[Q] Did I just brick my Galaxy Nexus? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Forgive me if this is the wrong forum for this but today I was just playing a game on phone when it just crashed,
I thought no big deal I'll just reboot so went to reboot, however it just went into a bootloop and would not reboot. Then I thought ok CWR but I could not boot into this. I then decided to use adb mode to flash back to stock. However in this process adb froze and would not respond anymore and kind of had a blue tearing around everything on the screen. I ended up having to pull the battery.
Now however the phone won't respond at all, Won't turn on, won't go into download mode or anything. I can get my computer and laptop to regonize it when I plug it on with no battery but just says searching for driver for OMAP 4440 then fails. I'm pretty sure I have bricked it and am quite sad. Just looking for confirmation.

Its still alive, I'm pretty sure someone with a bit more knowledge will stop by and help you, but it appears to just be a soft brick.
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Just to possibly give you some hoe look into Odin. When I had my fascinate this was the way to fix things. Being made by Samsung I'm sure it'll be similar. Do some research into that. Just got my nexus two days ago so I'm still fresh
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rctreadaway said:
Just to possibly give you some hoe look into Odin. When I had my fascinate this was the way to fix things.
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I'm afraid that's a little bit different situation here:
signzero said:
the phone won't respond at all, Won't turn on, won't go into download mode or anything. I can get my computer and laptop to regonize it when I plug it on with no battery but just says searching for driver for OMAP 4440 then fails.
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Not connected to PC - no ADB, no ODIN. Plus, his phone failed while playing game (under heavy load) which gives me a reason to think it's a hardware fault. I would say last chance is to try USB Jig.

If you can get to the bootloader, you should be able to flash a stock Google image
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signzero said:
Forgive me if this is the wrong forum for this but today I was just playing a game on phone when it just crashed,
I thought no big deal I'll just reboot so went to reboot, however it just went into a bootloop and would not reboot. Then I thought ok CWR but I could not boot into this. I then decided to use adb mode to flash back to stock. However in this process adb froze and would not respond anymore and kind of had a blue tearing around everything on the screen. I ended up having to pull the battery.
Now however the phone won't respond at all, Won't turn on, won't go into download mode or anything. I can get my computer and laptop to regonize it when I plug it on with no battery but just says searching for driver for OMAP 4440 then fails. I'm pretty sure I have bricked it and am quite sad. Just looking for confirmation.
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It's a hard brick, mate...
How to fix?:
take the back cover off your phone!
Remove battery, then plug in via USB (computer)
Leave for 3 hours!!! (With battery still unplugged) This should, in a way, "reset" your phone.
Once the three hours are over, plug in battery, and unplug USB.
Press PWR+VOL Down
Wait untill hpone boots into Odin mode then flashstock firmware from Samsung website.I
If this doesn't work, then I'd send it to Mobile Tech Videos, they kann unbrick it via JTAG...
Let me know if it worked, pleasse
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MS. said:
I'm afraid that's a little bit different situation here:
Not connected to PC - no ADB, no ODIN. Plus, his phone failed while playing game (under heavy load) which gives me a reason to think it's a hardware fault. I would say last chance is to try USB Jig.
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He didn't mean playing, as in games. He meant playing around with his phone, root etc....

Thanks for the advice guys, gives me a small amount of hope. I will try leaving it plugged into my computer for 3 hours + and see what happens. Will post back with results.
Otherwise I may try get my hands on a jig. Would it be the same one from the Galaxy SII?

It worked? I'll explain you what happened to me:
I was playing for 2 hours on the game cartoon wars. After that, the phone was a little hot, I went to the desktop and locked the phone. 20 minutes later, I try to unlock the phone and I see the Google logo, and nothing responds. I pulled out the battery several times, tried to enter recovery, fastboot, normal boot. Always freezes. Stock 100%, the mobile has one week.... I think I will have to send it to the SAT....
I have my old HTC magic awaiting me, I gave my galaxy S to my sister...

Brick is such a misused word...

hmm
well if your running with verizon, which i doubt many of you are (prob using the GSM Gnex) you could just as easily bring it to them, lie, and theyll replace your phone. had a droid X, cracked the screen, told verizon it had a hardware fault, and they replaced it with no questions. verizon employees are pretty stupid

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well if your running with verizon, which i doubt many of you are (prob using the GSM Gnex) you could just as easily bring it to them, lie, and theyll replace your phone. had a droid X, cracked the screen, told verizon it had a hardware fault, and they replaced it with no questions. verizon employees are pretty stupid
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You are a horrible person and one of the reasons why decent, hardworking people can't have nice things.

So none of the methods suggested have work so looks like I'm going to have to get a Jig and hope that will do the trick otherwise I'm doomed I think.

when you guys say jig do you mean using resistors on the micro usb port to boot like with the old captivate? i still have the resistors mirco usb plug for that phone, it saved me from a hard brick a few times.

familyguy59 said:
He didn't mean playing, as in games. He meant playing around with his phone, root etc....
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First post says "i was playing a game"...
neotekz said:
when you guys say jig do you mean using resistors on the micro usb port to boot like with the old captivate? i still have the resistors mirco usb plug for that phone, it saved me from a hard brick a few times.
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Yup.

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Possibly Bricked T-Mobile T989

So I flashed the cm7 alpha that came out last night this morning. I wasn't getting calls so i turned it off and tried to reboot it into recovery. The phone never got into recovery (I told it to reboot into recovery from clockwork mod), and now it isnt powering on, at all. I've tried every key combination, recovery, download mode, letting it charge for HOURS, and still nothing.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I'm trying to gather the files I need to see if odin will recognize it and possibly be able to restore it to stock. If I can't get it to work by tomorrow, I'm just going to go to the T-Mobile store.
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So I flashed the cm7 alpha that came out last night this morning. I wasn't getting calls so i turned it off and tried to reboot it into recovery. The phone never got into recovery (I told it to reboot into recovery from clockwork mod), and now it isnt powering on, at all. I've tried every key combination, recovery, download mode, letting it charge for HOURS, and still nothing.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I'm trying to gather the files I need to see if odin will recognize it and possibly be able to restore it to stock. If I can't get it to work by tomorrow, I'm just going to go to the T-Mobile store.
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Would it be possible that you tried so many combinations that the phone's battery has died? Have you tried plugging it in and seeing what happens?
charged for four hours and nothing.
Took it to a tmobile store and they're doing a warranty exchange since they couldn't get it to do anything either, even with a different battery.
Kind of curious as to what'll happen when I send it back since it has cyanogen mod 7 on it and its rooted. Then again, the phone won't boot, go into download mode, or recovery.
edit: I'm thinking the phone won't charge because of the custom kernel in cm7. Don't know how I would flash a kernel if I couldn't get it to boot though.
Dam,, too late
But for reference try!
Take the battery out and let it sit for a few min the put it back in and see if it boots.
If it still will not boot
Take the battery back out
Plug in the USB cable connected to the computer
Hold down the volume up and down then
Put the battery back in.
You should get the option: Volume UP / Volume Down for Reboot
Hit Volume UP and go get some Odin love!
I still have the phone, I'm gonna try this now. Will update with results.
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I still have the phone, I'm gonna try this now. Will update with results.
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Cool man, keep us updated.
Well, I tried both suggestions to no avail. Anyone else have any ideas?
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Well, I tried both suggestions to no avail. Anyone else have any ideas?
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I did not see you mention it, but did you try the "10 second" power button hold? You know it works when the phone vibrates 3 times. Simply hold the power button until it vibrates. It takes about 7-10 seconds (although when you think your phone is bricked, it feels like it is taking 5 minutes). If it vibrates, you are in the clear. You can usually get to recovery or odin from there. Try doing this on battery only first.
no cigar with the hold for ten seconds method on the power button.
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no cigar with the hold for ten seconds method on the power button.
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It is really, REALLY difficult to brick a phone unless you are changing the radio (for example, flashing a wrong or corrupted radio). A kernel can hose your phone, but not brick it as you don't need a kernel to access recovery. A bad recovery could also brick your phone, but then you have download mode (Odin) to access that bypasses recovery. In other words, there are layers of protection or access points. We have not flashed any new radios for our phones yet, so you know that is not the problem. Having said all that, that does not mean you are not bricked.
To be clear on your position, you are getting no power response at all? Again, try this:
Unplug your phone;
take battery out (wait about a minute before replacing battery);
replace battery;
"10 second" hold until phone vibrates 3 times (or vibrates at all for that matter);
If you see no sign of life, then try the above process with phone plugged in (try plugged into computer and wall socket separately). Odin recognizes when you are plugged into computer and the boot process goes differently.
As for Odin bootup:
Load Odin;
Plug in your USB to computer;
try the volume/power boot up;
if that fails, try the "10 second" hold boot up with Odin running on your system and phone plugged in.
Outside of that, I can not think of any other way to get you to recovery or Odin.
I have flashed my android phones probably 150+ times in the last 2 and a half years and never made a brick. I thought I had, but was always able to get to recovery or bootloader (think Odin for HTC), and recover the phone. The only times I ever saw anyone truly brick the phone was when flashing the wrong or bad radio for their phone (radio is your 4G / cell receiver). So, walk through your processes to recover your phone in a methodical way and if that all fails, then return it. If you can't get it to go trying all these techniques, then T-mobile probably won't be able to as well and see that you rooted it.
Hope this helps.
Slightly off topic but if you send in a rooted phone for warranty (not insurance, warranty) they will charge you a full repair fee.
Sent from the Galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
What happens when you pull your battery, put it back in and attempt to turn your phone on?
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@PorchSong, I've tried everything you said to no avail. I know its extremely hard to brick an android phone. Having had over 10 devices in the past year, all running custom roms, I've never bricked one either. This is why I find this so unbelievable, I usually don't make posts on XDA, not for lack of caring about the subject matter, but rather because I'd rather learn about it on my own to further my understanding on it.
Again, this is as bricked as I've ever seen something. The phone simply is unresponsive to every method I've tried.
@btyork, how would they know if the phone doesn't boot into recovery, download mode, or into regular android? I'm not saying that they couldn't. I'm just saying, what precautions could I take against them finding out. Trust me, if i could find a way to, I'd restore it to stock before I sent it back to them. (I still have the phone and will until december 6th, when they send me my new one, so we have a little bit of time to work on this)
@ mikeyinid, Nothing at all. Nothing in this thread has made the phone give even the slightest response.
The last thing I did was try to boot into clockwork mod, rather than boot with the key combination like I normally do, i did it directly from rom manager. Except, it never booted into recovery, so I pulled the battery and tried to start it again, from there it hasn't booted, or charged. I could've sworn the phone had at least a 30 percent charge when I was doing all this as well. Not the best for restoring from a backup in clockwork mod but I was in a bind as I was about to leave somewhere for roughly two hours and needed a functioning phone (cm7 did not let me make or receive calls, for whatever reason).
Are you seeing anything on the screen?
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@PorchSong, I've tried everything you said to no avail. I know its extremely hard to brick an android phone. Having had over 10 devices in the past year, all running custom roms, I've never bricked one either. This is why I find this so unbelievable, I usually don't make posts on XDA, not for lack of caring about the subject matter, but rather because I'd rather learn about it on my own to further my understanding on it.
Again, this is as bricked as I've ever seen something. The phone simply is unresponsive to every method I've tried.
@btyork, how would they know if the phone doesn't boot into recovery, download mode, or into regular android? I'm not saying that they couldn't. I'm just saying, what precautions could I take against them finding out. Trust me, if i could find a way to, I'd restore it to stock before I sent it back to them. (I still have the phone and will until december 6th, when they send me my new one, so we have a little bit of time to work on this)
@ mikeyinid, Nothing at all. Nothing in this thread has made the phone give even the slightest response.
The last thing I did was try to boot into clockwork mod, rather than boot with the key combination like I normally do, i did it directly from rom manager. Except, it never booted into recovery, so I pulled the battery and tried to start it again, from there it hasn't booted, or charged. I could've sworn the phone had at least a 30 percent charge when I was doing all this as well. Not the best for restoring from a backup in clockwork mod but I was in a bind as I was about to leave somewhere for roughly two hours and needed a functioning phone (cm7 did not let me make or receive calls, for whatever reason).
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Are you sure you flashed cm7 for our phone? Sounds like a boot.img flashed to the wrong partition. I only know that because I bricked my first gs2 using the wrong mount point to flash a kernel. If it doesn't do anything at all, jig might work but idk. I just got a new one
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Typically with Samsung phones, if you can get ANYTHING at all to show on the screen it is not bricked.
Do you have a G+ account? If I can see what is going on while I walk you through it it would be easier. Could possibly hold an open hangout so others can join in and help or just for informational purposes.
I have had soft bricks on my behold 2, vibrant and SGS2, over 100 times all together. Sometimes it takes a little fiddling, my SGS2 seemed a little more difficult only because of the relative simplicity of it compared to the others.
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Are you sure you flashed cm7 for our phone? Sounds like a boot.img flashed to the wrong partition. I only know that because I bricked my first gs2 using the wrong mount point to flash a kernel. If it doesn't do anything at all, jig might work but idk. I just got a new one
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Well i think he said it did boot initially, so I doubt that is the problem.
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btyork said:
Slightly off topic but if you send in a rooted phone for warranty (not insurance, warranty) they will charge you a full repair fee.
Sent from the Galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
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That depends if they can tell or not.
Okay, well I'm going to try and fix it in Odin one more time tomorrow on my friends computer (I use a mac), so I'll report back on what happens. I'm thinking I didn't put it into download mode the right way when I tried it the other night. I remember having to do it for rooting the phone, but hadn't done it since, and since this is my first samsung phone other than the nexus s, I wasn't all that familiar with it. The google + idea might be a good one. I'm not sure how to go about setting that up, but I should be at my friends around like 12est tomorrow, so if anyone wants to set something up we can do that, or I can just report back. Either way, I'll come back to this thread and give a conclusion on what's happened.
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Okay, well I'm going to try and fix it in Odin one more time tomorrow on my friends computer (I use a mac), so I'll report back on what happens. I'm thinking I didn't put it into download mode the right way when I tried it the other night. I remember having to do it for rooting the phone, but hadn't done it since, and since this is my first samsung phone other than the nexus s, I wasn't all that familiar with it. The google + idea might be a good one. I'm not sure how to go about setting that up, but I should be at my friends around like 12est tomorrow, so if anyone wants to set something up we can do that, or I can just report back. Either way, I'll come back to this thread and give a conclusion on what's happened.
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Let me know, G+ is easy. Im out of class at 2est.
Just FYI. I ran into this exact same issue. After charging my phone all night and using it for about 5 minutes, I set it down then picked it up like 30 minutes later and received absolutely no responsiveness from the phone. It wouldn't even recognize the charger when I plugged it in.
I tried all the battery tricks, and reset tricks and nothing worked. So I took it into the T-Mobile store, assuming it was bricked, in an attempt to get it replaced. He simply plugged the phone into the stock charger that came with the phone and it indicated that the battery was just completely dead and needed a charge.
It turns out that the phone really didn't get a full charge after being plugged in all night to my GF's MT4G charger. Apparently this phone is picky about what charger is used. I'm sure you've already attempted this, but just make sure to plug it into the stock charger to see if you can at least get the charging battery image to pop up.
more like it wasn't plugged in properly to begin with
because that happened to me, even though it said "charging"... it was stuck at 43% for like 4+ hours, so i figured something must be wrong
and indeed it was, so i unplugged it, and plugged it back in, then voila! now it starts to charge as it was supposed to.
the phone is not picky by any means, i've used my old BB charges with it, the other HTC charger, the other samsung USB, the generic cheap chargers i get from Deal Extreme, etc
they all charges the phone just fine and fast
you do have to be careful when you plug it in, and make sure it's really charging
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Just FYI. I ran into this exact same issue. After charging my phone all night and using it for about 5 minutes, I set it down then picked it up like 30 minutes later and received absolutely no responsiveness from the phone. It wouldn't even recognize the charger when I plugged it in.
I tried all the battery tricks, and reset tricks and nothing worked. So I took it into the T-Mobile store, assuming it was bricked, in an attempt to get it replaced. He simply plugged the phone into the stock charger that came with the phone and it indicated that the battery was just completely dead and needed a charge.
It turns out that the phone really didn't get a full charge after being plugged in all night to my GF's MT4G charger. Apparently this phone is picky about what charger is used. I'm sure you've already attempted this, but just make sure to plug it into the stock charger to see if you can at least get the charging battery image to pop up.
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Nexus' dead, Samsung USA cannot help and am lost

So more than a week ago my phone went into "Downloading Mode" and I had no clue what it was in the first place. I took my battery off and put it back and still didn't work.
After that my phone only went to Downloading or fastboot and so I researched more about all these rooting and unlocking stuff. I downloaded Gnex toolkit because I wanted to go back to stock 4.0.2 again and I did what the program told me (Unlocked my bootloader and downloaded the GSM 4.0.2 factory image and set up fastboot.exe). My phone was recognized by GNEx toolkit and fastboot and I put yes to bring back to stock 4.0.2 but half way through the process it gave me an error (******(Unknown error)) and my phone went off and now it WON'T GO to fastboot or downloading mode. The phone doesn't start and if it did it goes it's stuck on the google but it doesn't show up; it shows up as a messed up green pixeled image.
I called Samsung USA and they said we cannot help you and I got really pissed while talking to them because they cannot help and they said they don't know who could.....then the guy offered to give me Samsung China number which I refused and hung up.
So how to get my phone back from the dead. The computer doesn't recognize it and if it turns on to this green google messed up image it doesn't do anything, it just goes off and comes back on the same screen.
Please help guys. this $680 phone is now a piece of scrap
You're right, Samsung USA is in no way obligated to help you, considering they don't sell the phone here (this should be well known when you buy a "gray market" device). You can't get mad at them about that. Where did you buy it from?
If it sometimes boots you have a chance. Someone more knowledgable than me will be able to give you specifics I'm sure. It may require some kind of USB jig to get it into fastboot mode though.
I bought it from back home Abu Dhabi, UAE but it was imported. The phone is probably made in SK.
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Someone more knowledgable than me will be able to give you specifics I'm sure. It may require some kind of USB jig to get it into fastboot mode though.
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Do you know anyone that could actually help me on here?
So holding power and the down volume button doesnt bring to you the Download screen?
No. I cannot access DM or fastboot.
upon plugging in your phone via USB on the computer, does it recognize your device? (does it make the USB noise)
Uh oh. Pixelated droid = fried processor. It needs to be replaced.
I was just wrestling with one of these today - couldn't bring it back to life no matter what I did.
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upon plugging in your phone via USB on the computer, does it recognize your device? (does it make the USB noise)
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Yes it does and it starts charging.
computer tells me unable to recognize usb
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Uh oh. Pixelated droid = fried processor. It needs to be replaced.
I was just wrestling with one of these today - couldn't bring it back to life no matter what I did.
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I am not sure about that. I was only flashing to stock, but when I plug it to the computer first the battery icon on the screen is green but then it goes back to a normal looking icon and charges.
Tried taking it to a phone shop? See if they can come up with any ideas. Otherwise maybe insure it and make a claim possibly depending on terms and conditions
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Try holding down both the Volume Keys while putting in the battery and connecting the USB (which should already be connected to the computer). If that doesn't work, try it again with holding the power button. This was one of the solutions that brought back my Samsung Vibrant from the dead a couple of times. USB Jigs are an option as well, and any Samsung Galaxy S one should work. You can even make one yourself.

HELP! VZW Galaxy Nexus completely DEAD!!

I've searched & searched thru XDA without any luck or finding someone with a similar situation.
My GNEX is unlocked, rooted & running AOKP 36.
I hung up the phone after a call...locked it...put it in my pocket...took it out a few minutes later and the phone would not turn on. My battery was over 50%, so i thought i pocket-powered the phone down.
The phone does not boot into any mode. I've tried them all. It is not recognized by my Mac or PC. Here are the things i've done so far: Battery pull. Charge overnight. Removed battery overnight. I bought a new battery & i'm still having the same problem.
Any ideas before i call Verizon and take the loss? I would really like to recover my pictures & videos.
Thanks in advance.
So you have tried to boot into recovery by holding down power and the volume buttons?
If not try this to get to recovery to do a restore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SDd1DZUs-M
If you tried this, then you might need to send it in.
Thanks for the reply, but i've tried that already. I'm out of ideas...it's unresponsive.
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Thanks for the reply, but i've tried that already. I'm out of ideas...it's unresponsive.
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Do you have another battery or friend with a gnex? My girls died completely while plugged in over night. I got another battery and it fired up.
Needless to say a clean install was the next step.
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Also hold down power button for awhile. And also try.with a different battery.
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I bought a new battery from Verizon and tried it, but its still unresponsive. I charged both batteries overnight and nothing happens.
I've held all buttons for several minutes with both batteries, but nothing happens. It wont boot and it won't boot into recovery/bootloader/hard reset menu, etc (android with stomach open LOL)
On a few occasions, when i connect to my PC, it says new hardware detected OMAP 4440 (or something like that) & asks to install drivers. I have the Gnex toolkit, but the program does NOT detect my phone.
Thanks for the replies.
This happened to my fiance's vzw gnex. She was on stock though. Just surfing the web and it turned off. Dead as can be. She took it back and they gave her a new one.
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Oh.. Man you lost the bootloader.... If you have warranty go ask for a replacement, it's a pain trying to get the phone back up..
They won't know the phone its unlocked since it won't turn on
Nexus Cm9 + Franco
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...b-prime-via-usb-cable-freeeeeeeeeeee-1465412/
Try this?
Can't hurt...
My Nexus is from Verizon & the tutorial you linked is for the GSM version. Do you think it matters?
I will still give it a shot. Thanks!
Did you check the pin area where the battery connects? Are the pins in good condition or any small foreign object around them?
If you're careful you can *maybe* odin it back to stock (you've already lost the pics tho).
Look in the dev area for any odin threads.....links to files and stuff are in there.
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Can't hurt...
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Thanks for the link. I installed the drivers, phone was detected, ran thru the program, but it failed at the very end. I think its because my phone is i515 & not GSM version.
I've given up hope. Time to get a replacement. I hope it never boots and they don't find out its unlocked & rooted.
I appreciate everyone's input.
Thanks!
a friend mine has a similar problem..
phone died without reason
where i can download the drives that you made mention?
i'll suggest him to try that .bat file

Hard Bricked my Epic- Will I have to make an assurion claim?

Now before you say its not hard bricked, just use odin/download mode bla bla bla, know that I do know what I am talking about. I was odining WITH PARTION ON to go from mtd to bml and my computer power cut out. Now I can't turn my phone on OR get into download mode . I looked into th e unbrickable mod but apparently that's just more of an untested thing (at least for the epic). That pretty much means I can only get a new phone (probably get the note 2). However I was wondering for the time being if I turned this into sprint, assuming they don't know whats wrong with it and i play dumb, Will they just replace my phone cause I have tep? Or will i have to make an assurion claim? Or should i use an old crap phone for the next 3 weeks until i can get my gnote 2?
A month or so ago, I thought I had hard bricked from an odin disconnect. I searched & tried EVERYTHING and couldn't get it to DL mode. Somewhere in XDA I stumbled on a suggested unbrick method that amazingly worked. I wish I could find that post & hit Thanks.
- Close the keyboard
- Put the battery in
- Press the power button TWICE with short presses
- Plug in your USB cable
- Use 1+Power to fire up DL Mode
- Voila!!
I know it sounds overly simple, but it worked for me. I was shocked.
Al
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arschend said:
A month or so ago, I thought I had hard bricked from an odin disconnect. I searched & tried EVERYTHING and couldn't get it to DL mode. Somewhere in XDA I stumbled on a suggested unbrick method that amazingly worked. I wish I could find that post & hit Thanks.
- Close the keyboard
- Put the battery in
- Press the power button TWICE with short presses
- Plug in your USB cable
- Use 1+Power to fire up DL Mode
- Voila!!
I know it sounds overly simple, but it worked for me. I was shocked.
Al
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I don't know why, but they seemed to work...thank you!
Well, I guess my memory isn't so hot. I found the original post here. The instruction should have been to press the power button twice with the the battery OUT. I'm glad it worked for you anyway.:laugh:
Al
arschend said:
Well, I guess my memory isn't so hot. I found the original post here. The instruction should have been to press the power button twice with the the battery OUT. I'm glad it worked for you anyway.:laugh:
Al
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My friend told me it had something to do with waiting for the static something or other to clear with the battery out...so it may not have been your method. Just the two hours i got frusturated and didn't do anything with it and the battery out.
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My friend told me it had something to do with waiting for the static something or other to clear with the battery out...so it may not have been your method. Just the two hours i got frusturated and didn't do anything with it and the battery out.
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this drains the power out of the phone board, you could also unplug the battery and plug the phone into a WALL charger while holding power and 1, then after you get into download mode plug the battery in and take it to the usb for odin.
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Now before you say its not hard bricked, just use odin/download mode bla bla bla, know that I do know what I am talking about. I was odining WITH PARTION ON to go from mtd to bml and my computer power cut out. Now I can't turn my phone on OR get into download mode . I looked into th e unbrickable mod but apparently that's just more of an untested thing (at least for the epic). That pretty much means I can only get a new phone (probably get the note 2). However I was wondering for the time being if I turned this into sprint, assuming they don't know whats wrong with it and i play dumb, Will they just replace my phone cause I have tep? Or will i have to make an assurion claim? Or should i use an old crap phone for the next 3 weeks until i can get my gnote 2?
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If its been 30 days you can go back to any sprint store and they have to give you a new one. I've done it. not for the s3 but for other phones. Thats considered a manufacturers defect.

hard bricked my phone

Hey Guys, long time reader never posted. I think i may have hard bricked my brand new 5X. I am not new to flashing ROMs I have had great sucess with my old Nexus5 for year (now I have to revert to that phone for now)
I was running Cyanogenmod then decided to try Catalysm. All was wokring fine and then i decide to just reflash to stock. I downloaded the correct factory image went into terminal like usual (linux) executed sudo ./flash-all in the correct folder and it went through the process in about a second then the phone turned off and my terminal screen said waiting for device. After waiting a while i tried turning the phone on got nothing. unplugged the phone tried volume down and power all the regular stuff to make the phone turn on. Plugging it into the charger shows nothing and I cant get into the bootloader.
I have never had an issue like this before I cant figure out flashing stock image would brick my phone? Am i totally screwed with warannty?
Thanks for any help gusy.
Maybe a to simple question.
How long was it ago? Maybe it's stick stuck in the loop with the screen off and maybe you have to wait it out.
If the phone dropped dead they can't even get into it to void your warranty, which I doubt they would do anyway. Let the phone sit for a little bit with it plugged in just so you can relax for a few minutes. Just hold the power button until it turns on. If it won't turn on at all then contact Google for a replacement device.
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bobby janow said:
If the phone dropped dead they can't even get into it to void your warranty, which I doubt they would do anyway. Let the phone sit for a little bit with it plugged in just so you can relax for a few minutes. Just hold the power button until it turns on. If it won't turn on at all then contact Google for a replacement device.
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This just happened about an hour or so ago. Well i was thinking the same thing with the phone looping and no screen but it doesnt feel warm like its on. Also adb devices doesnt list it as on although i would imagine boot looping it would not see the device. Ive tried letting it charge for about a half hour with no luck. should I try letting it sit over night on the charger or off the charger in case its looping and i need it to die eventually?
I just reflashed the stock firmware on my old nexus 5 with no issues, its working fine i did that to make sure it wasnt an error i made.
Interesting, did you check the md5?,
I've never had success with flashall.bat it never worked, I end up extracting the archive and read the commands in flashall.bat and do it manually, worked for me,
When connected to pc does the pc drivers come up and disconnect due to device unplugged?( not sure if it displays on linux
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Interesting, did you check the md5?,
I've never had success with flashall.bat it never worked, I end up extracting the archive and read the commands in flashall.bat and do it manually, worked for me,
When connected to pc does the pc drivers come up and disconnect due to device unplugged?,
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I just figured out what happened. I flashed the nexus 5 flash-all rather then the nexus 5x (wow really dumb mistake). I found the hammerhead folder in the nexus5x folder i flashed from.
Now what?
If you can't get the phone to turn on you're out of luck.
Hey had something simmilar that my phone blank and unresponsive. No turning off. But maybe battery gone empty? try to leave phone longer under changer like for 1-2h or so. ANd the red led should be on showing phone battery gone full empty.
thanks for the help
Czepek said:
Hey had something simmilar that my phone blank and unresponsive. No turning off. But maybe battery gone empty? try to leave phone longer under changer like for 1-2h or so. ANd the red led should be on showing phone battery gone full empty.
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Yea I am going to leave it for a day to make sure if its boot looping it will shutdown, then I am going to charge it for a day and try to turn it on see where i end up.
kmsgli said:
Yea I am going to leave it for a day to make sure if its boot looping it will shutdown, then I am going to charge it for a day and try to turn it on see where i end up.
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Also, holding the power button for a few minutes to see if it eventually boots
You need to read the flashall.bat and see what the first commands were, as I think the bootloader maybe the first
Sorry but I doubt it will come back to life, if it bricked at fastboot flash bootloader, then reboot and failed to turn on to flash the rest,
It may need jtag service or you need to find something similar to this post below
forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/file-unbrick-qualcomm-9006-qhsusb-t3056800
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republicano said:
You need to read the flashall.bat and see what the first commands were, as I think the bootloader maybe the first
Sorry but I doubt it will come back to life, if it bricked at fastboot flash bootloader, then reboot and failed to turn on to flash the rest,
It may need jtag service or you need to find something similar to this post below
forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/file-unbrick-qualcomm-9006-qhsusb-t3056800
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So with my phone plugged into my latop (linux) i run lsub with it plugged in and with it not plugged in and the differnce is this;
Bus 002 Device 031: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)
my compuer is recognizing the device somehow but its the wrong name?
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So with my phone plugged into my latop (linux) i run lsub with it plugged in and with it not plugged in and the differnce is this;
Bus 002 Device 031: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)
my compuer is recognizing the device somehow but its the wrong name?
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Sounds about right, that thread is for lg g2 and was just for display purpose, I not 100% sure if you can go through lg process on lg nexus,
Since the phone is also new I have not found any information on emmc fix.
You will have to go here and see if you can get help, but I think it will be some time till its released/leaked, you may have to pay to get it serviced.sorry about your Christmas present
forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f606/
Call Google and get it replaced. They are very good about that stuff.
kmsgli said:
I just figured out what happened. I flashed the nexus 5 flash-all rather then the nexus 5x (wow really dumb mistake). I found the hammerhead folder in the nexus5x folder i flashed from.
Now what?
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Let Google know what happened, they're usually pretty good with that stuff and will probably let you RMA it. Google generally expects people to root their device, even though damaging the device while doing so is not technically covered under warranty they will probably help you out.
If 1 rep says no, call back and try another one. You can find countless examples online of people in your situation who Google helped out. Good luck!
Thanks guys
Thanks for all the help guys, I really apprecaite it, this site is really a great site full of people who want to help. ( im used to car forums where people call you an idiot any chance they get).
Ill post back if google did in fact help me out I will just wait for monday as I want to make sure if the phone is on for some reason with a weird screenless boot loop it has time to die and I can make sure I cant get it to boot myself.
Great news!! LG has repaired my phone and said they sent it back to me today. I have not confirmed it to be working as its in the mail but was told the phone has been repaired. So all you guys that do this while still under factory warranty can have your phone repaired by LG direct. Don't bother with google they can't repair it.
kmsgli said:
Great news!! LG has repaired my phone and said they sent it back to me today. I have not confirmed it to be working as its in the mail but was told the phone has been repaired. So all you guys that do this while still under factory warranty can have your phone repaired by LG direct. Don't bother with google they can't repair it.
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So I guess that means it was so damaged even LG's equipment couldn't read any software/firmware details from the phone. Lucky for you. Just curious, what excuse did you give LG to make them think it wasn't caused by a software modification?
That's just it I was 100% honest and told them I accidentally flashed the nexus 5 image rather then the 5x image and bootloader was first on the flashall script. The girl who took the initial call didn't understand what I was saying so she typed exactly what I told her in the notes. I have to assume LG has a facotry cable that can flash the correct bootloader in seconds and the phone is back to new again.
really happy with LG service!!!!!

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