UnBricking TV by EEPROM Reset

Here we will show you how to reset your TV by resetting the SoC EEPROM. This can be very useful in case you have bricked your TV by messing with some of its internal settings, which can easily happen if you mess around in the Service Menu. It is highly recommended to take photos of each screen in the service menu, showing your original firmware settings, before changing anything!

Blind Factory Reset

Before trying to EEPROM reset, please try a factory reset, that might revive your TV also.

Press "EXIT" button for 12 seconds (15 is better since you cannot see TV), than press "Left" and "Enter"

Samsung Documentation

This wiki entry will not help resolve a TV bricked by firmware flashing.

One example (from the original post of this wiki):

This is Erdem. As I bricked my D series device by miss service menu setting, I search for solutions to recover it. 
After with help  of Juzis we unbricked device with the same way of C series TVs... Here I wanted to try to let 
you know how the process is working. Firstly, this hack doesn't work if you bricked you device by 
firmware flashing... This hacks just removes service menu settings and let you give another chance 
to fix settings... Also you needed to find correct values for your TV after resetting NVRAM like 
Model / Type / Tuner / Font Color and others. It's better to have screen shots of your service menu. 
You can also ask help from our forums.

EEPROM

EEPROM is a short of electrically erasable programmable read only memory, which is actually a chip. There are several EEPROM chips used in Samsung TVs. All service menu settings are kept in the so called SoC EEPROM. You can delete and reprogram this chips millions time. So they are fast and reliable...

Reseting NVRAM (EEPROM)

For resetting TV, settings, you needed to remove SoC EEPROM device from TV. But it's not required. In electronic world, if you disable communication of the chip, it counts as removed. So we just needed to kill communication of SoC EEPROM. EEPROMs on Samsung TV's communicating via common i2c protocol. That protocol carries data via SDA line and send clocks via SCL line. In our situation, both blocking SCL or SDA will works. But I decide SDA.

To do this, all you have to do that feeding (connecting) GND (ground) or VCC (3.3v) to SDA line with little wire... That's all. Since this lines are HIGH (v3.3) in IDLE, its better to hold it via VCC. You can also hold this lines via GND too. But don't try to connect both GND and VCC. It will be short circuit and probably will damage your board.

Join VCC and SDA, power on TV and hold about for 20 seconds with the TV powered. It just try to read (wrong) settings from EEPROM, since it cannot read anything (refer to the warning message bellow), just start with defaults. That is what we want. Than releasing SDA line and shutting TV off will update the settings on EEPROM with null values, that TV could boot with it. After all, you can enter service menu and change the required changes.

Where do I find the SoC EEPROM chip?

Its located near CPU (SoC) at C and D series. On top, it writes some numbers and letters starting with 24256 or 24512... Here I place some screen shots from D series bellow. In my TV, 24512 EEPROM chip used. You can get the 24512 Chip Datasheet here. In picture, white triangle shows the first pin.

B Series SoC EEPROM Location

LExxB550

You have to search for eeprom on back side of mainboard. IC3001

LExxB6000

C Series SoC EEPROM Location

LExxC550/530

LAxxC650

UAxxC6200

UExxC7700

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  UE46C7700 Board (back side of mainboard)

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  UE46C7700 eeprom

OTHER

please fill up missing models. Thanks!

D Series SoC EEPROM Location

D5000

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  UE40D5000 Board

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  UE40D5000 EEPROM Chip and UnBrick way

D4003/5003

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  UE40D5003 Board

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  UE40D5003 EEPROM Chip and UnBrick way

D550

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  LExxD550 Board

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  LExxD550 EEPROM Chip and UnBrick way

D60xx/61xx/62xx/63xx/64xx/65xx/66xx/67xx/68xx

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  UA40D6000 Board

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  UA40D6000 EEPROM Chip and UnBrick way

BD (BlueRay DVD Player) SoC EEPROM Location

BD-D8X00

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  BD-D8900 Board

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  BD-D8900 EEPROM Chip and UnBrick way

BD-E8X00

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  BD-D8900 Board

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  BD-D8900 EEPROM Chip and UnBrick way

ES-series SoC EEPROM Location

This may also be compatible with the "E"-series... Do check forums for latest info.

UNxxES7500

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  UNxxES7500 Board

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  UNxxES7500 Reset EEPROM

F series SoC EEPROM location

UExxFxxxx

Applicable for TV models with mainboard: BN41-01958A/BN41-01958B<>br UExxF45xx
UExxF53xx
UExxF55xx
UExxF62xx
UExxF63xx
UExxF64xx
UExxF65xx
UExxF66xx
UExxF68xx
Main eeprom: IC901 (ATMLH348 or AT24C256)

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  UExxFxxxx

UExxF8000

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  UExxF8000