Nexus S won't start

[Logomotph]

Hey,

Yesterday I rebooted my i9023 and it won't start anymore. I pulled the battery because I forgot to start in bootloader mode, and I think I might've done that while the bootloader was starting up. I assume the bootloader is corrupted, or something. Buttons don't react anymore, nothing is displayed on-screen when charging, can't get into bootloader or download mode. I've tried all the things I could find, including this, but no dice.

I'm gonna make myself a USB JIG tomorrow and try to get it into download mode, but before that,is there something else I could try?

 

[eksasol]

You can't even boot into fastboot mode? Even if its a black screen did you check if the computer detected it?

You can try the typical method of getting into download mode: hold vol+ and - and plug in the usb, not sure if it works that way with the Nexus. I see i9023 odin images available at sammobile.

Sent from my SGH-T959

 

[Logomotph]

You can't even boot into fastboot mode? Even if its a black screen did you check if the computer detected it?

You can try the typical method of getting into download mode: hold vol+ and - and plug in the usb, not sure if it works that way with the Nexus. I see i9023 odin images available at sammobile.

Sent from my SGH-T959

Nope, can't boot it into anything and the pc doesn't detect it.

 

[madd0g]

Sadly another confirmation that pulling battery to save seconds is a bad idea, happened some people before. Hope you can save your phone.

 

[Logomotph]

Well, I hope the JIT works. Otherwise, it's off to warranty, and hopefully they can fix it....It'd be sad to have to get a new phone...really really like this one.

 

[nexususer1]

Don't you worry. Just send it on warranty and they will replace your motherboard. I did exactly the same thing, pulled my battery to save some seconds. I sent my phone to repair, they took care of it in 10 days

Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

 

[Logomotph]

Don't you worry. Just send it on warranty and they will replace your motherboard. I did exactly the same thing, pulled my battery to save some seconds. I sent my phone to repair, they took care of it in 10 days

Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

Is there a chance to recover the data? I don't have much on it, but I have photos I haven't pulled.

 

[nexususer1]

That was my biggest concern. I'm afraid you'll loose all data, just as I have lost mine. Some (or all) of your photos might have been autosent to your gmail account. I managed to restore only some of those photos. Not all of them have been sent to my google account.

Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

 

[james300]

this happened to me twice before ,i fix it by ,using adb cmd and rebuilding recovery image ,it works

 

[Logomotph]

this happened to me twice before ,i fix it by ,using adb cmd and rebuilding recovery image ,it works

Yes, but your computer was able to detect it, if you could do that. Mine is literally a brick right now. Computer doesn't see it and it doesn't start at all. I'll try the JIG later, and if not, I'll send it to warranty and hope for the best

 

[Logomotph]

JIG didn't work. Didn't react at all....I'm sending it to warranty...