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Big Problem with my Galaxy S

Hey Guys
got some problems with my galaxy s
tried to delete the contacts manualy and mixed up some stuff.
then i replaced /system/app/contacts with the one from the n1 from froyo
after this i did a hard reset and a cleared the cache.
now after reboot i got a lot of fcs and cant enter menu or anything, but i need to enable usb-debugging to come in to recovery mode or download mode since this phone has no 3 button recovery or download mode
does anyone has some sort of suggestion how to solve this problem?
greetz and thanks for every reply

And guess what
It had to be posted in android development section!
Tried adb in recovery?

tried it and didnt work since adb isnt activated on the phone and i cant enter settings menu because i everything fcs within a second

Ah rite, I thought ADB was always active in recovery mode...Apparently its not.
And yes, this looks bad. Nothing comes into my mind... Is there a way to flash update.zip from external sd?

i guess there is no way to flash it without recovery...
if i gett wifi working is there a way to open adb via wifi without using an app like adbWireless or with the terminalpro?

Thread moved. Why was this posted in Development?
WB

I think this is one nasty brick...
Does kies recognize the phone? There is a way to reflash current firmware using it...

sorry for posting in developer thread...
if i try coneccting with kies i get android.process.media fc

I'm afraid I cant help you. Try good folks from #project-voodoo on freenode.
Lack of 3 button recovery is a *****.

jea i still dont get why they even blocked 3 button combo
well ill try a little more and tomorrow im going to call the shop were i bought it...
lets hope they are realy nice people
*edit
if i try to conecct with kies i come to that point that kies says " Das gerät wird verbunden" wich is german and means something like the device is beeing coneccted ...

wanted to give a short update
i am getting a new phone tomorrow and then i will be sending my old phone back to the shop where i bought it hope this one doesnt have the 3 botton mode locked

Do USB Jigs work with SGM?

http://www.ebay.in/itm/UNBrick-Sams...?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item415d3ece49
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/unbric...msung-t959-i9000-i897-m110s-i8700-i9100-93514
Do these products work for the SGM? I saw somebody mentioning a jig to recover bricked phone somewhere here (related to SGM), but my request for clarification was not answered. Hence, creating this thread.
What software is required to use them?
And anybody got heimdall to work?

1.- Remove both the SIM card and de microSD card.
2.- KEEP YOUR BATTERY REMOVED
3.- Apply the Download-mode button combination (known by you all)
4.- WHILE HOLDING THE COMBINATION, insert the battery, and keep the buttons pressed untill you get the download mode.
5.- Flash your phone with a valid firmware through Odin (Preferebly, have Odin prepared before doing this trick)
i saw many people posting this trick n it worked for galaxy series n sgm too..if it is hard bricked then also..i dont think this device jig is required to unbrick,,,.
u r asking of software it is ODIN v4.38 download it by searching on google

Yes i confirm , work but no with hardware bricked SGM (black screen)

djeidj said:
Yes i confirm , work but no with hardware bricked SGM (black screen)
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Thanks for this info. By "black screen", I hope you mean that the phone had neither download mode, nor battery charging sign??
Which jig did you use?
Can you describe the method or provide links?

In my case By "black screen", I mean that once i nstalled ROM MANAGER my phone does not start and shows only black screen and the phone had neither download mode, nor battery charging sign, in this case jig does not help.
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But when I downgread my phone he died again, then I used my hand-made jig and after restart my phone enter in downlosd mode. I used this method - search this in google - How I did: Restore soft-bricked Samsung Galaxy I9000. But I guess you can use the link which I will send a P.M

Were you able to bring back to life your galaxy mini? I'm in the same situation (black screen due to ram manager) but my home made jig doesn't work. (Although it works with galaxys and galaxy s2).
Any idea or suggestion?
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I managed to return my phone to my provider cervice , in this case it is the only solution for our phone. There told me that they changed the motherboard to fix it.

yeah it works depending on how your phone is bricked, mines really really hard bricked, no download mode, no charging ****, and odin nor doesnt recognize it, the only option is to surrender it to the carrier u bought it from

Hmm, many had problems with ROM Manager as I could see, and I guess its the reason for bricking. I'm never gonna use it anyways !!
Btw, I'm concerned about how the Service Center unbricks our device ?
We can't do that manually ?
I understand if its a hardware bricked stage, then no other option rather than handing the device to them.

coolsandie said:
Hmm, many had problems with ROM Manager as I could see, and I guess its the reason for bricking. I'm never gonna use it anyways !!
Btw, I'm concerned about how the Service Center unbricks our device ?
We can't do that manually ?
I understand if its a hardware bricked stage, then no other option rather than handing the device to them.
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search google for for jtag. You need a jtag jig, which connects directly to the mother board (and not the usb jig). There is one available, but is real expensive, afaik.

thank you very much

confirmed, my usb jig , which works with i9000 doesn't work with my wife's SGM...

Yes it works. I Tested it myself.
But only on soft bricks not on hard bricks.
I can give you a video if you want just pm me. ^_^

With the SGM, you do not need a jig if it is only a soft brick. As long as you can enter download mode, ODIN works.

genieass said:
With the SGM, you do not need a jig if it is only a soft brick. As long as you can enter download mode, ODIN works.
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precisely.
btw those issues with rom manager.... it doesn't happen to me.

So if my phone doesn't turn on in any mode, is not recognized by odin, that means I have hardware brick? And USB jig will not work, right?

TheWhisp said:
So if my phone doesn't turn on in any mode, is not recognized by odin, that means I have hardware brick? And USB jig will not work, right?
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no! if read ur testimony
its caused ur wrong flash kernel , only one way is use "jtag" to flash the recovery kernel. then flash custom .
usb jig only purpose for softbricked.
hope it answers thy question

So in repair service they use these jtag tools?

TheWhisp said:
So if my phone doesn't turn on in any mode, is not recognized by odin, that means I have hardware brick? And USB jig will not work, right?
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Actually, there might still be hope, USB Jig works, you can make one by stripping the USB cord's end and connect 3 100k ohms resistors on two points, I can post photos if you want.
If your bootloader is already damaged by a bad flash, just hope your factory download mode's partition isn't also damage. If not, then the jig will work.
Also if anybody would like, here's my thread on how to flash stock ROMs 100% safe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551586

TheWhisp said:
So in repair service they use these jtag tools?
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In some cases yes

Samsung galaxy s 'usb brick'

Hi, to all.
I'm not sure i am the only one who has this problem on i9000,(i suppose not),
in any case i haven't found any thread related for our phone.So i thought it would be a good idea to start one,and if others have same problem, post here, so we can gather as much info we can.And maybe find a solution.
ANY HELP IS VERY APPRECIATED.
From what I've read on forum it's defined as: ''when a phone perfectly works but it is unable to make its usb micro port work in any way''.(Except charging).To precise, i mean make phone visible in download mode or able to enter in download mode,usb drivers install, transferring files to/from computer to internal memory and sdcard.
The only threads i found are for HTC devices,with no clear solution.
User Bejda gently gave me a link on a French forum with a similar problem.
It has alot of interesting info and personal opinions about the problem.
http://galaxys-team.fr/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20841
Another link is this one referring to a program that can unbrick and make functional the usb port.
http://galaxys-team.fr/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22257
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
1)GOOGLE DRIVERS (As i use cm7) --Didnt work in my case
2)Other cm7 version or other kernel from CWM --Didnt work in my case
3)Other pc usb port --Didnt work in my case
4)Other pc or format --Didnt work in my case
5)Other usb cable --Didnt work in my case
6)Mobile Odin --Cant use that to put stock firmware as i need to repartition and pit, and these options are disabled.Can they be enabled??
7)Clean Usb port/Check if it is ok --Didnt work in my case
8)Use Jig -- Didn't work either.
9)Use the program from the above forum??
10)Heimdall --Finds uknown device with 0000 ids etc,and fails to install device.Does work.Tried latest version.
11)Tried toggling BT--Didnt work.
12)Having the phone connected to notebook and then turning the notebook on -- Didnt work in my case
12)APPLYING CM9 ICS! -- YES THIS SOLVED MY PROBLEM!!USB DISCS WORKING SO AS ODIN ON DL MODE!!!!!THANK GOD!
Can't think something more..
About my case:
The phone works perfect but i cant manage my pc to 'see' my phone.Charging works.
The 2 discs of the phone
or even odin cant be seen.I tried different pc's,usb ports,usb drivers/controllers,cables,download or not mode,usb debbugging on/off , samsung and google drivers.
Other cm7 versions or kernel versions.Formatting the pc also.Whereas my friends phone on pc works perfectly,mine 8 out of 10 times is not recognised ,or found as uknown device.
Discs (internal and sd) also not shown on my computer.
On 3-4 days of trying i only managed to get it shown for 1 minute(only discs) ,didnt have time to try odin,as it disconnected (without me touching anything).After that it did the same before(not recognized etc).
I also dissembled my phone and i can say usb port seems perfect.
I was thinking if i manage to make odin work i can repartion and (update bootloader????) also put stock firmware/kernel that may fix it ,or not???
Or at least with stock i can try samsung's warranty.
Anyway for now i use My phone Explorer (via wifi) that can access eveything (contacts,sms,calendar,both disks on root folders etc,and its free)
because ftp apks dont work for me.

I ran into the same problem a few weeks ago, tested it all that you write about, but eventually I gave up and sent it to Samsung, they changed the circuit board on the warranty and now it's on its way back from service.
I said I tried to update the phone in Kies and that something went wrong ....
If you have a custom ROM on your phone, see if you can "destroy the software" so that they can not get into the phone and find that you have broken the warranty.

Thanks for your answer.
Well,you were on custom firmware/kernel?
I don't know if this can be done as i am on cm7 and i use a non stock kernel.

if you are on a custom rom you could try odin for mobile to flash a stock rom and send it to samsung (if you are still under waranty) for repairs/checks

gigeaky said:
if you are on a custom rom you could try odin for mobile to flash a stock rom and send it to samsung (if you are still under waranty) for repairs/checks
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Hi,thanks for the answer.
As i said odin cant be used because phone is not recognised by the pc in any way

For me toggling bluetooth helpt ...

I had same issues, repaired by replacing micro usb port.
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fobas001 said:
I had same issues, repaired by replacing micro usb port.
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you replaced it alone?
sent it somewhere??
In anycase today arrived my JIG .
Even when i enter in download mode with Jig,i cant make Odin see it in anyway/or install drivers.
Tried also BT toggling as stated,but nothing.

magosmagos said:
you replaced it alone?
sent it somewhere??
In anycase today arrived my JIG .
Even when i enter in download mode with Jig,i cant make Odin see it in anyway/or install drivers.
Tried also BT toggling as stated,but nothing.
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I did sent to rma, but I have done for my friend, because he was out of warranty, not so difficult if you have proper soldering tools. Well its not cheap to get them, Im working with pc's motherboards, and soldering components is my job.
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magosmagos said:
Hi,thanks for the answer.
As i said odin cant be used because phone is not recognised by the pc in any way
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i hope you understood that i was referring to this

i had this problem so many times even with my ex-galaxy spica.
My solution is very weird/unimaginable : One day, my spica remained plugged in my pc portable turned off. When i booted my pc portable,in my bios screen, my phone said it was connected in USB. It was the better day of my life
Precision : my pc portable is very old ( compaq presario R3200 )
From that momment, every USBrick was just matter of time

gigeaky said:
i hope you understood that i was referring to this
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Thanks,
sorry i read too fast.Problem remains also even with Mobile Odin.
I am on modified kernel and cm7.
If i try to use mobile odin to put stock firmware kernel i will soft brick my phone as i need to repartition and pit,and these options on mobile odin are disabled

oxmoss said:
i had this problem so many times even with my ex-galaxy spica.
My solution is very weird/unimaginable : One day, my spica remained plugged in my pc portable turned off. When i booted my pc portable,in my bios screen, my phone said it was connected in USB. It was the better day of my life
Precision : my pc portable is very old ( compaq presario R3200 )
From that momment, every USBrick was just matter of time
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I'll try that also with my netbook.

I had a similar problem I was using cm7 latest build at the time. I just flashed CM9 ics build a few days ago now window can see my phone sd card and external sd card I have not tried using it with odin etc yet as was too busy will try it this weekend to see if it is completely fixed.

If you want to drop off cm, you can try mobile Odin....
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spamtrash said:
If you want to drop off cm, you can try mobile Odin....
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How?I need to repartiond and pit ,and mobile odin dowsnt do it.

Same thing has happened to mine. Sent it off for repair now though. I was running CM9 at the time.

benwilliams123 said:
Same thing has happened to mine. Sent it off for repair now though. I was running CM9 at the time.
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Repair to a shop or samsung?
Claimed warranty or not?

i've got this problem to, you've probably got a faulty usb port, look into the port and see if you can find all the copper connectors, just today i tried a brand new usb cable, an that works!!!
only... it works 1 time, the first time the copper connectors aren't pushed into the cable, just look at an used cable and see what i mean, the connectors in the middle are pushed in....
what i think is that if you use a set of tweezers to pull them 1-2 mm out, (so they are lined up with the outer connectors) you can make contact again, make sure you're already in debugging mode, if you have used the cable you have to do it again..
btw, i havent tried the tweezers, i had a noever used cable laying around, but it's probably the same idea, so the same effect.... please reply if it worked or not...
btw^2 you're getting the "unknown usb device" error are you not?

Sorry for being late.These days i was ill
Yes maybe i have a faulty port.
But i can't claim warranty because i have glitch kernel and cm7 kang .
I just want to try 1st everything else possible , before a repair.
Also i don't like alot the fact that i will stay without my phone.
I will also try these days to keep it plugged on my turned off notebook (as oxmoss said)
and also try cm9 with cm9 kernel (as Dopedangel said).
Only sometimes (like 1 out of 10) it gives me unknown usb or usb malfunctioned,and (like 2 out of 1000!) it found the phone correctly.
These days , some times if i try to 'move' the cable near the phone it finds the uknown device
but i cant do nothing more. And sometimes i also hear the sound of the speakers getting 'stacked' when connect the usb..
So it must be the usb...
But the pins seem perfect.Also the ones inside the motherboard...
I tried with tweezers but nothing,as everything seems ok...
Anyway for now i use My phone Explorer (via wifi) that can access eveything (contacts,sms,calendar,both disks on root folders etc,and its free)
because ftp apks dont work for me.
Anyway i will try the above solutions and update these days the thread.
Thanks again

I9001 problem

My SGS+ runs on 2.3.5
when I connect USB cable it charges but WINXP won't recognize it .... tried on different machines ... reinstalled drivers (Kies drivers and Nexus )
still the same
Any suggestions ?
even tried tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27205737&postcount=4571
Nothing helps

Maybe your usb cable is broken?

first of all. wrong post. you need to post you questions in the q&a forum.
second: go to settings, connections, usb-connection. there are three options: kies, mediaplayer and mass storage. choose kies if you want to connect with kies. be sure to have usb-debugging turned off (in settings, go to development at the bottom)
hit thanks if i helped
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getmeister said:
My SGS+ runs on 2.3.5
when I connect USB cable it charges but WINXP won't recognize it .... tried on different machines ... reinstalled drivers (Kies drivers and Nexus )
still the same
Any suggestions ?
even tried tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27205737&postcount=4571
Nothing helps
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Install kies / set usb mount to usb storage

p.s. if nothing helps what people will say here, you could try to post your question in that tutorial thread where you made a link to
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if your phone is charging while you have usb cable connected, then you can try a factory reset, could be a software problem

chasemyass said:
if your phone is charging while you have usb cable connected, then you can try a factory reset, could be a software problem
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so do I, strangest thing is when I put AC power adapter it won't charge .. ??
going to unroot, and do factory reset, and wipe partition data ... not anymore on CWM but ordinary Recovery Mode

Pezmet said:
Install kies / set usb mount to usb storage
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set usb mount to usb storage ?

getmeister said:
so do I, strangest thing is when I put AC power adapter it won't charge .. ??
going to unroot, and do factory reset, and wipe partition data ... not anymore on CWM but ordinary Recovery Mode
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micro usb from phone is probably broken you must go to service for it...

also 9001_stock_recovery-signed.zip failed
E:Error in tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 2)
Instalation aborted

Looks like the whole phone is broken!

YMYA said:
Looks like the whole phone is broken!
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LOL It seems so

getmeister said:
LOL It seems so
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How did you get it? If you bought a second hand one .. find a guy who sell it to ya and make him beg for mercy..
But if you get it from your mobile company I thing you must find a way to make it stock again for waranty..

Gusta_HR said:
How did you get it? If you bought a second hand one .. find a guy who sell it to ya and make him beg for mercy..
But if you get it from your mobile company I thing you must find a way to make it stock again for waranty..
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Psss.. They answer you, that your fault. or back you phone hard bricker than before... And you will wait for phone month, three, or year

Gusta_HR said:
How did you get it? If you bought a second hand one .. find a guy who sell it to ya and make him beg for mercy..
But if you get it from your mobile company I thing you must find a way to make it stock again for waranty..
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Or you coyld try burn motherboard (a hard brick) and get to warranty and they will change it. They can't see what you had on it obce bricked Tell them kies flashed an update and pgone stopped from booting
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chasemyass said:
Or you coyld try burn motherboard (a hard brick) and get to warranty and they will change it. They can't see what you had on it obce bricked Tell them kies flashed an update and pgone stopped from booting
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After several failure attempts definitely 95% sure USB connector is broken.
By the way i have stock firmware 2.3.5 rooted, remowed CWM before USB connector broke so only thing is to unroot and do factory reset
I think that might be enough for mobile company to repair it !
Thanks everyone for help !!
will post results

chasemyass said:
Or you coyld try burn motherboard (a hard brick) and get to warranty and they will change it. They can't see what you had on it obce bricked Tell them kies flashed an update and pgone stopped from booting
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This is the best solution in my opinion..hahaha...
Anyways, this thread is ridiculous..its not even a development thread and I see everyone rushing in with their solutions.. :silly:
This thread must be closed or moved to Q&A!! xp

Change ur Data cable... I had the same prob...
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sdk_8816 said:
Change ur Data cable... I had the same prob...
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OK and why my AC adapter won't charge phone ??

getmeister said:
OK and why my AC adapter won't charge phone ??
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Read my lips:
Cause your USB PORT is f**kin' broken ... !!!!
sent from the other side of my Galaxy

Bricked phone ?!!

Hello everyone ! Two days ago I wanted to flash the stock firmware on my S6500D and the pc restarted when I was flashing the recovery.img I think..and now the phone shows only the Samsung logo ( but very very veeery low-quality resolution ) with some lines in right, how can I repair it..?

ye, it's a brick. I had the same problem when I bricked mine. At first it had corrupted graphics, after some minutes it didn't boot at all.

There's no way to reflash it..? Without replacing the motherboard , I mean..using the software side.

JTAG

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man, try do self jtag, watch on youtube videos etc, its simply and not expensive and it can repair your phone. if it cant help, just go to mobile center for new board

Fallen_Knight said:
what happened to your phone before flashing stock?
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he said that the flashing process was interrupted, do you read?

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i heard USBjig is working on our phone to force it in download mode.
maybe you should try it

tekkenl0rd13 said:
i heard USBjig is working on our phone to force it in download mode.
maybe you should try it
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i read jtag also working on all galaxy family devices. try it, try.

I could give the device to a repair service ( GSMobile for me ) and they could repair it, but I don't want to give money for this device because the screen is also broken and I think in 2 months I'll buy a S3 Mini ( I love S3, belive me ) and if I find a way with a small amount of money to repair the phone I will do it ! But this jig..I also used some JIG for bricked PS3 but it's not the same way.. and I don't know a lot of things about making one for my phone, if you have a tutorial I will do it, but after I get the S3 Mini I'll surely repair this phone, I want to continue developing and searching and helping the other Mini2 owners, it is my first Android phone and it means very much to me.

JIG is only meant to force the phone into download mode. If the JIG works, your device is not hard bricked... Otherwise, I mean, if it is hard bricked, service center will take care of it. JTAG != JIG

I'll try to JIG tomorow , I'm using this tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604707 , TheWhisp, the recovery.img file wasn't flashed totally, I mean it was about 60%..but the boot.img / system.ext4 ( I Think it was like that ) / other files were flashed with succes.. maybe the JIG will do it for me !

zalukajonet said:
i read jtag also working on all galaxy family devices. try it, try.
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Thanks.

I've tried the USBJig but the phone doesn't responds in any way, it still remains off..

This should be posted in Q n A not in Android Development.

dei.andrei98 said:
I've tried the USBJig but the phone doesn't responds in any way, it still remains off..
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bro try check all conections in jig. mayby there is some problem with pins.

LiskatFlow said:
This should be posted in Q n A not in Android Development.
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There's no such section for Mini2
zalukajonet said:
bro try check all conections in jig. mayby there is some problem with pins.
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I've tried all possible connections and sometimes the phones turns on ( I mean that the Samsung screen appears ) but sometimes nothing happen ( like when connecting PIN 4 to PIN 5 and this is the jig connection )

dei.andrei98 said:
There's no such section for Mini2
I've tried all possible connections and sometimes the phones turns on ( I mean that the Samsung screen appears ) but sometimes nothing happen ( like when connecting PIN 4 to PIN 5 and this is the jig connection )
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my friend tell me something mayby usefull. push buttons to go to download mode and connect jig - in the same time. mayby it can help.

zalukajonet said:
my friend tell me something mayby usefull. push buttons to go to download mode and connect jig - in the same time. mayby it can help.
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It's not working, if I enter in download mode by the buttons the screen shows only a white line, then I connect the jig and nothing happens, the screen remains the same..