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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] weasel5i2:
@connexion2005, I have the same problem with my T989. I (stupidly) attempted to flash Siyah kernel on it, CWM said everything went okay, but afterwards the phone never booted up again, just appears as a raw Qualcomm device. Been looking for someone who can do JTAG in the Austin area. I would be happy to bring it by (or send it to you) if you can resurrect it for me.

Alternately, I'm wondering if it's possible to software unbrick one of these, but I can't seem to get my hands on a copy of MPRG8660.HEX to use with QPST. I keep downloading ZTE firmware images but despite all of the mentions of this file, none of them seem to contain it. I still have access to a working T989. Can someone post or PM me this file, by chance?

This site gives me hope: http://www.anyclub.org/2012/05/how-to-generate-8660msimagembn.html

EDIT: Found a copy of the programming hex file and put it on my server: MPRG8660.HEX - can't wait to get home and try it out with QPST!! For the record, it was located in the ZTE firmware package known as "VDF_ES_V11AV1.0.0B07.zip".

Now I'm trying to track down a copy of QPST 2.7.369 or higher.

--W5i2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] frescoraja:
If you still need a copy of qpst, let me know. i have 2.7.xxx and i think i have qpst 3.x or something like that.

i hard bricked my t989 a couple nights ago using teamwin recovery. i have jtagged embedded systems before, but not a cell phone. would not know what to flash, where to flash it, and what program to use. i could never get qpst to recognize my phone (listed as qualcomm qhusb_dload or whatever) or the COM port it was using.

what does that HEX file do?

thanks

frescoraja
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] weasel5i2:
QPST 2.7.374! Haven't tried it yet though.

http://weasel.net/QPST_2.7.374.zip

The HEX files contain special bootloader code (I think) which allows QPST to speak to specific types of hardware. I may be mistaken on this, though. :)

--W5i2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kangelov:
weasel,

Would you please be kind enough and explain what you did to get your phone back from the dead? I just hardbricked my phone using Odin (I know, I know) and am trying to bring it back from the dead. My phone is in the special Qualcomm download mode (not to be confused with the Samsung one) and would not power on.

Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] digittante:
Any updates on this. I borked a loaner T989 trying to flash a ROM I later realized was meant for i9100. Note-to-self: ALWAYS SEARCH FOR ROMS BY MFG's PRODUCT CODE, NOT MOBILE OPERATOR'S PRODUCT NAME.

Current status: A Windows 7 (x64) system detects the T989 Qualcomm HS-USB device and the correct drivers are installed. Odin detects the device on the COM port, but hangs on any flashing attempts at the "SetupConnection" step. "Download Mode" doesn't seem to be accessible by any button-pressing, head-patting, belly-rubbing methods i've tried. In 7 years of flashing hundreds of ROMs on dozens of devices this is the first potentially fatal hard-brick i've done.

Any tips or pointers for self-repair would be appreciated. Otherwise I'll send it for 3rd party JTAG. . .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kangelov:
What you describe sounds painfully familiar. I spent a lot of time trying to bring my phone back from the phone heaven. Unsuccessfully. Phone was dead. Ultimately I sent it in for repair as it was still under warranty. It came back with a new logic board and relocked to its original carrier.

Problem you have is not how to flash it back to life, problem is what to flash. Your bootloader is dead and you need it recovered. This is what JTAG does. There was a reference in the thread to somebody being able to do that. I talked to him and he said he charges $50 for it, if I remember correctly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] arie001:
Bricked Skyrocket as well

Haven't seen any new news here and thought I'd bump the thread. I too have just joined the ranks of brickdom after a full year of being a flash-a-holic.

My senario went something like this, running in CWM, did the normal factory reset, erase cache, erase dalvik, erase /system and flashed the Collective AoCP 4.6 rom. Previous ROM was a working Slimrom 3.1.0.

I've flashed it before with no problems and this time used the same exact zip, as I hadn't deleted it from my external SD since the first time of flashing it. When it finished I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary and rebooted and once the screen went blank it never came back with a samsung boot.. nothing. It is now a dead boot and shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD when connected to PC.

Thought I'd ask if anyone has successfully unbricked theirs in this state before I plunk down $50 and cross my fingers for a mobiletechvideo jtag repair.

Thanks to everyone for a year's worth of flashing fun.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dingdong:
Same Issue

Hi mates

I am facing same issue on my device sgh- t989.

It happened during ODIN while i used the included pit file.

Phone is stuck in ODIN with message set up connection.

what to do next?

Please Please Please Help me

Thanks in advance

:crying::crying::crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RussianBear:
Check this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2136738
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] arie001:
The solution is near

Thanks, I have been reading through Darkspr1te's progress and eventual success with his Korean Galaxy Note. From what I can tell his utility isn't yet tailored to repair our phones yet (SGH-t989 and i727) but it looks like all he needs are some files from working phones and he can expand his work to include our phones as well. I think it is mostly just a matter of figuring out our partition table in order to make his tool compatible with our phones.

Unfortunately, most of the readers of this thread are also in the same predicament. And there might be some risks involved with the surrogate phone.

The really cool part about Darkspr1te's work is that he found a way to make his phone unbrickable by soldering bell wire to one of the resistors on one of the processor's pins which he routed to the back of his phone. This way, even if he looses QHSUSB_DLOAD mode he can put his phone back into this mode by holding the wire to ground (the shell of his microSD holder) when things go really bad. Since our phones also have Qualcom processors we should theoretically be able to do the same!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RussianBear:
Yes, all you basically need is a backup file from a healthy phone and partition layout,I believe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JahJahLoO:
I found this driver, installed it and got Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3) to be read in Device Manager.

Starting Odin and attempting to flash stock ROM would just hang under Connection.

Has anyone tried this method by darkspr1te? and succeeded?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RussianBear:
It works, if you can find and execute the corresponding hex file (along with the generated mbn one).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JahJahLoO:
I am not too proficient in this stuff; haven't visited XDA in over two years since first rooting my device.

Is there like a sticky to guides on all these terms? Have you ever done this before RussianBear?

I'm not confident in myself to be doing this sort of activity, I just might opt to last resort - JTAG. :(:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RussianBear:
Jtag might be your best bet right now. Read some threads by darkspr1te, he goes into great detail in them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wtkid101:
I have a HTC Jetstream with the same problem. I noticed that you live in TX, and that is where im from. I would be willing to PAY to get my device unbricked!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RussianBear:
Mobiletechvideos, Google them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] machv5:
I have bricked 2 Samsungs now using ODIN.

1st brick was due to loading each partition up with all the files I thought it needed (was the second phone I ever tried to flash, root, unlock, and play around with) That first one was a T959D.

The second was a SGH-I727R after a failed CWM flashing (I learned by then and a lot of reading not to play with anything at my skill level other than PDA, lol) but alas I didn't think to look over at the "re-partition" box as it wasn't selected the first time it was the second time, didn't know i had to be on my toes that much with this stuff, and I didn't notice until it failed it gave a slightly different result visually, i.e., a black screen, lol. And brick number 2.

Well I have this to say I have learned a lot by trying to fix the problem, without spending money I don't have on a jtag setup. (am looking into making my own though, which will give me endless pleasure learning (no sarcasm there either, I love this stuff)) but I see that my download has finished and I should stop rambling.

## And to answer your question. Often it's the ODIN, and other tools like Heimdall etc... that have the PIT files accompanying them. And one of the problems I keep seeing when searching is that when you don't use "search within this thread" you will oftentimes get results that are for other devices so anyone else reading this blurb keep that in mind. Or always check at the top to see which device thread you're in.

A few months ago I was more inclined to install the wrong thing by blindly accepting that 99% of the time that the thread I was getting tools from and reading tutorials for was for "the device I was working on". Sorry for the roundabout answer I apologize if I went off on a few extra tangents there.

In closing "ALLWAYS ALLWAYS CHECK TO SEE IF RE-PARTITION" is selected, if ***YES*** then UNSELECT IT, if you are a noob like myself. :eek:

And for other noobs like me think about buying broken devices from wherever you can most with broken screens can be repaired for the cost of the screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vampyro:
can you post the links of the drivers QHSUSB_DLOAD ...please..:fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
here you go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vampyro:
hey did u find a way to unbrick your phone by yourself or did u send it to the shop?? i flashed the internacional version kernel into my sgs3 t mobile and it got hardbrick it does the same as yours..:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
Didn't brick my phone just keep about 100 gb's of useful stuff for phones on my computer lol just in case!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Boel Nauri:
have to have help needed!!!

first I'm sorry bout bad English....

I'm blank where thread to go..... so I posted here.

I'm newbie

Problem http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38133975

Solution View attachment Tutorial.rar

problem is persist same, different by brand (I'm using mito a355, totally same component with micromax canvas doodle a111)

after follow step by step problem solution above, it still can't re flash my HH.

chronologist is, wrong step rooting. n know my HH hard brick/ totally dead phablet.

Help me please.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
This is a forum for the Samsung galaxy s2 t989 Hercules, I don't know anything about a mito a353, and I'm willing to bet nobody in here will either thats the problem with buying knockoff devices, ppl want to root and flash a device that has ZERO support then come to a completely unrelated forum to ask questions about a completely unrelated device that u somehow broke, either buy a supported device or don't mod ur phone, this is what happens, I'm sorry for being honest but u need to hear it, sorry to hear about ur "phablet" but next time u buy an off brand device, don't come to a specific thread on a way diff device and ask for help, u probly won't get any...

---------- Post added at 03:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 AM ----------

I think some ppl are using the variant of Odin specifically for the vibrant and such, maybe there is an old pit file in there somewhere or something, ppl need to learn somehow, its just too bad they don't listen and read read read before doing anything to that 500 dollar paperweight they now have...I've bricked a device, never a hard brick, but I also read everything I could about Odin, root, android, and modding before flashing my phone, its sad...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sinner99:
darkspr1tes method worked 100% one month ago on an i717m note...and today i am going to attempt it on an i747m gs3. im confident it will be successful. you just replace the rom files in the korean note folder within the brickfix2.1 and leave the folder named what it is..as thats what the script calls for. just replacing the rom files fully extracted exactly as the files are that you need to move out of there...does the trick 100%. I discovered this after i bricked my note a week after it being down for 6 months ...the jtag and eventual problems that arose from that. he did eventually admit he may have messed something up and made it better...just took awhile. when i bricked it the second time..it took nearly a whole day to run thru this fix...but i had it up that day and it still runs today. beats sending for jtag for sure! and it was free! :) kudo darkspr1te for all your research. If anyone wants to attempt i have posted instructions in that brickfix2.1 thread exactly what i did that worked step by step. i suspect it will work on any and all samsung phones with the same structure..most of them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] snlsapkota:
hard bricked shv e110s

Is there anyone know how to de-brick my phone?

I just flash it wrongly, so the bootloader is dead now.

The JIG is not work.

I know there is a service called JTAG. But I have no idea whether they support my phone. I did read a testimonial from their website stating that they have fixed a Samsung Galaxy S2 korean version. I have no idea whether it is the same phone as mine,

Anyway, I did email MobileTech to ask about it.

I would appreciate one who can share their experience.

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] llamallama82:
Hi,

Do you think its possible to resurrect a hard bricked Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9210T 4G,

Cheers,

Luke
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
No hope, only thing u can do now is JTAG repair, cost about 50 bucks, or u could try a jig to get it into DL mode but if that doesn't work u will need JTAG or a new device, never never never touch anything in Odin besides PDA with this phone....

---------- Post added at 01:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:21 AM ----------

Yes older phones did use a pit file, and sometimes in Odin u will get an error even with the t989 saying no pit file detected and I think that's where most ppl think to try this, bad bad idea, sucks, and I know this user wasn't thinking when he did it but that's what u get when u act before researching and don't really know what ur doing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] spensa:
how to install drivers
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] astonmartin214:
usb jig DOESN'T WORK for t989 when it's hard bricked only JTAG will bring it back from the grave works on Sprint S2 not T Mobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pharoah1974:
Thank you. How do I install these drivers?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
Gotta put them on a computer and hope it gets recognized. Might work and it might not it's a gamble sometimes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] emin33mm:
Zte nubia Z5 nx501

Wrong Phone Section- deleted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pharoah1974:
Been stuck since October 2014. How do I "put them on my computer"?

Thanks in advance for any help with this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
Just go to google and type in samsung galaxy S2 mobile phone drivers or whatever phone you have and a linlk should come up for you to download the drivers and save them to your computer. From there then install drivers then rehook your phone by usb to your computer and see if it gets recognized by the computer. If it still says qsb dload then it's pretty much done and your phone or motherboard will need to be replaced. Happened to me once a few years ago. It.is a complete brick and beyond normal repair. Hope you have some luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kundansingh345:
Samsung t989d debrik.img file needed..plz help

Samsung t989d debrik.img file needed to unbrick my hard bricked mobile..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Zubairashraf:
anyone knows unbrick ZTE V5 U9180 :mad: also for QHSUSB_BULK driver ?

it show nothing but USB daigonastic PORT >>>>no any qualcom driver itshows :( help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqblood:
I bought a galaxy s2 recently and the screen fails to register my touches suddenly.

Here the weird part, the screen is able to display everything perfectly.. but half of the screen doesnt register my touches.. left side not working, but right side is working..

so decided to send my phone for warranty and after a month, the distributor said that the LCD Socket is faulty due to the phone is pressed too hard.. they say it needs to replace the whole LCD Screen..

Is it possible to replace the LCD Socket only?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Why would you risk attempting to fix it yourself & voiding your warranty when you can get it fixed for nothing/properly under warranty ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqblood:
They are charging me myr700 for replacing the Lcd screen.. how is posible to damage the socket where the Lcd screen is perfectly fine? (no cracks no scratches no dents)

By right they should replace it for me without paying anything right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Ahhhh. They're charging you. OK. I don't know what the warranty covers in your country or what your rights are with regard to same.

I know in Australia if my screen started to die like that after a month Samsung would be paying to replace the screen/the phone. At worst I'd end up paying postage to send the phone in to them.

It might well be worth your while/cheaper replacing it yourself in that case. Not sure if it's possible to replace just the socket, you may have to replace the whole screen. Plenty of tutorials to show you how to do this online, and you can get the screens from a plenty of places online as well (eBay might be a good start).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqblood:
Thanks for the suggestion..

I searched internet for the i9100 LCD Socket but no results found.. I guess I have to replace the whole LCD Screen already.. ebay selling them around myr600+ also.. So is it better to DIY or pay a little bit more and letting the professionals to do it?

There are some doubts that I would love to ask you.. I always place the phone inside my jean's pocket and they said the pressure of jean's is high enough to cause damage to the phone's internals. Is that true? The jeans Im wearing is not very tight either..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
I guess whether worth saving MYR 100 is worth it or not depends on how technically adept you are, I.E, do you think you can swap the screen out successfully based on having a look at the video tutorials that show you how to do it ? If you're in any doubt, you'd probably want to have it done professionally. I cracked the screen of my Nokia N958GB about two weeks after I got it a few yrs ago, ended up having it done professionally as the saving if I did it myself would have been similar to your situation now (I would have saved maybe $50-$60 AUD). I'm just not dexterous enough to do a job like that perfectly :)

I keep my SGS2 in my front jeans pocket when I wear them & haven't had a problem, tho I do have a fake leather flip case. I'd be surprised if the pressure from having them in a not tight jeans pocket would be enough to damage the phone, unless you put pressure on the phone while it was in your pocket maybe ?

Sounds like they're trying to weasel their way out of repairing it under warranty to me, but the problem is (which other people have found on here over the past few mths I've been visiting here) trying to prove that they should repair it under warranty which would probably cost you as much/more than the repair is worth to have an 'expert' (someone who works with small electronics) examine your phone & who is prepared to issue a report or similar saying it's definitely a fault with the phone & wasn't caused by you.

Tricky situation you're in man :( Maybe contact a consumer organisation in your country and ask for advice if they still refuse to repair it under warranty ?

Hope you get it sorted under warranty.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqblood:
Alright, thanks a lot for the information. I think I better let them repair the phone because if I repair the phone myself, its pretty risky and i might even damage the phone further.

I will try to discuss/talk to the distributor and try to solve this under warranty. tqvm. appreciate that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
No probs ;) Good luck with it. Let us know how you get on.
[Other TouchPad Development] MikeCriggs:
Mod, please delete.
[Other TouchPad Development] moshxsoft:
thank's...
[Other TouchPad Development] duce102:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23389790 couldn't see the link from the app.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weaseal:
Is anyone else's keyboard light not working in an Android 4 alpha/beta? I'm running Andromadus v13 Alpha (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1349864).

This is a TMo G2.

Hoping it's not my hardware :|

TIA. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johrie:
Read the forums read the verry first post to find out any problem you find.

And turn on auto brightness

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyJoe:
I'm also running Andromadus v13 but the light works as it should.

Did you already try to flash it again?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradley_e_smith:
Check your auto screen brightness

You need to turn on auto screen brightness, setting the value (ie turning it off) causes the keyboard light not to come on.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weaseal:
Thanks very much. That was it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trbryant:
This is NOT solved.

This is not solved. When you turn off auto brightness, it works until you open or close the keyboard and then it stops working again. Can someone post a fix?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahad_viper92:
my touchscreen doesn't work when i install this custom rom ...

any help would be appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psych0-Smil3s:
Are you able to reboot to recovery mode? If yes reboot to recovery flash a backup (hopefully you have a nandroid backup) for the previous rom? Then do a full clean with 2.2.24 i dont think gapps are integrated make sure you have your gapps.zip!

wipe data/factory reset

wipe data and cache

go to "Advanced"

wipe dalvik cache

wipe battery stats

press arrow back

choose "install zip from sdcard"

choose "choose zip form sdcard"

select the .zip file (Miui 2.2.24), install it

then go back to "install zil from sdcard"

select "choose zip from sdcard"

select gapps.zip

install

go back to advanced

choose fix permissions

hit back arrow

select reboot system now!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahad_viper92:
I did as u said but still no luck :(

Neov_man2nd edition rom which is on this forum works great but this MIUI and cyanogen mod 9.0 dont have any response when using touch screen..

Does it require any particular kernel? coz i hav atm nightelf kernel ...and baseband .62 and there is no gapps.zip for MIUI ver .. but there is for cyanogenmod 9.0 which i installed after installing the main rom..

thanks for the reply :)
[Sony Tablet S] android_lover69:
Hey Guys!

I was wondering if theres anyway i can take screen shoots Without ROOT or via USB since i don't have the Sony S USB cable....'

Thanks!