I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
njgautier said:
I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
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Sorry to hear abt it
i see u already tried couple of things.. have u also checked if the battery u using is charged or its completly dead may be phone is not charging the battery and none of the buttons are working coz of it possble charge with some adapter / use new battery charged etc
i myte be wrong just thinking of some possblty
123hiten said:
Sorry to hear abt it
i see u already tried couple of things.. have u also checked if the battery u using is charged or its completly dead may be phone is not charging the battery and none of the buttons are working coz of it possble charge with some adapter / use new battery charged etc
i myte be wrong just thinking of some possblty
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I tried a different battery as well as different cables and chargers all with no luck. I'm almost 100% sure this phone is hard bricked. I don't understand why a phone would be made that can essentially go into a bricked mode that is ridiculous even if you root it. There should be some type of fail safe boot mode to restore back to stock settings.
njgautier said:
I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
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using a usb jig will not help you if you have it hard bricked. usb jigs will only work on soft bricks.. so basically what you need now is someone to JTAG it (idk if jtags work on the S4, but afaik, most of the galaxy devices are revived via jtag)
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using a usb jig will not help you if you have it hard bricked. usb jigs will only work on soft bricks.. so basically what you need now is someone to JTAG it (idk if jtags work on the S4, but afaik, most of the galaxy devices are revived via jtag)
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Well I found out my phone was stolen from a Verizon retail store so I'm going to return it I traded my iphone 5 for it and now the piece of ___ that traded me for it is acting like they didn't know so im pretty much screwed.
try to search the forum or wait for someone to give you the link..and if none of them works try what i have done with my s4..hope this will help you.do not forget to hit the thanks button..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43592092#post43592092
njgautier said:
I recently hard bricked my galaxy s4 ive only had the phone for less than 5 days I can't claim it to insurance nor return it because I bought it from a friend. It won't turn on and none of the buttons work. I was trying to unroot my phone and return to a stock kernel and firmware. Is there anything I can do if its hard bricked to get it in download mode. I've already tried making a usb jig and it didn't work. I'm at a loss. I don't have the money to get a new phone or pay for someone to fix mine. Thanks in advance.
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see my sig for repairing dead boot, it may help
Get the police involved, or at least theaten to do so and get your phone back. Even if the "friend" claims they didn't know, they participated in the exchange of stolen goods and can be prosecuted despite having no knowledge of the crime.
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njgautier said:
Well I found out my phone was stolen from a Verizon retail store so I'm going to return it I traded my iphone 5 for it and now the piece of ___ that traded me for it is acting like they didn't know so im pretty much screwed.
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What a "friend" I been there done that.. I learned and moved on.. moral of the story
never buy used phones unless you are 110% sure where it came from.
Good luck bud, I also have a bricked S4 but its softbricked so i can still access download mode. :victory:
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Hello , guys ..
These are three methods to fix your bricked Samsung Galaxy :
1st Method by (three buttons) :
for galaxy I9000 :
here
for galaxy Vibrant and Capitive :
here
2nd Method for all versions by (Resistors) :
here
3rd Method for all versions by (RIFF Box) :
here
if your phone turns on, it's not bricked.
what bricks it anyways?
jonjonk said:
what bricks it anyways?
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Installing alot of roms
Not a brick if you can fix it ;D
People picked on me for that when I wrote my guide, LOL.
Its called a soft brick(software crash)
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I am sure I need method #3. My phone is totally dead.
Where can I take my phone go get this repair method done?
I bricked my phone. Fully bricked, no 3button or anything. screen blank no matter what i did etc etc
took it to optus (it was rooted so out of warranty apparently, but they weren't to know that) and said it just wouldn't turn on. They didn't even ask how it happened (had planned to say tried to update it with kies and it just wouldn't turn on) anyways they were just like 'hmmm yeah... not turning on, that's manufacturers problem. We'll send it to them and they'll have a look. Sign this and this and this.'
less than a week later i got a call from them and had my phone back working like nothing happened. All apps and data still there.
easy
A phone is bricked by you and it is totally your fault.in most cases the manufacturers wont take responsibility.your only hope then is sites like these.
Sent by a guy who knows what he's doing
mrappbrain said:
A phone is bricked by you and it is totally your fault.in most cases the manufacturers wont take responsibility.your only hope then is sites like these.
Sent by a guy who knows what he's doing
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If you're a guy who knows what he's doing then why bring back a topic that's been dead over a year with no useful info to add?
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If you're a guy who knows what he's doing then why bring back a topic that's been dead over a year with no useful info to add?
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I actually did lol at that.
Sent from a guy who has two thumbs and the thumbboard app. They go together like, well thumbs and thumbboards.
I dont know if this is brick!
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE BROKEN!!! SO I NEED HELP!!
HERE LINK TO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfMWMQ58Qc
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if any of you still have the phone,please upload the debrick.img
so i know it's a really old phone and no one actually carries it around anymore but still, i one in my closet and i hard bricked it. So I don't even know if it will work but it seemed like worth a shot.
here is a link on how to create a debrick.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628
You can visit unbrickit.com to have your phone fix remotely. 98% fix rate
hi guys which method do I use? when I was updating the system the battery fell off. now it just stops at tmobile screen. can't get into recovery mode but can go to download mode. also need to retrieve some important pictures. please help thanks so much I have note 3 sm-n900t
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Today i flashed my Tab with Gingerbread 2.3.3 for the forth time after Moding it a bit while having the Galaxy S plugged in and of course Odin flashed both...
so probably it changed the bootloader on it and now the Galaxy S wouldn't respond to anything,
button combinations dont work
plugging usb and then holding Vol-Up + Vol-Down while slipping battery back does nothing, I even tried the mythical Hair dryer and that took me nowhere
... its dead.
I read somewhere that the JIG is not for my case so i skipped it...
now what? is there anything else i should try? if not, is taking it to good ol' Sammy going to do me any good?
or should i just consider it a very expensive piece of home decoration.
***PS sorry if i posted this in the wrong section.
i had a soft brick on a vibrant last night and the only thing that worked for me was pressing the vol up and down and THEN plugging in the usb to the computer.... then the software loader screen came up allowing me to USE odin AND FLASH stock tmo os
devilsadidas said:
i had a soft brick on a vibrant last night and the only thing that worked for me was pressing the vol up and down and THEN plugging in the usb to the computer.... then the software loader screen came up allowing me to USE odin AND FLASH stock tmo os
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well, good for you but as for me.. that didn't do the trick.. I am here hoping to get a magical answer but almost sure that this wont happen.. sammy should expect my visit soon
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Are you under contract? and did you buy the phone from a certified retailer? if so you can say that your phone shut off and wont turn on. i bricked my phone twice (HTC EVO) and took it back to sprint and the replaced the phone because it was a "manufacturing default". hope this helps!
well that sucks, know how you feel except mine had a bit better of an outcome. sux
NannansDilema said:
Are you under contract? and did you buy the phone from a certified retailer? if so you can say that your phone shut off and wont turn on. i bricked my phone twice (HTC EVO) and took it back to sprint and the replaced the phone because it was a "manufacturing default". hope this helps!
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well not exactly, i bought it when i was traveling and i am not quite sure our dealers here don't accept international warranties...
I just hope that they would know how to fix it, without costing me the price of a new one that is
You've probably thought of this already, but... are you sure your battery has enough juice left to boot up? Happened to me once and scared the heck out of me.
zwizzle said:
You've probably thought of this already, but... are you sure your battery has enough juice left to boot up? Happened to me once and scared the heck out of me.
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Thanks for the Idea but yeah, My phone was at 95% when i Killed it with a bad flash
Sounds like you might need a jtag for it. There is a post on the home page portal maybe a page or two back on how to do it yourself or the guy over at mobile tech videos has a jtag service. It is used for bringing back the hard bricked devices.
I soft bricked my Nexus S last week, freaking scary!
It took me 6 hours to just it alive by trying over 20 method!
Hi, I just tried flashing an official froyo rom for Odin3 and it was a sucess, but after it suceeded, my phone just shut off on its own. I tried pressing the power button and nothing happens. I have also tried many methods such as taking out battery, hold volume down+up buttons, then plug usb and put back battery. Another method that I tried from my first hard-brick was holding the Volume up and power button then putting in back the battery which does not work on the second break. Are there any solutions other than using a JIG? Thanks for the responses and help.
The best way to fix it is to go to a T-Mobile store, tell them you flashed your phone to a custom rom and everything went perfect, until it rebooted. Then ask them to exchange it for a new vibrant at no charge even though you voided your warranty. Then ask them if they sell the jigs also because that might come in handy the next time you brick your vibrant.
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The best way to fix it is to go to a T-Mobile store, tell them you flashed your phone to a custom rom and everything went perfect, until it rebooted. Then ask them to exchange it for a new vibrant at no charge even though you voided your warranty. Then ask them if they sell the jigs also because that might come in handy the next time you brick your vibrant.
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The problem is I don't have warranty for this phone, I'm not sure if they would exchange it.
You didn't get it....hmmmm.
TheSneakerWhore said:
You didn't get it....hmmmm.
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I would've got the warranty but my parents bought for me lol, the warranty cost alot when it first came out so my parents didn't want it
snowball34 said:
I would've got the warranty but my parents bought for me lol, the warranty cost alot when it first came out so my parents didn't want it
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No, it's a lil more snarky than that--he was BS'ing you all the way.
JTAG might do the trick.
TheSneakerWhore said:
No, it's a lil more snarky than that--he was BS'ing you all the way.
JTAG might do the trick.
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So they are no solutions on how to un-brick my phone other than jigging it?
Try removing everything and open ODIN , plug the usb cable in to your pc & phone... hold down the volume down & power button & put the battery in...just to make sure you tried all combinations...
In actuality, you should do the steps above but hold the volume up & down buttons and put the battery in to get to download mode.
You can also try and remove everything, have odin open, plug the usb into your pc only, hold the volume up&down buttons, put the battery in(keeping the buttons pressed) and then plug the usb into the phone.
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if you can't add to the conversation, then move along and stop bashing someone looking for help...just sayin..
I hard bricked my Vibrant about two months ago when I tried to odin the boot loaders and I didn't buy a warranty when I bought the phone. Samsung gives you a one year warranty on your vibrant from the day of purchase. Since Vibrants were released last July, you should still have the manufacturer's warranty. Just call up Samsung and tell them your phone didn't turn on after you tried updating to 2.2 from 2.1. They will have you send in it in and they'll fix it free of charge. As long as the phone is a true hard brick they won't know you messed with it since they won't be able to turn it on. This process worked for me.
Edit. Make sure you say that you tried updating through Kies.
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+1, to the reply above.
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onajjar1012 said:
I hard bricked my Vibrant about two months ago when I tried to odin the boot loaders and I didn't buy a warranty when I bought the phone. Samsung gives you a one year warranty on your vibrant from the day of purchase. Since Vibrants were released last July, you should still have the manufacturer's warranty. Just call up Samsung and tell them your phone didn't turn on after you tried updating to 2.2 from 2.1. They will have you send in it in and they'll fix it free of charge. As long as the phone is a true hard brick they won't know you messed with it since they won't be able to turn it on. This process worked for me.
Edit. Make sure you say that you tried updating through Kies.
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So Samsung automatically gives my Vibrant a one year warranty starting the day I bought it?
Yes. All new phones come with a one year warranty including Samsung phones.
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power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
Hey guys, here's my problem:
I was flashing from Eclair 2.1 to Froyo 2.2 via Odin. All went good, i got the PASS, but the phone didnt restart.
Then I, stupidly, disconnected the USB cable and then took off the battery.
Now when i connect it to USB it gives me a white-gray screen and doesn't turn on.
I don't even get the SAMSUNG I5800L screen. Can't get to download mode via 3 button combo and via USB+ take off battery+3 button combo+ put on battery.
Should I use JIG, or is it a Total Brick?
Thanks :s
Probably hardbrick. Do you have warranty?
Uh, no. The phone has like 3 years of lifetime, it was my father's, and now it is mine. I tried to flash it to froyo and boom T_T.
Should I try the JIG or it wouldn't do anything? :s
Finally, if I have just a paperweight, maybe I'll try with the hairdryer, but I don't think it'll work.
Ah thats a pity. You could take it to a samsung service and tell them that after kies update the phone didn't turned on. I dont know the cost.
Hmmmm, i5800L, that would be the cause of the brick. What rom did you use??
Also samsung service center folks are pretty idiots. When my friends G3 got bricked, they asked him change the motherboard(if i am not wrong).That costed about rs. 3500 (which is high). Later when i joined xda, i found out that was a lam e bootloop which could have been fixed easily.
Moral of the story - Samsung service center people aren't that helpful.
Uuhh... I used the I5800 ROM, there was no I5800L, so I thought it would work...
And, I WISH I HAD A BOOTLOOP! >.< I think I screwed up the bootloader, cuz the only thing I get is that white screen, sometimes with lines on it when i plug it on USB...
WELL... then no JIG, no hairdryer, LET'S WASTE MONEY!
Atleast you are getting something!! i dont think its a hard brick.Does it get recognised by ODIN?may be the usb jig method will work
Nope, not recognized by odin, just that f***ing white screen...
zzzzz....
Any update man..?
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Hmmmm, i5800L, that would be the cause of the brick. What rom did you use??
Also samsung service center folks are pretty idiots. When my friends G3 got bricked, they asked him change the motherboard(if i am not wrong).That costed about rs. 3500 (which is high). Later when i joined xda, i found out that was a lam e bootloop which could have been fixed easily.
Moral of the story - Samsung service center people aren't that helpful.
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Same thing happened about my friend's HTC Desire... Except he didn't have root. His phone would turn on only at low CPU temps... I'm sure it's a normal softbrick because exact same thing happened to my phone and I could fix it because I had odin
Oh, and Im almost completely sure my relative had working odin-like flashing programme he recieved from HTC...
So last week I flashed a completely wrong ROM on my S5 and ended up hardbricking it. Nothing at all works, no key combos or anything. I've tried jigging it but that didn't work either. Is there anything I can do to unbrick my phone at all? Or do I have to spend $175 on insurance? I'm really new to all of this and probably just wasted the phone this is just my last cry for help before I sign the forum for an insurance claim
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So last week I flashed a completely wrong ROM on my S5 and ended up hardbricking it. Nothing at all works, no key combos or anything. I've tried jigging it but that didn't work either. Is there anything I can do to unbrick my phone at all? Or do I have to spend $175 on insurance? I'm really new to all of this and probably just wasted the phone this is just my last cry for help before I sign the forum for an insurance claim
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If a jig or download mode doesn't work it sounds like there's not much you can do unfortunately.