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[Nexus S Android Development] dokugan ryu:
Bricked Nexus S GT-I9020T

so which locations did you connect with the tiny wire (the 2 locations on the ends of the pink line)

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Hi Adam, M a bit confused as to which pins to connect after i remove the X0M5 resistor. should i connect pins 2 and 3 (at the ends of the pink line). I have connected them and the resurrector tool detects the nexus s and loads the files and after that the tool shows device not detected and fastboot doesnt work. m using version 40 of the tool. when i choose Galaxy S from the drop down menu , it loads the files and now both the tool and nexus s shows download mode with an android shoveling dirt on the screen of the phone and on the tool. I have read through the post and comments and guess that there may be some thing wrong with how i have made the hardware Mod. So Please refer to (http://i49.tinypic.com/1nyyv7.jpg) and advice which pins to connect. Thanks in Adavce
[Nexus S Android Development] AlanS181824:
Can someone help me the linux tool does not recognise my phone. my device gets hot while on charge but other than that it shows no signs of live
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
Sounds like you need to perform the UnBrickable Mod. It's not always that the device will end up in UnBrickable Mode, but most in this thread got the "lucky brick". This software is designed to work with the UnBrickable Mod. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/unbrickable-mod-lands-on-the-nexus-s/
[Nexus S Android Development] troyleeguy:
Hi Mr Outler,

at first, thank you for your software.

but i have a question :

I perform the unbrickable mod on a nexus S, your software detects it, and put it in download mode (search and home softkeys lights up)

but i can't flash anything via fastboot like your software says, not even with odin on windows .

what can i try ?

thank you very much
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
Use Ubuntu Linux , then download a factory image from android developers website. Use that and you should be good.
[Nexus S Android Development] troyleeguy:
Thanks for reply.

You said I have to use fastboot for linux to flash the factory image ? i flash the whole image or just a part of it ? which version ? GB,ICS,JB ?
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
Seriously? instead of talking about it, do it. Flash it until it works.
[Nexus S Android Development] bluehawk20:
Nexus S M200 Korea.

Tried Nexus s resurecttor,injection completed but nothing on screen,tried Galaxy S resurecttor and download mode appeared on screen.

Anyone solved this?
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
use the Nexus S resurrector and just use fastboot. You probly wont see anything on screen but it should be in fastboot mode.
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
boot in windows or use linux version of fastboot

download stock firmware pack from google official site

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

and follow following sequence

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio radio.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot erase cache
[Nexus S Android Development] bluehawk20:
Once resurrection complete(sbl injected,download mode),there would be an android shoveling on the resurrector and phone but this one just show unknown device on the resurrector and nothing on phone,no key light whatsoever once resurrection complete.Tried fastboot devices but no devices found.On device manager,once phone pluged in,it shows SPC110 test b/d for a second and disappear.

I guess something wrong in injecting the unbrick/boot eventho it shows resurrection complete.

p/s: btw,i found xyz box Jtag boot repair file for the M200 and it's in .bin extension.Maybe any of u guys out there could do something with the file and make it flash able with QPST or something?
[Nexus S Android Development] ondrong:
my D720 have problem with "unknown baseband" mode

already use JTAG tools but not luck yet

can you confirm this tool can repair this one ??

txs
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
this tool works on i9020a i9020t and i9023,... i guess

not working on korean variant m200s

i too tried Jtag but no luck,......

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@bluehawk.,... can you pm me the link of xyz box files?

i try that!
[Nexus S Android Development] bluehawk20:
I guess the files in this tool doesn't support korean version,m200.Maybe we could make it work if we got the m200 files.

Anyway,pm'ed the link.Let us know.
[Nexus S Android Development] swordlink:
nice work!
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
You need to modify the hardware.
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
@adam,.... i have m200s korean,...i told u before,,... some this is really wrong,.... i have tried riff box,..but it stucks at 75% and fails to boot,... i dont have GPG box on any other i have extracted every SBL that existed in any rom bootloader image that existed,... but my cell phone fails to boot,... we cant have a valid .pit file for some reason,... so default firmware wont flash,... and i fail to understand ,... why it is only booting galaxy S SBL,... seriously,... it kills me!,.. to see my cell phone in drawer :(

it can boot galaxy S sbl and flash galaxy s rom,... with lots of corrupted features and is highly unstable,.... i tried to flash zimage of nexus s,.. no boot,....

no fastboot,... no adb,... and no emmc,... useless recovery menu,... thats all i get from galaxy s rom,...

next thing i am going to do is to flash bootloader imag via JTAG cable i have LPT and digilent USB jtag ill try it via H-jtag software,... if something good happens ,...ill post results,...

if some one wants to give me some heads up,... please do,...

ill keep my fingers crossed
[Nexus S Android Development] thehulk1969:
Are you saying I cannot use your resurrector!

Do I need to physically open the phone and do the shorting thingy?
[Nexus S Android Development] mullamadd:
Dude, you need to do this before using a resurrector...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1566475
[Nexus S Android Development] bluehawk20:
Even riff couldn't complete boot repair?This is so strange!btw,what file u used in riff?M200's files available in riff?

Let me know ur progress.Me too sad looking at my nexus s being useless lying on my table.
[Nexus S Android Development] BouRRi_GSM:
Hello,

my i9023 was working fine, and dead while pulling battery out when booting.

can't revive it with JTAG (Riff, Medusa and ORT).

so i erase phone with Riff, and now phone is detected as S5PC110 on windows.

so i install ubuntu.... latest java.... heimdall-prontend...

i repair phone using Unbrickable Resurrector by selecting "Nexus S" but can't get phone in Download Mode after succesfull resurrect.

so i select "Galaxy S" and resurrect, then phone is detected in Download mode with the 2 key light on.

i restart windows when keeping power key pressed to keep phone in download mode (cause is off if not), Windows detect Samsung mobile phone in modem, odin detect also phone but can't be flashed with multi-files, maybe wrong pit, cause i use the pit shared in forum and seem it's not ok, and can't find official pit file.

so i create a tar.gz file with heimdall, but it seem not working for me, maybe wrong steps or bad pit file.

anyway, can someone share working Heimdall One-Click file for my i9023, it's customer phone, and this problem happen to me when replacing LCD and take battery out when booting.

also working pit file will be helpfull.

thx in advance :).
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
well,... i guess this is most effing idiot phone i have ever used,... boots i9000 roms sbl and what not....but fails to load any of its own roms,... i have done every thing i could but this cell wont boon its own roms,..

some one has to rework on HIBL re config or do something,....else its solid as a Brick,....

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riff box has i9020 backup but it wont finish the nand write process it stucks at 73 something percent,....

i gave my cell to some cell repair shop,... the idiot sctarched TRST strip,... now i have no choise left ,... i guess,... if some one gets a better idea,.. let me know

thanks

**the gist of this scene is: unless we boot nexus s own sbl cuz it contains its own pit locations,.... its solid as brick**
[Nexus S Android Development] BouRRi_GSM:
this Pit is saved by Z3X when Flashing working i9023.

it seem same like the one dumped with heimdall!!!

and it dosn't work with Z3X or Odin after resseruct Nexus S with i9000 sbl or maybe it dosn't work even with working phone.
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
well as far as i have learnt so far ,... sbl contains partition table in it,... the pit file we have to load is to match with the partition table information in sbl,... the partition table in i9000 sbl is different from i9020 or 9023,.. and they are not cross compatible,....

we some how need to to boot its own sbl to make it work with nexus s pit file

anyways thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Adam, I really, really, apreciate your job. It's amazing, now I got the download mode. I'm soo happy. Thank you. Really, really, thank you. I'll donate to you when I get some money. Regards!

Edit: About the hardware modification. I didn't solder anything, I just remove the resistor, Is this a problem?
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
what model do u have?

and are u able to fully recover ?
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
I bricked my phone today by pulling out the battery at boot up D:

This seems to be my last chance, but I'm not very experienced with soldering.

Is there any way around soldering and getting my phone back to work?

At the moment is doesn't react to anything. No sign of life.

Thanks.

land.apfel
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
i9023. I went to Download Mode, but using the Galaxy S option, so, I couldn't flash anything due to errors. So, I went in to a assistance and ask they to do it for me, it coust me 20 dollars, I will pick the phone tomorrow. What I really want is to get into fastboot. So, I can flash the bootloader again.

What I'm planning to do is:

-Use this tool to go to fastboot mode.

-Open terminal and type: apt-get install adb (I guess it should be this, I'm not sure at all)

-Download image from Google, Adam has posted it somewhere in his topics.

-Type: adb flash bootloader.img

-And I really hope to get my sweet phone back.

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Lan.apfel: Mine was broken due to it. I really think you will repair your phone using this. I took the battery out when booting. And, as yours, don't give any life signal till I use it.
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
@samcortez I'll look out for someone to solder it for me then.
[Nexus S Android Development] coolfranz:
You can get the Factory Image from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

I think the right command would be

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
give ur phone to someone who knows what to do,... do not remove the resistor,.. if u dont know what u are doing,... only specific models work like that,...

i have a dead nexus in my bag,... i removed the resistor
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
I'm so sad to tell that I'm getting the same errors of do not receive anything when select nexus s and only the "fake" download mode when selecting Galaxy S model. I really hope that Adam help in some way. :(

ps: my model is i9023.
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
well i have a theory ,.. if some one could verify,....

if we remove resistor,.... nexus s will turn in to galaxy s

what if ,... we upload HIBL of nexus s and during the process we put back the resistor,... the phone will think its nexus s and and may boot its original bootloader

it can be done by taking two wires out and hot plug a resistor of same value.

p.s. just a theory
[Nexus S Android Development] BouRRi_GSM:
if phone can enter download mode with galaxy s sbl, and can't with nexus s hibl, this mean at 90% emmc is not detected.

if u have riff jtag u can analyse phone emmc.

This is the explanation of Legija owner of RIFF BOX:
[Nexus S Android Development] uxmanz:
booting wrong sbl means ,... detecting wrong hardware,...

only way to revive the phone is to get it to boot its own sbl
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
So theres some chance to revive, right? Is it possible to flash the EMMC again? Can Jtag/jit help?

plus: this means that 90% of emmc is bugged/bricked/whatever or in 90% of progress my emmc disapear and the resurrector fails? I'm a little bit confuse about it.

And, theres a strange thing when I press resurrector: The banner shows the chip photo them shows the unbrickable then the chip again them finish. Is it normal???
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
I now have the mod applied.

When using UnbrickableRessurectorR40 I can ressurect my Nexus S (i9023). The phone's search and home buttons light up and I get a success message.

But I can neither detect the phone with fastboot nor with Heimdall's detect function.

Does someone know what I'm doing wrong and tell me which files I would have to flash with Heimdall?

Thanks in advance!

land.apfel
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
You are luck, I guess it is Download Mode, I'm not sure. Anyway, you can try to get in fastboot mode (the other two key lights on) and flash the image. You have to press to resurrector while you hold the power button + vol up. You can get the fastboot in terminal by typing fastboot, if it is installed you should see no problem, if not, then type what the terminal say to get it.
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
use sudo.
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
I do ;)

But it doesn't help.

OK. Search + Home = Download Mode

Back + Menu = Fastboot.

Right?

I have Search + Home so it is Download Mode and I can't get into fastboot by holding vol+ and power then using Resurrector.

So this means that I should flash a new bootloader through Heimdall, right?

Which files do I have to give Heimdall?

Sorry for that nooby question but I've never used ODIN/Heimdall so far.

land.apfel
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Someone said that flash the bootloader first doesn't work, and should install system again and bootloader for the last. I'm not sure about that, anyway, use ODIN, is visual friendly (if you have windows). With Heimdall you can flash the factory images and with Odin, only the gingerbread version, avaliable in SamMobile.
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
Is it possible to only install a new bootloader through Heimdall (ODIN is not an option for lack of Windows), because I'd like to keep my system?

land.apfel
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Maybe this is possible, try it. I do not know how to use heimdall, but I guess it should be something like this:

Put bootloader image in documents, for example.

cd /home/YOUR_PC_NAME/documents

heimdall flash bootloader-primary bootloader.img

I'm pretty sure that isn't the right type, but, it should look like this. Type heimdall, then it shows the help.
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
Is it possible that you confuse Heimdall with Fastboot?

You normally do fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img, but afaik Heimdall and ODIN need some more files.
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Heimdall looks like this thing I talked to you. I'm not that confused, yet. Tell me more about your problem... When you type print-pit what happens?
[Nexus S Android Development] BouRRi_GSM:
my phone is dead when pulling out battery during boot.

reserructor can't help, jtag can't help, and my phone is totally erased with jtag and i don't have backup.

phone always only keypad light with all those steps.

today i remove EMMC with hot-air and i replace it with Nokia n95 8GB mass memory, and my phone now can enter Download Mode and Fastboot Mode but with black screen.

i try flash with Factory image, but won't work it says bootloader locked, and i try unlock bootloader even with black screen and i use volume keys to select yes... but won't work.

so i try flash multifile with Odin but without succes in bootloader, pda and modem, verify file succes but can't write.

so i flash CSC "DGS" file only and write succes then LCD is showing again :).

then i try unlock bootloader, i select yes and validate with power button but after fews minutes bootloader can't be unlocked.

i use both command to unlock bootloader and both don't work:

fastboot oem unlock

and

fastboot.exe -s "Phone Serial Number" oem unlock

maybe this is happen because my phone is totally erased or because 8GB Toshina EMMC is not compatible.

anyway, this is my funny history with my dead i9023 :D

i will try to find Nokia X6 16GB Toshiba EMMC, or a new SanDisk EMMC, because new EMMC it seem not disponible in my country.

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fastboot mode: hold volume up + power on

download mode: hold volume up + vulume down then insert usb cable.

:)))))
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Hum, really interesting... I'll look for a emmc too, a guy here talked about that. Can you tell me if any emmc can handle it? Or it must to be the same processor?
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
Maybe it would help if I posted Resurrector's output:

When I connect my phone after inserting the battery, lsusb lists the following:

But as soon as the Resurrector has completed his work, this item disappears and the Resurrector says: "Device not found No device detected"

Does someone have an idea?

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 x64, btw.

land.apfel

Edit:

When using the Galaxy S method, Resurrector detects a device in download mode and lsusb lists:

Dead eMMC?
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Can I pick the Emmc Chip from Nokia N95 and put it on i9023?
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
It really looks like I have an eMMC problem because when using the Galaxy S option everything works more or less well.

Is it a good idea to let ODIN/Heimdall do a repartitioning?

If I do, will I loose all my data or does this option just rewrite the partition table and lets the data?

Would be nice, if someone had an answer to that.
[Nexus S Android Development] BouRRi_GSM:
u cannot use N95 emmc with Nexus S, maybe C7, N8 and X6 emmc will work but phone will keep rebooting from time to time.

better find a new chip and replace it.

if ur Nexus S can enter download mode with Galaxy S reserructor, this mean 90% bad EMMC.

so better don't waste you time looking for software solution.

:)
[Nexus S Android Development] samcortez:
Maybe with lucky someone on ebay sell it one day,
[Nexus S Android Development] Meinsss:
If I plug my device in to PC the UnBrickable Resurrector says: Device not found No device detected and if I click Perform Resurrection it says "SBL Injection Failure" :/
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
You have not or not properly applied the mod then.
[Nexus S Android Development] arpit85:
hi,

can someone please create a windows tools for hard bricked nexus S, i would be deeply greatful
[Nexus S Android Development] Magusxd:
Got a brick by removing the battery during boot ! I had already the unbrickable mod applied.

I can't get the phone into fastboot using the ressurector i can get into "download mode" only if i choose galaxys so this mean my emmc is dead ?
[Nexus S Android Development] emperora36:
device not found

hi,

recently i brick my nexus s nd it is not detected by unbrickable mod it shows your device is not found.

plz help me what to do?

i have installed java and all adb, fastboot drivers.
[Nexus S Android Development] land.apfel:
You have to apply the UnBrickable Mod first.
[Nexus S Android Development] emperora36:
but how plz tell me the correct processor
[Nexus S Android Development] hrulik:
Hello, I have absolutely same case. Please let me know if you will find solution
[Nexus S Android Development] emperora36:
download mode

I have applied both unbrickable mod and resurrector and it is detected as s5spc110 but if i use nexus s from the menu then it done all successfully but no download or fastboot mode after flashing but if i use galaxy s then it gives download mode on screen but after removing battery it does not work in download mode.

plz help me.
[Nexus S Android Development] Magusxd:
your emmc is dead u need to replace it i'm currently waiting for an amtech flux to remove and replace the emmc a new emmc costs 15euros and the flux 8euros.

If u don't have a smd station and the proper knowledge u will need 100$/euros for a shop to fix it and even more on samsung service because they replace the motherboard

edit: [MENTION=5175626]emperora36[/MENTION] ur emmc is dead ... u can't flash it need to replace it
[Nexus S Android Development] hrulik:
Thanks for your reply. Where I can buy new emmc chip for replacement?
[Nexus S Android Development] Magusxd:
http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-good-nexus-s-i9020-sandisk-sdin4c2-16g-flash-chip-with-program/

from here or from a shop willing to sell one ....
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
You can buy one, but unless you have a very specialized soldering station you will have problems. Make sure you research "soldering Ball Grid Arrays" before you decide to purchase one. [MENTION=1602851]connexion2005[/MENTION] from MobileTechVideos.com has the proper setup to do such a task. You can likely make due with a hot-air soldering station, but it's likely that you will screw things up that way.
[Nexus S Android Development] hrulik:
I ordered this one http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/243206778.html. To soldering I'll ask to service in my city. Can you talk more about how to research "soldering Ball Grid Arrays"?
[Nexus S Android Development] AdamOutler:
If you have to ask, its not for you.

[Youtube]s38vQxXv0GE[/YouTube]
[Nexus S Android Development] bmuseed:
Will this work with a hard bricked phone?
[Nexus S Android Development] rakesh_behrani:
SBL injection failure

failed to find device

i got this message
[Nexus S Android Development] rakesh_behrani:
still waiting any help
[Nexus S Android Development] herecomesmaggi:
Hello I am from India and my nexus S is i9020.

It is showing default bootloader and CWM recovery but isn't booting into OS.

I installed CWM on it and it got automatic bootloader locked.

Now when I use adb to unlock bootloader it is stuck at unlock permanently,

When I boot in CWM it says can't mount SD card.

Can't flash anything, can't unlock bootloader.

When I fastboot anything, it says bootloader locked.

Is it recoverable through this tool. As in India 1 GB is costly.

I also don't have any CWM backup. I don't where to download factory image. (I have seen Google factory images but don't know which one to download.

Model number is i9020 (no A, T or i9023)

I will be very thankful to expert helping me out...

Please help

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[Nexus S Android Development] coolfranz:
I think you can't rescue yor i9020 with this tool. From the description you gave, I would say that you have a problem with your emmc.

Therefore the chip or mainboard has to be replaced.

Anyway: factory images from Google can be found here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=de

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 4
[Nexus S Android Development] herecomesmaggi:
Thanks man appreciated,

Can anyone tell me whether I can use i9023 mobo on i9020.

Since i9020 will be unbricked replacing mobo, I am getting my hands on i9023 mobo should I try placing it ??

Is it compatible??

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[Nexus S Android Development] coolfranz:
I don't think this will work. The display technologies are too different.