Hello!, I am new in this, but I think my S4 active At&t model (SGH-i537) is hard brick because for what i have read it has all the things a HB phone has. Although I didnt try downloding or change anything on it (I say this because everybody says that you get hardbricked when you try to install roms or chane something else of you phone). The battery was low, I didnt chager it at night so when I waked up it had already turned off (discharged).... .after that I tried to charge it, but didnt work, I tried diffrent chargers and cables and even a new battery and a complete charged one and nothing, the pc wont recognize it, and i cant get into recovery or download mode, I have tried everything, i even bought a usb jib and didnt work on it (and it was not the usb because i tried on another phone and it worked). I dont know what else to do. would It be a motherboard problem - hardware? if so, .. changing it (buying a new one) its the only solution? For what i have read they are expensive, i think it would be better to bu a new phone. please help me!!! the phone it seems like new and i can stand that it doesnt work, i used all my saving to buy it!... =(
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Help Is it hard bricked??
- Thread starter LauRomi
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Does it respond at all - screen come on, buttons light up, charging light come on when you plug it in (does the S4 Active have a charging LED?)?
If it's completely inert and remains powered down no matter what you do then yes, it probably does need a repair. Hard to say how much it would cost because it depends on what has failed (though you are right that if it's something that's integrated on the motherboard they would replace the whole board).
If it's completely inert and remains powered down no matter what you do then yes, it probably does need a repair. Hard to say how much it would cost because it depends on what has failed (though you are right that if it's something that's integrated on the motherboard they would replace the whole board).
Thanks for answering. And yes it is completely inert. No charging light or screen display, no led light, nothing at all. The only thing is that when it is connected to the charger it gets really hot but it doesn't charge anything at all. ....Well I suppose I just wanted to confirm my guessing and try everything I could. But still dont understand how it got like this if I never tried to change anything (because I have read other post w/ same problem but in all of them they were trying to install something) ... it is possible that it got hard bricked just by discharging? Thanks a lot again. =)