Tried to install CWM from market as Galaxy Tab 10.1. The tab is bricked, if you choose to boot into recovery you will get sutck in an endless loop of reboots. With a little effort and connecting the tab to a PC you can get back to the choice menu and enter download mode.
You have been warned!
Bec07 said:
Tried to install CWM from market as Galaxy Tab 10.1. The tab is bricked, if you choose to boot into recovery you will get sutck in an endless loop of reboots. With a little effort and connecting the tab to a PC you can get back to the choice menu and enter download mode.
You have been warned!
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At least its only a soft brick...
Definitely good to know...sorry you went through the hassle to find out.
Thanks for sharing with us, lets hope someone can get a recovery working soon so I can be more dangerous!!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
Thanks, downloading now from: http://www.samsung-firmware.de/pxxx_62889641.html
This is the netload folder for the wi-fi version: http://netfolder.in/folder.php?folder_id=VgnYQ90 and the password: samsung-stuff.de
Samfirmware uses awful slow hosts lately.
Just got it today and I really got scared as the boot menu didn't show up anymore (the sammy logo did appear but it was followed by immediate shutdown) I was starting to think I got myself a hard brick
Got it from Amazon.fr, sorry I won't be able to share my firmware anymore...
Bec07 said:
Thanks, downloading now from: http://www.samsung-firmware.de/pxxx_62889641.html
This is the netload folder for the wi-fi version: http://netfolder.in/folder.php?folder_id=VgnYQ90 and the password: samsung-stuff.de
Samfirmware uses awful slow hosts lately.
Just got it today and I really got scared as the boot menu didn't show up anymore (the sammy logo did appear but it was followed by immediate shutdown) I was starting to think I got myself a hard brick
Got it from Amazon.fr, sorry I won't be able to share my firmware anymore...
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Be careful. Sometimes it clears your SD card as well (depending on what exactly you're doing).
To be safe, make a backup of you SD card on your computer.
Only flashed the bootloader from that pack, seems to work!
... more or less. Trying to boot into recovery will restart the tabled, trying to do so from the CWM app will bring you back to the reboot loop...
Bec07 said:
Only flashed the bootloader from that pack, seems to work!
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Sweet bro.
Sure wished I'd seen this message last night.....
Well, now to see if I can fix mine.
-dana
Thanks for finding this trick. I applied it but I moved from soft brick to what I thought was hard brick. Leaving it on the charger for a half hour as I took the dogs for a walk "woke the dead".
Thanks,
-dana
Amateur Geologist said:
Thanks for finding this trick. I applied it but I moved from soft brick to what I thought was hard brick. Leaving it on the charger for a half hour as I took the dogs for a walk "woke the dead".
Thanks,
-dana
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A hard brick is when nothing shows up no matter what. Screen stays black no matter what you do, power button doesnt work, you cant get into any recovery or bootloader or anything..
I was a little iffy to install it...so glad I didn't. Had some issues with it on my GS2..pfft
i think i have bricked mine new P 7500
but there is nothing wrong i did with this device
tab is now in only conecting in APX
NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices
no sign of charging and no light on display
is there any way to recover it back??????????
this is semi or hard bricked?????
How? this thread is meant for the 8.9 tabs...
This topic should be a sticky!
Anyway too late for me, just trying to work out what brick I have. Basically I done the above too but I'm trying to work out what type of brick I've got. I cannot see a charge light when put on charge. I can get to an option for recovery or download but can't get to recovery. I just get a bootloop of powering on as far as the samsung logo before shutting down, or at least the screen going black. I've never connected to computer yet but I think I've found the files I need should it be a soft brick. Any help in getting me through this would be appreciated.
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Bec07 said:
Only flashed the bootloader from that pack, seems to work!
... more or less. Trying to boot into recovery will restart the tabled, trying to do so from the CWM app will bring you back to the reboot loop...
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Hmmm, can someone tell me a little more about this. What files exactly, from that german site? Now I'm confused. Could someone provide a link. I've got a uk unlocked sim free wifi only. And I know its a pita but some guidance on what do do with that file would be a great help
Many thanks
Dunbad said:
This topic should be a sticky!
Anyway too late for me, just trying to work out what brick I have. Basically I done the above too but I'm trying to work out what type of brick I've got. I cannot see a charge light when put on charge. I can get to an option for recovery or download but can't get to recovery. I just get a bootloop of powering on as far as the samsung logo before shutting down, or at least the screen going black. I've never connected to computer yet but I think I've found the files I need should it be a soft brick. Any help in getting me through this would be appreciated.
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Hmmm, can someone tell me a little more about this. What files exactly, from that german site? Now I'm confused. Could someone provide a link. I've got a uk unlocked sim free wifi only. And I know its a pita but some guidance on what do do with that file would be a great help
Many thanks
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Trapped myself in this lobster pot too. Probably hold the record for purchase to soft brick in 10 hrs!
there is a link in second post from op which has the roms and the flashing software (Odin)eunfortunately they only had a 7310 rom when I looked. You need a 7300 rom for your phone to work. Please read as many forums as you can on this first. I ended up flashing an Asian image just to get back on my feet, then ended up flashing overcome and over clocking which works very well. Wish you luck!
same
same thing happened to me .I should of looked here before trying a backup. Used Odin to install this and its all good, and 3.2. megaupload.com/?d=0KYNVV4Z
FYI, I was stupid yesterday and allowed ROM manager to update my recovery partition (it told me there was an update available). Of course the update was for a Tab 10.1 and soft bricked my tab (it went into a boot loop). I recovered by going into download mode and using odin to flash only Tab 8.9 clockwork recovery image.
So, if anyone else bricks their tab by using an incompatible recovery, you should be able to recover back to where you were by just flashing a compatible recovery instead of using a full odin ROM.
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Ok guys, I feel this is just the end of the games... I was flashing back the Roto JME fw with the swype keyboard issue fixed that I have just made, when I accidentally unplugged the tab while starting flashing and in downloading mode.
Now all I get is a logo with a phone an alert symbol and a computer .
Windows as well as Odin see it, but I can't do anything, as Odin hangs on waiting for connection, or something like that.
Is there anything I can do?? Or do I really have to take it to the warranty? And if I will have to take it to the warranty will they see I have previously flashed a beta rooted image on it??
Here's what I am talking about
Please I need some help..
Thanks
Is there no recovery mode by buttons like the captivate? I hate seeing all the bricks
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Its not bricked
heimdall close-pc-screen
should restart it
then power it off
then put it into download mode again using power + volume down
-d
Technomancer said:
Its not bricked
heimdall close-pc-screen
should restart it
then power it off
then put it into download mode again using power + volume down
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damn it says Failed to access device. Error: -12 .. I am on windows with latest version of heimdall ...
Segnale007 said:
damn it says Failed to access device. Error: -12 .. I am on windows with latest version of heimdall ...
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Ops, it was the driver... damn windows ...
Solved btw.. I just realized I have lots of things to learn ... I have almost died of heart attack when I saw my tab stucked on that logo.. and now its back again..
Thank u falks
You need to make sure samsung kies are not running for sure unistall it and try it again
use odin. that is still download mode. might take you a couple of tries but works. i was in your shoes the other day
Everything is fixed thanks to Tecnomancer. Thank u guys
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
Could you please list the steps you went through in order to fix this - for everyone else's sake? Thx!
Segnale007 said:
Everything is fixed thanks to Tecnomancer. Thank u guys
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I've heard plenty of goofy stories about bricking devices over the years. You must conclude the following:
1.Flash your device in a locked room to avoid your wife/ child pulling cables or pressing buttons.
2.Don't touch anything while you're flashing. This is why many people that could help you will ignore you after reading about 'accidentally disconnected' wires - they just assume you're a moron not worth helping.
3.Read instructions carefully and write the procedure out in your own words if its your first time.
I've been flashing for years and haven't had a brick yet. Not crossing my fingers either because it has little to do with luck and much to do with care. In this way its a lot like making babies...
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2.Don't touch anything while you're flashing. This is why many people that could help you will ignore you after reading about 'accidentally disconnected' wires - they just assume you're a moron not worth helping.
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Good advice.
My only semi-bricks (that involved an hour or two of trial and error to unbrick) resulted from some manner of overzealous cable unplugging.
zyborg said:
Could you please list the steps you went through in order to fix this - for everyone else's sake? Thx!
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This is what I have done
Technomancer said:
Its not bricked
heimdall close-pc-screen
should restart it
then power it off
then put it into download mode again using power + volume down
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ftgg99 said:
2.Don't touch anything while you're flashing. This is why many people that could help you will ignore you after reading about 'accidentally disconnected' wires - they just assume you're a moron not worth helping.
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Well, first of all thanks for ur nice words. Let me just say that I was about to disconnect another device from the hub where the GTAB was attached and flashing at that time, and yea, I accidentally unplugged the GTAB instead of the other device. I may be a moron, thanks, and thankfully not everyone believes themselves as god, which is a good reason to not help other people who are in troubles, even if for stupid things sometimes... If everyone were thinking like u we were probably still at the age of 1400 ...
Mate it wasn't a barb directed at you personally, but you weren't exactly careful were you?
I'm no god... but I've never bricked a device either, and I've been flashing for over five years now. To top it off I've almost never owned a device which could be taken back to the shop (90% of them come from other countries, not my local retailers). Perhaps this has taught me to be careful.
In any case, what I said holds true, and if you ask around I'm certain you find most will agree.
Dude, you have the best avatar! I can't keep my eyes away! Good luck, and don't worry about mistakes - that is one reason this forum exists.
Cannot start my Gtab after trying update JMC
...Hello everybody,
I am really worry about the fact my Gtab doesn't want to switch on after trying to flash it. I tried all process to put it on download mode or recovery but nothing work.
Do you have any idea about it ? Is there a specific procedure to switch on (eg : press power for 1 minutes + blablabla).
My provider doesn't want to take my Gtab in warenty before my contract is activated (the 4th of february).
Thank you for your answer
HELP, I have same problem, please explain how Hemidall can fix it?
Thanks
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zyborg said:
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I also had a semi-bricked VZW Tab, with the phone-triangle-computer warning graphic at start up. (I flashed a new boot loader, and failed to read the instructions closely enough. Either the file was incorrect for my device, or the drivers were not loaded correctly, but my tablet was borked.)
Using heimdall 1.3.2 (with the correct drivers, on a 32-bit windows system), I clicked the "close pc screen" option to clear the warning.
I then held the power button until it turned off, then held vol+ and power to re-enter download mode. Once in download mode, I used heimdall 1.1.1 to flash the zImage from SCH-I800-Stock-Rooted-2.3.5. My tablet (still unrooted, and still stock?) booted, but sat at the SAMSUNG logo for ten minutes or more. (It announced its progress, telling me periodically "five minutes remaining", etc.)
Once it finished, my tablet was revived. I will now follow the above advice and read all instructions very carefully, re-writing them in my own words to ensure I understand what I'm doing, before I try this again.
One year old thread......do you guys ever watch posting dates???
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...like REALLY bricked
bumping this old thread in hopes that someone can point me in the right direction...
Got my p7510 (10.1" wifi retail) stuck pretty badly when trying to restore stock ROM coming from Overcome (it came rooted from ebay). From what I gather from the forums, seems like my bootloader is still locked.
whenever I attempt to flash a BOOTLOADER, PIT, or PDA using ODIN it connects, initializes, and gets stuck on "Flashing boot.img"
I think the recovery partition is damaged. When I boot using Power + Volume Down, I can get to the screen where you select recovery mode or download mode but recovery mode will not load. The screen flickers when I select recovery, but goes nowhere. Download mode works.
I tried using nvflash to force the right software onto it but I get error 0x4 (usb write failed).
There has to be a way to restore the stock bootloader and get this thing running again. Tablet will not boot android at this point. I have been searching the forums for about a week now, anyone have any ideas?
So I was retarded and followed the instructions (or started to) on androidadvices dot com/how-to-update-samsung-galaxy-tab-to-stable-gingerbread-2-3-3-firmware
My Tablet will not boot past the T-Mobile logo.......... they are being assholes and telling me i need to deal with samsung ......... who told me it would be 6-8 weeks for a replacement........ is there ANYONE out there that can help me with just resetting it???
If you can get to the T_Mobile logo, you probably have a working bootloader and that mean you just need to flash the correct firmware for you device.
In short words, go to samfirmware.com and download the right firmware for your tablet model.
Once you have the firmware, flash them to your tablet with 'odin' (flash software, that you can also get in the mentioned website).
This should solve the problem.
If this works I will love you.
So i am obviously more retarded than I thought pedrohfsd ........ I have an SGH-T849 and i cannot FIND the firmware on that site..... seriously? UGH
pm me i'll tell you what to do , with th stock firmware for Tmobile , i helped someone before 2days he had same tab with you ) and same problem
pedrohfsd said:
If you can get to the T_Mobile logo, you probably have a working bootloader and that mean you just need to flash the correct firmware for you device.
In short words, go to samfirmware.com and download the right firmware for your tablet model.
Once you have the firmware, flash them to your tablet with 'odin' (flash software, that you can also get in the mentioned website).
This should solve the problem.
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You sir, are brilliant.
I wasn't able to locate the firmware on the samfirmware.com but I DID find it on XDA from another user. Put phone into download mode... waited till the little box in Odin turned yellow and loaded that badboy on there. After about 5 minutes it was back into the 2.2 OS again. The only problem that I had was with programs that had been installed before and loaded at boot (Just had to uninstall / reinstall) But for the most part its back to the way it was.
Thanks so much for your help!
You too Kosh, as I am sure you were going to walk me through exactly what I fumbled through on my own (I'm lucky I didn't blow anything up haha)
NO more attempts to get 2.3 on this badboy!
Thanks again all <3
I'm glad to hear that KalKainen, the first time i soft bricked my phone i got desperate too.
But after some weeks i saw the inumerous progressions that people develop in custom roms here in xda, and flashed the whole thing again =P.
pedrohfsd said:
I'm glad to hear that KalKainen, the first time i soft bricked my phone i got desperate too.
But after some weeks i saw the inumerous progressions that people develop in custom roms here in xda, and flashed the whole thing again =P.
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Amen man..... desprate is about right.. haha... now if i could only figure out why i have to CONSTANTLY reboot it in order to restore network service (Even though I have 3g and full bars... no text messages send / come in and programs that use data error out... ) I would be happy. This has been happening for the last 4 months badly enough that I can have to reset it 10 times in a 2 hour period >.< I cant even put it into flight mode.... but after I TRY putting it into flight mode and then reboot it... it comes BACK in flight mode.... I hoped the reinstall of the firmware would fix it.. but alas..... still plagued. AT LEAST IT WORKS THOUGH!!
I tried flashing the ics source port but forgot to flash cm7 first... It flashed fine and I followed the procedure to flash. The phone would turn on but always go straight to recovery. I figured this was because I didn't go to cm7 first, so I went to flash it but I kept getting errors. I went to flash stock, it started going so I walked away. When I came back my phone was just a white screen and odin was stuck at sbl.bin. So now I can't boot up the phone, there's no bootloaders, just a black screen whenever I try to do anything. The thing is, I can get into download mode just fine through button combos which leads me to think it's not bricked. However, odin/heimdall will not recognize it... Anyone know what to do?
EDIT: View last post by me.
mikel.canovas said:
I tried flashing the ics source port but forgot to flash cm7 first... It flashed fine and I followed the procedure to flash. The phone would turn on but always go straight to recovery. I figured this was because I didn't go to cm7 first, so I went to flash it but I kept getting errors. I went to flash stock, it started going so I walked away. When I came back my phone was just a white screen and odin was stuck at sbl.bin. So now I can't boot up the phone, there's no bootloaders, just a black screen whenever I try to do anything. The thing is, I can get into download mode just fine through button combos which leads me to think it's not bricked. However, odin/heimdall will not recognize it... Anyone know what to do?
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Try the things listed in the "connectivity issues" post attached to my signature. If none of those works to get Odin/Heimdall to see your phone, post back.
followed it. Didn't recognize for like a minute then it showed up. I started it but it's stuck at do not turn off the target
tried again and same thing
What is it showing on the computer side (i.e. what is Odin/Heimdall saying right now)?
I'm using odin right now. But heimdal would always just say not recognized or whatever it says. Odin, when I get it to finally recognize after waiting a minute using your method, it just gets to DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET! and stalls there.
I got it to work. No clue what made it finally work
mikel.canovas said:
I got it to work. No clue what made it finally work
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Good to hear. I know the feeling - it's like the computer/phone are just messing with you.
Damn. A similar thing happened. I had to flash to stock since button combos weren't working, and all the sudden while odin was running my screen just went black. I waited to see if anything would happen, but everything just stalled there. I've been trying to use my homemade 100k ohm resistor jig, and button combos to get into download mode but nothing seems to be doing anything. Am I bricked?
If u have no signs of life at all (no battery charging screen when u plug into a wall charger or no kind of something happening if u try to power it on) then u r hard bricked.
But there is Jtag and the Unbrickable Mod.
4-2ndtwin said:
If u have no signs of life at all (no battery charging screen when u plug into a wall charger or no kind of something happening if u try to power it on) then u r hard bricked.
But there is Jtag and the Unbrickable Mod.
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Thanks, not what I wanted to hear. But okay.
mikel.canovas said:
Thanks, not what I wanted to hear. But okay.
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Its cheap and keeps your phone from ever being unrecoverable again, it is better than paying the $150 for a replacement.
Sent from my I897 using xda premium
Yeah and seeing as how I'm planning on doing a bunch of development on it once I get another phone, I'm probably going to need it.
I have it and it does come in handy
Sent from my I897 using xda premium
mikel.canovas said:
Yeah and seeing as how I'm planning on doing a bunch of development on it once I get another phone, I'm probably going to need it.
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Sometimes, if you get a lucky brick, the UnBrickable resurrector will work without any mod. This is rare, but its a shot. If you need a mod and don't have the tools, pm me.
AdamOutler said:
Sometimes, if you get a lucky brick, the UnBrickable resurrector will work without any mod. This is rare, but its a shot. If you need a mod and don't have the tools, pm me.
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Thanks, will try that next time. Luckily AT&T exchanged it for me
mikel.canovas said:
Thanks, will try that next time. Luckily AT&T exchanged it for me
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I had something similar happen to me,when I was running A6 or A7. I even noticed that I was losing folders that were visible on CWM. I was going to try to re-flash the ROM, but those folders were gone. What fixed it for me, was I did a Factory Reset, and al of the lost folders came back, and I was able to Odin back to stock. I was one of the more weird things I'd seen with my Cap
So i've had a CM9 Beta 1 build on my phone, it was running like a charm past week, so while surfing around internet i've found a flashable zip that makes your status bar look like Jellybean (Specified it works with CM9 Beta 1!) and i've got stuck in recovery bootloop like the last time.
I've tried various way's, one of those was to reflash the ROM or flash a stock ROM from Odin, and it keeped getting stuck on stage VerifyPlatform...
So i've found a thread that fixes all of this mess with a .bat file for computer, and after using it my phone actually died.
I can't turn it on, it's all black..
I think i'm seriously lost...
I'm hoping for exact help that could fix it, not an maybe, i seriously need help! ;(
Kramtoske said:
So i've had a CM9 Beta 1 build on my phone, it was running like a charm past week, so while surfing around internet i've found a flashable zip that makes your status bar look like Jellybean (Specified it works with CM9 Beta 1!) and i've got stuck in recovery bootloop like the last time.
I've tried various way's, one of those was to reflash the ROM or flash a stock ROM from Odin, and it keeped getting stuck on stage VerifyPlatform...
So i've found a thread that fixes all of this mess with a .bat file for computer, and after using it my phone actually died.
I can't turn it on, it's all black..
I think i'm seriously lost...
I'm hoping for exact help that could fix it, not an maybe, i seriously need help! ;(
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do u have i9001 or i9000?I dont know how to fix it.I would give it to samsung to repair it.
cistamlaka said:
do u have i9001 or i9000?I dont know how to fix it.I would give it to samsung to repair it.
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It's i9001.
I can't give it to Samsung, it's rooted! D:
Kramtoske said:
It's i9001.
I can't give it to Samsung, it's rooted! D:
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Did you try pulling out the battery for 15 minutes, then try to get to download mode?
Can u get into download mode?
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS
drakester20 said:
Can u get into download mode?
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS
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So far i did not pulled out battery for 15 minutes, so i'm not sure if this is normal, but the download mode combination does not work. :/
See HERE,i think it would help you.
Lol.. I accidentally hit the thanks button... maybe u can throw one back...
So I was just gonna reply that he can't get into download mode so this is useless my friend..
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS
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U don't even get that phone to pc disrupted like connection picture when u try to boot?
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS
i9000 use hummingbird chip .. can use usb jig or if detect as sp5c110, can use unbrickable mod software to revive it (if not detect then have to do hw mod)
i9001 use different chip ie msm8255t .. try the button combination or usb jig to get into download mode. If it detect as qusb_load something then there might still have chance. If still nothing I'm afraid only jtag/riffbox can help.
I once bricked a Galaxy W i8150 (msm8255t) because of wrong bootloader flashed. Usb jig don't work. Had to use riffbox to revive it.
Yeah if jig doesn't work then u gotta replace the jtag
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Hello, it's been a while. Thanks for all the feedback people.
I'm not trying to bump or anything, just saying that i've brought the phone to my carrier and played a little dumb game, lied and got it to be fixed. I hope to get good news soon.
Kramtoske said:
Hello, it's been a while. Thanks for all the feedback people.
I'm not trying to bump or anything, just saying that i've brought the phone to my carrier and played a little dumb game, lied and got it to be fixed. I hope to get good news soon.
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Lols i almost got the same issue with my I9001. I would have blamed KIES...
I have no clue what the hell happened. The Note 4 locked up earlier today and refused to reboot at first. Eventually it did come back on. I came home and unplugged it then the screen went black. I figure I bumped the power button getting it, well, apparently not.
I've tried pulling the battery and every button combination. It doesn't do ****. I plugged it in to the PC and found that it shows "QHSUSB__BULK". Did some hunting and apparently that means it isn't totally dead. I found some info here talking about recovering from a brick on the Note 3. Problem is I don't have an unbrick image.
So.... uhh basically what do I do now?
I need a unbrick.img from COD6 so if someone could please help with that. According to the Note 3 thread:
Just run this Unbrick Image Creator in recovery & it'll create "/sdcard/Unbrick_Files" in your internal SD card.
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That is for the Note 3 so I have no idea if it will make a proper image for the Note 4.
EDIT: According to shabbypenguin that ought to give the proper unbrick image. So can someone here running the COD6 bootloader please run that and upload the file for me?
So for future reference, anyone that may need this can try. I take no credit for this. Most of this is a copy/paste from the Note 3 thread.
What do you need?
DO NOT TRY THIS ON ANOTHER NOTE 4 MODEL WITHOUT THE PROPER UNBRICK IMAGE!
- Hard Bricked Device: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (N910T)
- Micro SD Card: 4/8/16/32 GB micro SD card
- Unbrick Image: working dump with the same bootloader/version
- Image Writer: native commands on Linux/MacOSx or Win32 Disk Imager on Windows
How to recover?
1- Download Unbrick Image for the COD6 bootloader from here or here
2- If you're using Windows, download Win32 Disk Imager
3- Backup all files on the micro SD card you're using
4- Write the Unbrick Image to your micro SD card using Win32 Disk Imager or Linux/MacOSX commands
5- Remove battery, Insert micro SD card & then the battery
6- Hold Power + Home + Volume Down to enter Download Mode by bootloader on SD card
7- Flash Stock firmware via Odin
YOU MAY NEED TO TEST MICRO SD CARDS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES/SIZES & FORMAT AS EXFAT BEFORE WRITING AN UNBRICK IMAGE ACCORDING TO YOUR BOOTLOADER!
I'd charge it for a while. Take out the battery now and then and try to get into download mode.
DarkStarr said:
I have no clue what the hell happened. The Note 4 locked up earlier today and refused to reboot at first. Eventually it did come back on. I came home and unplugged it then the screen went black. I figure I bumped the power button getting it, well, apparently not.
I've tried pulling the battery and every button combination. It doesn't do ****. I plugged it in to the PC and found that it shows "QHSUSB__BULK". Did some hunting and apparently that means it isn't totally dead. I found some info here talking about recovering from a brick on the Note 3. Problem is I don't have an unbrick image.
So.... uhh basically what do I do now?
I need a unbrick.img from COD6 so if someone could please help with that. According to the Note 3 thread:
That is for the Note 3 so I have no idea if it will make a proper image for the Note 4.
EDIT: According to shabbypenguin that ought to give the proper unbrick image. So can someone here running the COD6 bootloader please run that and upload the file for me?
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To be honest that has yet to work for anyone. Call up and replace the phone.
10-K said:
I'd charge it for a while. Take out the battery now and then and try to get into download mode.
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The battery was at 100% it isn't that. It is quite obviously a hard brick. It won't do anything besides show a black screen, no response at all.
BACARDILIMON said:
To be honest that has yet to work for anyone. Call up and replace the phone.
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Obviously it hasn't helped anyone with a Note 4, we don't have an unbrick image. Now if you're trying to say it hasn't helped anyone, including those with other devices, you're full of crap. This method has unbricked numerous devices that actually have an unbrick image.
If you were not going to help by simply running the file and uploading the results then don't bother responding.
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The battery was at 100% it isn't that. It is quite obviously a hard brick. It won't do anything besides show a black screen, no response at all.
Obviously it hasn't helped anyone with a Note 4, we don't have an unbrick image. Now if you're trying to say it hasn't helped anyone, including those with other devices, you're full of crap. This method has unbricked numerous devices that actually have an unbrick image.
If you were not going to help by simply running the file and uploading the results then don't bother responding.
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Are you not in the note 4 thread.. Why would I give a crap about another device. So again does not exist.
I just ran it for you but have no idea if it will work.
Unzip it to use.
Note4_910T_Unbrick_IMG.zip
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I'm curious to know if this works just in case i ever hard brick my note 4. Please update us on if it worked or not OP.
DarkStarr said:
I have no clue what the hell happened. The Note 4 locked up earlier today and refused to reboot at first. Eventually it did come back on. I came home and unplugged it then the screen went black. I figure I bumped the power button getting it, well, apparently not.
I've tried pulling the battery and every button combination. It doesn't do ****. I plugged it in to the PC and found that it shows "QHSUSB__BULK". Did some hunting and apparently that means it isn't totally dead. I found some info here talking about recovering from a brick on the Note 3. Problem is I don't have an unbrick image.
So.... uhh basically what do I do now?
I need a unbrick.img from COD6 so if someone could please help with that. According to the Note 3 thread:
That is for the Note 3 so I have no idea if it will make a proper image for the Note 4.
EDIT: According to shabbypenguin that ought to give the proper unbrick image. So can someone here running the COD6 bootloader please run that and upload the file for me?
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I think everyone has missed asking the most important question.....
What Rom were you running when this happened?
I don't think you have a hard brick.
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Hardware failure maybe.
chipworkz said:
I just ran it for you but have no idea if it will work.
Unzip it to use.
Note4_910T_Unbrick_IMG.zip
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347758591
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First, thanks for taking the time to run it and upload it. Unfortunately thanks to your unbrick image along with another guys I have determined that either:
A. The phone hates like all of my SD cards
B. Something else is wrong with the device than even just a hard brick.
XBlackChaosX said:
I'm curious to know if this works just in case i ever hard brick my note 4. Please update us on if it worked or not OP.
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Unfortunately it didn't boot. I think something further is wrong with the device, ie hardware. I do know when plugged in it was showing the "QHSUSB__BULK" when plugged in. When the SD was installed and I attempted to go to DL mode it disappeared so it was trying to do SOMETHING. Again I think it is hardware.
Jammol said:
I think everyone has missed asking the most important question.....
What Rom were you running when this happened?
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I was running CM12. Whatever the latest nightly was, IIRC 6/10. It was either that or 6/6. I was also running the Xposed for 5.1 6/9 version that fixed it with CM versions after ~ 6/3.
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I don't think you have a hard brick.
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Hardware failure maybe.
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I think it was. Even with the unbrick image it wouldn't boot. It did try to do something but I think because of some hardware failure it wouldn't even boot that.
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First, thanks for taking the time to run it and upload it. Unfortunately thanks to your unbrick image along with another guys I have determined that either:
A. The phone hates like all of my SD cards
B. Something else is wrong with the device than even just a hard brick.
Unfortunately it didn't boot. I think something further is wrong with the device, ie hardware. I do know when plugged in it was showing the "QHSUSB__BULK" when plugged in. When the SD was installed and I attempted to go to DL mode it disappeared so it was trying to do SOMETHING. Again I think it is hardware.
I was running CM12. Whatever the latest nightly was, IIRC 6/10. It was either that or 6/6. I was also running the Xposed for 5.1 6/9 version that fixed it with CM versions after ~ 6/3.
I think it was. Even with the unbrick image it wouldn't boot. It did try to do something but I think because of some hardware failure it wouldn't even boot that.
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I definitely suggest just flashing the stock Rom in Odin and then calling in to get a replacement.
Good ole cm12 strikes again.
Pp.
Thats what happens when you venture away from TW to long on a Samsung device! [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]