Possible bricked S4 clone.

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  • #4061
    jessybum1990
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    First of all sorry if this is in the wrong place but I wasn’t sure where to put it.

    I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 clone, specifically this one: http:// www .aliexpress.com/snapshot /238037422.html

    My partner rooted it which was absolutely fine but I insisted on him then flashing a custom rom onto it. I’m not going to lie I had no idea what this involved, what the risks were or even why I wanted him to do it.

    Anyway during the installation of the new rom seemed to be going fine and he’s pretty sure it did finish installing but then it just died. The phone had full battery at the time. Since then we cannot get it to turn on. We’ve tried another battery but it just doesn’t power up. It also won’t charge now.

    However when plugged into the PC it comes up as an unknown device, so I’m hoping the fact it’s still recognised as something means there may be some hope left.

    I’m sorry if I’ve left a load of information out, I’m not really sure how to word it. I have no idea what I’m doing, I am just sat here with my lovely new phone not turning on :(

    Edit: I’ve now found that the ROM it came with was bluebo b9500 which appears to be a custom ROM anyway

    #13693

    It can be recovered by flashing the official or working ROM. Finding official or working ROM may be the hardest part of the process. Check http://www.needrom.com if the manufacturer site does not provide ROMs.

    #13694
    jessybum1990
    Member
    umit wrote:
    It can be recovered by flashing the official or working ROM. Finding official or working ROM may be the hardest part of the process. Check http://www.needrom.com if the manufacturer site does not provide ROMs.

    Thanks for confirming that not all hope is lost!

    This is the problem I’m having, my OH had an idea that it might be possible to do that but we have no idea what the actual manufacturer is! Because it comes with all the samsung logo etc on it there doesn’t seem to be any indication of what it really is.
    The only info I have is this:
    MTK 6589

    Android OS version – 4.2.9

    Version – JDQ39-I9500ZSUAMDF

    Kernal Version – 3.4.5-447903 se.infra@SEP-92) ) #1SMP PREEMPT Fri May 24 19:11:35 CST 2013

    Baseband Version – Moly.WR8.W1248.MD.WG.MP 2013/05/08 11:19

    CPU Model- ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v71)

    CPU Manufacturers: UNIVERSAL5410

    None of this means anything to me so I’m not sure how to go about figuring it out.

    #13695
    jessybum1990
    Member

    I have now found the ROM that the phone came with but it appears to be a custom one anyway http:// www .needrom.com/ mobile/bluebo-b9500/

    How do I go about it?

    #13698

    If you think that is the original ROM, then go ahead and flash it. You have nothing to loose at this moment.

    #13701
    greeny187
    Participant
    jessybum1990 wrote:
    I have now found the ROM that the phone came with but it appears to be a custom one anyway http:// www .needrom.com/ mobile/bluebo-b9500/

    How do I go about it?

    First you need to flash the ROM which you have found. The link on how to flash MT657X is in the tutorial section of needrom. If you are new to this sort of thing, get someone who is able to do this for you.

    After a successful flash, you need to ROOT your device. The method is rather simple as there are numerous Rooting utility all over the net. You might try motochopper – google it.

    Good Luck.

    #13904
    gerrykhang
    Participant
    jessybum1990 wrote:
    I have now found the ROM that the phone came with but it appears to be a custom one anyway http:// www .needrom.com/ mobile/bluebo-b9500/

    How do I go about it?

    I am exactly same phone and same situation with you. Did you solve it already? How?

    #13939
    b1mm3r101
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    im in the same situation as you guys… any update? Thanks!

    #14482

    hi , sory for my bad English , I have the rom for that phone but just 4.2.2 with lcd driver 1-otm9605a_qhd_dsi_vdo.You will find it on needrom : b9500 lcd 960×540 rooted , cwm (gt-i9500) air gesture

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