Recent content by DeterminedNewb

Fixed! :) I had to do research on surface/through mount soldering. Both the power and vol up buttons were damaged. Replaced those and it works great now! Plus, I also have a jtag jig for future use. Awesome :) Thanks so much for all of your help!

Thanks! Right now, I'm running into soldering issues. I removed the obvious solder but, I had previously ended up breaking off the pins in the board. The eyelets are finer than a safety pin. Researching now on how to unclog them so I can get the new switch in place.

Actually, the fact that it brought up the android box and arrow makes me think it may be a problem with the vol up button. Fortunately, the vol buttons and the power button are the same and I ordered 2 of them. The soldering iron should be here by tomorrow. I guess we'll see...

I think I f'd up. While trying to loosen the power button, it broke off. I bypassed the switch with a screwdriver but it still boot looped.

Unfortunately, I can't get recovery mode to start. I'm trying vol up and power to access it. UPDATE I tried taking it back apart and disconnected everything from the main board other than the LCD and tried again. This time it got past the secondary splash screen and showed the android box and...

I think you're right! It's probably not the power button. I took the phone apart to see if there was any rust/other that might interfere with the power button function and when I put it back together, I was able to get it into download mode by pressing vol down and power in between cycles. I...

It was a guy selling the riff boxes online. He claimed he was a tech. Anyway, I had described my issue and asked if a riff box would work and he replied back later (after I found your link to the jig) and said not to buy the riff box because it was probably just a problem with the power...

I ordered a jig today. It should be here within a week. On a side note, I talked to one tech that told me he thinks it's a problem with the power button itself so, I also bought a replacement power/volume button for $2 and will try my first circuit board part replacement if the jig doesn't...

I must be looking for the wrong JTAG unit. I'm finding used Riff boxes for like 150 bucks. Which relevant unit is around 5 bucks?

Thank you very much, DroidArmy, for your help so far. Are there any other possibilities for trying to get this phone unbricked?

I had tried volume down and power with no success and I had already tried volume up and power to get into fast boot with no success. I figured maybe if I hit both it might do something. In hindsight, I realise that it really wasn't a smart move to do something like that without knowing exactly...

I now have Odin3 v3.09 & Odin Multi Downloader v4.43 installed on a Vista machine. I also have uvlg3.odin.zip downloaded. I'm not sure If I downloaded the correct Samsung Driver files though. Current Status: The phone is not being recognized by pc. Not sure how to put it into download mode...

I'm unable to find the links for this step

Thanks for responding so quickly :) How can I flash the phone If I can't get it into fastboot?

Samsung Galaxy Exhibit II (T679) When plugged in, it shows the battery starting to charge for about 5 seconds before it reboots to the same spot. When not plugged in, it powers on by itself to the samsung logo for about 5 seconds before it reboots to that same spot. Tried accessing fastboot mode...