Got galaxy Note 2 , totally bricked right now , Gave it to my friend and he returned me back with completely black screen. Could you please suggest me if anything i can try on this one.
Things i have tried so far
1) Tried with different battery no luck
2) externally charge battery with external charger no luck
3) checked all the connectors inside , all are looking intact
4) replaced charging port no luck
Seems like this device got bricked somehow, is there any way to turn it alive ??
Riffbox or jtag. Mine died last week this way it came back to life unfortunately mine have kind a issue with emmc so it will gonna die eventually again. I hope yours one is ok.
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Riffbox or jtag. Mine died last week this way it came back to life unfortunately mine have kind a issue with emmc so it will gonna die eventually again. I hope yours one is ok.
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Please consider me Novice in JTag field, Do we need different boxes for different devices, i have seen several videos on Jtag,I have sent mail to their US distributor bcoz unfortunately we do not have any in Canada. What's the success rate on these devices ?? Do we have any instructional videos or any support how to use RIFFBOX , just want to make sure if i would be able to use it before i make my order
I have just realised that you don't tell us if you have warranty... if you have it then use it. Cause the way I've told you before probably will void the warranty.
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I don't know how it works in your country but here in mexico, there are several External Service Centers (not official) they repare anything, softbrick, hardware brick, change the case cover, dialpad, etc. but it has a cost. If you buy the box just to repair your phone I think it will cost a lot of money to you since this boxes works with a lot of models of different brands (they are expensive) and you need technical knowledge about how to work with them.
In my case, the Service Center first tried with riffbox (cheaper and fast way) and it worked to turn on the phone in a couple of minutes, it was indicating there was bootloader broken so it worked when tried to rapair it but since my emmc memory was kinda buggy, it died the same day, so i left it again to warranty on the SC and they then tried with jtag this way they told me is like the "hard reset" since wipe and make again the partition system and install all the stuff, now works pretty well but they make a warning to me abut future deads because the final solution and the real one that needs my phone is to change the motherboard (they don't change just the emmc).
But if your emmc is ok, they probably just need to use riffbox maybe jtag but your phone will surely be ok again.
the cost for the reparation should be about 30-50 USD
If you don't know where is one of this external service centers on your town, try searching on google about riffbox, jtag service center in -your town-.
badtzo said:
I have just realised that you don't tell us if you have warranty... if you have it then use it. Cause the way I've told you before probably will void the warranty.
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I don't know how it works in your country but here in mexico, there are several External Service Centers (not official) they repare anything, softbrick, hardware brick, change the case cover, dialpad, etc. but it has a cost. If you buy the box just to repair your phone I think it will cost a lot of money to you since this boxes works with a lot of models of different brands (they are expensive) and you need technical knowledge about how to work with them.
In my case, the Service Center first tried with riffbox (cheaper and fast way) and it worked to turn on the phone in a couple of minutes, it was indicating there was bootloader broken so it worked when tried to rapair it but since my emmc memory was kinda buggy, it died the same day, so i left it again to warranty on the SC and they then tried with jtag this way they told me is like the "hard reset" since wipe and make again the partition system and install all the stuff, now works pretty well but they make a warning to me abut future deads because the final solution and the real one that needs my phone is to change the motherboard (they don't change just the emmc).
But if your emmc is ok, they probably just need to use riffbox maybe jtag but your phone will surely be ok again.
the cost for the reparation should be about 30-50 USD
If you don't know where is one of this external service centers on your town, try searching on google about riffbox, jtag service center in -your town-.
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Thanks a lot for this much knowledge about this product. I always help my friend fixing their phones and some of my good friends pay me for that. Its kind of part time job for me. I am just crazy to try something new in this field so I am not worrying about money part right now. That is why I am just seeking information how much it will cost and from where i can get information how to use this box. I guess we need lot of new things to learn before i start using it. Please let me know whatever u know about it, I am gathering knowledge from google too and other websites , Your help so far is very much appreciated. Please let me know what else you know about these riffbox or jtag ?
Hi there, i'm a owner of a N5X since september 2016, the phone fallen in the error in 3° of july. I tried to get warranty for Telcel (México) but it was useless, they said my phone gets wet and cancel the warranty, obviously my phone never get in to a water or something, actually i think they (Telcel) damage my phone intentionally but that's another history. I decided fix it my self, i teardown my phone, and the method i use it was a heat gun, and liquid flux, i give to the motherboard 3 minutes of heat, another 3 minutes for the other side, the heat up to 520°F. i leave the components get repose for a 15 minutes and then arm the phone. In a beggin the phone not start, didn't on the display, i get desesperate and i give up but in the last moment connect the charger in the phone and i can see the hour in the phone. The retroilumination is not working, the phone starts and stay stable four or fives hours not get into bootloop. i already check the connectors of display, clean all the components and the retroilumination still not working, i posted this for seek any idea to get work the phone or if somebody knows the cycle of the retroilumination, i mean if somebody knows the components to makes that function for i take another way or another method.
For any way thank you for read my post, and sorry for the bad english i'm doing my best. Regards
PD: By the way i have a question, the bootloop affects the phone if the SO is 6.0? i always see the failure in 7.x versions of android.
Hello, I have a somewhat odd issue, so please bear with me and I apologize in advance for the long post.
I have a Google Pixel 2XL that began flashing at the lock screen. After about 30 flashes it restarts and says it can not load the android system. Here is a youtube video with the exact problem I'm having I can't post an outside link but if you search "NLrI6bIsTNM" on youtube it will come up.
I'm honestly not worried about the phone itself, but am looking for a way to save my photos and other possible data before wiping and/or sending in for replacement. My father recently passed away and my last pictures of us are on there as well as pictures from my engagement overseas etc. Pictures NOT backed up on google photos.
Though I do have USB debugging turned on, the bootloader is locked on this phone, so I can not get into ADB recovery mode to pull my data off the phone. I can only get into ADB sideload and ADB fastboot which of course don't allow me to push/pull. I did sideload the newest version of tainmen to no avail.
My thought was to see if it was possible to remove the 64GB UFS memory chip which is soldered on the logic board and to solder it to an identical logic board I will purchase which already has the bootloader unlocked, then with the phone back together I can use ADB recovery mode to pull my data off the phone.
I have a local mobile repair tech who does micro soldering but I'm not sure this is even feasible, I have 2 major worries:
A: The bootloader is stored in the memory chip and not the RAM hence will just transplant my problem from one logic board to another
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B: Does the memory chip have anything that ties it specifically to my logic board
I know I'm grasping at straws but I appreciate any info or help that I can get. Thank you if you made it this far reading! Stay safe everyone!
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Hello, I have a somewhat odd issue, so please bear with me and I apologize in advance for the long post.
I have a Google Pixel 2XL that began flashing at the lock screen. After about 30 flashes it restarts and says it can not load the android system. Here is a youtube video with the exact problem I'm having I can't post an outside link but if you search "NLrI6bIsTNM" on youtube it will come up.
I'm honestly not worried about the phone itself, but am looking for a way to save my photos and other possible data before wiping and/or sending in for replacement. My father recently passed away and my last pictures of us are on there as well as pictures from my engagement overseas etc. Pictures NOT backed up on google photos.
Though I do have USB debugging turned on, the bootloader is locked on this phone, so I can not get into ADB recovery mode to pull my data off the phone. I can only get into ADB sideload and ADB fastboot which of course don't allow me to push/pull. I did sideload the newest version of tainmen to no avail.
My thought was to see if it was possible to remove the 64GB UFS memory chip which is soldered on the logic board and to solder it to an identical logic board I will purchase which already has the bootloader unlocked, then with the phone back together I can use ADB recovery mode to pull my data off the phone.
I have a local mobile repair tech who does micro soldering but I'm not sure this is even feasible, I have 2 major worries:
A: The bootloader is stored in the memory chip and not the RAM hence will just transplant my problem from one logic board to another
and
B: Does the memory chip have anything that ties it specifically to my logic board
I know I'm grasping at straws but I appreciate any info or help that I can get. Thank you if you made it this far reading! Stay safe everyone!
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I'm not 100% sure but there should be a way to re-flash the firmware without losing any data. I think that would be your best bet at the moment.
Have you tried booting the other slot? You can set the active slot through fastboot.
Coming back to bump. Still have this issue, using a crappy Blu phone temporarily. I will pay if someone can solve this issue for me.
EDIT: ISSUE SOLVED
Apparently, Google finally addressed the situation and in their August OTA they fixed the issue. What's funny is I sideloaded each months OTA in hopes of it working and I stopped at August for no good reason. I just loaded it after hours of trying other things and it worked like normal. Almost teared up lol. Thank God I didn't wipe my data. This originally happened in April and I have been holding off in hopes of a fix. Thank you all!
Good to hear this
Hi all, I have a problem with my stock T-Mobile US S9. A few months ago this weird thing happened where if I turned on my screen immediately after it turned itself off, only the top few lines would be visible. The whole screen would take input, but you could only see a little below the status bar, maybe. If I waited a bit and then turned the screen on, it would work normally, with the whole screen visible and looking fine.
It's gotten progressively worse to the point where this happens most of the time I turn the screen on. However, I've found two workarounds:
1) My Always On Display is set to turn on when I tap the phone. If I do that, the AOD works as normal, and if I then turn on the phone screen the phone screen works fine. This only works when Always on display is set to turn on on tap. It does not work if AOD is set to always be on.
2) If, when my screen is glitching out I hold the screen up to a reeaally bright light (like inches from a lightbulb), the rest of the screen turns on. It's weirdly green tinted and kind of stuttery.
Turning off automatic brightness does not fix this issue. If tried booting in safe mode and even factory resetting the phone. Issue still persists, including on screens like when the phone enters recovery mode.
The fact that I can get the screen working normally using workaround #1 makes me think this is a software issue, but the fact that it happens on the recovery screen makes me think it's pretty low-level. Any ideas? Anyone else had a similar issue?
I gave Samsung tech support a call and the level 1 tech I spoke with seemed to think that it was a software issue and that I should bring it in to be looked at by a technician. I'm in Maine at the moment and there's no Samsung or UBreakIFix stores within two hours, so she suggested taking it to Best Buy to look at. Not amazingly helpful or surprising.
If it's a software issue though... I mean this is my fourth Android phone and I've rooted and flashed ROMs on all the previous phones anyway. I don't want to lose Samsung Pay, so I'd rather not unlock the bootloader, but is there a way to flash the stock operating system or something? The exact model number is SM-G960U
It's a firmware or hardware issue not software as a reload* would have fixed it.
The firmware has been corrupted (needs reflashed) or there's been a hardware failure.
Best to send it in for repair or take it the a Samsung Experience Center as they can reflash the stock rom and have advanced diagnostic tools.
*make sure all system apks are running on factory load and have not been updated after the reload.
Updates, destroyers of worlds...
blackhawk said:
It's a firmware or hardware issue not software as a reload* would have fixed it.
The firmware has been corrupted (needs reflashed) or there's been a hardware failure.
Best to send it in for repair or take it the a Samsung Experience Center as they can reflash the stock rom and have advanced diagnostic tools.
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If that’s really necessary I’ll do it. But the closest place is out of state and when I called them said it would take 4 hours just to do a diagnostic. That plus the round trip... if there’s a way I can save some time, I’d like to.
For example, if one possibility is a stock firmware reflash, that’s something I’ve never done before on a Samsung device, but not very different from things I feel comfortable doing. I've flashed roms and rooted many android devices in the past. From a preliminary search , it looks like there's even a leaked tool online to do so from Samsung called Odin and that I just need to find the latest SM-G960U image with the right "csc" code for my carrier (I think TMB for T Mobile US). What would be even better is if one of those diagnostic tools you mentioned leaked the same way that Odin did.
Any recommendations on either diagnostic software or firmware reflashing? Or would you strongly advise leaving that kind of thing alone? I would like to still use things like Samsung Pay at the end of all this.
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If that’s really necessary I’ll do it. But the closest place is out of state and when I called them said it would take 4 hours just to do a diagnostic. That plus the round trip... if there’s a way I can save some time, I’d like to.
For example, if one possibility is a stock firmware reflash, that’s something I’ve never done before on a Samsung device, but not very different from things I feel comfortable doing. I've flashed roms and rooted many android devices in the past. From a preliminary search , it looks like there's even a leaked tool online to do so from Samsung called Odin and that I just need to find the latest SM-G960U image with the right "csc" code for my carrier (I think TMB for T Mobile US). What would be even better is if one of those diagnostic tools you mentioned leaked the same way that Odin did.
Any recommendations on either diagnostic software or firmware reflashing? Or would you strongly advise leaving that kind of thing alone? I would like to still use things like Samsung Pay at the end of all this.
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If it's under warranty let Samsung deal with it. A good tech with experience is invaluable.
Rather then waste time the extra ride might end up being the easiest solution. You could also next or 2nd day it to the center and back, make sure it's insured and packaged well.
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If it's under warranty let Samsung deal with it. A good tech with experience is invaluable.
Rather then waste time the extra ride might end up being the easiest solution. You could also next or 2nd day it to the center and back, make sure it's insured and packaged well.
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That makes complete sense for something under warranty, but unfortunately my phone isn't. The S9 is about three years old now, and the Samsung rep was quick to tell me that the device was no longer covered. It looks like a mail-in repair service would cost about $175, which I'm theoretically willing to pay, but not if I can just handle on my own for free.
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That makes complete sense for something under warranty, but unfortunately my phone isn't. The S9 is about three years old now, and the Samsung rep was quick to tell me that the device was no longer covered. It looks like a mail-in repair service would cost about $175, which I'm theoretically willing to pay, but not if I can just handle on my own for free.
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In that case you have nothing to lose by reflashing it. Hopefully that gets it.
Otherwise it be hardware... probably a good chance this actually the cause.
The good news is the 9's are available for a couple hundred in good condition if need be.
I was considering getting the 9 as a second phone (have the 10+) as the 10+'s haven't come down much in price.
Samsung current lineup sucks.
Huh. Well, before reflashing, I tried something I found other people suggesting for a related problem: https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5...t-bars-black-screen-issue/td-p/1745470/page/7
It's an app called OLED Saver. It's not perfect, the screen still has an odd green tint to it unless I use one of the tricks I was describing above. But I no longer have the issue where most of the screen isn't visible.
I might try reflashing anyway, will post results if I do.
Yeah, no joy. Reflashed by downloading the latest firmware using Frija for SM-G960U with TMB as the CSC, and flashed using Odin v3.13.3. If anything the problem is slightly worse now, but OLED Saver still mostly seems to fix it. I guess it's just a hardware issue with a weird software workaround...
Same type of brightness problem here as you describe, on my new S9 (G960U) - - Model starqltesq - CSS XAA
The product is under guarantee, but as it is imported from Hongkong to France, I don't have accesss to the Samsung local representatives and have probably to send it back to Hongkong ...
I will keep you updated if I learn something about the problem and the solution ....
Wiping the cache partition stopped this happening for me for around 24 hours but it came back this morning. On the Note9 forums someone posted that setting animations to .5 in dev options fixes this. I will try it.
Bhonka said:
Wiping the cache partition stopped this happening for me for around 24 hours but it came back this morning. On the Note9 forums someone posted that setting animations to .5 in dev options fixes this. I will try it.
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Disable animations instead. It wastes resources. Personally I like seeing a fast, snappy OS do it's thing with no middle man needed. Lol, you end up waiting for the animations rather than the OS.
I've heard of people flashing custom roms and that resolved the issue permenetly, but can't find anyone willing to give some real feedback. I posted a topic asking this question, but haven't gotten any replies..
Not very helpful, but a work around could be to use Screen Filter
I temporary fixing my S9+ green screen issue by uninstalling the NFC module.
Unfortunately, this option make us cant charging the phone.
Maybe some one expert in hardware mod can do better.
Eve&Me said:
I temporary fixing my S9+ green screen issue by uninstalling the NFC module.
Unfortunately, this option make us cant charging the phone.
Maybe some one expert in hardware mod can do better.
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Hey could you explain what exactly did you uninstall and how?
After uninstalling it wireless charing stopped working or what did you mean by cant charge the phone?
Did it fully resolve the green screen issue?
Some people noticed that problem after upgrade Android 9 to 10.
At this moment we have some facts:
1) OLED saver temporary solves problem
2) disconnect NFC module solves problem, some people on xda and on the yt confirm that
3) heating back cover using heat gun can help - I Discovered that some weeks ago
Interesting comment from the yt:
Sour Words
Sorry to say this, but green screen issue is a hardware fault not something an update can fix. One of the updates from Samsung is causing the CPU to over heat and in return permanently damaging the oled screen. Not only that but also compromising the battery as well. The only fix is the replacement of both the oled screen and battery. This repair is entirely the fault of Samsung due to a faulty update that over works the CPU capacity. Therefore my advice is for you to return your device back to Samsung and lodge an assessment request. They charge a small fee for the assessment, but the entire repair should be compensated by Samsung. Be firm and keep the pressure via emailing them to insist on Samsung covering the repair costs. My Note 9 is almost 3 years old when green screen issue happened. They fixed the entire thing free of charge. But I kept firm and didn't let them bully me into charging me for the repairs, which was their fault in the first place. I must admit, my phone despite its age, is in perfect condition. Not a scratch on it. Which I know contributed winning my argument for the repairs. So if you have psychical damage, I doubt you will have a chance. Good luck to all who will give this successful method a go.
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mreminemfan4ewver said:
Hey could you explain what exactly did you uninstall and how?
After uninstalling it wireless charing stopped working or what did you mean by cant charge the phone?
Did it fully resolve the green screen issue?
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When we disassembly NFC Module, the phone will give LOW TEMPERATURE warning. And make us cant charge the phone
After the 1/29/2021, mandatory software update my phone suddenly stopped turning on fully. I sent my device to be repaired under warranty (purchased in October 2020) and it was returned saying the device is unrepairable because it was rooted. I got the phone brand new and I never downloaded any custom software or rooted my S20+ nor would I know how to. Unfortunately, when asked if I could have the device rechecked by the repair center to ensure this was the correct diagnosis they told me that was not an option. [Here](http://imgur.com/gallery/3I66p7C) are photos of the screens I could figure out how to view now, I have no idea how to read this. From what little information I could find online it seems like the fact that it says "warranty void 0x0" should prove that it wasn't/isn't rooted after all. Either way I don't know what to do now and I can't get any further with customer service at this time so I figured I'd check if anyone had a solution here. If you have any information that can help or you know how to fix this I would be so grateful. I really like this phone and have always had good service with samsung aside from this so I'd like to fix the phone rather than try buying from somewhere else and hoping something like this doesn't happen again. I definitely don't feel comfortable buying another phone from Samsung as of right now for obvious reasons and I almost laughed at them when they suggested I buy a new device from them since this one is only 5 months old. Please let me know if you have had this issue and know how to resolve it.
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After the 1/29/2021, mandatory software update my phone suddenly stopped turning on fully. I sent my device to be repaired under warranty (purchased in October 2020) and it was returned saying the device is unrepairable because it was rooted. I got the phone brand new and I never downloaded any custom software or rooted my S20+ nor would I know how to. Unfortunately, when asked if I could have the device rechecked by the repair center to ensure this was the correct diagnosis they told me that was not an option. [Here](http://imgur.com/gallery/3I66p7C) are photos of the screens I could figure out how to view now, I have no idea how to read this. From what little information I could find online it seems like the fact that it says "warranty void 0x0" should prove that it wasn't/isn't rooted after all. Either way I don't know what to do now and I can't get any further with customer service at this time so I figured I'd check if anyone had a solution here. If you have any information that can help or you know how to fix this I would be so grateful. I really like this phone and have always had good service with samsung aside from this so I'd like to fix the phone rather than try buying from somewhere else and hoping something like this doesn't happen again. I definitely don't feel comfortable buying another phone from Samsung as of right now for obvious reasons and I almost laughed at them when they suggested I buy a new device from them since this one is only 5 months old. Please let me know if you have had this issue and know how to resolve it.
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I'd take them to court, likely they'll resolve the issue before they're scheduled to appear.