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zers

Bricked Galaxy Tab 7?

Hi Reddit.

I was hoping you could help me with something.

I was recently given a samsung galaxy tab 7 (SCH-I800 VZW), and saw that there were a couple of ICS alpha builds available for it, and thought id' try them out.

Well, I got ICS on it, though it was running a little slow, and not really stable enough for a daily driver, so I flashed it back to the stock ROM.

Problem is: Now, you hit the buttons and nothing happens (doesn't power on, doesn't go into recovery, doesn't go into download mode) and when you plug it in, all it seems to do is turn on the camera flash.

Any ideas on how to fix this, or do I get to use it as a paper weight now?

Posted Jan 17, 2012, 6:50 PM UTC

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zifnab06•

Pull the battery for about half an hour (if it has a removable battery). Shorter will work, I just tend to walk off while its doing that until I remember. Then try to power it up.

Does the Galaxy Tab 7 have a gsm/cdma version? Because you could have flashed the wrong radio (which would also cause this problem)

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zersOP•

It doesn't technically have a removable battery, since I'd have to undo the screws and pull the whole back plate off. If it comes down to it, I'll do that.

Yes, this is the VZW version (cdma/SCH-I800)

Hm, I'll have to check the files I tried to put on it, I thought they were the correct radios

Thanks for the advice!

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thantikOG Droid, Liquid Gingerbread 3.1•

301k ohm jig should throw it into download mode. From download mode, odin it back to stock.

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zersOP•

Huh what now?

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diminishedfifthSamsung Captivate, CM9•

http://galaxytabku.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-your-own-jig.html

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zersOP•

Thanks, I will have to try this! Edit: You know offhand if doing it with the funky tablet adapter is any different?

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AdmiralUpboat•

I have seen multiple Galaxy devices that have different ways of getting into download mode.

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