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[Q] My Wonder GT-I8150 hardbrick

Guys, sorry to bother all of you. I just want to ask about my HARDBRICK Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150.
All this happen because I try to apply swap partition on my device, and hope it would give extra RAM. Used my 16Gb class 10 sdcard and give about 1Gb for linux swap partition using Minitool Partition, and then install "swapper2" to activated it just like tutorial. Test it with "terminal emulator" and nothing happen, seems my swap partition wont loaded or whatever. In swapper2 menu there is option like "apply on boot" and I choose it (hopefully it need to be restarted and apply on boot to make it work).
I turned off my phone, let it for a while........turn it on again and booyyaaahhh. Suddenly wont turn on, put it on wall charger and wont even charged..... I tried "3 button combos-one click unbrick for several times and nothing can help. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks Guys
PS : Sorry for my bad english.

kasarung21 said:
Guys, sorry to bother all of you. I just want to ask about my HARDBRICK Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150.
All this happen because I try to apply swap partition on my device, and hope it would give extra RAM. Used my 16Gb class 10 sdcard and give about 1Gb for linux swap partition using Minitool Partition, and then install "swapper2" to activated it just like tutorial. Test it with "terminal emulator" and nothing happen, seems my swap partition wont loaded or whatever. In swapper2 menu there is option like "apply on boot" and I choose it (hopefully it need to be restarted and apply on boot to make it work).
I turned off my phone, let it for a while........turn it on again and booyyaaahhh. Suddenly wont turn on, put it on wall charger and wont even charged..... I tried "3 button combos-one click unbrick for several times and nothing can help. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks Guys
PS : Sorry for my bad english.
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go to samsung services.

kasarung21 said:
Guys, sorry to bother all of you. I just want to ask about my HARDBRICK Galaxy Wonder GT-I8150.
All this happen because I try to apply swap partition on my device, and hope it would give extra RAM. Used my 16Gb class 10 sdcard and give about 1Gb for linux swap partition using Minitool Partition, and then install "swapper2" to activated it just like tutorial. Test it with "terminal emulator" and nothing happen, seems my swap partition wont loaded or whatever. In swapper2 menu there is option like "apply on boot" and I choose it (hopefully it need to be restarted and apply on boot to make it work).
I turned off my phone, let it for a while........turn it on again and booyyaaahhh. Suddenly wont turn on, put it on wall charger and wont even charged..... I tried "3 button combos-one click unbrick for several times and nothing can help. Please if anyone could help me. Thanks Guys
PS : Sorry for my bad english.
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seems like a hard-bricked case.

Qhsusb_dload
doles said:
go to samsung services.
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no offense, but I prefer to use this option at the last.
yewsiong said:
seems like a hard-bricked case.
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Yeah, it seems hard-bricked case. But lately when I used one click-unbricked I was able to install my devices as "QHSUSB_DLOAD", and now I tried to make my PC recognize my device through QPST....hopefully will detect as COM PORT and can flash it with Odin.

wow even applying swap can hard brick a device, well swap is kernel dependant, only kernel in our device whom support swap partition is cow's kernel.

Support Kernel
-storm- said:
wow even applying swap can hard brick a device, well swap is kernel dependant, only kernel in our device whom support swap partition is cow's kernel.
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Hahaha............ the funny part is, I was plan to push Cow kernel to my kedai.XXLM8 (deodexed ROM) after swap partition. **** happen, . Better use customrom just like I ever done.
Still no one could help me here I think??? Maybe this weekend I'll go to SSC (Samsung Service Center). Thx All

Same experiment. I think someone in this forum can back up xml files using QPST and upload it so we can recover. If u had any solution please note me..

hakanbilir said:
Same experiment. I think someone in this forum can back up xml files using QPST and upload it so we can recover. If u had any solution please note me..
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Can you give the link how to backup xml file using QPST? Maybe another user can uploaded to you. Sorry i can't help. Coz i'm newbie
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda app-developers app

watch this video, how to unbrick ur phone....may help u.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
once activated download mode, use odin n flash stock rom.
goodluck.

kyoshiro67 said:
Can you give the link how to backup xml file using QPST? Maybe another user can uploaded to you. Sorry i can't help. Coz i'm newbie
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda app-developers app
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Checkout this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
---------- Post added at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:54 PM ----------
hakanbilir said:
Checkout this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
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Thank you for your reply.
I have my phone bricked. Swapper2 wiped my system partitions. I can't effort to buy jig or jtag here. They are expensive in Turkey.
With Quallcomm Product Support Tool required partitions can be reprogrammed.
There are some projects on this issue but for other phones.
We could do the same. But i dont know enough information. I just have a dead phone.
We can create a debricking tutorial for all i8150 users. In this approach no jig cable needed. Just plug your device to computer. With quallcomm hs driver it connects to com port. Quallcomm Support Tool and Odin detects your phone. You can reprogram required partitions with some knowledge and required files.

Solved.
Fixed motherboard with memory replacement. 40$

hakanbilir said:
Solved.
Fixed motherboard with memory replacement. 40$
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where did you buy this component?

Redwraith96 said:
where did you buy this component?
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I dont know. An unoffical samsung service fixed my phone. He didnt replace the motherboard. But it works right know. The ones before tryed jtag but they couldt.

thanks for the answer

Be Warned! Swapper2 Compatibility

Hi Everyone,
I would just like to share with you what happened to my phone Galaxy W GT-I8150 (stock rom/rooted).
I was experimenting with Swapper2 app from the Playstore, installed it and enabled the option to use the physical swap partition. My intention was to use the swap partition in my external_sdcard. However, when I rebooted the phone it never came back. No recovery, no download mode, Odin could not detect it, in short it was a HARD BRICK my friend! Totally unusable.
I didn't really know what happened, but after some research I learned that the app might have wiped the wrong partition, the bootloader partition!
So guys, if you are rooted, be very careful with this app or any app that touches your system in the partition level.
Now I'm still on the process of reviving my phone, if anyone has any idea how please post here or pm me.
I'm following a thread just in case you're interested, this guy darkspr1te found a way to resurrect a hard bricked Galaxy Note.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359
Thank you.
EDIT:
Thanks Mod for stucking this. Just to give an update. I managed to recover my phone a week after it was bricked.
I happen to have a friend who is a cellphone technician. He used a BOX (same as Jtag) to reinstall the original SGW bootloader and OS.

You will be needing a JTAG/Jig equipment, that will trigger the Qualcomm chipset within to enter JTAG mode.
Afterwards... I'm not sure...
But I wish you good luck in reviving your Ancora...
-- Sent from a GT-I8150 running ICS perfectly well. F'U, Sams#!t --

Is the same thing happened to me too! It would be good to make this thread sticky to alert all of the possible disaster! My phone is still bricked...

wishing you good luck bro,,,
and yes,, thanks for alerting us,,
the truth is,, im planning to download that app too....

santiagoruel13 said:
wishing you good luck bro,,,
and yes,, thanks for alerting us,,
the truth is,, im planning to download that app too....
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maybe out of topic but im using the ram expander app for the swap.swapped my externl sd.but didnt know how big is the risk for bricking the phone

afif_7070 said:
maybe out of topic but im using the ram expander app for the swap.swapped my externl sd.but didnt know how big is the risk for bricking the phone
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double check compaitbility first, if you are not sure, don't do it!

klacenas said:
double check compaitbility first, if you are not sure, don't do it!
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already checked.compatible for my w. already did the swapping for 128mb.pepoluan post method of swapping using terminal in one of the post in general thread.so mayb if others want to swap memory for ram can use that method instead of using apps.
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forgot to ask.how did it go for reviving your w?

afif_7070 said:
already checked.compatible for my w. already did the swapping for 128mb.pepoluan post method of swapping using terminal in one of the post in general thread.so mayb if others want to swap memory for ram can use that method instead of using apps.
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forgot to ask.how did it go for reviving your w?
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Within days I'm going to post an automated flashable way. Stay tuned
-- Sent from a GT-I8150 running ICS perfectly well. F'U, Sams#!t --

I also had this problem.
I done the same things as you, but I send my Galaxy W to Samsung and I got a new Mainboard.
Sadly I needed to install all my apps again, but it's now working again!

GiantTreeLP said:
I also had this problem.
I done the same things as you, but I send my Galaxy W to Samsung and I got a new Mainboard.
Sadly I needed to install all my apps again, but it's now working again!
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What did you say to them? And how long you get your new MB? FYI, I've bricked my phone after installing this ****ing app.

omegahanggara said:
What did you say to them? And how long you get your new MB? FYI, I've bricked my phone after installing this ****ing app.
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I said i wanted to turn on my phone but it didn't started and i didn't see the samsung splash screen.
they said i should send them my phone.
after two weeks they said they repair my phone as a warranty case.
then i got my phone with a new motherboard.
i know that they wouldn't find anything because the partitions on my phone were broken so it couldn't boot up.
hopefully i could help you.

Hey.,,, I'd like to swap my memory card, is there any chance in CM10 for that? since this thread says that swapping is literally Dangerous, so... can anyone tell me the saver one?

azhiekurosaki said:
Hey.,,, I'd like to swap my memory card, is there any chance in CM10 for that? since this thread says that swapping is literally Dangerous, so... can anyone tell me the saver one?
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You misunderstand.
This thread is about creating a 'swap memory', not about swapping SD Cards.
Specifically, this thread is about creating a 'swap memory' using an app called Swapper2, which has been proven to be *fatally incompatible* with the W.
There are more than one way to swap SD Cards in CM10; IIRC someone shared a flashable method in the Dev subforum.
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Perhaps a solution!
User Daskspr1te from XDA AT&T Galaxy Note forum has devised a way to repair the hardbricked Sammy SVH-E160L. His method and his developed software can also repair other phones and most likely also the model i8150. It is necessary that an user with a i8150 running, with the help of Daskspr1te's tool, extract certain files from his phone necessary to repair the hardbricked i8150 phone (mainly the bootloader and so on). If the bricked i8150 can be seen by a pc thru an usb port (as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008) I think we can repair it, what we need are some files extracted from a running i8150 and some luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136738
If this system will work for our i8150 will be an extremely useful resource for us!

Mod, please make this thread to sticky, 1 people just PM me for using Swapper2 and hard bricked
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ipromeh said:
Mod, please make this thread to sticky, 1 people just PM me for using Swapper2 and hard bricked
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yeah i also Hard Bricked my phone with this..

I've temporarily stuck this thread to hopefully prevent others from being bricked. After a little while it may be unstuck though. But hopefully not as many will be bricked. Good job warning!

To swap, I formatted a swap partition on external sdcard and mounted it with
Code:
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk1p3
Much easier and safer.

TheGatorade said:
To swap, I formatted a swap partition on external sdcard and mounted it with
Code:
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk1p3
Much easier and safer.
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Is there any tutors about this..?
Might be a good idea to point to one..??

Thank you for warning us.:good:

[Q] Bricked with out custon rom??

So I think my phone is hard bricked. I was on G+ ealier today, clicked on a link that opened Chrome. got through a third of the web page and my phone freezes then the screen goes black... I have tried every troubleshoot trick provided by tmobile and samsung and the phone wont respond in any way. Just a black screen. Is it possible to brick your phone with out trying to flash a custom ROM??? The only thing new I have done in the past week was install "graph ti89" and "aviate." I dont know if this has anything to do with it but tmobile has being try to get me to install the kitkat OTA for the last week and I keep ignoring it.

just update
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So I think my phone is hard bricked. I was on G+ ealier today, clicked on a link that opened Chrome. got through a third of the web page and my phone freezes then the screen goes black... I have tried every troubleshoot trick provided by tmobile and samsung and the phone wont respond in any way. Just a black screen. Is it possible to brick your phone with out trying to flash a custom ROM??? The only thing new I have done in the past week was install "graph ti89" and "aviate." I dont know if this has anything to do with it but tmobile has being try to get me to install the kitkat OTA for the last week and I keep ignoring it.
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Hi,
Do the update or factory reset your phone. You can always use KIES also.
Ms. K

Ms. K said:
Hi,
Do the update or factory reset your phone. You can always use KIES also.
Ms. K
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Thanks for your input but the phone won't turn on at all. Can'T turn it on to update. Won't go into safe mode by pressing vol. up&home&power. When I plug it into the computer it says it needs drivers for "QHSUSB_BULK." Kies doesn't see it as a connected device...

If you haven't done anything to the phone why not call Tmobile and get a replacement..
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused Note 3

deeznutz1977 said:
If you haven't done anything to the phone why not call Tmobile and get a replacement..
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused Note 3
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because i'd like to recover the data that is on the phone.

jcampana28 said:
because i'd like to recover the data that is on the phone.
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A few threads down you would have found this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47555043
My recovery image is here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?6nu61z43y51v3k4
You need a 32 GB sd card and some luck. Also reading is a requirement.
Yours may be a special case though, as you claim nothing was going on besides you clicked a link. Should have absolutely nothing to do with ota, and everyone else who had done this was messing with their phone. This definitely works for 4.3, but no one had reported working on 4.4 (you were on 4.3 anyways). Good luck.
Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk

noobtoob said:
A few threads down you would have found this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47555043
My recovery image is here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?6nu61z43y51v3k4
You need a 32 GB sd card and some luck. Also reading is a requirement.
Yours may be a special case though, as you claim nothing was going on besides you clicked a link. Should have absolutely nothing to do with ota, and everyone else who had done this was messing with their phone. This definitely works for 4.3, but no one had reported working on 4.4 (you were on 4.3 anyways). Good luck.
Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
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Mr Noobtoob, has anyone reported un-bricking a N900t running 4.4.2 (1st release, believe it ends in N94 or similar, NOT NE6)?
If so, did they do anything different?
Be well.

golfcartguy said:
Mr Noobtoob, has anyone reported un-bricking a N900t running 4.4.2 (1st release, believe it ends in N94 or similar, NOT NE6)?
If so, did they do anything different?
Be well.
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I have not seen a successful report back of the nb4 firmware. Doesn't mean it doesn't work, just don't have confirmation.
Fusionized tweaking tapatalker here...

Thanks for the quick response!
Going to try, and will report back.
To clarify, it must be a Class 10 microsd card, and must be the same size (32gb), 1st formatted to exfat, correct?
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golfcartguy said:
To clarify, it must be a Class 10 microsd card, and must be the same size (32gb), 1st formatted to exfat, correct?
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Those are the magic ingredients!
Frank

Frank Westlake said:
Those are the magic ingredients!
Frank
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Got it! So, to be clear;
1st - Format class 10 card to Exfat file system or structure
2nd - Using Win32Diskmapper, just point to the file (in my case kk900tunbrick image) and write to card. *Nothing special, should I verify Md5 sum, or just leave it as default settings?
3rd, Proceed to attempt to Unbrick (Battery at 100%, Put Sd card in slot, Then Add Battery, Connect cable - some say, some say doesn't matter, to computer, then attempt to boot with button sequence to download mode, or may boot by itself?)
Also, if the 1st image I downloaded does not work, can I reformat or wipe the sd card and start again with the other file (I believe a Pit file??)

FireOS and CM11 at the same time?

Hi,
does anoybody know how to use CM11 as main os and Fire OS as second OS in Safestrap?
My acutal problem is that the Safestrap partition can't be bigger than 1,2GB while the flashable zip from ggow has some MB's more. Does anybody know a solution for this problem?
I'm sorry for spelling mistakes or wrong grammar
Thanks ^^

From what ggow stated this is currently impossible. If the boot loader was unlocked I'm sure it would be possible. But right now you can only write an OS to the stock slot. Otherwise you would brick your phone.
Sent from my Fire Phone using XDA-Developers mobile app

JDubbed said:
From what ggow stated this is currently impossible. If the boot loader was unlocked I'm sure it would be possible. But right now you can only write an OS to the stock slot. Otherwise you would brick your phone.
Sent from my Fire Phone using XDA-Developers mobile app
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It won't brick the phone. The most commonly reported problem is loss of connectivity using the ROM in the non-stock slot.

So there's no chance at the moment?
Thank for for replying btw ^^

Exordos said:
So there's no chance at the moment?
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It depends...
Would you be fine with using Fire OS in "WiFi only" mode? (since there is no connectivity via mobile data, SIM card isn't recognized)
If you are planning on using Fire OS only for a handful of things, I could test* a slimmed down version in slot 1...
* not before Saturday though...
Did a quick calculation, I'm down to 1.27 GB uncompressed data (from 1.8), so it's not looking good, I'll update given it works out...
edit: Successfully flashed it to slot 1 with 54 Mbytes space left, yeesh... ^^ Not stable at all, I'll give it a whirl with flashing a customized backup to slot 1 on the weekend, maybe this approach is useful...

Hi,
so first of all I apologize for my late reply, had a hard week :c
Second thing is that I want to thank you very much for your support ^^ And as long as the small version works it would be great if you could give me the link to it ^^
Just to say it again: Thank you!

Exordos said:
Hi,
so first of all I apologize for my late reply, had a hard week :c
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Me too, expect an update within the next week, I hope it works with WiFi only and has no FCs...
edit 1: the TWRP backup image is ready for testing but I have to "reset" my device: whenever I create the "rom-slot-1", system partition shows up with 0 MB... working now...
edit 2: Welp, with my final image I had around 200 MB free space on the system partition but the biggest problem is again the hardware identification on non-stock slots, e.g. the mac address is "missing", so no WiFi at all, screen turns on & off by itself after a couple of minutes. I'm not going to upload the image, since it's only a case study titled "crash & burn".

My phone is bricked?

Hello every one! so yesterday while doing nothing but leaving my phone on a markipilers youtube video, I see my screen go off I try to turn it back on and nothing happens. I tried power cycling and its still off, just not responding to anything, no sound no light no nothing. I tried then going to recovery mode but well... nothing happened. The only thing that actually makes any responses is when I connect it using a USB to my laptop, my laptop beeps, its not suposed to beep it is broken so is it bricked?
My device is a rooted Samsung galaxy s4 mini i19192 or so I hope it is.
I really hope that this is the right place to be redirected to assistant if not then Iam really sorry, thank you so much every one and have a fantastic day!
Edit: I forgot to mention two things.
1st: It does not seem to charge the battary, I kniw this because I have another identical one though the battary works fine in the working one
2nd: My PC reads it as (something?)_dload, Sadly I do not have acess to a computer just yet. Thanks again

Any help.. please?

Khaled125 said:
Hello every one! so yesterday while doing nothing but leaving my phone on a markipilers youtube video, I see my screen go off I try to turn it back on and nothing happens. I tried power cycling and its still off, just not responding to anything, no sound no light no nothing. I tried then going to recovery mode but well... nothing happened. The only thing that actually makes any responses is when I connect it using a USB to my laptop, my laptop beeps, its not suposed to beep it is broken so is it bricked?
My device is a rooted Samsung galaxy s4 mini i19192 or so I hope it is.
I really hope that this is the right place to be redirected to assistant if not then Iam really sorry, thank you so much every one and have a fantastic day!
Edit: I forgot to mention two things.
1st: It does not seem to charge the battary, I kniw this because I have another identical one though the battary works fine in the working one
2nd: My PC reads it as (something?)_dload, Sadly I do not have acess to a computer just yet. Thanks again
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probably QHSUSB_DLOAD, which is a hard brick, you might be able to fix with a debrick image
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

its in fact qshusb_dload but iam still a bit clueless on the reason or which method to solve. I read its because the cpu is trying to boot from the sd card and has something to do with something called emmac that is terrible in the s4 so I read three methods to solve
1- Just your method
2- Cooling the emmc?
and three, this
http://cellphonetrackers.org/qhsusb_dload-fix-qualcomm-soc.html
so Iam a bit distracted on what to even do or how to do it, any help would be apriciated plus any further notices about how to even avoid the problem
and thank you so much @IronRoo for your noticable contributions to these stuff!

Khaled125 said:
its in fact qshusb_dload but iam still a bit clueless on the reason or which method to solve. I read its because the cpu is trying to boot from the sd card and has something to do with something called emmac that is terrible in the s4 so I read three methods to solve
1- Just your method
2- Cooling the emmc?
and three, this
http://cellphonetrackers.org/qhsusb_dload-fix-qualcomm-soc.html
so Iam a bit distracted on what to even do or how to do it, any help would be apriciated plus any further notices about how to even avoid the problem
and thank you so much @IronRoo for your noticable contributions to these stuff!
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Yes, the eMMC is prone to fail/corruption on our phones, at least I think. The eMMC is the internal SD memory. Hopefully yours is just corrupt.
The cooling trick is probably only good if there is a bad soldier joint on the chip and will probably only work a few minutes as the board will heat up once turned on
I would try the debrick file as that's probably the easiest. See also Valenti's post on other Samsung device, as better write up on one (Samsung Mega maybe?) as well as by the others who originally come up with the debrick idea to get a better idea of what to do.
I guess (without researching) the method in your link is the same principle as the debrick file but may work even if debrick doesn't work as not dependant on having a matching file from phone with same bootloader (???? I don't know as haven't looked into that method)
Also you can send phone away for jtag if nothing else works
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
Yes, the eMMC is prone to fail/corruption on our phones, at least I think. The eMMC is the internal SD memory. Hopefully yours is just corrupt.
The cooling trick is probably only good if there is a bad soldier joint on the chip and will probably only work a few minutes as the board will heat up once turned on
I would try the debrick file as that's probably the easiest. See also Valenti's post on other Samsung device, as better write up on one (Samsung Mega maybe?) as well as by the others who originally come up with the debrick idea to get a better idea of what to do.
I guess (without researching) the method in your link is the same principle as the debrick file but may work even if debrick doesn't work as not dependant on having a matching file from phone with same bootloader (???? I don't know as haven't looked into that method)
Also you can send phone away for jtag if nothing else works
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Thats great! thank you. however can you give me a link to download that file / tutorial as iam not sure google would help me in that. second off I have no idea where Valenti's post either so that would just be fantastic if you can, Thanks again for every thing!

Khaled125 said:
Thats great! thank you. however can you give me a link to download that file / tutorial as iam not sure google would help me in that. second off I have no idea where Valenti's post either so that would just be fantastic if you can, Thanks again for every thing!
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There are some debrick files here for some of the S4 Mini models (some have broken links but some still work, or find others on internet. This is also one of the thread started by @ValenteL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628&page=10
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs

IronRoo said:
There are some debrick files here for some of the S4 Mini models (some have broken links but some still work, or find others on internet. This is also one of the thread started by @ValenteL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628&page=10
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Wanderful, Thank you! should I mark this as solved?

IronRoo said:
There are some debrick files here for some of the S4 Mini models (some have broken links but some still work, or find others on internet. This is also one of the thread started by @ValenteL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628&page=10
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I have been searching for ever and still zero luck on finding either a way through the s4 mini nor the actual debrick file... all I could find was for the s3 all over, any help?

Khaled125 said:
I have been searching for ever and still zero luck on finding either a way through the s4 mini nor the actual debrick file... all I could find was for the s3 all over, any help?
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Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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IronRoo said:
Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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Just found it, Though if your link would have directed to page 8 rather than 10 that would have been fantastic! I thought You ment the main post which also helped me alot. How ever do I really have to downoad monster legands to be able to download the foking file?

oh never mind, Just a damn ad

IronRoo said:
Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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Oh and how do you flash that thing to recovery, How do you pull that debrick file? is really confusing me

And please pardon me if my questions are spammy or annoying, There are a whole lot of steps through it and neither google nor the forum seem to be answering it so I might just consult you for that.
From what I understand, You flash the debrick file to the sd card using this 32 bit sd flasher thing and then it just works because the booting files are on the sd card but it will not boot without it. So how can you fix the corrupted boot loader AND how can I restore my sd card back to normal, I have seen a video for it but he is using ubuntu and command lines and stuff.

Khaled125 said:
Oh and how do you flash that thing to recovery, How do you pull that debrick file? is really confusing me
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The original post by @ValenteL was a file to generate a debrick image, but you need a working phone to use that.
People with phones that are already bricked have to get a debrick file from someone else. This debrick image must be put onto an 16Gig (some report success with 32gig) SD card that is formatted (so you will lose everything else on it) and then the phone will boot with it instead of internal mmc to get your phone going (you have to keep the SD in) so you can then recover data and also hopefully flash a new rom later so you don't need to always boot from SD.
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IronRoo said:
The original post by @ValenteL was a file to generate a debrick image, but you need a working phone to use that.
People with phones that are already bricked have to get a debrick file from someone else. This debrick image must be put onto an 16Gig (some report success with 32gig) SD card that is formatted (so you will lose everything else on it) and then the phone will boot with it instead of internal mmc to get your phone going (you have to keep the SD in) so you can then recover data and also hopefully flash a new rom later so you don't need to always boot from SD.
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Yes, that was what I understood already but thank you anyway! My question was How? on both creating the debrick file and restoring both sd card (too make it work as a readable card rather than a booting device if it does not already) and fix the phones internal memory without actually reseting the whole phone and if there are no way else to fix internal memory... to back up the whole thing.
thank you!

IronRoo said:
Did you try the two debrick images in my post dated the 22nd March in the thread I posted above?
Actually I also pulled one from my phone after I read you can generate one from Cyanogenmod phones that will also work, I will post that on the above thread also a bit later.
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WANDEFUL! My phone actually viperated and showed color!
however.. it gives this on a black screen.
boot recovery
check boot partitions
copy from t flash
boot recovery
write 139008
reboot
and obviously reboots, thoughts?

My last two posts are the most important now, if you or any one else can answer that would be fantastic!
some notes: after searching the thing does not mention emmc nor odin at all like for some others with the same issue... just this plain text.
I had upgraded my android version to 4.4.2 not 4.2.2 so I assume that is important, thanks again and please answer as soon as you can as that would be great! thank you for every thing @IronRoo

Khaled125 said:
My last two posts are the most important now, if you or any one else can answer that would be fantastic!
some notes: after searching the thing does not mention emmc nor odin at all like for some others with the same issue... just this plain text.
I had upgraded my android version to 4.4.2 not 4.2.2 so I assume that is important, thanks again and please answer as soon as you can as that would be great! thank you for every thing @IronRoo
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I think the important thing is the bootloader (& pit must be the same) that if I recall was updated from the version you mention to ver 2. So you need a debrick with the ver 2 bootloader. (but I am not 100% sure about this, only read some stuff last year) My phone BL is ver 1
a guy on the below Mega thread with an I9195 did get a stop further by repeating multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600976&page=4
But still didn't fix phone fully
read next few pages, one guy used freeze fix white partial success, might be useful if you want to get data off phone.
Also another link that may offer help
but probably your emmc is bad, is my guess
gotta go now, work calls
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IronRoo said:
I think the important thing is the bootloader, that if I recall was updated from the version you mention to ver 2. So you need a debrick with the ver 2 bootloader. (but I am not 100% sure about this, only read some stuff last year) My phone BL is ver 1
a guy on the below Mega thread with an I9195 did get a stop further by repeating multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600976&page=4
But still didn't fix phone fully
read next few pages, one guy used freeze fix white partial success, might be useful if you want to get data off phone.
Also another link that may offer help
but probably your emmc is bad, is my guess
gotta go now, work calls
Sent from my Galaxy S4 Mini using XDA Labs
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Thats great! good luck at your work, when you are back though I need to tell you this
I have another device of the exact same model that is kikkat not rooted (kitkat will have bootloader version 2 right?) if only I knew how to get the file out and then do all the stuff again, ill keep searching since you are at work now, will keep you updated. please help about it though if you can*
so if someone say for example has android 5 on an s4 mini, he will never get his phone back to work unless some one made a debrick file for it? if the previous statments were true?
My questions are:
Extract that file from the other phone, if I managed to answer it ill tell you.
To get my SD card back to work and fix my emmc
Iam not giving up on my emmc yet though, iam sure there is a way to solve it, if not then how to fix that failed emmc?
thanks again!