don't know if it'll work or not.. BUT if you are going to replace your motherboard Then try this at last may it'll work :
LINK:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f258/samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-short-circuit-solution-1537757/
It tells to remove the capacitor.. (used for USB OTG)
thnks guys for the reply will let you know what will happen in the end. right now i just gave the phone to local repairing shop.
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thnks guys for the reply will let you know what will happen in the end. right now i just gave the phone to local repairing shop.
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what does that local repair shop says on inspecting the phone ??
Motherboard Replacement or POWER IC ?? what Price does he asks for ?
nothing works phone was completely dead, i went to gaffar market but still no luck, showed to many shops but all said mother board is dead. so finally i bought one old mother board worth rs 4500 /- & now m using it