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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jaytiel7:
hard brick

What if i have a hard brick device what service do you sugest i try and how much is it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] whytechapel_x:
very useful information thanks. will come in handy but hope i never get a softbrick lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blchff04:
this puts the phone completely back to stock right? stock recovery, radio, rom, ect... correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Yessir

From Infuse :)

Waiting for My T989 To Repair :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Send it in to Samsung, 100% free. They even pay for 2-Business day shipping.

From Infuse :)

Waiting for My T989 To Repair :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kevin_05:
Ok, so I tried this, but when I press start in Odin, it just stays stuck in initialization. How long is it supposed to stay there?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
2-3 seconds.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CottonCreeper:
Took mine 10 to 15secs. I had to try twice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Oh okay.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] samcrocr:
it says Fail For me please help someone im freaking out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Fly2Deaf:
Hey I think my phone bricked itself. I know it sounds funny but let me explain. I handed my phone to my mother to shower her a picture and when she went to hand it to my aunt, my aunt dropped it. I didnt think nothing of it when I locked the screen but when I went to unlock it, my phone restarted and went to a straight black screen and started to vibrate over and over again. I tried to pull the battery and then re-insert it and boot into recovery but when recovery showed up and I went to restore to a previous ROM the phone rebooted itself and started vibrating again. Now I'm at the computer trying to place it into Download Mode. The screen pops up that says to either push Vol + for Download or Vol- for restart. When I press Vol+, the phone restarts and goes straight to a black screen again. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mitalf:
Worked.

So glad this worked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] brett91364:
Help?

Hi - thanks for the guide but I am having a problem.

I rooted my new SGH-T989 and removed too much... breaking the TWLAUNCHER (whatever that is).

I tried reflashing, but I get same problems.

I even restored DOWN to 2.3.6, then let KIES upgrade me back to ICS, and it still crashes constantly. I can't figure out how any thing I could have deleted wouldn't be fixed by a restore, yet here I am.

Any/all :crying: help appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Did you wipe data/cache in recovery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Fly2Deaf:
I've done this method about six or seven times and i get odin to pass it and the phone reboots, but it only gets to the glowing Samsung screen and won't grt passed that screen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Install Clockwork MOD and flash a custom ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
I'm thinking circuit error? Not enough power or damage to internal components? You should open it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Can anyone share the MD5 sum of the Tmobile LE1 ICS FULL ROM and a miror link for T-Mobile Stock 4.0.3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richie_riche:
Hardbrick Repair

Check the guys at mobiletechvideos.com they can fix your Hardbricked phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] qwww456:
Used it to restore to stock but thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vixs:
great info !!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Makaveli01131985:
Hi guys,

I seem to have the same issue with my SGH-T989 as asapelectric. I'm stuck on the second step being unable to get it into download mode. I am using the stock USB cable that came with the phone I don't know if this makes a difference or not?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pcaseiro:
Thanks

Thanks for the threat. I was really helpful :laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Snapg2:
i went threw kies to update my galaxy s2 X to ics i did it and when i was told to reboot it got stuck on boot will this method work and if it does do i have to download both t-mobile 2.3.6 and 4.0.3 or do i just download and flash ics threw odin
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
The one you prefer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Oh I should threaten you more often, maybe it will help you more :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonny_sin:
I have used this method and worked flawlessly. I light bricked my phone a while back when the first ics alpha roms came out and did these steps crossing my finger it would work. I have heard of some people saying it didnt work for them, It took me 3 tries and i finally got it. Good help OP :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
You're welcome :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] apicia:
Just used Odin and flashed your 4.0.3. Worked like a charm. I learned long ago to unplug all other USB devices except keyboard and mouse. Make sure you have a good cable.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eisoh:
Thanks, that helped a lot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Corosus:
On my SGH-T989, I was unable to get into download mode by holding Vol+ and Vol- and inserting the USB. After holding the volume keys for a really long time, I finally gave up. I then recalled that I could just hold Vol- and press the power button, which worked for me. You might want to add that as a second method, in case anyone else runs into this issue.

Other than that, it definitely helped me out. The Odin flashing failed and ended up just changing my boot animation and wiped CWM, however, that indirectly helped me, so thanks! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TubeSteak:
Handy dandy!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bliksems:
Thank you so much!

Thank you man, this is a great post, it saved my phone...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SuperAce609:
Guise!! I've been reading from the first comment on this thread up to the last one. There really isn't a fix for the black screen?

(Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again.)

It's my friend's phone and as soon as I get to download mode, it shows me that screen automatically :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Try on a computer with no mobile phone drivers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] apicia:
I was getting this screen as well. It said that it encountered an issue. I could not Odin it back to stock. It would fail everytime, until it just stopped powering on entirely. Just black screen, no boot animation, no vibration. It was like the battery was dead.

All that over flashing a new recovery. Grr. Should have just stuck with 5.0.2.7 and the darkside scripts.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SuperAce609:
Nonono. I had installed the new touch recovery and CM10 on my friend's phone. He wanted to go back to stock because he had some problems watching videos. I can't really tell you because I'm not sure.

Then I sent my friend a guide to return to stock to do it for him and then this happened. Now it's just a very fancy paperweight.

As soon as I get to the download mode warning (+ to continue - to cancel) and press + to enter download mode, it shows me the black screen automatically.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] arcsine:
For those who are new, and using Telus/Koodo; you might be worried that the default ROM now has the T-Mobile boot animation. You can simply find the stock (default) koodo or telus ROM in the other subsection of this forum (http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1332), and follow one of the several guides on flashing it.

I know when I was new to flashing ROMS and soft-bricked my Koodo phone, I was worried I wouldn't be able to return it because it didn't have the Koodo boot anymore. Additionally, you may want to flash the ODIN counter reset also found in the development section after installing the default ROM if you want to return it for warranty.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] romulus86:
Do you have the flash counter reset tool? I've been looking for it everywhere. The links in the stickies are dead.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
No, I'm sorry sir.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tronmech:
I do, but dropbox disabled my public links today because they got xda-bombed. Too many downloaders.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rayoubi:
why people only installing 4.0.3. 4.0.4 IS OUT.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kitsuki318:
stuck at nand write start

So my phone is i believe soft bricked when i turn it on its stuck at SAMSUNG screen.. I then follow the instructions and i am able to get it into download mode, i set up odin with the correct file flashing the phone back to stock. (yellow box does show up so drivers are installed) i check on only auto reboot and PDA (with the loaded file) and i hit start. I get the following response

<OSM> T989UVLE1_T989TMBLE1_T989UVLE1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

It stays at this point indefinitely, i have tried different computers, different usb slots, pulled the battery out and put it back in multiple times, is there something that i am missing? any help would be appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alawishis:
Excellent thanks. I haven't needed this so far and I hope I don't in the future, but it's reassurring knowing it's here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gooface:
my phone keeps on rebooting before I can do anything with it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unoriginal_1:
*edit: i tried the gingerbread rom this time, odin said it failed, but my phone now is actually able to load up and function. (but can't download apps)*

Hi, thanks for the help. I'm able to go to download mode but it doesn't pass.

btw i have t989d, I've flashed cwm 5, then falshed cwm 6 using mod managed. then i tried to flash cyanogen mod 9.1, but it was getting stuck in the bootscreen. So i went to download mode and tried to flash a stock rom using odin (but failed :( )

Edit: the weird problem is that before i tried to flash the stock rom, I tried to do cache wipe from cwm and my phone would just powerdown.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jim-W:
It worked (after a fashion)

First let me thank you for taking the time to write this guide. However, if this is truly a guide for noobs, someone should translate the above to English. Maybe a link to what a USB JIG is USB Jib FAQ and what a G2x USB is (do you mean a USB cable from a LG G2X? Is this a common thing the average enthusiast would have access to?) would help, but wouldn't it be easier to say what you mean before using acronyms and jargon?

Also, one issue I had was a bad stock image. Odin reported 0 pass and 0 fail, which is not the most useful error message. I found a different stock image and I was able to recover.

One hardware issue many may encounter is a bent USB port on the phone. If you've mangled the USB port on the phone, you MUST keep the USB cable absolutely still while running Odin or while copying any files.

You also might want to try using the USB port closest to the Ethernet port. Not sure about on any other PCs, but on a Dell, this is the most reliable USB port, according to Dell Techs I've worked with.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wondercoolguy:
My wives phone just vibrates and when I try and send it into "download mode" it just restarts and starts vibrating when I try and send it into recovery or bootloader all it does it black screen cycle black screen vibrating.

Its rooted with Cyanogen 9... anything suggestions on now to fix this...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
There are no acronyms. A simple Google search can answer any person's questions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jeikazou:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] littleshort:
hard/ soft briced

flashed a nightly rom by cyanongen and it would restart all alone every 20 min so i decided to get out the nightly into a stable rom.

while doing that i softbricked the phone and it would loop from samsung logo to bootloader than back to samsung it will always keep vibrating tho.

decided to go back to stock 2.3.6 thru odin... and its still giving me the same problem.. i sometimes get through to home screen of stock and then it will restart phone and vibrate ...

i could get into download mode unless itdoesnt restart on me again....

any suggestions....

i tried even going back to stock 4.0.3 thru odin... still same problem...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Hassan_Elyas:
Phone doesn't boot after flashing ics stock rom

thanks for the amazing guide.

the guide worked fine , but after the pc part completed i mean the odin part , the phone was stuck at the boot logo , i dont have root access now.

Now the phone doesn't boot and it doesnt have root access!

how can i fix that ? is there a solution?

EDIT : I just went into recovery mode and did a factory reset , this fixed the problem , my phone is now running smoothly :)

Thanks a TON!!!!!!

but i would like to know , how to root my tmobile s2 running 4.0.3 , please provide the link if possible :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
I did!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] albatrozzz:
Hello SuperAce609,

Did you solve your problem?

I got the same issue while trying to upgrade ICS 4.03
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hapster:
Soft-bricked my GS2 for the first time yesterday. Couldn't even boot to recovery. Still not sure what went wrong but one again glad to have xda forums as a resource. :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bashworth:
thank you very much!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cdszoke:
I have the same issue. Did you find a solution to your problem? My phone starts in download mode then screen flash green and then turns black. All it does then is vibrate over and over again until I pull battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soundsstemaniac:
bump this up... Im having the same problem as him^ phone just reboots over and over
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xcrazydx:
Stuck power button
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alkyl:
i had the same problem. just spam pressed the power button a bunch while the phone was trying to turn on and it finally booted. took maybe 10-15 presses for it to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xcrazydx:
Like I said, stuck power button.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CountryBoy4435:
you sir freaking rock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Your avatar is that..is that a birth canal am seeing or what..lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thirddemonchild:
what if when i hit the volume up button it takes me back to the "firmware encountered an issue screen" then what can i do?:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
That is still download mode. Odin should be able to see and flash to it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KCJunkman:
thanks, worked perfectly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Decimus Meridius:
cool
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] lakay77:
Done this works well. I hope there will be the official tmobile stock 4.2.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] apicia:
Guys, what is the latest ODIN image for our T989? I would like to ODIN the phone back to stock to give to my daughter. When was the last official update for our phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Khameleon:
just google search odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Muncey:
I flashed with CWM_Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox , and rebooted my 989, and now it's stuck on " Android is upgrading - starting apps. ", any ideas ?

edit - fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] realkilla99:
help

my phone will not enter download mode. the option came up when i heldthe two power buttons then the homebutton then pushed in the usb. it only went back to the 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue' screen again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hyunbun:
It works!

Thank you so much! My phone soft-bricked after a factory reset, thank you for this tut!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bruddah:
Lose Data?

If I reflash JB onto my T989 D from odin, Will I lose all my apps, pictures, videos, and other data? If so is there anyway I can extract it first? Im currently softbricked and I can get into both CWM and download mode.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sixtycg:
Thank you. This worked perfectly the first time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vabeach454:
Any one have the T-Mobile Stock 2.3.6 file? none of the links work anymore.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] EnormousHeart87:
SGH-i727 my phone can go into download mode but when I'm in Odin it gives me a Complete Write Operation failed error
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yaseenarafath:
[MENTION=4172635]alphadog32[/MENTION]

hey can i get Tmobile stock 5.1.1???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ugzz:
looks like some links are down :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wedge9637:
Worked on my sgh-t889. Thanks for the great info. Is there any way of installing other software so that I can make it into an international version? I now live in the Philippines but my n2 does not get any signal for texts or calling...just wifi. Again, thanks a million
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] harshal984:
how to unbrick iball andi 4g arc2

please help me the phone is not booting after installing stock firmware

it stuck on boot screen

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PurpleMelbourne:
I've read in the Rocket ROM thread in the development forum that lots of people are having battery problems. And now me too.

Let's put our heads together and fix these "not ROM problems"

As I sit here, my phone has dropped from 100% charge to 90% in 35 minutes with maybe 10 minutes web use with 3G data on, GPS off, Bluetooth off and Wi-Fi off.

The phone is 33°c when air temp is 15°c.

I'm using Rocket v11, Abyss 2.3, setCPU with conservative governor.

So... Where to start?

Check list:

1. What speeds is your Note using? Use CPUspy to check if its range is limited and not using deep sleep mode.

Fix: ???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] honf:
Get "CPU Spy" and check if phone is entering deep sleep or is stuck at a specific frequency.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PurpleMelbourne:
Nicely spotted :-)

No deep sleep. Seems stuck on 200mhz mostly. Now 82% battery in one hour of medium XDA browsing.

How do i unstick the 200mhz floor? SetCPU has 100 as the bottom and 1704 as max. But only 200 and 1400 are currently used.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] seepage:
Dont have a count or anything but seems to me that many of the people complaining about battery are on custom roms. Im not and my battery life is good.

Just a thought.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PurpleMelbourne:
In the Rocket ROM forum several of the top people insist that just because it doesnt happen to them that it cant be the ROM.

On Nexus One the ROMs really blew away previous settings like a ghost image on windows. Here the ROMs seem more subtle and wont change some little setting we have wrong. So i agree. But lets find out how to fix the problem. Maybe an 8 point check list of problems and fixes can be created. I'll stick the fixes at bottom of my original post.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
Could you post screenshogs of betgerbatterystats and the default battery info screen?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PurpleMelbourne:
I'm embarrassed to say... How do i post screenshots with the XDA app?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Gaugerer:
Almost all reviews and users are delighted with the battery performance on the note dute to the extra large battery fitted. So there is no battery usage problem to fix. I think you are misguided unless you can provide screenshots showing the bad performance using the latest stock ROM.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bemalcha:
got the same issue and same sympton...asked OP and was asked to reboot after flashing..did that nothing change...so flashed back to V10 and abyss 2.5. phone works perfectly normal now
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mtm75:
screen shot -g note

to make screen shot at any photo or app you just push the button in the note styles and just long press at any point in the screen.

good luck:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nobnut:
He didn't ask how to take a screenshot. He asked how to post a picture using the XDA app.

Click the 'More' button.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
Here a shot for you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PurpleMelbourne:
I didn't know how to post this earlier. I've been messing around with flashing, installing and uninstalling all day. Here is what i grabbed earlier but it might be stale now.

View attachment 832346

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Tonight I'll flatten the battery completely with the led torch and recharge it over night while switched off. I think battery has improved a bit after switching to Abyss 2.5

But I still don't know how to enable deep sleep mode. Anyone know?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] honf:
Seems to be a some conflict between kernel and the OS if it's only using 200 and 1400 frequencies.

Try flashing FM kernel with CWM and retest.

When testing your phone must be UNPLUGED. The phone never goes into deepsleep when pluged in. ;)

Edit:

Im running rocket v11 with the latest FM kernel and all is well. 1-3% battery drop per 6 hours idle. :p
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vikeor:
Hi,

For some time, my power button is stopping to work. Today it took me about 30min to try to restart my TF ;/ Is anyone else getting this issue?

I have to press it really hard to turn the screen off and on. Takes about 3-5 tries.

I am away on holidays with it now so returning it is a no go. Are there any DIY tricks to make it work?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neofreek01:
Theres a tutorial on here somewhere on how to fix a power button if your the type to try it doesnt look to hard....just search for a power button fix. or rma it to asus
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jef_k:
Do a RMA...

Asus after sale service is good and they made it quickly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ogar1978:
I bought a PS3 controller to hookup to my Prime but realized that I need a USB port. Since the adapters are back ordered from Asus and Amazon does not carry it I tried to use a USB hub and plugging in the PS3 Controler and ASUS USB into it. That did not work. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get a Gaming controler to work with the Prime without a USB adapter.

WOW Guess I am not the only one looking for them since EBAY is able to sell them for 45$ each.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
Download the SixAxis Compatibility checker to see if the Prime works with the PS3 controller.

Then Download SixAxis.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yumms:
That app requires root access though.

As fas as I know, there are only two ways. The dock or rooting the TP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
Root is needed for sixaxis so not possible
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
Ah, my bad...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] monkeyboywa:
my understanding is the bluetooth PS3 should work regardless of the dock. I know you bought a wired but maybe you could take it back and get one of the wireless ones?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ModestMuse23:
I intend to root and install SixAxis to connect my PS3 controller.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
You can't root razorclaw only works on the first firmware version tablet shipped with and you are forced to update