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[Q] Horray! I bricked my epic...

Ok, so like...two days ago, I followed qbkings video on how to root & clockworkmod an epic with EI22, well it worked. I got recovery working A ok and played around with some roms and stuff. They all worked for the most part, but after rebooting my phone, the SAMSUNG loading screen wouldnt fade away, realizing it had been soft bricked. I tried recoveries but they didnt work. tried tutorial after tutorial after tutoria, but no luck. When trying the Odin unroot method It'd always be stuck on like a factory. file, and keep getting the phone - ! - computer error afterwards. Ive tried looking around the forums and such, but no go. I really need help with this.

You didn't look to hard. There have been 5 threads like this in the last 2 weeks. Go to the stickies, top of development and follow post 1 of How to restore a semi-bricked Epic.
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Uh yeah, that was one of the first posts I tried. Never worked for me. Followed exactly step by step and repeated the process five times, but ive been constantly getting stuck on factoryfs.rfs

oh ****, now it wont even turn on. tried charger usb, nothing! no indicator or anything. damn. am I screwed?

I think you were better off leaving your phone alone. If following instructions is difficult, than that should have been your first clue. Id post a link to help you, but you have already read and tried it, and even that didn't work........time for you to buy an iphone I guess.
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Try pulling the battery and sd card, let sit for an hour with usb unplugged, then connect to usb cable with odin running and try to boot into download mode.
If it goes, pop the battery in and load up ei22 or another odinable tar along with the recovery in qbkings videos. Make sure only reboot is checked in odin.
If not, go back and try every step in the sticky. I doubt that you have a problem that has not been experienced already.
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So you tried buying and using a better cable? And tried with both the battery and sd card out using only the computer as a power source like the thread in Development said to do?

b16flybye said:
I think you were better off leaving your phone alone. If following instructions is difficult, than that should have been your first clue. Id post a link to help you, but you have already read and tried it, and even that didn't work........time for you to buy an iphone I guess.
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That's a bit flamish.

shane6374 said:
That's a bit flamish.
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Sometimes the truth hurts.
I tend to agree with that sentiment, nothing against you OP, but there are some that gravitate to technology and feel at home, and then there are some that gravitate and lack the necessary skills for something like this.
This is a very straight-forward task, especially with all of qbking's hard work in making those very easy to follow videos, and other's time typing out tutorials, so I really fail to see how most have so much trouble making it work. Maybe they belong in the latter analysis.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Sometimes the truth hurts.
I tend to agree with that sentiment, nothing against you OP, but there are some that gravitate to technology and feel at home, and then there are some that gravitate and lack the necessary skills for something like this.
This is a very straight-forward task, especially with all of qbking's hard work in making those very easy to follow videos, and other's time typing out tutorials, so I really fail to see how most have so much trouble making it work. Maybe they belong in the latter analysis.
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We all started somewhere on this, and I bet most people didn't have success right away. I know I didn't on either platform I've worked on. I'm just sick of the n00b flaming around here. These people might be the ones who's roms or kernels you running in a year. Just show some respect.
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Youll have to find one of them jigs to get you back into download mode I assume usually time heals all mistakes though if your inpatient id look up how to make an odin(download) reset jig ( I think its called that). I think there a thread about that lying around here somewhere...
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Yeah, not trying to knock on you too hard, but qbkings videos should be all you need for successfully rooting and flashing. He works hard on them and is very clear with instructions.
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Yup, Ive tried different cables,ports, no battery, battery but got nothing. I thoroughly read through the entire post and tried what was suggested and got nothing. Phone wont turn on or do anything. I'm thinking that i'm screwed. I have been thinking about getting a replacement epic for a while, cause some time ago I actually accidentally dropped it from my desk and this happened to it http://imgur.com/ZBlNn still worked fine, so I didn't really bother thinking about replacing it, but now I'm guessing that I have to. If I do end up requesting for a replacement, any tips/fore warnings about what I should say when I talk to the guys over at sprint before i end up mumbling like an idiot.

Yup, Ive tried different cables,ports, no battery, battery but got nothing. I thoroughly read through the entire post and tried what was suggested and got nothing. Phone wont turn on or do anything. I'm thinking that i'm screwed. I have been thinking about getting a replacement epic for a while, cause some time ago I actually accidentally dropped it from my desk and this happened to it http://imgur.com/ZBlNn still worked fine, so I didn't really bother thinking about replacing it, but now I'm guessing that I have to. If I do end up requesting for a replacement, any tips/fore warnings about what I should say when I talk to the guys over at sprint before i end up mumbling like an idiot.

With the soft brick you might have been able to save it. It happened to my brothers phone and what I did to fix it was wipe everything, factory reset
Then flash stock rom. Wipe everything again
Then flash stock kernel
Wipe everything again
Then it was perfect.
If you had already been flashing roms.and such then your problem wasn't following directions.
You just might have flashed a rom without a supported kernal. Causing bootloop
As far as where you are now.. maybe tell then you dropped it and it never turned back on?
I don't think they can ever find out you rooted it if it never turns on again lol
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Jbluna said:
Yup, Ive tried different cables,ports, no battery, battery but got nothing. I thoroughly read through the entire post and tried what was suggested and got nothing. Phone wont turn on or do anything. I'm thinking that i'm screwed. I have been thinking about getting a replacement epic for a while, cause some time ago I actually accidentally dropped it from my desk and this happened to it http://imgur.com/ZBlNn still worked fine, so I didn't really bother thinking about replacing it, but now I'm guessing that I have to. If I do end up requesting for a replacement, any tips/fore warnings about what I should say when I talk to the guys over at sprint before i end up mumbling like an idiot.
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Don't use the broken screen as the reason or they will charge you around $100. Just try and make sure you get across the point that its the faulty phone (even if it isn't) and make sure you have an accurate believable story on how it got bricked. If you mention anything about messing with root or anything similar they won't replace it.

True. But on another note you can't say much. Only other thing I can think of is saying maybe you tried updating the device and it died
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Seriously you ignored the odin mode jig? it jumps you back into download mode and you should be able to odin back to eco5........ Ill find a how to for ya.
Its all over a simple google search and you can find a usb jig for about 8 bucks.
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I just unbricked my wife's EPIC with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
thanks dyehya for the howto tutorial!

Jus tell them you took it off charge this morning and it wouldn't come on.
Did you try the mythological magic button? The pin hole behind the cover next to the camera lens?

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So it began with my computer not being able to read my phone, my phone wouldn't even give me the option to connect as a storage device. Then my phone would still say its charging even when its not plugged in and now my device won't charge unless I jiggle the cable around hard when plugged in. My phone keeps going into car mode and opens up the annoying car mode menu when i'm in the middle of things. This is obviously a hardware issue, a weak contact somewhere. My question is will Sprint or Samsung repair my phone or am I now stuck with a broken SII.

They will repair you no problem.

Great news, thanks for the response I was pretty worried for a second.

Thank goodness someone else was having this issue.... Here's MY question...
I've rooted and flashed a few roms on my phone, and I've heard things about how Sprint looks at the "Odin count" ... i puchased a usb jig, do i need to reset my count before i take it in?

I had the same problem, was running un-named when I brought it to Sprint.
Because it was a hardware problem and not a software problem (with the phone being rooted) they ordered me a replacement.
I searched and searched when this first happened to me, I spent so much time going back to out of the box stock, then reloading everything to see it was a bad port.
Now this problem pops up more and more in here.
Try one thing, do a battery pull.
Mine would not boot without going to recovery after a pull, the screen would come on just like it was plugged in and charging.

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did you even try different usb cords ? you really need to state what you have tried to do when posting something a bad usb cord will do everything you said

my1zamboni said:
I had the same problem, was running un-named when I brought it to Sprint.
Because it was a hardware problem and not a software problem (with the phone being rooted) they ordered me a replacement.
I searched and searched when this first happened to me, I spent so much time going back to out of the box stock, then reloading everything to see it was a bad port.
Now this problem pops up more and more in here.
Try one thing, do a battery pull.
Mine would not boot without going to recovery after a pull, the screen would come on just like it was plugged in and charging.
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Perfect, thanks! I've tried battery pulls, and reboots and it will return me to normal, but then it happens again... Going to the store now!

Does anybody still use Odin? Just seems so old school.

Vegasrich said:
Does anybody still use Odin? Just seems so old school.
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I use mobile Odin does not add to the flash count and does same thing but better.... The pro will root it while flashing it
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Epix4G said:
I use mobile Odin does not add to the flash count and does same thing but better.... The pro will root it while flashing it
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I have read in this forum before of people trying to inject SU in a stock OTA update and not having it work and getting stuck. Ha e yoy had success with Mobile Odin working as far as injecting SU into a OTA update?
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bluefire808 said:
I have read in this forum before of people trying to inject SU in a stock OTA update and not having it work and getting stuck. Ha e yoy had success with Mobile Odin working as far as injecting SU into a OTA update?
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Yes I have done it multiple times and never had it mess up. I an running Cm7 with no triangle on boot...
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USB jig question

Maybe a stupid question but I ordered a jig and haven't received it yet but how would I check if it works to leave positive feedback.. I'm stock rooted with Odin no custom recovery.... Would I just turn the phone off take the battery off put it back in and connect the jig? If it goes to download then it works?
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Power down the phone, plug in the jig, turn on the phone. It shoudl go into ODIN download mode directly and say something about stats being reset. If it doesn't do the latter, you are probably on a new bootloader and it isn't the fault of the jig.

Turn the phone off, take the battery out for about 15 seconds, put the battery back but leave the phone off. Put in the jig and in a few seconds you should be at the download screen and the download count should say it has been reset.
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dante32278 said:
Turn the phone off, take the battery out for about 15 seconds, put the battery back but leave the phone off. Put in the jig and in a few seconds you should be at the download screen and the download count should say it has been reset.
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And from there, are you free to just turn the phone back off by taking out battery?

You don't need to take out the battery. Just press and hold the power button until it resets.

Thanks for the quick reply, I bought one in the event I get a brick and need to take it to a store. Oh and it will still work if im on an FC07 leak right? Or will it only work with GB roms, kernels?

It will work with the ICS ROMs as long as you have the original (EG30/31) bootloader. If you flashed the raw leaked tar from Samsung/Sprint, then the reset of flashing data might not work (but it should still put you in ODIN D/L mode). If you flashed one of the ODIN OneClick packages I put together, then all the features will work.

Ok I think Ill be good to go then because Ive always waited til Calk puts up a stock rooted version, not flashing the tars. Anyways while I kind of have you here, I was just wondering if this type of stuff has anything to do with our phones our might show up in the future and which type does our phone use, if any. heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387334 I was rooting my dads Epic 4G so I kept on seeing it in the thread titles. Just curious

rsalinas1 said:
Ok I think Ill be good to go then because Ive always waited til Calk puts up a stock rooted version, not flashing the tars. Anyways while I kind of have you here, I was just wondering if this type of stuff has anything to do with our phones our might show up in the future and which type does our phone use, if any. heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387334 I was rooting my dads Epic 4G so I kept on seeing it in the thread titles. Just curious
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I didn't read that thread very closely, but MTD is sometimes an overloaded term and could mean different things to different people.
If used to compare flash memory types, we actually have eMMC rather than MTD. eMMC memory are block devices. MTD devices are similar to but not really block devices so they created a new category in the kernel to deal with them.
To get an idea about MTD, read this post:
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/general.html

Not that technical in Linux lol but thanks I will still give it a read. Bottom line of that thread made it just seem like MTD is a huge thing and makes the epic 4g a much better phone versus BML. Oh and it just said that they are types of partition maps, mtd being open and bml being closed source.
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rsalinas1 said:
Not that technical in Linux lol but thanks I will still give it a read. Bottom line of that thread made it just seem like MTD is a huge thing and makes your phone better versus BML, whatever that is lol.
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Ok, I read the thread a little more closely.
It seems the 2 main benefits from switching to the kernel supporting MTD partition format over the stock BML are you can resize the partitions easier and use ext4 (because those new kernels support ext4)
Our kernels already use ext4. w/r/t resizing partitions perhaps some people need more space in /data but most people seem to be ok with it.
It is always nice to have more options, but there is probably less demand for it on this phone than Epic.

I gotcha, maybe we will see it once our devices get older and we need something new lol. So just asking again now that you've read more closely, our phones dont use either of these partition maps correct?
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I'm actually not sure which partition map we are supporting. I initially read the thread as MTD vs eMMC memory technology, which is different than the purpose of that thread.

I see, maybe you can figure that out for us in your spare time lol (if it really even makes a difference.) The E4GT is a beast of a phone anyways lol.
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Just an FYI:
I got my jig and put it right in the slot while my phone was still on... it shut down my phone and put it directly into download mode and showed that my counter had been reset.
On a side note, for what ever reason, my GPS started working when I restarted the phone. It hadn't been working for days.

rsalinas1 said:
Thanks for the quick reply, I bought one in the event I get a brick and need to take it to a store. Oh and it will still work if im on an FC07 leak right? Or will it only work with GB roms, kernels?
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If you "brick" your phone, a JIG is not going to help you.

Drumrocker said:
If you "brick" your phone, a JIG is not going to help you.
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Depends what kind of brick. The /data nonwritable brick still allows you to write every other partition as well as use the jig to reset the counter

[Q] Bricked... but maybe a way out?

so I was on vacation in europe and my wifi wouldn't connect, so I flashed CM9 as on a whim and the wifi worked great (for google voice wifi calling). The phone was acting wacky so I went into recovery to wipe cache and I accidentally did a full wipe (I blame the jet lag) using the included recovery and rebooted..and my phone was bricked. no samsung screen, no download mode, just solid blue light.
here's my question...
I read in another post that you can try holding the vol down and power until the blue light does the single blink and see if odin recognizes it and trying oding el29. I'm at work, so before I drive all the way home to try it, is there any truth to this idea or should I just wait patiently for my replacement phone?
thanks in advance

I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
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dante32278 said:
I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
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I know. and I knew immediately what I did. Not my first brick, lol. having TEP removes all safety protocols I should take when flashing, which I do about 10 times a week
but seeing that post gave me a glimmer of hope that I won't have to keep using my old blackberry until my replacement comes

You'll probably be able to get into ODIN D/L mode and flash everything but your /data partition. The problem is that usually when people do what you did, their /data partition memory gets corrupted in hardware, so you can try, but be prepared to get a replacement.

Oh no Wiz. Weren't you one of the early bricks from CWM Touch? I'm afraid sfhub is probably right. Getting Odin to connect is actually the easy part in these cases. Getting through data.img successfully is another story. Sorry man.

Sounds like you'll be stuck at data.img if you get into Odin. Best of luck though.

Dchibro said:
Oh no Wiz. Weren't you one of the early bricks from CWM Touch? I'm afraid sfhub is probably right. Getting Odin to connect is actually the easy part in these cases. Getting through data.img successfully is another story. Sorry man.
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I actually never had a problem with the cwm touch, lol. my first brick was when I tripped over my usb cable while using odin XD
after that I got a usb jig... which I recommend EVERYBODY get. It's saved me from that fate at least 3x already.
but it didn't help now

didn't work. odin wouldn't recognize it
guess I'm stuck waiting for my replacement to come in..
I hate using this stupid blackberry

[Q] brick'd or not brick'd

my phone was on aokp and fine but i decided i just wanted to go back to the blazer i had
i boot into recovery and im in my cwm recovery (not rogue)
but when i go to wipe/factor reset the screen flashes its stock recover with the little green android in the background and freezes there
i think WTF? no biggie i pop out battery just boot into recovery again and start over
nope doesnt work im stuck on samsung galaxy s screen with yellow triangle
finally get home to comp and go into odin mode try to flash stock ek02 and that doesnt work just gets me stuck at data
so i try it without data and that works but now it just bootloops
so now i dont know if im brick'd or just in some boot loop
any help would be great!!!
hope everything i typed makes sense if not ill clarify

dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll

damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer

Yeah its bricked.

ross4747 said:
damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer
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ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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LordJummy said:
ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.

Carbajal3009 said:
ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.
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That's possible if its some proprietary cable. These phones use a standard mini USB to USB so any standard generic cable should work. I use a really thick and durable Logitech cable that came with a mouse, or sometimes a generic super long one I have that's like 10 feet
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Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue and you shud be back on GB so use one of SFhub packages it takes an extra 10 minutes tops
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MJHawaii said:
Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue
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Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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Carbajal3009 said:
dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll
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Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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Apparently you're not reading the entire thread lol. Scroll up man.
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LordJummy said:
Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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MJHawaii said:
as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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No. You just flat out said you can't flash from ICS CWM. I was clarifying that is not true. Don't take it personally.
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OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.

MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go

Carbajal3009 said:
i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go
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As you didn't clarify it before, did you try the Sammy cable provided with the phone? If that isn't doing it you may want to check Device Manager (assuming Win PC) and make sure nothing is disabled or not working properly. I mention this as it happened to me once when I tried to reassign the COM ports to use CDMA Workshop.

garwynn said:
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.
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Word!
It freaked me out when I first tested this phone months ago since I came from Optimus S also. Didn't want to unpack all the accessories so just used the cable that came with the LG Optimus S, would charge, but no data. Thought the USB port on the E4GT was busted. Then tried 2 more LG Optimus S cables with the same result. Was about to return the phone when on a whim unpacked the flimsy looking Samsung cable and voila, it worked.
That flimsy looking Samsung cable has gotten me through over 300 flashes now w/o ever having a cable related problem.

garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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ross, this is your problem. i'm in the same boat. in that thread, someone was able to repartition the /data partition to his sdcard and it worked (albeit at the cost of sdcard space). worth a shot, but keep up with that thread as it's pretty active.

Thanks guys who inputed about that LG cable. I took me a while to find my original sammy cable!! but my phone workds again and im soooooo happy. Thanks a bunch.
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garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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I did this sunday morning, trying out AOKP. Read that there was a possibility for corruption, did it anyway. after deciding it was too buggy for my liking as a daily driver, i attempted to go back. Tried my USB Jig with no luck.
Took it into Sprint on Monday, an hour later the tech tells me its toast. (Tell me something I don't know). I tried so hard to weasel out a new White model.
I've got a refurb'd black model and i'm suspecting there's a few issues with it. Its completely stock, no root. I've had to reboot four times today already from not turning on or coming out of sleep. Then every so often the phone will not stop vibrating during a haptic feedback response. I've turned haptic and vibrate off, but it still locks up on occasion. Funny but weird as hell. Probably gonna take it in later this week and try my luck again at getting a new model.