So I have an extra phone laying around and I tried to brick it by removing battery during the flash of a radio...well I'm using the phone I did that with and no brick. Tried it 10 times at different parts of flash and no brick..what gives?
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Just wondering...Why are you trying to brick your phone? Keep it around you never know what may happen to your other phone.
Or sell it or give it to someone who can use it for rom development
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Because I can lol. No effin tmobile wants to replace my phone for one that "will give me better data speeds" like I told them its not going to change a thing but they sent one anyways. Now I have to send the other one to them. Tried to unroot, but the hex editor wasn't giving me the info the guide was telling. So I tried to brick and no luck. Tried to flash radio from another phone..desire and nada..just got something about the pc10img parsing.
Answer anyone?
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Spastic909 said:
Because I can lol. No effin tmobile wants to replace my phone for one that "will give me better data speeds" like I told them its not going to change a thing but they sent one anyways. Now I have to send the other one to them. Tried to unroot, but the hex editor wasn't giving me the info the guide was telling. So I tried to brick and no luck. Tried to flash radio from another phone..desire and nada..just got something about the pc10img parsing.
Answer anyone?
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Try flashing Haykuro's bootloader from the G1. Give a new meaning to the term "DeathSPL."
Got a link by chance?
Thanks
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Got a link by chance?
Thanks
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Check the Cyanogenmod Wiki. There's a link under "Rooting the HTC Dream."
On mobile at work. Xda is blocked and if I use a proxy ill get fired. Searched phrase but found nothing on mobile app. If its a big deal don't worry about it I will search tomorrow, but if you can bust one out real quick I wouldn't be mad at ya for it
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On mobile at work. Xda is blocked and if I use a proxy ill get fired. Searched phrase but found nothing on mobile app. If its a big deal don't worry about it I will search tomorrow, but if you can bust one out real quick I wouldn't be mad at ya for it
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Try wiki.cyanogenmod.com
Thanks but I searched all that on the wiki and no dice. Found the link for radio you mentioned but never dl'd and just displayed a bunch of crap code on the page
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Download the visionary app and click perm root. That should work.
If You got root.
You use it in terminal on your phone*
$ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18*
# sync
# reboot*
#dead.
stian230 said:
If You got root.
You use it in terminal on your phone*
$ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18*
# sync
# reboot*
#dead.
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I dd'ed radio image to blk0p18, instead of hboot, mixed my files and phone was dead, waiting for an update to riffbox, then I will revive my dear phone again
Rise from the dead I say !
Now I wonder what I can do with the Volum UP + Power button combination.
The phone beeps 3 times, and the orange led is blinking until I pull the battery.
The device shows as Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM btw.
This is too funny, lol.
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Just sending it back. Told tmo the replacement was crap and my old was better. They accepted. So no need to damage equipment that works
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stian230 said:
If You got root.
You use it in terminal on your phone*
$ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18*
# sync
# reboot*
#dead.
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i see no dead, i see rebooting properly
edit, durr, in this line
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18*
i put the * at the end of it lol
but is it dead now?
what happens if you flash a completely different HBOOT on the phone
or create a text file with: now your dead. call it deadphone.img
Code:
dd if=/data/local/deadphone.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
!!!!!!THERE IS NO RECOVERY FROM THIS SO DO NOT TRY THIS UNLESS YOU WANT A BRICKED PHONE!!!!!
1.
Code:
adb boot bootloader
2 use fastboot do completely erase the emmc
Code:
fastboot oem fdisk_emmc
now it's dead
Yea it's dead. I was putting that asterisk in on the end and didn't read the screen the first time when it said failed. Just stupid newb moment.
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Ok so I just unrooted my phone and camera still don't work damn!!! What else can I do?
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You need to get a replacement brother. So it was your actual camera. Sprint will probably give you one at no cost if you have insurance. Hmmmm
Yea I think it is man that's what I'm gonna do
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I'm willing to bet you $100 bucks if you walk in a corporate store and let the tech look at it you'll walk out the store with another device at no cost. Just don't tell them you EVER rooted or tampered with the device in anyway. I would would say "the camera just all of a sudden went out when taking a picture". Sprint reps are usually idiots (no offense to xda sprint reps) but these techs will bite on anything you tell them.
Like which corporate store? And yea Sprint reps are so stupid man
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Like which corporate store? And yea Sprint reps are so stupid man
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Like a real sprint store(repair store) not those 3rd party ali baba cell phone shops lol
Lol yea I got u ima go, may be tomorrow and tell em the camera is giving me problems, I gotta check if my mom paid insurance so they can give me a new phone
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Lol yea I got u ima go, may be tomorrow and tell em the camera is giving me problems, I gotta check if my mom paid insurance so they can give me a new phone
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Even if you don't have insurance you get a one year warranty anyways, I'd just walk in there anyways and make them swap it out. Just handle the situation good man, I've had about 2 evos lol (not my fault). Just go in there and at least act like you know what you're talking about; conversation rules the nation!
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Ok so I just unrooted my phone and camera still don't work damn!!! What else can I do?
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Did you unroot and flash a stock rom or did you merely unroot keeping a custom rom & kernel in check? If it is the latter, I would have suggested that you flash a different kernel. The ONLY time I had problems with the camera was with kernels that my device didn't play well with. If it is the former, then take your device to the Sprint store and attempt to get a replacement device.
Ohhh hell yea I'm going tomorrow
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Even if you don't have insurance you get a one year warranty anyways, I'd just walk in there anyways and make them swap it out. Just handle the situation good man, I've had about 2 evos lol (not my fault). Just go in there and at least act like you know what you're talking about; conversation rules the nation!
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I just unrooted but didn't flash anything and it is back to stock but I needed to flash a kernel and a stock Rom?
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Did you unroot and flash a stock rom or did you merely unroot keeping a custom rom & kernel in check? If it is the latter, I would have suggested that you flash a different kernel. The ONLY time I had problems with the camera was with kernels that my device didn't play well with. If it is the former, then take your device to the Sprint store and attempt to get a replacement device.
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I just unrooted but didn't flash anything and it is back to stock but I needed to flash a kernel and a stock Rom?
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I was under the impression that when you unrooted you ran the ruu lol. If you haven't ran the official htc 3.70 ruu you should do that man. You will need to already have htc sync on your computer. If you do this and still have cameras problems I'd get a replacement.
Here's the link to the official ruu, it will bring your phones completely back to stock.
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/sto...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe
But how ima do that if I'm unrooted already? I unrooted my phone using the Unrevoked method
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The unrevoked just put you S-ON, it didnt unroot you. You need to run a RUU, either via your PC or through the bootloader, the bootloader would be easiest for you. Search for unroot thread, should be able to find the ZIP right away.
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But how ima do that if I'm unrooted already? I unrooted my phone using the Unrevoked method
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I'd run the ruu anyways just for peace of mind. It can't hurt anything at all its just a windows exe program you run to update your rom to factory image.
Just rename this file to PC36IMG.zip and flash in hboot like cordell said.
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/sto...15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip
I did exactly that to unroot
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I did exactly that to unroot
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Can you post the link of the method you used, if I'm not mistaken as cordell stated above I will only put s-on. You still need to ruu. What rom are you on? Can you go into settings and check what kernel you have?
In the Unrevoked method I have another file named PC36IMG.zip so what I'm gonna do, download that one anyways?
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I used the method u posted me yesterday to unroot remember?
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I used the method u posted me yesterday to unroot remember?
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Oh yeah lol. Well Delete that one you already have, then you will have to download the one I posted, rename it, then put on root of sdcard and flash in hboot? Before you do all that do you mind telling me what kernel you have? Don't list all the letters just tell me what # and what's at the end.
Got this phone two days after my laptop finally **** the bed. Im sorry if this has been asked but is there a method to root using terminal emulator or something? Love the phone, hate the bloat. Thanks
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stephen31686 said:
Got this phone two days after my laptop finally **** the bed. Im sorry if this has been asked but is there a method to root using terminal emulator or something? Love the phone, hate the bloat. Thanks
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Nope, you will need a PC.
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There are already multiple thread for this, but yeah you'll NEED a PC.
I thought it'd be a really cool idea to do all this without one, but realistically you'd run into some huge trouble if your device was bricked in the process of an app sending files to your /root
Hello,
I have a blue 32GB GS3 Sprint. Was fumbling around trying to use various techniques for obtaining MSL via software, and failing. Question I have are:
Has anyone else have a 32GB GS3 and had success reading MSL?
Does the various methods out there only work on the 16GB version? Does anyone know?​
Report your findings here. Im curious to know what specifics.
-k
fergie716 said:
If your having issues getting your MSL open the dialer and dial
##DATA#
Click on Edit. Enter a wrong MSL, any combo of numbers. It'll fail
Then open Terminal Emulator and type the getprop command
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Just got this from Fergie http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4095952 and it worked...
Naddict said:
Just got this from Fergie http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4095952 and it worked...
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Works +1 thanks for you.
You can also do the same steps and use the app getmymsl from google play instead of using the terminal. Just thought id throw that out there for people that arent that comfy messing with the terminal.
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This does not always work!!! --- can someone with some knowledge reply
dir_d said:
You can also do the same steps and use the app getmymsl from google play instead of using the terminal. Just thought id throw that out there for people that arent that comfy messing with the terminal.
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EITHER VIPERBOYS METHOD OR THE GETPROP ##DATA# METHOD DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, ( SO FAR FOR ME ONLY 33% of THE TIME, as i've flashed 3 gs3 ) CAN SOMEONE WITH SOME ACTUAL CDMA KNOWLEDGE ON THE TOPIC RESPOND TO THIS.... AND NO WAY I"M NOT BUYING DFS TO GET A STUPID SPC.....
hey guys I to give ROM making a shot so could any Dev here help me?
I want to port sense 4.0A
Use the search function.
kbeezie said:
Use the search function.
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I did but it wasn't complete enough I need the full guide and I wanted to port sense 3.6 aswell and theres no guide for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6243873
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6243873
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Thanks! hey could someone help me know the name of my eMMc chip? I wanna know if its the bad or good chip please?
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The Android Manual said:
Thanks! hey could someone help me know the name of my eMMc chip? I wanna know if its the bad or good chip please?
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Click on the emmc link in my signature.
kbeezie said:
Click on the emmc link in my signature.
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grep is not an operable command or batch file what will I do now? =D
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grep is not an operable command or batch file what will I do now? =D
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You know that | is a pipe (ie: the Shift + \ key) not an I, or L.
Though if you're not on a linux system, you may have to first type adb shell
then type : cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'mmc0:0001'
to use the grep command within the recovery OS.
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'mmc0:0001'
do it as two seperate commands
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Depends on where you're performing the command. Are you within adb shell? The command is done within recovery.
Also you know that | is a pipe (ie: the Shift + \ key) not an I, or L.
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yup im in recovery I just copy pasted it lol is that suppose to be wrong? I'll try to type it my self then
:EDIT: it still dosen't work lol what should I do? -__-
demkantor said:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'mmc0:0001'
do it as two seperate commands
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Yea that, because if you're not on OSX or Linux, the grep portion won't be recognized by windows as a valid command.
which is why I'm assuming he uses windows
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which is why I'm assuming he uses windows
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true lol my other laptop running ubuntu is dead (I hated it anyways lol )
.........
I hope I could buy a new phone =(
ist that the "good" chip?
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demkantor said:
ist that the "good" chip?
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oops -____- lol looks like I have double vision xD sorry ) I got the M4G2DE that was my cousins phone =(
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oops -____- lol looks like I have double vision xD sorry )
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lol, yea that's the good batch, the bad batch is that MDE* one. It just means you may have another year or two for your phone as the bad batch seemed to have started dying bout a year and a half ago. (I imagine non-rooted phones will survive longer due to not as many write operations to the recovery/system partitions, but you'd probably wana chuck a phone with only gingerbread on it a year from now).
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lol, yea that's the good batch, the bad batch is that MDE* one. It just means you may have another year or two for your phone as the bad batch seemed to have started dying bout a year and a half ago. (I imagine non-rooted phones will survive longer due to not as many write operations to the recovery/system partitions, but you'd probably wana chuck a phone with only gingerbread on it a year from now).
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oh well =( gonna fool my cousin to let him exchange his phone with mine xD I hope it works I'm just 13 I can't buy a new phone with my own money will report results in a few mins...
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oh well =( gonna fool my cousin to let him exchange his phone with mine xD I hope it works I'm just 13 I can't buy a new phone with my own money will report results in a few mins...
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eya.... good luck with that. Though if it's a similar phone some people would gladly trade for a fully unlocked/rooted system.
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eya.... good luck with that. Though if it's a similar phone some people would gladly trade for a fully unlocked/rooted system.
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Yeehaw! I just gave him 40$ for it its a Desire Z too so his parents won't notice it will have to repeat everything though... the only thing I did before I gave him my phone was my SD card (32 GB) hehe ... and my battery
I attempted to flash newest CWM and got a brick. The phone will not boot into any mode and I pulled the battery and held the three keys and cannot get it to boot into any mode. Is there a way to flash somehow back to stock and start over?
If you can't detect any life at all from the phone after attempting to charge it or boot into recovery or download mode then I'm sorry but your phone is now hard bricked.. There is no way to fix it unless you get a jaytag repair through mobiletechvideos.com
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LuigiBull23 said:
If you can't detect any life at all from the phone after attempting to charge it or boot into recovery or download mode then I'm sorry but your phone is now hard bricked.. There is no way to fix it unless you get a jaytag repair through mobiletechvideos.com
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I ordered a warranty replacement but am without a phone for a few days so I am really down that this small app was able to hard brick the darn thing. Makes no sense but I will never use Mobile ODIN ever again! Odd that no warning were there on the thread to download the tool.
photolarry said:
I ordered a warranty replacement but am without a phone for a few days so I am really down that this small app was able to hard brick the darn thing. Makes no sense but I will never use Mobile ODIN ever again! Odd that no warning were there on the thread to download the tool.
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it does say use at your own risk.. lol I've used mobile odin before and had 0 issues. did you flash the correct cwm? anyways sucks that you got a brick. hopefully you'll get your replacement real soon
Let me see the file you flashed.
It was the touch img I downloaded
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Let me see the file you flashed.
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I do not think I did it with wrong files. I made a tar from the img file I got from clockworkmod.com so I am sure it was clean. I am wondering if perhaps it screwed up because I had changed build.prop to say the device was "Galaxy Nexus" for Wallet to work properly. And maybe that mod I made confused it and somehow flashed something for a Nexus instead and that is why it wont function. If I had it to do again, I would have changed the build.prop back for few moments while I changed the recovery image. All of this was simply to update CWM to newest 6.0.2.8 since ROM Manager told me there was new one. I wish I had ignored it and just said no. Is there no way to hard reset this thing somehow with ODIN or a key combination that say a Samsung employee tool may "flash factory" to it? Seems odd I cannot fix this on my own. No tool nothing?
I've heard the wallet needs to be reset and all that before anything new is flashed.
I haven't flashed anything since the wallet, so I haven't looked into it yet.
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photolarry said:
Is there no way to hard reset this thing somehow with ODIN or a key combination that say a Samsung employee tool may "flash factory" to it? Seems odd I cannot fix this on my own. No tool nothing?
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Look for JTAG repair. If you can't even get it to turn on, that's what needs to be done.
It's not a home job - to tools cost several times more than the service and require more specialised knowledge.
If you can get it to turn on, look into making or buying a micro-usb jig - cheap and might work if you have time to mess around.
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Pennycake said:
I've heard the wallet needs to be reset and all that before anything new is flashed.
I haven't flashed anything since the wallet, so I haven't looked into it yet.
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I am certain that is the reason I have hard brick. If I had changed build.prop....changed the recovery with mobile odin....then gone and changed it back afterwards...I am sure it would not have broken the phone. At any rate, I just will have to await warranty replacement since I get mixed readings about this MTV solution that costs almost 100 bucks.
No need to change it back. Once wallet is set up and your card activated, you can set your build.prop back to t999 and Wallet will still work perfectly, it only needs to say Nexus for the install/activation.
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That is definitely the reason for what happened.
A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO
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bfranklin1986 said:
A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO
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Wish I could go back 1 day. somehow.
bfranklin1986 said:
A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO
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Again, if you simply change your build.prop back to the correct values for the T999 afyer you activate Google Wallet, the entire issue would be avoided and Mobile Odin should be safe to use. I know its too late for that for the OP, but hopefully someone somewhere can learn from this. :beer:
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Does anyone have a copy of the link for the JTAG repair ? I know I've seen it before but I cant find it now
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