[GUIDE]How To Unbrick Your Galaxy Tab!

k0sh said:

DO NOT MESSAGE ME BECAUSE WHAT'S IN HERE IS THE SAME I'M GOING TO REPLY YOU WITH.... :


Many of you guys are posting questions everyday about bricking your tab and most of you actually don't know what bricking is regarding to your device, in Phones\tablets there are three kinda of bricks which are listed below:

Warning :

Many People Are Soft\Hard bricking their Tab So Please Flash Safe And Read Carefully the Guides in Every Thread. Flash Safe


HARD BRICK

Unit does not power up, visibly charge, reach a boot-screen of any kind including a service or "download" screen. A device in this state requires service from the manufacturer or an individual equipped with the proper tools. There is no other way to recover a device in this state. (SpaceMoose1)
you can refer to this guide to recover your HARDBRICK !!!
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312391

SOFT BRICK

Unit powers up, reaches a "download" or service screen, visibly charges but does not boot into an OS. Crashing, hanging etc. all apply here. It is easy to recover a device from this state so long as one has access to a firmware that was designed for the device and the ability to flash said firmware. (SpaceMoose1)

COMA BRICK

Device wont power on at all or respond to button input.
Device powered off, NO show of big battery icon, even when charger is plugged in. Don't panic, let it charge fully for 4 hours from a mains supply not usb.It will start again !!!. Battery big icon will appear around 30% battery charged, I know because that's what I saw. I didn't check when it's in 10% or 20%. The 1st time I check was already 30% up from no-boot or no response. (cx5)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNBRICKING

Here are some steps you have to follow to make sure that your tab will work or will not work at all

HARD BRICK

Check to see if the device is actually "Hard" bricked by leaving it plugged into charge for atleast 4 hours via a mains supply (NOT USB).
If above doesn't work you will need to send your Tab To Samsung To Fix it For you or visit this link.

( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1127978 )

SOFT BRICK

You can easily fix a soft brick by following the steps below:

GSM Tabs : All You Need Is Stock Rom + PIT Via Odin You Can Recover It By the Following Steps :

Download your Firmware from www.samfirmware.com
(extract The Tar From the ZIP You Downloaded

Download Odin From The Attachment (this software you
need to Use it To Recover You Tab

Put Your Tab Into Download Mode by ( hold Volume
Down Button with Power Button )

Your tab will boot into download Mode plug your tab to your Pc\laptop after you make sure the drivers are installed and open ODIN

In ODIN Put In PDA Section ( TAR ) The stock Rom you downloaded, PIT section put the (gt-p1000_mr) attached with Odin IN PIT SECTION

Hit the start button , wait until the process Finish, your tab will reboot to confirm the new System.

In Case after ODIN finished and Reboot back into Download Mode Unplug Your tab and Force it to boot To Continue the process.

Optional : If you flashed stock rom and it didn't work with you , i recommend you to download RotoHammer Stock safe froyo get it from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894763

Watch The Video Next Post


TAB SPECIFIC:

Telstra Tabs Follow This Guide ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=971870&highlight=telstra)

Verizon Tabs Follow This Guide ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=967175)

ORIGINAL NON ROOTED Galaxy Tab stock ROM for Verizon. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1136587

Sprint Tabs Follow This Guide (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1133053 )

P1010 Tabs Follow This Link (http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/05/samsung-galaxy-tab-wifi-p1010-original.html)

CDMA Tabs Follow The Guide Here In This Thread , Post Number 3 or Simply Click On Here : (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14929111&postcount=3)

Please Note: If you Return To Stock Froyo And Not Gingerbread Please If you Want To Flash Any Custom Rom .. Consider To Use The Bootloader Patch To Give you The Ability To Flash Any None Official Roms\kernels ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=888071 ) .

Note: Do Not Flash Any Rom Is Not made For your tab . read The Dev Guide Carefully Always ..

Note: Do Not PM Asking Me For Help . The Steps Are given , Are The Same I'll give If You PM Me ..

Hope the Information is helpful to everyone, remember not to try something unless you are %100 sure, other wise you may brick your device, its better to be safe than sorry!!


Thanks Goes For Our Mod ( conantroutman ) To Accept This Idea To Be Presented To You .
Thanks Goes For Natious For Helping Me With the Grammar

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enigma2446 said:

Ok guys I have the Verizon variant and in have tried every method I could find with no success. Alot of the download links aren't working. This being said is there any new ways to unbrick? I am able to get to the download screen and recovery. Please help. Also I left it on charge overnight and it's showing around 85% charged

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enigma2446 said:

I think I have flashed this tab over 100 times in different ways via the threads that are for um bricking I'm not having any luck.

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enigma2446 said:

That's the thing the flashing part goes through without any problems but still won't boot to os just bootloops on the Verizon logo. I did notice that after flashing when it reboots it reboots to recovery with all kinds red errors about mounting.

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enigma2446 said:

Tried this with no success..... Maybe I have to convert the partitions to ext4 or something. Was up till 5am doing research and flashing every theory i could find. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything that could convert to ext4 or maybe I'm using old files to flash because half of the dl links are errors or not working. I will never give up on tab but it's a bit frustrating lol.

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Mjoelnir77 said:

Hold Power and Vol down at the same time - if you get download mode there is no brick and you can flash a fresh rom with Odin or Heimdall.

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k0sh said:

1. download heimdall. get it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755265

2. download the stock verizon files. get them from here: Click On Me

you need all four files.

3. download the drivers for the samsung sch-i800. find those here: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...v1.3.350.0.exe

4. unzip heimdall. go into the drivers folder, and run zadig.exe. at the top, select 'list all devices'. go to the dropdown menu, and select Samsung Composite USB (i'm pretty sure that's what it was called.) click start, and let it run.

5. open the heimdall front end.

6. put system in system (if you're flashing to ec02, then put factory in system)
put cache into cache
put param into param
put the zimage into both the kernel and recovery slots.

7. turn your tab off, and plug it into the computer using USB. hold down the power and the volume down buttons until you see the little droid dude with a shovel.

8. click the start button on heimdall.

9. wait for the flash to complete (don't unplug your device, obviously, during the flashing.) once your phone reboots, it's okay to unplug it.

10. now, boot into the stock recovery, and wipe data and cache. reboot, and update to ec02.

11. enable usb debugging.

12. plug your phone back in to the computer.

13. now run superoneclick for root. get that here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

14. either play with it in stock, or go find oldmacnut's excellent Better Than Life Rom, and follow the instructions to flash that.

15. enjoy your tab!

Now Go To His Guide And Hit His Thanks Button If he saved You *** Here

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